Chapter 23 · 11 min
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
23. Sillim-dong (3)
He opened the box Samha Tech gave.
But why is something like this here···.
‘Daggers?’
Inside six daggers were placed neatly.
A bit longer than the palm.
Silver blades with blue energy faintly flickering on the surface.
A thin groove was dug along the middle of the blade, and a mana circuit like a solid line was engraved in that groove.
Beside that there was also paper that looked like a manual.
‘···What on earth is this?’
Swoosh.
He opened the manual and saw.
Then one sentence visible right away.
「Add a blade to the hand holding magic.」
What.
Is it a sentence expressing these daggers?
‘A blade to magic?’
Flutter, flutter.
He turned the manual more.
A detailed table of the weapon was visible.
[Floating Dagger] -Grade: High Grade -Production: Samha Tech -Classification: Floating Control Type
‘High Grade and floating control type?’
He continued reading.
-Operation: Activates when user injects mana -Control: Will control (multiple simultaneous possible)
-Consumption: Continuous mana consumption during floating / control -Range: Within user’s mana area -Material: Mana alloy.
He roughly knows.
Like Hyeonmin’s [Mana Mine], it seems a use of injecting mana and floating these daggers in the air.
Then is it just that?
It definitely didn’t seem so.
<Possessed Abilities>
1. Floating Floats the dagger injected with mana in the air. Possible to control direction, speed, rotation with user’s will. Possible to control multiple simultaneously.
2. Automatic Intercept When enemy approaches during floating standby the dagger automatically reacts and defends.
3. Launch Launches the dagger as a projectile Penetration, rapid fire possible Even if missed recovers and relaunches
4. Magic Medium <Core Ability>
Possible to load magic on the dagger and operate [Utilization Method] 1) Cast desired magic while holding the dagger 2) The dagger automatically absorbs the cast magic 3) When the dagger hits the target, immediately activates the absorbed magic. 4) In other words, the dagger stores the desired magic and uses magic when cutting the target
He read the manual steadily.
The conclusion was this.
‘With my mana freely moving the daggers, and also possible to store desired magic?’
Ho.
Quite amazing.
Moreover thinking well, the utilization also looked quite many.
‘Especially for me who is mana premature it will be helpful in various ways. If storing usable magic on the daggers in advance he can also use without mana consumption?’
There is no time.
A situation where he has to check quickly.
Fortunately the method doesn’t seem that difficult.
‘Let’s try.’
He blew mana into the six daggers.
Then the blue light of the mana circuit dug in the groove gradually deepened.
Swoosh.
The six daggers slowly floated.
The daggers slowly circled around him drawing a blue trajectory.
As if following the owner.
‘So while circling around me like this it also attacks on its own, and defends?’
It seems quite usable.
It was also a weak part for him as it was.
···Moreover if a situation like now even more.
‘Then what magic shall I put in.’
The time of worry was not that long.
* * *
That time, outside Sillim-dong.
The daily life outside the barrier was no different from before.
Because to ordinary people it looked no particular difference.
“···What is this?”
But that is only up to ordinary people.
Mages who know how to properly handle magic felt a sense of incongruity.
However, that sense of incongruity was peculiar.
“Hey, Dongwon. Do you also see this?”
“Uh··· yes yes. Something strange? Just now when that person entered inside there was a minute mana wave. This··· means magic?”
Certified mage 8th grade Han Suji and 9th grade Kim Dongwon.
They felt something in Sillim-dong.
However···.
“Right. Certain. Someone is playing tricks here. But··· this level is quite high?”
“Even senior feels that? I also thought so. This is not something an ordinary mage did?”
Magic level that even these certified mages would feel high.
What kind of mage on earth did something like this?
“Dongwon, contact headquarters. Something is happening in Sillim-dong right now.”
“Yes! Understood! Wait a minute!”
Dongwon hurriedly contacted.
But the answer that came back was more than that.
Dongwon who hung up the phone had a stunned face.
“Why? What are they saying?”
“Uh··· they say don’t care about there and just care about our area?”
“What? What dog-like sound is this!?”
“Hmm···, it was exactly that. If you get involved even a little in the matter there know that you’ll die. This feeling?”
Han Suji’s eyes changed like snake eyes.
Seeing that appearance Dongwon prepared his heart.
“Talking nonsense. Hey, Kim Dongwon. We’re entering here right now so prepare to pierce this. Got it?”
“······Yes.”
“Really funny. Anyway I have to quit this damned certified mage quickly or something.”
They said not to get involved, but only to Han Suji such nonsense didn’t work.
* * *
He came out of the junk shop.
He left Teri saying to protect the grandfather.
At the same time he thought of the work he has to do.
First he has to break the unidentified barrier.
‘I don’t know how it operates, but I know the cause is the light pillars coming out from four places.’
He doesn’t know from there, how, what comes out.
He thought if he goes to the position where the light pillars are shot he will know.
So first he headed to the closest west.
The location is a one-room village where one-rooms are gathered.
‘First let’s go there.’
To grasp the situation better he aimed for the building rooftop.
The method of going was simple.
Crackle. Spot!
Because [Teleport] is fine.
Like that instantly moved to the rooftop.
The surrounding situation was visible to some extent.
Mercenary mages going around in groups here and there on the street.
The number was twenty if few and over thirty if many.
Really completely dog packs.
Such guys went around various places in the buildings and committed violence.
Come out of the house, get out right now, threaten to kill.
Even in some places they set fire to the buildings.
‘···Is it okay to go wild like this?’
Going wild too wild.
How are they trying to handle this later?
But soon he understood how they are trying to handle.
“Anyway after this matter ends we have to enter inside for a while. But don’t worry! They said the place watching our back will quickly pull us out!”
“““Yes!!”””
A guy who looked like the leader of the group shouted.
···Ah, you guys are doing this with the determination to go to prison anyway? Thinking someone will pull out soon anyway?
Fwoosh.
Funny words.
You won’t have to go to prison.
He quietly lit fire.
Whoosh—. Kwaaang, Kwaaaaaang!
“Guh!”
“Wh-what! From where flying··· guk!”
“Kyaaaaaah!”
He threw [Fireball].
Fire was lit here and there and trapped the guys.
To the guys who couldn’t go or stay like that···.
Crackle, crackle crackle! Crackle crackle! Crackle!
He cast [Lightning Orb] in the middle.
[Chain Lightning] was shot at the well clustered guys.
“Kkkkkkkuh!!”
“Kuuuuuh!!”
Spot!
He changed position again.
From the opposite alley the guys gathered in a horde.
In such a place.
Kugugung. Bang! Bang! Bang! Crackle crackle crackle crackle!
Dropped [Lightning Strike] and massacred.
It seems he already processed over fifty.
Of course, it wasn’t that he could kill all.
But not to the extent of interfering with the work either.
Because they burned so they couldn’t move for a while right now.
Spot!
He changed direction again and moved.
Gradually approached the side where the light pillar was.
But···.
“Here! That bastard!”
“This rat-like bastard!”
“Catch! Catch!”
Some guys appeared on the rooftop.
Some guys climbed the roof and crawled up.
‘···They were looking for me.’
Clearly he perfectly suppressed the guys who were in that place.
Did they see his appearance from somewhere?
Or are they communicating something among themselves?
Anyway.
“This bastard!”
Ddadadadak!
The guys came up to the rooftop.
However, these guys seem close-range mages.
Everyone each held weapons and quickly approached.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Fortunately he was prepared.
He waved his fingers and sent several daggers to the guys.
Whiiiiiiik───.
Two daggers flying quickly.
Whoosh!
“Guh!”
Whoosh whoosh!
“Kyaaak!”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
“Guek!”
Daggers moving according to his will every time he waved his fingers.
Wow, this is extremely convenient?
“Go up! Continue going up!”
In the meantime, he discovered guys continuously crawling.
Quickly approaching while lightly jumping between roofs.
He couldn’t leave them like that.
Fwoosh. Shaaaaaak! Thud!
“Guk!”
Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!! Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!!
He threw [Flame Spear] at the guys jumping here and there. Starting from the guy properly stuck enormous explosion and the body was bounced and collapsed on the floor as is.
Whoosh. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
“This bastard some strange······!”
At that time, one guy who appeared behind because he couldn’t care in time aimed behind him.
Whoosh───. Thwuuuk!!
“Kuh!”
However, that guy before even meeting eyes with him one dagger that was staying beside pierced the neck.
‘Good, good.’
Attack and defense possible at the same time.
Even he hasn’t used the core ability of [Floating Dagger] yet.
‘First let’s continue going.’
Like that one wave of raid finished in an instant.
He continuously headed in the direction where the light pillar was.
‘Huh? Is that it?’
Soon something strange was visible.
Height about half a person’s height.
A body firmly stuck in the floor with three branched legs.
From there a light pillar shot to the sky came out.
‘That’s it.’
He found the goal.
However, the problem···.
“They say a mess happened around here right now?”
“Really? As expected Sillim-dong. Even putting in this many people there is a bastard rampaging.”
“They say the request office owner guys over there are also rampaging. But they say there also can’t use much power because outnumbered?”
“Then what bastard is doing that? Kekeke.”
There are many guys.
And enormously many.
Roughly looking it seems over a hundred.
‘···To destroy that it means I have to pierce these guys.’
Then other places would be the same.
This will be quite hard.
But there is nothing he can’t do.
As a result of fighting while coming this far, he felt there was worth in diligently leveling up in the meantime.
Even there is that.
‘[All Things Mana Absorption].’
Whooong. Fwoooosh!
He cast Ancient Magic.
Then small waves spreading in all directions from his body as the starting point. Those waves gradually spread and covered the Sillim-dong area.
Whooong.
Such waves returned to his body again.
And it wasn’t just returning.
Wooooooooong!!
“Kuuuh.”
In an instant mana filling insanely.
Filling, and filling again, continuously filling.
But the level up message didn’t appear.
Because he felt the mana container inside him continuously growing to the point he felt pain.
“Hoo.”
He wondered how much flowed like that.
The filling mana stopped.
And right now he···.
‘Mana is a fuck ton.’
Due to [All Things Mana Absorption] the mana container increased several times, no. Tens of times.
How long will it take to use all this?
‘Let’s try once. How long it will take.’
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh──.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!! Crackle crackle crackle crackle crackle!! Fwoossssh!!
He used magic.
[Fireball], [Flame Spear], [Cooling], [Lightning Strike], [Lightning Orb].
He cast as he thought, and threw as soon as done.
And cast again, cast again···.
“Guh!”
“Kyaaaaaak!”
“Kuuuh!”
All kinds of explosions occurred in the front.
Literally infinite magic barrage.
“Ah, refreshing.”
How many times did he use right now?
It seems he fired without rest about twenty times.
‘···But mana didn’t decrease even a little?’
Mana overflows too much.
To the point of going crazy.
‘Then. This also no problem even if used wildly.’
Kugugung, kugugung, kugugung.
Dark clouds started to gather thickly in the sky.
And that very thickly.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lightning poured like rain.
* * *
Late night.
The lights in the Future City Construction chairman’s office were still on.
“The work is going well, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
To the chairman’s question the team leader, Park Junhyeok said confidently.
“Currently the situation of activating the barrier amplifiers installed in four places in Sillim-dong. Equipment that further amplifies the barrier mage’s magic, a barrier of this level no one will easily pierce.”
Nod, nod.
The chairman nodded his head with a satisfied smile.
“Good. Now soon results that that person will be satisfied with will come out. The Sillim-dong incident will be an unprecedented incident. Of course··· all this is with one gangster group blinded by money and that matter that happened by chance··· right?”
“Of course. All this is the actions of crazy guys overlapping coincidence of coincidence.”
“There won’t be a case of this matter failing··· right?”
“There isn’t. Since the barrier is even set up, you can see the game as already over. Moreover the number of mercenary mages already deployed to the field alone is over hundreds. No one can block······.”
Ring ring ring!
At that time.
Junhyeok’s phone breaking the silence.
The chairman gestured as if to answer.
Junhyeok turned his head and quietly answered the phone.
It was a phone he had to answer.
Precisely the phone that came from Sillim-dong.
In other words, this was the phone that came from the command headquarters that was the only one made so the signal connects.
“What matter······, huh?”
-(Kwaaang! Kwaaaaaaang!!)
Explosion sounds heard beyond the phone.
That sound was quite close.
What is this···?
-T-team leader! B-big matter! (Kwaaaaang!)
“···What is it?”
-H-here··· th-there is a m-monster! P-please send more p-personnel right now! We can’t block at all! (Kwaaang!)
“What sound is that! Asking to send more personnel!”
Junhyeok was flustered.
What is this crazy sound?
Send more personnel?
Even the personnel sent now is hundreds?
-I-I don’t know! Th-this is the first time seeing a mage like this! C-currently one barrier amplifier is already destroyed s-state but··· th-this guy we can’t b-block at all!
“······!?”
This guy?
One person is making a fuss?
“···One person?”
-Yes, yes! That’s right! O-one person······ kuh!
“Hey. Hey!! Hey this bastard!! Answer!!”
-······.
The phone that became quiet together with a scream.
But it wasn’t hung up.
Seeing rustling sounds heard, someone picked up the phone.
-Future City Construction Special Department team leader. It’s you, the bastard who ordered this dirty thing.
Someone spoke.
It wasn’t the subordinate he gave instructions to.
“······.”
One word that is nothing special.
But somehow···.
Gulp──.
A voice that naturally makes cold sweat come out.
-From now on I’ll make you pay the price for the thing you did.
“Wh-what···.”
-Right now my mana is too much.
Click──.
The phone hung up.
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