Black Badger - Chapter 314



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314. Top Creatures (2)

“what.”

Igor, whose posture was so bad that it rivaled Roe’s, straightened up.

“Is that it? That’s fucked up.”

“History! If you want to commit suicide, just jump out of the building now!”

“oh.”

You, who couldn’t calm down like Igor, jumped up from his seat and shouted at Kairos, and Rose covered her mouth with her palm.

“Commander-in-Chief.”

Meanwhile, I felt the blood draining from my face and called out to Ye-Hyeon urgently.

“I don’t know exactly what the operation is, but I think it would be better to use a different creature.”

Yehyun took her eyes off the screen and looked at me.

A perfectly businesslike face whose inner thoughts are unknown.

He answered slowly.

“It looks like it’s high risk?”

“The savage itself is a very dangerous creature. When I was in the Empire, I would not go near it if I sensed the presence of a savage. I did that even when the savage’s horns were not fully grown, but this one is even in its fully formed form.”

“If the horns are round, is it complete?”

Ye-Hyeon asked, blinking her eyes.

I nodded, terrified.

Why is that thing on Earth?

“How exactly are you going to use that?”

“If you get kidnapped, Jack will lure you and take you to the enemy base.”

Ye-Hyeon explained it point by point.

“And with that energy captive, we plan to penetrate the enemy’s defenses and attack the enemy lines while their leader is away.”

aha.

I understand. If it succeeds, it will definitely deal significant damage to the enemy. The cannon of the ruins will tear through the shield that was not torn apart by any other missile, and if that happens, Kyle will have no choice but to return to headquarters without me.

Our enemies will never imagine that we will use such an extreme strategy.

If everything goes according to plan, Black Badger could deal a huge blow to Kyle.

but….

“If you touch that, not only will it not attract Kyle, but it will most likely sweep away everything nearby.”

Kairos, what is this kid thinking?

“It’s too risky. How about choosing another method or another superior monster…?”

“What is it?”

Roga said.

“Isn’t it just a giant with horns?”

I narrowed my eyes and glanced at Kairos.

The detective was watching the drone footage intently.

The drone didn’t capture the ruins for long. The drone’s gaze landed on the ruins, and shortly thereafter, the footage cut out. Then, a different angle of the ruins began to play, then cut out, and then another video played, then cut out, and so on.

Kairos, who had been staring at it as if possessed, noticed my gaze.

The minister smiled and gave a smooth explanation.

“The Ruin is a creature that lives in ruins. It digs a hole in the center of the ruins and sleeps there for a long time. Sometimes, it raises its upper body and stretches. It is not known how it is born, how it reproduces, or how long it lives. However, it is certain that the moment you pull it out of the hole, you risk your life.”

“why?”

“Once it comes out of the pit, it spreads poisonous smoke. It can kill life by pressing it with its palm, but its main attack is the energy cannon it spits out from its mouth. The attack power is tremendous.”

It wasn’t a huge hit, but if you got hit you would die instantly.

Even a sword master couldn’t deflect that attack.

In other words, it is more powerful than the Brain Dragon’s cannon.

I managed to block the brain dragon’s lightning cannon while barely making it to the ground, but the spirit didn’t even try to block it.

If you do that, you’ll die.

It will disappear without a trace.

When I explained this fact, Ye-Hyeon looked thoughtful for a moment.

Then he spoke slowly.

“Jack. Can you lure that thing out and come back alive?”

“yes.”

Yes, what is….

“You also said that you could put the road to sleep?”

“Yes. If you lure it back to its den, even if it’s bothered by something, it goes back to the hole and goes to sleep.”

But you can die at any time during the process.

Besides, it was almost immune to attacks. No matter how many sword strikes I made, it wouldn’t take much damage. There was a reason the empire had made the area surrounding the ruins a no-go zone.

That one won’t be able to find the bone in the core either.

That doesn’t mean we’re going to drop nukes.

“It’s not like there aren’t other creatures. The creature that invaded the science building the other day was powerful enough.”

“I also heard a brief report on this matter.”

As I muttered as if pleading, Yehyun answered while looking at Kairos.

“jack.”

“yes.”

Kairos pretended not to notice my sharp gaze and touched the tablet.

I looked at the screen, trying to calm down.

The image of the ruins disappeared and the satellite map filled the screen again.

A map zooms out quickly. The entire continents of the Earth appear on the screen. Arrows appear across the continents.

Six circular arrows rose and fell faintly on the screen.

“These are creatures that I have identified as being of extremely high risk.”

Kairos looked at the screen, unable to hide his faint ecstasy.

That adrenaline junkie. I need to grab him as soon as the meeting is over and have a word with him.

The pastor continued speaking, not knowing whether he knew that I was going to cut his teeth.

“As you can see, arrow 1 is closed.”

The screen moved towards the arrow with the number 2 on it.

“Arrow 2 is the Ice Dragon sitting on the summit of Everest.”

I opened my eyes wide.

I wasn’t the only one who was surprised.

“What’s on Everest?”

Jason Tvein said.

Aki muttered as if taking his words into account.

“Bingryong?”

“It’s an ice attribute dragon. Among them, the one that’s coiled up on the top of Everest is one that’s been around for quite some time.”

Kairos spoke as if reciting a documentary narration.

“It must have been 800 years at most. A dragon that has lived this long can usually have a conversation. It’s said to be as intelligent as a human, so it would be impossible to lure it out. Even among dragons, Bingryong is unusually intelligent and gentle… But in some ways, this is more dangerous than a ghost. I didn’t even take a video in case it got upset.”

“Eww!”

Suddenly, Ami made a strange noise.

“I think I’ve seen that flying before!”

Kairos looked at Ami and smiled.

“As long as you don’t get too close, you’ll be fine. Ice Dragons are usually very polite.”

Ami muttered very quietly, ‘But I want to get closer,’ and then was hit with a pen by Yoon. Ouch. While Ami caught the flying pen, Kairos turned his gaze back to the screen.

A screen that moves from arrow 2 to arrow 3.

“In what used to be Sierra Leone, there is a creature called the Reindigo.”

“Ugh.”

This time the screen split in half and captured footage of the creature, just like in the ruins.

Some badgers were horrified when they saw the creature caught on video.

I absentmindedly stroked my chin in frustration.

It was in the thick forest. A place where the foliage was so thick that it was almost suffocating. A disaster that would befall those who were unlucky there. Its head resembled that of a deer, but it stood on two legs, and its limbs had long tentacles like seaweed.

That one is also quite a tough one.

Even with my current level of skill, I had to be prepared to lose one arm.

One of the seniors muttered.

“That area is so far from the core that it would have been difficult to send a drone itself. How did you find it and take a picture of it?”

“That’s where the diamond mine is. There’s a demand to reclaim it, so they sent a few units.”

Badger, sitting next to him, took up the conversation.

“Anyway, it’s fortunate that we’re in an area where we won’t encounter each other. Isn’t that area S-zone right now?”

Yes. It was too far away, and the surrounding area was so crowded that it wouldn’t be easy to lure even a Reindigo.

Kairos moved the map towards the fourth arrow.

The arrow was oddly placed very close to the core.

When I zoomed in, a description appeared next to the arrow.

[random designation]

“This creature is very mobile, so I marked the coordinates of where it was last seen. It must be somewhere else now.”

The image of Reindigo disappeared and another image appeared.

I straightened my back as I looked at the creature reflected in the video.

Wouldn’t it be better to use that as a lure?

“Is that a creature?”

Someone muttered.

“Yes. It is a creature also known as the Living Sword.”

It is definitely a dangerous creature.

The speed was fast and the swordsmanship was amazing. Since there was no physical limit to the swordsman, it was dangerous that the swordsman would show swordsmanship that was impossible to achieve. If I were to face that thing now, I would probably be bored and not be able to reach a conclusion.

But as Igor straightened his back and sent me a hungry look, that would be better than being abandoned… .

“Do you think that’s worth doing?”

Suddenly, the minister of detection looked straight at me and asked.

I was a little surprised, but I answered honestly.

“Much better than the ruins.”

“That’s why it doesn’t work.”

Kairos answered.

what?

When I arched my eyebrows and made a bewildered expression, the minister smiled, showing his sharp teeth.

“If that’s what you feel, Kyle will feel the same way. He’ll never come to deal with that thing without you. And there’s a very high chance that he won’t be able to break through the enemy’s defenses.”

“Then exclude that from the options.”

Before I could even say anything in rebuttal, Yehyun spoke.

“If you’re not sure you can lure out the enemy leader, you shouldn’t even touch him.”

That was so true that I had nothing to say.

I let out a sigh of resignation and placed my faith in the remaining two arrows. I believed that there would be something more useful than the superior demon in the form of a sword, even if it wasn’t a ruin.

Kairos moved the screen with the fifth arrow.

The video of the sword went off.

And the grass was illuminated.

A drone flying over a field of grass.

The drone flew so low that the tall grass swept across the screen.

Then the video suddenly cut off.

I blinked.

“what?”

A blunt voice was heard.

“There’s nothing?”

“yes.”

Kairos said blandly.

“There is definitely something there, but no other creatures are coming near it. Even humanoid creatures seem reluctant to approach it, and not even the sounds of insects, let alone animals, can be heard.”

“Is it a monster?”

Igor looked back at the missionary.

Kairos shook his head slowly.

“no.”

ah.

“That’s not from where we were.”

“Could it be that there is nothing?”

Walker, who had been looking at the screen with his arms crossed, opened his mouth.

“There could be radiation leaking out, or something like the giant magnets they used in the factory that are interfering with the video footage, or there could be something like giant mold growing underneath.”

Oh, right.

I thought back to the pitch-black mold I had encountered when I had flowed down to Area A.

According to Scar, it can’t be removed no matter what you do.

Kairos answered politely.

“That seems unlikely. No matter how much you zoom in on the satellite image, it strangely doesn’t show this area.”

He proved his point by maximizing the map magnification on the left screen.

“Anyway, since we haven’t figured out what it is, we can’t lure this creature either.”

Kairos decisively moved the screen to the last arrow.

“The last one is also an entity that has not separated from the world we were in, and is impossible to lure.”

An arrow pointing to an unnamed island in the Arctic Ocean.

This time the video captured the creature clearly.

“eww!”

People were terrified when they saw the land on the island split open and their eyes opened.

The eyes were as big as that uninhabited island.

If it hadn’t been announced in this place, I would have thought it was just a composite video.

Another unknown creature, not the type I wanted.

“I don’t know what it is, but it seems like there are quite a few creatures that are not even approaching, so it seems like it would be better for us to stay away. Of course, we can’t lure them out either.”

Kairos explained in a voice that contained not a shred of surprise.

“So in the end, only the ruins remain. It was a strategy decided by elimination.”

“How are you going to deal with it?”

I couldn’t stand it anymore and pressed on.

I knew it wasn’t my place to say anything.

But I just couldn’t stand it.

“Even Kisis has never faced a complete spirit. Even he didn’t want to face a spirit. And if you wake it up, you have to put it back to sleep. If you can’t lure it into the hole, it’s a disaster.”

Kairos smiled bitterly.

The uncertainty in those gently curved orange eyes did not disappear, which added to the anxiety.

In fact, I was secretly hoping that he wouldn’t be able to come up with a plausible answer, so that he wouldn’t have to stand before the throne at all.

I couldn’t bear to even imagine the worst case scenario.

I’ve lost enough to lose.

So please, come up with a rough plan that no one can understand.

Please… .

Chalrang

A bell rang somewhere.

Clank, clank

This is the sound I hear on the subway.

The conference room suddenly became quiet as if cold water had been poured over it.

Chen let out a hushed voice.

“That thing you can only hear. Isn’t that the sound?”

“Christian?”

Richard Green responded.

He raised his head, ready to draw the pistol slung at his waist.

“But why isn’t it being caught? Commander. Check the creature alarm system….”

“You don’t have to worry.”

Kairos cut Richard off, looking up at the plain ceiling.

With a completely different look than before.

A voice full of strange affection.

“This is the sound of my servant horse.”