Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Level 2 Player

Sahyeolmun’s Plot

That evening, Jin-su who finished hunting and returned to the lodging diligently examined the auction house. But an unexpected problem occurred.

‘I thought skills or items with large penalties could be easily obtained.’

There were no listings.

‘Well, ordinarily, such malignant listings are not put up well to begin with because they only occupy sales item spots at the auction house.’

At first, they keep them in the inventory thinking they will sell later. Then if continuing to occupy only one spot in the inventory, the impulse to just throw them away comes. But it is wasteful to throw away, and with the thought that it might be used someday, most cases were learning them themselves or handing them over to colleagues at a cheap price.

‘High-level items are whatever, but skill books that start from level 1 are really ambiguous.’

If a person whose item drop luck is too bad so sales item spots at the auction house remain, the situation would be different, but commonsensically, where is such a case common?

‘There is no need to think urgently.’

It is fine if looking around the auction house whenever there is time and collecting one by one if listings come out. Jin-su spent time making the synthesis items and synthesis skills he could not finish yesterday.

Around the time Jin-su was spending a leisurely daily life of hunting and resting.

A group of players with a sinister aura were moving toward the start city of Floor 200 at a terrifying speed.

***

Floor 200 is the place where players of the 3 dimensions of Earth, Musung, and Arius meet for the first time. That much, numerous guilds and parties coexisted with each other on Floor 200.

But just because living in the same space, it could not only be that the relationship is good. Rather, cases of changing into more antagonistic were common.

Yet, unexpectedly, cases of guilds of the same dimension origin antagonizing each other were more numerous than cases of guilds of different dimension origins antagonizing each other.

Because along with bad feelings toward foreigners possessed from Earth, the grudges piled while hitting each other while climbing to Floor 200 were absolutely not shallow.

Like Israel and Palestine, Saudi and Iran, Russia and Ukraine, England and Ireland, Turkey and Greece, Brazil and Argentina, India and Pakistan, there were not a few cases of antagonizing each other for various reasons from Earth.

It is not that there are no cases of washing away the bad feelings possessed from Earth and joining forces with each other while climbing together to Floor 200 after first meeting on Floor 100. But conversely, cases of worse feelings piling were far more numerous.

At least in the case of Earth origin guilds, because they belong to the weakest on Floor 200, there was a tendency to try to join forces by linking with each other if possible.

Because if fighting among themselves, a really big matter might occur.

But the relatively strong Musung origin and Arius origin guilds had that inclination comparatively weak. Also, that is why cases of hitting and fighting among themselves were quite common.

Especially among them, in the case of the righteous path’s Changseongmun and the demonic path’s Sahyeolmun, although it did not go to war, the relationship was bad to the degree where cases of dying and killing each other by conducting confrontations under the name of sparring often came out.

Is that why?

Once the fact that the Sahyeolmun branch in the start city was annihilated by an enemy of unknown identity was informed to the Sahyeolmun headquarters in the last city, naturally, that arrow headed toward Changseongmun. Naturally, Changseongmun jumped and denied that it is a matter unrelated to them.

In response, the Sahyeolmun headquarters immediately dispatched elites to the start city. And the elites of Sahyeolmun who arrived like that began to carefully investigate the Sahyeolmun branch of the start city that became a wreck. And the investigation result came out quickly.

“The enemy is estimated to be one.”

“Even if the lowest branch in the start city, there is the peak master Son Sang-hyeok as the branch leader, yet hit by only 1 enemy?”

“Yes, there are no traces of a majority engaging in close combat at all. It is judged that a super master with overwhelming power swept the branch alone.”

“The work of a super master. What is the probability that that super master is an Earth origin player or Arius origin player?”

“It will not even reach 1 part. Although unknown whether the root of that martial art is righteous path or demonic path, looking at the combat traces, it is certain that it is the work of a master who properly learned martial arts. It is not that there are no cases of Earth origin players or Arius origin players learning martial arts, but there has been not even 1 person who learned to such a high level until now.”

“Then it means it is the work of a Musung origin player the same as us.”

“The probability is more than 9 parts 9.”

“The possibility that it is the work of a player affiliated with Changseongmun?”

“Since there are more than ten super masters in Changseongmun who have the skill to sweep the start city branch alone, it is not that there is no possibility, but there is no clear evidence.”

“It might be the work of Changseongmun or might not. However, there is no evidence.”

So Chanseong, the total person in charge of this investigation team, muttered with a hardened expression.

“First, I will have to search the Changseongmun branch in the start city.”

“Changseongmun will not allow it. On top of that, even if the culprit is a super master of Changseongmun, several days of time have passed, so there is no way he is staying in the start city branch.”

“That is not a matter you need to care about.”

At So Chanseong’s words, the player in charge of the investigation carefully opened his mouth.

“By any chance, has the sect master resolved to war?”

“I said it is not a matter you need to care about.”

“I am sorry.”

At So Chanseong’s words, the player in charge of the investigation quietly bowed his head and retreated. However, his face was full of smiles.

That was the same for the players affiliated with Sahyeolmun who heard the conversation of the two people.

The investigation team all smelled a thick blood smell from So Chanseong’s answer.

‘The sect master finally made a decision.’

‘Well, if not Changseongmun, who dares touch our Sahyeolmun.’

‘If pretending not to know because there is no evidence, it is fine if tearing the mouth.’

‘Finally, the opportunity to slaughter the hypocrites of Changseongmun has come.’

The majority of the players affiliated with Sahyeolmun had large and small grudge relationships with the players affiliated with Changseongmun. On top of that, because they thought the overall power was ahead of themselves, there was no hesitation about war.

‘I have to properly secure a share this opportunity.’

‘It is a golden opportunity to become explosively strong.’

‘If Changseongmun disappears, who will block our Sahyeolmun?’

If doing war, casualties are bound to occur. However, the players affiliated with Sahyeolmun were more familiar with the sweetness of victory than the pain of defeat. Because until now, cases of seeing large benefits without particular damage while eating sects affiliated with large and small righteous paths and demonic paths were far more numerous.

‘The atmosphere heated up.’

So Chanseong quietly smiled while seeing that the morale of the investigation team rose.

Sahyeolmun was preparing for war with Changseongmun from the beginning. However, because there was no justification, they could not readily make the first attack. Because if picking a fight without reason, other sects affiliated with the righteous path might give help.

So Sahyeolmun laid a lot of groundwork. The reason Son Sang-hyeok who has strong belligerence and excellent skill was the branch leader of the start city to begin with was hoping he would cause some accident.

If hoping that a person of Son Sang-hyeok’s inclination would really stay quietly, he should not have been appointed as the head of one city to begin with.

Son Sang-hyeok is a typical strong to the weak and weak to the strong person. If the leadership of Sahyeolmun was thinking of preventing disputes, they would have moved the affiliation long ago and placed Son Sang-hyeok under a martial artist of a level that can control him.

‘Still, something is strange.’

He was thinking of inducing Changseongmun to draw the sword first by causing large and small disputes hard to catch faults. However, the matter of annihilating the entire branch was an excessively radical act if thinking of Changseongmun’s ordinary inclination.

‘Did Geomsalmun or Heuklimbang use a scheme?’

Although the same demonic path, if those two that have a bad relationship with Sahyeolmun, they might have played tricks aiming for a frontal collision between Sahyeolmun and Changseongmun. If not that, it might be a scheme discarded by a righteous path sect that has a bad relationship with Changseongmun.

‘Or it might be that they really unluckily touched the mood of a super master with no affiliation and were annihilated.’

However, So Chanseong’s purpose was not catching the true culprit of the Sahyeolmun branch in the start city. Making the true culprit of this matter into Changseongmun whoever’s work it is was So Chanseong’s mission.

‘Actually, the fact that the probability that the one who committed this matter is affiliated with Changseongmun is the highest is true.’

Of course, it might not be, but it did not become a great problem. Because it was fine if linking with Changseongmun and processing together.

Decisively, the current sect master and leadership of Sahyeolmun were hoping for a large-scale war. And that was the same for So Chanseong.

‘Now only 1 year of time remains.’

After 1 year, they have to forcibly leave Floor 200. The current leadership of Sahyeolmun already put most of the achievements that can be acquired on Floor 200 in their hands 3 years ago. Worse, the level became too high, so even if catching monsters, level up was hard.

Actually, if wanting faster growth, they should have left Floor 200 3 years ago. But it was hard to accept the fact of abandoning the reality of enjoying a king-like status and starting bottom life again, so they postponed day after day.

However, the time of having to forcibly leave gradually approached.

In response, the leadership of Sahyeolmun resolved to properly do a big hit through war before leaving Floor 200.

Naturally, that target was Changseongmun that had large and small collisions so far. If the war opponent is Changseongmun, there was no need to particularly persuade the ordinary sect members.

Of course, if the war does not end in a short battle and continues to a long battle, both Sahyeolmun and Changseongmun see large damage, and there even exists the risk of mutual destruction if slightly wrong. However, to the leadership of Sahyeolmun who have to forcibly go up to Floor 201 after 1 year anyway, it did not become any problem.

‘If the start city branch was annihilated and the behind is Changseongmun, it becomes a sufficient war justification.’

Since Sahyeolmun first saw large damage and is doing bloody revenge, it was certain that even the righteous path affiliated sects that have a connection with Changseongmun would find it hard to intervene.

‘First, I will have to spread the rumor.’

Roughly rumors of the degree of ‘The one who attacked the Sahyeolmun branch in the start city is a super master affiliated with Changseongmun.’, ‘The Changseongmun branch in the start city was continuously pushed by the Sahyeolmun branch, so they secretly dispatched a super master and cleaned up.’, ‘Traces of Changseongmun’s martial arts were discovered in the annihilated Sahyeolmun branch.’ would seem sufficient for building justification.

‘Around tomorrow afternoon, I will have to erase the Changseongmun branch in the start city.’

If dragging time too much, the Changseongmun headquarters might dispatch support troops or come out saying let’s do a joint investigation. Also, in the worst case, the players in the start city Changseongmun branch might flee, so about a day was just appropriate.

‘It has to be killed cruelly in front of as many people as possible.’

Actually, the most troublesome for Sahyeolmun who wants war is Changseongmun enduring anger even in a situation where the branch was annihilated and coldly organizing an investigation team and distinguishing right and wrong. But the possibility that Changseongmun comes out like that was rare.

‘Whether the Tower or the martial world, the point that it is a place dominated by power is the same.’

In a world of the law of the jungle, if showing a weak appearance, they look easy and enemies rush from all sides. If hit once and staying still, it is not that they are magnanimous but thought of as a pushover, and everyone rushes saying they will hit.

Whether misunderstanding or misconception, whether I provided the pretext or not, whatever the reason, if not retaliating when the sect members of the subordinate branch were massacred, everyone will look down on Changseongmun. Also, the sect members of Changseongmun will also abandon trust in the sect master.

Although there are many questionable points as the leadership of Changseongmun, there was no leeway to coldly grasp the situation and then investigate or whatever.

‘Now it is the start.’

Starting with erasing the Changseongmun branch in the start city tomorrow, a war smelling of blood will occur.

‘It is expected.’

So Chanseong called a subordinate, gave the instruction to spread the rumor, and then went to bed early to be thorough in the preliminary battle that will occur tomorrow.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a took seats in the restaurant on the 1st floor of the lodging to eat breakfast. One has to fill the stomach solidly to hunt well.

“It is said that the massacre of the Sahyeolmun branch is the work of a super master affiliated with Changseongmun?”

“You also heard. I also heard. Well, the Changseongmun branch in this city has been pushed a lot by the Sahyeolmun branch so far.”

“Who is the Sahyeolmun branch leader of this city? It is the Blood Death Poison Dog Son Sang-hyeok who rose to the peak realm. Since the Changseongmun branch leader Swift Spear Hero Ak Chanseo is a first-class master, he has no choice but to be pushed.”

“Even so, how can the righteous path Changseongmun do such a thing?”

“Yeah. I also cannot believe it.”

“It might be a frame-up?”

“There is a rumor that Sahyeolmun discovered traces of a righteous path master’s martial arts. Yet, that trace is similar to the martial arts of the super master of Changseongmun, the Light Dividing Divine Sword Jo Unhaeng.”

“Is that real? The Light Dividing Divine Sword Jo Unhaeng is a famous master of the righteous path with a high name as a great hero, so how such an unrighteous act...”

“Until when are you thinking of only talking about great heroes or famous masters of the righteous path? There is no such thing in the Tower. Is the Tower not a place where a famous master of the righteous path can change to be worse than a miscellaneous soldier of the demonic path?”

“Well, that is true. Then Sahyeolmun that ate one hit will not stay still.”

“Of course. So it seems Sahyeolmun is preparing a large-scale retaliation. It is said that the elites of Sahyeolmun came over in large numbers from the headquarters in the last city.”

“A blood wind will blow throughout the city soon.”

“Yeah. I will have to be careful not to be swept for no reason.”

The sound of Musung origin players chatting was heard in Jin-su and Shin Su-a’s ears.

‘A master of Changseongmun massacred the Sahyeolmun branch, so the elites of Sahyeolmun came over in large numbers for retaliation? What kind of nonsense is this?’

The one who massacred the Sahyeolmun branch of the start city is Jin-su himself.

Yet, Changseongmun that was staying still is about to be wrongly framed for Jin-su’s wrongdoing and suffer retaliation for a matter they did not do.

“I will have to cancel today’s hunt.”

“It is because of the words those people just said, right?”

“Yeah, I will have to find out how the matter is turning.”

“Got it. I will also help.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a simply finished breakfast and quickly came out of the lodging.