Chapter 70

It was a warm, gentle, affectionate voice that seemed to take away all senses.

Like a message from the administrator that only she could hear.

[“Good job. Nicely done. You did great.”]

“… Ah.”

[“In the end, you did it.”]

I see. This is the administrator’s voice.

Even though she had never heard this voice before, tears rose in Seora’s eyes again because it sounded so warm.

[“Be comfortable now.”]

The light spread widely and wrapped around her body as if hugging her. The warmth transmitted along with the voice made her sob like a crying child on her mother’s lap.

She still didn’t know who the administrator was.

She had absolutely no idea where or what they were doing.

But what did that matter? Thanks to them, she was alive, and thanks to them reaching out, she also took revenge.

They were a benefactor.

Their presence had become so precious that it hurt her heart.

“… Thank you.”

I’m sorry that all I can do now is just say this.

[“Of course.”]

Still, the administrator patted her back as if it was okay.

Seora would never forget this touch and warm voice for the rest of her life.

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[Title: Cheorwon Dungeon is destroyed!!!!!!!!!!!!]

[Even though I didn’t see the battle scene, it’s really nice that they filmed the closing of the gate. I cried a lot the whole time watching it. For the first-generation Awakened who died then, too…

Crazy monster, please, I prayed for you to die for real this time, ha… I’m really out of my mind. Right now, I’m hugging and crying with my parents. I want to thank the Hunters for their hard work.

I’m going to see my brother with soju today. I should also let my brother know that when the situation is completely stabilized, I will take my parents to Cheorwon. We couldn’t even look at it for 12 years, but for now, I’m going to stretch my legs and sleep.

Although I won’t be able to sleep tonight.]

[Comment]

Ah, the hero’s family. Rest in peace now…

└ May they rest in peace.

I got emotional watching it too. It feels like something in my chest is being washed away.

└ I mean, it was the dungeon where most first-generation hunters died, after all.

└ It was the most damaging dungeon in Korea.

└ I feel like I’ve lost a rotten tooth.

I think everyone’s drinking soju today. I went to the convenience store, but they said all the soju was sold out. I’m going to a larger market now, any alcohol will do.

└ I should have seen this sooner… I’m on my way to the fifth convenience store now.

└ Nggg?

└ Anyway, Koreans need to be quick-witted even in times like this. Of course, I myself am experiencing the same thing, so I’m trudging around…

[Title: This is crazyyyy. Third L-class? What???]

[Did one of the S-classes get upgraded to L-class while beating the Level 1 Dungeon? Crazy!;;;;

I’m so embarrassed that the joy of breaking the Cheorwoon Dungeon is halved now;;;; Did they level up while knocking down the beast?]

[Comment]

The association hasn’t announced it yet, has it?

└ Yes.

Is there a possibility it was Joo Eun or Yoon Jaehun? They’re the strongest among the S-classes there.

└ I vote for Yoon Jaehun. Seriously, it doesn’t make sense that Yoon Jaehun is third after Joo Eun. He’s Athena’s youngest executive, so how the hell??? I think he should be on the same level as the tiger.

└ Oh, please don’t say things like this. They’re going to shoot the fandom coordinates.

└ (This comment has been deleted.)

└ (This comment has been deleted.)

└ Here we go.

└ Don’t make a fuss here, dig a new article.

There are rumors that it is neither Yoon Jaehun nor Joo Eun. It could be Headbang. Someone said they saw the red cube.

└ Stop brainwashing people, saying that everything is Headbang’s doing.

└ There was no one in the raiding party that I didn’t know. What is this guy talking about;;;

└ No matter how much we call them Bang Bride, this is a little… At this rate, all Korean dungeons are said to have been closed by Headbang;;;;

└|Writer| : Well? We’ll see if it’s real or not.

“Hmm. There are people who are quick-witted.”

“…”

As Joo Eun smiled broadly, Seora hurriedly avoided her gaze.

She was going crazy. To think that she had to face everyone with her face swollen from tears and runny nose with the real embarrassing name of Headbang, not Yoon Seora, a low-level civil servant belonging to the association.

If there was a rat hole, she wanted to hide.

“I thought you were weak… I thought you were a total baby civil servant…” Next to her, Yoo Soo-eun was half-excited. Seora coughed even louder and turned away to the point where her neck was bent.

“And you’re Yoon Jaehun’s sister, too…? Why did you hide this?”

“There was unavoidable circumstance…”

“Then what about you being Headbang?”

“There was also unavoidable circumstance…”

She couldn’t bear to say it was because she hated troublesome things. Not to mention it was in front of those who risked their lives to fight.

“Unlike us, you two must have already known.”

When Joo Eun stared at Kang Sejun and Sung Ja-rim, they shrugged simultaneously.

“Sung Jarim’s been with Yoon Seora as a civil servant, so there was nothing to be done, but Kang Sejun, I’m a bit disappointed with you. Why didn’t you give us a heads-up.”

“You can’t go around talking about other people’s secrets.”

“Well, yes. But it’s so strange. She’s obviously an L-class, but I can still only feel F-class power.”

L-class. At Joo Eun’s words, Seora almost bit her tongue.

She forgot for a while because she had just finished her revenge of 12 years and even heard the administrator’s voice.

Why the hell did the grade go up to L-class? Jumping from F-rank to S-rank is absurd, but now it’s L-rank?

‘Liza-ssi, you didn’t mention anything like this to me.’

[Administrator: ◔_◔?]

[Comprehensive Evaluation Value]

Awakening Limit: None

Then, the administrator opened the comprehensive evaluation window. The word ‘no limit to awakening’ stuck in her eyes.

‘Right. That’s right! There was something like that when I reawakened as an S-class!’

Seora finally covered her face.

‘Well, then let’s talk about something else. That protective shield is still running, so why is my L-class awakening known to everyone?’

[The system administrator says that, unlike S-class, L-class is special, and that the awakening cannot be prevented from being known.]

[The system administrator says they cannot change the system as they please just because they are an administrator.]

‘Even administrators can’t change the system at will?’

Really? But they’ve done a lot of different things…

No. Come to think of it. At first, they only sent emoticons, but now they can even let their voice be heard. It seems that there are quite a few limitations.

After hearing the voice, Seora became interested in the administrator for some reason. She wanted to know about them one by one.

“Yoon Seora?”

But it wouldn’t be appropriate to do that now. Seora cleared her throat and stammered.

“My contracted Entity’s power makes me look like an F-class.”

“This is possible.”

“The world is so wide. There are all kinds of Entities.”

“If I had known you would be L-class, I would have pushed for guild recruitment more strongly. What a pity.”

Even Han Suwon had been repeating those words since earlier. Do Junyoung, who was glaring at him from the side, was openly ignoring him.

“How about now? I’ll treat you better, so how…”

“Quiet down before we talk to the association’s president.”

Oh, my. This is going to be a real fight. Seora finally raised her hand.

“I have no intention of joining a guild.”

Han Suwon was deeply disappointed.

“This is the second time I’ve been helped by you. Especially today, if you weren’t there, we would’ve been in big trouble. Thank you.”

Joo Eun knelt down and bowed his head. Seora was frightened.

“Hey, don’t do that. I only did the last hit on the guy you guys put to death. Even without me, Kang Sejun would have taken care of it.”

“Yes. And some must have died in the meantime.”

Kang Sejun, who helped Joo Eun, glanced at Yoon Jaehun, who had passed out next to Seora.

“Maybe your brother was one of them.”

Yoon Seora trembled. Somehow, her brother’s body temperature was so hot that her bones were numb. More than the heat that the beast unleashed.

“You saved us all.”

Along with Kang Sejun’s heavy words, everyone in the seat lowered their heads. Yoo Soo-eun, who grumbled like a betrayed person, also looked serious.

Seora was at a loss. Of course she wanted to save everyone, but she was embarrassed because she had never expected a situation like this.

“Now what do you plan to do next?” Seora tilted her head at Do Junyoung’s question. “Are you willing to identify yourself publicly?”

The support unit had only filmed until the gate disappeared and left after cleaning up.

However, the raiding party still remained there. First of all, there was a need to sort things out about Seora’s personal affairs.

The support unit only knew that Seora had come to help Jarim, so only those here knew the truth.

“Or are you going to keep it hidden?”

“Eh? No way. L-class is completely different from S-class.” Yoo Soo-eun snorted as if she couldn’t understand Do Junyoung’s words. “She could live with everything, so why hide it? I don’t even understand why she’s hiding it now.”

“I want to hide it.”

And when Seora replied right away, she opened her mouth wide.

“What? Why?!”

[T/N: So I received a lot of kind comments from you guys. I cannot reply one by one, but thank you, your encouragement means a lot to me. ;_;]