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Something in the dark began to approach us as if it were visible.

As if there was no problem even though the four of us were ready for battle.

The enemy’s appearance revealed by the red moonlight…

A giant wearing a crude iron mask.

“Johnny.”

Johnny responded to Sylvia’s call, which had lost its sense of playfulness.

The barrel of the minigun begins to rotate slowly.

It seemed to gain acceleration with each rotation, and soon dozens of magical bullets began to be emitted.

A barrage rushing through the cold night air.

However, the appearance of a giant who rushes forward without any heed.

I thought it would come to a conclusion in an instant.

-Tadadadadak!

But immediately after, a truly strange sight unfolded before my eyes.

This is because the purple bullets all hit the giant’s iron mask.

…Is there any reason to aim for a headshot with a minigun?

“….”

Before anyone could say anything at the strange sight, Sylvia also took out a shotgun and started shooting the giant.

-Crash. Taang!

The clear sound of reloading followed by the fired buckshot hit the giant’s face.

No, is Sylvia also targeting her face? I think I’ll just have to shoot another part and it’ll be over.

Meanwhile, the giant stumbled slightly and extended his right hand towards us.

The force field that appeared by a narrow margin stopped the minigun’s barrage of bullets.

“Let’s go!”

At my shout, Youngmin and I approached the giant as if joining together.

Probably using a portable force field sprayer.

While he was using it, Youngmin and I needed to approach and put pressure on him.

In order to force him to make a choice, Youngmin and I moved forward and increased the distance between us.

Which of the two will block the attacks spreading left and right?

How will you stop using force field sprayers and counter Johnny’s minigun and Sylvia’s shotgun?

In a split second, several options popped into my head.

However, the Geohan chose to block Youngmin’s approach by swinging his blunt weapon.

‘Is that really the right choice?’

Immediately, a barrage of bullets from Johnny’s minigun hit him.

But this time, the magical bullets are focused on the iron mask on the face.

“Johnny?! Can’t you aim somewhere other than the face?!”

“Wait a minute! Something is a little strange!”

Johnny seemed quite embarrassed as he answered me.

The same thing happened when Sylvia fired the shotgun at him again.

Youngmin, who approached Geohan through the gap created by the two, also attacked…

A series of attacks were fired at Iron Mask, leaving anywhere other than Iron Mask alone.

***

This makes it clear.

The iron mask that giant is wearing is clearly a magic tool!

The strength of a magic tool is largely determined by three things.

Who was it made by?

What ingredients went into it?

What restrictions are in place?

Among them, the severity of the restrictions and the power of the magic tool were proportional.

Even with that magic tool, it’s the same.

Common sense tells us that we are wearing an iron mask, but would a normal human body be able to withstand the impact force of a minigun or shotgun?

Because it was night, it wasn’t clear what the giant’s species was.

‘No, this is not the time.’

While Youngmin continued to attack the giant, I quickly transformed into a baby bat.

Geohan was concentrating on Youngmin because the colors were difficult to distinguish at night.

That moment.

I changed into my true self behind the giant.

A vicious right hand immediately swung towards the giant’s head!

If the attack is somehow directed at Iron Mask, why not attack it from behind?

It was clear that the result would be tearing off the head of the giant between my right hand and the iron mask.

“…Huh?”

But the world works differently than I expected.

As if there was a bug in the game, the giant’s neck was bent in a bizarre way, and my right hand ended up scratching not the back of the giant’s head, but the iron mask.

“…!”

However, there was a clear difference from other attacks so far.

Traces of its destructive power remained on the iron mask along with my swung right hand.

Geohan seems very surprised by this result.

Once it was confirmed that I was a threat to him, the giant began to attack me.

“Wow!”

The blunt object, moving at incredible speed, struck my abdomen.

The pain I felt in and around my abdomen didn’t last long, but it wasn’t something I wanted to experience again.

It was a horrible feeling of my flesh being twisted.

“Chris!”

While I was struck by a blunt object and fell back due to the impact, Sylvia and Johnny’s covering fire resumed.

Youngmin took advantage of that opportunity and widened the distance between him and Geohan.

This time, the magic bullet fired by Johnny continued to hit the giant’s iron mask. But this time there seemed to be a bit of a shock.

While the giant stumbled in shock, I turned into a baby bat again.

As he was flying above the giant’s head, looking for an opportunity, Youngmin lunged at him… but the giant seemed to hesitate for some reason.

‘Are we just acquaintances?’

Of course, that wasn’t important right now. I moved quickly so as not to miss this opportunity.

Even in this situation, the giant’s behavior was full of a sense of discomfort.

While Youngmin’s attack was blocked with the iron mask, it began to approach the two behind rather than Youngmin.

‘Ah, now!’

The moment the guy passed Youngmin and was about to approach the two.

Right now I’m looking down at him with a red moon.

There was nothing between me and his iron mask except the cold air of the night.

When I changed into my true form and fell as if I was falling, it was only then that he became aware of my presence.

“It’s late!”

Like cutting a steel plate with a circular saw…

I scratched the giant’s iron mask without hesitation once more and landed lightly on the ground.

“Caught. This little guy.”

He finally opened his mouth.

But the voice was far from urgent.

Sure enough, the giant’s iron mask was still intact.

***

A new deep dent has appeared on the surface, but it is not to the point of breaking.

At that moment, the giant’s blunt weapon moved. The heavy blunt weapon struck my body repeatedly.

Was the reason he didn’t attack Youngmin properly was to hide his ruthlessness?

-Sigh! Wow!

Even though it made a terrible sound, like meat being pounded, I couldn’t really feel the pain.

The final slash follows.

That moment. What came into view was my tattered limbs scattered everywhere.

Unlike when I was the manager, I did not lose consciousness.

Therefore, I had to clearly watch the process of how my body, which had been mercilessly crushed, regained its original shape.

‘Ugh.’

Even though it was my body, I frowned at the extremely disgusting sight.

“…?”

Afterwards, Geohan was surprised to see me getting up as if nothing had happened.

That silence is just for a moment.

This time, a blow with more force was about to be struck against me.

Youngmin suddenly jumped in between the two.

The giant quickly stopped the heavy blunt weapon he was swinging at me, and I took advantage of the opportunity.

My attack touched the iron mask for the third time.

Despite the faint sensation of my body, I had a clear feeling that something had been properly damaged.

-Tuk.

It seemed like the thickness of the clunky iron mask couldn’t hold up to my right hand.

The giant’s face was revealed through the iron mask, which was split in half.

“…Huh?”

But this time, something different happened than I expected.

While Sylvia and Johnny prepared for the next attack, Youngmin was embarrassed by the face revealed through the iron mask.

“Deok···.”

“I abandoned that name.”

Before Youngmin could finish speaking, Geohan spoke.

What followed was a black bullet flying from somewhere.

As our eyes turned towards the direction from which the bullet came, someone else appeared next to the giant.

Dressed in black from head to toe.

An unpleasant black energy fluttering around clothes.

One sharp hand reminiscent of my right hand.

The muzzle of the pistol in my left hand was pointed at me and no one else.

“Any more is a waste of time. Withdraw.”

“I don’t think it’s up to you to decide.”

Sylvia boldly responded to his words.

“I didn’t say this to you.”

“….”

The giant left behind his broken iron mask and started running into the abandoned factory.

“Where!”

Johnny started shooting the minigun at the fleeing giant.

As the iron mask disappeared, the magical baptism penetrated every part of the giant’s body. Despite this, the giant did not stop moving.

Immediately afterwards, the man in black fired at Johnny.

Johnny tried to block the bullets with his minigun, but Sylvia was faster using her portable force field sprayer.

Before Youngmin and I could even target him, he had already disappeared.

….

I was wary of the surroundings just in case, but it seemed like they had completely retreated.

We gathered close together and summarized the current situation.

“Do you know that guy from earlier?”

“…Yes.”

First of all, I asked Youngmin about the giant wearing the iron mask.

“So who is that person?”

“He is one of the older brothers who worked at our office.”

“There was a guy like that in Ildong’s office?”

Youngmin answered honestly to Sylvia and Johnny’s questions.

“I don’t know the details because we didn’t stay together for long.”

‘For all that, it seems like you care a lot about Youngmin.’

Meanwhile, while Sylvia is trying to contact Badek.

Youngmin attempted to contact Deoksoo at the Ildong office.

“Yes, bro. It’s me. I met Deokbong at the abandoned factory.”

what? Deokbong?!

Oh my goodness. It felt like the tension from the battle just moments ago had disappeared without a trace.

The name of the guy I just fought was Deokbong?

It’s definitely a pseudonym used while working at the Ildong office… but Iron Mask’s name is Deokbong. under….

I felt dizzy and collapsed on the spot.

Johnny saw that and quickly came over to me, but I said it was okay.

***

Meanwhile, Sylvia ended the call before we knew it and spoke to us.

“It is said that security maintenance workers were attacked in various places..”

“Then what should we do now?”

“…Security officials say they want us to enter the factory.”

“Ha, those bastards. In this situation, are you asking us to go inside?”

….

Still, I wondered what would happen now that Deokbong’s iron mask was taken care of.

“If I’m not going to give up on the request… I should just do as I’m told, right?”

“Chris is right. Let’s move on for now.”

Johnny checked the status of the minigun and reluctantly started to follow us.

Fortunately, there was no one to stop us.

The results of those who fearlessly invaded this abandoned factory were all over the place.

“…There are a lot.”

Rats that approached the remains of an abandoned factory.

Solvers dispatched from other companies in anticipation of something that might be possible.

I don’t know exactly who they were, but there were a lot of corpses of people who were presumed to be like that.

It’s probably what the two people did just now.

“…Wait a minute.”

When Sylvia spoke softly, we quickly stopped moving.

As expected, signs of popularity began to be felt nearby.

The four of us took turns sticking to the nearest wall and heading to a place where we could feel the presence of people.

So what we discovered…researchers wearing black protective suits.

It was clearly like they were hastily moving something they found in an abandoned factory.