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Published at 10th of April 2024 06:32:51 AM


Chapter 49

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Chapter 49

049 – Destiny

The Liberal Clan cleared all 10 Rank 3 gates in a short span of two weeks. During this time, Soo-jeong collected battle data with various types of monsters encountered in each gate, which allowed for the improvement of clan members’ equipment. As a result, the combat experience and equipment levels of clan members had improved significantly compared to before they started clearing the gates.

When they first cleared the first gate, Ho Chang and Byung-tae, who could be considered rookies, struggled even against Rank 3 monsters. However, by the time they attempted the eighth gate, they had become strong enough to barely clear the boss with just their own power.

After defeating the boss of the eighth gate without Myung-jun’s assistance for the first time, Ho Chang and Byung-tae rushed towards Myung-jun with green blood splattered all over them, shouting proudly.

“How do you like that, Captain? This time, we got it without your help!”

“Did you see that teamwork attack we pulled off at the end? Wasn’t it just like a movie?”

“Well, considering how I feel right now, I think we could even join the Avengers. I mean, we might not be able to beat Thor or Hulk, but I feel like we could take on Hawkeye!”

Their confidence and self-assuredness, as they mentioned famous superhero movie characters, were shattered the moment they entered the next gate.The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.

It was the worst gate known as the “Awakener-Eating Monsters”, as mentioned by Myung-jun.

‘Poisonous Gate’ revealed itself in front of them.

[Warning – System contamination, external armor dissolution in progress. After leaving the scene, it is necessary to replace or clean the contaminated armor.]

[Alert – Purification filter’s cleansing ability reduced by 5%, estimated remaining combat time 2 minutes.]

[Alert – Left front tire damaged. Current condition may lead to tire loss if driven as is.]

Initially, their condition was fine when they entered the gate. Soo-jeong had prepared dedicated equipment to detoxify their armor for every gate, and she had also treated the key components to resist chemical substances. However, the boss of the Poisonous Gate Gate, known to be impossible to clear without purification skills, even for a party composed entirely Awakeners, was spewing powerful toxic substances that could easily melt even such contamination-preventing equipment.

As a result, Ho Chang and Byung-tae, who had assured Myung-jun earlier that they could clear it themselves this time, retreated, shouting, “This is impossible!” and “Captain! Help! Help!”

Myung-jun sighed while watching them and summoned a pile of Turrets. He used relentless long-range attacks to force the boss to retreat.

“Seriously, is that really a Rank 3 boss? It doesn’t seem like a creature designed to be defeated.”

“Take a look at this fist! The more I hit it, the more the armor melts!”

Of course, Myung-jun, as a regressor, knew how to deal with this. After all, he was the one who had created the equipment that the party who first cleared the Poisonous Gate had used. However, this time, Myung-jun left everything to Soo-jeong without providing any ideas himself.

In the future, the Liberal Clan would have to conquer numerous gates, each with strategies that Myung-jun was unfamiliar with. Each time, the person responsible for providing the key to the strategy would be Soo-jeong, not him.

In response to this trust in her, Soo-jeong had created the “Sigma Series”, specialized equipment for large-scale environmental battles.

“An operating system that can function at temperatures of 6,000 degrees Celsius and as low as -250 degrees Celsius, radiation shielding capabilities to operate even on the floor of the Fukushima reactor, and special gloves that cannot be dissolved or corroded by any existing chemical substances. You could probably swim in a sea of toxic liquid and still operate it smoothly.”

Since the Poisonous Gate was actually one of the easier gates to conquer, as long as they had a clear plan to deal with the poison, the Liberal Clan members equipped with Soo-jeong’s new gear easily cleared the boss and obtained a large amount of points and materials.

After defeating the boss, Ho Chang and Byung-tae, who had cleared all 10 gates, recovered in Myung-jun’s sub-space by entering medical capsules. While they were recuperating, Myung-jun headed to a real estate agency with Soo-jeong to search for a suitable construction site in Sejong City.

However, the location Soo-jeong favored already had a 15-story mixed-use building on it. Myung-jun suggested looking for an empty plot in a less desirable location to set up the clan headquarters, considering the substantial price difference between buying an empty plot of land and purchasing an existing building.

Soo-jeong, however, expressed her disagreement with Myung-jun’s proposal.

“I like this place.”

“But the money...”

“Of course, I’d have to use almost all the money I have right now to buy this building, but that’s not a big problem. Money will come in easily once the clan headquarters is established, and once we start selling the equipment we made from the materials obtained in the previous gate conquest. More than that, I want to set up the headquarters in this location for symbolic reasons.”

Six turrets summoned by Myung-jun, like guards, had formed a circle around the two, protecting them. When Ho Chang ran toward them with a joyful expression, he raised both hands to appeal to the turrets.

But as the turrets turned their heads back to their original direction and started patrolling the surroundings, Ho Chang realized the reason for their actions.

Ho Chang, who had witnessed the fearlessness of those turrets during their gate conquests, walked towards the direction where Myung-jun was. He couldn’t help but feel cold sweat on his back.

Then, he turned to Soo-jeong, who was standing beside him, and said,

“Miss Soo-jeong, your outfit today is incredibly glamorous, isn’t it?”

“Glamorous? I thought I looked neat.”

Soo-jeong, in her clean-cut business suit that gave off a corporate secretary vibe, stood beside Myung-jun with a tablet tucked against her chest. On the other hand, Myung-jun was dressed like a young CEO on Wall Street, standing by her side.

Seeing the two of them in matching suits like a couple, Ho Chang glanced at his own attire and commented to Soo-jeong,

“Well, Miss Soo-jeong, even if you turned a beggar’s outfit inside out, I think you’d still shine gloriously. Your outfit looks clean. Don’t you have one for me?”

“I put it in the personal room. Didn’t you check your messages?”

Realizing that the term “personal room” referred to the space within Myung-jun’s subspace, Ho Chang apologized to them and returned to the subspace.

The sudden appearance of a burly man with a beam of light, who vanished in front of their eyes as he entered, excited the crowd with high expectations for the upcoming “superpower” event.

“Oh! He disappeared!?”

“What his name?!”

“The person who just disappeared along with the light pillar is Mr. Lee Ho Chang, the representative of Ho Chang Company, a security firm known for his affiliation with Liberal Clan, established by Cha Myung-jun!”

While excited journalists were grabbing microphones and sharing their stories, Ho Chang and Byung-tae, who had disappeared into the subspace, reappeared in front of the building in black suits.

Their teleportation-like appearance, transforming from tracksuit-like attire to suits, felt like watching a magic show.

“Wow!!”

“Is this real superpower?!”

“Are those people awakener too?”

With immense attention pouring towards them, Byung-tae waved to the audience as if he were a celebrity, enjoying the moment.

However, Soo-jeong, who had been waiting for them, stopped Byung-tae’s actions and said,

“Don’t wave your hands to them just yet. The real show is about to begin.”

“Oh, then can we see the construction robot that you said you’ve just created this time?”

Soo-jeong, with a quizzical expression, responded with a small smile, “That’s part two. For now, we need to start with a fireworks display.”

“Fireworks?”

“There are obstacles in the area where we want to build the building, so we have to ‘break’ that first, don’t we?”

Soo-jeong pointed in a direction where a massive 15-story building made of steel and concrete was towering above them.

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