I had three things in my hand.
A single crystal that is like a small marble.
An old scale weight.
And a piece of blackened wood.
They were seemingly junk, but I knew the importance of them more than anything else.
This is because these are essential items when dealing with the two Seven Devils that have already been sealed off in the future.
After the dust had settled, I looked inside the collapsed altar and found a small notebook.
I already knew what it was, but to bring back memories I had forgotten, I pulled out my notebook and started reading it.
[□The X day of the month.
Goosebumps all over the body A man called the boss’s staff and a woman treated with respect by the officers of the Thorn Cross. I will be the only one who has figured out what the identities of the two are. No, there was originally one more, but he died suddenly two days ago. What the hell is going on?
[□Month ○ Sun.
They are monsters. However, can you believe that there are cases where such a perfect human form is not even detected at all? ? No matter how much I was conducting an experiment that betrayed humanity, it was for the sake of the advancement of science. That’s not what they want. They… … .]
[The □day of X month.
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Over a long period of time, I have been able to gather like-minded people. It’s surprising that there are people who share the same thoughts in Red Case and Thorn Cross Society besides outside personnel like me… … I can’t help it. Because they are none other than □□□□. Fortunately, their samples are here. And they were secretly holding each other in check. perhaps… … .]
[○Month X Day
Failed. Most of my co-workers disappeared after being found out. It was fortunate that I had everything by myself. Was there a traitor among us? Either way, it’s dangerous for me to go on like this. Let’s hide it in a place we made in advance and retrieve it later.]
[(PS) If you ever read this record, please send it to the association together with the items you were with.]
“I knew it.”
Important information was completely erased or torn.
It was a device for throwing rice cakes and raising tension, which is often seen.
‘For now, put these two together… … .’
The old scale weights and wooden pieces of Tadaman could be seen as objects that each could resist and resist the ability of the Seven Evils.
After carefully placing them in Henir’s shadow, he lifted up a crystal that was like a red gem.
A crystal mixed with turbid energy (???)
―A crystal mixed with the energy of unknown beings.
No one knows how to use it or what the consequences will be.
— ???
Knowing what this was, I poured it into my mouth without hesitation.
Instantly, I felt my stomach warm up.
[An unknown and turbid energy begins to circulate in the body.]
[You can feel your body changing little by little by an unknown aura… … .]
[Karma level has increased.]
Then the notification windows started popping up.
I immediately got a headache, so instead of reading through the notification windows one by one, I immediately checked the status.
Name: Yoo Ji-hyuk
Gender: M
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Stamina: D (++)
Strength: C (++)
Agility: B
Horsepower: D (+)
Arts: C
Luck: C (――)
Karma: 10
All stats except for luck increased by one, and instead, the karma value was increased.
In addition, it was confirmed that the luck value decreased as the karma value increased.
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Of course, it can be said that the increase in all abilities is a huge benefit.
However, considering how big of a penalty karma is in this worldview, it didn’t really benefit that much.
Karma shame was nothing more than a disgrace given to those who had committed an act of violating so-called humanity.
There were cases where I got this karma figure in the original story, so I remembered it relatively well.
For example, when playing as Choi Hyun-woo, he draws a magic sword to gain power.
For example, learning necromancy or black magic when playing as Han Sooyoung… … .
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Or, karma figures used to occur when committing an act such as massacre of civilians.
Also, the higher the karma, the exponential penalty is given, so it was better to avoid stacking it if possible.
That’s why I didn’t even try to do anything that would increase my karma… … .
I stacked 10 at a time.
To put it bluntly, if you were playing the game as Han Soo-young and suddenly changed to a Necromancer, the karma that was created was only 5.
“… … .”
But it was unavoidable.
Now, even if it was to take risks, I had to raise my stats even a little bit more.
Even more so in the current situation.
“Come.”
When I returned to my original place, Myung-Jun Lee, who was sitting in a fairly comfortable position when he arrived, raised his hand warmly.
Horie Yuzuki was sipping a can of coffee with a more genuine look than before.
“What the hell happened?”
“Anyway, I was going to explain when you came. Sit comfortably anywhere.”
After seeing that I was seated, Lee Myung-jun changed his posture and sat down.
Then he rubbed the corners of his strangely tired eyes with one hand and murmured.
“It was as you said. exactly… … Damn it, I honestly didn’t want to believe it… … .”
He let out a small grunt and continued.
“I didn’t notice it until then, but when I looked at the Aegis with my mind in mind, it had been steadily changing for several months. Little by little, the warning level was going down… … There were various reasons. Budget issues, internal meeting decisions, mantras from the field… … .”
“Is that possible?”
“If not only me but Evangeline had noticed, I would have said everything. Since when did you become so meticulous?”
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Of the six guild masters, she certainly said that she was the best at gathering information.
I asked, throwing the already faded blonde woman into a corner of my memory.
“Do you know who made those remarks? then… … .”
“It will be of no use. I searched for that idea too, but I couldn’t find a specific one.”
sigh a little.
“Most of the board members made a related motion at one time or another. There was more than half of them in agreement. There’s no way everyone can relate… … Did I mention that he was the leader of the undercover squad? Even if it rots, Junchi seems to have excellent abilities.”
He let out a small swear word.
Horie Yuzuki, who was staring at him like that, opened his mouth.
“Then why are you here? Sudden loss of contact and missing… … Once I told the guild members that I was going to look for them, it was crazy, but they are all messed up these days.
“That’s it.”
Lee Myung-jun began to glance at her.
“Our guild, I think we will be inspected soon.”
“yes?”
“I’ll be there too soon, so I might not be able to come out for a few months because I’m being investigated.”
Yuzuki Horie, who had been listening silently for a moment, still opened her mouth with a gentle voice.
“That’s the sound of a dog barking. Tell me so I can understand.”
“No, don’t be angry… … .”
“I am not angry. So tell me, boss.”
Lee Myung-jun smiled a little, but she was expressionless.
He looked away for a moment, as if embarrassed, and met my eyes.
“I also have some ears inside. But a story about me suddenly came out today. It won’t come right away, but it will come in three days at the latest.”
“For what purpose?”
At Horie’s question, Lee Myung-jun smiled bitterly.
“There was a raid at the academy a few days ago. In the name of holding me responsible for that.”
At his words, Horie let out a shriek that seemed torn in the language of her homeland.
I don’t know what that meant, but I knew it wasn’t a good word.
“Why is that your fault!”
“Someone has to take responsibility. You have just the right title, me.”
“It’s not… !”
“Yuzuki, I understand your feelings, but for now, let’s start with the important story.”
“If this isn’t an important story, what is it?”
At her cry, Lee Myung-jun just smiled bitterly.
Then he opened his mouth as if to ask her.
“I’m going to go to the Aegis center and check it out myself.”
Horie, who seemed a little genuine, asked.
“What if I just went and nothing happened? Then I really don’t know what to do. A first-class facility like Aegis is a medium-sized facility just for trespassing.”
“It’s worth it. You know that.”
“ha… … .”
“Yuzuki, as you know, if something happens to Aegis… … .”
“You don’t have to say any more, yes… … .”
She murmured as if she had given up.
She mumbled something in her language again and looked at Lee Myung-jun.
“It must be a closed place. Only people with space mobility skills like me can enter and exit such a place… … Anything else like defense systems?”
“That’s really the problem.”
Lee Myung-jun then lifted the thick paperwork that had been laid down next to him.
“We have roughly pinpointed the location, but we have to think about how to break through the security system.”
“It’s not a job to want people, but finding them secretly and quickly is the problem. It’s also heavy… … How about asking other guilds for help?”
“no. They’re probably watching too.”
“then… … .”
Watching the two of them start discussing with a serious face, he carefully raised his hand.
“Hey, I know one such person.”
At the same time, both eyes turned to this direction.
“Is it enough to break through the system of the Orge Academy at will?”
With those words, I immediately called Jin Ye-seul.
* * *
The four of us headed to Bukhansan, where the main server and backbone of Aegis is hidden.
Yuzuki Horie, who brought Jin Ye-seul, who had sneaked out of the academy, to the warp repeatedly moved four people, including herself, to the warp to see if she was not tired.
Thanks to this, we were able to reach Bukhansan in no time.
With a pale complexion, Lee Myung-jun, who patted Yuzuki Horie on the shoulder a few times, who clapped several bottles of potion, slowly spread out his hands.
“Wait ten minutes.”
And maybe 5 minutes have passed.
Lee Myung-jun raised his hands and muttered.
“found. Come this way.”
He stood at the forefront of the party and began to lead skillfully.
After wandering the mountain path for about 20 minutes, he said while pointing his finger at the bottom of the ground.
“Here it is. From here, strangely different wavelengths can be detected, so this is definitely the case.”
“Have you been able to detect the whole mountain earlier?”
Lee Myung-jun nodded his head indifferently.
It was a time when I shook my head at the level of nonsense that I could detect an entire mountain in a matter of minutes for a subject who was not even a detective.
“Then I will go now. Could you scan the inside and tell me the shape of the device or something like that?”
“I do.”
Lee Myung-jun and Jin Ye-seul stepped forward and started talking to each other.
When Lee Myung-jun said something, Jin Ye-seul mumbled, saying there was no biometric detection and there was a stimulus response.
After a while, Jin Ye-seul, who was giving orders to Lee Myung-jun, nodded.
“At some point, it must have been released. It’s assuming that I did it right to the end.”
“Then there will be no problem.”
This time it was Horie Yuzuki’s turn.
As she stepped forward, we naturally placed our hands on her.
A very fleeting moment of vertigo.
But I felt a sense of floating, with less vertigo than before.
When I opened my eyes, we were indoors at some point.
“here… … .”
Lee Myung-jun muttered in a voice that seemed to be deeply impressed.
It reminded me of the facility where Esmeralda Listenerger was imprisoned the last time I went.
The place we were in was like a large square.
As if the purpose of this place was for living, all kinds of household items such as beds, sofas, bookshelves, and tables were randomly placed here and there.
And the biggest problem was that we made eye contact with a man who was resting on the sofa, probably because it was a living space.
“Crazy, what!”
As if startled, he picked up a dumbbell lying next to him in the ice.
Then he looked at us and looked at us in disbelief.
“Myung-joon? Why are you here?”
“Yoo Ji-ho? Why are you… … .”
Apparently, the two knew each other.
“Why am I here, I am here because I am one of the managers.”
A man named Yoo Ji-ho said while scratching his shaggy chin with his fingertips because he didn’t shave.
“Then why don’t you answer my question? why are you here Even with two young students… … .”
The corners of his eyes, as he murmured, gradually narrowed.
Then, at some point, he pulled out a slender spear from the back of the sofa.
Seeing this, Myung-Jun Lee took a step forward as if to calm down.
“Jiho, I can explain everything. Just calm down and put that window down. As you said, the kids here… … .”
“If you come any closer, I will judge you to have an impure intention. Think well.”
Hearing the warning, Myung-Jun Lee did not proceed any further.
He took a spear and pointed it at us and murmured.
“I’m sure there’s really some crazy person breaking in here. That fact is also surprising, but that person must be you… … .”
“Jiho. speak to me for a moment.”
“sorry. But rules are rules. I will arrest all four of you, including you. If you rebel, intrusion is not the problem, but you can be treated as a terrorist, so if you can, just… … .”
Something is strange.
Instinctively, I looked at him slowly with a new insight.
And as soon as I saw him, I was convinced.
“Jin Ye-seul.”
“yes?”
Jin Ye-seul tilted her head at my call.
“Go and cut that guy’s neck.”
With that, she jumped forward without hesitation.
Everyone was surprised by the action, but Lee Myung-jun, who was most surprised, reflexively raised his hand, so I had to hold his hand tightly.
“Hey, crazy… !”
“Hello uncle.”
Towards Jin Ye-seul, who had dug into his body in an instant, the man grabbed the spear and stabbed it several times in an instant.
From a distance, it seemed that Jin Ye-seul’s body was pierced through a spear.
That’s probably why Horie Yuzuki swallowed a small scream.
But I knew well that Jin Ye-seul would be safe.
flowing snake.
As a result, Jin Ye-seul can unconditionally dodge the opponent’s attack and feed counters at the same time.
In fact, Jin Ye-seul, whose body was blurry, at some point rotated her body and stretched her legs.
The blade protruding from his shoe crawled through his body like an insect, causing numerous cuts.
Especially when he flinched and tried to step back, with a deep wound on his wrist.
“Uh-huh!”
Jin Ye-seul, who had grown up, hung his neck with her legs and turned around.
It was like watching a gymnast’s stunts.
As if riding a horse behind his back in an instant, Jin Ye-seul squeezed his neck with her legs and reached out and grabbed his head.
“yap.”
There was the sound of something cracking and breaking.
The man whose chin and forehead had been swapped fell down on his knees, and Jin Ye-seul skillfully fell off his body and came to me, plump and bouncing right next to me.
“Ugh, the beard… … .”
Then he rubbed his legs, covered with stretched stockings, with the palms of his hands, as if in a bad mood.
“What the hell are you doing… … .”
Myung-Jun Lee muttered in a dismayed voice, saying it was ridiculous.
I asked him quietly.
“Do you really see that as an acquaintance of Hunter-sama?”
Not at all in my eyes.
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Ordinary people couldn’t do that.
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Ordinary people were not filled with water instead of organs and muscles throughout their body.
“that’s interesting. How did you find out?”
There was a crackling sound.
Then, as he collapsed with his neck broken, he began to slowly stand up, dripping fluid from his nose, mouth, and eyes incessantly.
“No one other than our leader noticed this.”
Another cry came from his open mouth, and liquid flowed out.