The Day of Meeting.
It was the day when people who had moved to Earth from another world, from a different dimension, gathered together.
The Moderate Faction and the Hardline Faction.
Though they had come from the same dimension, the clans that had never once lived in harmony gathered at the hall.
“Man, this place is fancy.”
A middle-aged man belonging to the Hardline Faction muttered to himself.
The building they had entered for the sake of reconciliation was one established by the Moderate Faction.
The figure who was practically the symbol of the Moderate Faction.
Because of Seohyeonji, the clan was adapting to modern society.
On the other hand, the Hardline Faction had taken root in the darkness.
They were involved in illegal crimes and had done anything as long as it made money.
“Everyone seems to be alive and well.”
As the middle-aged man from the Hardline Faction entered the building, he put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.
“I’m sorry, but this is a non-smoking building.”
“Non-smoking? Oh, are you worried about my health? It’s fine. I won’t die, I won’t die.”
“It’s not that, it’s just that this building is designated as a place where you cannot smoke…”
The middle-aged man laughed at the building manager’s words.
“Is it okay for things worse than smoking to happen to your body, then?”
“That is…”
“This fellow is so stiff. He has no sense. He looks like the type to die young.”
The building manager shut his mouth at the middle-aged man’s words.
Just as he said, the atmosphere right now was not good at all.
Even during the usual meetings, the atmosphere was never great.
They were always full of wariness toward each other.
But today, an overtly hostile atmosphere flowed between them.
The reason for that was.
“I heard you did something interesting recently,” the middle-aged man said, exhaling cigarette smoke.
Sitting in the seat of honor in the conference room, the middle-aged man from the Hardline Faction looked toward the Moderate Faction and sat with his legs crossed provocatively.
“Why are you all acting like this? I’m complimenting you. For guys who used to be too scared to leave their rooms, you certainly acted with some guts. Coach was quite impressed, you know.”
“How about you show some basic courtesy?”
“Courtesy?”
The middle-aged man spat a thick glob of saliva onto the conference table and put out his cigarette in it.
“Don’t you think not pulling your heads off right now is me being courteous, you cowards?”
“Excuse me, what?”
The people from the Moderate Faction, provoked by the middle-aged man, stood up from their seats.
“Sit down.”
“…Yes, I apologize.”
The person who calmed the people of the Moderate Faction was a child.
Commonly known as the Overseer.
The leader of the clan.
Looking at him, the middle-aged man curled his lips into a smirk and spoke.
“It seems our Overseer grows younger as the days go by?”
“It is not exactly a good thing.”
“I’m jealous, Overseer. You must really take care of your skin. Haha, look at how fair your skin is for someone who is more than double my age.”
“Watch your mouth!”
“Who told you to butt in when adults are talking? Huh? I’m telling you that Coach is holding back right now because of the Overseer. Well? Are you trying to test Coach’s patience?”
The people on the Hardline Faction’s side also stood up from their seats.
The Moderate Faction would usually endure it, but they would not just stand by and watch their clan’s elder be treated so disrespectfully.
The atmosphere felt as if a bloody incident might break out at any moment.
“Everyone, sit. We did not meet for this.”
The Overseer spoke as he scooped up some of his chocolate parfait.
The middle-aged man gestured to the Hardline Faction.
Everyone finally managed to sit down.
“I do not see that child.”
“That child? It looks like everyone who’s supposed to be here has arrived.”
“The child named Kay.”
“Ah, Kay. I had another job for him. Why? If you want to see him, should I call him over?”
“No, it does not matter.”
The Overseer wiped his lips with a handkerchief.
The middle-aged man smiled, put another cigarette in his mouth, and lit it.
*Phew*, after a long sigh, the middle-aged man continued speaking.
“But Overseer. Is this how it’s going to be?”
“You people have crossed the line.”
“Ha, but still, this isn’t right. You shouldn’t stab us in the back when we’re the ones who took over the Agency. Hmm? While you guys were hiding like cowards, we fought fiercely and sacrificed ourselves to survive. But goddammit!”
The middle-aged man slammed the table.
“Damn, I got spit on myself.”
As soon as the middle-aged man said that, a subordinate behind him took off his coat and wiped his hand.
*Ptooey.*
After spitting on the floor, the middle-aged man glared at the Overseer.
“The reason we’ve left you alone until now isn’t because we’re afraid of you. You know that, right, Overseer? It’s because we were showing you some restraint for your sake.”
In fact, even within the Hardline Faction, there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the Moderate Faction’s lukewarm attitude.
There were many opinions that they should attack in order to absorb the Moderate Faction.
But they had not done so.
They had endured until now for the sake of the man who possessed the power to move through dimensions.
“But you’re supporting those Hunter bastards? Did you think we wouldn’t find out? Huh?”
“Did I not tell you? You people have crossed the line.”
“A line? What line?”
“We have crossed over to another world. This place has its own laws. That is the Migrants’ Rule.”
At the Overseer’s words, the middle-aged man chuckled and laughed, even drooling a little.
“Kuhuhuh. Ah, man. Our Overseer certainly has a way with words. From the start, we didn’t come as transferees; we came as residents. It wasn’t our land before, but since we’ve arrived, this place becomes our residence. We exist to make it so.”
“That is the difference between us.”
The Overseer spoke calmly.
Seeing his face, which showed no fear at all, the middle-aged man tilted his head and put out his cigarette.
“Overseer, but you see.”
The middle-aged man wore a fishy sneer.
“Weren’t you supposed to stay away from here?”
The members of the Hardline Faction pulled weapons out of their Inventory.
The members of the Moderate Faction also pulled out their weapons to protect the Overseer.
“Did you really think we’d keep going easy on you just because you’re the Overseer?”
“I simply did not think you would be so foolish. At the very least, that fellow Kay would not have made such a choice.”
“Good grief. Overseer. That fellow Kay is too young. He’s got too many fears. Big tasks should be handled by adults, don’t you think?”
Twenty men from the Hardline Faction. Nineteen men from the Moderate Faction. They were now in a standoff.
The Moderate Faction could not even lift a finger.
The Moderate Faction members were trained for combat, but they had not fought since coming to the modern era.
On the other hand, the Hardline Faction had experienced frequent battles.
In other words, they were elite.
“Just so you know, Overseer. The reason you were valuable was because of the Dimension Power. But it turns out there’s another child with Dimension Power.”
At his words, the Overseer let out a breath like a sigh.
“Yes, I thought you would find out sooner or later.”
“That kid is quite something. Brimming with talent. Unlike the Overseer, whose limits become clearer the more you use your power.”
The conference room doors opened.
The people of the Moderate Faction grew wary at the appearance of strangers and surrounded the Overseer in a circle to protect him.
“Our family has grown a bit.”
“Y-You bastards, right now…!”
From the beginning, this was not a place meant for reconciliation.
“We have a big job to do. We can’t keep a needle in our pocket forever.”
The atmosphere suggested they had already come here with war in mind.
“It will be troublesome if you cause a commotion in a place like this.”
This was not a forsaken land, but the middle of the city.
If a battle broke out, the Guarders would be dispatched immediately.
Especially in this country, public safety was very high. Unlike overseas.
Even before the Gate Incident, it had been a clean area without drugs or firearms.
“That’s why you guys are no good. The moment you start worrying about the people of this world, you’re cowards.”
“Idiots. Did you not know it would turn out like this? What were you counting on when you came to this meeting?”
The members of the Hardline Faction were overtly sarcastic.
They had already been displeased with how the Moderate Faction members lived in hiding like cowards.
“What were we counting on, you ask?”
Just then, one of the members from the Moderate Faction spoke up.
“We came because we can crush all of you.”
A member of the Moderate Faction had chimed in, failing to read the room.
The middle-aged man’s thick eyebrows furrowed.
“Overseer. Did you bring a stranger?”
At the middle-aged man’s words, everyone in the conference room flinched.
The member of the Moderate Faction who had spoken took off his hoodie.
At that moment, the eyes of several Hardline Faction members trembled.
“Special Guard.”
Special Guard, Lee Hyunbin.
“Did I not tell you? You people have crossed the line.”
“You’re the one who crossed the line!”
Along with the middle-aged man’s command, the Hardline Faction members each grabbed their weapons and rushed at the Moderate Faction.
“Form a defensive line toward the wall.”
Lee Hyunbin pulled out the Number 1 Sword from his Inventory.
“I’ll clear the path.”
***
Seohyeonji must have made a lot of money.
Is it because she’s a fairly popular celebrity?
Hunters only make a profit when they experience life-threatening crises, but celebrities get money just by acting pretty and smiling in front of a camera.
Of course, I’m only criticizing Seohyeonji.
At a glance, there seem to be more than forty people.
Seeing the Villains rushing in all at once with their weapons, I’m reminded of a gangster movie I saw a while ago.
I kicked the conference room table.
The guys who were on top of the table lost their balance and fell.
*Thud!*
I kicked the stomach of the guy who fell first. I threw a punch at the jaws of the guys following behind him.
“Shit!”
Hey, now. You should use pretty words.
A sword came swinging horizontally toward my neck, so I blocked it by holding the Number 1 Sword vertically.
At the same time, I slid along the blade and took a step forward.
*Slash!*
See, it’s quite easy.
The Hardline member whose shoulder was cut let out a scream. In the meantime, I dodged a sword coming toward my side and slashed diagonally.
I remember it being quite difficult when I first learned to use chopsticks.
I had no strength in my fingers, and because I wasn’t used to it, everything felt awkward.
A sword is the same way.
Swinging something of this weight is harder than you’d think.
It feels like my muscles are being overworked.
But if you swing it like you’re holding chopsticks during a meal, it starts to feel like an extension of your fingers.
*Slash!*
Maybe this is what they call the union of man and sword?
“Damn it, how would I know that!”
Ah, I must have accidentally asked my opponent out loud.
I think I asked the wrong thing to a person who is dying of pain from a hole in his shoulder.
**[Close Combat has been activated]**
**[Phantom Step has been activated]**
All the movements around me appear to be in slow motion. When I make a judgment and move, my consciousness accelerates rapidly.
I can see the opponent attacking me in slow motion.
I can see where his bloodshot eyes are looking. I can also see his friend next to him looking at me with fear.
The guy next to him must not have brushed his teeth after lunch; his bad breath attack is no joke.
*Thwack, slash!*
I swung my sword a few more times.
The trajectory created by the blade was drawn in a dizzying manner, and the red blood that had been suspended in the air splattered onto the floor.
“Aaargh!”
“Uwaaaah!”
“Shit, shit!”
I could hear voices cursing me from all directions.
“I think you should retreat for now!”
A group of people who appeared to be the middle-aged man’s lackeys said that as they blocked my path.
How admirable.
The arrogant attitude the middle-aged man had shown until now vanished in an instant.
I know what that look in his eyes means.
The king who had made me his enemy and betrayed me.
He had that kind of face when he was dragged down from his throne.
“Hero, you must catch that man!”
A member of the Moderate Faction, who was fighting while protecting the Overseer, shouted at me.
I know that, too.
I’ve heard that he’s the most violent figure in the Hardline Faction.
“It is fine. The building has already been surrounded.”
No matter how strong I am, I can’t go around catching dozens of people by myself.
My fellow Guarders have already surrounded this building. That means no one can get out of here.
In an instant, the people on the Hardline Faction’s side lost their morale.
Even though I hadn’t told them to, they were dropping their weapons on the floor one by one.
“Kuhuhu.”
One guy suddenly started laughing.
Has he gone mad?
“Hero, you’re certainly strong. Coach is impressed.”
“Gee, thank you.”
“But, is your family that strong as well?”
Despite being caught, this guy sneered as if he wanted to see the look of panic on my face.
“Probably?”
“Coach will tell you an interesting fact. Other comrades should have arrived at your house by now.”
Ah, is that so?
“The Young Lady Lord you were protecting. You didn’t leave her alone, did you?”
I smiled and answered the middle-aged man’s question as he gave a fishy sneer.
“Of course.”
“…?”
Of course she isn’t alone.