New York sewers.
In the past, it was thought of as a maze where you couldn't figure out what was lurking there, but now that the gate was created, that has changed.
A crime prevention facility that was built thoroughly to avoid the possibility of small gates or escaped monsters hiding inside the sewer.
Because of that, New York's sewers were now a quiet place where no secrets existed.
thump thump.
There, Han In-young was walking.
A black shadow ignoring the security facilities installed throughout the sewer and moving slowly.
The shadow, which descended to the depths of the sewer like a ghost, suddenly turned towards the wall.
tuung-
Then, a ripple broke out on the wall, and a hallway brighter than the sewer appeared, and the shadow that came in, the man in a robe went all the way down the road.
At the end of the hallway was a huge cathedral. Seats lined up and stainless steel windows emitting strange colors.
And at the center is a cross with inverted wings. When a man is looking up at the sight of something twisted.
"Ah. You are here.”
A middle-aged man with a kind smile walked out of the inner door.
A blonde man in his 40s with a gentle expression on his face wearing the black means worn by priests.
The man asked calmly at the appearance of a bride.
“How ready are you?”
“It’s almost over. The power cut-off device in New York has also come to an end, and the route to the hotel and party venue where you are staying. We also identified all approximate escort facilities.”
“… … You don't think that alone can kill you."
“Of course.”
At the man's question, the priest, Connor Byrne, an executive in the revelations of Ta-cheon, smiled.
“Even though he was a pincer, he was one of those who made Agareth that way. Other preparations are being made thoroughly.”
At Connor's story, Robe's man, the Pandemonium executive, Baal's eyes flashed, and he murmured with faint intent.
“Don’t talk about Agareth.”
“Sorry, I’m sorry.”
Seeing Connor bowing his head and apologizing, Baal asked again, feeling uncomfortable.
“So, what are the other preparations?”
“First of all, I intend to kill her apprentice to make sure she gets her.”
At Connor's answer, Baal asked, his eyes widened.
“You mean a guy named Kang Yoo-sik… … Way?"
“I have a decent mother from The Hague. He was born with a natural talent for killing wizards, so if he sends him after his fall, he will be able to kill him simply.”
“Are you sure?”
Connor smiled at Baal's question.
“Of course. It is enough for a person with such ugly desires to slap his back a little.”
Baal looked at Connor's smile for a moment, then pulled something out of his sleeve and threw it.
Woong-
A small ampoule floated in the air. Connor's eyes widened at the sight of the purple gooey liquid.
"This… … .”
“According to the rumors, a guy named Kang Yoo-sik is also not very good at it. Make sure to strengthen it with that.”
Awakening liquid with concentrated stones. It doesn't seem like a lot on the surface, but this was enough to raise my B-class magic to A-class at once.
‘You’re moving more radically than I thought… … .'
Connor, taking the ampoule that floated in the air, asked Baal with a puzzled expression.
“Even if there have been previous incidents, it seems that the work is being carried out in a hurry… … Is there something else wrong with the Arch Mage?
It is certainly a big deal that Agareth, one of the key executives in Pandemonium, went unconscious, but in some ways, targeting a giant like Ban Hye-young is bigger than that.
But why is Pandemonium planning things in such a hurry? To that question, Baal was silent for a moment, then turned and answered.
“You must kill them before they become even worse monsters than they are now. I just realized that last time.”
And with those words, Baal's body was sucked into the black hole and disappeared.
* * *
The day after the presentation of the Magic Society.
As the sun went down, darkness permeated all over New York, and the lights of buildings and streetlights turned on again, turning it into daytime again.
Archibald, standing on the roof of a shabby building amidst the sparkling scenery, looked down with a haggard expression.
“… … .”
His face was stained with a sense of inferiority that he could not shake off and anger that could not be moved. Connor, who had climbed up to the roof in his sullen appearance, approached with a small smile.
“Are you ready?”
“… … Yes."
Connor smiled at the cracked voice and handed the newly created awakening device from his arms.
“It is an improvement on what we made earlier. It will probably be at least twice as efficient as conventional ones.”
“… … .”
Archibald was handed the awakening device without a word, and Connor gave a deep smile.
It was at this moment that he felt the proudest as he was acting as an executive of the Revelation of Fallen Heaven.
The moment when a person who has fallen endlessly down due to a very trivial event comes into their arms.
It was during this time of saving the helpless that Connor felt an indescribable satisfaction for their good deeds.
‘Especially, this mother body is even more special.’
The emotions they hold are emotions, but the innate talent itself is very good. An ability that can only be described as a natural talent for killing wizards.
It also showed the potential to grow to a catastrophic level with excellent basic potential.
‘If possible, I want to keep him alive after this incident… … .'
The home family told me to kill it after using it for a while, but I can't waste such a wonderful mother like that.
After work. When Connor is determined that he must save Archibald.
“… … ?”
A strange feeling from somewhere.
Conor, who felt a strange gaze, looked around and made a strange expression at the sight where no sign of popularity was felt.
‘Something… … .'
Did he feel that he was wrong? When Connor is looking around with a subtle expression. A voice came into my ear.
-Ban Hye-young moves.
‘All right. There will be a power outage soon, so please move according to the signal.’
Conor confirmed that he was ready and looked at Archibald.
“There will be a power outage in this area soon. Kang Yoo-sik tricked the president of the society and summoned him to the magic tool shop below, so go down and kill him at that time.”
“… … All right."
Archibald gave a short answer and looked down at the rooftop, and Connor, who was looking at it, looked at the brightly shining New York landscape.
And at the set time, the moment Kang Yoo-sik appeared under the magic tool shop.
Paang-!
Waves bursting from afar darkened New York.
At that signal, Archibald threw himself straight down the roof, and Connor looked down to see the moment he fell.
woo woo-
And a tremendous amount of magical power surged up from below.
────!
A beam of light from downstairs ripped through the darkness and completely evaporated the roof, and the corner that was swept up by it soared up into the sky without escaping.
“Aaaaaah!!”
Enormous energy that burns the whole body!
The shell, which had been mimicking a human form, disappeared, revealing his body, which was a mixture of a wolf and a human at a size of 4 meters.
However, the body could not withstand the power of Clive Solish, and the fur burned and the leather melted. If this is the case, the whole body will melt.
In order to somehow survive, a red light flashed from Connor's eyes, concentrating the magic in his body to one side and bursting.
Aww!!
Connor, who exploded the entire lower body, escaped from the Claíomh Solais with the anti-elasticity and fell on the roof of another building.
woohoo!
“Ugh… … .”
Conor, his face contorted at the pain he felt throughout his body, looked down at his own body.
The lower body was blown away by the explosion a while ago, and the rest of the upper body was almost half melted.
Realizing that he could have died, Connor felt a chill and immediately activated his skill.
Bang!
The lower body, which flew away with the pure white light, was regenerated at once, and the melted body was slowly but gradually reconstructed.
“Lycan Recycling” is an A-class skill that can only be used once a day. Skills such as insurance were used in vain for him.
“Whoa… … Whoo… … What the hell is this… … .”
Connor, who was barely able to breathe after the wound had healed, looked at the rooftop where it had been a while ago with a puzzled expression.
The light beam disappeared without a trace, but the broken glass windows of the rooftop and surrounding buildings that were blown away neatly told us that it was not a dream.
Connor looked back on the situation he had encountered in the sudden attack.
‘Did the information leak? No, but the leaking hole… … .'
A face appeared in Connor's head as he was looking for the cause, and then he reflexively turned his head.
The lower part that should have been noisy by now due to the battle between Kang Yoo-sik and Archibald. But only the voices of ordinary people in confusion can be heard. Other than that there is no sound.
"no way… … !”
When Connor's eyes widen in unbelievable circumstances.
Tuuk.
The two appeared on the roof.
Cha Si-hyeon, wearing black leather armor, and Archibald staring at him with ferocious eyes. Connor looked at him and showed a surprised expression on his face, revealing his teeth.
“Archbold! betray us… … .”
“Shut up!!!”
Archibald cut off Connor's words and shouted with a flash of ferocious eyes that looked as if they were going to grind him down at any moment.
“How dare you speak like a dog to me to harm him! Don't kill me right now!!"
"What… … .”
Instead of showing any hatred towards Kang Yoo-sik, he only shows an abnormal respect. Connor put on a look of disbelief at that emotion.
‘How could you hide your feelings in front of me?’
Isn't it an eye that has never been wrong since becoming a Magician? Connor looked at Archibald again and found a pure white thread tied to his body.
‘Maybe that… … .'
I don't know exactly what it is, but that thread must have hidden Archibald's feelings.
Conor, realizing that he had been fooled from beginning to end, growled with his eyes shining.
“These scumbags… … !!”
It's not catastrophic, but it's not enough to kill two young kids who are still cadets.
Conor, who pulled out his huge claws, sprinted off the roof and rushed at a terrifying speed.
Creak!
A black wire flashed from Cha Si-hyeon's fingertips.
Aww!
As he ran, a huge body of 4 meters in size was thrown into the building next to him, and Connor, who was thrown inside after breaking the wall, looked down at his body.
“Ugh… … What the hell is this… … .”
The ankle was neatly cut off, and more than half had been dug in, despite hastily cut off elsewhere.
Although his deep wounds were not serious, considering his regenerative ability, the problem was that it was not an ordinary wound.
ah ah
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
A faint scream resounded in her ear, and her whole body became heavy, and all five senses, including her shaky vision, were twisted.
The wound continued to rot, slowing healing, and Connor, who saw it, knew what had happened to him.
‘Having a cursed weapon… … !’
Had he known such a weapon existed, he wouldn't have been reckless. Connor looked around, biting his teeth tightly at the curse that had clung to his whole body.
‘It can’t be like this… … .'
Although he hadn't fought properly yet, Connor's intuition, who had been hiding in the shadows for a long time, spoke up.
As Archibald doesn't know, the woman wasn't on the level of her average cadet, and she's no match for what she's doing with her seriously wounded condition now.
‘Run away!’
Connor, realizing that it is important for her to survive now, breaks down the wall opposite her to escape from her building.
Creak!
Seeing the black wire stretched out before her eyes, she barely stopped her body.
"This… … This… … .”
A black wire stretched out as if she had expected her to come here.
When Connor was perplexed by that appearance. A cold voice came from behind her.
“There is nowhere to run.”
Cha Si-hyeon slowly walks in from the broken hole.
Conor saw the black wire connected to her fingertips, and only then realized. The fact that this building itself is a giant spider's web and that he has already been caught in it.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Realizing that he could not escape, Connor adjusted his posture, and Cha Si-hyeon stopped right in front of the range.
And the moment their eyes met.
Aww!!
The two of them sprinted to the floor at the same time.
Wow! Aww!!
The nail that Connor swung to rip apart the walls of the building like a piece of paper, and Cha Shi-hyeon's fingertips swung the thread of grudges, devouring his flesh.
“Aww!”
Because it was a fight that had been inclined from the beginning, Connor was overwhelmed, and when Archibald joined her, she became more and more one-sided due to the abuse.
"Die!!"
Archibald's blasts of magic pounded Connor's body, and the long black wire wrapped between her and the thread of her grudge cut off her right arm.
Driven to the brink of her death, Connor's eyes twinkled.
‘I didn’t want to use it, but… … Cannot help it!'
Realizing that he was no longer in a position to cherish anything, Connor rolled his tongue and shattered the ampoule he had hidden between his teeth.
Aww!
As the awakening fluid seeps into the body, all wounds are healed at once, and the body temporarily overflows with energy.
Connor, who recovered his condition at once, swung his nails with all his might.
Aww!!
Nails wrapped in the wind tore the wires around them, and Cha Si-hyeon and Archibald bounced back in an unexpected counterattack.
“… … .”
“Ugh… … .”
Cha Si-hyeon, whose armor was slightly cut, and Archibald, whose magical power was slightly entangled due to a broken magic barrier.
It was a blow, but it clearly showed the extent of the difference in original skill, and Connor's eyes lit up.
If possible, I want to drive this momentum to death, but I can't afford that. Connor, who, after threatening moderately, saw the opportunity and decided to run, exposed his teeth.
“The joke is over. kill me right now… … .”
Whoops!
“Aaaaaah!!”
I can feel the burning pain in my chest before I can even finish speaking!
Connor, finding something piercing his own body, widened his eyes.
A black blade that flashed sharply and a red air current pulsating from within. Connor clenched his teeth and swung his claws behind him at the seemingly unusual appearance of the sword.
“Ouch.”
Kang Yoo-sik, who had been stabbed with Tyr Bing from behind, retreated to avoid the attack, and Connor, seeing this, widened his eyes.
“Yeah, you guys… … .”
“If you are going to run away, run away immediately. What's the point of trying to save some face?"
Kang Yoo-sik shakes Tyrving in his hand while smiling. Connor's stomach swelled up at the sight, but the emotion quickly subsided.
‘If that guy joins in, there’s no hope.’
In addition, the sword that pierced through him was a weapon with a curse, so the wound could not be regenerated and an enormous amount of blood was sucked in a short time.
As Kang Yoo-sik said, Connor looked at him with dazed eyes in a situation where he might die while gaining face.
“Two times again… … It will never happen again!”
Puff!!
Connor's hand smashed his head, while a red light enveloped his entire body.
Slurry!
Conor's wounded body turned to dust and scattered, and Cha Si-hyeon and Archibald, who were preparing to fight, looked embarrassed.
And Kang Yoo-sik, who was looking at the scene, muttered again, biting his taste buds.
“He ran away.”
"Yes?"
“The last flash of red light. That would be a self-sustaining skill. He probably hid part of his brain in his hiding place just in case something like this happens. The thing that turns into powder must be because it is being reproduced elsewhere.”
"Ah… … .”
“That, that… … .”
The faces of Cha Si-hyeon and Archibald darkened as Kang Yoo-sik made a sad expression.
They wouldn't have let them run away if they had dealt with it earlier.
When Kang Yoo-sik is blaming himself for failing to do the job that they have entrusted to them.
“Write… … I should have sucked some more of his blood. It's even more chaotic because I eat it in the middle… … .”
"Yes?"
"Yes?"
The two of them were bewildered by the murmuring that was different from what they expected, and then Kang Yoo-sik looked at their faces and made a puzzled expression.
"what. Why are you both crying so much?”
“They just ran away… … .”
“So I guess you were disappointed… … .”
"iced coffee. It was because of that.”
In the story of Cha Si-hyeon and Archibald, Kang Yoo-sik looked at the still dark New York landscape.
“I did run away.”
And he laughed and muttered.
“Escape.”
* * *
“Cheek!”
Connor got up from inside the huge incubator filled with the special solution, exhaled heavily, and looked down at himself.
The body that was originally close to 4m has shrunk to about 3m. The body has degenerated as a side effect of the self-renewal skill.
"Shit… … .”
Because of his failure, it would not have worked out well for Baal, and in the end, everything used in this plan went to waste.
Even if it was prepared with the support of Pandemonium, considering the manpower used, the ampoule used along the way, and the degenerated body, it could not but be a huge loss.
“Kang Yoo-sik… … I'll definitely kill you… … .”
Considering that Kang Yoo-sik is the culprit who broke the plan today by leaving the grudge, even thinking about the future, it must be removed.
Connor got out of the culture tube and looked around, wiping the culture fluid off his body.
“… … .”
It's obviously nothing different from usual, but it's a subtle feeling of dizziness.
After looking around for a moment, Connor left the room and walked down the hallway.
No one is seen, nothing is heard. Conor pulled out his claws when he couldn't feel the popularity of his men waiting in the hideout.
‘Something is strange.’
Could it be that their hiding place was discovered? But how did you find out about this hidden place that Archibald didn't even know about?
In a situation where he couldn't make a hasty decision, Connor moved forward in a cold sweat.
Whoops.
A white mist rose around him.
“… … !!”
Connor immediately kicked the floor and backed away in the sudden fog.
However, there was also fog rising, and even after breaking the wall and running away, it was still thickly spread out.
"This… … This… … .”
Trapped in the fog
Connor muttered involuntarily at the mysterious yet bizarre situation.
“Baeklyeon Hwanmong… … .”
At the same time as the murmur, white peaks bloomed in various places, and the leaves were spread out and in full bloom.
And the moment when a huge mandala unfolded beneath the lotus.
damn-
Everything was locked in the hands of Baekryeonmunju.
“Hmm… … .”
Baekryeonmunju, who had completely locked up the hiding place in the sewer in his hand, looked down quietly.
Then he smiled softly as he remembered the young man who had informed him of this place.
“It would be suitable as a present to celebrate the announcement.”
After completing the task, Baekryeonmunju moved to the outside, and the secret that existed under the New York sewer completely disappeared that day.
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