Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The material quality is crazy.

Going down along the stairs, before he knew it he arrived at the 3rd basement floor.

The goal is on the 5th basement floor. But he can't go any further by stairs.

From the 4th basement floor he has to use another passage.

There is a parking lot up to the 3rd basement floor, and below that is completely separated and used separately.

But it wasn't that the entrance was hidden very thoroughly or anything. They just put meaning in the separation and managed separately.

Seo I-hyeon opened the door and went out. Then a wide parking lot came out.

If going to the opposite side from the stair entrance there is an elevator going down.

He has to take that and go down. That is the only method to go to the 4th basement floor.

Currently there are five people on the 4th basement floor, and three people on the 5th basement floor.

The five on the 4th basement floor are security personnel guarding the underground laboratory, and the three on the 5th basement floor are researchers.

Since he is continuously confirming where they are and what they are doing right now, Seo I-hyeon boldly took the elevator.

Since he covered his face it doesn't matter even if filmed by CCTV. If someone regards it as strange and rushes over it would be a bit troublesome, but he decided to think about that when the time comes.

He took the elevator and went straight down to the 5th basement floor. There is no need to stop by the 4th basement floor.

Seo I-hyeon who got off the elevator placed one brick he had brought in the shadow warehouse in advance between so that the elevator door doesn't close.

Like this even if something happens later it will take time to come here from the 4th floor.

He wonders if there's a need to do this, but still isn't it better than not doing it.

Seo I-hyeon immediately moved his steps.

Between the elevator and the 5th basement floor laboratory there was a short corridor, and there was one door each on the corridor wall. One is a pantry and the other is a machine room.

Seo I-hyeon walked right over and opened the laboratory door.

Since he opened it quietly without sound, there was no occasion of gathering the gazes of the researchers inside.

Seo I-hyeon glanced around the laboratory.

He had confirmed everything with the shadow eye earlier too, but seeing directly with eyes like this felt a bit different.

Batteries were densely plugged on one wall. Probably that is the ether battery.

There were quite a lot of tubes connected to that wall, and it seems they extract and use ether through that.

"Decided."

Seo I-hyeon muttered quietly.

Adding that as the price of the pain he experienced seemed just right. It's not a story of taking it.

When Seo I-hyeon lowered his hand downward a blood lump popped out from the shadow.

That blood lump had Seo I-hyeon's mana connected.

Seo I-hyeon cannot project mana externally. But if there are materials that came from his own body like this the story is different.

He understands it as recognizing it as his own body by sharing the same soul. In reality he honestly doesn't know why it's like that. He just uses it thinking maybe it's like that.

The blood lump floated in the air.

Seo I-hyeon looked at that and opened his mouth.

"Advance. Explosion."

The blood lump flew forward.

At that moment, the researchers heard Seo I-hyeon's voice and flinched in surprise and turned their heads to look.

They saw the blood lump flying toward the ether battery, but couldn't react right away and were blank.

And the blood lump exploded.

Bang!

It wasn't something with great explosive power. It was just that the blood lump burst and blood water splattered everywhere.

Before he knew it blood water surged up above Seo I-hyeon's shadow. And drew a magic circle.

It was a magic circle made of very simple shapes and patterns.

Blood undulated and overflowed above the magic circle.

"Bead. Tracking. Penetration."

The magic circle collapsed, and the blood water that surged up clumped into a very small bead form while rippling. Like that dozens of beads were made, and floated up as is.

And flew quickly targeting the places where blood drops had splattered.

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The blood beads pierced the places where blood drops were stuck.

Most of the blood that came out from the blood lump he first burst stuck on the ether battery so most of the blood beads also pierced the ether battery.

Zzzzt!

Overcurrent flowed and ether poured out from there.

Of course Seo I-hyeon couldn't detect whether ether came out from there or not. He just guessed it would be like that.

Seo I-hyeon turned his head and looked at the researchers.

As if the stiffened bodies finally loosened then, the researchers flinched in surprise and hurriedly stood up from their seats and ran away.

They left the laboratory but it didn't matter. As long as they don't charge in it's fine.

Seo I-hyeon headed toward the glass tube containing the werewolf.

It was a cylindrical glass tube, inside it was full of liquid, and inside that something that was too grotesquely shaped to call a werewolf was contained.

The appearance doesn't matter. As long as the bones are intact it's fine. The rest the bones will absorb everything and make with their own power anyway. Whatever it is.

Seo I-hyeon tapped the glass tube with his hand. It was quite thick and hard glass.

Even though he has a body that exceeds the limits of a human, breaking this with a fist is not an easy matter.

So he took out the knuckle he had prepared in advance from the shadow and put it on his hand. And scooped up a handful of blood and smeared it on his arm.

"Acceleration."

The remaining blood he smeared on the knuckle.

"Crushing."

Magic used simply with only a spell without a magic circle has weak effect. But even so because he uses it with Seo I-hyeon's blood as the medium it's fairly decent.

At minimum he can break a glass tube of this level.

Seo I-hyeon tightly clenched his fist, pulled his arm as much as possible then thrust it as is.

Craaaaack!

With a loud sound cracks began to spread on the glass tube.

Crackcrackcrack!

The cracks spread like a spiderweb, and soon it broke.

Crash!

Splash!

The liquid that was inside poured out.

Seo I-hyeon slightly stepped back and avoided it.

Along with the liquid the grotesque thing that was inside also poured out together.

Liquid spread out widely around the grotesque thing sprawled on the floor.

Seo I-hyeon stood far away and only stretched the shadow to try to put the grotesque thing inside. But it doesn't work.

"Huh? Don't tell me... it's still alive?"

Curiosity arose. Seo I-hyeon approached the grotesque thing, no, the werewolf.

It was a body with grotesque flesh lumps stuck all over, but surprisingly it was breathing.

Although the mouth was on the chest side not the original place.

"Then are the mouth and lungs connected directly?"

Muttering like that he placed his hand on the chest.

The heartbeat is strong.

Roughly predicting, it seems they left some organs including the heart, and about the brain and attached other flesh pieces to try to make something.

"The material quality is crazy."

If alive even in this state how much negative emotion must have poured out. Probably the whole body is pickled in unholy emotions.

There was no time to examine in detail here now, Seo I-hyeon drew blood from the shadow.

"Blade. Form fixation. Penetration."

The blood changed into a blade shape. Seo I-hyeon stabbed it into the werewolf's heart without hesitation.

After a moment, the werewolf was sucked into the shadow in an instant.

Since the work was done now he just has to go back.

Seo I-hyeon turned around without lingering and headed toward the laboratory entrance.

At that time urgent footsteps were heard from outside.

"Ah, the elevator."

Thinking about it, since he just left the researchers, they would have taken the elevator and gone up. Then the security personnel who were on the 4th floor would come down.

The footsteps heard from outside are probably theirs.

Maybe more came.

Since to go outside from here he has no choice but to take the elevator, he has to break through the approaching ones.

Probably even if he takes the elevator and goes up there will be guys waiting above.

So the real thing is from now.

* * *

The security of the Etherix building is on the considerably thorough side.

They don't use a professional security company but use security personnel procured by themselves, and since Etherix is a company that has a foot in the hidden world, security personnel related to the hidden world were also mixed in.

There are many important things to protect in the Etherix building.

Simply even the ether battery charging device alone is not an ordinary price.

On top of that there are tons of ether batteries in the basement. Each one is expensive enough to make a billion-won sound.

And there is also the werewolf.

Among the security personnel those related to the hidden world were a total of six, and they stood duty rotating in three shifts of two each.

The two people guarding tonight, Choi Jun-ho and Jeong Hyeong-jin, were both martial arts ability users.

Most hidden world people doing security work can be regarded as martial arts ability users.

Martial arts ability users are common and the deviation is also extremely severe.

There are tons of thugs who accidentally obtained a bit of martial arts and go around with force on their shoulders. Usually they don't last a year and die doing that.

But the martial arts of the two people who are Etherix's security personnel was of a considerable level.

Both learned a martial arts called Cheongrang Yeonhwan Kwon and use fists as weapons.

Since they learned the martial arts provided by Etherix it was natural that the two learned the same martial arts.

The two people were urgently going down to the basement because of a suddenly risen report.

Behind them about a dozen security personnel followed in a rush with tense expressions.

"Crazy guy! Among so many companies why target here of all places! Who the hell is it!"

Choi Jun-ho shouted filled with irritation even while running.

Of course no one answered.

They crossed the parking lot and took the elevator going to the basement. Inside the elevator the security personnel who had been waiting on the 4th floor were waiting. Soon the elevator arrived at the 5th basement floor.

They ran the short corridor and opened the laboratory door in one go.

In their eyes the person standing in the middle of the laboratory, Seo I-hyeon, was visible.

Choi Jun-ho and Jeong Hyeong-jin stopped at an appropriate distance. Behind them the security personnel lined up.

Everyone wildly scattered fierce eyes and momentum.

The momentum of Choi Jun-ho and Jeong Hyeong-jin who learned martial arts was distinctly different from the other security personnel.

Of course it didn't work on Seo I-hyeon at all. Because there was really no feeling.

Seo I-hyeon scanned the ones who appeared quickly. Not just roughly looking but confirming their positions, postures, equipment etc. without omission.

The two people standing in front have knuckles on their hands. The security personnel behind were wearing black suits and all holding expandable batons, and seeing that all their upper bodies were thick, it was clear they were wearing something thick inside.

Seo I-hyeon judged that the possibility was high that what they were wearing inside was some equipment using mana.

Well, it doesn't matter. As long as he doesn't get caught it's fine. Anyway he was prepared to get hurt. It would be better if it ends without hurting.

"Um, teacher. Doing this here is troublesome. First come with us. Aigo, this is a mess. The compensation amount won't be small. You have to take responsibility, right?"

When Choi Jun-ho said a bit slyly, Jeong Hyeong-jin tightly clenched his fist. Inner energy seeped into the knuckle he was wearing.

He was thinking of starting by breaking the legs first. Because he has to remove mobility for the back to be comfortable.

Choi Jun-ho raised both hands as if he had no intention of causing harm and approached Seo I-hyeon very slowly.

And Jeong Hyeong-jin prepared a charge while rotating inner energy toward the leg side.

At that time, Seo I-hyeon said quietly.

"Release."

As soon as the words fell blood poured from the ceiling.

Splash!

The amount wasn't much. Because it was just blood that had been stuck extremely thinly on the ceiling like painting poured down.

But the range was very wide.

"What is this!"

"Blood?"

Everyone was shocked and jumped. They shook off the blood stuck on their bodies and also wiped the blood stuck on their skin. While still maintaining vigilance toward Seo I-hyeon.

At that time Jeong Hyeong-jin who confirmed Seo I-hyeon's feet shouted.

"Magic circle! That bastard is a mage!"

At the same time as those words he tried to charge. But Seo I-hyeon was a bit faster.

"Tight!"

Seo I-hyeon shouted like that and tightly clenched his fist.

At that moment, the blood stuck on the security personnel's bodies contracted sharply.

"Heok!"

Everyone became in attention posture, lost balance and fell to the floor. Except only Choi Jun-ho and Jeong Hyeong-jin.

Those two barely caught balance using inner energy.

Seo I-hyeon grinned and lightly waved his hand.

"Then I'll be going."

The security personnel who fell to the floor only wriggled and couldn't stand up again.

Seo I-hyeon leisurely passed them and approached the laboratory door.

Choi Jun-ho looking at that checked his own body condition. He tried to release the binding with inner energy, but after pushing for a moment it came back. With this there's no answer.

Choi Jun-ho confirmed how far he could move. Turning the neck was possible. The mouth moves too. And the ankle also moves.

Choi Jun-ho who finished the calculation sent all the inner energy to the ankle. And tilted his body forward as if falling and moved only the feet to launch his body toward Seo I-hyeon.

Bang!

Like a cannonball Choi Jun-ho shot toward Seo I-hyeon's back.

Seo I-hyeon turned around at the sudden explosion sound and was shocked.

It was too fast and close. This he absolutely can't dodge. Still he forced himself to twist his body and tried to dodge.

Thud!

Choi Jun-ho's head hit Seo I-hyeon's shoulder and passed. Following.

Boom!

The laboratory door was smashed on Choi Jun-ho's head. Choi Jun-ho used the force of breaking the door to stir his body in the air then stood straight.

He blocked the entrance alone.

Seo I-hyeon grasped his shoulder and groaned.

"Aak! It hurts like hell! Fuck!"

The shoulder bone was broken. Seo I-hyeon glared at Choi Jun-ho with eyes that slightly teared up then hurriedly moved.

If he drags time more here it's dangerous.

Choi Jun-ho is standing blocking the entrance, but what can he do when standing in attention posture unable to move at all. Still just in case.

He sprayed blood toward Choi Jun-ho's ankle. And also toward the ankle of Jeong Hyeong-jin who was still standing.

"Craaaaack!"

This time he didn't cut short like earlier but said stretched long.

"Eeeek!"

Choi Jun-ho and Jeong Hyeong-jin collapsed to the floor as is.

The two people's ankles twisted as if someone was wringing laundry.

Seo I-hyeon glanced at such two people then left the laboratory while grasping his shoulder.

Now it's time to return home.

It's also time to meet the first subordinate.

Seo I-hyeon's heart pounded with expectation even while hurting.

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