episode_0136

The lizard beastman who was grabbing Edel’s hair chuckled.

“Hey kid, are you crazy? You barge into someone else’s business and start swearing? Your parents seem to have no talent in educating their brat.”

“…”

Jeong Yu-sin silently took out a dagger from his pocket.

The lizard beastman looked dumbfounded.

“Young friend, if you take out such a gruesome weapon, our attitude will inevitably change.”

“You son of a bitch, let go of that hand.”

The lizard beastman grabbed Edel’s hair and shook it around.

“Ha! I was just trying to spread some good influence in Labyrinth City, and now even a brat is causing trouble. Hey guys, handle her gently. Break her arms and legs and sell her to some perverted pederast. Don’t touch her face.”

“”Yes!””

Two human men smirked grimly and approached, then charged at the same time.

Just as one man was about to grab Jeong Yu-sin’s collar.

Jeong Yu-sin dodged to the side and swung his dagger.

Thwack!!!

The sharp dagger cut through the joints of the man’s fingers.

Thud.

The fingers fell powerlessly.

“Kaaaaaah!!!!”

The man screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

Without stopping, he swung his dagger and slit the man’s throat, then jumped into the arms of the other man.

Stab!!! Stab!!! Stab!!! Stab!!!

He held the dagger in reverse grip and stabbed the liver twice.

Grabbed it again and stabbed the heart once.

Finally, stabbed deeply under the neck once.

“Cough!!!”

The man’s body twitched and retreated, then knelt down and slammed his head into the floor.

Thump!!!

The lizard beastman let go of Edel’s hair and looked down at Jeong Yu-sin.

“Who are you?”

“…”

Jeong Yu-sin said nothing.

“You think you’re so great just because you learned some dagger techniques. I’ll kill you.”

The lizard beastman took out a dagger and charged.

Jeong Yu-sin threw his dagger upwards.

The hostage, Edel, has been freed, so I should show them what I can do.

[Sacred Weapon]

Maso particles, responding to Jeong Yu-sin’s will, rushed out instantly through the widened magic circuits.

A longsword made of light.

The lizard beastman’s eyes widened.

“Holy magic?”

No questions asked.

I don’t even feel the value to answer.

He grabbed the sword and swung it.

Swoooooosh!!!

A line of light was drawn four times in the air.

Overwhelming speed. A speed that even Jeong Yu-sin himself couldn’t see.

Slashhhhh!!!

The sword of light cleanly sliced off the lizard beastman’s arms and legs.

The limbless body fell to the floor.

Clang.

Then, the dagger Jeong Yu-sin threw fell to the floor.

The lizard beastman writhing on the floor like a footless worm.

The lizard beastman looked up at Jeong Yu-sin with disbelieving eyes.

Blood began to spurt from the severed surfaces.

Screeeeeech!!!!

“Kuaaaaaaak!!!”

The lizard beastman finally seemed to feel the pain and began to scream.

Jeong Yu-sin raised his foot and stepped on the lizard beastman’s neck.

Crack.

The lizard beastman’s body writhed.

As he put pressure on his foot, the neck bones began to break one by one.

The lizard man spewed blood and glared at Jeong Yu-sin.

“Krrrk!!! We, our end…!”

Snap.

The lizard beastman, his neck bones broken, died.

Jeong Yu-sin took his foot off and approached Edel.

Edel was trembling, her eyes wide.

I feel bad for showing her such a shocking scene.

I should have killed them more prettily.

Swallowing his belated regret, he touched Edel’s shoulder.

“Edel, calm down. It’s Scar.”

Edel’s eyes widened.

“S…Scar?!”

“I’m sorry I’m late. I should have visited you more often.”

“Ah…it’s okay.”

“Let’s go somewhere safe for now. Close the store.”

“But Luna!”

“I’ll take a look.”

Jeong Yu-sin checked Edel’s body and quickly approached Luna.

Luna was still unconscious.

Her mouth was completely torn from how hard she had been hit.

Jeong Yu-sin carefully touched Luna’s body.

‘Other than her cheek, she’s not seriously injured.’

With Edel’s help, he treated Luna and then they all left the store and returned to the inn.

When Jeong Yu-sin returned to the inn, Karin, who was working, was surprised and approached.

“Luna? Edel? What happened?!”

“Thugs were causing a ruckus at the store. Luna and Edel were hurt. Let’s talk about the rest in my room.”

Jeong Yu-sin took the two mothers to his room on the second floor.

He laid the unconscious Luna on the bed and looked at Edel.

“What happened? They were talking about some business or something.”

“That’s…”

Edel hesitated and explained.

Jeong Yu-sin’s face hardened as he listened for a while.

‘Pain Relief Cream.’

A narcotic painkiller that’s popular on the market these days.

They kept forcing her to buy it, and when she refused a few times, they resorted to violence.

“Why didn’t you ask me for help?”

Edel looked at Luna with sad eyes.

“It’s something that happens often. And you already saved our lives, so I didn’t want to worry you, Scar, with such trivial matters.”

“…”

‘What a character.’

Was it because she had been raising her daughter alone for so long?

She was trying to solve everything on her own.

Still.

I couldn’t ask for more.

Edel would be feeling even more troubled.

After waiting for a while, Luna opened her eyes.

“Umm.”

Jeong Yu-sin approached and held Luna’s hand tightly.

“Luna, are you okay?”

Luna looked up at Jeong Yu-sin’s face and suddenly shed tears like raindrops.

“Waaa. Waaaah.”

Jeong Yu-sin gently hugged Luna and patted her back.

Luna, who had been crying in his arms for a while, fell asleep again from exhaustion.

Jeong Yu-sin got up from his seat.

“Stay here until it’s safe.”

“Scar. I can’t…”

“Please do it for Luna’s sake.”

This kind of thing has to be finished at once.

You never know what kind of retaliation you might face if you drag it out.

“Karin, protect the inn.”

“I’ll go too.”

“No. You’re the only one I can trust.”

“…”

Karin bit her lip tightly.

“Karin.”

“Haa. I understand. I don’t know what you’re planning to do, but don’t get hurt. And don’t overdo it.”

“Okay.”

He rummaged through his luggage, picked up the single-edged sword engraved with ‘Gale,’ and rushed to the monster dismantling site.

Bang!!!

Jeong Yu-sin burst open Aldeane’s office door and strode in.

Aldeane scratched his eye patch.

“You’re going to break the door.”

“Let’s do that thing we talked about before.”

Aldeane grinned.

“Good. Long-nose, who was out scouting, just came back.”

Long-nose, who was standing next to Aldeane, bowed his head and opened his mouth.

“We’ve identified the organization that’s currently distributing the drugs.”

“What kind of organization is it?”

“It’s a new clan called Blackwell. They’re currently based in the corner of the eastern district.”

Jeong Yu-sin frowned.

That damn eastern district.

Do they get thorns in their mouths if they don’t act like dogs for even a day?

His stomach was bubbling.

“Do they have any backing?”

Aldeane asked, and Long-nose shook his head.

“No. However.”

“Why?”

“There’s a retired explorer.”

“Who is it?”

“It’s Max.”

“Who was that. Ah! Wasn’t that guy a middle-rank explorer? Did he retire this time?”

“Yes.”

“What kind of guy is he?”

“He’s a guy with a pretty good engraving. Probably…?”

Aldeane scratched his head and mumbled, and Long-nose quickly interjected.

“He has a Health Strength engraving. His physique and strength increase as his stamina increases.”

An engraving where your strength and height increase just by running a marathon.

To have such a cheat engraving and be selling drugs.

Really.

He’s a guy who’s hard to keep alive.

Long-nose took the time to explain the Blackwell Clan in detail.

“…Lastly, the total number of people is close to thirty.”

Jeong Yu-sin listened carefully and got up from his seat.

“I’ll go.”

“With that body? Aren’t you going to release the engraving?”

“I don’t think I need to.”

Aldeane chuckled and held out a red single-edged sword.

“Take it.”

“I won’t refuse.”

Jeong Yu-sin took the red single-edged sword and strapped it to his waist.

“Director, please do me a favor.”

“What is it?”

“There’s a pharmacy I know, please send someone to clean up the mess. Long-nose knows the exact location.”

“Are there any corpses? I understand. Long-nose, send your men to clean up the pharmacy.”

“Yes.”

Long-nose bowed his head and left the office.

Aldeane crossed his arms.

“Scar, do you have a separate plan?”

Jeong Yu-sin opened his mouth.

“Annihilation.”

Aldeane’s smile deepened.

“Good.”

* * *

Late at night.

Jeong Yu-sin checked his weapons.

One dagger.

The red single-edged sword he received from Aldeane.

The single-edged sword engraved with the ‘Gale’ magic.

He strapped the two single-edged swords to his waist and left the monster dismantling site.

Long-nose led the way.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the gate of the eastern district.

The guard looked at Long-nose and sighed.

“…Don’t cause too much trouble.”

“I won’t.”

“Pass.”

The guard didn’t even bother to inspect them and let Jeong Yu-sin and Long-nose into the eastern district.

After passing through the checkpoint, buildings emitting dazzling lights came into view.

Buildings that were like gilded lilies.

No matter how much he looked at them, he couldn’t feel even a bit of emotion.

After walking for a while, they passed the entertainment district and arrived at a dark alleyway.

The alleyway wasn’t a very pleasant sight.

A cloudy smoke of unknown origin was billowing out from under the sewer.

People intoxicated with drugs were sprawled like trash under the walls covered with various kinds of filth and vomit.

After walking through the maze-like alleyways for about an hour, they arrived at one place.

A house blocked by a solid iron gate.

Jeong Yu-sin tilted his head.

“Is this the right place?”

“Yes. I’m sure.”

“Long-nose, hide somewhere.”

“Ah, I understand.”

He left Long-nose and knocked on the iron gate.

Click.

A small door above the iron gate opened and a man with only his eyes showing peeked out.

“Who is it?”

Jeong Yu-sin looked up with sparkling eyes.

“Is this the Blackwell branch? I’m here to get, get the drugs.”

“…”

Click.

The small iron door closed again.

After a while, the iron gate opened and a human man stood with his arms crossed.

“A boy doing errands? They’re selling like hotcakes these days. I’ll give you a cheap price.”

“Where’s Max?”

The man’s face hardened at Jeong Yu-sin’s question.

He seemed careless because he looked like a young boy, but when he saw his eyes gleaming, he felt a chill down his spine.

“…You’re not here to buy drugs, are you?”

“Did you just figure that out? You’re the most moronic gatekeeper I’ve ever seen.”

Jeong Yu-sin grabbed the red single-edged sword.

Draw sword.

Swoooooosh!!!

The sword cut through the man’s neck.

Splash!!!

The severed neck flew through the air, hit the ceiling of the hallway, and fell to the floor.

Thump.

The headless corpse knelt on the spot.

Squelch!!!

A stream of blood gushed out from the severed surface of the neck.

Jeong Yu-sin looked down at the blade of the single-edged sword.

This chilling sensation.

It’s been a while.

‘It feels like it trembled a little. Is it my imagination?’

He stopped thinking. There are a lot of guys to kill, so I can’t waste time here.

He kicked the corpse and entered the iron gate.

“Enemy!!!”

In the narrow hallway, several tattooed men saw Jeong Yu-sin and shouted, and the wooden door opened and other men rushed out.

“What?!”

“That little kid cut Huey with a sword!”

“Is he crazy?! What does he think this place is?”

“Hmph. Huey, that bastard has been taking drugs too often, he’s gone crazy.”

“I told you. You shouldn’t have made him a gatekeeper.”

The men who came out into the hallway muttered as they took out their weapons.

Clang.

Jeong Yu-sin drew the single-edged sword imbued with ‘Gale.’

Looking at the densely packed men, he felt nauseous.

“Kill him!!!”

“Don’t go easy on him just because he’s young!!!”

The men rushed in the narrow hallway.

His hands were itching.

Originally, he was going to save it for when his life was in danger, but I can’t help it.

How fast will it be?

He grabbed the two single-edged swords, crossed them in an X shape, and pulled hard.

Let’s go.

Thump!!!

Jeong Yu-sin’s foot stepped on the true awakening.

He darted forward and swung the two single-edged swords horizontally.

Swoooooosh!!!

Jeong Yu-sin’s body stretched out in an instant.

A streak of light leading in a straight line.

It was just for a moment, but he could clearly see the men slowly swinging their weapons.

Splatter!!!

The blades of the two single-edged swords ruthlessly severed the men’s torsos and continued forward.

Scrape!!!

Not only that, but the two single-edged swords scraped against the stone walls of the narrow hallway, sending sparks flying.

From the entrance to the end of the hallway.

He moved at lightning speed and ground them all up.

In an instant, thirty men were cut into chunks of meat and fell.

“Hmph.”

Insane performance.

It literally crossed the hallway with a ‘Gale’-like speed.

Slash!

He shook the sword to remove the blood.

Long-nose, who was standing at the entrance of the hallway, had a frighteningly pale complexion.

“S…Scar?!”

Long-nose called out to Jeong Yu-sin from afar.

Jeong Yu-sin gestured.

“Come quickly.”

Long-nose carefully walked through the narrow hallway.

They were all minced and dead.

Some of the men died instantly without even knowing what had happened.

Some of the men were looking at their halved lower bodies and waving their hands.

It felt like he was having a nightmare.

If there was a hell, would it be here?

“Ugh!!!”

Long-nose barely managed to hold back the rising nausea and passed through the hallway covered in blood and organ waste to reach the end of the hallway.

There was another iron gate at the end of the narrow hallway.

Jeong Yu-sin knocked on the iron gate.

“S…save me!!!”

A trembling voice was heard from behind the iron gate.

“Who are you this time?”

“I was kidnapped from the Western Pharmacist Association!!! I came because they said they would pay a lot of money, but they imprisoned me and made me do illegal things.”

“Open the door first. Before I break it down.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Rumble.

The door opened and people wearing white gowns were gathered.

Among them was a mole beastman.

Jeong Yu-sin approached the mole beastman.

“You know Max, right? Where is he?”

“He’s, he’s in the entertainment district.”

“More specifically.”

The mole pharmacist stammered and explained.

Long-nose nodded with a pale face.

“It seems to be quite close.”

“Long-nose, call your men and monitor these guys. I’m going to go alone and catch Max and beat him to a pulp.”

“Are you sure you’ll be okay?”

Long-nose asked cautiously.

“Don’t worry. You just saw it.”

“By the way…who are you?”

The mole beastman hesitated and asked.

“Me?”

Jeong Yu-sin took the black sunglasses from the mole beastman and put them on.

It’s amazing. All the mole beastmen I’ve seen so far have been wearing black sunglasses.

“I’m Scar from the Labyrinth City Narcotics Task Force.”

“…”

Jeong Yu-sin turned his body after saying those words.

“…Narcotics Task Force? Did Labyrinth City have something like that?”

The mole beastman muttered blankly.