Chapter 849

Chapter 849

“But it’s not like we’re in World War II with the Japanese army. 《Banzai attacks》 don’t work in this era.”

However, that was not the case ‘right now’. That was the greatest misfortune for the vampires.

Leeha quickly scanned the swarm of vampires and pointed his finger at them.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on him.

So, what was next?

“〈Terror Familiar: Summon〉.”

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Uncanny appeared at the tip of Leeha’s finger.

The giant bat that was flying had to stop flapping its wings, and the vampires that were rushing forgot to bare their fangs.

Leeha aimed at them.

“I already know it works on you guys...”

There was no need to test it on small-fry vampires.

Wasn’t it a technique that even worked on Chiyou, the second-generation Bathory, and the queen of the vampire clan?

Leeha aimed at them and quickly shouted.

“〈Multi-Warhead Shot〉!”

The cooldown was just one minute.

With more than 5,000 total mana, this skill combo was a piece of cake for Leeha.

As the forty-four bullets cleaned up all the remaining vampires, Uncanny also vanished.

“If this was a musket, I’d blow away the gunpowder smoke with a ‘whoosh!’. Right?”

『Myong?』

“Modern guns lack that a bit. Hehe.”

『Myong! Myoooong!』

Expressing gratitude for Jellypong’s incomprehensible response, Leeha carefully opened his item window.

“Now, it’s time to unwrap the gift... Please, please, this feels like gambling, but there is some sweetness to it.”

Closing one eye and squinting the other, Leeha chuckled at his trembling self and pressed the detailed window of Black Bass.

“Voila!”

〈Awakened Legend of Black Bass (First Enhancement―Lava)〉

(Untradeable)

Additional Effect―3: Awakening at Charge Rate 30% or more

Sleeping at Charge Rate below 10%

Charge Rate: 14.85%

The gamble was a success.

“Woohoo, haha! 14%, no, almost 15%, amazing!”

Leeha shouted in joy with curses.

‘If 12.77% increased by killing thirty-seven, then one small-fry vampire guarantees about 0.35% charge.’

Was the tightness in his chest a reward for his past efforts?

With a face almost bringing tears, Leeha opened the vampire achievement.

“When there are vampires around... Alarm function....”

With this valuable achievement alone, achieving a 30% charge rate in the dark eastern continent wouldn’t be impossible.

“Not the time for this. Jellypong, to that cave... No, hold tight!”

『Myong?』

Leeha aimed for the cave entrance drilled into the cliff.

Knowing the relationship between vampires and charge rates, every minute and second waiting here was a waste. Even the travel time using Jellypong was a waste.

“〈Ghost in the Shell〉!”

Bang─────────────!

“Ugh!”

『Myoo, myoooong!』

Jellypong’s tentacles quickly extended around them.

The moment the bullet reached the cave wall, Leeha and Jellypong were already inside the cave.

『Myong? Mew!』

Handling twenty-three vampires turned to stone was easier than eating porridge.

Leeha only thought about dealing with these quickly so that he could reach the third vampire area before sunset.

—

– Huh... hyung?

– Hey, Kijung. How’s it going?

– Did you call me?

– What? Who?

Perhaps to be safe, Leeha had been breaking the statues only with bullets and not using Toon’s dagger at all.

In the middle of this, he received Kijung’s message.

– Hyung, did you not call and send this person to me?

– What? What are you talking about? Who?

Kijung’s voice conveyed his confusion.

Leeha was also bewildered because he hadn’t contacted anyone.

Finishing his whisper with Leeha, Kijung bowed to the person standing before him.

“Hello... Pei Wu-nim.”

“Hao! It’s been a while, Master Kay!”

The guild 〈Hwangryong〉, which had the largest number of members in Middle Earth.

Among them, the fourth-ranked user and the strongest of them all.

Pei Wu, who had been rumored to have recently completed a second job change, raised his fist in greeting to Kijung.

– Fe, Pei Wu? Pei Wu is there? Why?

– That’s what I was trying to ask you, but... so it’s not you, hyung.

– What does Pei Wu want?

Hearing Leeha’s flustered voice, Kijung became confident.

– He wants to join. To be precise, he asked if there was a way for him to help.

– ... Hunting Pyrot-Cocri?

– No, yes. That’s all there is, isn’t it? Or is it something else? What?

– What are you talking about?

– That’s why I contacted you! Anyway, hang on!

Kijung ended the whisper and quickly scanned Pei Wu and his surroundings.

Pei Wu continued to look at Kijung with an upright gaze.

Just from that alone, a tremendous aura seemed to emanate, but there was a line of 〈Hwangryong〉 guild members standing by Pei Wu’s side.

Even at a glance, they were the elite members of 〈Hwangryong〉.

‘Such personnel here...’

Why had they suddenly appeared?

Even Kijung, who lacked intuition, couldn’t fail to grasp the meaning behind “wanting to help”.

The issue was that even Pei Wu didn’t exactly know “what he was supposed to help with”.

‘So the story has gotten out but not clearly. Can it be interpreted that way?’

While he didn’t know about Pyrot-Cocri, Kijung did know that something critical was happening at the northernmost point of Shazrashian, and that the person acting as the responsible party was Master Kay=himself.

“Excuse me, Pei Wu-nim, how did you come to know about this—”

“Ha ha, don’t worry about maintaining secrecy. It was some intelligence that reached us 〈Hwangryong〉 guild members, and we are solemnly keeping that secret.”

“Oh, um... so only the four of you present here know about this?”

“Well, not just us—some members were involved in finding Master Kay.”

Pei Wu replied with a somewhat embarrassed expression. It was a part that Kijung was concerned about.

“How many of you then...”

〈Hwangryong〉 guild operated on a different scale compared to typical guilds.

If all their members had flocked to the northernmost point of Shazrashian and “turned it inside out”.

‘Chiyou is likely to find out. As Leeha hyung mentioned, that’s the worst-case scenario—’