Chapter 130 – Reveal (1)

The purification formation purified an area about twice the size of the city.

All contaminated people in the purified area returned to their original forms.

Sun-woo looked around at people regaining consciousness and waking, then returned to the arena.

The moment Sun-woo arrived back at the arena, Summoner’s voice reached Sun-woo and the other summoners’ ears.

[Dimension Beta. Part of the contaminated area has been purified. Connection with Dimension Beta established. Assessing the situation.]

With contamination gone, connection with Summoner was reestablished.

[You have performed the mission excellently. Will distribute rewards. Distributing basic mission reward and additional mission reward, and Summoner Min Sun-woo will receive additional compensation for the Dragon Heart used.]

Fortunately points for the Dragon Heart used were distributed. It was the part Sun-woo worried about most, but Summoner’s calculation was definitely thorough.

Subsequently the reward window appeared before Sun-woo’s eyes.

[Min Sun-woo: 9-star. Achievement rate 23%]

[Inventory addition 500 p]

[Skill slot addition 700 p]

[Basic recovery potion addition 100 p]

[Basic bottled water addition 1p]

[Basic hard bread 2p]

[Item enhancement stone 100p]

[Item transformation stone 1000p]

[Summoner calling stone 500p]

[Body regeneration potion 1000p]

[Reward window calling stone 500p]

[Berserk potion 500p] – Additional

[100,000 won per point]

[Current points: 2550 p]

Points that had been 350p before the mission increased to 2550p. Perhaps because of additional rewards, considerable points came in.

On top of that, with level increase a new item appeared.

[Berserk Potion]

[Amplifies possessed energy (mana, internal energy, mental energy) and physical abilities for a certain time, after time passes activity becomes impossible due to depleted energy and body]

“It finally appeared. For final counterattack, or self-destruction?”

Though at first sight it was an item reminiscent of a glorious last stand, it still seemed necessary to have at least one.

Sun-woo first added [Skill Slot] and purchased one [Berserk Potion].

Remaining points were 1350p.

He left points to grow skills.

After Sun-woo closed the reward window, Summoner’s voice was heard again.

[Dimension Beta. Stuttgart. Escort mission and contamination purification mission have concluded. Will return in 2 minutes.]

It was the usual summoning voice.

Sun-woo immediately looked at the sky and shouted.

“Please delay the summon.”

Though Sun-woo was full of thoughts wanting to leave this place, it wasn’t time to return yet.

[Accept Summoner Sun-woo’s request. Will delay summon using 1 point per hour. Maximum deferrable period is 3 days.]

Seeing Sun-woo requesting delay, Nanseol and Yeonhwa also delayed their summons.

And Hayden looked absorbed in emotion viewing his reward window for the first time in a while.

He looked at it for a long time even after other people all closed their reward windows.

As time passed, more and more contaminated humans regained consciousness.

People that Nanseol and Hayden subdued were healed to some extent the moment they were purified, allowing some relief.

However, those already dead couldn’t be helped.

Sun-woo looked at the collapsed arena wall.

There were people crushed to death by the wall Sun-woo collapsed.

If he turned away from those deaths, he would become the same kind of person as Yang Hwasu or the black-robed magician.

It was all work he had done, and even if wrong, he must not regret it.

Sun-woo gathered his heart trying to weaken.

While other companions treated injured people, Sun-woo climbed up the arena spectator seats’ wall and looked around.

Fortunately there was no change now, but this place was an area purified alone in the entire world. There was no knowing when or how attacks might come.

That said, he couldn’t keep protecting this city, but Sun-woo wasn’t greatly worried.

In the underground city Eden was prophet Silvia. She must have already dispatched people.

People gradually appeared on the streets. People who came out on the street looked at each other fearfully.

As time passed and they realized not only themselves but others were freed from contamination, people burst into tears.

The moment they became contaminated. And while living in the contaminated city, countless people lost their lives.

Among them were people who directly killed family and friends not yet contaminated themselves, so people’s sorrow grew even greater.

***

Underground city people showed up at the arena 30 minutes after Sun-woo stood guard.

A black circle suddenly appeared in front of the arena’s eastern spectator seats and several ability users appeared from within.

Among them Clara’s figure was visible, and finally prophet Silvia’s figure appeared.

The ability users who moved spatially immediately ran to their assigned areas.

Silvia approached Sun-woo and gave thanks.

“You worked hard. On behalf of the underground city’s people, the rescued city people, and people who will be saved in the future, thank you.”

Sun-woo, who had been gloomy because of dead people, could receive much comfort from her thanks.

The two looked at the city sunk in sorrow for a moment.

Sun-woo asked Silvia a question.

“What are you thinking about the purified city and people? It’s quiet now, but it doesn’t seem like they’ll keep leaving this place alone.”

“We can’t protect the entire city. We’re thinking of protecting that amplification formation that purifies this city as top priority. If we just protect that place, we can receive support from other dimensions.”

“Then what are you thinking about people living in the city?”

“We’re trying to accommodate as many as possible in Eden. If we expand to the underground river, we can absorb a considerable number.”

Silvia seemed to plan on only protecting the arena with the purification formation, absorbing as many city people as possible underground, then abandoning this city.

She chose the city as an obstacle to obtain supplies needed for the underground city and defend against enemy attacks.

No matter how much the underground city expanded, it couldn’t absorb all city residents.

Though she didn’t say it, she would definitely accept them focusing on ability users.

Sun-woo didn’t ask about that matter. It was work this world’s people had to solve anyway.

As time passed, more and more people appeared at the arena through spatial movement.

Ability users and mutants arriving by spatial movement scattered to the arena and city, moving supplies and treating injured people.

City residents were frightened and resisted at Scavengers’ appearance, but soon recognized their situation and came to follow Scavengers’ words.

***

Two days later, Sun-woo’s group confirmed the city being organized by Scavengers and decided to return to their own dimension.

During this time many things happened in the city. Unable to overcome suffering, many people committed suicide, and many lost their lives in fights.

And some soldiers stationed in the city resisted Scavengers nearly leading to combat, but it was barely resolved by military-origin Caroline’s mediation.

Now two days after purification, things had stabilized to some extent.

Countless materials and people headed to the underground city in a line.

“As expected, I saw people well.”

Caroline, who would return with the group, kept smiling while looking at Sun-woo.

Sun-woo spoke to Nanseol to escape her gaze that felt like it would pierce his face.

“When you return, will you fight the Bright Cult, no, the Demon Cult again?”

“Yes. If nothing special happened in a few days, it seems so.”

Nanseol’s expression returning to her own world looked a bit dark.

“You have the calling stone, right? If you need help, please use the calling stone to summon me. I’ll run right away.”

Considering the help received during this time, a summon was nothing.

“If it’s not contamination-related work, the calling stone won’t work.”

“Still, try it.”

At Sun-woo’s insistence, a smile formed on Nanseol’s lips.

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

After receiving Nanseol’s confirmation, Sun-woo confirmed everyone was ready then shouted toward the sky.

“We’ll return!”

[Will return. 46 hours have passed so will deduct 46 points.]

“As expected, wasteful.”

With Sun-woo’s grumbling as the end, Sun-woo and the group’s figures disappeared from the arena.

***

When Sun-woo and Yeonhwa returned to Korea, it had become night. Because it was too late, Yeonhwa looked at Sun-woo with a gloomy expression.

“Okay. I’ll take you to an expensive spaghetti place tomorrow. For now, please bear with delivery food.”

“Yes!”

Whether because of being taken to an expensive spaghetti place, or eating delivery food was good.

At Sun-woo’s words, Yeonhwa’s expression brightened again.

“Then I should clean in the meantime~”

With improved mood, she began cleaning the house covered in dust for several days.

Sun-woo briefly watched the interesting combination of a priestess running a vacuum cleaner, then took out his phone to order delivery.

And he could see dozens of accumulated text messages.

“Did something happen?”

Korea Summoner Association, America Summoner Association, and even Michael sent messages.

After ordering delivery, the moment Sun-woo tried to check the content, the phone rang.

The caller was Caroline.

It seemed quite urgent about something.

“They’re doing news now! Watch quickly!”

As soon as he answered, Caroline’s urgent voice was heard.

“Did contamination appear somewhere again?”

Sun-woo let out a small sigh and turned on the TV.

If broadcasts about contamination came out again, stopping rumors wouldn’t be easy this time.

After offering condolences to summoners who would suffer, Sun-woo changed the channel to news.

The story coming from the broadcast was about contamination but it wasn’t newly appearing contamination.

On the TV screen, Cleanearth’s chairman Douglas was holding a press conference.

“…Like this for such a long time, our Cleanearth has fought contamination in places people don’t know to prevent this world from being contaminated. To keep people from being terrified, we’ve done our best to maintain secrecy until now, but with development of science and the internet, maintaining secrecy has become difficult so we’re announcing.”

Seeing there was no live broadcast text, it seemed to be reshowing a broadcast done some time ago.

“The Prague animal rampage that happened a few days ago was also work caused by contamination, which our Cleanearth committee members resolved.”

The video briefly passing after the words contained Sun-woo with a blurred face crossing between buildings.

“From now on, our Cleanearth will continue doing our best to protect this world.”

After the chairman’s announcement finished, waiting reporters swarmed up on screen then it switched to the announcer’s room.

After that too, the announcer brought one professor claiming to be an expert and had a conversation, but it was completely meaningless talk.

“What are they thinking? The America Association and Summoners?”

A bell sound reached Sun-woo’s ears as he looked at the TV screen with a serious expression.

Spaghetti already arrived.

Yeonhwa ran to the entrance.