Chapter 46 . Two Hearts (4) (2/2)
“No. I’m here to tell you this.”
“What?”
Bild’s eyes were full of malice.
“You will soon become the material for the ‘stone’.“
“A stone?”
At that moment, Kahn’s face completely distorted.
“You crazy bastard…!”
Kahn didn’t know exactly what the stone was, but he knew what it was made of.
A substance made at the expense of the players caught by Arangdan and the scavengers, just like himself. It was the main product and the result of an abominable experiment. An experiment that should have never been conducted.
“Originally, we were going to slowly extract the energy out of your bodies but… Unfortunately, we’re in a hurry now. I’d say it’s good news for you guys. ‘Cause it’s gonna end your pain right away.”
Bild took a step back and gestured at his subordinates with his chin. It was the signal to start.
Kahn clenched his teeth as he watched the men approaching him and Doyle.
It was okay if he were to die alone. It was the consequence of his impulsiveness.
But he was distressed at the thought of Doyle having to die with him. He was a good kid who had been following him solely out of trust, but Kahn had ended up leading him to a bad end.
If possible, he wanted to set him free in exchange of his own life.
But he was helpless.
And powerless.
‘This is just like last time, I can’t…!’
In this irreversible situation, a painful memory from the past flashed through his mind.
The men were reaching up to them.
“….”
Kahn gritted his teeth.
* * *
‘There it is.’
After wandering from place to place following the Spiny Mole, Yeon-woo finally found the place he was looking for. A place that appeared to be no different from the wilderness of Section F.
But,
‘Draconic Eyes.’
The moment he looked through his enhanced eyes, a whole different scenery came into his view. Countless flaws were repeatedly being tangled and untangled in the sky above, and beyond the flaws dozens of buildings spread across the wide plain were revealed. It seemed the entire forest of buildings was concealed under a wide-area invisibility magic. But even that couldn’t fool Yeon-woo’s Draconic Eyes.
As he examined the composition of the magic, he swiftly dug into the gap between the flaws. Originally, there was an alarm that should have sounded when an intruder broke in. However, Yeon-woo could bypass the alarm thanks to his skills.
When Yeon-woo sneaked inside Arangdan’s base, the whole place was plunged in confusion as if they were in a state of emergency.
There, he had seen several players busily running from one building to another.
“Fucking hell, of all time why does it have to be now…!”
“Quit your whining and get back on your feet. We don’t have much time left. The damage is too big. We’ll be all dead if the Isle sends an inspector now.”
“Damn it!”
Yeon-woo overheard their conversation while hiding behind the corner of a building and inferred about their current situation.
‘They must be talking about the Monster Outbreak.’
Clearly, most of Arangdan’s power and their information network were concentrated in Section E. The Monster Outbreak must have destroyed those along with Section E.
‘What a windfall.’
It wasn’t something he had meant to happen, but now that he had decided to go to war with Arangdan, he could definitely make good use of the current situation.
‘Shall we start then?’
With a sneer on his face, Yeon-woo came out and blocked the way of two players.
“Wh, what the hell?”
“Wait, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him before. You, identify yours…!”
Without knowing he was an intruder, the two tried to inquire Yeon-woo. However, the player had to stop before he could finish his sentence. Yeon-woo was already swinging Carshina’s dagger with mana imbued on the blade.
*Swish*
On contact, the mana created a big explosion.
*Kwang*
Like a massive tidal wave, everything in front of him was swept away by huge gusts of wind, including the two players and also the buildings.
* * *
*Rumble*
The building suddenly trembled.
“What was that?”
Bild raised his head up.
Some crushed rocks poured down from the ceiling.
This building was designed to withstand earthquakes.
What’s going on outside?
The players who were about to take Kahn and Doyle looked back at Bild.
Bild’s expression also turned into a frown. The moment he ordered a subordinate to check the outside,
*Kwang*
A door swung open and another one rushed in.
“Bild! We, we’ve got a big problem! Someone has broken into our base again!”
“What?”
Bild answered with a stiff expression.
Ever since Arandan was established, it wasn’t as if there hadn’t been intruders before.
Some had grudges against them, others smelled something fishy from them, and others just wanted to pick a fight. They all came for different reasons, but there had been at least one intruder in every round of the tutorial. Khan and Doyle were also one of them. And every single one of them had ended up becoming material for the ‘stone’. So normally, he shouldn’t be worried no matter how strong the intruder was.
‘But why now?’
Bild’s heart began to flutter with an incomprehensible tension. So he turned towards the subordinate and shouted out loud.
“Where? Where is this intruder?”