(Chapter 76)

Since Sung Jin-Woo used shadow exchange and he recently got back to South Korea from America.

Shyrveen told both men to hold his shoulder after hugging Yang Manli.

Then he uses his teleportation skill and four of them reappear in just the front of Shyrveen's apartment building.

Sung Jin-Woo went back to his home and spend time with his family before sleeping.

While Han Sen took the extra single mattress before plunging into his own dream world.

Yang Manli is currently lying on top of Shyrveen's chest while playfully caressing his cheeks.

"Are you sure you're okay now, darling?..."

"Yup~ No need to worry anymore..."

Shyrveen nodded and meet the eyes of Yang Manli with the same wavelength before saying the magic words with deep emotions.

"... I love you..."

Yang Manli softly cried while in tears of joy.

"... I love you too."

They just hug each other for a few minutes before Shyrveen said.

"So~ We will go back to the sanctuary after three days. Since, there's no more Eggie, the one who was responsible for sending me out to the sanctuary, is now within me... It's up to me now for when I will teleport here and there."

Stunning Yang Manli and smiled as she nods.

"!!! That's good, darling! So, you won't teleport back here once you step in the teleportation in the sanctuary to go on the planet Roca?"

Shyrveen thought for a moment since he wasn't able to teleport once after the deal with Qin Xuan.

"I think that's a yes, sweety~"

Yang Manli peck his lips before yawning.

"Nice~... I'm sleepy now, darling... Good night."

"Good night, sweety."

Shyrveen lovingly caresses her back and hair, before sleeping for the first time with the feeling of sleeping with someone he loves.

Next day.

Yoo Jin-Hoo with Yoo Soo-Hyun appeared before the door with the black formal suits for the funeral.

And just a few minutes, all of them are ready to go.

"You guys good?"

Shyrveen asks after locking the door, and everyone nodded to him.

"Yup~"

"Then let's go."

Yoo Jin-Ho brought a white van and drives it to pick up the Sung Family.

The three people climb in the van as they greet each other before they proceed to go to the place of the funeral.

They reached the place soon, but it is full of reporters on a certain side that already organized by the Association while they didn't block the entrance to the building to where the last remains of the late Chairman is currently sleeping.

Seeing this, Sung Jin-Woo told the other to go inside first and he will follow soon but Shyrveen shook his head.

"No. All of us will go there at once, so let's go to your conference first."

"Alright."

Sung Jin-Woo told Woo Jin-Cheol to change the location to lessen the time travel and add that the reporters have the intention to go to the funeral too.

Reporters descended on the press conference venue like a flock of vultures.

Sung Jin-Woo was being seen as a walking, talking bundle of big news waiting to happen to these reporters for a while now.

And such a man had called for a press conference, the first time ever that he did that.

'So which reporter worth his or her salt wouldn't be interested in that?'

But the conference venue is quite silent, because they are in the place of need to be a proper human.

Then they saw Sung Jin-Woo made his entrance, with his whole Guild, onto the small stage.

Sung Jin-Woo could feel each of the focused gazes from the reporters landing on his skin as he began addressing them.

"A group of monsters possessing a high level of intelligence is currently hunting down humanity's top-ranked Hunters. They are stronger than any Hunters out there, and they also employ all sorts of means to get to their targets."

'!!! A group of monsters!?'

'There was more than one monster that murdered the Association Chairman Go Gun-Hee?'

The reporters were immediately thrown into confusion.

However, Sung Jin-Woo got his information straight from the mouth of the King of Giants, the Monarch of the Beginning.

There were nine Monarchs, and he said that soon, a battle between them and the Rulers would commence.

The Monarchs were prioritizing targetting the Hunters at the top of the pile who were borrowing the powers of the Rulers.

Three Hunters had been killed already, and it was unknown how many more victims would arise in the near future.

For the time being, he did attach his boys to those Hunters that the Hunter Bureau had pointed out, but realistically speaking, he couldn't keep his eyes on every single Hunter in the world who was called 'strong'.

For instance, there could be another victim from an unexpected quarter like Go Gun-Hee.

Sung Jin-Woo's sudden press conference was meant to serve as a message of warning to the potential victims who were fighting against monsters in some parts of the world.

"These monsters employ special magic that separates the targetted space from the surroundings. That's how they isolate their targets."

This was incredible information.

He could reveal this without hesitation because he had met a Monarch already.

"That is why, if you fear that you might be their next target, please, stay as close as humanly possible to your comrades that could protect you. However, just in case..."

'Just in case.'

Sung Jin-Woo finally revealed the reason why he wanted to hold this press conference in the first place.

"If you don't have a comrade that can fulfill that role, contact the Korean Hunter's Association. They will put you through to me."

"Oh, oh!"

Exclamations of admiration came out from the lips of the reporters.

'Such unwavering confidence!'

The Hunter responsible for beating Thomas Andre to a pulp was emitting a confidence-inspiring aura as if such monsters were a trifling matter to him.

This sure was a surprising announcement capable of blowing away the fog of anxiety from the public's hearts.

The thing was, though, Sung Jin-Woo was actually aiming for something else.

'I'll lay a trap using all the Hunters that might be targetted by those bastards!'

With this, he'd be able to trace the movements of the Monarchs even if they target the retired or inactive Hunters like the Association Chairman Go Gun-Hee.

He had no doubt that at least one of them would fall into his trap sooner or later.

When Sung Jin-Woo was about to end his announcement, a barrage of arms raising can be seen by the people watching the conference.

Then Sung Jin-Woo pick a reporter to voice out his question.

"I'm a reporter working for the X Daily. How do you know so much about this group of monsters, Hunter-nim?"

"I've encountered them before."

To be more specific, he had run into them twice already.

He met the King of Giants in Japan, while the other one in Korea.

Reporters couldn't immediately recover from their surprises but still, they didn't forget to jot down what Sung Jin-Woo had said.

But before they can say anything again, a sudden voice suddenly resounded in the place.

"And you already saw one..."

Every reporter turns to Shyrveen with confusion.

"I know that the world saw what happened before I can follow Jin-Woo inside the Gate, right?... That man is one of them..."

"!!!"

They remembered the scene where the wild man appeared so suddenly and the place left deserted after the people on the ground disappeared instantly.

Even the magic energy detection camera isn't picking up any kind of Mana signatures.

But these helicopters that were roaming the sky above the place aren't descending at all even an inch because they can still see the Gate, making all of the hairs on their bodies stands.

Then a few minutes of waiting, the cameras of reporters caught the frozen ice dome that is transparent with only Shyrveen in the center while in a poor state.

Then they noticed the four faces of members of the Ahjin guild were pale as snow not that far from the dome.

And the wild man in question was gone.

Then every reporter turned their heads to Sung Jin-Woo with shocking expressions after realizing that the man that they are trying to figure out was this so-called Hunters of the Hunters.

"Does that mean you were unscathed even after encountering them, Hunter-nim!?"

Sung Jin-Woo replied concisely, his eyes burning with the flames of confidence.

"Yes."

'Hunter Sung Jin-Woo was unhurt even after encountering those creatures! That almost killed his guildmates!'

Reporters hurriedly operated their cameras as the expected scoop happened yet again.

It was then, a certain reporter sitting a bit away from the front row raised his hand up high.

He was none other than the same reporter who accompanied Chief Woo Jin-Cheol to document the sacrifices the Hunters had made trying to battle the angel statue.

Sung Jin-Woo shifted his gaze over to him.

Reporter Kim slowly lowered his hand and, quite unlike his frenzied peers, voiced his question clearly and concisely.

"What will you do when you meet the monster responsible for the murder of the Association Chairman Go Gun-Hee?"

Sung Jin-Woo studied the still-furious expression etched on the face of Reporter Kim without saying anything, before switching the mic off.

"... That will be all."

Reporter Kim stared for a long time at Sung Jin-Woo's departing back as the latter descended from the platform with his guildmates.

He thought that, even though there was no verbal answer, he could still hear the young Hunter's determined voice somehow.

The conference was dismissed but the reporters went inside the building.

Streets near the building were filled with the gloomy atmosphere of a funeral.

Someone had to perform that role, but no one wanted to step forward to do it, that was the position of the first Chairman of the Hunter's Association.

Go Gun-Hee.

When the nation needed someone to rally the powerful Hunters, he unhesitatingly closed up his own successful business and rolled up his sleeves to get to work.

And under the command of his, Chairman Go Gun-Hee, the Korean Hunter's Association was able to achieve so many things.

The organization controlled and protected various Hunters, at the same time, it took the lead in compensating the victims of the monster attacks, while also silently aiding the families of the deceased Hunters, as well.

Many victims who had received Go Gun-Hee's aid in the past gathered at his memorial service and cried their hearts out in genuine sorrow.

Citizens filled up the venue until there was no room to even stand; the people paying their respects remained until deep into the night, burning their candles and grieving for the life lost.

Even the various TV stations interrupted their regular broadcasting schedules to play the video packages summarising the life of the late Association Chairman and his various accomplishments.

Not that far from the coffin.

The only six members of the Ahjin Guild can be seen in the most front of the people.

"Hyung-nim... Are you sure about this?... This will cause some disturbance in the people's hearts once saw what you can do..."

Sung Jin-Woo still insists for Shyrveen to do something not to reveal this skill publicly.

Shyrveen glances at Sung Jin-Woo's face and he knows what he means.

"... If I were to do this alone... For sure that I will not care about the others... Then... Can you cause a full darkness in a full minute? I'll take care of everything if you can..."

Sung Jin-Woo sighed in relief and nodded.

"I can do that."

Sung Jin-Woo extended his shadow realm so fast and devour all lights inside the building then blocking the cameras from seeing anything.

Making all the people inside panic but heard the calm hypnotizing voice of Sung Jin-Woo.

Then Shyrveen reappears in front of the coffin before using the one of the last three instant usages of Time Shard, turning back of Go Gun-Hee's time precisely.

As he did that, all the Hunters in the vicinity tensed and put their guards up but waited calmly with the voice of Sung Jin-Woo again.

Because they can feel the disturbance of the Mana in the place is accumulating in a certain direction.

After a few minutes, Shyrveen can see Go Gun-Hee's eyes trembling before opening his eyes completely with total confusion.

He can see that the place is in total darkness but soon he saw a spherical dome with clock gears, clearing his sight of the darkness before seeing Shyrveen standing facing him.

Only to be shocked and hurriedly climbs out of his coffin bed.

"W-What!? What's happening!? I remembered I died... Hunter Shyr?... Why are you here in... Dead realm?..."

Shyrveen chuckles after hearing him saying something like that, then grins, before saying in a deep voice.

"I'm not Hunter Shyr that you know of... But I'm only taking his appearance, as for my real identity... I am..."

Making Go Gun-Hee's heart to beat so fast for the nervousness, while gulping.

He doesn't know what to think and add this sudden event that's happening, he can only go with the flow while still trying his best to piece everything to know where he is.

"Yama... Hades... Satan... The only king of the underworld..."

"What!? What do you want from me!?"

He didn't doubt what the current 'Shyrveen' is saying because he can feel the much stronger aura from the body and the maliciousness in the eyes of this man.

Go Gun-Hee can still remember the real Shyrveen that lack of emotional things and didn't dare to compare the two.

But only to be stunned by Shyrveen's next word.

"Just kidding, Chairman Go~"

Then Go Gun-Hee can feel the same irritation that he can feel when dealing with the real Shyrveen in this man, and only to realize that this young man is trolling him.

"... You!?... Fuu..."

But he calms down his nerves and looked around then studied Shyrveen for a full minute.

"I didn't know that you have the power to bring back the dead..."

Shyrveen shrugs but denied that.

"Nah... I just turn your time back, that's all."

"... So, why did you this? You need something from me?"

Go Gun-Hee will beat the shit out of this young man if his reasons are not acceptable.

"Well, yes, of course. Then I'll go straight to the point... Join the Ahjin Guild in different name and status, I'll turn your time and your wife's time too back into your mid 20's..."

Shocking Go Gun-Hee more as the words sinks in his mind.

"!!! ... That's... Really tempting, Hunter Shyr... But what's the catch?... Why?..."

But he knows that everything is not free, and add that this thing is nothing to joke about and casting the spell simply like that to him just out of Shyrveen's whims, he can't accept such thinking.

"Your last wish..."

"!!!"

Stunning Go Gun-Hee again, making him remember his whole conversation with Sung Jin-Woo before he took his last breath.

"But you're being rude here, Hunter Shyr..."

His eyes turn into slit with anger, but he saw Shyrveen nodding respectfully to him.

"I know, Seonsaengnim. For your last feeling of relieved that you can leave the future to the youngs like Jin-Woo, right?"

"Then why?..."

Go Gun-Hee asked for the second time but with different meaning this time.

"We need more comrades... We all don't know when this thing will be gone... Will be finished... And someone as good man as you, and as a Hunter yourself... I can't find anyone else yet that fitted to join us..."

Shyrveen said to him and explained the things about Rulers and Monarchs, and much more detailed than what Go Gun-Hee saw with the powers of the Ruler inside him before he was killed by the Ice Monarch.

"This... !!! How did you know this!?..."

He was stunned after realizing that Shyrveen can't possibly know about this, and glared at Shyrveen, raising his doubts again.

Seeing this, Shyrveen sighed before shrugging.

"I'm the Absolute Being, Master and Creator of Rulers and Monarchs..."

"... You-!!!"

Go Gun-Hee harness the golden flames of the Ruler's power that hiding within his body, but stops on his tracks after sensing his power is being drained.

And that's when he saw the glowing left hand of Shyrveen with clock gears, numbers and clock hands, that extracting his powers from his body, before hearing him saying.

"Of course, without his ego now..."

Then Shyrveen proceeds to telltale what happened to him and took a few minutes for Go Gun-Hee to sinks these things in his mind.

"So~ What will be your choice, Go Gun-Hee?... Time is ticking you know~"

Shyrveen said before gesturing to look at the clock gear in the time dome wall that only has two minutes before twelve.

Even Shyrveen isn't telling about it, Go Gun-Hee's instinct telling him that this time power will end in two minutes.

"... If I decline, what will happen?"

"Nothing, everything will move forward again after mourning your death. And I'll respect that choice of yours and won't seek you to be revived again."

"Then, if I accepted?"

"With the help of your trusted people, you will change identity with your wife and you will join us. The powers of the Ruler will be yours, but I need to take back the ego of that Ruler within you..."

Go Gun-Hee stares at Shyrveen again for a full minute, contemplating if Shyrveen is telling the truth and inspecting closely and thoroughly if he is not the Absolute Being that replaced the past Shyrveen that he knew.

Then after seeing Go Gun-Hee nodding, Shyrveen snaps his finger, and Go Gun-Hee's wife reappears beside him confusingly, before crying after seeing Go Gun-Hee alive again.

She didn't care if this is a dream or what, she just missed him so much.

"I'll give you both more 10 minutes at most, but at that time. Please finalize your thoughts..."

Shyrveen added before pointing at the people outside, with the help of time dome, they can see the people stuck in darkness, frozen in time, waiting.

"We both don't want to poke the nest of the Humans after seeing me reviving you, no?~"

Shyrveen said teasingly and saw them nodded again while thanking him, before activating the Slow Skill of Time with his right hand.

He tweaks the time dome to hide his body and be invisible to them, before watching these two old lovers that still love each other, and thinking the same thing but he with Yang Manli...