I am that hero
At that moment, a hologram of a huge city appeared in front of my eyes.
Strange-looking buildings and structures, and a huge pyramid in the center.
The moment Yoosung inadvertently put his finger on the eye-pleasing splendor, the hologram turned red and numerous messages came to mind.
[warning!]
[State agency output 4.5%. Replacement of the power source is urgent.]
[Auxiliary organ output 0.2%. Urgent repair is required.]
[Dimension submersion system damage 81%. Urgent repair is required.]
[Eternal barrier utilization rate 48.5%. A full overhaul is required.]
[Defense system utilization rate 21%. Urgent repair is required.]
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A small tendon sprouted from Yoosung’s forehead.
I was expecting a lot at the thought of getting a city where the cutting edge technology of another world was concentrated for free, but when I found out the truth, it turned out to be nothing but a bright dog apricot.
I had no idea how much effort and resources it would take to rebuild this city to a usable level.
‘I’ll think about this later… … .’
Yuseong, who had been looking through the hologram and figured out the names and functions of the facilities in the city, spoke in a slightly subdued voice.
“Can you cut off the energy supplied to the barrier of eternity and stop the pioneering work?”
[Execute the command.]
Whoops!
With a slight vibration, the huge barrier covering the city began to disappear.
The place where the terraforming phenomenon was taking place was too far to confirm, but seeing that the jungle outside the city displayed on the hologram was dyed red, I thought it would be good to assume that it had stopped.
“Now all that remains is to rescue the missing person and clean up the city… … .”
“If you’ll excuse me, can we talk a little bit about the aftermath?”
An unfamiliar voice came from behind.
A familiar figure came into Yooseong’s eyes as he reflexively turned his body and took a jockeying ceremony.
A staff with a large crystal embedded in it and a deeply pressed ocher-colored robe.
The wizard who had been pouring magic on the city for the past ten days was right in front of him.
“I have no intention of hurting each other, so there is no need to be so vigilant. My nickname is Grand Mage. My name is Bard Kasim. You can call me Kasim. Nice to meet you. A corner of the room is limited.”
It was not enough to calmly reveal that he was a user, and the meteor hardened as it was at the appearance of a user who could see through his identity.
As soon as I was about to open my mouth to deny something, Kasim jumped at me.
“I know you are wary of other users, but I have no intention of harming you. Now that I know everything, let’s not lose energy with wars of nerves.”
“… … How did you know I was a user?”
“The super ant told me, didn’t you know? I’ve been watching you from afar since ten days ago, when you entered this city.”
Awesome!
‘Kang Chang-seok bastard. Handing over my information knowing how wary I am of other users?’
Even if the intentions were good, it didn’t matter.
The important thing is that he handed over his information to others at will without permission.
If Kang Chang-seok had been here, he would have crushed his face without hesitation.
Yooseong, barely suppressing his boiling anger, swallowed dry saliva while looking at Kasim.
‘strong.’
I checked it through the barrier, but the moment I faced it directly like this, I was able to know it more clearly.
Kasim was a monster with such strength that it would be rude to compare him with Kang Chang-seok, the same user.
“Originally, I had no intention of contacting you, but when I saw it from above, things seemed to be going strangely, so I came down. It looks like you’ve got control of this city, right?”
Realizing that Cassim’s gaze was on the back of her hand, Yuseong quietly nodded.
“As you may know, this city is no ordinary city. It is a kind of aggression weapon created by one dimension to invade another dimension.”
“therefore?”
“It’s a power too dangerous for an individual to possess.”
Overwhelming defensive power that does not scratch even from modern weapons and user attacks.
A terraforming effect that can change the surrounding environment arbitrarily.
Will people allow individuals to own strategic weapons with the power to endanger humanity with just two functions?
If it had been in the position of a third party, even Yooseong himself would have said no.
“Are you going to confiscate it?”
“It’s coveted, but I feel my back break just by maintaining one. I have no intention of contesting your ownership. It’s your spoils you earned, so it’s only natural that you should keep it. I just need to make sure you’re not the kind of person who would do anything dangerous with this city.”
“How do you check that? Can we do a personality test?”
“No, just answer one question. What do you think of China?”
Yooseong, who was worried about the sudden question, soon spoke in a calm voice.
“Of course China is a good country.”
a short word.
And the moment he uttered those words, Yooseong realized that he had chosen the wrong answer.
It was because at the same time that a terrifying lifeblood spewed from Cassim, an ominous air current flowed through it at a glance.
However, Yooseong was not taken aback and added a word at the end.
“So I want China to be many, not one.”
momentary silence.
Cassim’s lips exposed under the robe drew an arc.
match! match! match!
“That was the most beautiful answer I’ve ever heard. I wish I could shed a tear.”
“ha ha ha… … .”
“Anyone with such a great idea can of course be trusted. I’ll be gone, so take care of the aftermath.”
“Wait, is this the end? Are you going to leave like this?”
“I want to have a leisurely conversation, but I don’t have time. The world is wide and there are so many places that need help. See you later when the opportunity arises.”
Rising up with the gentle wind, Kasim flew high into the sky and disappeared into the clouds without a chance to stop.
Yuseong, who had been staring blankly at it, pinched his cheek and realized that what had just happened was not a dream, but a reality, and put on a dejected expression.
The second user meeting after Kang Chang-seok.
And Yooseong’s impression of Kassim was not different from the impression he had after meeting Kang Chang-seok.
“As expected, users are dangerous.”
An existence that blatantly kills people just because they heard an answer they didn’t like.
I managed to improvise and somehow ended it well, but it gave me goosebumps just imagining what would have happened if the situation had not been rectified.
‘I have to become stronger as quickly as possible regardless of means and methods.’
He did not know how many users he would meet in the future, but unless there was a guarantee that all users would be friendly to him, he had no choice but to become stronger himself in order to ensure safety.
Staring in the direction where Kasim disappeared, Yuseong realized the situation he was in and sighed.
“Now is not the time to think about that. How the hell are you going to handle this?”
A gigantic fortress several kilometers in diameter.
No matter how you think about it, it was impossible for an individual to own and manage such a fortress.
If you think realistically, it would have been correct to leave management to the state or an international organization and claim a certain share, but the potential and potential of this fortress were too small to do so.
“… … First of all, can you locate the creatures in the city?”
[Search complete. Show location.]
The blue dots that exist all over the city and move slowly would be lizardmen, and the hundreds of red dots tightly packed in one place would be people.
If you save those people and get out of the city, you can solve the first problem of rescuing the missing person.
One problem remains.
It was the way this huge city was handled.
“Haa, it would have been nice if there was a function like that that suddenly disappears as if it suddenly appeared in this world.”
[Do you want to activate the dimensional submersion system?]
“… … yes?”
And the problem was solved so easily that it seemed futile.
* * *
The night is over and dawn is coming.
A beautiful sight where the darkness lifts and the light casts.
However, the faces of the people who looked at it were haggard.
This is because they put all their efforts into preventing the unidentified plants from spreading through the center of the city.
Everyone has reached their limit, but that doesn’t mean they can’t back down.
‘If I step back from here, it’s over.’
It is because they all knew that they could prevent the expansion of plants by a narrow margin, but if they slowed down even a little bit, they would not be able to stop the expansion of plants without even using nuclear weapons.
Contractors, soldiers, and civilians were all united and preparing for battle at the moment someone pointed to the city and shouted.
“Stop shooting! man! There are people over there!”
“Did you not wake up? Go and wash your face.”
“No, look over there? A real person!”
At first, I thought it was just nonsense from a tired person.
He thought that he mistook the Lizardmen who sometimes appeared for a human.
But as the darkness lifted and the day began to dawn, people were able to realize that it was no mere bullshit.
“Gee, it’s real! A real person!”
“They are missing!”
One by one, people were appearing among the ruins of the jungle that had been devastated by artillery fire.
Like soldiers returning from victorious battles, waving their arms and weapons toward the sky and shouting loud cheers, a cry of astonishment rang once again among the people who watched as if possessed.
“City! The city disappears!”
“Uh, uh uh?”
The nightmarish city that had haunted everyone for the past ten days was shaking.
Like fog melting in the morning sunlight, the city, which had become increasingly blurry as the world brightened, disappeared without leaving a trace as if it had never been there.
A dreamlike sight.
The people who had been standing in a daze belatedly let out loud cheers and enjoyed the victory.
“What the hell happened in the city?”
“Do you know anything about the disappearance of the city?”
“One word! Just say something!”
Everyone’s attention was focused on the missing people.
I don’t know the details, but they thought the city disappeared because they did something inside.
“It’s embarrassing, but that’s what one person did. We didn’t do anything.”
“People here are just people who have been rescued from prison. The city disappeared and the people here were saved by just one person.”
“One? Who the hell is that hero!”
A hero who alone could have saved hundreds of people and saved Korea, maybe humanity?
Reporters and foreign reporters from all over the country, as well as the general public, asked about the identity of the hero with blood vessels around their necks.
And the moment the expectation reached its peak, Meteor appeared among the people.
‘There is no other way than this.’
Facing hundreds or thousands of pupils looking at him with eyes full of expectations, Yoosung swallowed dry saliva.
My heart trembled at the much more violent reaction than expected, but the die had already been cast.
Having made up his mind, Yooseong raised his head and shouted with a confident voice.
“I am that hero.”
a short word.
It was enough words for an unknown young man to become a worldwide celebrity.
this is not a game