C-Grade Shelter Plunder Battle (4)
Monsters were exploding with insane energy, roaring and charging at each other, beginning to kill each other.
While they fought savagely, the virus spread rapidly in all directions.
“Wow. It seems like we don’t need to intervene, does it?”
“Yeah. The speed at which the numbers are rising is insane.”
[A : 1654] [B : 1484]
The numbers had caught up almost instantly.
Once Ji-ah’s virus started spreading, it couldn’t be stopped as it poured out to the monsters.
Monsters were pushing and hitting each other, starting to kill each other.
Moreover, when they died, new monsters appeared to fill the numbers again.
They died and new ones appeared, got infected, and started killing again, repeating for several seconds.
“Almost caught up!”
“But there’s not much time left now.”
[A : 1954] [B : 1894]
The remaining gap was really small.
But the remaining time was only a few seconds.
‘Damn it. What can I do?’
The gap was just a little left.
But it seemed impossible to catch up in a few seconds.
So I had no choice but to release the seal on the White Dragon.
“White Dragon!”
The moment I called out to the White Dragon.
Ji-ah looked at me and smiled wickedly.
And then…
Virus Detonation
※ Detonates all infected biological entities at once.
With one gesture from Ji-ah.
With that one gesture, all the monsters infected with Ji-ah’s virus exploded simultaneously in their spots.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Monsters exploding like fireworks.
Even though I covered Ji-ah’s eyes with my hand to avoid the gruesome scene, I guess I had already seen it all.
In an instant, hundreds of monsters lost their lives in just a few seconds.
The time limit has ended.
Determining scores.
A team eliminated a total of 1968 monsters.
B team processed a total of 2236 monsters.
Therefore, B team’s victory. The plunder by World’s Strongest Guild was successful.
The authority of the C-Grade Shelter has transferred to World’s Strongest Guild.
“Ji-ah! Well done.”
“Really?”
“Of course! Our Ji-ah is the best! If it weren’t for Ji-ah, we would have been in big trouble.” If it weren’t for Ji-ah, this plunder battle might have been difficult.
Even if I released the power of the White Dragon.
The plunder battle has ended.
***
“Has the C-Grade Shelter really come over to our side?”
“Yeah. We have to go over there to organize the shelter personnel. And receive that guild from those guys too.”
“But will those guys just hand over the guild?”
“I’m worried about that too.”
We were betting, but they are the kind of guys who don’t take killing lightly.
Thinking that they would easily hand over the guild was wrong from the start.
“Should we charge in?”
“What’s the big deal. It’s fine. I’ll go there alone first.”
“Will you be okay alone?”
“Of course. Hyung.”
In case those guys do something weird, it might be better for me to go alone.
If multiple people go, it might be hard to escape from there.
“You know you can’t overdo it, right?”
“Of course. Ah. Hyung, can I talk to you for a moment?”
“Huh? Sure.”
I pulled Kang Hyuk out separately and asked about the investigation on Geum Bit-na-ra from before.
“Any income?”
“No, nothing at all. The information is too tightly sealed.”
“It’s definitely something they’re planning, but I can’t find a way.”
“Really, is the scenario video accurate?”
“Definitely. It was the same when I was a kid, and before that too.”
Kang Hyuk said he had searched everywhere and even hired experts to investigate Geum Bit-na-ra, but nothing came up.
“It’s related to the calamity. We have to find out for sure.”
“I know. But how to find out when it doesn’t come out.”
“Haa. I’ve poked at it a few times, but it seems like he doesn’t know anything about it.”
Even in the Tower of Death, and when getting the Golden Dartboard, I asked subtly, but Geum Bit-na-ra only talked about general facts that everyone knows.
But it was clear there was something.
Geum Bit-na-ra’s expression looked very relaxed.
As if she was just enjoying the current situation normally, whether the calamity happened or not.
The actions that seemed to hide something but didn’t, gave me a sense of certainty that there was something.
“Well, I’ll figure out Geum Bit-na-ra. How did the investigation go on the others?”
“Those guys?”
“Yeah. The ones who had the fruit.”
“I couldn’t find information on those guys either. Sorry.”
Kang Hyuk bowed his head and scratched his head, looking apologetic.
“No, rather, I’m the one who should apologize. Asking you for such a favor.”
“I couldn’t find out about those guys, but I found the whereabouts of the other rankers.”
“The other rankers...”
The rankers who didn’t make it into the 7-person team for the Tower of Death.
Since the calamity forced them to move to the place where the calamity occurs, no one has been able to get news about them.
“Where are they?”
“They said they’re on an island.”
“An island?”
“Yeah. Not only themselves, but also some people from other countries are there too.”
“Other countries.”
Yeah.
It’s not just our country that’s experiencing this.
The Tower of Death was created in other countries too, and the same things are happening there as in Korea.
Just looking at the bulletin board is enough to know that.
“So, what’s the situation there?”
“...It’s hell.”
“Hell?”
“Yeah. People there, even though they were at least top-rankers within the top 100, have already lost more than half of them, they said.”
“More than half have died?”
Top 100 rankers.
That many top rankers dying.
It’s not even the full calamity, just part of it appearing, but the rankers can’t hold on.
“Yeah. They didn’t even think about fighting, just trying to escape.”
“If something like that happens here...”
“Just all over. Didn’t you hear from Jin-hwan?”
The calamity Jin-hwan saw.
No matter how much, I didn’t think it would be that bad, but looking at the situation now, it’s likely true.
“Wait? Didn’t some countries say that failing to climb the Tower of Death also happened?”
“Yeah. Even if they fail to climb the tower, it doesn’t immediately happen. They said that the calamity happens after all the Tower of Death schedules in other places are over.”
“Then what about the people in the failed countries?”
“Right now, they’re crossing the borders to other countries.”
Fortunately, since the calamity doesn’t happen immediately, people are crossing borders to survive.
But it seemed not easy.
Near the borders, there are quite high-level monsters placed, and to cross the border, you have to kill them, which is life-threatening.
Yeah.
It would be much better than facing the calamity.
“Any other news?”
“Not yet. I’ll tell you as soon as I get any news.”
“Thanks, Hyung. And ask for more.”
“Got it. Imma. When I get back, let’s have a drink after a long time.”
“Yeah.”
After talking to Hyung, I headed straight to Sajik-dong.
Thanks to riding the White Dragon, we arrived at Sajik-dong without much time passing.
“This place has also become quite desolate.”
The baseball field where I accidentally came when I first came to Busan.
Since then, I’ve gotten hooked on baseball and always come a few times every baseball season, but now it seems no one comes.
Walking slowly to the baseball field, the message appeared.
“Welcome to the C-Grade Shelter.”
“You have been appointed as the new leader of the C-Grade Shelter.”
“You have acquired the authority to operate the C-Grade Shelter.”
The rights were clearly transferred.
“Well. Let’s see the roster first.”
I displayed the roster of people inside the shelter and forcibly expelled all of them outside the shelter.
“Argh, what the hell?!”
“Suddenly expelled? Are you kidding?”
“We went through all this trouble to come here. Where are those bastards!”
At the same time, people were being forcibly teleported outside the shelter.
Just looking at them, they were the kind of people who would cause a fuss, looking around with irritated voices.
“Well, it doesn’t concern me.”
Since I didn’t want to be noticed by those guys, I used invisibility and was about to enter the shelter when...
“You’re here? Kim Min-sung.”
Someone calling my name exactly.
Someone who knows my name inside this shelter.
Moreover, few people would know that I would come here.
“That guy.”
As I approached the place where the voice was coming from, a man was standing arrogantly.
He was probably the guild master who was the original owner of this shelter.
“Where’s the guild master here?!”
“Catch me if you can! I’ll make you pay!”
The voices of people looking for the guy echoed loudly from around, but the guy seemed not to care about that at all.
“If Kim Min-sung is here, at least greet him? Don’t hide somewhere.”
The guy was looking around arrogantly, searching for me.
Since I had to receive the guild from that guy anyway, I quietly approached the man and told him to come inside the shelter.
“Haha. This is interesting. A transparent person.”
The guy, hearing my words in a situation where my appearance wasn’t visible, slowly entered the shelter.
First, I gave the guy temporary shelter permission, then I entered with him, removed the invisibility, and greeted him.
“Haha. Nice to meet you. We already talked once, didn’t we?”
“The one who spoke beyond the wall, is that you?”
“It’s fortunate that you remember. I’m Kang Chan-seong.”
The hand he extended towards me.
But I had no intention of shaking hands with the guy.
“I didn’t come here to shake hands or anything, so let’s skip that. You will keep the promise, right?”
“Promise. Ah. About handing over the guild, right?”
I thought maybe the guy would do something foolish, so I placed my hand on the weapon for a counterattack.
But contrary to my expectation, the guy was handing over the guild ownership purely.
Kang Chan-seong has transferred the ownership of Gangryong Guild to Kim Min-sung.
Do you accept? Y/N
“Ownership has been properly received.”
“Then the business is done? I’m leaving.”
With that, Kang Chan-seong coolly left.
After the guy left.
I couldn’t move from that spot for a while.
It was the guild I received as per the transaction, but the ease with which I got it left an inexplicable unease in my mind.