The Time-Limited Leader Makes the Raid a Success - Chapter 472



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Episode 472

#472. It seems wrong to die gracefully, so I offer my condolences in advance.

The mercenaries who saw the Eagles handing the black box to Kang Mu-hyeok looked quite surprised, although they didn’t show it.

A strange breathing sound that is a mixture of excitement, tension, and nervousness.

The jungle was suddenly enveloped in silence, with only the cry of an unidentified monster echoing from afar.

Kang Moo-hyuk glanced at their gazes, which were all focused on the box.

There was a look of doubt in the mercenaries’ eyes. They wondered why the Eagles were showing this item to outsiders.

‘It’s burdensome. It’s not like you’re just giving away a unique item, so what were you thinking when you made this public?’

Kang Moo-hyuk spoke without touching the black box the Eagles handed him.

“Can you tell me why you are giving this to me?”

The Eagles opened their eyes wide in surprise.

“Why don’t you open it?”

“I want to know why I should open it first.”

“This is surprising. Usually, I touch the artifact first.”

It wasn’t just an exclamation, the Eagles were sincere.

‘Even the Archduke had already checked this out first.’

The Hunters, including the Eagles themselves, were crazy about good items. Regardless of whether they were high or low rank, there was no Hunter who didn’t like ‘item rush’.

Kang Moo-hyuk, who had read the Eagles’ intentions, reacted indifferently.

“It’s not that great. It’s just because I’m not a hunter.”

“Well, even if you weren’t a hunter, would you be able to be this indifferent in front of a unique item?”

“After all, it’s someone else’s property.”

Kang Moo-hyuk summarized it simply in this one sentence.

It was a short answer, but the underlying meaning was not simple.

The thing that makes you want something you never wanted before is a unique item.

There is even a saying in North America that says, “There is nothing more unique than winning the lottery.”

With jackpots worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the fact that such comparisons were being made showed that even the average person knew how much unique items were worth.

If this is the case for ordinary people, how much worse must it be for hunters?

This unique item is something that any hunter would risk his life to steal.

That’s why the Eagles never revealed their black box to outsiders, except for the air force.

So, the fact that he was able to eliminate not only greed but even curiosity just because it was someone else’s property was amazing.

At this point, the Eagles had no choice but to voice the thoughts that came to their mind.

“Excellent.”

“??”

When Kang Mu-hyeok made a puzzled expression, the Eagles withdrew their hands holding out the black box.

However, Alex, who was next to him, felt regretful.

“Aside from the mercenaries, the Archduke is the only one who has seen the contents of this box. You are the second.”

The Eagles tapped the box with those words.

The magic circle of Merlin’s top maid drawn on the box glowed. The light spread from the point where it was first touched and moved in a certain order. There was a clanking sound wherever the light passed, like a lock being released.

Not long after, the box opened. The top part lifted like a 007 suitcase, but from the direction where Kang Moo-hyuk was, only the case lid was visible and the contents inside could not be seen.

“I had a lot of thoughts going on, but thanks to you, my complicated mind has become clearer.”

Kang Moo-hyuk still had many thoughts and didn’t know what was refreshing, but he listened to him silently.

“Let me go back to the beginning. The reason I’m showing you this item is because it will be of great help in this mission.”

The Eagles turned the black box towards Kang Mu-hyeok. The item hidden in the case was revealed.

A yellow crystal like amber.

It was long enough to easily fit two spans across an adult’s hand, and its outer surface was uneven because it was not trimmed.

“This is… … .”

“You probably don’t know. It was only once during the Small War. It hasn’t been seen since then. And even then, its power hasn’t been used properly since the first user.”

Kang Moo-hyuk looked down at the yellow crystal with surprised eyes. A word came out of his mouth like an exhalation.

“Leader.”

This time the Eagles were surprised.

“You know this item.”

“I thought it was something that only existed in encyclopedias.”

Kang Moo-hyuk looked at the ‘leader’ in silence for a while. Unable to bear it any longer, Mr. Cho suddenly intervened from behind.

“So what kind of ability does it have?!”

Kang Mu-hyeok said.

“This item has a protective function.”

“Guardian?”

“Monsters below a certain level cannot approach the area within the leader’s influence.”

“!!”

* * *

While Mr. Cho stayed next to Kang Moo-hyuk, Hyun Jeong-geon took turns watching Gary Dee.

Gary Dee was caught at the back of the line and didn’t see Kang Moo-hyuk looking at the unique item at the front.

The surrounding mercenaries seemed to be agitated, but they had no time to pay attention to it. Rather than saying they were not interested, it was more like they were distracted by something else.

He moved his fingers, leaving invisible marks on the floor.

It was a skill that only executives who had received direct favor from Illusion could use.

The marks left behind by the unique wavelength would help in the pursuit of Mirage.

‘I left a mark, so they’ll chase after me. If it’s Illusion-nim, he’ll see through why I wasn’t oxidized and was captured. He’ll probably send out a considerable amount of force.’

Gary Dee glanced at the front of the bustling procession and laughed.

‘When that time comes, I’ll kill you first, Kang Mu-hyeok. And that wizard too!’

Gary Dee thought he was doing it in secret, but there were people who were watching.

That person was none other than Hyun Jeong-geon.

‘Do you really think this guy doesn’t know? Well, he’s really secretive, so it’s hard to notice if you don’t know.’

Kang Moo-hyuk warned him and even told him how Thomas would leave his mark.

If you knew that and didn’t know, you would have nothing to say even if people called you an idiot.

Rather, it is more difficult to pretend not to know.

Hyun Jeong-geon pretended to keep a close eye on Gary Dee and turned a blind eye to his schemes.

‘But does this guy know that the wizard who caught him is an S-rank?’

He probably didn’t even know that the mark he left behind was an arrow leading his side to the afterlife.

Hyun Jeong-geon prayed for Gary Dee’s soul to rest in peace.

‘It seems wrong to die gracefully, so I offer my condolences in advance.’

* * *

A military aircraft bearing the flag of the Central African Republic flew across Morocco. The Moroccan Air Force flew towards the aircraft.

Despite continued communications containing threats to shoot down the aircraft if it did not back down, the pilot of the Central African Kingdom military aircraft completely ignored them and continued on course for the Medusa’s head.

-I warn you again. This is Moroccan airspace. The Central African Republic has now invaded another country without permission. Turn around quickly… … .

Click!

The pilot turned off the communication device and covered his ears as if he didn’t want to hear it.

“Just keep talking loudly blah blah. If you were going to fire a missile, you would have fired it a long time ago. Isn’t that right, Mr. Pilot?”

The man sitting in the cockpit turned his head back. There was no one there.

“Huh? You can’t tell? Sorry. I thought you were alive.”

The person he was talking to was sprawled on the floor just behind the cockpit.

All three men were piloting the military aircraft.

They were pilots of the Central African Republic Air Force.

The intruder who killed them was occupying the cockpit.

As the intruder was tapping the control stick of the military aircraft in annoyance, the cockpit door opened.

The intruder said.

“What? Did you kill him?”

“You keep talking too much. You said we couldn’t go in here.”

“What if he kills you? You have to teach him well.”

“I heard Mugabe told me to come back. The words of the S-rank King must have been scarier than the words of the A+ Hunter. He turned the joystick, so I broke his head.”

“This is it, Illusion-nim, it’s going to be a headache trying to appease Mugabe.”

“No way. Even Mugabe is having a hard time with Illusion. If he doesn’t want to see his country ruined, he’ll end it with just a warning.”

The intruder clicked his tongue as he looked at the back of the intruder’s head.

This crazy guy was completely ignorant of words. Well, he was the kind of guy who blew up a school bus because the kids were talking too much on the street, so you can’t say he’s in his right mind. Thanks to that, he was wanted by the US, but he was far from being a model hunter, so he ended up being a villain.

The intruder’s name is Sean Lantern.

He was a man who would have been executed immediately if caught, or even executed on the spot.

“Illusion-nim, you are so merciful. To accept a guy like this. He is such a piece of trash.”

“Does that make you some kind of model citizen?”

“At least I’m decent.”

The name of the intruder who claims to have good morals is Cody Pardue.

He was the terrorist who blew up the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

“A decent guy kills hundreds of people in one room? Wow, you psychopath. I loved the opera house so much. It’s a building with a living, breathing history.”

“History is bullshit. It was destroyed during the Great War and rebuilt anew.”

“A new history comes alive and breathes.”

“That’s why I broke it. Because I like to cut off people’s airways.”

“A psychopath is just trying to match rhymes.”

The two hunters, who joked and bragged about killing each other, were part of Miraju’s combat unit, the ‘Clowns’.

And the one who has these crazy authors below him.

“Shawn. Cody.”

A somber voice came from outside the cockpit.

The color drained from the faces of the two hunters who had been bickering just a moment ago.

“Yes, Master.”

“yes!”

A man who is called Master Clown by the illusionists without a name.

He glared at the two hunters in the dark with the lights off. It seemed like the area around him was particularly dark.

“You’re messing around again. Didn’t I tell you not to mess around?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Master Clown’s words, who dismisses the killing of three people as a joke.

It was usually a joke, but they didn’t dare to talk back to Master Clown.

Master Pierrot showed a displeased expression and then told his story.

“We’re almost at our destination. Grab your parachute.”

“A parachute? What about an airplane?”

Sean asked back. Master Pierrot replied with a pitiful look.

“Don’t you know that even airplanes can’t fly from Medusa’s head?”

“You know it’s going to crash, but if you hit it with a plane, you can land right in the middle of there. Wouldn’t that buy you some time?”

“How are you going to find Gary in that big place? You have to check the signs outside and go in. Do you have a brain or not?”

Only then did Sean nod, as if he had forgotten the sign.

“Right. Should I chase after it?”

Cody dashed towards Sean, who finally closed his mouth after meeting Master Clown’s fierce eyes once again.

“Who are the guys we’re going to kill this time?”

“Who cares? We’re all going to die anyway.”

“Gary Dido?”

“Just listen to what you have to say.”

“Didn’t Illusion-nim ask you to save him?”

Master Pierrot paused for a moment, then opened his mouth again.

“I’ve never liked that guy.”

Then he turned around and disappeared.

After a moment of silence, Shawn asked Cody a question.

“Are you telling me to kill it or to let it live?”

“How did you escape from those Americans with that hair?”