Chapter 22
Part 21
Humanity discovers the existence of the commander bosses far too late.
The Sixth Wave.
It was not until the Sixth Wave that humanity finally understood the truth.
Far too late.
“So if we kill the commander boss...”
“The remaining monsters will lose direction. Other Awakeners can take care of them.”
“Hyung, wouldn't it be better to tell other countries that these bosses exist?”
“Later.”
He would tell them.
Just not now.
If Yugeon walked into a broadcasting station and shouted that commander bosses existed...
How many people would believe him?
For now, it was better if only the three of them knew.
Because in the future...
When someone finally discovered the commanders and announced their existence...
Everyone started fighting over who would get to kill them.
The result had been even more deaths.
Awakeners fought each other instead of the monsters.
The horde slipped past them.
Yugeon personally watched one of those monsters devour a newborn baby.
Right in front of me.
His fist tightened.
He would never repeat that mistake.
“Hmm. I don't know why, but if hyung says there's a reason, then there must be one.”
“Exactly. Yugeon has never been wrong.”
“Thanks for trusting me.”
“Save the Wave first. You can thank us afterward.”
Seo Hwarin smiled.
She lightly tapped Yugeon's shoulder.
Then she hurried upstairs.
The Wave would not begin immediately...
But there was still preparation to do.
“Hyung, do you know where the boss will appear?”
“Yes. I know.”
“That's a relief. Haa... I suddenly feel a lot better.”
Yugeon looked at him.
“Mincheol.”
“Yes?”
“Aren't you curious?”
“About what?”
“Why I'm this strong. Why I know all these things.”
They had been together for almost half a year.
Cha Mincheol had always trusted him.
He never questioned him.
Never complained.
It would have been natural to ask at least once.
Yet Mincheol had only ever asked about combat and training.
“Of course I'm curious. Hwarin nunim is too. You're a complete mystery, hyung. But... we're waiting.”
“Waiting?”
“Yes. We're waiting until you're ready to tell us everything yourself.”
Mincheol laughed.
Yugeon had saved both of them.
Why would they doubt him?
“When you decide you're ready, just tell us. We'll be ready to listen.”
“...All right.”
Yugeon struggled not to smile.
This happiness...
He had never experienced it in his previous life.
The strange warmth made him feel almost embarrassed.
“But is it really okay not to warn the world at all? If the Wave suddenly begins, even quick responses won't stop a lot of people from dying.”
“Don't worry. I already warned them.”
A few days ago...
Along with revealing that he was the Awakener who had killed Baruoden...
Yugeon had sent information to broadcasting stations around the world.
He warned them that a Wave was coming.
Not everyone would believe him.
But at least some countries would prepare.
“Wait... Didn't you just say you'll tell them later?”
“I said I'll tell them about the commander bosses later.”
“Ah! That's what you meant. Haa... That's a relief.”
Mincheol's expression relaxed.
Yugeon glanced at him.
“You've gotten pretty comfortable calling Hwarin 'nunim.'”
“H-Haha...”
Mincheol smiled awkwardly.
Seo Hwarin was twenty-seven.
Four years older than Mincheol.
Two years older than Yugeon.
Maybe because Yugeon had spoken casually from the beginning...
Or because he was their leader...
Hwarin did not mind Yugeon's informal speech.
Instead, she called him Yugeon-ssi.
Mincheol and Hwarin had only recently become comfortable speaking casually with one another.
“You looked so awkward at first.”
“Ahem... I'll go prepare too!”
Mincheol coughed and hurried to his room.
Yugeon's expression became serious.
The commander boss in this Wave appears in...
Choibalsan, Mongolia.
The boss would emerge from the Tower there.
Then it would lead the monster army toward Hulunbuir.
From there...
It would sweep south through China.
Things won't go the way you want this time, god.
Yugeon clenched his teeth and gathered his equipment.
Choibalsan, Mongolia.
“Hyung.”
Mincheol looked around in confusion.
“There aren't any Awakeners here.”
Yugeon had warned broadcasting stations around the world.
Yet no one had even come to monitor this Tower.
“What about those people?”
Mincheol pointed.
There was one man holding a microphone.
Another stood beside a large camera.
“Reporters I invited.”
They belonged to a Korean media company.
