Episode 90. [Devil worshipers, street fighting – 1]
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In every situation, there is something called ‘atmosphere’.
For example, there was always a sense of tension on the eve of a storm as if something was about to explode in an imminent situation.
And sensing such things and acting ahead of them was a fairly important skill in life.
This is often referred to as ‘nunchi’.
‘And what the fuck was that in that conversation just now?’
There was no doubt in Lee Hyun-wook’s voice that rang in the dark hallway.
He approached, calming down the frightened female researcher while maintaining appropriate alertness.
No matter how much I thought about it, that was not the attitude of a warrior who came to commit massacre.
That’s why, looking down at his subordinates who were falling down with a small thudding sound…
‘This is so absurd…’
Choi Tae-jun was thinking such nonsense. It was a very out of context scene.
But maybe that was because I was denying it so strongly.
‘No one can know what the group is doing here!’
Access to this ‘Silver Line’ research facility was completely controlled until the accident occurred.
Additionally, all researchers have made a contract with the devil and will ‘die’ if they reveal any information related to it.
‘In other words, our information cannot be leaked. ‘I don’t even know about the Gugwang Group that is providing the funds…’
Since I had such firm thoughts, I was not concerned about being attacked,
and so I did not notice that I was being ‘deceived’.
“Dr. Barr! “Knock—”
The second attack sound. Two people standing near the safety door were impaled by something and fell to the ground.
Footsteps
slowly approached from the hallway beyond the wall. And soon, he appeared in front of the safety door.
Metal armor rising from the skin of the black combat uniform. A sword and a shotgun were visible behind his back.
And on his right shoulder, a single silver arrow was spinning slowly.
At the end of the arrowhead, a fierce hunting dog could be seen as if it was about to pounce at any moment.
Choi Tae-jun looked at the man . I looked at Lee Hyun-wook’s face.
“…….”
His eyes were clear and unwavering.
In other words, there was no emotion like anxiety or suspicion.
‘As expected, that guy knew who we were and attacked with very firm judgment. .’ In other words,
Choi Tae-jun
sensed that there was no way to persuade that man.
He entered the lab without hesitation, and the eight researchers hesitated and retreated.
Seeing that confident appearance, Tae-jun Choi was inwardly delighted and took a step back.
‘Okay, come in more…’
And the moment Lee Hyun-wook stood in the middle of the lab, he pressed the remote control he was holding in his hand.
Boom!
Then the safety door behind Lee Hyun-wook closed by itself, and then something came down from the ceiling. .
Those were two automatic turrets. This classified facility was even equipped with such ignorant things.
And beep— When I pressed the second button, merciless machine gun fire began.
Ta-da-da-da-dang-dang!
But the turret’s The muzzle rotated on its own and scratched several researchers.
“A million!”
“Ahhh—!”
However, Taejun Choi expected that to happen.
“Listen carefully! From now on, I will accept the power of ‘Master’ and kill him here!”
He shouted like that, pulled out the ‘smoke bomb’ he was hiding behind his back, and threw it on the floor.
With a small explosion, gray smoke billowed out.
Choi Tae-jun hid himself in it, and found the woman unconscious, tied to a chair .
I ran to him.
“Kaaaa—!”
“Ouch!”
Immediately after, the researchers’ training began to become strangely distorted.
The devil’s seeds received ‘power’ in return for human sacrifice to the devil ‘Molech’… They are alchemist players, but now they can display more powerful powers than most warrior players. I was able to.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
They stamped their feet violently and rushed towards Lee Hyun-wook.
“Die!”
It was then.
Qua—de—de—de——!
Suddenly, a panel on the ceiling was torn off, and bundles of cables and wires fell down at once.
The ‘copper wire’ that makes up the electric wire is also metal, and it bound the researchers according to Lee Hyun-wook’s will.
“Queu——”
However, even though the entire body was wrapped in tough gables, it seemed like they wouldn’t be able to hold it for very long.
Jol—Agh—!
With incredible strength, the researchers tore off dozens of cables as easily as spider webs.
Before they knew it, they were out of their eyes. The focus had disappeared, and brown horns were sprouting from their heads.
Haaaa——!
Lee Hyun-wook could tell that they were no longer human.
– Child of Downfall: Stage 1 (LV 43)
In this way, the ‘Insight Lens’ The rising information meant that they had been ‘monsterized.’
One strange thing was that their level gradually increased.
– Child of Fallen: Stage 2 (LV 49)
‘As time passes, they receive more and more power from the devil. Become stronger.’
Lee Hyun-wook fired a fail note at the closest guy.
Pow!
But the fail note didn’t penetrate the guy’s head, and the guy caught it with his hand.
Lee Hyun-wook tried to bring the fail note back, but it escaped from the researcher’s grip. I couldn’t do it.
‘As expected…’
Weapons that did not contain ‘holy power’ did not work well for the tribes receiving the devil’s protection.
“Lee Hyun-wook, the player who controls steel… There is nothing in this that can be your weapon. “I think so?”
Choi Tae-joon said that through the smoke screen. He was tying up a woman before he knew it.
“You’ll need a lot of magic metal to kill these guys, but all we have here is stainless steel.”
As if he was not interested in such words, Lee Hyun-wook pointed to the woman that Choi Tae-jun had run into.
“Is that woman, Gu Hyo-min, the granddaughter of the Gugwang Group?”
“How long have you known about this guy? Who sent you!”
Lee Hyun-wook took a step forward without saying a word.
“It doesn’t matter. “You will die here because of your arrogance in coming in without a weapon.”
Lee Hyun-wook chuckled at those words.
“I’m sorry, but I guess you’re mistaken… I didn’t come empty-handed.”
“Hey, whatever you brought with you won’t be able to break through that safety door. “The security at this facility is not average.”
He chuckled. That safety door was not made of metal, but an object made of a material item called ‘Stone from the Tower of Babel.’ This item was specially manufactured for the security of this facility and is not easily breached.
“But the security is there to stop people, right?”
“what?”
“There are a lot of holes in places where people can’t pass through.”
Soon, the researchers who tore off the bundle of cables began to rush towards Lee Hyun-wook, and
at that moment, a loud noise began to sound above their heads.
Qua—and—and—and—and—and——!
It was the sound of a huge number of metals crashing back and forth.
“…what what!”
A huge number of pieces of metal used to deal with ghosts,
some of which were brought through the ventilation shaft of the building.
He ‘transformed’ inside the ceiling, causing it to tangle into a spiral of thorns. Then, like a stalactite in a cave, metal spikes pierced the ceiling and grew rapidly, striking the researchers.
Deep—! Deep—! Deep—! Deep—!
They fell to the floor, with long thorns piercing various parts of their bodies.
Kaaaa——!
A stake flew into the heads of those struggling like that, delivering the finishing blow.
They were fatal to them because they were metals enchanted with ‘divine power’.
“…….”
Choi Tae-jun, who was left alone, could not help but have a blank expression for a moment.
“Fuck damn it! Don’t come any closer! She’s going to die!”
“…….”
“Don’t even think about moving a piece of metal for no reason! “If I give you strength, this woman will die instantly!”
Choi Tae-joon took something out of his arms as he backed up with the fainting woman in front.
It was a small ampoule.
He pulled out the lid with his teeth and swallowed the contents.
Then…
“Kwaaaa——!”
With a desperate scream, the entire body turns red and swells up like a balloon.
Boom – boom –
Bones deform, skin stretches, and hair grows.
Soon, it takes on the appearance of a 3-meter-tall giant water buffalo—a Minotaur.
“K—You bastard… “Oh, I’m going to kill you someday!”
With those words, he rammed into the wall on the right and easily broke through it.
thud-! thud-! thud-! thud-!
Then, he continued to crush the wall beyond that wall and the wall beyond that and ran somewhere.
Lee Hyun-wook, looking at such a reckless escape, did not take any action.
“Okay, run hard, I’ll catch up with you soon…”
What he just drank was an awakening potion using ‘nectar’, which is called the drink of the gods.
It was difficult to deal with him now as there would be a temporary increase in his abilities.
Of course, it would be possible if you tried to catch him somehow, but Lee Hyun-wook didn’t do that.
No, strictly speaking, it didn’t feel like I was intentionally letting go.
‘If he goes out and creates controversy, I benefit more as a result.’
The chase for Taejun Choi began and Hyunwook Lee aimed for the benefit that could be gained from catching him.
First of all, the woman that Choi Tae-jun stole, Gu Hyo-min, was the granddaughter of the chairman of the [Goo-gwang] Group of this research institute. The reason for kidnapping her was probably to use her as a hostage as insurance during the escape process to another country.
‘The Gukwang Group will definitely ask me to rescue them.’
As originally planned, Gukwang Group would negotiate directly with Taejun Choi and help him escape.
However, since Lee Hyun-wook made a great performance this time, there was a high possibility that expectations would be placed on Lee Hyun-wook.
Since [Gukwang] is ranked second in the Korean business world, there was a lot to tear down.
That wasn’t the end.
‘I even know the benefits of every route he takes to escape.’
There was no way the guys who made this situation would have committed this situation without any backing.
Devil worshipers from all over the world were connected to each other, and
for this plot, a foreign devil worshiper group was brought into the country and waiting nearby.
In other words, Choi Tae-jun was going to become a kind of giant bait to clean them all at once.
“Anyway, I already have everything I can get here…”
He picked up a card key. It was Choi Tae-joon’s ID card.
I had just moved and snatched up a piece of metal from the mess.
Hyunwook Lee entered the lab and soon came across a locked door.
I put Taejun Choi’s ID card there.
– Beep— Verified.
The door opened and the light turned on. The sterilization room was full of all kinds of equipment.
And inside a glass box in the center, a red shimmer was spreading.
Go—oh—oh—oh——
Just by existing, it’s a liquid of a world…
“There’s only one cup of nectar, the drink of the gods, so there’s about half left, right?”
After obtaining this and going through various experiments, there seemed to be about half of it left.
The capacity seemed to be about 150mL. When
Hyunwook Lee applied his ID card to the device attached to the glass box, the glass box opened.
Be careful of the small bottle inside . Lifted by a thread.
– Acquired the God’s drink ‘Nectar’.
[Item Information]
– Name: Nectar (Legendary)
– Effect: Unknown
An item inspired by the drink of the gods that appears in Greek mythology. If
a human drinks this, There is a legend that says you can become immortal or a god.
‘But if you believe in the legend and drink it, you will definitely die.’
Like other legendary grade items, this consumable item also has a huge ‘over handicap’:
‘The prerequisite for absorbing this is death if you lack even the slightest amount of vitality.’
Later, King Taesan Han drinks this and gains defense power close to immortality.
Of course, that does not mean he is invincible. There are also weapons that can pierce the power of God. A
representative example of the so-called Godslaughter weapons is ‘Miss,’ which is currently owned by Lee Hyun-wook. There was ‘Teltane.
’ ‘Anyway, this nectar can be fully utilized depending on how it is mixed.’
Since it was the domain of ‘alchemy’, there was a need to pioneer the field of alchemy in the future.
And a situation was being created where the first step could be taken by the Gugwang Group, a pioneer in the field of alchemy.
After obtaining a few items inside the lab, he went out.
* **
“Ha…”
Lieutenant General Kwak Sang-pil, commander of the AMT Special Operations Command, sighed after arriving at the scene of the incident.
At first, he thought it was just a hostage situation, but something truly absurd was happening.
“Ha… “How can demons like that come out from the basement of the alchemy lab?”
Who on earth could have predicted such a situation, but someone had to take responsibility for this.
And he knew very well that his name was included in that category of responsibility.
There was also another thing that bothered him.
It was none other than pressure from the Gugwang Guild.
‘Ha—this is the first time I’ve seen that old man lose his temper like that…’
Like this, Kwak Sang-pil had a collusive relationship with the Gukwang Group family, and
was promised an executive position in Gukwang’s item division after his discharge from the military.
This situation occurred.
Three hours ago, Koo Han-cheol, chairman of Koo Kwang Group, called me directly.
– hey! Sangpil Kwak, you are the person directly in charge of the Gangdong-gu site, right?
For a 79-year-old man, his voice was very loud.
“Yes, sir, it is my responsibility!”
– Then you also know that my granddaughter is in it, right?
“…Ah! Is that so?”
– Fuck, don’t you know that important thing? Anyway! No matter what you do, bring that child, Hyomin, to me with all four limbs intact! If you do well, you’re the boss, and if you don’t, there’s no soup! ‘Who created this crazy situation and why
? Are you putting the blame on me?’
However, the future had already been entrusted to him, so he had to do as he was told.
But no matter how much he thought about it, there was nothing he could do.
Right now, the best thing to do was to close the site and prevent any secondary damage that might occur, but to go into
that unknown hole. It was crazy to push in troops.
In that respect, the only hope was…
“Have you heard from Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook yet?”
“Yes, I understand it is still inside.”
“Ha…”
Yes, it was Lee Hyun-wook.
The hero called the savior of Seoul suddenly appeared and prevented a disaster.
But right after that, he suddenly threw himself into a pit.
No one knew the reason for such an unexpected action.
But that scene . Everyone had the same thought as they looked at him.
‘I hope he puts an end to this incident…’
But for some reason, Bibo came first.
“Commander Sa! “You should take a look at this!”
Some news is playing on the cell phone held out by the exclusive adjutant.
The phrase ‘report screen’ was a CCTV screen in the tunnel.
A moment later, the screen shook violently, the left wall collapsed, and a
huge monster jumped out of it.
“It’s a tunnel 890 meters away from this lab. It’s probably a monster that escaped from the lab.”
“What? Shit… so what is that? It looks like a cow? Is it a minotaur or something?”
“At first glance, it looks like a monster… Look near the right arm.”
The huge cow monster had something wrapped around it.
It was… a person wearing a gown and long hair.
“Can’t it be… kidnapping a woman?”
“Yes, but it is presumed that the person making the impression is Goo Hyo-min, the granddaughter of Goo Kwang Group.”
Hearing those words, Kwak Sang-pil rubbed his face with his palm. Anyway…
“Ha… I’m going crazy… So what is that? Have you received any information?”
“I couldn’t figure out what that thing was, but it looks like it escaped from the lab.”
It was then.
“—Commander!”
An officer with the rank of major came into the operation tent shouting like that.
Then, saluting with his hand raised, he delivered the news that Kwak Sang-pil had been waiting for.
“Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook has just come out of the pit!”
***
“Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook! This way!”
After Lee Hyun-wook came out of the pit, he was guided by Team Leader Oh Seong-hoon.
Looking around, he noticed that the work of installing a ‘holy relic’ was in progress.
“Are you trying to cast a wide-area blessing on the entire area?”
“Yes, the work is in progress now and it will take about 12 hours.”
Almost all of the anglerfish swarms were killed by Lee Hyun-wook, but there were still a few left.
And, more than anything, there was still a cloud of black smoke rising from the corpses of the anglerfishes around here.
If you come in contact with it incorrectly, you will be transformed into an inhabitant of hell, so it is a kind of purification. This was needed.
And in the northern sky, the flagship airship Oryonggeo of the KOR AMT Holy Knights was floating.
“The Ohryonggeo Holy Knights have arrived?”
“Yes, they are scheduled to enter the scene in 6 hours.”
At that time, I saw some high-ranking people rushing towards me in a hurry.
At the center of it all, I saw Two Star Commander Kwak Sang-pil.
“Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, I say I am Commander Kwak Sang-pil!”
As he said that, he suddenly extended his hand to Lee Hyun-wook, and Lee Hyun-wook held it lightly without making a formal statement. Despite such an attitude that went against military basics, Kwak Sang-pil did not seem to be very offended.
In this way, Lee Hyun-wook’s position and achievements could no longer be dismissed as a soldier.
“Come this way! I’d like you to talk to me for a moment…”
“Yes, of course.”
“Haha—thank you! As expected, a man called a hero is different even if his generosity is different!”
Rather, the situation where a lieutenant general was flattering like this was quite comical.
Of course, the background was not Lee Hyun-wook’s position, but the information that Lee Hyun-wook had.
However, what was waiting for him in the command barracks was not a conversation with Lieutenant General Kwak Sang-pil.
What was there? Three men in suits were sitting.
“Commander Kwak, could you please leave the seat for a moment?”
To that question, Kwak Sang-pil looked at Lee Hyun-wook.
“Ah, Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook… are you okay?”
“Yes, I don’t mind.”
“Okay then… I’ll give you about 10 minutes.”
In a situation like this, asking the top manager to give up his position
meant that I could tell without even asking who these unidentified people were.
‘They are the henchmen of the Chairman of Koo Gwang Group.’
Lee Hyun-wook noticed that it was Lieutenant General Kwak Sang-cheol’s Gukwang Group line.
“Hello? “This is who we are.”
A man said that and held out his business card.
– Gukwang Group Strategic Planning Department: Director Heejun Han,
“I heard that Sergeant Hyunwook Lee infiltrated our research facility.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then
are you asking if you saw that woman in there—” “—Goo Hyo-min?”
Lee Hyun-wook asked, and Director Han Hee-jun’s face hardened somewhat.
“How…did you know that?”
“Because I saw that woman being kidnapped with my own eyes.”
That one word was enough to set the tone for the entire table.
Negotiations had not yet begun and Lee Hyun-wook had taken over.
Lee Hyun-wook leaned forward, looked Director Han Hee-jun in the eye, and said in a low voice,
“And The person who planned this was a man named Dr. Taejun Choi…”
“…….”
“I think I know where that man took that woman.”
There was silence for a moment.
Gulp—
The large man sitting next to Director Heejun Han swallowed dry saliva.
“…….”
The employees of the strategic planning office, who are the close confidants of the Chairman of the Gugwang Group, are clearly here to negotiate. If possible
, I planned to continue negotiations from then on to see
if Lee Hyun-wook had found Ku Hyo-min in the lab
and if Lee Hyun-wook could use this man’s abilities to find Ku Hyo-min .
‘But you mentioned Koo Hyo-min’s name by hitting the player first, as if you were waiting…’
Director Han Hee-jun realized that this was not just telling him what he knew, but a certain ‘number’.
‘As expected, this man… he is a high-ranking person. And he’s hiding something.’
That’s why I couldn’t help but be even more nervous.
“Is that… really? Have you seen Ms. Gu Hyo-min in person?”
“Yes, that’s right. “You may know it’s called the Silver Line, but it’s located in the most secret research facility.”
Lee Hyun-wook leaned back and nodded.
And he said a word of remorse.
“But it wasn’t just Koo Hyo-min I saw.”
“yes?”
“The Gugwang Group had a lot of very secret activities in the basement, right?”
“…….”
“Blood magic is the worst form of black magic… I wondered if the Chairman’s health was that bad.”
In the silence of Director Han Hee-jun, Lee Hyun-wook smiled as if he was feeling helpless.
“But no matter how much biological experimentation was done, I think it was too much. Was it about two years ago? There was an incident where several player workers from the Philippines went missing, and I never thought we would see the truth here….” They were mesmerized by the information Lee Hyun-wook poured out
. It was an expression.
And each of them was a very painful place for the Gugwang Group.
It was only about 50 minutes that Lee Hyun-wook went into the basement of the lab and
I couldn’t understand how he gathered such information in such a short period of time.
“This… I think this situation will be quite a fatal problem for Gukwang.”
Lee Hyun-wook planned to negotiate properly like this:
‘Gukwang’s title of second place in the business world is solid.’
They have so much,
and so they have lost so much,
‘and the cost of not losing it is considerable.’
Lee Hyun-wook was planning to stick down to their uncomfortable spot.
Soon, Director Han Hee-jun opened his mouth.
“Mr. Lee Hyun-wook…what do you want?”
