Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352 (End)
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Chapter 70: Chapter 70
Translated by: ShawnSuh
Edited by: SootyOwl
Breathing nervously, Ho Sung stared intently at the laptop.
“Is that what I think it is?”
After looking around to make sure that he was safe, Ho Sung, scratching his chin, walked toward the laptop and opened it. At that point, a green background appeared, and a wave of undecipherable code and numbers filled the screen. Although startled initially, Ho Sung narrowed his eyes and looked closely at it. Soon, the code and numbers disappeared and were followed by a crackling screen and a video.
Although the video was too dark to make anything out of it, there was a noticeable but strange audio coming out of it. The sound resembled long, shallow breathing, and it was more than enough to make Ho Sung’s hair stand on end.
“What the hell?!”
Still unable to make out what was on the screen, Ho Sung walked closer to the laptop. At that moment, the screen changed all of a sudden and showed a picture of a footprint, which seemed to be about four hundred millimeters long and didn’t exactly look like it had been made by a human. After that, the screen changed once again and showed what appeared to be a cave within a dungeon. There were nail marks across the walls, along with what appeared to be hieroglyphs, which Ho Sung could only infer as being extraterrestrial.
Then, the screen changed yet again. That time, the screen showed an image of land. It was black, as if it had been scorched, and on it, was an enormous black tower of soaring height. With that, the screen crackled with static once again and went dark. At that moment, the sound of metal doors opening echoed throughout the factory.
Startled, Ho Sung turned toward it sharply. A man in a black robe was there, and his face was completely covered by the fabric. Seeing him, Ho Sung’s heart started to thump.
“Who are you?” Ho Sung asked nervously, his eyes widened. After a brief silence, the man in the black robe replied in a low voice, “You’ll learn more about demons and the Tower of Demons in the labyrinth.”
Pointing toward the laptop, Ho Sung asked, “Are you telling me that what I saw in the laptop were traces left by demons?”
“That’s right.”
“What the hell are demons anyway? And the tower?”
“All I can tell you is that you’ll find all the answers in the labyrinth, and soon, the Tower of Demons will open up,” the man in the robe said. With that, he turned around and left the factory. As the metal door closed and the factory fell silent, Ho Sung breathed a sigh of relief and muttered, “Holy shit, that guy scared the crap outta me! What is this, a horror movie!? And why did he have to be so damn cryptic? Son of a bitch…”
Then, upon remembering something, he tilted his head. Ho Sung didn’t recall seeing the man’s name or level.
‘Wait… Does that mean he’s a miscellaneous type? No, that’s not possible. The only miscellaneous type left in the country is Ji Yoo Kim from the Central Institute. Maybe he’s just a civilian, and I’m getting scared for nothing.’
Shaking his thoughts away, Ho Sung walked closer to the laptop. No matter what he did, he simply couldn’t get the laptop to function. Then, just as he was starting to think that it was out of battery, the laptop suddenly exploded.
“Agh!” Ho Sung let out, backing away and falling on his butt. Staring at the scorched remnants of the laptop, Ho Sung blinked rapidly.
“Son of a bitch! What the hell was that!?” Ho Sung let out, putting his hand on his chest while looking in the direction the man in the robe had gone.
—
“That’s all you got?” Min Sung asked, and Ho Sung nodded affirmatively.
“Yes, sir. But it seemed like that man knew more than he let on,” Ho Sung said, looking as if thinking back to that moment. Giving him a look of disapproval, Min Sung asked, “And you just let him go?”
“… Uh… He was kinda creepy. The place gave me the heebie-jeebies too…” Ho Sung said, dropping his head in shame.
“All right, then. Go on,” the champion said, his eyes fixed on the TV while he waved Ho Sung away.
“Aren’t you gonna eat dinner?” Ho Sung asked.
“Of course.”
“Seems like you already know what you’re having.”
“That’s right.”
“Where are you going? I’ll give you a ride.”
“It’s close by. I can go by myself.”
“Of course! Well, enjoy the rest of your evening, sir,” Ho Sung replied, rushing out of the house before Min Sung changed his mind. After watching TV for a little while, Min Sung checked the time.
‘Five till six.’
It was time for him to get ready to go out.
—
When Min Sung left the house, it was raining heavily outside.
‘I didn’t know it was going to rain today,’ Min Sung thought, caught off guard by it. Looking down at the raindrops falling on the ground, Min Sung picked up a large umbrella. Although having planned on a simple bibimbap dinner initially, Min Sung decided that was no longer a fitting choice for the weather.
‘What else is there?’ Min Sung thought, staring out into the rain. Taking his phone out, he called Ho Sung, who answered almost immediately.
“Yes, sir.”
“It’s raining.”
“Sir?”
“I said it’s raining.”
“… Yes, I believe that’s what I heard the first time.”
“I’m getting something else. Something better suited for the weather,” Min Sung said.
“Hm… One moment.” A few seconds later, Ho Sung said, “How does spicy seafood noodle soup sound?”
At Ho Sung’s recommendation, a subtle smile appeared on the champion’s face.
“Where?” Min Sung asked.
“Tell you what, I’ll pick you up.”
“No need. I wanna be alone tonight.”
“Not a problem, sir. One moment,” Ho Sung said. After a brief pause, he added, “OK. I sent you the address to the restaurant. The place is pretty well known, so if you tell the cab driver that you wanna go to the Chinese restaurant next to the Sem Sem Building, they’ll know what you’re talking about. Otherwise, you can always give them the address.”
—
Following Ho Sung’s instruction, Min Sung described the location of the restaurant to the driver, who agreed with the champion’s choice emphatically and said, “Ah, yes! Perfect weather for a bowl of spicy seafood noodle soup!”
Looking out the window at the rainy view of the city, Min Sung waited patiently for the cab to arrive at the destination. After about fifteen minutes later, the cab stopped at the restaurant. When the champion got out of the cab after paying the driver, the restaurant’s sign came into view.
[Shin Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup]
Judging from the name, the restaurant didn’t appear to be just an ordinary Chinese restaurant, but one that specialized in spicy seafood noodle soup. Not only did the frankness of the restaurant’s name give the champion confidence, but it also gave the champion an idea of just how spicy its seafood noodle soup was going to be.
‘Come to think of it, I haven’t really had anything that spicy.’
Anticipating a fiery, spicy experience, Min Sung walked into the restaurant, which was already booming with customers. Thankfully, there was an empty seat available in the middle of the restaurant. Taking a seat, Min Sung rang the bell and placed an order, “One Shin spicy seafood noodle soup.”
As soon as Min Sung finished placing an order, a wave of customers came flooding into the restaurant. Should he have arrived just a few minutes later, he would have had to wait in a seemingly endless line.
‘Seems like I got here just in the nick of time.’
Fitting to its popularity, the restaurant was bustling with dinner customers waiting in line for their numbers to be called.
Then, two men who had been standing in front of the line walked toward Min Sung’s table. Since there were no other seats available, Min Sung had no choice but to share the table with the strangers. Although it wasn’t preferable to do so, the champion had to embrace the way the restaurant ran. Without looking in the two men’s direction, Min Sung poured himself a cup of water and drank it as he waited for his food patiently. Soon, his bowl of noodle soup arrived at the table.
“Here you go, sir,” the server said, setting the bowl of spicy seafood noodle soup along with small bowls of pickled radish, fresh onion, and black soybean sauce in front of the champion.
Looking down at the fiery red soup topped with an assortment of fresh seafood and vegetables, including green onions and fresh chili, Min Sung smiled subtly, thinking, ‘A bowl of spicy seafood noodle soup on a rainy day,’ and mixing the noodles with the steamy broth. Feeling the warm steam on his face, Min Sung picked up some noodles with his chopsticks and slurped away.
The thick yet tender noodles filled his mouth, and as soon as his teeth sank into them, an explosion of spicy flavors filled his mouth yet again. It felt as though the heat was spreading all the way up to the top of his head. On the other hand, the spiciness wasn’t to the point of being painful or overbearing.
Though rather spicy, the heat was still quite enjoyable, warming up the champion’s body. After chewing the noodles, Min Sung picked up the bowl and drank from it. Right off the bat, the rich seafood aroma wafted toward him from the broth.
With steam coming out of his mouth, Min Sung ate the small octopus in the broth, which had a satisfying chew to it. After that, while his mouth was still on fire, he moved on to the pieces of squid. Though similar to the octopus, the squid had a texture distinct from it.
While chewing the pieces of the squid, Min Sung’s mouth sucked the noodles like a vacuum. The noodles seemed to have been made using less flour than most restaurants used, filling the champion’s stomach with a comforting sensation. The saturated flavors of the broth absorbed by the noodles engrossed the champion, making him eat faster and faster.
The spiciness in the broth doubled when followed after the noodles. Then, taking the meat off of the mussels, which were still in their shells, Min Sung ate two pieces of them at a time. Unhindered, he moved on to even more noodles, and then on to the vegetables steeping in the spicy, seafood broth. A refreshing crunch filled his mouth, cutting through the grease and the spiciness.
Leaving only the broth, the champion looked down at the bowl of spicy seafood noodle soup.
“Whew!”
Downing the spicy broth felt like the perfect finale to the meal.
‘Let’s do this.’
Then, just as he was about to finish off the broth…
“What the!?”
“What’s that!?”
“Ahhhh!”
… a commotion broke out in the restaurant.
Total Chapters in book: 352
Estimated words: 706132 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3531(@200wpm)___ 2825(@250wpm)___ 2354(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 706132 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3531(@200wpm)___ 2825(@250wpm)___ 2354(@300wpm)
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