Chapter 343
Episode 343: Today’s Mission
The crocodile-headed executive eventually couldn’t hold back and screamed.
“You seem crazy, like a wizard. Does it matter now? We surround you! 100 people! “There are as many as 100 armed troops surrounding this place!”
“Ah, thank you very much for your concern, but is it okay to go?”
“… … “It’s a mask.”
“Aha, I see! “I thought it was a mask!”
As expected, people wearing masks have something in common.
I asked the question again, just in case.
“Hey, but you can open your mouth, drool, roll your eyes, and make facial expressions – this is called a mask, right?”
“okay! It’s a mask! mask!”
“By the way, do you know what that mask is and are you wearing it?”
“Hey! stop! shut up! You madman! What are they doing! “Shut that bastard!”
Ah, this is important.
I’m not doing this because I’m obsessed with masks.
That crocodile mask is very aesthetically pleasing, and it is a very casual and good mask that can be comfortably worn daily in everyday life. At the same time, it is an item that has a lot of potential to be used in relation to this incident.
But it looks like the time for small talk is over.
“Haaaab!”
“Catch it!”
The members of the Cheongho faction rush towards them while letting out indifferent shouts. They held something quite unusual in their hands.
A strangely shaped sword with a blade curved in an S shape.
“Khopesh (sickle knife)? “You’re holding things you didn’t normally use.”
Cheongho is a character designed with the motif of a romanticized wild man from around the 1960s – no, a gangster.
Therefore, his subordinates are mostly fist experts based on martial arts skills – and use firearms in situations where it is difficult to use fists.
“good. “Then shall we see how much Hyuna has prepared?”
I raised my left hand, which had a complex drawing on it, high and struck the floor to activate the magic.
[Earthquake strike]
[Spell Enhancement: Maximization]
[Spell Strengthening: Strengthening Power]
Kwaang!!
Crumbling!!
A concrete floor that suddenly crumbles and moves like a wave.
“Aaaah!”
“Yaaaaaaap!”
Cheonghopa’s henchmen run without stopping despite the floor shaking like pudding. Your movements are convincing.
But these guys are nothing special. Rather… … .
I quickly made a hand sign and fired a spell at Chae Taewon, who was hesitant in the back row.
[Removal of curse]
Let’s go!
Chae Tae-won’s body convulses as if he has been electrocuted.
Didn’t you get caught?
“Do not panic! Stick to it!”
“stick! “Stick and don’t give me a chance to use my magic!”
Well, it’s hectic because everyone is working hard. I shouted and activated a spell to get their attention.
“Why do sweaty men try to stick together? “Don’t stick around!”
[Mannoe]
Let’s go! It’s a joke!!
The dazzling white name spreads in all directions, drawing the shape of a 卍 symbol.
“Kaaaaaaak!”
“Aaaah!”
In this dangerous Paju, these guys use violence as their asset, so they should be above the average level from the beginning.
While the guys in the front row were holding on while getting hit by lightning with their bodies-
“Haaaab!”
The hoodlums fly in with Khopesh.
And Chae Tae-won realizes that his body has become free. He greets me, then steps back and disappears out of sight.
good. Clear the first mission.
Now, shall we keep going?
[Desolate Fury]
[Spell Enhancement: Multiple Casting]
Giiiiiiing-
A huge number of magic circles blooming in an instant.
Whirriririririk-
Hundreds of black, condensed magical bullets swirl in all directions.
Kwagwagwagwagwang!
Considering the future, we are trying to prevent people from dying as much as possible… … . These guys are stronger than I thought considering they are mass-produced henchman NPCs.
They are the same members of the Cheongho faction as before, but their abilities and characteristics have completely changed. Have you been given power by a being of the abyss?
Also, unexpected kopesh?
In [Cthulhu World], people who wield such strange weapons are usually-
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[System: The penalty characteristic ‘Feast Offering’ effect is activated.]
okay. Something like this.
Gray magical power oozing from the shoulders of the members of the organization.
Just as I heard. These people should already be called cultists rather than members of the Cheongho faction.
“Hieeeeee!!????????????????!”
Suddenly, an unusual shout is heard from behind.
That friendly crocodile from earlier is your friend. The guy puffs out his chest, takes a breath, and then spits out a storm of poisonous magical energy towards the ground.
If you want to stop it, you can stop it – but let’s see what they can do?
Chrrrrrrrr!!
[The breath filled with the magic of the abyss turns the scene you were familiar with into something foreign. Dry sand swaying and dancing. The concrete floor, which was clearly paved, turned into a desert in an instant.]
Ah, that’s shocking news.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It’s not just the floor that turns to sand. The entire large abandoned factory, with its bone-like structure exposed, turns into sand and pours out.
“Okay, now I know what’s going on.”
[protection team]
I wrapped myself in protective gear and unleashed my magic power.
[The unique function of the L-class clothing ‘Scroll of the Night Veil’, ‘Wings of the Heavenly Demon’, is activated.
// Wings of the Heavenly Demon: Automatically casts the ‘Flight’ spell.]
Food deudeudeuk-
I thought as I soared through the pouring sand.
Khopesh is a weapon that originated in Egypt. It’s not something that the Cheongho faction’s henchmen, made up of martial artist-based NPCs, would use.
And alligators and sand. No, should I say desert?
This time it’s an Egyptian theme.
I don’t really get along with Hyuna.
[Cthulhu World]. No, in the original work, [The Cthulhu Mythos], Egypt was depicted as an absurd land full of mysterious occultism and cosmic madness, reflecting the prejudices of Americans at the time.
Therefore, in [Cthulhu World], there are the Great Old Ones, which are based on gods that actually exist in Egypt.
Looks like one of those guys got caught.
Who is one of them?
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“ah. damn.”
Shinhwa, would you like to tell me what beast comes to mind when you think of the desert?
uh? camel?
No, not that one. You know that? It’s legless, has scales, and is poisonous.
uh… … Blowfish?
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I wish it was a puffer fish, but puffer fish have nothing to do with the desert.
Something is crawling beneath the sandy bottom. A beast without legs. cold skin. scales! No, it doesn’t actually exist.
It is simply a phenomenon that occurred as a result of the existence of the abyss projecting its influence onto this place. Actually, that crocodile-headed cultist is-
“[Scaleed Schemer]! Show me the wrath of the desert!”
[Scaleful Scheme]?
[Sebek (????????????????) (Egyptian god, depicted with a crocodile’s head.)] You mean?
It is a being of such minor abyss that it is difficult to even remember what abilities it has.
No, it’s minor so you don’t really remember it, right? yes? You don’t have any weird sub-themes other than that damn crocodile, do you? Please say yes!
Rumbling! Rumble!
A sandstorm of sand, lightning, and terrible winds rushes in to hit me.
“Oh, I don’t know. “Anyway, you have nothing to do!”
This is the mission that Kim Shin-hwa must achieve today.
one. Chae Tae-won escapes.
two. Let’s find out what’s behind Jeong Hyeon-ah.
Oh, and now the three things to start with – We will destroy all cultists other than members of the Cheongho faction.
I pulled out the [Sword of the Flesh] and swung it towards the rushing vortex, activating magic.
[The unique function of the L-class weapon ‘Sword of the Flesh’, ‘the power to cut barriers’, is activated.
// Power to cut through barriers: Cuts through space.]
Sigh!
The space between the vortex and me is distorted in a strange way – the laws of space are reversed in all directions.
[Sword Realm]
A spiraling force? Dangerous natural phenomenon?
No, that is my enemy.
So go and cut down your enemies. Cut off the head of anyone who shows hostility toward me. Strike, hurt. call for blood
Clap la la la la rock!!
The concept and image of the [sword] extending from the distorted space transforms into tens of thousands of geometrically repeating slashes, striking the vortex. No, cut it down. Cut.
Clap la la la la rock-
And without stopping, it surges forward – entangling the crocodile-headed sword. Did you hear a scream? Have you prayed and called on God’s name?
The time the [Sword Realm] was maintained was very short, but-
After the spell was lifted, I looked around and found nothing standing unharmed within a 1km radius.
“Well, it’s a natural disaster in many ways.”
Everything that was made with stone as a base, like concrete, turned into sand, and I cut down all the metallic objects that did not turn into sand.
The Cheongho faction’s lackeys are lying with their heads buried in the sand, holding their heads.
“hey.”
“Hey, hey!”
“Aaaah!”
Gangsters struggling, shedding spit and tears. They struggled on the sand to somehow get away from me.
Is it a bit too much to say that the fear caused by the concept of the [sword] has cut off their reason and even their faith?
Well, it must have been scary because it had a similar effect of [inducing fear]. So much so that the control that the guy called [Scaleed Schemer] had instilled in them was blown away.
“Where is it?”
Ah, here it is.
It is the corpse of a cultist with a crocodile head.
Unlike other gangsters, the crocodile-headed guy who was hit directly by the sword is rolling around on the sand with his limbs cut into dozens of pieces.
“hmm. “You can see the consistency of the theme.”
I didn’t kill him.
Because you can’t kill a dead person again.
‘Besides, it’s a bit weird to call it a crocodile head now.’
As soon as the crocodile mask came off, the cultist immediately turned into a dark brown dried mummy and collapsed.
“Anyway, it’s not a theme that suits Cheongho or Jeong Hyun-ah. “What kind of person mixed Egyptian themes into Cheongho’s without permission?”
As a gamer of [Cthulhu World]… … I know this game doesn’t really care about consistency like that – but it still bothers me.
Anyway, I picked up the crocodile mask that an unknown cult member was wearing and made a call.
“What is that? Cheongho, you killed him, right?”
– Hmm, maybe that was a bit too much? But I wasn’t talking nonsense. We were originally close. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to create the Triad.
Jeokdu answers with a shameless smile.
“I am adding this in case there is any misunderstanding, but I did not kill Cheongho.”
– I guess so. Anyway, just as you said, a bunch of them came pouring in here too.
“Seeing as you speak comfortably, it seems like the issue has been resolved.”
– Yes, I killed all the monsters you sent.
“great. “Let’s just finish cleaning up here and then head over there.”
* * *
“It’s done.”
“… … Thank you for your hard work.”
Chae Taewon, who was standing with a sad expression, bows his head towards me. Ugh, you’re bending down to almost 90 degrees.
“Your subordinates… … .”
I turned my head again and looked at the deserted place.
It can be seen clearly from here too. Gangsters floundering on the sand in delirium.
“No one died. But everyone will have to stay in the hospital for a while.”
“thank you.”
Chae Taewon’s voice is somber. You must be very heartbroken.
“yes. I’ll take care of all the rest, so just hide in a suitable place for a while.
“no. You can’t just leave everything to Kim Shinhwa and say you don’t know. “Can’t I join you?”
Hmm – there’s nothing I can’t do as a companion, but honestly, it’s just a burden.
Now, there is a huge gap between Chae Tae-won and me, and even if he were by my side, I would end up protecting Chae Tae-won rather than helping me.
As have the people who have been by my side in most situations so far.
So I refused.
“From now on, I am going to meet Jeokdu. “This may create an uncomfortable situation for both parties. If we need help, we will contact you immediately.”
“but-”
Chae Taewon opened his mouth again with an expression filled with regret and earnestness, but I raised my right hand and pointed to the place that had become a desert.
“Director, shouldn’t you take care of those friends? “In order to restore the organization, the director must be safe.”
Chae Tae-won, who read between the lines in my words, takes half a step back with a slightly pale expression.
“Kim Shinhwa. Please lady-”
In situations similar to this, I gave the wrong answer.
Thanks to you, I learned not to give affirmations in these situations. Nevertheless, I decided to repeat the same mistake again.
“If I can get it, I will definitely get it.”
“thank you. thank you.”
Chae Taewon held my left hand, which had a strange pattern on it, and expressed his gratitude several times.
fantasy,
