The Druid Who Swallowed Mother Nature - Chapter 30



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Episode 30. Don’t refuse

The right time to rush in was right after the factory guard shift changed.

At a time when you have just started working and are not yet properly equipped with security guard equipment.

Hela and Waver exchanged glances and ran into the factory.

Hwaaaaah!

A cloud of sand rose as the two mercenaries ran.

The pace gradually increased, and when it finally reached its peak, it felt like a small storm was brewing.

The guard guarding the main gate noticed the approach of the splendid appearance that did not kill the presence.

“Who are you!”

Shouting while aiming a gun may be appropriate as a textbook, but it is useless in real combat.

Push! Crunch!

The two guards at the main gate were incapacitated in an instant.

As soon as Hela pulled the blade out from her back, the assembled blade pierced one man’s neck, and the dagger that Waver pulled from his leather belt slashed another man’s chest.

It is a clean and simple craftsmanship.

The surrounding workers were still unable to keep up with what was happening due to the speed of the situation.

Hela sneered, wiping the blood off her spear blade.

“Are you stupid? If he seems dangerous, I should just shoot him first.”

“It was so fast that I couldn’t react.”

“Oh my, bragging.”

“Hey, don’t you understand even if I compliment you along with them?”

“I don’t want to hear even a compliment coming out of your mouth.”

While they were talking for a while, other people who had noticed the strange situation responded.

Aaaah!

The sound of a siren spreads far and wide.

Looking over the hill, a wave of guards could be seen rushing towards Hela and Waver.

“Can you hold out?”

“Are you worried about them now? They are ignorant, but they are good at using their bodies. Worry about us.”

Kelzid replied sarcastically, placing his hand on the side door.

Phagec!

The security devices were easily disabled by the lightning strike.

Just as I was about to quietly open the door and go in, Kelzid raised his voice in question.

“hmm?”

“what’s the matter?”

“We’ve been caught. There’s magic hidden inside the security device. It’s a series of alarms set to activate immediately after it’s disabled.”

“You didn’t know that? Did the magician of the magic tower let his guard down?”

It was inevitable that there would be criticism.

Kel’zid’s existence is a top secret.

If this were to happen, there would inevitably be difficulties in the operation to secretly destroy the data.

“It’s black magic. I can’t solve it on my own.”

Kelzid let out a sigh.

Black magic that works against the law of nature was difficult for ordinary magicians to interfere with.

But it was different for me.

“okay?”

A magical power like a black flame appeared in my vision.

There, a string of smoke was flying inside the factory.

It’s not too late.

I reached out and grabbed the black magic’s tail.

The spirit sitting on my fingertips held it together.

Hurrruk!

“what……!”

Kelzid, who witnessed the transfer, was shocked.

This must be a sight you’ve never seen before.

It was faster for the spirit to burn the black magic than for the magic to return to its master.

“It’s been taken care of.”

“You, are you a warlock?”

“No, I just have that ability.”

There was no time to explain everything in detail.

Kelzid and I squeezed our way into the building, weaving our way through the fleeing workers.

“Don’t make a fuss and stay still! There are only two of us! We’ll be dead soon, so you guys just do your work!”

The supervisors were ruthless even during this time.

Instead of calming down the frightened workers, they whipped them and forced them to work.

The coercive, iron-fisted control was effective, and the workers returned to their seats one by one, watching the situation closely.

“If this is the perception, then it is difficult.”

I intentionally raised my voice to make my presence known.

Because what we wanted was uncontrollable chaos, both internal and external.

“Huh? What are you guys doing? Get back to your seats now!”

The supervisor’s gaze turned to us.

Instead of answering, I extended my stem.

“Wh, this bird… … Kkwak!”

The supervisor, who thought there were only two intruders, paid the price for his carelessness.

The supervisor struggled and soon fell to his knees as the dangling stems wrapped around his neck and snapped it.

“Ugh, eww!”

“The enemy! They’ve come this far!”

“Please save us! We don’t know anything!”

The workers were once again thrown into confusion by the shocking sight they witnessed before their eyes.

I let them run away, out of control.

We did not come here to commit massacre against innocent people.

If they could spread fear everywhere, that was what I was aiming for.

“He’s already gone.”

Kel’zid had disappeared in the meantime, as if he had used some sort of magic to silence his presence.

I’m sure things will take care of themselves.

From now on, it was each person’s share.

I ran up the stairs.

Except for a separate warehouse, the factory was divided into separate floors, with the production belt and the manager’s office in the same building.

It’s the same structure as the factory I escaped from.

If the structure is the same, the internal layout will also be similar.

Indeed, the higher you go, the more Busan-like it becomes in a different sense.

“Intruder detected inside! One of the supervisors has been compromised!”

“Over there! It’s him!”

They were guards patrolling the inside of the factory for the purpose of escorting agents.

As soon as they found me, they pulled the trigger.

Toodoodoodoo!

I am not a warrior who is called a superhuman.

It was impossible to dodge the hail of bullets pouring down before my eyes.

“A gun… …?”

“What is that monster!”

“The World Tree is in high spirits.”

But there was no need to avoid it.

Woody.

The trunk covered with thick bark stood in front of me like a shield, firmly protecting me.

The rifle bullets fell harmlessly without penetrating the hole.

“Eww!”

As he swung his whip-like stem, the guards blocking the road fell like dominoes.

I grabbed the last one by the collar and asked.

“Where is the factory manager?”

“Up, upstairs! On the very top!”

I threw the guy far away.

The guy staggered to his feet, whispered something into his collar, and ran away.

The intruder must have radioed that he was targeting the factory manager.

You did exactly what I intended.

‘Then most of the internal security forces will come to protect the factory manager.’

Even the Centrim’s quadruple, which still hasn’t gotten off its heavy butt.

I finally reached the stairs where the factory manager’s office was located, dispatching the guards who were nothing more than time-wasting bait.

Boom boom!

The world tree shook its leaves.

Do you remember the time when the seeds were stored in the factory manager’s storage?

He looked quite excited.

My heart was pounding too.

I’m not the factory manager of the factory where I was exploited, but I’m the same kind of guy anyway.

The desire for revenge that I had put off because it was not important began to stir in my chest.

Bam!

I kicked the door open roughly and stepped inside.

“… … ?”

As is often the case with exploiters’ hobbies, an extremely extravagant plan caught my eye.

Contrary to expectations, the interior was quiet.

The factory manager’s loud screams and the gunshots fired without any response were not heard.

It was a strange thing.

Crunch!

“……blood?”

When I lowered my head, sticky blood flowed down my ankles.

Following the trail with my eyes, I was able to find a pot-bellied corpse in the corner of the room, which I thought was the factory manager.

“I told him not to worry, but he kept making noise and trying to run away, so I killed him.”

The voice came from the factory manager’s desk.

The light streaming through the blinds dimly illuminated his figure.

A thick protective suit covered his entire body, and a red light shot out like a laser from the visor of his black-painted helmet.

The four skull emblems plated on his chest flashed with reflected light.

“Hmm, you don’t look particularly grateful. Wasn’t this trash your target?”

“Why did you kill him?”

I responded calmly.

“I told you, it was because it was noisy.”

“Wasn’t the dispatched Quadruple’s mission to protect the factory manager?”

“Oh, you knew that and still came in? You really have guts.”

He got up from his seat after talking so arrogantly.

“Well, first of all, to answer your question, that’s your mistake.”

“He killed her to keep a secret. It would have been embarrassing if the cowardly factory manager had accidentally let it out.”

“… … .”

His movements stopped.

It seemed like he had hit the nail on the head.

“Goblin from District 7, Warlock Dalton Sunderland, Brotherhood Branch 85 Leader Malay Kractor. Any guesses?”

“How would I know that?”

I watched the guy’s expression carefully.

There was no sign of him trying to hide something or to pretend not to know anything.

The twitching eyebrows expressed doubt at the strange sound.

‘Did you just kill them as ordered without even knowing what the secret was?’

After all, no matter how prestigious the Quadruple is, it is still a security force.

The intimate details of the company’s operations were not their concern.

‘Well, it’s not like there was no harvest.’

Centrim was still not at ease after sending Quadruple to Delphi, and was sharing a secret that needed to be killed to keep his mouth shut.

I was just wondering if the secret had something to do with the circuitry engraved on the warlock’s or the spirit’s cocoon.

‘The overall picture is similar to that of Hynax.’

The process of information destruction by Hynax, which was considered a corporate feat, was similar to what it is now.

If Centrim had been involved there like it is now… … it would have been an understandable outcome.

“Anyway, leaving the small talk aside, whose request is this? Sylvester?”

It seemed like the other person was just as curious as I was.

“What are you going to do with that?”

“I’ll pay you three times your salary. I’ll spare your life, so just blow it and get out.”

Are you planning to lure me out and destroy me all at once?

It was a trick worthy of a large, wealthy company.

“It’s not a good idea. The client and the broker won’t leave me alone.”

“There won’t be any inconvenience if you sell the name of Centrim.”

“How can I trust a promise made by a watchdog?”

“I’m the one who cut off the head of the factory manager on my own discretion. I have that much authority. If you’re at the level of a Quadruple team leader, you don’t have the authority to act autonomously.”

If you’re at the team leader level, it’s not a low position.

He was too confident to be seen as a braggart.

I pretended to be worried and then said, killing time.

“I refuse.”

“Why?”

“I don’t think you’ll let me live.”

“… … Hehehe.”

He laughed hysterically as if he had lost his mind.

Clang!

At the same time, Quadruple’s agents burst in through the window.

The guns were all aimed at me.

“You’re quick-witted. You’re unlucky.”

“Aren’t you curious about who ordered you to do this?”

“We can figure that out later with our own capabilities.”

He put his hand on her neck and cut her throat.

“Die.”

Toodoodoodoo!

There was a thunderous roar, accompanied by a flash of light.

“Shoot more bullets as if you’re emptying the magazine! Make a beehive!”

The hail of bullets continued endlessly.

It was a hail of bullets that would not even leave a corpse behind if it were an ordinary person.

It was too late to cover the body with the stem.

But I was looking back at the battlefield calmly.

Crunch! Crunch!

The bullets pierced my body, then one by one they stopped spinning and fell to the floor.

Clang!

I shook my arms and legs and removed all the remaining bullets from my body.

My whole body felt like it was covered in honeycombs, but I didn’t even feel a tickle.

‘My body is the cradle of the world tree.’

It was an application of woodworking.

It’s a feeling similar to pulling out a whip stem.

The bark wrapped around my body, making me look like a wooden doll.

“… … .”

Although it must have been a shocking sight, none of the enemies were surprised.

It was a display of experience from dealing with all kinds of monsters as a security guard for a large corporation.

“That guy, a contractor whose name I’ve never heard of, is holding up well.”

The man muttered.

He seemed to be quite relaxed, as if he thought that if he kept shooting, it would work out eventually.

I too shrugged and grumbled.

“This is not the time to be leisurely.”

“what?”

It was time to shatter that illusion.

bang!

The gunshots came out of me.

Hastok─400, just a cheap revolver.

It was an impossible device for a quadruple armed with the latest protective gear.

“… … !”

dump!

One bullet went through the helmet without a hitch.

The corners of the guy’s mouth were tightly shut.

‘The enchantment worked well.’

Sage’s talent did not exceed my expectations.

The guy managed to enchant bullets in just a few days.

The magic granted increases destructive power.

It was a simple but effective magic.

“Damn it, this kid… … !”

Krrrr!

Just as the guy was about to step forward, a huge vibration shook the area.

The building shook and debris from the cracked roof rained down.

My ears are ringing because of the loud noise.

While the people in the room were panicking and trying to straighten out their disorganized balance, I glanced out the window.

Flash!

A lightning flash was striking a specific spot in the factory.

It is a miracle or magic that artificially causes natural phenomena.

‘Did you succeed?’

It was the signal I was waiting for.

It is a sign that the system that managed the factory has collapsed as the algorithm data is destroyed.

The man, who had stood up on his knees, threw away his composure and started grumbling at me.

“What are you doing… … !”

“Who said that killing the factory manager was our goal?”

The assassination of the factor is bait, and the suspicious content is my base.

“The factory collapsed and you were so scared that you killed the factory manager. Your career prospects are doomed.”

“This fucking kid… … !”

I concentrated my mind.

The spirit that returned to the World Tree responded to my will and drew out its power.

The trick was the same as when I fought the goblins in District 7.

The cracks were caused by Kel’zid’s magic, and it was my job to dig into them.

The dilapidated and collapsed commercial and factory buildings had huge differences in size and scale, but the gap would be filled by the increased mass due to lignification.

“Finally, a gift.”

If you’re lucky, you’ll survive, but if not, you won’t be fine.

Krrrr!

“… … !”

I jumped out the window.

Screams, curses, and swearing were buried underground along with the collapsing building.

***

Kkudangtang!

“Oh, shit! What the heck!”

Hela jumped in surprise and aimed her spear at me.

I said, holding my head in a daze.

“It’s me. Clear the window.”

“Allen? What happened to your work that you fell out of thin air?”

“Kelzid has completed his mission. He can go back.”

“Oh, really? What, when did it get so messy?”

Hela was so focused on the battle that she didn’t notice Kelzad’s signal or the destruction I had caused.

“Did you explode a bomb or something?”

“Similar.”

I checked the appearance of the factory I escaped from.

It was a spectacular sight, as if a giant had pressed down with his palm.

The factory was in a collapsed state, leaning toward the center, reminiscent of a broken roof tile.

I didn’t do it, but I killed the Delphi factor and even brought down the building.

Since the operation to Kelzid was successful, the factory’s shutdown was confirmed.

“You were the one who ran wild.”

The surrounding area was a mess with traces of battle.

The initial commotion of the raid was palpable, but the surrounding area was quiet.

The mercenary’s skilled hands took the enemy’s life cleanly without even allowing him to groan.

Corpses were strewn about like rocks on the side of the road, and huge, deep pits were dug here and there in the ground.

Warrior profession, the power of a superhuman who controls magical power through the body.

The expression that the human body is comparable to a weapon is not wrong.

“By the way, what are you doing? Ugh, it’s disgusting. Get rid of it.”

“The World Tree is gloomy.”

Come to think of it, the whip stem for the lignification had still been pulled out of the body.

“I don’t think it’s something to be scared about.”

“Damn, with that face, it’s so freaking weird I think my eyes will rot.”

I’m not trying to console the World Tree, but I think I look cool and my tastes seem strange…

Since it was strange over there, I, as a big shot, decided to understand.

“If it’s all over, should we just run away? I’ve dealt with most of them, so there shouldn’t be anyone chasing me.”

Waver, who had joined before we knew it, said.

As he had promised, he not only caused a commotion in Yangdong, but also created a mess.

I was wondering if it wouldn’t have been better to just organize everything from the front rather than dividing them into groups.

“What about Kelzid?”

“Well, I guess I should bring it. I’m not the type of person who wouldn’t be able to get myself out just because the building collapsed… … .”

“… … Is this the bastard Kelzid?”

That was when.

Upon hearing those words, the group that had been leisurely stretching their bodies once again prepared for battle.

“Kuhahaha, I really got screwed. If this keeps up, I won’t be able to go back to work.”

A new figure staggered through the rubble of a collapsed building.

The cloud of dust scattered in the wind, revealing the shape he was holding in his hand.

“Kelzid!”

“I guess that’s right.”

‘Were you alive?’

The protective gear, now reduced to rags, seemed to have absorbed the damage.

Quadruple’s team leader grabbed the unconscious Kelzid by the scruff of his neck, grinned, and threw him to the floor.

“Then would you like to return the favor?”

Kwajik!

The dull thud of a boot burst the robed man’s heart.

Kelzid’s body was left lying among the rubble of the building like trash.

“I won’t miss a single one, you motherfuckers.”

The guy’s bare body pulsated strangely, repeatedly contracting and expanding.