The crazy villain regains his mind - Episode 44
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Avant-garde guild master Lee Chan-taek.
52 years old this year.
The all-white hair, angular face with no hint of fat, and cold, sunken eyes stood out..
He is a man with a cold heart who strictly pursues the interests of the guild and ruthlessly discards anything that causes harm..
Even in my last life, even after reaching a great compromise, I was completely protective of the guild's power. So we never met.
Lee Chan-taek, who greeted Cheon Myeong-guk first, looked at me and said,.
“I came here because I wanted to hear information about Nuri..”
“Speaking informally from the first meeting?”
“······.”
The atmosphere calmed down after a few words. But I also put up with a lot of treatment from people who gossiped behind my back. What did this guy say? Ae Songi’s beginner’s luck won’t last long? I said it was perfect for staying on the road..
If the Avant-Garde Guild had not been hunting number 1, they would have taken care of it first..
If you get angry and attack me now, it's fine for me. What choice will this guy make?.
“I was rude. I came here because I wanted to know information about Nuri. can you tell me?”
The attitude changed quickly. I smiled to hide my regret. I also treat you with respect.
“I wonder why you ask that of a kid..”
“···I think there may have been traces of Nuri left behind in Black Wyvern..”
He is a quick-witted person. He remembered that Black Wyvern was chased away by Nuri and guessed that it must have left a mark..
that is the correct answer.
“you're right. There are traces of a black wyvern..”
“What is it??”
“There is a scorch mark at the end of the tail..”
The leather is black, showing signs of disassembly..
“Is it a fire attribute?.”
“And there are also knife cuts..”
“Isn't this a trace left by the hunting team that resisted the black wyvern??”
“That may be true, but there are other possibilities as well..”
“What is it?”
“Nuri's Gift.”
Lee Chan-taek’s expression crumpled at my words. Did it feel so absurd??
“···gibberish!”
“Think what you like. I told you.”
“There is no useful information. Still, I've got the information I need, so I'll head back..”
It's a return to informal language. Should we really be able to return? However, I decided to skip it because Cheon Myeong-guk was looking at me with a blood-filled expression. You're going to have a lot of trouble while hunting anyway..
I didn't catch Lee Chan-taek going out, but instead I told Cheon Myeong-guk..
“Avant-garde won't be easy.”
“Do you really think Nuri will have a gift??”
“Consider the case of Daon..”
Daon is the 7th monster, a level 8 monster that devastated the Yellow Sea by traveling between the sea and land in the form of a turtle..
The moment he breathed his last breath, Daon created a tsunami of enormous size, and a debate arose over whether the monster was using the Gift..
Although it was concluded that it was a coincidence, it was an incident that left uneasy feelings in many ways..
“Monsters can use gifts.”
It's just a difference in proficiency. The difference between accepting this and not is huge..
The level of the monsters is getting higher and higher, and the difference between the level 8 evil that first appears and the level 8 that appears 10 years later is the difference between heaven and earth. This is true because monsters survive in the age of infinite competition and reach level 8..
They say it may be level 9 harmful, but I was not in my right mind to know that far..
“I hope not. I hope Choin is wrong this time..”
“You'll know when you watch..”
Even if my expectations were wrong and the avant-garde guild succeeded in hunting, there would be no loss to me..
But you won't succeed.
*
“Master, had a nice visit to the Blue House.······.”
Deputy guild master Ha Seong-hoon, who was greeting Chan-taek Lee when he went out to get information about Nuri, trailed off when he saw the master's stiff expression..
“That kid, I don't like it.”
“Are you talking about Choi Jun-ho??”
“He spoke informally to me right away..”
Ha Seong-hoon burst out laughing..
“I guess the blacklist is real..”
“Director Cheon, you can’t believe you used your talents like that to become Choi Jun-ho’s dog. I'm very disappointed. In the Reaper Guild, they did their work well and flawlessly..”
“It can't be helped, right? Choi Jun-ho is a crazy dog. To appease them well, you have to coax them. By the way, what was the result of your visit to the Blue House??”
“······.”
Lee Chan-taek was lost in thought for a moment..
Monsters use gifts? The theory of the monster's use of the gift was nothing more than a sophistry that was briefly mentioned during Daon..
There is nothing wrong with being prepared. However, if the hunting process is disrupted while paying attention to gifts that are unlikely to exist, you may miss out on all the game you have caught..
It is a hunt that requires the guild's all efforts. If successful, you can earn an astronomical amount of money, and the guild's reputation will rise to the top in Korea..
If he fails, Choi Jun-ho will be next. Lee Chan-taek, who had staked the guild's fate on this hunt, thought it was a deception to confuse him..
You can prepare on your own..
“There was no result. goes according to plan.”
“yes!
Three days later, Nuri appeared in Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province..
*
The name of the 8th monster, Nuri, began when the member countries of the Typhoon Committee named it in their own language..
We named the monster in our own language, and this did not take into account the monster's attributes and characteristics..
Most of the names given had positive connotations, in order not to create an atmosphere of fear when appearing on the news, and were mixed with elements of the hunters' morale and safe hunting..
There was criticism that it was actually ineffective, but even that disappeared as it took the form of an all-out war to deal with monsters..
From the time Nuri's appearance was announced, the Awakened Security Office and the National Guild Federation selected three locations where Nuri would appear..
Cheongju-si, Eumseong-gun, and Goesan-gun are located in Chungcheongbuk-do..
Cheon Myeong-guk explained the situation at a countermeasures meeting held at the Blue House..
“The appearance of the Nuri is almost identical to that of a goshawk. It is about 12m in size, and its characteristic feature is that its entire body is red and it radiates high-temperature heat. This means that it is correct that the traces left on the black wyvern's tail were made by Nuri..”
Nuri will emit high-temperature fire, high enough to burn the black wyvern's hide. It was the moment when information that was a hypothesis turned out to be fact..
“Nuri attacked a private house in Eumseong-gun..”
“The damage is?”
The president's voice was low..
“Even though evacuation took place, significant damage occurred to civilians and the monster response team..”
Monsters are instinctively hostile to humanity..
This tendency becomes more noticeable as the level increases, and Nuri, who appeared in Goesan-gun, attacked Eumseong-gun located just above it..
The government has encouraged evacuation as much as possible, but wherever you go, there are people who do not listen. The damage to private homes that occurred this time is also of the same type..
the president sighed.
“How is the avant-garde guild moving??”
“We are preparing to enter Eumseong-gun from Icheon-si. We plan to fight in an open area where there is no interference..”
“Is there enough power??”
“All core avant-garde forces were mobilized..”
“If you catch it, you will receive great honor, but if you fail, a large guild will be shaken..”
No matter how much large guilds covet state power, the profits they gain cannot be ignored. It is important not to fall behind the large guilds, but it is also the president's job to maintain and develop the power of the Awakened..
“Junho Choi: What do you think hunting will be like for Superhuman??”
“you will fail.”
“······.”
Why do you ask me what I think??
“can you tell me why?”
“The most important thing in monster hunting is understanding the monster's capabilities. Mr. President, when looking at the strength of monsters, which part do you think is the most important??”
“Isn't it the size??”
Absolutely not. If that's the case, Nuri should have had Black Wyvern as his older brother..
“The strength of monsters lies in their purity..”
“purity?”
“It refers to the original form of birth. Nuri has a shape almost similar to that of a goshawk, which means that it is a monster born with strong powers..”
As the monster eats the monster and undergoes complex transformations, the output becomes unstable and force use becomes unnatural..
“I guess that means it's dangerous to have reached level 8 with that purity. But why do you think it will fail??”
“There is a lack of power. And the hunting team includes too many unnecessary people..”
From my point of view, to deal with Nuri, two level 8 players, five or more level 7 players, and 20 level 6 players are enough to defeat him..
If the level 8 gift is a ranged attack, it will be easier. However, the power of the avant-garde did not reach that level, and Lee Chan-taek is a typical maverick type who only believes in his own abilities..
If he succeeds, he's a charismatic boss, but if he fails, he's a stubborn idiot..
In this case, it was likely the latter..
Of course, it's a different story when I'm hunting..
“······.”
the atmosphere is cold.
“Don't worry. He is a man who thinks terribly of his guild members, so he will not recklessly throw away his life..”
“Dealing with monsters is the problem.”
“Why are you worried about that? I will go.”
I'm speaking with confidence, but why are your eyes looking like that? People with irreverent eyes, let's just remember that.
I caught a glimpse of the people around me and asked the president..
“But if I catch it alone, is it all mine??”
I know that the price of a level 8 harmful monster is at least 1.5 trillion won..
If I take care of the heart processing, the value will be higher..
One soybean paste stew costs 6,000 won, which is 250,000 bowls..
“As long as you can hunt, it's all yours..”
“great.”
*
With only the two of them left alone with Cheon Myeong-guk, the president recalled what had happened a moment ago and asked:.
“What do you think of Choi Jun-ho’s analysis??”
“I think it's absurd.”
“I heard that too. But it was surprisingly persuasive..”
Choi Jun-ho’s words have a strange charm. A strong sense of self-confidence even though it is an unconfirmed fact. It struck me so strongly that it shook my trust in existing data..
“Choi Jun-ho's words mainly consist of content that has never been analyzed before. It should not be believed or put into action. but······.”
Cheon Myeong-guk looked into the eyes of the President and said.
“That statement has never been wrong.”
“That's the problem.”
“yes.”
“So, do you think it will work out as he said this time??”
“···It's highly likely.”
There are only Choi Jun-ho's words, but if you had to choose between Data and Choi Jun-ho's words, it was the former..
The problem is when those words become reality..
“If the avant-garde breaks through, it will be stopped in Gwangju or Yongin. If we can't stop it here, Seoul is just around the corner. Contact the Reaper Guild. Have your power ready just in case..”
Cheon Myeong-guk is a former assistant master of the Shinigami Guild. Even if I ordered preparations a little early, I was able to ask for your understanding..
“All right.”
“I don't want anything to worry about.”
But what I was worried about turned out to be a reality..
*
When I first encountered Nuri, I thought I could hunt well enough..
For a level 8 poison, it wasn't big, and the force it gave off wasn't that big either..
But the moment we entered battle, everything changed. Nuri had a strength that was on a different level from the level 8 monsters we had seen so far..
Less than 5 minutes after the battle began, hell unfolded. The acrid smoke created by dry trees and grass in winter obscured the view..
“It's my fault.”
Lee Chan-taek looked up into the air and clenched his teeth. The guy who created this hell was looking down at the world as if he didn't even care about himself..
Nuri was agile and fierce, and his breath was strong enough to melt even the armor worn by hunters..
Above all, the ‘gift’ that Choi Jun-ho warned about was decisive. The sword storm caused by the flapping of wings was an unavoidable disaster..
When the Gift Blade Storm was activated, force blades swirled around a 50 meter radius. Each one was powerful enough to be comparable to a level 7 force blade..
More than ten hunters were torn apart by the first storm of blades. It had become a piece of meat so finely chopped that there was not even a trace of its original appearance..
It was actually a mistake to try to deal with him in an open area. There was no place to escape from the breath or the storm of blades..
This guy was making fun of the guild members who had worked hard all their lives at a distance that his gift couldn't reach..
If we continue like this, we will be annihilated..
Lee Chan-taek admitted that his choice was the worst..
“Everyone retreat! I'll take care of it.”
“master!”
“I'm the only one who can get his attention. Listen to me! Ha Seong-hoon! Take the kids and get out quickly!”
“···You must be safe..”
Ha Seong-hoon, who left those words, gathered his remaining forces and retreated..
Lee Chan-taek, who was left alone, tried to deal with Nuri's aggro, but it was not enough..
To deal with a flying monster, you have to pull it down, but because all of the guild's power was sent, the attack couldn't reach it..
“Is it the end?.”
He saw Nuri looking down at him from the sky. I thought it would be an easy opponent because it wasn't that big, but at this moment it looked like a monster that would destroy the world..
Kieee!
It felt like the crying was laughing at me..
What a vain ending after showing off so proudly. the world will laugh at you.
The status of the avant-garde will fall and it will never reach its current position..
“······.”
Lee Chan-taek clenched his teeth as he felt like everything he had built his entire life was being shattered in real time..
It was then.
There was a figure approaching at breakneck speed from behind. Inyoung headed up into the sky as quickly as if he was stepping on empty air, rushed in a straight line, and hit his head..
Kieeeeek!
Nuri screamed and released his breath, but he easily dodged it and hit his head again..
“step back.”
“Junho Choi······!”
Lee Chan-taek, seeing the sudden appearance of the relief force, widened his eyes and hurriedly retreated. Meanwhile, Choi Jun-ho approached Nuri through the storm of blades spread by Nuri's wings and hit Nuri on the head..
bang!
A huge explosion rang out..
Nuri stumbled and flew higher, radiating heat from his whole body with a terrifying, murderous energy. It is a movement to get out of Choi Jun-ho's attack range..
“It doesn't break.”
If Choi Jun-ho admired the strength of Nuri’s head,.
Lee Chan-taek never lost sight of his bizarre obsession with hair..
“head breaker.”
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