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[Windless Day (6)]

It took two days for Division E to reach Uijeongbu Station.

It takes only an hour to walk from Hoeryong Station to Uijeongbu Station.

The reason why Division E was a day behind schedule was because the monsters had risen in rank after passing through Hoeryong Station.

There were even third-rank monsters roaming around.

Division E had to stay up all night to deal with disaster and catastrophe-level monsters and their minions running around the city.

By the end of the day, five days had passed since the recapture.

In the meantime, a victory report was sent to the recapture team, who had set up a telepathic relay point at Uijeongbu Station.

[The following is a message from Hwang Dong-hyung, a navigator in the first party of Division A Myeongwang Clan.

On October 19 at 8:11 PM, we completed the recapture of Uijeongbu City Hall.

The current date is October 20, 2:07 PM.

Division A is currently clearing the remaining monsters from the Uijeongbu City Hall area and is waiting for Division C to resupply.

Troop C is requested to contact Myungwang Clan 1st Party Telepathist Baek Hye-min as soon as communications are established.

Once again, this is a broadcast. October 19, 8:11 PM─]

Uijeongbu City Hall has been successfully captured.

The players were exhausted after five days of traveling.

It’s only 1.5 kilometers from Uijeongbu Station to City Hall.

Assuming there were no monsters, it was a distance that could be covered in less than 10 minutes by running with mana.

The players wanted to run to Uijeongbu City Hall as soon as they unpacked their luggage.

Surely, Division A would be farming while they were clearing the area.

Uijeongbu had been occupied by monsters for over 30 years.

There must have been a lot of artifacts and mana-containing materials that would have naturally occurred in the mana-filled area.

It was a windfall. A windfall.

The first to find it would be the owner.

The atmosphere was bound to heat up.

«I know how you all feel right now, but we mustn’t forget our job.»

If only the Regulus Clan Lord hadn’t poured cold water on it.

The rights to farm the City Hall area belonged to A Clans Blaze and Myungwang, and C, Silla.

Clan E was split into two teams, E and F, with E setting up a secondary supply base at Uijeongbu Station and F transporting the cocoon to Gyeonggi North Government Center.

«There must be a lot of interesting artifacts….»

Regulus clan member Park Hye-rim slumped her shoulders in a relaxed voice.

She hadn’t even bathed properly after killing monsters for five days.

Something had to be done in such a situation.

She looked at Clan Lord with a somewhat expectant gaze, but-,

«Oh, Twelve Seats player <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim, are you tired already?»

«I told you not to call me <Holy Mother> because I’m not that old….»

Park Hye-rim grunted and turned away.

With a smirk on his face, Guyeounsu spoke to the clan members who were looking at him.

«Clans other than the Regulus and Dangun Clan will remain at division E as of this time and set up a second supply base at Uijeongbu Station.

After we set up the second supply base, we’ll clean up the area around Uijeongbu Station!»

«»»Yes~!!!!»»

Division E players cheered.

If Division A and C had the right to farm the City Hall area, Division E had the right to farm the Uijeongbu Station area.

Uijeongbu Station was surrounded by buildings on all sides compared to the city hall, which had a mountain behind it.

Artifacts would be more likely to be found in the Uijeongbu Station area, unless they were mana-containing.

«The other division are lucky.Noona, is there anything we can do?»

«Our work isn’t done yet.»

«No, we can rest a bit too….»

«»I’m 12th Seat, Shin Seo-young. As of this time, the clans other than Changhae Clan will become division F and enter the Uijeongbu Art Center to set up the cocoon, and then head to the Gyeonggi Northern Office to support division D.»

Even though Kang Cheol made the suggestion on behalf of the clan members, Shin Seo-young couldn’t help but agree.

She, too, was envious of division E.

Still, she couldn’t stop the corners of her mouth from curling up.

Last night, Gil Sung joon had given her a wedding ring.

A wedding ring.

Not just any ring.

‘Seoyoung-ah, let’s hold on a little longer. Once we finish the recapture war, we’ll be the best clan in the country.

Let’s get married then. How great would it look if we got married when the Changhae Clan was the best?’

‘I don’t need any of that, I just need my oppa….’

‘…Actually, I was going to give this to you after the recapture battle…. I know it’s hard for you, but we’ll just have to hang in there.

Then I’ll give you everything you want.’

‘…Really?’

‘Really. Promise. I won’t lie.’

She hadn’t been able to wipe the smile off her face since that morning.

A smile that soon hardened when she heard the report from the E-division explorers.

«What? Is that true?»

«Yes, Clan Lord. Clan members are on their way down to the aqueduct to investigate.»

«Well, well. I had no idea all this was happening.»

«You mean to tell me that Uijeongbu is inhabited?»

Guyeounsu and Park Hye-rim were stunned by the report.

The other players had the same look on their faces.

It was inevitable.

The report from division E’s search party was that they had found people at Uijeongbu Station.

They even reported that people were living in villages in the underground waterways.

Eunha was right.

Shin Seo-young took their report seriously.

Eunha was right.

Who the hell was he….

She shook her head.

Eunha is elusive.

She’d spent too much time with him to know who he was.

So she decided to accept him as he was.

Eunha is Eunha.

That wasn’t the problem.

If she took his own advice, she shouldn’t think of the people who lived in the underground waterways as fellow humans.

«We’re coming, too.»

«Noona, what does that mean now?»

«We’re coming too.»

«I know it’s a surprise to hear that Uijeongbu was habited, but why do we have to come too?»

«Stop arguing and follow me.»

«Wait, noona, First, let me get permission from Clan Lord….»

Kang cheol glanced at Clan Lord Gil Sung joon nervously.

He was worried that the conflicting opinions of the Clan Lord and the Sublord would create a cacophony.

«It’s late, so it won’t matter if we leave tomorrow.»

Gil sung-joon agreed with her.

So E and F divisions went to the place where they found the people.

«Woah.»

«Ugh…»

«People…!»

People were climbing out of the manhole.

They smelled like sewage and were blinded by the light as soon as they reached the surface.

The players stared at them, speechless.

There really were people.

And children.

In a land that had been taken over by monsters for over thirty years.

«Greetings. My name is Gu-yeounsu, Lord of Regulus Clan, and I’d like to ask you something.»

He was puzzled for a moment.

Guyeounsu approached the middle-aged man resting under the shade.

«…I didn’t expect someone from outside.»

«Outside…you mean?»

«Outside. That’s from outside.»

The middle-aged man pointed to a high wall.

For a man born and raised in a land abandoned by his country, the world beyond the wall is the outside world.

He smiled bitterly, realizing that these were the people who lived in Uijeongbu.

«What’s your name…?»

«Name? Lamae. The people here call me the village chief.»

«…Oh, I see. So…, do people live anywhere else besides here?»

«…This is Lamae. There’s probably Damae Village and Mamae Village near the manhole over there and behind that building.»

«…»

Something is wrong.

Guyeounsu felt uncomfortable talking to the middle-aged man.

It’s like….

It felt like she was dealing with an individual’s personality rather than the concept of a human being.

It was at that moment.

«Get them all.»

Shin Seoyoung suddenly manifested magic.

Suddenly, the wind surrounded the ruined building.

«Changhae Clan Sublord. What are you doing all of a sudden?»

«That’s right, noona. Why are you suddenly using magic….»

«Unnie, what’s going on?»

«…….»

Guyeuonsu argued and listened.

Park Hye-rim and Kang Cheol looked bewildered as she deployed her unusual magic.

Lee Seung-hwan, who had turned up his nose at the people coming out of the sewers, kept his eyes on the children.

«Listen to me.»

Pulling out her resonance tangent, she stood in front of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was filled with fear when he saw her manifesting mana within her body.

Nevertheless, she did not withdraw her mana, but pointed the tip of her fan at the middle-aged man.

«In a city overrun by monsters, how do you think the people here survived?

Shouldn’t we start by investigating whether these people are infected by monsters, or even colluding with them?»

Everyone fell silent.

The players exchanged glances. They stared at the middle-aged man like Guyeuonsu, who gazed at him with mana manifested.

«I almost forgot about that fact. Well then, Village Chief Lamae, we will investigate whether you or your people have any connection with the monsters. Please understand, even if it’s a bit forceful.»

With those words, the players began to apprehend people indiscriminately, regardless of age or gender.

☆

The sixth night.

Twelfth Seat <Heavenly Sound> Oh Geon-hoo was flying through the night sky.

The city hall and Uijeongbu Station were still lit up, but Heungseon-dong and Pyeonbuk-dong were plunged into pitch-black darkness.

There was no moonlight.

Nevertheless, despite the poor night vision, he could freely fly through the darkness, thanks to his Gift.

Gift <Owl Eye>.

He could see clearly in the darkness just by manifesting his mana.

»There don’t seem to be any high level monsters.

No sign of anything coming down from above.

He looked out over the Jungnangcheon, located north of Gangbuk-dong. While he could vaguely sense the presence of high-level monsters, there were no signs of them descending below.

The same was true for Heungseon-dong and Gahyeon-dong.

Initially, Heungseon-dong had reported this morning that A Division had completed their cleanup. Then, after clearing the Gahyeondong area, C Division reported that they would retake the Uijeongbu District Court.

The recapture was going more smoothly than planned.

On the fourth day, C Division exterminated a 3rd-tier monster at the Beomgol Entrance intersection, and yesterday, E Division did the same at Uijeongbu Station.

…The wind is strong. Mana is densely spread all around, making it difficult to feel for any signs…

The wind changed direction.

He leaned to the right to ride the wind.

Of the 3rd-rank monsters that had been identified so far, two of them had been exterminated, leaving one more 3rd-rank monster remaining.

Where could the remaining one be?

It was when he was lost in thought.

Clouds that had been obscuring the moon passed by.

The moonlight that had descended from behind illuminated the darkness, making the Heungseon-dong area bright─.

─Huh?

Suddenly, the moonlight disappeared, and darkness covered everything.

Sensing something was wrong, he turned around.

Kyakarakara!

A bat with wings spread wide in a semicircle was grinning maliciously.

«What…!!»

Something was wrong.

He quickly tried to change direction.

But it was futile.

The third rank monster had appeared out of nowhere and grabbed him from behind.

Like a bird snatching its prey.

Cackle, cackle, cackle.

It raised its claws and grabbed him.

Except that it was different from the bird that reeled in the fish and returned to the nest,

«──!!!!»

It crushed his skull on the spot.

Kyakarakara

Siren Glider, a third-rank monster.

A giant bat glided through the night sky, emitting an ultra-low-pitched sound.

A sound that humans cannot hear.

A sound that could only be heard by monsters spread throughout Uijeongbu.

☆

«Tuna kimbap tastes best when dipped in tteokbokki sauce!»

«Choi Eun-hyuk, stop eating it with your mouth full. It’s dirty.»

The kids were eating tteokbokki and kimbap with newspaper on the floor.

At Jung Geum-joon’s house.

«Hey, you kids, why are you coming to my house on a fictitious day and asking me to buy you something?»

«Hyung Geum is a cheeky oppa and he outshines Hyun Bin. It’s better to eat together than to eat alone.»

«Well said, little rascal. Yes, you’re right, it’s good to eat together.

But why are you eating with my money?»

«That’s why I brought the drinks my dad made!»

Seona sticks out her tongue while holding a skewer of tteokbokki.

Hayang giggled and poured the drink into Jung geum joon’s grumbling paper cup.

«Ha, who am I to argue with you, eat it all and go play outside.

Adult boy, what are you doing without eating? I bought it, and you’re not going to eat it?»

Are you telling me to eat it now or not?

And how many tteokbokki should I eat?

Eunha, who frowned, replied with a look.

Jung Geum-joon averted his gaze, saying, «Kids are so cheap these days,» and shoved two different kinds of kimbap into his mouth.

«Hey, No Eunha. What are you doing without eating?»

«Captain, are you sick?»

«Eunha, are you okay?»

«The sundae is delicious, do you want some?»

The children expressed their concerns.

Eunha shook his head. He took a fish cake skewer dipped in soy sauce.

It’s boring with just fish cake skewers.

He picked up a piece of tteokbokki, dipped it in the broth, and then ate a piece of kimbap with the tteokbokki broth.

«Hey, he’s amazing. I bought it, but he eats more than me.»

«You’re the captian! Drink the oden soup last!»

Jung Geum joon sticks out his tongue and Choi Eunhyuk gives a thumbs up.

A smiling Eunha turned his attention to the television in the room.

The broadcast of the recapture of Uijeongbu was in full swing.

Seoyoung must be safe.

She would be safe.

At least for now.

It had been about a week since the recapture had begun.

It was no different from the future when the news broke that Blaze Clan and Myungwang Clan from Division A had captured Uijeongbu City Hall.

Changhae Clan would have arrived at Uijeongbu Station and headed to the Gyeonggi North Government Center, where they would have met the residents.

Residents hiding in the underground tunnels of Uijeongbu Station.

They shouldn’t be treated as ordinary people.

They must be cautious.

Before the regression, the E-division’s lack of vigilance had led them to the brink of destruction.

Not only was Regulus Clan Lord Guyeonsu severely injured, <Demon Bullet> Son Ji-hee had died…

Yeah, ‘it’.

It was a very clever monster.

A monster that wore a human disguise and blended in among the people.

Its name was-.

«Huh? There’s some weird shit going around the internet right now?»

«What? Like what?»

The kids flocked to Jung Geum-jeon’s smartphone in unison.

«It says that player Oh Geonhoo has gone missing?»

«Huh? The one with the wings?»

«Eunhyuk, the winged one…. Then I’m the one with the tail?»

«You? You’re just a doggy.»

«…….»

«Ack! Why are you hitting me?»

Has it already started?

Eunha ignored the fussing children and thought of the first battle to retake Uijeongbu.

From this time forward.

The time when he disappeared and the telepathic relay point was cut off one after another, and the hidden rulers gradually revealed themselves.

«But, Oppa.»

«Why, little Mukminji.»

«Isn’t it just a rumor?»

«Well, communication in the Uijeongbu area must be difficult.

This is why they say the media… bringing such nonsense from somewhere, really….»

That’s not a rumor.

It was information that the First Supply Base, who had set up their first supply base at Hoeryong Station, wanted to hide, but it wasn’t information that could be hidden.

It was probably something reported by a player with a loose tongue through a telepathist who was waiting nearby.

An act that could result in execution the moment they were discovered.

The Fairy government will not tolerate those who reveal classified information, even if it means distracting public opinion from the failure of the first Uijeongbu recapture.

Still, public opinion doesn’t subside.

Is Seoyoung noona doing well, perhaps?

Eunha’s thoughts returned to the current situation in Uijeongbu.

He only wished that Seoyoung would not consider finding that bastard.

There are no means to find it.

It’s called a third-rank Overranked Hundred-Faced, meaning he can wear more than a hundred different faces.