Return of the Archmage

Chapter 93

20. Monsters' Situation

There were many monsters in the fog.

But there was nothing in sight.

It's not because of the fog.

"Wow, there's even a spirit in this?"

"Spirit?"

Because it's a monster that you can't see.

When asked again by Kang In-ho, Ariel replaced the explanation.

"They are the spirits in fantasy novels. What you think. The difference is that the real spirits are extremely difficult for humans to deal with while the novel is quite weak."

“…….”

How do you know that?

I didn't ask questions that didn't fit this situation.

It's time to get used to it.

Instead, they turn their eyes to Lee Hye-sung.

It's not the time to be amazed by spirits and nonsense.

Although we came here exchanging useless jokes, this is a level 7 pollution area.

The heart of the enemy, who walked in for three hours, barely caught the monster at the beginning.

How strong are the many monsters from there?

We can't even identify such monsters.

That's important.

If you want to kill him, you need to know where the opponent is.

If you are a user like Kang In-ho, it is not difficult to detect the flow of mana and stab a monster without a shape to kill it.

In fact, that type of monster is very rare in cracks, but sometimes it appears.

But that's only possible when you can catch mana.

It's foggy all around now.

It is not easy to catch moving mana mixed with the mana flowing in the fog.

As evidence, Kang In-ho first felt only five of them, but as he concentrated, what he feels now is at least eight.

I'm not sure, so there could be more.

If it wasn't for the flames that were burning around Hyesung, it wouldn't have been strange if the attack had already come in.

I need information on how to view it rather than interested in spirits.

Did he feel his gaze?

Lee Hye-sung, who regained his composure before he knew it, slowly opened his mouth.

"For now……."

What about now?

I wait ready for the battle.

If you tell me how, I'll fight you right away.

However, Lee Hye-sung's answer made Kang stop.

"There's no way. It stands out."

He runs away with his back turned away.

Kang In-ho unknowingly follows Lee Hye-sung, who starts running with Ariel on his back even before he starts laughing in despair at the ridiculous answer.

Qua-quack-quack!

Soon after, the sound of flames floating around hits the ears.

There was no leisurely time to watch fireworks.

(Laughs)

The spirits were fast approaching with signs that they were chasing after fleeing intruders.

The distance narrowed quickly, as if to say that fog is their territory.

At this rate, you will be attacked.

Mana in the hand of the sword.

Lee Hye-sung shook his head to Kang In-ho, who was preparing to fight back.

"I run faster at that time. It doesn't work anyway."

As soon as you hear it, you concentrate on your feet.

Fortunately, within a few seconds, my vision was clear.

At the same time, turn your back and watch out.

But the haze was nowhere to be found.

It's like a dream.

If it wasn't a fog that spread out without exceeding a certain line, like a boundary, I don't feel like I really had a dream at all.

The fog slowly disappeared as the intruders escaped safely.

"Whoo."

"Sigh."

A sigh of relief burst out from Lee Hye-sung and Ariel's mouths.

Kang In-ho's questionable eyes asked.

"Can you just ask questions with your eyes and not talk like that?"

"What the hell?"

A pattern I've never seen before.

Monster. Region. Boundary.

In unfamiliar places together, one has no choice but to stiffen.

Confused and dizzy.

There are more than one or two questions to be solved, and I can't figure out how to deal with them.

The best time for users to die is when they feel so confused.

Kang In-ho was serious to know that.

Lee Hye-sung said, comforting him with a serious look on his face.

"Let's just go out and talk. I think that's enough to explore."

Fortunately, nothing happened while I was coming down.

That's how the preliminary investigation was completed.

No, I thought it worked.

"Oh, it's here!"

"Really! Lee Hyesung user! Can I ask you for a word?”

"Oh, you're in the right place."

If it weren't for the reporters at the entrance.

Serious-looking Lee Hye-sung raised his hand to reporters.

With him the reporters stopped walking.

I didn't write Mana.

"I'll leave after five minutes of questioning."

I just didn't avoid finishing it with reporters' questions.

***

Real-time streaming videos were a shock and novelty to people at every moment.

The appearance of monsters not in the monster's book.

It is interesting to know that it is a phenomenon that I have always experienced when exploring new cracks and I just have to fill it up one by one, but I had to swallow my saliva when I found evidence that it was a food chain between monsters spread out in a mountain range.

"How many monster bodies were found along the way, what do you think?"

"The interior of the contaminated area was like a huge crack. In the cracks, the monsters would live by eating the animals that lived there. Then, after a long time, all the animals died, and they would have turned to other monsters. It's an ecosystem that's often seen in cracks, so there's nothing strange about it.”

Level 7 crack does not only buy level 7 monsters.

Level 7 monsters just call the strongest crack a level 7.

That level monster who lives in such a place is bound to be the prey of high-level monsters.

It is an ecosystem that remains so, so cracks are called reality, not games.

It's very occasional, but it seems that the food chain has become too entrenched in the cracks that naturally dissipate.

It could be a sample to prove it.

Journalists focused on that and asked questions.

"If you think that real cracks are an ecosystem, do you think there could be a power struggle between monsters in the contaminated area?"

Maybe it's a problem you don't have to pay much attention to.

Why is it important for monsters to fight against each other in a crack?

Anyway, when a human being enters a rift, monsters join forces to attack humans.

There was a reason why journalists, who were given so little time to ask these questions, simply look at it or not.

"Yes, at the end of the expedition, I found some of the bodies of tigers I saw at the entrance of the mountain range while I was meeting the Spirit Monsters. Guess there may be a power struggle between the two monsters, and the moment one side wins, monsters that have not been out of a certain area so far may move to expand the contamination zone."

“……!”

It's directly related to the issue of stability in the contaminated area, which is currently the talk of the town.

How can you do that?

What are the chances?

What's the basis of your idea?

Numerous questions were asked, but Lee Hye-sung walked without answering.

After all, it's just a guess.

However, Lee Hye-sung's guess, which came out of the contaminated area, has some credibility.

"This is a breaking news.

"Awesome."

"Shouldn't we ask about the contract?”

"It hasn't been announced yet. It's not too late to cover the contaminated area once it's recovered."

The reporters' footwork became urgent.

***

Kang In-ho asked Lee Hye-sung, who returned to the hotel.

"Do you think real monsters can get out of the contamination zone?"

This is not what I'm curious about.

Spirit monster who doesn't even know how to deal with it right now.

I want to hear the Fahrenheit law about them.

However, it had to be brought up first because it was more important and serious than that.

Lee Hye-sung shook his head.

"Come on, don't tell me you'really.

“……?”

"I'm telling you to get on the other side of the country's shit lines. Monsters want to live, so how can they get out of the contamination zone?”

Firm words tell reporters that what they said was just a pun.

"Phew."

A sigh of relief comes out automatically.

"I don't know, if the monsters on Earth with crack brakes are to stay in one new form of crack, there's no guarantee that the pollution area that's forming now will be overloaded one day, and they won't crack."

That's possible.

However, it is reassuring to think only at the level of speculation that everyone makes.

At least Kang In-ho thought Lee Hye-sung had discovered something.

If the spirit monster he met, or a tiger-sized monster, goes out to a place full of ordinary people, the damage cannot be achieved.

Even without the debuff of the boundary, how many existing users can catch tigers?

Time is on their side unless the worst comes.

It is only then that I bring up the question that I wanted to ask with relief.

"Now tell me. The spirits from earlier."

"Oh, yeah."

Lee Hye-sung told me the information he knew one by one.

That night.

Where the barracks where spokespeople from each country stayed.

Now, Lee Hye-sung has come down, and countries that want to trade give Han Seo-young a separate business card and go back less than half a day after hearing that they will make room later.

An uninvited guest came to the place where it had not been cleaned up.

"Crrr."

A giant tiger.

The tiger, which was supposed to be in the mountain range, leaned out of the mountain range and in case of a threat.

Emergency!

Obviously, even if the distance is a little far away, you may say what's so strange about it because it's close to the contaminated area, but not a single step has ever come out of that boundary.

But it came out.

Not just one step, but several kilometers.

Unfortunately, there was no one to discover it and to inform the danger.

"Crrrrr."

The tiger, who was searching for human remains in the barracks where no one was present, soon turned away.

The tiger was headed for the mountain range, not the mountain range.

***

The next morning.

The Chinese who came to the barracks to sort out the leftovers found it.

"What's this?”

"What's wrong?"

"Huh? Isn't that a footprint?"