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"Jason and William"

“Can I come in?”

William's tone and demeanor were very polite and dignified.

Hwang Soo-young, who was standing in front of him, almost exclaimed without knowing it, but then suddenly came to his senses and nodded frantically.

"of course. Come on in."

With Hwang Soo-young's permission, the two entered and sat down in a suitable place.

Their gaze seemed soft at first glance, but the sharpness hidden in the depths sometimes flashed.

“I know the three well, but I don’t know this one yet. If it's not rude, could you please introduce yourself? Oh, my name is William Birmingtail. He is also the owner of the hotel where you are now.”

Yoon Kyung-min, who was nominated, opened his mouth wide.

I never dreamed that my opponent would be William Birmingtail.

“Ho, hotel king……”

“Sometimes my friends call me by that nickname, but I prefer to be called by my own name.”

“Ah, my name is Kyung-Min Yoon. Guardian's..."

William's eyes twinkled and he interrupted him.

"Ah! You are the one who actually leads the Guardians. Still, I blamed myself for sending one more invitation, but I'm really glad that you came this way.”

Yoon Kyung-min stroked his chest inwardly. He was worried about what would happen to him if he was kicked out because he came unnecessarily, but he did not know how fortunate he was to receive such hospitality.

And Kang Ha-jin, who was watching the whole scene from behind, snorted inwardly.

It was one of William's best practices.

In fact, he probably did not intend to invite Kyung-min Yoon in the first place. For now, he would have judged that the level of operator of the Guardian was inferior.

But when he floats like that, he usually naturally joins his followers.

Of course, it doesn't happen just once, but it was William who used various methods other than that to attract people.

As soon as Kyung-Min Yoon and William greeted each other roughly, Jason stepped out this time.

“Thank you so much for all of these invitations.”

Jason continued, enjoying the curious gaze focused on him.

“For now, you can rest until the party tomorrow night. And until then, I want you to think about one thing.”

"Worry?"

When Hwang Soo-young tilted her head, Jason continued with a smile.

“I believe that we have no future unless we fundamentally address what is happening on Earth.”

Everyone nodded loudly.

I didn't think of that until not long ago, but now most Jason agrees.

If the dungeon continues to open and explode over and over again, the human civilization built on Earth will eventually collapse.

“So I think we need to take responsibility and come together.”

It is also natural.

“Everyone I have invited this time has a strong power or ability. In addition to you, we have invited dozens of other talented people. Tomorrow we will all be together.”

Expectations rose in the eyes of Hwang Soo-young and Jung A-yeon.

And Kang Ha-jin's eyes went cold.

“I’m going to create an organization called The Defenders. It is literally an organization that protects the planet.”

“Defenders…….”

Hwang Soo-young muttered as she looked at Jason with her hazy eyes as if possessed.

She confirmed once again that she was definitely a person who fell for such words.

On the other hand, Jeong A-yeon was looking at Jason with a cold and calculated gaze.

But the depth of her eyes was too complicated. She was constantly chewing on what Jason had just said in her head.

And while the party was contemplating Jason's words, Kang Ha-jin naturally peered at William and Jason's information.

I was really curious to see how different it would be from before.

'···········?

Hajin Kang's eyes fluttered slightly.

‘Can’t you remember the information?’

Neither Jason nor William came to mind at all.

As if Ha-jin Kang's skill disappeared.

Kang Ha-jin checked Hwang Soo-young's information to confirm. This time, very detailed information came to mind.

There was nothing wrong with the peeping skill.

Kang Ha-jin's eyes sank deeply. How the hell did she come to this?

Meanwhile, Jason continued.

“Anyway, I want you to think about it with the idea that such an organization will exist.”

“What are you thinking about?”

Jason smiled brightly at Jeong A-yeon's question.

“It’s about how we can protect the world and what kind of path we defenders should follow.”

“Have I not decided to go with you yet?”

Jason's smile grew wider.

“It is the same with us. All we want is advice. They are all very talented people, so I believe any advice will be helpful to us.”

Jason and William stood up.

“Then rest in peace until tomorrow night. If you need anything, just tell me right away and most of the time I will do what you want.”

William said as he glanced at the phone on the other side.

Hwang Soo-young asked urgently.

“Hey, can we go to the museum?”

William paused for a moment at the word “museum”, but then answered with a smile that was more elegant and gentle, as if he had ever done it.

"of course. When you want, you can pick up the phone over there and speak.”

Hwang Soo-young opened her eyes and clasped her hands.

"Thank you very much."

William looked at Hwang Soo-young once more and left the room with Jason.

Hwang Soo-young put her hands on her waist and looked around the party.

She looked as if she would never have visited the museum if it wasn't for her.

“Now, let’s go to the museum. Shall we go right away without any fuss? There's a party tomorrow, so let's not procrastinate."

Everyone agreed with that.

Hajin Kang also put his thoughts on Jason and William aside. This was an issue that we should spend enough time thinking about later.

After brushing off her thoughts, a pure curiosity for the museum quickly filled its place.

In fact, even before the return, the relics displayed in the British Museum or the Louvre in France were turned into items.

But Kang Ha-jin was not very interested in that.

She had no reason to be interested in the items made by changing the relics. Because she could always write the best items in the world.

Also, at that time, the performance of items made by changing relics was much lower than the items used by Hajin Kang.

Ha-jin Kang, who always crosses the line and fights monsters, couldn't have been interested in items with poor performance.

But now, a lot is different than it was then.

The value of the item measured by the appraiser and the real value of the item could be different.

And Kang Ha-jin had the ability to look straight at it.

I was kind of nervous.

* * *

While going to the museum, the group's conversation topic was fixed on the Defenders.

“If we can, shouldn’t we do it together? Anyway, if you can get away from the threat of the dungeon, that’s the best.”

“It's not that simple. I can't completely trust them. They must have a different intention.”

“Whether we have a plan or not, shouldn’t we just be able to get rid of the dungeon? To be honest, everyone still has one or two intentions. Isn't it?"

“It depends on what the intention is. Maybe it's the intention of using this to reorganize the world's governance structure. We might all end up as slaves to them.”

“Hey, you went too far.”

Hwang Soo-young smiled and waved her hand.

However, Kang Ha-jin, listening to the two of them, could not laugh so comfortably.

Jung A-yeon was quite accurately piercing the purpose of the Defenders.

“It’s not about getting ahead. I don't know who joined the Defenders, but it must have been a fairly prominent family or company. Then it’s absolutely no joke.”

As Ha-jin Kang heard the story, she thought about why she hadn't thought of such a thing before returning.

At that time, I was only obsessed with closing the dungeon.

He couldn't afford to think of anything else.

‘Maybe… they might have made it that way.’

Ha-jin Kang was so obsessed with liberation from the dungeon, it suddenly occurred to me that it was because of his former colleagues who induced him in that way.

In that way, I used it enough until I used it, and it was difficult to get my personality or mind back, so I just removed it.

‘It’s a very easy and simple way.’

The trap was dug properly.

If it had been done in an easier place rather than the last dungeon, I would never have been able to kill Kang Ha-jin so easily.

Jung Ahn continued to awaken the awareness of his party.

She emphasized and stressed that it should never be taken lightly.

And Yoon Kyung-min secretly jumped on her there.

In fact, Yoon Kyung-min had the same thoughts as Jeong A-yeon, but I couldn't openly oppose Hwang Soo-young, so I stayed still.

But as his atmosphere slowly drifted towards it, he was able to bring out his thoughts little by little.

“I think there is nothing wrong with being careful. We still don't know who decided to join the Defenders, and we don't know who attended this party. It will not be too late to check it out and think again.”

As soon as Yoon Kyung-min finished speaking, Hwang Soo-young pouted her lips.

She didn't say anything, but she felt a deep sense of sadness in the atmosphere.

Yoon Kyung-min was greatly embarrassed and shut his mouth and looked into Hwang Soo-young's eyes.

And then we arrived at the museum.

“The boundaries are really tight.”

Jeong-in looked surprised as she looked around the museum, she said.

But she only saw the tip of the iceberg.

Hwang Soo-young's expression hardened as soon as she got out of her car.

“It’s not just about being serious. There are a lot of Awakened people looking out of sight.”

Hajin Kang added that.

“Snipers are stationed in the surrounding buildings. There are dozens of people in each building.”

“What the hell is in this...?”

Jung Ah Yeon muttered her tired expression on her face.

“I do it because I don’t know what it is. If I had known, I would have only set boundaries that fit that.”

“Is that going to happen again?”

While the party was standing around having such a conversation, someone approached.

“Are you from the Guardians?”

"Yes."

When Yoon Kyung-min answered quickly, her man smiled softly.

"nice to meet you. She was contacted in advance. This is Nicholas, who will help guide you through the museum. You can come this way.”

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They all looked full of anticipation.

But Kang Ha-jin was not like that.

‘I can’t see that person, either.’

Ha-jin Kang checked the information of everyone she met after Jason and William visited.

Most of them opened well.

No, everything went well. But it's stuck here.

There was no information about a person named Nicholas. It wasn't because he wasn't an Awoken.

The magical energy emanating from his body was so clear.

‘Certainly this is serious.’

Until now, Hajin Kang's greatest weapon was by far the peek skill.

but that's blocked.

'There must be a reason...'

And now you have to find it. Maybe this museum has a hint.

Ha-jin Kang decided to pay more attention to the museum.

When he entered the museum, relics were displayed everywhere.

“You don’t see much like a picture, do you?”

“After the museum incident, we changed a lot of exhibits.”

This space is used to create items. There has never been a case where a picture has been turned into an item, so the picture was removed and relics were placed instead.

The paintings were moved to a separate exhibition hall and moved there.

It was scheduled to open soon.

After all, it was a great source of tourism.

From the moment Kang Ha-jin entered the museum, he constantly used his peeping skill.

He had to use it more times than when he first went to the old black market.

He even rewritten several times on things he had never written before.

Sometimes I pay close attention to it.

But most of his skills didn't work. In other words, they are things that are not connected to the system.

As they were carefully checking each one slowly, a relic that stopped Ha-jin Kang's steps appeared.

It was a broken bowl.

“It’s a pottery from the Bronze Age.”

Ha-jin Kang was so interested, Nicholas approached and talked to him.

But Kang Ha-jin had no time to care about Nicholas' words.

[under erosion]

[Erosion in progress. 38%.]

I don't know exactly what erosion is, but it seemed certain that this earthenware was being turned into an item.

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