Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 109

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109
On that winter night when snow fell from the sky, people watched in silence as a white Angel descended slowly, wings fluttering through the darkness.
“Brother, I don’t sense any mana either. It’s not a monster, right?”
But after everything we’d endured so far, we couldn’t simply rejoice at an Angel’s arrival.
“It doesn’t seem like it. There’s no hostility.”
I’d seen Demon Gaff before. Recalling the conversation between Eres and Gaff, I knew that demons weren’t favorably inclined toward humanity. But what about Angels? Beings said to be God’s messengers. They could be our salvation, or they could have come to punish us in God’s stead.
I would have asked Eres if she were here, but she’d returned to Tellus, saying she had nothing more to teach me. I’d need to send someone to Tellus later to verify this.
The Angel’s feet touched the ground, and the pillar of light vanished. Yet a warm, subtle radiance still enveloped the Angel’s form. The Angel had a gentle appearance and was male, dressed in a tunic-like garment that might have been worn in ancient Greece.
“Angel!”
“God! Have you come to save us!”
“Is that real? Are they filming a movie or something?”
The moment the pillar of light disappeared, the Angel gazed silently at the crowd—at those kneeling and crying out, at the religious faithful calling upon God, at those holding up their phones and doubting the very existence before them.
“Kyaaah!”
A young woman at the front of the surging crowd stumbled and fell.
“Ow, ow, ow….”
The Angel approached the woman, whose face had twisted in pain as she looked at her scraped and bleeding hands against the rough pavement.
She looked up slowly, and the Angel gently grasped both her hands with his own.
A soft glow emanated outward.
Light spread from her hands.
The light gradually faded, and the Angel released her hands. The wounds had vanished without a trace or scar.
“Na-young, isn’t that just healing?”
“It’s different. What Hunters use converts mana, but this… I don’t sense any mana at all.”
Bae Na-young, sensitive to mana, observed the Angel’s healing carefully.
“It might be divine power. I heard about it before when learning magic knowledge from Sono Rim. He said it’s a power granted by higher beings that can be used.”
“Higher beings? God?”
“Something divine. It could be an existence like Eres.”
As I pondered Bae Na-young’s words—
“Please, rise.”
The Angel spoke to those kneeling before him. His voice was soft and serene, yet it carried far.
The people slowly stood.
Bae Na-young and I, though at a distance, had mentally prepared ourselves to subdue this Angel-like being if necessary.
“Angel, have you come to save us?”
“Yes. I have come to free you from your suffering.”
There was no malice in the Angel’s words, but that word—liberation—deeply unsettled me.
“Make way! Step back!”
As an excessive crowd gathered on the narrow Downtown Street, the Police arrived.
“Disperse! Don’t push! Slowly step back!”
They immediately formed a perimeter around the Angel. The Angel watched quietly.
The Awakener Management Bureau would dispatch soon as well. After the Helen and Franklin incident, any discovery of an unknown entity triggers an immediate response from the Bureau.
Unable to force the crowd back with strength alone, the Police’s arrival and the people’s retreat allowed me to approach closer.
“Lee Ji-seok, Hunter!”
The police officer recognized me and saluted.
“I’ll try to approach them.”
“Please do!”
I approached the angel. Even as I drew near, the angel simply smiled gently without any particular reaction.
I could barely sense any power. At most, an E-rank or F-rank hunter’s level? Since they mentioned using holy power, I’d need to actually engage to know for sure.
“I’m Lee Ji-seok. What should I call you?”
Since I didn’t yet know whether to treat this being as an enemy or potential ally, I chose my words with utmost courtesy.
“I am Angelus.”
“Angelus. Would you tell me the purpose of your arrival here?”
“Do not worry. I have no intention of attacking. We have come from Heaven to liberate you all from your suffering.”
“Heaven? Liberation?”
“Heaven is where we angels dwell. Your cries of anguish from the invasions of otherworldly gates have reached even our realm. We have come to free you from that torment.”
I wanted to continue the conversation, but there were far too many eyes watching. Some information was better kept from the public.
“If we stay here, other people will be in danger. Come with me.”
“Understood.”
The angel followed me obediently.
With thousands of people gathered in such a busy district, a crushing accident was inevitable. Once the angel disappeared, the crowd would naturally disperse.
“Let’s go to the Awakener Management Bureau’s special investigation room.”
I had the angel escorted into a police vehicle.
The sharp gaze of Bae Na-young burned against my cheek.
“Do you have to go?”
“Yeah… Hunter Jung Min-gi is inside a gate right now, so I have to go.”
Since we can’t have both S-rank hunters protecting Korea disappear into a gate simultaneously, we take turns entering. Hunter Jung Min-gi even gave up Christmas so I could have a date, and now this happens.
It was good that my power had grown, but my responsibilities had grown with it. The government couldn’t force me if I simply refused to go, but I didn’t want to do that. Besides, I was curious about what that being actually was.
“Let’s go on another date next time. I promise.”
“Am I… cursed or something? Every time we set the mood, this happens.”
I headed to the Awakener Management Bureau Headquarters with a dejected Bae Na-young.
In front of the bureau, religious followers and onlookers who had anticipated the angel’s arrival were already gathering in droves.
“Please don’t push! You cannot come any further!”
Hunters and soldiers from the Awakener Management Bureau tried to control the crowd, but they couldn’t use force against civilians, so they could only shout loudly and block the way.
“Brother, it’s complete chaos…”

“Right. Let’s head inside.”
There was nothing I could do for a civilian—not a monster.
“Director.”
“Ah, you’ve arrived.”
“Have you learned anything useful?”
“It matches what Lee Ji-seok heard at the scene. All the angels keep repeating the same story—that they came from Heaven and arrived to help people.”
“How many came?”
“Forty entities in Korea alone. We’ve confirmed approximately ten thousand entities descended worldwide.”
“… That’s staggering.”
“The satellite imagery is even more remarkable.”
The satellite photo displayed on the screen showed thousands of pillars of light pouring down onto Earth.
“It could pass for light of salvation, but at first glance, it looks like the end times has arrived…. No, forget what I just said.”
“No, I feel uneasy about it too.”
“May I request further dialogue with them?”
I descended fifty meters underground into the interrogation and detention chamber to meet the angel. If things went wrong, the passage would be detonated and explosives and gas would detonate from below. This facility had been constructed after Helen and Franklin arrived as well.
“Hello.”
The angel greeted me as I entered the room, wearing a gentle smile on its face.
“Angelus, thank you for your cooperation.”
“You’re too kind.”
“I’ll get straight to the point. You mentioned earlier that you came to liberate us from suffering—specifically, how do you intend to do this?”
“We will heal those who suffer and prevent the existence of otherworldly beings.”
“I understand Angelus possesses healing abilities. However, your combat prowess doesn’t appear particularly strong. Can you stop monsters?”
“As you can see, I lack combat ability, but those who can prevent otherworldly beings will arrive soon.”
“More…. are coming?”
Ten thousand had already arrived…. How many more were on their way?
“We humble ones are insufficient to save everyone alone.”
“One more question. Under whose orders did you come?”
“We came under the orders of Metatron, the leader of Heaven.”
“Is he coming as well?”
“We don’t know that either. We simply received our orders and came to help those in need.”
The answers came too smoothly, which only made me more anxious.
After a few more questions, I left the chamber. In truth, there hadn’t been much useful information.
“What’s your assessment?”
“Its expression is nearly blank, so it’s hard to read, but I don’t sense immediate malice. However….”
“What is it?”
“Something feels wrong. It’s difficult to explain.”
My keen perception skill kept sending me warnings without end. But the unhelpful skill offered no guidance on what to actually watch out for.
“I see. Did you sense anything, Hunter Bae Na-young?”
“No. I didn’t try to read its mind since it might notice.”
“Well done. We haven’t yet determined what kind of relationship to establish with them.”
“What’s the government’s position?”
“For now… they’ve decided to assign people to monitor, but ultimately let it go.”
“Really? Even though they don’t know what it is?”
“The impact was too strong. An angel descending from the sky on Christmas—if the government detained it without good reason, the religious believers wouldn’t have stood for it.”
Indeed, outside, riots were on the verge of erupting. The faithful cried out, begging to see the angel, their voices mingling with hymns.
Unable to resist the people’s demands, the government relocated the angel to the old Olympic Stadium, now closed to the public.
They had to choose a place large enough that crowds wouldn’t cause a crush, and after searching for an unused expanse, this was all they could find.
There was no need to announce the angel’s relocation. The faithful never left their homes—they waited outside the Awakener Management Bureau for days, then moved along as the angel departed.
Hope gleamed in people’s eyes. Hope that the angels would end this long age of suffering and save humanity. Yet that hunger in their gaze burned so intensely that I worried they might lose sight of reality when it mattered most.
The stadium, closed long ago, had grown wild with grass and needed extensive repairs. The government hastily prepared only what was necessary for people to use. But the moment the angel arrived, religious volunteers rushed to clean. Thousands working together transformed the stadium in an instant.
And as if they planned to live here permanently, large and small tents sprouted everywhere.
Within days, the line to see the angel stretched endlessly long.
The angel met each person one by one, holding their hands, listening to their stories, and healing their wounds. While unable to restore severed limbs, it could cure nearly any illness. It was certainly far more powerful than ordinary healing magic.
“Angel! Please, I beg you!”
A mother pushing a young boy in a wheelchair fell to her knees before the angel, her voice breaking with sobs.
The angel extended its hand toward the child, and light enveloped him. The radiance gathered around the boy’s waist.
“Rise, little lamb.”
The angel offered its hand, and the child grasped it as if entranced. As the angel lifted him, the boy stood from his wheelchair. His legs trembled, still weak, but his eyes widened, and his mother wept with joy.
“Oh! The angel has performed another miracle!”
“Praise be! The messenger of God has come to save us!”
As the child rose, the angel’s devoted followers watching nearby cried out in exultation, their voices raised in worship.
Public fervor for the angel spread like wildfire, swift and consuming. And the situation steadily spiraled beyond the government’s control.

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