Archangel’s Tears (1)
A field covered with acrid dust.
An old jeep rolls through the wilderness, where you can’t even see an inch ahead.
Tututu!!
Sticky oil drips from the back of the car with a grating sound like spitting.
Lennok, who was covered in thick robes, looked down at the figure, lost in thought.
‘Tears of an archangel… … .’
At the point of recognizing that Pandaemonium’s work of collecting relics of the old world is done in the form of a point organization, I have no intention of being dragged around by Highrea’s words.
But apart from that, it is also true that Lennok could not ignore the efficacy of the archangel’s tears.
Is it a coincidence that the theme of the operation Hirea arranged was the elixir of space-time that Lennok was looking for as a freelancer?
Perhaps this operation itself was created with Ming’s idea –
“I’m going back here, so get off now.”
While Lennok couldn’t shake his complicated thoughts, the man in the driver’s seat reached out without looking back.
“1.6 million cells.”
“….”
When Lennok didn’t answer, the man spoke again.
“1.8 million cells.”
“Why does the price go up by 200,000 cells?”
When Lennok, who had lost his sense of humor, asked, the man behind the wheel replied calmly.
“Well, without me, you’d be lost without finding your way here.”
“….”
“If you came all the way here with an idiot who didn’t even know where Kaiushu was, wouldn’t you have to pay extra?”
Even when calling a destination and finding a way, the benevolent attitude is nowhere to be found, and the face-confiscating attitude of spitting while gnashing your teeth is rather miraculous.
That’s why Lennok was also able to take out a solid iron stick from his chest without feeling guilty.
“If you talk back one more time, 2 million cells….”
Clap!!
He stopped talking as soon as the cold muzzle hit his temple.
Lennok looked down at the man and said.
“1.5 million cells in exchange for dropping you off here right now.”
“Wait a minute…that….”
“One million cells.”
“Oh I see!! Got it! damn… … .!!”
The driver who hurriedly dropped off Lennok’s luggage with his complexion pale blue hurriedly drove the jeep away.
Relieved, thinking that the distance had increased, he shouted loudly at Lennok.
“You bastard, if you see me later at the Eastern Terminal, I’ll just…!!”
bang!!
The rear tire of the Jeep blew out, and the body of the car staggered and turned over.
Lennok turned his head as he watched the back of the man crawling out from under the overturned chassis and running away in a hurry.
Darby, who had been snorting in his arms, let out a light snort.
[I had to beat him up to the nasty organism.]
“Even if I kill him here, I will only throw away the corpse. Enough of this.”
[Even if you don’t, I’m working hard on making a cane to replace the master. Please look forward to it.]
“…Wait a minute. What does that mean?”
The moment when Lennok was about to reach out from inside the coat to ask again about Darby’s unusual statement.
The gust of wind quickly dissipated, and I began to feel someone’s presence in the middle.
A sharp voice came from behind the hesitant wizard.
“I was waiting for reinforcements to come, but a guy with a much worse mood came than I thought.”
Gray hair that seems to have been scattered in the wind. The face is very dirty, as if covered with soot.
A reinforced suit that steadily covers the whole body with a skinny face.
The young man, who was staring at me with his arms crossed, gave a slight chin gesture.
“A double personality running around in the cathedral. name.”
“…Are you talking about Hyrea?”
“Confirmed. Let’s go.”
The young man who turned around smirked.
“Everyone is a little pissed off because the execution time is late.”
“….”
[All organisms in the West Continent have a bad temper.]
The words Darby muttered in the coat only spoke for Lennok’s feelings.
* * *
“Rick is back. Since all the members have gathered, let’s briefly introduce ourselves.”
There were about seven people gathered between the fields with scattered rocks.
All of them are military level or higher, and there are about two strong people who have reached the castle level.
Lennok, who said it was a team but didn’t think it was this large, stood next to the man calling him slightly surprised.
A man with a strong impression, with an impressive scar covering one eye, tapped Lennok on the shoulder.
“This is Victor, who participated in this operation at the recommendation of Hireah. So that I can greet you with warm applause.”
“….”
Of course, no one clapped for Lennok.
He just stared at Lennok wearing a mask with a cold gaze, like looking at a rolled stone.
This man, who seems to be the leader of the team, must have said this not for Lennok’s sake, but to get a reaction.
Assuming that fact, Lennok did not respond.
He just quietly raised his finger towards the man tapping on the shoulder.
charleuk!!
At that moment, the man’s arm suddenly jerked upward and bent behind his back.
A strange sight as if manipulating a doll. The complexion of the others slightly changed when they realized that Lennok was manipulating the sorcerer.
“A manipulation series….”
“He was a special magician.”
“Even if it’s a parachute, a parachute with good performance is good.”
“good. There won’t be anything holding you back.”
The man who broke his arm while tapping Lennok on the shoulder also smiled at the arm that had turned casually.
Wooddeuk!!
“Call me Tucker, newcomer. I will explain the operation from now on, so listen carefully.”
“….”
“The goal is the safe on the top floor of the penthouse located in the heart of Kaiushu. They steal the archangel’s tears from there and return safely.”
Tucker continued.
“We divide the work into two groups. One group watches the movement of the wall while recuperating in the outer villa, while the other group rushes in and steals the elixir.”
“What about the organization?”
The woman chewing gum on the far right asked.
“Me and Rick Olga sneak into the penthouse. Victor, the newcomer, and the other three take charge of the four directions one by one to monitor the movement of the wall.”
“Swap places with Olga.”
A sharp-looking young man sitting in the middle said.
“I would be better off than that stupid woman.”
“I saw him thinking he was a young guy, but he doesn’t seem to know the subject, but he’s a filler.”
A woman called Olga said in a cold voice.
With her long hair pulled up, she strode forward, exhaling hot flames with her fingertips.
“Should we check who is crawling on the floor?”
“I have nothing to say.”
“stop!”
Tucker shouted and tore the two of them to their feet.
“I can’t tolerate a decrease in head count any more than this. We will need the help of two people to break through the vault’s security.”
“Who’s to say that those two will secretly drink the elixir and throw it out?”
“Can you say that?”
Rick chuckled.
“You, too, wanted to eat the elixir stored in the safe on the wall, right? Let’s be honest.”
“…I’m different from nerds like you.”
The sharp-edged young filler made fun of him.
“Don’t think that just because you’ve been working together for a while, you’re on an equal footing.”
Filler’s resolute remarks seemed to draw a line, and the atmosphere around them chilled.
Lennok took a step back, watched the scene and nodded.
‘It’s a piece of shit.’
If you are a superhuman who has reached level 6 or higher, it is not strange if your subjectivity is not firm and it extends to the bone marrow and hardens.
Didn’t he survive and get to where he is today because he decided on his own style and direction and believed that it was absolutely right?
It was only natural for a collision to occur, as the superhumans, who had only recently met, were roughly gathered together.
While Lennok nodded, the two men and women sitting on the furthest left stared at him.
The other two are in the same group as Lennok along with Peeler. There seems to be no dissatisfaction with the composition of the group, perhaps because they have a relationship.
The two of them smiled and waved as if they thought they met Lennok’s eyes.
“Let’s do a good job with the mask. You, not me.”
“If you catch the parachute by the ankle, I will kill you.”
“….”
Unlike his friendly gestures, the words he utters are bloody.
In the middle of chaos, where it would not be strange if a pato broke out right away, let alone start working together.
But Lennok felt a sense of friendliness rather than annoyance in this atmosphere.
Even when he started his freelance life under the name of Ban, wasn’t this kind of dispute and conflict a daily occurrence?
As time passed, the number of arguing with them decreased, but that was because Lennok had become exceptionally strong, not because the Freelancers had become docile.
It’s a bloody atmosphere where it’s not strange even if someone betrays you and stabs you in the back.
However, since this is the type of game, wouldn’t Lennok be able to use them as chess pieces without hesitation?
The only thing Hyrea answered was that she would obtain the archangel’s tears, but in the process, it didn’t matter if Pandaemonium’s name was discovered or the people gathered here died.
Rather, it would be even more strange if the Pandemonium couldn’t even properly take care of these things.
“X feet….”
Tucker sighed and waved his hand.
“It doesn’t matter whether you come in or leave, so let’s agree. There were three hours left before Jebyeok headed to the villa to see the healer. If you can’t decide within that time, I’ll go with my judgment, so do it yourself.”
There was no answer.
bang!!
On the spot, Tucker pulled out his weapon and looked away from the two clashing men, then turned his gaze to Lennok.
“He wants to talk to me.”
Tucker took Lennok to the back of the rock and took out his tobacco case.
“Do you smoke?”
“I don’t spread cheap things like that.”
“…good. You don’t seem to want to talk much, so let’s keep things simple.”
After saying that, Tucker took a thick cigar and lit it.
He glanced around and looked around, then spoke in a low voice.
“How far have you known?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I mean, do you know the organization that arranged the work for us?”
“…You’re asking something strange. You want to see my liver right now?”
Lennok’s voice, altered through the mask, became chilly.
“If it wasn’t for the Pandemonium, it wouldn’t have even come to me like this.”
“Pandemonium…woooo good That’s fortunate.”
Tucker let out a sigh of relief and continued.
“You may have heard from Hireah, but the people gathered here don’t know that the subject of this incident is the pandemonium.”
“….”
“Someone might guess. But officially, it is a secret that Pandaemonium arranged the work.”
“Why?”
“This side has no end. I went through trial and error many times, but this is the most efficient way to collect artifacts from the old world.”
said Tucker, puffing out a puff of smoke.
“The relics that must be retrieved in the pandemonium are being collected by sending a reliable force. Considering the power put into this operation, the archangel’s tears are not a high priority.”
“….”
“Do you know why I am telling you this in advance?”
Tucker nodded as he stepped on the embers of the remaining cigar filter to put it out.
“Let’s take it easy. Maybe we’ll see each other often. Wherever you go, if you run into each other, pretend you don’t know… … . Got it?”
“You know how to cheat better than you think.”
The words with the face of a stern soldier look closer to that of a late-life sergeant.
Tucker grinned at Lennok’s plaintive reply.
“The ones who survive long on this floor are quick-witted. Wouldn’t it be necessary to show your face for a long time in order to become a proper member of the pandemonium beyond the woman who is killing the church?”
After saying that, Tucker placed the remaining cigar in Lennok’s hand and left.
An act of being blatantly benevolent. Lennox, realizing what was going on, laughed.
I didn’t know that Tucker was aiming for Hirea’s position, but it’s not a bad situation in itself to come out friendly like now.
It seems like he’s trying to open up to those who are aware of the existence of Pandemonium, but as long as he maintains that stance, he won’t openly betray him.
‘The problem is that the powerful force that the Pandemonium decided and sent could be this side… … .’
When he heard the information about the archangel’s tears from Hireah, their importance never seemed low.
If Myeong had told her, Hireah might have chosen Lennok as a surefire ‘means’ to retrieve the archangel’s tears.
Lennok thought about that and then laughed.
It doesn’t matter what Hairea thinks.
As long as Lennok was involved in this task, there would be no chance that the Archangel’s Tears could be safely recovered from the pandemonium, regardless of whether the operation succeeded or failed.
Pandemonium’s work should be taken care of, but Lennok never participated in such an operation to look good in Hirea’s eyes.
He ignited it by snapping his fingers and briefly smelled the smoke through the cracks in the mask.
“…It doesn’t taste good either.”
When they returned to the field, the turmoil seemed to have been sorted out, and the surroundings became quiet with small craters.
“You’re being a fucking nuisance.”
“….”
Olga, a gum-chewing woman who shakes her hands in annoyance, and Filler sits down to let go of her anger.
It was clear which way the win or loss slanted.
Tucker also declared the group formation again with a calm expression, as if he was not too surprised.
Perhaps he already knew that Olga’s skills were superior to Filler’s.
“Then, as I said earlier, Rick Olga and I lead the rushing team, and the other four look out for one direction each. If there is no objection, we will start right away.”
“wait for a sec. I have a question for you.”
The last question posed unexpectedly came not from the others, but from Rick, who had never been interfered with by anyone.
Like when he first recognized Lennok and brought him in, he had a somewhat awkward attitude.
He looked at Tucker and lowered his gaze slightly.
“Tucker, do you know the organization that arranged for us?”
“….”
In an instant, the son-in-law became quiet.
Not because Rick just said something he shouldn’t have said, but because everyone wants to hear the answer to that question.
Lennox also watched with interest, curious to see how Tucker would react.
“…Specific inquiries to the higher ups would be prohibited.”
Tucker’s eyebrows twitch in displeasure. Are you planning on going overboard by roughly mentioning the rules?
But Rick didn’t back down easily either.
“Hey Tucker. You know we’re not here to get a few free elixirs. Are you going to be sad while you have work ahead?”
“….”
Rick added, as if he had waited as he watched Tucker keep his mouth shut.
“From the idea of convening guys like this to planning a strategy to the atmosphere that doesn’t obsess over success or failure, everything is impressive. It’s impossible unless you’re drawing a pretty big picture.”
“so?”
“I wonder what the organization was thinking when they hired us or if they were going to stab us in the back. And didn’t we just discover a way to know that?”
At the same time that Rick’s gaze naturally turned to Lennok, the eyes of the other five also turned to Lennok.
“A parachute came down on the recommendation of a superior. You have a friend who knows what the organization is like and has a rough idea of how this will end.”
Rick licked his dry lips and wiggled his fingers at Lennok, his eyes shining blatantly.
Lennok didn’t bother looking away either.
“Let’s ask one more time. It’s a problem that can be solved with good conversation.”
The appearance of other supermen retreating as if bewitched by Rick’s words as he takes a step forward and puts his hand on his waist.
Recognizing that the situation was taking an unusual turn, Tucker hardened his complexion.
“Put your hands down. Less than an hour left until the wall is empty… … !”
“Right. It’s been a while since this happened, so I made a mistake.”
Lennok interrupted Tucker and took a step forward.
The wizard’s eyes, visible from the inside of the mask, shone coldly.
“I should have stepped on it beforehand. I need to discipline myself and go.”
“…what?”
A fresh feeling that I haven’t experienced since I started making a name for myself in the shadows of the Balkans with the nickname ‘fastness’.
He hides in Pandaemonium under the name of Victor, but shouldn’t he do what he has to do?
It was time to go back to the basics.
Genius Magician Who Takes Medicine Chapter 440
