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[Fortress No. 1 in Seretrop]

[Fortress built to prevent different races. Some of the power of Seretrope resides. It provides an optimal environment to block the enemy.]

The remnant of the past that Ha-jin Kang added to this list was Seretrop's No. 1 Fortress.

The system couldn't figure out what Serretrope was.

It is a remnant of the past, so it will be registered in the old system. In the current system, only names were registered.

By adding Seretrop's Fortress to the special management list, strength and stamina increased by 100 each.

He also acquired a skill called Shield Wall Defense.

This was the very skill that the ruler of the mountain range that the Awakeners of the Defenders had been dealing with earlier.

[Iron Wall Defense (P)]

[Increases defense. The rate of increase in defense power depends on the number of combat soldiers under his command.]

It was definitely a skill that would be good for the commander of the fortress.

Hajin Kang checked exactly what role Seretrop's fortress could play.

He had a battle fortress down function.

Once he was able to use the system to defend his surroundings.

Hajin Kang immediately activated the defense system. Now, this place has become a place where no one can enter without permission.

In this fortress, there was a system that could move combat soldiers only with willpower.

Ha-jin Kang, who became the manager of the fortress, gained the authority to command the combat soldiers registered in the fortress.

‘The Awakened is a combat soldier.’

Of course he knew that. He, of course, has not yet registered the Awoken within this as combatants.

However, whenever Ha-jin Kang wanted, he could register.

Being in this place is the same as giving permission to become a combat soldier, so whether they want it or not, it happens the moment Ha-jin Kang wants it.

Of course, Hajin Kang had no intention of doing that.

Even so, he will only do so after he has a complete grasp of this system.

‘Defense, command, and even disturbance are possible.’

There were no attackable systems in the fortress itself. However, it was possible to disturb the enemy.

‘And if you don’t register as a combat soldier, you can’t come back from the moment you go out.’

Hajin Kang worked out the system of Seretrop Fortress one by one.

The more you look at it, the more it was built for defense only.

As confirmed by the description, the enemy was a heterogeneous race.

It was Jason and Jennifer that immediately came to mind when they heard the word heterogeneous.

Jason was the blood lord. Probably never human.

Jennifer was a succubus, so she wasn't human either.

Perhaps this fortress was built to protect it from attacks by such beings.

If so, what are you protecting?

Hajin Kang's doubts naturally led to that.

The beings to protect may be inside the fortress or outside the fortress.

However, judging by the fact that this fortress is Fortress No. 1, it was clear that there was something outside the fortress that had to be protected.

If there is one, there will be two.

It seems that they were trying to effectively block the enemy's attack by building several fortresses at their key points.

‘That means… there must be other fortresses here as well.’

Just in case, I came across some great information.

Hajin Kang stepped back from the center.

He was watching from a distance, and Renat, who saw it, quickly approached.

“Are you done watching?”

Hajin Kang nodded his head.

"Yeah. So I’m going to go slowly now.”

Renat was startled.

"Yes? Are you leaving already?”

“Because I have seen everything. And we don’t want to make things that make each other blush because we’re caught up.”

"Ah······!"

Renat also knew a little about the relationship between the Guardians and the Defenders.

In fact, the Defenders worked so hard to package and promote, so much was known about the rivalry between the two organizations.

It was a quest given to the Defenders to rescue this way.

In fact, if it wasn't for Kang Ha-jin, he would all be dead, but it would be very difficult to face the Defenders.

Of course, that was Renat's idea, and in reality, Kang Ha-jin had no problem with meeting them or not.

The Defenders may think of the Guardians as a competitor, but the Guardians, no, at least Ha-jin Kang and other Guardians' leaders defined the Defenders as enemies.

“Then… there is nothing I can do about it. I will urge you all to keep the secret. But I think we can be good friends in the future. right?"

"of course."

Kang Ha-jin chuckled.

After a while, Ha-jin Kang exchanged greetings with those in the fortress.

Everyone was very sad, but just like Renat, Ha-jin Kang fully understood and agreed to the situation.

Before Kang Ha-jin left, he once registered the awakeners of this fortress as combat soldiers.

If you go out and don't come back, you'll be in trouble.

Slowly, the outside of the fortress became noisy, and it seemed that the Defenders' rescue team had arrived.

‘Then shall I give you one last time?’

Hajin Kang moved the system of the fortress to disturb the enemy outside.

And he left right there.

Everyone stared at Ha-jin Kang's back until they couldn't see him.

* * *

Steven went crazy.

“Where the hell is the entrance!”

Steven had apparently confirmed the information that there were several entrances to the fortress.

He did, but no matter how much he wandered around the fortress, he could not find the entrance.

No, that wasn't the only problem.

He somehow couldn't get to the fortress. A strange force surrounded the fortress.

As he tried to break through that power, he suddenly lost all of his power.

At first he thought he was a skill of one of the Awakeners who were inside the fortress.

but it wasn't He tried to make radio contact with the Awokens inside, but none of them had such strange skills, he said.

But listening to his tone, he seemed to have something to say.

In fact, the awakeners inside the fortress thought that Ha-jin Kang had written some special skill or equipment for them.

Because otherwise, things that couldn't be explained were happening around me.

The monster could no longer approach the fortress.

The monsters approaching the fortress suddenly moved freely and then moved away.

From the inside of the fortress, it looked like it was just running around and running around.

I had no idea it was a disturbance system built into the fortress.

He took it for granted. Because there was no such thing until Hajin Kang came.

Anyway, we had to go back, so the expedition inside the fortress decided to prepare for departure and come out to join the rescue team led by Steven.

This situation, in which the monster was thrown into chaos by the fortress's sabotage system, was also the most effective escape.

Steven wasn't able to enter the fortress, but when an expedition suddenly started pouring out of it, he was rather displeased.

Then he quickly formed a protective formation and escaped from there.

A protective formation of more than 100 Awoken men mercilessly pierced through the chaotic monsters.

In the process, some monsters were hunted, and some Awoken were injured, but in any case, the monster was able to escape the besieged area safely.

The expedition team, who left the fortress and headed back down the mountain range, looked at the fortress with regretful eyes several times along the way.

* * *

Kang Ha-jin first looked closely around Fortress No. 1 in Seretrop.

There was no possibility of another fortress in the immediate vicinity. So I didn't do that to find another fortress.

Hajin Kang knew how far the fortress system had an impact.

He has recently become more sensitive, and as he becomes the fortress's manager, he can detect the fortress' systems with great clarity.

‘The range is not exactly a circle.’

It was not a round, but an elongated oval.

After he saw the shape of the system's sphere of influence, he had a rough idea of ​​where the other strongholds might be.

Because it is elongated to the side, it means that there is a high possibility that there will be other fortresses on both sides of the elongated one.

Hajin Kang headed straight to the expected point.

On the way, the monsters they saw were hunted.

It was really easy for him to hunt down monsters who were confused by the disturbance of the fortress system.

There was no battle-like battle at all. Just killing it was over.

Obviously, the power of the fortress with the power of the system was great.

It was a little off the exact expected point, but I was still able to find another fortress nearby.

It was the same structure as Fortress No. 1.

This time, I could see the wall blocking the entrance to the fortress. Comparing it with the photo Renat sent, the pattern was slightly different.

‘So… this part is different.’

I quickly realized that the pattern had nothing to do with the power it handled. Because there was no power at all.

‘I think this is a number.’

Ha-jin Kang is in the middle of the pattern, and he remembers a strange character in the vacuum of power and touches it.

A strange energy that seemed to be the power of the system but not the power of the system ran through the door and disappeared as it was.

Hajin Kang entered the fortress.

The internal structure was also very similar to that of Fortress 1. So it was easy to find the center.

Hajin Kang incorporated the fortress into the system.

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Strength and agility increased by 100 each, and a skill called the Eye of the Sky was obtained.

[Eye of the Sky (A)]

[Extremely widens the field of view. You can get a view looking down from the sky.]

This was also a good skill suitable for the commander of the fortress, just like the iron wall defense.

It will probably be very useful when fighting many versus many.

Being able to see the battle situation broadly would be a great strength.

Seeing this, I got a rough idea of ​​what skills I could get in the next fortress.

Fortress No. 2 was also using the same system as No. 1, so the fortress disturbance system was activated.

And I set out to find Fortress #3.

Naturally, he didn't forget to deal with all the monsters that fell into confusion along the way.

In this way, each fortress was found and incorporated into the system.

There were five fortresses in Serretrop.

When Fortress 3 was registered, Agility and Spirit increased by 100 each, and when Fortress No. 4 was registered, Spirit and Mana increased by 100 each. Finally, at Fortress No. 5, Mana and Stamina increased by 100 each.

As a result, all stats were increased by 200 each.

As expected, the skill obtained at Fortress No. 3 was a skill called [Under Command].

In No. 4 and No. 5, the skills were [Cry of the Battlefield] and [Breaking One Point], respectively.

The battle cry was a buff skill that raised the morale of combat soldiers and all stats.

Again, depending on the number of combat soldiers, the range of stats that rise varies.

[One Point Breakthrough] was an attack skill. It was a skill that gave power to charge through powerful attack power.

It was possible to write it on yourself, and it was also possible to have a combat soldier write it.

Again, its power depends on the number of combat soldiers.

All the skills acquired in the fortress were as if they were telling you to secure as many combat soldiers as possible in order to use them properly.

Anyway, after registering the 5 fortresses, I could see what the fortress was there to protect.

It was something in the heart of the Five Fortresses.

I still don't know what it is. So now it's time to check it out.

Hajin Kang also activated the disturbance system of Fortress No. 5.

And he slowly made his way to the center guarded by all the fortresses.

He was in such a hurry to register the fortresses, and now the ruins expedition team at Fortress No. 1 was leaving the fortress.

“You can know this.”

Even though he was quite far away, he was able to grasp the movement of the combatants.

I don't know how long they will be recognized as combat soldiers, though.

When I checked the surroundings with [Eye of the Sky], I saw 100 defenders rescue teams moving around the ruins expedition.

Ha-jin Kang suddenly wanted to try the buff on them.

He immediately wrote [Battlecry].

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