Chapter 44
Episode 44
“…Oops!!”
The man’s ankle, which was crawling on the floor to run away, was abnormally bent. Myung-Hoon, who had knocked down dozens of people in an instant, let out a low breath and turned his wrist as if he was feeling stiff.
“It’s funny to say this, but… the world is changing and there are good things about it. “I can’t believe I faced this much and didn’t lose my breath at all.”
“Even before the world changed, if you were this out of breath, it was a lack of exercise.”
Myung-Hoon chuckled at Namgung’s answer.
“Which one of you has the head?”
“Ugh!!”
He growled as he lifted the back of the head of the man with the broken ankle.
“I won’t talk too much. Since you came here for me, let’s talk without being tired. “You’ll want to die.”
“Kkkkkkk… kill me? Do not be ridiculous. You bastard. Murder at will in Korea? If you have the guts, try it!”
Fuuk –
At that moment, Namgung plunged the knife that was on the floor into his thigh.
“Kkkkkkkkk!!”
“I guess you didn’t understand what I meant. I don’t mean to kill you. “I’m going to make you want to die.”
Sigh! Phew! Deep!!
Namgung casually stabbed the knife into the man’s thigh several times.
“Now wait a minute! for a moment!!!”
When his legs became numb and he could no longer feel anything, he eventually screamed and hurriedly waved his hand towards Namgung.
“I…!”
But he was so scared that he couldn’t give a proper answer. However, just by the way his eyes moved, Namgung could tell who was the leader of the group.
“Is it you?”
He looked at one person.
Surprisingly, the gaze of the man whose leg was stabbed stopped for a moment on a man who looked the youngest among the group that attacked Namgung.
“What… no. I just…”
“Really?”
At Namgung’s question, he shook his head with a clear look of confusion.
“Ugh…! That’s right!”
However, Namgung grabbed the fallen man by the back of his neck and gave him strength.
“That person is Cheonil… Cough!!”
The man screamed as if he could no longer endure the pain as if his neck bones would break at any moment.
puck!
But his words did not last until the end.
The sharp dagger plunged right into the forehead of the man Namgung was holding.
“Anyway, the problem is the mouth. Mouth. “It’s a problem for the chairman to even accept such a bully.”
“….”
Namgung put the body down on the floor, its head tilted back and looking at him, and clicked his tongue.
“You look young, but your hands are numb. “What’s your name?”
“Choi Kwang-pil, Cheonilhoe executive officer.”
It was then.
Everyone’s attention was drawn to a woman’s voice coming from behind the group.
bang-!
The muzzle of the gun pointed toward the sky spewed fire.
“Everyone get down on the floor!!”
She was none other than Park Hyo-joo. She pointed a gun and ran towards Namgung in a month.
“Are you okay?”
“are you okay. And they’re already down on the floor. “No need to waste bullets.”
“…I came here to help anyway.”
In response to Namgung’s greeting, Park Hyo-joo responded to him with a pouting lip as if she was embarrassed.
“What is that gun? “Now you know that guns and such don’t mean much.”
“That’s the same for people like us. “For those who still don’t know, guns work better than blades.”
Hyoju Park said:
“After we parted ways, I immediately contacted the team and asked them to investigate Incheon Port. But as soon as I could get the word out, they said a suspicious ship came in last night.”
“It’s a ship…”
‘Cheonilhoe is based in Incheon anyway. There is no way to lift it through the stomach. “Unless it was carrying drugs…”
“It was a ship from Hong Kong.”
“They’re Triads.”
Namgoong responded to Park Hyo-joo’s words.
“While investigating their whereabouts, we detected the movements of Cheonilhoe members in Incheon and immediately followed them.”
“Hmm….”
‘Cheonilhoe moved right after the Triad entered the port? Well, it’s not strange since they’ve maintained a close relationship for a long time, but the problem is that their target is me.’
He gathered his thoughts.
‘Cheonilhoe is just a tool. It would be correct to think that it is not them who are targeting me, but the Triads.’
And behind the Triad was the alchemist Jin Wei, one of the Eight Wusheng.
‘It is highly likely that he came to know that I had contact with Alec.’
Ran’s Nest was the same, and he could see that the Aspects were slowly starting to keep him in check.
In fact, that was also what Namgoong was aiming for.
If you didn’t know about the regression from the beginning, you wouldn’t know. You couldn’t hide forever in a situation where you knew there was a regression.
That’s why Namgoong went from meeting Alek Traman to attracting Ninagawa Erika.
I made a plan.
Although they do not explicitly declare themselves to be regressors, they continue to raise suspicions.
In this way, he actually made the revelers come to him.
‘The gates of hell open and when it closes, the remaining demons pour out.’
The main premise of apocalypse does not change.
In other words, monsters appear constantly. And by summoning the revelers, Namgung tried to use their power to stop the monsters in Korea.
“If you come…”
And Namgung chuckled as he looked at them.
“I guess I should use it gratefully.”
Jeopuk- Jeok- Jeok-
Namgung walked towards Choi Kwang-pil.
“Anyway, you are just bridesmaids. I’m not interested in Cheonilhoe. “Guide me to where the real bastards are.”
“You crazy bastard… who are you telling me to do this or that?”
“I need to keep my mouth shut.”
“shut up!!”
Suak-!!
It was then.
Choi Kwang-pil’s hand quickly split the air horizontally.
Faster than human speed.
‘Is it the power of runes?’
However, Namgung dodged his attack backwards without taking his eyes off him.
“Tsk, tsk… Seeing that he rose to executive level at such a young age, I guess he’s a little offended. “You have to watch the other person while you’re at it.”
“You pity me…”
Myung-hoon shook his head as he looked at Choi Kwang-pil like that. Park Hyo-joo also had the same reaction.
“What is it?”
Rather, when the two people looked at him pitifully, Choi Kwang-pil realized that something was wrong.
puck-!
At that moment, a star flashed.
When Namgung’s fist hit him between the eyes, his vision turned black as if a light had been turned off.
“…Ouch!!”
His head was thrown back and his nose was bleeding. Namgung grabbed one of his arms as he swayed and pressed his foot against the top of his foot.
Wood-duk…!!
The top of his foot caved in with the sound of a bone breaking. The pain was so intense that Choi Kwang-pil fell forward without even having time to scream.
“Huh huh…”
Looking at him barely able to breathe, Namgung unfolded his fingers one by one and took out the knife he was holding.
“I was lucky. It looks like he picked up a few of the lowest level runes…”
Suddenly,
Namgung cut his Achilles heel.
“Kaaaaaa!!”
“If you can’t use your legs, they’re useless.”
As Choi Kwang-pil screamed in pain, the members of Cheonilhoe who were around him began to secretly look at him.
“Run away!!”
“Aaaah!!”
Eventually, with someone shouting, they began to hastily disperse.
“Stop right there!!”
Park Hyo-joo shouted at them, but her gun only moved hastily, not knowing which of the dozens of people to aim at.
“I don’t care about the little brats. “Because the purpose was achieved.”
“Keuuuh….”
“Choi Kwang-pil. Listen carefully. “If I hurt your leg a few more times, I could end up crippled for the rest of my life.”
Namgung grabbed his hair.
“If you’re lucky, you might be able to fix your leg. But this is not the world we already knew. “It would be quicker to be eaten by monsters than to be cured.”
At that moment, Choi Kwang-pil’s eyes wavered.
“There is no need to blame the subordinates who ran away. “Because you will have to betray the person above you anyway.”
“Shut up… I’m your guy… Ugh!!”
Namgung stabbed the knife he was holding into his bleeding heel.
Every time Choi Kwang-pil struggled, the vertically embedded knife rattled and trembled.
“Go to the coastal terminal!! I told you to bring me there!!”
“who? The guy who asked me to come find him is either Shin Tae-hwa of the Thousand Days Club or Jin Wei of the Triads. “You have to say that.”
“Well, I’m good at that too… Just give the command… ah!!”
Namgoong twisted the knife stuck in Choi Kwang-pil’s leg.
“You are the president of the association. “The Triads came into the port yesterday… but before they moved, the Chairman himself gave an order!”
‘They say Cheonilhoe lasts a long time, but only one day has passed since the incident in Yeouido. It will still be difficult to figure out my identity.’
If so, the cause was most likely Jin Wei.
And the fact that he knows his identity… it is highly likely that he was in contact with Alek Traman.
‘There is a high possibility that the Cheonilhoe learned of my existence through such a triad.’
Shin Tae-hwa was like a hyena.
I don’t know who he is, but he is someone that the Triads are looking for.
It was clear that he thought there was something there and made the first move.
“Anyway, this one smell is amazing.”
Kwasik!!
Namgoong hit Choi Gwang-pil’s head, which he was holding, on the floor with all his strength.
Namgoong slowly stood up after putting him down on the floor, unconscious and limp with a dull impact.
“Take him away. “There is a high possibility that this guy knows the location of the drug warehouse.”
“The team will be here soon. Are you going to the terminal? “I will go with you.”
“no. are you okay. “The fact that Shin Tae-hwa found me before Jin Wei did means that he secretly wants to meet me.”
“It’s dangerous. There’s no way he’s waiting around unprepared. “Maybe it’s a trap.”
“It’s probably not a trap. He must be trying to balance the balance between the Triads and me. “Where should I bet to benefit?”
Park Hyo-joo looked somewhat anxious despite Namgung’s answer.
“are you okay. Rather, it’s those guys that you should be worried about. And I also had some business to do with them… I would be grateful if they came to see me on their own.”
“Something to do?”
“Jin Wei’s recipe for a new drug. And even the factory that will manufacture it. “After all, it is related to Cheonilhoe.”
“Didn’t you tell me to keep an eye on them to prevent that?”
“Of course we have to stop it. Using it on humans is absolutely unacceptable. “But if Shin Tae-hwa, not Jin Wei, is looking for me first, we might be able to come up with a plan for the second monster wave.”
Namgung’s eyes shone.
“Like the first time, when the door closes, a wave begins in which the remaining monsters are summoned simultaneously. But the scale will be on a different level from the goblin era.”
At his words, Park Hyo-joo looked at him with nervous eyes.
“But what if Jinwei’s new drug? What if you use it on monsters instead of humans…?”
Namgung spoke in a low voice.
“I can annihilate you with one hit.”
Park Hyo-joo swallowed dry saliva without realizing it at his words.