Chapter 196 – 196. Get Out Before You Get Caught

The twins who couldn’t speak as if they were embarrassed by my poor English skills. Perhaps it was their first time entering the black market, the two looked very foolish without even wearing a mask.

At least the blonde haired side seemed to be a bit smarter, so I smiled and looked at me suspiciously as I approached and was wary, while the black haired side took a step back and hid behind the blonde hair as if frightened.

‘Hmm. Did I make a mistake…?’

I didn’t know that the reaction would be so bad. Maybe this was approached without too much distance from the beginning. Because being too kind in the first place is suspicious.

Even if it’s me right now, if there’s a guy approaching with a smile in a place like this, I think I’ll consider it a scammer.

‘I have to drag it all the way to the sewer first…’

I guess I need to calm down first. If those two people kicked the store door and ran away, it would be very difficult to catch them. But if I shoot out tentacles to catch it, the store will surely be destroyed… And I can’t catch it even then…

Then Cheshire, who followed me out of the kennel, quickly tried to talk to his twins to lighten the mood.

Cheshire, a woman at least, led the conversation, and her twins, who seemed frightened, cautiously opened their mouths. Thank god. The stiff atmosphere stabilized a little with Cheshire’s intrusion.

“Whew.”

Cheshire’s sympathetic listening shone through, and the twins’ wariness gradually loosened. She had no idea what she was saying, but I was a little relieved that the conversation would work out for now.

Then the poacher spoke to me in a cool voice.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“I’ve been working on it for a while… Can’t stand it? Are you thinking of stealing my guest now?”

“Yes? No, take it away This is a great leap for a father-in-law.”

“What? Father-in-law? This bastard…!”

“Ah, no… That’s not it. No, but are you my father-in-law?”

“Is this guy crazy?”

A ballpoint pen flies right into my face. I almost rolled on the floor and managed to avoid the ballpoint pen.

The poacher may have thrown it lightly in a playful way, but if he hadn’t just dodged the pen, he would have been mortally wounded.

“Phew. Well, it’s only a pittance if you sell products on the shelf. Since you are the main customer… I would never have thought that the main customer would play with the heir…”

With a sigh, the poacher moved the items he had placed on the counter down the bottom of the counter. After calming my pounding heart, I stared at him as he put things in order, then lamented inwardly.

‘Ah.. It should come out a little later..’

If so, I would have been able to gulp down the things the twins bought.

Even in my opinion, the action just now was too hasty. I was impatient, afraid that I would just buy something and leave.

Yeah, because we lost a team a while ago. Maybe it was because I missed the guys who could be enslaved by a short car, so I thought I had to catch them and see them.

‘I can’t do this… I’m not good enough..’

One of the survival rules of the apocalypse, always keep composure and composure.

This is a similar rule to not being vigilant. Originally impatient and impatient people die sooner than that.

“Hey. Leave those two to Cheshire and we’ll finish our business.”

“Ah, yes.”

I followed the poacher back into the kennel.

Rather than having an unidentified man sitting next to you, it would be easier to ease the atmosphere if you let the women talk.

I looked again at the scarab men in the glass jar.

‘First of all, a gorgeous golden scarab…’

[Queen of Loons: One of the survivors of the Corrupted Forest. You can elicit blind loyalty from all your loyalists. A creature created by Nous, the progenitor of the Druids. Since it is a queen, it can parasitize trees and produce caterpillars.]
[Caution. Only players from the Mangwijeon faction can sign a contract with the Queen of Looters.]
[Price: 50000C]

‘Hmm. The beginning of the Druids, Nusra… Has come again.’

I don’t know what the heck Nous is up to, but he’s the one who pops up whenever I can forget about it throughout my apocalypse survival. It’s kind of like the progenitor of a druid.

He is probably a very important figure in the Mangwijeon camp.

‘And it’s a corrupt forest.. He must be related to Heesun noona’s exclusive quest..’

Moreover, a new rice cake about the rotten forest has also popped up.

The Corrupted Forest is a place known to exist when Heesun noona achieved the achievement of ‘Apprentice Forest Keeper’ last time, and it was the place where the Druid-only quest that appeared when Nous’ Necklace and Flower Ring met took place.

For reference, the contents of the quest were to enter the corrupt forest, purify the forest in some way, and usurp the deer king’s crown.

However, since she hadn’t yet received Nous’ bracelet, one of Nous’ triads, from Ayla, she thought it was a place she would never enter. She should have received it as a reward for defeating the Mansion of Trepidation… But I think she should go in as it is.

‘It seems like an order to enter the forest at this point…’

The nous rice cakes that appear when you forget it, and the fact that people related to the forest popped out here, for some reason, made me feel uncomfortable.

It’s like a warning that sooner or later they’ll throw me into a rotten forest. I still don’t want to go…

“Shit…”

Maybe it was the trick of the young world tree. Since Druid, the hero class of Mangwijeon, is my slave, it might be an ulterior motive to send me to the corrupt forest to kill me and steal the hero unit.

Of course, I have no intention of dying easily. I’ll just skip the crown of the deer king and come out. I’m sure if it’s me and my colleagues, it’s easy to eat and run.

Dreaming of such a bright future, I also looked at the black beetle next to the golden beetle.

[Guardian of Queen Chungsa: One of the survivors of the Corrupted Forest. He was a black knight who guarded the Queen Chungsa. It is a unique object produced by the Queen Chungsa.]
[Warning. If you ignore it as small, it will immediately become hostile.]
[Caution. I only listen to the orders of the Queen Chungsa.]
[Price: 20000C]

There was nothing special about this kid, it seems that he was just a follower of the King of Chungsa.

I’ll have to buy both of them anyway. It might be a guide when you enter the corrupted forest.

If you get a guide at this point, you will be able to enter the forest with confidence and not panic when the bracelet comes out later.

“I’ll buy both of these.”

“Okay.”

I purchased the roaring caterpillars in a glass bottle.

I’m not sure if the Queen Guardian would be more useful than a guide, but the Queen Chungsa seemed to be useful. As soon as she goes to the base, she makes a contract with Heesun noona, and if you give her a tree, she will increase her population. The little winged chungsa could be used as messengers.

‘Alcid, the mushroom man, and the corpse parasites I bought last time aren’t enough, so now I even have a chump..’

The number of people who will continue to defend the base is increasing. Most of them are not even human.

‘It’s not some kind of demonic castle.’

I laughed inwardly and checked the last item.

It was a stone locked in a cage.

‘A stone? Why is there a stone in the cage…’

[Veneer Seed: A seed that tries to dig into the ground. When dug into the ground, it absorbs all the moisture in the surrounding area and turns a certain area into a vein. You will be able to obtain various types of minerals.]
[Price: 24000C]

“I will buy this too.”

Does the variety of minerals include gold or anything like that? It’s a bit annoying that it absorbs all the moisture in the area, but you just need to position it well.

‘It would have been very useful if I had purchased a mole man…’

Unfortunately, the last mole man lost his last chance to be purchased by me and was whipped to death by a slave trader. At that time, I bought Keker instead of Mole Man.

Well, even if you’re not a mole man, there are enough slaves to mine.

“Jun! Are you done with the deal?”

“Oh, Cheshire. I just bought them all.”

Coincidentally, when I bought all of today’s recommended menus, Cheshire found me.

The conversation with the twin sisters seemed to have ended amicably.

“What are you both saying?”

“We want to help. If you can go outside, you can do anything? Whoop whoop…”

Hehe… Anything?”

“Huh. Anything. They don’t seem to know how scary it is to say that these two can do anything.”

Cheshire and I looked at each other and laughed sinisterly.

Can those twins really do anything?

“Then let’s go.”

“Come again. Be sure to take Cheshire with you.”

“Yes!”

We said goodbye to the poacher and took the twins to the drug dealer’s lair.

They followed us without any doubt. He seemed to believe Cheshire’s words that he would let him out.

“Okay then.”

Arriving at the drug dealer’s den, I untied my fingers. I don’t have to be patient anymore.

I immediately unleashed a tentacle on my twin sister.

“Kyaa!!! Beh, Bella!! Help!!”

“Ella!! Hey!! Please don’t kill us!!”

Twins screaming and screaming.

I strangled them even harder. Then, the black haired side shed tears first, begging for her life, and soon the message that Ella had surrendered appeared in front of me.

I immediately dropped Ella to the floor and hit her forehead.

“Hey. Betrayal prohibited. No team killing. No self harm. Under stand? Nod your head if you understand.”

“Yes, yes.. Please..”

After giving the basic command, I plunged the knife into Ella’s neck as she succumbed. He intends to take Ella as her hostage and subdue her blonde hair.

As the knife was thrust into the twin sister’s neck, the blonde hair screamed in a more angrier voice.

“Cheshire. Tell that bitch to surrender quickly.”

“Huh. For a moment.”

Soon after, Cheshire ordered something to the blonde-haired Bella.

Then, the blond hair pleaded several times and begged for help, and eventually, as a drop of blood flowed down Ella’s neck, the blonde hair, Bella, finally gave in to me.

With this, the white horse twins became my slaves.

Afterward, she put Cheshire on as her interpreter and asked questions of the two women. For example, questions such as how did you get in or what happened outside so that there are so many people.

While having a few conversations with them, I heard a great deal of information.

“What? Nick? Nicholas?”

The name of Nick, the hero of the pantheon camp, was mentioned by the twins.

At first, the twins were Nick’s colleagues.

Even six people are in.

‘Six colleagues in a two-person group… There is still one more team left. These are the guys who called Cheshire earlier..!’

Mark and Rio, one of the three teams who are said to have entered the black market, died in the food alley earlier, and I captured the twin duo.

That means that the guys named Helen and Roy, who called Cheshire earlier, are wandering around here somewhere.

‘I can’t let you get the cracked ankh…!’

I started running towards Drag and Rush.

You have to catch them and kill them before they get the cracked ankh and escape outside.

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Helen and Roy were blown into the sewer a few minutes ago. The two couldn’t figure out where to go due to the sudden movement of space.

“Where is this again?”

“Hmm.. Older sister. I think we’ve been screwed… Let’s just wait for the guide.”

Helen responded nervously to Roy’s grumbling.

“If we had kept waiting for the guide, we would have died there. It was right to run away unconditionally.”

“Yes. Okay. Sorry.”

“Whoa.. I don’t think anything good will happen if I stay here, so let’s move anywhere.”

“Sister. Is that also a sense of crisis?”

“No. You know I don’t use that often.”

“Then it’s just a feeling?”

“Hey, Roy. Don’t you believe me How many times have I survived thanks to my intuition?”

“That’s right. Sorry.”

“Don’t just keep apologizing, if you know, move quickly!”

“Yes.”

Roy hugged Helen and turned to one side, half-running away.

“It smells… A bit dirty. Still, it’s nice that the weird-looking monsters don’t roam around.”

“Huh. I don’t think my head hurts too much.”

They were able to have such a casual conversation because they had not yet seen the shantytown where drug dealers lived.

Not long after, the two entered the den of drug addicts full of drug addicts dying.

“Ya -aak … Give me some medicine. Anything is fine.. Please..!”

“Go away!”

“Roy! Excuse me! Neon sign!”

“Uh?”

“Run!! Hurry! Before more come!”

As soon as they saw the new face, drug lords approached halfway. Roy, realizing that the approaching fiends were weak, was blindly grabbing them and beating them.

It was then that she discovered Drag and Rush, which Helen could call her final destination. Soon after, Roy ran with all his might. To get into the store before more drug lords rush in.

“Ha ha… Ha… Arrived…”

Roy, gasping for breath, sat down to catch his breath as soon as he entered the drug dealer’s shop, and Helen in his arms stared at the two-headed bartender and the devil drinking wine in a black veil.

[You came to the right place.]

It was Paimon, the crowned demon.