< Black Messiah (2) >
The movement of the comet guild was a kind of strategy to grasp information and choose a good dungeon while conducting a due diligence of the dungeon.
Thanks to this, Sang-woo became a bit cumbersome, but in fact, there was no big difference except that there was someone behind him, so he thought so.
‘But I heard that all high-level monsters and dungeons have already been robbed overseas, so I wonder if there are any good ones left.’
Sang-woo had some doubts, but in the end it was a story that had nothing to do with him, so he skipped it.
How long did it take to entrust the hunting to the alter egos, enter the portal, clean up the dungeon, and enter a new dungeon?
An exceptionally large portal came into sight in front of the Comet Guild, who had been following some of the alter egos.
“big.”
“Is that so? Isn’t that a portal for awakening?”
“uh? is it?”
The members of the Comet Guild who discovered the portal were whispering.
Portal for awakening.
Unlike other general portals that simply connect to dungeons or fields, it meant a portal that allows you to awaken your abilities with the system when you enter.
These awakening portals were the portals used in the ‘awakening program’ led by the Enlighten Group and the Hunter Association.
‘If it’s a portal for awakening…’
Among the members of the Hyeseong Guild who were in charge of collecting information, the leader’s head went round.
1. Portals for awakening are monopolized by the government as soon as they are discovered.
2. Because of the awakening program.
3. What if you preoccupy? You could benefit from filing a claim to the government.
The conclusion reached was simple.
‘If that portal is for awakening, then we must make sure that is ours!’
If you go through the first discovery compensation and the equity lawsuit through the ownership lawsuit, you will be able to make a huge profit.
And the leader’s thoughts seemed to be noticed by the other guild members as well.
-Team Leader, if this is the right portal for awakening, you must decide here.
– I agree.
-I think so too. First of all, let’s check if the portal for awakening is correct.
He looked at one of the guild members.
Hunter Lee Yun-ho, who is a naturally occurring Awakener and is not yet a system holder.
-Is it okay for this hunter to awaken the system on this occasion?
-Ah yes! of course!
Quite an ace, but currently treated as the youngest on the team, he hurriedly responded to the leader’s request.
-good. The confirmation preparation was easily solved with this. All that was left was to ask Mr. Sang-woo.
He immediately called out to his alter ego.
“Sang-woo, please clean this portal too!”
“All right.”
The two alter egos, who were hanging around in front of a portal suspected of being an awakening portal, entered the dungeon as soon as the leader’s request was given. As
he
watched the alter egos disappear without a sound, the leader also gave orders to the Hyeseong guild members around him.
“let’s go!”
“yes!”
The members of the Hyeseong Guild jump after the clones.
and.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!
As soon as the leader passed through the portal, he was thrown out of an unknown shock and could not come to his senses.
“Heuk….”
As his body bounced off, his surroundings turned in all directions, making his vision dizzy.
The leader who barely managed to fix himself and stand up.
A battle was going on in front of his eyes.
“die!”
Dozens of people dressed in black combat suits who clearly looked like hunters.
Even his face was not visible at all because he was wearing a combat helmet.
‘Was there a passenger?’
As the leader thought, there were people who entered this portal for awakening before the alter egos and themselves.
And now they were attacking themselves and their alter egos indiscriminately.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!
Damn it-!
Various skills made of mana stems poured in as if trying to hit the bodies of the alter egos directly.
Around the clones, there were already a group of people who looked like them lying on the floor with their helmets broken, but they didn’t seem to worry about their comrades being engulfed in skill attacks.
Kwaaaaang!
However, the alter egos evaded the skills just by moving slightly, and
even the skills that collided with the body were crushed like an egg hitting a solid wall and moved forward.
In an instant, the alter egos stood in front of the group of attackers.
As the alter egos waved their fists and stretched out their feet in the opposite direction, they
snapped!
The helmets of four people exploded at the same time.
The guys who were thrown out with him in an instant fell limp without coming to their senses, perhaps because of the aftermath of the shock.
And a group of people trying to disperse quickly, probably embarrassed by seeing their colleagues suffer.
But the clones did not stand still.
[Blink]
[Blink]
The alter egos that teleported to Blink chased and knocked down 2 people, then intercepted all the others with
[Chain Lightning] and
[Shock Wave]
lightning-type skills with excellent attack speed, causing them to fall to the ground.
“Keuhuhuh…!”
“Kkeuk kkeuk…”
Maybe it’s because of the shock.
The group of raiders scattered on the floor all crawled on the floor and complained of pain.
And in the meantime, the members of the Hyeseong Guild who were all in good spirits.
“Are you okay, boss?”
“I am fine. Who is injured?”
At those words, Hyeseong Guild members, who had been asking how the leader was doing, looked around.
“As you can see…”
The leader also looked around.
“Oh, it’s a goal.”
“Give me some heels!”
There were no fatalities or injuries, but they were injured in the sudden attack.
“First of all, look at the wounded and tie up all those people who have fallen.”
While some members of the Hyeseong Guild were taking care of themselves for a while.
The leader approached while seeing the alter egos that seemed to be interrogating someone.
“Sangwoo, are you okay?”
“Shh. wait a minute.”
One of the clones raised an index finger to silence the leader.
Then he asked quietly.
“So who are you?”
“…Systemology…. This is our sacred ground…. We can never give it up…”
“Systemology? Is it a religious group?”
“…we believe in the system… the revelation of God… the system… is the future of mankind… worship the system… you fool…
” The assailant collapsed on the floor while spitting out.
It looked like everyone was dying, as if the blow Sang-woo had inflicted was fatal.
But the boy suddenly opened his eyes and stretched out his hand towards his clone.
Aaaaaaaaaagh!
The closest clones and leader were all affected by the explosion.
“Kheuheouk…”
While the leader, who had already been caught in two explosions, couldn’t come to his senses.
The smoke cleared, revealing the surroundings.
The skin of the two alter egos, probably from the effect of the explosion, turned red.
However, because of its excellent regenerative power, it was returning to its original state in an instant.
A situation where there is little damage to the clones.
However, the body of the assailant lying in front of him was left with only a handful of blood on the floor.
‘Self-destruction.’
And Sang-woo, who was watching the scene through his alter ego, stuck out his tongue.
‘I’m seeing it for the first time. There is such a group of fanatics. Systems are the future of mankind? Huh….’
And when he thought of the group of fanatics, a word naturally crossed Sang-woo’s mind.
‘Is it related to the Black Messiah?’
Black Messiah, a group I learned about through a phone call with Oracle a while ago.
He recalled his conversation with the Oracle.
‘Just as there is our anti-system that opposes Lucas’ ideology, there is also a ‘Black Messiah’ who is sympathetic to his ideology, or rather crazy.’
She talked so simply and moved on, but the word ‘Black Messiah’ was firmly entrenched in Sang-woo’s mind.
‘Black Messiah… I need to find out more.’
Thinking of gathering some information, Sang-woo ordered his alter egos to repair the portal.
At the same time, through smart goggles, he sent a message to the contact information of the information group ‘Old Little Bookstore’ that he had saved in advance.
– I would like to request information.
A simple message sent.
And as soon as I sent the message, the reply came as if I had been waiting.
-Tell us about the information you want to know.
The information company called ‘Old Little Bookstore’ was a popular information company, so it took several hours to reply.
So, Sang-woo, who didn’t expect to receive such a quick reply, was a little taken aback, but soon answered quickly.
-I want to know about Black Messiah. It’s also a systemology.
When I sent a message, there was no reply.
‘If I wait, he will come.’
Sang-woo decided to feel at ease because he always answered the request no matter how long it took.
But that was then. -A
call from Sangwoo’s smart goggles with
caller ID restrictions .
In addition, the caller ID was restricted.
‘No way…’ Sang
-woo answered the phone feeling deja vu as if he had already been through this situation.
Then a familiar female voice was heard.
– How have you been, Sangwoo?
It was Ashley, who was called the Oracle.
“Ah yes. hello. Mr. Ashley. I’m doing fine. long time no see.”
It didn’t seem like it had only been a few days, but Sang-woo was happy to talk.
The reason I was glad was because she was the person who could quench my curiosity and thirst.
– I see. Anyway, did you request information through ‘Old Little Bookstore’?
“yes. that’s right. no way?”
-Oh, because that’s one of the places I run. Anyway, you asked about ‘Black Messiah’ and ‘Systemology’, and I’m going to answer that. So I called.
“ah. All right. Then please.”
Sang-woo was full of expectations.
-First of all, Black Messiah and Systemology are the same organization. Well, they are working under a plausible name called Systemology. Because of their fanaticism, our anti-system or outsiders see the black M mark they use and call them Black Messiah.
“It was like that. Somehow, the system said it was the future, so Black Messiah came to mind.”
Afterwards, Ashley explained about Black Messiah.
The official name is Systemology.
According to them, the system and the Greek λ?γο? It was the name of a group created by combining the words logos (logos: divine revelation or ‘reason’), and it was a group that worshiped a system that was considered divine revelation.
Their number is currently unknown, and some of the hunters known to be strong among system awakeners are said to have joined this group.
“So you worship the system and do whatever it takes to get stronger through it. Even murder.”
-that’s right. Even if you kill other people or hunters, you can gain mana and magic just like monsters. That’s why the Black Messiah guys eat PK.
And to worship the system.
In other words, their greatest goal in life was to strengthen themselves through the system.
That’s why he did anything to strengthen himself by any means.
Whether it be violence, murder, or terrorism.
“Anyway, they’re crazy guys… But this time I met them in North Korea, right? I was going to rob a dungeon, but they said that it was their holy ground.”
-Is it holy? Ah, it must have been the ‘Awakening Portal’. you know that? If you go through the portal, it’s a portal where you can get the system.
“ah! I know. Was it because of that?”
-yes. There are only a few portals for awakening all over the world. I don’t know why, but strangely, the awakening portals are mainly distributed in the metropolitan area. Well, according to my information, the system itself is private, so there is no reason to be surprised.
Then, Sang-woo felt that a puzzle had been put together.
Awakening portals all over the world, especially in the metropolitan area.
And Black Messiah, who regards it as their holy ground.
‘As soon as North Korea was settled, Black Messiah came over aiming for the awakening portal.’
< Black Messiah (2) > End
