Chapter 452 – Friend or Enemy (6)
Evening three days later.
Angela, I, and Seoyeon gathered in front of the church where we first met.
The purpose was to secretly move to the operational area under deep darkness.
“Woman, is everyone gathered?”
Angela opens the church door wide and comes out to say hello.
She gives Seo-yeon an infinitely kind look, but when she comes to me, she shoots an even sharper gaze.
What is this disapproving look?
Did I make some mistake without knowing?
When I tilted my head at the difficult-to-understand gaze, she finally told me the reason.
“You stole someone else’s money so brazenly?”
Aha.
Is that because of that?
“You say you can use as much as you need for the operation?”
“No matter what, $4 million is over the line, kid!”
It’s true that I raked in it without any worries because it was someone else’s money.
But it wasn’t a useless waste.
Maybe.
“When you see it later, you’ll be hitting your knees. “Just wait and see.”
I am confident.
I am confident that I will make the mouths of the people gathered here drop open with the items I have prepared.
“Let me tell you in advance, I’m not surprised by most things, right?”
He shrugs his shoulders and replies, telling her to be prepared if he doesn’t surprise her.
“I’m sure you’ll be surprised because it’s quite a big deal.”
“Hmm…, Cheeky. And that too in moderation.”
… Is it a compliment?
She smiled inexplicably in this direction and then turned around and gave orders to the forty knights and five priests disguised in casual clothes.
“Get on board!”
As soon as she said anything, they divided into several cars and boarded.
Even though it is a large-scale movement, there is a reason for choosing a car rather than a bus.
First of all, that car is special.
Since there is a stealth spell, the movement path itself can be concealed.
Because of this, there is a high probability of an accident with another vehicle being driven, but this was resolved by using the association’s exclusive lane.
The three of us got into the front car.
“Then let’s leave.”
Our car moves first, and the other cars follow at a certain interval.
After leaving the city area, I took the association’s exclusive lane and activated the stealth function.
I wonder if it is necessary to go this far, but it is appropriate for operations that emphasize stealth and speed.
You can barely achieve even half of your goal if you are conscious of the other person’s gaze to the point where it seems excessive.
It was quite inside the running car.
Seoyeon clearly looked nervous, and Angela also seemed to be having some concerns.
I understand.
One side will inevitably be nervous as it is their first operation, and the other side will be very worried as they are responsible for the lives of those who participated in the operation.
So I just kept my mouth shut.
Because I know that sometimes I need time alone to think and rationalize.
About three hours had passed in the car running silently like that.
“We have arrived.”
The car, with its stealth function turned off, entered the dark, sleeping city.
The name of the city is Daejeon.
The city being restored most painstakingly by the government after the declaration of complete restoration of Gyeonggi-do.
Surprisingly, Gwangmyeong Bridge is hidden here.
* * *
Gwangmyeong Church was no different from the personal guard of the cult leader ‘Brain Washer’, but first of all, it was a religion.
Hundreds of Hunter believers.
And there are even ordinary believers, estimated to number in the thousands, who have integrated into society and engaged in economic activities, providing the source of funds for Gwangmyeong Church.
No matter how superficial a religion is, it must have a day of worship and must constantly feed firewood to the ideas that have been instilled in their heads.
That’s why people were always suspicious.
Even if not all believers attend, at least hundreds of people gather regularly to support the pseudo-god, but where are they hiding so that we can’t even catch their tail?
The correct answer was Daejeon.
“I never thought he was hiding here.”
Kim Do-jin was amazed as he looked at the city quietly sleeping in the deepening darkness.
Daejeon Metropolitan City.
The second restoration area selected by the government after completely restoring the Gyeonggi-do area.
Hunters who have been promised a lot of support are repeating raids to eliminate nearby dungeons, and work to revive the devastated land and rebuild the collapsed city is in full swing.
Thanks to this, the city quickly regained stability, and its vitality began to revive due to the migration of people who were tired of Seoul’s hustle and bustle and expensive land prices.
In such an area, Gwangmyeong Bridge established itself early.
And that too in the form of an ordinary church.
“It’s a troublesome ability in many ways.”
A tall bell tower can be seen in the distance of the dark city.
That place is the home of Gwangmyeong Bridge, disguised as an ordinary church.
Isn’t it strange?
There is such a large church in a city where work is just in full swing.
You can even find out by making a phone call to the parish of each church.
They have never established a church in Daejeon.
But how come they are still hiding so well without being discovered?
The answer is simple.
Brainwashed.
They recruited all those who had doubts about their existence and made them stand on the side of Gwangmyeong Bridge.
“It would be no exaggeration to say that I ate the entire Daejeon at this rate.”
A spy who infiltrated Gwangmyeong Bridge after wearing a headband and freed himself from brainwashing said that most of the higher-ranking civil servants dispatched from Seoul to Daejeon have fallen into their hands.
It is safe to say that they have literally taken control of Daejeon itself.
Thinking about this sent shivers down my spine.
“If I had made a mistake, I would have almost sacrificed an entire metropolitan city, right?”
Although it is only a small city now, Daejeon will regain its former status worthy of the name of a metropolitan city.
As long as the government hopes for this and actively supports it, it is no different from a predetermined future.
What if the city became huge in this state, and all the material and human resources from it flowed into Gwangmyeong Bridge?
“… “It’s scary to even imagine.”
That is probably why the Guardians established a plan to wipe out Gwangmyeong Bridge at this time.
After hearing the story from an internal spy, he probably thought he couldn’t leave it like that any longer.
In many ways, it was a fortunate thing for this country.
Because of Gwangmyeong Bridge, a small piece of land was saved from the risk of being split in two.
“Let’s go soon.”
Using magical power, I levitate my body and run through the darkness.
The sky above the church arrived in the blink of an eye.
[Activates the ruler’s area.]
After activating the area in preparation for any unexpected situation, it slowly descends.
The gaze of strict vigilance can be felt everywhere.
However, about 70% of them have become useless.
Because the security system using magical power does not pose any threat to Kim Do-jin.
The only thing you need to be careful of is mechanical, analog security and traps.
I walk through them and slowly look around.
“It’s so big.”
The size of the building is huge, and the surrounding land is also considerable.
If you overdo it, even 1,000 people can fit in.
After measuring its size, I complete the calculation in my head.
“It’s going to be close, isn’t it?”
Thank goodness.
There was almost a loophole in the 4.4 billion won operation.
Even though it was someone else’s money, I thought it was overspending.
“I heard you have to spend a lot of money first.”
It’s nice that it doesn’t cost a penny to clear out Gwangmyeong Bridge.
It’s also good to be able to slightly reduce the wealth of a group that may be an enemy.
It is truly a perfect plan to kill two birds with one stone.
Kim Do-jin’s evil spirit spread widely, centering around the church building.
* * *
In the past, boxing legend Mike Tyson said this.
‘Everyone has a good plan. ‘Until I get hit.’
Although there are a lot of paraphrases, the point is simple.
In the ring and in life.
The plan you think is perfect will never go smoothly.
This is because it is not a plan alone.
A plan never works out as planned because it has to overcome the extreme odds of multiple people acting organically and even the enemy’s reaction having to match one’s expectations.
It was still like that.
“Tch… ! “There are more enemies than you think, right?!”
The number of enemies exceeded expectations.
Even though he was at the forefront and had already defeated dozens of fanatic hunters, he still couldn’t see the way.
The Holy Knights of the Vatican are all warriors of a hundred men.
Even their resilience is several times greater than that of others, so they don’t get tired easily and wounds heal easily.
These people are truly suited for this kind of fierce battle.
Even for them, there are limits in the end.
In numbers exceeding expectations, deep wounds with slow recovery began to appear one by one.
The nervousness I felt about this stretched my thoughts even longer.
‘What do we do? Should we retreat? Or, even if it’s too much, should we clear a path forward?’
It was a time when the choice of the person responsible for risking everyone’s life began to be increasingly emphasized.
A man’s voice reaches her ears from the sky.
“Please leave all allies behind.”
A familiar voice.
It was definitely Kim Do-jin.
“What… ?! What is that suddenly… !”
Not long after the battle started, he disappeared without a trace, then reappeared and then retreated.
When she got angry and was about to shoot at him, Kim Do-jin’s words came one step ahead.
“I spoke clearly. Even if I get caught up, I don’t know?”
“Hey, hey…, Damn it!”
Angela is letting go of the anger that had built up in her heart because she couldn’t express it.
She immediately gave instructions to the paladins.
“Everyone step back!”
At the same time, he calmly blocks the enemy’s attacks and takes a step back.
By the time the distance had widened to a certain extent.
Coo coo coo… !
A loud sound was heard from the sky.
As a result, her pupils inadvertently looked up at the sky and grew rapidly.
Something is falling from the sky.
A huge object engulfed in red, hot flames that made her whole body feel hot just by looking at it.
When she realized its identity, she chanted with an ecstatic expression on her face.
“Woah, meteorite… !?”
A huge meteorite is falling.
And that too towards the home of Gwangmyeong Bridge.
