WTSG 7

The Beginning of the Pair (1)

Even though he knew it was for quick teleportation, his heart pounded.

“Don’t unconsciously do any guiding.”

As Kang Junwoo quickly embraced him, Tae Ijae wrapped his hand around Kang Junwoo’s waist and spoke.

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“I won’t.”

As soon as Kang Junwoo finished answering, Tae Ijae teleported. 

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Instinctively closing and opening his eyes, Kang Junwoo’s face hardened at the sight before him. 

Most of the village buildings had collapsed, and enormous monsters resembling dragonflies were flying around, flapping their grotesque wings. Fortunately, it seemed the villagers had evacuated to the shelters.

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“Go to a safe place and set up a barrier.”

“…Ah…”

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Tae Ijae, who was about to move, looked at Kang Junwoo at the sound of his voice.

“Didn’t you bring your personal barrier?”

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Tae Ijae’s brow furrowed.

“… It’s been a while since I’ve had a pair…”

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“Haah.”

Tae Ijae let out an exasperated sigh and pulled Kang Junwoo closer by the waist.

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Then, in an instant, he teleported to the front of the village’s shelter, released him, and bit his thumbnail, splattering blood into the air as he scribbled something. With a buzzing sound, a golden transparent barrier unfolded in front of the shelter and Kang Junwoo.

“Stay put, Hyung.”

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And he then vanished in an instant.

Kang Junwoo suddenly realized again that Tae Ijae was an SS-class Esper. Indeed, the personal barriers Espers could create were only large enough for about three people. 

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Moreover, while Tae Ijae created the barrier in an instant, it usually took ordinary Espers a long time to do so. That’s why Guides carried specially made portable barriers.

Barriers created by Espers’ abilities mainly served as a defense against monsters that Espers couldn’t detect, protecting Guides and civilians at the scene. The color and strength of the barrier varied depending on its owner.

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Tae Ijae, the only SS-class Esper in the First Army, had a barrier that shone with a transparent golden light, fitting his light attribute. It seemed like a very strong defense; it would probably withstand an attack from an R-class monster.

Kang Junwoo looked around at the barrier, which resembled Tae Ijae’s eye color.

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Seeing that he had made the barrier large enough to protect even the people inside the shelter, Kang Junwoo thought that Tae Ijae might be quite a considerate person, more than he appeared.

Then, he suddenly recalled the duties of a dedicated or paired Guide. They would set up a barrier at a distance from the scene and wait, providing emergency guidance only when their Esper flew over needing it before sending them back to the field. 

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But Tae Ijae wouldn’t receive his guiding, which meant Kang Junwoo would have nothing to do with this mission.

Kang Junwoo felt awkward, realizing that he had no role in the pair he had agreed to. Whether Tae Ijae was aware of Kang Junwoo’s feelings or not, he was busy dealing with the dragonfly-like monsters flying around. 

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The golden light emanating from his hands quickly spread into sharp spikes, piercing the monsters’ eyes, bodies, and wings. The monsters, which seemed to number over thirty, were soon reduced to ten, and as Tae Ijae rose into the air to deal with those ten, he locked eyes with a massive leader-type monster staring back at him. Behind the leader-type monster, a Yellow Gate shimmered.

Tae Ijae launched an attack at the ten monsters rapidly flying towards him, and not a single one escaped his assault, all collapsing to the ground.

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It was then that Tae Ijae’s eyes turned a deeper shade of gold, nearing the color of a berserk state. He realized that the power within him was raging wildly. He considered whether he should take a suppressant, but the leader-type monster suddenly flew in to attack him.

Tae Ijae narrowly dodged the leader monster’s attack.

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‘Damn, no time for that.’

Muttering curses under his breath, Tae Ijae channeled his light-attribute ability into his palm, wondering why he had made this mistake of forgetting to take his suppressant today, something he always does before heading into the field.

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He couldn’t understand what had distracted him so much that he left his brain behind. He didn’t think he’d go berserk just from dealing with one A-class leader monster, but the uncertainty of when the gate would close was the issue. Even though the leader monster had emerged from the gate, there was no telling how many more monsters might emerge from inside.

Gates always had variables, and those variables increased the risk of Espers going berserk.

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Tae Ijae began to regulate his power, thinking that he needed to conserve enough strength to teleport back after clearing Zone 04, regardless of the gate.

He briefly considered whether he could dodge the incoming monster attacks long enough to take his suppressant. Since the monsters were flying types, Tae Ijae also had to fight in mid-air, requiring more and more energy. As he deftly dodged and countered the leader monster’s attacks, a sudden, breath-stopping pain surged from his back. Before he could even turn his head, another leader monster, identical in size to the one in front of him, was flying towards him.

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‘Damn, what is this? A mutant species…?!’

Tae Ijae quickly mustered his strength and launched simultaneous attacks at both monsters.

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However, he was struck on the shoulder by one of them, and he fell to the ground.

Though Tae Ijae wasn’t one to be taken down by a mere A-class mutant, the surprise attack from behind had made him stagger, and his injured body increased the risk of going berserk, causing him to instinctively hold back.

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Feeling ashamed of himself for being attacked by an A-class mutant and ending up on the ground, he barely had time to think before both monsters charged at him simultaneously.

Tae Ijae unleashed an elemental attack on one of them, and just as he was about to attack the other, a heavy sensation coursed through his body, signaling the onset of a berserk state.

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The remaining monster flew towards Tae Ijae at a terrifying speed. Tae Ijae gritted his teeth and tightly shut his eyes. His abilities had an instinctive self-protection mechanism, so while he might break a bone, he wouldn’t die. The thought of being taken down by an A-class, even if it was a mutant, due to the simple mistake of not taking a suppressant was humiliating, but he resigned himself to the fact that he couldn’t receive guidance. But, when he didn’t feel any part of his body being pierced or broken, Tae Ijae instinctively opened his eyes.

In that instant, his eyes widened in shock.

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Standing in front of him was Kang Junwoo, blocking the dragonfly-like monster three times his size by stabbing one of its eyes with a dagger from who knows where.

“…Kang Junwoo?”

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“Did you bring the suppressant?! Take it now!”

Kang Junwoo shouted at Tae Ijae while struggling to hold his ground. It was said that S-class Guides were born with basic combat abilities, and seeing it firsthand, the ability was quite impressive. Tae Ijae quickly reached into his pocket, pulled out a pill bottle, and swallowed a suppressant. But it would take five minutes for the drug to spread through his body.

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Tae Ijae hoped Kang Junwoo could hold out for those five minutes as he quickly got back on his feet.

The suppressant hadn’t taken effect yet, and his entire body throbbed with a pounding sensation. Tae Ijae instinctively shook his head several times and placed his hand over Kang Junwoo, who was holding the dagger embedded in the monster’s eye. Instantly, a yellow light flowed from Tae Ijae’s hand into the dagger and began to spread into the monster’s eye.

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The monster flapped its massive wings, trying to dislodge the dagger from its eye. The yellow light spread throughout the monster’s body and wings, and then, with a pop, the monster’s body exploded. The monster, burst by the power of the light attribute, scattered into yellow dust in the air. It looked like a firework had gone off. However, before Kang Junwoo could even marvel at the sight, he turned and wrapped his arms around Tae Ijae’s waist.

Tae Ijae, who had pushed his power to the brink of berserk, collapsed as soon as the monster exploded.

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Kang Junwoo tightly held Tae Ijae’s limp body against his shoulder and checked his condition.

Unable to provide guidance, he felt Tae Ijae’s body to check his temperature.

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Then he saw the wound on Tae Ijae’s back and turned pale.

“Tae, Tae Ijae Esper.”

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“…….”

“Tae Ijae Esper! Tae Ijae Esper!”

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Fearing he might be dead, Kang Junwoo called out urgently to Tae Ijae.

Realizing it would take too long to return without teleportation, he fumbled in his pocket with one hand to retrieve his phone for a support request.

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He tightened his grip around Tae Ijae’s limp waist on his shoulder, staggering slightly.

Just as he was about to press the speed dial for assistance, Tae Ijae, regaining consciousness, pressed the end call button and spoke with difficulty.

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“Don’t shake me; my head’s ringing.”

Then he buried his face back into Kang Junwoo’s shoulder.

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“Are you okay?! Tae Ijae Esper! Tae Ijae Esper! Tae Ijae Esper!”

Kang Junwoo, struggling to support Tae Ijae, who was leaning his weakened body against him, called out desperately while bracing himself with all his strength.

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“Tae Ijae will wear out if you keep calling like that,” Tae Ijae chuckled softly with his eyes closed.

Kang Junwoo looked around while holding him, as Tae Ijae insisted not to call for support, saying he’d regain enough strength to teleport soon.

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The bodies of the monsters Tae Ijae had dealt with were strewn across the ground.

In the middle of them lay the massive corpse of the leader monster.

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There was another one of those terrifying creatures.

He recalled the leader monster that had turned into light dust and scattered.

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Its size was so enormous that he could tell there were two of them even from a distance.

It was his first time seeing a mutant species monster.

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Part of the reason was that he didn’t often go to the field because he didn’t have a pair or a dedicated assignment. In the past, when he did have a dedicated role, he was in the third division and had only encountered Blue Gates.

As soon as he realized it was an A-class mutant, he rushed towards Tae Ijae without a second thought.

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