07. Eldoras (2)

Time passed quickly.

With only 15 days left until D-Day, I devoted myself to making a weapon for ‘preparation’ as Baek Ji-soo told me.

Because it was a weapon that had to satisfy very demanding conditions, the difficulty of making it was considerable. It was a weapon I made in the hope that I would never have to use it, but after making it, it was quite rewarding. Because it was something I had never done before.

I never thought I’d ask you to make something like that….

The two of them didn’t just sit around while I locked myself in the workshop making weapons. Yoon Seo-hee devoted herself to training, and Baek Ji-soo eagerly read a book that was complex and difficult to see at a glance, but it seemed like she was trying to learn a new magic.

Even in the midst of that, the three of us didn’t miss out on spending time together. We went to the city to play in my free time, and we ate together at my house.

It was mainly led by Yoon Seo-hee, but sometimes I recommended it first, and very occasionally Baek Ji-su spoke first. We shared a part of our daily life together while spending such a non-trivial time. It was a time to recharge for me and for both of them.

If someone you don’t know sees it, they might say that the end is right around the corner, and that it’s quite relaxed, but… I agreed with Yoon Seo-hee that this moment is important because it is such a situation.

As the saying goes, it is a body that does not know when it will die. If so, shouldn’t we cherish this moment we are alive now? I’m trying to stop the end in order to be happy after everything is over, but it’s meaningless if I end up abusing myself for that.

Perhaps I have learned the life of a hunter without realizing it. A top hunter has as many gossips in many ways as its power and popularity. Are they faithful to the present right now rather than the future as they risk their lives to climb the tower?

And the relationship between the two… I decided not to think further. It wasn’t like that, and I was still happy enough.

To think that Yoon Seo-hee and Baek Ji-soo, who have nothing to envy others, like me… It’s still hard to believe and I don’t feel it, but I didn’t want to break the current relationship because I was hasty. I don’t know if it’s after everything is over.

Certatus clamored loudly that it was a foolish idea because he was worried that someone might not be the child, and that everything would be solved if he just knocked both of them down, but that was more bullshit to me. If there are two women, what kind of crazy is it that they both flirt? I have no intention of being hit with swords and magic at the same time.

Anyway, we spent the rest of our time faithfully.

Finally, D-Day has arrived.

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“Wow….”

I briefly shuddered at the sight of the tower towering high enough to pierce the sky.

This building, which is nearly 500m high, can be seen from anywhere in downtown Shinseoul if the weather is good, but I have never visited it so far, so I have always looked at it from a distance, but this was the first time I saw it up close.

To see the top, it is so tall and majestic that you have to lean your neck back. Is it like the Tower of Babel in mythology?

It is a wonder that this tower made of pure white bricks, like a medieval spire, could have been built as high as that, if not a modern structure made of steel and concrete.

Hey, it was said that there was no damage even after nuclear weapons were fired in Russia, so it was clear that it was a building that could not be made by human power.

A small building was installed in front of the tower. It was a kind of checkpoint installed by the government, and you had to pass through the checkpoint to enter the tower.

Even though it was small, it was only compared to the tower, and the checkpoint itself was about the size of the main building of a first year academy. I heard that there are all sorts of convenience facilities in that building, such as access procedures, magic stone sales, and equipment inspections.

“Wow, that’s huge… !”

I wonder if I am not alone in seeing the tower for the first time, and Yoon Seo-hee, who came with me, also watched the view of the tower with her mouth wide open and her head tilted upwards.

Baek Ji-soo was looking at the two of us with a little hard eyes. You’re a regressor, so you’re used to it, right?

She said with a cute smile when teacher Lee Song-ha, who came with her to lead the students, saw us like that.

“Guys, the field trip will end after just watching! Shall I just go in?”

“Yes.”

Under the guidance of teacher Song Ha, we entered the checkpoint. The ultra-modern checkpoint was filled with hunters in full gear and officials from the special affairs department in suits.

“If you belong to a large guild, please stand on the left, and those who enter other guilds, please stand on the right.”

As soon as I entered the checkpoint, I heard the voice of a special police officer guiding me.

At a glance, the line on the left was empty, while the line on the right was full of people. A few hunters in loose gear grumbled past us and headed to the right line.

“Damn it. Hunters who are not in large guilds will live in sorrow.”

“Leave it alone. How can the government take care of the guild for a day or two? If you twist it, you should enter a large guild….”

Looking at his outfit, he is a low-ranking hunter who digs monster by-products on the lower floors, and has no relationship with the tower. In fact, most of the Hunters were in that situation.

“Now, let’s stand on the right side as well.”

Including me, Yoon Seo-hee and Baek Ji-soo were not even hunters at all, so of course we had to stand in the right line. Teacher Songha was a hunter with a hunter license and an academy background, but she was not a member of a large guild, so she led us to the right line.

At that time, Yoon Seo-hee suddenly stopped walking like a person who belatedly remembered something.

“Wait a minute, sir!”

“Seo-hee? Where are you going!”

She walked quickly to the left row where no one was waiting. It was so fast that I didn’t even have time to dry it.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes. Please tell me your name and affiliation… Oh! You are?”

The special government employee who manages the entrance opened her eyes as if surprised when she checked Yoon Seo-hee’s face. Whether or not she is worthy of the name of the youngest S rank, Yoon Seo-hee is now so famous that even a special government officer can recognize her at once just by looking at her face.

“That… You cannot enter this place unless you belong to a large guild or raid group. I’m sorry, but please enter in the right row.”

However, even the youngest S rank is not good enough. The staff had a strong sense of work. Then, Yoon Seo-hee took out a thin card of hers from her arms and showed it to her staff.

“I’m not a member of a large guild, so can’t I use this?”

“What the hell is this… Omg! This, this!”

Her staff who received her card shook her shoulders with a much more surprised expression than when they recognized Seohee Yoon, then returned her card and bowed her head in a much more polite manner.

“Your ID has been verified. The people behind you can just go in.”

“Thank you~”

Yoon Seo-hee smiles and accepts her card.

I walked behind her and glanced at her card. It was a luxurious design card with the pattern of the Mercury Guild engraved on the black surface with gold leaf.

“Seo-hee. What is that?”

“Ah… He, an acquaintance gave it to me when I needed it. I didn’t know it would be written like this.”

Yoon Seo-hee was smiling brightly as she answered that, but she felt a bit uneasy. I felt that she was somehow uncomfortable about inquiring deeply, so I didn’t ask any more.

Um. The connection between Yoon Seo-hee and her Suseong guild… I’m curious, but I’ll tell you when I feel like it.

“Ah! Shouldn’t you have told me in advance if there was such a thing! Teacher, you were very surprised!”

“hehehe, sorry! I didn’t even know that this would be real. How lucky you are!”

With Seohee’s card, we passed through the checkpoint in an instant and went through a thorough identification process. Didn’t he use camouflage magic or brought something that couldn’t be brought into the tower? Yoon Seo-hee had to be thoroughly investigated even the contents of the space expansion backpack.

“You are very thorough… Do I have to go this far to enter the tower?”

Baek Ji-soo nodded.

“Because Korea has strict management like this. This is a guarantee from the Mercury Guild that skips several tests.”

“Here they say they are taking more tests… ?”

That’s why the right row was so crowded. There are a lot of people and the inspection is thorough, so the line is that long.

Until now, I thought money and honor were the reasons why a tower-climbing hunter wants to join a large guild, but maybe there are other reasons….

“But how the hell did 10,000 people come in? Did you cheat on the prosecutor and come in?”

“No system is perfect. No matter how thoroughly you investigate, loopholes exist.”

The blank index that said that was a sure sample.

Items in her subspace have not been inspected. It was because the special government department did not know that Baek Ji-soo had a skill called space.

Of course, if Jisoo Baek had publicly registered her subspace skills in her self-registration book, she would of course have been tested, but unless she knew it, she had no other way to check this. She had no skill holders who could forcibly check the skills of others, and even if there were, there was no way she could use them to inspect such valuable talents.

Perhaps there is already 10,000 provisions hidden in this place.

I touched the handle of the three-man sword at my waist.