Episode 423
Phantom Dance.
The day the gate opened and the department store instantly became a haunted den, the survivors, including the girl, were locked in the playroom by the banshees.
‘Again… I’m here.’
At first, the number of ordinary citizens and captured hunters exceeded dozens. There are now less than 10 left.
The girl doesn’t know if they’re dead or alive, but one thing is certain: they’re disappearing one by one. Of course, the beginning is always the same. The
iron
door opened with such a creepy sound, and the red eyes of the banshee stared at the survivors through the gap.
Then, after choosing one of them, he moved his bony hand and summoned a survivor.
‘Huh…’
The girl covered her mouth and eyes, held her breath, and stuck to the wall. Fortunately, Banshee’s target was not a girl.
“Hey, it’s me. I…”
The man chosen by the Banshee muttered with a happy face and walked out the door without resistance.
But there was nothing surprising. Most of the people trapped in the Delta Tower lost their minds like this.
Rather, the case of a sane girl was unusual.
Since time is all that is left in this terrible place, the girl has wondered why the banshee kept people alive.
But the answer was close at hand.
Swoop-
Not long after taking the man away, one of the banshees crawled in using its outstretched limbs like a spider.
thump- thump-
Then, using his hand like a hammer, he drove nails into the wall and hung a picture frame on it. Of course, what was painted there was a picture that looked exactly like the man who had been arrested earlier.
‘…Now is the time to run away.’
The girl who had been waiting behind the door cautiously walked out while Banshee hung up the picture frame. I didn’t even want to breathe, I covered my mouth and even the sound of my footsteps was reduced.
‘If I get caught, how long can I run away?’
No matter how much you run away, you can’t escape Delta Tower in the end. The number of banshees was many times that of the survivors. It was hidden not only in windows and doorways, but also in unusual passageways such as ventilation ducts.
‘But… I have no choice but to go. I don’t want to be a painting either.’
The girl felt like her heart would break at any moment, but she cautiously reached out the door to avoid the banshee.
Squeak!
But is it because I’m too nervous?
The girl’s foot ended up touching the door. The banshee hanging the picture frame turned around in an instant and glared at the girl with red eyes.
prey and predator.
An awkward silence flowed between the two beings facing each other, but for a moment the banshee opened its mouth and howled loudly.
– Kyaaaaaaagh!
The sound was so terrible that all the survivors except the girl covered their ears and rolled on the floor.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Save me!”
“The head is the head…”
There was even a rumor that those who heard the banshee’s voice would go crazy, but the girl was the only one who could ignore the banshee’s screams.
maybe it was natural Because the girl was deaf. The fact that I was able to keep my sober mind so far is, of course, an extension of that.
‘I have to run!’
The girl used her quadrupeds like a spider to frantically run away from the banshee running out of the room.
– Kyaaaaaagh!
Banshee howled loudly at the sight of the survivor, who should have been crazy, running away, and notified his colleagues.
However, the moment he reached a dead end chasing the girl at a tremendous speed.
“Suck!”
The girl stopped moving, covered her eyes and mouth, and held her breath.
tall.
Then, the banshee chasing the girl stopped on the spot.
‘I was right…’
The Banshees who came to hear the cry of a colleague surrounded the surroundings, but did not recognize the girl right in front of them.
‘I’m just holding my breath… until the banshees disappear from my side.’
Maybe they thought they missed the girl, the Banshee downstairs and the storage room. And it was divided into stairs and narrowed the search network. Thanks to that, I gradually drifted away from the girl.
but 1 minute.
1 minute 10 seconds.
1 minute 20 seconds.
Holding my breath was the limit.
I continued to practice alone in the locked room, but my breath was short of breath and my eyes were wide open.
‘Wouldn’t it be okay now…?’
Huh- The girl took in the breath she had been holding back until now. After repeating this several times, he was convinced that he, who was immune to screams, could return alive.
But as if he had waited, the moment Banshee poked his head right next to him with a grin.
– You can’t hear me?
The moment you speak telepathically, not through your ears.
“Ah…”
The girl let out a breath with a devastated face.
* * *
Hunter Bayon was the largest domestic company if it was limited to hunter supplies.
There was no product that did not sell, from hunter supplies simply used by students to giant monster decisive battle weapons close to military companies.
Quaang!
However, Jincheol Kim, the CEO of Hunter Bayon, was indignant at the guild members of Myeongwol, who were no different from their main customers, hitting the desk.
“Is there still no news! Do you know when I told you to trust me and leave it to me that Myeongwol was only a level 3 dungeon?”
“Sorry. However, the one who failed to measure the dungeon was the Hunter Association, and the one who failed to capture was…”
“Shut up. On the topic of washing your hands even after receiving that big money. Are you calling me an excuse?”
However, it was unfair from the point of view of Lee Sang-hyun, who is related to Myeongwol. It was the Hunter Association who misrepresented the 5th grade dungeon as a 3rd grade dungeon, and because of that, the attack failed, and the Banshee became strong in an instant by taking advantage of the hunters.
There was no way the opportunity would come back to Myeongwol, who later noticed the problem and tried to dispatch it, but failed to capture the Delta Tower.
It has been a long time since the request to capture the Delta Tower has already been officially handed over to the Forest of Greenery Guild.
“Even at the moment you were assuring me, I am Shino Jinsan Yusu! And there is no place I haven’t contacted until Myeongwol! But not even one place is successful!”
bang!
Indignant, Jincheol Kim hit the desk again.
“If the guild master class had started attacking from the beginning, that child would have come back a long time ago!”
Looking at Lee Sang-hyeon, Kim Jin-cheol’s eyes burned with resentment. Myeongwol couldn’t save her daughter because she looked down on Phantom Dance even though she paid a generous commission as she was a trustworthy customer.
“I understand a hundred times in my heart, but it is very rare for the guild master to attack directly. And in this case…”
Kim Jin-cheol, filled with anger at Lee Sang-hyeon’s attitude of somehow trying to make him understand without showing any results, rather laughed.
“You dare to weigh your profit and loss in front of me, a merchant.”
Jincheol Kim sighed and threw his business card on the desk. The name written on the business card was a name that even Lee Sang-hyun would know.
“This is the green forest…”
“I applied separately through the association. And I said these words together. Whatever you want… I’ll gladly reward you if you bring my daughter to safety.”
Hunter Bayon and Myeongwol had been trading for a long time. In addition, Kim Jin-cheol had a close relationship with the guild master of Myeongwol.
However, even though his only daughter’s safety was at stake, he was trembling at the response of Myungwol sent by a low-ranking hunter.
“If that’s the benefit you’re enjoying… I’m willing to take it away.”
So, if he saved his daughter from the green forest, he was willing to betray Myeongwol. In the worst case, he would be willing to cut off all dealings with Myeongwol if it was for his daughter’s sake.
“Calm down! Didn’t we tell you? Even if you don’t, I was thinking of dispatching a 6th-level hunter by the end of today!”
“It is already late. In the green forest, two 6th graders have already been sent.”
Lee Sang-hyun frowned at the confident appearance of Kim Jin-cheol.
‘Are there two 6th graders? Right now, the green forest has no members because even the guild leader is an idiot, right?’
“It can’t be. How fast is our source? If it’s one person, I don’t know, but if you say two people, aren’t you being deceived by the green forest?”
“Do you think I am an idiot? Okay, let’s go.”
Lee Sang-hyeon knew the circumstances of the green forest inside and out. The green forest in its current state, he thought, was not so crowded that it sent two 6th graders to the dungeon.
“Stop it, tell me your name. I will find out for myself.”
Kim Jin-cheol glanced at Lee Sang-hyeon.
He sighed as if he couldn’t help it. He seemed to have decided that it would be better to tell him quickly if he wanted to send away Lee Sang-hyun, who did not want to see him.
“…One is Yura. The other one is said to be Shin Yuseong.”
At least Yura was a name too familiar to Lee Sang-hyun. Excluding the swordsman who had just dispatched to another dungeon, Yura was the only real force in the green forest.
“City Shin Yuseong? Are those divine words?”
But is it Shin Yoosung?
According to rumors, he was a celebrity who failed to contact not only Brilliant but also Myeongwol after trying to recruit him.
maybe it was natural
Because Shin Yooseong was the rookie among rookies. Experts predict that if any of the famous rookies reach the 8th grade, Shin Yoo-seong is the most likely candidate.
‘I can’t believe it… Did you take it from the green forest? No, how can the guild leader become an idiot and the green forest crumbling?’
Could it be that there was some kind of connection that he didn’t know about? The moment Lee Sang-hyun was confused, Kim Jin-cheol said as he left his office.
“Once you have something to say, we have our next meeting, so I will go.”
“Now wait!”
Lee Sang-hyun, who came to his senses, urgently stopped him, but Kim Jin-cheol left without looking back.
Lee Sang-hyun shook his head as if he couldn’t understand.
“No, Shin Yoo-seong, why the hell is that guild going to ruin…”
* * *
Kim Eun-ah, who even received a decent title, was sitting at her desk and processing piles of paperwork.
Now is a very busy time, so Kim Eun-ah made even Lee Su-hyeon withdraw, but her older brother, Kim Jun-hyeok, came to visit Kim Eun-ah. Then, while the secretary was away, she made tea for Kim Eun-ah and brought up a story.
“Did you hear the rumor?”
In response to Kim Jun-hyeok’s question, Eun-a Kim replied bluntly, drawing signatures on documents with an analog ballpoint pen, not an electronic device.
“What kind of rumor?”
“Of course, meteors are rumors.”
However, when Shin Yoo-seong’s name came out, Kim Eun-ah suddenly changed her posture and sat down.
“…Yooseong, do you know the news?”
Kim Eun-ah was busy with work, so there was no time to hear the news of Shin Yoo-seong. However, Joon-Hyuk Kim had relatively more time with Kim Eun-A sharing his work.
“Then I didn’t try to find out separately, but I found out naturally. These days, the guild is buzzing with stories about Yooseong.”
“Yoosung as a story? why?”
Up until now, Kim Eun-ah seemed like a cold-hearted CEO, but now she was interested in the story of Shin Yoo-seong and pricked her ears.
This was the appearance of a high school girl who was flawless no matter where she looked.
“Um… Recently Yooseong has been helping the green forest, of course the reason is…”
Kim Jun-hyeok smiled at Kim Eun-ah. Kim Eun-ah is always a proud younger sister, but she was not very aware of things like this.
When asked who Shin Yoo-seong was fighting and why he had no choice but to go to the green forest, there was only one answer.
“Eun-ah, it must be because of you.”
