Chapter 76: Chapter 75: To Egypt, Part II (2/2)
”Tell me… how did Lee Jiwon get so strong?” At first, Song Daechul and his Intelligence Division made the judgement call that it was the end for Lee Jiwon. It was why Song Daechul ordered him to be protected as a final favor to him.
”That's…” Uno had always been able to clearly answer every single one of his guild master's questions, until now. Only Uno, the Intelligence Division, and Song Daechul knew about the fight between Lee Jiwon and the Hitman Guild's specialist. Not a single one of them expected the fight to turn out the way it did.
”It also doesn't make sense that he slept for four years straight,” Song Daechul didn't rebuke Uno for being unable to answer. If Uno didn't know, no one could know. He knew it wasn't because Uno was slacking off.
”Haein still doesn't know he's up, does she?”
”No, she doesn't.”
”When is she due back?”
”She and the Shire Guild have completed the boss raid and are currently hunting at a hidden dungeon.”
”Then she should be back in a month or two at most.”
”Yes sir, it would seem so.”
”Good. Continue to collect as much information on Lee Jiwon as possible.”
”Yes sir.”
”You may go.”
”Yes sir. Oh, and should we continue to track him?” Song Daechul had the Myth Guild keep track of Lee Jiwon's movements while keeping its distance. Uno asked if they should follow him all the way to Egypt.
”...” Song Daechul quietly thought to himself for a while.
”It's… about time to put an end to it and our old ties.”
”Understood. I'll have the Myth Guild cease at once.” Uno then disappeared into a cloud of smoke. Song Daechul continued to look out his window and watched the city below him.
”I've… changed a lot as well. I didn't die when my time came, and it seems I've become a monster…” Song Daechul walked out of the conference room, removing the ward that surrounded the room as he left. The ward was there to repel the prying eyes of the Gnosis Guild.
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The Gnosis Guild members were gathered once more at their Han Dong building in Yeouido.
”He's not trying to hide his ward from us now.”
”We did take a lot of information from him.” X, the wielder of the Nearly All-Seeing Eye, spoke up for the first time.
”Do we need to conceal ourselves now?”
”We do. My Eye is telling me to not underestimate Song Daechul.”
”Really?” Alpha asked X.
”The old man's found some new desires after escaping death. Or maybe he's found something new to latch on to. Either way, he's gotten too strong and I'm sure he knows it, too. Soon, we won't know what he'll decide to do. One wrong move, and we'll become his new target.”
”Damn.” Alpha swore at what X just said and began to think. Soon, he came to a decision.
”Cease all intel operations on the Sunbin Guild. Don't even accept requests that have to do with the Sunbin Guild. Turn over all profit we made using the Sunbin Guild over to Song Daechul. We need to make ourselves as scarce as possible.” No one said anything in objection. They all knew this decision was based on what X just told them.
”But… do we really need to turn over everything? It's not like he knows exactly how much we made,” said Lim Gina.
”This meeting is adjourned.”
”I guess we're huddling in for the storm.”
”Damn, it's getting scary. Do you think I should leave Korea for a while?” No one paid attention to what Lim Gina said.
”Hey. Hello? Excuse me? Can you guys hear me? Are you guys actually ignoring me again?”
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I arrived at Cairo International Airport in a record six hours, thanks to airline companies using wind magic to speed the planes up without having to make any mechanical improvements. The Healer party got on a bus right away, as if their itinerary was already planned out ahead of time.
I didn't set out to follow them to the Pyramid of Khufu right away, as it wasn't my target destination. I left the airport and walked around Cairo to see what the general situation of the city was.
I bought a map to see where the dungeon location was, but the map said it was only fifteen kilometers away from me. Hell, I didn't even need a map; I could have just followed the crowd of devas that was heading towards the dungeon.
-Damn, that's a lot of devas.-
There was not a single mortal in sight. Of course it did make sense, since it was pretty close to the dungeon, but the fact that there was not a single mortal around meant that the place was pretty dangerous.
Cairo was not a safe place for mortals to live in. In other words, there was a high chance that Cairo was pretty lawless, and that whatever power resided here was too weak to properly maintain the city.
I was alone in this unfamiliar place, but I wasn't nervous or afraid. I looked around some more before heading to the Pyramid of Khufu. I did take my time, but thanks to my high movement speed, I arrived in no time.
”It's pretty big.” The Pyramid of Khufu, also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza, was surrounded by smaller pyramids and was truly a sight to behold. However, the best part was the dungeon entrance. The dungeon entrance stood in the middle of the pyramids and there was a line of devas waiting outside, with another group of devas blocking the entrance. They were part of the guild that controlled the dungeon and were collecting entrance fees from devas in line.
”That mark…” It was a normal sight to see members of the controlling guild collect entrance fees, but I noticed the insignia on their shoulders.
”Isn't that the Myth Guild?” It was one of the famous guilds I had heard about in the past.
-If the Myth Guild is here, then is this place connected to the Blood Prince?-
I didn't know about the Myth Guild just because it was famous. Well, it was famous since it was Egypt's number one guild, but it was famous because of the deity known as the Blood Prince.
-That's the guild that was obliterated by the Blood Prince.-
Deities; 114 beings that were chosen by the Creator Himself. Seven of them were known as the Seven Monarchs. These seven were considered to be the strongest out of all the deities. The Blood Prince was one of them.
The Blood Prince and ten of his followers completely annihilated the Myth Guild. That was why I remembered the guild.
-Damn. The Blood Prince, huh…-
I had never meet him in person. The Blood Prince never really came to Asia, especially South Korea. But everyone had heard of his evil reputation.
Countless mortals and devas died by his hand. Everyone all the way to Seoul knew about how he killed without discrimination.
-I suppose I don't have to worry about that yet.-
I didn't put too much thought into it, as it was bound to happen to someone else, and not to me. Besides, if it did already happen, these Myth Guild members wouldn't be here!