Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 58
Only Noblemtl
Episode 58
Jungwoo slowly approached the rooftop where the refugees were climbing up, following my plan.
I dived to the back of the boat so as not to be detected by the guys in the water.
As the Hallasan approached, the guys who had been hiding in the water put their heads under the water’s surface and quietly moved towards the stern of the Hallasan.
I guess they thought we were too busy caring about the refugees to notice us coming up behind them.
But the guys didn’t notice my presence as I dived deep and turned back.
The guys’ actions were skilled and familiar, it seemed like they did this kind of thing often.
And I felt a strange excitement among the guys.
It’s similar to the thrill of violence and adrenaline that you feel during a fight between gangsters or a fight between teenagers.
It was a refined aura that seemed much more pure than that.
Ah! I think I’ve seen guys like this while working as a detective!
Anyway, I could feel on my skin that they were extremely dangerous guys.
Well then, I guess we have no choice but to proceed as planned.
I mentally braced myself and approached the guy at the very back.
The guy never dreamed that someone would come up from under him.
I covered the guy’s back.
He wrapped one arm tightly around her neck and stabbed her heart with the knife he was holding in his other hand.
The guy struggled for a moment, wondering if the knife was inserted properly, and then fell flat on his back.
I could see blood gushing out from between the stabbed knives.
I’ve already defeated countless water zombies and other water monsters, but this was my first time killing a living human.
My heart was pounding like crazy, as if I had just run a 100m race, and my mouth was dry.
The sagging corpse seemed like a weight pulling me down into the deep sea.
I released my arms.
Then the body sank down, down, down, like a stone thrown into water.
A strange feeling of guilt and excitement welled up in me, but I had no time to pay attention to it.
I immediately walked up to the next guy and stabbed him in the heart with the same technique.
Killing was never a pleasant thing, but there was no way to deal with them without killing them.
Capturing them alive in the water was much more difficult than killing them, and there were a lot of them.
But more than that, I had a feeling that the guys would somehow resist fiercely.
I felt a sense of excitement that seemed like it wouldn’t stop unless I killed him.
When I saw the gun sinking with the dead guy, it wasn’t a harpoon or a waterproof gun.
It was an air gun, although it had a sharp skewer-like thing stuck into the muzzle.
But it wasn’t a toy air gun.
It was an air gun used in shooting games with prizes at amusement parks or amusement parks.
Where on earth did you get that?
I killed five people silently, like a dark assassin.
But he was discovered by the guy trying to get on board.
The guy opened his mouth to warn, but only bubbles of air came out and no words came out.
I immediately pulled out my crossbow and shot the guy.
An arrow was lodged in the guy’s neck.
Only then did the surprised guys turn around and discover me.
Even though their comrades were killed right before their eyes, they rushed at me without a moment’s hesitation.
I stepped back and shot another arrow at the guy.
An arrow was lodged in the guy’s shoulder.
But the guy didn’t back down, he just flinched and ran towards me.
I quickly unfolded the three-sectioned staff.
And then he pierced the guy’s heart with the skewer at the end.
Only then did the guy become quiet and sink into the water.
As expected, the madness of pure excitement numbs even pain.
I finally figured out who the guys’ strange aura resembled.
In that case, there is no need to be considerate.
I took out my golden shield.
And he cut down the guy who rushed at him without mercy.
Despite the horrific sight, the other guys did not back down.
I also didn’t hesitate and just cut them all down and took care of them all.
Rather than being shocked by the murder, I thought that these guys’ gang must be in a similar state to these guys, and that it wouldn’t be easy.
After I finished dealing with them, I went straight back on the boat.
As I went up, Bomi reached out her hand as if she had been waiting for me and pulled me up.
“Sir! Just as you said, the gang showed up. But, they showed up not only in the north, but also in the south and east.”
Oh! These guys are planning to surround us.
There was a current to the west, so it seemed that we would not be able to escape.
They were guys who knew how to use strategy, but they didn’t seem to know that we had no problem riding the current.
I could have turned west and run away, but I had no intention of doing so.
It’s become clear that the dots on the map are sea lotus colonies, and to get there, you’ll have to deal with them all.
I used the telescope Bomi gave me to look at the guys surrounding us.
From afar, I could see them approaching us in a scattered manner as if they were surrounding us.
I think these are the ones I saw when I dived into the water.
I adjusted the focus of the telescope.
Faded and peeling paint and a dented roof here and there.
Some of them had their tails cut off, but they all had duck heads attached to the front like figureheads.
That boat that leisurely floats around on a lake like an amusement park.
It was a duck boat.
“Haha.”
When I burst out laughing, others laughed along.
“haha!”
“It’s a duck belly. A duck belly. Haha.”
Bomi, who was laughing while shedding tears, suddenly pointed to the duck boats and said.
“What is that? Is that a Viking?”
“viking?”
Are you talking about Vikings, the blond bearded Norse warriors wearing horned helmets?
They ruled the seas in the past, but since they are from the past, they should not be here… … .
I looked where Bomi was pointing.
“Wow! It’s a real Viking.”
Surprisingly, the Viking was right.
It wasn’t a Norse warrior from the past, but a Viking, a boat-shaped amusement ride that swings like a swing at an amusement park or amusement park.
Why is that here?
There are duck boats too, so there’s no reason why a Viking wouldn’t be in a world submerged in water… no, there wouldn’t be.
Duck boats were literally boats, originally built to float on water.
However, the Viking, although shaped like a ship, was not a ship; it was a structure built for amusement purposes.
As I looked, I saw a large balloon attached to the stern of the Viking.
It’s probably floating due to the buoyancy of the balloon.
Was there an amusement park or park nearby?
Or maybe he just happened to save the rides that had been swept away by the current?
I held the telescope up to my eye and looked.
The half-submerged balloon was a large balloon that was released into the sky for events or advertisements.
In fact, the words ‘Commercial Association’ were visible written on the balloon.
That alone wouldn’t be able to support the weight of the Viking.
I thought maybe there was a balloon on the bottom of the boat.
And on either side of the Viking ship there were watermills and windmill blades.
Surprisingly, the blades of the watermill and windmill rotated.
It didn’t seem like it used anything like a motor or engine to power the rotation, but rather a person pedaling hard like a duck boat.
I don’t know how many people were clinging to her and working her legs hard, but the Viking was approaching at a fast speed, creating a surge of water.
We, who had burst into laughter at the mere mention of the duck boat, felt threatened rather than shocked by the appearance of the Viking.
The Viking ship was equipped with a cannon large enough to fit a man, and a spear made of carved wooden pole on the bow.
There was still some distance to go, but if the Viking ship fired a cannon and crashed into it, a hole would be made in the Hallasan ship.
If that happens, sinking will be just a matter of time.
We were so nervous that we burst out laughing at the sudden appearance of a person on the Viking ship.
“What’s that guy? Haha!”
“I’m the captain! Haha!”
“What a great outfit! Haha!”
The Viking’s bow featured a statue of a winged white horse that looked like it had been taken from a carousel and had the head of a clown, a character from a fast-food chain, attached to it.
It was an unusual sight, combining two types of figures, like the statue of the Hallasan Mountain captain, but it had a strange and terrifying atmosphere, perhaps because of the clown’s smiling face.
Up on top of the statue, a man wearing a Halloween-style pirate captain’s hat rode as if on a horse.
He was wearing only a pair of triangular swimming trunks, a bow tie around his neck, and loose socks on his feet.
It was a fashion that would probably be met with disapproving stares even at a costume party.
The captain took the microphone.
“Mike. Mic test. Ahem! You probably know our name by word of mouth.”
Bomi frowned and sneered at the captain’s words.
“Where in the world submerged in water do you hear rumors? Have you heard of them, oppa?”
“No. But looking at the flag over there, it looks like a pirate.”
The Viking mast that Jungwoo pointed to had flags fluttering.
The large black flag at the top featured a duck and a Viking above an X-shaped bone.
There were also several flags hanging beneath the pirate flag, including a flag with a picture of a fishing boat, a flag with a picture of a cruise ship, and a South Korean naval flag with an anchor and the Taegeuk symbol crossed over it.
Oddly enough, they were all hung upside down.
“What, you’re saying Viking Duck is a pirate?”
The captain spoke as if to confirm Bomi’s muttering.
“The Viking Duck pirates who say that even crying children stop. You must have heard of our notoriety, so let’s not waste energy bothering each other and take it easy. If you surrender, I’ll spare your lives. I’m pretty lenient. Like the Persian king in the movie 400 or 500. Doesn’t that king have a similar style to me? I didn’t copy him at all. The navy guys said it was similar to me last time. I killed them all. Hehe. But one of them cried and asked to be spared. When I was in the military, I dug deep with the spirit of never retreating… … .”
The captain was rambling, but judging by the armed marines they captured, those upside-down flags must be the flags of the ships they’ve destroyed so far.
It seemed like he was definitely not an opponent to be taken lightly.
Jinman tilted his head and said.
“Is that guy drunk? Why are you talking back and forth?”
“Well, it’s similar.”
I answered and turned on the loudspeaker.
“Hey. Viking Duck Pirate. If you surrender, I’ll spare your life. No, I can’t promise that. I don’t like cheaters. And I’m not a generous person like you.”