31The second piece overturns the game board (Episode 430)
First off, it wasn't actually the Starlet and Silk group that encountered Karen..
It was a man named Ben Hew who brought them all together..
The situation when he and Karen met was somewhat sudden and confusing..
“huh?”
“…….”
Karen tilted her head when she saw Ben Hugh, who had a lot of beard. If she had realized that she was an investigator, she would have attacked me or said something..
Benhue didn't say anything and was just staring into Karen's eyes..
Karen saw the energy radiating from the other person and immediately realized that he was an important person here..
The crash was instantaneous..
Paaaaat-!
Cheeeeee…
“Pfft….”
Benhue crossed his hands with Karen, who was rushing at her like a monster, and then passed her and disappeared..
“…What is it, bland??”
Karen had no intention of killing the other person anyway for a special reason, but she still didn't expect her to choose to run away so soon..
“Well, it doesn't matter. I put a seal on it.”
- You can't kill them all. Whether you secretly place the seal or miss it and then chase after it, you have to do it..
This was the reason why Karen did not go after Ben Hugh right away but targeted other leaders..
* * *
Only after entering the outskirts of Shurlaine did Benhue catch his breath..
“Phew… I almost died..”
The reason he is still alive today is because of his quick judgment and ability to gauge his opponent's skills..
“what kind of eyes….”
Eyes are the mirror of the soul.
Benhue learned from his teacher the ability to gauge someone's soul..
Nowadays, it is possible to predict the opponent's capabilities without much error..
‘How strong is it? That monster….’
The eyes of the investigator he encountered in the building were similar to those of his teacher. The meaning of the words did not mean that the two states were similar..
Ben Hugh is an opponent that cannot be measured..
Both the teacher and the red-eyed investigator.
Chewy profit…
Ben Hugh ripped off all the beard that covered his face..
“Ouch… Did I leave it on too long??”
The serious appearance of the hairy man was gone, and there stood a man speaking in a somewhat light tone..
There were only a few people, including his teacher, who knew Ben Hugh's true identity..
Except for one or two people who were entrusted with the work, everyone remembered Ben Hugh in his fake form..
He deceives people with fake and real appearances.
However, no matter what he looked like, Ben Hugh did not change. Because his eyes haven't changed. The eyes were the mirror of the soul, Ben Hugh's whole soul was in them..
- Ben Hugh, survive like a lizard..
“I did as you asked, Master..”
Benhue turned around and muttered..
“They're probably all dead by now?”
The minions he gathered.
Fearless and eccentric.
It was also strong.
But they would all be dead by now.
‘It doesn't matter if everyone dies. Because I just have to survive anyway.’
What is important in an organization is not the hands and feet, but the head that gives instructions. In that sense, Ben Hugh had to survive..
I survived today too.
Again, tomorrow will come.
“hmm… Now, what to do?”
There was no sign of chase, and he escaped unharmed. That means you could go anywhere..
The job failed, but I gained one important piece of information..
‘I don't know if it's a special unit or something, but there's a monster in the mix. Is this guy the boss??’
The number of strong people was not determined carelessly. At least one person.
‘We need to convey information first... I guess I should go there..’
It was dangerous to move alone.
You have to have a lot of cards in your hands to survive by discarding them..
Purr…
“Hey!”
Ben Hugh rode on horseback through the night. I run for several hours, choosing paths that are as inconspicuous as possible..
I was worried that my identity might have been exposed, so I deliberately walked in circles around the street. As expected, there was no sign of pursuit..
Purr…
Benhue's horse arrived at the cemetery..
Benhue took the white wreath away and said to the grave:.
“grow. benhue.”
Hehehehe…
The dirt rose up suddenly, revealing a door and stairs leading to the basement..
“Come in, Benhue. The master is waiting.”
The old man with the lantern gestured towards Ben Hugh..
It's good…
thud.
The cemetery gate was closed, and the cemetery manager appeared and filled the dirt..
Two men walked in silence underground..
“Are you not asking anything??”
“What authority do I have to ask Benhue? I will guide you to the owner..”
“work failed.”
“……The owner will be disappointed..”
“Anyone who came other than me?”
“There wasn't. no one.”
Benhue nodded. It seemed like it was an established fact that his subordinates were dead..
The long road extending underground soon came to a halt as it came to a large door..
The man hit the door and made a noise.
widely… widely…
“Master, BenHugh is here..”
“Tell them to come in.”
“yes….”
Meeeee profit…
When the door opened, a cylindrical space was revealed inside. Ashes filled every wall.
A place that looks like a charnel house.
The ceiling and the ends of the pillars were made of special glass to illuminate the outside..
The man fiddling with the charnel box asked.
“Yes, Benhue. What news did you bring??”
“news you might not like.”
“That must be bad news. It's okay to say.”
Benhue spoke to the man without hesitation..
“Listen carefully, there's a dangerous guy in the special unit or something..”
“dangerous guy?”
“okay. I don't know how the Silver Lion Association and the Investigation Bureau managed to recruit such a person... A great power came into the mix..”
“…Details.”
Benhue told the man what had happened where he thought he had set a trap..
“Jian, thanks to your plan, I lost all of my men..”
“It's the council's plan. It wasn't my plan in the first place. But it's surprising. I can't believe you were so dangerous that you got scared and ran away all the way here. I must have been stronger than you?”
“okay. I don't know how strong it is. It's just that I know you're stronger than me, but I'm not stupid enough to fight.”
“You should also learn how to fight against opponents stronger than yourself... There will come a day when you will be forced to fight someone like that. At that point, there was no opportunity to practice..”
“Practice next time you get a chance.”
“You plan to run away for the rest of your life..”
“Did you get caught? What can I do, my teacher taught me that.”
“Your teacher has already dealt with many such partners.….”
Knock…
I heard a sign from somewhere.
No, this is too subtle to be called a presence... So it's a sound.
“Is it a tail??”
“No, there wasn't. Look over there.”
When Benhue pointed to the ceiling exposed to the ground with his finger, he saw something leaning against the glass window and continuously tapping on it..
“It's just a leak.”
“…benhue.”
“What's wrong, Jian??”
“I think it's the tail.”
“…what?”
“There's a little bit of poison scattered over there. No living thing has ever approached.”
“…what? Then that is….”
Knock…
Knock knock…
Again and again and again…
The number of birds gradually increased.
I thought the ceiling couldn't have collapsed just by pecking at the glass window with their beaks, but I wasn't sure because I didn't know that so many birds would land on the ceiling in the first place..
So bad so bad…
there was a crack in the glass.
Soon the ceiling collapsed.
Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
A large piece of glass fell to the floor, shattering into pieces..
If you were barefoot, a single step would be enough to hurt you..
patter…
patter…
A flock of birds returned to the charnel house and gathered together..
“…Crow?”
Crows all black.
And they soon turned into smoke and took shape..
Kang Seol, dressed in a detective uniform, appeared at the scene..
“what… There was no tail!”
Snowfall pointed to his inner pocket..
Ben Hugh was startled and rummaged around in his arms, and found a seal that looked like a button in his hand..
“When did this happen... ah! Holy shit….”
Only then did Benhyu realize that this seal was in his arms when he bumped into Karen, and he looked at Jian with a sharp look..
“Well, I guess that's what happened..”
“…Benhue, I said it earlier.?”
“what?”
“There will come a day when you will be forced to fight someone stronger than you..”
Benhue looked into Kangseol’s eyes at Jian’s words..
“Heo Eok…….”
He was scared and stepped back..
“I saw your eyes. What do you see??”
“Oh, nothing… I can't see anything. I've never been like this before….”
A different case from Karen.
If it was impossible to predict how strong Karen would be, it was not even possible to know whether Snowfall was strong or weak..
“I know, Ben Hugh. He is a strong guy. A lot of that too. I can feel it even if I just stand in front of it. There's no need to even look at my eyes.”
“…….”
“If you see that the other person is not making any hasty moves, it seems like the other person is also interested in talking..”
Jian asked while looking at the snowfall..
“Right? what do you want?”
“Being calmly captured alive. If you tell me everything you know, I'll guarantee your life..”
“This is my first time meeting an investigator in person, but he sounds pretty typical..”
“Because it’s typical.”
“…If you refuse?”
“They will forcefully capture you alive..”
“That it could kill you?”
Kangseol smiled brightly..
“If you resist, I'll kill the one you don't need out of the two..”
Ben Hugh became impatient at his words..
“Gian! The subordinates….”
“Minions are useless. I feel it… Crow… A crow... Would you like to give me a seal??”
ting-!
The seal that Benhue threw fell into Gian's hand..
“…okay. You are that guy. The guy who killed Tekon and his minions..”
“Tecon? Who is it?”
“Toad.”
“iced coffee… okay. that's right.”
“You know, I'm not like Tekon..”
“It looks the same to me.”
“…….”
Jian did not refute.
“Benhue, what do you want to do??”
“What should I do??”
“I'll run away this time too?”
“……What do you plan on doing??”
Jian clasps his hand at Benhue's words..
Clang graaaang-!
All the charnel boxes in the charnel house were broken, and soon bone dust flowed to the floor..
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
“I have to fight. For organization. You run away, like you always do.”
“……Are you looking down on me??”
Benhyu got angry at Jian’s words and took a stance..
“I fight too. I'm thinking of giving it a try for now..”
Jian said after seeing the snowfall.
“They say so?”
Snowfall answered coldly..
“one of them dies.”
“Try it!”
Pushyyyy-!
BenHugh sets off a smokescreen..
After confirming that there was no poison mixed in, Kangseol stood still and waited for the opponent's attack..
Jian's voice came out..
“I guess you picked the wrong battlefield..”
[Jian uses bone matching.]
[Raise a pet made of bone meal or bone..]
[A pet's abilities are determined by the magical power injected into it..]
[Vulnerable to divine power.]
Compact…
A noise that sounds like bones are busy waking up.
Wow!-!
[Jian uses Bone Centipede.]
[Sacrifice a bone-powered pet to summon a Bone Centipede.]
[Bone centipedes move quickly and have strong teeth..]
[Bone centipedes are resistant to magic.]
Drurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
The sound of many legs moving at once.
Jian and Benhyu checked for any gaps in the snowfall, but there were none..
In that case, attacking at the same time, which is the basis of joint attack, should have been made the principle of action..
And Ben Hugh had the abilities best suited to that situation..
“Gian! now!”
Ben Hugh, with his eyes wide open through the fog, appeared in front of the snowfall..
his ability is.
You can do many things with your eyes.
Among them, the thing I am most confident in is blocking the opponent's movements..
[BenHyu uses the Mind Demon Eye..]
[Opponents facing Simma's Eye will temporarily cower and cannot attack..]
As explained, only offensive actions were impossible, but defensive actions were possible..
In other words, you will never be counterattacked. It is very suitable for exploration battles and has no such ability as a first attack..
Because there was no risk at all..
Jiyiing…
The cloudy colored eyes looked into the eyes of snowfall..
“caught….”
At that moment, Snowfall's eyes changed into eyes that evoked primal fear..
[Dragon Blood Eye's second ability is revealed.]
[Dragon Blood Eyes are immune to harmful effects using the eyes.]
[There is a very high probability of causing magical recoil to opponents who attempt to attack using eyes..]
[Magic recoil consumes 12 times the magic power of the used ability and deals the same amount of damage..]
A risk that never existed suddenly arose.
Pajjik…
With the sensation of the blood vessels in his eyes bursting, Ben Hugh stumbled..
Although it was not a particularly intentional attack, Ben Hugh suffered a fatal wound himself..
Snowfall gave Ben Hugh a kick of gratitude for helping him realize his new abilities..
Paaaaang-!
“Wow….”
Quasi-profit-!
When Ben Hugh hit the wall, a dagger flew into his limbs and became stuck..
PP Fit-!
Pooh wow…
“Wow!-!”
As Ben Hue screamed in unbearable pain, Jian, who had expected a joint attack, did something unexpected..
“You can't kill me. kill that guy.”
Kang Seol's fist stopped right in front of Jian's nose..
“…what?”
“Because I know more. That guy is nothing special.”
Grumbling…
Jian said as he released the bone centipede..
“It's amazing, thanks, what I see now is enough. I got a lot of information.”
“information?”
“Are you ridiculously strong? If we had fought I would have died.”
When Jian waved his hand and walked away, Benhue shouted..
“you! What are you doing! I'm going to fight….”
“If you hadn't said that, you would have run away..”
“…what?”
“Well, I told you to practice, but since you don't know, you'll get hit..”
Crackling…
Piiiiiiing-!
Pushuuuuk…
“Ugh… gagging….”
A bone spear pierced Ben Hugh's chest..
“you… you… what are you doing….”
“This is how I survive.”
“…….”
When Benhue's eyes lost their color, Jian said.
“This guy's teacher is eccentric and strong. Can you win? ah… this….”
Gooooooooo…
A round eye was created from Benhue's blood..
Those ugly eyes looked around and caught sight of Ji-an and Kang-seol..
- dare… You killed my disciple... Jian, why did Ben Hugh die??
At those words, Jian hurriedly destroyed the spear in his hand..
Sooooo…
“Oh, that? This guy just killed me.”
- why are you alive?
“I was captured alive, save me.”
I doubt it, but the owner of the eyes looked at Kang Seol, wondering if Jian usually speaks in that tone..
- you… Do you know what you just did??
“Do you have anything to do with this too??”
- This is what happened?
“home.”
- …If relevant?
“come visit me whenever.”
- Killer!
Jian laughed brightly..
“I'll be waiting! Please save me! I'll wait!”
- Shut up, Jian! I'll hold you accountable too.!
Slurp…
The eyeball disappeared.
“phew… What should I do? I was hated.”
“Why are you so cooperative??”
“If you don't cooperate, I'll kill you.?”
“…….”
“and… Living one more day is my motto, so... You can think about the thing with the council guys later..”
Parliament.
A teacher of men who use their eyes.
Kang Seol asked Jian, who seemed to have quite a bit of information..
“Will they save you??”
“Don't you know? Still, I'll probably give it a try. They're thinking of transporting me.?”
“okay.”
“Then they will definitely attack you. If there's anything you want to ask, you can ask now..”
Before taking this strange guy away, Kang Seol wanted to clear up the biggest question..
“home.”
“home? ah….”
“What kind of material is groove??”
“It's a drug, whatever..”
“No, I've seen similar ingredients used to strengthen the body. If you plan on lying, I'll kill you..”
“scared… Rather, you. You already took the medicine, right? I didn't know it?”
“What are you talking about??”
“It smells similar... Just for a moment, just let me smell it. No! let me taste the blood.”
“…….”
“I have no other intentions. hurry.”
fit…
Snowfall cut my palm and shed some blood..
tup…
Jian put the blood to his mouth and said with wide eyes..
“That's right, you too.”
“What on earth happened earlier?….”
“You didn't take it? But why do they taste similar? weird?”
Just as Kang Seol is about to frown at Ji An’s flirtation..
‘…ah.’
There was something passing through my mind..
I remember thinking that there was a familiar scent somewhere in the groove and their blood..
An unpleasant yet faint memory of winter.
Although I was hurt, the dream that healed my wounds.
“Could it be that the ingredients of the medicine Home and you took were….”
Kang Seol opened his eyes and glared at Ji An..
“It's not atromil, is it? Although it has been modified quite a bit... The fact that it's Atromil doesn't change.”
“that's right! atromil!”
The corners of Jian’s mouth rose..
“aka, blood of giants.”
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