๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐จ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ 2
Crowel was impressed by the information the informant had brought.
โSo, there are no signs of them anywhere?โ
“That’s correct. We’ve analyzed their card records, mobile internet access logs, and even GPS location data, but we haven’t found anything.”
Ugh.
Crowel pressed his fingers against his furrowed brow, deep in thought.
โHave you asked any Teleportation brokers or smugglers? Or even those who create forged identification documents?โ
“Yes, of course. We’ve checked all of them, but no one has said they’ve been here.”
“I see. . . . Huh.”
The group who tried to assassinate Min Siwoo at the behest of Cargill Juan.
Crowel had tried to find them just in case.
Perhaps they had taken the advance payment and gone into hiding, or perhaps they had been caught by Siwoo and forced to give up their information.
“Lastly, what about the CCTV from the hotel where Min Siwoo stayed that day? Did you check it and find anything?”
“That. . . .”
For the first time, the informant hesitated before answering Crowel’s question.
“What is it? Tell me quickly.”
“The CCTV footage has been completely erased.”
“How much of it?”
“A total of 24 hours, 12 hours before and after midnight that day.”
“Wow. That’s awful. What about the hotel lobby or parking lot?”
“The same goes for them.”
This is crazy.
Does that mean Min Siwoo’s influence is that great?
To be able to erase the CCTV of a large hotel, one would have to be in a position of considerable power.
โHmm. . . Edward C. Blackwoodโs faction, is it? He could have been the one who ordered it.โ
Although he didn’t know what kind of connection the two had, it was clear from the testimonies of those involved and the media that he was a supporter of the vice president’s faction.
Since Edward C. Blackwood was clearly on the rise within the HSIU headquarters thanks to Min Siwoo’s meteoric rise, Cargill Juan must have been furious.
“Hey, there must be CCTV on the streets near the hotel. Or even the buildings next door. Did you check all those too?”
“Yes. . . . They all say that the footage was erased during the same time period.”
“Hahaha. That’s amazing, really amazing.”
Crowel clapped his hands, genuinely impressed.
The informant turned pale at his reaction, but Crowel wasn’t being sarcastic; he was simply amazed at the other man’s skill.
“You must have tried to restore it?”
“Of course. . . . We got quotes from two of the most famous vendors, but they both gave up. They said it was probably erased by a professional hacker. . . . I’m sorry.”
“No, no. There’s no need to apologize.”
Crowel took an envelope out of his pocket and dropped it on the table.
“This is the amount we agreed on. I’ve had it laundered, so it should be fine.”
“T-Thank you. If you use my services again, I’ll work even harder next time.”
“Sure. Oh, would you like some fruit?”
Crowel handed him an orange he had bought from Palmer’s Market.
“Yes? Yes? Thank you. . . ?”
“Yeah. Now go.”
Even after the informant left, Crowel remained in his seat, mulling over the information he had received.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต. . . . ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต? ๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ.’
If the vice president has the information, it will be difficult to persuade him politely.
Then he would have to take a rough approach, but he wasn’t sure if the threat would work.
“Ha. Diakan-nim has given me a very difficult task.”
Ring, ring, ring.
The phone rang while Crowel was grumbling.
He checked the caller ID and made a face of obvious disgust.
‘๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?’
“Hello.”
โHello~ Mr. Crowel. This is Kaise.
“Yes. What is it?”
โHahaha~ You’re still as curt as ever.
“We’re not that close.”
Kaise’s laughter could be heard over the phone at Crowel’s reply.
โI see~ Have you heard that Ruslana and Lord Orobas died recently?
“Yes, I have.”
That was the most annoying news he had heard recently.
Although he had had his differences with Ruslana, he had no ill feelings towards her.
Moreover, the death of a devil.
This meant that the name Min Siwoo was now firmly established within ใPandemoniumใ.
Crowel had to get his hands on the HSIU headquarters while dealing with such a person.
โThen~ it should be easy to talk to you.
“What do you mean?”
โMs. Arumu, Mr. Laban, and I have formed a team this time.
“Really? That’s the first I’ve heard of it.”
โYes~ It hasn’t been long. That’s why I wanted to get some information.
“What kind of information?”
Kaise let out a low, creepy laugh and continued speaking.
โInformation about Min Siwoo. We are going to kill him this time.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
The desert’s daytime temperature was close to 40 degrees, but its nights could drop to minus 30 degrees, colder than winter in some places.
Fortunately, or unfortunately,
Siwoo and his party were all Hunters, and Siwoo could use various kinds of magic, so they were able to have a relatively warm dinner.
“Oppa! Thank you for using fire magic!”
Sansar smiled brightly as she roasted a scorpion skewer.
A bright bonfire burned in the center.
And a wall of flames surrounding them kept them warm.
Uljibataar was speechless at the sight of the flame barrier that Siwoo had created.
He had never heard of anyone camping in the desert like this before.
ใ๐’๐ฆ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ!! ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ!!ใ
“I’m sorry. There’s nothing to eat in this desert. There are cobras, scorpions, lizards, and jerboas. . . . Sometimes a pack of gray wolves appears at night, but their meat is too gamey to eat.”
Uljibataar lowered his head with a heavy expression, as if he were apologetic.
“It’s okay. This guy will eat anything. He’ll even eat camel dung.”
ใ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐! ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ! ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ! ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ!ใ
โGrandmaster, would you like me to use magic to go to a village or something?โ
“You can go if you want, but we won’t wait here.”
“Little master! But look at Grandmaster’s haggard appearance! Isn’t he pitiful?!”
“Ah.”
Benedict covered his face with both hands and rubbed it vigorously.
“Sob, sob, I’m sorry, Grandmaster!”
ใ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐! ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ-๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ. . .ใ
โYou ate all the borscht they gave us earlier by yourself.โ
ใ๐’๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐! ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง!ใ
โHow about some airag, then?โ
โChief? You have some?โ
“Ihtebnel shared some with me before we parted ways.”
It was alcohol that he hadn’t taken out because he didn’t have a proper container.
Uljibataar took out the airag and a cup from his magic toolbag and poured some for everyone.
“It’s been aged a little, so the alcohol content and flavor are stronger than regular airag. It’s a traditional fermented mare’s milk from my tribe.”
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐! ๐’๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ!ใ
Pre poured the airag into a cup larger than his own body and started gulping it down.
“Oh! Oppa’s pet drinks alcohol well!”
“Heheใ ก He’s not a pet, he’s a Grandmaster. Hmm, it has a sour and tangy taste.”
Benedict smacked his lips as he evaluated the alcohol.
“Older brother, do you like it?”
“I used to drink it a lot in the past, so it’s okay.”
โSo youโve tried it before.โ
ใ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐! ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ญ?! ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค!ใ
“. . . . . . .”
Siwoo looked at Pre with pity in his eyes.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ญ! ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ?! ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?! ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐!]
Pre pecked Siwoo’s cheek with his wing.
“What’s the alcohol content of this?”
โWe, well. . . Itโs about fifteen proof lower than normal airag.โ
“Why did you get drunk after drinking this?”
Siwoo flicked Pre on the forehead.
ใ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก! ๐-๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐?! ๐๐ฎ๐ก? ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฆ?! ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ-๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐? ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ! ๐๐ฎ๐ก?!ใ
“I’m going crazy.”
“G-Grandmaasterr!! I’ll drink it for you!”
“. . . . . . .”
Benedict, who was standing next to him, waved his hand at Siwoo with a flushed face.
It was a strange gesture that could have been either a threat or a plea.
“Little master!! We can’t do that to our Grandmaster!”
“Ha. . . .”
“Uurp, waiter, just give me a cup of cocoa. . . Uurp!”
ใ๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก. ๐’๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ! ๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ก!ใ
Pre stuck out his lips like a beak and started nibbling on Siwoo’s earlobe.
“Get rid of all these things.”
Siwoo shouted with an irritated expression.
“P-Please be patient, Older brother. I’ll supervise them.”
โNo. Throw it all away. I might as well give it to Monster as food.โ
“Oppa! I’ll get rid of them!”
Kugugugugugug. . . . . .!
At that moment, a huge vibration was felt from the ground.
“C, could it be? Older brother! Be careful of the ground!!”
“I know!”
Kwaaahhhhhhh!!
An enormous monster burst out of the vast sand dunes of the desert and soared into the sky.
Mongolian Deathworm.
โKweeeeeeeeek!!
The giant body, which was dozens of meters long, charged out of the ground and let out a grotesque cry.
A carnivorous monster that lived only with its mouth, without eyes or a nose.
Fortunately, the party was able to avoid the monster’s attack thanks to the magic barrier and wind magic that Siwoo had cast.
“Chiefใ ก I’ve never seen one that big before.”
“Me neither! I think it got bigger because of the dense magic in this area.”
ใ๐๐จ๐ฐ. . . ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐? ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐, ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฎ!ใ
“Grandmasterr!! That’s not sooooooju, it’s German sausage!”
โBoth of you are going to die by my hand the next time you drink.โ
Siwoo clicked his tongue and walked out of the barrier by himself.
“Older brother, I’ll go with you!”
“You stay here and watch them. And if they puked on my luggage, Iโm really going to throw it all away.โ
He would have liked to leave Pre behind, but. . . Pre couldn’t stray too far from Siwoo’s body.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ก๐! ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐!ใ
“Can’t you just stay still for once?”
Just then, the Mongolian Deathworm spotted Siwoo and opened its huge mouth to charge at him like a missile.
“Dammit!”
Hundreds of spells were colorfully mixed together, magic power gathered, and a dark magic circle spread out in front of him, manifesting a huge fist made of iron.
Thudddddd!!
However, the fist that was launched forward did not hit the Mongolian Deathworm or pierce its body.
The tens of thousands of teeth that had sprouted inside the monster’s mouth bit down on the fist and refused to let go.
Kugugugug!!
The monster chewed up the [Iron Fist] and turned it back into magic power, then continued to charge at Siwoo at the same speed.
โI could try cutting it down with Balmung, but itโs too big. Is there a skill that might work. . . .โ
ใ๐๐ฎ๐ก? ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐~ ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐! ๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ!ใ
Pre looked at the Mongolian Deathworm with a drooling face.
And then he drained all the magic power from Siwoo’s dantian and manifested a skill.
“Hey, you idiot!!”
[Incineration : Pillar of Fire]
A towering inferno engulfed the monster’s body.
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