Chapter 60 – The Raider

Black Armor’s crew encountered an unexpected sight.

The ground was dug up here and there in the aftermath of the battle, and the ruins were stained red with blood and flesh.

There was only one person standing among them.

Lee Lee Se-min.

A small humanoid demon was lying in front of him.

The appearance matched the goblin I read about in the materials.

He even killed the Disaster Demon Beast.

“Brother!”

As Hyeonjaeyoung ran, she suddenly made eye contact with Lee Lee Se-min. I flinched. Something was different. It’s not overbearing. Lee Lee Se-min felt an atmosphere that was somehow detached, like a vast wilderness so vast that no matter how much you scream, no echo came back.

Lee Lee Se-min, who was expressionless, laughed.

Then the mysterious atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

“Isn’t it too late?”

“Brother.”

“Take care of the people. There are a lot of people alive.”

Only then did Hyeonjaeyoung look around. People were falling and writhing. Before Hyeonjaeyoung could react, Ahn Seongjun, who was standing behind him, spoke.

“Everyone is handling the scene.”

“Yes!”

Black Armor members collected the bodies of the dead and provided first aid to the injured.

Hyeonjaeyoung approached Lee Lee Se-min.

For some reason, it was difficult to talk to him. Even though they said they came to help Lee Lee Se-min, in the end, he and Ahn Seong-jun were Black Armor members of the Radar Management Bureau. Some part of the disaster that occurred here was their responsibility.

If the director had decided to provide support, these sacrifices may not had occurred.

“It wasn’t sent by the director, right?”

“Yes.”

“Children. It’s rewarding to raise them.”

Lee Lee Se-min kicked Hyeonjaeyoung’s butt.

“See? You’re a disaster beast, and this is what happens if you catch me. Now, don’t be so fussy.”

“I’m not usually fussy.”

He joked around like he used to.

It was like before the world was destroyed by demonic beasts.

However, Hyun Jae-young could not see it clearly.

“Brother, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Lee Lee Se-min, who was tapping the goblin’s corpse with his foot, suddenly turned his head.

“There, wait a minute.”

Lee Lee Se-min pointed a finger at the Black Armor member. The operator flinched and stopped what he was doing.

“Yes?”

“What do you do with the body?”

“We collect it and burn it right away.”

Lee Lee Se-min was staring at the body he was trying to lift.

The Black Armor member realized something and asked.

“Perhaps… would you like to ask separately?”

“No.”

Lee Lee Se-min shook his head.

“Just, I’ll move it over there.”

“I understand.”

Lee Lee Se-min walked over and picked up Bang Yubi’s body.

In the middle of the battle scene, corpses were being collected in a hollow crater. Black Armor’s members were roughly throwing the bodies, but as Lee Lee Se-min approached, they noticed and began to carefully pile them up.

“Are you okay?”

Ryu Gwan-cheol, who had recovered from his injuries, was staggering towards him.

“Brother.”

“He was a good kid.”

“Yes.”

Lee Lee Se-min placed Bang Yubi on top of the pile of corpses.

Corpses piled up again on top of her.

Lee Lee Se-min closed his eyes.

“Not only Yubi, but all of them were good friends.”

“That’s right.”

Everyone stood against the disaster beast. No one ran away. He even threw himself in to save Lee Lee Se-min who was in danger. Their deaths ultimately rested on Lee Lee Se-min’s shoulders.

“Brother.”

Lee Lee Se-min buried his head in Ryu Gwan-cheol’s chest.

Ryu Gwan-cheol’s thick hand came to rest on Lee Lee Se-min’s shoulder.

It was a warm hand.

“Cooperate with the Radar Bureau.”

“…….”

“And, just hang in there. It won’t take long. I’ll end this fight.”

“Did you hear something from the goblin?”

“Yes.”

When Lee Lee Se-min raised his head, Ryu Gwan-cheol was looking down at him with gentle eyes.

He didn’t change.

Ryu Gwan-cheol when I first met him at the gym and gave him a thumbs up, and Ryu Gwan-cheol who was looking down at him now were not any different.

He always looked at him with a gentle smile.

“I believe it.”

The pile of corpses caught fire.

Acrid smoke rose.

Lee Lee Se-min stared at the flames without even blinking.

“The smoke is spicy.”

Lee Lee Se-min said this while wiping his eyes with his sleeve.

***

Ryu Gwan-cheol returned to his base under the escort of Ahn Seong-jun.

Lee Lee Se-min returned to Heron Base with Hyeonjaeyoung.

Upon returning, Lee Lee Se-min entered the headquarters building to meet the director.

Radar Management Bureau employees and Black Armor members blocked the way, but when Lee Lee Se-min showed off his aura and protested with force, they eventually cleared the way.

Oh Jeong-hee, who was watching the scene, whistled.

“You monster, really.”

He realized that Lee Lee Se-min had grown further through this fight. However, it was impossible to estimate the level at all. Lee Lee Se-min had already left the realm he knew and was heading to a distant place.

Lee Lee Se-min soon went down to the basement of the Radar Management Bureau headquarters.

He threw the goblin’s body in front of the director.

[That’s amazing.]

Even the director seemed surprised, looking down at the goblin’s corpse and remaining silent for a while.

“What are your plans?”

Lee Lee Se-min suddenly asked.

The director narrowed his eyes.

[What does it mean?]

“Literally, what are your plans for the future? Is your goal to whine while holding on to your collapsing body while using that black auror thing?”

The director chuckled at his words.

[That’s not wrong. that’s right. The goal is to delay the destruction of humanity as much as possible.]

“Then let me tell you my plan this time.”

[Do you have a plan too?]

“Oh. I have it now.”

Lee Lee Se-min said the name.

“Badurbarok.”

At those words, the director looked into Lee Lee Se-min’s eyes.

Lee Lee Se-min did not avoid his gaze.

The eyes of the old man trapped in the capsule and the raider who had declared the raid collided.

“It seems you know about Badurbarok.”

[I only heard the name.]

“I’m going to kill him.”

[What happens if I kill him?]

“This fight is over.”

[How can you believe it?]

“You don’t have to believe it. I’m going to kill him.”

[Is this something you can do?]

If a being called Badurbarok started this entire war, then he must had the force he deserves.

He was the one who opens the gate and causes countless demonic beasts to fall to Earth.

Killing him and ending this war was equivalent to saying that Lee Lee Se-min would had to handle Badurbarok’s troops.

Lee Lee Se-min grinned.

“It’s not a question of whether you can do it. Someone has to do it.”

In response, the director was silent.

Lee Lee Se-min added.

“I’m a raider. I have to raid.”

Radar.

Those who became the hunters, not the hunted.

There was no more radar in this broken world. They now wield their weapons not to subdue their enemies, but to avoid death. Survival, not hunting, became their goal.

But there was still a man who called himself Raider.

The director stared at Lee Lee Se-min.

[When do you plan to leave?]

“Tomorrow.”

[It’s fast.]

“There is no time to hesitate.”

[If you need anything, let me know. I will prepare it.]

“Okay.”

Lee Lee Se-min turned and said goodbye.

“I don’t plan on coming back to say hello, so I hope this is the last time. Just die before I come back.”

The director laughed out loud.

Lee Lee Se-min closed the door and left.

The director stared at the closed door for a while.

Old memories passed by.

When he was young, there was a man who said the same thing as Lee Lee Se-min.

‘I will kill Badurbarok.’

The man smiled confidently, mentioning an unidentified name.

He asked the same question back then.

‘Is this something you can do?’

‘It doesn’t matter if you can do it. ‘I do it because it’s something I have to do.’

‘Do we really have to go that far?’

‘Because I’m a radar.’

That’s how Han Soo-in passed into the other world.

And it failed.

The results were disastrous.

In order to leave Han Soo-in as a hero, we made him die while saving people. Only a few people know the truth. The man who was swallowed by the demon beast was not a Han beast, but an elaborate mannequin.

Badurbarok.

I thought it was Han Soo-in’s mistake.

I thought it was an illusion created by his persistence.

But today the name came back.

If such a being really exists, there was no way it could be killed.

However, the director thought again as he looked down at the goblin’s corpse.

He thought the impossible this morning too.

Lee Lee Se-min believed that dealing with the Disaster Beast was suicidal.

However, Lee Lee Se-min killed the goblin and brought the body before his eyes.

[Indeed.]

He smiled faintly, recalling a word he had erased a long time ago.

The last being trapped in Pandora’s box, unable to escape, began knocking on the door.

***

The next morning, Lee Lee Se-min received a backpack from Hyeonjaeyoung. It was a combat uniform used by Black Armor. It contained things that Lee Lee Se-min needed.

Lee Lee Se-min, who was silently packing his luggage, suddenly spoke.

“Jaeyoung.”

“Brother.”

“Please protect Eugene.”

Hyeonjaeyoung nodded.

“I understand.”

“Don’t do anything foolish either.”

“I won’t.”

“It won’t take long. You know me, right?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“If you catch me, you’ll all die.”

Hyeonjaeyoung asked as she watched Lee Lee Se-min giving lupus to the general.

“Aren’t you disappointed in me?”

“You bastard.”

Lee Lee Se-min laughed and kicked Hyeonjaeyoung’s butt.

“You have to have expectations to be disappointed. You, man, have not yet transformed into a human being.”

Hyeonjaeyoung also laughed.

“Then, let’s go.”

The goodbye wasn’t long.

After completing preparations, Lee Lee Se-min left the Heron base without a sound.

He went north.

I passed through the ruins, killed the demon beasts, and climbed over the tattered iron fence.

I looked at the map, looked at the direction, and reminisced about past memories.

At the end, Lee Lee Se-min reached the former North Korean military fortress, where no one lives anymore.

Not even a body could be found, let alone a human being. Occasionally, demonic beasts observed his movements from afar, but they did not dare to attack him. The overwhelming aura flowing from him broke the spirit of the magical beast.

As we entered the fortress, traces of the buildings that he and Noh Hak-jae had demolished appeared. There were traces of battle here and there. Lee Lee Se-min chuckled, recalling the memory of causing a fuss with Noh Hak-jae.

He soon reached the center of the fortress.

There was a gate to hell there.

Although it no longer served as a gate, the old embers still remained, burning black and blue energies in the pit.

“It’s been a while.”

Lee Lee Se-min opened his military chest and took out the equipment.

It was a gate opener.

It was originally heavier and larger, but the radar management agency made it lighter after research. Now that the world was ruined, it was useless and was stuck in a corner of the warehouse.

Lee Lee Se-min took out one more. When I peeled off the rolled up package, what looked like a glass bead with bluish light emanating from it appeared.

It was a product made by gathering magicite crystals together and processing them.

Lee Lee Se-min looked down into the dark pit.

An unidentified being appeared beyond the gates of hell, and the image of Noh Hak-jae, who tried to save him even as he was bleeding, flashed from beyond.

Now it’s his turn.

“Elder, please watch over me.”

Lee Lee Se-min threw the processed magic stone into the pit.

It fell into the deep darkness.

There was no crashing sound.

The evil energy spreading from the gates of hell stirred once, a bluish energy began to rotate, and the darkness began to deepen. Chaos emerged. The black energy discharged violently, as if it were about to explode.

Lee Lee Se-min immediately activated the gate opener.

The gate opener flashed a bluish light. It soon connected to the revived Hell Gate and performed its role.

A red air current resembling an iris appears.

The gate was wide open.

I couldn’t see anything beyond that. Lee Lee Se-min felt a foul smell seeping into his nose. The climate of another world was waiting for him beyond the gate.

Lee Lee Se-min took a deep breath.

I had no idea what I would encounter beyond here.

I might die.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t scared.

But, it’s something he had to do.

Just before the goblin died, Lee Lee Se-min’s spirit was connected to the goblin through a necklace. Even Lee Lee Se-min could see the dying goblin’s lantern. Numerous images passed by.

The devil who caused all these tragedies was in this world.

“Badurbarok.”

kill the guy

That was his mission.

“Wait.”

Lee Lee Se-min jumped without hesitation.

His figure disappeared beyond the gate.

The gate of hell that swallowed him stirred once, spewed out dark blue energy, and died.

Lee Lee Se-min.

Humanity’s last radar.

The raid started.