The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 466



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Episode 466

#466. It is always the incompetent mercy that strangles its own neck.

“The only one moving is Hyun-ssi. Commander’s order. Okay?”

Hyun Jeong-geon did not respond to Mr. Cho’s message. He was only focused on destroying the enemy. When there was no response, Mr. Cho added:

“It just means that you should roughly figure out the enemy’s intentions. It would be strange to make the first move and then run away. Don’t chase them too deeply. Even if it’s dangerous, I won’t save you.”

Hyun Jeong-geon’s body was scattered. It became dozens of shadowy pieces and roamed the dark alleys.

‘One at the back. One more 10m ahead.’

Hyun Jeong-geon immediately caught up with the running Scarecrow mercenary.

“Shh!”

The mercenary felt the life in the back of his neck and drew his sword. The half-collapsed building, which had been stretched out along the sword path, was torn in half again and collapsed.

Although it was invisible to the eye, it was certain that there was a murderous presence.

He fired his skills with all his might. It didn’t matter whether the skills hit the target. The goal was to keep them from getting close.

“That’s not it.”

A scraping sound was heard from behind him. The mercenary did not turn his body, but only turned the tip of his sword and stabbed him between his armpits.

“Sorry. It was earlier.”

Darkness burst out from the rubble of the collapsing building and enveloped the mercenaries.

The mercenary quickly raised his mana to resist, but Hyun Jeong-geon’s skill was originally a power that exerted physical force. Raising his resistance to block was not the right answer.

Hyun Jeong-geon, who had defeated another enemy, returned to his original form. Darkness resembling a swarm of moths gathered together and took the shape of a human.

Some of the mercenaries who saw this scene judged that Hyun Jeong-geon had reached his limit. It was understandable, since he could not use such a powerful skill indefinitely. They turned around and counterattacked.

But Hyun Jeong-geon returned to the darkness and faced them again.

Tear, break, twist.

‘You must avoid attacks that contain mana.’

After dodging, it wraps around your body and tears you to pieces.

In a state of darkness, the five senses were absent, so the scent of blood or the taste of blood could not be detected. A clean assassination without a single drop of blood touching the body.

Hyun Jeong-geon eliminated the two hunters who counterattacked and returned to his original form.

“Phew… … .”

Time over.

‘That was close.’

The 190 second skill duration had already passed, but I was able to hold out a little longer because I was using it by cutting time while going through the transformations.

We could have done more if we had pushed ourselves too hard, but we had already achieved our primary goal of repelling the enemy’s surprise attack, so there was no need to push our limits.

“!!”

At that moment, Hyun Jeong-geon felt a murderous presence. The shadows surrounding him slowly revealed themselves.

“You didn’t run away.”

Kang Mu-hyuk had warned you.

The message was to be careful when fighting inside the ruins, as Fez has complex alleyways that could be called a labyrinthine city in the past.

Hyun Jeong-geon thought he was careful enough, but it seemed he was not careful enough given the geography of this place.

‘Did they retreat, disperse, and then gather again? Since this is a place where they must have fought street battles against monsters during the Great War.’

The aftermath of that war made it even harder to detect here, so we had to be even more careful of ambushes.

Hyun Jeong-geon was smiling even though he was in trouble.

‘Yes, this is the level of stage that is worthy of a comeback match.’

Hyun Jeong-geon pulled out a black-bladed dagger from his waistband. In his left hand, a consumable dagger was dangling between his fingers.

“This is a big deal. The captain said it would only be for today. I’m going to enjoy this.”

* * *

‘This time I’ll catch it.’

Gary Dee thought he had set himself up perfectly.

I thought that the Eagles mercenary corps was no match for Scarecrow.

Although the wizards belonging to Iron Will are annoying, I calculated that there would be limits in the ruins where the path is complicated and there are many obstacles.

‘They said he even used gravity reversal magic. He even blocked shells. No matter how great a magician is, if he used magic on that many people, he wouldn’t have any mana left.’

It was a really stupid thing to do in Gary Dee’s eyes.

You’re using your power to save people you don’t know, and even ordinary people who aren’t hunters.

Let’s say that he made a hundred concessions and realized humanity. But wasn’t he currently in a position where he was being attacked? He was wasting a magician in a situation where he had to save every bit of mana to fight the enemy.

‘According to Zhao Keji’s information, Kang Mu-hyeok made a choice to save people. How foolish.’

Gary Dee believed he could finish off the Eagles mercenary force the moment they joined his main force.

“Impotent mercy always strangles its own neck.”

Due to the nature of the area in Fez, I couldn’t exchange messages with the ambush team, but I wasn’t particularly worried.

He had that much faith in his mercenary force that had been rolling around on the battlefield.

The Scarecrow main force followed the path that Kang Mu-hyeok had taken.

There were still guards guarding the entrance, but Scarecrow did not actively block it, perhaps because he had experienced the Eagles mercenary group that had entered earlier.

As we walked a little further from the entrance, we were able to catch the tail of the Humvee convoy.

Gary Dee swayed in the seat of his Jeep and picked up the hatchet. He stood up, ready to pounce.

“After today, I will be able to make Kang Mu-hyeok kneel before Him.”

“Who is he?”

Gary Dee swung his axe before anyone could even begin to react.

Left!

The axe split the back seat of the jeep. The body collapsed and the rear wheel was taken out. The jeep, tilted to one side, staggered and flipped over.

Gary Dee jumped out of the jeep, chasing the shadow that fled out of his sight, leaving behind a hazy afterimage.

As a hunter who was proficient in all sensing skills, he pursued the enemy accurately even though he could not see his exact appearance.

‘Got it!’

The moment Gary Dee spotted his enemy, he threw his hatchet without hesitation.

【Giant Throw】

It was a close distance.

“You can never avoid it!”

Thud!

“Just catch it.”

“!!”

“Are you surprised?”

The wizard stood holding an axe.

“Now, I plan to have you kneel before the captain. Before today is over.”

* * *

“Coolerhuck!”

Gary Dee couldn’t believe what was happening to him.

‘I can do this so easily… … .’

It wasn’t just me. The sight before my eyes was completely beyond my comprehension.

The Scarecrow mercenary force was annihilated.

‘Weren’t you a wizard?’

A hunter twirling an axe in his palm.

No matter how I looked at it, it was clear that it was the wizard who had blocked the shell.

“Coolook! Coolook!”

Gary Dee spits blood again and stands up, staggering. Immediately, an invisible force strikes his ankle. He rolls violently on the floor, feeling his peach bone crack.

“Who wants to stand up? It would be better to stay still.”

Thomas sent a message to Mr. Joe while completely subduing Gary Dee.

After a while, Kang Mu-hyuk appeared with Mr. Cho.

Gary Dee recognized his face and grumbled.

“This kid… What’s with that expression? He looks so smug, like he’s won everything… .”

“You talk too much. Even though you’re a villain.”

At Kang Mu-hyeok’s words, the magic that flew back broke Gary Dee’s left shoulder.

“Crash!”

Gary Dee grabbed Kang Moo-hyuk’s shoulder, which was about half a hand’s length lower than his right shoulder, and glared at him as if he was going to kill him.

“Close your eyes.”

When Kang Mu-hyeok says one more word, Gary Dee gets hit on the back of the head and falls to the dirt floor.

He looked up at Kang Mu-hyeok with murderous eyes even while holding a handful of dirt in his mouth.

“Hehe, is this all? Do you really think I can open my mouth like this?”

“I don’t plan on opening it.”

“what?”

“I’m not interested in what you have to say.”

Gary Dee looked into Kang Mu-hyeok’s eyes. Indifferent eyes. They were sincere. Instead, Gary Dee began to have doubts.

“Aren’t you curious as to why I attacked you?”

“Why are you curious about that? In Africa, people are killing each other every day. Who would be curious about such daily life? They just let it go.”

Kang Moo-hyuk answered calmly. Gary Dee made a dumbfounded expression and then shook his head and laughed.

“Poo-ha-ha! I almost got fooled. It was quite convincing. They say you’re smart, but you have a weak side.”

“I guess you’ve heard about me somewhere. Where is it?”

“Look. Aren’t you curious?”

Gary Dee wanted to instill curiosity in Kang Moo-hyuk.

I’ll have to torture you to find out, and if you hold out and don’t open your mouth, you’ll find an opening.

I was planning to use that moment to escape using a desperate measure.

‘There’s nothing we can do right now because that wizard is trying to blind us. So now is the time to wait. We have to buy time somehow and find a chance to escape.’

Gary Dee threw a bait to Kang Moo-hyuk.

“Well, ask me. You never know. I might tell you honestly. You might even get some unexpected information. It’s a bit embarrassing to say it myself, but it could be very valuable information.”

Kang Moo-hyuk looked down at Gary Dee.

Gary Dee looked back at me, hiding his feelings with a faint smile.

Kang Moo-hyuk turned around and opened his mouth to Thomas.

“Kill him.”

“What?!”

Gary Dee tried to stand up in surprise. Immediately, a heavy punch hit him in the stomach. He fell to his knees, vomiting the food in his stomach. Even though the vomit was stuck in his throat, he managed to control his breathing and spoke.

“Kuraeeek! Woof! Aren’t you curious? Are you stupid? Maybe information is important in this world… or don’t you know?!”

“We don’t have time. We’ll figure it out later when we have time. Of course, somewhere other than you.”

Kang Mu-hyeok completely turned his back and tried to leave the place.

Thomas moved. His hand reached out toward Gary Dee.

“Shit!”

Gary Dee vigorously turned the stone on the ring on his right ring finger.

“I will definitely get revenge!”

But nothing happened.

Gary Dee looked puzzled and turned the ring again. Again, no response.

“Why… … ?”

I turned the ring several times with a blank expression, but all I got was a clicking sound.

Thomas approached. He slowly took the ring from Gary Dee’s finger. Gary Dee did nothing as the ring was taken away.

“Commander, this ring is a teleportation artifact.”

At that moment, Gary Dee was sure.

‘It’s this guy. This guy must have blocked the teleportation.’

Teleportation is also magic, so if there’s anyone who can stop the activation of magic, it would be a wizard.

And the only wizard that was immediately visible was Thomas.

‘But how…? This is the first time I’ve heard that teleportation can be stopped… ‘

Thomas handed the ring to Kang Moo-hyuk, leaving Gary Dee in confusion.

Kang Mu-hyeok took the ring and examined it carefully.

“A mere mercenary has an item, not even a teleportation scroll? I know these guys.”

Kang Moo-hyuk glanced at Gary Dee.

“Is the illusion going well?”