Chapter 331
Chapter 331
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 331
Chapter Title: Treasure Hunt (10)
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The plan itself was simple.
First, he'd gotten information about the guard captain, Orcal, from Arcturus, and then attacked him with the others.
He was a formidable opponent, as befitting a captain, but there was no way he could withstand Oh-jin's party of monstrously strong individuals, especially not after being caught in a surprise attack.
After subduing Orcal, everything went smoothly.
Using his transformation ability, Oh-jin impersonated Orcal and casually slipped into the Golden Treasury.
The dampness inside?
The facility manager who suddenly lost contact?
He didn't even need to lift a finger for those.
'After all, I was the one who "discovered" the dampness and "contacted" the facility manager in the first place.'
The dampness was created using the Seongheun of Haemajari, and he hadn't even contacted the facility manager to begin with.
The only variable was calling for Arcturus, but in that case, he got lucky.
It was thanks to him being a Main with excellent skill in adjusting Seongyumul.
'Even if that wasn't the case, I could have just brought him along for another reason.'
Anyway.
Impersonating Orcal and entering the interior wasn't difficult.
'Hiding my transformation ability from Vega was actually harder.'
Because he couldn't let Vega find out the true nature of his transformation, Oh-jin had no choice but to carry out most of this plan alone.
"Hah."
An exhausted sigh escaped Oh-jin's lips.
'How long can I keep this up?'
The more burdens he carried, the harder it became to hide the existence of Heukcheon.
Because without using the power of Heukcheon, he had no way to stand against the Cheonma.
'Someday.'
The thought that a day might come when he would have to tell her about his true identity crossed his mind.
'But not now.'
Oh-jin shook his head and took out a communication Seongyumul from his pocket.
When he channeled mana into the fist-sized crystal orb, a hologram appeared with a soft halo of light.
-Woah! A treasure vault! It's a treasure vault!
The image of Baek Mu-gang appeared, his eyes sparkling as he looked around.
-Y-You really succeeded.
-How in the world did you get past the guards and enter?
Beyond Baek Mu-gang, who had his face pressed right up against the crystal orb, the voices of Isabella and Vega could be heard.
"I told you I had my ways."
Avoiding a specific answer, Oh-jin slowly began to walk.
"Is the treasure you're looking for among these, sir?"
Oh-jin held out the crystal orb toward the mountain of treasure.
There were hundreds of types of treasure.
From glittering gold and jewels to blades like spears and swords, all sorts of valuables were gathered.
-Hmm... just a moment.
Baek Mu-gang carefully examined the mountain of treasure.
Staring intently with a finger to his lips, he slowly shook his head.
-No, it's not here.
"Is that so?"
The Golden Treasury was so vast that there were still many places to check.
Holding the crystal orb, Oh-jin slowly walked around inside the Golden Treasury.
"How about here?"
A section filled with accessories like necklaces and rings.
Each accessory was studded with glittering jewels that looked like they would easily be worth a fortune.
-Hmmm... No. My treasure isn't here.
Baek Mu-gang, who had been staring intently at the treasure, shook his head again.
'If it's not an accessory either...'
This time, Oh-jin moved to a place where jewels were displayed.
But.
-No.
Baek Mu-gang shook his head again.
Oh-jin sighed and moved to the area where blades like swords and spears were displayed.
-Umm... No.
Still no luck, huh.
A deep sigh escaped him involuntarily.
"Can't you describe the treasure you're looking for a little?"
Out of frustration, he asked the question he had already asked several times.
Just when he was thinking he'd get another useless answer like 'Treasure is treasure…'
-My treasure, it's more rectangular and light.
Rectangular and light?
'Like a box for holding jewels?'
No, a jewelry box wouldn't be light.
'What in the world is this treasure he's looking for?'
Oh-jin circled the inside of the Golden Treasury once more, looking for a treasure matching Baek Mu-gang's description.
But no matter how much he searched the treasury, he couldn't find a treasure that matched Baek Mu-gang's description.
'Damn it.'
At this point, he was even starting to doubt whether Deimos had really stolen Baek Mu-gang's treasure in the first place.
"Perhaps it's in here and you just missed it?"
-No. If I see my treasure, I'll know.
Baek Mu-gang answered firmly.
"Hah."
Oh-jin, who hadn't imagined that the treasure Baek Mu-gang was looking for might not even be in the vault, let out a deep sigh as if his head was starting to hurt.
'If it's not here, then where in the world is it?'
Could it be one of the items Deimos was keeping separately?
'If so, there's no way to sneak it out.'
In a place with tight security like the Golden Treasury, he could at least manage to smuggle out a treasure, but...
If it was stored secretly in a personal vault that only Deimos knew about, there would be no way to get it.
"I'll take one more look around."
There was still some time before the guard captain was due to arrive at the factory.
Oh-jin returned to the entrance of the Golden Treasury to look around one more time.
Just then.
Grrrrind!
The door suddenly began to open.
Beyond the slowly opening door, a tall Main slowly walked in.
"I was wondering who opened the door without permission... It seems a little rat has snuck in."
A body so gaunt his bones were visible.
Within sunken eye sockets like those of a man on the verge of starvation, eerie blue eyes glinted.
Crackle!
The moment he saw the tall Main enter the treasury, Oh-jin unhesitatingly drew Dantalion from his waist and threw it.
Instantly changing into the form of a spear, Dantalion shot forward with a sonic boom.
Thwack.
The tall Main casually snatched the spear, which was blazing with blue lightning, with his bare hand.
As the blue lightning flowed up his hand, the Main's eyebrow twitched faintly.
"The Seongheun of Lyra... Why is a Sado of Vega here?"
Clatter!
Tossing the spear in his hand to the floor, the Main glared at Oh-jin with burning eyes.
Even though he was just glaring without doing anything, a suffocating pressure bore down on Oh-jin.
A presence on a completely different level from any Main he had faced so far.
It didn't take long to realize the identity of the tall Main standing before him.
"...Deimos."
Deimos of the Gold.
A Main holding the rank of 'Grand Duke,' of which there were only three.
The ruler of the underground city beneath the Black Rock Mines was glaring at him.
"So you're the human who's been causing a stir in the Demon Realm lately."
Having apparently heard news of Oh-jin, Deimos wore a cold sneer.
"Even a human who preaches justice with his mouth is ultimately blinded by greed when he sees treasure, I see?"
Did he mistakenly believe that Oh-jin had snuck into the treasury because he was blinded by his treasure?
Deimos moved his arm, thin as a dry twig, and grabbed a handful of gold from nearby.
"Indeed... there can be no being who does not covet something so beautiful."
Deimos gazed at the gold in his hand with dazed eyes, as if intoxicated.
"......"
Oh-jin silently reached out his hand toward the spear lying on the floor.
Dantalion rose into the air and returned to his hand.
Now that he had come face to face with Deimos, there was no longer any way to avoid a confrontation.
"Change of plans."
He wanted to avoid a direct confrontation if possible, but...
Now that it's come to this, there's no other way.
'Beat Deimos down and find the treasure.'
Oh-jin took a low breath and tightened his grip on the spear.
-I-I'm heading there right now!
-Just hold on a little longer, Oh-jin!
Urgent voices came from the crystal orb.
"Planning to call your little rats?"
"You seem like a bit of a handful to deal with alone."
"Just like a thief trying to get his hands on another's treasure. Utterly pathetic."
"Don't give me that 'another's treasure' crap."
Most of the treasure here were items that Deimos had plundered or stolen.
"Why is stolen treasure yours, you bastard."
Are you British?
"Was it not because they were too weak to protect their treasure? I merely received the treasure, as is my right, from those who were unworthy of possessing it."
Definitely British.
"Well then, let's see if you're worthy."
A torrent of blue lightning surged toward Deimos.
Deimos lightly twisted his body to evade the torrent of lightning.
'Fast.'
He'd heard Deimos was fanatically obsessed with treasure, so he'd imagined a somewhat chubby, greedy Main.
Surprisingly, Deimos was a skinny, assassin-type Main with swift movements.
'In that case!'
Boom!
He stomped his foot hard and drew back his arm.
The lightning blazing from his entire body condensed into his spear.
To catch a fast-moving enemy, a wide-range attack was most effective.
He thrust forward the arm he had pulled back to its limit, once again throwing the spear at Deimos.
And.
'Bangjeon!'
The blue lightning condensed within the spear spread out in all directions like a beast released from its cage.
It was a wide-range attack thrown with the thought of 'just hit him once,' but...
"No!"
Deimos threw his own body forward to take the brunt of the blue lightning that was about to spread in all directions.
A pained groan escaped the lips of Deimos, who had thrown himself into the lightning like a parent shielding their child.
"How dare you...! Do you intend to scratch my treasure!"
Deimos glared at Oh-jin with eyes full of hatred.
'What kind of crazy bastard is this?'
A hollow laugh escaped Oh-jin's lips.
"If your treasure is so precious, then try and protect it, you bastard."
The moment he was about to unleash an attack on the mountains of gold piled up around them.
Fwoooosh!
A white flame that ignited in an instant shot toward Oh-jin.
"Kuh!"
Oh-jin hastily dodged, but his arm was grazed by the white flame.
Where the white flame had grazed him, a pure white frost settled, and his skin began to turn necrotic.
'What is this?'
Oh-jin frowned at the nonsensical combination of 'cold fire'.
"One who does not cherish treasure has no right to possess it."
With a hand as gaunt as a dry twig, Deimos drew the sword from his waist.
A pure white blade, as if made from condensed snowflakes.
Just drawing the sword from its scabbard unleashed a chill so intense it felt like the surroundings would freeze over.
'Is he creating that white flame by combining it with the power of that sword?'
Oh-jin poured a potion over the frostbitten, necrotic skin of his arm and narrowed his eyes.
Just then.
-My treasure!
Baek Mu-gang's voice came from the still-connected crystal orb.
-That! That's my treasure!
Baek Mu-gang frantically pointed at Deimos's sword.
'That sword is the treasure the old man was looking for?'
The treasure of Baek Mu-gang, finally identified...
...was very different from what Oh-jin had imagined.