Episode 98. [Fear of war, preparation for war – 3]
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So who on earth is the Laputa administrator?
That one question focused the world’s attention on this land.
Those with the answer arrived at a hotel in Seoul, and
a while later… an unexpected incident occurred there.
Kwa—ang——!
A loud noise and vibration shook the entire room, and at the same time all the windows broke and Xiaojun was thrown out and hit the wall. His right hand, which he had reached out to shake hands with, was smashed and his fingers scattered.
Slam!
“This pair—!”
When Lee Hyun-wook pulled the pump again, two Chinese men summoned the weapon in the ‘tattoo’. A short man pulled out a shield and a sword, and a tall man—an orc shaman—waved his hands and performed a spell.
Lee Hyun-wook’s gun tilted and aimed first at the guy holding the shield.
Kwa—ang——!
“-100 million!”
No matter how much he was holding a shield, he could not ignore the destructive power of ‘Black Rhino’. The small human body floated up and crashed into the wall, as if a rhino had run up and hit it.
“Ugh—what the fuck…”
And when I was so out of it—
poof!
A silver arrow flew out of nowhere and pierced his left eyeball.
It was a fail note and was fired straight at the black orc shaman.
Empty!
However, it was blocked by an invisible protective film.
Immediately after, the guy ‘manifested’ something.
The tattoo on his thick forearm wriggles and a black shimmer spreads out, filling the room like fog on the shore of a lake.
Go—oh—oh—oh——!
“…….”
Lee Hyun-wook took a step back, wary of the strange sign.
Witchcraft was inherently strange and nasty, and it was also arbitrary with no set rules. In other words, I didn’t know what was going to happen.
In particular, the anecdote in which Black Orc King Stonox turned China’s third-ranked player into a billy goat was very famous.
‘That’s why it’s best not to let your guard down.’
Soon, the remnants of black orcs appeared behind him.
‘…Space magic?’
Unlike ‘portal’ magic, which creates a passage between spaces, it seemed to be an ancient spell that temporarily overlaps space.
In that overlapping space, eight black orcs appeared, and their appearance gradually became clearer, soon ‘existing’ in the hotel room.
All of them were carrying huge iron axes.
That’s–!
– Black Orc Elite Warrior (LV 61)
– Black Orc Elite Warrior (LV 63)
– Black Orc Elite Warrior (LV 64)
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The level per individual was around 61 to 64, which was quite high.
‘…Someday, things like that will come in droves.’
In other words, if a war against the Black Orcs were to break out, we would have to fend off thousands of monsters that were at least equivalent to a B-grade tier 5 player—so we had to prepare our firepower for that from now on.
‘But now there are only eight.’
Lee Hyun-wook gave Black Rhino a lot of mana, and
soon three red magic circles appeared on the gun’s muzzle.
‘—destroy participle!’
Kwa-and-and-and-and-gwang——!
The merciless vibrations alone caused the chandeliers on the ceiling to break and fall, and the eight orc killing squads that were rushing towards Hyunwook Lee were swept away by the steel storm and bounced as if they had been hit by a truck.
Kugugugu….
And the wall that had been hit by all that firepower collapsed.
Ugh…
But they didn’t die.
As expected, they were top-level warriors, and even though their bodies were ruined, they stood up again and raised their red eyes towards Lee Hyun-wook.
“Hmm… I guess I should be a little more cruel?”
Before he knew it, Lee Hyun-wook was holding the giant sword Moglei in his left hand.
The 2-meter-long sword body with a mass of 500 kg crossed the room.
Huh—wow——!
An overwhelming sword wind that made it hard to believe that he had just swung a sword—the curtain was torn and it was already there. It flew past the broken window and
burst!
The bodies of the Black Orcs standing in its path were cut off as if exploding, their upper and lower bodies separated, and their internal organs spilled out. That
was the end.
In a very short time, the business room was empty. It was completely destroyed. All that was left was a horrible scene of mutilated corpses lying on top of it.
“………”
Meanwhile, the players of the Bihyeongrang team, including Lee Jeong-jun, who followed Lee Hyun-wook, watched the scene in fascination. I was watching.
They also came to fight together, but there was no need to do anything.
“Wow—”
“…The more I look at it, the more absurd it is.”
Still, they were an elite team of players in their own right. However, every time I was with Lee Hyun-wook, I felt an inexplicable sense of deprivation. I
felt like I had become a sidekick at some point…
‘Every time, he sees everything through and takes the lead from beginning to end.’
It was the same in this case. Even though the government mobilized all of its information networks, it was unable to detect the Hongdo Guild’s plot, but he provided a clue. ‘And no matter how strong the enemy is, we will attack it accurately
and boldly.’
4th Wave Wyvern, the incarnation of Abaddon Moloch Until this moment… Everything he showed was outside of common sense and outside the standard.
He left Moglai floating in the air and walked forward.
“—Cough!”
Surprisingly, Xiaojun was still alive.
And something had fallen under his right arm.
‘…A rope?’
It was a string that looked like a thin silver bracelet.
Lee Hyun-wook picked it up.
[Item information]
– Name: Gleipnir (Legendary)
– Effect: When mana is infused, a specific target is trapped. (The trapped target is You won’t be able to untie the rope on your own for 10 minutes.)
“Ah, are you planning on trapping me with this?”
This was an unexpected harvest.
No, it was awesome.
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir was an unbreakable magical shackle that the gods used to bind the monster wolf ‘Fennir’.
‘It is a legendary-grade utility item.’
This could be very useful in many ways.
Lee Hyun-wook took it and looked down at Xiaojun, who was moaning.
“Xiaojun, I have no intention of killing you.”
“Kuh—uh—why—”
Lee Hyun-wook had slightly missed the mark when writing about Xiaojun.
Because…
“Wow… what is all this? Korean hotels are so special, aren’t they?”
Saying that, the blonde woman who entered the room
was surprisingly the ‘saint’ Emilia Müller.
“Here, I’m ready.”
Hyunwook Lee said that and pointed at Xiaojun.
Lee Hyun-wook contacted her right before this situation occurred and told her that there was a chance to catch the villain, and she immediately came to this land using the ‘ultra-wide teleportation’ with the power of the World Tree.
“Is this man… the villain?”
She whispered the word ‘villain’ very softly.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Okay, let’s begin.”
She placed her hand on Xiaojun’s head. Then, some kind of light powder began to flow out and seep into his entire body. It was a heel.
“Huh!”
Soon, Xiaojun’s wounds seemed to have healed. Even a severed finger slowly recovered… This was, of course, the power of an S-rank priest.
“Why on earth…”
Xiaojun looked like he couldn’t understand this whole situation. It was absurd that he suddenly got shot with a shotgun and turned to mush, so what kind of irony is this that a saint appeared and treated him personally
? Lee Hyun-wook said something even more shocking:
“What kind of ‘potential magic’ is engraved in your head?”
“—uh what? No, what is that…”
“So if the plan fails like this, your brain will burn out?”
Xiaojun made a blank expression and then shook his head.
“…I don’t know what you’re talking about. Oh no, why did you suddenly shoot me! And those orcs don’t know me!”
Naturally, Xiaojun started to retreat.
‘How the hell do you know? For now, I have to say I don’t know!’
He did not attack Lee Hyeon-wook in the first place. If he pretended that the appearance of orcs was something he didn’t know about, he might be able to survive.
“Emilia, please cast the ‘purification magic’ you prepared.”
Purification Magic: The saint’s purification magic was by far the best as it literally washed away evil spells like curses.
The light spread from her hand and enveloped Xiaojun.
At that moment, a line of system messages appeared in front of Xiaojun’s eyes.
– (!) The ‘potential magic’ on you will be purified.
Xiaojun felt dizzy.
‘…Are these people really aware of the existence of villains?’
At that time, Hyunwook Lee bent his knees and was at eye level with Xiaojun.
It felt like his dry gaze was penetrating my entire body.
“…Now you won’t die anymore.”
…It wasn’t ‘I’m going to die’, it was ‘I’m not going to die’.
But strangely enough, those words felt so cruel.
“Even if your superiors find out that this operation has failed, and no matter how much I torture you, the saint here will heal you completely, so you will never die.”
Lee Hyun-wook secretly smiled.
“But even this person can’t take away the pain…”
“That’s true, I’m actually better at causing pain.”
At the saintess’s answer, Xiaojun felt goosebumps running down his spine. It is
a famous rumor that she tortures the dark type… And unless she is a demon master, she heals through the highest level of healing she just showed, constantly pulling out her fingernails and burning her skin with fire. He said he was shaking.
Lee Hyun-wook opened his mouth and forced him to swallow something.
“Gwake! What the hell are you doing!”
It was an iron ball.
“You’d better just swallow it. “You can even open the stomach and put it in.”
“Hick! Damn me! “Please contact the Chinese embassy immediately!”
Instead of answering, Lee Hyun-wook snapped his fingers.
Then something began to stir in my stomach. He didn’t know it, but the iron ball was ‘transformed’ into a sea urchin shape.
“Ugh! Ugh! What the hell!”
And then it started to spin.
Kkudduddud——!
Lee Hyun-wook grinded his internal organs even more violently than usual.
“Kwaaaa——!”
And the saintess next to her gave her ‘Heal’.
“Wow—our hands and feet match well?”
It was a brief impression from a saint with considerable experience in torture.
As she said, it was a perfect torture combination.
“Now, would you like me to tell you one by one?”
“Off… what on earth are you talking about?”
In response to that question, Lee Hyun-wook grabbed the man’s neck and spoke softly.
“Everything you know about the villain…”
***
Xiaojun It didn’t take long before he gave up.
“…Huh! Wow! Ah Okay!”
Even if he had already died with red blood pouring out from every hole in his body, he would have had to die five or six times. However, as long as the saint was there, he could not do so and gave in to the recurring, terrible pain.
Woo-woo–
Lee Hyun-wook was the first to ask about the ‘escape route’, and Xiaojun, who seemed to have completely lost his will, started shaking and blowing.
However, the guy choked up, and Lee Hyun-wook put it together and asked again.
“Ha—so, backup is on standby at an abandoned factory in Eunpyeong-gu, and a two-way portal to a ship on the West Sea is being prepared?”
Lee Hyun-wook often used wide-area magic called ‘Two-way Portal’, which was the easiest and most efficient way to connect long distances. However, he
could not cross the West Sea. That had to be ‘ultra-wide area teleportation’ that borrowed the power of the World Tree. Therefore ,
these guys planned to use a ship in the West Sea as an ‘intermediate base’ and escape using the so-called ‘Pondang Pongdang Teleport.’ ”
But if it is a ship… could it really be the ‘Mokwangpaljun’?”
Lee Hyun-wook suddenly asked.
“Oh… that’s right! How did you know?”
It is said that the eight legendary horses that pulled the carriage of King Mu of the Zhou Dynasty all possessed unique abilities. ‘I never thought they
could use that.’
Mokwangpaljun was not the name of the ship, but the name of the ‘engine’.
In other words, it can vary greatly depending on where it is removed and placed.
‘I would have just attached it to an ordinary ship for now…’
It was later used as an airship larger than the Gate Sentinel. It becomes the heart.
‘And what’s special is that it’s a growth engine.’
As the name Bajun (八驗) suggests, it grows up to level 8.
But then Xiaojun said something rather shocking:
“And there is a ‘scroll bomb’ at the escape site…”
The guy mumbled those words. He let out a low sigh and lowered his head. It seemed like he was thinking of saving his life by giving details.
“What? Are you saying there is a bomb planted in Seoul right now?”
At the word bomb, Lee Hyun-wook and Emilia Müller, as well as Lee Gyo-jun standing behind them, couldn’t help but widen their eyes.
“…Yes, I was planning to explode it when I escaped.”
The Scroll Bomb was a scroll containing explosive magic and was an item that could grant mana and manifest magic even if you were not a wizard. “
…Why are you doing such a thing?”
Lee Hyun-wook gave metal control to Xiaojun’s stomach.
“Pfft!” I don’t know! I told you to do that from above! “I really don’t know!”
But I could tell the reason without even asking.
‘It’s just… terrorism.’
It was meant to literally convey fear and cause confusion.
The horrors of war—the robbery of Laputa—even bombings…
‘…are you doing everything you can to shake this country?’
If things had gone according to their plan, this country would have already been engulfed in chaos, giving the villain forces a chance to take root. However, since they were blocked repeatedly by Lee Hyun-wook, they had to resort to other methods.
“Hey, you crazy bastards….”
Lee Kyo-jun, the team leader, cursed while breaking into a cold sweat.
There was a possibility that a bombing could occur in Seoul right now, so as a government official and person in charge of the scene, I couldn’t help but feel dizzy.
“We need to send troops there right now.”
But…
“No, let’s go directly.”
Lee Kyo-jun looked dumbfounded at Lee Hyun-wook’s answer.
“Huh? There’s no time! You never know when the bomb might explode!”
Lee Hyun-wook ignored those words and threw the shield out the broken window.
Woo-woo—!
Immediately after, the airship Fridwen emerged between the buildings.
“No, no matter how much the airship is, now is the time…”
Even if it flies in the sky, it is quite a bit. It was a long distance.
But Lee Hyun-wook shook his head.
“Team leader Lee said this, but…”
Then, a system message appeared in front of his eyes.
[Laputa: Master Authority]
1) Emergency return: Return to Laputa’s ‘Order Tower’.
* ‘Fridwen’ is required to use this function. (Cooldown: 24 hours)
“…Seoul is in the palm of my hand.”
After saying that, he lifted up the Mana Messenger.
“Can you hear Yeo Sang-min?”
– Yes, I can hear you!
“We’re preparing the [wide-area drop device] right now.”
It was a function that allowed you to teleport throughout Seoul.
It is no exaggeration to say that Seoul is within the palm of your hand
if you use those two things .
***
13 players were gathered in
an abandoned factory in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul .
“…Hey, still can’t contact you?”
“So didn’t you originally say you would handle it right away?” These are Chinese public security operatives secretly operating in Korea. Their mission
was to carry out indiscriminate ‘magic terrorism’ against downtown Seoul following
the escape of Hongdo guild members .
However, the operation was progressing more slowly than expected.
“Oh, this… not so good. “I didn’t…” It
was then.
K-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk of of of!
With a loud noise, the ceiling of the warehouse flew away as if torn off.
“What the fuck!”
“—Get ready for that battle!”
They raised their weapons in confusion at the unexpected situation.
But the moment they raised their heads—
“…Don’t move at all.”
It all hardened.
There were hundreds of swords and spears floating in
the sky as they looked up .
They stood upright with the blades facing the floor.
In other words, it meant that the famous ‘steel rain’ was about to fall.
And in the center of it all, there was a man floating gracefully.
“…I came here knowing everything.”
He slowly landed towards the abandoned factory.
“…Take out all the magic scrolls and place them on the floor.”
They dared not think of resisting. This was because, in addition to Lee Hyun-wook, a huge number of ROK AMT troops came from all directions.
“You are surrounded! Lay down your weapons and surrender!”
They eventually took out the ‘magic scroll’ and placed it on the floor.
– They obtained the Hell Fire Scroll (Level 2).
This was enough to burn down an entire apartment.
There were three in total.
‘This is probably at the level of an archmage. It looks like they’re involved…’
Lee Hyun-wook put a ‘restraint’ on the back of the guys’ necks.
He then called the person who appeared to be the leader and gave an order.
“Now, open the two-way portal right now.”
Then the guy’s eyes widened.
“I told you I knew everything, right?”
At this, he hesitated and asked a question without even realizing it:
“What are you… trying to do?”
Lee Hyun-wook answered that question by holding up a magic scroll.
“I’m trying to return your items.”
The price of coveting the wrong thing was never small.
