Chapter 12: Chapter 12 - Two Irregulars?!
As Uriel communicated with Arisha through his connection...
'Will he listen to me? At least I hope he doesn't kill me immediately...'
A man was looking at a door hesitantly. His expression was nervous and the fingers on his fingers were trembling slightly. He swallowed dryly and still hesitantly knocked on the door twice.
Knock! Knock!
"Come in." A voice came from inside on the other side of the door. The man slowly opened the door and took slow steps into the room. His nervous eyes looked carefully at another light blue-haired man sitting calmly in a chair.
"Err, Khun-nim..."
"Speak up, Moore."
The so-called Khun frowned slightly and said in an authoritative voice. His arms were crossed and he watched Moore's expression intently. He could sense the other party's hesitation, yet why was he so hesitant?
The lips of Moore's mouth parted several times, but no words came out. He closed his eyes slightly and soon managed to spit the words out of his mouth, "Only 6 Regulars passed the first test in District 2."
"Yes, yes, only 6 Regulars passed- Wait?! What did you say?!!!"
Khun's eyes widened and he raised his voice. Moore scratched his neck slightly with his expression still nervous.
"Exactly what you heard, sir."
"How?! What kind of test did you give!?"
"Err... I did a survival battle with a time limit of 30 minutes."
"And only 6 survived? How is that possible?! What kind of monster was in that District!?"
Cold sweat dripped from Moore's forehead. His gaze shifted slightly to the side trying to avoid Khun's angry gaze.
"You must have heard from the Arie Family girl, Arie Arisha, right?"
"Yes, she was in that District? But even if she was immensely talented, she wouldn't have enough strength to kill almost 230 Regulars by herself."
"... Exactly, just as you said. She only killed 41 Regulars by herself."
"Pfft! You say only?! She killed 41 Regulars! Even I at that time couldn't do that!"
"...."
"Haah, forget about it. If she only killed 41, who killed the other 189?"
"That boy from your Family, the acclaimed genius was in that District too... He teamed up with another very talented person and the two of them together killed 37 people."
"That still doesn't even come close to 230 people."
"Well, well, you see sir... About 70 killed themselves, which is somewhat expected. And the remaining 80 or so... I think you'd better see for yourself..." Moore chose his words carefully and spoke. With Khun's assent, a strange Pocket appeared in front of Moore, and a hologram showing what happened at the test site appeared.
Khun watched everything carefully and calmly, until...
"What monster is that?! Even a Princess of Zahard or a Ha Family Member doesn't have that kind of strength!"
He almost jumped out of his chair as his eyes widened looking at the hologram. In the hologram, it showed Urek slaughtering several Regulars and practically destroying them easily. He only needs to punch each one!
Moore twisted his lips slightly, holding himself back from speaking, "What will happen in a moment will shock you even more.
Soon, the hologram showed the moment Uriel and Urek met.
-It's been a long time. I'm glad you passed the test, Mazino-ssi.
-Ah? You are...!
Realizing that Urek and Uriel - two Regulars participating in the test - knew each other, Khun looked at Moore with obvious anger on his face. "They knew each other?! Didn't you check their backgrounds before you applied the test?!"
"Khun-nim... I admit it was my fault for being too lazy, however, I suggest that you watch the rest, I am sure even you will be shocked..."
"Humph, well done!" Khun snorted angrily and turned to look at the hologram again. But...
'That's... Shinsu?!'
Just as Moore had predicted, Khun soon widened his eyes deeply. He saw Uriel swinging his sword and white energy coming out of it towards Urek. But a moment later, he shook his head.
'No, it could be that that sword is a Shinsu Control Tool. That's not something very impressive.'
Despite that, his expression changed every few seconds. The scene before him was very unreal. They were only Rank-F Regulars, how could they be so strong? He continued to watch, as his eyes widened once again. He could see Shinsu slowly covering Urek's body.
'Body reinforcement using Shinsu! Who is this child?! Is he the son of any of the 10 Great Families?'
His expression was serious and he was internally shocked by this. However, what he didn't know was that what was going to happen next would shock him even more... The scene of Uriel multiplying and attacking with hundreds of White Shinsu blasts appeared in front of him. And right after that, the scene of Urek destroying hundreds of Shinsu's blasts with just one punch, and right after that, Urek punching so hard that it sent Uriel flying hundreds of feet away.
"....."
Khun watched without being able to utter a single word. His mouth was open in surprise, but no sound came out of it. It was simply a great absurdity!
Moore was also silent with a nervous expression on his face. If something went wrong, he would be practically dead. He was not paying attention at the test site and only realized that something was wrong when he heard the loud noises of Shinsu's explosions from Uriel. In other words, he would receive most of the blame for abandonment of duty.
Khun silently shook his head with a shocked expression, before turning to Moore.
"Moore..."
"What, sir?"
"They are... Those two children, no, those two monsters, they are Irregulars, right?"
"....."
"....."
"... I honestly don't know sir, but the probability is very high."
"Haaah. Just as I thought." Khun sighed as he massaged his temples. His eyes shone with a faint light of fear.
'Irregulars...' Khun couldn't help but feel chills run down his spine.
Irregulars are the real monsters in the Tower! Take for example the famous Enryu who entered the Tower and devastated an entire Floor killing together the Guardian of the Floor. Even if it is not talked about much and nobody dares to talk about it, the 10 Great Chiefs of Families and King Zahard can also be considered Irregulars in some way.
Also...
'Still have the Irregular who broke into Zahard's Palace.'
Khun sighed in complex emotions. When, at that moment, Moore's voice entered his ears again.
"So, Khun-nim... We should warn the superiors...?"
Khun's eyes widened in an instant.
"Warn the superiors?! Are you crazy? If they learn that two Irregulars entered the Tower under our supervision, we'll both be dead! Even more so at a sensitive time like this when an Irregular has broken into Zahard's Palace!!!"
"... So, what should we do?"
"Sigh... That is a very complicated situation."
Moore was silent with a nervous expression. If it were possible, he didn't want to die...
Khun frowned deeply.
'That had to happen right now. When the Ruler-nim was sent to help in the case of the Irregular's invasion of Zahard's Palace.'
Crunch! Crunch!
He bit his fingernail anxiously. Only six Regulars passed the test of an entire District, and two of them are Irregulars. Various possibilities and plans passed through his mind, yet nothing was helpful.
'If we could simply eliminate those Irregulars... Sigh.'
Khun continued biting his nails while sighing every few seconds.
"Err... Khun-nim." At that moment, Moore interrupted his thoughts. Khun turned to him with anger on his face.
"What?!!!"
"The two Irregulars formed a team together with Arie Arisha and passed the second test."
Khun frowned. He knew that Arie Arisha and that black-haired boy were together since when they met the other Irregular they were both walking together.
"What about the other three Regulars?"
"They also formed a team together."
'Hmm...' Khun gnawed his fingernail. Then suddenly an idea came to his mind and his lips arched into a big smile. "Right! How come I didn't think of that before!"
"What, sir?"
"If we can't eliminate them, we can just kick them out!"
"Oh!" Moore's eyes sparkled as well when he understood what Khun meant by that.
"Let's send them to the 3rd Floor and that way we can dodge the responsibility of two Irregulars entering the Tower!"
"Great idea sir! However, isn't it a bad idea to send them without doing any testing?"
"Humph, if you can think of that, why couldn't I? We can have the two teams fight each other in a test, and the reward will be to be able to skip the general tests and advance directly to the 3rd Floor. Then we'll teach them the basics of positions and kick them out to the 3rd Floor!"
"Really!"
Khun's eyes sparkled with brief cunning. He could simply push the responsibility of two Irregulars entering the Tower to the 3rd Floor. Humph, what would it matter if he was condemning them? He was sure they would do the same if they were in his position. At least he could preserve his life...
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