Make a Contract with Me and Become a Fifth-Tier Conqueror (3)

Hwang Hee-chan was a legend of South Korea.

How many Gates would have gone unconquered over the years if he hadn't been there?

Even he couldn't count them all.

It was only natural that people revered him as Korea's guardian deity.

But even he had something he'd long since accepted in his heart.

'The rear waves of the Yangtze push the waves ahead. Someday, someone will appear to take my place.'

Just as the waves behind on the Yangtze push aside those in front,

it was inevitable that someone stronger than him would appear in the future.

Unlike the 1960s, when even Third-Tier conquerors were rare, Awakeners had now emerged who'd conquered the Fourth Tier. That day couldn't be far off.

He'd always kept the word retirement in the back of his mind...