＜ Episode 39 ＞
“Have a safe trip.”
“yes.”
John left the house after being seen off by Ekaterina and headed straight for Miller’s office.
“Is it starting now?”
“right.”
Even though it was still early, Miller, who was dressed as usual, greeted John, and the fixer and broker, who stared at each other for a while, took out cigarettes from each other without saying who was first.
Chick.
“Whoa. After all, blooming in the office is the best.”
John smiled at Miller’s words, which he inhaled deeply and spat out.
“I’m sorry about that.”
“no. No matter what, you should be respectful in front of the child.”
It wasn’t to the extent of a heavy smoker, but it wasn’t until John brought Ekaterina that disaster struck Miller, who enjoyed the beginning of the year.
Even though Luna is a Miller who handles the toughest fixers, she couldn’t bear to smoke in front of children.
The child is Luna’s future.
Even if it wasn’t a slogan that Luna raised toward the citizens, Miller had that much common sense.
“…I honestly don’t like this request.”
John nodded his head at Miller’s serious expression.
“The existence of dungeons is a fact. It’s okay to be noisy like this.”
Two days ago, Lucas came to John and offered him a job.
Those two days weren’t just John and Miller hanging out.
John stocked up various weapons and supplies in his inventory to prepare for any situation, and Miller gathered as much information as possible to check the situation.
“Today is the 5th day. It seems that none of them have returned yet.”
According to Miller’s information, the dungeon was discovered five days ago.
As if they had waited, three dungeons appeared at the same time on the outskirts of the slum, and the news was delivered faster than light, and countless people flocked to the dungeon.
The impatient people quickly entered the dungeon, and those who became impatient after seeing them also entered the dungeon, but none of them returned yet.
“He’s either dead or wandering in a dungeon.”
“A dungeon is a dungeon. It is not a place to be taken lightly.”
Chick.
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Miller, who rubbed off the tobacco he had sucked up before he knew it, continued.
“The problem is the client rather than the dungeon. I know a little bit about Lucas.”
“result?”
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Miller’s face hardened severely.
“A mage belonging to the Grania School. The predicted hierarchy is middle. It’s a level where you can go anywhere and talk about being a wizard. He is mainly focusing on research activities and seems to have achieved some results.”
Lucas’ career, Miller says, was flawless.
Even in the world of magicians, where countless schools exist, there is a perception that the Grania School is a group of researchers with a relatively moderate tendency.
“It’s a stomach.”
“right.”
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Miller agreed with John.
The slum is where John and Lucas first met.
Lucas was the one who moved the Gulag family behind the scenes and plotted some sort of work.
Anyone can see that it is strange that such a person is a magician who only devotes himself to research activities.
No matter how much magicians do not choose any means and methods for research, it was difficult to connect Lucas with the Grania School.
“Just look at the atmosphere there. It feels like I’ve had a lot of blood on my hands. You said you gathered other people there.”
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Miller put on a worried look.
“Should I go? zone.”
A smile appeared on John’s face.
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My time with Miller couldn’t be said to have been very long, but the broker was trustworthy and a nice guy who cared quite a bit about the safety of the fixers.
With a guy like this backing up, people on the field can safely throw themselves into danger, so John thought he was pretty lucky to have Miller.
And listening to the advice of this kind of person is the shortcut to longevity.
if it’s too late
“yes.”
“I can’t. I will try my hand at it myself.”
“Thank you.”
John had a reason to enter the dungeon, and he had to seize the opportunity when it came.
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More than anything.
“Because I’m quite ready.”
It was safe to say that the John Lucas knew and the John now were completely different people.
“Don’t worry Ekaterina.”
John bowed lightly at Miller, whose expression hardened, and left the office.
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– Hee hee. Yes? Dungeon? What does a bug know about that? …kehehehe. dungeons are good Guys like you would enter dungeons just to get rich, but to a player like me, it’s a completely different thing. Kiki Kiki Kick! What is it? That’s what…
John woke up from his thoughts with a rattling vibration and opened his eyes to look at the light outside the window.
The train, which had been galloping at high speed, was slowly slowing down and entering the platform, and I could see passengers waiting for the train, and pickpockets and touts who were aiming for such passengers with shining eyes.
‘Hmm.’
It was Luna’s appearance that was nothing special, but John saw some foreign things in his eyes.
‘There are more armed guys than usual. There are also guys who are watching each other. There are definitely a lot of people.’
It is normal for Luna to be the last one to not reveal her weapons openly in public places, but on the platform where John arrived, all sorts of bad guys are walking around looking ugly.
John smiled bitterly at the bloody atmosphere, which would not have been strange if it hadn’t been for the police gathering on one side frowning.
John thought at the sight of greed being embodied.
‘No matter how small it is, it’s a dungeon, so I can see why companies and administrations don’t rush.’
After all, this kind of dungeon incident is an outlet.
A gigantic event to run amok without paying attention to the blind and violent people of Luna.
In the meantime, there will be a lot of people who lose their lives, but there is something to know.
Since the children are growing up, there are many things to deal with, and those who are really important will think that it doesn’t matter because they are not involved in this situation.
‘Well, that’s not what I’m going to say after jumping into that game.’
John got up from his seat and stepped out of the train, and all sorts of menacing glances fell on him, but soon faded.
Outwardly, John’s unarmed outfit reminded him of a corporate salaryman, and he didn’t look like their rival.
As John left the platform at a decent pace, he saw a huge barrier.
The barriers, which are endlessly connected and give the viewer a sense of distance, still show off their majesty today, giving relief to the people in the city and despair to the people in the slums.
Unusually, John’s footsteps, which had crossed the streets crowded with all kinds of heinous guys, arrived in front of the immigration office, and only then did everyone around him turn their fierce gazes at John.
Just by looking at his appearance, he didn’t feel much power, so when some impatient guys tried to flinch.
“Howdy. here it is zone.”
Passing between the vicious men in front of the immigration office, Lucas appeared, and everyone fled with frightened faces.
It was strange to see large men armed with all sorts of heavy weapons retreating like the sea parting, but John wasn’t surprised.
‘You did something.’
It was obvious that Lucas, who looked like a skinny young man on the outside, would have had a fight, and the crazy wizard would have greeted the fight as he walked towards him with a smile.
“You came just in time. It is also basic.”
Seeing Lucas approaching John with a round smile and putting his shoulders around him, he could feel John’s wary eyes, but Lucas didn’t care at all and led John.
“now. Come here.”
As John passed through the men like that, he saw a group of people gathered.
It was a space with a fairly high population density, but no one approached more than a certain distance from the place where the party was gathered, and John could see why at once.
‘Two unmanned. Are you a soldier over there? I don’t know one. Lucas looks like a wizard. What else is that?’
Four men sat on a bench, each in a comfortable position, and in front of them a man covered in blood knelt down and bowed his head.
“now. say hello Because the last group has arrived.”
Lucas exaggeratedly opened his arms and introduced John, and the rest of the party drew attention to John.
‘Hmm.’
All the emotions and momentum in his gaze clung to John, but he couldn’t change John’s expression with this much.
“John Doe. He is the fixer.”
In a low voice, the man who appeared to be a soldier covered in implants all over his body nodded, and the middle-aged man who was presumed to be a wizard smiled.
“I never heard of it. Neither a warrior nor a wizard.”
A strong-looking man with a large spear slung over his shoulder uttered a heavy voice.
A dissatisfied expression appeared on the man’s face, as if he had grasped John’s physical condition with just one glance.
“Did you waste your time waiting for someone like this, Lucas?”
The heavy momentum that flowed from the man’s body spread out slowly, and the people around him who were watching the party took a step back.
The man who was on his knees in a mess trembled, and the spear across his shoulder seemed to move in all directions and pierce everyone.
“He is the one I chose. Are you saying you don’t believe me? Pei Lung.”
Lucas, who had been spinning around, took a step forward, and at that moment, the momentum that dominated the space disappeared like a lie.
Laughing but full of madness, Lucas’s eyes met Fei-rung’s, but soon enough, Pei-rung quietly looked away.
“It is not. But I’m not trustworthy.”
At Peirong’s words, the party slightly nodded their heads in agreement.
In a situation where you have to enter a dungeon where you don’t know what will happen, isn’t your life in danger if one of your companions grabs your ankle?
John could fully understand their reaction.
“it’s okay. John than that. I’m sorry as soon as I come, but I’ll ask you for one thing.”
However, Lucas, who ignored the group’s reaction, turned his gaze to John with a smile.
He was smiling brightly, but facing his mad eyes, John nodded.
“I will.”
“great!”
Lucas answered with a smile and led John to the man who was kneeling in front of the group.
puck!
“Ouch!”
Watching Lucas kick the man in the face without hesitation and moaning coming out of the man’s mouth, John had a hunch that he couldn’t believe it.
“There is something we need to hear. This friend didn’t open his mouth. I just wanted to talk to you a little bit.”
“···after.”
John sighed at the premonition that was not wrong, and interest in the eyes of the party came up.
“···Here?”
In the empty lot in front of the immigration office, where there was a clear view in all directions, many men were watching the group, but Lucas didn’t care at all.
“Here!”
Watching Lucas nod as if it were natural, John took out a cigarette and lit it.
The eyes of Peirong and the others lit up as he lit the fire with his fingertips, and John inhaled deeply and crouched down to make eye contact with the man.
“mmm.”
His whole body was a mess and he was trembling in pain, but the miasma in his eyes didn’t go anywhere, and John nodded and opened his mouth.
“Your mouth is heavy?”
Upon hearing John’s words, the faces of several men turned white, and John, who looked around, grabbed the man’s hair and stood him up.
“Kuk!”
The place that dragged the rebellious man to the public capital.
The men who were watching John’s appearance in the form of receiving water from a large basin that was spread out indiscriminately made a buzz.
“no way.”
“I have heard of it.”
The man’s face stiffened at the unusual atmosphere, and John opened his mouth after checking the amount of water in the basin.
“I will torture you from now on. If you can’t stand it, talk to me anytime.”
“…What bullshit, oops!”
John plunged the man’s head into the water with a rough hand, and at that moment, screams broke out among the men surrounding the party.
“Water torture… Confession!”
“Damn it! Why is he here!”
Terrible things began to happen in the square in broad daylight.
＜ Episode 39 ＞ End