Genius Warlock-Episode 86
"Is there anyone who wants to go fight the puppet with me??”
Everyone looked shocked at that question..
It's like seeing a one-day puppy attack a tiger..
Ah, maybe that's an accurate statement..
Oliver, who was just a problem solver, was just a day-old puppy compared to the puppet..
I remembered what Cant explained to me about puppets in the past..
Eternal Puppet.
One of the leading warlocks and one of the leading executives of the Black Hand..
It is said that it is a being whose lifespan cannot even be estimated, and that its lifespan is longer than that of a country..
Because of this, it is said that there is no field that he does not touch, such as drugs, weapons, mercenaries, and illegal medicine, and he is said to have connections with high-ranking officials in each country.,
Of course, they were all rumors without substance, so half of them were treated as nonsense, but in any case, Oliver ended up challenging such a being to a duel..
"Are you sane now?….?”
A solver said: He was scared and desperate at the same time..
"yes? what..…?”
"Who would make a bet like that? .! The opponent is a puppet? They all look dead?!”
Oliver looked at the man and said.
“..…I don't think you heard, but I was planning on killing all the puppets anyway. The only intention was to sow confusion, disperse us, and then kill us separately..”
".....Woah, it's not certain.?”
"no. I'm sure. They had no intention of letting us go..”
The man, who was frightened by Oliver's calm and calm words, as well as the other solvers, were unable to say anything..
Oliver opened his mouth as he checked the flask he had kept in his arms..
"I'm sorry if you were offended by my arbitrary behavior. However, if we had stayed still, the puppets would have definitely encouraged us to fight among ourselves, and we would have ended up fighting each other pointlessly. That's why I made the first move, so please understand... .. I don't want to fight with you, and I don't want to kill you..”
Perhaps the persuasion worked and no one complained anymore..
Of course, it wasn't in his mind.
It seemed like there was no one to fight with, but Oliver didn't really care. He was planning on moving alone anyway..
Just as I was about to move, Knuckle Joe spoke up..
“hey.....”
"...? Yes, Mr. Cho.”
"Don't keep calling me Mr., just call me Joe... . Because it feels unfamiliar."
“ah… .. Yes, I understand. Is that what you called me to say??”
Sam grabbed Joe's shoulder, but Joe shook him off and spoke again..
"you… I'm definitely thinking of going to fight the puppet.?”
"Yes, because you promised to do so, right? ....Probably, if you break it, they'll send the zombies here right away..”
“….It's true that if you win, they'll let us go.?”
"yes. I meant it. At least when answering. You haven't seen it, right??”
"No, I didn't see it at my level. Only you saw it. I'm confident I'll win?”
Oliver thought about that question..
"hmm… . well. Honestly, I can't give a definitive answer as this is something I've never dealt with before..”
"A tendency I have never dealt with?”
"Yes, everyone is usually interested in winning and losing, but Puppet seems to be good at that kind of thing. Rather, he seems interested in something else. I don't even know what it is.”
At that time, someone muttered.
"Come to think of it, Puppet said he was interested in immortality. According to rumors.”
"It's immortal?”
The person who mumbled answered Oliver's question carefully..
"Well, it's just a rumor... .no see.”
May you live forever… ... It wasn't an impossible story..
According to what I read in Joseph's book, there are quite a few people who are obsessed with that area..
I've seen in past books that even non-warlocks study or invest in this..
Of course, there has not been a single case of success so far..
However, there was something unclear about simply calling it immortal..
Should I say that the scattered puzzles do not fit together??
Joe opened his mouth again..
"Hey, sorry to interrupt the conversation, but answer my question first. Can you win, can you? ....If you can't win, we can subdue you and negotiate with the puppet..”
At Joe's words, his fellow solvers and mercenaries took a stance..
So that I can move if I have to.
It was somewhat sincere..
"well.… . I don't know if I can win or not, but I will fight with the intention of winning. Of course, I don't want to die either..”
“……okay? Okay, then I'll follow along..”
"yes?”
"I'm following you too.”
Joe said confidently.
***
To keep his promise to Puppet, Oliver went into the basement passageway where the search team entered..
In addition to Oliver, the fighter crew's Knuckle Joe, Dual Pistol Sam, and troubleshooter Stone Fist Arthur also joined..
Joe said he would follow him, and Sam followed because he couldn't let Joe go alone, but Arthur didn't know why he followed..
When asked about this, he answered:.
"reason? Is there a reason? It's better to be with a real man who would rather fight than to be with guys who are trying to sell me out.."
"ah..…."
Oliver let out an exclamation. I'm sure it would be uneasy to be there..
It was only for a moment, but I fell for the puppet's trick..
Of course, I couldn't blame them..
What should I say? There was something about every word of the puppet that shook people..
Something that digs into people's weak spots.
"excuse me..… . I have a question too, can I ask you something??”
Sam, holding a pistol in both hands, intervened and said:.
"Yes, you say it..”
Sam looked at Oliver and said.
"ha… … . There are so many things I want to ask, but I'll start with what I'm most curious about. How did you find out??”
"Yes, what??”
“puppet. The thing called a corpse doll... ..I didn't recognize it. Even though I have good eyesight."
"......."
Oliver was silent, not knowing how to respond..
It was true that Puppet's corpse doll was definitely well-made..
Even at first glance, it looked like a living person, and the synchronization was so good that it looked natural..
However, if you pay close attention to Oliver, everything is clear..
The only difference is between less focus and more focus.?
But I couldn't answer like this..
Because Sam's emotional state didn't seem to make sense..
So, I answered with appropriate weight..
"I once met a person called Puppet's disciple.."
"student?”
"Yes, his name is Glip, the puppeteer. He says he is Mr. Puppet's student. I have seen him use a corpse doll to pretend to be a human. So I was able to notice.”
“….How did we meet each other??”
"We were staying somewhere, and unfortunately we had a disagreement and fought..”
“....you won?”
"Uh, yeah.”
"I'll ask again. They said they defeated Puppet's disciple.?”
“yes… .. I was lucky..”
Sam, Joe and Arthur looked surprised..
Oliver didn't quite understand why he was surprised, but.
"then..… . You must have some specific plan to take down the puppet, right? Since I've followed you this far, I'd like you to tell me.?”
"There is no plan. How about meeting the puppet in person and trying to take it down? If you just defeat him, the zombies outside will naturally be neutralized as well..”
Perhaps they didn't like the answer, but Joe, Sam, and Arthur didn't look very good..
But I couldn't say anything.
There was no way for them to do it themselves or for anything else..
Arthur, who had been silent, said something..
“....It's not entirely unlikely. This type of warlock will be weak in direct combat..”
Everyone's eyes turned to Arthur..
"Do you know anything??”
"No, I don't know, but I met him a few times on the battlefield. warlock.”
"Warlock? Are you a mercenary??”
"There are mercenaries, and there are warlocks who just came to pick up the corpses... .. Aside from picking up corpses, there were also people who sometimes tried to kidnap living people..”
"Have you ever had a fight??”
"There is... . They kidnapped a member of our squad. It wasn't a very pleasant memory. You'll probably have to avoid several traps this time too... . Why did you guys follow me??”
Arthur suddenly asked Joe and Sam..
"what does that mean?”
"No, I was singled out and followed along with this friend, but I don't know why you guys followed. Especially the guy with the knuckles over there.”
Arthur asked, pointing to Knuckle Joe..
Sam said instead, sounding offended..
"what? It sounds like we have an ulterior motive.?”
“well… .. I know it's just a rumor, but there's a rumor that Puppet had a lot of disciples, right? So, yeah?”
Sam laughed unpleasantly and tightened his grip on the pistol, but Joe held his hand and calmed him down. And then said.
"don't worry. That's absolutely not the case.”
"is it?”
"Yeah, unfortunately I couldn't find a teacher as good as Puppet. All I have to do is take risks to survive. From experience, it's the most dangerous to stay still in times like this, so I just followed along..’’
I was only half serious..
Sam added one more word..
"Well, if we survive the fight against the puppet, our name value will increase..”
Then the quarrel subsided..
Looking back, I realized that we didn't fight for no reason..
Everyone didn't show it, but it was because they were anxious..
That's because even though it's been a while since I entered the basement, I haven't seen anything..
I thought the puppet would come out soon since he accepted Oliver's offer, but he hasn't even shown his nose yet..
I wondered if the puppet had changed his mind, but since there was nothing he could do right away, Oliver came up with another story..
Everyone gets more anxious when you don't say anything..
"hmm..… . By the way, the basement here is better maintained than I thought..”
Oliver said, looking around..
In fact, the basement here was neatly finished with cement and bricks..
Then, someone said.
"It was originally a basement built by the owners of this street. Wizards. I spent some money.”
unfamiliar voice.
Everyone was startled and turned their heads in the direction from which the sound was heard..
There stood a man with a saber on his waist..
‘Puppet… . But how?’
Oliver thought for a moment..
My eyes were somewhat focused and I was exploring my surroundings, but I didn't notice anything at all..
While Oliver was taken aback by the situation he was experiencing for the first time, Arthur, Joe, and Sam made the first move..
Arthur gathered magical power into the golem's prosthetic arm and punched the puppet that suddenly appeared..
The golem's prosthetic arm made of stone and magic flew like a cannon, and it was as threatening as a giant rock flying..
However, surprisingly, Puppet cut the golem's prosthetic arm in half with just one swing of the saber..
Arthur said in astonishment as he saw the flying arm..
"Even a corpse golem can be destroyed with bare hands...…!!”
“ah… .. Even though it's B-grade, it's a little sad to compare my work to a corpse golem, isn't it? How about calming down instead? I came here to talk first.-”
“-It's a joke.”
Sam said, holding a pistol in both hands..
I shot a gun with him, and a bullet imbued with black magic flew out and threatened the puppet..
There was a variety of black magic, and Oliver could not help but be surprised by the unfamiliar but creative attack method..
But what was even more surprising was the puppet's movements as it casually dodged and slashed bullets..
There was no comparison with Chevy, but depending on the corpse doll, not only the combat power but also the fighting style seemed to be completely different..
Crash. Clap.
Sam where the bullet fell.
The puppet lowered its body and dug in in an instant..
"If at least one person dies, will you listen to me??”
"yes. If you die.”
Knuckle Joe said, stepping between his colleague and the puppet..
He strengthened his body with black magic, and attacked the puppet with sharper movements than when he fought Oliver in the past..
The problem was that the puppet was sharper than that..
He not only dodged Joe's fist with acrobatic body movements, but also avoided a surprise lower kick and then swung his saber again..
Yes———— Exactly!
Just before Joe's head was cut off, Oliver, wearing a black suit, blocked the puppet's blade with a quarter staff..
The blade contains emotion, so if I had just blocked it, the quarter staff would have been cut right away..
"ah..… . You don't want to kill me yet.”
"I don't want to die either.”
Oliver swung the quarter staff with force..
The puppet skillfully took a step back and.
The body movements are definitely completely different from when it was Chevy..
I wondered if that was possible simply by changing the corpse doll, but for now, putting aside the question, Oliver used the Hate Bullet to target the puppet..
Puppet cuts Hate Bullet with a knife. And then he said as if analyzing.
"Not only does he use a mixture of manipulation and disease classes, but he also uses firearms classes skillfully... … . What are you??”
Just———!
Oliver immediately closed the distance and swung his quarter staff and said..
"How amazing. I also have a lot of questions about Mr. Puppet. How did they kill the presence, how can they move in such different styles, and where is the main body?.”
“main body?”
Puppet said with a smile.
"We have a lot of questions about each other. Well then, shall we talk for a moment??”
"yes, that's good.”
Oliver said and struck the Puppet's saber away, then stabbed him with the quarter staff..
Puppet skillfully blocked it with his saber, but that was enough..
[las boom]
The lath boom at the end of the quarter staff exploded, shattering one side of the puppet's corpse..
Processed skin, flesh, skeletons, and springs were scattered on the floor, but the puppet was as relaxed as it was in Sevi..
"Oh, I've lost two corpse dolls in one day, but it seems like it's been a long time since I lost them to the same person..”
Oliver asked, holding out the quarter staff towards the puppet..
"So let’s talk now.?”
"Well, it's a bit out of place here, so why don't we go a little further inside and talk??”
Then the puppet put his hand on the floor..
The emotions I was holding in my hands quickly moved along the cracks in the floor, and along with that, I felt a sense of floating beneath my feet..
The floor was collapsing.
"It's been a while since I had a friend as fun as you..”
With that, Oliver fell to the floor along with the puppet..
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