＜ Episode 125 ＞
A tired salaryman and a smart businessman.
If the place was a street or a building, they would have looked without any discomfort, but now they are in a cave located deep underground that is suspicious and overflowing with pollutants.
If someone had seen these two, they would have felt a terrible sense of incongruity, but luckily no one saw them.
A distance of about 40 meters.
As if they had promised each other, the two men stopped walking and met their eyes while remaining silent.
‘It’s dangerous to approach any further.’
John’s instincts, which had been through countless battlefields, alerted him to the danger, and Odin’s thoughts were no different.
‘God warns you of danger. What is that guy?’
In terms of the total amount of power that can be drawn, the current Odin is second to none of the superhumans, and if the conditions are met, it is the current Odin that can win or lose with the superhumans, but the god connected to him is sending a warning.
It means that John judged that he was such a dangerous opponent.
Odin didn’t understand, but he didn’t ignore the god’s warning.
For a shaman, God was the source of his power and an absolute ally.
How long had it been since the two men explored each other with so much tension?
“Nice to meet you. You don’t seem to be a monster.”
A capitalistic smile appeared on Odin’s expressionless face, and he lightly raised his hands.
‘There’s nothing good about wasting time. Let’s start talking.’
The player who is aiming for the mother body is not the only one, and there may be other variables.
Isn’t the man in front of you an example?
If he made a mistake, his mother could fall into the hands of NPCs, and it is Odin’s idea that he wants to avoid such a situation.
“It seems like that too.”
Seeing John answer with an expressionless attitude, Odin relaxed a little.
The very act of having a conversation meant that there was room for negotiation, and any kind of negotiation was Odin’s specialty.
“I’m Odin from Dyncorp’s Planning Team 5.”
Along with the words, I slowly moved my hands to operate the terminal located on my wrist, and a hologram emerged from the terminal, but it slowly flew towards John.
Beep.
The electronic business card that cut through the space touched John’s terminal, and John nodded his head after seeing the information floating on the terminal.
“You are going to a nice place.”
“What. Yes.”
It was a humble answer, but pride flashed on Odin’s face, and John could fully understand Odin’s reaction.
Dyncorp.
Working for Dyncorp, one of the largest conglomerates in Luna, is something to be proud of.
jing.
The electronic business card that emerged from John’s terminal slowly crossed the air and reached Odin’s terminal.
“John Doe. He is the fixer.”
“…that’s a name I’ve heard before.”
Odin murmured, his eyes twitching and his smile trying to disappear.
‘Is this the solver? Certainly, this is enough for Loa Rock to win.’
The guild members who lost their lives because of John, as well as the relationship with Armstrong, who was a pretty good business partner, was cut off.
At this point, it would not be enough to make a life-and-death decision right now, but Odin is not a person who is swept away by emotions.
‘It’s just processing the request. It’s pointless to be angry with the gun.’
Odin calmed himself down, and once again a capitalistic smile appeared on his face.
“I didn’t expect to meet a confessional in a place like this. I am listening to the news.”
“……Did my name go all the way there?”
Looking at John’s face, Odin was convinced.
‘I might be able to use it someday. After all, the solver moves according to the request.’
Having met someone as talented as John, he should be able to use him in the future.
Emotions are unnecessary in business.
It won’t be too late to clear up the dregs accumulated in your heart after everything is in your hands.
John’s voice pierced Odin’s ears as he smiled while hiding his evil heart.
“So, what is the manager of Dyncorp doing in a place like this? I came here after receiving a request, but it doesn’t seem like a place that suits the manager very well.”
When you become an executive of a large company, it is extremely rare to run with your feet.
Not to mention, it was suspicious to anyone to see Odin, who was neither a salesperson nor a combat agent, in a position like this, and of course, Odin had prepared an excuse.
“I have some contractual work with Hindel Bionic. But this is how things turned out. It looks like Hindel Bionic is hiding something down there… Can’t you see any damage?”
Although he deliberately spoke vaguely, Odin was confident that John would understand him, and Odin’s confidence was not wrong.
“It seems that you have come to make up for the loss. I guess I should get something.”
“What. Yes.”
Odin shrugged his shoulders so naturally that anyone seemed trustworthy, but John didn’t believe it at all.
‘The words themselves are correct, but… There are too many suspicious corners.’
Odin’s words were well-reasoned, and his cards were genuine, but one fact denied them all.
‘It’s too strong.’
The Odin that John saw was strong, but too strong.
The remnants of witchcraft left in the cave alone gave me goosebumps, but even the best masters didn’t give this feeling.
‘It’s said that they are superhuman or close to superhuman, but no matter how large a company is, there’s no way they’ll put such a talented person at the level of a manager.’
Considering Odin’s physical age, even if he was in the rank of general manager, he was a fairly fast riser, but looking at his strength, it’s hard to understand that he’s barely a general manager.
‘It could be a hidden knife from a large corporation, or it could be a superman undercover.’
As the thought accelerated, a number of cases passed through John’s mind.
‘······Or a player.’
And as long as you are here heading to the mother body, which can be said to be the source of destruction, there is a high probability that you will be a player.
It is also a proper strongman that John has never met before.
That time when I was trying to set a course for the future with a doubt close to certainty hidden deep in my heart.
“······Well?”
“this.”
Jon’s and Odin’s gazes went in one direction at the same time.
The place where the two are now is a kind of crossroads.
It was a place where caves connected to the ground in different directions met, and it was a place where caves with a little more slope than the caves they descended from were intertwined.
The eyes of the two men collided as they gazed at the other side of the cave, filled with darkness like the abyss.
“For now, cooperate. It’s a little different than before.”
“I agree. In any case, you have to go down and something will come out.”
Kurrrating
The entire cave started to resonate loudly with the two of them talking.
Kyaaa!
Kaaa!
Dozens or hundreds of cries echoed from deep in the darkness.
clap.
After looking at the revolver in John’s hand with an interesting gaze, a halo began to appear behind Odin, who looked over the cave.
Ah ah ah ah ah!
Somewhere out of this world, somewhere far away, a sacred chant rang out.
Quadd Deuk!
John’s ability transformed part of the cave into an advantageous battlefield.
Doo doo doo doo!
A scream echoed throughout the cave with a roar like a herd of horses running, and the two men frowned at the sound waves enough to inflict fatal physical and spiritual damage just by hearing them.
“It’s noisy… Huh!”
“I agree.”
Clap!
With those words, Odin’s face was shocked when he saw the object appearing in John’s hand.
Fuquahak!
The warhead on the tip of the sleek magic wand powerfully cut through space.
Qurrr
Flames flooded the cave, which was filled only with darkness, revealing the view.
Kyaaagh!
What would it look like if you manipulated a creature as you wished and then discarded it?
The bizarre mutants, which aroused instinctive rejection and disgust, filled the cave and fired unfiltered murderous intent.
Poop!
Qurrr!
Again, the magic wand flew, and the flames flew without a doubt.
“Let’s finish quickly. Because I don’t think I have that much time.”
“I see.”
‘You did well to listen to God.’
Unbeknownst to anyone, Odin stroked his chest.
Tang!
With the sound of projectiles falling to the ground, holy light enveloped the entire cave.
bang! bang! bang! bang! bang!
50 BMG rounds split the space to end hostile creatures.
***
Clap!
“this! these guys! This wormy NPC subject…”
The screams that flowed along with all the double curses stopped, and the man’s head fell down like a lie.
“The suppression is complete.”
“Well.”
The player who resisted until the end was infiltrated with drugs along with the restraints into the player’s body, and he was unable to maintain his mind.
“Certainly quite. Players really can’t be taken lightly.”
Strydom’s gaze scanned the surroundings.
The small park in front of an ordinary office building had turned into ruins reminiscent of a battlefield, and it seemed better to rebuild a building that looked like it would collapse any moment.
For the actual combat experience of his subordinates, he took and pressed the players to an appropriate level, but the players’ resistance was still strong.
It made me think that if Strydom hadn’t come to this place, with a high probability, all of his subordinates would have been annihilated.
But assumptions are assumptions.
An organization called the military ultimately speaks of everything as a result, so Straydom erased useless thoughts and put a cigarette in his mouth.
“after.”
A cloud of smoke rose, and Strydom’s eyes, which had been scrutinizing the men who were cleaning up the battle site, turned to Hindel Bionic’s headquarters.
“Tsk.”
It was a horrifying scene with numerous unrecovered corpses strewn about, but Strydom clicked his tongue for another reason.
“…Is it the blood demon Kaidel?”
condition of the body.
All of them were as skinny as mummies, and the condition of their crumbly corpses, which did not feel any moisture in their bodies, was telling them who Strydom had to deal with.
“If the bailiff gave permission to go out, the reason is justified… It’s a pain in the ass.”
The bailiffs, an organization belonging to the city council, but not subject to any interference from the council.
Their judgments are fair, and sometimes so fair that they lack humanity.
“······What. I can’t really see you as a human.”
Strydom’s murmurs were followed by a staff member who looked suspiciously at him, but Straydom lightly ignored them and fell into thought.
The report Lloyd delivered as payment was not of a negligible nature.
It was informal and disorganized, but that alone gave me goosebumps.
The senses of those who climbed the hierarchy of superhumans were close to foreknowledge, and in the boundless foreboding, Strydom led his troops directly to this place without saying a word.
‘I don’t even know if this is destruction.’
Words that were commonly drawn in the process of interrogating the players and obtaining information.
fall.
All the players said that they came to prevent the destruction of Luna, and most dismissed it as nonsense, but some, including Straydom, are taking it seriously.
‘Then it explains why the players gathered.’
If it’s not destruction, why would players who had been holding their breath for so long appear on such a large scale?
The moment when I was staring at the front door of Hindel Bionic with wide eyes while thinking over and over again.
– It’s been a while. baby boy
“······Blood Demon.”
A voice crossed the space and penetrated Strydom’s ears.
＜ Episode 125 ＞ End