Terrestrial Savior Archetype - T.S.A Chapter 11 (part 1): Unintentional Encounter (1)

A flock of pigeons with glowing eyes.

When he saw them for the first time, Jeong-woo felt fear.

It was because they were unfamiliar.

Pigeons were showing clear hostility towards humans and behaving accordingly. However, soon after, he found it fascinating.

As you know, the nature of an entity does not change with the number of Essences it possesses.

It merely adds ‘power’ that can be developed.

In other words, every action taken with Essences is solely one’s own choice.

That’s why it was a huge shock that pigeons were set as enemies… no, prey for humans.

It was evidence that if they had had enough power before, they could have tried to kill humans at any time.

Considering that they were just pigeons, he wondered how other creatures might have changed.

As his thoughts went that far, the event that came before his eyes was not so surprising.

“….”

Jeong-woo looked at the seven men lined up 10 meters ahead and smirked.

There was no way his bad feeling was wrong.

As expected, they were hunters.

Though they didn’t display their intentions on their foreheads, their gazes and expressions said it all.

They might not have written ‘hunters’ on their foreheads, but they exuded an aura of ‘killers.’

Of course, it was natural. They were people who usually didn’t commit murder.

So, they had no idea how to hide their intentions.

Their tense and excited eyes were a messy mix. Their jaws trembled slightly.

Each of them was holding a crowbar or a knife, and some of the knife blades seemed slightly dull.

‘Is that blood…?’

When Jeong-woo glanced at the red blade, the owner of the knife seemed taken aback.

He could sense it. These guys were still novices.

‘How far did they manage to go…?’

The redness on the knife blade extended all the way to the handle.

Were there any creatures in the vicinity that could withstand a knife piercing that deep, besides humans? He had hoped until the very end, but it was sad.

“….Jeong-woo.”

Sun-woong, who was astonished by their gazes, called Jeong-woo’s name with significant meaning. However, Jeong-woo had no intention of responding.

He was busy assessing the Essence of the seven opponents.

It didn’t seem like they had harmed too many people.

Even the two men standing at the edges of the formation were ‘authentic.’

They only possessed one or two Essences.

On the other hand, the two men in the middle each had 13 and 16 Essencess, respectively.

The rest ranged from 4 to 8 Essences.

“It adds up to more than 40 Essences.”

Without realizing it, Jeong-woo had been coveting their Essences, but he realized it a little late.

His neck was tingling with anticipation as if it was about to burst.

However, the opponents were not completely oblivious either.

“Hmm.”

The man with 16 Essence tilted his head.

He seemed to sense discomfort from the two individuals in front of him.

One had ‘predator’ written on him, and the other didn’t seem significant, but he undoubtedly had an ‘aura.’

“……”

In response, Jeong-woo also looked at the man.

‘Is he the leader?’

He didn’t know how the ‘prey’ he met before reacted, but he must have found it curious to see seven opponents approaching him quietly.

A moment of silence.

The group of seven was the first to break it.

“Where are you coming from? Are you from this neighborhood?”

A dry voice reached the ears of the two men from a distance of 10 meters.

It was the man with 16 Essence speaking.

His height was about 180 centimeters.

His body seemed muscular, perhaps due to exercise.

He looked to be in his late twenties.

The other six men seemed to be of similar age.

‘Could they all be friends from the neighborhood?’

If they had already gathered in a group to catch people at this time, it meant they hadn’t gone to work in the first place.

They must be unemployed or preparing for a job.

While scratching the back of his head, Jeong-woo glanced around.

Their current location was a residential area near Seoul National University Station.

To be more specific, it was Jungang-dong, right across from their destination, Haengun-dong.

The distance left to Haengun-dong was only about 300-400 meters.

In other words, this group of seven, of unknown origin, was blocking the way home.

“Uh, well, I live in the back, Haengun-dong. I’m on my way home.”

“Ah.”

Upon hearing Jeong-woo’s response, the one with 16 Essences made a strange sound and looked at his companions.

He seemed to be asking for their opinions.

One of the ‘authentic’ guys that Jeong-woo had noticed earlier shook his head.

He seemed to suggest not to mess with them because there might be something about these guys.

The reason why the man with 16 Essences had remained a ‘virgin’ throughout his time gathering integers was probably because of them.

He was indecisive and lacked determination.

In other words, he was too soft-hearted.

However, despite their appearance, the real ‘life-and-death decision’ was still in Jeong-woo’s hands.

The fact that his rank as a savior had just dropped to ‘4’ was the reason for that.

‘Crazy bastards… What are they up to?’

If he descended just two more ranks, he would lose his closing power.

If another opportunity comes along, like when he dealt with the heavily-infused cleaner, he might be able to manage…

‘But if I keep falling behind like this, it’ll be hard to catch up.’

Like clothes getting wet in light rain, if he continued to be pushed back, he might bounce out of the top 50 without realizing it.

‘Let’s kill them all.’

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