“I doubt you are well, but good to meet you.”
“···Pardon?”
Seeing Han Woo-hyun approach with countless people in tow, the man in a suit standing before him showed a tense look.
“I am the player guild leader.”
“Guild··· leader?”
Then the person who answered as though he had no idea what that meant showed an annoyed expression.
“I do not know who exactly you are, but this place is currently···.”
Soon, as he glared at Han Woo-hyun in irritation and gestured with his hand, he was hurriedly stopped.
Then a police officer who had rushed to his side whispered into his ear.
―H-he is the Guild Leader, the Guild Leader!
―What is a guild leader?
―The leader of the superhumans running wild right now!
―···You fuck. Why are you telling me that now?!
―They announced that just a moment ago.
―They came right after announcing it?
―It seems so.
As the two exchanged that short conversation, their faces changed color by the second.
And naturally, those whispers were clearly heard by Han Woo-hyun.
A player with transcendent senses.
Well, there was no need to show that he had overheard. He had not come to fight.
“Is your conversation over?”
What mattered now was the official procedure.
“···I am Deputy Director Lee Jae-yoon of the Presidential Security Service. The Director of the Presidential Security Service is trapped inside.”
“And that side?”
“Senior Superintendent Hwang Jun-seo, commander of the 101st Security Group.”
Fortunately, it seemed that even through that brief whisper, both the Presidential Security Service deputy director and the police security commander had fully understood what kind of existence Han Woo-hyun was.
Their attitudes changed in an instant.
They no longer ignored Han Woo-hyun at all.
“What exactly, what exactly are you trying to do? Is this all your doing? Even North Korea?”
“Do you have any demands? I apologize, but we do not have that authority.”
No, they were extremely wary.
They suspected that what had happened in North Korea and America was finally happening in Korea as well.
“Do not worry.”
It was time to dispel that suspicion.
Naturally, they were only ordinary people and could not be opponents of the guild, but there was no need for unnecessary conflict.
“We came to stop this.”
“Pardon?”
At those words, doubt spread across the deputy director’s face.
“Is-is that true?”
By contrast, a faint expectation bloomed on the face of the security commander, who had looked powerless.
“We obtained information about terrorism against the Blue House, so we came to support its suppression.”
“Th-that means.”
“Our player guild will use every ability we possess to cooperate with your objective.”
Of course.
Naturally, that was not for the sake of the Korean government.
Because everything was for establishing an order led by the guild.
“Then move aside.”
“R-really? You mean you can break through this?”
The security commander shouted in an excited voice.
“It is not as if we did not bring other superhumans here and try···.”
By contrast, the deputy director trailed off.
Unexpectedly, it seemed he was a fairly open-minded person, as he had urgently searched for other players in that short time.
“You tried in your own way.”
“···.”
Of course, since they had failed, they were still unable to enter.
Judging by the construction equipment and large objects fit for a siege scattered around, it seemed they had tried quite hard in other ways as well.
It probably had no effect whatsoever.
Player skills were based on Yggdrasill Force. And Force could only interact with Force.
Therefore, weapons or objects without Force could not affect anything formed with Force.
And if it was someone else’s Force, that became even harder.
At the present point in time, the first day of awakening, it was only natural that players could not display the application ability to interfere with one another’s skills.
“I will break through it immediately, so simply move aside.”
“If you insist···.”
“Yes!”
Originally.
No matter how recently people had learned who Han Woo-hyun was, he would not have been respected so easily.
Because humans were creatures filled with prejudice.
Even if they heard news that North Korea’s leadership had all been killed or that the American president had been assassinated, humans would treat it as someone else’s problem.
Most people could neither understand nor accept a new order, a new reality, so easily.
“[Authority of Light: Magic Shattering].”
But when the Blue House was surrounded by an unknown power, and there was no way to break through it.
When an overwhelming powerlessness hovered around the police, the bodyguards, and even the citizens watching it.
They had no choice but to acknowledge it.
-[Neural Acceleration]
Han Woo-hyun’s time slowed. The pulses of ion channels flowing through his central nervous system accelerated.
-[Sharp Eyes]
Han Woo-hyun’s retina, lens, iris, and then his ocular nervous system were strengthened with Force.
The structure, circuits, and information of the Force forming the barrier flowed into Han Woo-hyun’s brain.
-[Neural Comprehension Expansion]
The occipital lobe, which governed the combination and interpretation of visual information.
Force burrowed between the synapses of the neurons in his occipital lobe, strengthening and repeating its internal structure into a fractal structure.
“Kgh···.”
Han Woo-hyun felt pain as though his brain were burning.
The strands between bundles of nerve fibers.
The electrical signals and structures moving between nerves were amplified several times, dozens of times, hundreds of times.
Even for Han Woo-hyun, a master of Force operation, it was an attempt beyond the limits of the brain.
But he could see it···.
The buffs he had drunk while declaring the founding of the guild.
The power that had amplified the stats of Han Woo-hyun in his prime by nearly double.
And the understanding of the structure of Force he had felt during the process of awakening as a player.
Those things made that attempt possible.
“Heh.”
Feeling the taste of iron on the tip of his tongue and his cerebrospinal fluid growing hot, Han Woo-hyun laughed.
“So this is the structure.”
Because at last, he had grasped the principle and design of the entire barrier.
“Now.”
Six pillar structures. Into them, in order, he imitated and injected the Force structure of a [Feng Shui Master].
―CRACK.
Slowly, ripples rose.
Starting from the fist Han Woo-hyun had driven into the barrier, cracks of light spread out in countless numbers, as though a wall had collapsed when the correct key was inserted.
―CRACK.
―CRAAACK.
―SHATTER!
―SHATTER, SHATTER!
Then, as though massive shards of glass were scattering, it burst apart.
“I-insane!”
“He really dispelled it?”
“No, what skill did he use?”
“Not just Paladin, there’s no concept in the game itself of dispelling a domain declaration skill···.”
“Quiet.”
Han Woo-hyun calmed not only the guild members, but also the police and bodyguards murmuring in shock.
“We enter. We will stand at the front.”
All of it was vividly broadcast on the news, not only to the citizens around them, but through the reporters Han Woo-hyun had brought from the broadcasting station.
Soon, every Korean, and beyond that, everyone in the world, would know.
That they were now powerless, and that the world had overturned.
“Deputy Director of the Presidential Security Service. Guide us to the main building.”
“Yes, yes!”
The somewhat sour attitude he had shown until Han Woo-hyun drove his hand into the barrier was now gone without a trace.
His posture was almost like that of someone serving a superior.
It was not difficult to understand.
Anyone could see that a player had done this.
“Is that it?”
“Yes, please be careful···.”
Even so, the reason his attitude had been reluctant at first must have been because there was no guarantee that another player could break through and enter.
“May we follow from behind?”
“I will cooperate, but I cannot guarantee that I will protect you unconditionally.”
“Yes···.”
In truth, it had not been entirely wrong of him not to expect much from Han Woo-hyun.
Even the guild members behind him had said that even if one was a player, there was no way to enter.
The police and Presidential Security Service members must have heard and understood all of that as well.
“Phew.”
But as that expectation was splendidly shattered, they must have realized that the Guild Leader was not simply the leader of the superhumans.
But an existence whose abilities themselves were transcendent.
“Warrior-line and thief-line classes, move to the front. Mage-line and archer-line classes, gather in the back.”
In a certain sense, this was more important than occupying the broadcasting room and declaring the founding of the guild.
Far more important.
The Korean government before his regression had been extremely powerless.
It could do nothing, and did nothing.
This time, he could not leave it that way.
Korea was the country with the most players in the world, and the strongest.
Whether it truly played the role of a government or became the guild’s puppet.
It had to be properly controlled and regulated so that it could function.
“Enter!”
At the same time, in preparation for any possible attack, Han Woo-hyun activated another skill.
-[Absolute Defense]
―Swoooosh.
A mist of light covered the twenty vanguard players led by Han Woo-hyun.
“[Storm Advance]!”
“[Sword Flurry]!”
“[Fireball]!”
"[Lightning Arrow]!"
Han Woo-hyun frowned slightly. He had not told them to use skills.
Well, since they were not large-scale skills, that much would be fine.
―CRUNCH.
Breaking down the door of the Blue House Main Building, Han Woo-hyun and the vanguard players barged in.
“Fuck, what is this!”
“H-how did you get in!”
“We blocked it with [Rainbow Shade]!”
"Impossible!"
And inside, they met those within head-on.
-[Lion’s Roar]
“Everyone, stop!”
Now was the most important moment.
-[Neural Acceleration]
-[Holy Ground]
Han Woo-hyun drove every bit of Force he possessed into maximum rampage.
―FLAAASH.
The Force flowing out from his pineal gland spread out, thrashing madly.
-[Physical Distortion Arts: ]
The earth, the air, and the entire spatial-temporal domain were unnaturally dyed in Han Woo-hyun’s colors.
―CRAAACK.
In less than one second.
Strands of Force extending in topological structures wove through and bound every pineal gland around him.
The flows of all Force and the material world hardened under Han Woo-hyun’s control as though frozen.
-[Physical Distortion Arts: Reality Readjustment Interpretation: ]
A phenomenon that went beyond surpassing the laws of physics and instead deceived and mocked the laws of reality.
Naturally, this was not an effect [Holy Ground] originally possessed.
The ultimate original skill.
A transcendent technique usable by someone who had both a domain declaration skill and deep understanding of the physical laws of reality.
-[Physical Distortion Arts: Reality Readjustment Interpretation: Stasis Field]
It was a divine feat created by Han Woo-hyun’s extremely amplified stats and control ability.
"Kgh."
Han Woo-hyun frowned slightly at the concentration and Force being consumed at an extreme rate. It was far too difficult a technique to maintain for long.
Five minutes at most. He had to finish matters in the Blue House within that time.
“Yooou··· insaaane···”
Han Woo-hyun was slightly surprised. She was resisting this? Han Woo-hyun’s gaze moved to the platinum-blond woman who had murmured those words.
Cute little horns jutted out on both sides of the top of her head, and her eyes were golden. On her body, she wore a dainty, colorful jeogori hanbok.
Seeing that she held a large staff to the ground in one hand, her class was [Feng Shui Master].
She was the owner of the domain declaration skill, [Rainbow Shade Reciting Wind and Moon], which had covered the Blue House.
But even if she reacted, she was slow.
“Ughh···.”
He could ignore her. He had no time to focus only on her, so he quickly grasped the current situation first.
―Slide.
―Slide.
―Slide.
Han Woo-hyun rolled his eyes with transcendentally accelerated dynamic vision and captured the players and people among the scattering fragments.
The opposition party leader. Unconscious with both arms pulled out.
The ruling party leader. Only red holes remained in his mouth, eyes, and ears. Were those his tongue and teeth sprawled beside him?
The president. He had no arms or legs. He looked like a roly-poly toy. Of course, not as cute as one.
There were others as well, such as the prime minister, ministers, and people who appeared to be famous National Assembly members.
Not a single person had an intact body.
And before them stood people with splendid attire and appearances, lined up as though at a supermarket tasting corner.
Dozens of players.
The one standing at the very front was the Feng Shui Master. The only one who had recognized Han Woo-hyun’s skill.
Han Woo-hyun understood and organized the entire situation in 0.5 seconds.
“Ha.”
Judging by what he saw, it would be stranger if the politicians were still sane at all, let alone conscious.
There must have been a Priest. For ordinary people without Force, the effects of player skills that were not attack skills were greatly reduced.
Even so, healing, buff, and debuff skills did not have no effect at all. It seemed they had repeated healing and torture with them.
“Are you the leader, Feng Shui Master?”
After finishing every confirmation, Han Woo-hyun turned his head back toward the Feng Shui Master.
In the frozen world, he approached the woman who was rolling her eyes and trying to move her tongue bit by bit.
Then he seized her face.
“You certainly ran wild properly. Crazy bitch.”
"...What... the... hell...?!"
Shock and fear swept across the Feng Shui Master’s face.