Return To Level Up

Chapter 96

Before the return, there was one woman in the Team Guardians to which Ha-jin Kang belonged.

She, like Jason and Spencer, was from the United States, and she was very talented.

She was also more famous for her beautiful looks, which makes her eyes go round once she sees whoever she is.

By the time Ha-jin Kang returned, everyone in her Team Guardians boasted worldwide recognition and popularity.

It was only natural for people to live with the advertising slogan, “The Awakenings to Save the World.”

However, not all team members enjoyed equal popularity.

Among them were some relatively less popular people.

Such was the case with Ji Chang-ki and Jo Won-young.

Ha-jin Kang said that she was the focal point of the team, and she was very popular because she had a very unique ability.

However, no one on the team could follow the toes of that woman, Jennifer, who was approaching Ha-jin Kang now.

“Good morning? You must have come alone?”

Jennifer greeted Kang Ha-jin with her characteristic bright and bewitching smile.

“no. I have a party.”

Kang Ha-jin said so, looking for the three people who were in the other group and confirmed each one.

Of course, she didn’t want Jennifer in front to pay any attention to them or turn her head to look for them.

“I want to enjoy solitude, but am I not bothering you?”

Jennifer asked, still smiling.

Ha-jin Kang said that he would be interrupted for a moment, so I thought, what if I could erase that woman’s smile, but she didn’t have any reason to do that now and crush the relationship.

“It’s not like that. I was just enjoying the food because it was delicious.”

Jennifer clapped her hands and gave an ecstatic expression.

“It’s really delicious! I tried it too and was amazed. Even when William said he had made up his mind to prepare it, he was just a bit bored, but when he actually ate it, it was amazing.”

Hajin Kang listened to Jennifer and she confirmed her information.

‘You’re not coming out.’

Even Jennifer’s peeping skill was not enough for her.

Now, I needed to confirm why I was doing this. I’m still not sure how to check.

“If you don’t mind, may I know where you are from and who you are? Oh, my name is Jennifer. She’s from America. Jason and I have known each other since we were little. Jason, you know? Because he’s famous.”

“I know. Isn’t he an American hero? He’s also the one who planned this party.”

Kang Ha-jin said so, and she looked around the party hall.

“And he’s also the creator of the Defenders.”

Jennifer looked at Ha-jin Kang with her meaningful expression on her face.

“Is Jennifer also part of the Defenders?”

“Sure. I also attended the first Defenders production event.”

Jennifer said playfully, drawing his V with his finger.

He was so good-looking, he looked good no matter what expression he made and what he did.

Kang Ha-jin barely noticed why she had to come here and talk to him.

It was a kind of business activity.

Since she is alone, she decided that there is a high probability that she would not join the Defenders, so she came here with a little temptation.

Because there is no man who can turn down a recruitment offer even if he sees himself.

“Can I know who was in the position to make the first Defenders? Maybe Jennifer and Jason didn’t make it?”

When Ha-jin Kang asked with a little bit of her joke, Jennifer had a much more pleasant smile on whether she had taken it as a positive sign.

Perhaps it would have been terrifying if someone else had seen it.

But she wasn’t like that for Kang Ha-jin.

No matter how pretty she is, if you look at her for a long time, you will eventually get used to it.

Besides, she had already experienced several times before her return that she was frantically swayed by her looks.

She eventually swore to herself that she would later lift her crane and never again entangle her privately with her.

“Actually, it’s a secret, so I can’t tell you everything.”

Jennifer said that and looked around. And she took one step closer to Ha-jin Kang and whispered in her ear.

“William and the President of the United States were there.”

Jennifer quickly returned to her original position. Then, she glanced at Kang Ha-jin’s expression.

The whisper she had just given was one of her favorite methods. Most of the men here were unable to move.

Because she has a little bit of her skills here.

Seeing Ha-jin Kang’s expression hardened, Jennifer said with her satisfied eyes.

“Then see you later. You’re calling me over there. I hope to see you next time in America.”

Jennifer left those words and walked towards the man who was beckoning hard in the distance.

Hajin Kang stared at Jennifer’s back.

She actually stiffened her expression because she knew she had used her skills.

Even before her return, she could tell because of her skills she often used. Although she was of course beaten at first she didn’t even know she had such a skill.

‘The conditions are difficult, so if you get caught, you won’t get an answer.’

The name of her skill she used was ‘Enchanting’.

Fascination was a fairly unusual skill. Because one skill has both passive and active at the same time.

Basically, it has a passive that enhances the charm of the holder a lot, and when used as an active skill, it is a skill that seduces the opponent and instills a weak obedience.

The condition for active use was a whisper, but there was also a limit on the distance, so when using that, I had to get close to my lips almost touching my ear.

So, because of the complex effect, the skill works better.

Basically, because Ha-jin Kang has high mental power, it was difficult to get past Jennifer’s enchanting skill.

One of the disadvantages of fascination is that it is difficult to apply it to people with high mental power, and if you know about and prepare for fascination in advance, it will be less effective.

‘It’s worth it. I even met Jennifer.’

Now, out of the six people who hit him in the back before returning, if he meets Spencer, he’ll meet all of them.

‘By the way, what is Jo Won-young doing?’

The Awakening and dungeon-related businesses that were invested in Japan went bankrupt, and after checking that they had barely survived and fled to the United States, he turned off his nerves for a while.

The Jeyoung group has been in a difficult situation recently, so it has become even more distant from interest.

It won’t be easy for Jo Won-young to get up and join the Defenders again.

Still, you shouldn’t be distracted at all. Because that leads to negligence.

Ha-jin Kang thought that when he returned to Korea, he should find out more about Jo Won-young.

And at that moment, like a lie, the hall door opened and Jo Won-young entered.

‘Did you even invite Jo Won-young?’

Jo Won-young was not alone. The person she came in with was also someone Kang Ha-jin knew very well.

Because she was just her spanner.

She has now identified all six of her who had hit her in the head before her return.

When Jo Won-young and her spanner came in, William approached and greeted him just like Kang Ha-jin.

However, the relationship between the three of them was quite special.

It didn’t look like they were just giving out polite greetings.

‘Is Jo Won-young joining the Defenders?’

Even though she’s broken like that, if she gets to join the Defenders, she’ll have to give it some thought.

Perhaps Jo Won-young has something other than his abilities and background.

After greeting William, Jo Won-young found Hwang Soo-young and Jeong A-yeon and approached them.

The youthful greed in his eyes was evident from afar.

It was a greed that properly blended the desire to sleep with them and the desire for their abilities.

Apparently, a few people, including William and Spencer, were attached to encourage and help Jo Won-young’s desire.

Kang Ha-jin looked at it with her pathetic eyes for a moment, and then suddenly came to mind, so she checked Cho Won-young’s information.

And she was surprised.

‘Are you stuck?’

It was impossible to confirm Jo Won-young’s information. Obviously not in Korea.

His information had been checked by a glance when he had previously met Ji Chang-gi.

Until then, Jo Won-young’s ability wasn’t great.

Of course, compared to the other Awakened people at the time, he was quite, but compared to when he was in the previous Guardians, he was too short.

Anyway, the important thing was that I was able to confirm Jo Won-young’s information at the time.

But now I couldn’t.

Ha-jin Kang also checked information about the spanner next to Jo Won-young. It was likewise blocked.

Again, Jason possessed the ability to block the spying skill.

I don’t know if that’s to prevent peeping, or if it’s another ability that also prevents peeping.

‘Probably the latter.’

Anyway, in the future, we need to gather information in a different way. Suddenly, Myung In-soo came to mind.

How much magic power would go into checking the status window of a specific person?

‘I need to get a bunch of items that increase magic power.’

The party started in earnest while Ha-jin Kang was thinking about various things with a slightly stiff expression.

The purpose of today’s party was to imprint the existence of the Defenders on the gathered people.

And it was done very nicely.

Jason climbed up on the pre-arranged podium, grabbed his microphone and started talking.

Everyone’s eyes widened as the announcement about what the Defenders would do in the future continued.

Because I knew enough that the Defenders were not just an organization whose purpose was to protect the Earth from dungeons.

He wasn’t saying that outright, but he was implicitly suggesting that maybe he could build a structure that could fundamentally dominate the world.

The party was hosted by Jason.

He was always skillful and relaxed.

Hajin Kang suddenly thought that a similar party might have been held before her return.

Because that thorough Jason couldn’t have done something dangerous and large-scale like the Guardians without any prior preparation.

‘I must have been the target of exclusion from the beginning.’

So it could have been that easy.

Hajin Kang was surprisingly calm, even thinking about himself.

In the meantime, after all of Jason’s words were finished, the people who were the team guardians before returning one by one approached Jason.

William, Spencer, and Jennifer stood around Jason, looking down at the crowd.

“The Defenders aren’t perfect yet.”

Everyone who looked up at Jason’s words flashed their eyes.

Because I knew I still had a chance to stand there together.

Jason spread out his three fingers.

“We plan to hire at least three more, up to five more in the future.”

Before the return, there must have been three more people: Ha-jin Kang, Jo Won-young, and Ji Chang-gi.

Perhaps Kang Ha-jin’s existence made it unnecessary to hire more people.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

It was like having a buffer and a healer at the same time.

But now, there is a high probability that more will be drawn. Perhaps Hwang Soo-young is one of the candidates.

If you see Jo Won-young still sticking around and throwing the ball.

‘Well, Hwang Soo-young is enough to fit in there.’

I’m not sure because I haven’t met other irregulars yet, but there was a high probability that Hwang Soo-young was much stronger than the other irregulars.

Because she was always with Hajin Kang.

“She doesn’t have to be disappointed that she didn’t join the Defenders by any chance,” she said. We must protect the Earth. It’s not all about fighting directly in the front. Everyone will have something that only they can do. The Defenders will go hand in hand with all of them.”

Jason was hard at work laying the ground rice.

Perhaps most of those involved here will share roles and benefits.

‘And I will be loyal to the Defenders.’

We don’t know when the Defenders will start their full-fledged activities, but it’s a lot faster than before their return.

Most of them were fast, but the Defenders were particularly bad.

Ha-jin Kang watched Jason’s speech and the greetings of the rest of the Defenders members, and carefully rechecked her plans for the future in her head.

* * *

After a rather lengthy briefing about the Defenders, the conversation began again.

As before, we got together and had a good time holding champagne glasses.

However, the atmosphere was quite different from the first.

The announcement of the Defenders gave them enthusiasm.

The atmosphere was very hot and there was some excitement.

Hajin Kang looked at what her party was doing one by one.

Kyung-Min Yoon knew that he was doing well.

Like a fish in water, he intervened here and there and actively led the conversation.

He was also a person who ran a guild called the Guardians, but was also a person in charge of the business of the Guardians.

Most of the people here were working really hard because networking could help the business in some way.

This time, Kang Ha-jin’s eyes turned to Hwang Soo-young and Jeong A-yeon.

The two were together.

The problem was who was with them.

Jo Won-young and Spencer were talking next to each other with enthusiasm.

The two were trying to make tonight’s history somehow.

‘Are you so confident?’

The two men’s faces were full of confidence that they would succeed unconditionally.

Maybe that’s enough to believe in something?

I thought about it like that, but after a while, Ha-jin Kang knew what the source of that confidence was.

A thick magical scent began to fill the surroundings.

Hajin Kang reflexively blocked his magic. His expression hardened.