Chapter 14 - For Growth (1)

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The Tower of Hero was a Hero Association headquarters located in the heart of Seoul. On the 103rd floor, Yun Seung-Ah secretly read the reports on the recent incident and watched a video filmed by the museum's camera. Naturally, it contained the battle between Cube's cadets and a djinn. She hesitated because of the consequences, but an agent's leaked information compelled her.

— A trace of light attribute mana was found at the scene.

Light attribute mana. Not only was it strange, but also extremely valuable. Light attribute heroes played a vital role in suppressing djinns who possessed the darkness attribute.

The fact that the light attribute was detected naturally meant that 1 of the 3 cadets who defeated the djinn had the light attribute.

Yun Seung-Ah often emphasized the importance of attributes and wanted to know the owner of this rare mana.

"But this person..."

Indeed, a young man caught her attention. From head to toe, he looked ordinary in every way. He spoke with Kim Suho and stealthily retreated when the djinn appeared.

He hid and made some strange actions as the djinn pushed Kim Suho back. Then he unloaded his gun except for a single bullet and began to tap on thin air.

After about a minute, he loaded the bullet and headed to battle.

What happened next was even more mysterious.

His gun exploded as he fired and a brilliant white light dyed the surroundings. The camera froze for 3 seconds because of the light. Everything had already been settled by the time the screen returned.

"Hmm."

Most people assumed the attack came from Kim Suho, but Yun Seung-Ah doubted it. The light came from that young man's attack no matter how she thought about it. Even Kim Suho admitted in his report, "Kim Hajin covered me."

"Kim Hajin. I remember now. He's the cadet who chose a gun. So he had a reason."

Thud!

The door suddenly burst open. Startled, Yun Seung-Ah turned and saw the association's executive. Aileen had a small build at only 153cm, but Yun Seung-Ah knew a 10 meter giant resided inside. Aileen glared at her with terrifying eyes. Yun Seung-Ah's face paled as she jumped in horror.

"Un, Unni?"

"I knew you were here. Come out."

"Ah, wait, Unni. I can explain. I can..."

"Shut up and follow me."

Yun Seung-Ah didn't want to follow even if it cost her life, but her body moved on its own. It was Aileen's one-of-a-kind gift, Spirit Speech. Of course, the price she had to pay for that power was equally great. It had a high risk of magic power recoil and her body remained underdeveloped.

"Unni, I'm a hero too! Please spare me!"

Her ability was honestly too much of a cheat.

"Only the association's heroes are authorized here."

"I know! I'll leave, so let me go!"

"You better hurry before I throw you out the window."

In the end, Yun Seung-Ah was chased out of the recording room.

"You have 2 choices. One, be punished. Two, help me with something."

"I'm sorry. Please, let me go this one time. I don't want to do either."

The video Yun Seung-Ah watched was left playing in the empty room.

"Save me—!"

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