Dimension Weaver: My Wife Is The Dragon Empress!

"Almost 50 thousand people. It spans the entire city of Gwangju and the surrounding areas." Sophie explained.

Her words garnered looks from Hyun-Jae and Shin-Il. Fifty thousand people wasn\'t a small number by any means. In fact, with how many people died in the past few weeks, the fact that fifty thousand were gathered in the same place was an impressive feat.

"50 thousand, huh… Compared to the few hundred people we have back in Seoul." For some reason, that number made Talon smile. He didn\'t know why he felt excited rather than nervous.

\'If we can get them back to Seoul. We will be able to take over the entire city in no time and could even move to other cities. It\'s perfect!\' Just that though excited him.

But, he didn\'t let that idea thrive in his head as he knew that things don\'t always go perfectly. After all, he had to first take down the entire base and invade it. He only had 50 people with him while there were thousands of people against them.

Not to mention that they were also humans and his companions had never killed humans before in their lives. It won\'t be easy at all.

"So, how are we going to proceed with this?" Hyun-Jae asked. "Same plan?"

Before coming here, Talon and the others discussed how they should approach the conflict. Even if they had revenge to execute for what they had to go through, they weren\'t foolish enough to throw their entire weight into a war. They didn\'t want people to die for naught.

Still, they knew that a battle was bound to happen either way. It was simply a matter of how to actually have the most advantage over the enemy.

At first, the idea was to simply ambush the base and use their small number to their advantage. However, Talon shook his head as he replied.

"No, change of plans. I think I have a better idea." He said.

"What? A better idea?" Sophie raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah… It\'s very simple."

***

Some time passed as the sun slowly started descending, turning the entire world a shade of red.

Guards were moving regularly around the base with bored looks on their faces. They forgot the number of turns they made over the entire place and their legs were feeling soar. But, they never dare to complain.

For them, this was but another day at work. However, that soon turned out to be far from right. As they were walking near the entrance, their eyes fell on two silhouettes approaching them.

"Hm?" Stopping in their tracks, the two aimed their guns immediately without any hesitation or second thoughts. "Who\'s there? Reveal yourself and hold your arms up!"

The two silhouettes grew closer to the guards till they were visible to them. Their eyes scanned the duo silently.

\'A tall young man and… Oh!\' Seeing the second person who was a very stunning girl, their eyes widened.

"M-Miss Sophie?! Is that you?!" One of them exclaimed.

"It is me. Drop the gun down."

The two guards shared one look before they put their guns down. "We are glad you\'re good, Miss Sophie! Your father is really worried about you! He even told us to immediately tell him if you come back."

"Good, I want him to come out here to talk. Also, call the leader out." She declared in a cold tone.

The two guards were taken aback by her request. They expected her to enter the base and search for her father. But, the fact that she instead asked them to bring them outside was confusing.

\'It has something to do with this young man with her.\' Tensing up noticeably, one of the guards signaled for the other to go inside and do what she said.

The latter nodded and quickly opened a small door next to the main gate before disappearing inside. The last one stood there, not knowing what to do.

"Are you really sure about this, Talon?" Sophie and Talon, meanwhile, were having their own conversation in secret.

"100%. It\'s better this way." He replied casually as the two waited.

"Mmm, Miss Sophie… Can I ask a question?" The guard swallowed some of his hesitations and spoke.

"You\'ve already asked a question."

"Oh, m-my apologies!"

"It\'s fine, what do you want to ask?"

"Who is that gentleman with you?"

"Him?" Smiling, she pointed at Talon. "He is a very very close friend of mine~" She replied in a playful tone.

"O-Oh, you two are friends, huh?"

\'Like hell would I believe that?! I heard that she left the base secretly a while ago. Now she has come back

"Hey, is it fine to even introduce me like this?" Talon whispered to her.

"Hehe, don\'t worry~"

"Do I look like I\'m worried to you?" Talon asked back. He noticed Sophie\'s hands shaking subtly.

"No, but I am very nervous and I\'m trying to calm myself down with jokes."

"It\'s going to be fine. Nothing bad will happen as long as I\'m here." He replied in a confident tone.

If it was said by anyone else, Sophie would\'ve considered it arrogance. But, she had seen what Talon was capable of so she knew that he wasn\'t lying when he said those words. Staring at his face, her heart skipped a beat.

\'My Talon is so cool!\'

As they were like that, the gates of the base started opening with a loud screech, catching their attention. Out of the gate came a group of men. Their number was around 30, and most of them were heavily armed except for two.

"Sophie!!" The first to run ahead was a handsome older man. He had blonde hair with a few strands of grey on it and a very rough appearance that somehow alleviated his charm.

"Dad…"

Reaching his daughter, he pulled her into a tight hug. "Thank god! Thank god that you\'re safe!" Tears welled up in his eyes as he murmured prayers filled with gratitude.

"Dad…" Sophie had a complicated expression on her face. Pursing her lips, she patted her father\'s back silently.

The two hugged for a while tille Evan finally pulled himself away and looked at her. A relieved smile appeared on his face. "Why did you do that to me, Sophie? I couldn\'t sleep a wink. You really worried me."

"I told you that I will bring her back to you safely," Talon interjected with a cold tone.

Evan\'s eyes shifted from his daughter to the young man standing next to her. What was a happy smile before turned into a frown. He glared daggers at Talon before he opened his mouth.

"You have my gratitude for keeping my daughter safe."

"Any time…" Talon shrugged.

"Ok, let\'s go, Sophie. I want the doctors to check up on you first and make sure you\'re completely fine." Evan sighed as he grabbed his daughter\'s hand and tried to drag her back with him.

However, before he could even take a step, Sophie pulled her hand away.

"Sophie?"

"I\'m not going." The girl shook her head.

"What? Sophie, this isn\'t time for this, please."

"There are far more important things to discuss now. I\'m not leaving." She replied.

"Leave that to the leader and that kid. They can deal with it on their own. I\'m more worried about you now." He replied as he pointed at Talon.

But, even then, Sophie didn\'t budge from her place. That made Evan even more annoyed as he sucked in a very deep breath. "You know that I love you very much, Sophie. But, don\'t test my patience. I\'m not going to let you stay here next to… him."

Talon noticed the disdainful side look he got from Sophie\'s father and he could only roll his eyes.

"I do not like this human. Especially the way he had been looking at you this entire time." Acrypha commented coldly as she floated around Talon.

"Ignore him, he had always been like that," Talon replied.

\'He never changed even after all these years. Hahaha, I guess expecting a change was too much from me.\' He smiled wrily.

"However, I\'m more curious about that man over there." Lifting his eyes up, Talon stared at a particular individual amongst the group.

Even though he had the least flashy appearance since he carried no weapons, his presence stood out like a sore thumb.

Even without expanding his senses, Talon could easily determine that the leader Evan talked about was that man.

Carrying himself in a rather elegant and yet also casual manner, he was not strikingly handsome nor incredibly ugly. He had average height, short brown hair, and equally brown eyes. He wore glasses and clad himself in a formal black suit.

\'He doesn\'t feel strong… But, I don\'t know why he has such a powerful presence. It\'s almost as if his in control the entire time without saying a word.\'

For a second, their eyes connected as they shared a look. Neither of them averted their gaze as if they got into some kind of duel.

"Sophie! You will either come with me, or I will force you to!!" Meanwhile, the argument between Sophie and her father grew more heated as he was about to raise his hand and grab her again with more force.

However, before he could do that, the man Talon had been looking at the entire time.

"Why now, Evan? You should respect your daughter\'s desire." Walking forward, he reached the two as he held Evan\'s arm. "Let her speak."

The moment he did, the latter\'s expression completely changed from anger to timidness.

"... Yeah." He retracted his hand as he moved back.

Talon was surprised by this sudden shift in dynamic the moment this mysterious man spoke. It was as if all of Evan\'s anger was never there in the first place. What replaced it was something he knew very well... Fear.

"I still didn\'t introduce myself, my name is Bing Hyun-Ki. I assume you\'re the infamous Talon Everhart, correct?"