Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Level 2 Player

Pursuit Squad

“Yaaawn!”

Jin-su, who had woken from sleep in the afternoon, stretched and got up from his seat. He had fallen asleep late at night while making synthesis skills and had only just woken up now.

‘Su-a must have been waiting.’

Jin-su left the lodging and knocked on the door of the room where Shin Su-a was.

Knock knock knock!

“It’s me.”

Creak!

The door opened immediately.

“You only just woke up?”

“Yeah.”

“Then let’s go eat.”

“You haven’t eaten lunch yet?”

“No, I waited so we could eat together.”

“You should have eaten first.”

Jin-su smiled faintly and went down with Shin Su-a to the restaurant on the first floor of the inn, where they ate breakfast and lunch together.

“How are you planning to clear them?”

Shin Su-a asked Jin-su with a face full of curiosity.

Shin Su-a also knew that a war with the Hwangryong Guild could not be avoided. That was why she was curious. From a position of numerical disadvantage, how they would fight and win against the Hwangryong Guild.

“First, I’m planning to defeat them one by one.”

He planned to eliminate the Hwangryong Guild members in this city. If a problem arose, higher-level parties from higher cities would definitely be dispatched. He planned to eliminate those dispatched higher parties one by one and gnaw away at the Hwangryong Guild’s power.

Jin-su, while using a sound-blocking skill, carefully explained his plan to Shin Su-a step by step.

“Will it work well?”

“For now, we have to try every method we can use.”

The war with the Hwangryong Guild is not a game. It is a life-or-death battle where Jin-su’s own life and Shin Su-a’s life are at stake.

‘Our advantage and disadvantage is that we are a small number of only two people.’

Then the only attack method they could use was guerrilla tactics that maximized mobility by striking and withdrawing.

‘The key is how well we can shake off professional pursuers, though.’

Regarding that point, he had no choice but to trust the skills he had newly learned last night.

“Let’s move.”

“Okay.”

After finishing the meal, Jin-su and Shin Su-a quietly slipped out of the city. Then Jin-su closed his eyes.

It was to communicate with the new summon, Kkami.

While they were in the undead hidden dungeon, the cooldown of the summon contract skill had returned. Jin-su immediately attempted a contract with a new summon and fortunately succeeded.

The summon that Jin-su newly contracted with was a crow demon beast with three eyes. Its intelligence was slightly lower than Leo’s, and its appearance was the same as an ordinary crow except for one extra eye on its forehead.

Unfortunately, its combat power was also close to zero, just like Leo.

‘But it’s not like it has no advantages.’

The three-eyed crow with three eyes had incredibly good eyesight. Also, because it flew, its mobility was good.

‘It’s perfect for reconnaissance.’

Also, its appearance did not differ much from an ordinary crow at a glance, so its camouflage ability was also very good. The price of the summon was the same as Leo: providing food and a little mana.

Jin-su gave the three-eyed crow the name Kkami.

‘There was no opportunity to use Kkami in the undead hidden dungeon.’

It was merely an existence that only consumed food. However, after leaving the undead hidden dungeon, the situation changed.

‘It does the work it’s told well.’

The appearances of Hwangryong Guild members who had come out hunting were visible in Jin-su’s mind. Kkami possessed a skill that could transmit the scenes it saw and the sounds it heard to the summoner.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a carefully moved to where Kkami was. In the process, they received the past actions of the Hwangryong Guild members that Kkami had monitored so far.

‘As expected, it was a PK guild composed of PK players.’

In the memories transmitted by Kkami, the Hwangryong Guild members were proudly talking about the fact that they had killed another player a week ago. While doing so, they also regretted that such luck might not come again.

‘Trash.’

He had a slight expectation that ordinary guild members might be different, but it was not the case at all.

‘That guy lied too.’

The tanker player he had captured alive had jumped up and absolutely denied it when asked if the Hwangryong Guild was a PK guild composed of PK players.

‘Then I don’t need to keep the promise either.’

Because the condition for Jin-su to spare the tanker player was telling the truth.

‘Let’s finish this quickly.’

Jin-su summoned the shadow summons. The shadow assassin was missing, but there was no problem dealing with those guys.

‘Kill them.’

At the same time as Jin-su gave the command, he cast a magic attack skill together with the shadow mage.

Hwareureureuk!

Bright red flames covered the Hwangryong Guild members who were hunting monsters.

Kwaaaang!

“Aaaak!”

“Hot!”

With a loud explosion, the flames burst, and the archer, mage, and healer lost their lives.

“What is it? It’s an ambush! Request support right now!”

The moment the tanker shattered a rescue stone and shouted.

Kwaaaang!

The shadow knight’s shield slammed into the tanker’s body.

Crack!

The arm of the tanker holding the shield bent unnaturally.

“Ack! It hurts! It hurts!”

Thud!

The shadow knight’s sword stabbed into the neck of the screaming tanker.

Saaak!

The curses of Jin-su and the shadow healer covered the remaining Hwangryong Guild members.

“Ah, I can’t see in front!”

“M-my feet!”

Toward the Hwangryong Guild members whose vision was blocked and feet were bound, the shadow warrior’s greatsword and the shadow archer’s arrows flew.

Slash!

Splat!

The shadow warrior’s greatsword easily cut down the bodies of the Hwangryong Guild members like a farmer harvesting rice.

Swoosh!

Thud!

The shadow archer’s arrows pierced the necks of the surviving Hwangryong Guild members with perfect accuracy.

“They’re weak.”

Shin Su-a muttered with a hollow expression. She had steeled her resolve, summoned the Stone Golem, and firmly gripped her staff, but the enemies were wiped out before she could do anything.

“Don’t let your guard down. And prepare. They’ll come swarming soon.”

Using the shadow archer, they could have eliminated the tanker who was trying to activate the rescue stone first. But they deliberately left it alone. It was to lure the guild members in the Hwangryong Guild branch by activating the rescue stone.

“Got it.”

At Jin-su’s instruction, Shin Su-a nodded and hid her body.

“What bastards dare to touch our Hwangryong Guild!”

“I’ll peel the flesh off one by one and kill you painfully!”

Not long after, the enraged Hwangryong Guild members swarmed in. The number was about 30.

‘At that number, it’s almost all of them.’

There were about 50 players affiliated with the Hwangryong Guild in this city. Among them, 10 had been taken down by Jin-su while guarding the entrance of the undead hidden dungeon. Also, a party of 10 had just been wiped out.

So those 30 were practically everyone remaining in the branch.

‘Just in case, two or three might remain, but there’s no need to worry about that.’

Jin-su cast a magic attack skill together with the shadow mage.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaang!

Flames rose once again and exploded splendidly.

“Aaaak!”

“What bastard is it!”

“Kill them!”

He had poured mana with the intention of wiping them out, but about half survived.

Shushushuk!

At that moment, arrows from the shadow archer flew in.

Pukpukpuk!

Among the surviving Hwangryong Guild members, the healer, mage, and archer lost their lives.

Thud thud thud thud!

The Stone Golem, shadow knight, and shadow warrior rushed in. Jin-su also drew the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword and rushed toward the enemies.

“Kill them!”

“Waaaaak!”

The Hwangryong Guild members rushed toward Jin-su with bloodshot eyes.

Crack!

Kwaang!

However, before the Hwangryong Guild members could even reach Jin-su, they were cut down or turned into bloody messes by the Stone Golem’s fists, the shadow knight’s sword and shield, and the shadow warrior’s greatsword.

Shushushuk!

Pukpukpuk!

Hwareureuk!

Boom!

Following that, arrows from the shadow archer and attack magic from the shadow mage flew in. The only one who broke through that concentrated barrage and reached in front of Jin-su was just one person.

“Uh...”

The only player who survived and arrived in front of Jin-su had a half-dazed expression.

“Uuuu! Die!”

Then, with a terrified expression, he swung his sword at Jin-su.

Thud!

But before the swung sword could even arrive, the Blood-Sucking Sword in Jin-su’s hand pierced the opposing player’s heart.

The 30 players affiliated with the Hwangryong Guild who had appeared full of momentum were wiped out in vain.

“Caw! Caw!”

Once the battle was completely over, Kkami landed on Jin-su’s left shoulder and rubbed its head as if asking for praise for its contribution.

“Nyaaang!”

In response, Leo, who had been sitting on the right shoulder, growled toward Kkami as if dissatisfied.

“Don’t fight.”

Jin-su smiled and took out monster meat from his inventory and distributed it to Kkami and Leo.

“Nom nom nom! Munch! Munch!”

“Peck! Peck! Peck! Gulp!”

Then peace arrived.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a nodded and left the place.

After that, according to the information from the tanker player he had captured alive, Jin-su toured the cities that the Hwangryong Guild used as main bases and rapidly reduced the number of personnel in the Hwangryong Guild branches.

***

Kwaang!

“What bastards dare!”

Jucheonguk, the guild master of the Hwangryong Guild, emitted killing intent in streams and let out a roar. Because in just one week, over 100 Hwangryong Guild members had lost their lives.

At first, he thought it was an ambush by another guild in a hostile relationship. So he hurriedly prepared for war.

But it was not.

The number of enemies who had inflicted such enormous damage on the Hwangryong Guild was estimated to be a single party of only about 7–8 people.

“What the hell is the pursuit squad doing that they still haven’t caught those guys?”

Jucheonguk did not step forward himself and sent a pursuit squad.

“Those guys’ movement speed is extremely fast and they move so elusively that pursuit seems quite difficult. Still, they’ve narrowed it to a one-day distance, so you should be able to hear the news that they’ve been caught around tomorrow.”

“Tell them to catch them with their lives attached. I’m planning to tear them apart and kill them myself.”

“Yes, understood.”

Jucheonguk thought that once the pursuit squad caught their tail, this situation would be resolved. Because the guild members who were attacked were mostly concentrated at mid-to-low levels. However, that was only Jucheonguk’s wish.

***

“Pursuit squad.”

Jin-su, who was sharing vision with Kkami, said to Shin Su-a.

“Is it a full-scale battle?”

“No, it’s only about three parties.”

“Isn’t that too few? How many parties have been wiped out by us so far?”

“Because the players who were hit are mid-to-low level, they thought three high-level parties would be enough.”

“They’re letting their guard down?”

“That’s right.”

“That’s a good thing for us.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a were moving with full power, but the enemy showed a relaxed appearance and organized a pursuit squad with half-baked skills and scale.

“Let’s deal with them cleanly.”

“Okay.”

The war with the Chabel Guild.

Due to the battles with Hwangryong Guild members that continued immediately after that, Shin Su-a had also become accustomed to battles with players.

Jin-su and Shin Su-a left appropriate traces and then hid their bodies.

A short while later, the Hwangryong Guild’s pursuit squad revealed themselves.

“It’s a trail within 10 minutes. We’ve almost caught them now.”

“The guild master said it’s fine as long as we bring them with their lives attached, right? I’ll cut off their limbs.”

“When I think about how much we suffered because of these bastards, my teeth are grinding, my teeth are grinding.”

The pursuit squad members were filled with anger. Jin-su and Shin Su-a moved while resting comfortably, eating meals, and sleeping.

On the other hand, the pursuers had to find and move by relying on tracking skills for faint traces. Also, to narrow the distance with Jin-su and Shin Su-a, they resolved meals while moving.

Rest was a luxury, and even sleep was only minimal dozing as they continued the difficult pursuit.

“Once we catch these bastards, the suffering ends.”

“Ugh, I want to eat a proper meal leisurely.”

“I want to soak my body in warm water.”

“I wish I could sleep soundly without standing night watch.”

The pursuit squad members approached the place where Jin-su and Shin Su-a were hiding while chatting.

‘These guys have no tension at all.’

They were filled with baseless confidence that they would win unconditionally as long as they caught them.

Jin-su raised mana together with the shadow mage and cast a magic attack skill.

Jin-su’s magic attack skill activated quickly under the influence of mage-exclusive skills, the Blessing’s buff, Shin Su-a’s blessing, and the Dark Body, and its power was also tremendously strong.

Hwareureureuk!

Kwaaaaang!

The attack magic of Jin-su and the shadow mage struck the pursuit squad that was letting their guard down.

Shushushuk!

At the same time, arrows from the shadow archer flew in.

Pukpukpuk!

In the feast of successive long-range attacks, many of the mages, archers, and healers with weak defense died. However, unlike previous battles, they could not massacre half of the enemy personnel with one attack.

‘Even if rotten, it’s still a juniper, is that it?’

Even in a situation of letting their guard down, as soon as they sensed mana, the tankers protected the mages and healers.

Archers, assassins, and melee dealers scattered on their own looking for a way to live. That was why, compared to the success of the ambush, the results were not very good.

It only reduced the enemies by 9 people.

“These bastards dare!”

“Kill them! Just kill them!”

“Waaaaak!”

However, that was only from the perspective of Jin-su who had launched the surprise attack. He had been taken by surprise by the prey he thought would unconditionally run away if they met.

As a result, a full 1/3 of the total personnel died without even properly fighting.

From the pursuit squad’s perspective, it was enormously large damage that they had not expected at all.