Bab 477
Lee Shin sudah begitu selama ini.
Dia menaruh batas yang keras antara Liga dan hal-hal di luarnya. Dia tidak pernah memberikan ruang bagi saran bahwa ia memaksa untuk tujuan pribadi.
Di sini, Lee Shin tidak pernah kompromi.
Ada dua orang yang memberitahunya bahwa tidak perlu sampai sejauh itu.
Satu adalah lengan kanannya tetap, Chae Dong-ha, dan yang lainnya adalah pasangan rohnya, Kim Jong-pil.
Dan ini adalah percakapan Kim Jong-pil dan Lee Shin sebelum berangkat ke Afrika.
u201cHei, kecelakaan apa kali ini yang disebabkan oleh si bratang cerdas ini...!u201d
u201cHehe.u201d
u201cHo, biarkan aku menyusunnya dulu. Jadi, kamu akan ke Afrika untuk menangkap eksekutif Holy Crusaders yang bernama Monitor?u201d
u201cItu bukan bagian pentingnya.u201d
u201cBrank, kalau bukan bagian penting, lalu apa sih!u201d
u201c...u201d
u201c...u201d
u201c...Haa, baiklah. Mari kita bahas Gerbang dulu.u201d
u201cPikiran hebat. Hehe.u201d
u201cAda jebakannya, dan ini gerbang level 8. Namanya adalah Cursed...u201d
u201cFufu, gerbang level 8, u2018Cursed Frozen Serpent's Denu2019.u201d
Ini adalah gerbang dengan atribut air dan es.
Di sini muncul segala macam monster reptil, dari lizardman kecil hingga salamander dan buaya sedang, bahkan basilisk besar dan wyvern liar.
Dan bundel kertas yang Lee Shin berikan kepada Kim Jong-pil adalah manual serangan untuk gerbang ini.
u201cKamu bilang aku harus melatih mereka dengan caraku sendiri berdasarkan ini?u201d
u201cKamu melewatkan satu hal penting.u201d
u201cUntuk membuat mereka benar-benar disiplin.u201d
u201cYep, itu adalah titik pembunuhnya.u201d
u201cBrank, kamu ingin memastikan mereka tidak punya waktu untuk berpikir.u201d
u201cKuu! Seperti yang diharapkan. Mountain King. Pasangan rohkuhku.u201d
Posisi Mir Guild untuk musim ini adalah u2018kompetisi tak terbatasu2019.
Lee Shin dengan active menerima saran Chae Dong-ha dan sedang memamerkan operasi masuk yang belum pernah ada.
Oleh karena itu, musim istirahat ini harus berbeda dari biasanya. Dia harus memaksa mereka lebih keras.
u201cKalau tidak, mereka akan punya terlalu banyak pikiran senggang, dan pikiran senggang itu berujung pada ketidakpuasan.u201d
u201cMasalah tim timbul dari kekecewaan kecil. Masih setengah musim tersisa, dan kita tidak bisa biarkan kimia tim pecah.u201d
u201cJadi kamu melakukan raid menggunakan otoritas perwakilan? Dan gerbang level 8 lagi?u201d
u201cAku mengambil seluruh tim strategi, termasuk tim penyembuh, dan semua 10 orang dari akademi yang sudah menandatangani kontrak dengan kami. Di tingkat ini, mereka akan merasakan ketegangan bahkan tanpa aku mengatakannya, bukan?u201d
u201cTentu saja.u201d
Secara namanya, ini adalah sebuah raid. Tapi siapa pun yang punya otak tidak akan melihat ini hanya sebagai raid.
Ini adalah evaluasi tengah musim.
Mereka akan melihatnya sebagai tes untuk mempersiapkan separuh kedua.
u201cHehe, terasa lega. Aku merasa niatku akan terwujud.u201d
u201cKamu... kamu ingin jadi villain.u201d
u201cSudah terbiasa dengan peran jahat. Hmph.u201d
Lee Shin mengusapi hidungnya dengan licik.
Posisi perwakilan adalah posisi yang bertanggung jawab. Apakah tanggung jawab itu hanya membawa pujian? Kemarahan juga pasti.
Melihat Lee Shin dengan santai rela menjadi bulan sakibat, mengatakan itu hanyalah cara posisinya, Kim Jong-pil merasa tidak nyaman.
u201cJangan seperti itu, aku akan membantumu. Pertempuran Holy Crusaders itu.u201d
u201cLatihan apa?u201d
u201cYoo Shin ada di sana, dan Hye-jeong juga.u201d
u201cKuuu! Ya Tuhan, lihat kedalaman itu, aku sudah menangis air mata kagum.u201d
u201cBrank!!u201d
u201cAh?! Apakah ini air mata emosi, bukan kagum? Hehe, aku terpukul oleh niat baik saja.u201d
u201cBrank manisku, bukan hanya niat, tapi keikhlasannya.u201d
Ini adalah urusan dasar dunia bawah ini.
Mengapa Lee Shin secara sistematis memotong anggota Holy Crusaders? Tujuannya adalah untuk memastikan guild tidak terlibat dalam insiden Holy Crusaders ini.
Jadi, jika ingin membantu, seharusnya fokus pada tim strategi. Buat agar semua orang sibuk hingga tidak punya waktu untuk khawatir tentang dirinya!
u201cJika senior kami mengalahkannya dengan sepenuh niat, mereka bahkan tidak akan bisa berpikir tentangku, kan? Aku sangat menantikan.u201d
u201c...Haa, brank manisku.u201d
u201cBolehkah aku merekomendasikan cosplay untukmu?u201d
Kacamata hitam di kanan, peluit di kiri.
Dan terakhir, topi pelatih merah.
Ini akan menjadi garis terbaik!
u201cLíder raidnya adalah...u201d
u201cLíder raidnya kecewa...!!u201d
K-boom!!
Mountain King Kim Jong-pil, mengenakan kacamata hitam, menyesuaikan topi merahnya dan melompat maju.
Seperti peluru yang melintasi padang salju putih, dia melintasi tim strategi yang menghalangi monster dan menerobos tubuh-tubuh lizardman salju.
u201cBagaimana kemajuanmu bisa diblokir oleh lizardman biasa saja?!u201d
LV8. Cursed Frozen Serpent's Den.
Lizardman salju adalah monster terlemah di dalam gua ular beku ini. Dasar rantai makanan—sebenarnya, mengatakan mereka monster adalah berlebihan.
Mungkin mereka lebih seperti lunch box...?
Crunch!
Seekor buaya putih, seekor buaya putih yang sudah sangat besar, menggeroga-gerogakan dan menelan lizardman salju yang menghalangi jalan.
Bukan hanya satu. Ular besar, u201cwhite mambasu2019, dan u201cpoison cockatricesu2019—yang memiliki kepala ayam dengan crest es dan tubuh lizard—menggilas lizardman di mana saja.
Lizardman diubah menjadi makanan tanpa bisa melawan tirania monster sedang yang sebesar truk, tapi ada yang aneh.
Buaya putih yang sudah sangat besar... semakin besar? Dia terus tumbuh?!
Di saat itu, teriak Kim Jong-pil membangunkan tim strategi yang beku dari kelumpuannya.
u201cBangun!! Gatamu tumbuh melalui pemakanan! Bahkan sekarang sementara kamu berdiri seperti penjajal, mereka semakin kuat!!u201d
u201c!!u201d
Jika u201cfrozenu201d mengacu pada atribut, u201cserpentu2019 menunjukkan tipe, dan u201ccursedu2019 adalah tepatnya u201ckanibalismeu2019 dan u201cgigantiku2019.
Siklus neraka di mana memakan sesama jenisnya menyebabkan pertumbuhan, dan seiring tubuh tumbuh, insting memakan semakin meningkat—itu adalah Frozen Serpent's Den.
Oleh karena itu,
Formasi defensif pasif adalah racun mutlak.
Secara aktif! Mereka harus merusak dan menerobos dengan segalanya yang ada! Sebelum makhluk-makhluk itu tumbuh lebih besar!
u201cYushin!!u201d
u201cYa!u201d
Sekilas perak melintasi kepalanya Kim Jong-pil saat dia menghancurin hidung buaya itu. Kim Yushin melewati massa monster dengan jubahnya bergulung. Targetnya adalah seekor cockatrice yang sedang menelan lizardman! Dia meninapkan perisai peraknya pada crest esnya.
Clangu2014!
Seketika, klaster cahaya perak menembuai di sekitar Kim Yushin.
Perisai perak dibangun di seluruh monster seperti tembokan benteng.
Area diamankan.
Sekarang gilirannya.
Bintang! Mesin pembunuh!
Yu Ri-ra membuat masuk lamunya!
u201cBoom!u201d
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
Yu Ri-ra melompat di udara dan meluncur ke depan seperti petir.
Buletik turun diikuti oleh senjata pistnya yang menari, dan di mana cahaya kuning terang melewati, nyawa lizardman tersebar.
Di sementara Mir bottom duo membersihkan lizardman, monster sedang adalah tanggung jawab dari duo ini.
Baek Yeon-woo dan Park Soo-bin melompat di udara dan memajang.
u201cBokchi.u201d
u201cTerima kasih.u201d
Tidak ada kata-kata yang panjang diperlukan. Mereka berdua terbang melintasi langit. Seperti flor bunga salju di langit, cahaya meledak dari tangan Baek Yeon-woo yang mengenakan seragam putih bersih.
Palu Surgawi dengan seribu transformasi sudah melampaui batas sebagai alat semata.
Palu Surgawi berubah menjadi seekor naga cahaya tunggal...
u201cCakar!u201d
Ia menggigit erat leher white mamba!
Crunch! White mamba, leher yang digenggam oleh naga yang telah menjadi Palu Surgawi, berusaha keras melawan. Lizardman di sekitarnya yang terjajah oleh perkelahian itu bertemu ajalnya.
Lalu, Baek Yeon-woo, mengayunkan pedang panjangnya, menghukum.
Dan lalu.
Full Moon Slash.
Full Moon Slash.
Genius mengungkapkan gigitannya. Bulan purnama mekar seperti bunga di atas salju, memanen hidup monster.
Di sementara, mungkin terdorong oleh aktivitas temannya, Park Soo-bin tidak mendiamkan diri.
Aliran mana mengalir dalam garis-garis di sekitar mantel kelar hitamnya yang bergulung.
Ketika Park Soo-bin menyelesaikan perhitungannya, benda-benda listrik bersinar di matanya.
u201cLord Gant.u201d
[u2019God of Mechanical Devicesu2019 telah mengunci target.]
[Menuju eks terminasi musuh.]
Crunch!
Kranum semua kepala buaya itu.
Kueeek!
Badan buaya itu berputar.
Krrr-!!
Hidung buaya itu dicabikkan.
Dan melalui percikan darah, mata Gigant bersinar.
Goooou2014!!
Dengan raungan Gigant, salju di ladang meledak, dan sebuah garis cahaya hitam melintasi. Itu adalah Park Soo-bin.
u201cWhew.u201d
Berlari ke depan dengan mantel kelar hitamnya bergulung, Park Soo-bin membelit pinggangnya untuk menendang.
Di saat itu, perangkat mekanis tumbuh dari ujung-ujung kakinya.
Tendangan Park Soo-bin yang ditolong oleh mesin meledak!
K-boom!!
Cockatrice jatuh ke tanah, kepalanya hilang sama sekali.
Di sementara Park-Baek duo berkeliaran, mengubah monster sedang menjadi bubur, Lee Hye-jeong yang mengenakan Yama-nya, dan Tim 2 maju.
Kang Mal-sook, dilengkapi dengan Diablo, melompati depan seperti buldozer, sementara Seo Ye-na, yang dibungkus dalam rantai besi, menjaga sisi.
Genius malas Shin Yong-jae mendukung tim strategi menggunakan kemampuan spasialnya daripada menyerang.
Di antara mereka, Choi Soo-pil yang paling mencolok.
Bergabung dengan sisi Kim Yushin dengan bantuan Shin Yong-jae, Choi Soo-pil mem-summon u201cArmy of the Netherworld,u201d menambah kekuatan benteng perak.
Di sampingnya, rantai tanaman Kim Jong-pil, yang sudah membersihkan lizardman, meluncur ke semua arah.
Pelana listrik memotong napas monster, dan benteng perak perlahan memperluas wilayahnya. Sinar yang mencemerlang dan mesin yang kejam mengeruk jalannya.
Di bawah serangan yang menghancorkan ini, monster-monster mencari pelarian sia-sia.
u201cCepat! Capai titik!u201d
u201cu201cYa!!u201du201d
Tim strategi merespons teriak Kim Jong-pil.
Thus,
Chapter 477
Lee Shin had always been like that.
He drew a strict line between the League and matters outside of it. He never gave any room for the suggestion that he used force for personal reasons.
In this regard, Lee Shin never compromised.
There were two people who told him there was no need to go that far.
One was his permanent right arm, Chae Dong-ha, and the other was his soul partner, Kim Jong-pil.
And this was the conversation Kim Jong-pil and Lee Shin had before leaving for Africa.
“What kind of accident did this precocious brat cause now...!”
“Hehe.”
“Hoo, let me organize this first. So, you're going to Africa to catch an executive of the Holy Crusaders called the Monitor?”
“That's not the important part.”
“You brat, if that's not the important part, then what is!”
“...”
“...”
“...Haa, fine. Let's talk about the gate first.”
“Excellent thinking. Hehe.”
“There's that trap, and it's a level 8 gate. The name is Cursed...”
“Fufu, level 8 gate, ‘Cursed Frozen Serpent's Den’.”
Water attribute and ice attribute.
It was a gate where all sorts of reptilian monsters appeared, from small Lizardmen to medium-sized Salamanders, Alligators, and even large Basilisks and wild Wyverns.
And the bundle of papers Lee Shin had handed to Kim Jong-pil was the raid manual for this gate.
“You're saying I should train them in my own way based on this?”
“You missed one important thing.”
“To the point where they're thoroughly disciplined.”
“Yep, that's the kill point.”
“You brat, you're trying to make sure they don't have time to think.”
“Kuu! As expected. Mountain King. My soulmate.”
Mir Guild's stance for this season was 'infinite competition'.
Lee Shin had actively accepted Chae Dong-ha's advice and was showcasing an unprecedented entry operation.
Therefore, the breaking season had to be different from usual. He had to push them harder.
“Otherwise, they'll have too many idle thoughts, and idle thoughts lead to dissatisfaction.”
“Trouble stems from very small dissatisfactions. There's still half the season left, and we can't let the chemistry break.”
“So you're doing a raid using representative authority? And a level 8 gate at that?”
“I'm taking the entire strategy team, including the healer team, and all 10 people from the academy who signed contracts with us. At this level, they'll feel the tension even if I don't say anything, right?”
“Obviously.”
In name, it was a raid. But anyone with a brain wouldn't just see this as a raid.
A mid-term evaluation.
They would see it as a test to prepare for the second half.
“Hehe, that's a relief. I think my intention will work.”
“You... you're planning to be the bad guy.”
“I'm used to the villainous role. Hmph.”
Lee Shin rubbed his nose mischievously.
The representative is a position of responsibility. Does that responsibility only bring praise? Resentment is also a given.
Seeing Lee Shin casually volunteer to be the punching bag, saying that's just how the position is, Kim Jong-pil felt uneasy.
“Don't be like that, I'll help you. That Holy Crusaders battle.”
“What about the training?”
“Yoo Shin is there, and Hye-jeong is too.”
“Kuuu! My god, look at that depth, I'm already shedding tears of admiration.”
“You brat!!”
“Ah?! Are these tears of emotion, not admiration? Hehe, I'm touched by the sentiment alone.”
“You precocious brat, it's not just sentiment, it's sincerity.”
“I'm sincerely fine, elder.”
This was a matter of the world's underbelly.
Why was Lee Shin cutting off the Holy Crusaders' limbs so methodically in the first place? His goal was to ensure the guild wasn't involved in this Holy Crusaders incident.
So, if he wanted to help, he should focus on the strategy team. Make it so that everyone is too busy to worry about him!
“If our elder rolls them with full intent, they won't even be able to think about me, right? I'll look forward to it.”
“...Haa, you precocious brat.”
“Can I recommend a cosplay for you?”
Sunglasses on the right, a whistle on the left.
And finally, a red instructor cap.
This would be the best line!
“The raid leader is...”
“The raid leader is disappointed...!!”
K-boom!!
Mountain King Kim Jong-pil, wearing sunglasses, adjusted his red cap and leaped forward.
Like a bullet fired across a white snowfield, he brushed past the strategy team blocking the monsters and tore through the bodies of the snow lizardmen.
“How can your advance be blocked by mere lizardmen?!”
LV8. Cursed Frozen Serpent's Den.
The snow lizardman was the weakest monster in this frozen serpent's den. The bottom of the food chain—actually, calling them monsters was a stretch.
Perhaps they were more like lunch boxes...?
Crunch!
A massive white crocodile, a white alligator, chewed up and swallowed the snow lizardmen that had been blocking the way.
It wasn't just that one. Giant snakes, the 'white mambas,' and the 'prison cockatrices'—which had the head of a chicken with an ice crest and the body of a lizard—were swallowing lizardmen everywhere.
The lizardmen were being turned into meals without even being able to resist the tyranny of these medium-sized monsters, as large as trucks, but something was strange.
The white alligator, which was already huge... grew even larger? It kept growing?!
At that moment, Kim Jong-pil's shout woke the frozen strategy team from their stupor.
“Get it together!! This gate causes growth through predation! Even in this moment while you're standing there like idiots, they are getting stronger!!”
“!!”
If 'frozen' referred to the attribute, 'serpent's den' showed the type, and the 'curse' was precisely 'cannibalism' and 'gigantism.'
A hellish cycle where eating one's own kind led to growth, and as the body grew, the predatory instinct increased—that was the Frozen Serpent's Den.
Therefore,
A passive defensive formation was absolute poison.
Actively! They had to crush and break through at all costs! Before those things grew any larger!
“Yushin!!”
“Yes!”
A silver flash shot over Kim Jong-pil's head as he crushed the alligator's snout.
Kim Yushin crossed through the monster horde, his cloak fluttering. His target was a cockatrice attempting to swallow lizardmen! He slammed his silver shield down upon the creature's ice crest.
Clang—!
Immediately, silver clusters of light shot out around Kim Yushin.
Silver shields were erected across the monsters like a fortress wall.
Area secured.
Now it was her turn.
The superstar! The carry machine!
Yu Ri-ra makes her entrance!
“Bang!”
Rat-tat-tat-tat—!
Yu Ri-ra stepped on the air and shot forward like lightning.
Bullets rained down following her dancing dual pistols, and where the bright yellow lightning passed, the lives of lizardmen were scattered.
While Mir's bottom duo cleaned up the lizardmen, the medium-sized monsters were the responsibility of this duo.
Baek Yeon-woo and Park Soo-bin kicked off the air and advanced.
“Bokchi.”
“Got it.”
No long words were needed.
The two of them tore through the air.
Like snowflakes falling across the sky, light exploded from the hand of Baek Yeon-woo, who wore a pure white uniform.
The Heavenly Hammer of a thousand transformations had already surpassed the limits of being a mere tool.
The Heavenly Hammer became a single dragon of light...
“Bite!”
It violently bit into the neck of a white mamba!
Crunch! The white mamba, its neck seized by the dragon-turned-Heavenly Hammer, struggled violently. The surrounding lizardmen were caught in that struggle and met their end.
Then, Baek Yeon-woo, wielding his greatsword, struck down.
And then.
Full Moon Slash.
Full Moon Slash.
The genius revealed his fangs.
A full moon bloomed like a flower on the snowfield, harvesting the lives of the monsters.
Meanwhile, perhaps stimulated by his friend's activity, Park Soo-bin did not stay idle.
Mana flows extended in streaks around his fluttering black mink coat.
Sparks flew in Park Soo-bin's eyes as he finished his calculations.
“Lord Gant.”
[ ‘God of Mechanical Devices’ has locked onto target. ]
[ Exterminating enemy. ]
Crunch!
The alligator's skull was crushed.
Kueeek!
The alligator's torso twisted.
Krrr-!!
The alligator's snout was ripped apart.
And through the spraying blood, Gigant's eyes flashed.
Goooo—!!
With Gigant's roar, the snow on the field exploded, and a black streak of light shot through it. It was Park Soo-bin.
“Whew.”
Sprinting forward with his black mink coat fluttering, Park Soo-bin twisted his waist to deliver a kick.
At that moment, mechanical devices sprouted from the tips of his feet.
Park Soo-bin's kick, aided by machinery, detonated!
K-boom!!
The cockatrice collapsed to the ground, its head completely gone.
While the Park-Baek duo ran wild, turning medium monsters into pulp, Lee Hye-jeong, wearing her Yama, and Team 2 advanced.
Kang Mal-sook, equipped with Diablo, broke through the front like a bulldozer, while Seo Ye-na, wrapped in iron chains, guarded her side. The lazy genius Shin Yong-jae supported the strategy team using spatial abilities rather than attacking.
Among them, Choi Soo-pil stood out the most.
Joining Kim Yushin's side with Shin Yong-jae's help, Choi Soo-pil summoned the ‘Army of the Netherworld,’ further strengthening the silver fortress.
Beside him, Kim Jong-pil's plant vines, having already cleared the lizardmen, shot out in all directions.
Bullets of lightning cut off the monsters' breath, and the silver fortress gradually expanded its territory. Dazzling radiance and violent machinery carved a path.
Under such a devastating offensive, the monsters scattered vainly.
“Hurry! Reach the point!”
““Yes!!””
The strategy team responded to Kim Jong-pil's shout.
Thus, the Mir strategy team was advancing at high speed.
Watching the strategy team from the air amidst the swirling blizzard, a gasp of admiration escaped Lee Shin's lips.
“Kuuuh!”
As soon as the strategy team, who had been flustered initially, regained their composure, they picked up speed.
They targeted the weaknesses of each monster and coordinated their breathing with their comrades. Especially in the linked plays where they temporarily split into groups of two or three, Lee Shin couldn't help but clap enthusiastically.
“Kuuuh, as expected of our elder. I absolutely love it.”
Raids aren't done by raw power alone. One must read the monsters, breathe with comrades, and feel the battlefield itself.
A philosophy very much like the Mountain King's was visible in the strategy team.
As a result, the Mir Guild was advancing incredibly quickly despite it being a level 8 gate.
“Now, all that's left is the evaluation.”
Lee Shin picked up a pad containing the profiles of each hunter.
The fact that the conquest was excellent was one thing, but the evaluation was different.
The key point of this ‘Cursed Frozen Serpent's Den’ was advance and target elimination.
If given time, these creatures grew stronger by the second through cannibalism.
A passive defensive formation was impossible from the start! Only advance was the way.
In the midst of this, they had to eliminate the monster individuals attempting to grow in size, so the battlefield inevitably became a chaotic ‘melee.’
What did this mean?
It meant this place was the most perfect stage to evaluate the Mir Guild in every aspect.
“Because individual capabilities are most clearly revealed in a chaotic battle.”
Do you think I spent all that money just to catch one monitor?
No. This gate was necessary, and it was for the sake of the guild.
Rather than one choice for one gain, he stubbornly extracted two, three, and even more gains—a truly Lee Shin-like approach.
In that sense, there was one last shot remaining.
“How is it? Not just because it's my guild, but isn't it quite impressive?”
As Lee Shin turned around with a satisfied smile, he saw the people before him.
“Mr. Lee Shin, I really can't figure you out.”
Starting with Saint Lumiel shaking her head, the Knight Commander, and the Grand Inquisitor.
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