From Ghost’s declaration, everyone began to murmur amongst themselves.
Out of nowhere, to suddenly go hunting…
Everyone was busy looking at one another for answers.
None could open their mouths to reply, however.
It’s to be expected, since the one that spoke up was Ghost, the leader of this place.
Everyone here also knew nothing of Ghost.
If they spoke hastily without thinking, they could end up forfeiting their life.
Underneath each of the radical faction leader were 8 squadrons.
Each squadron were made up of classes that maximized combat potential.
No squadron was stronger or weaker than the rest.
50 members made up each team, with a leader and a vice leader for the group.
So out of each group, the two were the best of the bunch.
Not included in these groups were 30 others.
Guardians.
These worked directly under the leaders of the radical faction.
When Joker left to fight Min-Cheol, they tried to come with, but Joker declined.
Unless their leader was meeting with the overboss Zekill, it was rare for them to leave the side of their leader.
But this wasn’t the case for Ghost.
Totaling up all this, roughly 500 members were underneath each of the radical faction leaders.
You could say that the numbers weren’t that great.
However, only 500 or so Awaken each year.
Out of those, 40% do not live past the first 5 years and end up disappearing.
Sometimes due to getting a class that doesn’t earn money, dying to monsters, or even being killed by someone else.
Considering that, the numbers definitely weren’t small.
Of course, not everyone was of Korean descent.
Since they had chosen the headquarters of the radical faction as Korea, the number of outsourced members wasn’t small.
It was then.
“We only move at your command, leader.”
The one who broke the silence was the vice leader Lee Ho Geun.
He worked underneath Ghost, the leader known for not carrying out his duty. He could even be called the true leader of the group, since he took over all the duties that Ghost didn’t do.
He didn’t possess a lot of offensive capabilities due to being a tank class, but he had great leadership.
That was probably why he was able to hold together this group that had no leader.
“Ah… Right. Ho Geun. Let’s go hunting with me, you and I. Bring along everyone here too.”
“Do you mean everyone?”
“Yes. How many do we have in total? One. Two. Three.”
“Exactly 481, leader.”
“There were that many of you? Whew. That’s good.”
“Then I’ll have them prepare at once.”
“Yep!”
Finishing up what he wanted to say, Ghost had the happiest look in the world on his face, whistling excitedly as he headed back into his office room.
He had been quiet all this time, but this was definitely an order from the leader to mobilize.
Receiving the order, Ho Geun worked steadily to form ranks.
“You’ve heard him. Leader has given the order to mobilize. Each squadron leader, to the front.”
Responding to his words, 8 squadron leaders came forward.
There was no hesitation found, unlike with the scene with Ghost.
Looking towards He Geun, they waited for his next command.
He continued.
“This is the first time this happened. It’s late, but this probably means that he has plans to lead us. Does everyone understand what this means?”
“Yes!”
“Yes.”
“Since this an unprecedented event, there are probably some that do not know how to handle themselves. Each squadron leader, check everyone without missing a single one. Meet your leader’s expectations!”
“Understood.”
“Yes!”
Each squadron leader quickly returned to their squadron.
Then they began to explain on what to do during an emergency deployment such as this.
Removing all evidence of themselves in the the faction’s building.
Destroy Awakened IDs in front of the squadron leader.
Face and any other distinguishable features are to be hidden.
No matter what happens, save enough mana to cast at least one spell.
It was all the sake of making sure that information does not leak out.
In case they do perish during the mission, it was to make sure that their IDs as well as anything that could identify them wouldn’t be left.
Number 4 was probably for the same reason.
It was to leave enough mana to suicide in case the worst case scenario occurred.
And just like that, 30 minutes after the call to mobilize had been made, all forces had finished preparing and had gathered.
However, Ghost didn’t appear despite much time passing.
Just like that, an hour had passed.
Ghost appeared, with both his hands in his pockets.
Talking to himself, he scratched his head after looking at his group, geared to the teeth.
“Are you all going somewhere? Why is everyone dressed in such a scary fashion?”
“…..”
Surprised by Ghost’s sudden change of attitude, Lee Ho Geun spoke.
“Leader. You made the call to deploy just recently.”
“I did?”
Ghost murmured to himself for awhile.
It was almost as if he was asking someone else.
“Ah… That’s right!”
“All 481 members are ready.”
“Hmm… But…. Why are you readied now when we’ll be going tomorrow?”
“Th.. That’s…”
“Hm?”
“It’s nothing. Then we’ll be prepared tomorrow, at this time.”
Everyone was thinking of how ridiculous this whole nonsensical ordeal was.