Chapter 423
Phantom Dance.
The day the gate opened and the department store suddenly became a cave full of ghosts, the survivors, including the girl, were locked in the playroom by banshees.
‘also… … I’m here.’
At first, the number of ordinary citizens and captured hunters exceeded dozens. Now there are less than 10 people left.
The girl didn’t know if they were dead or alive, but one thing was certain: they were disappearing one by one. Of course, the beginning is always the same.
Squeak-
With this horrifying sound, the iron door opened, and the banshee’s red eyes looked at the survivors through the gap.
Then, after choosing one of them, he moved his bony hand and called out the survivors.
‘Ugh… … .’
The girl covered her mouth and eyes, held her breath, and clung to the wall. Fortunately, the banshee’s target was not a girl.
“Hehe, it’s me. me… … .”
The man chosen by the banshee muttered happily and walked out the door without protesting.
But there was nothing surprising about it. Most of the people trapped in Delta Tower lost their minds like this.
Rather, the case of a girl who was sane was unusual.
Since time was the only thing left in this terrible place, the girl thought about why the banshees kept people alive.
But the answer was at hand.
Seueuugh-
Not long after the man was taken away, one of the banshees crawled in, using its long, outstretched limbs like a spider.
Thump-thump-
Then, using his hand like a hammer, he hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture frame on it. Of course, what was drawn there was a picture that looked exactly like the man who had been captured earlier.
‘… … If you want to run away, now is the time.’
The girl who had been waiting behind the door carefully walked out while Banshee hung up the picture. He covered her mouth to prevent even the sound of her breathing and even softly muffled the sound of her footsteps.
‘If I get caught, how far can I run away?’
No matter how much you run, you will never be able to escape Delta Tower. The number of banshees was several times greater than the survivors. They were hidden not only in windows and doorways, but also in unusual passages such as ventilation shafts.
‘but… … I have no choice but to go. I don’t want to be a painting either.’
The girl felt like her heart would break at any moment, but she carefully walked out the door to avoid the banshee.
Squeak!
But is it because I’m too nervous?
The girl’s foot ended up touching the door. The banshee who was hanging her picture frame instantly turned her face and glared at her girl with her red eyes.
Prey and predator.
There was an awkward silence between the two beings facing each other for a moment before the banshee opened its mouth and howled loudly.
– Kyaaaaaaaaa!
The sound was so terrible that all the survivors except the girl covered their ears and rolled on the floor.
“Kwaaaak!”
“Save me!”
“My head, my head… … .”
There was even a rumor that anyone who heard the banshee’s voice would go crazy, but the girl was the only one who could ignore the banshee’s screams.
Maybe it was natural. Because the girl was deaf. Of course, the fact that I have been able to maintain my sanity until now is also an extension of that.
‘You have to run!’
The girl ran like a spider, using all four limbs to avoid the banshee running out of the room.
– Kiyaaaaaaa!
The banshee howled loudly at the sight of the survivor, who should have gone crazy, running away unscathed, and alerted his surrounding companions.
But the moment he chases the girl at incredible speed and reaches a dead end.
“Sigh!”
The girl stopped moving, covered her eyes and mouth, and even held her breath.
Stand tall.
Then the banshee chasing the girl stopped on the spot.
‘I was right… … .’
The banshees who came after hearing their colleague’s cries surrounded the area, but they did not recognize the girl right in front of them.
‘I can only hide until the banshees disappear from my side…’ … ‘Be patient.’
Perhaps because they thought they had lost the girl, the banshees went to the lower floor and the warehouse. And the search net was narrowed by dividing by stairs. Thanks to this, I gradually became distant from the girl.
But 1 minute.
1 minute 10 seconds.
1 minute 20 seconds.
Holding my breath was now a challenge.
I continued to practice alone in the locked room, but I was so short of breath that my vision became blurry.
‘Now, now…’ … ‘Wouldn’t it be okay?’
Hmm. The girl took in the breath she had been holding until now. I was confident that if I repeated this a few times, I, who was immune to screaming, would be able to return to life.
However, the moment the banshee poked its head in, smiling right next to me as if it had been waiting.
– You can’t hear?
The moment when you speak telepathically rather than with your ears.
“ah… … .”
The girl sighed with a devastated face.
* * *
Hunter Byon was the largest domestic company if limited to hunter supplies.
There was no product that was not sold, from hunter supplies simply used by students to giant monster battle weapons similar to those of a military company.
Quang!
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However, Kim Jin-cheol, the CEO of Hunter Byon, was furious, slamming his desk against Myeongwol’s guild members, who were his main customers.
“Still no news! Do you know when Myeongwol told me to trust him and leave it to him, saying it was only a level 3 dungeon?”
“S-sorry. However, the one who failed to measure the dungeon was the Hunter Association, and the one who failed to conquer it… … .”
“Shut your mouth. Even though he received that much money, he just washes his hands. “Are you telling me that is an excuse?”
However, from the perspective of Lee Sang-hyeon, an official of Myeongwol, it was unfair. It was the Hunter Association that misrepresented the level 5 dungeon as level 3, and because of that, the attack failed and the banshees quickly became stronger by feeding on the hunters.
Myeongwol, who noticed the problem late and tried to dispatch, but failed to attack Delta Tower, had no chance of getting another chance.
The request to conquer Delta Tower had already been officially handed over to the Forest of Green Guild a long time ago.
“Even at the moment you assured me, I am Sinnoh, Jinsan, Yusu! And there is no place that I haven’t contacted you, even to Myeongwol! But not even one place was successful!”
bang!
Kim Jin-cheol was indignant and hit the desk again.
“If we had started attacking the guildmaster level from the beginning, that kid would have come back a long time ago!”
Kim Jin-cheol’s eyes burning with resentment as he looked at Lee Sang-hyun. Myeongwol was unable to save her daughter because he looked down on her phantom dance, even though he paid her generous commission fee as he was her trusted business partner.
“I completely understand your feelings, but it is a very rare case for the guild master to personally attack the enemy. And in this case… … .”
Kim Jin-cheol, who was angry at Lee Sang-hyun’s attitude of trying to understand him somehow without showing any results, actually laughed.
“How dare you consider profit and loss in front of me, a businessman.”
Kim Jin-cheol swooshed and threw his business card on the desk. What was written on the business card was a name that even Lee Sang-hyun would know.
“This is a green forest… … .”
“I applied separately through the association. And I also said this. Whatever you want, as long as it brings my daughter back to safety… … “I will gladly compensate you.”
Hunter Bayon and Myeongwol had been doing business for a long time. In addition, Kim Jin-cheol was also close with the guild master of Myeongwol.
However, even though the safety of his only daughter was at stake, he was embarrassed by Myeongwol’s response to sending a low-level hunter.
“If that is the benefit you are enjoying… … . “I am willing to take it from you and hand it over to you.”
Therefore, he was willing to betray Myeongwol if he could rescue his daughter from the green forest. In the worst case, he was willing to cut off all business with Myeongwol for the sake of her daughter.
“Ji, calm down! Didn’t we tell you? Even if that weren’t the case, I was planning on dispatching a level 6 hunter sometime today!”
“It’s already too late. “The Green Forest has already sent two level 6 students.”
Lee Sang-hyun frowned at Kim Jin-cheol’s confident appearance.
‘There are two level 6 people? Right now, the Forest of Green is probably empty of people because the guild leader is an asshole, right?
“That can’t be possible. How fast is our news? “I don’t know if there was one person, but if I said there were two people, wouldn’t you have been deceived by the forest of greenery?”
“Do you think I am a fool? “Okay, let’s go.”
Lee Sang-hyeon knew the circumstances of the green forest intimately. In his current state, the Green Forest did not have enough people to send two level 6 people to the dungeon.
“Why don’t you at least tell me your name? “I will find out for myself.”
Kim Jin-cheol glanced at Lee Sang-hyun.
And then he sighed as if there was nothing he could do. He seemed to have decided that it would be better to tell him quickly if he wanted to send Lee Sang-hyun away, which he didn’t want to see.
“… … One is Yura. “They say the other one is Shin Yuseong.”
At least Yura was a name that was all too familiar to Lee Sang-hyun. Excluding the swordsman who was dispatched to another dungeon, Yura was the only real force in the green forest.
“Poetry, Shin Yuseong? “Are you talking about Shin Yuseong?”
But what about Shin Yuseong?
Rumor has it that he was a celebrity that not only Brilliant but also Myungwol tried to recruit but failed to contact.
Maybe it was natural.
Because Shin Yu-seong was a rookie among rookies. Experts predicted that if any of the famous rookies reached level 8, the most likely candidate would be Shin Yu-seong.
‘Seo, no way… … Was it harvested from a green forest? What on earth can the guild leader do with the green forest that has become an asshole and everything is collapsing?’
Could it be that there was some kind of connection that he didn’t know about? The moment Lee Sang-hyun was confused, Kim Jin-cheol said as he left his office.
“Well, if I’m done talking, there’s a next meeting, so I’ll go.”
“Now, just a moment!”
Lee Sang-hyun, who came to his senses, urgently tried to stop him, but Kim Jin-cheol left without even looking back.
Lee Sang-hyun shook his head and said as if he didn’t quite understand.
“No, Shin Yu-seong, why on earth are you in that failing guild…” … .”
* * *
Kim Eun-ah had received a decent rank and was sitting at her desk processing piles of documents.
It was such a busy time right now that Kim Eun-ah even let Lee Soo-hyun step down, but her older brother, Kim Jun-hyuk, came to visit Kim Eun-ah. And while the secretary was away, he personally made Kim Eun-ah tea and brought up her story.
“Did you hear the rumor?”
Kim Eun-ah responded bluntly to Kim Jun-hyuk’s question by drawing her signature on the document with an analog ballpoint pen rather than an electronic device.
“What kind of rumor?”
“Of course the shooting star is the rumor.”
However, when Shin Yu-sung’s name came up, Kim Eun-ah suddenly changed her posture and sat down.
“… … Yooseong, do you know the news?”
Kim Eun-ah was busy with work, so she didn’t have time to hear Shin Yu-seong’s news. However, Kim Jun-hyuk had relatively more time as Kim Eun-ah shared his work.
“Then I didn’t try to find out, but I found out naturally. These days, the guild is buzzing with stories about Yoosung.”
“Yuseong, with a story? why?”
Until just now, Kim Eun-ah seemed like a cool-headed CEO, but now she was showing interest in Shin Yu-sung’s story and pricking up her ears.
No matter where you look at it, it looks like a high school girl.
“hmm… … Recently, Yooseong has been helping out in the green forest. Of course, the reason is… … .”
Kim Jun-hyuk looked at Kim Eun-ah and smiled. Kim Eun-ah has always been a proud younger sister, but she was a bit clueless in this regard.
If you ask who Shin Yu-seong is fighting and why he had no choice but to go to the green forest, there is only one answer.
“Eun, it must be because of you.”
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