“Wha, Stahl? It’s one of the top three guilds in Germany! The Guild Leader there is famous for being very pretty? And Hans Schröder is a German hero!”
“Really? I went on a gate raid with her. She’s clingy.”
“. . . . . . . . .???”
Siwoo spoke as if he had just visited a convenience store with a friend yesterday.
“Then there were hundreds of ghouls? I don’t know. Anyway, they came out, so I killed some and went looking for the necromancer.”
Siwoo mumbled while munching on rice cakes.
There was no trace of bragging or showing off in his expression.
Rather, he spoke so casually that it was hard for the listener to accept.
Siwoo continued the conversation leisurely.
When he got to the part where he met Ivan in the forest while looking for the mastermind, his brother made an absurd face.
Si-joon was also a great wizard in Korea.
He had some knowledge of magic.
“Did a single person really create that many ghouls? Not by raising them from the dead?”
“Yeah, the magic power was endless.”
Even now, when he thought about it, Ivan’s abilities seemed bottomless.
The aura of a ferocious monster that he had not seen in years.
He wondered if it was because he was a demon race, or if he was just a natural genius.
Whatever the outcome, the existence of Ivan and Crow alone made IZIZ the most dangerous organization for Siwoo.
“That’s why they’re preparing to respond to IZIZ in Germany as well.”
“It seems to be an international trend these days. The Hunter Association in our country is also talking about forming a separate response team. They’re going to gather a few people from each guild.”
HSIU kept a blacklist of major international law-breaking terrorists and large organizations and monitored them constantly.
IZIZ was also a major terrorist organization.
However, Siwoo had not been interested in them until now.
Because he had been focused solely on the Jeong Min-jun case.
‘I thought it was just a bunch of kids playing around.’
Now that he knew that there were people like Ivan, he could not just sit idly by.
“Anyway, whether the Hunter Association creates one or not, [𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝] should pick some good kids and train them. It’s different from fighting monsters.”
His brother nodded at Siwoo’s grumbling.
“Oh, no.”
“What?”
“I was worried about you, so I asked you to train the kids.”
“Is that. . .right?”
Min Si-joon looked at his older brother with a very anxious expression.
“Instead, I should train you.”
“. . . . . .Huh?”
“Let’s have a match soon.”
“No, wait a minute. . .! All of a suddenㅡ.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing how much you’ve grown in ten years, as your older brother.”
“Hyung! I have a lot of work to do this weekㅡ.”
“You’re going to lose anyway, but it’s more fun if there’s a bet. If you can last more than 10 minutes, it ends there.”
“. . .What if I can’t?”
Siwoo replied with an expression that seemed to say he was having a lot of fun.
“Mandatory training once a week for the next month.”
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𝘢𝔴ᴇ𝕓ṡ̇ṫ̇𝔬𝕣𝙞ė̇𝕤.ᴄ𝚘𝐦
Mountains in Oberstdorf, Germany.
A cave covered in [𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜] was bustling with people.
Over thirty well-armed Hunters were there, their faces tense as they guarded the surroundings.
“Goddamn it. . . Gunner, why the hell is that crazy bastard doing this all by himself?!”
Helmut Harbeck, the head of 〈Allmach〉.
He was furious at the news that had been coming in for the past few days.
The fact that the HSIU International Conference Hall had been attacked was of no concern to him.
Allmach’s goal was to destroy a guild that was responsible for one of the factions in the German Hunter world, and to rule behind the scenes themselves.
However, Gunner had ruined their plan, and Allmach’s existence had been revealed to the world prematurely.
As a terrorist group that had joined hands with IZIZ.
“This f*cking, damn bastard! Joining hands with IZIZ was something we had to avoid at all costs. . . If he runs off on his own, he expects us to clean up his mess, what the hell!”
Helmut threw a glass cup that was on the table at the wall.
IZIZ was a different organization from Allmach.
They had reluctantly formed an alliance, on the condition that they would clean up after IZIZ’s work in Germany or provide them with key information.
Of course, they had also paid a huge amount of money.
‘What a waste of money on such a shitty plan. . .!’
This was not what Helmut had intended at all.
He had never even thought of it.
Who would have come up with such a foolish plan to cause a riot at an international conference in the first place?
Of course, Gunner’s goal was not to ruin the international conference, but to end the [𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝].
“Sir Helmut. This place doesn’t seem very safe either. We’ll be fine as long as the [𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜] is in place, but the German authorities are planning a massive search operation.”
“Of course they are! They’ve been humiliated internationally, do you think Rolf Bangenhelm, the president of the association, is just going to sit still?!”
Rolf Bangenhelm, the current president of the 〈German Hunter Association〉.
He was known as the Doberman during his active days, a fierce and relentless hunter.
He had promised a thorough investigation and punishment for this terrorist attack, and he would surely follow through.
Helmut broke out in a cold sweat without realizing it.
He had seen Rolf fight in the past.
It was at that time that Helmut realized that there was such a thing as a Hunter’s level.
“First, we’ll move to Liechtenstein next week and then to Switzerland. They’re neutral countries, so they won’t cooperate with the German authorities to investigate us.”
“I understand. I’ll have the members prepare for that.”
Kwa-kwang!
At that moment, a loud noise shook the inside of the cave.
“What, what the hell! What’s going on?!”
“Sir Helmut, i, it’s an ambush!”
“Everyone, activate your magic power and follow me!”
He jumped up from his seat and headed for the entrance where the noise was coming from.
It was a search operation that was much faster than he had expected.
This was a place where even search Hunters could not easily find, as the magic power was erratic.
However, contrary to his expectations that it was a government organization or HSIU,
“Yay, long time no see!”
“Raphel, what kind of way of speaking is that? Greet him politely. Helmut, you son of a b*tch, hello? Like this.”
It was IZIZ.
“Oh, long time no see, IZIZ members. . . Raphel, and was it Kaleo?”
Helmut was stunned to see them suddenly appear.
What the hell were they doing here?
No, he had a rough idea, but. . . surely not.
“Ooh! Raphel came here in person!”
“Raphel, that kind of speech doesn’t suit us. Helmut, you son of a b*tch, it was hard to find you. You should say it like this.”
“Helmut, you son of a b*tch!”
This cave was not so shabby that two people could find it.
Besides, the [𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜] was using an artifact, and it was in a state where it could last for another four days.
But how could two people find it when even a government organization could not?
And so quickly?
“T-That’s because we were running away from the German government. . . We will never break our deal with IZIZ!”
Helmut said to them in an earnest voice.
“I understand. That’s why we’re okay with continuing our deal with you.”
“Thank you! Thank you, Sir Kaleo!”
“However━”
Kaleo summoned a document and handed it to him.
“This is the contract that Gunner, who belongs to ‘that side’, signed for this request.”
“C-Contract?”
Helmut cursed inwardly as he unfolded the document and read it.
His expression gradually darkened as he read each line.