Chapter 160: Counterattack (1)
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The complete conquest of the smuggling cave.
And after fending off the attack of <Villain>.
Without even a moment to rest, we hurried back to Korea.
The academy might also get attacked.
It was because of the information that the academy was also attacked while we were being attacked by Cha Soo-yeon and Ji Yoon-jae.
When returning, we received a lot of help from the <Mans Term> clan, our collaborating clan.
Shimizu Kenzo and Akiba Miyura actively helped us, and additional personnel were also assigned.
Through a special prisoner transport of criminal Holders, a total of 9 members of the <Villain> clan were transferred to Seoul, and they were transferred as-is to the Korea Holders Association.
And the party members who were scattered to their respective affiliations.
I ran straight to the academy without even looking further.
In the academy, which was a mess due to the attack, there was Professor Tak Won-ho alone guarding the campus.
Teacher!!
As soon as I saw him, I ran over.
Instead of the title of Professor that I usually call him, the title of Teacher slipped out.
Of course, his condition was beyond words.
There was a huge stab wound in his chest area, and traces of bloodstains and wounds were engraved here and there.
Not to mention the countless scratches drawn all over his upper body.
In one word, a battered body.
It was a body condition that indicated traces of intense combat.
Anger rises to the top of my head.
I was already angry that we were attacked at the smuggling cave, but when I saw that the academy was attacked and civilians around were hurt, my anger flared up.
I asked him, clenching my fist.
What What bastard is it. Right now
Calm down.
At that, Professor Tak Won-ho rather calmed me down in a composed tone.
He is already a senior Holder with a lot of experience and long career.
Even in this situation, he never loses his composure.
Thanks to him, I was also able to calmly settle my mind.
Seeing my teacher with a big injury Ive never seen before, I must have gotten extremely excited without realizing it.
Whats important is from now on. Anyway, we somehow survived.
Professor Tak Won-ho asked me continuously with a calm face.
Yes. Did you find all the evidence on site in Japan, and catch the Villain members who attacked?
Yes. In particular, this site was Villains new trading place, so catching them and simultaneously dealing financial damage to the bastards will be quite significant. Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)
Well done. Youve done something really big. Thanks to you, the Villain side must be quite urgent as well.
Creak-
At the same time as those words, the door of the professors office opened.
And soon, three professors walked in.
They were familiar faces.
Yoo Eun-seol, whom I havent seen in a while, Kim Myeong-hyun with a rather dark expression, and a professor with a face I see for the first time came in at once.
Like Professor Tak Won-ho, the last professor also had a large wound on one arm.
It seemed to be the professor who took the brunt of the attack within the academy.
Oh
Seeing them, I immediately stood up and bowed my head.
Yoo Eun-seol and Professor Kim Myeong-hyun slightly raised their hands to accept my greeting.
The top brass of the academy and the current strongest at the academy in terms of combat ability.
Very rare figures gathered together.
I briefly wondered if I could be in a seat with such prestigious professors.
Ive heard the news.
Yoo Eun-seol, who was the first to enter, opened her mouth.
Her complexion looked very bad.
Professor Kang Dong-wook assumed the worst case scenario.
Thats why we need to assemble our forces as soon as possible and reclaim this item from the Villain.
How so? Yoo Eun-seol asked.
Its easy to say.
Get back the stolen item and take revenge on the <Villain>.
If only it was possible, it would have been a plan that was implemented long before now.
But no one knows the whereabouts of the <Villain>s base.
As they are composed in a cell-type organization, even the low-ranking clan members dont know their base
The clan leaders move their residence using various illegal items.
Unable to locate the exact position, neither the Association nor each clan has been able to launch an annihilation operation so far.
However, Professor Kang Dong-wooks expression seemed confident.
Its through this guy.
Professor Kang Dong-wook spread his hand.
Seeing that, I cocked my head.
What is this guy?
Because at first glance, there was nothing in that hand.
But when looking closely, I saw something.
Professor Kang Dong-wook slowly held out his hand.
On it, I spotted something very tiny, like a speck.
If you dont look very closely, its something that is completely invisible.
This thing is a bug called an F-grade monster, a special small-sized monster that can only be found in insect nesting dungeons.
F-grade monster. Bug.
It was a monster name I had never hunted or heard of before.
Professor Kang Dong-wook talked as he looked around at the monster I was seeing for the first time.
As you can see, this monster is so small that its hard to discern its shape with the naked eye, and it has no magic in its body, making it difficult to detect even with magic sensing.
That alone proved why the gathered professors and I were unaware of its existence here.
Well, it may be an advantage since it has almost no lethal power, but still.
In anticipation of such a situation, I had attached a trained bug to the Order of Harmony item at all times. I suppose even Hwang Seong-yeon from the Villain who took the item didnt notice this part.
Upon hearing that, I roughly understood why Professor Kang Dong-wook was bringing up this random story.
Not just that the item was simply taken away, but that some special device was installed.
It seemed like he wanted to appeal that point
In fact, that explanation alone was insufficient.
What great significance is there in it having no magic? Theres no way to convey the location anyway.
Having no magic makes it difficult to find.
In other words, it means there is no way for us to locate it either.
The same goes even if its a trained monster.
[Summoning] tamed monsters is one of the combat methods of common tamed monster art Holders, but that doesnt mean they can identify the current location of the tamed monster.
Monster taming is only achieved through a kind of contract and high intimacy, not an affiliation.
However, Professor Kang Dong-wook shook his head at my question.
There is a way. Instead of combat power, they have some characteristics unique only to themselves. Thats why, for bugs
Characteristics?
Professor Kang Dong-wook slowly answered me.
Yes. Bugs are small and weak, but there are many of them and communication with their kind is active. Therefore, despite having no magic, through special signals, they can still let their kind figure out direction and location.
Ah!!
When that explanation came out.
Everyone gathered in the professors office was amazed.
Only then did everyone realize what Professor Kang Dong-wook was trying to say, what it meant.
That is, through this bug attached to the Order of Harmony item We plan to locate the Villains base.
At first glance, the monster seems completely useless.
But by taming it, he had planted a spy to identify the <Villain>s location.
It was
A kind of biological GPS made through monster taming.
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