2nd grade (1)
Sitting at a table in the outfield, I was able to catch the warm sun coming down. The door to the store opened while she was pleasantly enjoying the feeling.
“Guest. The food you ordered has arrived. Is this right?”
Because it’s an outfield, the staff brings it to you. I cut the whipped cream cake that came with the coffee with a fork and ate it.
‘Well. It’s delicious.’
확실히 가격대가 조금 있어서 그런지 맛도 그만큼 있는 것 같다. 달달한 디저트를 먹으며 잠시 시내의 풍경을 즐겼다.
항상 유성 아카데미 근처만 돌아다니다 다른 시내로 나오니 신선한 기분이 든다. 돌아갈 때 여기서 사갈 거라도 있으려나.
치직!
그때 흐름을 깨는 잡음이 귀에 건 통신기에서 들려왔다.
[-서지한. 거기로 간다.]
[-그만 좀 처먹고!]
짜증을 내는 홍재유의 말에 보란 듯이 커피를 잡아 들었다. 그리고 중지를 치켜세운 채 마시기 시작했다.
[-이 시발놈이···.]
They’re watching the situation from somewhere, so they’re probably looking at the middle finger I’m waving. After pushing the sweet taste to a certain extent, he wiped his lips with a tissue. So, when I cleaned up the system, the system appeared in front of my eyes.
“ha ha ha. Good.”
“That’s it. It’s all thanks to you.”
Three people passing by me talking.
They were seemingly ordinary humans, but the perk showed that they were not human.
[Seo Seo-han. All three are demons.]
The holy sword that had been set down under the table muttered in my head.
hmmm. People are not mixed. I reached out to the holy sword and touched the communicator three times.
Tock tock.
Everyone who heard the predetermined signal answered.
[-OK.]
[-i get it.]
[-Let’s all be careful not to cause damage as much as possible.]
Susreung. I also slowly began to draw the sword with divine power.
The ‘Master of the Holy Sword’ perk was not activated. If it was going to be used, all civilians had to be evacuated.
squeaky. He pushed the chair and stood up. The other guests were still looking at me with my sword pointing downwards.
[I don’t know if there are any who can self-destruct.]
I was still trying to check. None of the guys I’ve met so far didn’t have self-destruction. I looked carefully at the backs of the demons.
[Exploring the essence]
I started to see the flow of mana flowing through the mana rod in my eyes.
There was a particularly swollen space in the shoulder of the guy on the far right. It is a ‘self-destruct’ modification function installed inside the body.
I approached them and put my hand on the shoulder of the demon with the self-destruct function.
“Excuse me over there.”
“yes? ···Ugh?!”
He swung his holy sword at the guy who turned around.
Aww! Then the man next to me stretched out her arm and blocked my attack. She frowned as if he was sick, but was not cut by the holy sword. Whether it was equipment wrapped around his arm, or maybe it was the effect of a personality stone.
“Isn’t this a pretty loyal team?”
I sincerely admired it. Usually, when we’re with demons, we’re so busy that we don’t hurt each other.
“This bastard!”
As the other man tried to run, he quickly backed away.
“What do you think about surrendering innocently without bothering each other? Are you mutually exclusive?”
As he aimed his sword at the demons, the man who had just blocked the attack looked at the holy sword and asked.
“…that sword. Are you a warrior?”
“ok···? Warrior?”
Are you a warrior? what are you talking about Main kindly started explaining to my bewildered expression.
“Recently, rumors have spread that there is a rookie wielding a holy sword among the guys who deal with demons. I guess that’s the real thing.”
···끙. 마인들의 커뮤니티에선 날 그렇게 부르고 있는 건가. ‘상징성’을 퍼뜨리기 위해 보란 듯이 성검을 휘두르고 있긴 하지만, 그런 오글거리는 이명은 바라지 않았다.
[-푸핫! 용사래, 미친.]
홍재유의 노골적인 조소가 통신기에서 들려 왔다. 속이 좁게도 방금 중지를 흔들어댄 것에 대한 보복이 틀림없었다.
“칼라. 준비하고 있어라. 들킨 걸 보니 이미 용사의 동료들이 이곳을 포위하고 있을 테니까.”
리더로 보이는 마인의 말에 칼라가 킬킬대며 주변을 둘러봤다.
“알고 있어. 하지만 여긴 인질들이 많잖아?”
그 말을 기점으로 마인들이 본색을 드러내기 시작했다.
Little by little, blood vessels protrude from his normal-looking face, and the suit he was wearing neatly tightened as if it would burst. It is to reveal her physique that was hidden by her.
“Is it a fight…?”
“What, what?”
As the demons and I were fighting against each other, people started looking at this place as if they felt something strange. He got up and looked like he was running away, but he couldn’t move because the demons were staring at him.
“You idiot. Who’s the one who says surprise by saying that? I’m too young to be a kid.”
Carla put her hand on her shoulder. It looks like he’s thinking of committing suicide.
“Warrior. A lot of people are going to die anyway because of your mistakes.”
“Oh, that’s already the fifth time.”
Nettle juice! At that moment, an arrow that flew from somewhere pierced the temple of the man at the back. Since it is a special arrow, the arrow that pierced the head began to freeze as it was.
dump.
As one fell over without screaming, Leader and Carla looked back reflexively. I looked at it and lowered my holy sword with ease.
“I’m telling you to focus on me, but there are a lot of guys who think it’s a surprise attack.”
“color!!!”
Obviously, the leader is quick to judge the situation. Realizing that he would be subdued no matter what he did, he immediately signaled to self-destruct. The mana flow of the collar feels ferocious.
I, who was already preparing, moved. Concentrated on self-destruction, Carla did not respond to the holy sword swung in front of him.
Scratch! According to the blade of the holy sword, the shoulder part containing the self-destruct function was neatly cut.
“Do you think it won’t explode like that…?!”
But there was no sound or explosion.
Carla felt strange and looked down at her severed arm. The blue energy was suppressing the mana that was about to explode in all directions for her explosion.
[-I took the time well.]
Oh Yun-ha’s voice came from the communicator. As she approached, the perks were also activated.
“Well. I drew it well. I’ve been doing this for a long time, so the smoke is a bit slow.”
[-You are also a warrior~.]
The arm that had swelled like it was about to explode soon subsided. Thanks to Mana and Oh Yun-ha’s mastery of mana control.
In desperation, Carla tried to run towards the civilians. Is he going to take at least one person?
A blue line was drawn at high speed on my left arm.
Whoops! In case of any unforeseen circumstances, I quickly crushed it with [Compression]. Even the corpses of other demons within the range were clustered together. In the past, space magic would have consumed mana extremely, but now I know the trick to some extent.
tuk. A ball with a bizarre texture fell on the floor. The leader was already running away. He didn’t bother to follow him.
“What do you think. Is this restaurant good?”
Oh Yun-ha showed up, wiping her hands.
Like me, he wears plain clothes, not school uniforms for operation. She was wearing a red skirt and a sweater that exposed one shoulder.
“Oh, was it delicious? It’s expensive.”
Naturally, you and Oh Yun-ha sat down where I had just been. Fortunately, despite this commotion, the desserts I was eating did not spill.
beep. I spoke into the communicator.
“Hong Jae-Yoo. We eat some leftovers. Tales, come here too.”
[- These disgraceful bastards!!!]
시끄러웠기에 통신기는 뽑아버렸다.
“요즘 마인들이 워낙 많지 않아?”
“그러게. 의뢰도 많이 들어오고.”
상황이 정리된 후, 카페의 영업은 계속되었다. 직원이 주문한 디저트를 가져다주는 동안 테일즈와 오윤하가 대화를 나눴다.
“용병들도 많이 부족한 가봐.”
나도 남아있는 케이크를 먹으며 동의를 표했지만···, 사실 이렇게 된 건 큰 이유가 있었다.
아직 진행하지 말았어야 할 최종장, ‘이클립스’.
그 시나리오는 ‘메이든 커스’라는 종교로 변질되어 초기에 클리어해버렸다.
본래 바깥의 시나리오 순서대로라면 ‘수상한 마을’, ‘타락 영웅’. 그 이후에 ‘마인 학살’과 ‘황천 폭주’를 거쳐야 최종장인 ‘이클립스’가 드러난다.
본래 현시점에서 바깥의 마인들을 양산하고 다루는 흑막이 ‘이클립스’였지만···.
‘지금은 없지.’
결국 어딘가에서 계속 탄생하는 마인들을 통제할 만한 세력이 없어진 터라, 안전지대로 조금씩 흘러 들어오기 시작한 것이다. 시간이 흐르면서 ‘이성’을 갖춘 녀석들도 많아졌고.
Most of the demons had no specific purpose. Just tired of the outside, so he ventures inside for the purpose of playing.
‘Hmm. The demon slaughter may not proceed.’
In the ‘Main Massacre’ scenario, you go out to deal with the demons who have gradually grown in power, but they come in on their own and are defeated by each individual.
“Anyway, I’m glad there was no damage this time.”
“I know. We have Manasa, but how do we deal with the others?”
“It is said that it is usually frozen with ice attribute magic.”
Since the number of Awakeneds is still small, we, aspiring heroes, are dispatched to other places and take responsibility for the security.
My problem of unintentionally finding a new source of funding was solved with many requests.
Whoa! Then the call came.
“Oh, give me a call.”
I got up and went out into the street.
[-There was a famous dessert there. I’ll send you a link later, so buy some when you come.]
I heard Ryu Seo-yeon’s tired voice over the smartphone.
The guy who used to go around restaurants in his spare time is now confined to the company, so he’s been relieving his desire through me lately.
[-What is that reaction?]
“no. Aren’t you overeating these days? Every time I go, they ask me to buy a handful of them.”
[-···I am losing weight because of stress.]
It’s me, I don’t know how busy Ryu Seo-yeon is.
Although Black Hawk is said to be the largest military company, it has a somewhat vague setting as it is not an important part of the game.
What. Anyway, I was thinking of stopping by Black Hawk for a custom weapon repair, so I was going to buy something.
“okay. I’ll buy it. How about anything else?”
As if things didn’t go well with my question, Seo-yeon Ryu let out a moan full of pain.
[– uh-huh…. First of all, I keep getting calls from the temple and the imperial family. However, it is only favorable to the end, and there seems to be a reluctance to use Black Hawk’s weapon.]
“Rejection?”
[uh. Because there are blacksmiths who make weapons from generation to generation whether it is the temple or the imperial family.]
“I don’t know if it’s a relic or top-notch, but other than that, Black Hawk’s mass-produced weapons are better.”
[-This is not something that is determined only by performance. I think we need to invest more time to solve this part.]
‘탑’ 세력을 제외한 채 탑을 오르기 위해 진행하는 새로운 세력 구축. 그 스펙 상승을 위해 블랙 호크가 신 세력의 후원을 준비하고 있었다. 하지만 그 사전 작업이 잘 진행되지 않는 모양이다.
까놓고 말해 황실 기사단의 말단 기사가 블랙 호크의 ‘총’을 드는 게 더 도움 될지도 모른다. 물론 단순히 그런 걸로 정해지는 전력은 아니지만, 적어도 검을 사용한다면 블랙 호크의 검이 더 좋다는 건 단언할 수 있었다.
무기 개발자인 류서연이 대표 이사가 된 이후로 비밀리에 준비하던 무기 개발들이 한꺼번에 진행되기 시작했으니 말이다. 그 견제를 해야 하는 탑도 내부 상황이 좋지 않아 지켜보기만 할 수밖에 없었다.
‘그걸 위해 리유까지 빌려줬으니.’
리유의 능력을 찾아낸 것도 류서연, 본인이었으니 어쩌면 운의 흐름을 탄 걸지도 모르겠다.
“서지한!!!!”
그때 어디선가 분노에 찬 홍재유의 목소리가 들려왔다. 아무래도 이 이상의 통화는 어려워 보였다.
“아, 미안. 나중에 연락할게.”
[-그래. 간식 잊지 말고~.]
뚝. 인사를 하고 류서연과 전화를 끊었다.
고개를 돌리니 홍재유가 무언가 들어있는 천 자락을 질질 끌고 있었다.
“어, 왔냐? 수고했어.”
“이 치사한 새끼들아. 니들만 입이냐?”
왜 이렇게 늦었나 싶었는데···. 저리 툴툴대면서도 다른 민간인들을 위해 마인의 시체를 담아오는 모양이었다.
흠. 그냥 개성을 사용해서 여기까지 날아왔으면 되지 않았나?
“내 거는?”
홍재유의 물음을 무시하고 오윤하와 테일즈 쪽을 바라봤다. 그새 다 먹었는지 빈 접시에 입가를 냅킨으로 닦고 있었다.
“다 먹었으면 가자.”
이렇게 놀 시간이 없단 말이지.
