Sirens started blaring all over Seoul the moment Han-Yeol started getting bored of the uneventful march.
Whiiiiing!
Oh, finally! Have they finally declared martial law? he wondered while listening to the siren. He had learned in school about the siren that signaled the instatement of martial law, but this was his first time actually hearing it.
Well, he had heard it during his civil defense training, but that was just a mock siren.
Ah, theyve decided to make the first move, just as I hoped, Han-Yeol thought with a smile.
Now, it was his turn to send a response to their message.
Vrooom! Creak! Creak! Creak!
I-Its a tank!
What?!
W-Why would the military come when were protesting peacefully?!
That crazy president!
Why is the acting president acting as if hes the president?!
The tanks and soldiers were not the only things deployedeven the Capital Defense Command and the Combat Police Forces[1] were deployed as well. This was proof that the acting president was hell-bent on dispersing the protestors by all means necessary.
The protest was without a doubt still peaceful, but the appearance of the armed forces along with the tank should have caused the protestors to flee out of fear. After all, the South Korean government had a history of using CS gas shells[2] against protestors.
However, it was different this time.
Are they crazy?
Oh? Are they picking a fight with us?
The protestors marching were not only composed of ordinary people but also Hunters who believed in Han-Yeols vision for a better country.
The government might have sent the military and the police to disperse the protestors, but they were still ordinary people at the end of the day.
What would happen if ordinary people fought against Hunters? They would be asking for death.
Woooong!
Some of the impatient Hunters flew up with their flight skills. These Hunters specialized in flying in the air and bombarding their enemies with their ranged skills.
It didnt take much brainpower to figure out that these ordinary soldiers and riot police were going to be burned to ashes if they were hit by the Hunters bombardment.
Han-Yeol intervened the moment the Hunters were about to unleash their skills.
He amplified his voice with mana and shouted, DO NOT KILL THEM!
Tsk
The Hunters hovering in the air canceled their skills and clicked their tongues out of frustration.
The reason they had immediately stopped was not only Han-Yeols intervention. These soldiers and riot police were just ordinary people sent by the government to disperse the protestors, and the Hunters knew deep inside that massacring them was wrong regardless of the situation.
One of the Hunters asked Han-Yeol, What should we do now?
I will take care of it, Han-Yeol replied.
But how are you going to
Woooong! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ack!
Argh!
?!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Some of the soldiers were thrown all over the place like a bunch of ragdolls even before the Hunter finished talking.
The Hunter was shocked at what he witnessed and immediately looked at Han-Yeol.
Han-Yeol was nonchalantly swinging his right hand infused with mana, and the soldiers and riot police were thrown in the air with every swing.
Gulp!
I-Is this his famous Psychokinesis skill?
People were now familiar with some of Han-Yeols skills due to his frequent livestreams, and Psychokinesis was one of them.
However, there was a different reason the Hunter was shocked.
B-But has his skill always been that strong?
Kwachik! Bam!
Aaack!
Bam!
The tanks, armored vehicles, and police cars blocking the path of the protestors were crushed like tin cans and thrown to the side of the road. The soldiers and riot police agents were also knocked out or slammed hard enough against the ground to break some bones, so they ended up incapacitated.
The path for the protestors was wide open now.
Oh!
As expected of Lee Han-Yeol!
I hope nobody says anything stupid and raises a flag
Tak!
Im first!
I will capture the president!
No! I will!
Three Hunters who could not care less about the revolution and just wanted to vent their frustration at the government rushed to the gates while completely ignoring the unspoken rule of Han-Yeol being at the forefront of this revolution.
Tsk Those morons
I guess they just earned Han-Yeols wrath.
Everyone cursed the Hunters, but none of them bothered to say it out loud. This revolution was as good as over anyway, so they felt no need to stir up trouble.
Unfortunately, it was not over until it was over.
!
Han-Yeol flinched. His senses had just picked up something.
Huh?
E-Eh?
Crack!
The three Hunters stopped in their tracks and turned around.
H-Help me
They stretched out their arms and flailed them wildly.
Sukeok!
However, a red line appeared on their necks before they could finish speaking, and their heads were severed from their bodies.
Thud Thud Thud
Their heads rolled on the ground while their now-headless bodies kept flailing their arms around.
Pshwaaa!
Blood spurted out like a fountain from their decapitated necks.
Aaaaah!
Kyah! W-What happened?!
S-Someone died!
The protestors at the forefront screamed and took a few steps back.
Who did that? Han-Yeol enhanced his senses and tried to search for the unidentified assailant. He maintained his cool despite the gruesome scene in front of him, as he did not care about those Hunters to begin with.
Hmm He used Demon Eyes to search for the assailant.
Meanwhile, the screams from the front caused the protestors to waver as fear and confusion started to grip their hearts.
Kyaaaaah!
Aaaack!
W-Whats going on?
T-T-Those Hunters just d-died!
Seeing the three Hunters getting killed in such a cruel manner made the protestors continue retreating.
Who in the world did that? Han-Yeol continued searching, but he could not find the assailant despite using Demon Eyes.
The mana that had killed the three Hunters had come out of nowhereeven Han-Yeol had failed to notice it. If the attack had come from an ordinary Hunter, he could have sensed it, reacted to it, and saved the three Hunters just now. However, he had failed to sense the attack, and he only noticed it after the three had already been killed.
I can only tell once we fight, but this person might be stronger than Kim Tae-San. Was there such a Hunter in South Korea? Han-Yeol wondered.
Kim Tae-San had been the strongest Hunter in the country right up until Han-Yeol killed him, and the second strongest after him was Master Hee-Yun, who was not an adversary of Han-Yeol.
Then who is it? Dont tell me its someone whose second awakening was a Transcended Awakening?
There was a legend called Transcendent Awakening passed down in the Bastro Dimension.
A persons second awakening was slightly different from their first awakening. They would not hit their maximum potential right away and stop growing stronger, unlike the first awakening. It varied from person to person depending on their potential and talent, but the second awakening granted them the ability to grow stronger depending on the effort they put into it.
However, some peoples second awakening was known as Transcendent Awakeningit brought out their full potential from the first moment.
Well, this was just a legend, and there were no records of anyone ever having such an awakening.
No, I wouldve sensed the explosive mana if it someone had a Transcended Awakening. Could it be that they brought in a foreigner? Han-Yeol was on his toes at the emergence of the unidentified assailant.
Go back! Hurry!
Quickly! Get back!
Everyone! Please move back! Please!
1. Theyre something like riot police.
2. Something like tear gas. More info here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127513/#:~:text=CS%20gas%20(2%2Dchlorobenzylidene%20malononitrile,alleviating%20hostage%20and%20siege%20situations.
3. For those of you not familiar, it is a citizens right to protest peacefully against the government in South Korea, but a court permit is required for protests with more than a certain number of people. The court usually grants such requests under certain conditions such as not causing anarchy.
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