Chapter 100 – Cataclysm (6)
[Absorbed great law
Controls a black mist around the body. Absorbs the power of opponents who come in contact with the fog or touch their body. The amount of absorption can be adjusted, and the power absorbed can be used separately. You cannot absorb the power of an opponent that is too large or stronger than you.]
Choi Soon-Hong looked at his status window. Absorptive method. A skill that absorbs the opponent’s power and uses it as if it were one’s own. This was the first time I had used it on a person, but the effect was clear. It only absorbed a few D-class Awakeners, but it was more efficient than absorbing a decent C-class monster.
Choi Soon-Hong closed his hands once and then opened them, lost in thought. A masked villain approached Soonhong Choi and asked.
“What are you so worried about?”
“No. Nothing.”
“We are already in the same boat. I need to get my revenge on those damn bastards. To the Diamond Club, to Lee Hyeon-woo, to those idiots who laughed at us and crushed us for only believing in their ranks.”
The masked man stretched out his hand and pointed to the blackboard. On the blackboard was a list of what the group called evil and cowardly beings. The guilds that Lee Hyeon-woo, the Diamond Club, and other S-classes belong to.
Choi Soon-hong stared intently at the name of Lee Hyeon-u, whom he hated. As if if he kept his eyes open like that, Lee Hyun-woo would really be cursed and die, his gaze burned. Said the masked man.
“There is nothing to be afraid of if we, the elders of the Black Dragon Ark, are together. However, I wonder if I still lack the strength to catch Lee Hyun-woo. We are also preparing our own plans. With our captain.”
“Who is that captain?”
“I do not know.”
Choi Sun-Hong frowned, thinking that his man was hitting the wall. Are you acting like this even though you’re on the same boat now? The man who read Soonhong Choi’s eyes shook his head and said,
“Ah, don’t get me wrong. None of us know the Captain’s identity. The boss is just the boss. We always get notice in writing, and they give us things, pay us money, and give us specific instructions.”
“You believe in the invisible?”
Choi Sunhong asked with a doubtful expression. At those words, the man shook her head and said.
“He is invisible. Can’t you see the captain’s grace with your eyes? I was originally a hunter too. However, an accident occurred during the gate exploration operation with the Diamond Club Hunter. At that time, that hunter pup made a mistake, and only me and the two pup survived in the operation involving 7 people. I thought the hunter would at least compensate me in the name of the guild, but they laid the blame on me. I was the only one who was criticized, and even though I protested that I was not the one who made the accident, no one accepted it, so I went bankrupt.”
Choi Soon-hong remembered the incident. It was a fairly large-scale gate exploration operation, with 4 C-class and 3 D-class jumping in, the D-class was wiped out and only 2 C-class survived. At the time, criticism was focused on a certain hunter who had incorrectly unlocked the safety device, and it was a big incident as the actual academy had given safety training with this case.
“Did you meet that boss?”
The man nodded her head.
“Yes, to say that we met, we met. A letter came to our house. Let’s take revenge on those bastards who ignore those who live hard at the bottom, saying that they have good abilities. That’s when it started.”
Her mask was on, but her man’s face was burning with hatred. Choi Soon-hong had nothing to say to him. It was also because at the time of the incident, he would click his tongue and tell the members of the Black Dragon Room that he shouldn’t do it this way.
“It’s too bad.”
So, the Black Dragon Ark only offered small consolation. At the point where he had already killed people, he couldn’t discipline someone with a moral or rational attitude. He could say that sitting here with only one word, “I’m sorry,” Was the best thing he could do. Said the man.
“If the letter hadn’t arrived then, I would have committed suicide.”
Choi Soon-Hong nodded his head. Had he not been strong, he too would have thrown himself alone. The man continued her speech.
“So you believe. Didn’t you show the light?”
Soonhong Choi thought about the captain the man wearing the mask was talking about. And, I also looked at Chunbae Kim, who was sitting in the corner and playing games. He was playing games on a handheld game console, not a cell phone game. Said the masked man.
“Take it easy. It’s a single-player game, so it doesn’t catch radio waves.”
“Single what?”
“It’s a game you play alone. Without internet.”
“I wasn’t worried. But how did that friend come here?”
He often watched Shininwangjeon, but Choi Soon-hong did not know much about Kim Chun-bae because he had never been briefed on the background. I wondered why a young man who looked to be about 20 years old now dragged a chariot into the event, and now sits helplessly in the corner of the warehouse and just plays games. Said the man.
“He is a poor kid who was used by the Diamond Club. Do you know that he is Kim Joo-seong, the runner-up in the Rookie of the Year competition?”
“I know.”
Choi Soon-hong knew Kim Joo-seong because he watched the Rookie of the Year. It was because he had regretted that the Diamond Club had taken good talent. If Kim Joo-seong had come to the Black Dragon Room rather than the Diamond Club, Choi Soon-hong would have given him a nickname like ‘Vajrapani Station’ and had the intention of training him hard.
“That guy mobilized that friend and manipulated the match with a buff. And then, when its usefulness ran out, I tried to kill it.”
“Tsk.”
Choi Soon-Hong clicked his tongue. He joked around even in the Rookie of the Year competition, and it was to the point where I thought that the Diamond Club was no different from the world’s evil. If you look closely at the blackboard, you can see that there is also a picture of Kim Joo-sung attached to the right corner.
The man pointed to a picture of Kim Joo-sung and said.
“So, first of all, we plan to deal with Kim Joo-seong, whom Kim Chun-bae wants to kill the most. It’s not like it takes a lot of effort. Our ark, recharge your strength and rest for a while.”
“Recharge your power…”
“You don’t know? If you absorb some of those Diamond Club kids, you might be able to rise to the S rank. Couldn’t it be that you haven’t been able to climb because you haven’t absorbed people with that ability?”
Choi Soon-Hong frowned. But there was a point in what he said. It was because the status window of Choi Soon-hong of the Black Dragon Ark still did not indicate the condition to go up to S rank. There are only two things I haven’t tried. Absorbing fragments of the Almighty and absorbing people randomly.
[You have received a promotion mission.]
Condition: It’s all up to you.
Soonhong Choi stared at the vague status window and stood up. His man said.
“Where are you going?”
“To do what needs to be done.”
It felt like my throat was burning. Oddly enough, a bitter taste lingered in his mouth. Even though he knew he shouldn’t be like this, Choi Soon-hong’s steps were looking for Jeong Su-hyeon.
Soohyun Jeong. A thief who ate fragments of the Almighty.
Choi Sun-Hong tried to move his steps without falling, and repeated it once more. This is going to find mine.
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“The ark will surely come to you.”
Black Dragon’s conference room. The ones here are me and Lee Junhyuk Hunter. And it was Yu-jeong senior, Seong Ha-yeon, Hunter, and Ichie. The TV outside the conference room was already focusing on the terrible crimes of the Black Dragon Ark, and the Diamond Club’s S-class hunters were vocally criticizing his corruption.
Everyone wore masks to hide their identities, but the ability of the Black Dragon Ark could not be hidden. It was because a fairly large number of high-ranking hunters had witnessed the unique black energy and absorbing ability to mummify opponents while touring the dungeon with the Black Dragon Ark.
Outside the Black Dragon room, reporters who had already gathered were camped out. The flash went off even when I saw my hair, and when Yoo-jung reached out and drew the curtains, abusive words came out from among the reporters. Even though we didn’t do anything wrong, the atmosphere inside the guild was running the worst.
“To me?”
After I asked, I immediately understood why. I don’t know since when, but the Black Dragon Room already knew that the Almighty was in my body. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter was sighing while fiddling with his cell phone. Hunter Lee Jun-hyeok glanced at senior Yoo-jung and said to me.
“It was information we found out through our own investigation network. Actually, I was looking for something to give to our ark, but you ate it whole, right?”
I didn’t bother answering. After awkwardly nodding his head, Lee Jun-hyeok, who was staring at me sharply, sighed and said,
“But, still, this isn’t it. If our ark pulls out and eats the Almighty like this, there will be no turning back.”
I thought of the mummified corpses. Goose bumps ran down my spine thinking that I could change into that kind of person if I gave it a moment’s rest. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter said.
“You. Stay here for a while Don’t notice, there’s a night job room upstairs anyway. No matter how much our ark went awry, we wouldn’t come all the way here and mess with it.”
“For now, let’s hold off on joining our guild. No matter how the situation is sorted out, it will be difficult for the Black Dragon Room for the time being. It will be very difficult to come in as a newcomer at a time like this.”
“All right.”
Ichie nodded and said. Senior Yoojung said.
“Then I’ll go and get Suhyeon’s luggage.”
Because it was dangerous for me to go.
The news continued to alternately broadcast the face of the Black Dragon Ark and the tragedy of the last reception.
My mind was complicated. The Almighty’s voice resonated in my heart.
[Don’t be afraid. There is no need to feel guilty. You are the owner I acknowledged.]