Chapter 649

Chapter 649

Chae Hyung-Seok’s head literally exploded.

The Sniper Mode of the +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp on top of the one hundred fifty gold bullet had enough kinetic energy to not only penetrate an Adventurer's head but pop it open like a watermelon as well.

“Huh?” Siegfried muttered in disbelief, unable to believe his own eyes.

“Kyu? O-Owner punk...? Was that damage for real?”

“I-I’m not sure...?”

Siegfried looked down at his +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp and saw that the nozzle was glowing bright red with white smoke coming out of it.

“...”

Yong Tae-Pung was speechless upon witnessing what Siegfried had just done. He did hear from the four legends that Siegfried was capable of absorbing knowledge like a sponge, but this was just completely absurd.

He could accept the monstrous damage that he dealt to Chae Hyung-Seok, as Siegfried was famous for his explosive damage, but Siegfried's accuracy at such a distance was what shocked Yong Tae-Pung.

‘W-Where did this monster come from...?’ Yong Tae-Pung wondered.

“I still have four bullets left, so let’s use them all up,” Siegfried said.

“Kyuuu!”

“Do you see that guy?”

Siegfried and Hamchi proceeded to look for their next targets.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of gunfire rang three times afterward.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Three Oberg Guild members had their heads popped like a balloon, just like Chae Hyung-Seok, and they all died on the spot.

And...

Bang!

The final bullet flew toward the guild master of the Oberg Guild, Diesel, but—

Thud!

—the bullet hit him, but it unfortunately didn't kill him like the others. Instead, the very expensive piece of armor that he was wearing shattered completely upon impact, and he was thrown face-first to the ground.

Diesel’s Defense was absurdly high. After all, he managed to withstand an attack that Chae Hyung-Seok and the others couldn't withstand.

“Aww! Too bad!”

“Kyuu! That was close, owner punk!”

The two were disappointed upon seeing that Diesel was still alive.

Siegfried transformed his +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp back to a hammer and said, “It is a shame he did not die, uncle.”

“Y-Yeah, it is...” Yong Tae-Pung replied, sweating profusely.

“But I guess it is a relief we managed to conquer this place so easily.”

“And it’s all thanks to you.”

“Come on, I really did not do anything.”

“If it weren't for you—”

BOOM!

Yong Seol-Hwa swung her gigantic war hammer and smashed an Oberg Guild member into a bloody paste. She then walked up to Siegfried and Yong Tae-Pung.

“Tae-Sung... Oppa...” Yong Seol-Hwa muttered, tears forming in her eyes.

“Huh? Seol-Hwa?”

The two gazed into each other’s eyes, leaving Yong Tae-Pung standing awkwardly by himself. The living legend felt a sharp pain in his heart after seeing that his beloved daughter had not even spared him a glance and focused only on another man.

‘Argh!’ Yong Tae-Pung grimaced and almost clutched his chest from the pain.

Meanwhile, the four Legends snuck up behind Yong Tae-Pung and dragged him away.

“Hey, just let them be.”

“Let’s go.”

“See? There’s no point in raising a daughter!”

“Hey, man. I suggest you just leave before you get hurt even more.”

“Also, I apologize for not telling you that Tae-Sung was on our side. A lot of things were happening at the same time, and it was quite a stressful moment for all of us. Hahaha!”

Yong Tae-Pung proceeded to discuss various things, such as how they could better defend the Sword Gorge with his guild executives.

It was then...

“When are we attacking?” asked an Adventurer by the ID, BadGuy. He was one of the oldest members of the Mandate of Heaven Guild, and he was a key member of the guild as well.

“We... can’t attack for the time being,” Yong Tae-Pung replied with a hint of disappointment in his voice.

“Huh? We cannot attack?” BadGuy asked in response.

“For the time being...”

“Why is that?”

“That is... I’m sorry for saying this, but it seems that there’s a spy among us,” Yong Tae-Pung said as carefully as he could.

The guild executives murmured among themselves.

“S-Spy? In our guild?”

“No way that’s possible.”

“I find that hard to believe...”

They were stunned by Yong Tae-Pung's declaration and couldn't quite accept it at all.

Their reactions were understandable, as the Mandate of Heaven Guild made up for their lacking numbers with very tight-knit members, which made it even harder to believe that a rat was among them.

“I don’t want to believe it either, but I’m certain after thinking about it over and over again. The fact that information regarding the Geyser of Life was leaked and how they kept on hitting us whenever we’re exposed... it just doesn’t make sense.”

“Maybe you are just imagining it, boss? I mean, what if the enemy is just really good at gauging their—” BadGuy said.

Yong Tae-Pung shook his head and cut him off, “No, the opposite happened when I decided to keep Tae-Sung's cooperation with us a secret. What do you think would have happened if I had announced that Tae-Sung was on our side all along? Would we have conquered the Sword Gorge as easily as we had done today?”

“Hmm...”

“They would’ve prepared a trap to annihilate all of us.”

“R-Really?”

“There are plenty of other reasons why I came to the conclusion that there’s a spy in the guild, and that spy is probably... one of us—an executive member of the guild.”

Yong Tae-Pung scanned the room right after he said those words and all twelve executive members seemed shocked, unable to believe him.

“So until we find out who the spy is, we can’t attack carelessly and are forced to defend until—” Yong Tae-Pung said carefully, but he was interrupted by someone raising their hand.

“Can I say something?” Siegfried asked with his hand up.

“Hmm? You have something to say, Tae-Sung?”

“Yes, may I?”

“Sure.”

“Thank you,” Siegfried said with a bow. Then, he turned to the executive members and said, “I have a trustworthy lie detector, so would you all like to try it out? It is not a hundred percent accurate, but there is no harm in trying it out.”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?” Yong Tae-Pung asked.

“It is as I said. It is an item that acts like a lie detector.”

“A-A lie detector?!”

“It does not gauge your heart rate like the ones used in real life.”

“Then?”

“Erm... It is a bit difficult to explain, so why don’t we just test it out?”

“Hmm...”

Yong Tae-Pung found it hard to believe that there was an item in the game that could work as a lie detector, and Yong Tae-Pung's reaction was perfectly normal.

Yes, this was a virtual reality game, but how could an item detect whether the player was lying or not? Technology had made great advancements in recent years, but there wasn't anything like that at all. Otherwise, the item would have long become ubiquitous among police or prosecutors.

In addition, if people could no longer lie to others, the world would then become an ideal place, just like in those novels or movies. Of course, it was all ifs.

“I find it hard to believe,” Yong Tae-Pung said with a hint of skepticism.

“There is no way a game item can detect whether the player is lying about something they did in real life.”

“Hmm?”

“But what if it could detect whether they are lying about something they did in the game?”

“Something they had done in the game—don’t tell me?” Yong Tae-Pung said, sounding shocked as his eyes shot wide open.

“Yes, that's right,” Siegfried replied with a smirk. Then, he added, “It can probably read the game logs and make a judgement based on those logs.”