Chapter 7: Chapter 7- The Campus Stars
The group consisted of exactly 4 people, two girls and two guys. They all had striking appearances and very strong presences. However, Talon's eyes were focused on a particular girl amongst them whom he knew very well.
'Ran Hyun-Jae.' He thought to himself silently.
The girl was Ran Hyun-Jae, the daughter of the Ran family, which was one of the richest families in South Korea and even the world. They were a huge conglomerate worth billions of dollars that had countless companies under their name. From beauty to media production companies and everything in between, they had their feet dipped in every pond.
As for their daughter, she was the president of the Student Council at Seoul National University. She was a very brilliant, smart, and extremely beautiful girl that everyone admired. Even from this angle, Talon could notice her mesmerizing appearance with ease. Perhaps that was why he even heard of her in the first place as he was never someone who took an interest in popular people who attended the same university as he does.
Yet, he still heard about Hyun-Jae many times from his friends and classmates. Things like her achievements, how beautiful she was, how she turned down every man who stepped forward to date her or even marry her. Many of these things were merely rumors but they worked in turning Hyun-Jae into this divine figure amongst the students.
"Oh, It's the president!" As he was like that, Talon heard Shin-Il exclaim behind him.
"Shush!" Immediately, he slammed his hand against the boy's mouth quickly. "Don't yell like that."
Although Talon intended to go out to talk with them, he was still uncertain if they were really trustworthy enough to talk with.
"Mmm... Mmmm..." Shin-Il panickedly hummed to catch Talon's attention.
"What?"
"Mmm... Mmmm... Mmmm..."
"You know them?" He asked in confusion as if he understood what the boy meant.
"Mmmm... Mmm..." Shin-Il nodded his head.
"Ok, fine, go ahead," Talon said as he released Shin-Il and left him to come out.
The boy quickly stood up and walked out of their hiding spot.
"President!" He yelled as he walked toward them. Meanwhile, Talon looked at Acrypha. "Are they already leveling up?" He asked.
"Yes. However, three of them are still Level 1. One is Level 3."
"Level 3? Is it Ran Hyun-Jae?"
"I don't know who that is. It's the beautiful girl." Acrypha replied.
'Already Level 3? She's fast.'
The only reason Talon reached Level 4 was because he fought something that out-leveled him greatly. He didn't know if Ran Hyun-Jae did the same or simply killed a huge number of weak Dimension Walkers. Either way, that meant that she was very strong.
"Shin-Il, is that you?!" Hearing a loud voice, Talon took a peek again. There, one of the guys, who was rather tall with a strong body and a rough yet very handsome face approached him with a wide grin. His short brown hair and striking brown eyes made him appear friendly even with his huge frame.
"I'm glad you're ok, kid!" He said as he tapped him on the shoulder.
"I'm glad to see you too, Wan Yong!"
The man was Wan Yong, the president of the basketball club, and was also the ace of the team. He was very popular amongst girls in the university. He was known for being a very nice person even though he looked very intimidating at first.
Shin-Il then looked at the second guy who also stared at him. However, in contrast to Wan Yong, this young man had a very stoic and cold expression that didn't show any emotion at all.
His name was Seo Chin-Hwa and he was the vice president of the student council or in other words, Hyun-Jae's right-hand man and the person who basically followed her everywhere she went.
He was known for his strict attitude toward everyone especially when it came to conducting rules. He didn't smile or talk much to other people. However, because of his prince-like appearance, he was the most popular guy on the campus.
His fans were so devoted that they even created a fan club dedicated to talking about him. Sadly for them, Chin-Hwa found out and immediately closed it down.
"Vice president." Shin-Il smiled at the young man.
The latter simply nodded his head in acknowledgment without saying a word.
At the same time, Shin-Il felt a tap on his other shoulder. Looking to his side and saw a rather cute, short girl with a book in her hand staring back at him.
"Soomin! I missed you!" Shin-Il hugged the short girl with a happy look.
"Hey, don't touch me, brat! Who said you can hug me?" The girl protested as she hit his back.
"Hehehe! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Shin-Il pulled away as he protected his body. He knew that Nam Soomin was simply shy but he could also see that she was happy to see him alive and well.
Nam Soomin was the president of the book club and she was very much a bookworm.
"Did you not meet any of these monsters on your way, Shin-Il?" Finally, the leader of this group, Hyun-Jae stepped forward as she asked with a confused look. Her face was as white as snow, shining even under the layer of dirt and debris that covered it. Her eyes were big and beautiful with two blue irises inside of them.
Her hair was dark black with a hint of redness to it that was hard to notice unless one looked very close. She was also considerably tall, with an hourglass figure that made her charms skyrocket.
She wasn't the most beautiful girl on the campus for no reason. Hyun-Jae was a beauty like no other and that was a fact that everyone knew already.
"No, actually, I was chased by them for the past 40 minutes and even had to escape one that was very big in size. I would almost be dead if it wasn't for Talon saving me and fighting the thing!" He replied.
"Talon? Who's that?" Hyun-Jae asked back with a raised eyebrow.
"Ah! Talon, you can come out! They aren't bad people!" Shin-Il said as he looked back.
The others stared at where he was looking curiously. Especially Hyun-Jae since she wanted to know who this mysterious person was.
A few seconds later, Talon stepped out of his hiding spot and walked toward the group. All of them stared at him with prying gazes. Naturally, Talon felt slight pressure under their eyes but he didn't show any reaction.
"You didn't have to introduce me that way, Shin-Il." He said with a small smile. "That makes me sound like some kind of generic hero in a comic book."
"But you are my hero! You saved my life there and even risked yours!"
"As I said, I did what I thought was right."
"So you're Talon? Are you a foreigner?" The first to speak was Wan Yong, the giant guy.
"Half-Blooded Korean." Talon corrected him. "Nice to meet you, Wan Yong."
"I see..." The giant man squinted his eyes as he nodded his head. "You too, brother."
"Thanks for saving, Shin-Il. I assume you heard our names there so there is no need to introduce ourselves again I suppose?" Hyun-Jae said as she stepped forward. Her eyes moved up and down, scanning Talon sharply.
Her gaze eventually landed on the spear in his hand. "Where did you get that weapon from?"
"I crushed one of the cores those things drop and it gave me this spear."
"Wait, those cores do that?" Soomin asked with a loud voice as she adjusted her glasses.
"Yes."
"How did you know?" She asked again.
"I discovered that by pure coincidence when I killed one," Talon replied.
'Can't tell them that a flying invisible girl told me that or they will think I'm insane.' He thought to himself.
"Interesting." Pulling her book note out, Soomin started writing on it.
"Do you have any idea what's going on and what's that gate above us?" Chin-Hwa, the cold prince finally spoke.
He had been watching the conversation from behind silently as if he was testing Talon before he finally decided to participate in it.
"No, I'm just as confused as you are."
"..." Chin-Hwa didn't add anything else and simply stared at Talon. However, his gaze was different from everyone else.
'He really doesn't trust me, does he?' Talon smiled wryly as he changed his gaze to Hyun-Jae.
"I'm heading toward the warehouse for now since it seems like the best hiding spot. Do you want to join me?"
"We were heading there ourselves. We have been followed by these things for a while and we're exhausted." Hyun-Jae replied.
"I can share all the information I gathered about Dimension Walkers if you all do the same thing."
Although Talon didn't really need to do this proposal considering the fact he had the most knowledgeable person he needed flying next to him. However, he wanted to establish some kind of trust between him and these four.
If they were going to work together, they had to at least understand that they weren't going to harm each other. Showing sincerity is a good start.
"Good, we didn't gather much but I think with your information and ours, we can form some kind of idea about what we found ourselves in." The beautiful student council president nodded her head.
"Well, now that we got to know each other! Let's go!" Shin-Il said excitedly.
Then, without any time to waste, the group started moving as fast as they could.
"Are you ok, brother?" Wan Yong asked when he noticed Talon's tattered body.
"I'm fine. Just need some rest and I should be fine."
"If you say so..."
'Well, not really. But, I think I can help my body a little.' Talon thought to himself as he opened his status window.
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