Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 398



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Episode 398

“What is it?”

“A little bug explodes?”

Kevin and Tom looked dumbfounded.

If Zeon hadn’t discovered them in time and thrown them out the window, they would have been caught in the explosion and lost their lives.

The children’s legs gave out and they collapsed.

Levin looked at Zeon.

“Brother?”

“I think he’s already noticed.”

“Damn it!”

Levin gritted his teeth.

Because I felt like it was my own mistake.

I can’t believe he noticed me following him and instead put an exploding bug on me.

If Zeon’s reaction had been even a little bit late, the children would have already died.

Zeon asked Tom.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes? Yes!”

“Where is the old man who was watching?”

“Excuse me.”

Tom pointed to the house in the corner of the hallway.

Levin strode briskly toward the house he had pointed to.

“Let’s go together.”

Levin followed Zeon’s side.

Zeon turned the handle, but it was locked inside.

Zeon held the handle and poured mana into the gauntlet of the superheated fire. The handle instantly turned bright red and melted like water.

Zeon spoke to Levin before opening the door and going in.

“Be careful!”

“Yes, bro.”

Levin immediately ghosted over the answer.

Zeon opened the door immediately.

The moment he saw the inside of the house, Jeon’s eyes opened wide.

Because there were so many bugs swarming in the house.

They looked exactly like the bugs that were stuck on the children’s bodies.

“Damn it!”

Zeon immediately opened the subspace and poured out the sand.

The entrance was blocked by a wall made of sand.

At that moment, the bugs started a chain explosion.

Kwakwakwakwang!

A huge explosion shook the cave.

The huge cave shook as if it were going to collapse.

It was fortunate that Zeon created a sand wall to direct the explosion outwards, otherwise the outer wall of the cave would have collapsed completely.

“Ugh!”

Zeon let out a frustrated groan.

Even though he blocked the explosion with a sand wall, the impact was transmitted to him in full.

No matter how strong Zeon was, he couldn’t have survived this kind of shock.

The dark red blood flowing from the corner of his mouth told of the shock he had received.

“Are you okay, hyung!”

Levin, who was fortunately safe thanks to his ghost transformation, asked urgently.

Zeon nodded and said.

“It’s okay! What about the others?”

“Everyone is okay.”

Fortunately, Levin was unharmed thanks to his ghostly transformation, and the children were able to escape the explosion thanks to Aaron and Dominic’s protection.

Zeon and Levin entered the exploded house.

The exterior walls of the house were completely blown away by the explosion, and the interior was a total mess.

It was only because Zeon was able to minimize the aftermath of the explosion that it was able to survive to this extent. If not, the houses next to it would have all collapsed.

Levin looked around the inside of the house and said with a dumbfounded expression.

“Ha! There’s no one here.”

“It seems he realized he was being followed and ran away.”

“These crazy kids. They followed the kids, using exploding bugs?”

“It seems like that old man’s ability is to control this bug.”

Zeon picked up the remains of the bug from the floor.

A musty smell came from the charred remains of the bug.

“It seems like it’s a guy similar to a bomber.”

The one who took control of the Black Forest, which is now the Primordial Forest, was none other than the Bomb Field.

A bomber with the characteristic of rushing towards a target and detonating itself.

The bug that exploded inside the house seemed to have the same characteristics.

The difference is that while the bombers blow themselves up on the Queen’s orders, these guys listen to the old man’s orders.

“Where did you get these bugs?”

“That’s right.”

“Things are getting bigger.”

“Whew!”

Zeon sighed and looked around the scorched house before walking towards the bathroom.

Inside the destroyed bathroom were the crumpled bodies of those who had originally lived there.

“Ha! These crazy kids.”

Levin spat on the floor after seeing the body.

Zeon agreed with him.

The old man was clearly crazy.

A completely crazy old man who puts bugs on children’s bodies to make them self-destruct, and steals other people’s houses to raise self-destruct bugs.

He was quick-witted and even quicker in his decision-making.

You could tell just by looking at the way he exploded the bugs he had worked so hard to raise without any hesitation.

If you give this type of person time, it’s clear that he’ll do something bigger.

Zeon said to Levin.

“We need to find them as soon as possible. They seem to be completely crazy.”

“Yes, bro.”

Levin nodded and answered.

Then Aaron and Dominic, who were looking after Tom and Kevin, approached.

“We will also help find them.”

“We will mobilize all the networks we know.”

The network the two men built in the slums was as dense as a spider’s web.

If I didn’t know it existed, I wouldn’t know, but now that I know it exists, it’s only a matter of time before I find it.

Zeon gave them a warning.

“You see? He’s extremely dangerous. You have to be very careful.”

“Yes, bro.”

“If you find them, don’t approach them. Contact me first.”

“Don’t worry.”

Zeon approached the outer wall that had been ripped open by the explosion.

Because it was a high-rise building, the wind blew like crazy, shaking his body.

It was a situation where if he lost his balance he could have fallen dozens of floors. However, Zeon looked around without blinking an eye.

I felt eyes looking at me from somewhere.

It was clear that the old man who had been summoning the self-destructing bug was watching him from somewhere.

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“I never thought you’d come, but you really came.”

The old man was standing on the roof of a building near the cave.

Because the building was half the height of the cave, you had to raise your head for a long time to see where the explosion occurred.

The back of his neck became stiff because of this, but the old man didn’t care.

Zeon was standing on the outer wall of the house where the explosion occurred.

There was a tremendous sense of intimidation from Zeon, who was standing as if he was looking down on the whole world.

“There was a guy like that. You lost your children because of him, you rascal!”

Get in!

At that moment, a black insect popped its head out from the back of his neck.

It looked exactly like the bugs that exploded in the house, but it was much bigger. It was about the size of a child’s forearm.

The bug let out a strange cry, as if it understood what the old man was saying.

Get in!

“Yeah! Just have another baby. Our fox is really smart.”

The old man stroked the head of the insect he called a hawk.

The bug closed its eyes tightly and enjoyed the old man’s touch.

The old man’s eyes, which had been stroking the bug for a long time, turned cold.

“Don’t think you won, you little brat! You’re still not used to this place, so you caught me, but once you get used to it, this place will be our playground. Hehehe!”

The old man turned around, mumbling.

The bug hid itself in his arms again.

The old man came down from the building and walked down the street.

As he arrived far from the cave, familiar faces came out to greet him.

“Black Nose Old Man.”

The man who approached the old man and spoke to him was none other than Sou-Chen. Next to him was Dang-An, who was following the thread as if a needle was being drawn.

The old man called Heukno said with joy.

“Oh! Are you here to pick me up?”

“I was worried because you didn’t come even after waiting for a long time.”

“Sorry. I was late because some weird guys were following me and I had to shake them off.”

“Weird guys?”

“Some kids were following me. So I brought along some of the kids just in case. And sure enough, the guys who had instigated the kids came rushing into the place I had worked so hard to prepare.”

“Then could it be that the explosion just happened?”

“Yeah! It’s my work. Hehe!”

“Haa!”

Souchen sighed at Heukno’s answer.

Following the light of the world, even the black dragon had an accident.

That’s a major accident, too.

Heukno was an Awakened being with unique abilities.

His talent was communication with insects.

That doesn’t work on larger insects either.

His abilities only worked on small insects, so he was looked down on.

I was often ignored, wondering what use that ability could be, and in reality, I suffered a lot because of it.

His fate changed dramatically when he met an insect he called a hawk.

Unusually, the young of the tyrant had an explosive nature.

Only when the mother, the tyrant, gives an order will he rush towards his opponent and self-destruct without fear of death.

I can’t tell you how terrified Black Noah was when he first found out about it.

He tried hard to communicate with the ogre, and eventually he was able to tame it.

After taming the ogre, Heukno went looking for those who had previously ignored him. And he used the ogre’s offspring to brutally kill them.

If you feed the snail a full stomach, it will lay hundreds of eggs a day. The eggs hatch quickly and become adults.

If only there was enough time, the offspring of the tyrant could be produced infinitely.

The self-destruct attack was ineffective against B-class or higher demons who were surrounded by a force field, but it was a disaster for demons or humans below that level.

Heukno’s contribution was great in helping Jang Woo-hang and Jeonrangdae survive to Neo Seoul.

Because of that, neither Sou-Chen nor Dang-An could reprimand Heuk-No even when they heard that he had caused an accident.

Souchen asked him.

“The base was completely blown up, huh?”

“Of course. If there had been just a few more of those bastards, they could have blown up the entire building, but they only managed to blow up one house.”

“If the building had collapsed, we would have moved to Neo Seoul.”

“Are you afraid of those guys? I’m not afraid at all.”

“I’m not afraid either. But this isn’t our territory, so we need to be careful. There seem to be quite a few strong people hiding here.”

“Well, the guy who chased me was strong. He used sand in a unique way.”

“Did you just say sand?”

“Why, do you know him?”

Souchen nodded in response to Heukno’s question.

“It looks like he killed Gwangryang.”

“Is the light dead?”

“I got caught selling ghost beetle skins at a black market called the Goblin Market.”

“So he really died?”

“Yes!”

Heukno’s face distorted in disgust at Souchen’s answer.

“Are you saying that Kwangryang is dead? That good kid… … .”

“He too was killed by the Sandman.”

“If you knew it like this, you’ll see it there!”

The black rooster exploded with anger.

Ma Gwang-ryang was very close with Heuk-no.

While they treated others mercilessly, they cared for each other terribly.

Just like a rich relationship.

That’s why Heukno is so angry at Magwangryang’s death.

So-u-chen and Dang-an let Heuk-no run wild.

Because I know that if I try to stop them when things are like this, they’ll end up in a bigger mess.

Heukno stood there and cursed at Jeon for a long time.

A torrent of curses poured out, even to Sou-Chen and Dang-An, which were embarrassing to hear. After cursing for a long time, he finally calmed down.

“You little brat who will be fried to death in oil! I will never forgive you.”

“Now that you’ve calmed down, let’s move to another base. They’ll be chasing us with bloodshot eyes.”

“Okay.”

Heukno answered obediently.

He knows it too.

The power of this huge city is so great that if you are not careful, you could easily be eaten by them.

Souchen muttered as he disappeared into the darkness.

“Until the right port makes contact, we will absorb everything in this city while quietly building up our strength. Everything we acquire will become the nutrients of the earth and bloom into flowers.”

I didn’t care if I got some bad reputation in the process.