Chapter 201 – Who Are You (4)

The ‘terror attack’ that occurred in Incheon dealt a massive shock to Korean society.

The ‘disaster’ happening in Eastern Europe was frightening, but still a story from a different, distant continent.

But what happened in Incheon this time occurred right in front of their own homes.

The stock market that had crashed from the Eastern European situation couldn’t even open the exchange, and the government and National Assembly seriously discussed martial law.

And ordinary people who’d viewed contamination and summoners unrealistically finally seemed to properly grasp the reality.

[Should we evacuate?]

[Isn’t it because of that Cleanearth thing? If just that disappears, it’d be fine.]

[If they disappear, we’ll end up like Eastern Europe? Want to become zombies?]

[But didn’t that place get smashed after Cleanearth people went there too? Aren’t they useless?]

[If you saw the footage, you can’t say useless! Didn’t you see them flying in the sky and penetrating bullets? Even Apache helicopters were useless.]

[But their building got completely smashed.]

Broadcasting, media, and of course the internet were in chaos.

Panic buying occurred again after a while, emptying food sections of supermarkets, but still people couldn’t stop going to work.

“Guess we really are Korean.”

Caroline, who’d cut her half-burnt hair into a bob, shook her head while checking the internet on her phone.

“Well, immediate survival is important.”

Sun-woo answered her words while moving his sword with sword manipulation.

Sun-woo was currently drawing a magic circle on the steel floor with a sword filled with sword energy.

This place was a warehouse in Incheon.

A warehouse purchased with Sun-woo’s personal money, which he could contract after the owner who’d been haggling threw in the towel thanks to the terror attack in Incheon.

Though the warehouse used as a training ground was smashed so he could use this place as a training ground, Sun-woo decided to make this place into a magic bullet production facility as originally planned.

And now Sun-woo was constructing a giant barrier formation on the warehouse floor.

A giant barrier formation that granted magic to bullets.

“I was preparing to make money. But with the situation like this, being greedy is difficult.”

Confirming the barrier formation was fully drawn, Sun-woo clicked his tongue quietly while retrieving his sword.

Things were turning too rapidly, leaving no time to prepare.

“Anyway, if I knew I’d be working with the Korea branch, would’ve just built it in the branch basement.”

But then it would certainly be buried underground by now.

Six hours after the incident, the Cleanearth building finally couldn’t hold and collapsed.

Fortunately, all people evacuated beforehand, but all underground facilities were buried in the ground with the building.

Of course, Sun-woo moved equipment and weapons as much as possible beforehand, but no way to save the facilities themselves.

Among survivors, many went straight to hospitals, and uninjured people were sent home on leave pretext.

And defectors were being sent back to the Empire as much as possible.

With Cleanearth headquarters stopped and the Korea branch destroyed, no reason remained to stay in this dimension.

However, the branch director, Caroline, and a few people continued staying to contact other branches and handle Korea branch cleanup.

“But Caroline, aren’t you going over to the Empire?”

Sun-woo asked Caroline while pouring mana into the engraved magic circle.

“I should help Sun-woo finish things in this dimension. How much has Sun-woo helped our dimension?”

Caroline answered while sitting in a corner watching Sun-woo.

“I’ll return to the Empire after this is done. Together with Sun-woo…”

At her words, Sun-woo chuckled. Hard to dislike her when she spoke so openly.

“Is the branch director’s side going well?”

“Fortunately, no problems with remaining branches. Thanks to Director Albert’s news cutting off, they’re rather rallying around the branch director. Of course, largely thanks to Sun-woo.”

This Incheon terror was a time that showed Sun-woo’s skills once again.

Combat footage of Sun-woo filmed with telephoto lenses made not only ordinary people but other summoners look at him with admiration.

Nodding at Caroline’s words, Sun-woo brought an ammunition box from the side and placed it at the center of the newly made barrier formation.

Then he snapped his fingers to activate the barrier formation.

Wuuuuung.

Bright light filled the empty warehouse.

Moments later, as light disappeared from the magic circle, Sun-woo opened the ammunition box to check the bullets inside.

“The magic circle seems well installed.”

Tiny magic circles appeared on the bullets’ surfaces.

Sun-woo muttered quietly and flicked a bullet toward the floor.

“Pierce.”

Tang!

The bullet flicked from Sun-woo’s hand penetrated the steel plate beside the barrier formation and burrowed into the ground.

“Wow, is that a magic bullet?”

“Seems to work well. Can use it.”

All bullets in the ammunition box had the same magic circle engraved.

“But you engraved on the bullets.”

“Well, I considered engraving barrier formations on guns or magazines to automatically apply magic, but that seemed impossible to automate. Didn’t seem I’d have that much time.”

“But even this magic circle needs you to pour in mana to activate.”

“There’s a method for that.”

Sun-woo moved the ammunition box aside then levitated an amplification stone he had at the center of the barrier formation.

Something he’d brought via Sophia who was shuttling back and forth to the Empire transporting people.

“Isn’t that for amplifying mental energy?”

“Well, Empire mages have been applying amplification stones to magic circles well anyway. And I know how to convert internal energy to mana or mental energy. Just add a formula to the barrier formation to convert mental energy to mana and that’s it.”

As Sun-woo waved his hand over the barrier formation, several characters were added.

And the amplification stone floating at the center began glowing faintly and rotating slowly.

“Alright, done. Now this barrier formation is Caroline’s responsibility. You know, right? Split profits 50-50 with the Korea branch. And Michael handles US transactions.”

Sun-woo still remembered what he promised Michael before.

Michael hadn’t gone to Romania. His premonition stopped him from moving.

Thanks to that, he was now caught at headquarters managing mercenaries.

Before, he planned to make and profit alone, but as situations changed, he had no choice but to work with the Korea branch.

The branch handles external distribution and amplification stone purchases, Sun-woo handles making and maintaining the barrier formation, splitting profits 5:5.

“Hmm, guess the timing’s right.”

Sun-woo muttered seeing Sophia pop out from thin air while explaining the barrier formation’s operation method to Caroline.

“Huff, huff, it’s so hard. I just crossed dimensions, you know? Can’t I rest a bit?”

Sophia groaned seeing Sun-woo approaching, but Sun-woo only showed the amplification stone.

For Sun-woo who’d been pushed back by those crossing over to the Empire, every moment was urgent.

“Should I come too?”

“Caroline, guard here. And say hi to Yeonhwa.”

Yeonhwa was at the hospital now. Not because she was injured, but because her power was needed to care for people who’d fallen into panic from war neurosis.

“Even using the amplification stone, if I space-jump this time, I’ll be sick for days.”

Seeing the amplification stone Sun-woo handed over, Sophia sighed.

Sun-woo handed a card to pale-faced Sophia.

“Got it from the branch director. It’s yours, Sophia.”

A VIP black card.

Seeing the card, resolute determination bloomed on Sophia’s face.

“I’ll give it my all!”

The two immediately disappeared from the warehouse, and Caroline sighed looking at the numerous ammunition boxes piled at the back.

***

20 minutes later.

Vladivostok, Russia

Missile base.

Eeeeeng!

Tatang! Kwang!

Siren sounds blared noisily within the base, with gunfire and grenade sounds audible.

“Enemy!”

“Track them!”

“Flew west!”

“Flew? A drone?”

“A person flew!”

“???”

But the soldiers’ shouts heard with gunfire bewildered each other.

And the culprit bewildering the soldiers was scolding the woman in his arms.

“Should’ve moved far away, what do you do space-jumping right in front of the base?”

“My ability’s at its limit so I couldn’t move accurately. Couldn’t help it.”

In Sun-woo’s arms leaping between buildings, Sophia kept making excuses.

Sun-woo could feel in her words the determination to absolutely not lose the card.

With bullets flying from all directions, Sun-woo who could no longer scold focused his mind on moving.

Fortunately, didn’t seem to move wrongly. Sun-woo’s spell sensed the target.

Dozens of vehicles standing at one side of the base.

All giant trucks with missiles loaded behind them.

Russia’s proud mobile surface-to-surface missile launch platforms.

As Sun-woo approached the vehicles, guards protecting the trucks stuck syringes in their arms.

Their bodies began turning murky.

“Bingo.”

As Sun-woo landed in front of the trucks, instantly contaminated guards aimed guns at him. They pulled triggers without warning.

And at that moment, Sun-woo also snapped his fingers.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Before bullets fired, the guns exploded in their hands.

“Hmm, so that’s how to use it.”

Sun-woo used the ability obtained from Adelio to detonate gunpowder inside guns.

Thanks to guns suddenly exploding, guards were hit by shrapnel and collapsed to the ground.

However, thanks to enhanced bodies, few lost their lives.

“Well, not much difference anyway.”

Sun-woo started sending spells toward the trucks.

Mighty internal energy transformed into spells moving earth spirits, and soon the ground shook wildly.

Kugugugugung.

The ground split and trucks began sinking into the earth.

“After handling here, the Far East region should be fine for now.”

This was one of the missile bases loaded with contamination spread agents learned through Adelio’s memories.

Adelio and contaminated summoners tried to contaminate the entire world by shooting missiles loaded with contamination spread agents at the whole world simultaneously.

However, because Romania was attacked, they hastily fired missiles at Eastern Europe first.

“If I block two or three more places, can at least prevent Demon Lord summoning for now.”

There was also the method of charging into Romania to smash the Demon Lord summoning magic circle, but no reason to hastily rush into the dangerous enemy center.

First buying time to attack together with other summoners was far more advantageous.

“Then, let’s move properly this time.”

At Sun-woo’s words, tired-faced Sophia sighed.

Moments later, the two disappeared from the base, and only dirt mounds remained where trucks loaded with missiles had been.