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Chapter 171

“The Rift of Antarctica”

Hajin Kang sent all Awoken out of the pit.

Everyone was in doubt, but still trusted Ha-jin Kang and went outside.

Although the Guardians and Defenders were rivals, they still believed that the purpose of saving the Earth was the same.

However, they couldn’t get rid of the slightest bit of anxiety, so they all looked back.

Hajin Kang seemed to know roughly the cause of their misunderstanding.

When the rest of the Earth is stable, the opposite will happen here in the rift.

When the Earth is stable, the cracks become unstable.

It was natural. The forces that destabilize the world gather again into the rift.

Stabilizing here meant that the power of the rift was spreading all over the earth.

‘By the way, it feels a little strange, isn’t it?’

Ha-jin Kang felt that the power felt from the cracks in Antarctica was somehow familiar.

He was familiar yet unfamiliar.

He wasn’t the power of the system he felt every time he saw the dungeon. It was a force that was too far off.

Ha-jin Kang continued to tilt his head until the Awoken came out of the pit and returned to the barracks, thinking about why this power was familiar.

“Ah!”

Kang Ha-jin let out an exclamation without knowing it. He had no choice but to do so. Because I found out why this power is familiar.

This is exactly what I felt when I saw Jason before.

At the time, he didn’t really feel the source of his power, but it was not clear because it was just a vaguely skinny feeling.

So I thought about it, but it became much clearer when I remembered exactly Jason.

Hajin Kang looked at the crack with strange eyes.

‘So… this rift seems to be a passageway to Jason’s world.’

It crossed the road and came to Earth.

Hajin Kang concentrated the power of the crack controller here.

If he knew exactly where the crack was, it was possible to maximize the effectiveness of the crack controller.

The cracks were shrunk in an instant by an extremely high-efficiency crack modifier.

However, in return, the unstable force emanating from the crack was much greater.

Perhaps if Ha-jin Kang had not taken any action, the Awoken who had returned to the barracks would have rushed back.

But they felt nothing.

Because the field of distortion had already spread here.

The force generated from the crack was greatly swaying the pit by the force of distortion and returning to the crack again.

Basically, cracks are like holes in erosion. Therefore, when the force from the crack is returned to the crack, it becomes more stable and decreases in size.

‘It would be nice if there was a way to completely eliminate it…’

Obviously there must be a way.

Originally, Ha-jin Kang tried to make the cracks invisible by spreading the cover-up.

But I realized that doing so would not solve the problem.

Maybe Jason will run to you when you know that the rift here is gone. And it will get rid of Raphasid’s pattern.

Then it goes back to normal. They will be terrified of the sense of betrayal towards Kang Ha-jin.

Hajin Kang, thinking that far, went out of the pit and headed for the barracks.

First, I decided to try a conversation.

* * *

Of course, the awakened people did not believe Kang Ha-jin at all.

They firmly believed that what they had done so far was to protect the earth. But in fact, how can you accept that you are destroying the earth?

But they too were skeptical.

Because the timing was so coincidental. Also, the cracks got bigger after Ash visited.

Jason said the cracks were getting bigger, but he was in the process of finding stability.

They had no choice but to believe it.

“Let’s go see the rift first.”

At Hajin Kang’s words, the awakened rushed out and ran into the pit.

And a remarkably shrunken crack was confirmed.

“The cracks have been reduced….”

To that, Hajin Kang replied.

“But this was the limit. Don’t be afraid of growing unstable forces from the rift. If that power doesn’t come from here, it will be exerted elsewhere on Earth.”

What if the force of the rift appeared elsewhere on Earth?

“That’s a dungeon.”

Kang Ha-jin said that and brought out one reasonable doubt of his.

“By the way, are there any other cracks managed by the Defenders besides this one?”

The awakened people did not respond hastily to Kang Ha-jin’s question.

To be honest, I didn’t know it very well, and it’s not something I could just guess, and I still couldn’t really believe in Kang Ha-jin.

But their reaction was enough.

“You seem to have a guess.”

When the awakened people did not answer, Hajin Kang turned his words around.

“Can you teach me that magic refining method?”

One of the Awoken cried out to close the rift, as I will teach you earlier.

However, once this situation came to pass, it was difficult to teach it.

Hajin Kang calmly spoke to the hesitant awakenings.

“If that’s really a refining method to prevent cracks, there’s no reason why I can’t teach you. Wouldn’t the crack be more stable if I use it? The same goes for preaching to other people.”

It wasn’t wrong. And it didn’t seem like Ha-jin Kang was trying to promote a rift in their view.

At least the Guardians have been working hard to block the dungeon and save the Earth so far.

“good.”

When someone stepped out, everyone looked at him. Everyone seemed to be agitated.

He taught Ha-jin Kang how to refine magic. It was a kind of breathing method and a method of mana management.

Hajin Kang, who heard all of this, tried it himself.

It was simpler than I thought, so I learned it quickly by trying it once.

At that moment, something touched Ha-jin Kang’s senses.

Kang Ha-jin looked around him in surprise. Then he sharpened his senses and spread them widely.

He wanted to see what had touched his senses, but he could hardly find it.

Ha-jin Kang tilted his head and concentrated on his magic method again.

The moment he tried it again, he felt the same again.

Something touched Ha-jin’s senses. It wasn’t just a sense, it was a sense related to the system.

Hajin Kang’s expression hardened. It felt like I knew the cause.

“Who taught you this magic refining method?”

The Awoken made a puzzled expression.

“It was Jason himself. Do you have any problems…?”

Hajin Kang shook his head for once.

“It’s just that there’s something I want to check. Please wait.”

Hajin Kang used his magic again. This time it felt much clearer. Whenever he used magic, he was touching the senses associated with the system.

‘Why are you doing this? What does this mean?’

Kang Ha-jin thought deeply and decided to leave it to his instincts.

He used his magic once more. He touched his senses, but once and for all, he refined his magic over and over again.

After repeating that five times, Ha-jin Kang found out why he felt this way.

This was the magic of other systems.

It was a magic operation method that had not yet been registered in this system.

Hajin Kang instinctively connected it to the system.

Then something amazing happened.

[Neusnemid Basic Magical Operation Method (A)][The most basic method of mana management in Neusnemid. It is the most versatile and stable magic operation method among the magic methods of the dimension name Neusnemid.]

That magic trick has just been registered as a skill.

The moment it was registered as a skill, all the awakened people who were watching Kang Ha-jin were astonished.

Since it was registered as a skill, the skills related to how to use the magic they learned were born.

Hajin Kang concentrated more and checked the information.

[The most effective way to use magic when expanding the rift connected to Neusnemid from another dimension.]

This was the key.

However, there was no way to convey this essence to them as it is.

When Ha-jin Kang was thinking about that part, the awakened people were in confusion.

“What the hell is this? Neusnemid? How to use magic?”

Everyone was bewildered by the sudden skill. But it was clear that it was the magic trick he learned from Jason.

Looking at the description, it was clear that Neusnemid had a different dimension.

But why did Jason teach you how to use magic in a different dimension?

Besides, when I checked the description, it didn’t seem to have anything to do with the rift.

So it was just confusing.

Why the hell did Jason teach you this? And why did he say this could close the crack?

The first thought that came to mind was that although there was no description of the skill, there was an effect of preventing cracks in this magic method.

“What the hell is this? And why did this happen?”

One of the Awoken asked so. But he didn’t ask because he thought he’d get an answer either.

It was just an exclamation.

But Kang Ha-jin didn’t want to just spill it and pass it on.

If you focus through a peek, you can check deeper information, but isn’t it really okay to pass it on to others?

Ha-jin Kang said to the awakened people with a sudden thought.

“The skill that has just been created, please pay more attention.”

“Yes? What do you mean…”

“After seeing everyone’s reactions, I think it is because what I am seeing is different. Doesn’t it seem like the skill description didn’t mention rifts?”

Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise at the word crack.

“After all, it was a skill related to the rift!”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Awakened people all concentrated on skill description in their own way. It was an action I was sure that there was more to explain.

Hajin Kang concentrated on giving them the information he had.

I don’t know if it will work or not, but it didn’t hurt to try.

If Ha-jin Kang explains information about this skill in words, they will not believe it, so I have to make it work.

How focused were you?

“uh! Out!”

Someone screamed in surprise.

After that, the number of people who could check the explanations that followed increased.

And as soon as they checked the explanation, they sat down with bewildered expressions.

They bowed their heads with a complex expression of extreme betrayal and shame, a mixture of despair and anger.

Anyway, thanks to that, I don’t have to persuade them hard. You should have known everything about what’s going on now.

Knowing that what they were doing was actually making the rift worse, they wouldn’t do it any more.

Maybe it’ll come out of The Defenders, I don’t know.

Even within the Defenders, these Awakeners were quite talented.

So, if they left, the power of the Defenders would be weakened.

Ha-jin Kang was the only person who kept calm here.

Hajin Kang calmly opened his mouth.

“I think it would be better to hide this fact for now. And from now on, you must protect this rift.”

The Awoken nodded with a firm expression on their faces. They’re cheap shit, so it’s not right for them to get rid of them.

“I will. I’m going to stop anyone from touching this rift.”

One of the Awoken raised his hand with a worried look.

“I reported to the upper management earlier that the crack was strange. What?”

“As long as Jason doesn’t come in person, it won’t be a problem. If there are more people coming, let them know and make them on the same side.”

“If we go through the same process as us, they will surely hold our hand.”

They spoke in a confident tone.

The Awoken of the Defenders were those who became supporters to gain wealth and fame.

But basically, the most important thing was to become a hero to save the planet.

If it is an organization that is destroying the planet, no matter how much money they give, few people will remain here.

At least they believed so.

“If Jason comes, you have to fool him. Maybe… Jason is a lot stronger than you think.”

“I will.”

Kang Ha-jin looked at them with an expression of relief for an hour and asked the last question.

“Where are the other rifts besides this one?”