I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 18

5th floor underground (1)

May 15, 2021.

23:10.

gyeonggi-do. A closed training center.

People dressed in black are moving quickly in the dark.

“… “Where on earth did you get those people?”

“Shh!”

“No, I mean… .”

“Shhh!!!”

Why can’t I say anything?

Likewise, I saw Kim Chae-min, dressed in black, pointing her finger at me. Kim Chae-min, who motioned for me to be quiet again, frowned and glared at the unlit training center building.

A building that has not been used for a long time cannot be said to look good, even if it is empty words. The walls on the first floor and the parking lot were horribly destroyed, as if a dungeon had been opened nearby. Where is that? The glass window was completely intact, as if someone had broken it on purpose, and the door was wrapped with a rusty chain… . When you watch horror movies, you see kids who come to a place like this and get cursed to death.

Kim Chae-min trembled.

“Oh, I’m not good at this kind of thing.”

He didn’t even let me talk.

“I don’t even go into dungeons like this.”

“Would you like to become an archmage?”

“Because I became an archmage, I get more work to do.”

… That makes sense.

no. This is not the time to be chatting like this.

I saw Hong Seok-young standing a little away. He was talking about something while holding his cell phone.

I saw the training center again.

No matter how you try to package it in nice words, it is a ruin. It doesn’t feel like it’s popular at all.

Hong Seok-young, who heard the location, also checked with me several times.

But it is here.

This is the laboratory where I was.

Well, to be exact, it was one of the research institutes that existed. But this is where I stayed the longest and until the end. It was one of the largest arks.

“Preparations are complete.”

Hong Seok-young hung up the phone and sauntered over to me.

I looked at Hong Seok-young with suspicious eyes.

“Who are those people?”

“Employees of trustworthy people.”

It’s a bizarre modifier.

“You sound like someone you shouldn’t trust.”

“no. They are thorough in that regard. “I can trust it.”

“Who do you think it is?”

A police officer wouldn’t be so secretive. That movement is clearly a hunter. Trained too.

Streamlined movements are not for conquering a dungeon. It’s closer to special forces just before they rush in.

There is no management office. Who on earth would use a hunter like that at this time? What a waste of manpower.

Hong Seok-young’s cell phone sparkled. Seokyoung Hong checked his cell phone.

“When 20 minutes come, we will go in first.”

Chaemin Kim and I nodded.

“The goal is to check on the children. If you can block the escape route, block it. It would be nice if we could get important information before they destroy it. Catching a guy who looks like a high-ranking person in advance… . Well, I guess it’s okay. “After that, let’s send a signal and overturn the lab.”

“Aren’t you saying just do everything?”

“This is all improvisation.”

Hong Seok-young returned the sword to me. Yoo Ji-eun’s sword. It’s been a while since I caught it.

Of course, the magic control device on my ankle remains the same. Seokyoung Hong warned me.

“I’m giving it back because I thought there might be a fight. “Because I will be by your side, there will be no need for you to be chosen.”

Kim Chae-min looked at Hong Seok-young and me with a slightly puzzled look, but did not say anything. I felt it was not the right time to speak out, and Hong Seok-young pretended not to notice.

Anyway, you can only find out once you go in there. Or maybe they’ve already figured it out since they heard I provided the location.

good.

Come to your senses.

From now on, I am Woo Hee-jae, the Ark’s whistleblower.

under… . Didn’t it fall too far? How did I get up there?

I would rather create a management office and take over as head of the department… . No. Then I have to do the hard work that the head of the department did. If you’re going to use Gamtu, there’s something better than that.

One thing I learned while working under the general manager is that, surprisingly, the headmaster of Hunter Academy is a very useful position.

The principal is also a public servant, so he gets money all the time, but everyone treats him with the pretense of knowing that he is the academy principal. How many great hunters are there among those who graduated from the Academy? Just thinking about the gift that comes to the head of the division every year on Teacher’s Day… .

okay. Let’s become a principal. After creating a management office and kicking that guy out, I will become the academy principal. Anyway, I’m still teaching the kids to be an archmage, so what’s the big deal about being a principal?

“hmm? Teacher Woo. “I need to concentrate.”

“… “I’m focused.”

“I know you’re nervous, but just hang in there a little longer.”

Hong Seok-young looked at me with sad eyes for some reason. Goosebumps appeared all over his body.

… what?

“It’s natural that you’re worried about your little brother. “But you still came this far, right?”

“Oh my brother?”

“You mean younger brother?”

Kim Chae-min was startled, and I was also shocked and looked at Hong Seok-young with a blank expression on my face.

“okay. Brother.”

Brother? I don’t have anything like that, no. I wonder if it exists for an unknown organization member whose identity I am temporarily borrowing.

Was that one of the pieces of information that Mr. Kim gave you?

not good.

“Thank you for trusting me. “I will be able to bring my younger brother out safely.”

I am thankful that Hong Seok-young takes care of the mistake even if I do not step forward.

I quickly thought back to what I had said.

… Since he spoke so vaguely, there was nothing he said that could raise suspicion.

However, information about Kim’s insider was added.

Did you want to leave the organization to save your brother?

I didn’t think anything would come of it if I answered vaguely, pretending to know, so I just changed the subject.

“Isn’t it time yet? “Let’s go in.”

* * *

Sussss… .

Kim Chae-min’s vines crawl on the floor.

Kim Chae-min’s vines had many functions other than simply catching monsters. Like searching within the range where the vines extend.

Chaemin Kim opened his closed eyes.

“Nothing detected.”

“nothing?”

“yes. There are some flying insects, but I don’t see any living creatures beyond that. There are no surveillance cameras… . “Is it really here?”

“you’re right.”

Kim Chae-min carefully watched me. It’s been like that ever since the story about my younger brother came out.

“Can’t you feel anything underground?”

“yes… .”

I frowned. The Ark isn’t stupid either, so it didn’t make the lab facilities visible as soon as it entered.

The training center is a remote place in the mountains, and since it is privately owned, space was secured through illegal expansion. Children are in the deepest places.

I have never met Kim Chae-min when she was alive. However, like other hunters, archmages possess abilities that are difficult to regard as human.

Even though Kim Chae-min does not have a lot of experience as a hunter, he is still an archmage. Enough to avoid Kim Chae-min’s eyes… .

Was the preparation of the ark thorough?

“I’m going in.”

“what? for a moment!”

Seokyoung Hong caught me. He didn’t use his magic power. I dodged Hong Seok-young’s hand as smoothly as water.

Kim Chae-min’s vine, which was still crawling on the floor, twitched and moved to the side. I stood in front of the main gate of the training center. It is locked with a thick chain and padlock.

I grabbed my sword.

The lock was large, but flimsy. There is no need to use magical power. I’m not very good at using a sword yet, but I’m not completely bad at using it either. Besides, I trusted Yoo Ji-eun’s sword.

To be precise, I believed in performance.

Yoo Ji-eun used the sword more like a club than a sword. Despite this, the blade never got damaged. Yoo Ji-eun’s sword was always sharp.

If the weapon is good, eat half of it raw.

Swish.

Crispy.

Just once.

The chain was cut. I caught it before it fell and made a loud noise and put it down quietly. Hong Seok-young and Kim Chae-min came and stood behind me.

Sreuk.

I just opened the door. Despite the musty dust, the door opened smoothly.

The interior is also a mess. It is full of dust, trash, and stones. It seems as if the training center is shouting in my ear that there is no one here.

Don’t be fooled.

It is a place so familiar that you can find your way there even with your eyes closed. Hong Seok-young and Kim Chae-min are following me. I walked inside the training center. elevator. Need to find an elevator.

The training center is a building with one underground floor and six above-ground floors. I heard that when it was in good condition, it was mainly used as a training center for large companies. There are three elevators, perhaps because so many people use them at once.

Among them, in the middle. He inserted his sword between the doors and forcibly wrenched them open. Dust is flying. Don’t be fooled.

I went into the elevator. I see numbers. I pressed the button.

6.

6.

6. 5. 1. 2. 6. 6. 3. 4. B1.

“… … .”

There is no reaction.

“shit.”

Normally, the elevator should have electricity.

I ran out of the elevator. If this elevator doesn’t work, try another method. This is the outside entrance. If they notice us, this is the first place to stop them.

“Teacher Wu!”

“Mr. Wu!”

I found the stairs. White dust rose up following my steps. There is no trick to the central staircase, which was once a place where many people walked. What I’m looking for is an emergency staircase. A place mainly used by employees.

The freight elevator next to it.

I forcefully wrenched the door open.

There is a button here too. I raised my hand. I placed my palm where the number would have been displayed if electricity had been turned on.

Likewise, there is no reaction.

I pressed the button. This is the opposite order of what was pressed at the entrance elevator.

From B1. 4. 3. 6. 6. 2. 1. 5. 6. 6. 6.

“… … .”

This is Ark’s laboratory.

It had to be the Ark’s laboratory.

Where a man much younger than the last time I saw him rescues young Woo Hee-jae and other children.

It had to be that world.

There are many works in the world that deal with time travel. A movie where you help your parents with their relationship to prevent the unfortunate event of going to the past and disappearing. Changing the past, but ultimately committing suicide before birth… . Isn’t this it?

In any case, there are usually two actions taken by the protagonists of such works.

Protect the past and preserve the future.

Change the past and dream of the future.

But another classic film offers another possibility for the situation.

Parallel world.

What if this isn’t my past?

What if it’s another world?

What if the information in the magic clock couldn’t be used, and all the futures I knew were in a world that never existed in the first place?

no.

From the moment I first opened my eyes in Myeongdong, I changed my past. So, is this the world that ten-year-old Woo Hee-jae experienced? Or is it a new world?

… I can not know.

We’ll probably never know for the rest of our lives.

But I think this is my past. In order to do that, this must be the Ark’s laboratory. Because that was the case in my time.

Ding.

I hear a refreshing bell sound that doesn’t suit me. The elevator button blinked and turned on.

The elevator said.

[welcome.]

I never dreamed that that damn voice would make me cry.

fantasy, modern,