Chapter 43 – 043 Scales of Fortune (5)
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Opponent is not stupid. When normal thinking is possible, it is common to know that someone has intervened because the person you are communicating with is silent.
‘Should I look at his reaction when I provoke him?’
Excitement clouds a person’s judgment. It was clear that knowing the other person’s personality would help them plan their future.
There are two ways to make people angry.
The first is to stop talking,
“You guys will fail. Because…”
“Because?”
The guy asked me
Yes, it was a very familiar voice, the voice of the man in the black mask who killed me in the previous episode.
“…”
“Because..”
“…Are you kidding me?”
It seemed difficult to change his emotions with a flat tone without emotional agitation, and a vague provocation.
‘There wasn’t much response before’
When I didn’t answer, he opened his mouth first.
“Do you see the tent over there?”
By tent, do you mean the place where the bomb is hidden?
‘Should I answer in short language this time?’
“I see you?”
“… There are a lot of bombs there. Check it out”
“Pho… Bomb?”
“Are you surprised?”
‘I like babies’
“No, I ate it all”
I found it a long time ago and put it in my inventory. Well, maybe a remote bomb can detonate a bomb in the inventory?
‘Could a bomb explode inside the Makina inventory?’
[ Inventory is a completely independent space. That won’t happen. ]
‘Okay, the bomb never explodes’
“Did you go crazy with fear? If you’re not an idiot, do you know what the consequences will be when it explodes?”
I saw the bomb explode from afar.
“Yes, this entire building will disappear, and you will disappear without a trace.”
If this bomb had exploded in front of me, I would have died with a 100% chance. However, a question that cannot be erased every time it is repeated
“Are you okay?”
An explosion of this magnitude would inevitably involve them as well. The explosion was strong enough to damage even the soldiers camped in the distance, but could any of the people inside survive?
“Or were you planning on running away to the basement beforehand?”
“Well”
I don’t know the details of the internal structure of this building, but it might be possible to reduce its power by hiding underground.
“Do you have any reason to tell me that, kid?”
It was definitely difficult to read the emotions through the voice. Even when I met him, I couldn’t see his expression because he covered his face with a black mask, and he was annoying.
‘Are there other hunters besides this one?’
Except for the one wearing the black mask, there was no one who looked particularly talented. If so, wouldn’t he be spreading a barrier in the underground passage?
If you had made a passage underground like you often see in movies, it would have been enough. Isn’t there a case of robbing a bank in a tunnel in real life?
‘It’s bad’
If that’s the case, the comrades waiting below will make the underground into a kind of bunker through the barrier. Then, take advantage of the panic caused by the explosion to buy time to escape through the underground passage.
“I’m curious what he looks like, try struggling to your heart’s content..”
It was just a guess unless I checked it anyway. I tried to report it to the police with my smartwatch, but I couldn’t get a signal, perhaps even if I activated a cell phone blocking jammer.
Soon after, the lights in the warehouse went out. The electricity and everything seems to have been cut off. Then, with the sound of gunfire, they began to move in earnest.
‘Is this the beginning?’
Checking the time, they started their activities faster than before. Probably because of my appearance, the outside was filled with screams and gunshots.
Even in a situation where communication was paralyzed, there was one thing that worked fine.
“Why are you afraid?”
The wireless earphones they use seem to be designed to use a specific frequency that the jammer doesn’t block.
“Fuck you sick bastard”
“Wait.”
After that, I couldn’t hear anything through the wireless earphones. They probably changed the frequencies they use. I took out a sword from my inventory.
‘Let’s keep our minds upright’
If you think you can solve it all at once, you will get tired quickly. Don’t give up just because you can’t do it your way. Finding the bomb was enough.
“Go underground.”
When I broke down the door, I heard only screams, shouts, and gunshots in the distance. Seeing as there is no counter-fire, it’s likely the guards were all overpowered.
“There’s a kid hiding here!”
One of the robbers who found me threatened me with a gun shot into the sky.
“Is that bastard holding a sword?”
“Ha, I wonder if the kid wants to play as a hunter”
Then they laughed among themselves. I took advantage of that gap and rushed at them.
“Uh.. Wait a minute!!”
“Fuck Hunter!!”
They hurriedly raised their guns and tried to aim, but they were too late to respond.
[ The movement is corrected by the fallen empire swordsmanship. ]
“Big heck..”
“Ji… One..”
Ignoring the people who couldn’t even scream and collapse, I moved to the basement. I went down the stairs and saw them coming up from below.
“What.. What!”
“Hunter!! It’s a Hunter!!”
“I’m in the way, get out of the way!!”
I went down to the basement, slicing the small stingrays blocking my way. Considering that they were trash, not human beings, there was nothing to hesitate about moving.
“Support!! Ask for support!!”
[ The movement is corrected by the fallen empire swordsmanship. ]
“Fuck.. Why is the C-class Hunter here!!!”
[ The movement is corrected by the fallen empire swordsmanship. ]
“Help me!!!”
Except for the man in the black mask, there were no threatening humans. There were many ordinary people who had not even awakened, and even those who had awakened fell to the E-F level.
Explosively increased magical power and anti-horse magic, plus combat experience accumulated through regression and sparring. I was no longer at the level where I could deal with these guys.
As I defeated them and entered the basement, I could see the broken lock and the dead guards guarding the entrance. I prayed for the guards to rest and entered the huge doorway.
Inside the doorway, as advertised, there were various safes. It probably looked like a place to keep valuables, but there was one oddity.
“There are no barriers?”
He said that he had installed barriers in each safe, but he did not feel any flow of magic power. It felt as if someone had disabled all barriers.
“No one knew until this happened?”
It was so strange. This bank robbery, which took place this time, was full of questions from start to finish. Keeping in mind the possible enemies, he raised his magic power.
The moment I concentrated, I was able to discover a particularly heterogeneous flow.
I walked towards it as if possessed by something. And as I approached it, I heard people’s chuckles.
“Hey, it’s heavy, so hurry up and help!”
“Oh, why is the radio so loud?
“I also turned it off because it was noisy, they said they needed support.”
There, three terrorists were chatting and talking to each other.
They didn’t even know I was nearby and they were playing pranks among themselves. The floor was strewn with what appeared to be valuables, as if they had been carrying things until recently.
‘Where are we moving it?’
I hid my presence and ducked down to pursue them.
Structurally, it is normal that there should be no passage in the basement here. Did you prepare the passage for a long time?
But what is this alien aura?
‘An alien aura?’
“Here you are, mouse.”
“Fuck!”
When he turned his head in surprise, all he could see was the masked man striking him down with his sword. I guess I was so preoccupied with them that I didn’t notice until they approached me like this.
I hurriedly defended his attack, but it was too late. Although he succeeded in defending his posture in an unstable state, the shock was transmitted to his shoulder as it was.
As much as his physical ability was better, he fought with the feeling that he would spill it with his swordsmanship.
[ Pain tolerance reduces pain. ]
I felt a creak on one side of my shoulder.
‘Even if it was just a fucking attack’
“My dear, we finally met..”
“Hee!”
“M.. Master!”
“Did you guys ignore the radio?”
“Master… That is!”
The men who were moving things shrank.
“You bastard, don’t ignore me!!”
[ The movement is corrected by the fallen empire swordsmanship. ]
[ The movement is corrected by the fallen empire swordsmanship. ]
The guy was strong. He was defeated even with his shoulder intact, and he was not an opponent he could win in such a surprise state. After exchanging several battles, I was pushed into a corner.
“Cheuk..”
[ Pain tolerance reduces pain. ]
Several of his ribs were broken, stabbing organs such as his lungs, and pain arose every time he moved one of his arms as if the bones were broken. To make matters worse, there was no feeling at all in the lower half of the body.
Without pain tolerance, I couldn’t have endured like this.
“Oops… Did I make a mistake in controlling my strength?”
The man walked towards me with a flat voice, without any joy that he had won.
“Yeah.. Where is the bomb?”
“Why.. Cool.. Are you embarrassed?”
I smiled brightly at him. All the bombs he wants to explode are stored in your inventory.
“…”
The man’s face was covered with a mask with a picture of a skull on it, leaving only his eyes exposed.
“I don’t like wasting time.”
He raised his knife and tried to stab me in the leg. Then something shook the building from above. And the sound of radio
“…Was there one more?”
It seems Kang Min-ji has started to move. The man seemed to be in trouble as if he had been reported about Minji.
“Hey, you guys over there.”
“Yes… Yes Master!”
“Have this guy figure out the location of the bomb.”
“Uh… Are you talking about us?”
“I won’t be able to move anyway. So finish it before I return.”
Saying that, he turned around and went upstairs. As soon as the man disappeared, the fire fell on his feet, and the guys came this way.
“You bastard! Blow the position quickly!!”
“Okay, tell me quickly if you don’t want to be left behind!”
This round ends here. But there is one thing I haven’t checked yet.
‘Ominous mana flow.. I need to check that’
Even though my body was smashed, I can move my broken arm despite the pain, and one arm is fine. I raised my magic attribute.
