Chapter 46
Part 45
"It was true."
"Seriously, how did he know the exact date of the wave?"
"Maybe he has a foresight-type ability."
"Can foresight really predict a date that accurately?"
The entire world was in an uproar.
During the third Monster Wave, which had occurred in Mongolia not long ago, Han Yugeon had sent warnings to television stations across the world, informing them that a wave was about to occur.
However, no one had believed him at the time.
After all, who would believe someone who claimed to know when a Monster Wave would occur when only two had taken place in the last forty years?
This time, however, things had been different.
The Korean government had officially issued a warning.
As a result, countries around the world, including Korea, had evacuated all citizens living near the Towers.
[Another subject attracting considerable attention is the poisonous mist released by the monsters in Incheon.]
[The purple poison emitted from the monsters' bodies was powerful enough to melt asphalt. Even the Awakeners at the scene were unable to approach it.]
[However, immediately after Awakener Han Yugeon entered the poisonous mist, the poison covering the surrounding area began disappearing rapidly.]
[Awakener research institutions in Korea and abroad are currently analyzing the phenomenon, but its exact cause remains unknown.]
"Didn't he absorb it?"
"The poison?"
"Look at the video. It's all being sucked into his body."
"Are you saying he ate the poison?"
"How can a person eat poison?"
"That's why I'm asking if he's even human!"
There was another video that had captured the public's attention.
It was footage recorded in Gwangmyeong.
BOOOOM!
In the video, an enormous blue barrier held back hundreds of monsters.
And behind that barrier...
Every time a boy wearing glasses moved his hands, the monsters' movements became strangely distorted.
Some ran forward without moving from their positions.
Harpies that had been flying through the sky suddenly plummeted to the ground.
And then...
CRRRRACK!
The dead monsters began rising again.
Orcs with severed heads.
Lizardmen with broken bodies.
They charged at the monsters that had been their allies only moments earlier.
"This is insane. Is that woman a Necromancer?"
"No, there's also a video of her blessing the Awakeners before the wave started. She used a Saintess-type skill."
"What? A Saintess?"
"Come on! Where did that ridiculous rumor come from? How could a Saintess raise the undead?!"
"I'm telling you, I saw it myself!"
And the controversy didn't end there.
[Lv. 55] Red Orc Lord Krash.
A boss had appeared.
And the three companions had joined forces to defeat it.
Without Han Yugeon's help.
Of course, the people watching the video had no idea that the creature was actually a boss.
Aren't all of Han Yugeon's party members freaking monsters too?
The guy with the shield is Cha Mincheol.
I heard that boy is the son of the CEO of Seonghwa Corporation.
That's Kang Woojin. I didn't even know he was an Awakener.
Who's the woman? A Saintess or a Necromancer?
Looks like she's both.
Oh, stop talking nonsense.
Why doesn't anyone around Han Yugeon have a normal ability?
The names of all three companions quickly spread throughout the global Awakener community.
Cha Mincheol.
Seo Hwarin.
Kang Woojin.
The three, who had previously been overshadowed by Han Yugeon's fame, were finally beginning to attract worldwide attention.
I've noticed something since the last wave. Whenever a particularly powerful monster appears, Han Yugeon kills it, and then the monsters in other countries suddenly start acting like idiots. Is that really a coincidence?
Oh, that's some impressive detective work. Why don't you figure out what I'm going to eat today?
Figure out my winning lottery numbers while you're at it.
Oh, come on...
Meanwhile, more and more people were beginning to suspect that the waves involved some kind of boss monster.
"Hyung! Take a look at this!"
"What is it?"
"Our video's passed ten million views!"
At their base in Yeongdeungpo, Mincheol came running toward Yugeon with his phone in hand, his face full of excitement.
Yugeon, who was leaning back on the sofa, glanced at the screen.
It was the video of the battle in Gwangmyeong.
The title was rather dramatic.
[Han Yugeon's Three Monsters Bring the Gwangmyeong Wave to an End.]
"...That's quite a title."
"Bwahaha! They're calling us the Three Monsters! Monsters!"
"Why are you so happy about that?"
"Doesn't it mean we're strong?"
"It could be an insult."
"..."
Mincheol's laughter died down a little.
Woojin, who had been watching the video beside him, chuckled.
"Hyung, I've read the comments. They mean it as a compliment."
"Really? Then that's fine!"
Seeing Mincheol immediately start laughing again, Hwarin shook her head.
"But I look a little strange in the video."
"Why? You look really pretty, Noona."
"My face is covered in blood, and I've got hundreds of corpses standing behind me."
"..."
"..."
Mincheol and Woojin fell silent at the same time.
She certainly looked beautiful.
But there was something frightening about her appearance too.
It was almost like looking at a statue carved from ice.
They all seem happy.
Yugeon smiled faintly as he watched them.
The three of them were living completely different lives from the ones they had experienced before his regression.
He was genuinely curious about how they would develop from this point onward.
I'm changing things for the better.
