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Chapter 183

183Hwa: Traveler Koo Dae-seong(2)

In December, after the huge storms of the Taiwan crisis and the Korean pantheon hearing incident,.

It’s time for year-end settlement.

Even when everyone was busy, Leon leisurely sat back and looked at the flourishing pantheon..

After the hearing incident, Leon accepted a full apology from the opposition party..

Forgiving their cruelty and rudeness was a very big decision for Leon..

[Huh, I shouldn't have forgiven you so easily..]

Tatar, the god of the sun and judgment, mentioned how the opposition leader knelt and apologized..

He, along with the goddess Ariana, is in charge of the kingdom's laws and punishments. His platform draws a firm conclusion against disrespect for the king..

[Their heads should have been cut off, salted, and buried all over the country. He had to make those who dishonored Lion Heart pay the price and show dignity..]

[Sun, it’s not that you don’t know what it means, but this is Earth. Our laws and their laws are different..]

[But, light. This world will soon have to follow our laws. They are too weak to fight against evil and do not know how to fight properly. If it weren't for the Lionheart King, it would have ended in the Demon Grand Duke's line..]

That wasn't wrong. Even the S-class hunters, who are said to be the best of both Korea and Japan, could not overcome the demon archduke Akasha of slaughter and destruction..

Earth has been lucky enough to have survived so far because it benefited from the cracks in the dimension of survivors..

[But Leon is my knight. I think it's a shame that we rejected the US proposal last time..]

Goddess Ariana seems to have really liked the reconstruction of the Lionheart Kingdom in the United States. Many gods agreed with it..

Heto, the god of iron and blacksmithing, seemed to covet America's abundant resources..

[It may be a bad idea to fall into the arms of a great power, but in the end, it is also a good idea to gradually become an irreplaceable figure to them. In my view, that land was a land of innate blessings..]

"You are right. That land is special on this earth."

Vast territory. It was a land blessed by God with not only fertile soil but also all kinds of natural resources..

If the God of this Earth favors a country, it would definitely be the United States..

[Hmph, it is ultimately an object of conquest. It's right to deal with big countries last..]

Petos, the god of war and fire, was already dreaming of a war of conquest. He hopes that the heat of war will return to this land and that Lionheart's reputation will spread..

[There is no need to conquer through war alone. The land is vast, and my protection has no limits beyond the horizon..]

The goddess of life and abundance spoke of gradual incorporation. However, Tartar of the Sun and Judgment refuted this..

[The children may need the touch of a goddess to purify their magical powers right now, but when the work is done, they will turn their palms over. Just like the empire did.]

[What the sun said is right. So this time, isn't it talking about complete domination by Lionheart? Vulcan's opinion is correct in this case..]

Each of the gods had different thoughts. Leon would have to coordinate their opinions and come to a conclusion, but in the end, the decision-making power rested with him as the executor..

[What was my knight’s plan? Looking at what you say to Vulcanus, you probably have a reason for remaining in Korea..]

"By nature, people are cunning and often change their stance after receiving grace. Just like the empire, politicians seem to be the same creatures.."

This did not apply to the royal nobles of Lionheart. Because Lionheart was returned by the absolute king who was given authority by the god Lionheart King..

"These are chaotic times, so they are unable to move against us, but as time passes, they will soon become hostile and greedy. Some people already do that.."

So what is needed to rebuild the pantheon and, by extension, Lionheart?.

[After all, we will have to build a country. However, is there suitable land??]

"Sir Spinner has some land in mind.."

[Hoo? I think I know roughly where it is. Hmm? Did you keep that in mind when you left behind Ahae, the travel engineer??]

"I am a monarch before I am a knight. A monarch's actions must be nationalistic.."

He remained in Korea until he gave up going to the United States. The gods seemed to have a general idea of ​​what land Leon was thinking of..

"But before that, there is a country that must be destroyed.."

Leon turned his gaze towards the wide horizon. Only the gods knew that he was approaching the north.

and──

- your majesty. I received a call from Koo Dae-sung, who was working as an engineer at Heilong People's Bureau. Your Majesty's judgment is required..

It came at the right time, like fate..

* * * *

After the large-scale Gate incident, Gu Dae-seong, who remained in Heilong People's State, traveled the country hunting monsters that had been released from the Gate..

They were invaluable in developing countries that did not have the ability to properly detect gates or attack all gates before the dungeon break..

"Thanks, driver.!"

"How should I repay this favor?······."

Koo Dae-seong's reputation gradually increased as he received cheers and gratitude from citizens..

"Phew...! Phew···!"

Time for everyone to take a break. Koo Dae-seong is still practicing today, swinging his sword..

Perhaps thanks to his growing reputation in the area, the exercise space created thanks to the kindness of residents and the hotel manager is the driving force behind his continuous training..

"Damn, you work hard."

"Captain Kim."

"Didn't you get bitten by that big Sabel Tiger or something today? Why don't you get some rest?"

"I got better after applying the medicine.."

"People really... need to know how to rest when they need to rest.."

"haha······."

Koo Dae-sung laughed it off, but his true intentions were not..

He is still a B-class hunter. Sabel Tiger is a B-class high-ranking monster. He managed to catch a monster of that size, risking injury..

What would it have been like if it were Han Hari??

What about Cheon So-yeon? If it's Kim Jae-hyuk or Han Su-ho?

No, not even them, there would be no need for anyone in the knights to risk their lives as a special attack like himself..

'It's not enough. I am so inadequate that I cannot even use the holy method yet..'

I am constantly praying. To Ariana, the goddess of light and justice, and to Fethos, the god of war and fire..

When Demera, the goddess of life and abundance, is introduced to the locals, they pray together, but Gu Dae-seong believed in the previous two gods more..

I hope that I can borrow their power to become a knight myself..

I am not good enough.

If you don't have anything innate, the only thing you can do is try..

But the questions that keep coming up make him stop..

If I ran in the wrong direction, maybe I should correct it..

What do you do when what you have accumulated through meaningless efforts is undervalued??

「Because the challenge does not require evaluation from others..」

At times like that, the old knight's words help me get up..

Don't worry about other people's eyes.

Your challenge must continue.

'Yes, I don't need anyone's evaluation of my challenge..'

No one. Even the lion-hearted king and the gods.

That was the legacy that Twilight Zereah left him, and the reason he did not give up..

In this way, Koo Dae-seong continued to provide private support along with serving as a knight..

At first, it started out as a way to save people whose lives were threatened in harsh environments, but gradually people started coming to ask for help without having to go looking for it themselves..

"Driver, a gate has appeared near our village. I asked the People's Army for help, but they did nothing.!"

Among them, there was a request to clear the gate..

"Sir, sir. Could you please give me some more teachings from Goddess Demera? I'm thinking of giving thanks to the land and making an altar, but since we're doing it just between us, I wonder if this is the right thing to do.."

There were also those who came to seek the doctrines and teachings that Koo Dae-seong had begun to spread..

"It's true. Why would I come here and lie??"

Among them, the story of this man who visited Koo Dae-seong today was surprising..

"It's true! I escaped from the concentration camp in Hoeryeong.!"

The identity of the man who revealed himself was surprising..

Hoeryong, North Korea, across the Duman River. He is said to be a North Korean defector who escaped from a political prison camp there and came here..

Originally, North Korean political prison camps were said to accommodate all kinds of people, including guilt-by-association systems, but that wasn't surprising..

"Monsters... are managing the camp.?"

"yes! At some point, it wasn't the People's Army gangsters, but some monsters that took over the camp and kidnapped the camp people.?"

Non-human beings are occupying the camp and arresting people there. If that were true, it wasn't normal..

"Could it be an orc or another sub-race?······"

"Well, they are monsters! I've also seen orcs and goblins a few times! But they were evil things that could not be compared to those.!"

"No, then how on earth did you escape? He escaped from the Hoeryeong concentration camp and crossed the Duman River to Yanbian.?"

"Since Gogeo had been in the smuggling business for a long time, there was a route that only I knew. I escaped alone and crossed the Duman River.."

The man seemed frustrated seeing Kim Do-han and the others not believing what he said. Koo Dae-seong secretly asked Yapi via communication..

"That's right... Sir Yappy. Have you checked??"

-Based on this unit's reconnaissance assets, the activities in the camp are completely as usual..

I tried communicating with Yappy and asked him to find out, but nothing changed..

Of course, it was true that terrible abuses were committed in the camps, but that was the same as usual under the special circumstances of the North Korean regime..

Yapi doubted the testimony of the North Korean defector, saying he could not find any traces of the monster..

"Yes, it's real! It's real!"

A man screaming as if he was being unfairly treated. I was even more puzzled because he didn't seem to be lying..

'Sir Yappy has no reason to lie. Sir Yappy's information was never wrong in the first place..'

It was thanks to Yapi's overwhelming reconnaissance assets that Gu Da-sheng and his troops were able to travel throughout the Heilong People's Republic and quickly subdue monsters..

Since it scanned the entire country in real time and designated points, Koo Dae-seong only had to plan a strategy in advance and hunt monsters..

However, this time, the reconnaissance information of the North Korean defector and Sir Yapi is different. If you think logically, you would think that the North Korean defector was lying.······.

"How about going once??"

"No, Mr. Koo. That's a bit······."

Captain Kim Do-han expressed his disapproval at Koo Dae-seong’s proposal..

The reason Gu Dae-seong has been able to operate in Heilong People's Bureau so far is not only because of their free goodwill, but also because of consultation with the People's State administration..

However, advancing to Hoeryeong was a place where such consultation or cooperation was impossible..

Because that was North Korea.

The world's most closed dictatorship.

Even Koo Dae-seong did not know what it meant to cross the border of a controlled country that had not let go of power even in the midst of terrible hunger and poverty after the collapse of China..

-Irrational. If you want to do relief work, I will introduce another place..

"There is something that bothers me."

-Kikluk?

"Sir Yapi, didn’t you say that according to your satellite information, the Hoeryong concentration camp is no different from usual?."

-yes.

"But where did these monsters come from??

-······.

Yapi sent a silent message to Koo Dae-seong, mentioning a fact that was not necessarily mentioned..

But Koo Dae-seong continued speaking..

"We'll take a look and come back. You'll have to cross the border, but these days, with Sir Yappy's stealth drone, you'll be able to sneak across the border without being detected.."

-······.

Yapi thought strategically for a moment..

The special nature of the country called North Korea and the burden of having to cross the border..

In fact, neither of them can be said to be a cause for concern..

There is no need for Pantheon, which has already invaded Taiwan and neutralized the administration, to worry about protests from North Korea..

I just don't want to create variables as a thorough machine..

-You are acting in the name of the Pantheon. Therefore, approval from His Majesty must be obtained..

Yaffe deferred this decision to the highest decision maker..

[Do whatever you want.]

"Okay, thank you. But... are you sure you're okay? I heard that you were called to a hearing recently because of the Taiwan case.."

[The reason the burden is king is because he is responsible for everything. You complete your practice. responsibility is a burden.]

Leon's approval was dropped. Then he had no reason to hesitate anymore.

-I'll wait a day. I'm sending a package for infantry support..

A day later, Yapi sent a support package to the scheduled point..

After confirming the support package descending from space, Koo Dae-seong began preparing to cross the Duman River..