Volume 1 Episode 8+
008
“Ha. It’s ridiculous.”
The Volcano Guild monster corpse disposal site.
“I saw it and heard it, but it must be true. I’m so excited that I can’t even speak.”
“Captain of Engineering. More than 2,000 of the 3,000 slaves in the morgue have fled.”
The man receiving the report frowned.
He was the leader of the red plum attack, which is said to be the top three among the ten engineering units of the Volcano Guild.
“It’s like a volcano when you give a damn bugger a job as an engineer.”
His name is In-Woo Cheong.
It was a ‘real thing’ that was different from Shin-Hong Kim, an engineering captain who was disrespected inside.
Silver’s uninhabited.
A real bastard who uses martial arts, not the player.
It was one of the plum blossom inspections, which can be said to be the best power of the volcano.
“The captured slaves remember nothing.”
“Why?”
“It seems to be memory interference.”
Memory Interference.
“Then it’s not on our side.”
Among Eun’s uninhabited soldiers, only a few were able to use memory interference.
Such abilities were used by players on Earth, mana users of Einheart, and magicians of Gehenna.
“A trace of martial arts?”
That’s the most important thing.
As the Volcano Guild has its roots in silver, there is also a possibility that the power within the silver may have targeted the corpse disposal site, one of the volcano’s funds.
“… … It is ambiguous.”
“Is it vague?”
Cheong In-woo frowned.
“There is neither an esophagus nor an older brother. However, the traces of the interior hole are weakly felt.”
“Are you saying you didn’t use herbivore?”
“Yes.”
“Ha.”
Cheong In-woo looked at the floor with cold eyes.
It was Kim Shin-hong, a shabby, headless corpse.
“I guess it was garbage that wasn’t even worth using… .”
A flash.
“Is this a gimmick to turn Eun into an internal fight?”
It’s annoying no matter what.
“How did you get rid of the slave seal?”
“Infiltrated from within and distorted the magic circle.”
“… Is that possible?”
Cheong In-woo’s black hawk bowed deeply and said.
“Hundreds of high-ranking warriors, high-ranking players, guardian-level mana users, high-ranking noble-level magicians… .”
I’m not talking about anything like that. Interfering with a slave seal would require that much power. What I’m saying is… .”
Cheong In-woo’s eyes gleamed coldly.
“I’m talking about a technique that can distort the magic circle of a slave seal.”
“… Only the wizards of Einhart’s Seven Rings or higher, or the Magicians of Gehenna. If it was the work of an unmanned person or a player, other traces would have been left.”
“Really.”
It seems to have a rough outline.
It was then.
“Aaaaaah!”
One of Cheong In-woo’s black hawks rolled his eyes and collapsed.
“What’s going on?”
“I tried to search the memory of a dead black hawk by connecting the thoughts of the black hawk. But… .”
“Boil?”
The fallen black hawk was supported by another black hawk and brought it back.
“I could only see blood, and I was stunned by the strong shock.”
“… They do things differently.”
I didn’t even laugh anymore.
“It is most likely on the Gehenna side. Einhart wouldn’t have moved so lazily. The purpose is… .”
There is no such thing as Kim Shin-hong or the emancipation of slaves.
All of these are just bluffs.
The real purpose is… .
“The corpse of the dragon has disappeared.”
“Of course.”
The corpse of Augolas, Sir Dragon.
If you don’t purify it, you can’t even use it, and it’s not even easy to purify it.
But the beings of Gehenna would have many ways to use even the corpse of a dragon.
“Contact HQ. From about a year to a month, we need to find all traces of Gehenna’s intrusion on Earth.”
“Chung.”
“Contact the society as well.”
“Cheong!”
Cheong In-woo shook his head.
Since the corpse of the dragon was lost, it was clear that the position of the volcano would be shaken by that.
My head hurts.
“Ah.”
Belatedly, Cheong In-woo asked the black hawk as if he had remembered something.
“Why did this idiot come here?”
In-Woo Cheong speaks while touching Shin-Hong Kim’s corpse.
“It is said that they came to confirm the death of Yi Rowoon.”
“Beneficial?”
I knew his name.
The reason why Shin-Hong Kim was accepted as the head of engineering.
The one who had a high ranker in front of them.
“Hmm. Is he dead?”
“Yes. It is said that the seal of the slave was broken about a month ago.”
Even though he was just a player on Earth, he was a talented player who impressed In-Woo Cheong.
If I hadn’t been lucky enough to touch ‘it’, I’d have known quite a bit by now.
“What about Lee Rowoon’s body?”
“It went into the abyss… .”
“I couldn’t find it.”
Well, that’s it.
It is said that he was remembered at one time, but eventually lost the power of the player.
There is a slight possibility of revival for the uninhabited warrior, but those who have lost the player’s power will never be able to revive.
Cheong In-woo erased his memories of Lee Rowoon.
‘If you’re lucky… .’
There was a way to make up for the lost slaves.
The reason why we postponed the previous S-class dungeon attack and returned to the guild.
“That’s how we do things here, and we… .”
The most important thing in the silver world.
“Find ‘remnants’.”
“Chung-!”
“Is the Volcano Guild monster cadaver attacked?”
“What? Who’s crazy and raiding there?”
“That’s… I heard rumors that it was Gehenna.”
“I’m guessing you were aiming for the corpse of the Shiryong.”
A bar located in the basement of Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.
The bar was nothing special and filthy, but it was full of customers.
The conversations of the guests ended up being one.
It was about a volcanic corpse disposal site being attacked, a major event that occurred recently.
‘Volcano.’
They are someone, one of the three largest guilds in Korea.
But its true identity was already widely known.
‘Silver Volcanic Wave.’
Volcanoes are a high-ranking force in the silver world, and it was like crazy to touch them carelessly.
But Gehenna is different.
In the beginning, they were hostile to the three worlds of Earth, Silver, and Einheart at the same time, and they were even equipped with enough skills.
“Is the ceasefire coming to an end?”
“Is that so? You touched the volcano.”
A man in a hoodie slowly approached the waiter as he listened to the guests’ conversation.
“A glass of Kahlua milk. Except for milk. Ice is… It’s salty and sweet.”
“Where’s the crazy guy who pours milk into Kahlua milk? And the ice is salty and sweet? Isn’t this pure bastard?”
When the strange silence between the waiter and the man followed.
“I’ll take it.”
“Oh, manager.”
The waiter hurriedly bowed his head and stepped aside.
Slowly.
Unlike the waiter who treated the man in the hood as a madman, the man called the manager naturally started making cocktails.
But what he gave me was Kahlua milk, nothing special.
“Instead… When do you use the password?”
The manager said to the man in an absurd tone.
“Did you come back to the gate after five years?”
“… A hundred years or so.”
“What?”
The manager shook his head again with an absurd face.
“You can hear all the crazy things. Can you become a magician?”
“Doesn’t it matter if you’re a magician? This is such a place.”
“It’s not like that.”
The manager smiled and stepped back.
Pier, a shabby bar in Dongdaemun.
But his true identity was different.
‘Black City.’
A place where all kinds of black trade flourish.
It was the Seoul branch of Heuksi, a black market that was used to collect murders and illegal things.
“What do you want?”
“I am looking for a request.”
“What is your main specialty?”
The mouth exposed through the hood was smiling, revealing its teeth.
“It has nothing to do with kidnapping or murder. Anything that could be called trash.”
“… This was more dangerous than it looked. Well, seeing that you know the password, is it normal?”
“There is a condition instead.”
The manager nodded.
“The stage has to be a gate. It’s also grade D or higher.”
It was a moment, but the manager’s complexion changed.
But he returned to his original face as if to show off his proficiency.
“Well, there are reasonable requests. The fee is 30%, is there any objection?”
“No.”
“Good deal.”
After saying that, the manager pulled out a cell phone from under the bar table and handed it to him.
It was an old cell phone that was difficult to find now.
“I’ll get back to you on that soon.”
The man nodded and slowly stood up.
In front of a D-grade gate in Namyangju.
A series of groups were greeting each other.
“These are the players who participated as sculptures this time!”
The four men and women bowed their heads.
“Thank you!”
Pieces.
It refers to a group of party members who have no party together or when there are not enough people.
The four men and women were wearing pretty plausible gear, but they looked kind of lame.
“It’s our first performance other than a party… , I’m trembling.”
“There is nothing to be nervous about. Trust only me!”
“I will only trust you.”
The four players seemed to be acquainted with what they now call ‘brother’.
I heard that they met at a certain gate attack and became close friends.
“Yes, yes. Just riding the bus like the original! At the same time, we didn’t have enough gates to attack. Replenish your staff, level up yourselves, and hand out some Magic Stones!”
“You don’t even have to give me a magic stone! We also came here to gain experience… .”
“A. can it be We are always fair and fair!”
As the atmosphere improved, the players who participated in the sculpture seemed to relax a bit.
“Then… My brother’s party members… .”
“Oh. okay. We should also introduce ourselves. All of our party members have been with me for over three years.”
“Oh. It was a party we had been together for quite some time.”
“Me and these four are players, and this one… .”
The man rolled up his lips.
The new players swallowed their saliva as if nervously at the sight of their slender eyes.
“Don’t be surprised. They are nerds.”
“I, Nangin!”
The players’ eyes turned round.
“If you are a nerd… .”
“They say you are silver warriors!”
“Oh!”
Two men and one woman made very surprised faces.
What was unusual was that the other was not surprised to hear that the other was a nangin.
Rangin.
It was the same concept as a mercenary, but it was known to have higher combat power and more experience than players as an unmanned player rather than a player.
Of course.
“It’s okay, isn’t it?”
There were a lot of people who were especially dangerous among the people.
“You told me. Have you been attacking together for three years?”
“Tongue, I will only trust you.”
“Yes. okay. Wait, let’s check the equipment. Should you do it too?”
“Yeah!”
The novice players started moving to one side and checking their gear.
In the meantime, the party leader blinked at those who introduced him as a rookie.
A far corner.
“Sup. under.”
The party leader, who smoked a cigarette, said with a mean smile with a completely different expression from before.
“As I said, the mission is… .”
“A kidnapping. Lock it up at the gate and they’ll pay the ransom outside. The cost of each request is two billion won. If you have any objections, tell me now. When you go in, there’s no one but me.”
“I see.”
However, among the men who were introduced as rogues, the man in a hoodie was not looking at the party.
His eyes were on the novice players, especially a woman.
‘It’s a win from the start.’
A man in a hoodie.
Lee Rowoon raised one corner of her mouth.
I’ll have to look further, but I think I found it.