episode_0057

57. Alliance.

Whooooosh······.

A thick cloud of dust rises up, suffocating just by looking at it. The momentum is so great that a middle-aged man with an eye patch on his left eye waves his hand to clear away the dust.

“I should have brought a KF mask.”

“Team Leader, it wouldn’t fit your big face anyway, would it?”

“I can wear two.”

“Ah.”

The middle-aged man with a large face answered with an expressionless face. He then slowly raised his hand toward his shoulder. A black parrot with rolling eyes was on his long collarbone.

He stroked the parrot’s chest with his finger and said,

“It’s about time to get started. There are still many alive.”

[Get started, get started! Many, many!]

The parrot repeated the middle-aged man’s last words a few times, then inflated its rib cage. I wonder how elastic its lungs are; its chest swelled larger than its torso.

Immediately after, the parrot’s diaphragm contracted rapidly.

[Chirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-]

“······.”

“······.”

The sound was too small compared to the performance it had shown earlier. It was about the sound of a mosquito in the middle of summer night. But the ripple effect was enormous. From the beginning, it was not a sound made for ‘humans’ to hear.

Thud thud thud thud-!

“Uahahahaha!”

“Kill! Killaaaaa!”

Dozens of players who popped out from somewhere all started to charge towards the dust cloud. Different colored parrots were flying up from the spots where they started charging. They were the ones who delivered the black parrot’s signal.

At that time, a young man next to the middle-aged man with a large face took something out. It was a tree branch that could be easily found anywhere. The white color was noticeable.

The young man, holding the pure white tree branch with both hands, quietly moved his lips.

“تهب الرياح، والشوارع المظلمة، ومناظر خاوية.”

Immediately after, the robe the young man was wearing fluttered.

“puuuuu qussss!”

An intangible force was created on the emaciated tree branch. Its size was about the size of a basketball, very small. Soon, the young man’s spell flew in a parabola towards the center of the dust cloud.

The middle-aged man watched this from the side with shining eyes.

‘I don’t understand a word of what he’s saying. I wonder if that really works.’

He said he learned it from the natives for a lot of money, but it felt lacking. It was fortunate that it wasn’t completely ineffective.

While the middle-aged man was thinking that, the spell arrived at its intended location.

At that moment, an amazing thing happened.

Swooooooosh-

Dust began to be sucked in, centering on the spell. I don’t know where that little thing got its power from, but the speed was very fast. Most of the particles disappeared in just a few seconds. Or rather, it was absorbed exactly.

“······Already!”

“Let’s get out of here for now······ Cough!”

Thwack! Bang!

“Good timing! It’s also good to eat karma!”

“That one is mine!!”

Thanks to this, the players who ran towards the dust cloud earlier benefited. In fact, they were also uneasy. They were told to charge, so they were going, but they couldn’t see the front very well.

‘I never imagined they would solve it this quickly!’

The humans who allied with the middle-aged man with the eye patch were delighted. Thanks to the parrot, they could know the extent of their power. Of course, they were also afraid. Because they were not ordinary guys.

But they were tired, and they made the first move at the best timing.

‘Druid, I’ve never heard of such a job.’

The man who was slicing up Yohan’s team member suddenly thought. He clearly didn’t see the name Druid in the job selection list he saw before entering the first floor.

What is the identity of that middle-aged man? But the man’s thoughts did not last long.

“Kueuuck!”

Clang!

Even though he was rotten, Yohan’s team member fought back. As Yohan occupied the area, he picked out only the best-looking members. Although they are outnumbered, Yohan’s team overwhelms in quality.

But he was tired. The recoil felt very minimal. He was injured by the large-scale attack that had just been poured out, and he had consumed stamina by occupying many areas.

Wham!

The man swung his forefoot cheerfully. The team member could not defend against the obvious attack. His physical condition was serious. The team member rolled miserably on the floor. He could tell from the sensation felt from the soles of his feet. This is broken.

“Ugh, you’re tough. Why don’t you just give up? Do you even know how many people have gathered to catch you?”

“······.”

The team member did not answer the man’s sarcasm. He just buried his head on the floor.

The man didn’t expect a smooth conversation, so he slowly approached him. To end his life.

“Hehehehehe······.”

The man, who was moving with light steps, stopped slightly. He then tilted his head to the side.

“What? Are you crazy? Are you crazy?”

“······Keuheu, that can’t be. You guys must be crazy.”

“Us? I’m fine.”

The man frowned. It was unpleasant. He was genuinely laughing as if he was enjoying this situation. That sincere heart was conveyed, making it even more annoying.

“Unless you’re crazy, you wouldn’t come to kill the Team Leader with just that many people.”

“Team Leader? Puhahaha, I’ve never seen such a crazy guy. Do you really think you have a chance of winning? Even if your Team Leader manages to escape by luck, he can’t escape. That old man’s pets are all over the second floor.”

“Are you talking about that ugly parrot?”

“Oh, that’s right. I guess you’re not a complete idiot.”

As he said, their large-scale attack was not only aimed at a simple massacre. It was to divide the guys and defeat them one by one.

As expected, Yohan’s team members scattered in search of their own way to survive, which became a good prey.

The man put a long sword to the back of the team member’s neck.

“I’ll kill you quickly as a reward. Are you thankful?”

“Yes, I’m thankful.”

“Okay.”

Thwack, that was the end. The unknown team member turned into pure white particles and scattered into the air.

The man turned his head to find new prey.

“That bastard is unlucky, where is he bluffing······.”

Suddenly, the man’s words blurred. Soon, the pronunciation trickled down and flowed to the ground. The man rolled his eyes down. There, a black kunai was sticking its head out. But somehow it was too close.

“Keureureuk······.”

‘M, my tongue, it’s not moving······!’

A fierce question swept through the man’s head. Why? Why didn’t he run away? Why, with stealth skills like this······

At that moment, the attacker behind him answered as if he had seen into his heart.

“Counterattack, I don’t know if our Team Leader is reckless or brave.”

A man in a black mask. Oh Tak-hoon said monotonously and lowered his hand. In line with that, the kunai tore the trachea lengthwise.

The man turned into a brilliant light along with suffocation. Thanks to this, the surrounding gazes gathered on Oh Tak-hoon.

Oh Tak-hoon was indifferent even in front of those numerous gazes. Because he firmly believed in the Team Leader. At least Yohan had never made a misjudgment.

“Who is that bastard!”

“That’s him! The Team Leader’s errand boy!”

“I’m not an errand boy.”

Oh Tak-hoon frowned.

“The guy who always wears black tights! The guy who poops in the diaper inside the tights!”

“Dirty bastard! Kill him!”

The middle-aged man with the eye patch monitored every move of Yohan’s team through the parrot, and shared all the information obtained with the allied teams.

They knew. How dangerous that black spandex was.

So they decided to do their best. The paladin, who was spewing personal attacks at Oh Tak-hoon, laid his greatsword horizontally and swung it. It was an attack that took up an overwhelming area compared to other swords.

It seemed more accurate to say he was hitting rather than cutting. In fact, that was the goal.

‘Whether he hits, dodges, or blocks! You’re going to die no matter what!’

From the beginning, it was enough to minimize Oh Tak-hoon’s movements to gain an advantage. They were the majority, and this spandex was alone.

The essence of ganging up was to gain spatial superiority. The paladin faithfully carried this out.

─But his idea was wrong. Oh Tak-hoon was the one in the superior position.

Clang!

“······Huh?”

Thwack- The paladin looked down with trembling eyes. Oh Tak-hoon’s fist was placed near his Adam’s apple.

There was something dark at the end of the fist. It was the handle of a dagger. The moment he recognized it, the paladin’s entire body scattered white.

Thanks to this, the attempts of the people who were trying to attack Oh Tak-hoon from different directions failed. The sound of different weapons colliding haphazardly behind Oh Tak-hoon could be heard.

Oh Tak-hoon lightly turned the kunai in both hands and looked back.

“I guess this is how Sarah felt. It’s like I’m using a bug.”

“W, what are you talking about······.”

“Don’t talk to him! The more time we give him, the more we lose! Kill him right now!!”

Someone asked a question at the incomprehensible sound. But a man who came to his senses cut off the words by shouting loudly.

An unknown man extended a spear at Oh Tak-hoon.

Thud!

“······!”

Immediately after, something like a cloudy barrier blocked his spear.

Oh Tak-hoon’s low voice echoed in the ears of the bewildered man.

“It’s an infinite evasion rate bug. You guys.”

Thwack-!