๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐
โThat’s quite a famous event. A lot of important people participate.
“Are you going to attend?”
“It’s not like the vice president of HSIU HQ has nothing to do.”
“You seem very free.”
Siwoo was asking Edward about the ‘Berlin International Artifact Auction’.
The event was hosted by the world’s top 3 auction houses – Phillips, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s – and attended by major magic stone defense companies such as Lockheed Martin, Colt, Mitsubishi, and Kirof.
It was said that the event was similar to a festival, where artifacts were auctioned off and large corporations and guilds participated.
โBut you’re interested in such events?
“I received an invitation and I had some business in Germany, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone.”
โAre you going to buy something?
“Well. . . I’ve never been greedy for artifacts. Choi Dae-soo might be different.”
Siwoo replied in a nonchalant voice.
The items he received from Layla or Seigen were gifts, and he carried them around with him, but he didn’t have any desire to rely on those weapons.
There were many hunters who had died in the past because their items or artifacts had broken at critical moments.
Siwoo had seen many such hunters before.
Of course, if one were an exceptional human like Choi Dae-soo, one could use items as an extension of one’s abilities, creating a synergistic effect that went beyond mere itemization.
โWho are you going with this time?
“I think I’ll go alone. Everyone else is busy cleaning up after the gate.”
“But you can go and play?”
“I’m not going to play.”
โ. . .
“I’m going as a guest of honor at the invitation of Rolf Bangenheimer, the president of the German Hunter Association.”
Edward didn’t bother to say anything further in response to Siwoo’s brazen reply.
“That aside, what are you going to do with Pandemonium?”
“The drug business they’re doing now. . . I mean, the experiment is getting “boring”. It seems like the new experiment is gate creation, but if they focus on something that’s too big, they’ll get caught.”
โI understand. We’ll have to pay attention to that at HSIU headquarters.
Siwoo stopped walking and let out a soft breath.
There was never a day that passed peacefully.
“Edwin, I’ll call you later. I have a guest.”
He ended the call and looked around the narrow alleyway.
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“Huff, huff, gasp, wheeze.”
A tall, clean-cut man ran past, blood dripping from his body.
Under the late evening sky, numerous neon signs shone brightly.
The colorful signs and staggering drunks that decorated the gray streets were a common sight in the nightlife district on the outskirts of Seoul.
Yeo Jin-sik ran desperately in his white shirt and black dress pants.
When he saw a secluded alleyway, he turned into it in a hurry.
The alleyway was filled with air conditioner units, food waste bins, and boxes filled with empty bottles.
“Huff. . . huff. . . wheeze. . .”
He crouched between the air conditioners and wiped the sweat from his face.
After the fall of Narak, Yeo Jin-sik had been in a state of limbo.
He had embezzled all the assets he could from the [Gold River Guild] and secretly sold the dungeons and gates he owned.
The order he received after that was to ‘hide’.
Yeo Jin-sik followed Ryu Ji-hwan’s orders as he always had, without knowing who he was hiding from or why.
He had been told to just hold on until today.
“It’ll be hard to run away~.”
His heart skipped a beat and he turned his head in the direction of the voice.
A man with the appearance of a panda looked at Yeo Jin-sik with a smile.
“Please hand over what you took~. Then mercy shall adorn your brow~.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. . . I don’t have anything right now.”
“My nose is better than most~. I can smell a single drop of olive oil from miles away~.”
“. . .”
“What is this drug smell coming from you~?”
Yeo Jin-sik started running without thinking.
It suddenly came to him.
Dae-sung had Hwang-doboks, Cheong-doboks, and Jeok-doboks under his command, didn’t he?
The giant Pang Xi Yun swung the giant nunchaku hanging from his waist and sent it flying towards Yeo Jin-sik.
The nunchaku flew about 20 meters and hit Yeo Jin-sik’s back, making a loud noise as it broke.
“Hmm, that’s not a very high score~.”
Pang Xi Yun’s skill increased his score every time he dealt damage to an opponent.
[Infinite Play: Endless Chain]
โRank: A++
โDescription: ใIf you reach 1,000 points within the time limit, you can control your opponent for 15 minutes.
[While Infinite Play is active, the target cannot be killed by Pang Xi Yun’s attacks.
Any weapon can be used to deal damage.
If you fail to reach 1,000 points by the end of the time limit, all the damage the target has taken will be transferred to Pang Xi Yun.ใ
“My skill is activated on you~. No matter how much you run, you can’t escape, so you might as well give up~.”
A slow voice approached, illuminating the darkness.
Yeo Jin-sik got up, clutching his aching back.
He had been quietly hiding in a motel when the door was suddenly broken down and the bear-like man had entered.
Then, without asking any questions, he had started swinging his club like a madman, so Yeo Jin-sik had hurriedly escaped, wearing only his shoes.
“Cheong-doboks. . . Are you from Dae-sung?”
“Yes~, that’s right~. Dae-sung is very angry right now~. He invested a lot of money and both the money and the drugs are gone~.”
“But why are you doing this to me?!”
Yeo Jin-sik asked urgently, looking aggrieved.
“Jiang Chen is dead in prison~ and McJester has disappeared with a warrant out for his arrest~ Who should Dae-sung ask~?”
“But I don’t have it. . .”
“Ha~ ha~. McJester took them~?”
Pang Xi Yun smiled gently and walked slowly towards Yeo Jin-sik.
He picked up the iron club that he had been carrying on his back.
“I really don’t know. . . I was just following orders to hide and stay quiet.”
“Where did McJester go~?”
“I don’t know, really! I’m just waiting too!”
“Oh~, is that so~.”
The iron club struck Yeo Jin-sik’s shoulder.
Craaack! Ouch!!
“Ugh!!”
“Hmm~ I’m running out of time while we’re chatting~ I have to get to a hundred points quickly~.”
Pang Xi Yun put down the iron club and took out another item.
It was a huge Falcion.
The sharp, gently curved blade gleamed in the darkness.
“Don’t worry~ You won’t die while the skill is active~.”
Pang Xi Yun swung the sword down with all his might.
Swoosh
But the blade disappeared in an instant.
“Hmm~?”
A piece of paper appeared in front of his eyes.
“Release.”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Iron pellets shot out from where the paper had disappeared, like a shotgun, and embedded themselves in Pang Xi Yun’s body.
“Aaagh~!!”
He grabbed one of his eyes and fell to the ground, screaming.
It seemed that one of the iron pellets had hit his eyeball.
“This is a technique from a hunter named Hwang Jeong-gu. It’s quite useful.”
Yeo Jin-sik calmly continued his explanation, holding his stiff shoulder.
“Isn’t the time limit for your skill almost up? I don’t think we have time for this.”
Pang Xi Yun gritted his teeth and picked up the iron club that he had dropped on the floor, glaring at Yeo Jin-sik.
“Your gentle expression has turned into a fierce one. Calm down a little. . .”
“Inaaaaaaagh!!!”
He swung his weapon at Yeo Jin-sik without regard for his surroundings.
Each swing caused the stone floor to break and the building walls to collapse with tremendous force.
Yeo Jin-sik bit his lip and narrowly avoided his attacks.
Kwaaaaang!!
“Are you just going to run away like a rat~!!??”
“That’s a rat’s strategy.”
Yeo Jin-sik quickly released the coating he had taken out.
The blade appeared and swiftly sliced through Pang Xi Yun’s abdomen.
“Kyaaaaagh. . .!!!”
“Thank you. You said I wouldn’t die while the skill was active, right?”
Immediately, a single grenade appeared between them.
Kwaaaaang!!!!
There was a huge explosion and a loud noise.
People gathered around and the area became noisy in an instant.
Several fire engines arrived as the building’s exterior was blown away.
The firefighters found the upper body of a corpse that had become a lump of meat next to the building, in the middle of the alleyway.
“Whew.”
Yeo Jin-sik let out a sigh as if he was tired and ran away to another alleyway.
He hadn’t expected Dae-sung to send the Cheong-doboks after him.
‘At this rate, I won’t be able to stay in the country. I’ll have to go overseas. . .’
Suddenly, he felt an incredibly sinister and terrifying aura in front of and behind him.
A powerful force that was incomparable to Pang Xi Yun’s.
Yeo Jin-sik swallowed hard and looked at the figure that appeared in front of him.
“What. . . business do you have?”
A sinister, damp voice came from behind the white mask.
“Heyyyy~ little doggy~? Hand over everything you have~ hahahaha~.”
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“Are you the HSIU hunter who caught Jiang Chen?”
“Why do you ask?”
“I’m here to ask about the whereabouts of the money and drugs.”
Do Wa Yun asked, glaring at his opponent.
If he knew anything, it would show in his expression or voice.
“I don’t know anything about that. Maybe McJester burned it all down.”
However, there was no agitation in Siwoo’s nonchalant face or voice.
On the contrary, Do Wa Yun was confused because he had mentioned a third party out of the blue.
‘๐๐๐ง๐? ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐. . . ๐๐ฎ๐ช ๐ ๐-๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐ฎ.’
If it turned out that everything had been burned, Do Wa Yun would be the one to take the fall.
There was no way he could appease Dae-sung’s anger with just words.
“Kekeke. Think carefully. Your life may depend on your answer.”
“I told you I don’t know. I’m tired, so I’m going.”
“Are you crazy!!”
Do Wa Yun’s hidden weapon flew towards Siwoo.
Ting!
However, it bounced off the magic shield that Siwoo had erected in an instant.
“What the hell, are you wearing some kind of sh*tty clothes?”
“S-Sh*tty clothes?!”
“Huh? It looks exactly like the clothes that those kids named Chiu and Liu wore in Narak.”
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐! ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐!ใ
Do Wa Yun’s and Dang Wi Jian’s eyes sharpened at Siwoo’s words.
“Kekeke. Chiu and Liu were the ones who were supposed to be Cheong-doboks candidates, weren’t they? How dare you disgrace the honor of Cheong-doboks.”
“Why should I care about that? If you want to play dress-up, go to a playground.”
“This uniform is not something that you can insult so lightly.”
Do Wa Yun released his aura.
An oppressive aura crushed the surrounding area, exerting tremendous pressure.
“This Cheong-doboks is a battle uniform bestowed upon us by Dae-sung himself! You will cough up blood and die today!”
Do Wa Yun extended his sharp, hard claws.
‘๐ฟ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐พ๐ก๐๐ฌ’, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ข ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ.
The powerful venom and sharp claws that could kill an elephant in one blow pierced towards his opponent like blades.
Thwack!!!!
The condensed magic energy passed through his opponent and shattered the ground.
Siwoo deflected the attack with ease and scratched his head.
“I was going to let you off the hook because you’re the disciple of a stupid disciple, but I guess I was wrong.”
A thick magic energy began to overflow from the depths of his dantian.