๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ 3
“Here’s your car . . . I brought it out.”
His spirit was utterly broken, and he looked utterly dejected.
Siwoo glared at him and clicked his tongue.
“No coffee?”
“I don’t drink coffee . . . .”
“So?”
Han Tae-chi stared at Siwoo with his eyes bruised blue.
“Yes?”
“If you don’t have any, what are you going to do about it? Go and buy some.”
“R-Right now?”
“Do you want to buy it next year?”
When Siwoo murmured in a cold voice, Han Tae-chi involuntarily replied in a voice filled with enthusiasm.
“I-I’ll buy it.”
ใ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐.ใ
What the hell is this supposed to mean?
Han Tae-chi stood up with growling eyes.
It happened in an instant.
His arms were twisted behind his back, and he screamed in pain, but then he heard a familiar voice. . . . Han Tae-chi had judged that voice to be false.
It was true that President Choi Dae-soo had made a similar sound, but he had never made a sound like this as a young boy.
Rather, he must have been ‘similar in age’ to him, so he must have been his peer.
He was glad that he didn’t know what kind of person it was, but just as he was about to activate his skill,
BAM!!
Stars flashed in his eyes, and he lost consciousness.
When he regained consciousness, Han Tae-chi was lying face down on the cold marble floor, and Siwoo was sitting on a chair, examining the pile of documents.
Even so, he shouldn’t. . . Put me on the couch at least.
He gasped for breath and bought coffee and fried chicken, and Siwoo was still in the same position before he went out.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐’๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ ?ใ
A fluffy ball flapped its wings like a baby duck and asked Han Tae-chi.
“T-The hotdog shop is closed . . . .”
ใ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ! ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐!ใ
The tiny ball jumped up from its seat and shouted.
‘๐, ๐ต๐ฉ. . . ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐’๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐-๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ. . . .’
Han Tae-chi’s eyes filled with tears as his self-esteem was shattered.
Then Siwoo put down the stack of documents and looked at Han Tae-chi.
“You, have you read and signed all these documents?”
“Yes . . . I’ve checked them twice.”
“Really? Hmm.”
Siwoo sipped his coffee and read the important documents.
“Excuse me . . . are you really the president?”
“Huh? I’m the president. Didn’t Choi Dae-soo tell you?”
“Y-Yes!”
Can you disrespect President Choi Dae-soo like that without any honorifics?
What will happen if I go and tell President Choi Dae-soo?
“I don’t know if you know this, but I’m ranked 6th in South Korea.”
“Yeah, I might know.”
“That . . . My name is Han Tae-chi . . . I’ve made a name for myself in research and development.”
“Yeah, I’ve heard of you.”
“I’m not a combat-type Hunter, so the president might be in trouble later on . . . .”
“Damn it, what do you want me to do about it?”
When Siwoo raised his eyes, he forgot what he was going to say and was speechless.
Han Tae-chi was a man who didn’t know much about the world and didn’t watch TV or news.
He didn’t use SNS or Hunter Tube, and he even used a 2G phone instead of a common smartphone.
His interest was only in research and analysis on magic power, magic stones, magic, mana, and monsters.
Even the Ryu Ji-hwan incident, he only found out about it when he came to [Gold River Guild], so it was safe to say that he lived a life where information was almost completely blocked.
“Hmm.”
Siwoo recalled his conversation with Choi Dae-soo.
โThe guy who’s currently taking over [Gold River Guild] is an S-rank named Han Tae-chi, but he’s an oddball.
โIs there such a person? What’s so oddball about him?
โHe’s not interested in fighting or killing monsters. He’s a guy who just stays in his workshop and invents things. He probably doesn’t even know about you.
โCan I ask such a guy to take over the guild?
โIf you’re a ranker, you should know how to sacrifice yourself for things you don’t want to do. Heh heh heh. Besides, he has no choice. He borrowed research funds from Ryu Ji-hwan. And you paid off all his debts today.
In conclusion, since Siwoo had paid off Han Tae-chi’s debts, the creditor-debtor relationship had shifted from Ryu Ji-hwan to Siwoo.
“So, since the president has arrived, can I go now?”
“Where are you going?”
“T-To the workshop to continue my research.”
“What research?”
Han Tae-chi hesitated to answer.
‘๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.’
“My research is a bit complicated. The magic circuit is also very complicated . . . . It’s hard to explain . . . .”
“Show me.”
“What??”
“Don’t you have a magic circuit? Show me.”
Han Tae-chi hesitated.
He had no idea what the hell this guy was trying to do by asking him to show him the circuit.
But if he didn’t show it to him, it seemed like that fist would fly again. . . .
With no other choice, he took out his portable input/output magic circuit analyzer and displayed the hologram.
Three huge circles, each about 3m in diameter, appeared like a Venn diagram.
“You see? Even ordinary people can’t see this. I’ll put this away now . . . .”
“The circuit is very interesting. Developing elements that react to magic?”
“ใ กใ ก??”
Han Tae-chi looked at Siwoo with a face full of shock.
It was a circuit that contained the essence of magic engineering, with over ten thousand strokes, thousands of shapes, and characters mixed together.
It took him two whole years just to develop this circuit, but he had figured out the intention of the formula just by looking at it?
It was like seeing a grain of sand on a beach and guessing the name of the beach.
“How the hell did you know??”
“Why not? This part is a circuit that recognizes magic, and this part is the part that determines the nature of the element.”
Siwoo explained, holding his hand over the hologram.
Of course, developing such a formula was not easy for him either.
He could apply existing formulas, but creating a new formula was a whole different matter.
However, analyzing and understanding it was well within Siwoo’s capabilities.
After going through countless spells for a hundred years, he could tell the nature of a spell just by looking at the formula.
“Whether it’s water or fire, it’s all fine, but the best fit would be the attribute of lightning. It’s also easy to emit.”
He was right.
Han Tae-chi’s whole body was covered in goosebumps, and he didn’t know what to do.
Even researchers couldn’t grasp it so quickly.
“D-Did you study magic engineering?”
โI don’t need to do anything like that to figure it out.โ
โNo, that can’t be. . . .โ
“Be quiet. Your research topic seems fine, so you’ll have to report to me regularly from now on. And I’ll set up a lab for you, so come here and do your research from now on.”
“What??”
That was ridiculous.
He was not a person who worked for a particular guild.
No matter how much he needed the grant money, it was not enough for him to give up his pride as a researcher.
โI don’t think that would be easy. . . .โ
“I’ll give you double the grant money.”
“What??”
“If that’s not enough, I’ll give you triple. By the way, this is the last offer.”
โT-Then I’ll work hard! I’ll bring my things right now!โ
Han Tae-chi bowed deeply to Siwoo and then ran out with his ears ringing.
He promised to finish moving in today, just in case Siwoo changed his mind.
Siwoo smiled wryly and got up from his seat.
As soon as he saw that formula, he had already applied it to himself and mastered it.
‘๐’๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.’
Han Tae-chi might not know it, but from Siwoo’s point of view, that research could lead to a tremendous transformation in the future.
Magic based on the general element series of water, fire, wind, earth, and electricity does not react with magic power.
As it stands now, the only magic that reacts with magic power is the magic used by the so-called ‘healers’ of the holy system.
However, if the magic of the elemental system were to react with magic power. . . .
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.’
Siwoo smiled wryly.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
“Your Excellency! It’s an emergency!”
“What is it?”
Choi Dae-soo looked up from the documents with a frown.
“The gate has opened!”
Gates were a nuisance that occurred several times a day.
That’s why there were guilds in each region.
“What kind of gate is it that you’re making such a fuss about?”
“An S-rank gate like last time . . . .”
“Damn it, this is not a joke! Contact Heptagram and the Hunter Association right now and tell them to gather.”
โBut it’s not the only thing.โ
Choi Dae-soo made an unpleasant expression at the chief secretary.
“Three A+ rank gates have also appeared . . . .”
โBastard, what the hell! We have to send out an S0S to other countries.โ
“We just contacted them, but they all said no.”
“If they don’t help us this time, we’ll respond at the national level.”
“No, that’s not it . . . .”
The chief secretary hesitated and then continued in a flustered manner.
“Gates have appeared simultaneously in other countries. So far, we’ve confirmed 5 in China, 1 in Japan, 2 in North Korea, 3 in Vietnam, 8 in Russia, and 1 in Singapore. It’s estimated that they’ve also appeared in other parts of Asia.”
Even though they appeared several times a day, they had never appeared all at once like this.
“What are the gate measurement ratings of those countries?”
“They’re similar to ours. B-rank at the lowest, S-rank at the highest.”
“Where have the S-rank gates appeared?”
“They’re currently identified as Russia and Japan.”
Gates that were called national disasters even if they appeared only once had appeared simultaneously in three neighboring countries.
What were the odds of that happening?
‘๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต?’
Choi Dae-soo calmly suppressed his boiling anger.
It’s not too late to get revenge on them later.
The most important thing he had to do right now was to protect the safety of South Korea.
“First, send the coordinates of the three A+ rank gates and the S-rank gate to Heptagram and the Hunter Association. Also, prepare an emergency video conference right away.”
At Choi Dae-soo’s order, the chief secretary nodded and prepared quickly.
Less than 5 minutes later, an emergency video conference was held.
The Guild Leaders of Heptagram, Chae Woo-dam of the Hunter Association, and Baek Geon-ho of HSIU connected in turn and appeared on the screen.
“Three A+ rank gates and one S-rank gate have currently appeared. Defcon Level 2 has been issued, and this is a situation that falls under quasi-wartime, so your response is inevitable.”
โIs there nowhere to send an SOS?
Choi Dae-soo shook his head at Baek Geon-ho’s question.
“They say that neighboring countries are in a similar situation. The ‘bastards’ are getting more and more sophisticated in their tricks.”
โIn that case . . . how should we divide the personnel? The A+ rank is also quite a handful, and if there are three more gates like that, it’s going to be a lot of trouble.
Hunter Choi Sung-il carefully expressed his opinion.
“I think so too. As soon as this meeting is over, I’ll also preside over a meeting with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Government Administration to get more personnel.”
โFirst, I think at least half of Heptagram should go to the S-rank gate. Considering the last incident, it’s not enough even with that, but since the S-rank is different from the A+ rank, I think we should do that much.
โI agree with Hunter Do Kyung-hoo. We should bring in at least 200 assistant hunters and 4 S-rank hunters, right?
Min Si-joon looked miserable as he agreed with Do Kyung-hoo’s opinion.
“Does anyone have any other opinions?”
Choi Dae-soo’s question was met with hesitation and glances.
It was an understatement to say that their lives were on the line.
Then someone raised their hand.
“State your opinion . . . Min Siwoo.”
โDivide the A+ rank gates into three groups and send them in. HSIU will take care of one, the Hunter Association will take care of another, and the Ministry of National Defense will take care of the remaining one.
โThe Mad Dog’s opinion isn’t bad. So, we’ll quickly take care of the three A+ ranks and then go to the S-rank gate together, is that it?
โI also think the master’s opinion is good. We should take care of the A+ ranks quickly and go in together. Considering the monsters that appeared in the S-rank, that’s the best way to go.
Do Kyung-hoo and Kang Yeo-hwa agreed with Siwoo’s opinion.
However, Siwoo frowned as if he had heard something ridiculous.
โWhat are you all talking about? I said to divide into three groups and go in, who said to go to the S-rank together?
โmaster??
“So what’s your opinion?”
โYou guys take care of the A+ ranks. [Mad Dog Guild] will handle the S-rank alone.
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