Chapter 77: Chapter 76: Minor Contact? Part 1 (1/2)
Chapter 77: Chapter 76: Minor Contact? Part 1
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
Over by the Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo, there were signs of a huge fight.
”It's time to go. The Myth Guild will be here soon to investigate.”
”Hah. Are you afraid of those insects? Insects are insects, no matter how many there are.”
”Yes, I know. You've told me many times before, but right now, your men are anxiously waiting for the return of their captain. They may be in this for the money, but they don't enjoy carrying out dangerous missions.”
Um-nefer, one of the 114 deities turned away. Um-nefer had a different name he was known as: the Blood Prince! Those that knew him called him the Blood Prince, whether they were deities, devas, or mortals.
”Must we contract devas?” the Blood Prince asked Ang-te, another deity.
”Yes. We need them, regardless if they're helpful or not. If we take on all the devas on our own, we will be evenly matched. But if we have devas on our side, we can pull ahead and they'll be too busy fighting one another.”
”It's exactly that kind of political thinking that's preventing us from advancing. We don't need to split them up when we have absolute power.”
”Only those as strong as you can think like that, captain. Besides, didn't you get clocked real good not too long ago? I can still see you running away with your tail between your legs when you got caught in the Myth Guild's trap.”
”I…”
”Whatever. Let's go back now. Hasn't the countdown started anyway?”
”Tsk! But I'm not fully warmed up yet to go back now. Is the Giza Pyramid still guarded by the Myth Guild?”
”I suppose so. It is the Myth Guild's biggest source of income. Why? Do you want to go there, too?”
”I'm not warmed up yet. Besides, isn't it better for all of us if I kill at least one more of them?”
”Haa…fine. But be careful. The Myth Guild is most likely on full alert after getting hit that hard. I also don't want to deal with Shin's temper…”
”I get it, I get it. You worry too much. Shin thinks about too many things to freely go anywhere. She's probably in a middle of a hysterical fit right now,” the Blood Prince interrupted Ang-te, annoyed.
”I understand. I'll take the men back to base.” Ang-te gathered the 950 mercenaries and returned to the safe house to await the start of the Myth Guild Invasion.
”Now then, I suppose I should make my way over there.” The Blood Prince began to head towards the Pyramid of Khufu, the primary source of income of the Myth Guild, where Lee Jiwon was earnestly in the middle of searching for the hidden dungeon!
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”Damn, this is tough.”
I had no trouble digging through the pyramid itself. There were devas everywhere and none of them paid any attention to me. No one else probably expected there to be another dungeon here when there already was one.
”Is this the wrong way to look for it?” I was looking for the hidden dungeon the same way I found the dungeons in Korea. I kept punching at the air while going around.
I rapped my knuckles here and there while taking care not to attract any attention towards me, but couldn't find any sign of the dungeon.
-If I remember correctly… hidden dungeons were found through quests or scrolls found in random chests.-
-I've got no information about the hidden dungeon's entrance at all. Can it only be found if I fulfill certain requirements?- I continued to knock at the pyramid's walls while thinking to myself.
All of a sudden, I heard a loud crash echo through the pyramid. I turned my head towards the sound and heard a voice. It didn't sound very far away.
”Ahahaha! This place is about to come into my possession! Who said you can go around collecting golden rings like this?” A man right outside the pyramid entrance was holding one of the guards by the neck.
”Gahk!”
-The Blood Prince!-
I had never seen him face to face, but had seen him on multiple news reports, so I knew it was him. On the way here, I had thought that there was no way that I would encounter him like this, but there he was, right in front of me.
”You…mothe…”
”You're just another descendant of the loser, Ay!”
”Attack him!”
”Burning Black Dragonfire!”
”Solid Sand Chain!”
”Summon! Sand Warrior!”
The Myth Guild guards began attacking the Blood Prince.
”Ha! Good, good. Struggle as hard as you can. It'll make crushing you that much more fun!” The Blood Prince took all of the attacks head on, but it didn't look like he received any damage from them. He just stood there, smiling.
”Hahahaha! It's almost a crime to control Egypt when you're all this weak. Blood Pool!” Blood began pouring out from the ground beneath the Blood Prince like a geyser of blood. Soon, the whole area around him was covered in blood.
”Run away!”
”Don't get caught in the Blood Pool!” The guards quickly jumped away to get away from the pooling blood.
”Where do you think you're going? Steel Chains of Blood!” Chains covered in blood shot out from the pool of blood and wrapped around the ankles of guards that jumped away and pulled them down in the Blood Pool.
”No…”
”Shit!”
”Cut them away! The Blood Prince can't move away from the center of the Blood Pool. Just cut the chains away.”
”We just need to stay away from the Blood Pool. The Blood Prince will have to lift it sooner or later.”
The Myth Guild guards started to attack the chains that were dragging them deeper into the pool little by little. However, the Blood Prince remained where he was and the chains remained intact, no matter how hard they struck at them.
Soon, the six guards were completely submerged in the pool of blood. And that was it; they never came back up.
”Insects…”