"Answer me, Shin Yoosung."
"…."
"Shin Yoosung. I don't have time to talk to you like this right now. So speak quickly. Why did you head here?"
"I, I can also be of help to Oppa…!!"
Shin Yoosung, who couldn't utter a word, tightly clasped her two hands and barely opened her mouth to me.
How desperate she must be, trembling like that.
But even so.
"Help? You?"
I have no intention of obediently granting this kid's request.
"How, could you."
"…L, Lycaon is here! And I also practiced the dagger techniques Oppa made me do quite diligently…."
It was so absurd that I almost laughed.
Lycaon? What's reliable about that guy. He was miserably defeated by me who can't even use techniques properly. It's a waste to call him a Guide.
And she practiced dagger techniques quite diligently? Sure, she might have. But there is a very big difference between practicing dagger techniques and using them in actual combat.
Therefore, the words I should say to her were.
"Go back, right now."
Only this.
Isn't it natural? If she's not helpful and only becomes a burden, I won't let her fight. If left alone, she might cause even bigger trouble.
And come to think of it, isn't that good for her too? Isn't it natural for a young child who is only about 10 years old to prefer resting comfortably rather than fighting?
"N, no…!! I will help too!"
"…."
But, why on earth.
Is this cheeky kid glaring at me with both eyes as if she would absolutely not back down?
To the point where it reminds me of the moment she made the Existence Pledge saying she would become a companion.
"…."
"Yuhyeon-ssi. If you don't mind, I will take responsibility for Yoosung—"
Was I making a quite serious expression at Shin Yoosung's words?
Perhaps feeling the situation turning a bit bad, Yoo Sangah spoke to me carefully.
She probably intended to say that since she's saying it like this, let's take her along, and she would take responsibility for Shin Yoosung.
But there's no need for that.
"…Do as you please."
After thinking a little, the words I would give to Shin Yoosung were approval, not rejection.
"…Eh?"
"…Yes?"
Yoo Sangah and Shin Yoosung instantly colored with bewilderment.
They probably didn't even imagine that permission would come from me, so their expressions are quite intense.
Honestly, I'm not keen on it, but well, what can I do. She's a kid who even made an Existence Pledge to become my companion. Would such a child back down over something like this?
"…Lycaon, guide the way."
Since Shin Yoosung and Lycaon's joining has been decided. I let out a faint sigh and ordered the guy.
Because joining Kim Dokja and Han Sooyoung was urgent for now.
"Y, you are not the owner of the Guardian Talisman. And not even my master…."
But the guy refused my order, seemingly unaware of the situation.
Well, of course.
-Squeeeeze…!!!
When I asked again while clenching my fist tightly, the guy shook his head quickly saying he understood.
He should have done so earlier.
[Path of the Wind], was it called?
A skill passed down only to the Imyuntar species, which cannot be learned by those without a Guardian Talisman.
I wasn't interested when Kim Dokja was training the Path of the Wind or when Lycaon used it for the first time, and didn't think much of it, but.
-Whooosh—!!!
My thoughts were changing in real-time right now.
This skill, I might covet it a little.
"…Hmm."
There was a limit to how much the body could be reinforced with Cursed Energy.
Just as no matter how much I reinforce my legs and arms to make it look like I'm flying, I can't actually fly.
But with the Path of the Wind, it was possible. And with that level of mobility, I could fight in tremendously diverse ways.
And above all, I wondered what synergy would occur if I combined this skill with my technique, 'Dismantle'.
…Hmm, is there no way to obtain a Guardian Talisman?
"Over there, I see something!"
"…That is."
"…Antinus? Why on earth…."
Around the time I was expressing various impressions about the skill.
Shin Yoosung, Yoo Sangah, and Lycaon continued speaking while looking at something respectively.
Wings like a dragonfly, a tail resembling that of a scorpion. Although a bipedal creature, the overall appearance is that of an insect.
Then that must be….
"A Guide."
The Poisoner seems to be the white-haired woman breathing roughly beside Kim Dokja, and seeing that he and Han Sooyoung have no hostility towards her, was the one trying to wake up the Disaster Meteorite not the Poisoner but a Guide?
-Whooosh…!!
"…W, wait! If you fall now!"
"Oppa!!"
"Yuhyeon-ssi…!!"
Finishing my thoughts up to there, I forcibly twisted and released the Path of the Wind that Lycaon had wrapped around me with Cursed Energy and fell from the air.
And—
"Sorry, but your opponent isn't me."
"Kit?"
"Die."
—I struck down on the bastard's head with my legs reinforced with Cursed Energy quite seriously as is.
-Kwa-a-a-ang—!!!!
But I know.
A Guide wouldn't die from something like this.
…Of course, Lycaon is also a Guide, but even among the same Guides, grades must be divided.
Therefore, preparing for the possibility that the attack didn't work properly, I immediately widened the distance and clenched my fist tightly.
"…."
Where is it hiding, no presence is fel—
[You have hunted a 5th Grade Insect King Species for the first time!]
[You have hunted a 'Guide' for the first time!]
[You have achieved an impossible achievement.]
[You have obtained 20,000 Coins.]
—Mm?
"…What, is this."
For a moment, I wondered if my eyes were wrong.
An Insect King Species, a Guide was killed? With just that single blow?
Unable to understand, I looked at the large crater created by me.
Only then did it enter my vision.
The insect slammed into the ground with a rough and dull sound.
As its head was crushed, internal organs splashed everywhere, and the bastard died instantly without leaving a proper last word.
…What is it? Even if I wrapped myself in Cursed Energy, really, is it something to be dealt with this simply?
More than that, I felt like something more was added to the attack just now. Just my imagination?
[A majority of Constellations question if this is correct.]
[Several Constellations protest that the mastermind died too futilely.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Evil alignment question the fairness of the scenario.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment point out the Probability of Incarnation, Kang Yuhyeon.]
"…Those Constellations are chattering away to their heart's content again this time."
Just like last time, do those guys hate seeing anyone succeed so much?
Compared to that….
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', frowns at the questioning Constellations.]
[The Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', admires that your strength is Nebula-power grade!]
[The Constellation, 'Secretive Plotter', makes a meaningful expression and nods.]
[The Constellation, 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband', mutters at your appearance that he wants to swing his Ruyi Jingu Bang properly after a long time.]
Are these guys a bit better?
Of course, since they are the same Constellations, the thought that they are strange guys remains unchan—
-Zzzzt, zzzzzzt…!!
It was at that moment.
Before my thoughts completely ended, a sound was heard.
[Haha. This, a very big trouble has occurred?]
Although the voice is slightly different, the atmosphere is familiar.
This is…. Undoubtedly that guy. The existence I loathe next to Constellations.
Dokkaebi.
[What on earth are the participants of this scenario doing? It's still a week until the start of the Main Scenario, yet you try to wake up a Disaster already, tame a Guide, and now you've even killed a Guide!]
When I crumpled my expression violently and shifted my gaze towards the air, the guy's appearance caught my eye.
But…, the appearance was slightly different from the guy I saw before.
Wearing something like prayer beads around the neck, red fur, and somehow the face looks even more vicious.
[I don't know what you are plotting, but it won't go according to your plan. Because the Constellations don't like this story very much.]
That wasn't all.
A Dokkaebi with square black glasses and a neat suit was also visible.
Why is it? Kim Dokja beside me looked at those two Dokkaebis and muttered 'This, isn't good….' while swallowing his saliva.
[Then, I think it would be better for us to tweak the scenario a bit! Because providing scenarios to suit the taste of the Constellations is our job as Dokkaebis!]
The two Dokkaebis smiled and shouted simultaneously.
At that moment, a notification window updating in front of my eyes.
[Sub Scenario - Disaster of Questions]
Category: Sub
Difficulty: A~???
Clear Condition: Eliminate the SSS-grade Hero Myung Ilsang.
Time Limit: None.
Reward: A-grade Skill, SSS-grade Item (Random)
Failure: Destruction of Seoul Dome.
"…What, on earth is this."
-Crack, craaack!
Han Sooyoung and Kim Dokja were saying something with pale faces.
Yoo Sangah, Lycaon, and Shin Yoosung were looking at the scenario window with flustered expressions, seemingly not realizing how the current situation was unfolding yet.
And I.
-Paaaah—!!
Looked at the one curling his body inside that meteorite.
[The 'Disaster of Questions' descends upon your world.]
It was the moment the balance of the world collapsed.