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nThe taxi driver was brought to the Foundation Hospital by Hwang Ji-ho’s direct secretary team.

nHe saw the secretary who smiled as if he was wearing a mask in the chairman’s office he visited before starting school.

nHe even gave a small bow to see if he remember him.

n‘I guess the secretary also knows Hwang Ji-ho’s identity…… Although Hwang’s direct secretary team were not really just secretaries.’

nThey said all the Ung were still alive.

nYet.

n‘The experimental targets for Kim Shin-rok’s’ creative torture method’ has increased.’

nHe, the 3 tigers, and Eun-ho’s descendant now had arrived at the house of Chairman Hwang Myung-ho.

nHe didn’t know how many floors there were underground, but it was a five-story mansion above ground.

n‘It’s amazing to see the golden fence and the labyrinth garden. In the game, it was shown in the background for just a moment at a distance.’

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nIt was when he entered the mansion after a security check.

nSomething ran towards them at a frightening speed.

nBark Bark-!

nOn top of the white natural marble.

nA puppy, as pure as marble, was running, waving its tail.

nThe puppy was a little unnatural but was running as hard as he could.

nEven in the midst of that, he was shaking his tail violently, so he was worried that it would trip.

n‘It has a supporter on one leg…… Did it have a problem with its leg?’

nA tremendous sense of feeling struck his head.

nA downy puppy.

nA puppy that limped on one leg.

nThe presence in the game emerged in his mind and he shouted reflexively.

n“It’s a Cotton Ball!”

nCotton Ball rubbed his body at the foot of the Baekhogun as if he was the closest to him

n“Cotton Ball?”

nBaekhogun answered with a warm voice and hugged Cotton Ball.

nIt seems that the male owner of the Cotton Ball that Andain saw was Baekhogun.

nBaekhogun had also wandered around in Cheoniksan.

nDid he pick up Cotton Ball at that time?

n“This guy is Snare.”

nBaekho said, stroking Cotton Ball’s head.

nHe was doing that with a cold expression, as usual, so the feeling of discomfort was enormous.

nStill, Cotton ball loved that, and he was charmingly spinning his tail like a motor.

nHe doesn’t know how scary he is.

nIt’s okay because he seemed to care for the puppy too.

n“Snare?”

nCotton Ball had a necklace that had Korean characters on it that spelled ‘Snare’.

nA snare is another word for hunting trap.

nHe gave this fluffy Cotton Ball the name of a hunting trap?

n“Yes.”

nWhen he couldn’t take his gaze away from Snare, Baekhogun passed Snare onto him.

nSnare stuck out his tongue and showed off his cuteness.

nIt was as if he was rushing him to hug him quickly.

n‘Okay, okay of course I will hug you.’

nImmediately he grabbed Snare and gently stroked his head.

nThe soft, warm tail flapped on his arms.

n‘There was a good reason why he made the title heroine Andain act that way.’

nIt was so cute, why did it matter whether it was named Snare or Cotton Ball?

n“Snare, it’s nice to meet you.”

nBark Bark!

nAs he played with Snare, the three looked at him with amazement.

nBaekhogun was nonchalant, but the descendant of Eunho, Hwang Ji-ho, and Jeokho opened their eyes wide and opened their mouths.

n“Cho Eui Shin….”

n“To think the heavenly beast Snare is acting that way with a human, Cho Eui Shin what are you……!”

n“Obviously that is a heavenly beast. And he is really a human…?”

nHeavenly Beast? Cotton Ball… Snare is a Heavenly Beast?

nThat puppy who died after eating pesticides in the game is a Heavenly Beast?

nWeren’t Heavenly Beasts a fantasy animal that guarded the territory?

nWhy does a Heavenly Beast eat pesticides and die?

nHwangho was here as the guardian, so he thought there was no Heavenly Beast.

n“The Heavenly Beast loved being alone in Cheonik Mountain. When left unattended, Baekho discovered that it had suddenly weakened in recent years…, and he had completely lost his magic and was weak enough to die even to humans. It’s surprising that It was holding onto its life.”

nJeokho said with a face he couldn’t believe.

n“Silver Light District’s Heavenly Beast did not listen to humans very well. It may have lost its awareness because it lost its heavenly powers, but this is the first time this ever happened…”

nHe was not the first among humans.

nIn the game, it had acted cute enough that it melted away Andain’s icy attitude.

n“I can guess why it had become so weak. Ley veins all over Cheonik Mountain were cut off by something. The investigation is ongoing. If the Heavenly Beast dies in this situation, the intellect of Cheonik Mountain will decline and the ley line will die completely. That’s why we are protecting it.”

nWhat.

nAs the game progressed, the trees in Cheonik Mountain dried up and the ground rotted.

nHe thought it was just a background device to emphasize the gloominess of the game.

nIn fact, it seems to have happened because the ley was cut off by something, and those mother**ers who had been illegally admitted killed the weakened Heavenly Beast.

n“If we give it a name and take good care of it, its awareness as a Heavenly Beast and its godly powers will return.”

nHe listened to the words of Baekhogun and stroked Snare.

n‘The broken vein of Cheonik Mountain…… Cheonik Mountain was also within the vicinity of Silver Light High school. The barrier of the school should be applied. But to break through that and break the ley line? How?’

nThere was something he could guess as a veteran of this trash game.

nBark Bark!

n“Yes, Snare. Let’s go together!”

n“······The Heavenly Beast really follows after Cho Eui Shin well.”

nSnare didn’t want to leave his arms, so he held him while they moved.

nThe place he arrived in after passing the entrance was the reception room on the first floor.

nThe dignified interior, which was based on the color of gold, but the tone of the whole furniture was slightly darkened to avoid eye strain, was impressive.

nEun Hwi-gwan’s chairman’s office and Hwang Ji-ho’s aesthetic sense seemed very good.

nAdmiring, he sat on a natural cotton leather sofa with steel legs in a bronze mirror finish.

nWhir–.

nAs he sat down on the sofa, the state-of-the-art automatic maid counted the number of guests and automatically served tea and dessert.

n‘To bring this out so casually.’

nThe black tea was a smoky Earl Gray from a British royal supplier, and the dessert was homemade carrot cakes topped with orange jam.

nThe porcelain tea set was hand-painted with 22k gold around the circumference, and even the cake stand was crafted with gold.

n‘It’s more colorful than the director’s office. It’s definitely Hwang Myeong-ho’s reception room.’

nBut no one reached out.

n‘I should eat at least.’

nWith only silence flowing, he tasted the black tea silently.

nSnare leaned over its head asking for him to continue stroking it.

nAs he stroked Snare with one hand and had the teacup with the other, he slowly organized his thoughts.

n‘The Jin tribe and their descendants recognize each other. The Eun-ho’s descendants have never met these three tigers.’

nWhy did these tigers not know the existence of Eunho’s descendants?

nHow did the Ung know and aimed for Eun-ho’s descendants?

nThere were still many questions left.

n“Cho Eui Shin, you predicted the accident, but you didn’t know the existence of the Ung tribe or Eunho’s descendant.”

nHwang Ji-ho suddenly talked about him.

n“Yeah. If I had known, I would have asked the tiger tribe for help from the beginning.”

nFive Ung tribes members were involved.

nIf he had tried to solve it on his own, he would have had to devote all his energy to a terrible street fight.

nAs a bonus, the late Sawol Se-eum would have been involved as well.

n“You know our story and the future, but you don’t fully understand it. I still don’t know if it’s because of Gwanglim, a skill, or other factors I don’t know.”

nHwang Ji-ho was observing him and thinking about this and that.

nHe did encourage Hwang-ho that it would be more fun to find out.

n“Thank you. Cho Eui-shin. Without you, Eun-ho’s descendant would have died.”

nHe thought he was going to pursue more, but it was unexpected.

nHwang Ji-ho, who felt his gaze, laughed playfully.

nThe expression was playful, but it was strange because he looked more mature than usual.

n“I have lived in this land for over 5,000 years. I know how far I can go before I have to act.”

nSomeone who knew that lives like that?

nHwang Ji-ho turned to Eun-ho’s descendant.

nHwang Ji-ho’s tone toward the middle school student was a little chilly.

n“You said you came to see me? Tell me about the business.”

n“Is it okay to speak in front of this person?”

nEunho’s descendant glanced at me.

nOf these people, he was the only human being.

nIt may be difficult to tell the situation if he was here.

nHe decided to leave for now and listen to the story later.

n“Then I’m going to head out. I will contact you later…”

nSomeone pressed his shoulder as he was trying to get up from the sofa and sat back down.

nPlop-.

nWhen he turned to follow the hand that held the shoulder, it was Baekhogun.

n“Cho Eui-shin, this is the story of the child you saved. You have the right to listen.”

nTo think Baekhogun was the one holding him.

nWhen he looked at Hwang Ji-ho and Jeokho, both nodded.

nThe three tigers thought it was okay for him to listen.

nEun-ho’s descendant opened his mouth again after seeing the reactions of the Tigers.

n“······As Hwang-ho recognized, I have the blood of Eun-ho, the head of the family, who was with Hwangho, Baekho, and Jeokho at the time of the Gaecheon 5,000 years ago flowing through me.”

nIt was the new god who ruled the Korean peninsula, but it seems that the one that led the Tiger family was named “Eunho”.

nTo put it in an analogy, the new god was the king and Eunho like a knight commander?

n“To be exact I have the blood of my mother who was Eun-ho’s immediate descendant. I am turning 16 this year. There are two more under me.”

nThree descendants of Eunho? Or four?

nIncluding the descendant’s mother and three brothers that would make it four.

nHe heard that the descendants of the Jin tribe have a difficult time having offspring, but those three brothers were very lucky.

n“We were entrusting our lives to the Rabbit tribe, a member of the Alliance of the 12. The Ung and the unidentified Jin tribes and Enemies attacked when the information got leaked.”

nDid the Rabbits protect Eunho’s descendants?

nThe tribe that runs the high-end rice cake brand, the moon rabbit rice cake.

n‘Aside from the Ung, there were other Jin tribes invading? Are they traitors of the alliance?’

nMeanwhile, Hwang Ji-ho and Jeok-ho, who heard the words of their descendant, were angry.

n“The damn moon rabbits have kept their mouths shut until now…”

n“Every year, they sent the Moon rabbit rice cake, a local specialty product, every holiday. I thought they were doing that out of their kindness, but maybe it was because of guilt.”

nIt was visible that Hwang Jiho and Jeokho were feeling a deep frenzy.

nIf they haven’t been aware of this important fact for a long time, it would be frustrating.

nThe words of Eunho’s descendant continued.

n“I came to ask for help. The current high-ranking entity intervened to make the barrier, but the barrier will not last until tomorrow. Our three descendants were hiding in another secret place…… I came out without the knowledge of the Rabbit tribe alone.”

n“……Why have you not been looking for us all this time?”

nAs Hwang Ji-ho ground his teeth, Eun-ho’s descendant bowed his head deeply.

n“My mother, who passed away after giving birth to the youngest, always said. The divine tigers will try to protect us, so we will be their weakness. If you are by their side, you will weaken them, so we have to hide.”

nBang-!

nThe furniture and floor around Hwang Ji-ho, who was sitting at the top, were smashed and turned to dust.

n‘I’ve never seen Hwang Ji-ho express his emotions like that.’

nThen did the mother, who was a direct descendant of Eun-ho, die?

nThen, there will be only three remaining descendants of Eunho.

n“I can’t believe I didn’t get a chance to see Eun-ho’s immediate descendant before she died……. “

nIf they were the descendant of the leader of the family he admired, it was pretty much the same thing as his child.

nHe could tell just by looking at the dragons’ treatment of the descendant Yeom Jun-yeol.

n“I tried to contact you through Silver Light on my device, but I couldn’t connect with the chairman in with my status. I thought there was no other way but to see in person and ask for help.”

nIt would have been difficult for a middle school student to contact the chairman.

nEven he wouldn’t have been able to talk to Hwang Myeong-ho without Jaegal Jaegeol’s brokerage.

nIt seems that the Rabbits were barely holding on within the barrier with their descendants hidden, so it would be impossible for the Rabbits to contact them directly.

n‘So you risked your life and came to ask for rescue. In the game, he was assassinated by the Ung and failed.’

nIn the game, the Rabbits are described as very in decline.

nAlthough the CEO of Moon Rabbit, the leader of the Rabbit tribe, survived.

nMost of them had died from this event.

n‘······If Hwang Ji-ho doesn’t move, I think I should go at least.’

nWhile thinking, Hwang Ji-ho said in a voice that suppressed his emotions.

n“Tell me the location of the Rabbits. I’m sending myself and my alter egos, Jeokho and the Tigers working in the Hwangmyeong Group.”

n“Hwangho-nim……!”

n“You, Baekho, and Cho Eui shin will remain here. There may be remnants that come aiming for the descendants.”

nHwang Ji-ho did not speak any further and got up and moved out of the parlor with Jeokho.

nIt is a pity that he cannot go directly, but it might interfere with the team play of the tigers.

nSo he decided to follow Hwang Ji-ho’s words.

nThe only thing left in the parlor was him, Baekho, and Eunho’s descendant and Snare.

n‘It is awkward.’

nThere is no way that the silent Baekhogun will do anything full of sociability to lighten the atmosphere.

nEunho’s descendant was depressed.

n‘He’s not human, but he’s still only sixteen.’

nHe must have been very afraid while coming here at the risk of his life.

nHe must be mentally exhausted.

nGroan-.

nIt seemed that he put strength in his hands unconsciously.

nSnare struggled a little.

nEun-ho’s descendant glanced at the Heavenly Beast in his arms.

n“Hey.”

nHe threw a word at Eunho’s descendant.

n“Would you like to hold him?”

nHe lifted Snare with both arms and reached out to Eunho’s descendant.

nSnare stuck out his tongue and flapped his tail as if he liked the sense of floating in the air.

nEun-ho, who couldn’t take his eyes off this cotton ball-like heavenly beast, nodded.

n“If the heavenly beast allows…”

nAs he brought it closer, Snare sniffing his nose blinked as he saw Eun-ho’s descendant.

nIt wasn’t the same positive attitude he showed to him or Baekho, but it seems to be a sign of ‘you can touch’.

nEunho’s descendant hugged Snare.

n“Wow…… it’s warm…….”

nEunho’s descendant stroked Snare with a hand that seemed to touch a piece of glass.

nSnare closed his eyes and accepted Eun-ho’s descendant’s hand.

n‘I can only see him as an ordinary middle school kid.’

nIt seemed difficult for humans to distinguish between the Jin tribe and descendants.

nSo even in the game, the article just ended up saying that a middle school student died in a car accident.

n‘If there is something that needs to be protected according to Eunho, risk does indeed come with it. It’s true that it’s dangerous…but I can’t agree to say that it makes you weak.’

nComing to this dangerous world he got a lot of things to protect.

nThanks to that, he changed, who was just waiting for the day he died.

n“You, you risked your life to protect your younger brothers and the Rabbit tribe. Is that being weak?”

nEun-ho’s descendant looked at him with confused eyes.

n“Well done. If you didn’t have the courage, your younger brothers, who were left behind, would be in danger.

nEunho’s descendant bit his lips tight and bowed his head.

nSince then, neither he nor Eunho’s descendant has said anything.

nSnare was quietly held in the arms of Eunho’s descendant.

nAnd a few hours later.

nHwang Ji-ho sent a message.

nHwang Ji-ho The situation is over, everyone is safe.

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nThe sun was about to set.

nHe left the mansion leaving behind Eunho’s descendant to Kim Shin-rok, who had finished class a little earlier.

nBaekhogun was going to go to Eunyeonggwan, where the Ung tribe was held, so they headed for silver light together.

n“I have a question.”

nIt was Baekhogun who told him that he had the right to listen.

n‘If it was Baekhogun, he will hear my guess and give me a judgment.’

nSeoul in this world was not so different from Seoul in the previous world.

nBut why does the place name ‘Eun Gwang-gu’ exist in this world?

n“Are all the names of Silver Light District, Silver Light high school, Eunhuigwan, and Eunyounggwan named that way to honor Eunho, the leader of the tribe?”

nIn particular, Hwang-ho seems to have considered Eun-ho especially.

nEunhuigwan was also a building designed by Hwangho himself.

n‘Eunho disappeared, and Eunho hid the existence of descendants from all the tigers. After that, Hwang-ho became the guardian of the new god’s territory and built Eun-hwi-gwan to honor Eun-ho.’

nThis was his guess.

n“Yes.”

nHe guess his prediction was correct.

n“Is Eun-ho dead?”

n“No. He just can’t open his eyes right now.”

nWas he in a vegetable state or something?

nLike the Jinwoong Palseon from the Ung Tribe being in a deep sleep.

nSo that is why he didn’t appear in the game.

nThere was one last thing he wanted to ask.

n“If Eun-ho’s descendants were with you, do you think you guys will weaken?”

n“······Hwangho, Jeokho, and I almost died several times while defending Eunho. I understand why Eunho made that choice.”

nBaekhogun paused for a moment and looked down at him with cool eyes.

n“However I agree with what you said to the descendant. Cho Eui-shin.”

nIn the sunset, the pure white tiger raised his lips ever so slightly and smiled.

nBaekhogun struggled to protect this world and humans.

nHe was a little worried and anxious because he was moving differently from the game, but his playable character was the same after all.

n‘Baekhogun hasn’t changed after all.’

nBaekhogun’s mood looked very good.

nTaking this opportunity he asked for something very important.

n“Can I sometimes come and see Cotton…… No, can I come and see Snare?”

n“Do whatever you wish.”

nGood. He will do whatever he wants.

nIf he missed Snare’s cuteness, He will barge into Hwang Ji-ho’s house.

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nSilver light high school closed area.

nIt was an area where the old school building, which was to be demolished, was gathered.

nBuildings and old incinerators that have been delayed for demolition due to the condition of the ground and building investigations seemed to be ugly.

nEun-ho’s descendant case took a lot of his time, but his April Fool’s Day schedule was not over yet.

n‘The sun has not set yet. It will be fine.’

nThe sunset time on April 1 was about 7 o’clock.

nThe current time was 6:40.

n‘Because there was a description saying that the guys worked after the sun went down.’

nBut······.

nThere were two first-grade class 1 students walking out of the building.

nThey are the ones he asked for names from Yoo Sang-hoon.

nHe felt like he was choking.

n‘They moved faster than in the game!’

n〈Gwanglim, Activating ‘The player’s trajectory’.〉

nWhat he chose reflexively was a character card with really good capture abilities.

nCurrently, he was a 3rd grader of Silver Light and the student council president, Do Wonwoo, the Wedge of Steel.

n〈Activating the target character’s Gwanglim, ‘Iron Chain (鐵鎖連鎖)’.〉

nClang~.

nTens and hundreds of chains of psychic powers stretched out of his body and captured the two firmly.

n“What, what! uh? What, U-Unknown Supernova?”

n“Wait, why?”

nThe appearance had not changed.

nThere were no recording devices in the closed area.

nIt didn’t matter if he showed his face to these garbages.

n‘Because these guys will forget everything in the future.’

nHe ran through the old school building, dragging them on the floor.

nThey tried to escape, but there was no way that illegally admitted people could resist the gwanglim of the Silver Light high school student council president.

nThe two screamed every time they slammed their heads on the stairs or threshold.

n“Hey, stop making sounds like a dog is barking!”

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nZzzztt!

n“Ahhhhhh!”

n“Ahhh, why! Ahhhhhh!”

nDo Won-woo had no talent for electricity skills.

nHowever, in order to effectively use the Gwanglim Iron Chain, he learned the skill through heavy training.

nEven the derivative skills of electricity.

nThat was a skill that caused partial discharge, a discharge phenomenon that occurred only at the desired point.

n“Wow…… what is……”

n“Why…… Why…….”

nWhenever they barked, he gave them a taste of electricity and they started shutting up.

nNo matter how much they cried anyway, no one who can help them will come.

nLike what these guys did to the students here.

n‘Why, why did the events move faster than in the game?’

nSuddenly, Kim Shinrok, the homeroom teacher in the 1st grade, came to mind.

nHe went to Hwang Myeong-ho’s mansion to meet Eun-ho’s descendant after completing the classes early.

n‘If so, the closing time would have been omitted for the first class due to the absence of a homeroom teacher. So they can move faster than expected.’

nThe attempted assassination of the Ung in front of a silver light high school.

nSawol Seum’s first day at school.

nThe presence of the Heavenly Beast.

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nEun-ho, and his descendant.

nToday, a lot of information was crowded at once, so he couldn’t think about it.

nAll he could do now was run as fast as he could.

nFinally, he arrived at the faculty bathroom on the fourth floor of the old school building.

n‘Only one innermost partition is closed…!’

nBang-!

nHe opened the locked toilet door with force.

nThe door was easily smashed with the strength of the student council president Do Won-woo.

nAnd inside the door, there was a student on the toilet.

nThe mouth was covered with blue tape and the whole body was constrained with an SR-class strapping item.

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