Chapter 192

Chapter 192

I Became the Academy Mafia Chapter 192Calione's evening was far noisier than usual.

“Did you pack all the ammunition?!”

“Two boxes of Anti-Awakened rounds are empty! Fill them up!”

“Keep all the gas masks on the right!”

Everyone was bustling about preparing for war.

Watching them from the second-floor balcony, I let out a tense sigh.

It was the first overseas assignment Father had entrusted to me. And it wasn't an ordinary assignment, but an important mission against the Villain Alliance.

Meaning that how I handled this would greatly change how the organization evaluated me.

In other words.

“I have to mobilize everything I can and finish this overwhelmingly, perfectly.”

And all preparations for that were already complete.

“Young Master. I believe it is about time to move.”

Han Seo-jun, who had approached my side at some point, began reporting the situation below.

“Twelve Enforcers from the Enforcement Division, twelve action personnel. All are fully armed, and preparations for intercontinental movement are also complete. What are your orders?”

Calione's ability to prepare not only an elite company-sized force but even intercontinental transportation magic in a single day showed just what kind of training they'd undergone until now.

“Gather them. I'll say a few words before we leave.”

“I'll relay it.”

Han Seo-jun disappeared immediately.

I also slowly headed downstairs while looking around.

“Have a safe trip, Young Master.”

“““Have a safe trip, Young Master.”””

Following Alessia's lead, the servants all bowed at once as though in chorus.

The sight made me feel solemn without realizing it, as though they were seeing off a general heading to the battlefield.

“I'll be back.”

Passing Alessia, who remained quietly bowed, I headed toward the entrance on the first floor and saw two men standing before the door.

“Father, Godfather.”

Father and the Consiglière.

The men who led Calione.

“What did I tell you? Look at him, he's not nervous at all.”

“Even so, how can I not worry? I should at least see him off.”

Judging by what they were saying, it seemed they'd come out because they were worried about my first overseas mission as the person in charge.

They're unexpectedly softhearted.

“I'm fine. Ordinary villains are already boring to me.”

“Didn't you hear him, Don? Eugene is more than capable.”

“I know. I know, but... while we are still at home, I wish to speak as his father.”

Father slowly approached me and gently placed a hand on my shoulder.

“The moment you leave the estate, I will treat you not as my son, but as an Enforcer. But for now, I want to say this....Take care of yourself.”

I could feel the strength entering the hand resting on my shoulder.

At the same time, I felt a warm heat.

I smiled and answered in kind.

“Since I'm going somewhere far away, I'll make sure they learn to respect and fear our Family there as well. Father, Godfather.”

In the end, the two nodded at my words.

At last, when I opened the door and stepped outside, the force already waiting in four columns came into view.

Every one of them wore combat suits made using monster materials, granting both bulletproofing and magic resistance.

They were even wearing black gas masks covering their lower faces in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.

It truly looked like a Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.──Thump! ──Thump! ──Thump! ──Thump!

The moment I appeared, they began stomping their feet in their own way of welcoming me, and I slowly raised one hand.

The sound stopped as though it had been a lie.

All twenty-five people who would walk into a place of death with me were watching only me.

Honestly, I had thought a lot about this part.

What should I say to raise their morale before deployment and keep them from worrying?

But the answer had been much closer than I thought.

Through skill.

I simply had to answer with the skill I'd already shown them.

The Young Master who hunted a dragon in Jeju Island, the Young Master who took first place at the Academy, the Young Master who had been promoted to executive.

To them, I had already become someone to follow.

So I said something short that only I could say.

“It's the weekend. Let's finish quickly and go back. I'm tired.”

That was all this matter amounted to.

“Han Seo-jun.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“Activate the intercontinental transportation magic.”

“Understood, Young Master.”

I slowly walked toward the organization members and took my place at the front, then looked toward the organization's spatial mages surrounding us.

Eight spatial mages had been mobilized for this deployment alone.

Wooooooong───Purple mana began surrounding us as we stood still, growing faster and faster until it completely isolated us from our surroundings.

The mana density steadily increased.

“They're giving hand signals. Looks like they're starting a countdown.”

Han Seo-jun, who had come along as my aide for this mission, looked toward the mages beyond the barrier and began counting.

“5... 4... 3... 2... 1... transporting.”

At the same time, light filled the surroundings.

A light source like a camera flash exploding right in front of my eyes approached, followed by the dizziness and nausea unique to spatial movement washing over my entire body.

But no one became agitated.

We merely closed our eyes and took slow, deep breaths until our bodies gradually returned to normal.

After recovering quickly, I looked back and saw organization members still breathing deeply or lying down as they recovered.

“Glad everyone seems fine.”

“Just as you said, Young Master, it's starting to get dark at this hour.”

“We can't do anything about the time difference. It's much easier to make use of it.”

The time difference between Korea and Australia was two hours.

Since we'd departed Korea around evening, it was only natural that it was dark here.

And to Calione, night was a time that gave fear to our enemies and comfort to us.

“Alpha and Beta, move immediately to the positions from the preliminary briefing. Gamma and Delta will prepare to enter with me.”

I immediately took my weapons out of the Cube for battle and slowly began moving.

The weapon I was using was [Al Capone's Tommy] fitted with a suppressor.

The numbers between the enemy and us were very different, and there was a very high chance of a melee breaking out, so this was the weapon I'd chosen.

“Young Master. Alpha and Beta report that they've successfully taken position.”

Han Seo-jun, now beside me, fiddled with his in-ear device as he reported.

“The entrance?”

“There are eight guards at the entrance in total. Five are heavily armed. The remaining three appear to be Awakened.”Eight.

“Not bad.”

At last, the twelve Enforcers who had completed all their preparations formed up behind me and began following.

Our purpose in coming here was neither capture nor occupation, but annihilation.

Our main goal was to engrave fear into those who had made us their enemy.

“One hundred meters ahead.”

“Keep walking. Confidently, like we have no intention of hiding.”

Watchtowers and guards illuminating the area could be seen in the distance.

And enormous warehouses.

After identifying the silhouettes of the guards standing in front, I slowly inserted the in-ear device and prepared for the briefing.

Static

- Amid the noise, the reports of each team leader gradually came through.

-Alpha Team. Ready.

-Beta. Ready.

One chance.

Fast and certain.

“Alpha, Beta. Drop them before the canary sings.”

-Confirmed.

A moment later.

The people who had been standing perfectly fine just moments ago collapsed from the watchtowers as though their bodies had crumbled, or simply dropped where they stood.

-Left clear. Four. Killed.

-Right clear. All four silenced.”

Alpha and Beta had succeeded in sniping all eight simultaneously.

“Good work. Slowly establish an encirclement from there, then prepare to support Gamma and Delta.”

-copy.

-Confirmed.

Now that the canaries guarding the entrance had fallen, all that remained was entering.

“I'll take point. Gamma and Delta, take the left and right respectively. Han Seo-jun, you'll break through the front with me.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

I reached toward the enormous, firmly locked iron gate and placed my hand on the locking mechanism while raising my aura.

Aura Style, Tool Adornment.

After confirming the lock had heated up and melted in an instant, I opened the door and said.

“Enter.”

At once, the Enforcers began moving.

All of them were people who had worked alongside me back when I belonged to the Enforcement Division.

They were the ones who had watched my actions from the closest distance more than anyone.

-Gamma. Four Awakened on the left eliminated.

-Delta. Four heavily armed guards and one Awakened on the right dealt with.

“Move.”

The operation proceeded with extreme stealth and precision.

According to the intelligence, the one preparing a new branch here in Australia was currently regarded as roughly a junior executive within the Villain Alliance.

And the place where he was located was right there.

A building called the refinery.

-Report from Alpha. Three enemies detected to your front-right, Young Master.

“Confirmed.”

Listening to the real-time briefing on enemy positions from the team members, I raised the Tommy Gun.

One deep breath.

I burst around the corner and pulled the trigger, granting them silence through silence.

-Report from Gamma. All visible enemies outside are clear. It appears safe to proceed straight ahead.

I had divided the team into four groups and assigned each of them a mission.

Overwhelmingly crushing the enemy with equipment and manpower only Calione could deploy.

This was one of the methods I believed allowed Calione to be used most perfectly.

“Maintain the encirclement. Gamma, seize the power plant. Beta, follow us.”

In the first place, what organization on the Korean Peninsula could possibly obtain a weapon called an ‘Anti-Awakened Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle’ and ammunition called ‘Anti-Awakened Mana-Killing Rounds’?

I could guarantee that aside from the military, Calione was probably the only one.

-Gamma has arrived at the power plant. The number guarding the power plant has not yet been accurately identified.

“Alpha. Can you see anything from there?”

-Identifying. There are five people guarding the power plant in total. Four are heavily armed, and one appears to be an Awakened...

The Awakened is probably the one in charge.

“Gamma will enter simultaneously with Alpha's snipe on the Awakened. Remember. Not a single gunshot can leak out.”

-Confirmed.And then came a brief silence.

-Alpha ready. 3... 2... 1... 0. Situation resolved.

-Report from Gamma. Power plant secured.

Everything so far was according to plan.

Standing in front of the place where the enemy was presumed to be gathered, I took one deep breath, then looked behind me and spoke.

“Remember. One person must survive. There must be a messenger who can clearly tell others what happens to enemies of Calione.”

That was the purpose of this battle.

Before the final barrier, I slowly walked forward and quietly said.

“Gamma. Cut power to the plant on my signal.”

-Confirmed.

I slowly counted down inside my head while looking at the door before me.3.2.

1.

“Let there be darkness.”