Chapter 151

Clash (4)

“Whoa.....”

Lennok, who took out a cigarette from his arms with a tired expression, slowly reaped his territory.

It is good to amplify one’s mana power through the realm, but the sense of exhaustion that comes along with the consumption of mana is tremendous.

This reaction, which makes your head blank and your thinking dull, is the price you pay for the miracle of matching your sensory sphere with the entire space.

Implementing a change in the nature of a person’s intentions in a specific area required an enormous amount of mental strength and will.

Was it an attempt to buy Lennok time to recover?

Beyond Dylan and Mila, who stood in his way, he could see Irina, who remained alone and met his gaze.

Lennok said, looking straight at the sight of the faintly trembling tip of the greatsword she was holding.

“I can guess what kind of injury you got and how you got here by looking at the thing you’re holding in your hand.”

“.........”

“That demonic sword wriggling unpleasantly. In fact, it must be something that cannot be used without sucking the blood of others, right?”

If it’s an Artifact that can withstand even the reversal of magic using Lennok’s Realm, then it’s definitely a high-quality item. However, at the same time, it was an item that satisfied Irina’s own use.

The moment when he teamed up with the fat man to ambush Lennok from the basement.

All of the finely chopped incontinence must have been the result of the sword strike she created in an instant.

Cutting power enough to cut through several meters of concrete at once. And even if they collide head-on with Lennok’s magic, it’s destructive power will never be pushed back.

Indeed, how much of that blood-drinking greatsword was Irina Pesfield’s skill?

“Seeing that, everyone understands that they wanted to be treated by a medicine man. The fact that the promising leader of the exploration actually fell into harm while using a demonic sword that sucked people’s blood must have been a secret that could not be said even with a tearing mouth.”

Seeing her wince, Lennog smirked.

Lennok continued to move his mouth and watch her reaction with cold eyes.

The important thing is not to find out facts and causation.

It was enough to shake her a little before the final battle to come.

“How many people have you killed?”

“......”

“How many of your members have you killed to use that dog-like sword?”

If it was a cursed device that only works by drinking human blood, it would be a natural outcome.

In particular, Irina Pesfield was the leader of the expedition, whose job it was to explore rare ruins.

It is not strange at all that even if you borrow the power of the magic sword to your heart’s content, the phenomenon of running out of fuel occurs.

And isn’t it obvious who would have been sacrificed to overcome the difficulties of the moment.

At the same time as Lennok continues to speak, thoughts follow each other.

The moment something vaguely conjectured in your head is uttered in specific language, it instantly turns into a clear conviction.

Natural intuition and observation. Perfectly established logical thinking led Lennok to the correct answer in an instant.

“...Compared to the outstanding achievements of the expedition team, there were rumors that relatively many unsolved artifacts were circulating. But what if it was an artifact that could not be easily disclosed to the public, rather than just to keep the treasure for themselves?”

“........Please stop it.”

“If all the results are disclosed transparently and the ‘unsavory thing’ that happened in the process of exploring the ruins is accidentally revealed–” “

Shut up!!!!”

Irina’s voice, which had lost its composure, resounded through the villa.

“......”

“Whoa......”

Irina turned away from Lennok, who was silent, and walked slowly to the side.

A member of the expedition team who was knocked out in the previous battle. Towards the back of her chest, as if she was still breathing, faintly moving her chest.

Fu-wook!

She thrust the greatsword in with all her might.

“Eww?!”

At the same time, like a living creature, the greatsword began to suck human blood while gurgling loudly.

“Wow..... disgusting bastard...”

Mila frowned.

A mercenary with a lot of bones wouldn’t have been offended by this level, so her words were a reminder of Irina’s actions of conserving strength by using her colleagues as nourishment.

However, Irina did not blink an eye and opened her mouth without hesitation.

“I’m sorry. If only one of the three of them had been killed, this wouldn’t have happened... I’ll have to pay more attention to the next expedition.”

“Every word you say is like a gem. Isn’t that a concept?”

Her attitude that this was not the first time something like this had happened was so unconcerned that it made Lennok stick out his tongue.

I thought he was unluckily involved with the cold-blooded exploration leader, but it turned out that he was almost a psychopath.

Was the calm and ruthlessness he had shown so far actually a camouflage to cover up his spirit that seemed even fanatical?

“Well, it’s not like I’m doing this because I like it. It’s just that there are things that need to be retrieved, and I’ve been rummaging around in old graves for that.”

flutter!

A simple cloak on her shoulder fluttered, and at the same time a silver staff appeared from her waist.

Light suddenly descended from the sky centered on Irina, who pulled out a pair of wings hanging from her head and quickly recited a chant.

Aaaaaaa!!

An enormous amount of holy light falling like a waterfall from the dry sky.

Although there was no magical power or magic, it is not difficult to see that it was a very powerful self-supporting technique.

“If you think about it, everything was twisted from the beginning. After failing to search the auction house to obtain the talisman of medicine, and conversely, the separated artifact was taken away... Now the exploration team has lost all power.”

“........”

“It is time to cut the knot that has become so entangled that it cannot be untied.”

coo!!

As soon as Irina took a step, the villa shook violently.

I didn’t even have to think about how much the physical ability contained in that diminutive body was amplified.

“I will kill the three of them, retrieve my lost artifact, and finish all of this. You can ask the body where the medicine line is. Don’t think that you can die easily now that you’ve come this far.”

Irina Fesfield’s expression, as if she thought she had completed all the preparations, was overflowing with a murderous expression that could no longer be hidden.

But does she know

So far, how many corners Lennok had to touch before she was ready.

She didn’t know what to think, but the moment she stupidly watched Lennok activate the area, the game was over.

If she wanted to, she could have reversed all the magical energy that existed in her body at that moment when the realm unfolded, making her unable to recover and killing her.

But I didn’t have to do that and listened to her long nonsense until now.

It was to check all of Irina’s abilities and to check the abilities of her artifacts.

A powerful self-supporting technique that exists in the Archangel’s Staff of Compassion.

The start-up language and the flow of magical power used to activate it. And even the smallest hand gestures were noticed.

Based on that, if you analyze the abilities contained in the Archangel’s Compassion, it won’t be too difficult to find a clue about the ability of the artifact.

“half.”

And Dylan, who had been motionless and silent until now, stepped forward.

“I told you last time. Do you remember?”

“.........”

“In exchange for this job, ask me to choose just one artifact I want.”

“okay.”

“I’ll take it with the sword that woman is holding.”

Come to think of it, Lenok had a different intention to grasp all of Irina’s abilities, but Dylan must have had a reason for staying by his side.

Considering that even before I started working, I had said that I was looking for items related to Guido.

It was clear that that blood-sucking greatsword was one of the targets he was looking for.

Dylan glanced back at Lennok.

“Since you took the risk here to show us your realm, I must tell you a secret of mine.”

As he said that, he very slowly removed the thick gloves from both hands.

Seeing his bare hands exposed through the gloves, Lennok fell silent.

His bare skin was an impossibly deep dark red.

Gooooooh...

Dylan’s bare hand gripped the sword, and at the same time the long long sword he was holding began to heat up.

The sleekly smelted blade instantly turns dark red and scatters blood.

“Milla.”

“Even if you don’t tell me, I’m ready.”

As a cue, Mila pulls the trigger on her shotgun.

Dylan stomped out of the seat, bending his knees, and Irina raised her greatsword.

“let’s go.”

It’s a moment to capture each other’s appearance with both eyes. However, the moment that the breath touched was much shorter than that.

The moment the two sword blades wrapped around each other and fell down, the sound lost its way.

Woooooooooo!!

It wasn’t enough that the villa shook greatly, and now it seems that even the basic structure of the building is shaking.

Was it because the conflict with the exploration team was more tiring than expected?

Instead, I saw Dylan clearing Irina’s severed arm and holding a greatsword.

Looking down at it with a complicated look, Dylan sighed and slowly picked up the greatsword.

“Whoa...”

The hideous looking greatsword held in a dark red hand suited him quite well.

For some reason, the greatsword that had been spitting out blood in Irina’s hand was dutifully silent in Dylan’s hand.

“Ugh... you guys must give me an incentive when you go back.” Lennok

laughed at

Mila’s blunt words, clutching her throbbing head, possibly because she had overused her psychic powers, and leaned her back against the wall of the mansion that was slowly collapsing.

A small dispute that started at the auction house ignited the fuse, and eventually Lennok succeeded in extinguishing the ember before it grew.

I can roughly guess what happened to the Arashak Ruins Exploration Team.

It wasn’t that hard to pinpoint clues with just those words that Irina muttered.

Guido. The name of an unidentified denomination that appeared in the world of WORLD 2.0.

Perhaps she was a person related to the church named Guido, who was responsible for collecting and handing over the artifacts related to the church to the church, and was periodically replacing the exploration team due to the sacrifices that occurred in the process.

The greatsword she had must have been an item that directly helped her in her work and belonged to the Guido Church.

And Dylan faced it right here and succeeded in taking it from Irina.

There must be more hidden reasons why the demonic sword, which seemed to be a member of the church, remained silent in Dylan’s hands even when she held it, but... Lennok did not bother to ask Dylan deeply about the circumstances

.

They were mercenaries and freelancers.

If he needed help, just like Lennok did today, it would be enough if he offered a reward and made a request.

What Lennok had to do now was not to think about the Order of Guido.

Now that the confrontation with the exploration team has been settled.

Lennok’s gaze was finally moving past the numbing obstacle and beyond.

“Shall we go to listen to Jenny’s answer?”

drug lord. Juice Master.

drug trafficking. A business of enormous scale where astronomical money comes and goes.

It is time to move to rob the safe of the greatest colossus that holds 40% of the corrupt desires that occur throughout the continent.

Reconciliation

“It’s over.”

Jenny nodded as she looked away from her laptop.

Beyond the screen, the thunderstorm that had been flashing nonstop until just now had subsided and the scenery of the ruined villa was reflected.

Since he started observing from a considerable distance, he didn’t even see what kind of magic Lennok was using from there, but Jenny had a rough idea of how great he was.

It is because she has been working with a magician called Ban for a considerable amount of time, trying to develop an eye for magic in her own way.

You can never maintain a good relationship for a long time by just asking stupid things that come flying steadily.

There are things that can be done only when you have basic knowledge about the way freelancers handle work, and control the important things that seem trivial, such as the working environment and working time preferences of the freelancers you belong to.

“Isn’t that great?”

Jenny thought so and spoke to the person sitting across from her.

“.........”

Ignoring the inaudible reply, she continued.

“Even after throwing that much firepower in one shot, the shape of the mansion remains almost the same as before.”

It’s not very noticeable, but it’s absolutely impossible unless you have almost perfect control over the power you wield.

This was always the way Lennok handled things, as if the sword he swung never had a drop of blood on it.

“Ban doesn’t say anything about his magical prowess, but everyone knows that talent isn’t of the ordinary kind. It’s not just the qualities of a mage, it’s more like a matchmaker.”

Even if you don’t say anything, everyone will recognize the awl sticking out of your pocket.

A callous attitude that makes no judgment about oneself.

However, his unique overwhelming ability and perfect workmanship make even such cold pride appear as firm trust.

The achievements she achieved within a year of starting her freelance life were something she had never seen before, even as she had been a broker for a long time.

“I know. That Van had no intention of being satisfied with this kind of life. Common sense makes no sense. In the first place, it’s ridiculous that a person like this appeared in a back alley overnight. There are circumstances, and in the end, this life is just a means to him.”

“.....so?”

The mouth of the person facing Jenny opened.

“What do you want to say, Jenny? You didn’t invite me because you wanted to brag about your partner right now, right?”

“No way. What I want to say is... sooner or later the game on this street may change.”

“......”

At those words, the man leaned deeply towards her for the first time.

“It’s a bit surprising.”

“.........”

“I thought you were the type to hate saying things like that. Did he like you that much?”

It is difficult to say that the existence of only one person will create waves in the shadowy territory of the Balkans.

Especially if you know the details of the darkness buried in this city.

A place overflowing with power and desire that even the head of the agent, Evelyn Marcia, cannot touch.

If you look at that depth, there’s no way she wouldn’t know that freelance is just a level where you’ve just dipped your toes.

But nonetheless, it must mean that Jenny has enough confidence in the wizard that she is Van, to bring out these words to him now.

Jenny nodded meekly.

“that’s right. So please lend me your strength.”

“It’s strength...”

“I say I don’t know what will happen to people, but I’m even thinking of completely reorganizing my business centered on my class. And in the process, we are looking for competent investors and partners who can cooperate.”

“jenny.”

“At the current rate, half of them will be out of the freelance category in no time. Since you’ve already created a silver circle while intertwining with Dyke corporations and agents, it’s only a matter of time before you run into those who rule the outskirts of the megalopolis. You have to be prepared before that.”

“...........”

He remained silent at Jenny’s firm words.

He knew both Kaise and Jenny and had been watching her for a long time since she started working as a broker.

He also knew that she had something she wanted to accomplish by cooperating with Ban.

At one time, that expectation was directed toward men, too.

The man chuckled and laughed.

“I should have met Dylan when he started talking... I was too lazy.”

He got up from his seat and lightly put down the glass he was holding.

“It is difficult to give an answer right now. you know?”

“of course.”

Jenny answered.

At least I’m satisfied that I didn’t hear a negative answer here.

That’s why the influence he had on this street was difficult to be easily touched.

It’s okay if you don’t actively cooperate. If at least we can get tacit consent to what she’s doing...

The man smiled and waved before leaving the bar, whether or not he knew what Jenny was thinking.

“See you again. It was nice to see you after a long time.”

“Yes, come visit often—”

He is kind and always keeps a smile on his face, but not many people read the other side of that smile.

There was a lot of talk about crouching down and waiting for the right moment even though you have the power to prove yourself.

He hadn’t moved for a long time so that such an evaluation would be colorless.

Could what she’s doing now ignite his fuse?

It was something you wouldn’t know unless you tried it.

“Antares.”

The leader of the Antares Mercenary Corps.

A former war mercenary who wandered the continent and rose to the top of the Balkan mercenary industry with just two fists.

An overwhelming force capable of being compared to the monsters of the city government with simple force alone.

A shadowy tycoon who stirs up the industry just by moving.

He is a unique character who is both defended and criticized for his ambiguous actions, but at least he is the person Jenny has the highest chance of making as an ally.

It wasn’t until the heavy momentum that weighed down the crowd disappeared that Jenny slumped down on the bar.

“Are you okay?”

At Jordan’s question, who was standing next to him, Jenny weakly asked Jangcho.

“.....I did everything I could. No matter what you say, he’s a guy who doesn’t move unless he judges for himself. I’ll figure it out on my own.”

“He was a man who didn’t react at all until the moment Kaise died. It would be impossible to fathom the depth of that heart.

“Trust my eyes.”

she answered.

In the hazy smoke, only Jenny’s eyes shone clearly.

“Because that man will surely see the same things he saw in the wizard Van.”