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Genius Warlock-Episode 389

389. Zone Z (2)

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo.!

The Shem River flows through the megacity of Landa.

The Shem River was very wide, commensurate with the size of the city..

That's why it was hard work.

All the sewage and wastewater from this city poured into this brown river, so every time you passed by on a boat, you had to suffer from an overwhelming stench..

I feel dizzy.

Joe, who was born and raised in District X, was no exception, but Oliver seemed to be fine..

“Are you okay? The smell.”

Joe asked, covering his nose. Oliver, who was looking at Area Y from the front of the boat, turned his head and answered..

“Smell? ah······. It's a bit smelly though. It's okay..”

Joe was astonished..

They say that if you live near a river, your children will be born mutants, and you use the expression, “It’s okay” even after smelling the river’s stench. I wanted to think I was bluffing, but I knew that the person in front of me was definitely not the kind of person who would bluff..

In fact, it was almost the opposite. Turning bluffs into reality... The more I looked at it, the less I got used to it. Every single action.

‘Well, I guess you're trying to go to Area Z alone..’

While Joe was lost in thought, Area Y on the other side was getting closer and closer, and old Noah, the captain of the boat, shouted..

“Okay, I'm going to ship the ship, so everyone be careful! Because if you act like a fool and fall into the river, I won’t know.”

Just as Old Man Noah, a smuggler and water taxi operator, said, the boat swayed a little and docked in Area Y..

Soggy dirt floors, piles of scattered garbage, and huts that were no bigger than the piles of garbage. Area Y looked the same as usual..

Including robbers and mutants looking for something to steal..

‘It's not dead, it's still there... It's a bad place after all.’

Joe thought as he looked around not only with the eyes of an ordinary person but also with the eyes of a warlock..

It was truly unpleasant to see so many feelings of malice, whether threatening or not..

“under······. Are you really planning on going alone??”

Joe asked as he watched Oliver get off the boat..

I heard that the guy named Lee Wan told me to come to Zone Z if I wanted to receive what I ordered. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable..

“Yes, that's the promise.”

“I've already said it four times, including myself, but I'll say it again just in case... Isn’t it too suspicious??”

It was truly common sense. Even in Landa, which is famous for being a rough neighborhood, people are being called to Zone Z, which is treated as a demon cave. And that too alone.

Even if it was awarded, it was too suspicious. If this wasn't suspicious, there would be nothing in the world that wasn't suspicious..

That's why Joe, Marie, Forrest, and James were against it..

“Isn't it really suspicious? You didn't even give me a good reason to come alone.?”

“He said there were unavoidable circumstances that he couldn't talk about... There must be something going on..”

“Is there any special reason to believe in him??”

“yes. You helped my friend..”

Oliver answered without a moment of hesitation..

***

In the end, Joe was unable to convince Oliver and had to let him go alone..

I was persuaded by the mysterious words that I saved my friend..

All Joe could do was explain the way to Area Z to Oliver, as originally planned, and then return to Area X alone..

‘Just in case you don't know, don't think of it as Landa from Area Y..’

Before leaving on the ship, Joe gave Oliver a serious warning:.

‘Zone Y and Zone Z are just words. Actually, it's not Landa. The wall surrounding the area is proof of that..’

Joe pointed to the wall surrounding Areas Y and Z beyond the Shem River..

A huge cement structure armed with city defense forces and heavy weapons..

For your information, what Joe said was correct. The wall itself was actually an admission that Areas Y and Z were out of Randa's administrative power..

Joe continued to warn without stopping..

‘From Area Y, there are all kinds of people. From marauders, monster-like mutants, pollutants, and just plain crazy people. So please be careful. please.’

Oliver replied that he would definitely take care of himself and sent Joe away. And then I walked along, following the directions that Joe gave me..

All I had to do was follow the main road and turn at the main intersection, but as I walked along the route, I could see that Joe's warning was not a lie..

Obviously, Landa is a rough neighborhood, and District X was an even rougher neighborhood, but District Y was different..

Graffiti and totems that can easily be seen in the slums created a more sinister feel, and corpses were not just rolling around, but were stuck on top of buildings or hanging from bridges..

Some of the bodies were even carved with letters with a knife..

[declaration of war!]

[From now on, this area is ours.!]

[If you're dissatisfied, attack me!]

It seemed like a turf battle between gangs here. The words were read more fiercely because of the rough knife marks..

However, what impressed me the most was the advertising text..

[Wise Weapon Workshop. Special sale on special spear gun.]

The body with the advertising text actually had harpoons stuck in various places, as if to show off the performance of the product. It seemed like letters were intentionally left on the body to show off the product's performance..

In many ways, it was a turn-of-the-century place..

‘I felt this way when I entered with Jonathan... No, has it gotten worse? Anyway, I'm a little worried. They say area Z is worse than area Y..’

Even though Oliver was worried inside, he didn't stop walking and walked at the same speed..

Oliver continued following the directions Joe had given him, past the morgue, the mutants locked in iron bars, and the hordes of naked gangsters, until he reached the road leading to Area Z..

Area Y was bigger than I thought, so I had to walk longer than expected. However, contrary to Joe's worries, no attack occurred..

‘Obviously, there are people who keep watching, but everyone is just on guard and has no intention of attacking... That's good, but what??’

Oliver questioned the subtle atmosphere of Area Y..

Keeping an eye on Oliver, but not touching him..

I wondered if it was because of Dave's reputation as a problem solver like Area X, but honestly, I doubted it..

Area Y is said to be much rougher than Area.

In fact, the reputation of a fixer is somewhat vain, so there are people who don't believe it, and there are many cases where people don't recognize the face of someone like Sheamus who doesn't have significant characteristics..

But, because of Dave the Fixer's reputation, the looters in Area Y don't attack him? Something wasn't clear.

‘Plus, I'm strangely nervous and afraid..’

Oliver thought as he read the emotions of countless people watching him from afar. The problem was that those feelings didn't seem to be directed at me..

A third person other than Oliver━

━Jiiiiiiing!!!

As Oliver continued to think, the moment he entered the entrance to Zone Z that Ewan had mentioned, he heard a heavy, sharp mechanical sound..

Oliver, who has been trained as a problem solver for several years, extracts emotions and vitality from a test tube as naturally as breathing, as heard from beyond the wall entering Zone Z..

I wrapped my whole body in a black suit and dodged backwards..

At the same time, the old, thick wall collapsed, and a huge aircraft appeared..

Surprisingly, the identity of the machine was an exoskeleton armor, a military equipment, and a piece of metal imitating a person and armor protruded with a huge pincer in one hand and a huge circular saw blade in the other..

Oliver wasn't an expert so he couldn't tell for sure, but it seemed like someone had repaired or remodeled it arbitrarily..

The evidence is the marks of soldering and the parts that were forcibly fitted together..

Even so, it was still surprising..

As far as Oliver knew, exoskeleton armor is a piece of military equipment that requires a high degree of technical skill to handle, and modifying it to that extent was in itself a testament to tremendous technical skill..

‘Still, what I'm most concerned about is the chunk of flesh rooted in the exoskeleton armored cockpit..’

Oliver looked at a lump of flesh in the middle of the exoskeleton's armored body, which was patchy with various pieces of scrap metal..

The lump of red and pink flesh that looked like lumps of clay stuck to the exoskeleton armor like a chewing gum and attacked Oliver..

━JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPWING!!!

The exoskeleton armor that broke the wall swung its rotating circular saw blade with all its might and attacked Oliver..

Oliver lightly jumped with his black suit-covered legs and climbed onto the opposite wall..

However, the flesh stuck to the exoskeleton glove was not embarrassed, and looked at Oliver with round eyes, manipulated the exoskeleton glove, and tried to grab Oliver by flying out its claw hand..

spicy skillful operation.

Thanks to this, the exoskeleton armor moved at a speed that could not have been thought of as a piece of metal, and Oliver was unable to avoid it and ended up defending himself with the quarter staff..

Kwasik! Jwarrwalrralaralatang━!!

The slightly rusty claw gripped the quarter staff, and with that, the chain attached to the claw hand was pulled, pulling Oliver's quarter staff..

Because it was a machine, the power was enormous..

If it weren't for the black suit, I would have been dragged away or my quarter staff would have been taken away..

Fortunately, Oliver was able to resist as he was wearing a black suit and was able to fight back..

[Ptah's Assistant)]

As soon as Oliver chanted, the magic energy stored in his body came out and aggregated into particles, forming a magic circle around the exoskeleton armor..

Starting from the formed magic circle, numerous mechanical hands made of magical power grew and attacked the exoskeleton armor..

chin━!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Wajik!

Kwagagak!

Empty! ······Ta-dad-dak!!

Surprisingly, mechanical hands so thin that they resemble needles and scalpels skillfully dismantled the giant metal exoskeleton gloves..

Rather than simply destroying it with force, systematically.

This was thanks to the detailed knowledge of Ptah's Assistant and the exoskeleton armor that Oliver accumulated while studying golem studies..

1, 2In a matter of seconds, both arms fell off the exoskeleton armor, in 3 or 4 seconds, the person collapsed without his legs, and in 5 or 6 seconds, the exoskeleton armor stopped functioning..

A more effective suppression method than expected.

“By any chance, was this made by Lee Wan??”

Oliver asked a question while using Ptas Assistant to remove the claw holding the quarter staff..

No matter how you look at it, the chunk of flesh attached to the exoskeleton armor felt similar to the meat-weapon that Lee Wan had made..

But unfortunately, instead of answering the question, a huge iron blade came flying as an answer..

The greatsword was wielded by the bandaged man. The man on the anti-development committee who was hired by Sheamus to attack Oliver twice..

Oliver raised his quarter staff in line with the flying blade, and soon a loud noise rang out..

Caen━━!!

The combination of the great sword, which looked more like a piece of metal than a sword, and the extraordinary power of the anti-development committee created an unbelievable amount of power, sending Oliver flying backwards..

I even dropped a few test tubes containing emotions that I had kept in my arms..

“hello? Long time no see.”

Oliver greeted the sword-bandage man. Whatever it was, he'd met me face to face twice, so I guess it was polite..

However, the sword-bandage man did not respond and rushed at Oliver. All over the place with other bandage guys..

[Authority)]

Taking Oliver's chant as a signal, the test tube that was dropped earlier started shaking and the emotions inside poured out into the air by pushing the lid of the test tube..

It's a black magic that Marie used in the past, and Oliver used his skill to imitate it.,

The black emotional particles were forced by Oliver to contact, harmonize, and connect emotions of similar nature and merged together like a chain..

Thanks to this, the emotional particles that were spread into small particles like water sprayed with a spray took on a certain shape, and as soon as Oliver confirmed this, he made a downward gesture with one hand..

Then, the emotional particles gathered together in the shape of a hand and crushed many of the bandaged men approaching Oliver, forcing them to their knees..

Gugu Guguk······!

Everyone, including the man with the great sword and bandage, tried to resist the black magic and force himself to stand up, but even though the floor was dug and cracked, no one was able to stand up..

Just kneel down.

It was truly a huge thing. Although he is a bit old, the sword-bandage man was once a powerful man who even knocked Oliver away with a single blow, but now he was on his knees and could not do anything..

Oliver could have picked up the quarter staff and smashed his head open right now..

Of course, Oliver didn't do that..

“Why don't you do that??”

In the distance, another bandaged man holding a quarter staff appeared from an alley..

Unlike the other bandage men, he wore a robe and was good at speaking, and he was also acquainted with Oliver..

In the past, when he tried to capture Sheamus, he single-handedly slaughtered Hunger with amazing movement and strength, and almost seriously injured Oliver as well..

I stopped in the middle and just walked away.

“None of these people have any intention of harming me greatly..”

Oliver answered. In fact, among the bandaged men who just attacked, there were some who felt dissatisfaction, suspicion, anger, and a desire to win against Oliver, but none of them harbored murderous intentions..

This is an unusual case for an organized attack..

After hearing the answer, the quarter staff-bandage man said:.

“That's kind of you. You are so kind..”

With those words, he rushed towards Oliver. At the unbelievable speed I saw for the first time..