Chapter 751 – 751 Yggdrasil (6)
After a quick game (?) With Yang Ji-hyun, I headed to the place where Verden’s information network gathered in time.
Fortunately, I arrived first, and they arrived later and started talking about this and that.
“The gathering place seemed to be the Raintree bar.”
“Then it wouldn’t be that hard to get there.”
“The problem is the win or loss of Kenil’s team…”
It seemed that even if they were the guys who would dig up information for their own money, they couldn’t be sure of the skills of the Hanbom team, who showed their faces for the first time today.
And concluded
“Anyway, even if Kenil wins, the two of them will have a meeting, so let’s talk in moderation.”
“Okay. We’re not fortune tellers…”
The result was a story in which they roughly matched each other and told me, and if I was wrong, I didn’t know.
However, I did not blindly downgrade their skills.
‘Well, no one would think that the Hanbom team that just competed today would win.’
Rather, at the point of providing a meeting place for the rulers and a safe route to go to that place, these guys’ information power could be seen as excellent.
‘Well then, let’s find out the information…’
I leave them behind…
‘Let’s find someone who can help.’
Now they started preparing to capture Verden.
***
When Verden heard the report from her direct subordinate, he exclaimed.
“What!? Six million!?”
“Yes… They asked for 2 million per person.”
“These crazy bastards…”
I thought I would ask for a certain high point.
However, that figure was absurd from Verden’s point of view.
I already knew where the guys were meeting.
Of course, I already knew the way to go.
Nevertheless, the use of the information network was to eliminate any unknown variables.
“You don’t know ‘moderately’…”
“Shall I remove it?”
“…”
The rage wriggling inside Verden tempted him to nod.
But Verden persevered and shook his head.
“Not now.”
Today is an important day.
It’s not even a relaxed situation to gamble there.
And for the most important reason.
“If today’s contract is concluded, there will still be a long way to go after recovering the damages.”
As Verden planned, if the rulers were in their hands, today’s damage could be recovered in a matter of days.
He calmed down his anger by dreaming of such a hopeful future.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes!”
Verden took three of his most trusted men and headed for the rendezvous.
A place where no one walks through the labyrinth.
There, four Red Summoners and three NPCs had a meeting.
The first to speak was one of the intelligence networks.
“Long time no see.”
“… Long time no see.”
After a short greeting, they moved on to the main subject.
“Okay then, guide me.”
“You have to give the promised points first.”
“… Kenil lost today. The win or loss you said is wrong.”
The intelligence network clearly told us that Keneil would win today.
But the result is defeat.
After hearing Verden’s words, the NPCs looked at each other and laughed.
“We are not fortune tellers. And if you’re trying to find out the skills of the team that started out today, only 6 million is not enough.”
“Joy…”
Verden didn’t push them any further, handing them over 2 million points each.
They started guiding with satisfied smiles as they looked at the points on their wrists.
“Come on, follow me.”
Verden and three of his men started following the NPC.
One of his direct subordinates quietly followed and whispered to Verden.
“Wouldn’t it have been better if we pushed harder and bargained? They made mistakes too…”
“It’s okay. The reason I spoke to you in the first place wasn’t what I was trying to negotiate.”
“Yes?”
“If I had just handed it to them without mentioning their mistakes, I would have been arrogant and asked for more. That’s why I said one thing first.”
“Ah…”
The characteristics of most of the guys who became Red Summoners are because of the points.
The existence of a point arouses greed, and as a result, it is stigmatized as a criminal.
It was the same with Verden.
He, too, was blinded by the point and murdered his colleague to become this situation.
However, Verden also realized something when he rose to the rank of executive at the Red Crescent Moon.
‘If I only pursue profit in front of me like you do, I’ll just stay there for the rest of my life.’
The fact that the food in front of you is like cheese in a mousetrap…
Verden silently followed his NPCs with disdain for his men.
I was able to safely arrive at my destination because the dark alleys and NPCs were well in the lead.
Verden smiled after arriving at his destination.
“Raintree…”
This was a place Verden already knew.
‘If it’s a place I already know, I don’t think I need to be guided by these guys.’
This place had been used by Domi Drake and Kenil for secret gatherings, and Verden had often seen the two at this place before.
In other words, it was a story that he had no reason to be guided by NPCs.
But Verden shook his head and soothed his sore throat.
‘Because people are so cunning. It is a point that has been given as collateral for reliable information and safety. Let’s not regret I’m different from what I mean…’
Verden said to the NPCs, holding all his heart as his executive.
“Are you sure it’s inside?”
“We checked three times earlier. Are you sure.”
“Good. Then wait here for a while.”
“Eh? Shouldn’t we be done with guidance?”
Verden somehow suppressed his irritation and tried to reduce the wrinkles on his face as much as possible.
However, he could not control the wrinkles between his eyebrows.
“Isn’t it as important to be sure as to pay for it? Because I don’t intend to talk for a long time. Wait here for a second.”
“Tsk… Anyone who sees it will know that we are your subordinates.”
“…”
Verden endured grinding his teeth.
The NPCs exchanged glances with each other, then sighed and opened their mouths.
“Good. Come in quickly.”
“…”
Verden went into the Raintree Tavern without answering.
Inside the pub, they secretly infiltrated, they could hear the sound of fighting each other.
“Fuck… Seong Soo-ho… I will kill you!!”
“I am also angry, so calm down… Another challenge next week…”
It was exquisite timing.
‘Good. Things are going exactly the way I want them to.’
Verden smiled and opened her mouth.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been here, and I don’t see how you look.”
“… You?”
“I came because I looked like I needed help, just like before.”
Verden answered like that and started talking with members Domi Drake and Kenil, who were wary of him.
Domi Drake and Kenil’s wariness gradually loosened as they talked with Verden.
And Verden brought her to the point based on her moderately relaxed vigilance.
“Sung Soo-ho… I’ll catch him.”
Domi Drake and Kenil were delighted with the words, but a loud voice came and went over the cost.
But Verden never backed down.
‘Six million points spent today… That’s how I wrote it, but I can never yield to the ratio!’
Verden brought back her former timidity and did not back down from her for the seduction in front of her.
Seeing a large prey in front of her eyes, she regained her former nature.
And his nature…
“Good… Don’t accept…”
It gave surprisingly good results.
Haha! Good! This is it!’
Verden smiled as his mouth twitched under the cloak.
Domi Drake opened her mouth to Verden, who couldn’t hold back her smile.
“Instead, there are conditions… Captured… I must catch them alive and show them how to torture them.”
“Aha…”
This is a request from an excellent customer.
There was no reason not to listen.
‘Anyway, that guy named Sung Soo-ho is just an ordinary summoner who accidentally got his abilities and rolled in. If I surprise him from behind, I’ll be able to catch him easily.’
For Verden, fighting was not a game with formal rules.
He was always a person who felt the joy of ambush and killing a strong man stronger than himself.
No matter how strong, if a knife gets into his throat, he dies.
No matter how strong you are, if you die, you become weaker than the person you killed.
He thought it was the way of the world.
Looking at Verden, who was so worried, Kenil also helped out with a word.
“Captured… I would like that too those girls… I just thought it would be a waste to kill him.”
“This… This…”
Verden accepted with a nod of his head, not knowing how dangerous the condition was for the two of them.
“Good. I will capture them all alive.”
Everything is over.
Verden handed over the contracts to all members of Domi Drake and Kenill, and then wrote the contracts.
Mana contract.
At first glance, it was an ordinary paper with a bluish tinge, but in Yggdrasil, this Mana Contract had a tremendous status.
It was one of the powerful tools that could bind not only normal summoners, but also red summoners.
The breaching provisions of such a written contract…
“It is your own life.”
It was the best property.
It was said that he would lose his life if he acted in violation of the contract.
Domi Drake and Kenil hesitated for a moment at Verden’s words.
But that was only for a moment.
“Whoa…”
After completing the contract with a sigh, all five in the bar were bound by the mana contract.
Confirming that the contract was formally established, Verden clapped his hands and smiled brightly.
“Good. Please take good care of me from today.”
“… Did the treatment suddenly change?”
Haha! I’m a Red Summoner, but I’m not rude enough to go out to special customers.”
Domi Drake and Kenil smiled at each other bitterly.
It’s already happened, and I felt the wind that I hoped that the results would come out well.
Verden looked at the attitude of the two and put on a satisfied expression.
“Now then, we must prepare to carry out the contract. That guy named Sung Soo-ho… I will colonel you before you alive.”
That was the moment Verden was about to end the meeting.
A voice came from the place where the darkness of the bar subsided.
“Huh? You don’t have to. Because it already exists.”
“What!?”
At the same time as Verden’s cry, the figure of a person slowly broke through the darkness.
He is…
“I came myself, is there anything falling on me?”
“Uh, why!”
It wasn’t just Verden who was surprised.
Domi Drake and Kenill’s team also jumped up from their chairs and screamed.
“What! Is it a trap!?”
“You bastard! Please try to catch us…”
Domi Drake and Kenil glared at Verden, but Verden instead exclaimed as if he was unfair.
“I don’t know either! Rather, I will! You guys are trying to catch me… ?”
“We didn’t even know you were coming!”
“…”
After calming down at Kenil’s words, Verden carefully observed the appearance of the Holy Guardian.
I was alone.
“That guy… You think you’re alone right now?”
I don’t know how he sneaked here, but Seong Soo-ho was definitely alone.
“…”
After everyone understood everything from Verden’s words, he took out his weapon and prepared to fight.
However, it did not happen that their weapons were used against Seongsuho.
(What, what!)
(Even run away! City soldiers!!)
(Quickly tell Verden… Keuuk!)
When they heard the sound of a commotion outside, the faces of the characters other than Seong Su-ho began to turn to contemplation.
“What the fuck!”
Verden was the only one who took out an item from the inventory and used it while blushing.
“What, what! Where did you go!?”
When Verden used the [Coward’s Technique], Everyone around him began to be astonished at Verden’s disappearance.
But that was only for a moment.
Kwadaaaaang!
“I heard that there are guys meeting with the Red Summoner here!”
Five soldiers burst into the bar and started pointing their weapons at everyone except Sung Soo-ho.
Domi Drake and Kenil hesitated for a moment and aimed their weapons at the soldiers…
“If you resist, I will shoot you!”
“Keugh…”
Only five soldiers entered the tavern, but listening to the commotion outside made it clear that there were many more.
Domi Drake and Kenil members eventually noticed and put the weapon into the inventory.
“What the fuck…”
With Domi Drake’s swear words…
‘What the fuck!!!’
Verden swears inwardly and sneaks out of the bar.
The scene Verden saw outside was not only his subordinates, but also the NPCs who guided him were captured by the soldiers.
‘Fuck… Fuck!!’
It didn’t matter to him that his men and intelligence were caught.
He was just angry at the fact that the 6 million points he spent today just flew into thin air.
Verden, who had been spitting out swear words like an anger control disabled person, arrived at the labyrinth entrance faster than anyone else.
“Fuck!!! What was the problem! For sure… There was definitely nothing wrong with the plan!”
That was the moment Verden screamed while using the [Coward’s Technique].
“Uh? I think I heard a sound from here… ?”
“!?”
Verden hurriedly covered his mouth and identified the owner of the voice.
Seong Soo-ho.
‘How did that guy get here!?’
It was the man who had been hiding in the bar earlier and had overheard all of their stories.
Verden closed her mouth and looked at Seongsuho with her large pupils.
‘What, what is it? Did you hear me screaming? No, nonsense! The coward’s technique completely conceals the voice…’
Believing in the [Coward’s Spell], Verden closed his mouth as much as possible and quietly looked at the labyrinth entrance.
Coincidentally, Sung Soo-ho’s eyes were also looking elsewhere.
‘Joe, if you go quietly…’
Verden quietly headed towards the labyrinth entrance.
The moment I left about 5 meters to the entrance…
“I can feel something here…?”
“!?”
The holy guard suddenly stood between Verden and the entrance, blocking Verden’s movement.
At first, Verden was taken aback by Seongsuho’s appearance, but he smiled at Seongsuho’s laid-back appearance.
‘It just went well. If you catch this guy now…’
It was the moment when Verden smiled and tried to attack the Seongsu Lake.
Saaaaa! Awesome!
“Uh?”
Verden twisted her body backwards at the sudden sound of cutting the wind.
However, his gaze did not turn back, and suddenly began to tilt toward the floor.
“Uh… ? Uhh… ?”
And after his dumb voice…
Quadang.
His body collapsed on the floor.
Verden, who had collapsed like that, headed down to feel the pain slowly.
His legs, which supported his own body…
“Uh..? Uh uh… ?”
Separated from his own body, he stood upright, spitting out little bits of his blood.
And as blood poured from his own severed leg…
“Ahhhhh!
He felt the pain through his brain and started screaming.
And Seongsuho looked down at Verden, who was screaming desperately…
“Were you here?”
He was smiling mischievously.
