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[Operation to recapture Pyongyang]
Inside the magic barrier.
A spirit zombie was wandering around the barrier.
“Purrrrr…”
The identity of the spirit zombie that used the bent old man’s body as a host was a low-level fire spirit.
The dirty reality was that spirits were divided into ranks based on their power, and spirits with higher ranks had better hosts.
“Purrrrr….”
Because of this, the lower-level spirits of fire wandered around the barrier, waiting for humans who might come to surrender.
If such a person came, I planned to take over his body immediately. This old human body will soon die.
It was then. A hole opened in one side of the magic barrier, and a spirit I had never seen before appeared.
“Purrr…?”
Enviably, the spirit zombie had the body of a young man. He walked straight towards this direction with a powerful gait.
Jump and jump.
The black energy that slowly flowed out enveloped his body like fog. There was only one type of spirit like that in the spirit world.
[Spirit of Darkness]
The lesser spirit of fire, who had the body of an old man with only bones, looked at the other person with envy. At the same time, I had doubts.
Doesn’t it look very strong?
To use a young, healthy human as a host, you had to be at least a mid-level spirit. However, the [darkness] felt from the other person was at best the level of a low-level spirit similar to oneself.
And one more thing.
Wasn’t there a hole in the magic barrier just a moment ago?
Both questions were resolved at once after a while.
Crack!
Daein naturally approached the spirit zombie and suddenly broke its neck.
And then I grabbed his face with my right hand.
Procrastination.
The spirit of Dreitz appeared translucent on the back of the great man’s right hand.
After it swallowed Taejin Kim’s [Darkness], the great man gave it the name ‘Agwi’.
The hungry ghost opened its mouth wide and began to suck in the fire spirit that was coming out of the old man’s body.
‘Kwaaaaaak!’
The lesser spirit of fire screamed. However, no one heard the sound, and after a while, the spirit’s existence completely disappeared.
Sigh!
The anglerfish, which had absorbed the spirit until the last drop, licked its lips as if it were still not enough.
After a while, the [darkness] emanating from the great man’s body became a little darker.
“I’ll let you eat again later. Until then, stay calm.”
After appeasing the hungry ghost, the great man hid the limp body of the old man in a place out of sight.
Daein put on the wireless earphones he received from Abraxas before crossing the magic barrier. It was a communication artifact used for magical power.
Daein said, tapping his fingers on the wireless earphones.
“I came inside the barrier.”
After a while, an answer came from Abraxas, who was waiting outside the barrier.
-Good reception. can you hear me?
“huh. “It sounds good.”
The great man answered and walked into the city.
Daein was the only one who infiltrated the magic barrier. This mission was all about secrecy, and only Daein was able to disguise himself as a spirit zombie.
Other party members waited outside or took on other roles.
“What about the little one?”
-Stay next to me. My cheeks got really swollen because I didn’t take him with me?
“Tell me not to do anything else and save my strength. Because sooner or later I have to fight a huge guy. “What about Ri Cheol-jun?”
-I went to collect my comrades myself. I’ll try to collect as much as I can before the operation begins.
“Well, I’m desperate for that, so I’ll take care of it.”
The great man walked towards the city. The image of Pyongyang, which had become an alternate world mixed with the spirit world, came into his sight.
This city was completely ignoring the laws of physics.
Abnormally large flowers were blooming everywhere and broken concrete was floating in the air.
The colors were all random, as if the Creator had mixed up the colors here. The sky is yellow, the ground is blue, and the trees are white.
Abraxas, who came in first and took a look, asked the great man what he thought.
-how is it? It’s such a beautiful ruin, isn’t it?
“Except for the monsters in here.”
Saying that, Daein naturally slipped into the place where the spirit zombies were walking around.
The zombies all had bizarre shapes.
There was one with a face engulfed in flames, one with water flowing from a hole in its body, one with tree branches growing from its limbs, and another with frost forming around it every time it breathed.
The great man headed towards the center of the city and carefully observed the enemies.
‘Most of them are low-level spirits. There is about one in 10 mid-level spirits….’
At that time, the great man, who spotted the high-level spirit zombie from afar, hid himself.
Grumble!
A fiery high-level spirit zombie whose entire body was engulfed in flames was passing along the road with low-level spirits.
[…….]
The high-level spirit zombie looked in the direction where the great man was hiding for a moment, then immediately turned around and went back the same way.
After a while, the great man appeared from the shadows.
“…I have to be careful.”
The level of power was different for higher-level spirits.
On the continent of Gaia, spiritists who can summon high-level spirits are treated as having the same power as sword masters.
There were about 10 such high-level spirits inside. Moreover, they all used superhumans as hosts.
However, if it were all about higher-level spirits, North Korea would not have fallen so easily.
Googoo googung!
A huge shadow covered the ground. The great man raised his head and looked at the sky.
“…….”
I saw an ice stingray as big as a mountain gliding with its huge wings spread.
Frost is
the highest level spirit of ice and a national disaster-level monster.
As long as that guy was around, fighting head-on would be suicidal.
‘If you fight in your current state, that’s okay.’
Fortunately, he was very high up, so there was no need to worry about being caught.
All the spirits were kneeling down and expressing their reverence for Frost. Daein followed them and did the same.
As long as there was no Spirit King, Frost was the ruler of this place.
Frost leisurely flapped his wings and passed over their heads.
“…….”
The great man looked at the figure until it passed by, then got up and moved towards his destination again.
After a while, the first destination came into view.
***
Before infiltrating the magic barrier.
Daein made a detailed plan to recapture Pyongyang with Abraxas Ri Cheol-jun.
Since we knew how Pyongyang was recaptured in the past, coming up with a plan wasn’t that difficult.
In fact, I was able to make a better plan than before.
The plan was briefly summarized as follows.
1. Daein first infiltrates Pyongyang and installs magic bombs on the seven towers that supply magic power to the city’s magic barrier.
Abraxas, who entered first, confirmed the location.
“Six of them are installed on the outskirts of the city. “The 7th tower is in the center of the city, so we couldn’t confirm it, but its location is obvious based on the structure of the magic barrier.”
“good. “I’ll take care of the rest.”
2. Explode the magic bombs at the same time to destroy all towers and dismantle the magic barrier at once.
“It must be blown up at the same time. “If even one remains, the barrier will be restored quickly.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to make a timer and a remote detonation device.”
3. When the magical barrier is lifted, the spirits lose much of their power for a while. This is your opportunity.
“Ri Cheol-jun. “Once the barrier is lifted, attack the city immediately.”
“Trust and leave it to us!”
“Young kid, you’re dealing with Frost then. I will come to help, so just hold on until then. “You can do it, right?”
“I’ll bake it before the uncle comes!”
4. Taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, Daein rescues the trapped team members. Afterwards, he joins the battle with his team.
5. We all defeat Frost together, take everything we can, and return to the guild.
***
The great man hid in the first tower.
I used [Stealth] to kill as many traces as possible and quietly climbed to the top of the tower.
The lesser spirits did not notice even when the great man passed by.
The man who reached the top floor in an instant opened the door and went inside.
Two intermediate wind spirits were guarding the place.
[Who is it?]
Intermediate spirits were able to communicate directly to the other party. The guys looked at Daein with a puzzled expression.
[Why did the spirit of darkness come here?]
[Who sent this messenger?]
Whirr!
Instead of answering, the great man attacked right away.
[How dare a low-level spirit!]
[You’re crazy!]
The mid-level spirits of the wind saw the amount of darkness emitted by the great man and decided that the opponent was a low-level spirit.
The power of low-level spirits and mid-level spirits differs by at least 5 to 10 times.
That difference made the difference in a moment of inattention.
Sigh!
The sword tore through the windshield in one go and pierced the heart of one of its hosts. The great man pulled the sword from the body of the astonished man and swung it straight to the side.
[No way!]
The other guy belatedly gathered all his strength. However, before it became a gust of wind, the great man’s sword first pierced the guy’s forehead.
Phew! dump.
Daein, who killed two mid-level spirit zombies in an instant, grabbed their faces with his right hand.
“Agwi. “It’s time to eat.”
Procrastination.
The hungry ghost sucked in two intermediate wind spirits.
Shuuuuup!
Then, the [darkness] flowing from the great man’s body became even darker.
Now, it has gone beyond a low-level spirit and is closer to a middle-level spirit.
The great man looked at the anglerfish with a curious expression.
‘Seeing as the darkness becomes stronger even when other attributes are consumed, it seems that this guy’s attribute is completely fixed to darkness.’
Originally, Dreitz’s spirit was an artificial spirit with no attribute.
Therefore, it can grow differently depending on what kind of ‘natural power’ it absorbs. Perhaps because what it first consumed was [Darkness], it was growing into a spirit of darkness.
Knock knock. Daein tapped his earphones and spoke.
“I entered the first tower.”
-Tell me what the surroundings look like.
“First of all…”
Daein followed Abraxas’ instructions and installed a magic bomb.
When a disk-shaped magical bomb was installed on the wall and ceiling, the bomb disappeared after a while.
Abraxas was confident about the bomb’s performance.
-Who made it? Even if a high-ranking spirit comes, you won’t notice?
“okay. “Then I’ll move to the next location right away.”
***
A few hours later, Daein succeeded in planting magical bombs in all six towers on the outskirts of the city.
Each time, the hungry ghost grew by absorbing the spirits guarding the top of the tower.
Sigh! Sigh!
Now, the hungry ghost was emitting darkness that was more than that of a complete mid-level spirit.
Procrastination.
The monkfish lingered on the back of the great man’s hand. As if he was still hungry, he continued to whet his appetite.
“Be patient. “I’ll let you eat as much as you want later.”
The great man patted the hungry ghost and jumped from the sixth tower.
Whick!
The great man who came down from the tower immediately hid in the shadows. After a while, spirit zombies swarmed there.
[The tower guards have disappeared here too!]
[Spread out and search!]
[Strengthen the perimeter of the tower!]
I did the same thing 6 times, so no matter how stupid the other person was, there was no way they wouldn’t have noticed something strange.
‘Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to find out anything.’
The body was hidden by the great man, and the spirit inside it was eaten by the ghost.
And the magic bomb installed on the tower was completely hidden.
Rather, the picture Daein wanted was to see confused spirit zombies flocking to the outskirts of the city.
Daein spoke softly into his earphones.
“Then I go into the city center to plant the final bomb.”
-Laz! boss!
“I’m excited.”
The great man clicked his tongue and moved to the center of the city.
He was in no hurry. I acted as naturally as possible. I revealed the darkness to the level of a mid-level spirit and walked among the many spirits passing along the road.
As we headed towards the city center, the number of spirits decreased. Instead, the proportion of intermediate spirits gradually increased.
Occasionally, the appearance of a high-level spirit was also seen.
“…….”
The great man nervously blended into the crowd and passed the upper-class spirit. Contrary to what I had feared, there was no suspicion as the darkness grew stronger to the level of a mid-level spirit.
‘I guess the spirit’s energy has completely erased my presence.’
Jump and jump.
Now, the destination is just around the corner.
I saw a tall tower rising in the center of the city. The entrance was visible between two wooden pillars rolled up like a twist.
The people who were taken away are probably trapped there too.
Two superhumans and over ten healthy adults. The rest were North Korean residents whose health improved significantly over the three days.
There was no way such a ‘nutritious host’ could be assigned to a low-level spirit in the outskirts.
There was a high probability that they were taken to the center to be assigned to mid-level spirits or higher.
Beep beep beep.
Daein’s prediction was correct. A locator with team members was also responding from the central tower.
It was when Daein had almost arrived at the central tower.
[Hey.]
Daein just pretended not to hear and tried to go into the tower.
But the voice persisted.
[I am a child of darkness. Can’t you hear me?]
The old, grayish voice was aimed squarely at Daein. The attention of the other spirits was focused.
“……”
The great man had no choice but to stop in his tracks.
When I looked back, the dark upper spirit Shade was approaching.
Creeping.
Shade looked closer to a devil than a spirit. The darkness flowing from the host’s body completely enveloped the body, and black horns protruding from its forehead and four pairs of wings were visible on its back.
The superhuman who became the host inside the guy’s body had his lips torn all the way to his chin, and the darkness mixed with blood stood out like dark red teeth.
[That’s strange. Was there a child like you among the dark spirits?]
There was no way I could answer. The great man lowered his head and remained silent.
[Why is there no answer? [Can’t you hear me?]
I could feel Shade’s anger.
Ssssssssut!
As Shade became angry as a high-ranking spirit of darkness, enormous darkness spread out like a curtain. The other spirits, surprised, stepped back.
Shade approached the great man and asked in an eerie voice.
[I will ask again. Child of darkness. Where are you from? Why isn’t it in my memory?]
The great man raised his lowered head and said. But it wasn’t what I said to Shade.
“As. “Tell Lee Cheol-jun to prepare quickly.”
-how much?
“Right Now.”
At the same time, the great man drew his sword and cut Shade down.
Sigh!
[Kaaaaaa!]
The thick darkness scattered in all directions, and the wounded Shade retreated, screaming.
The anglerfish, which had been waiting for a chance to prey, did not miss the opportunity.
Shurururururuk!
The darkness that had spread like a curtain was instantly sucked into the anglerfish.
Munch, munch!
There were no exceptions, even for high-level spirits. The great man rushed forward and cut off Shade, and all the torn darkness went into the hungry ghost’s stomach.
Even powerful upper-class spirits had no chance of dealing with that surprise attack.
Suddenly! The host’s head was cut off and Shade was completely absorbed by the anglerfish.
Oh my!
Now, as if its stomach was full, the monkfish burped and grinned.
However, the great man could not smile happily when he was sold like that.
[[Humans have come in!]]
Being surrounded by hundreds of spirits wasn’t that scary.
But
gosh gosh!
The great man looked up into the sky at the huge shadow approaching, covering the ground.
“…It’s a mess.”
Frost was flying towards us.
[Operation to recapture Pyongyang] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
