Episode 101
“Have we ever made this many enemies?”
Lee Jun-cheol, who was counting the number of hunters who had attacked, let out a meaningless laugh.
“A union of two large guilds and five medium guilds… … .”
The justification put forward by this absurd number of coalitions was to ‘root out the remnants of Tyrant’.
“How bad did you do that they’re foaming at the mouth and running at you?”
Lee Jun-cheol’s gaze was directed at Jeong Dae-yoon, the only hunter from the Tyrant clan belonging to Pantheon.
“I don’t think he’s running towards me just for me.”
Jung Dae-yoon was also laughing in vain like Lee Jun-cheol.
There would be no reason for them to come together like this and attack me if they weren’t even great criminals.
“I swear I didn’t do anything that would make me feel guilty. The judge acknowledged that.”
“I know. I was just joking because the noises coming from over there were so ridiculous.”
It was never intended to come to purge Tyrant as it appeared.
That’s just a pretext to show off to the public.
Lee Jun-cheol had a vague idea of why other guilds were hostile to Pantheon.
“It seems that the last time we attacked and destroyed them all without a trace was the cause of the trouble.”
When the guilds realized that Pantheon’s power was beyond their imagination, they concluded that they should not give it any more time to grow.
“It was their fault first.”
“Do those people look like great people who would argue about such things?”
If the hunters of other guilds were a people who knew how to judge justice, they would not have done things like monopolizing hunting grounds in the first place.
They were merely a group that acted solely for profit.
“And it’s not just for that reason.”
“Then what else is there?”
“I guess you didn’t like the atmosphere where we were supported by low-ranking hunters.”
‘Why don’t you guys do it like that?’
Such opinions began to emerge one by one among low-level hunters and citizens.
The more territory the other guilds had and the larger their size, the more harshly they were criticized.
The sense of crisis that they might lose their jobs if they continued like this brought together the guilds that were usually at odds.
“I didn’t know that we would achieve guild unification.”
“Is this the time to keep joking? We need to come up with a plan somehow.”
“We’ve already done enough. The secret unit that Kang Jin-hyeok brought has already been dispatched, and Seo Sang-ho has also gone to the front lines.”
I wish I could stop them all with those people.
Lee Jun-cheol predicted that with his current strength, he would not be able to stop the hunters who were coming in like a tidal wave.
Trying to stop such a crazy offensive with less than a hundred men was like trying to surround and destroy 5,000 monsters with 300 men.
“I’ll go out too.”
“No. You know that this building is safe thanks to Mr. Jeong Dae-yoon’s skills.”
Jeong Dae-yoon swallowed a groan of pain after hearing Lee Jun-cheol’s criticism.
“I don’t know how long this blind-eyed trick will work.”
“I guess the day we get caught will be our memorial day.”
Near the Pantheon’s headquarters, hundreds of Hunters are watching for opportunity.
If it is discovered that most of the people guarding the headquarters are illusions created by Jeong Dae-yoon, they will come running here without hesitation.
“Isn’t there any way?”
“Well, I’m not an extraordinary person like Zhuge Liang… … .”
Even if Mr. Waryong were to come back to life, it would be difficult to overcome the current situation.
The strategy is that you can only exert power when your opponent’s power is similar to yours.
Or at least there needs to be some sort of terrain advantage, but Pantheon has neither.
“I’m asking the association for help.”
“I already did it 30 minutes ago.”
“Huh? Then why haven’t you said anything yet?”
“I guess you’re going to cut off my hand, huh?”
Lee Jun-cheol spoke casually, as if it was nothing special.
With such a difference in power, there was no way the Association would waste its precious manpower on the Pantheon.
“Even if we fail anyway, there are many guilds that will take our place.”
Lee Jun-cheol reminded Jeong Dae-yoon of the cold reality.
“… … This is the worst situation, and I can’t see it getting any worse.”
“Why can’t it get any worse?”
Lee Jun-cheol pointed at himself and Jung Dae-yoon alternately with his finger, with a mischievous smile.
“It’s not the worst, since we haven’t run away yet and are still holding on.”
“Hahaha, that’s a really encouraging thing to say.”
In fact, although he didn’t say it out loud, Jung Dae-yoon found it surprising that Lee Jun-cheol was still in the guild.
I heard that he and his gang members were gangsters who sold goods on the black market.
In terms of being disloyal in front of money, I’d say they’re no less loyal than hunters from large guilds.
Why is Lee Jun-cheol stuck with Pantheon, which is on the verge of collapse?
“You look like you’re wondering why I didn’t jump out.”
Lee Jun-cheol seemed to have read Jeong Dae-yoon’s thoughts and hit the nail on the head.
Jeong Dae-yoon, embarrassed, waved his hand with a reddened face.
“Oh, no. That can’t be.”
“Kekekeke, it’s all already been revealed, so there’s no need to hide it.”
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Lee Jun-cheol surprisingly did not show any resistance.
Lee Jun-cheol himself knew very well that he was an unlikable person.
The method chosen to shed that image was to remain steadfast even in this crisis.
If we can just get through this crisis safely, no one will think that Lee Jun-cheol and his organization will betray us any longer.
‘The plan sounds good, but I’m worried about whether we can overcome this situation.’
To be honest, there wasn’t even a shred of chance of winning in Lee Jun-cheol’s eyes right now.
Lee Jun-cheol’s actions now were the same as a person who holds a different colored and numbered piece of shit and believes that the straight will be completed with the last card.
If the stakes are low, then maybe not.
What was on the table was life. It was all-in.
‘Would it be better to jump out now?’
Lee Jun-cheol glared at the constantly updated situation board as if it were his enemy.
The reconnaissance reports we hear are all hopeless.
Although Suin and Seo Sang-ho are showing off their brilliant performances, only the East and South areas they are in charge of are safe.
It’s only natural that other guilds would aim for the empty spot.
Even if we sent the remaining guild members to form a defensive line, they could not withstand the oncoming attacks for long.
“shit!”
Lee Jun-cheol slammed the table in anger.
“It looks pretty difficult.”
“……yes?”
Lee Jun-cheol turned his head, thinking that it was Jeong Dae-yoon who spoke.
“What did you just say?”
“I didn’t say anything?”
Jung Dae-yoon seemed to have no idea.
There’s no way he would have played a joke in this situation.
But Lee Jun-cheol clearly heard someone’s voice.
“It was as if something was ringing in my head… … .”
“Is that what you mean?”
Lee Jun-cheol looked around, following the voice he heard once again.
“Don’t waste your energy. Right now, my body is hidden by magic, so you can’t see it.”
“Magic? Who are you?!”
Lee Jun-cheol looked like a crazy person shouting in a place where no one was present.
But no one here looked at Lee Jun-cheol strangely.
The mysterious voice that resonated from an unseen place was heard by everyone in the place.
“Didn’t the enemies enter in the meantime?”
“Use the Quick Detection item to search the surrounding area!”
“Nothing is captured!”
The dragon sighed in disappointment as he watched his guild members floundering about.
“What foolish people.”
I felt sorry to see Kang Jin-hyeok’s base being attacked, so I stepped forward, but the headquarters literally became a battlefield.
“Be still and listen. This body has come to bestow mercy upon you.”
“Well, Jabi… … . So you’re saying we’re not enemies?”
Dragon snorted after hearing Lee Jun-cheol’s words.
“Do you dare to think that you can be my opponent?”
Lee Jun-cheol shook his head.
Although I had no idea about the other person’s identity, I could at least tell that he was an extraordinary person.
Judging from the fact that no item could detect its location, it was obvious that the guild members here were not the ones to fight it.
“How do you plan to help us?”
『Just once. This body will breathe directly, so point to the place you want.』
If the dragon wanted to, it could obliterate any human who came towards it.
But it didn’t make sense for a being from another dimension to be so tyrannical in another dimension.
Targeting only one area was the best compromise the dragon could come up with.
“Then, can I ask you to take care of the enemies coming this way?”
The direction that Lee Jun-cheol pointed to on the situation board was the direction in which the main force of a large guild was advancing.
If we could hold off these forces, we could last a considerable amount of time.
“i get it.”
The dragon, who accepted Lee Jun-cheol’s request, disappeared from that spot.
When he no longer heard the voice in his head, Lee Jun-cheol sat back in his chair in relief.
“Whew… … I suddenly wondered what was going on.”
Jung Dae-yoon was also shocked.
His legs were shaking slightly, as if he was still tense.
“Who on earth was that voice just now?”
“Do you understand me? I should be grateful that I wasn’t just your enemy.”
Lee Jun-cheol felt goosebumps run down his spine at the thought that someone with such perfect hiding skills could be his enemy.
“Do you really think he’ll stop the hunters coming from the west?”
“I don’t even hope for that. I don’t think it’s possible.”
Lee Jun-cheol never had any unreasonable expectations from the beginning.
I knew he was a man of great ability, but it was impossible for him to block waves of hundreds of troops with just his body, unless he was a locust in the Horokwan.
Kuung!
Suddenly, the sound of a bomb exploding was heard and the entire building shook with vibrations.
There were more than a few guild members who screamed at the sudden phenomenon.
“What? What is it?”
“Could it be that we’ve already been attacked?”
Lee Jun-cheol’s face became clouded after hearing Jeong Dae-yoon’s words.
‘Could it be that all the sentries we set up as scarecrows were discovered?’
If that’s true, a large number of people will soon storm the headquarters.
“Hey, hey, bro!”
When Jo Hyeong-il called him in an urgent voice, Lee Jun-cheol’s expression crumpled.
“Didn’t I tell you to call me Director, not Brother?”
“That’s not the problem now! Look at this!”
“What is it?”
The screen that Jo Hyeong-il showed showed a city that had been reduced to rubble.
There was a huge hole in the middle of the city, as if a meteor had struck.
“What, what is this!? What just happened?”
“They say this was filmed by a drone!”
“US, what about civilian casualties?”
“They say that the guild guys over there evacuated everyone in advance, so there were no civilian casualties.”
Since it was a fight over a just cause, the opposing side was most concerned about public opinion, so they evacuated all the civilians in the area before starting the war.
When Lee Jun-cheol heard that, he fell to the floor.
Rather than thinking that it was a blessing in disguise, I began to doubt whether what was happening was real.
“What on earth did you do… … ?”
