๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐: ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ 2
“Sicario Kartel. . . .”
The Hunters grimaced at the sight of the masked figures.
However, they couldn’t decide what to do, as they were torn between anger that they had finally seen the faces of those they wanted to catch, and confusion that the Sicario Kartel had shown up on their own.
Above all, this situation was not in line with the intentions of the [Elephant Union], so it would not be an exaggeration to say that the Sicario Kartel had the upper hand.
They did not expect to be ambushed on their way back after striking out.
It was literally a blow to their pride.
Moreover, the huntersโ morale had sunk to rock bottom due to the failed operation and the fuss about the spy.
It was only natural that their morale would fall further when the Sicario Kartel suddenly appeared.
The Sicario Kartel members, who read the subtle atmosphere of the [Elephant Union], chuckled and aimed their weapons.
โOur boss is amazing. Look at how perfectly timed this ambush is.โ
“Kuhahaha. Isn’t this all because we have a ‘friend’ over there who gives us information?”
“Let’s be careful not to hurt our precious informant.”
“I think he said his colleague would offer his neck this time?”
The Hunters knew that these words were blatant sarcasm and a strategy to shake them up.
However, there was a big gap between accepting it rationally and feeling it emotionally.
‘๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ. . . ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต?’
‘๐๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ’๐ด. . . .’
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?’
The Hunters of the [Elephant Union] glanced at their colleagues who had their backs and mulled over what they had said.
Suspicion is like a snowball; even if it starts out the size of a fist, it grows to an incredible size the moment it starts rolling.
They began to worry that the colleague behind them might suddenly turn around and put a knife to their neck.
While anxiety was eating away at their unity like a fungus.
“Choi Kang-yul of the [Mad Dog Guild].”
Choi Kang-yul suddenly stepped forward and bared his teeth at the Sicario Kartel.
“I will defeat you all and take you into custody.”
โKuhaha. Did you not hear what we just said? Are you trying to get backstabbed by our informant while you’re busy looking at us?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Choi Kang-yul raised his momentum and glared at him with unwavering eyes.
“I only deal with the enemy in front of me.”
“Ooh! The young one acts quite boldly. Then, I guess I have to show you the real world.”
Jaime, the second-in-command of the Sicario Kartel, took out two Colt revolvers and fired them at Choi Kang-yul.
Ta-ang! Ta-ang! Ta-ang!
It was an attack without warning, but Choi Kang-yul had learned from Siwoo how to build a solid shield, and he deflected all the bullets.
As soon as he repelled the attack, he unfolded the ritual and built a magic circle.
[Celadon Flower: Seven Flower Petals]
A blue-green flash completely engulfed Choi Kang-yul.
Jaime fired bullets at his opponent.
The sound of the loud firing rang in his ears.
Although it seemed as if he was shooting randomly, he was in fact aiming only at places where the mana density was low, so he could quickly break even a flimsy shield.
‘๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ!’
However, Jaime soon realized that Choi Kang-yul’s shield was much stronger than he thought, and he immediately took out his scimitar.
At that moment, Choi Kang-yul rushed forward.
The force of his overwhelming spirit felt like a huge mountain.
Jaime instinctively dodged without even realizing it.
Thud!
Choi Kang-yul’s downward swing dug into the spot where he had been standing and completely overturned the ground.
It was the formidable strength of a beast that could turn the world upside down.
“You punk! You said you’d take me into custody? Is this killing me or taking me into custody?”
“It’s okay. I just need to bring a body, no matter what.”
Jaime felt a chill at Choi Kang-yul’s nonchalant tone.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.’
He infused his mana into the scimitar.
His senses became sharper.
The surroundings were noisy.
Thanks to Choi Kang-yul’s preemptive attack, the Hunters of the [Elephant Union] and the Sicario Kartel members were fighting all around.
Choi Kang-yul did not let down his guard as he looked at Jaime’s scimitar, which had turned bright blue.
No, rather, he became calmer and his head grew colder.
‘๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ’๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต’๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณโ.’
He visualized Siwoo’s teachings and applied them to the battle in real time.
The scimitar’s sharp blade slithered like a snake, aiming for Choi Kang-yul’s vital points.
Even if he had a shield, the high mana density around the blade seemed to make him vulnerable to stabbing attacks.
Choi Kang-yul carefully observed the opponent’s shoulders and deduced the direction of the incoming blade, evading the attack.
At first, he couldn’t do it as well as he thought he could, so he got a few cuts here and there, but his evasion rate increased with each attempt.
“You little rat!”
Jaime clicked his tongue and swore at Choi Kang-yul.
He needed to deal with these guys quickly so that he could contact Burdeos on time.
If he delayed even a little, who knew what that crazy bastard would do.
As Jaime’s impatience grew, he began to sweat and make more reckless attacks.
‘๐๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ.’
Choi Kang-yul noticed the opponent’s impatience and slowly lured him in before punching him when he saw an opening.
Bam!!
Jaime’s body flew more than ten meters and crashed into the outer wall of the building.
“Damn it. . . a mere kid is. . .!”
Jaime, who had been blown away, released all his rage and mana and flew toward Choi Kang-yul like lightning.
๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท
“Who the hell are you guys?”
Burdeos asked the men who had suddenly appeared, his eyes blazing.
The amount of mana they were emitting and the aura they exuded were extraordinary.
Burdeos gauged their abilities in a split second and tried not to show any weakness.
“Are you Mr. Burdeos?”
โYes, what of it?โ
“Nice to meet you, my name is Alkesul. I’m kind of a day laborer for Veneno Kartel. . .”
“A day laborer!”
Alkesul said with a sly smile in his narrow eyes.
“Veneno Kartel. . . Alejandro, that idiot, even called in you good-for-nothings.”
“Hahahaha. Good-for-nothings, huh? That’s harsh.”
โDid that bastard not tell you about the boss of Sicario Kartel?โ
“He did. He said the bastard interfered with his business.”
“Kekekeke. There are many people I have to kill today. Hell will be crowded.”
Burdeos growled at him as he pointed a machete at him and released his mana.
Alkesul looked at him with an indifferent expression and then patted Liu Xing on the back.
“I’ll give it to you.”
“Then, I will take his head!”
Liu Xing walked towards Burdeos, his black uniform adorned with an elaborately embroidered dragon.
“My name is Liu Xing!”
He pulled out the sword he had at his waist.
It was a Chinese-style sword, not pointed at the end but wide like an ax, a heavy broadsword.
“I don’t need to know your name!!”
Burdeos infused mana into his machete and swung it at Liu Xing.
Clang!
A sharp crackle echoed like the sound of two sharp objects devouring each other.
Liu Xing fought back without backing down, swinging his sword at the joints and vital points of his opponent.
“Oh, Burdeos, you fight better than I thought? I thought you were just a good-for-nothing, just like Alejandro.โ
Alkesul watched their fight with amusement, snickering.
“Who are you?”
Siwoo asked him, frowning.
“Oh my. Are you still here? Weren’t you going to try to kill Mr. Burdeos anyway?”
“So what?”
โWeโll take care of it, so please leave.โ
“Ha.”
Alkesul chuckled at Siwoo’s grinning face and fired a sword off shotgun at him.
Kwang! Kwang!
Alkesul quickly unfolded his demonic energy to block the impact of the bullets that came in succession.
“Oh my? Did you not hear what I said?”
โI am. You want me to kill you.โ
“Hahahaha. . . you’re funny. . .”
He put away his laughter and took out a long steel fan from his arms.
“It’s much better without that annoying laughter.”
โI really donโt understand. Weโre offering to do your job for you, so why are you making things unnecessarily complicated?โ
“Your demonic energy was annoying.”
Siwoo fired more bullets at him.
The rough firing sound tore through the air and headed for Alkesul’s forehead.
“Ugh!”
Alkesul opened his fan and shook it left and right, filling it with demonic energy.
In an instant, a powerful wind that seemed like it could blow away everything gushed out of the fan and blew towards Siwoo.
Kwaโโโga!!
!
Siwoo built three layers of mana shields as he watched the sudden gust of wind.
Mana was woven together into a solid defense, wrapping around the outside.
The wind enveloped Siwoo and swirled around him.
Alkesul, realizing that the opponent’s mana shield was strong, added demonic energy to the wind and accelerated his fanning.
Kuwishuwishuwish!!
In an instant, the shield was torn to shreds and the surrounding boulders flew towards Siwoo, scattering around him.
ใ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง!ใ
Pre then poked his head out and unfolded the ritual he had prepared.
Thousands of symbols, letters, and shapes were drawn at Siwoo’s feet, creating a magic circle in an instant and emitting a dark flash.
[Song of Iron: Horned Dragon]
A huge black dragon made of solid iron emerged and swallowed all the boulders that were flying around.
“Damn. . . I told you to prepare a proper defense magic.”
ใ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐!ใ
Siwoo’s mana drained away as the horned dragon shot towards Alkesul like a ballista.
Its razor-sharp teeth and scales that looked like they would cut you if you even touched them tore through the air.
Alkesul gritted his teeth so hard his jaw ached.
He was first embarrassed because the attack did not match his skills and attributes.
He poured as much of his demonic energy as the fan could handle into it.
“Did you think you could kill me with such a skill!?”
Alkesul swung the fan with all his might.
A monstrous gust of wind gushed out of the fan, which had greedily devoured his demonic energy.
As if the wind god Huracan was roaring, the heavens and earth twisted, and the ground began to turn upside down.
Burdeos and Liu Xing, who had been fighting fiercely, stopped fighting and retreated far away, unable to withstand this powerful and unpredictable force.
“Hahahaha! Nothing will survive this wind! Rise high into the sky and fall to your death!”
Alkesul did not stop fanning.
He had suddenly used up a huge amount of demonic energy, so his mana veins felt like they were breaking, but he pushed himself to continue the attack.
Boom!
A deafening roar erupted as the gust of wind and the horned dragon collided.
As powerful mana and demonic energy clashed, the surrounding area lit up and the surrounding buildings shook.
Javier hurriedly left the place with two captive Sicario members.
If he stayed there, he would likely get caught up in it and die.
“Will the horned dragon break through it?”
ใ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐ก๐’๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.ใ
Siwoo clicked his tongue and pulled Balmung out of his arms.
โLetโs switch to close combat.โ
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