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“Ha. This is ridiculous.”
Volcano Guild Monster Corpse Disposal Site.
“I’ve heard about it, but I didn’t think it was true. I’m so shocked I can’t even speak.”
“Sir, out of the three thousand slaves in the disposal site, more than two thousand eight hundred have escaped.”
The man receiving the report frowned.
He was the leader of the Red Plum Blossom Raid, one of the top three raid troop groups among the ten raid troop groups of the Volcano Guild.
“The volcano ended up like this because they gave the position of commander to a beggar who came from somewhere.”
His name is Cheong In-woo.
He was a ‘real’ person, on a different level from Kim Shin-hong, the commander of the company who was looked down on even within the company.
Silver drone.
A real fighter who uses martial arts, not a player.
It was one of the plum blossom inspections that could be said to be the volcano’s highest power.
“The captured slaves don’t remember anything.”
“Why?”
“It seems to be memory interference.”
Memory interference.
“Then it’s not our side?”
Among the Silver Knights, only a very small number were capable of using memory interference.
Such abilities were used by players on Earth, mana users from Einhart, and mines from Gehenna.
“Any traces of martial arts?”
That’s the most important thing.
As the Volcano Guild’s roots lie in Eun, there was also a possibility that the forces within Eun were targeting the corpse disposal site, one of Eun’s financial sources.
“… … That’s ambiguous.”
“Ambiguous?”
Cheong In-woo frowned.
“There is no form or manner of martial arts. However, traces of internal energy can be felt faintly.”
“Are you saying you didn’t use herbicide?”
“Yes.”
“under.”
Cheong In-woo looked at the floor with cold eyes.
It was Kim Shin-hong, a shabby, cold, headless corpse.
“Is it because he was such a piece of trash that he wasn’t even worth eating…?”
Flash.
“Is this a trick to create internal strife within Eun?”
Whatever it is, it’s incredibly annoying.
“How did you erase the slave seal?”
“It infiltrated from within and distorted the magic circle.”
“…What kind of existence is possible?”
Cheong In-woo’s black hawk bowed its head deeply and said.
“A warrior of the level of a hundred-level master, a player of the level of a high ranker, a mana user of the level of a guardian, a mine of the level of a high noble…”
“That’s not what I’m talking about. It would take that much power to interfere with the slave seal. What I’m talking about is….”
Cheong In-woo’s eyes shone coldly.
“I’m talking about the technique that can distort the magic circle of the slave seal.”
“… Only wizards with more than the Seven Rings of Einhart or the mines of Gehenna. If it was done by an unmanned or player, there would have been other traces left behind.”
“indeed.”
I think the general outline is taking shape.
That was when.
“Kwaaaaak!”
One of Cheong In-woo’s black hawks rolled its eyes and fell down.
“What’s going on?”
“I tried to examine the memories of the dead black hawk through the ideological connection between the black hawks. But… .”
“But?”
The fallen black hawk was carried by another black hawk and said:
“I could only see blood, and I fainted from the strong impact.”
“… They do all sorts of things.”
Now I can’t even laugh in vain anymore.
“It’s more likely to be Gehenna. Einhart wouldn’t have moved so carelessly. The purpose is…”
There is no way that the goal is something like Kim Shin-hong or the liberation of slaves.
These are all just bluffs.
The real purpose is….
“The corpse of the dragon has disappeared.”
“also.”
The corpse of the dragon, Augolas.
It is something that cannot be used without being purified, and it is not easy to purify it.
But if they are the beings of Gehenna, they will have many uses even for the corpses of dragons.
“Contact headquarters. We need to find all traces of Gehenna that have invaded Earth within a year to a month.”
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“insect.”
“Contact the company too.”
“insect!”
Cheong In-woo shook his head.
With the loss of Sirong’s body, it was clear that the volcano’s position would be shaken under the pretext of this.
I have a headache.
“ah.”
Cheong In-woo belatedly asked Heuk-mae as if he remembered something.
“Why did this idiot come here?”
Cheong In-woo speaks while kicking Kim Shin-hong’s body.
“They said they came to confirm Lee Ro-un’s death.”
“Beneficial?”
I knew his name.
The reason why I accepted that rascal named Kim Shin-hong as my commander.
One who had high rankers in sight.
“Hmm. Is he dead?”
“Yes. I heard that the slave seal was broken about a month ago.”
Although he was only a player on Earth, he was a skilled player who left an impression on Cheong In-woo.
If I hadn’t been unlucky enough to mess with ‘that’, I would have been quite famous by now.
“What about Lee Ro-un’s body?”
“That went into the abyss….”
“I guess you couldn’t find it.”
“Yes.”
Okay, that’s fine.
It is said that he was once remembered, but he eventually lost his player power.
A warrior whose dantian has been destroyed has a slight chance of recovery, but one who has lost the player’s power can never recover.
Cheong In-woo erased his memories of Lee Ro-woon.
‘If only…’
There was a way to replace the lost slaves.
The reason I postponed the raid on the S-class dungeon that occurred last time and returned to the guild.
“We’ll handle things like that here, and we’ll… .”
The most important thing in the world of silver.
“Looking for the ‘leftovers’.”
“insect-!”
* * *
“It looks like the Volcano Guild Monster Corpse Disposal Site has been attacked?”
“What? Who the hell would raid that place?”
“That… from what I’ve heard, it’s called Gehenna.”
“I guess you’re after the dragon’s corpse.”
A bar located in a basement in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.
It was a bar that was nothing special and extremely dirty, but it was bustling with customers.
The guests’ conversation was coming down to one thing.
It was about a major incident that happened recently, where a volcano’s corpse disposal site was attacked.
‘volcano.’
Who are they, one of the top three guilds in South Korea.
But its true identity was already widely known.
‘Silver Volcano.’
Volcanoes were a force that stood at the top of the silver world, and to mess with them carelessly was nothing short of madness.
But Gehenna is different.
From the beginning, they were enemies of the three worlds of Earth, Silver, and Einhart at the same time, and they even had the skills to do so.
“Is the ceasefire coming to an end now?”
“I guess so, after all, we touched the volcano.”
A man with his hoodie pulled over his head slowly approached the waiter, listening to the customers’ conversation.
“A glass of Kahlua Milk. No milk. Ice… something salty and sweet.”
“Where’s the crazy guy who takes the milk out of Kahlua Milk? And the ice is salty and sweet? Isn’t that just plain crazy?”
“… … .”
There was a strange silence between the waiter and the man.
“I’ll take care of it.”
“Oh, store manager.”
The waiter quickly bowed his head and stepped aside.
Less noise.
Unlike the waiter who treated the hooded man like a madman, the man called manager started making cocktails naturally.
Swish.
But what he handed me was nothing special, just Kahlua milk.
“What the… what kind of password are you using?”
The store manager spoke to the man in a tone of disbelief.
“Have you been at any gate for five years?”
“… About a hundred years.”
“what?”
The store manager shook his head again, looking dumbfounded.
“I’m going to hear all sorts of crazy stuff. Are you a mine or something?”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s mine. This is that kind of place.”
“Well, that’s true.”
The store manager smiled and stepped back.
Pier, a shabby bar in Dongdaemun.
But the real identity was something else.
‘Black Market.’
A place where all kinds of black market dealings thrive.
It was the Seoul branch of Heuksi, a black market where contract killings and illegal activities were carried out and where such activities were gathered.
“What do you want?”
“Looking for a commission.”
“What is your specialty?”
Shh.
The mouth revealed through the hood was smiling, showing its teeth.
“Kidnapping, murder, whatever. Anything that can be called trash.”
“… This guy is more dangerous than he looks. Well, I guess that’s only natural since he knows the password?”
“But there is a condition.”
The store manager nodded.
“The stage must be a gate. And it must be at least D-grade.”
“… … !”
It was only for a moment, but the store manager’s expression clearly changed.
But he returned to his original face and spoke, showing off his experience.
“Well, there are some suitable requests. The fee is 30 percent. Any objections?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“Good deal.”
The store manager who said that took out a cell phone from under the bar table and handed it to me.
It was an old cell phone that was hard to find these days.
“I’ll get back to you with that soon.”
The man nodded and slowly got up from his seat.
* * *
In front of a D-class gate in Namyangju.
A group of people were exchanging greetings.
“These are the players who participated as pieces this time!”
Four men and women bowed their heads in greeting.
“i look forward to!”
piece.
It refers to a party member who is put together when there is no party to join or the number of people is insufficient.
The four men and women were wearing fairly decent gear, but they looked a bit shabby.
“This is our first real match outside of the original party… I’m nervous.”
“Don’t be nervous. Just trust me!”
“I will only trust you, brother.”
The four players seemed to be on friendly terms with the person they now called big brother.
I heard that they met and became friends while conquering a certain gate.
“Yeah, yeah. Just take the bus like usual! We just didn’t have enough people for the gate we were trying to clear. Fill up the number of people, level up, and give out some magic stones!”
“You don’t have to give us the magic stone! We came here to gain experience too….”
“Hey. How can that be? We are always fair and just!”
As the atmosphere improved, the players who had participated in the piece seemed to relax a little.
“Then… Brother, the members of your party… .”
“Ah. Right. I should introduce you to everyone. All of our party members have been with me for over three years.”
“Oh. It’s been quite a long party.”
“These four, including me, are players, and this side is…”
Shh.
The man curled the corners of his mouth.
The beginner players gulped nervously at the sight of his narrowed eyes.
“Don’t be surprised. They are ronin.”
“I, a ronin!”
The players’ eyes widened.
“If you’re a ronin….”
“You are the silver warriors!”
“oh!”
Two men and a woman looked very surprised.
What was unusual was that the other one didn’t seem too surprised to hear that he was a ronin.
Ronin.
It was a similar concept to mercenaries, but they were known to be unmanned and had higher combat power and more experience than players.
of course.
“Oh, is it okay?”
It was said that among the ronin, there were many who were particularly dangerous.
“I told you. We’ve been working together for three years.”
“Hyung, I will only trust you, hyung.”
“Okay. Okay. Let’s check our equipment. You guys should do that too, right?”
“yes!”
The novice players moved to one side and started checking their equipment.
The party leader nodded to those who had been introduced as ronin.
A far away corner.
“Swoop. Ha.”
The party leader, who was smoking a cigarette, spoke with a mean smile and a completely different expression than before.
“As I said, the mission is….”
Shh.
“Kidnapping. Lock them at the gate and they’ll collect the ransom outside. The fee is two hundred million each. If you have any objections, tell me now. If you go in, there’s no need to kick them out or anything.”
“i get it.”
“… … .”
But among the men introduced as ronin, the one with the hood turned over wasn’t looking at the party venue.
His eyes were on the beginner players, especially one woman.
‘It was a win from the start.’
A man with his hood turned over.
Lee Ro-woon had one corner of his mouth curled up.
I’ll have to watch more, but I think I found it.
