200 – gate purge-1
It didn’t take that long to reach Cheonma Shinkyo, or Cheonma Mountain.
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No matter how much they flew by flight, most of the time consisted of teleportation, and even if there was a cooldown for teleportation, the interval was not even tens of minutes, so they could arrive at the Heavenly Demon Church within a sufficiently fast time.
Of course, if I had moved with Hwaryeon, I would have been able to come faster, but I think I came quickly enough.
At least it’s not to the extent that it conflicts with Hwaryeon.
-Someone said it was a familiar face.
Before approaching the sky above the Heavenly Demon Church, someone rose into the air and blocked our way, but that being had a very familiar face.
Even though Cheonma Shinkyo belonged to Hwaryeon, I didn’t know many faces, so it was quite nice to meet such a familiar face.
“It’s been a while. Sword Demon.”
-Yes, it’s been a while. Is the woman who brought you the woman called Wol, whom I mentioned last time?
“Do you know me?”
-Yes, when I visited the Heavenly Demon Church the other day, he and his party told me about it, and our teacher also mentioned your existence.
“Thank you very much for that.”
A weak fight ensued between the two.
Why are you fighting?
Is it like S-class territorial behavior?
It’s so surprising that the two of you can afford to fight when things are busy, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, so could it be? A rationalization came to mind at the same time.
“Don’t waste your energy needlessly… Where is the Heavenly Demon?”
-Master went on a business trip to another place. He said that since the whole of China is in danger, it would be meaningless for him to remain in the relatively powerful Heavenly Demon Goddess.
“You haven’t closed the gate yet, have you?”
-The situation at Cheonma Mountain has been resolved. Master went in and closed the gate himself, but said that among the other students, he said that he couldn’t find a talented person who could close the gate, he took only Liu Ying with him and moved to another city in China.
It’s a fire too Did you find a way?
“Is there any way to contact Huaryeon?”
-none. Master is not staying in one city, and he is closing the gates while traveling here and there. In China, there is no way to locate Master, contact him, or even send a letter.
Doesn’t that mean the reason we came here is gone?
The reason I came to China was to tell Hwalyeon that he might not know how to close the gate, but when he said he already knew how to close the gate and brought Liung to close the gates in each place, the reason I came was as if it had disappeared altogether.
I didn’t want to go back right away.
I came here after fighting with Ha-yeon, but if it goes back like this, it will definitely become more awkward.
And since there was nothing I could do about going back to my city right away, there was no need to go back.
-If you say that, you must have solved the problem in your city, right?
“Yes, our driver solved it himself.”
-Article? Oh, you mean the bus driver? You must have carried that much.
“No. I’m talking about a knight from the Middle Ages.”
-…He’s a knight?
Sword Demon looked at me with an expression that he couldn’t understand.
Looking at it like that, there’s nothing I can say. It’s just that he’s calling me a knight on his own, I didn’t ask him to.
-Anyway, you solved it…
The eyes of the sword demon looking at me became sharp.
-There are those who can clear the gates, and there are transportation requirements to move quickly between the gates… If you don’t intend to return to your city right away anyway, why don’t you go around China and get rid of the gates? The case works well.
“What should I do?”
Get rid of the gate…
I didn’t want to go back to my city anyway, so should I just do it?
They also give you a reward.
“Can a person who has broken another gate break through the other gate intact?”
-Since that is possible, isn’t it possible that our master and Liu Ying are handling gates all over the country?
Ah, speaking like that, I understood at once.
If I had known that I would go and clear it anyway, I would have handled the gates in Sol and the gates in Mir before coming.
The gate in Mir said that Six entered and barely managed to get out, but it would have been much better if I had gone in and cleared it cleanly without the city captain having to face any dangers…
“Okay. Instead, compensation should be properly paid.”
-My master will pay for it on his own. It’s only natural that Master has more assets than I can handle.
Hwanryun gives a reward… It seems that there is a high possibility that you won’t get it right for some reason?
‘It’s not about helping others, it’s about helping Hwaryeon, so it’s okay to receive less compensation.’
If I thought that I would be able to meet Hwaryeon faster as I moved, it wasn’t a bad proposal for me either.
“Where should I start? If you are just moving and arrive at a city that has already been solved by the Heavenly Demon, the efficiency will drop.”
-First of all, it’s just uncomfortable talking in the air like this so that you can come down with me.
After following her back to the Heavenly Demon Church, the space was empty.
The last time I visited, there were so many people, but there was so much space left that I wondered how they could make it this far.
“Why are there no people like this?”
-When the gate was processed right away, the gate that originally appeared was reduced to 10%, so less people were needed to protect the Chunma Shinkyo, so he sent disciples to various places in the midfield to support it. On the other hand, the situation is still serious.
Is that why people weren’t like this?
According to her, all the S-class Awakeners were also deployed in other cities, so she said that she was the only S-Class Awakener that existed in Cheonma Mountain.
-Follow me, I have something to show you.
The place she followed her to was a warehouse-like place where documents were stored, but Sword Demon searched the room and pulled out a large piece of paper.
– Take a good look. This is Chinese evangelism.
“Wait… isn’t a map a highly classified item? Can you show it to us?”
-It’s true that it’s an important secret, but… It’s not a detailed topography, it’s just a map showing the location of the city. In fact, there is not much difference from the schematic. If you want to go around China anyway, you need to know the location of the city, so isn’t it natural to show this much?
Looking at the map she threw up, I realized that my concerns were certainly unfounded.
The map, which was spread out as a map of China, did not show any mountains or rivers, and only cities were marked with red dots in plain colors.
Even the name of the city was not written, probably because there was not enough space to write the name.
At this level, let alone confidentiality, it felt like it could be used as a humor element.
and! China is so big! There are many cities! Because there was no other information available
A scale diagram was displayed at the bottom right of the map, and I don’t know, but if it was about the moon, I would have the ability to specify the distance of the points on the map and move it to the desired place.
“Can I take a picture of it?”
-Then did you carry this around or try to memorize it with your head?
Wolha took out her phone from her pocket, took a picture, and put it back in her pocket.
– Then I’ll let you guys explain how to move.
She pointed to the city on the other side of Mt. Cheonma.
-You can start from here, go all the way down, then go all the way up again, and repeat. As long as you don’t completely forget to organize a city, you can choose the detailed route as you like.
“I guess the Heavenly Demon started from Cheonma Mountain?”
-Uh, I was annoyed to hear complaints about why I didn’t take care of it first when I was around, and when Master left this place, the situation was so complicated and difficult that he didn’t come up with a specific strategy and just started organizing the surrounding cities.
“Okay. We can start from the northwest, right?”
-Let’s start right away?
“Oh, there’s no need to waste time.”
The faster you move, the shorter the time to meet Hwaryeon.
“Then shall we move right away?”
“uh.”
As soon as I answered, Wolha hugged me from behind and began to float into the sky.
Then it began to fly towards the city marked to the northwest.
Should I also ask for the month? Even after looking at the map once, I guess I knew roughly the distance and direction, so I chose one direction and flew without any hesitation.
We didn’t know until then.
The distance is so far that it takes longer to go from Cheonma Mountain to the first city than it takes to get to Cheonma Mountain from our city…
China was a very… wide country.