131. Fatigue (3)
Late dawn is the time when everyone in the world sleeps.
Landa, the largest city in the kingdom, was no exception to this rule.
Landa also fell asleep when darkness fell.
The only difference is that there are areas with exceptions.
For example, the J zone, which provides relaxation and entertainment for the gentlemen who suffered until late, was the case.
This was the case in densely packed factories that operate day and night to produce goods according to order schedules.
In addition, we could not leave out the D, E, and F zones, where the headquarters and research facilities of various companies where overtime work is routine are concentrated.
In particular, in the case of Zone F, where research facilities are concentrated, it was basic to stay up late at night to achieve results every day.
That’s why most of the researchers stayed up all night with the power of coffee, tea, chocolate and even drugs, and Mattel, the Institute of Life Sciences, could not escape this fate.
Because of that, even researchers with high ranks stayed in the break room until this late hour and chatted.
“Oh my, oh my·····. I will die, I will die.”
A researcher with blonde hair and a stout physique sat on a chair in the break room and smirked.
By the way, there were two other researchers who seemed to be colleagues in the break room. These three were more than just co-workers, they were real co-workers on the same project and on the same line.
Possesses a place within the School of Life.
The blonde researcher drank his coffee and fell on the desk.
“Hey, I’m going to die.”
“The healthiest one among us is taking care… Do you think I’m going to die too?”
The researcher with red hair answered.
Unlike the blonde, he wasn’t a senior researcher, but he was the same motive, and there was no significant difference in ability.
That’s why even the blonde researcher didn’t say anything to the rude remarks.
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No, he even laughed while he was tired.“ah···. Working until late at night drinking coffee like water. I thought there was only a golden future after graduating from Mato.”
“Where is the world?”
“Oh, damn it. But don’t the Barbaries think we can live comfortably without any effort?”
“Do that. They don’t do that in a day or two, right? What do you care about what these guys say?”
“Are you annoyed?”
“More than that, how did it go?”
Said the bald man who was quietly examining the documents.
Compared to the other two friends, it felt more serious than the other two friends with blonde hair.
“What is going on?”
“Securing experimental samples. How is it?”
At those words, the blonde researcher’s eyes came back to life, and he pulled out a small hand mirror-like object from his arms.
It was not a real mirror, but a magic item, and it was a ‘talk mirror’ that could communicate with the other person in real time by writing letters.
It was possible only one-on-one, and there was a limited range, but it was a pretty convenient item if it was to exchange limited information within the city.
“Wait a minute·····. I haven’t seen any reports of that yet. He’s locked up in his own house and is quiet.”
“I knew it·····. Isn’t the plan too optimistic in the first place? Why would a warlock come to the rescue? A bastard who does chores from which he can’t even get anything. Isn’t this a failure?”
“Why are you talking to me? You say it’s a good way too. Or is there a better way?”
The bald researcher caught on to the blonde researcher’s question kept her mouth shut.
“ah····. After all, I should have kidnapped you in the first place. Did I tell you to do it?”
“What does it mean if you come and check it out now?”
As the caught blonde researcher frowned, the quiet, bald researcher snapped his finger at the crystal ball hanging from the ceiling.
It was connected to the ‘root net territorial’ in Mattel, and numerous images appeared in the air in response to the magic.
The video shows the solvers being hunted by the chimera, and most of them had their faces distorted with expressions such as bewilderment and fear.
The newly developed biological weapon chimera was much more cunning than the existing chimera, so it was a natural reaction.
Before the police investigation came in, I was planning to sacrifice the villagers of Area V and a fixer blinded to compensation to obtain data on street fighting, but surprisingly, the experiment ended quickly and in vain.
Faba Baba! Tick!
The video stopped and a scene appeared.
A male, presumed to be in his twenties. His name was Dabro, and he was the fixer of Sector T.
“What the hell did you do?”
The bald man asked sincerely.
This chimera is designed to be thoroughly slaughtered without fear by controlling its characteristics so that it does not panic in any shelling.
But seeing what kind of kid solver goes into a panic.
Even the remote control fell out of control to the extent that it did not work.
This was not common. That Mattel’s painstaking factor design was broken by one solver.
The blonde researcher said after examining the video closely.
“Well… well. Looking at your face, you don’t even know yourself?”
That was true. Dave in the video didn’t even know why the chimera was doing this.
So I was even more curious.
“Maybe something went wrong? Chimeras sometimes cause insanity or physical disintegration, right?”
“The question is, why did it do that at the time during that long experiment? No matter how you look at it, it’s not a coincidence, is it?”
At the unexplainable phenomenon, the three researchers from the tower shut their mouths all at once.
That’s why Dave must have been observing the solver regularly.
Everyone took out their notebooks and looked at the documents.
The research institute affiliated with Matop was always observing and obtaining information about the solvers through the back hole in order to obtain excellent research samples.
And Davran Solver was among the prominent high-level subjects.
It’s been around 6 months since they officially debuted. However, as he solved a major case, his skills skyrocketed, and it was revealed that it was also a rare case.
A rare case that is difficult to study because of its small number.
As soon as Dave knew it was the rare case, Mattel moved right away.
There were things I had been eyeing for a long time already, and if I left it like this, it could be taken away.
But even so, securing him was not so easy.
In the meantime, his reputation as a solver has increased, and his eyes have increased, and as a result, he has become a body that cannot be kidnapped like a pyramid.
The probability of that happening is low, but if you fail, you could only incur losses without gaining anything, and that was risky.
Already in the current lab, as well as the Life School above, pressure is being put on to push the Grand Master’s grandson away, so if something gets caught up, the easy-to-follow job could end in complete failure.
So the blonde researcher wore the hair.
Bring one of Dave’s close friends to the lab and lure him in.
But for a way to lure a warlock, it was too childish and unlikely.
“Ah, what do you say? have to do something And in the first place, we needed a good specimen for our original experiment, right? What was his name?”
“Rothburn.”
“Yes, Rothburn. It’s a pretty good sample to be considered as a test object rather than a bait. You grew up in an orphanage and worked for the mistress of Sujeon-no, but you learned to write by trying yourself, right? Barbary. That’s great for an orphan Barbari. It’s inferior, but there’s an effort factor. It’s not that easy to find a sample like this, is it?”
Bald, caught, nodded as if in agreement.
The ‘Reincarnation Project’ they are currently in charge of requires a lot of specimens, but it is difficult to find suitable specimens.
From transferring brain information to remodeling the body to transfer.
There was so much to do. So they can’t go to work.
“Wow….. Let’s not focus on rare cases. Our job is a reincarnation project. If we solve one of the currently blocked issues, Carl’s position will be stabilized and we will benefit from it.”
“Yeah, but it would be nice to have a rare case for that.”
“That’s right-”
– Beep!!
– Beep!!
– Beep!!
– Beep!!
– Beep!!
A low, quiet, but definitely audible beep.
It wasn’t a normal beep.
The three researchers who were talking all at once searched their pockets.
Inside the pocket was an alarm that was provided only to researchers participating in the ‘Reincarnation Project’ and a small number of veteran security guards.
The triggering of this alarm was that an intruder had entered a secret underground laboratory known only to some of Mattel’s researchers.
The three researchers looked at each other’s faces.
***
“this.”
Oliver groaned briefly, as if he was in trouble.
I thought I had figured out all of Mattel’s lab defense system by searching the World Tree, but I guess I was wrong.
Most of it is a magic-based detection system, so I somehow avoided confusion by giving the extracted magic power, but I was actually caught in the basic footrest-type alarm system.
As it was not on the list of defenses at the Mattel research facility, it seemed to be external security.
‘Anyway, I must hurry.’
Oliver calmed himself down.
It was a research institute affiliated with Matop, so there was no need to be too scared.
Ironically, it was impossible to fully concentrate security and security personnel in this secret laboratory because of such an important and secretive research.
It was time for everyone to leave work, so it could have been surprisingly easy if you took Rossburn out quickly before they came.
‘Perhaps it is.’
Oliver increased the concentration of the black suit he wore to hide his identity, covered his body with black smoke, and started running.
As I focused on my eyes, I could see the two emotions running down the other side of the hallway.
He seemed to be a member of Mattel.
“It’s here!”
A man in a white robe that looked like a Mattel employee shouted and gathered his magic power with his fingertips and fired.
The concentration was high, and the casting speed was fast.
‘Are you on the same level as the wizards who attacked the Murphy Sorcerer’s Factory?’
With that thought, Oliver increased the output of black magic on his legs to avoid all attacks.
I mimicked Joe, so I was able to dodge the magic bullets.
[Thrust]
After dodging the attack, Oliver fired a shockwave.
When someone dies, the situation can become serious, so the output was adjusted only enough to not die.
Thanks to that, Mattel officials flew backwards and only their posture collapsed.
Taang-!
Just in time for it, Oliver kicked the floor and approached in an instant and lightly slapped a Mattel official with a quarterstaff.
Swipe-!! With the sound of a grunt, the eyes of the two staff members rolled over and fainted, and Oliver started running again.
‘Well······.’
Oliver groaned as he scanned the entire lab, concentrating his attention on his eyes.
Everyone in the secret lab seemed to have noticed Oliver’s presence because of the warning device he stepped on earlier, as everyone in the secret lab was moving quickly.
Ahh·····. I wanted to end it as peacefully as possible.
Oliver focused more on his eyes, looking for Rothburn’s feelings.
Remembering Rothburn’s feelings, and having a rough idea of where to store the specimen through the world tree, it wasn’t too difficult.
“There it is.”
Oliver turned and ran down the white hallway.
‘After finding Rossburn, I cover it in my black suit and run away quickly. Good good.’
What to do with the saved Rothburn and how to take care of him after that wasn’t good at all, but Oliver put all of this aside and monolized that he would be fine.
If I didn’t, I got a headache because of the opposite s*x who kept saying it wasn’t like this. It would be difficult if you didn’t do this.
I really wondered why I was doing this myself.
‘Because I’m annoyed.’
That was then. Oliver stopped abruptly and, like Joe, turned to dodge with one foot as an axis.
At the same time, a bullet of blue ice quickly flew and landed right next to Oliver.
Paching-! Thing blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!
The white grains cracked and the surrounding area was covered with white ice.
If you do, it will even cover Oliver’s feet.
Oliver raised the power to his legs again, sprinted forward, and then swung his quarterstaff into the air.
Swipe-!
I could feel the taste of the quarter staff.
The light refracted with him, revealing a man with a cloak and a gun.
A sound was heard in the empty hallway.
“Dissolve the invisibility magic! Intruders can see us. Instead of stealth suppression, switch to fire suppression.”
With him, light refraction took place in various places, and a dozen people appeared.
He wore a cloak, a gun with magical powers, and protective clothing, similar to the person he just defeated.
It must have been the guard of Mattel’s secret lab.
When Oliver didn’t even move, they formed a formation, deployed the shield using an auxiliary device, and aimed the gun over it.
I felt the same ice-based magic as before.
‘You don’t mean to kill me. I plan to capture it.’
After grasping the situation, Oliver quickly closed the distance by kicking the floor before the ice bullets fired from the gun barrel.
“·····this!”
Then, he gathered the black magic output he had gathered on his legs and swung it with all his might on his shoulders, arms, and quarter staff.
He didn’t want to kill people as much as possible because he didn’t want to do things as big as possible.
Bang ━━━━━━!!!!
With a loud sound, the shield deployed using the auxiliary device was shattered at once, and the dustproof room made up of ten people was broken at once.
In particular, the defense personnel in the lead collided with the wall next to them and collapsed, or flew backwards, creating a large gap in the dustproofing.
Oliver wrapped the focused black suit around his body again, entered the gap, and then struck the guards’ vital points briefly to stun them.
Fortunately, no one died.
“Ugh…”
Oliver struck and stunned the less stunned guard before moving forward.
The hallway has suddenly turned into iron walls, floors and ceilings. Its size has also gradually increased, making it more like a hall rather than a hallway.
Oliver stopped in front of a huge cast iron door in the room.
‘It’s like a bank vault.’
He thought of the ignorant bank vault he had seen only once when Oliver went to retrieve money from his bearer bank account.
I tapped it like it was knocking. The density was quite high, so it didn’t seem like it would even move.
by any means
“by the way·····.”
Oliver lifted his head and looked up at the ceiling.
Magic power was rapidly gathering from the round crystal embedded in the ceiling.
At the same time, an intense blue and white light fell on Oliver’s head, freezing everything in an instant.
Paa
The sound of scratching his ears stopped, and in the spot where the light fell, a mass of pure white ice vomited white smoke.
Oliver is silent, trapped in the ice.
A blonde, red-haired, and bald researcher appeared with the sound of footsteps.
“swimming·····. Did you really catch it?”
“I know. Yonke in such a stupid way…. I was lucky.”
“No luck. We analyzed the route of movement to figure out who came here, and we responded accordingly.”
“How did you figure out the travel route?”
“That’s the nerve-crystals installed throughout the lab…. yes?”
The moment the researchers noticed, Oliver broke the ice and ran towards the researchers, swinging the quarterstaff.
Swipe—!
Wave ━━━━!!
Kang—–!!!
Each quarter staff has their own taste. Each tasted different.
Oliver passed the researcher and looked behind him.
A blonde researcher who immediately restores a broken arm,
The researcher who caught the body covered with ice and blocked it,
A bald researcher whose body had been turned into steel was looking at Oliver.
The blonde researcher said while waving her arm, which had already recovered.
“It hurts. Barbary bastard.”