Chapter 2: Return (1)
With the collapse of the underground civilization, the superhuman and dungeon industries also collapsed.
It was because there were no more dungeons to attack.
but.
-If there is no dungeon, let's make it.
Dungeon Industries came up with this idea.
That's how Battlefield was born.
It was a new sport in which superhumans teamed up and fought each other in a virtual dungeon.
The tremendous violence that the superhumans unfold with their tremendous physical abilities and supernatural powers intensely captivated the public.
Battlefield quickly became the world's leading major sport.
Of course, there were countries that rejected Battlefield because of its violence.
A representative country is Korea.
The Korean government did not allow Battlefield at all because it thought it stimulated the violence of superhumans.
This was a big mistake.
After the government's position was expressed, many superhumans who dreamed of Battlefield went abroad.
The outflow of superhumans will soon lead to a decline in national power.
Only then did the government hurriedly approve Battlefield and create leagues and associations.
However, all of the talented superintendents left Korea and acquired nationality abroad.
Due to this, Korea fell into a weak battlefield country in an instant.
Seo Mun-yeop and Baek Je-ho.
It was a miserable downfall for a country that produced as many as two of the seven heroes who saved humanity.
***
Korea vs. France.
Battlefield national team A match.
Tens of thousands of spectators filled the amphitheater, cheering enthusiastically while watching the large screens installed in four directions.
However, despite the support, the Korean national team was ruthlessly destroyed.
-Danger! The French attack has started, but our players can't respond properly! What are you doing?!
- Nathan! Nathan Bernach! Nathan is slaughtering our players! 6 kills! 7 kills?!
Korean players died mercilessly.
Of course, only the avatar in the virtual space is destroyed, and there is no problem with real life.
Athletes' avatars are supposed to dissipate when they receive a fatal blow, at which point the pain is blocked but the psychological impact remains.
Because of this, Battlefield players are receiving psychiatrist's care every day, and even so, they are retiring due to mental problems.
Was it like that?
Once they started to be pushed back, the Korean national team panicked and panicked.
The Korean team was crushed without proper organized resistance.
"What the hell are you doing!"
Manager Baek Je-ho, who was watching the game in the dugout, screamed.
This was his third match as the coach of the Korean national team.
Since they lost their last two games in a row, they should have shown some change this time around.
but······.
Even Baek Je-ho, a member of the 7 Heroes and a friend of Seo Moon-yeop, could not save the Korean national team.
"No matter how much his opponent is Nathan Bernach, a world-class player, he couldn't resist anything like that…"
An idiot who couldn't move because he was intimidated by a star player.
-Oh no, it will be annihilated soon!
It was a sight that shocked even the broadcasters. Like autumn leaves, the Korean team was annihilated.
-The 2nd set is also a great victory for France as 11 members of the Korean national team were wiped out.
-1st set 2-11, 2nd set 1-11. It's really disgraceful. At least Baek Ha-yeon continued to score kills and tried her best alone, but it was useless.
-Yes, it was just a one-sided game that ended.
"Ooh ooh!!"
"Just get out and die!"
"Is this a national team game?"
"Change the national team! Everything except Baek Ha-yeon!"
Tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium expressed their anger.
Baekje-ho sighed.
'It's shit.'
It was purely because of his daughter that Baek Je-ho, who already had both wealth and honor, was newly appointed as the national coach of Battlefield.
Baek Ha-yeon, the only Korean national team player who performed normally today, was the daughter of Baek Je-ho.
Baek Ha-yeon, who received attention as the daughter of the 7 heroes, surely became famous for her unique basic skills and sense, and quickly became a national representative.
However, since becoming a national representative, Baek Ha-yeon suffered from the national team that fell into a losing streak.
She praised her for being the daughter of a hero, but after losing a game, she cursed at her for not being active.
Even within the national team, the pain was doubled because there were people who were flirting with the subject without skill.
That's why Baek Je-ho accepted the position of director to help his daughter. She was fed up with public opinion making a fuss about her father and daughter becoming national representatives together.
Even that expectation would have disappeared now.
After the game, players came out one by one from the cylindrical connection module installed next to the dugout.
Baek Ha-yeon, her daughter, also bowed her head with resentment.
Baekje-ho felt bitter.
At one time, there was a time when superhumans in Korea were evaluated as having a strong fighting spirit.
It was the story of the Underground War.
But it was all a thing of the past.
Now, they were Korean players with not only skills but also mental strength.
Because all the guys with strong qualities went abroad in the past.
'Or dead.'
Baek Je-ho remembered the dead Seo Mun-yeop.
- You guys.
The last dungeon to collapse.
It was a time when they had been released from control and were being chased by rampaging monsters.
-When you go back, write one of my biography of great people.
Seo Moon-yeop left his famous will and turned around and jumped at the monsters.
It was a back that Baekjeho could never forget.
'Yeop, I wish you were alive.'
A day like today reminded me of a friend who had died especially.
If Seo Mun-yeop had been alive, a situation like today would not have happened.
If it were Seo Moon-yeop, he would have been the best both as a player and as a manager.
Because he was a great leader who led the final dungeon raid.
"Director, you have to go to the interview."
The coach cautiously spoke to Baek Je-ho.
Baekjeho nodded.
"I'm going to make a public apology. That's why they put me in charge."
"Director..."
"This team is unreasonable. too weak Basic prayer, spirit too."
"You haven't been a director for a while, have you? This is the beginning."
"No, I should at least express my resignation in this interview."
"Go, Director!"
"I don't know if even Seo Moon-yeop came back alive. It's too much for me. I have to quit quickly before it damages my reputation further."
"Go, if even the director quits, there really is no answer."
The coaches held back.
In fact, the scariest thing was the anger of the people.
Currently, the only person who can handle it is the national hero, Baekje-ho.
Because of Baek Je-ho, who is forgiven no matter what he does, the coaching staff of the national team was able to breathe.
But that was their situation, and Baekje-ho was no longer motivated.
'I'll have to take responsibility for this defeat and resign.'
It was a time when I was filled with thoughts of quickly shaking my hands off.
Suddenly, the phone buzzed and vibrated.
The sender is Park Jin-tae, president of the Korean Battlefield Association. He was a writer who begged to be a director.
"Yes, president of the association."
-Hey, did you hear the news?
"The news that the national team suffered a crushing defeat and disgraced the country? I saw it right in front of my nose."
- Oh, this friend, not that!
"Then what?"
-Seo Moon-yeop!
For a moment, Baekje-ho's expression stiffened.
Baekje-ho had a special longing for Seo Mun-yeop, but he did not like it when his name was mentioned by others.
However, whether he knew it or not, the president of the association continued to speak in an excited voice without notice.
-Seo Moon-yeop is back alive!
At those words, Baekje-ho made an impression.
"I don't know what kind of rookie he is, but don't give him that name."
- No, I don't mean that. Literally, not a metaphor, Seo Mun-yeop is back alive!
"What bullshit is that?"
-Dungeon returners!
"yes?"
Dungeon Returner.
It refers to a superman who returned from the dungeon, but it was a word that is not even used now, 17 years after the end of the Underground War.
- A returnee from a dungeon where a 17-year space-time distortion occurred!
In an instant, Baekje-ho's thinking stiffened.
When returning from a dungeon, space-time distortion occurs for several hours to several days.
However, the 17-year-old space-time distortion has never been reported.
It was then.
-To all the spectators leaving the stadium, breaking news came in urgently for a while. I don't know how to explain this, but...
It seemed that the relay staff at the stadium had just received the breaking news.
- Let's watch the video first.
Soon, a shocking video was played on the large screen.
The focus was poor because it was taken by a normal person with a cell phone.
A heavily armed man from the days of the Underground War collapsed in Gwanghwamun Square, covered in blood.
What kind of dramatic production is this?
The real Seo Moon-yeop dying under the statue of Seo Moon-yeop standing openly.
Seeing Seo Moon-yeop's face, Baek Je-ho got goosebumps.
'It's a real lobe!'
The damaged state of the armor that became a rag must have been the form of being attacked by monsters.
A veteran superman who risked his life in the dungeon at that time could be recognized at a glance. It is true that he had a fight with a monster.
-As you can see, a dungeon returner presumed to be Mr. Seo Mun-yeop appeared at Gwanghwamun Square.
Thousands of spectators were shocked.
The Korean national team players as well as the French national team were surprised.
-Notify again. Seo Mun-yeop is back alive. He was 17 years late, but he was alive.
I was blown away by the shock.
The next moment, Baek Je-ho was running out of the arena.
Baek Je-ho got into a car parked in an underground parking lot without even thinking about using his psychic power, teleportation, because he was so impatient.
'Nonsense, how can I come back from there alive?'
Baekje Lake also saw a group of monsters running wild out of control.
that fear.
that despair.
Seo Moon-yeop jumped into it.
A clear memory that I still have as a nightmare.
However, Seo Mun-yeop was always a man who made miracles.
'If it's a leaf...!'
More than half thought that it might be a hoax someone was playing with.
However, hope was raised.
***
"Gagging!"
The man let out a scream at the sharp stabbing pain.
The pain awakened the slumbering mind.
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the white ceiling of the hospital room.
Linked ringer on his arm.
And the doctors in white coats who are out of breath as if they ran in haste.
"Seo Moon-yeop, are you awake?"
Moon-Yup Seo.
When he heard his name, his hazy mind began to clear.
I looked around and took stock of the situation.
"hospital?"
"Yes, this is Korea University Hospital."
"···how?"
"yes? So by ambulance..."
"How am I alive?"
Seo Moon-yeop barely managed to get a long question out of his mouth.
No doctor could answer this.
They really wanted to ask.
I thought I was dead, but how did I live?
why did you come back now?
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