(Chapter 28)

Next day.

Shyrveen woke up as he stretches his arms while yawning.

'... Nice... My body is back to normal now... No pain, or problems within...'

After two hours, he was done doing his house chores and now currently eating a Mutant meat while watching television.

'... That Gate... Peak A-Rank Gate?... Too bad for Knight's Guild... That might be a Red Gate... They will die once it is the case, they don't have any S-Rank Hunter after all...'

Then turn it off and decided to get out of his house and go to the Guild.

'Time to work...'

But as he just step outside.

'... It will be fine to use Dragon Tadpole as a car right?... I should maintain its size while on the highway... But I will still get some attention... Ugh, I need to evolve camouflage too it, I might get something unexpectedly with it...'

He shook his head and gone to the nearest bus station and half an hour reached the office of the Guild.

As he entered the office, he saw Sung Jin-Woo talking with two people.

'... Knight's Guild?'

But didn't entered the conference suite yet and went to fetch a cup of coffee from the coffee maker that was bought yesterday.

"Yo, Jin-Ho."

"Hyung-nim! Nice office, ain't it?"

Yoo Jin-Ho cheerfully said while checking the office that full of equipment now, compared to yesterday that it had only tables and chairs.

"Not bad! Like it!... By the way, I just want to make sure... Are you sure that you won't betray the guild? Or specifically your Hyung-nim."

Shyrveen went straight to the point as he nudges his head towards Sung Jin-Woo inside the room.

Yoo Jin-Ho was stunned and felt insulted and glared strongly to the eyes of Shyrveen even forgetting that he was scared at him yesterday.

"There's no way that I will betray Hyung-nim! Mr. Yñiguez."

While Shyrveen analyzing the stare and nodded.

'Not bad, strongly desired to follow the shadow of Jin-Woo... But this is Guild, I'm a member. I better think of my guildmates too... Mission accomplished...'

"Keep that up, it's fine if you don't see me like as your Hyung, but this is a Guild. You should more familiar with this stuff than me, but I really really don't like betrayals..."

Shyrveen stared at Yoo Jin-Ho with his eyes while releasing the aura of Genes. He found out that it was the case for the people of that universe to based on the feeling of Genes inside of one's body for how strong that person is.

But currently, he has eleven of Sacred Geno Points, it is still low and only comparable to C-Rank Hunter alone, but he has one maxed, one half-full, and almost half-full Geno Points, that enough to release a pressure same with A-Rank Hunters once combined.

Then Shyrveen taps Yoo Jin-Ho shoulders and approved of his stares.

"That will never ever happen till I die!..."

"Good. Since you got my approval, I'll share something good with you. Don't worry, your Hyung knows this too. Since your the most trusted person of Jin-Woo, and even if we're still new to each other. I decided to trust you too... Here. Eat this first."

Shyrveen pulled out a lunchbox containing Ordinary meats.

He both cook four types and separated them, but only the Mutant and Sacred-Blood has one lunchbox while the Ordinary and Primitive has two.

Yoo Jin-Ho was confused after receiving the lunchbox that still warm and looked confused at Shyveen.

"... I already ate my breakfast, Hyung-nim..."

"Just eat, take a bite, I'll guarantee you that you will finish that even your stomach aches."

"... Alright..."

Yoo Jin-Ho opened the lid and the sweet aroma assaulted his nose.

'... Damn!... Just one bite to satisfy this Hyung then... !!!'

After taking one bite, he heard a voice in his mind and push away the lunch box and cautiously stare at Shyrveen that now smiling widely at him.

".... Devil!"

"Hahaha! You're amusing me, Jin-Ho. Stop thinking first and listen to me... I told you already, your Hyung knows about it."

Shyrveen said and pointed again at Sung Jin-Woo with his thumb finger this time.

"I know you have the desire not to follow him but to walk with his side, right?"

Yoo Jin-Ho nodded subconsciously while thinking what the hell was that but only to continue to stare at Shyrveen that still smiling.

"Just keep that secret, okay? That's our advantage to keep getting stronger... What do you say?"

Yoo Jin-Ho glanced at the lunchbox on his table and to Shyrveen face then open his mouth.

"... Is there a side effect? Monster's meat should be poisonous to the body of people..."

"And that is the main secret here, Jin-Ho. I know such a place and where to get those... And it doesn't have a side effect, but if getting stronger is already a side effect after eating those meats, considered it one."

"... Are you really sure about this, Hyung-nim?..."

Yoo Jin-Ho still can't accept such a thing since this is his first time hearing and experiencing such a thing, then looked at Sung Jin-Woo.

'Hyung-nim already and eating this stuff... Maybe this is the reason why we all people are wondering he is getting stronger without limits... And this Hyung-nim in my front...'

"Very very sure, where do you think I got my prowess then?"

"..."

"... And are sure you're feeling from me is a... Mana?"

Shyrveen smiled playfully, even though he can't feel happiness from teasing people, his mind can think to 'feel'.

"!!! Huh? Hyung... Are you saying you're not awakened yet!?"

"Right on the spot! So if you want to get stronger, eat those things that I will give you, but make sure not even one thing will leak from your mouth, or else, I will make a move against you..."

Yoo Jin-Ho can feel his own desire to get stronger again while nodding to respond to Shyrveen, he didn't put the threats in his heart about what he said to him and just accepted it normally.

He knows very well why Shyrveen will kill him once he got an earful about the leaks of this thing.

And it wasn't that a long time ago that he gave up after he felt that he can't surpass the limit of the C-Rank anymore to be a B-Rank Hunter, and that's one of the reasons why he decided to follow Sung Jin-Woo, but now with the help of the meat.

That desire burns brightly again inside his heart as he clenches his fist and one hand is wiping his tears that trying to burst any moment.

"Thank you, Hyung-nim. and I will."

Yoo Jin-Ho bows to Shyrveen with heartful felt and sincerity and Shyrveen taps his shoulder again.

"Don't mention it, your part of the Guild, and eat your lunch box now or it will turn cold after a few more minutes."

Shyrveen reassures him and pulls out a seat and sits beside Yoo Jin-Ho that starts to gobble up his lunch box.

Then Yoo Jin-Ho asked him after drinking his water since he was choking from the food while listening to the weird voice inside his mind.

"Hyung-nim... Can I know where that place is? And what's is this voice and this Geno Points?"

"That place is forbidden to be accessed by anyone on this Earth. If he doesn't have the special means to go in that world, and what I mean for special means was, universal scale things. No matter how strong he is, even if he/she is a National Level Hunter, he can't find that place or even take one step..."

Then Shyrveen started to explain to him about the Geno Points, Creatures, and God's First Sanctuary, but he didn't include the other things like Beast Souls, Geno Arts, and the Alliance.

'Hmmm?... Now that I think about it... Irveen said that he needs to recharge the power that he will use to send me there... Mana? But how?... Wait... So, including the whole ten years, the reason why I didn't awaken all this time, was because the Mana that accumulating inside my body is being used by Irveen to deal with that Eggie?... No shitting me...'

"Hyung-nim? Are you okay?"

"Ah? Yeah, just thinking something. By the way, why those people from Knight's Guild is here?"

"Hmmm... Hunter's Association is not giving them permission to raid the Gate in their vicinity because the Gate that in the news recently is too big and was measured at the top of the scale of A-Rank but not enough to be S-Rank Gate, and there's an issue of lack of S-Rank Hunter in their Guild... They might be trying to ask for Hyung-nim's participation for the permission to be granted."

"Because it might be a Red Gate?"

"Yeah. More or less, that's everyone is thinking when they saw the Gate."

Shyrveen was thinking about them but suddenly slaps his nape and his eyes widen.

'... Uh oh... I think I jinxed it... Damn... But I'm sure I still have 24 hours to let Jin-Woo knows about it... Speaking of this habit of mine... Is this Irveen's doing every time I do this?... This will be my eight tomorrow... Should be less than 5 miles around here? I think...'

After thirty minutes, Shyrveen saw Sung Jin-Woo getting out of the room while holding his phone, and heard him asking after answering the call.

"Mom, did you buy a new phone?"

"..."

"Nah, it's fine, Mom."

"..."

"Did you go to the store alone? Why didn't you take Jin-Ah along with you?"

"..."

Shyrveen saw Sung Jin-Woo smirked to himself and pocketed the phone, before raising his head up. A renewed vigor was gleaming brightly in his eyes.

"Seems something good happened?"

"Oh, Hyung-nim. Yeah, I decided to participate with Knight's Guild as a Guild and not a freelancer."

"So, we will go too?"

"Hmmm... Up to you Hyung-nim."

"Well, I will for sure, but something came up and I'm staying here, I'm just gonna tell you to let your swap be available as possible tomorrow."

It made Sung Jin-Woo confused and waited for Shyrveen to continue.

"It will be my eight and it's around 5 miles as this place is the center of that range..."

"... This... How?"

"Habit, and has been proven right for seven times already... After 24 hours, it will appear but I can only tell where it is once it breaks, but... It should be a 'hidden-burst' type if I don't see any reports in Hunter's Association after 20 hours... The most pain in the ass to deal with, or to find if I say so..."

"... Hidden? Burst?"

"Yeah, too small to be noticed, and will only break once after it appeared and will pour them in a few seconds..."

Sung Jin-Woo massages his forehead while Yoo Jin-Ho's eyes widen after getting what Shyrveen means.

"Then we should report it immediately to the association Hyung-nim!"

Shyrveen thought for a bit and nodded.

"I'll call the Association's Chairman for the heads up. And Jin-Woo... You can participate in that Gate in the Busan but let your swap ability available as much as possible for immediate response... Let me deal with it alone... This time..."

'I won't hide and run away from it...'

And pulls his cellphone and calls Go Gun-Hee.

After fifteen minutes, the call was done, the people from the Knight's Guild was gone, the door is locked, and three of them are inside of the conference suite.

Sung Jin-Woo decided to asked Shyrveen for why he included Yoo Jin-Ho.

"Because he was our guildmate, one of the founders, and I already analyzed his determination. And you trust him right?"

"... Yeah."

Sung Jin-Woo nodded and glance at Yoo Jin-Ho and only himself knows what he is thinking.

"Good, now this is yours to eat... Four types of them, they are my consolation for one week delaying in our deal as a friend, and this the compensation for our deal as a business partner, and finally... This is our deal."

Shyrveen gave the four lunch boxes, pull out one for Ordinary, Primitive, and Mutant creatures that their bodies were still intact, and lay down the lists of the things that he prepared for Sung Jin-Woo to read since they don't have any warehouse yet and the conference suite is surely small for the quantities.

"I have the Mutant fishes that were ripped by your shadows. You can have them and decide what to do with them. Let's trade."

And pointed to the fish on the table with the size of tuna but with a different appearance, then opened up the trading system window for Sung Jin-Woo.

While Yoo Jin-Ho started to be overwhelmed by the things that Shyrveen pulled out one by one consecutively.

'... Portable space storage!?... And this... Aren't monsters! They don't hold a single mana inside their bodies!... Is this the creatures that Hyung Shyr were talking about!?'

Sung Jin-Woo stared at the weird appearances of different creatures and thought that it really different from being monsters then picked up the lists for the trade to be completed.

"Hyung-nim... Can you elaborate for me the Geno Points?"

"Sure..."

Shyrveen and Sung Jin-Woo started their question and answer portion and sometimes Yoo Jin-Ho will try his best to keep up with the knowledge by these new things and started to join with the conversation...