“This is a request from the Krimgal Mercenary Office. They plan to recapture a building, but they say they need fire support from the mage.”
“Is that why the pay is so high?”
Jenny nodded at Lennok’s question.
“The request from Balitz did not cover any occupational group, so it was only a consistent payment of 50 million cells. Originally, it was customary to greatly increase the payoff when appointing a wizard. Demand is plentiful, but supply is always short.”
At Jenny’s crooked smile, Lennok sipped his glass and fell into trouble.
It’s a mercenary office… I thought it would be the Antares office with Dylan if we got involved again, but I didn’t know that I would be working with another office so quickly.
“I want to hear more details. Exactly which building do you want to recapture?”
“They say that scavengers are occupying a common office that was currently used for financial consulting purposes and using power generation facilities without permission. The company said that they were kicked out without even lowering the breaker for fear that the transaction information would be initialized. Krimgal will accept the request from the consulting company and begin the recapture operation.”
“The mercenaries hired by the consulting company want to hire me separately.”
“Exactly. Krimgal also tends to do well among the private offices that have set up business here, so I know they originally have one or two magicians, but seeing as they are looking for magicians separately, it seems that they have a problem there too.”
“Can you hear what exactly is meant by fire support?”
Jenny shrugged.
“It is not difficult. Wizards like Ban are usually quite helpful in street fighting. Just blow some magic behind the mercenaries. It’s much easier than infiltrating a cosmetics manufacturing company’s factory and destroying it whole.”
“Hmm…”
Lennok put on a worried expression, but he had listened to her and made up his mind.
Seeing Jenny say this far, it seems clear that the difficulty of the job is not that high compared to the generous pay.
Besides, if it was just a matter of projecting firepower from behind instead of directly facing each other, wouldn’t it be a great opportunity to try out the auxiliary magic he started researching?
Jenny stared blankly at Lennok, then calmly held out another file folder in front of him.
“If you don’t want to get involved with mercenaries, there are other things. It’s all work that I nominated you for. It seems that the story of the wizard who came back alive from Croken’s hand has become a little famous on this floor?”
“…….”
Without Ibelin, life would be as good as dead, but what meaning would that have?
Jenny, unable to see that Lennok’s eyes had calmed down, spoke cheerfully.
“Because I have a lot of time. It doesn’t matter if you decide slowly. But personally, I think the Creamgal side is the best. Mercenaries are very sensitive to money matters, so it’s not uncommon for mercenaries to take away or steal the promised money.”
“Does that happen a lot here?”
“Is there one or two bullies and trash on the floor? There are so many people who cut off their hands and feet neatly just for errands.”
“……..”
“Because we can prevent such a situation, guys like us live off the commission. Selling credit and safety. For both clients and freelancers.”
I feel it every time I meet her, but one word is really liquid.
Personnel Office. To put it bluntly, she arranged work and sucked the blood, but she looked confident and not at all timid.
Lennox smiled and nodded.
“Cream Gall. would. Date and location?”
“Area 53. 11 a.m. tomorrow. I’ll let you know the exact location via communication.”
Mercenary Office
“It’s time to come…”
Dray Krimgal, director of the Mercenary Office in Krimgal, swallowed nervously as he looked down at his watch.
Although they are basically called mercenaries, strictly speaking, they are part of a private military company (PMC).
The services provided are powerless. The solution can also be said to be a bit drastic.
In addition, the Krimgal mercenary office he runs is not a large-scale office that has grown into a franchise like Antares and Plato, but is a newcomer who is just starting to establish itself.
Even so, the mercenary corps is a famous workplace that wizards avoid, but the scale is not that large, so the opportunity to return to him is inevitably small.
Even if you try your best to hire one or two people, you will soon be scouted by another organization or you will get tired of the difficult mercenary work and leave.
He had been trying to minimize the gap in his magical powers by constantly hiring at least two wizards, but things broke when he accepted this request.
“I thought the two wizards I hired this quarter would hold hands and go out…”
Wei An, a young man who was warming up next to Dray’s sigh, grinned.
“That’s why I told you not to roll too hard from the start, Captain.”
“It wasn’t even hard work. I listened to them from start to finish and asked them to endure this quarter, but they hit me in the back like this!”
“It must have been too harsh for the delicate sandals.”
“That’s right, let’s not worry about what has already happened!”
Kidel, a bespectacled woman holding a long gun and smiling, and Ike, a bald giant with thick forearms.
In addition, seeing dozens of mercenaries chattering around Dray, he let out a weak laugh.
“done. I’ve been assured by Jenny, so until this day, I’ll still be able to find a proper wizard. I’ll have to try flirting with chicks again after work.”
“Is the wizard coming this time a good guy?”
“They say he’s a very talented lightning wizard. It will be of great help in this operation. Even if that toxic woman died soon, she was the one who insisted that she receive 20 million cells.
Elemental Wizard. In particular, if you are a lightning wizard capable of spraying ranged attacks, its value is indescribable.
Especially in a job where the pay and scale were so large that the entire mercenary corps had to move, like this one, the sense of stability would be incomparable to other forces.
It was for this reason that Dray had a big heart and decided to pay 20 million cells.
There will be no shortage of abilities. …. I don’t know what his personality is like.”
It was only once or twice that he got tired of the mages’ rotten personalities and depravity. The moment Dray raised his head thinking that way.
Someone came out from the side of the alley with slow steps.
A young man with a calm expression in a shirt. He holds a sandwich in one hand and slowly examines his surroundings while mumbling.
“……”
The moment Dray and the young man’s gaze met, he immediately stopped walking.
The mercenaries who were watching everything behind him groaned.
“no way.”
“Isn’t it the captain?”
Before Dray can answer, the young man stops in front of them.
said Lennok, munching on his sandwich.
“Krimgal Mercenary Office?”
“…..Half-mage?”
“Right.”
Lennok ate the rest of the sandwich and stuffed the rest of the plastic into the bag he was carrying.
A paprika sandwich he made for his own health. Ironically, paprika was also paprika in this world.
It tasted awful and dry, but Lennok was enduring many things while thinking about his health.
“Are you smoking before going into operation?”
Kidel, furious at the sight of Lennok taking out a cigarette and biting it into his mouth, shot at Lennok, but Lennok replied without batting an eye.
“It is necessary.”
I have no intention of making them understand why he smokes.
In fact, I had already smoked one to catch my breath while I was coming, but I took a new pill to be safe.
As much as the Krimgal Mercenary Office had paid a considerable amount of money, Lennok was willing to spare no effort.
Dray looked at Lennok in silence before opening his mouth.
“This side paid 20 million cells just to hire you.”
“…….”
“I hope there will be no hindrance in the operation.”
“I will do my best.”
Unlike the shocking first appearance, which made it hard to believe that he was going on an operation with mercenaries, Dray nodded and turned his back at Lennok’s calm answer.
“Now that the wizard has arrived, let’s begin the final briefing.”
As he said that, he took out his laptop from his backpack and opened it.
After manipulating the button a few times, blue light emitted from the lens attached to the top of the laptop, creating a hologram.
It was a schematic drawing of a three-story, one-story building.
Dray rotated the hologram all the way around so that everyone could see it, and then began to explain.
“Currently, the place where scavengers occupy and steal power from power generation facilities is the roof of the third floor. And the two route elevators and stairs going up there are guarded by armed forces gathered from the three scavenger branches.”
Considering that there is usually one scavenger branch per district, scavengers from three districts participated in this operation.
Among the scavengers, it is a unit that gathers magic users who have some fighting ability. Even if it’s not difficult to deal with, it’s never an opponent to be on your guard against.
While saying that, Dray quickly displayed numbers on the hologram and continued his explanation.
“I don’t know what these rats are doing to drain power, but what we need to do doesn’t change. As previously discussed, while Squad 3 penetrates the first floor and Squad 1 enters through the windows on the second floor, Squad 2 infiltrates directly to the rooftop.”
Lennok stood at his side, his arms folded, listening to Dray’s explanation. He spoke fast, but his pronunciation was clear and stable, so he had a knack for calming the listener.
If there is a field marshal’s lumber, it’s probably referring to people like him. Watching the scene, I suddenly wondered what kind of person the mercenary named Antares was.
If it’s enough to command a strong man like Dylan, Antares is also a very good commander and mercenary.
While lost in thought, Dray’s explanation continued.
“Once Squad 2 kills the forces occupying the power plant and confirms that the server is safe, Squad 3 and Squad 1 sweep the scavengers from above and below at the same time towards the stairs. After that, the 2nd squad coming down from the roof and the 1st and 3rd squad coming up from the bottom repeat the same operation. Have you checked everything?”
“““I see!!!”””
After hearing the mercenaries’ resounding confirmation, Dray finished his explanation while looking at Lennok.
“Wizard, after projecting as much firepower as possible at the first charge, follow the 3rd squad and help support from the bottom all the way.”
Lennox nodded silently. To put it simply, isn’t it just saying stay behind and use magic whenever the situation arises?
Compared to the request to infiltrate the manufacturing plant and explode the basement, it was a much easier task.
As expected, as Jenny said, it didn’t seem like it was too difficult.
‘No, in fact, wouldn’t it be that Balitz’s request was too difficult?’
Dylan is a very skilled person, and he draws attention appropriately by himself.
Of course, since Jenny knew Dylan’s skills, she wanted Lennok to experience the corporate request even if it was unreasonable, but it was difficult for Lennok to understand her favor to that extent.
“good. So let’s get started right away. To each position!”
After hearing Dray’s words, the mercenaries picked up their equipment and started to move in perfect order.
Some people have unique equipment such as mechanically designed hammers or tonfas, but the most diverse types are swords and firearms.
In a world where the body can be strengthened with magical power, it is not strange that melee weapons that maximize power and long-range weapons that can produce effective power with little physical ability coexist.
It’s just that the moment comes when the miracle of magic is more desperate than all such means, so the people who roll on this floor must be desperately wanting and hoping for a wizard.
As I walked all the way along the mercenaries, the street suddenly began to weather.
A three-story building located at the end of an alley. In the chaotic appearance of messy wires sticking out of the windows, there are clearly armed people hanging out at each window and entrance.
A unified outfit with equipment including various firearms. Even the gentle flow of magic.
It was said that it was an armed force, and it was definitely different from the existing scavengers that Lennok knew.
From the 50th District, it is a lawless zone where even the police in Balkan have completely given up. That’s why even scavengers can occupy the offices of other companies without permission and openly stretch.
It would be unfair for a consulting company that lost its office, but aren’t they the ones who set up an office here because of the low rent and almost non-existent taxes?
There are times when other means of force, rather than the police, are needed to solve these headaches. Just like the Krimgal Mercenary Office that came to this place.
Watching the wires sticking out of the window all at once lifted their heads to the roof of the building, Lennok calmly thought.
‘It would be much more comfortable after dropping one Thunder Calling from the start.’
If you drop lightning on the power plant located on the roof, you can turn all the scavenger’s tricks to dust at once, but the server may go down in the aftermath, so you should avoid it.
Among the conditions of the request put in by the financial consulting company, there was a saying that there should be no damage that would cause the server’s data to be lost.
It’s a tricky condition, but it’s a job that needs to be done as the payoff is the payoff.
The mercenaries each picked up a cover, hid themselves, and slowly began to move in line with Dray’s gestures.
He whispered in a low voice to Lennok, who was following him.
“It’s a low probability, but it’s possible that they also hired wizards. If you have any clues, please tell me right away.”
To put so much effort into a scavenger full of impoverished people must mean that this job is very important to them.
“Okay…um?”
Lennok, who was about to answer Dray’s words, hesitated when he felt a stare piercing him with magical power.
A strange feeling for the first time. However, Lennok’s powerful magic perception immediately grasped that this was a visual substitute created using magic.
Someone is looking down on them from above.
The moment he realized that, Lennok unwittingly stretched out his magic power and seized the branch of his gaze.
[Ugh…!!]
Someone’s astonished voice came through the magical resonance. Lennok’s sensitive magical energy instantaneously picked up that sense and identified the location.
…found.
Pajijik..!!
A man kneeling in an isolated room on the third floor of a building and using magic.
I don’t know how. But Lennok instinctively sensed that he could do more than this.
The magician’s gaze extended by his search magic was caught with his own will and he broke it.
Crunchy!!
Along with an inaudible noise, the magical energy that had been radiating from the inside of the wizard was seized by Lennok’s magical energy and severed.
A recoil that shatters the magic being cast.
Lennok, seeing the wizard collapsing with blood dripping from his nose and ears, spoke to Dray.
“The opposing wizard just used a search spell.”
“….yes?”
“Immediately after detecting the magic, I dug into the fork in reverse and subdued it. I think we should get going right now.”
It’s such an absurd statement that it’s hard to believe even after hearing it with your own ears.
However, when Dray heard that, he inadvertently turned his gaze to the third floor, and saw that the armed forces, who had been maintaining tight security, were suddenly moving busily.
An empty gap that was not expected at all. Sensing that this was an opportunity, Dray immediately beckoned to the mercenaries.
“let’s go…!!”
Quaang!!
The mercenaries who received the order immediately threw something in their arms and ran forward.
Push Yi Yi…!!
Suppress the sight first with a flash grenade, then spray a smoke screen to create a path.
Along with him, the mercenaries from the Krimgal office began to run across the asphalt without a sound.
Sensing that something has happened, the scavenger’s armed men respond by pointing their guns at them.
Seeing that, Lennok immediately raised his mana.
Suppression
‘At the beginning of the entry, it was said that the strongest possible firepower support was needed.’
The most effective magic to subdue the scavengers who are shooting at the window right now.
Lennok quickly found the correct answer and projected his will into the overflowing mana.
Pajijijijik!!
A bright blue current radiates light as it bounces between the two raised fingers.
The principle was distorted so that a chain reaction was possible by setting the direction with magic power to a bundle of lightning that seemed to jump out of the hand at any moment.
Tzpapapapapat!!
The electric current shot from Lennok’s hand split like dozens of chains in the air and spread out in all directions.
[Chain Lightning]
Dozens of electric currents erupting while moving with a certain relay point sweep over the scavengers who have reached out through the window like waves—-
“Ahhh…!!”
Aagh!!
The scavengers who were directly hit by the lightning magic rolled their eyes and started screaming in pain.
Overwhelming firepower that swept the walls of the building with a single spell and neutralized the armed troops standing near the window.
“This crazy!!”
While running, Wei An, who confirmed the miracle Lenok had created, cheered and the other mercenaries also sped up in admiration.
They realized that Lennok was a wizard many times more skilled than the men they had hired so far.
Based on the wizard’s successful fire support, the mercenaries immediately began entering the building as promised in advance.
The 3rd squad with solid melee power penetrates the front, and the 1st squad with light weapons jumps straight to the second floor.
After confirming that the nimble 2nd squad flew up to the rooftop in an instant with the help of the 1st squad climbing the wall, Dray also joined the 3rd squad and began to help break through the entrance.
Never hesitate when you get the momentum.
Sensing that the opponent’s defenses were opened by Lennok’s lightning magic, the mercenaries did not miss the gap and dug into the scavenger’s formation with all their might.
Doo doo doo doo!!
When Ike and two other giants hold a huge shield and receive gunfire from the front, a man with a greatsword rushes out from behind to stir the enemy camp and add confusion.
Dray also sliced through the scavengers with a gun in one hand and a sword in the other.
“Aaaaagh!!”
“Stay where you are, you assholes!”
“If the roof is breached, the strategy will be of no use!”
Despite the vast number of scavengers, the mercenary group rushes among them and panics.
Lennok has not yet come to his senses from the aftermath of the [Chain Lightning] he had scattered just before he entered.
At least a few of them tried to wake up and keep their seats, but most of them just listened to the words and helplessly backed away.
“…..profit!”
At least, the man who was leading the scavengers on the first floor gritted his teeth and turned his gaze toward the mercenaries.
In order to reverse the current situation, the mercenaries must be dealt a major blow with a single attempt.
Now, the core of this offensive is not the avant-garde that fiercely pushes its body into the building, but that skinny lightning wizard that serves as the starting point and center.
If you cut off that defenseless-looking scruff and splatter blood, you can change the situation.
The man who finished the calculations quickly moved stealthily, avoiding the eyes of the mercenaries.
The man knew how to handle magic to some extent, and he guessed that the mercenaries would not be easy to deal with when he ran with such determination.
A moment’s gap. It was enough for the mercenaries to get drunk on the indiscriminate offensive and break the formation on their own and reveal the wizard.
‘now!’
Ike’s body, holding a huge shield, opened slightly, and Dray stepped forward as well, and as soon as he pulled the trigger, the man threw himself forward with all his might.
A man who penetrated the formation of the mercenaries with a sharp sense narrows the space in the blink of an eye. Even Dray jumped back in surprise, but it was too late.
The bowie knife in his left hand flashed rapidly, aimed precisely at the wizard’s neck and bent into it.
Aang!!
Suddenly, with a roar, the man who had been running forward fell backwards.
There wasn’t even a scream. The man, who fell backwards with the impact of being pierced through the upper body, convulsed tremblingly without even closing his eyes properly.
Dray, who was making his way back to Lennok, looked down at the corpse with a blank expression.
“You died of shock.”
Lennok murmured. In his hand was a revolver that he did not know when he had taken it out.
The moment the man rushed at Lennok, he pulled out his revolver at lightning speed, and Lennok aimed it at the man’s shoulder and pulled the trigger.
[Aim Compensation] [Acceleration] [Shock Boost]. In just one moment, as many as three assistive shooting magics were incorporated, and the shotgun bullet fired at a furious speed knocked down the man who was running.
Lennok’s gaze lingered on the disastrously scattered corpse for a moment, but the wizard’s reason thoroughly suppressed his emotional agitation so that Lennok wouldn’t be disturbed by it.
The magician’s mental strength, which usually makes Lennok’s thinking extremely rational, was further strengthened in the present combat situation.
Lennok cleared the smoke billowing from the muzzle and glanced at Dray as he turned and loaded his revolver.
“Go. I will take care of my body.”
“That’s right.”
Dray responded obediently, then turned around and fixed his weapon, but for a brief moment, Lennok’s marksmanship was not forgotten in his mind.
The shooting itself was normal, but the movement of taking the revolver out of his pocket and putting his finger on the trigger was so quick and accurate that even Dray could not easily follow it.
‘Are the modern wizards capable of handling such firearms well…’
Dray, unaware of the fact that Lennok was using the assist shooting magic, sighed, worried that the ransom of the wizards would be much higher, and quickly moved to the first floor. sorted out
After the man who was the leader of the group was hit back and died instantly while trying to kill Lennok, the scavenger quickly disintegrated and was swept away by the mercenary offensive.
“It’s Kidel me. The first floor has been tidied up. How is the situation upstairs?”
Once you start putting your hands on it, you have to see the end.
Dray and the mercenaries contacted the 1st squad on the second floor, and at the same time confirmed killings against the scattered scavengers.
[It’s a standoff. If the captain comes and helps, I think the second floor will be cleaned up soon.]
“I’ll go up now, so set the timing appropriately.”
After Dray said that, he immediately crouched down with Squad 3 and approached the stairs.
Using the elevator to go up to the second floor is suicidal. Although it is somewhat disadvantageous due to the height difference, it was wise to break through the stairs somehow.
Lennok pondered for a moment whether he should use search magic, but the other mercenaries were carefully climbing the stairs without his help.
At this distance, it was possible because magic users could grasp the presence of their surroundings only with their heightened senses.
Unlike the first floor, where the noise was constant, you can’t even hear breathing on the second floor.
The desolate landscape of the office. A place full of cover such as desks and partitions.
It seemed that the 1st squad and scavengers who had infiltrated the second floor were still confronting each other.
Intermittently, only the sound of the floor sweeping and the loose wind blowing through the broken window sweeping across the desk can be heard.
Push!
With the sound of suppressed gunfire, someone falls down. Right after that, someone stood up on the other side of the screen.
It was Kidel.
“It’s done.”
With those words, the other members of the first squad appear one by one.
“I don’t think we’ve been very helpful?”
“no. I was distracted by the sound of the 3rd squad coming up, so I easily gave up a gap. I was shaken when I learned that the first floor was hit.”
Kidel calmly said that while rearranging the rifle she was holding.
There wasn’t much magic flowing out of her body, but her hand with the rifle seemed very sophisticated and swift.
After sharpening the magazine and reloading, Kidel urged while looking at Dray.
“It goes up quickly. Squad 2 must be wasting time on the roof.”
As they said, the mercenaries immediately entered the third floor and wiped out the remaining scavengers at once.
Quite a few troops were mobilized to deal with the mercenaries that had already infiltrated the 12th floor. On the contrary, the mercenary corps increased its power at once as the members who had been scattered while attacking the 12th floor all at once gathered.
The fact that the wizard who was supposed to help protect the third floor was subdued by Lennok was also a huge loss for the scavenger.
With the 3rd squad in front and the 1st squad supporting firepower from the back, the scavengers, who had no countermeasures other than firearms, were swept away helplessly.
Ike murmured before the stairs leading up to the roof.
“The job is easier than I thought.”
“At this rate, we can finish it earlier than planned.”
The time to wipe out the scavengers is much faster than originally planned. At this rate, it seemed possible to finish all the work before the additional reinforcements of the scavengers arrive.
“Isn’t this supposed to get more money from the friends who are constituting there?”
“It’s not over yet. You should finish backing up your company’s data and drive out all the bastards living in this gutter.”
“Well, at the current rate, it seems like it will be over before tonight.”
While the mercenaries were having such a conversation, they secretly cast their eyes at Lennok, who quietly followed them.
They knew very well that things wouldn’t have been so easy had it not been for the lightning magic that Lennok had exploded just before entering the building.
At that time, the number of scavengers who were trying to fire back at the mercenaries was well over twenty.
Just by using the right magic at the right moment, Lennok alone subdued nearly 10% of the scavenger forces.
It was only natural that the mercenaries, who had confirmed the power of a proper wizard, had a crush on Lennok.
To the extent that Kidel, who had first attacked Lennok for smoking, secretly spoke to Dray.
“Captain, can’t we recruit that person as our exclusive wizard?”
“…..no money.”
“You can invest in that guy with the money you get from two useless chicks. Looking at it, it looks like it can serve 4 people by itself.”
“…..”
“If you work with a wizard like that, your work will be much easier, you will get a lot of money, and our office will quickly become famous….” “
People other than us must think similarly.”
Kidel pouted, but couldn’t answer.
Even in her opinion, Lennok’s magical ability was unparalleled compared to other wizards she had experienced, and although he had a strange corner, his personality was very calm.
Even if he had a decent personality enough to be comfortable working with, his ability was overwhelming, so it wouldn’t be strange if love calls poured in from all over the place, and the place he wanted would line up.
“It’s a wizard that Jenny personally took and recommended. As long as the personnel office can take pictures and send them to you, it’s probably not worth the money.”
There is nothing more foolish than coveting a jewel you can’t have.
Although Lennok was seriously thinking about wanting to smoke one more time after smoking tobacco.
Of course, people say they don’t know what will happen, but it’s good not to have regrets right now.
Thinking so, Dray wiped the blood off the knife and raised the communicator.
It was to contact the 2nd squad that was holding out on the roof and head straight to the roof.
“Can you hear Wei An? As you may have already checked with the communicator, this side occupied the 3rd floor and subdued all remaining troops. I’m thinking of going up to the 4th floor now, can you respond?”
Dray spoke in a light tone, but his face stiffened at the voice he heard from the communicator.
[…..Captain?]
Weian’s voice was faint, as if it would cut off at any moment.
It seems clear that something has happened, seeing as I can’t quite understand what Dray is saying.
Seeing that expression, the mercenaries stopped chatting and immediately picked up their equipment and started running to the rooftop.
Something went wrong.
Retired soldier
Climbs the stairs at once with low but quick steps.
Dada Dada..!!
Lennok also followed, drawing a pistol from his bosom and applying a secondary enchantment.
When you go up to the roof, the cluttered office disappears and an open view is revealed.
A large power generator located in the corner of a spacious space, a power tower towering high into the sky, and countless wires connected to it.
And bright red bloodstains running all over the floor.
“Wei An!!”
Seeing Wei An lying on the floor in blood, Dray shouted and ran towards him.
The situation is not much different for the other mercenaries in the 2nd squad.
All of them are barely breathing in a state close to being unable to fight. With a serious injury, he barely turns his eyes to welcome the joining of his allies.
“Whoa… Captain. I’m sorry…”
As Wei An struggled to open his eyes and muttered, Dray quickly took out the medicine from his belt and poured it into Wei An’s wound.
A recovery potion imbued with biological regeneration magic. It is an item that is traded at a fairly high price, but it is not more precious than a person’s life.
Other mercenaries were taking similar actions, each holding down their fallen comrades.
As Wei’an’s breathing calmed down, Dray quickly raised his head and looked around.
Sophisticated workmanship, as if someone didn’t deliberately land the final blow. This is impossible unless you are a well-trained professional.
If a force with this level of skill emerged from within the scavenger, there would be no reason to make them like this and run away.
He must have been watching the battle without leaving his seat.
As if the other mercenaries had no different thoughts, they were vigilant in all directions with their sharpened nerves.
A panoramic view of the rooftop where only the cool wind blows.
In that empty landscape where no enemies are visible, only the sound of blades churning the air continues.
Where are you?
At some point, the sensory sphere of magical power spread in all directions by dozens of mercenaries overlapped at the same time, and I began to hear the sound of low breathing.
As if they had promised, everyone all at once turned the equipment they were holding in their hands.
As Dray got up from his seat, the wires hanging from the power generator shook, revealing a man sitting between them.
“I thought there might be a guest coming, but…”
Gray hair and a shaggy beard. A face full of scars and cold eyes.
An elderly man with a strong killing spirit that seemed to overwhelm his opponent just by facing him was waving a knife in his hand.
“I didn’t know the truth would be this serious.”
“…That was it.”
Dray’s expression distorted greatly when he saw the knife soaked in blood.
“This son of a bitch… was just watching my members die like this?”
The man who saw that face smiled sharply. dry voice.
“Hey, do you know how much money was put into this operation?”
“what?”
“It was prepared by gathering resources from the three branches. I managed to come this far by occupying a server with permission to access the network that manages the taxes in Area 53 and paying dozens of people involved.”
The man’s speech was slow and indistinct, but Dray knew what he was saying right away.
“…..I’m not crazy. Are you thinking of siphoning off the reserves managed by the Balkan city government?”
“There is no need to go to the city government. Even the money managed by the scarecrow-like ward office alone exceeds billions of cells. Occupying a proper power plant and destabilizing the power of the entire Area 53 will also make the network security relatively weak. Is it bad to go in and out of the cracks made by rotten organs?”
“well. At least, I don’t think it’s a business that a retired soldier can do.”
As Dray said that, he slowly put his finger on the trigger.
Hearing his words, the man’s eyes shone coldly.
“…It has been more than three years since I withdrew from the front. I thought I had taken off my military shirt, but I was wrong.”
“Can it be that it is an ordinary criminal spewing out such an elaborate murder?”
“Whoops… I know it well. Maybe that too?”
Dray didn’t respond to the man’s mocking reply.
The aged man never said anything about his origins, but the mood emanating from his demeanor cannot be hidden.
A sophisticated yet brutal skill that perfectly subdued the 2nd squad. A calm yet firm atmosphere and a restrained tone.
All of which I had and missed the old Dray Creamgal.
It’s been a long time since I’ve forgotten all of them.
“To be honest, I have no intention of arguing about whether this is right or wrong. I have no interest in what happens to the scavenger.”
Two soldiers who had thrown off duty and justice stood facing each other.
“It’s just business. know that.”
“Does not matter. It’s not something I started just to stop here.”
The man who came down from the wire put his hand in his arms and said.
“…..It’s too soon to be stopped by just one mercenary.”
Dray’s head begins to spin rapidly in the immediate situation.
What is the most dangerous and deadly method among the things that can come out from the inside of the bosom?
Pistol grenades, or smoke screens or flash grenades to obscure the line of sight…. Either way, the moment the back of the man’s hand reveals skin again, the battle resumes.
And the man betrayed all of Dray’s expectations and took out an object many times more dangerous than those.
A disposable syringe with a long needle protruded from his arms.
As soon as he saw the syringe, Dray, who felt a chill in his spine, raised the muzzle and shrieked at the mercenaries behind him.
“Stop!!”
Tatatatatatang!!
The gunners opened fire straight at the man, but his reaction was much quicker than that.
The man, who deflected the mercenaries’ fire by moving quickly to the left, inserted the syringe into his arm without hesitation and pushed the cylinder back in.
Fu-wook!
“Whoa…”
The effect of administering the unknown liquid to the body appeared immediately.
As the man’s eyes turn black, his arms begin to tremble.
A chilly black mist spread around his body, slowly soaking the floor.
The mercenary corps continued to pull the trigger at the sight, but the moment the man stomped his foot, everything went wrong.
Kwajik!!
“Aaaaagh!!”
It took an instant for the mercenary, who was aiming at the man with a rifle to the side of the formation, to have a fist-sized hole punched in his chest.
“Hansen!!”
Ike called his name and quickly poured the potion into the wound, but it was too late. The blood leaking from the chest was so great that it was simply impossible to stop it with medicine.
Eyes that became empty in an instant and a mouth that opened in a daze. There is no breathing, only minute spasms are full. It was an instant death.
“Do you know why I didn’t kill the guys who came up here first?”
The man said as he wiped his blood-soaked hands.
At some point, he heard Hansen’s beating heart in his hand.
In that brief moment, it pierced the opponent’s chest and stole the organs of a living person.
“To use this power… you need a living fuel.”
With those words, the man began to chew and eat the heart he was holding.
“…….”
The bizarre yet horrific sight, the mercenaries lost their words and raised their weapons.
If that statement wasn’t false, it was obvious that I didn’t have to ask whose heart the next fuel would be.
In the cool air, completely different from the leisurely atmosphere before, Lennok observed the man closely without raising an eyebrow.
To be precise, the unknown aura flowing around him.
It’s sticky yet flexible, slow yet nimble. It occupies the surface without moving in a line, and rises from bottom to top without falling from top to bottom.
A quality that is closer to going against the order rather than conforming to it.
‘It’s black magic.’
It was the first time I had seen it in person, but it was a familiar movement.
The number of wizard players who chose black magic as the mainstream in WORLD was not small, and the proportion of related NPCs was considerable, so Lennok was able to quickly guess the identity of the syringe the man used.
‘Seeing that they covet human flesh, it seems to be on the side of the Vampiric Order, and there is some possibility of Bloodia size. As long as the related magic system remains in this world…’
The Vampiric Order literally refers to magicians who borrow the characteristics of vampires, and Bloodia Size is a beast technique that strengthens itself by taking the other person’s flesh and blood.
Among the dark magic, they were famous sorcerers and sorcerers for gore, so Lennok remembered their names.
‘I know the side effects are considerable, but did you decide to compete here? It’s not an easy thing to see.’
Seeing that one mercenary couldn’t even react and had his heart stolen, Lennok couldn’t be careless.
The magic of the barrier surrounding the body was additionally added to enhance the senses.
In the meantime, the man was turning the war situation to his advantage by indiscriminately stirring up the mercenaries.
“Keep the formation!!”
“We have to stop him from going wild..!!”
“Damage Delrin!”
However, the movement of the mercenaries who have to deal with the men while protecting the already incapacitated 2nd squad is severely restricted, and the men, on the contrary, receive some of the mercenaries’ attacks, but the attack speed does not slow down at all.
In the end, it wasn’t long before the formation broke through and the mercenaries began to die indiscriminately.
“Aaaaagh!!”
It’s natural that you don’t know when you’ll die since you’re working on this floor, but it’s not easy to maintain your composure when your colleagues are dying one after another in front of your eyes.
As the flowing blood increased and the number of dying lives decreased, the mercenaries fell into a panic and their limbs became stiff and their senses became dull.
If you keep going like this, you won’t even be able to use your hands properly, and you’ll just perish.
After making that decision, Lennok immediately gave up the magic he was aiming for in order to subdue the man, and piled up new magic.
The mana he had accumulated for the use of magic in advance is scattered in the air, but Lennok’s powerful mana control ability catches all the scattered mana particles and reconstructs them in the image.
A talent of reversal that controls mana in particle units and extracts fruit beyond efficiency.
If the wizard who had died on the 3rd floor had seen this scene, he would have had enough to roll his eyes, wanting to kill him no matter what.
The magic completed at frighteningly fast speed omits the inaudible chant and the invisible hand sign and descends from the air.
[Thunder Calling]
A flash of blue lightning breaks through the dry sky and lands in the middle of the roof of a 4-story building.
Kwaaaaang!!
Power so strong that a building supported by solid concrete would shake violently.
However, the range of damage caused by the lightning was exquisitely missing the area where the mercenary group and power generation facility were located.
This is because Lennok deliberately adjusted the power of lightning by accurately calculating the amount of magic power and the range of damage with his transcendent perception.
It was impossible because I couldn’t properly locate it before I climbed up the building, but it’s not impossible given that I was aware of all the coordinates of the space in this wide-open electric field…
Even though it was only the second time he used magic, Lennok’s mighty talent was making that ridiculous control possible.
Whoa!!
Even when he saw lightning falling in front of his eyes and seeing the mercenaries with a distraught expression, Lennok did not stop moving his magic.
It would be nice if the man was hit directly by this single attack and rendered unable to fight, but if it wasn’t, it was clearly pictured in Lennok’s mind.
A very fleeting precursor before lightning strikes. If you can notice it visually or intuition, it is also possible to avoid it.
Having already experienced the threshold of a creature called Croken, Lennok’s thinking was such that he could easily calculate the movements of any superhuman.
The most likely is to jump in between the mercenaries on the contrary and get away from the damage of the range attack or use them as a shield to endure.
And if the man really dodged the lightning strike in that way, the next target he would aim for was—-
woah!!
It was Lennok himself who cast the magic. The strong impact
of talent
shattered the solid shield, and Lennok’s body floated backwards, but Lennok was not taken aback.
He had guessed that the man would pursue Lennok in pursuit of the use of magic, and he had piled up many shields.
In addition, instead of increasing the strength by adding magic to each shield, Lennok deliberately took measures to absorb the shock by breaking it.
If you know where you are coming from and are prepared, you can handle anti-tank weapons.
Lennok’s shield was shattered by the man’s arm, which was swung at an incomparable speed, but Lennok’s body was still intact.
“Wizard!!”
The startled mercenaries moved quickly, but the man swung his arms vigorously once more instead of running away.
He was convinced that it would be better to kill Lennok even if the mercenaries attacked than to miss this opportunity.
As much as that, the majesty of the thunderbolt he used was at a level that could not be easily found among the same wizards.
Wedge liquid!!
What is it that cannot break a shield that has been destroyed once?
It didn’t seem difficult at all to break through Lennok’s few remaining defenses and place five fingers at his heart.
However, Lennok did not retreat or use additional shield magic despite the man’s onslaught.
He just quickly raised the revolver he was holding in his hand.
Immediately after using [Thunder Calling], the prepared magic power is arranged in perfect order on the left hand, and it assembles concrete thoughts like a flash of light.
Woooooo…!!
In an instant, the pistol turned blue and began to shake, but I felt a sense of stability that was definitely different from before.
Currently, with Lennok’s capacity, it is impossible to double cast ordinary common magic, but the case is different for auxiliary magic, especially shooting auxiliary magic, which consumes relatively little capacity and horsepower and is mastered through gameplay.
I fully remember which sub-magic is effective depending on the type of firearm, in which order the sub-magic should be placed so that it can produce the most powerful power most efficiently.
[Aim Correction]
[Acceleration Acceleration]
[Recoil Control]
[Burst Fire Correction]
Four assistive magics specialized in shooting correction.
One is a secondary magic that simply enhances the power of shooting, but the story is different if four magics are used at once.
The synergy that occurs when stacking 4 sub-magic spells in one shot increases the power of bullets explosively.
Ride and ride!!!!
Five bright blue flames shot out from the muzzle like lightning and hit the man’s whole body.
Two feet under the stomach, two feet under the abdomen, and one foot for the head.
[Aim Correction] activated at close range makes it easy to neutralize a man’s attack in a single moment, and accurately identifies only the parts with the highest lethality.
Contrary to the man’s arm, which had been dyed in black, cutting through the air in vain, all of Lennok’s gunshots hit the critical point.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”
The man who had been exposed to five counterattacks in just one moment threw away all means of attack and struggled in pain.
The man’s skin, which had become hard enough to easily deflect ordinary gunfire while injecting drugs with black magic, seemed to have alleviated the shock, but it was inevitable that his physical functions would be incapacitated for a moment.
Lennok didn’t miss the gap and quickly raised his horsepower to finish it off.
At such close range, the most effective attack is fixed.
Lenok’s cold reason perfectly understood that even though his body was weak and could go between life and death with a single mistake, sometimes he should not be afraid of close combat.
chin!
Lennok grabbed the man’s lower jaw with his shield-covered hand and, as it were, tightened his hand and raised his mana.
Nothing has changed from when I first escaped the factory.
Lennok has risked his life every moment to survive and will continue to do so.
This magic was tantamount to a lantern reminding Lennok of his will.
[Bolt]
Pajijijijijik!!!
An electric current that was incomparable to when he first mastered magic and flashed blue flowed through his five fingers and wriggled.
A dazzling blue lightning bolt that even obscured Lennok’s vision came out and hit the man’s head.
“Ahhhhh….Ahhh!!”
An antipersonnel magic used for the purpose of stunning. It is also a high firepower that raised the output to the end.
For an ordinary person, it wouldn’t be strange if he turned his head to ashes in one fell swoop.
However, the man was wriggling like crazy even after allowing the bolt magic defenselessly.
“Can you hold out?”
The moment you realize that you have not been able to subdue it at once, shake it off immediately and step back. A frighteningly calm response.
There are monsters that catch bullets with their eyelids, but there’s no reason why you can’t survive just because you’ve been hit by lightning magic in the head.
After dealing with the superhuman Croken Asylus, Lennok was confident that he would not be embarrassed by any opponent.
[Reloading acceleration]
The revolver was loaded in an instant before the man recovered, and he pulled the trigger again.
bang! bang!
One shot in each eye. In the meantime, one foot misses and hits the forehead.
No matter how much he strengthened his whole body with black magic, he couldn’t even make his eyeballs hard, so he heard the sound of a man’s eyeballs exploding through his eyelids.
“Aha haaaaaaa!!”
Even in that state, the man went mad and swung his arms at random in an attempt to somehow land an effective blow on Lennok.
Lennok looked down at the man calmly without confrontation this time.
Kwajik!! Fuhwaak!!
It was because the mercenaries who ran in the meantime inserted the weapons directly from behind the man and threw them on the floor.
“This bastard…!!”
“Hold on tight, everyone!”
Doo doo doo!!
“Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
With blades planted all over his limbs, other mercenaries fired at him to kill him, but the man only howled in pain and trembled without any loss of strength.
Even in a downed state, he was so full of strength that even the other mercenaries who were holding him staggered briefly.
The mercenaries clucked their tongues at the sight of a man who had poured more than one magazine of bullets into it and yet it didn’t work at all.
Their shots, which were not aimed at the eyeballs like Lennok, did not seem to cause any pain to the man.
“This monster…”
“Is it possible to kill here?”
“Captain, how are you going to do this?”
The mercenaries looked at Dray with hot eyes.
Quite a few members have already lost their lives at the hands of men. There was nothing more embarrassing than that if we couldn’t tie a knot right here and now.
Dray, who had been holding him with his sword tucked into the man’s left shoulder, thought for a moment before looking at Lennok.
With his mediocre knowledge of magic, it is impossible to accurately determine the man’s condition right now.
There was only one subject who could hear the drug used by the man and his opinion on it.
“Wizard, what else can you do?”
At Dray’s question, all the other mercenaries also shut their mouths and looked at Lennok.
The three lightning magics he showed in the previous battle made them remember what a real wizard was.
The skill of bringing out blue lightning from the dry sky as if it were its own was by no means a lie or an illusion.
“It’s black magic.”
Lennok replied.
“The principle itself is not that complicated. It’s a way of sacrificing various things instead of greatly increasing strength, resilience, and durability. Basically, it seems to be a method of supplementing human flesh or blood to use it as power, and when it becomes insufficient, thinking ability including language ability decreases.”
The man apparently spoke and moved normally for a while after the drug was injected, but his mind was so unstable that he couldn’t continue talking properly for a while while Lennok dropped a lightning bolt and withstood the attack.
If you kill people without rest and don’t consume their blood and heart, your thinking ability will be dangerously low.
