Chapter 184 In-myeon poleHow could they have survived undetected for so long? The National Police Agency and the Dungeon Management Department tried so hard to catch him.
It is likely to be located in a place where there are no people or where it is rarely visited or difficult to move.
Where is it?
“her? Is he in a place like this?”
It was the subway line.
A lot of subways in Korea run above ground, but obviously there are many more underground.
Since I only went to the subway, there was no way anyone would go in unless it was for maintenance.
There had never been a search by the National Police Agency or the Dungeon Management Bureau.
I didn’t even think that the subway was going, and there were monsters in a place like this.
“It’s underground at this location, so the probability of it being a subway is very high. I just looked at the location…”
Tae-hyeok Lee took out his cell phone, accurately checked the location with GPS, and compared it with the subway map.
“How can I avoid being hit by mana radar?”
Obviously it was in Seoul, so I must have been caught by the mana radar trying to find another monster once.
“It’s in the basement. Mana radar doesn’t look three-dimensional, so you might have thought of it as a companion or something.”
Tae-Sung Yoon immediately took out the mana radar. But no matter how you look at it, you can’t see his mana waves.
“It seems to be hiding the waves of mana.”
It detects the position by receiving the reflection of the signal from the radar. That was the basic principle of the radar, and the mana radar was similar.
I don’t know the exact method, but it is certain that he can hide the waves of his mana. It is highly likely that his hard skin has such an ability.
“Are you really sure?”
Kang Hyungman asked again.
“Very likely!”
Lee Tae-hyuk was not 100% sure as this was the first time he had been tracked like this. However, as a result of tracking it with the skill, it was located underground in this place, and the possibility is very high.
If the way Yoon Tae-sung said is certain.
“I’m sure it’s a method I’ve already used once.”
A slightly different point is that it does not track the gnome directly, but tracks it through the memory of space.
Maybe he wasn’t on the subway track, and he caused a big deal there.
‘Then we can track it again.’
It’s also important that we have a very high-probability means of tracking down the gnome.
The subway stopped operating, and the Special Task Force of the Great Monster and the Dungeon Management Bureau moved.
After specifying the approximate location, we slowly moved towards our destination at both subway stations.
I saw a lantern shining from the other side. It was the Dungeon Management Bureau’s special task force that started from the opposite side of the history.
Kang Hyung-man, who moved with the Special Task Force, quietly spit out swear words.
The fact that both teams met is the fact that neither side found him.
The size of the face post is small, and the inside of the subway is dark. Even using a lantern, he may not have been able to find it.
Or, it is very likely that he noticed it and ran away first. Because he’s very intelligent and cunning.
“I consider it.”
But it wasn’t completely unsuccessful yet.
Lee Tae-hyuk’s pursuit is not over yet. He recognized the sign accurately.
It is a machine room located next to the railway. It was designed for a special purpose, and on the iron gate, which is the entrance, the phrase ‘Entry prohibited except for related parties’ was written.
It’s obviously supposed to be locked-
Yoon Tae-sung opened the iron door.
As soon as I opened it, a foul odor escaped from inside. The sound of the machine and the fan running produced low vibrations, and the interior was quite spacious.
Kang Hyung-man lit the lantern, and in shock, he barely resisted the nausea coming out.
From the cobwebs hanging from the ceiling and the foul-smelling liquid on the floor, it was definitely there. That too… from a long time ago until recently.
No, maybe he’s here right now.
“eww······!”
faint moaning sound.
There was a man still alive in the cobwebs hanging from the ceiling.
“Still alive!”
A member of the Special Task Force ran in the direction of the moan.
“Don’t touch me!”
The face holder uses poison. Of course, cobwebs were also poisonous, and as hard as steel, ordinary humans could not cut them easily anyway.
Yoon Tae-seong cut the spider’s web in an instant with a super knife. Then the woman who had been moaning her fell to the floor.
He was addicted and fainted.
Yoon Tae-sung looked at the large fan on the ceiling of the machine room. If it wasn’t for the entrance door, there was no outside passage except for the ventilation fan.
If the size of the inmyeon prop was sufficient, it could be moved through the ventilation path.
Of course, the fan was broken. It was very likely that he had been here a while ago.
However, tracking is not possible.
Because people can’t get into the air passages of the ventilators because they’re small.
First, we deciphered this woman’s condition.
A mysterious light is absorbed as it wraps around the woman.
– Great Hill
It is a skill with a 7th grade healing attribute. It was originally a wide-area heal skill, but it was possible to use a powerful heal by specifying the target.
I’ve been addicted for a long time. You can’t survive by detoxifying the poison. Therefore, it recovers the body through the Great Hill and raises the self-healing power to the limit.
“Take him to the hospital. And we use this place right away.”
Just in case you didn’t know, I made a few more scrolls that use illusion.
“You see that over there?”
Yoon Tae-seong lit the fan with a lantern. Even Kang Hyungman saw it and approached it.
There were no traces of breakage. There were traces of melting with poison, and there were spider webs.
“Shit! Figure out where this ventilator aisle leads!”
Even Kang Hyungman found out that he had been here a while ago.
I screamed, but honestly, before I figure out the passage and send the personnel, it must have already disappeared. Because he wasn’t a monster stupid enough to wait for someone to come.
“Even if we sent personnel anyway, he would have already disappeared. More than that, he probably wouldn’t have caught and brought people here.”
Could it be that they hunted with a spider’s web and then dragged them all the way here? Or did these people know how to get here?
“no way······?”
Even Kang Hyungman understood the meaning of Yoon Taesung’s words.
There are some helpers who provide food for the face holders. The helper was… more likely to be a human than a monster.
Lee Min-jun used psychometry in a tense state. To be honest, if the scene was this much, he was a huge emotional shock just by reading the memory of the space.
Seeing directly with the brain rather than visually, and reading the memory of space, is not just looking at actions. The victim’s feelings are also felt.
Lee Min-jun tried to read only recent memories. However, it wasn’t easy, and the memories of several victims penetrated at the same time.
Of course, the memories of time passed have faint emotions, but the problem is that you can feel many emotions. And the body of the dead victim was lying there.
Dive into the most recent memories.
A man walks in through the door and throws a woman to the floor.
The woman was terrified and almost paralyzed.
‘Crazy…were there really helpers? No matter how criminal you are, this is really crazy, isn’t it?’
I don’t think even a psychopathic Awakened would do this.
Lee Min-jun immediately tore the scroll. Then the memory of the space he read appeared like a fantasy.
“Can I use the tracking skills at the same time?”
‘Is Abracus possible?’
Abracus is a spell that usually uses direct contact or blood as a medium.
However, Yoon Tae-seong used the magic bullet to shoot rather than direct contact.
It means that there is an official method, but there are also informal ways to circumvent it.
‘If it’s impossible to try and use it, there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s because I’m in a hurry now.’
“Then use the tracking skill on the face holder again. This time, we will be able to chase him.”
After that, Yoon Tae-seong used his skill toward a certain man whose face was not known exactly, who appeared with cheers.
At least he was able to control the flow of magic, so Abracus’ magic moved into space. The man who appeared like a fantasy was wrapped around him with a flow of magical power.
magic is gone.
‘Is it? I don’t know.’
Since the magical power has disappeared, the effect of Abracus has been exerted. Because it is not a designated medium, whether the correct effect will be exerted, or whether the energy of the curse will be recognized, this was not accurate.
As a child, he was very fond of insects and small animals. He also liked reptiles such as lizards and snakes, but his favorite was spiders.
It’s just that the way he likes it is a little different from others.
The university also majored in entomology, and videos introducing various insects and small animals were also quite popular with children. In particular, there were many kinds of spiders and lizards, and he was a charming guy who was disgusting but also cute in a way.
At a young age, he became an associate professor at a university.
These days, in addition to insects and animals, they also study the habits of monsters. The paper he published was quite popular, and the number of views of the video was quite high.
If you are in your 40s, your physical strength will gradually decrease, and if you are a man, it is a time to be interested in nutritional supplements such as arginine. However, this was not the case for the Awoken.
‘Have you been too busy these days?’
My body suddenly complained of fatigue.
Kim Deok-soo organized the research materials piled up on the desk and put them aside. All of them were research on monsters.
He habitually touched the thick ring on the index finger of his right hand. Small letters like seeds were engraved like a pattern, and a large seal was intricately embossed on the front.
When he has a problem, he habitually touches the area with his fingers.
I got up and put on my coat.
It’s thick and black, but the design isn’t modern. It was a hooded robe, with a very peculiar texture, such as absorbing light.
As I left the professor’s room and walked down the hallway, several students greeted me.
“Hello professor!”
“Oh, yes. It’s vacation, are you going to school?”
“I’m starting the seasonal semester.”
“Yeah, work hard.”
In his 40s, he was still quite young among professors. So, I am friendly with the students.
He passed by with a warm greeting with a nice face, but his expression soon turned bleak.
expressionless.
He had no idea what he was thinking, and his face looked like a doll without emotions.
After getting into the car, I arrived at my home on the outskirts of Seoul.
Although it was in the outskirts, it is quite close, the scenery is good, and the transportation is convenient, so the land price is quite high. He has a detached house on a fairly large lot in a place like this, so he must be a gold spoon.
When I got home, the first thing I did was go down to the basement.
After opening the three latches, the thick iron door was opened. It is strange to have such thick iron gates in ordinary houses.
When he opened the door, a foul stench stung his nose, but he didn’t frown.
As he entered, the cute guys greeted him and made strange noises.
There were many, many different types of spiders.
A dead corpse was on the floor, brutally dead, and the stench was from the decaying corpse.
The body looked as if it had been devoured by an animal.
“Aren’t you hungry? The habit of leaving food behind is not good.”
He said, ‘Anyway, these spiders are…!’ thought and clicked his tongue. These guys are so picky eaters, I thought they only eat the parts they like.
But if you don’t feed them, you’ll be hungry, and the hungry spiders will eventually eat them all.
If you don’t feed them for too long, sometimes they will eat each other.
After checking the spider’s prey, he immediately closed the iron door. After that, he returned to his normal-looking daily life.
‘I’m strangely tired from the night.’