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Johnny’s appearance, partially hidden in the darkness, was fully revealed.

In his hand, the muzzle of a minigun was spinning rapidly with a harsh metal sound.

“David, we’re not done yet!”

“…Can I shoot anywhere?”

Unlike Johnny, David was so far away that he couldn’t be seen from here.

However, the voice coming from the radio was very clear.

I answered while keeping an eye on the king’s protruding waist and thighs.

“No, if possible, just punch me in the face.”

Taang! A heavy gunshot tickled my ears, and at the same time, a high-explosive incendiary bomb exploded, landing on the king’s face.

“….”

This explosion wiped out all the little energy left in the king’s body.

The shattered body looked like it was trying to protect its back somehow.

‘It looks like it’s on the waist, not the thighs.’

I began to cautiously approach Gordius.

“Chris?!”

A baby bat sat on my shoulder, calling my name.

When I always looked like that and stood on top of other people’s heads or shoulders… this was how I felt.

When I saw Ray in his bat form, I really wanted to give him a cute look. I want to try belly fat like I did with Sheila!

‘But before that…’

“Chris, be careful.”

“Yes.”

Lund next to him spoke, ready to attack at any time.

The countless golden pieces that were King Gordian were still moving.

This may no longer be a move of its own accord, but… it was desperate to protect something.

There are two main points where the pieces gather.

What they had in common was that there was a piece that was unusually larger than the other pieces.

When I put my finger on one of them… wow! With a sound, my fingers began to turn golden.

“Che.”

He clicked his tongue and held out a finger that turned into gold towards Ray.

“Ray, will you cut it for me?”

“…Are you okay?”

Ray took out his beam sword and aimed it at my finger.

I just nodded without saying anything, and Ray didn’t ask any more questions. It just quickly cut my finger.

“….”

It fucking hurts!!!

Is this what it felt like to be cut by a beam sword? Who would have thought this would be what it would feel like to have raw flesh seared by extreme heat!

‘Ah, I’ll just cut it next time.’

I wasn’t blaming Ray. I resented my momentary curiosity and the power of the beam sword.

“Ah, ah. Sylvia. Can you hear me?”

“Yes, Chris. What is the situation there?”

“Johnny and David helped me during the firefight. How about your Ilseong and 6th place?”

Now that King Gordius is dead, both gold coins are released.

However, this does not apply to the miners of the Sasau Quarry. A lot of time has passed since they were created that way by the hand of the king.

***

“Although it is still golden… it seems to be moving a little.”

“It won’t be resolved right away. Wait calmly.”

No sooner had Sylvia answered me than I heard the voices of Sheila and Lina.

“Wait a minute.”

But now was the time to focus.

“Chris, here.”

Ray pointed to another piece besides the one I had just touched.

“Chris.”

“Ah, thank you.”

Before I knew it, Laia came up behind me and patted my shoulder and back. At the same time, a blood film began to surround my body.

Trusting the blood membrane, I touched an unusually large piece of gold.

“….”

Clearly, what I am holding is a piece of the king that is no longer moving.

But I felt like I could feel the slightest movement of the fetus.

‘Is this guy Midas?’

I carefully took the golden piece I was holding.

“Then the question is what that is…”

“Can’t we just destroy it?”

“Hey, it’s a joke, right?”

Lund said, showing a red sphere made of blood on his palm.

“…isn’t it a joke?!”

I quickly blocked Lund’s path with Ray.

“…It’s a joke.”

“Really?”

I don’t think it was because the words didn’t come out right away!

I touched the golden piece just in case.

Then, the thin blood film that Laia had cast turned golden.

“Ah, this is wrong.”

King Gordian’s ability to turn everything he touches into gold.

It seemed like the core of that ability.

The effect would activate as long as I continued to touch it, so there was nothing I could do about it.

“How do I do this?”

“Can’t I just wrap it with something else?”

As I was crouching on my knees and thinking, I heard Johnny’s voice from behind me.

Gordius was silenced thanks to Johnny and David’s appropriate intervention and delivering the final blow… For now, I expressed my gratitude for that.

“So what are we going to do?”

“Wait a moment. Sister.”

As we watched, Johnny took out a cloth that looked like something he would use to clean the barrel of a mini gun.

Then, he wrapped the large piece of gold in the cloth.

“….”

Naturally, the fabric was dyed golden, and soon not only the color but also completely hardened into gold.

However, Johnny’s hand that touched beyond the cloth did not turn into gold.

“…He’s a genius?”

“Hahaha!!!”

***

All business at the Sasau Quarry has been completed.

Now that the cores of King Midas and King Gordius have all been recovered, all we have to do is evacuate the quarry.

“Lund, there’s no problem outside, right?”

“Okay, don’t worry. If something happened, there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

I also confirmed with Sylvia several times over the radio about the transportation of Ilseong-i and No. 6.

Thanks to Tetracaine’s private unit and the Serotonin Science Task Force, it didn’t seem to be a big problem.

“Ilsung hyung! Can you hear me?!”

Ilseong’s answer, with less gold coins released, came over Ray’s radio.

“Hey, 6th place! How are you?”

“….”

What, why is there no answer? When I kept calling for number 6, Sylvia, who couldn’t hear me, answered instead.

“Chris, in 6th place, the gold in his mouth still hasn’t worn off.”

“Oh, really?”

It was clear that without 6th place, it would have been more difficult to deal with Gordius.

So I tried to express my gratitude, but the situation is such that I can’t help it.

“Let’s move towards the entrance first.”

“Yes, as you command.”

Eslok and Lillian took the lead and said they would follow my instructions.

So Johnny and David, Eslok and Lillian. And one platoon of private troops moved with them.

The group that included me, Ray, Lund, and Laia began walking towards the entrance, following the blue light of the mine shaft.

“Johnny, don’t drop that!”

“Ah, okay.”

It was such an important item that we had obtained it, so if we damaged it, our efforts would have been in vain.

“Should I just lift it?”

David, who was next to Johnny, seemed to be feeling uneasy at the sight of Johnny holding it.

While I cast my eyes here and there towards the two.

“But Chris.”

“Huh? Why?”

Ray suddenly called my name.

However, Ray was not his real face, but was sitting on my right shoulder in the form of a baby bat.

‘It seems like Ray’s behavior is becoming more and more like me.’

“In the end, the general did not arrive on time.”

“…Ah!”

It was only then that I began to think about my second descendant, our general, who had started out at the Ahant Aquatic Biology Institute.

“Silvia, can you check the general’s location right now?”

“Well… I guess it’s impossible.”

Sylvia’s answer over the radio was skeptical.

“Lunduh?”

“Okay. Please wait a moment.”

Lund, who had suddenly taken on the form of a wolf, walked through the tunnel on all fours and spoke.

A moment later, the small chip lit up, and Lund came close to me.

“According to what the research institute director said, it looks like it will arrive soon.”

“…is it too late at the latest?”

I felt disappointed in many ways.

No, I don’t know if the general can be effective against an enemy as strong as King Gordius…

The long-awaited debut match had been canceled.

That’s how we left the first basement level of Sasau Quarry.

As we passed through the entrance and came completely to the ground, the unclean air of the ground welcomed us.

Well, it’s still probably better than inside a dusty tunnel.

Cheeek!

As soon as the group came to the ground, a sound as if hamburger patties were being grilled on a grill was heard from all directions.

“Hey, is it because we are all vampires?”

Me, Ray, Lund, Eslok, Lillian, and finally Laia.

It was a combination of as many as six vampires.

“I have a parasol, but I don’t think I can use it…”

“Chris. Please leave it to me.”

Instead of spreading the blood film over each of us, Laia formed a wide, thin blood film over us.

The sizzling sound coming from all directions stopped instantly.

“Oh….”

***

Thanks to Laia, we were able to free ourselves from small noises.

Cheeek!

“Huh?”

Despite Laia’s blood, the sound of the vampire’s body burning under the strong sunlight could be heard from somewhere.

But as soon as the sound stopped, I felt something above my head.

“…General?”

Ray, who happened to be on my shoulder, nodded repeatedly.

It looks like the general is shaking his body here and there on his head.

I carefully raised my hands above my head, and our scratchy general climbed right into my palms.

When I lowered my hands to my chest, the general put his mouth on the back of my hand and sucked it.

Immediately, I felt a strong pain in the back of my hand.

“Kwaaa!!! General! Don’t do it!”

“Chris, it seems that the original water general secretes digestive juices through its mouth to eat the body fluids of other animals.”

I wanted to shout out, “Since when did you become such a Dr. Water General!”

But right now, it wasn’t about things like that, the priority was to get the general away.

“Chris, are you okay?!”

“No!”

Ray quickly got down from his shoulder and returned to his true form.

Despite the resistance of the blood lord and the first family, the second family steadfastly did not leave the blood lord’s side.

“Stop.”

I didn’t want to be forced like this.

But if the general is like this, I have no choice but to be like this too!

What I ordered was, after all, a general. However, Ray and Laia, who were nearby, did not move at all, perhaps because they were affected by it.

Ray’s body suddenly stiffened, and I had to struggle to pull the frozen general out by myself.

“Okay, now let’s move again.”

Only after my order was given did the subordinates begin to move again.

“Keeek!”

The general who was being held by my vicious right hand made a strange noise and escaped from my hand.

“Monk Chris!”

“…What monk?”

I wondered what kind of person could call me that.

Immediately after, a cute little boy I had never seen before came into the field of view of my group, shaking his head.

Could it be that this kid is a general?!

Ah… good….

‘I’ve always wanted to have a cute little sister like this!’