Chapter 263
Episode 263: Traces
Quaaaaaaaaa!
An explosion sound that hits your eardrums.
A violent shock transmitted to the interior of the vehicle.
“Uuuuuu-”
The armored truck swayed for a moment as if it would overturn, but Yeom Cheol-min twisted the steering wheel and it finally stabilized.
“Fire back! “Fire back!”
Kwak Dae-yong shouts into the radio. I guess that’s what they’re saying to the gunners in the cargo area on top of the truck.
Da-da-da-da-da-dan!
The noise of autocannons firing wildly.
However, the elderly are scattered, jumping from tree to tree at a speed that is barely visible to the eye. Only a dizzying remnant moving in zigzags can be seen at a glance.
“Ugh – these are veteran fixers who have been on active duty since the Great Collapse, right?”
Kwak Dae-yong is furious.
“Hehe – the swallow is flying!”
Hyeonggu Ahn took out the joystick and tried to manipulate something, and with a buzzing noise, several combat drones manufactured by Yeonam Electronics flew out of the ejection port installed on the back of the armored truck.
Buzzzzzzzzzz-
Drones fly between the trees and fire bullets of small caliber but with enough power to kill people.
Baaaaaa!!
A horn sounds from a second armored truck following behind. What signal?
“It’s flying!”
Choi Mina’s shout.
A magicite bomb thrown from a slingshot? Or an arrow fired from a bow?
No, the ones flying in this time are old people wearing fluorescent mountaineering clothes!
Several elderly people traveling at high speed crash their hiking sticks into an old tree. Then, by holding onto another old man’s hand and rotating it around – centrifugal force was used to send the old man flying.
Whirring!
Even as the old men were flying this way, they showed enough composure to kick the combat drone controlled by Ahn Hyeong-gu and smash it to pieces.
“Ugh-my swallow!”
thud!
A dull noise coming from overhead. They got on the roof of the truck.
“I’m coming!”
Choi Mina shouts and raises her military knife.
“Hey, don’t go!”
It’s no use if you go! However, Choi Mina misunderstood the meaning-
“Don’t worry, cute wizard!”
He winked at me, then slipped out the window and climbed onto the roof. Oh, listen to me!
At the same time, Kwak Dae-yong shouts at me.
“Professor Kim! Pro Kim! “Do something with magic!”
“Magic? Magic? How dare you! Are you making such an unusual request? [The Dawnbringer] will rip out your tongue… … . Oh, damn it, get out of the way!”
Even though it has become difficult for me to use strange and blasphemous methods such as magic, or at any rate, it does not mean that I have become incompetent.
In addition, the truck’s cargo compartment was loaded with as many command golems as possible. Human level – Not at the level where he would be defeated in a fight with people with considerable abilities.
thud! Kukkung-crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The sound of footsteps coming from overhead.
I expanded my detection range and traced the situation overhead.
Although Choi Mina moved furiously, the elderly people wearing mountaineering clothes showed off the relaxed demeanor unique to masters –
“Hahahaha! “You’re still a rookie!”
He swings a hiking stick and pushes Choi Mina away. Choi Mina is helplessly pushed to the corner of the truck roof. Oh my, I’m going to fall.
I stretched my hand above my head and released magical energy.
“Ugh!”
Elderly people who are sensitive to dogs tried to avoid my hand gestures by somersaulting in place, but would you be willing to jump that much? I expand the scope of my magical power and capture all the old people –
“Get out of this car right now!”
-He was beaten towards the road.
Quaaaang!
“Kaaaaaa!”
Even though they fall from a vehicle traveling at high speed, the elderly people roll their bodies on the road with incredible flexibility, then bounce up in an instant and disappear into the forest. Those old people are really no joke.
But no matter how fast you can move, it would be difficult to join right away.
Is it because I can’t use specific magic? Somehow, my sensing ability moves in greater detail than usual.
With my extremely expanded sense of awareness, I realized what I could do to sort out this situation.
Kara la la la.
I push the bolts and nails I’ve been playing with all the time into the [toy gun] and hold it out the window.
Although it looks like a toy gun, it precisely connects three magic stones to focus, transform, and amplify.
[System: The ‘Precision Aiming’ attribute is activated.]
This is a shooting assist characteristic that has been present since the beginning of this game.
Even if you’re not a gunfighter, it’s a helpful trait when using magic that fires projectiles.
Anyway, with the amplified magic power, fire!
Pow!
Dozens of bolts were ejected in strange directions along with a percussion sound that could not be heard from a normal firearm.
Let’s go!
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Bolts endowed with penetrating and explosive power rained down on the trees located in the old man’s path, and the trees fell with a crunching noise.
While the seniors of the Sangnok Mountaineering Club, whose path is blocked, hesitate –
“Achilles! And red! “Scatter them away!”
“Kwiik!”
Between each other-
A pure white shadow flying from the ejection port where Ahn Hyeong-gu’s swallow flew. Red, who was in the shape of a small owl, grows huge in the air and flies towards the elderly people who made a hasty leap.
and
“Whyyyyyyyyy!!!”
“Whyaaaaaaa!!!”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Achilles’ fire vampires move freely in trajectories that drones cannot imitate, restricting the movements of the Sangnok Mountain Club.
“It’s gone!”
An armed truck drives down the road without hesitation. When the Sangnok Mountaineering Club stops moving, their appearance quickly disappears behind the road.
Yeom Cheol-min, who drove the car without slowing down on such a winding and steep [Misiryeong Old Road], should receive the best assist award of the day.
“If this is the case, you can rest assured for now.”
Kwak Dae-yong sighs.
An atmosphere where everyone instantly lets go of their tension.
‘As expected, these guys won’t be able to do it.’
Anyway, with the fight just now, I was able to gauge this team’s strength and my current status relatively clearly.
It’s not something I would say, as I was just a gamer in my lifetime until not long ago, but this team lacks real-world experience.
Although they have spent a budget and have state-of-the-art equipment that other solvers would envy, they cannot compete with the worn-out veteran solvers.
We will soon arrive at our destination.
If the Sangnok Mountaineering Club decides to do so, they can catch up in about 10 minutes.
Next time we may have to meet them in a fixed location with no escape. I have to move around with these guys without being able to use magic? My head really hurts.
* * *
“Okay, Pro Kim! “It was truly amazing magic!”
“no. That, that… … . It wasn’t magic. Such unclean technology will destroy humanity and corrupt the soul… … . [The Dawnbringer] approaches us. “It’s dangerous to even say the word magic!”
The mouth moves freely. Ah, this thing will spin.
Again, [Dawnbringer] does not appear in this game or in the [Cthulhu Mythos], which is the source material for [Cthulhu World], and is just my imagination.
No, is it a bit different from a delusion?
What is this symptom of random nonsense pouring out? Tick? Or alien mouth syndrome?
But Kwak Dae-yong doesn’t care and just smiles.
“That’s pretty good for a wizard. Because we can talk.”
“Ha-yeah.”
There were a total of three raids while traveling from Paju to Sokcho, to be exact, to Misiryeong, northeast of Seoraksan Mountain.
The previous two attacks were random encounters that took place in a lawless area near the Great Wall, but this time, it was a person from the Sangnok Mountaineering Club that we will probably continue to encounter on Mt. Seorak.
“Sangnok Mountaineering Club… … . I’ve heard the name, but isn’t it really a joke? As soon as the swords face each other… … . “I immediately felt that this was an opponent I could not beat.”
Mina Choi’s review of Sangnok Mountaineering Club.
okay.
I am not in a perfect state right now either.
Since the truck bed was packed full of command golems, I can handle it to a certain extent – but it is difficult to fight against them while ‘protecting’ them.
Moreover, the enemies that appear in this game are not just humans with superpowers. When real monsters start to appear, it is difficult to estimate how much I can handle.
“Ugh, 26 such monster-like old people came out. W-How did they hire so many expensive noblemen?”
This is Ahn Hyeong-gu’s opinion.
He mumbles several ten-digit numbers several times to calculate how much budget the other side has invested.
That too is an important point.
The Sangnok Mountaineering Club is a team of solvers so strong that many of them have previous ties to the Hunter Mutual Aid Association. It goes without saying that hiring them costs a lot of money.
‘Where did you get the money?’
The [Great Source] is an abyssal being that lacks popularity compared to its power and ability. Even clear doctrines are unclear, and no matter how much believers pray, proper blessings are not given.
As a result, there are not many believers in Korea – no, on Earth. The fact that there are not many believers means that there are bound to be limits to the influence and money that can be mobilized.
‘Anyway, the Sangnok Mountain Club is a problem solver and not a cult.’
If they are moving, it means that someone has paid – but judging by the atmosphere, they may have not just hired a lot of people, but the entire team.
But where does the money really come from?
It is familiar that the number of cultists and monsters that must appear due to the [Feast Offering] trait increases, but does the amount of wealth that cultists can mobilize also increase?
‘Well, if you go a little further, you’ll find out.’
By the time I was organizing my thoughts, a voice mixed with embarrassed emotions came out of Yeom Cheol-min’s mouth.
“Great, Captain… … . Front, look at the front… … .”
From the end of [Misiryeong Old Road], take the temporary road extending south along [Misiryeong Valley] for a few kilometers in the direction of Ulsan Rock.
Considering the sheer height of Ulsanbawi, there is a construction site built by Yeonam Construction at a very low place.
We have now arrived at the construction site, but the sight in front of us is… … .
* * *
“W-what… … . “What happened?”
“The wall collapsed.”
The first thing we were able to check was the exterior wall of the construction site. However, it is now completely collapsed.
And what you see beyond the collapsed outer wall is literally ruins.
We parked outside the ruins and carefully approached the ruined construction site.
“Hey, look over there… … .”
Is that really something a person can do?
The armored trucks of Yeonam Construction, which are no different from mobile fortresses reinforced with blunt and strong armor plates, are completely crushed and piled up in one place, forming a large hill.
Nine in total?
Since we had a total of three armed trucks, this would mean that this place was guarded by at least three times the current number of troops.
Someone’s hand can be seen sticking out from among the crumpled remains of the armored truck.
“Are they wiped out?”
“Yes, to the Sangnok Mountaineering Club? “Did those old people make it like this?”
A commotion broke out among Kwak Dae-yong’s subordinates.
The astonishment that had barely subsided, fear now rears its head.
“Everyone, calm down! First, contact the head office! “Get in touch first, quickly!”
Kwak Dae-yong tries to calm them down, but once the fear has emerged, it spreads among them like a contagious disease.
“Well, what should I say?!”
“What the hell! Can’t you see it? They all got bullied by the Sangnok Mountaineering Club! “Speak quickly!”
“Hey, Team Leader Daeyong Kwak.”
“uh? uh? Ki, professional Kim? what? what?”
Kwak Dae-yong’s stupid answer.
“First of all, come to your senses. And it’s not the Evergreen Mountaineering Club.”
“what?”
“Look at the destroyed objects and signs of collapse.”
“Ah, what are you telling me to do because of what I saw?”
“These old people didn’t do this. Although those elders are strong, they don’t have this kind of ability. Moreover, the trail of destruction started there – moving from the inside out.”
excuse me-
A strange hole is visible among the deeply dug pits. A deep hole that appears to have been drilled unrelated to the purpose of construction.
No, rather than a hole, it is the entrance to a cave large enough for several people to enter and exit.
“Is that- is that- is that?”
Even in Kwak Dae-yong’s eyes, it must have been an unpleasant hole.
Like the greedy gaping maw of a monster, traces of something crawling out of the ominous, pitch-black cave still remain.
“You said you discovered a cave during the blasting process, right? “I guess that’s it.”
To be exact, it is a relic.
An ancient ruin containing evil magic and old will related to the [Great Source].
Something crawled out of there.
fantasy,
