Bab 74: Single Man Raiding Party
⸢Item
[Item: A Key]
Item Rarity: ??
Type: Key
A Key that allows entry into a special area. It can be used in front of a specified Gate.
The location of the specific gate will be revealed after a certain amount of time.
Remaining time: 7 Days 4 Hours 27 Minutes 18 Seconds⸥
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As I look over the description of the key, Jinwoo awakes from his me-induced knockout.
"I guess I really didn't have any chance at winning." Jinwoo groans, massaging the back of his neck, "Dam* you hit like a truck…"
"Well of course I do, I'm loaded with items."
Jinwoo then walks over to me and places his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm a man of my words, since you won the bet, I shall not interfere with whatever it is you're trying to do with my sister. But, if I find you've hurt her in any way, then I won't hesitate to stab you in the back." Jinwoo threatens, "Also, it should tell you that I got permission for the two of us to enter High-Ranking Gates all by ourselves."
"Mr. Go certainly is a reasonable man." I nod my head.
Riding to the Guild, Jinho runs up to us an informs us that we would be meeting with our final Guild Member for the day. Waiting only a few hours while spinning around in one of the office chairs, Jinho informs us of our members arrival.
Rolling my chair over to the entrance, Jinwoo immediately comments, "That's unprofessional."
"Pish posh…"
Entering our office, we see a beautiful young woman with long silky pale purple hair, large brown eyes, and a mask to cover her face.
"Is this the person you were talking about?" Jinwoo gives her a very blank look.
"This is Yoo Soohyun, my cousin and an A-Rank Hunter." Jinho explains while I stare at Jinwoo's expression.
"Wow, I'm in front of the real Sung Jinwoo and Shiro Urokodaki."
This time, Jinho gave his cousin the blank stare, "What's so cool about them, you're a celebrity."
"I get to meet the Hunters who ruined Lee Minsung's press interview without showing their faces!"
"…Aren't you getting surprised by the wrong thing here?" Jinho voiced the question on all our minds.
Leading her further in, we sit her down and start our interview. Or more like, Jinwoo leads it and finishes it within literal seconds.
"Can we take a selfie so I can upload it to my SNS profile?" Yoo holds her phone up, "I want individual ones and then a group one."
Agreeing to her request, the day quickly comes to a close, though the moment I arrive home, I find Jinah waiting for me, holding her phone to my face to show the image I'd taken with Yoo Soohyun.
"Did you manage to snatch another while you were out today?" Jinah's eye twitches.
"No," I shove her hand out of my face, "If anything, I'm only looking at her as a potential girlfriend for Jinwoo."
Immediately her expression brightens, "For Jinwoo… Great, then I'll give my full support."
"Even with your support, I don't feel like it'll go anywhere… Remember Lee Joohee?"
"My brother does suck with woman… doesn't he?" Jinah thinks aloud.
"Truly."
"I'm right here you know…" Jinwoo exits from the bathroom.
Paying him no mind, the next day, the two of us head off to two separate dungeons, both A-Rank. Letting Jinho travel with Jinwoo for today, I find myself with another compatriot.
"Hunter Shiro Urokodaki."
"Chief Woo Jinchul… an absolute pleasure to have you joining with me. Also, what's with that…" I point at the reporters who were trying to flood towards me.
"There's not much we can do about the location of a Gate. Plus, the post on SNS didn't help to ward off these kinds of people." Woo sighs, "Do you plan on summoning your soldiers, I do need to measure their strength for the president?"
Probed by his question, I nod my head, "Ascend."
Appearing in a flash of light above me, about 50 of my Soldiers of Light crowd around me. Going up to 20 of them and reading their magical signatures, Woo gives the measuring equipment back to his men.
"I'm finished with the confirmation. But, on the order of the Association President, I'm to find out if it's safe during your raids."
Equipping himself with his armor, I shrug my shoulders.
"Just don't blame me if your left a husk."
Entering the A-Rank Dungeon, we're greeted by the sight of a cave covered in moss, the rocks a light brown color.
"Aeri."
Kneeling on the ground beside me, I order her to use her skill. As her scream ricochets off the cave walls, the ground around us begins to shake violently as hordes of enemies make their way towards us.
'The boss broke free of my control my savior, my apologies.'
"That's perfectly fine… Not like we needed him to be here in the first place."
Entering the long corridor at the start of the gate, mountains of moving rocks arrive.
"A-Rank 'Grassy Golems'. An opponent with slow speed but incredible defense and strength… This gate for a normal raid party would take the complete seven days to complete." Woo provides info.
Though, he becomes shellshocked when the Golems simply sit still in front of us, almost like they didn't sense us.
"Seven days is too long." I wave my hand.
Almost like they were following a command, my Soldiers leapt forward. Those of Archangel Rank or lower didn't do much to the golems, but those of principality rank could remove a golem's limb within ten strikes. Progressing past the horde of rocks further into the dungeon, the golems in the very back, when one of their limbs were removed, would be set free from Aeri's skill.
"Asmund."
Appearing by my side, he plants his foot in the ground and then huck his sword forward, blasting through the heads of the golems. Not even given the chance to slam into the opposing wall, Asmund summoned his sword back to himself and continued the marksman game until nothing alive was left in our path.
Calling my soldiers of rank Archangel or lower back to me, I set them to mine the magic crystals and special cores of the golems.
Entering the boss room, my eyes meet with a golem quadruple the size of my tallest summon and it hung limp to the ground, it's arms and legs chained to the ground. Sensing my entry into its room, the golems eyes flared a bright green which quickly changed to red.
"ARGHHHHH!"
Letting out its rumbling roar, the golem rose its body upwards, snapping the chains that held its hands down.
"All Soldiers other than those working return."
"Why did you cancel your summons?"
Giving him a strange look while I summon my katana, I answer, "Well, I want to work up a sweat. And I must make sure that my skills don't dull… Plus, this boss it the perfect target."
Bending down while the golem starts to swing at me slowly, I leap from my spot, dashing towards the hulking figure in a series of zigzags to then run up the golem and stab my sword clean through the neck of the boss.
Like a delayed punch, the force of my sword being stabbed into the golem finally catches up and blows a large hole through its neck. Its head being hung on by two thin stilts are sliced away when I whirl around 360 degrees.
Safely landing on the ground beside its feet, it's head lands right next to me, sending up a plume of debris. Its body, which had still been in mid swing is carried off by its arm, falling on the ground beside me, causing the entire dungeon to shake and start to fall apart. Walking over to the chest of the golem, I start to cut my way through it with my katana until I reach the goal which was its core. Taking it away from its hulking body, the notification for the kill finally registers.
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⸢Your Level has been raised by 1.
You have reached level 151.
Your Job-specific skills have leveled up. ⸥
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"Ooh."
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⸢ [Skill: 'Light Extraction' has leveled up.]
[Skill: 'Save Light' has leveled up.]
[Skill: 'Domain of Light' has leveled up.]
[Skill: 'Transferable Light' has leveled up.] ⸥
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Laughing to myself when I see the rewards, I stare at the core in my hand and find that I can use 'Light Extraction' on it, yet I couldn't use it on its actual body.
Not complaining in the slightest, I huck the core onto the ground and say, "Ascend."
Once again hitting me like a flashbang, I look at the Soldier in front of me. With of height of 9 feet (274.32 centimeters) stood a hulking knight dressed in earth-colored armor which greatly contrasted its pure white wings. Its face was a blank helmet with only eye sockets to show a glowing green light. But the thing that made me smile was the weapon which it held. With a flail in one hand and an axe in the other all connected by a chain, I don't even question how the transfer from one over to the other worked.
⸢ [Name: ??? Lv.11]
Rank: Power ⸥
"Hmm… Let's go with Geo."
⸢Name: Geo⸥
Realizing that the ceiling was still trying to collapse down on me, I made my way out of the gate, my working soldiers in tow.
Being showered by flashing lights, I give a look to the soldiers carrying the magic crystals who seemed to give off an arrogant feeling, like this is what's to be expected. Sending Woo on his marry way back to the president, I met up with Jinwoo and the two of us compared the two Soldiers we got from our raids. Both scaled one another up, but eventually, Jinwoo's naga backed down.
Gloating about another victory, our moods fell when we were informed of breaking news. Just over Japan, a massive gate had appeared, scaling hundreds of times larger than the boss I had just faced.
Heading back to the office while Jinwoo and I thought about two separate things, I exit the car to find an undercover Hae-In loitering around. Giving the signal to Jinwoo that I would handle this when we see Hae-In pull her hat down and start to walk away, I 'step' over to Hae-In.
Appearing right next to her, she gave a cute scream.
"Why you runnin'?" I give a wide smile. "What's the point of running if you were the one who chose to come to our office?"
With her eyes swirling, Hae-In stammers out, "Ah… th-that is… my car… in the parking lot…"
Remembering the fact that I had used 'Transferable Light' to get the gymnasium faster, she must have been busy for work if this was the only time, she could collect her car.
"I see," I nod my head, "But, since you tried to run away, could I borrow your time, so you can meet with someone?"
She was originally shocked at first, but her expression grew both relaxed and disappointed when I said she'd be meeting with someone.
"Is it a fan or something?" Hae-In tilts her head.
"Sort of." I rock my hand back and forth. "You'll understand once you meet with her."
Once again cupping her waist and bringing her close to me, we appear in front of the Jinwoo apartment.
"But my car…" Hae-In whines in fake dissatisfaction.
Bursting opens the door of the apartment, I strangely find Jinah standing at the door, looking like she was waiting for something. Grabbing me by the wrist, Jinah pulls me in and sits me on the couch.
"Sit here and don't move."
Giving a faint nod, Jinah goes back to the front door, and I can hear her begin to fan over Hae-In.
Bringing her in, Hae-In shoots me a look that asked, 'Who's this?'
"This is Jinwoo's sister. Sung Jinah."
"Don't you have something else to say?" Jinah peers down on me.
Thinking about it for a moment, it finally clicks, and I say, "She's my prospective girlfriend."
While Hae-In's face turns stale, Jinah's face grows beet red.
"Not that!" Jinah screams, "I mean your ring!"
Finally understanding what it is that Jinah wanted me to say, I tell Hae-In, "I'm married. And since you've never seen me wear my wedding ring, you have an actual reason for not knowing that."
"You're married?" Hae-In's soul seems to leave her body, "Wait, but then what about Ms. Sung being your prospective girlfriend?"
"Please, just call me Jinah." Jinah advises Hae-In sincerely before then telling her, "And it's because this guy believes in the concept of polygamy."
"That I do." I nod my head, "If I didn't, then I wouldn't have four wives…"
"Polygamy? Four Wives? Wait, so then why am I here?"
"That's because of me." Jinah gives Hae-In a sweet smile, "Now come along, we have much to talk about."
Forcing Hae-In into her room and slamming the door shut, I have a very interesting hour-long period of waiting in which in the depths of silence in the living room, I could hear the gasps, slight screams, and then their own parts of silence. Though surprisingly, the entirety of their conversation sounded like nothing more than murmurs.
After the hour, they exit from the room, Hae-In's face glowing a bright red as she refused to look at me and Jinah's face plastered with a bright and victorious smile.
Hae-In gave her thanks for being allowed over, still refusing to look at me, and left.
Looking at Jinah, her smile doesn't lessen in the slightest.
"She's secured." She gives me a thumbs up. "Well, at least until we meet your wives."
"We?"
"Of course." She skips over to me, planting herself in my lap, "Was that kiss not enough proof for you?"
"Mabey, maybe not. I might need a reminder."
Instantaneously, Jinah turns shy as she stares at my lips looking at them both wantingly and anxiously. Seeing how hard she was struggling; I couldn't help myself from leaning forward ever so slightly to plant my lips on hers.
Being nothing more than a simple kiss, Jinah has a small smile on her face, cuddling with me while we listen to the rain that had just started up.
Though, much like before, our time with one another was cut short by Jinwoo who burst through the door. Jinah had managed to unplaster herself from me before Jinwoo entered the living room, but when he saw us in the same room, he knew we did something.
"I'll kill you." Jinwoo stares at me murderously.
"B-but the deal…"
"Screw the deal." He cracks his knuckles.
The rest of the night was rather eventful.
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
Kogatsu
Kogatsu “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
― Harry S. Truman
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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