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covert approach
In nature.
A young man sitting in front of the central table in the waiting room was concentrating with his eyes closed.
Yang Jung-geun’s voice was coming from his earphones.
[Hey, Kyung-hoon Cho. Are you sure? Why do you say Kim Jin-seong went to the northwest of the island?]
The man called Jo Kyung-hoon answered right away.
“I confirmed through the ‘Surveillance Eye’ skill that a dog monster that Jinseong Kim was transforming into was quickly running towards the northwest with a person in its mouth.”
[monster?]
“yes. “It was the monster that Kim Jin-seong transformed into when dealing with Porgynay.”
[Oh, I did. You mean you saw that?]
Yang Jung-geun’s exclamation of understanding was heard.
[There are no such monsters nearby, so it must be Kim Jin-seong.]
The scene where Kim Jin-seong faced Porginay in the first round of the preliminaries was a hot topic on the Internet for a while.
There is probably no one among the participants on this island who does not know that Kim Jin-seong transformed into a dark hound during that battle.
“And there is a high possibility that the person Kim Jin-seong took was the remaining thief. Kim Jin-seong’s escape speed was definitely extremely fast when he transformed into a dog monster.”
[hmm···.]
“It exploded as soon as I attached the ‘watching eye’ to Kim Jin-seong, so I can’t confirm its exact location, but I created another one and sent it to the northwest, so you should be able to find it soon.”
[You can find it, right? Is there a law that says that once the ‘Surveillance Eye’ has been set off, it cannot be set off a second time?]
“Didn’t I explain it to you earlier?”
Cho Kyung-hoon’s voice as he asked the question was full of confidence.
“The ‘Watching Eye’ skill can even detect the hidden opponent’s mana?”
[I know, man! Do you know what kind of single-celled amoeba I am?!]
“If there is a being that radiates energy as strong as Kim Jin-seong, we will definitely find it before it explodes. I’m sure. “You can believe it.”
[Ha, this kid is so confident that I’m nervous…?]
Yang Jung-geun muttered in a doubtful voice and asked again.
[Okay, for now, you know the locations of the remaining eight, right?]
“The rest are currently under surveillance one by one. “I’ve marked the location of 8 people on the map right now, so come check it out.”
[okay. Let’s go and talk in detail.]
“yes.”
Gyeonghoon Cho gave a short answer and took the earphones out of his ears. This is because noise is a hindrance to the operation of the ‘Surveillance Eye’ skill.
Then he took a pen and drew a circle on one side of the map spread out in front of the table.
This is a map of the survival island provided to the participants. The difference, unlike the map the thieves received, is that only the ground is shown.
“···8 to be exact.”
He was convinced as he looked at the eight black circles marked on the map.
“Now we just need to check the locations of the two in the northwest.”
Kyung-hoon Cho, who did not know that one of the thieves was killed by Quagmire, could only judge it that way.
* * *
Kim Jin-seong’s expression changed after hearing the entire communication between Yang Jung-geun and Kyung-hoon Cho.
‘It’s a detection skill that can detect mana…’
Kim Jin-seong looked at the sky far away.
Although I couldn’t see it with my eyes, I could definitely feel through ‘position detection’ that something in the sky was slowly approaching this way.
That must be the ‘eye of surveillance’ mentioned by Cho Kyung-hoon.
‘As I was coming, I felt like something was bothering me, so I cut it down, but it turned out to be a detection skill.’
If I hadn’t removed the ‘watching eye’ earlier, it would have been a lot of trouble.
Not only would they have discovered where they were hiding, but also the fact that they had stolen the smartphone and eavesdropped on the enemy’s communications.
‘The problem is that from now on, Jo Kyung-hoon, that person will continue to use the ‘eye of surveillance’.’
Destroying the eyes of surveillance was not a problem for Kim Jin-seong. Even if Jinseong Kim is not visible right now, he has destroyed it through mana detection.
However, the problem was that once Cho Kyung-hoon learned that he could use multiple skills at once, the locations of all other participants were also known.
As the taggers left out the locations of all other participants and searched the remaining areas, Kim Jin-seong’s location would eventually be gradually inferred.
If so, it must be said that there is no safe place to hide now.
In a way, it was as if the island itself was in Kyung-hoon Cho’s eyes.
‘First of all, we have to get rid of Jo Kyung-hoon. That way it will be easier to move forward.’
First, you have to remove the other person’s eyes. Kim Jin-seong made up his mind and decided to move towards his true nature.
‘If you want to approach, you’ll have to move without being noticed.’
In other words, you have to approach it in a state where mana cannot be detected at all.
Jinseong Kim immediately activated the skill fusion system.
Then, I chose ‘Stealth’ and the permanent storage skill ‘Sneaking’.
Then this notification window appeared.
▶ These skills are skills that allow for ‘skill fusion’. When you perform ‘skill fusion’, you gain the following new characteristics.
▷ Covert Approach: When moving at a speed of 10% or less of normal while in stealth mode, you will not be affected by detection skills used by enemies weaker than you.
▶ When you acquire the ‘Secret Approach’ attribute, the ‘Sneaking’ skill disappears. Would you like to fuse?
‘With this fusion skill, you can approach the true nature without worrying about mana detection.’
Of course, this is a case where Cho Kyung-hoon is weaker than Kim Jin-seong. Although I think the probability of that happening is high.
Thinking to himself, Kim Jin-seong chose fusion.
Then the notification window changed.
▶ The ‘Secret Approach’ characteristic was acquired through skill fusion.
▶ The ‘Sneaking’ skill has disappeared.
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▶ 5,000 Vis Crimea points were used for skill fusion costs.
▶ Remaining Vis Creama Points: 4813
Kim Jin-seong’s eyes turned to the bottom line of the notification window.
‘The points before fusion were close to 10,000? Well, I did beat up Quagmire a lot earlier.’
He caught 10 Quagmire, which gave 350 points each, and when he transformed into Quagmire and fought, he even killed dozens of taggers.
Considering that, it was only natural that about 4,000 points were accumulated in an instant.
‘If I kill a few more monsters on the way, I can use one more skill fusion.’
Kim Jin-seong immediately used the stealth skill.
He then began walking as slowly as possible to take advantage of his newly acquired ‘stealthy approach’ trait.
Soon, Kim Jin-seong passed right under the ‘watching eye’ that flew in from the direction of the main castle, but it passed directly over Kim Jin-seong’s head because it did not spot it.
* * *
“···A body was found in the northwest corner.”
Jo Kyung-hoon, who had his eyes closed, opened his mouth.
Yang Jung-geun, who returned to his hometown, asked.
“dead body? “What are you, a thief?”
“···I don’t think so.”
In fact, the corpse that Cho Kyung-hoon was seeing through his ‘eyes of surveillance’ was the tagger prisoner that Jin-seong Kim had brought in tied with a spider web.
“Seeing him dead with his entire body tied up, it looks like he was kidnapped by a tagger.”
“What about Kim Jin-seong?”
“···I haven’t found it yet.”
“what? “I heard it definitely moved northwest?!”
“That’s for sure. So I thought I could find it if I moved this way…”
Kyung-hoon Cho tilts his head with his eyes closed.
Yang Jung-geun, who was looking at this with a frown, immediately gave an order.
“Hey, that’s enough. We don’t have time, so find Kim Jin-seong later and check the locations of the other eight people first. “I was planning to kill Kim Jin-seong last anyway.”
At those words, Kyeong-hoon Cho checked the field of view of the surveillance eyes attached to the other eight thieves.
“…It didn’t deviate much from the location everyone marked on the map. “I think we can proceed as is.”
“good. Hey, Choo Chae-su!”
Yang Jung-geun shouted, looking toward the wide yard right in front of the waiting room.
When the man called Choo Chae-su looked at him, Yang Jung-geun immediately gave instructions.
“Create a warp hole right away!”
* * *
“This is thief number one. “Everyone, please move from where you are now.”
Kim Jin-seong, who was walking toward the main castle, went inside one of the lungs and was communicating in a quiet voice.
“Did I tell you that it’s not good to stay in one place for a long time? Everyone, please move.”
[yes.]
[I will move to the right.]
[I will step back.]
The thieves soon begin to brief each other on where they will move to.
Jinseong Kim also said this.
“I’m going back underground. Anyone except me should not come to the basement. It’s a dangerous area because there are still a lot of monsters. more.”
After completing communication up to this point, Kim Jin-seong injected mana and turned off the earphone microphone.
He thought as his lungs came out of hiding again.
‘Let’s not talk about the Watching Eye presence yet. ‘It’s no use telling me what I haven’t noticed until now.’
Kim Jin-seong’s judgment was that it would be better to continuously give them instructions to change their positions.
Seeing that everyone is unaware of the existence of the surveillance eyes that are watching closely nearby, there is no expectation that they can be eliminated by informing them.
Rather, killing Kim Jin-seong and Kyung-hoon Cho would be a more sure way to remove the eyes of surveillance.
‘Then around here…’
Jinseong Kim put his palms together again and pointed to the sky.
Immediately the summoned black mana falcon soared into the sky at high speed and soon began to fly towards the main castle.
‘It’s unfair that only you know the location.’
Jinseong Kim walked toward the main castle again.
Although there was still some distance left to the main castle, the Mana Hawk seemed to have already reached just above the main castle.
* * *
“That bird is really annoying.”
Yang Jung-geun, who came out to the large yard in front of the main castle, muttered with an annoyed expression as he saw a black mana hawk wandering in the sky.
Already, some of the taggers were occasionally launching long-distance attacks to hit the mana bird, but since they were so fast, it was difficult to shoot them down.
“Hey, that’s enough! stop!”
Yang Jung-geun eventually waved his hand towards the nearby taggers who were trying to use the skill again.
“If I catch that anyway, won’t it be over if I summon it again? “Just leave it alone.”
“uh···. But if we leave it alone, won’t the thieves also know our movements?”
Minsu Han asked in a slurred tone.
“You said it earlier. “I’m sure the thieves have equipment that can communicate just like we do…”
“of course! Smartphones were given to all 240 people, but could it be possible that they were not given to only 10 people? “Think about it, you insectivore!”
“No, I was just asking…”
Yang Jung-geun, who was looking pitifully at Han Min-su, who was feeling aggrieved, soon turned his gaze back to everyone else.
“I have my own thoughts, so let’s move on! Hey, Choo Chae-su! not there yet?”
“It’s all done.”
Chae-su Choo appeared to be concentrating with both palms outstretched on a black hole-like hole created on the floor of the yard.
Next to him, Jo Kyung-hoon continued muttering with his eyes closed.
“The target thief has not been found yet. But he came right up close. “If you come a little closer, this place will be discovered…!”
He was scouting the direction where the warp hole exit was created through the ‘Surveillance Eye’, and his voice became increasingly urgent.
With perfect timing, Choo Chae-su removed both palms from the black hole hole.
“It’s complete!”
“good! “Let’s go in!”
At Yang Jung-geun’s shout, about 100 taggers waiting nearby jumped into the black hole.
* * *
“omg···?!”
Thief number 3, who was walking carefully looking around at the eastern end of the island, was startled and gasped for air.
Aren’t a lot of people suddenly jumping out of a huge black hole that was created in front of you?
In particular, the person standing at the forefront looked particularly familiar.
“It’s over there!! Catch him and kill him!!”
As soon as he saw Yang Jung-geun shouting loudly, thief number 3 immediately turned around and started running.
His escape speed using the unique skill ‘Increased Agility’ was incredibly fast.
In that state, he connected the communication and shouted.
“It’s number 3!! “The taggers here have teleported as a group!!”
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