Abduction-1

"Hey, preface! Buy some wheat and some snacks!"

"What are snacks?"

"Buy whatever you notice, man."

"Ah, tell me the menu!"

When Seo Mun-yeop shouted, the superhumans giggled.

"Ah, that rat-like temperament. With something spicy!"

"yes~"

Seo Mun-yeop grabbed some bills and quickly ran away.

Choin liked it when they brought Maeuntang from a nearby restaurant in a bag full of soju and beer.

"ruler."

"thank you."

Seo Moon-yeop received 10,000 won for an errand.

There were eight rooms in the guesthouse, and superhumans ran errands in each room.

I paid for the guest house with the money I received for errands, and saved the rest. Meals were solved by getting caught up in the drinking table of superhumans and picking up snacks.

'If I want to go to the dungeon later, I need to prepare money to buy equipment.'

It's only been 8 months since I ran out of the nursery school as soon as I woke up as a superhuman.

I recklessly went to the area where the dungeon gate was open and begged superhumans to take me to the dungeon.

Of course, there was no superman who would put a child with no weapons or experience as a companion.

I was in a situation where I was going to be homeless, but fortunately I met a kind person.

Park Jin-tae was a veteran superintendent who was famous for his skills and good character.

"Little boy, when did you wake up?"

"Yesterday."

"What about superpowers?"

"What is your superpower?"

Park Jin-tae clicked his tongue.

"I came running here recklessly because I just woke up without any superpowers."

"… yes."

"The house?"

"no."

"Follow me."

It was this guest house that Park Jin-tae took me to.

It was a lodging for groups of superhumans at the bottom of the dungeon who earned a living every day.

Even at the bottom, they earn more than ordinary people, but they were the last people who squandered the money they earned on alcohol.

Seo Mun-yeop lived here running errands and receiving pocket money. Thanks to the culture of nurturing newly awakened newcomers among superhumans, pocket money was good.

Pak! Pak!

It is late at night, when the drinking table of the superintendents is also in a state of lull.

A constant dull noise rang out from the mountain behind the guest house.

Pak!

The stone that Seo Moon-yeop vigorously threw hit the pine tree.

Although he had a young body, he was able to produce the power of a fastball pitcher because he became a superman.

Because he learned how to activate his body by waking up his aura, the power of the flying stones became much greater than when he first practiced them.

'If you throw it with a windup, the power is good, but the form is too big, so I can't throw it stealthily and quickly.'

Seo Moon-yeop continued to practice by constantly revising his form.

Pak! Pak!

No matter how I threw it, the stone continued to hit the same pine tree.

But that was then.

"What are you doing at night?"

Hearing the voice behind him, Seo Moon-yeop stopped throwing stones and looked back.

A mature man with a sturdy physique was grinning.

It was Park Jin-tae, a veteran superintendent who was indebted.

"Mister, it's been a while."

"Don't call me uncle, call me brother."

"I don't think so."

Park Jin-tae laughed at Seo Moon-yeop's blunt reply.

"I won't say a word, anyway. But what kind of stone slinging is that?"

"I want to practice something."

"Huh, thinking like that is admirable. But if you're going to practice, you'll even swing with a stick. Why are you stoning?"

"… It's better if you attack from a distance."

At that, Park Jin-tae laughed.

"It's not safe as a distance dealer. They are far away from the tankers, so they are not protected."

"They fight from behind instead."

"Do you think monsters will appear in front of you honestly?"

"is not it?"

"Which wild beast is hunting and attacks you from the front? Don't attack from behind or from the side."

"ah… ."

"All humans who enter the dungeon are prey to monsters."

Park Jin-tae tapped the shoulder of Seo Mun-yeop, who had become solemn.

"Do you want to go to the dungeon?"

"yes."

"why?"

"I think I can make a lot of money."

"Hey, haven't you seen the superhumans in the guest house? Do they look rich?"

"You make good money. It's because I paid for the alcohol."

"Why do you drink so much? Because they are idiots?"

"no?"

"Keuhehe, it's not right, idiot."

Park Jin-tae laughed softly.

"You man, isn't it hell to grow up as an orphan and live a hard life without anyone to turn to?"

"… ."

"But the real hell is not here. Compared to dungeons, the ground is a very nice place to live. Whether you study or learn skills, a ephemera wandering through dungeons will be happier than life."

Park Jin-tae smiled bitterly and continued.

"Actually, I came to tell you this. I wondered if I had done something bad for bringing you here. You have the right to make better choices."

Leaving those words behind, Park Jin-tae left.

Seo Moon-yeop, left alone, felt complicated.

What is happiness?

Seo Mun-yeop couldn't figure it out at all.

There are feelings like fun, joy, and joy, but I doubted whether the feeling of happiness was really real.

Will I be happy if I have a lot of money?

It didn't seem like that when I saw supermen drinking strong superhuman alcohol as if they were being chased by something.

Are you happy with a family?

I didn't know that. You may never know forever.

Can I be happy if I do what I want to do?

… It seemed like you had to do it.

'What I want to do!'

Seo Moon-yeop knew very clearly what he wanted to do.

Seo Moon-yeop started throwing stones again.

His eyes were grimly sunken.

* * *

It was the first year since I left the orphanage.

At the age of 14, Seo Mun-yeop decided to carry out the plan he had been waiting for.

I put on my hood and moved to a road with as few people as possible.

The destination is a secluded mountain with a one-lane road.

To get to the orphanage where Seo Mun-yeop grew up, you must pass this road.

The ledger will appear on this road.

On Saturday, I go to Seoul to enjoy the nightlife, and come back on Sunday night.

I have collected several stones that are good to throw.

Seo Moon-yeop had a lesson learned from his short life.

not to forgive.

You must take revenge so that you can never fight again.

Those who cannot be comforted even in hardships must at least punish the one who made it difficult. Only then can he keep his heart to live.

However, the one who had not been able to retaliate even after harassing himself was the director.

They enjoyed entertainment with government subsidies and donations, and controlled the nursery school by establishing order through violence.

Seo Mun-yeop, who was born with a personality that did not give in to others, had to be assaulted by the director in every case.

The humiliation was still lingering in my memory.

burrung!

A car was coming from afar.

picked up a stone

Familiar black car.

The person sitting in the driver's seat was the director.

throbbing.

My heart is pounding.

It was excitement, not tension.

As the car approached, he threw the stone he was holding in the position he had been practicing.

The aura that had risen in his stomach gushed hotly, riding his shoulders, down his arms and reaching his fingertips.

The fingertips shot away as if grabbing a stone.

swish-

The sound of breaking windows. The sound of something exploding.

The car lost direction and sprinted sideways before crashing into a tree.

Wow!

Seo Mun-yeop quickly ran away.

"Heh heh… ."

On the way back to the guest house, Seo Mun-yeop laughed as if he had lost his mind.

It was something I had been waiting for a year.

No one will suspect a child who has been running away from an orphanage for a year as the culprit.

A sense of liberation!

It felt like I had removed a rock that was pressing down on my chest.

My heart didn't calm down.

Aura did not calm down.

Just like when I threw the pebbles earlier, I kept going back and forth between my stomach and my fingertips. As if he was telling Seo Moon-yeop something.

What is this?

For a while, I wondered.

Seo Moon-yeop suddenly noticed.

I mean, that's what superpowers are.

* * *

The area in front of the dungeon gate was noisy.

The team, led by veteran Park Jin-tae, came out after clearing the dungeon.

Porters were entering the gate and dragging out the carcasses of the monsters they had hunted, and officials from various businesses were participating in auctions to purchase the carcasses of the monsters.

Park Jin-tae was smiling as the dangerous work was over and the only thing left to do was to share the money he earned with his teammates.

"mister!"

At that time, Seo Mun-yeop appeared and ran to Park Jin-tae.

"huh? What are you doing here?"

"I have something to show you."

Park Jin-tae stared at Seo Moon-yeop's face.

"Did anything good happen? You look bright."

"There are good things. Look at this."

Seo Mun-yeop lifted a small pebble from the floor.

lightly tossed it towards the sky.

Wedge liquid!

Although thrown lightly, the pebbles flew into the sky like arrows.

Park Jin-tae, surprised, asked.

"no way! Have you awakened your psychic powers?"

"yes."

"her… so quickly?"

"Are you qualified to go to the dungeon now?"

"What kind of superpower, exactly?"

"You can throw anything you can lift with your hands. You can freely adjust the distance and speed."

"It's a throwing superpower... Then it's a distance dealer."

"If you throw something like a dagger rather than a stone, the power will be stronger."

"Are you sure you want to? A rookie one-hander is likely to die."

Monsters are also intelligent. It attacks the weakest-looking prey first.

Ranged dealers are usually targeted because they have the weakest defense.

Therefore, skilled ranged dealers who can deal with melee combat are preferred.

Park Jin-tae, who thought deeply, said.

"You, take up your shield as well."

"A shield?"

"okay. You need to have that level of defense so monsters won't target you. Of course, even if you do that, your body is smaller than other adults, so you are the most easy prey."

"all right. So, are you taking me to that dungeon?"

"Whoa… ."

Park Jin-tae sighed heavily.

"You know how dangerous dungeons are, right?"

"I listened until my ears wore out."

"It's much more dangerous than you imagined."

Park Jin-tae continued.

"Can I tell you a secret? There is a secret that all experienced superhumans feel. It's a secret that's hard to say because I don't want to admit it."

"What is it?"

Park Jin-tae whispered in Seo Moon-yeop's ear.

"Humans are losing."

At those words, Seo Moon-yeop's eyes widened.

The crisis of destruction triggered by the invasion of the underground civilization.

However, with the appearance of superhumans, mankind's counterattack began, which everyone knew was the current state of war.

"The dungeons that appear recently are adding devices to block intruders unlike before. It's different from the existing dungeons that just focused on breeding monsters. More and more superhumans die because of that."

"… ."

"All superhumans must feel that there are more colleagues who die these days."

"… ."

"So when a newly awakened junior like you appears, I want to raise it. Please help me in any way. I want you to be my hope."

After hearing the serious story, Seo Moon-yeop was silent for a moment.

This was Park Jin-tae's last chance.

After a while, he opened his mouth.

"Maybe I can be that hope."

"Things like that happen, too."

"Then I will."

"Don't you regret it?"

Seo Moon-yeop nodded.

"I wish someone needed me."

Park Jin-tae smiled bitterly.

Another man has set foot in hell.