121. mad scientist
Not too long ago, there were strangers who were collecting the corpses of the other species at random.
I’ve heard that a young magic engineer is going nowhere, but I’m very worried about whether or not he has something to do with them.
I once met a face-to-face with a magic engineer who hid his face.
It was a young man named Franken.
He said he respected me and showed great interest and affection for Lee Gye-jong.
I remember liking Franken because he has a rare ‘magic engineering spirit’, unlike the shy guys who chase money, which has been common recently.
It was supposed to be a common occurrence here in Delgrad for magicians to lock themselves in a secret workshop so that their research wouldn’t leak out, but the timing wasn’t unusual.
When I asked a magician close to him about this, he said that he hadn’t been conducting such research lately.
In the worst case, I think I’ve been kidnapped and I’m going to ask Sicily for his opinion.
Recently, it seems that Sicilian is frequently sighing while looking out the window, and she seems to be very concerned.
—Excerpted from ＜The Secret Journal＞ by Isaac Windris.
The blind man who suddenly burst into the ‘research center’ didn’t talk much.
Underlings, the threats of useless people who called him by that name didn’t work on him.
Not just blind, but also deaf.
“Hey, what are you? If people ask, I’ll answer…!”
The moment when the guy who was usually messing around with his top off flirtatiously pushed him away.
Suddenly, a red flower rose from the boy’s shoulder blade.
“Click ah ah ah!”
As I rubbed my eyes at the sound of his scream, the shoulder of my subordinate suddenly fell to the floor.
The red flowers scattered on the ceiling and walls were blood spurting from the bodies of the subordinates.
Did you take too many drugs?
Somehow, it felt like my head was pounding.
Glancing at the desk, stimulants were scattered here and there.
…The high ground was right in front of my nose, so I might have overdone it because I was impatient.
Anyway, that blind man who mercilessly cut off the head of his subordinate was an existence that could never be called good news to me.
Right now, I have to hope that the ‘not very trustworthy people’ whom I used to call my subordinates by giving him a few pennies will take care of him.
The blind man, who inadvertently pushed away the torso of his subordinate, who had lost his head and lost his head, was holding a well-polished red sword in reverse hand.
At least in this area, I had no memory of hearing a story about a swordsman holding a sword in reverse.
The blind test is even worse.
There wouldn’t have been any guys who committed serious crimes to the point of being chased.
It was strange.
“…”
The mouth of the blind man with dark gray hair, who was practicing the saying that silence is golden, was still firmly shut.
“Why are you so scared of an asshole with eyes?!”
“A captain like that is still standing still…”
“f*ck you… I’ll give you a signal, so let’s all come together!”
“Then, does that bastard listen to everything?”
“…Ears, even your ears could be idiots!”
At the words of the man called ‘Captain’, the subordinates tilt their heads.
The captain, who was stuttering due to the logic of the guys, does not give up and counts the numbers.
“One, two, three!”
Isn’t it giving stupid guys time to think leisurely? But I guess it worked.
“”Uh… Uhhhhh!!””
At the signal, the subordinates who infused a bizarre spirit spurt the floor and charge fiercely at the blind man.
However, the guy called the captain didn’t take his feet off even after he gave the signal.
Is the captain really a ‘captain’?
If that’s the case, I’d have to say he’s a bit more cunning than the other guys.
“aaa!!”
The blind man walking leisurely and the subordinates who made noise in their ears collided.
A red sword glows.
Follow me, Tsupit! And there is a clear and clean sound.
…maybe they ran into each other.
All of them fall to the ground without even being able to take a few steps closer to the blind man.
Soon, the blood flowing from their bodies touches the shoes of the blind man who stopped walking for a moment.
ㅡChalpak.
The blind man, who did not avoid the puddle of blood and stepped forward, had no expression.
I don’t know if it was because he couldn’t see his eyes because he was covered in white bandages, or if his lips didn’t move at all, but his face was expressionless.
Alas, it is useless after all.
As I had calculated, they were just enough to do the gathering of materials.
“f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck.”
The ‘Captain’, who was terrified and backtracked, fell to the floor and spat out curse words without a chance to breathe.
The blind man was taking steps very slowly, step by step.
The ‘captain’, who hastily stood up on the ground, hurriedly runs to where I was.
The composure of the blind man who appeared out of nowhere and mercilessly slaughtered his subordinates showed a difference in class as wide as the sky and the ground, and aroused fear in the viewer.
It’s not that I’m scared.
That person running towards me now seems to have felt that way.
Soon, he put his head back.
why are you looking for me
I’m far from a savior or a savior.
As an ‘ordinary magic engineer’, I cannot save him from the blind.
“Heo-eok… Heo-eok… It’s an attack, an attack…!”
The ‘captain’ rushed into the ‘laboratory’ and stared at me with a face struggling to breathe and asking me to do something.
The footsteps of the blind, which to him sounded like the trumpet of the end, were coming from the other side of the hallway.
There was still time to react.
“Heo-eok… I don’t know what it is, but I can’t deal with it… Golem… Is that golem still unfinished?”
The guy pointed to the other side of the lab and asked.
I followed his fingers and turned my head to look at my ‘child’.
Unfortunately, it was incomplete.
Of course, even if it was completed, there would be no reason to activate it just to save one of these guys.
“Shh.”
He put a finger to his mouth.
The guy who couldn’t understand why opened his eyes wide.
“Because it’s difficult if you do this.”
Shaking my head to ask such a question, I picked up a tool that was lying on the desk, what you might now call a blunt weapon, and immediately struck him on the head.
ㅡper billion.
After being hit hard on the head, the guy drops his head to the floor without resistance.
I lowered my back and bent my knees, lifted the blunt weapon I was holding and whispered softly to him.
“I’m sure I told you.”
ㅡPuck.
“At least I was kidnapped…”
ㅡPuck.
“…You have to be a poor magic engineer.”
ㅡper billion.
“ah.”
I wiped the dirty, disgusting blood that splattered from the crushed guy’s head.
This is why I hate doing it myself.
Checking to see if there was more blood on his face, he casually threw the ‘blunt instrument’ on the floor.
Soon after, the footsteps of the blind can be heard. Did you somehow finish it on time?
“…”
Eventually, the blind man enters the room and tilts his head.
“…thank you, thank you very much… keup…”
I looked at him and covered my mouth, and tears welled up in my eyes. Perhaps because of this, the blind man did not attack me.
From now on, according to the scenario.
“…I’m Franken, a magic engineer. I was kidnapped and blackmailed by them and forced to do research… Thank you so much for saving me… hehehehe… Turn it off…”
Acting wasn’t that difficult.
No, I was rather confident.
Was there no need to shed tears against the blind?
As I sat there crying with my face wrapped around my head, such thoughts flashed through my mind.
Soon the voice of the blind is heard.
“…that’s what happened. You can rest assured now, because I’m here.”
“Huh… Whoa… Thank you.”
I pretended to calm my excitement as I wiped away my tears.
The blind man gave me a warm smile and held out his hand, as if he had been fooled so well.
“…Looks like you have trouble with your eyes, can you even feel me? No, otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to deal with these guys… I think you’re amazing.”
Grabbing his outstretched hand, he straightened himself up and uttered loosely praised words.
Right now, my mind was full of worries about what kind of natural behavior an ordinary magician who had his life saved should do.
“Ha ha, not that great.”
“…Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.”
“By the way, you said you were being forced to do research. What kind of research was that?”
With bandages around his eyes, he seemed to be asking such a question because he was blind and couldn’t see the thing that was sitting in the lab.
“They collected the corpses of an alien species and asked me to make a ‘other species’.”
“Hmm… making a different species… is that the one over there? I feel a strange energy.”
In the direction the blind man pointed, there was my lovely ‘child’ made by stitching different species together.
The parts of the humanoid alien species were so expensive that only crumbs could be obtained.
I had no choice but to reconstruct the appearance of the humanoid alien species by patching up the body parts of the beast-type alien species, but most of all, it was not perfect yet.
Since the power engines of the alien races had been removed, it would be complete by inserting the ‘core’ of the golem that would become a new power engine.
In fact, I was more confident in handling golems rather than alien species.
Unlike humans, golems are good children who listen well and do not show unnecessary emotions.
It was unclear how the blind man, who was blindfolded with a bandage, was able to detect objects and people around him, but he seemed to have a fairly good sense of sight, judging from the fact that he accurately pointed out the golem standing still in the corner of the laboratory.
“…Yes, that’s it. It’s a bit hard to say this, but it looks bizarre, hahahaha… But the alien species are quite expensive, so if you entrust them to the guards, I think they’ll be disassembled and sold in the market to be returned.”
While answering honestly, I felt nervous as I conveyed the meaning that the city guards would take care of it, so it would be better for you not to touch it.
Of course, I have no intention of handing it over to the city guards.
I hope you don’t mean to break it.
There were a lot of holes that could escape if not destroyed.
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Judging from his swordsmanship skills that I just saw, it seemed like it would be quite difficult to physically stop him.
It’s tricky.
Soon the blind man with his arms crossed opens his mouth again. I thought he preferred silence, but I guess not.
“It’s an artificial alien species… what were they trying to do with it?”
“Hmm… From what I’ve heard, it looks like they were going to release it in the city.”
“If that happened… a lot of people would have been hurt. Thank goodness.”
The blind man smiles at me.
I don’t think I’ll break it right away… but there was one more important thing left.
“…But how did you come to this place? I’m so distracted I haven’t heard your name yet. May I ask where you belong?”
“Affiliation? Ah, me…”
The blind man who had been speechless like that spreads his hand to me.
I wanted to do something, so I was staring at it, but the energy of black light gathered and soon black water droplets the size of a fist floated on his palm.
Curious about what I was seeing for the first time, I raised my head and looked at his face.
Then the blind man’s lips open.
“…Actually, I’m a demon, I am.”
“Evil… demon…?”
Suddenly, what… is that…?
ㅡ rattle.
Soon after, my back hit the desk as I backtracked.
Asmodian.
human foe.
A race that conserves power by preying on humans.
“No… that’s…”
The shocking remarks of the blind man did not shut his mouth.
It was because he did not reveal the horns, which could be said to be the symbol of the demon tribe, but after hearing such words, it felt as if he could feel some kind of evil and unclean energy from the black water droplets on his palms.
The blind man who was watching me suddenly burst into laughter. His mouth, which had been choking and swallowing laughter, opened.
“…It’s a joke, it’s human. There’s no need to be so scared.”
“yes…?”
At his words, his eyes widened involuntarily.
What are we going to do now?
Aren’t you a demon?
What the hell is this blind man doing this for?
Meanwhile, he still hasn’t revealed his name or affiliation.
Soon the blind man scratching his head spits out a meaningful word.
“…Sir, it seems you weren’t having fun. You were putting on a ridiculous ‘play’, so I tried to help…”
“…a play? What do you mean…?”
…maybe they’ve all been caught.
I naturally reached for the desk and groped for the scroll to be placed on it.
It was to raise the golem at any time.
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Just inject mana into the scroll, and a golem would immediately pop out of the floor.
It’s nothing special, it’s an ordinary golem made of dirt, but if you do well, you might be able to buy some time.
Soon after, the blind man opens his mouth by pointing to what was called ‘Captain’ lying on the side of the desk.
“…Because I’ve heard it all. The story that I shared closely with this person. I have very good ears.”
“…sh*t.”
Have you been paying attention to it?
I immediately put my hand on the scroll and moved my arm to blow mana, but for some reason my body didn’t move.
“…Kuh…”
I quickly rolled my eyes and looked at my arm, and I saw that something slimy, black, protruding from a shadow, was entangling my body.
What is this…?
ㅡSureung.
“Sorry, but let’s end it here.”
He drew a red sword and threw a low voice.
“ha…”
Realizing that I had reached a bad end, I gave up my struggle and let out a deep sigh.
Behind the blind man aiming the sword at my neck, I see the ‘child’ I couldn’t make out yet.
I haven’t even given it a name yet, but I think it’s hard to see the light of day.
***
With this, it seems that the cleaning around the city is roughly finished.
An underground illegal arena, gangs of robbers, and even Franken who tried to release an alien golem in the middle of the city.
In particular, it seemed good to organize Franken in advance as it would hurt the residents.
He, whom I met in the game, pretends to be a good magician who was wrongfully kidnapped and stabs players in the back.
Somehow, even after meeting him, the battle phase didn’t work out, so he must have felt strange, but he probably didn’t know that he planned and organized all of this.
I was like that in the first round too.
[It was a boring play. ]
Sierra glanced at Franken’s severed head lying on the floor.
Well, this is the situation now.
I had neither the desire nor the ability to stab him in the back.
Even if you hadn’t heard them because of your keen hearing, Sierra was there and you would have noticed somehow.
Even if it wasn’t for that, it would have been impossible to deceive me, who knows the truth of the incident through the game.
As soon as I gently raise my finger, the corpses around me are engulfed in the shadows and disappear without a trace.
Shady absorbed not only demons but also human corpses.
“Kerung.”
Shady, who was running across the lab floor, let out a satisfied cry.
I’ve never seen anything like that when I ate a demon, but are you saying that humans are different?
Is this also counted as his ‘meal’?
Information on the Dark Spirit was extremely limited, so it was unknown.
Now all that remains is Franken’s unfinished work, which was made by stitching together the Lee Gye-jong that was in one corner of the laboratory.
It was judged that it was dangerous to leave something that could become a golem that harmed people at any time.
I raised my finger to see if it was going to be swallowed, but Shady soon refused to swallow it.
Maybe it’s because it’s not a ‘life’.
Then you have to go in a simpler way.
Finishing my thoughts, I slowly raised my sword.