I Don't Want This Reincarnation [1]

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"This is..." Min Ah-rin, who came in behind, also looked surprised. "It's like Mars."

I only thought of the desert at best, but I looked back at Min Ah-rin with a strange feeling at the word Mars.

"Mars?"

"Yes," Min Ah-rin said to me, looking excited. "This is exactly what Mars looks like in documentaries! It's full of red sand."

"Oh... yeah."

"If it was actually Mars, we wouldn't be able to breathe because of carbon dioxide, right? That's amazing! If electronic devices could work inside the gate, I would have taken a picture. What a shame."

"......"

Her fear at the gate entrance was nowhere to be found. Min Ah-rin was so excited that she began to look around. It was quite refreshing because it was my first time seeing her like that.

"I guess you watch that kind of documentary a lot."

"Yes! It's a lot of fun. Isn't it interesting? It's an unknown planet you've never been to. When I was young, my dream was to be a scientist. I gave up because I couldn't study well."

"I see."

"The briefing begins now! Please gather around!"

It was not long before all guild members came over and a voice was heard to gather people. I and Min Ah-rin moved in the direction where guild members gathered.

"My name is Park Geon-ho (박건호), the head of the gate-clearing team. Before we get started, I will give you a final overview of the overall process." A man standing on a big rock spoke as he looked back at the guild members.

Park Geon-ho. It was a familiar name.

He had appeared several times in the novel. I think his ability was pretty useful, too, but I couldn't remember what it was.

"Park Geon-ho is one of the team leaders of the Special Operations Division. This is the first time I've actually seen him," Min Ah-rin, who was standing next to me, whispered to me. I couldn't think of any information because I didn't have a lot of references on him.

"Special Operations?"

"Don't you know? The dispatch division (including Special Operations) selects only high-level gates and clears them. There was a lot of talk about how the Master had personally recruited the ability users he liked. I guess that's true, seeing that you're participating in this clearing as well."

"He must be incredibly strong. What's his ability?"

"Oh, what was it again? I heard he does something with beads? I don't really remember."

I nodded for now. I'll find out by myself as I proceed through the clearing process anyway. After a brief conversation with Min Ah-rin, I focused on Park Geon-ho's words.

"If you look far north, you can faintly see a building, and that's our destination. As with existing gates, the first monsters will flock in around 20 minutes and the grade inside of the gate will be rated first by measuring the monster's rating."

Cheon Sa-yeon or I knew that this gate was a ranked gate, even an SS-rank gate, but the other guild members didn't know. Judging from the atmosphere, Cheon Sa-yeon didn't seem to care enough to give the information to the guild members. In the novel, it was stated that the gate was cleared without any damage and the weapon was successfully obtained, so I didn't have much to worry about...

"The grade inside the gate will continue to change according to the monster levels, so please don't let down your guard until you clear it. It will be difficult to find you if you get lost inside the gate, so please follow me. From now on, Master and I will take the lead. That is all."