Although many soldiers were guarding the building, they had no way of knowing that an invisible Awakened was passing among them.
Sunhee quickly entered the building.
In the lobby on the first floor, guarded by soldiers, a floor plan of the building was displayed.
‘The basement is the auxiliary Warp Zone, the halls from the first to third floors are the main Warp Zone, the machine room and control room are on the second floor, and finally, the management office is on the third floor.’
After checking the floor plan, Sunhee moved again toward the Warp Zone.
The massive hall that served as the main Warp Zone was empty. Fortunately, it seemed that Dimensional Beasts had not been deployed yet.
However, judging by the faint traces of Dimensional Power felt throughout, it seemed many Awakened had been stationed.
After confirming the hall, Sunhee continued to move cautiously with an expressionless face.
Maintaining invisibility consumed an enormous amount of Dimensional Power, but the A-rank Dimensional Core embedded in her chest continuously supplied her with energy.
Without the Dimensional Core, it would have been impossible to maintain invisibility for this long.
Sunhee kept moving upward. Upon reaching near the machine room on the second floor, she could no longer advance.
In front of the machine room, Awakened who appeared to be at least B-rank were standing guard.
They were Awakened of the same rank as her. Even though she was invisible, getting any closer would likely lead to being detected.
Sunhee was currently on a reconnaissance mission. She decisively gave up on approaching the machine room.
The control room, located a bit away from the machine room, was the same.
High-level Awakened were also stationed in front of the control room.
A slightly troublesome situation. Sunhee decided to check the third floor first.
She climbed up to the third floor via the emergency stairs and saw several offices.
In the center of the hallway, Awakened were seen monitoring the surroundings. Fortunately, they seemed to be lower-level than those on the floors below.
The offices were still empty. It seemed it was before working hours.
However, there was no way Awakened would be guarding empty offices. It was clear that someone was behind the doors where they stood.
In her invisible state, Sunhee approached the two Awakened patrolling the area.
One of them, appearing to be a Defense-type Awakened, held a shield, while the other wielded a spear in one hand and an assault rifle in the other.
As she closed the distance to about ten meters, the two began to look around nervously.
It seemed this was the limit of her invisibility ability.
Sunhee stopped and released her invisibility.
Seeing a woman suddenly appear before them, the two Awakened tensed up and tried to shout.
But Sunhee was faster. Her hands were already aimed at them, and before they could scream, her fists clenched.
The two Awakened collapsed on the spot.
Sunhee sighed softly and approached the fallen Awakened. Her face returned to an expressionless state.
“May I continue moving?”
“Yes, you’re an expert at this anyway. Your abilities are perfect for it. I’ll only step forward when necessary.”
Hearing Sunhee’s words after handing over control of her body, Major Sunhee internally sighed. It was convenient for movement, but it wasn’t good for her companion to become so introverted.
“I’ll have to talk with Sunhee a bit after the operation ends.”
With that, Major Sunhee turned invisible again.
The office Sunhee carefully entered looked like one used by a senior officer. Inside the small office, only one high-ranking officer was present.
He was taking a call behind a luxurious desk.
“Yes, understood. The target is Seoul. Once the dimensional larvae and beasts are warped, I will immediately initiate Dimensional Movement.”
Several important words entered Sunhee’s ears.
The opponent appeared to be an Awakened below E-rank, likely a regular soldier or administrative staff.
When he hung up the phone, Sunhee revealed herself and extended her hand. The officer froze mid-motion, still holding the receiver.
It was the effect of Sunhee’s paralysis ability.
Keeping one hand aimed at him, Sunhee dragged the two fallen Awakened from outside into the office.
Finally, she locked the door and walked toward the officer, who was staring at her with wide, frozen eyes.
It was time to gather information.
Yonghoon and Dohyeon spent over an hour sitting atop a half-ruined building.
As time passed, cars began to appear, signaling people were starting to arrive for work.
Dohyeon, who had been looking around, eventually grew bored and sat down, plugging earpieces into his ears and floating his mobile phone in the air.
Music automatically played, and the phone began to dance midair in rhythm.
Yonghoon thought he had made a good choice selecting Dohyeon as a teammate. Dohyeon was more diligent than he had expected.
Dohyeon was a Special Ability User whose only way to grow stronger was through training. Although typically difficult to level up, he was now almost a B-rank Awakened despite being C-rank. Moreover, he never stopped working hard.
If he kept up this steady pace, it was clear he would soon become a terrifying Telekinesis Ability User.
Yonghoon sensed Sunhee’s movement.
“She’s back.”
At Yonghoon’s gesture, Dohyeon moved his lips.
“Close system.”
The phone shut off and slid smoothly into Dohyeon’s jacket pocket.
Yonghoon shook his head. While he admired Dohyeon’s diligence and passion, that line was something he could never get used to.
A small ripple appeared next to Yonghoon, and Sunhee’s figure emerged.
“I’m back.”
Yonghoon nodded at Sunhee’s words.
Her report began.
“Currently, the warp array is empty. However, according to the officer, by the President’s orders, starting today, all beasts and monsters transmitted will be immediately subjected to Dimensional Movement. Their destination is Seoul in the C dimension.”
“It’s not too late yet.”
Hearing her words, Yonghoon stood up.
“Anything else?”
At Yonghoon’s question, Sunhee answered.
“It seems there’s a facility where Dimensional Beasts are gathered separately. However, it’s top secret, and even the officer didn’t know its location.”
“We’ll have to find it. Even if we just stop the Dimensional Beasts from crossing over, we’ll have a good chance.”
At Yonghoon’s words, Sunhee nodded.
However, Dohyeon listened awkwardly to the unfamiliar conversation between the two.
“Also, I put the officer and the guards to sleep and hid them, but they’ll probably be discovered soon.”
As soon as Sunhee finished speaking, sirens began to blare from the building housing the dimensional Warp Zone.
“Doesn’t matter. We were planning a frontal assault anyway.”
Yonghoon replied while looking at the building.
The soldiers’ movements around the building changed. Soldiers who had been standing guard entered nearby trenches, and the engines of armored vehicles stationed around the building roared to life.
Yonghoon looked at Dohyeon.
“You stop the reinforcements, the external forces, and the monsters being transported into the Warp Zone.”
“Got it!”
Dohyeon saluted Yonghoon.
Seeing that, Yonghoon gave a wry smile and turned to Sunhee.
“Let’s go!”
At Yonghoon’s words, Sunhee wrapped her arms around his and the two vanished from the spot.
Left alone, Dohyeon’s confident expression surfaced behind a trace of nervousness.
“My turn, huh?”
Dohyeon launched himself outside the building. Sparks flew around him as he slowly descended.
While falling, he kicked off the wall behind him and shot forward. He began gliding rapidly forward as if sliding through the air.
He glided tens of meters like that and managed to land outside the buildings of the old city center.
A massive building appeared before him.
Soldiers, startled by Dohyeon’s sudden appearance from the old city center, began shouting, and the turret of an armored vehicle turned toward him.
Tatatatata!
There were no warning broadcasts or warning shots. Machine guns and Vulcan cannons from the armored vehicles immediately opened fire on Dohyeon.
Hit by the shelling and gunfire simultaneously, Dohyeon was blasted backward.
Boom!
He was flung several meters away and half-embedded into a building wall.
After a moment, as the dust cleared, Dohyeon could be seen emerging from the wall with a smile.
“So this is what it feels like to be invincible against normal attacks.”
Dohyeon smiled as he looked ahead.
The startled soldiers were preparing to attack again.
But this time, it was Dohyeon’s turn to attack. Dohyeon’s hands rose into the air, and Dimensional Power spread around his body.
Boom boom boom!
As Yonghoon and Sunhee walked down the first-floor hallway, a loud explosion was heard from outside the building. Even among the added sirens caused by Yonghoon’s spatial movement, the explosion was clearly audible.
It seemed that Dohyeon had started fighting.
Now it was Yonghoon’s turn. Yonghoon looked back at Sunhee, who was following behind him.
At Yonghoon’s gaze, Sunhee immediately began to turn invisible.
Having fought together for a long time, they were perfectly in sync without needing words.
Yonghoon turned his head back to face forward. He looked at the large door at the end of the hallway. The door was locked with chains.
Yonghoon’s hand moved, and his sword leapt through space, slicing the door into pieces. The door collapsed backward, revealing a large empty hall beyond it. It was the Warp Zone.
And at the center of the Warp Zone stood a tower, and in front of it were people who appeared to be Awakened, waiting for him.
Holding his sword, Yonghoon stepped past the broken door and entered the hall alone.
The hall was quite large. It was several times the size of a gymnasium. The distance to the enemies was about 200 meters, and there were around ten of them, some of whom Yonghoon recognized from earlier.
Behind them, a large mechanical tower soared upward. It was the control devices.
Yonghoon glanced at the control devices and raised his sword.
“Commence attack!”
The moment Yonghoon raised his sword, a sharp-looking Awakened standing at the center shouted. The Awakened standing in front of the tower began running toward Yonghoon.
At the same time, a female Awakened who appeared to be a spatial ability user grabbed the Awakened next to her and teleported toward Yonghoon.
There were still no Dimensional Beasts or monsters in the hall. They had no need to protect the control devices.
The enemy personal guard units were only pretending to guard the control devices. When Yonghoon appeared, they immediately launched their attack on him. They were prepared for the destruction of the control devices.
Moreover, the spatial ability user tried to preemptively teleport to block Yonghoon’s escape.
It was a suicide attack by a B-rank spatial ability user with no special offensive or defensive abilities, teleporting right in front of the enemy.
Including them, all the personal guard units were determined to sacrifice their lives to capture Yonghoon for Lieutenant General Eunseo’s revenge.
Their attacks were flashy and powerful.
But their plan was made without understanding their opponent’s abilities.
Yonghoon swung his sword. From the start, Yonghoon had no intention of merely destroying the control devices. His spatial sword was aimed at the Awakened from the beginning.
As Yonghoon swung his sword, the Awakened who were charging toward him heightened their senses to the maximum, preparing for the spatial sword that would appear around them.
However, the spatial distortion appeared directly in front of them. And it was far enough that their weapons could not reach it.
In their startled eyes, they saw the space tunnels that had appeared ahead rushing toward them.
They hastily brought their shields and spears to bear against the incoming spatial swords, but the space tunnels simply bypassed their weapons and shields and sliced through their bodies.
Splurt!
The five Awakened who had been charging forward were all simultaneously sliced in half, their eyes wide in shock.
Their weapons and shields remained intact, while their bodies scattered in all directions.
Confirming that he had eliminated them all, Yonghoon turned his body. In his sight appeared the female spatial ability user and the Awakened who had teleported with her.
The two Awakened were bound in place by Sunhee’s ability, which had revealed itself, and were frozen stiff.
Sunhee could not hold Awakened of the same rank for long. Their stiffened bodies were already starting to loosen.
But for Yonghoon, a short moment was enough.
Yonghoon’s sword swung once more.
With Yonghoon’s sword, the two Awakened were killed.
After confirming that all the enemies had fallen to the ground, Yonghoon placed his hand on Sunhee’s head, ruffling her hair as she panted heavily.
Sunhee looked at Yonghoon with a surprised expression, and Yonghoon awkwardly lowered his hand, realizing his habitual action.
Yonghoon turned his body to face forward.
There stood a sharp-looking man left alone. Yonghoon did not know, but he was Brigadier General Lucas, the adjutant of Lieutenant General Eunseo.
As an A-rank Defense-type Awakened, he had infused Dimensional Power into the greaves on both his arms to block the attack.
But even he had only barely survived. The greaves on both his arms had been severed and scattered on the floor, and his arms were half-cut, pouring blood.
Yet his expression showed he had not given up.
At that moment, about ten Awakened appeared behind him. It was spatial movement.
“Large-scale spatial movement, is it Warp Zone movement?”
Seeing that, Yonghoon frowned. If they kept pushing in with human-wave tactics like this, it would get more troublesome than he thought.
Brigadier General Lucas shouted to the newly appeared Awakened.
“Raise the shield! The enemy is strong!”
At his command, light burst from the shields of the Defense-type Awakened among the newcomers, and green translucent shields rose from their existing shields.
But Yonghoon paid no attention to that. He looked at Sunhee.
“Where is the place that operates the Warp Zone?”
In response to Yonghoon’s question, Sunhee pointed to a wall about two stories high. It was the direction where the machine room was located.
Yonghoon sheathed his sword at his waist and pulled out a spear from behind him.
Yonghoon glanced at the Awakened who were warily guarding themselves with shields, then thrust his spear in the direction Sunhee had pointed. The tip of the glowing spear vanished into the air, and a massive explosion erupted.
KABOOM!
The explosion swept through the wall in the direction Sunhee had pointed. With a single attack from Yonghoon, an entire side of the building’s wall and half of its ceiling vanished. Moreover, the explosion was strangely directed only outward, with almost no effect inward.
Yonghoon had controlled the direction of the explosion.
It was an unbelievable explosion. It looked comparable to the firepower of the late Lieutenant General Eunseo. The faces of Brigadier General Lucas and the newly appeared Awakened turned pale upon seeing the explosion.
“Alright, that blocks additional reinforcements.”
Yonghoon drew his sword again and swung it toward the shield in front of him.