A stupefied looking guy joined us. It was understandable that he had gotten tired while climbing the mountain as he was neither an Awakened or a mercenary. However, the reason his face turned pale was because of the damaged corpses. His face was scrunched up and facing toward the corner, as if he was trying to calm himself down.

Seong-Il noticed the guy after following my gaze, and he said, “It must be his first time getting out of the safe zone. He is a novice named Park Ha-Jin. The company sent him. He is not a bad guy, though.”

The man he was referring to was Korean.

“I forgot to mention, but I am working with a company called Iljoo Construction. They do something else other than building constructions…”

I interrupted, “I heard from Mary.”

“I was planning to tell you when we met earlier, but I just remembered. It feels like we haven’t seen each other for a long time since we last met at the hotel. I should have come to see you first and asked how you were doing before you called me. I am so sorry. You know, I have been trying to make some money lately…”

Then, the guy started vomiting, but the Awakened didn’t even pay attention to him. The laborers carrying the stuff up were locals from the occupied areas,...