This Villain is Soft - Chapter 20
Only Noblemtl
Episode 20
“Ugh.”
Haon let out the breath he had been holding. The mana shield that had blocked the bullets shattered only in that part and was quickly restored.
‘It’s a magic defense setting, so bullets break the shield.’
I’m not confident in gunfights or close combat, but I can use magic now.
The opponents are three ordinary people, neither magicians nor Awakened ones. If I don’t let my guard down, I’ll win.
“Blue. Keep the shield up.”
[All right!]
The frowning men started shooting again, but were blocked by the mana shield and were just wasting bullets.
“What the heck!”
Meanwhile, Haon, who had been sculpting Mana into a ball, fired a Mana bullet with his cell phone.
“What the heck? It’s magic engineering!”
Thwaaa …
A man was knocked unconscious by the force of the impact, slamming into the car body. It seemed as if he had been hit by a strong wind rather than a bullet.
“This is crazy!”
“Isn’t this an Awakener?”
“no.”
Another man also collided with Mana Tan and was thrown into the car. At the same time, the remaining one rushed forward.
“… … !”
Haon took a picture of his stomach with his cell phone as the distance became too close for him to even make a mana tan.
Phage-jik─.
“Ugh!”
The man who was shocked shuddered and then fell to the ground.
Haon nudged him with the tip of his foot. Only after confirming that there was no movement did he let out a sigh of relief.
‘I almost got into trouble.’
In the short time it took me to reach out to his stomach, he tried to kick me with his knee. He wasn’t surprised at all when I rushed at him, and he prepared to attack.
‘I didn’t become a gang member for nothing. I should not forget that the people living here are basically good at fighting.’
If you hastily close the distance and end up losing your phone, you have no chance of winning. It was very different from dealing with a magician who rarely had to fight with physical force.
The default setting for mana shields was to only block magical attacks, slashes, and bullets.
If you block people’s touch, they can push you away, not only with a handshake, but even with just a shoulder brushing on the street.
[Two people with guns are approaching!]
“what?”
Haon recalled that a fight had started between the gang and the residents. It could be the gang that came looking for their comrades.
‘Let’s hide for now and then attack by surprise when our comrades are watching.’
I looked around and entered a narrow alley and stood against the wall. I checked my phone’s battery and it was still sufficient.
‘Just in case, you shouldn’t use electric shocks that drain a lot of battery.’
At that moment, my eyes met with a grim-looking man who was tilting his head toward the alley.
Just as Haon was about to shoot Mana Tan, who was startled out of his thoughts, the man was kicked by someone and pushed back.
Bang bang! Bang!
At the same time, three bullets pierced the man. It was a clean, flowing path.
Haon, terrified, stepped back, avoiding the blood that had spurted out. He couldn’t let go of the tension.
As I prepared to attack with my mana shield on, a large, white-haired old man looked into the alley.
“Doctor. Why are you here again?”
Haon felt strangely relieved by the seemingly reassuring tone of voice.
“Oh, dear Solmae.”
“Elder?”
He made a bewildered expression and suddenly turned around.
“This is really delicious. I’m going back right now.”
“Wait a minute! Let’s go together. I want to go too.”
“Now is not the time to have a relaxed conversation with you.”
“I came to help you.”
“help?”
Solmae tripped Haon over his leg and shot across the street.
Bang bang! Bang!
This is what happened as soon as he entered the edge of the battlefield. The veteran looked down at Ha-on while changing the magazine.
“Do you think I need help?”
“Oh, no.”
Haon, who got up after shaking off his butt, checked the wall riddled with bullets with bewildered eyes.
If I hadn’t fallen, it would have hit my head. The mana shield would have blocked it, though.
“But I will help you until the fight is over. I have a lot of questions to ask.”
He frowned, but did nothing to stop Haon from following him. He simply used the wall and the car as shields and continued shooting at the gang.
I had imagined that the doctor would have a kind and gentle impression since he was an old man, but Solmae seemed as strong as a bird of prey.
Haon observed his natural marksmanship.
A gun held firmly in both hands. Two bullets to the body, one straight to the head. It was a Mozambique drill, as if he had been trained.
‘Were you a soldier? Or a mercenary?’
Suddenly, Chacha’s words came to mind. He had told me to be careful of the elderly, children, and women who were living in the old town.
It certainly didn’t seem like the elderly needed any protection.
‘But I can still help.’
Solmae kept reconsidering the timing to move a little deeper into the scene, but it wasn’t easy because of the hail of bullets.
He was glaring around the corner with his back to the wall, and the moment he popped his head out with the gun barrel, a bullet aimed straight for his head flew in.
The startled Solmae opened her eyes wide as she saw the bullet blocked by the mana shield fall down.
“What the heck is this… … ?”
“I told you. I came to help you.”
Haon laughed and shook his cell phone.
* * *
Those fighting the gangs across the street were getting pushed back.
It was only thanks to Chacha’s machine gun that we were able to somehow hold out.
“Are you guys going to turn our gang into enemies now?”
“You were the ones who turned me into an enemy first!”
Chacha leaned his back against the streetlight and began firing his machine gun.
The dull sound of gunfire rang out, and the gangsters threw themselves from side to side, shouting curses.
“Damn it! Where did you get a gun like that!”
“It must have been made by Dr. Eun!”
As the gang members were unable to approach Chacha, who was wielding a threatening machine gun, the gang boss Halla pushed his men aside and stepped forward.
“I’ll take care of that, so you go wipe out the other guys!”
One of her arms, resembling a Viking warrior, transformed into the forepaw of a massive bear. This was the ability of the Awakened Halla.
Chacha hid behind a van with its windows completely shattered and rubbed her chest.
“Ouch, that hurts.”
The violent recoil made my collarbone feel like it was going to break.
Hanra adjusted the belt holding the machine gun as he heard the sound of the structure being smashed and destroyed.
The moment I finished standing with my back to the wall, the few streetlights suddenly went out.
People were confused and ran around in confusion as the darkness suddenly turned dark.
“Ah, I can’t see it!”
“What kind of nonsense is this!”
He couldn’t shoot rashly because he didn’t know who would be hit, so he just kept screaming. Chacha, who quickly crouched down and supported the machine gun with his thigh, was the same.
“Ahh!”
At that moment, someone’s screams began, and hands holding guns were shaking everywhere, and they were hit by an unknown force and fell down.
“What the f*ck! What the heck!”
Hanara looked around, grumbling. As her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, the streetlights all came back on.
The hands of those who were grimacing at the dazzling sight were empty.
Chacha was holding a machine gun with a bewildered look on his face.
Hanra looked at her subordinates with confused eyes and her expression distorted.
Chacha, who quickly grasped the situation, aimed his gun precisely at her.
“Hanla. It’s not good manners to suddenly ask someone to move house in the old town. Who knows who might be hiding in an unmanaged empty house.”
As Chacha took a step closer, Halla snorted in exasperation.
“So? Are you going to kill me?”
“There’s no reason I can’t kill you.”
“If you kill me, what will happen next?”
“… … .”
“Other guys will be trying to take over District 2.”
Halla looked around at the residents and shrugged.
“If not me, who’s going to stop other gangs from roaming around this neighborhood?”
Chacha glared at her sharply with a hardened face. It was an irrefutable statement.
The old city was divided into five districts, each occupied by a different gang.
The police leave all the crimes that happen here to the heroes, but the heroes don’t pay attention to the small incidents in the old town.
Each gang was looking for an opportunity to increase their territory and gain territories in the name of protection money.
If Halla disappears, this place will become a battlefield.
“So you’re telling me to sleep out on the streets? In the old town?”
“Do you think I like it? Why is this my building and why do you guys live here?”
“Yeah! I went into the house because I heard that it was the gang boss’s building and that even thieves wouldn’t break in! But if it’s like this… … !”
Just as Chacha was gritting his teeth and about to pull the trigger, the cute phone rang loudly.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The tense atmosphere dissolved and Halla’s eyebrows furrowed.
“Why, I’m busy.”
She answered the phone with a grim expression on her face, even though she had a machine gun in front of her.
“What are you talking about all of a sudden? That’s a different story!”
The bear’s front paws, flailing nervously, left sharp claw marks on the mangled car body.
People including Chacha flinched, but Halla’s expression quickly relaxed.
“… … You want to buy there instead of here? It’s more expensive. Let’s do that.”
Halla turned around without any regrets, a satisfied smile on her lips.
“Withdraw.”
“Yes, boss. Then what about those?”
“Just leave them alone. They’re fucking filthy little bastards. Tell them to go and live in some fucking place like cockroaches!”
Hanra spat in the direction of the machine gun and left.
Chacha, who had been standing there with a bewildered expression, raised her middle finger.
“The building owner of a place like X, please come in safely!”