‘I think some kind of sorcery was activated when the beast died earlier. Was it a barrier?’
Just a moment ago, Seo Kang-rim was trying to avoid the black liquid that was heading towards him.
Although he could have easily evaded it with his speed, his ankle was caught and he was dragged down in an instant.
Looking up, the ceiling was tightly closed with no collapsed areas.
‘If it’s a barrier, there must be a medium somewhere. I just need to destroy it, but… … .’
I was anxious about not being able to contact Shin Soo-ah.
He quickly moved his feet, trying to suppress his emotions as much as possible.
‘It doesn’t seem like Shin Soo Ah is dead, but if there’s no communication, she must have lost consciousness. If it’s enough to render her incapacitated in that short a time.’
Nothing comes to mind except anonymity.
It is nearly impossible for even a simple tea master or a divine being to knock her out instantly.
The original purpose of the anonymous person was to make Shin Soo Ah his master, so there was a high probability that he took her away.
‘Then Shinsooah won’t be inside this barrier. I have to get out of here as quickly as possible… … .’
Since other messengers besides himself were dragged down here, it was certain that they would be encountered during the search.
Is this also part of the anonymous calculation?
It may have been one of his plans to have himself and his messengers fight and die within this barrier.
‘I can’t play around with the will of the nameless. I have to avoid encountering the messengers as much as possible and destroy the medium as quickly as possible.’
To facilitate a quick search, he first created a clone and then transformed its form.
Tiny rats began to swarm around Seo Kang-rim.
The moment Seo Kang-rim was about to get up from his seat after sending off his clone, something began to flow out like a ghost from all directions.
-Shaaaaa… … !
Paper dolls were fluttering about.
Dolls with faces without facial features.
The dolls, holding swords, attacked Seo Kang-rim without hesitation.
-Kaga River!
The sword he was holding clashed with his gnashing teeth.
The swords they were holding were also made of paper, but they were quite sharp.
But it was nothing compared to Shincheol.
-Crunch!
In all directions, instead of flesh, pieces of paper were flying, and instead of blood, food was flying.
The paper dolls eventually lost their shape and collapsed when their heads were blown off.
Seo Kang-rim quickly escaped from the scene as papers were scattered everywhere.
‘There are other things to worry about besides the tea ceremony. It’s not strong, but it’s annoying.’
Even though I had just disposed of the paper dolls, the letters all around started wriggling as if more dolls were about to be created.
Each and every letter felt like a cell.
I couldn’t get caught in a place like this.
As he ran out, destroying dolls like crazy, Seo Kang-rim felt a faint presence above his head.
-Squeak!
Seo Kang-rim grabbed the paper doll next to him and pulled it to where he was.
Then the doll was dragged into the air.
The sight of him hanging with a translucent rope around his neck made him look like he had been strangled.
As Seo Kang-rim stepped back, someone above him caught his eye.
“… … It’s faster than I thought.”
In the darkness, someone was watching Seo Kang-rim.
The life force shining in those sharp eyes.
The owner of the gaze was Ha Baek-heon.
It was a deplorable situation for Seo Kang-rim.
It’s not even enough time to go find Shin Soo-ah, but I’m meeting a team leader named Ha Baek-heon.
On the other hand, Ha Baek-heon was flustered when he encountered Seo Kang-rim, but he thought that this was an opportunity.
‘It was difficult because they didn’t show any sign of movement, but it’s fortunate that we’ve run into them like this.’
If they join hands with the first owner, it will be a headache for the protectorate.
So I was trying to deal with the clown before he met his first master, but he showed up like this.
Besides, if he had managed to infiltrate this far, it was clear that this clown must have a fairly high position within the organization.
Although they often captured clowns, they had no information about most of them, so they had a hard time tracking down their leaders.
But this clown must have some useful information.
‘We have to capture him alive and extract information from him.’
-Kaga River!
A dozen or so needles flew toward Seo Kang-rim.
In the end, they were all poisoned.
Seo Kang-rim blocked the needles with his sword and rushed straight towards Ha Baek-heon.
Ha Baek-heok felt a tingling sensation at the tip of his nose.
-Crunch!
The sharp blow left a faint gash on his face.
If it had been just a little bit deeper, his head would have been blown off, but his sword was already blocked by thread.
After Ha Baek-heon blocked the attack, he hastily retreated.
‘As reported, his skills seem excellent. A head-on confrontation would be difficult.’
Ha Baek-heon knew his own abilities well.
The fact that he is the weakest among the team leaders in one-on-one combat.
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But he had a different specialty.
[The ability ‘Blessing of Darkness’ is activated!]
As soon as the ability was activated, Ha Baek-heon disappeared before Seo Kang-rim’s eyes.
Even though I used all my senses, I couldn’t find any sign of him.
Although he seemed to have evaporated from that spot, he was still lurking around Seo Kang-rim.
[Influenced by the surrounding environment, agility and senses increase by 300%!]
[200% blended with the surrounding darkness!]
Ha Baek-heon is a person with abilities specializing in assassination and infiltration.
In a dark place like now, your abilities increase several times over.
Seo Kang-rim’s attacks were certainly fast and sharp, but they were meaningless if they missed the mark.
-Kang, Kang!
Ha Baek-heon was moving his body in the darkness and quickly pouring attacks on Seo Kang-rim.
As I was blocking the spit flying from the front, another attack came from the left, and then another from the front.
Seo Kang-rim was firing a magic bullet in the direction the attack had come from, but there was already no one there.
-Sara-ra-rak… … !
Meanwhile, paper people began to flock from all directions.
Ha Baek-heon was hiding in the darkness, so the paper humans could not see him.
The only thing that caught their eyes was Seo Kang-rim.
-Shaaaaa… … !
As the enemies approached, Seo Kang-rim immediately went into battle.
I knew that Ha Baek-heon was hiding in the darkness, but I couldn’t just ignore the gods rushing in front of me.
At the moment when Seo Kang-rim was tearing the divine beasts apart, Ha Baek-heon’s eyes shone sharply.
-Crunch!
Seo Kang-rim’s sword cut through the divine beast, but at the same time, both of his legs stopped as if they were stuck to the floor.
It was a trap.
The sticky threads that Ha Baek-heon had installed here and there under the cover of darkness were spread out on the floor like spider webs.
-Phew!
And as soon as Seo Kang-rim showed his weakness, a needle was stuck in his neck.
As the instant-acting paralyzing toxin was injected into the body, the blood vessels were seen turning purple.
The moment he turned his body to try to escape, a flash of light poured out from the darkness.
-Quaquaquaqua!
A dozen needles were stuck in my neck, arms, and back.
The amount of poison buried there was enormous.
When Seo Kang-rim finally couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed, only then did Ha Baek-heon appear from the darkness.
“I really didn’t think the clown would come all the way here.”
Ha Baek-heon looked at the scenery before him with a tone of pretended admiration.
The divine beasts that had attacked Seo Kang-rim all turned into pieces of paper, and the rest were caught in the spider webs set up by Ha Baek-heon.
Leaving the struggling gods behind, he cautiously approached the clown.
He may not be dead yet.
It’s a serious illness, but it’s not the kind that can kill you.
However, I won’t be able to come to my senses for a while.
He started to get a little excited at the thought of taking him to the Protectorate and extracting information from him.
Even if you fail the mission to kill the nameless one, you will be somewhat forgiven since you captured the clown group.
Before dragging out the unconscious clown, I raised my hand to at least look at his handsome face.
-Phew!
“Ugh… … !”
Blood spurted out from Ha Baek-heon’s mouth along with a groan.
A burning pain in the abdomen.
He looked back urgently, trying to stop the blood from flowing from the hole in his stomach.
‘Were there more people? But until just now, it was definitely… …!’
-Quaquaquaqua!
Before they could find out who the culprit was, a series of bullets were fired and they flew towards Ha Baek-heon.
But Ha Baek-heon was not there.
Although he managed to avoid the attack, the injury to his abdomen was quite serious and his movements became slow.
A sharp blade flew over Ha Baek-heon’s head.
-Kang, Kang!
Ha Baek-heon hurriedly took out his dagger and blocked the attack.
The one wielding the sword was clearly the clown who had been struck by a poisoned needle and passed out.
While feeling dizzy from the pain in his abdomen, Ha Baek-heon was quickly identifying his opponent.
‘Are you the type of person who can’t handle poison? This is going to be a headache.’
The only silver lining was that the sticky thread was doing its job.
The clown stood rooted to the spot.
But that fact didn’t seem to matter to the clown.
[The ability ‘Mattan’ is activated!]
Every time he made a gesture, magic bullets would appear from all directions and fly towards Ha Baek-heon.
It was a headache, having an Awakened who was skilled not only in swordsmanship but also in sorcery.
Ha Baek-heon hurriedly ran into the darkness.
‘We must find an opening. If only we could capture him… …!’
-Whoooosh!
At that moment, flames burst out from all directions.
The corpses of the gods were set on fire and the fire began to spread in all directions.
And at the same time, the sticky thread began to melt away along with the darkness.
Ha Baek-heon’s face turned pale when he saw that.
‘How did you know that the thread’s weakness was fire? And the surroundings were bright, so I couldn’t escape into the darkness. Is this a coincidence?’
Whether by accident or intention, it was a disadvantageous situation for Ha Baek-heon.
As fire spread everywhere and the threads melted, the clown came out with creaking steps.
Meanwhile, Ha Baek-heon was shocked when he saw something in the clown’s hand.
“You, when did you… …!”
When Ha Baek-heon saw the white dagger in the clown’s hand, the color drained from his face.
When on earth did you take that?
Was it when you swung your sword just now?
But that wasn’t what mattered now.
To think that the only weapon that could defeat the nameless would be taken away from me.
The composure disappeared from Ha Baek-heon’s face.
If the clown escapes with the dagger, this mission will end in disaster.
Now that it had come to this, I had to get it back at all costs.
Ha Baek-heon swallowed the blood flowing out of his teeth and took out the needle.
‘I was saving it to use when dealing with the nameless, but… …!’
-Phew!
He drove the needle into his own neck.
Then, in an instant, the veins began to thicken and stand out, and the blood vessels all over the body began to pop out.
His once bright eyes began to tremble, and his once bloodless face turned red.
Ha Baek-heon, who was glaring at Seo Kang-rim while shaking, had clearly changed.
[Status abnormality ‘Forced Activation’ is activated!]
