72 – This much information in this hellish place?
There are many best standards for people to judge someone.
It was also helpful to listen to the stories of people around me, meet them in person, or.. look at the achievements that person has made.
In that respect, he…
Adjutant Choi Han was unable to hide his surprise as he looked at the data piled up in front of him.
The data about the Abyss written in it..
The crude pictures with detailed explanations contained information on a level far beyond what he had in his head.
The characteristics of the lower, middle, and upper Abyss as well as the predictions of their evolution in the future.
What is even more surprising is that based on this, detailed countermeasures for each Abyss were written in detail, and decisively, it contained the current situation.
If this trend continues, it even contains content suggesting that there is a possibility that the Abyss will have intelligence at some point.
‘This much information… you collected and analyzed this hellish guild alone? Even with this alone, you can pull out a few papers with effectiveness. What a monster..’
With such thoughts in mind, Adjutant Choi Han looks through the data at high speed.
Although the volume was so vast that it was impossible to read it closely, he was able to get a rough idea of what else was there.
Data on the Abyss.. And what he was reading now was the battle method of each hunter of the 28 guilds and the optimized operation accordingly.
And among them, of course, there were also things written about four people, including the S-class hunter Isena.
‘This person, Ise-na, is a person who should never be trusted or used. It would have been of great help if I had seen this as soon as I entered here.’
The content didn’t mean much now, but it was a good reference material for the commander to extract the optimal efficiency from the soldiers.
As he looked at these things, two clear facts began to emerge in Vice-Choi Han’s mind.
One is that this person named Lee Jin-hyun, whom he has often heard of but has not paid much attention to, is an enormous being with abilities that he cannot even follow.
and the other one. The incompetence of Lee Se-na, who did not recognize and kicked out such top-notch talent, was more serious than he thought.
‘The man named Abbey is in fact holding and shaking the military power of this country in his hands by mobilizing his family connections as the Vice Minister of Defense, but the girl called his daughter did not recognize these jewels and threw them away… This time he somehow saved his life, but for so long I can’t go.’
Vice Minister Lee Jae-min, who is a person who can be said to be in actual control of the country’s military power, as many of his family hold the positions of military generals, and he is the person in power in the military, which is supposed to control it.
Backed by his personal skills and the mighty prestige of his family, he had successfully led the war against the Abyss and solidified his position.
Although this incident was showing signs of cracking that reputation. Nevertheless, his power is still strong because of the many achievements he has accumulated over the years.
In that respect, unlike Ji’s father, Isena, who is only strong and incompetent, could be said to be a fatal yet great weakness of the powerful Vice Minister Lee Jae-min.
Indeed, as much as it broke a fairly large bottle this time, Choi Han began to have high hopes that sooner or later he would be able to see the great Vice Minister collapse.
‘And… for this, as he said, he’s help… Lieutenant Jinhyeon’s help is absolutely necessary.’
Like that.. Clearly recognizing the importance of the person he hadn’t taken much notice of so far, Choi Han carefully asked as he returned the material he was reading to its place, as if he had put it down in a treasure chest.
“Eh… maybe these materials. May I ask what you plan to do next?”
“this? That’s right… I’m going to ask the owner and send it to him if he needs it, otherwise I’m going to throw it away. Why?”
“Well… then, if you say you don’t need it, could you ask me if I can get some? It is because I think it is such a waste that such great materials are discarded.”
“Well… if the original owner says it’s okay…”
With those words, Na Ji-sun carefully picks up her phone and makes a call.
Seeing her like this, Choi Han began to feel a strange tension along with anticipation.
Then Na-sun started talking in a slightly excited voice.
“yes? Jinhyun’s brother? It’s me.”
*
“Materials? It doesn’t matter if you want to use it, but honestly, I don’t know if it will help. It’s because I haven’t updated it for 7 months… But if you really need it, I don’t mind taking it. Because it’s the same.”
When I heard that there were people who wanted to take the materials I had abandoned at the guild, I gave permission without any problems.
There were no particular problems left, and most of the guild members of the 28th Guild died and even the guild was disbanded.
Rather, if what I scribbled with my poor workmanship is helpful to someone, it will be meaningful in its own way.
Right after hearing about the dissolution of the 28th Street, with the transfer of data like that.
I shook off the last emotions remaining in my heart and turned my gaze to the people in front of me once again.
With me at the center, Are and Kwon Soon stand on either side of me as if escorting me.
And, in front of us, there were about 30 B-class hunters sitting in their seats with tense expressions on their faces.
“Then… from now on, we will proceed with the briefing on the request. Glass, please.”
“Okay, Aide.”
With those words, Glass immediately manipulates the computer and brings up the screen.
On the screen, there was a map of the defense line in the Hamheung area, where fierce battles were still taking place at this time.
And, a red dot marked on the north side of the defense line.
Looking at the screen showing the current situation briefly, I continued talking.
“As you may have heard the story, the Korean army is currently concentrating its efforts on the defense of Hamheung after the defeat in the last battle. Although the reinforcements dispatched have arrived and have maintained the front line so far, the problem is this… large groups of Abyss descending from the north at a slow pace.”
A distinct red dot on the map.
It represents a group of tens of thousands of Abyss. Currently, it was a situation where people were slowly moving south at a very slow pace, at the level of people walking slowly.
Considering the movement speed of normal Abyss, the movement was surprisingly slow.
However, apart from that slow speed, now that the movement of a large-scale force that can never be ignored is clearly visible, the Korean military could easily predict the future that would come to them.
Even now, in a situation where it was quite difficult to maintain a defensive line, if additional troops of that size arrived, the situation after that was obvious.
The defense line that was barely holding on would collapse, and the Hamheung area would fall into the hands of the Abyss in an instant.
If Hamheung, which is in charge of the main supply line, collapses, not only Hamgyeong-do, but also the occupied areas below it will not be able to hold out any longer.
In that case, the results of this large-scale operation, which was carried out by mobilizing tens of thousands of troops, would be completely in vain, and in the worst case, there was a possibility that even the mainland of South Korea would be in danger.
“That’s why.. This time, the government invested a huge amount of money in requesting Black Hunters in Korea. To secure the Hamhung area and protect the defense line. This is the request we have been entrusted with this time.”
A detailed briefing on the execution of the commission that followed.
However, as I explained this, I began to feel more tension than usual.
This is… an issue related to the information we learned together while receiving this request.
It was related to an existence captured in the center of that red dot on the screen.
‘Abyss with a human shape.. I will never be able to touch it..’