Black Badger - Chapter 319



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319. Leaf veins (1)

I missed it.

Right in front.

If only I had been a little faster, I could have grabbed his hand.

Ricardo looked at the cleaned-up lawn with a sense of dejection.

Of course, it wasn’t the time to be so absent-minded. Things were bursting and exploding everywhere.

Kyle was gone. The drones were attacking the defensive line of humanoid creatures. The seniors prepared to unleash their firepower.

“Come out!”

Jason shouted annoyed at him, Jonathan, and Yoon.

“Those bastards are Hildecumlev!”

Ro lifted the rocket launcher, making a strange noise.

The rock-like creatures that had prevented her from running towards Hilde had long since been slaughtered.

Fragments of shattered creatures are scattered all around.

Ricardo walked towards Yoon, trampling on it.

“Where is the location?”

The speech was short, but the senior didn’t care.

He too was busy looking at the Eternal Chaser.

“Caught. Transmitted to the other side as well.”

Yoon said coldly.

Then he raised his head and approached Ye-Hyeon, who was looking at the enemy with a distorted face.

“I’ll go get it back.”

When Yoon stopped in front of her and spoke, Ye-Hyeon turned her head.

How could someone become so pale? Ricardo thought as he looked at his superior’s face. Ye-Hyeon’s face, which was usually pale, was now devoid of any color.

“okay.”

I was surprised that his voice didn’t waver.

“Let’s go right now.”

Then, contrary to the original instructions, he saw Jonathan trying to blend in with the recapture party and shouted sharply.

“Kudo. You stay.”

“Commander.”

“Our breathing is off. Stay!”

Ye-Hyeon shouted sharply.

Ricardo pretended not to see Jonathan biting his lip. He also thought his boss’s judgment was right. Jonathan was not suited for team activities and was always on patrol within the core. If he were to be included in the recapture team, there might be some dissonance.

I deeply sympathized with my friend who could not go and rescue him in person.

The rescue team did not hesitate.

As Yoon ran to the vehicle without explanation, the entire squad followed him. Ricardo followed closely behind Yoon.

The dozens of magic circles that had bound Hildebert remained in my brain like an afterimage.

A magic circle that overlapped red and suffocated Hilde as if there was an error in the system. A space teleportation circle that glowed like a golden lotus flower under his feet.

I was upset that I missed it even though I knew this was going to happen.

“Fuck.”

As soon as he got behind the wheel, Yoon let out a low curse.

Ricardo understood his senior’s feelings. He too was barely able to suppress his boiling emotions.

I kept my mouth shut because I thought I was going to swear.

It won’t be okay.

But as long as he didn’t die, that was fine. As long as he got it back before it was too late, he could watch over him as long as he recovered.

As long as it doesn’t get completely ruined… .

Boooooooooo!

A vehicle that departs without warning.

A scream could have burst out, but no one made a sound.

***

“Hilde has been kidnapped.”

Ami said in a gloomy voice.

“Kyle disappeared too.”

Kairos nodded and put on his gloves.

“I’m ready.”

“me too.”

Kairos opened the driver’s door and came out.

And I walked through the wilderness, making no sound.

A vast land spread out before your eyes.

There was a hollow hole in the middle of the dry ground where not a single blade of grass could be seen.

From there, I felt an unidentifiable pressure.

Even though there was only darkness in the distance, my body felt numb. From the darkness, a regular sound like wind passing through the cave could be heard.

The minister narrowed his eyes and looked down into the hole where the spirit was.

“I will wake you up.”

He said, standing at the edge of the hole.

“As planned.”

“huh.”

Ami replied from the passenger seat without even looking back.

A pit with charred edges.

The man looked down at the creature curled up inside, its huge body curled up tightly.

He took out a sharp stone from his pocket as he watched the slowly breathing creature.

Phew!

The stone hit the back of the ghost’s head hard.

Regular breathing suddenly stops.

An ominous silence that comes suddenly.

“I woke you up!”

Kairos raised his head and shouted.

Kookookookook… .

The ground shook.

The monsters that had been underground burst out of the ground. Four-legged beasts a little bigger than rats fled in groups. Reptiles that had been hiding under rocks and birds that had been dozing off on the desolate ground also hurriedly fled their places.

Kairos slowly backed away.

The dust storm was blowing. The sound of sand falling approached like waves. The spirit was slowly rising. A rounded back rose from the pit. The sharp ribs that made up the dark blue body.

It slowly eased off, and eventually the neck and face were revealed.

Sunken eyes and massive horns originating from the crown of each head.

A dark eyeball looked at Kairos.

Ooooooooooo!

“what!”

As the spirit made an O-shape with its mouth and made a loud noise, Ami rolled up the window and shouted.

“Be quiet!”

“It’s going smoothly.”

Kairos smiled, covering one ear with his little finger.

As the adrenaline rushed through me, my face flushed reflexively.

He braced himself with his feet to avoid being pushed away by the shock created by the sound waves.

Kuung!

The palm of the ghost’s hand lands in front of him.

Vibrations spread from where the hand struck the ground.

The ground shook like the surface of pudding.

Amy turned around and looked at Kairos and the ruins through the crack in the window.

“jack!”

“Let’s get started.”

Kairos waved his right hand and called his servant horse.

“echo.”

The refreshing sound of a bell ringing nearby.

A pitch-black head moving as if searching for the source of the sound.

The detective turned around and ran out to the car.

Then he stepped on the accelerator all the way to start the rally car.

Boooooooooo!

A car carrying a corpse crawling out of a hole and hanging on its tail began to speed away.

***

The range of motion has been reduced.

As soon as the teleportation was over, I was forced to my knees. I felt the chains that bound my limbs pulling at my body. My hands were tied together and were thrown back and floating in the air. There seemed to be a chain around my neck as well. I couldn’t move comfortably.

The wizard estimates there are 30 people.

As expected, you made up your mind.

As I squinted my eyes to try to grasp the situation, hands came closer.

They groped my body and took away the beacon and communicator.

He was also robbed of his weapons. Several men followed him and took everything he had stored here and there. They took off his combat boots and took the Swiss knife and compass that he had tied to his parachute cord and kept in his pocket. They unbuckled his belt and broke the communicator that was taped to the back of his belt with masking tape. They cut off his dog tag.

As if all this wasn’t enough, they began to search obsessively for the communicator.

Someone tore my clothes apart with a knife.

“Are you going to put something on me?”

He muttered with a resigned smile, but no one responded.

Instead, someone put their hand in his mouth.

It looks like he’s trying to find something hidden in his mouth.

That’s thorough. I actually had a location tracker and a capsule containing poison in my mouth.

So, this is the only thing that cannot be found out.

I rolled the pill, avoiding the fingers that were groping in my mouth, with all my nerves tense.

… … .

Okay, I didn’t get caught.

It’s so helpful that my experience of hiding things in my mouth when I was locked up in the village has helped me so much.

“Have you checked everything?”

“It’ll be over soon.”

If we had a modern detector, we wouldn’t have found the tracker this way.

In addition to that, it is impossible to detect the miniaturized location tracker with the naked eye. The location tracker search was done in a very classic way.

Even so, we won’t be able to catch the Eternal Chaser inside the stomach.

When the hands withdrew, I was left bare-faced.

“It’s over.”

“Kyle.”

The moment the wizard reported, Valdez opened his mouth.

“Here it is.”

I tilted my head back and looked in the direction of the sound.

I noticed Valdez putting something in Kyle’s hand. Kyle accepted it obediently.

It looks like a transparent cough syrup pack.

Two packs of liquid.

Kyle accepted it and took the end of the long liquid pack.

What is it? Is it some kind of drug?

I squinted my eyes and looked at the object in Kyle’s hand and the surrounding area.

It seemed as if a tunnel had been dug somewhere. The smell of dirt was strong and no sunlight was coming in.

It was so cramped that I could feel the air getting stuffy right away with dozens of people in it… .

Kyle took a sip from the pack.

hmm?

I blinked at the unexpected turn of events, and the man who had thrown away the empty pack approached me.

Then he grabbed my head and tilted it back.

what?

I opened my mouth to say something, but the remaining liquid pack poured out through my open mouth.

“town.”

What are you feeding me?

“Huh?”

High alcohol?

I had that thought for a moment, because the liquid flowing down my throat felt hot like vodka.

But you don’t need to feed me alcohol, do you?

And I’ve never heard of putting vodka in a pack.

The most likely explanation is drugs, but if they were drugs, Kyle wouldn’t have consumed them. At first glance, the two packs looked identical. Valdez didn’t bother to separate them, so it seemed likely that they contained the same contents.

Why did you feed it to me too?

“This is really unpleasant.”

Kyle muttered the moment I spit out the remaining shell in my mouth.

I couldn’t see his face because he was still next to me, holding my hair.

But I understood what he meant.

A burning pain began to spread inside me.

“I’m sure I’ll burn you to death. Put some clothes on me.”

Kyle let go of my hair and strode toward Valdez.

His black hair swayed back and forth.

“Didn’t you say it would only take 2 minutes?”

“They say that no matter how long you hold it, it will be neutralized in 5 minutes.”

Valdez muttered, looking down at his watch.

“Please wait 4 minutes and then move.”

ah.

It’s a potion that nullifies Eternal Chaser.

I understand the situation.

I heard a few days ago that there is an Eternal Chaser inside Kyle’s body too.

It is said that this was the reason why Ye-Hyeon took risks and went to the front lines during the territorial recapture battle. In fact, at that time, Ye-Hyeon succeeded in implanting the Eternal Chaser inside Kyle. The Eternal Chaser that was implanted has been performing its role to this day, and Badger has been able to periodically deliver effective strikes on the enemy’s outer bases.

But there is a group of humans inside the core who help them… .

Kyle must have discovered the existence of the Eternal Chaser and how to eliminate it.

But you must have pretended not to know until now.

The moment you kidnapped me, you made me drink the nullifying drug.

“Sit down and rest. You don’t look well.”

“are you okay.”

Kyle answered softly.

“I’m finally getting rid of this damn thing.”

Thank goodness I didn’t get caught with the capsule in my mouth.

A few people came over and started putting clothes on me. I wondered how they were going to put clothes on me while I was tied up, but magic really comes in handy in these situations.

A white garment worn by death row inmates just before their execution.

It’s better than being left naked.

As I swallowed the burning sensation inside my stomach and tried to figure out the situation, I heard Valdez’s voice again.

“It’s been 5 minutes.”

“What about your intuition?”

“I just lost all presence in this place.”

The wizard’s report echoes in the cave.

Kyle gave instructions in a voice that contained his pain.

“Okay. Let’s move.”

The space movement was in full bloom, covering the floor of the cave.

***

“The signal was lost.”

Yoon said after stopping the car suddenly.

“Eternal Chaser is dead.”

“under….”

Ricardo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, washed his face dry.

“I’m going crazy… Where did you get the antidote?”

“Are all the trackers disconnected?”

“Only one survived.”

Yoon responded bluntly and stepped on the accelerator.

“Contact the pillar.”

Yoon gave instructions in a voice that suppressed the irritation that was rising in him.

“You must have erased your sixth sense as well.”

“I am putting it in.”

Carl Doug answered immediately.

“I will let you know as soon as I get a reply.”

There was silence in the car until Igor replied.

Even Ruta Ayer kept his mouth shut. The badgers were nervous in the heavy, hanging air.

Igor and Rose were contacted shortly.

Igor spoke in a flat voice.

“Still, one tracker survived.”

A voice with suppressed anger added an explanation.

“I’ll follow you without a second thought, so just follow.”

Boooooooooo!

As soon as he finished speaking, the car started speeding away with a roaring exhaust sound.

***

Here’s another place.

Bang!

Two of my fellow countrymen threw me into a pool of water inside a cave.

The body is still bound in chains.

It seems like they are trying to trap me here. It was a cave somewhere. I could see stalactites lit up by the light. The water droplets on the stalactites fell onto the water surface and the rocks, making a refreshing sound.

The cool air that enveloped my body and the pungent smell of water. The smell of wet stones.

Someone held the back of my head down and pushed my face into the water.

“Kellogg!”

Thankfully, someone grabbed the back of my head.

“Kellogg, Kellogg!”

I coughed and spit out the water that had gotten into my eyes, nose, and mouth.

The water itself is just ordinary water.

“What about Clyde?”

As I felt the cold air creeping up my bare feet, I heard Kyle’s voice.

I lifted my head slightly, shaking off the water running down my skin.

The wizards surrounding Kyle. They were gathered together and standing at what was presumed to be the entrance to this cave.

I recognized the sound of footsteps and approaching figures coming from the dark entrance.

And the sound of Valdez reporting to Kyle.

“We have arrived.”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone appeared.

“I brought prisoners too.”

Two men entered the cave.

A familiar face appears in your field of vision.

I knew both of their names.

Clyde.

The royal family’s infamous executioner.

And Jin Silver.

The deserted Black Badger.