Someone came up to the roof where Siwoo was.
“You found my hideout. Come and sit down.”
“. . .You were here.”
Layla sat down next to Siwoo with a gentle smile.
Her blonde hair fluttered in the night wind and shone beautifully in the moonlight.
“Is it okay for the team leader to be out alone at night?”
“You’re not asleep either. The team leader’s orders were to rest. What a disobedient subordinate.”
“I’m not that team leader’s subordinate.”
She smiled broadly at Siwoo’s joke.
“Did you say you’re under Mr. Baek? I don’t think I’ve seen you before when I visited Korea.”
“I just joined. I’m new, so please take care of me.”
“Hmm. You look like a mercenary who has been rolling around on this floor for 20 years.”
She’s sharper than I thought.
Siwoo was a little surprised by Layla’s words.
Most Hunters who knew how to handle magic thought that his appearance was terrifying.
However, Layla saw through his appearance and recognized the solid and dense magic composition that Siwoo possessed.
“Then Layla, who will be the Guild Leader, is amazing, right? German Hunters are not easy.”
Layla paused when Siwoo mentioned her name.
“. . .It’s not bad to be called by my name.”
“What?”
“Oh, no. And you’re right. German Hunters are damn strong. But how do you know?”
“I used to work with them before. Was it Hans?”
“Hans. . . Are you talking about Hans Schröder?!”
“Well, that seems to be the case.”
Layla couldn’t help but be shocked.
Hans Schröder.
He was the greatest Hunter in Germany and the most beloved Hunter by the people.
He was the top Hunter called the Superman of Germany.
However, he entered the gate 5 years ago and contracted the 「Mana Plague」 while fighting.
Current medical technology can only keep him alive.
The great superman was barely holding on in the intensive care unit every night.
And Layla is Hans’ only family.
“When. . . When was Hans Schröder active? It was a long time ago.”
“Well, I used to be active in the old days?”
“With my uncle??”
Siwoo paused for a moment.
Is the translation correct?
“Uncle? Hans is your uncle?”
“That. . . It’s too late to make excuses. Yes, Hans is my last remaining blood relative.”
Siwoo recalled his old memories.
At that time, when he was fighting monsters in the gate for 3 days and nights, he took a short break.
A peer in the same trench showed him a picture of a girl in a pendant and chattered on.
He couldn’t understand German, but he could tell that his expression was very happy.
‘𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧.’
Layla added a short remark about Hans.
She seemed to be in a good mood because a Hunter from the East had been with her uncle.
“. . .That’s why he’s in bed now. The reason why I want to become a Guild Leader is because of my uncle. To find the elixir that occasionally comes out of gates and dungeons.”
“Is the elixir a real medicine? I’ve only heard rumors.”
“I don’t know either. But I can’t just sit back and wait for a miracle to come.”
Siwoo smiled wryly as he recalled Hans’s haggard appearance.
“Yes, it will be fine. Hans will be happy when he wakes up. His niece has grown up to be so pretty.”
“Hohoho. You are good at making strange jokes.”
“Well, after this escort is over, I’ll stop by for a while.”
“Huh?”
“Shh.”
Siwoo covered her mouth.
Layla blinked in surprise and then followed Siwoo’s gaze.
“There are all kinds of monsters in Germany.”
“That’s, that’s.”
In the dimly lit forest moonlight.
━Groaning
A mass of darkness poured out along the dark shadow of the ridge.
Ghouls.
The living dead.
Ugly monsters with hunched backs glared at them with the eyes of the dead.
“How did they get inside. . .??”
“Well, there must be something more important than that.”
Siwoo jumped off the roof with Layla in his arms.
“Whoa!”
Siwoo, who landed lightly, looked at her and smiled brightly.
“Why, why are you laughing?”
“I think you look cute.”
“W-What?”
“No time. Sound the alarm. I’ll start.”
Siwoo patted her on the head.
After hearing Hans’s story, he felt an affection for her as if she were his niece.
‘𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚.’
Layla covered her blushing face and hurriedly called on the radio.
“Emergency. Emergency. All HSIU and [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] guild members are to get up. This is a real situation.”
At her urgent voice, the guards sounded the alarm.
“Let’s take care of what’s coming first.”
Siwoo circulated magic from the center of his body to the tips of his peripheral nerves.
Magic surged like the engine of a sports car and began to take root in various muscles.
Thud
Siwoo’s body shot out like a bee.
━Gyaaaak!
The ghoul approaching from the front discovered Siwoo and swung its large claws.
Crunch!
Siwoo’s kick turned the guy’s head 180 degrees.
If it had been an ordinary monster, it would have died instantly, but
━Grrrrrrrrrrrr. . . .
The ghoul chattered its teeth, which had popped out on their own, and ran back to Siwoo.