The guild masters sighed upon hearing the news that Seo Ji-yeon wouldn’t be appearing.

“She doesn’t want to come out. I let it slide because of that. If she decided to act, Songdo might be wiped off the map entirely.”

“You made the right choice.”

The guild masters were capable of standing up to Seo Ji-yeon’s infamous camera-like precision, but they weren’t terrain themselves.

If Seo Ji-yeon were forced to attack Songdo under the Association’s orders, there was no guarantee that Songdo wouldn’t be completely destroyed—Baekhwa or no Baekhwa.

“So the conclusion is we’re supposed to make it look like we’re attacking while letting the Blue House bastards do whatever they want?”

Shin Ji-woon, the master of the Taehwa Guild, clicked his tongue as he spoke.

“Exactly.”

“The Blue House has hardly any hunter forces, doesn’t it? And even their main combatants are just the Heung-bu and Nol-bu brothers and a handful of others. Baekhwa overwhelmed Kim Ji-hye with sheer speed, and even though Yoo Jin-seok held back, he still managed to fight her head-on. Her ally, the swordsman, fought Heung-bu, didn’t he? And there’s even that mysterious archer whose identity hasn’t been revealed yet. Are Ha Jung-seok’s hunters supposed to break through them?”

It was an inconceivable thought. The current hunters under Ha Jung-seok’s command weren’t even capable of subduing the weakened Hunter Association.

“They’re planning to mobilize 10,000 troops from the national army.”

“Ah, 10,000 troops. Wait—what? Has Ha Jung-seok lost his mind? Even if they win, the enemy is made up of monsters. The damage will be catastrophic.”@@novelbin@@

Ten thousand troops. That’s essentially a force of soldiers with only a minuscule amount of mana, not even enough to qualify as hunters. Some might be academy graduates who failed to become hunters, but for the most part, they were no different from ordinary civilians.

“Who could understand what’s going on in that bastard’s head?”

“He’s probably mixing in his hunters with them.”

* ??

* What’s going on?

* Is it a terrorist attack or something?

* Holy crap, so the guild mobilization order was for Baekhwa’s subjugation?

* Woah, is this war?

* Why poke at someone who said they’d stay put?

* Isn’t it normal for villains to be subjugated?

* LOL, how many villains have actually been caught in these containment zones so far?

* Does Baekhwa even have any means to retaliate?

* They look like they’re barely scraping by.

* Think they can crack Ha Jung-seok’s skull?

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