The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 262
Only Noblemtl
#Episode 262, The Avengers
The demon energy reached the blocking wall and spread across the face.
It was spread evenly as if it had been applied with a brush.
Then, some of the god’s letters carved on the wall absorbed demonic energy.
The engraved letters that had absorbed the demonic energy were stained black,
Other than that, it maintained its original grayish-white color.
In some cases, only a few strokes within a single letter turned black, or conversely, there were some that were not completely black.
‘oh… .’
The difference between characters that accepted Magi and those that did not was my understanding.
… Does it reflect my will?
When I checked it as a clearly defined black area, it seemed to be more than 1/10th.
The knowledge that I simply combined with ‘I understand’ also contained traces of studying God’s letters.
As humans tried to interpret the original language of ancient magic,
This is because there were quite a few attempts to approach the power of God in the history of the Balaur and Charybdis clans.
‘Actually, this is more important… .’
Ultimately, trying to block the movements of high-ranking players in advance is all about eliminating the element of anxiety.
If I can grow to reach the sky, I don’t need to worry about vines burning around my ankles.
“… … .”
I stood still and searched for phrases that matched the description of the pitfalls I had encountered.
Before long, my eyes were fixed on one sentence.
Then, demonic energy permeated even the letters that seemed to indicate the location and object.
I could vaguely guess the correlation between the preceding and following sentences.
There were quite a few comparison groups.
Because all the letters I had seen on the floors I had passed through so far remained in my mind.
“… “It’s worth it.”
It might not be as difficult as you think… .
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-Why is Han Sang-cheol in North Korea? No, why are you still alive?
-I don’t know. Fuck. There are more than one strange thing. Kang Seon-ho is nowhere to be seen, and Han Sang-cheol’s son is suddenly being treated as some sort of legend.
-Thanks to this, farming is easy… . It probably has something to do with the absence of Kang Seon-ho, right? If you don’t have that bastard in the first place, you can’t catch him even if you have Han Sang-cheol.
… … 12 second audio file.
With the sound of footsteps, the conversation between the two became increasingly distant.
Seo Beom-jin asked Hong So-hee.
“Who is this?”
“I don’t know who it is. This is the sound recorded on the body camera of a dungeon crime victim. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the video.”
“What does it mean that we can’t catch Han Sang-cheol without Kang Seon-ho?”
“I’ll take your questions after the talk.”
“ah. okay.”
When Seo Beom-jin closed his mouth, Hong So-hee played another file.
This time it was a video file that was 54 seconds long.
In some area’s superhuman rest area, Ronin hunters wearing weapons of different colors were gathered in groups of twos and threes chatting.
As if the surrounding sounds had been amplified, there was a lot of noise and several conversations were heard overlapping.
Fortunately, the cam’s owner wasn’t speaking, so it wasn’t difficult to figure out the dialogue to follow.
-Well, that guy named Han Seong-jun is Han Sang-cheol’s son? Did Han Sang-cheol originally have any children?
-The setting was that the wife and children were all married. Here, he was thought to have died long before the start, but came back alive. After looking into it, it seems like things aren’t going well between you and Han Sang-cheol… .
-Ha, I don’t know what’s going on… .
-Anyway, the problem is that he is at least Han Sang-cheol’s level.
-Fuck, he’s crazy rich… . So since Han Sang-cheol is missing, should we see him as the new villain?
-There’s no need to bother me even though there’s no mission coming up right away. There is no Kang Seon-ho either.
-You’re not single right now. If the players are in a party or team, it won’t be that difficult for Han Sang-cheol or Han Seong-jun.
-It’s not a question of possible or impossible. If Han Sang-cheol’s wide area is hit with one shot, no matter how many, he will get one kill… . Anyway, you have to risk your life.
When the playback ended, Seo Beom-jin muttered to himself.
“This one has a different voice from the one before… ?”
“that’s right. It was recorded on a different day, in a completely different area. But as you heard, Kang Seon-ho appears in both conversations. And you talk as if you know Han Sang-cheol very well, but at the same time, it feels like you don’t know much about him.”
“okay. It certainly sounds a bit strange. But does this have anything to do with getting revenge on Han Sang-cheol?”
When Seo Beom-jin looked a little skeptical, Hong So-hee said in a frustrated tone.
“Ugh. A senseless bastard. Ha, maybe this ignorance is a good thing?”
“… … “Are you suddenly criticizing me here?”
As Seo Beom-jin looked dumbfounded, Yoo Jae-hyeon joined in, laughing.
“No, it’s strange to understand when they talk back and forth like that. “I’ll talk to you.”
A coherent story came out of Yoo Jae-hyeon’s mouth.
“To understand this recording, you first need to know two things. One is the change in Kang Seon-ho, and the other is the identity of the people who had that conversation. “You dropped out, so I’m not sure what happened to Kang Seon-ho, but-”
“I heard it from Ha-seon. “It gets weirder as the child gets older.”
“Not that one. Didn’t Kwon Ha-seon tell you about that? “When she went to the graduation test with Kang Seon-ho, something strange happened to her.”
“… What happened? “I didn’t hear it.”
“Not long before I graduated… .”
Jaehyun Yoo’s story dates back to the summer of 2032.
At the time, prospective graduates had to submit actual operational videos for the final combat proficiency test.
The condition was to submit a video of one party member other than yourself.
The problem is that Kang Seon-ho did not submit materials that met the conditions by the deadline.
The simple reason was that he had no intention of conducting party-based operations, and that principle would not change even after graduation.
Instructors and professors threatened that he would not receive his diploma if he did not submit it by the deadline, but Kang Seon-ho insisted that he would accept the punishment if that was the problem.
Even though Ham Seong-ah came forward and asked, he didn’t budge.
Then, the solution that reached a dramatic conclusion was Kwon Ha-seon – the companionship of just one person.
Ha-seon Kwon had already finished submitting the video.
There is a story that Kang Seon-ho’s frustrating behavior opened the door and he hurled two insults at him, then grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out.
In any case, Kang Seon-ho secured body camera footage of one person other than himself, but the videos of the two people were once again embroiled in controversy.
In both videos, there was a gap of about 10 minutes from the moment they entered the deepest part of the dungeon.
In conclusion, it was determined that it was not an intentional deletion or manipulation, but rather an error caused by electromagnetic interference.
The academy also acknowledged the submitted data.
I had no choice but to admit it.
Because the two people who returned from that operation were clearly giving off S-rank aura.
Ha-seon Kwon had already submitted his materials, but it was impossible to leave out an S-level talent from the list of graduates.
Seo Beom-jin, who was listening to the story, couldn’t help but ask right away.
“… “What happened in the 10 minutes when no video was recorded?”
“okay… . “Everyone was very curious about that.”
Among the first batch of graduates, they were the only two who reached S rank.
Of course, they were originally the two most outstanding, but S rank was an absolute state, not a relative state.
Everyone was curious about the ‘missing 10 minutes’, which could only be interpreted as coincidence.
Professors and instructors must not have been without some greed. Naturally, intensive interviews took place.
However, both of them answered that nothing special had happened.
Seo Beom-jin licked his lips with regret.
“Tsk… , there’s no way nothing special happened. Even if there was, there’s no reason to tell.”
“Officially, but… .”
Jaehyun Yoo said with a chuckle.
“Kwon Ha-seon, at least he didn’t lie to us.”
Seo Beom-jin’s eyes lit up.
“Did you tell me? what happened?”
“It’s just not what I expected.”
“What did you say?”
“He said he had a vision. Someone was fighting fiercely with Han Sang-cheol, and suddenly Kang Seon-ho intervened between the two… They say it was a scene that pierced Han Sang-cheol’s heart. haha… .”
“… … .”
“Isn’t it absurd? It’s a bit sad too. Usually illusions and illusions are based on the inner self of the subject… . “I thought it was Kwon Ha-seon’s unconscious desire for revenge that created that scene, and Kang Seon-ho appeared because he was with us.”
If Ha-seon Kwon said so,
The story itself of seeing a vision when encountering a place, phenomenon, or object that was supposed to occur must have been a clear fact.
Seo Beom-jin, who was shaking his head with a slightly sad expression, suddenly asked what came to mind.
“really. Did you see Kang Seon-ho too? “Something like a fantasy.”
Jaehyun Yoo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“Kang Seon-ho didn’t say anything until the end. But that’s not the point. “If you’ve heard this far, you should get a feel for it.”
“Look. That bastard has no sense? “The explanation is not the problem.”
While Hong So-hee, who suddenly intervened, clicked her tongue, Seo Beom-jin’s eyes, which had been chewing, slowly opened wide.
“… … “That audio file from earlier!”
Jaehyun Yoo nodded, saying he saw it right away.
“In both conversations, Kang Seon-ho was mentioned as Han Sang-cheol’s opponent. We couldn’t help but think back to what Kwon Ha-seon said back then. Ah, that might not be a fantasy, but a precognition.”
“… … !”
Seo Beom-jin opened his mouth for a moment and then rubbed his forearm.
“Now the second time.”
When Yoo Jae-hyeon grabbed the mouse, Hong So-hee, who was in front of the laptop, moved out of the way.
“But as I keep thinking about it, it seems a bit subtle to even be considered foreknowledge. The conversations in the file were talking about ‘misalignment’. For example, Han Sang-cheol, who should not have gone to North Korea in the first place… “Remarks that seem to treat Han Seong-jun as someone who doesn’t know him even after he went through the Seoul incident.”
“… iced coffee. “I know what it feels like.”
“Now that we’ve said this, I hope you don’t treat us like crazy idiots.”
“What is that… “Is that a sound?”
“The conversation was briefly captured in the original video I just saw.”
The video moved slightly in the direction the body camera wearer was facing, but the people talking were on the side, so they were not captured on the screen while Seo Beom-jin was watching.
“So what. “You found out my identity too?”
“uh. And kidnapped a guy.”
“what?”
Seo Beom-jin literally jumped out of his seat.
“No, crazy! No matter how curious you are. Are you both crazy? How do people… .”
Seo Beom-jin, who had been blaming the two for their crime, was speechless the moment he made eye contact with Hong So-hee, who was sitting at the table.
‘but… . I can’t be sane. we.’
Revenge was not something done sanely in the first place.
“… It’s okay to be damned for something you’ve already done. Phew. Still, let’s not cross the line. I shouldn’t create resentment against others just to get my revenge. … So for now. “Did you release me?”
Click, click, click.
Either way, Yoo Jae-hyun, who had been browsing his laptop alone, displayed a PDF file on the screen and said.
“Let’s look at this first and then talk.”
“… … “What is that again?”
“April 14, 2033. “About 2,700 people were registered in the superhuman computer system.”
“2,700? … “Is it a lot?”
“The average number of awakened people per year is around 30,000. That means it increased by 10% per day out of 365 days. Other days than this day are similar to the 32-year average. The total number of awakened people also increased by 8.7% compared to 1932, and that is all because of this day.”
“okay. Let’s say it’s a lot… . “Are you saying that the person you kidnapped was also registered on April 14, 1933?”
“that’s right. It was the same for not only him, but also the people who were with him that day. So, I did a little more tracking on the identities of those who registered on April 14th.”
Yoo Jae-hyeon continued speaking while scrolling through a file that was dozens of pages long.
“however… . “There are records for each of them, but no one knows.”
“What is that… .”
“They say they are bastards who don’t even know their classmates from elementary, middle, and high school, and even the local residents. It fell from the sky. 2,700 people.”
“… … !”
Grumble.
Yoo Jae-hyun stood up and looked at Seo Beom-jin.
“Amazing is surprising… . You might be wondering what this has to do with our revenge. If you listen to the story in more detail, you will know, but that person, Han Sang-cheol… “It starts with acknowledging the fact that we cannot do anything with our own strength.”
“… … .”
“Our revenge is… The focus is on using people who resemble time travelers. kidnap… ? okay. You probably don’t feel like it. However, they were not humans from this world to begin with. Since those 2,700 showed up, dungeon crime has increased twelvefold. “Is it a coincidence?”
“… … .”
“They call themselves ‘players.’ Tsk tsk. It was all a game. Those bastards. “Han Sang-cheol, that’s why he killed our fathers like bugs.”