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Chapter 243 - This is Africa (3)

It was definitely a gate, a vicious hell that attracted everything in the area and never let them out until it was cleared. The problem was that once activated, the gate attracted a certain number of victims before closing and allowing no intrusion from the outside. Therefore, discharge-types were often labeled as terrorist sites and absorption-types as cemeteries.

‘But, at this moment, an absorption gate closed after only picking off the boats with the mercenaries? How polite.’

It made him want to laugh. The ships with the other mercenaries were in an uproar after the two ships in the rear vanished. It was easy enough for Kang Shin-hyuk, who could examine them with his spiritual power, to notice.

‘Their alliance with Jormungand has become clear. It’s a terrible scenario that the No. 1 guild in the mercenary industry has betrayed humanity.’

No, weren’t they the world’s No. 1 traitor? Thinking so calmed him down. If he told that joke to Oh Hye-na, she’d probably cry again.

‘But this time, they chose the wrong enemy.’

Kang Shin-hyuk had already proved once in France that he could enter a closed gate. Maybe they thought it was only possible because it was an erosion-type gate, not an absorption one, or maybe they thought it was a lie that he had done so. Or, perhaps, they knew all of that and had provoked him. Either way, the results were the same- the death penalty.

“No, no, no, let’s calm down; I’m starting to sound more and more like a middle-schooler…”

“What’s wrong? Huh, the boat’s gone!”

All of the other superhumans were eager to fight against the waves and monsters before them, but Bridget Poulsen turned her head to look at where his gaze was and quickly realized the anomaly.

-Myuuuuuu!

‘It’s an SS+ class gate, and there are even those who appear to be human in it.’

Wasn’t it a problem when some Jormungand guys showed up directly inside the gate before? It was odd to think that had happened in his first gate practice as well.

“SS+ grade gate, is it possible?”

“To some extent… huh? Can you get inside the gate?”

“Senior, R, please play nice here. Be especially wary of the Zeus guild.”

“Yes.”

“If it’s an SS+ class gate, it’s still a bit difficult…”

Shin Eunah calmly nodded and clenched her jaw as he immediately activated space coordination. Previously, he had to use soul poison in order to invade the gate, but not this time around. He could trace the gate and jump right into it with his spatial skill. That had been the reason Kang Shin-hyuk sent Onyx to the mercenaries ahead of time.

-Entering the SS+ class irregular gate ’23 Forward Base’!

“Huh?!”

Just a second ago, they were in the middle of the sea, but now they were on an island. Holding onto Kang Shin-hyuk just a moment ago, Bridget Poulsen appeared with him and was stunned by the completely different environment around them.

“Going through space?! You’re a wizard!”

“You have such an imagination.”

-Myu!

Since they followed Onyx’s trail, the place they arrived was right where he was. After picking up Onyx, who came running to him with a cry, he looked around. The mercenaries of the Gunners weren’t sloppy, and they quickly noticed the appearance of the two superhumans after they had been suddenly thrust onto land.

“Death Puppeteer?!”

“Red Shoes is also here!”

“You idiots, now’s not the time! Ready your guns!”

“What are we going to do?”

The scene was very confusing. Bee-shaped monsters were constantly flying down from the mountain at the center of the island (probably a volcano), and the Gunners were shooting at them. The problem was, as reported by Onyx, people were mixed among the monsters. They were trying to hide their identity, so they were wearing black robes like the villains from Jormungand who had appeared around a year ago, but they couldn’t hide it from Kang Shin-hyuk. He could sense that same unpleasant feeling he had from Kang-yul Lee.

‘Physical evidence… will there be any? If I had assumed that I would be going into this, I would’ve hidden everything… maybe I can take one.’

But, first of all, they had to get rid of those annoying bees. They each were around SS-rank. They buzzed around rapidly, and their bodies were surprisingly resilient, so the mercenaries’ attacks were doing little.

‘Fortunately, the mercenaries are fine for now.’

It was worth asking Onyx to protect the mercenaries. He tried to cut down a bee flying nearby with his soul connector, but it was difficult to slice through if it didn’t contain a lot of soul poison. Thousands of such monsters flew in, so it was nothing other than a disaster for the mercenaries.

‘If so…’

Kang Shin-hyuk took out the growing scythe from his inventory. With its ability to grow, amplify, and divide, it was the hot item that all farmers wanted! He infused it with his spiritual power and Golden Dragon, then raised his Wind Mastery to the max.

-Kiii!

-Kiiiii!

“Wow!”

The results were truly astounding. The scythe split into dozens after becoming huge in the air, and the scythes rotated rapidly with the strong winds, grinding down all the bees ahead of them. As it did, the blades continued to divide.

“Well.”

Kang Shin-hyuk felt the spiritual power being sucked out of him and drank one of the spiritual power potions he had received. It was a precious potion that he had been trying to ration, as it wasn’t a product he could buy whenever he wanted.

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‘That’s bullshit.’

He had a bit of fear about raising the synchronization rate to 100%, but it would have to be that way someday. Kang Shin-hyuk emptied the potion and let out a deep sigh, activated another mastery skill. The power of wind around the scythes was replaced by a violent flame, creating a huge tornado of fire.

-Kiiiiiiii!

“OMG…”

From throwing a scythe to summoning a firestorm, Bridget’s eyes went wide as Kang Shin-hyuk slaughtered more than a thousand bees in an instant.

“How many abilities was that?”

“You also need to fight. Keep on the lookout.”

“Hey, then I’ll show you this time! It’s okay if you fall in love!”

Bridget knocked her red shoes together several times and jumped straight into the sky, with all the grace of a star. As she stepped lightly out into the sky and stretched out her leg, a blade of powerful energy formed to tear the wings off the bees. She stepped lightly through the air, rotating around and sending out shock waves.

“Lala, lalala.”

-Kihiiiii!

Unlike Kang Shin-hyuk, she couldn’t destroy the bees in one blow, but there was no problem stopping them and breaking their wings. Moreover, the more intensely she danced, the greater the shockwaves became, tearing apart the bees.

-That’s a great power. This fox might one day enter the Hero Universe.

“Strangely, Earth is overflowing with talent. If possible, I hope that she doesn’t join the Hero Universe.”

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Bridget’s abilities were unusually expressed based on her actions, particularly her dancing. The important thing was that her ability was greatly influenced by her own qualities and appeared with unconventional results without much effort. For that reason, there must be many who hated her in the superhuman industry. Kang Shin-hyuk shook his head with that thought.

‘Then, I will recover my spiritual power… shall we switch to defense mode?’

Kang Shin-hyuk reduced the number of scythes to about ten and precisely controlled it to cut down the bees.

“We’ll survive now.”

“Red Shoes is so strong! She didn’t become a top ranker for nothing!”

“What is that scythe? It’s casually splitting those bees…!”

The mercenaries had switched to their viewing mode and waved at Kang Shin-hyuk and Bridget as they fought.

“Puppeteer!”

The master of the Gunners, perhaps the most famous of the non-superhuman mercenaries, Tylo Kaube, ran straight to him.

“Thank you for the help!”

“Do you know the situation?”

“It’s still… it looks like Jormungand!”

He was glad that they had found out of Jormungand’s intervention. He looked Tylo Kaube over carefully.

“Focus on defense. We need to be more alert of the humans.”

“Okay. Jormungand, why are they targeting us…?”

Tylo mumbled with his teeth clenched. If Kang Shin-hyuk used the name Zeus now, he could turn his anger into action, but it wasn’t something to be revealed yet. It would be enough to gather the physical evidence first.

‘Then, let’s start hunting.’

The humans in black robes were staggering at the appearance of the top rankers. Kang Shin-hyuk brandished his pistol at them.

‘Let’s see how much they planned for… huh?’

But just as he was about to start hunting them, an explosion rang out through the air.

“Keah!”

Bridget, who had been dancing a moment ago, was running right for him while screaming.

“Suddenly, something broke under my foot!”

“What is going on? No, wait.”

He remembered seeing that ability before. Kang Shin-hyuk realized it with a start as he searched his memories, just as the mana around the area began to grow heavier.

“Hi!”

A lively female voice came to his ears; magical power was being used to project it from a distance.

“I was waiting to see you again! Your reaction was faster than I thought.”

“Bomber girl.”

“Correct!”

The surrounding mana felt like it was about to explode as Kang Shin-hyuk threw the Great Heavenly Spirit into the air. The sight of the explosive mana being absorbed into it was truly spectacular. Now, he could see the young girl watching them from a distance.

“What are you… how did you take that mana from under my control?”

She blinked in confusion, her slender body wearing a black spandex suit that fit her villain image. It was the traitor of mankind who had fled as soon as she realized she couldn’t win: Bomber girl Mizushima Yuki. Bridget tilted her head after returning back to Kang Shin-hyuk’s side.

“Bomber girl? I heard she was a grandma in her 50s.”

“She is in her 50’s.”

“Wow, what a young grandma!”

“I will kill you 3333 times!”

Bridget’s provocation had been successful. However, Kang Shin-hyuk noticed a gate appearing behind her. The energy swaying there was more dangerous than Bomber girl.

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The administrator then calmly sent a message.

-The support from their home seems to be arriving.