Chapter 93
Chapter 93
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: SSS-Class Party Quest
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4 days until a new Clan Head of the Supreme Lee Clan appears.
In the current situation where even the Republic of Korea government has given up and the Hunter Association headquarters has abandoned everything, the only thing left that can step up now is an 'individual'.
Right now, that individual had finished preparing to head out alone to the Supreme Lee Clan's territory.
"Yongchan...?"
"Ah, yes. Branch Chief."
"...What on earth happened in there?"
"Huh? Well... should I say I lost my virginity, or maybe that I was reborn..."
"L-L-Lost your v-virginity?!"
Kim Yongchan, who had ended up having sticky, intense sex with Levi in the virtual world.
He had pulled off a literal miracle, dying and coming back to life. He looked exactly the same as his usual self right now, but at the same time, completely different.
At the very least, the aura radiating from him felt three or four times stronger than before.
And even that was just the casual leakage in everyday life, not his full power in combat mode.
"You bastard, you finally went and laid hands on that poor kid!"
"I-It's not like that! All I ever did was taste a bit of Yongchan's pure essence back when he was just a boy!"
"Don't give me that crap!"
Meanwhile, Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon—who had completely misunderstood Yongchan's words—was throttling the neck of the old lady about her own age who had been with him in the Velvet Room, ranting all the while.
Lady Gomalsuk.
But.
"Um... Branch Chief."
"Yes?"
"Shouldn't we head out right now?"
Was it because of his transformation? He calmly focused only on their current objective.
Kim Yongchan wedged himself between the two grandmas, eager to cut to the chase. Time was so precious now that they couldn't even afford to bicker.
"Right. Then let's start with a quick briefing."
In the end—even for the boy's sake—they hurried to prepare for the final showdown.
For starters, the Supreme Lee Clan's current territory was no longer the mountainside we remembered.
"Huh? But it was still the same place when I went there."
"That's just it... Sigh... It's truly a tragedy, but while you were out cold, Yongchan, Seolgi—no, Yeongno—completely relocated the Supreme Lee Clan's territory to a whole new spot."
Discarding the traditional wooden hanok...
Yeongno's new stronghold was none other than Yeouido.
A massive island floating right in the heart of Seoul.
"Y-Yeouido?!"
"Well, after devouring all of Korea, I suppose that land would look especially tempting."
"Wait, so does that mean Yeouido is now under Yeongno's control?"
"That's right. Thanks to her, the Yeouido Station subway is completely out of service."
What a ruthless monster.
Yeouido Station was a massive hub—starting with two regular subway lines, plus the Shin Ansan Line and GTX.
Was she planning to torment office workers now, too?
But the real shocker came next.
"If the enemy's on Yeouido, can't we just swim there? It's an island, so we can attack from any direction, right?"
Even without roads or subway tunnels, being an island meant you could approach from the Han River anywhere.
It seemed like the worst choice compared to the previous stronghold—hidden in the mountains, walled off on all sides.
So why move to Yeouido?
The reason was simple.
"No... Yongchan, you can't swim to Yeouido anymore. Not by a long shot."
"What, did they beef up the guards around the water?"
"...If only that were the case, we'd actually be better off."
"Prince, come to think of it, you haven't seen what happened to Yeouido at all, have you?"
A question mark popped over my head, so Director kindly showed me the current state of Yeouido on her phone screen.
Yeouido—the Supreme Lee Clan's new territory.
Float~...
"...Huh?"
No way... Is this Yeouido?
Did Korea have an island floating in the sky?
Hell, has any island in the world ever floated in the air?
Staring at Yeouido hovering high above like some Laputa from the skies—what the hell?
It was so absurd I could only gape in stunned silence.
"No way... Yeongno did this?"
"Yep. Sigh... That monster crammed so much rebar into the island that she lifted the whole damn thing with her bare strength."
"Which turned Yeouido from the worst kind of base—accessible from any direction—into the strongest stronghold imaginable, where we can't even figure out how to approach."
...Fair enough.
An island floating in the sky.
An impregnable fortress straight out of legend—no history book mentions anything like it.
No, it was beyond that.
Gulp.
Floating high up, so no swimming from the river. Subway station completely severed, no access. Roads no different. Which left just one option.
"Guess we'll have to fly."
"...!"
"Exactly."
In the blurry footage—like something shot from a fighter jet...
The only way to infiltrate Yeouido above the clouds was to soar up to that altitude and land.
...But how?
"Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon, any chance you could snag us a plane? Something that can fly to Yeouido."
"I get what you're saying, Yongchan, but I recommend giving up on approaching by air."
A plane was the first thing that came to mind.
But the Branch Chief shook her head immediately.
"You can tell from the fuzzy quality, but this footage was salvaged barely—the moment a Korean KF-21 fighter tried approaching Yeouido airspace, it got shot down."
"...! Shot down..."
"Looks like they've set up barriers around Yeouido, just like at the old Supreme Lee Clan territory."
Director chimed in to explain.
"In simple terms, it's an island in the sky, but even aerial entry is impossible."
"So... no way to infiltrate?"
What to do against an island sealed off from every angle—up, down, left, right?
Did we really have no choice but to sit and watch? I kept pressing anxiously.
"There is one way."
"...!"
Of course.
Judging by her sour expression, it wasn't a recommended route, but I had no better ideas right now.
I decided to ask about that reluctant option immediately.
"Director, Branch Chief."
""......""
"Come on, just tell me. Otherwise, I'll hop on a plane and go myself."
The impregnable floating island of Yeouido.
The way to infiltrate it was ridiculously straightforward.
Just like how you start by firing shells to seize an enemy high ground...
To breach the shielded floating island, we just had to become the 'shells' ourselves.
"Is that even possible?"
"Yes... Specifically, with Malsuk's ability right here, it is."
"Now that I think about it, Director, I never got around to asking because of the timing—are you and Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon old friends?"
"Something like that. Drinking buddies, you could say."
Drinking buddies.
Drinking buddies...
Come to think of it, back when I was living at the orphanage...
There were times she'd head out at dawn saying she was meeting a friend for drinks. Was Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon the one sharing those drinks?
'So Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon knew about me from way back?'
Makes sense. From the start, she'd treated me like a friend's son—taking such good care of me.
At first, I thought it was because I'm a male hunter, but it felt too personal for that.
I'd always felt guilty for receiving so much, and now I finally understood why.
Director, who always called me 'Prince'...
As her one and only boy, I must have really felt like a friend's son to Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon.
"Yongchan, my ability creates massive protective barriers."
Director began explaining the plan.
"Most people think of barriers as transparent walls shielding the user, but as you can see, I can make spherical ones that extend outward."
With that, Director conjured a protective orb beside her—big enough for me to fit inside comfortably.
"So the way to infiltrate is..."
"Yep, exactly what you're thinking."
"You planned to put me inside and hurl me straight at the island yourself?"
"Of course! No one but me can bring out 100% of this barrier's power."
Brutal, sure.
But in a way, so straightforward it just might work.
Anyway, with our infiltration method settled, it was time to execute.
"Alright, Director. I'll be off then."
"Go get 'em. I'd love to tag along, but I'm the one who has to do the throwing..."
"So Malsuk will stick with me to scout a new route—we'll head out a day later."
"That's plenty. No—I'll wrap it all up before then."
Lee Seolgi.
That idiot girl.
I didn't have a second to waste on a perverted childhood friend who'd sold her own body as a sacrifice for me.
To save as much precious time as possible, I planned to grab her the moment I arrived.
And just as I was about to set off for real...
"Then wait a bit for your comrades to arrive, Yongchan."
"Comrades?"
They didn't know the meaning of 'precious life'—all the Clan Heads of the world's top ten families, plus their guards, gathered on that impregnable floating island.
Comrades willing to chase after me and join this insane party quest.
Branch Chief Im Eonnyeon let me know they were on their way here soon.