Chapter 35

Chapter 35

35. Specter (4) (Revised)

Certified mage conference room.

“What is the truth of the rumor that Specter appeared?”

“Still grasping, but not certain.”

A little while ago, peculiar information came in.

Precisely the news of ‘Specter’ appearing in Korea.

“If this is true it is really a big matter. But why did they appear in Korea? Until now there was no such time.”

“Actually their appearance reason also not one has been revealed yet. What they want, what they are trying to do no one knows.”

“Hoo, headache. First thoroughly look into. Although the probability of a false rumor is high, who knows. Ah, and···.”

One 2nd grade certified mage trailed off with a serious expression.

“Did you hear that news? Because the magic crime rate is rising too high worldwide they will put out a hardline policy.”

“Ah, I heard.”

“What do you think it will become? This word soon means certified mages alone are insufficient, it means they will put in someone besides us?”

Magic gradually spread, and the damage due to such magic grew uncontrollably.

Even just Korea is so.

There were also regions where reconstruction was completely impossible due to magic damage in specific regions.

“···According to what is heard there was a rumor that they will create a new group. Inviting specific mages, and giving them quite enormous support?”

“Enormous support to specific mages? What by any chance making guys who easily smash even certified mages?”

“It could be. So the atmosphere is not ordinary worldwide··· well, how it will become the people above would know?”

The 3rd grade certified mage said while pointing at the ceiling with his finger.

“Hoo, this somehow the atmosphere is strangely turning since the Sillim-dong incident.”

The flow of society strangely flowed.

* * *

[Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] [Leveled up.] ············ ············

[Leveled up.] [Leveled up.]

The level rose insanely.

As he did the insufficient mana filled again.

‘What is it? Was there another mana vein here?’

There is nothing besides this.

Because it is exactly the same as when the Sillim-dong mana vein burst.

Well, it wouldn’t be that there burst again.

Anyway.

Kugugugung.

Mana filling is filling.

The situation here is also not ordinary.

Because the building seems like it will collapse soon.

[Choi Yunji: What on earth is happening right now! What is this hole that appeared in the building! Aaah! That aside! I also entered the building, the building state right now is not good! It seems it will collapse!]

A message came from the hacker.

As expected the situation is not good.

-······.

The problem is that guy.

The monster guy who not enough that he extinguished [Elemental Hyena], moves fine even after being hit by [Annihilation Cannon].

That guy is blocking the path.

‘To head to the building’s front door he has to break the wall, to go out through the hole he pierced that guy is blocking···.’

Swoosh.

He looked around the surroundings.

Where would be good to go.

‘···If there.’

Then the stairs caught his eye.

Stairs going up to the upper floor.

Kugugugung—.

Even the building was continuously groaning.

An idea of escaping and at the same time eliminating that guy came to mind.

[Me: By any chance can I know the situation of the 10th floor a bit?] [Choi Yunji: 10th floor!? Why there?] [Me: First it seems I have to evacuate there] [Choi Yunji: What are you saying! The building is collapsing? Ah, uh... for now I can go! The stairs are also fine, and if using the hole you pierced a little while ago I can go faster!] [Me: Understood. You also said you came to the building? Right now immediately run to the 10th floor]

Okay, for now done.

“Tall Handsome Man. Can you run?”

“K-kuuuh··· th-that level···.”

“Good. Then I’ll hold that guy for a moment so go up as high as possible.”

“···R-right now?”

Nod, nod.

He quietly nodded his head.

At the same time Tall Handsome Man who started running quickly.

Dadadadada! Creak!

Naturally the guy also reacted.

He has to block that.

‘···Just a very moment is enough.’

Thinking of going up the stairs and using the ceiling so the guy can’t see. Of course that might not work but it would be less dangerous than going through the pierced hole with the guy behind.

Then the turn to hold the guy.

Swoosh.

He stretched his hand toward the guy.

And wildly, wildly recalled images.

“[Lightning Net],[Lightning Net],[Lightning Net],[Lightning Net],[Lightning Net]·········.”

Crackle crackle crackle! Crackle crackle crackle! Crackle crackle crackle!

-······!?

Numerous mana tangled with each other, and consecutively [Lightning Net] covered the guy.

And that as many as fifty [Lightning Nets].

Crunch, crunch!

Although [Lightning Nets] covering the guy overlapping and overlapping, when the guy lightly swings a few extinguish.

Really if this level barely escaping······.

Halt!

At that time.

The guy stopped for a moment.

Crunch! Crunch!

Moves again. Then again halt! and repeating stopping.

···What is it?

“U-uh hurry come here···!”

Soon a voice crawling in as if heard or not from the stairs side was heard.

The hacker with a hood over, Yunji was stretching her hand toward the guy.

‘Ah [Virus]? By the way in a situation like this really coming this far···.’

Facing the rumored Specter.

Originally a non-combat position that is not directly deployed to the scene. Such Yunji appeared to help us risking danger.

Whether strong sense of responsibility, or strong colleague consciousness. Whatever it is there was a quite likable corner.

Crack. Spot! Spot! Squirm, squirm.

Anyway, a situation he has to run away.

Two [Teleports].

Additionally using the black robe’s ability.

He immediately headed to the upper floor.

“···Extremely fast.”

In an instant he reached the 4th floor.

Soon a sound of the guy struggling bang! was heard.

Probably by now he would have cut all fifty [Lightning Nets] too.

Pop!

At that time, a skull-shaped mark newly floated below.

“I-I put a mark so I c-can see the guy coming. What are you going to do now···?”

“First Kim Dongwook. Come here.”

First he examined the body of the injured Dongwook.

As is [Heal] cast.

Dongwook’s eyes widened.

“···Y-you, can you even heal?”

“I do this and that. Right now that is not important. Since we have to create distance from the guy as much as possible don’t rest and run to the 10th floor.”

“···Understood.”

“U-uh!”

Dadadadada!!

Neither asked why.

As expected they would be feeling instinctively.

That right now running to the 10th floor inside the collapsing building is rather more realistic than facing the guy.

Moreover there is another reason for doing this.

Whirrrrr──!! Whirrrrr──!!

‘Let’s check the magic cards.’

Because he can gain time to check cards while running.

Accordingly he ran without resting and checked the magic cards.

‘Learn this too, this too. This too.’

He wildly wildly learned usable ones.

Low from high grade to high Special Grade magic.

However, he closed the magic card window without consuming all.

Because it seems better to organize the rest later.

“8-8th floor!”

Before he knew it he arrived at the 8th floor.

He immediately started his beloved horse SB that was collapsed on the floor and used the [Auto Ride] option to follow.

And as is moved to the 10th floor again.

Lightly lowering his head, the distance with the guy seemed about a 2-floor difference.

‘Because destroyed? Fortunately the speed doesn’t seem that fast.’

Although meager for the effect value of using [Annihilation Cannon], still this is somewhere.

“1-10th floor!”

Bang!

Soon he arrived at the destination.

But.

“···What is this?”

“······.”

The scenery of the 10th floor was bizarre.

Blood painted on the whole floor wall.

And unknown patterns drawn on the floor.

Additionally corpses of young children sprawled and Cambodian corpses with peculiar makeup like natives.

“D-doesn’t it seem like a scene performing some ritual···?”

It was as Yunji said.

The scenery here was exactly such an appearance.

What on earth did they do here?

“···There is something here.”

At that time, Dongwook found something.

It was a quite old book with a red cover.

Rustle.

Dongwook opened the book. At such Dongwook Yunji also hurriedly ran in and read together.

“···I have no idea.”

“M-me too. It looks like a magic book but···.”

Magic book?

After lightly checking the guy’s position he examined the book.

「ᚦᚢᚱኍ ᛗᛖᚾ ᚨᛚᚢ ᚺᚨᚷᛁ ኍᛟᚹᛁᛚᛟ ᚾᚨᚢᚦᛁᛉ ᛖᚻᚹᚨᛉ ᛒᛖᚱᚲᚨᚾᚨ ᛚᚨᚷᚢ」

···What is this?

Some bizarre characters are written.

It seems some language but the combination is bizarre.

But he is different. Because he has [All Phenomena Response].

He tried to continuously read the writing.

Then it was naturally analyzed.

‘···Make the soul permeate the vessel. Death, beyond. To the waiting one.’

Phrases interpreted sporadically.

But what does this mean?

Making the soul permeate the vessel and to the waiting one?

“······.”

This by any chance?

First he has to take it.

It looks like a very important magic book.

“O-coming···!”

In the meantime, the guy gradually approached.

Now the last stage of the plan.

Escaping from the guy and at the same time processing.

“Everyone get on there.”

He pointed at SB to the two people.

As he did swoosh, aimed the palm downward.

Wooong, wooong, woooooong.

20%, 50%, 80%. 95%···.

He scraped mana thoroughly.

Kugugugung—.

The red light gathering in the palm gradually grew.

The surrounding air warped as if sucked in, and the building started to shake greatly.

In the middle of that, he also boarded SB.

Vrooooooom! Crash!

“U-uwaaaaaah!”

“K-kueeeek!”

SB came out breaking the 10th floor window.

The bike floated in the air, and the distant ground unfolded below the feet.

In that state [Teleport].

Crack. Spot!

He moved his body above the building.

A little while ago he also used [Annihilation Cannon], but the guy with insane movement speed avoided.

Then what should he do.

He has to make it so he can’t avoid at all.

“Try avoiding this too.”

He aimed the palm downward then aimed at the whole building.

Whoooong. Fwoooooooooooooooooooooosh!!

[Annihilation Cannon] that scraped mana close to 100% was shot from the building’s rooftop.

A thickness of red light completely covering the building that he hasn’t seen until now.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwang!!

The 10th floor burst.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwagwang!

The 9th floor also burst. 8th floor, 7th floor, 6th floor too.

Floors exploded one by one and collapsed in a chain.

At the same time he also fell.

He immediately looked for SB.

“Uwaaaaaaah!”

“Kueeeeeeek!”

Suddenly a situation of falling while riding the bike.

Far away the pale expressions of the two people were visible.

Squirm squirm. Whiiiiiiik!

As is he quickly boarded the bike using the black robe. He tightly held so the two people don’t fall.

Kwaaang! Kwaaaaang!!

The building was collapsing along right beside.

Actually it was ambiguous to express as collapsing.

The part [Annihilation Cannon] touched disappeared without a trace, and it was the level of just the remaining frames falling.

“F-falling···!!”

Before he knew it right before touching the floor.

Tightly holding SB’s handle [Teleport].

Crack. Spot!

Vroooooooom!!

Like that after safely landing, he ran SB as is and created distance from the building.

Kugugugugugugung!

Behind an enormous dust wind rose due to the completely collapsed building.

With this he wouldn’t be able to survive.

‘He was really not an ordinary guy.’

He briefly recalled about the guy.

A guy who firmly held on even after using 10th Rank magic.

Although the guy could avoid due to the characteristic of [Annihilation Cannon] stretching straight, still holding on was amazing.

‘What kind of guy created something like that in total?’

That was strange.

If a level of that degree not the reputation of the current Specter level he could do more than that.

Why, just this level?

‘···If that.’

At that time, the magic book obtained on the 10th floor came to mind.

A magic book with very peculiar phrases written.

Whoosh.

He immediately took out the magic book from his bosom.

Including the part he read a little while ago, he turned the next page and read and read again.

Isn’t there some clue here?

Flutter, flutter.

As expected there seems to be something.

Unfortunately due to the situation being like this he can’t find out everything, but if carefully examining he seems to be able to know something.

Even now it seems he realized something.

[Acquired Soul Gathering (Unique).]

Look at this?

Learning something like this?

‘Then if completely acquiring this book can he also create things like that?’

That he still doesn’t know well.

From the start that guy’s iron lump body also didn’t seem like ordinary matter.

“H-here the guy from a little while ago i-is···.”

At that time, Yunji’s very small voice was heard.

That guy is there?

This bastard by any chance isn’t alive?

He immediately ran to Yunji.

“······.”

“···Even thinking again it is scary.”

As Yunji said it was there.

However, it wasn’t all there and only the guy’s head and part of the iron lump body were placed alone.

Very well, certainly smashed.

Bubble.

The surprising thing is, this guy’s head is still reacting.

···Creepy, really.

‘Then will this work?’

In an instant, [Soul Gathering] came to mind.

They say gathering the souls of guys like that.

‘He will know if trying.’

Tsk.

He stretched his hand toward the guy.

And immediately used magic.

Whiiiiiiing.

[Soul Gathering succeeded.] [Gathered the soul of ‘Baekgwi’.]

“······.”

Really worked?

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