Chapter 100 (2/2)

Afterward, Seo Jin-Wook got another item that looked like the Vital Flame, and the process was the same.

After collecting, he soared into the sky, and again, instead of heading toward the gate, he changed his direction a little and moved away.

But at that time, the travel time was longer than before.

Unlike when it was only a few minutes, 20 minutes had already passed.

“Well… Guild Master.”

A subordinate carefully spoke up.

“I think you should make a decision now.”

The problem was that the temperature had begun to drop rapidly after reaching a certain point.

The terminal was already showing negative 100 degrees.

“The cold air has begun to break through the resistance spell.”

The chill made even the SS-Class hunters curl up and slow their movement.

Arthur grumbled.

“We can’t hold on any longer. Seo Jin-Wook, that bastard, did he cover his entire body with cold-resistant items? Well, I’m sure he would have fully prepared if he regularly went in and out of places like this.”

He nodded his head then issued an order.

“Instead of waiting for him to land, we take him down in mid-air. Before we attack, everyone must make sure that your Mana capacity is at the maximum using potions.”

Their Mana was quite worn out because they maintained their Levitation for a long time, and Arthur, who was continuing the cold resistance, consumed even more.

Gulp, gulp…

“Now then.”

Just before the interception…

“Huh? He’s going down.”

Seo Jin-Wook began to lower his altitude as if he had been waiting for the opportunity.

Looking at him, Arthur spoke.

“Good timing. Whatever’s here, the tracking stops here.”

“Yes!”

Seo Jin-Wook quickly stepped on the glacier-covered land.

It was after they already had made quite a distance from the Gate.

“Huh?”

A wizard mumbled, bestranged.

“There’s nothing here.”

Unlike where Seo Jin-Wook landed until before, there was no ice altar in sight.

They scanned beyond the horizon, but there was nothing around them.

“There’s no more room to continue observing. Capture him right away.”

Arthur, who was looking down saying that, flinched for a moment.

‘… What is that bastard doing?’

Seo Jin-Wook stood still with no expression as if he was waiting for him.

That was a completely different attitude than how he had been acting busy so far.

‘It couldn’t be!’

The four people who were chasing Seo Jin-Wook were completely hidden.

They landed on the ground, maintaining their stealth. Three people, excluding the close-range typed, also prepared the spell in unison.

The moment when the Rune Stone shone…

Paht!

Their Mana boiled up, and the stealth that they were maintaining was broken.

As they did so, Seo Jin-Wook’s glance moved and stopped at them slowly.

The hunters sensed discomfort when they saw his expression.

There was no sense of danger, bafflement, agitation, or horror in his face.

Whoong!

The three wizards invoked the spell in unison.

[Neutralizing Chains (Rank: S)]!

The moment the three magic circles covered the sky, the swordsman blocked his path in preparation for the instance that Seo Jin-Wook would rush in. However, his eyes grew bigger at what Seo Jin-Wook did.

The gap that momentarily occurred at the onset of activation was enough time for any SS-Class hunter to dig in.

But Seo Jin-Wook stood his ground.

Cha-ka-cha-ka-chak!

The air was twisted, and a thick chain was summoned to tie up Seo Jin-Wook’s body.

It was the skill Seo Jin-Wook used against Park Chang-Hee and the Black Dragon before.

The chain beyond the laws of the material world was conjured and restrained his movements thrice.

“…”

Seo Jin-Wook’s face was calm even when his body was tied up.

Arthur Clifford’s sense of discomfort had filled all the way up to the top of his head.

His senses continuously rang warning signals, telling him that something was wrong with the situation.

And… it’s dangerous.

“… What is he hiding?”

The question had an overlapping meaning.

What was his secret in discovering a bunch of rare items swiftly?

And in that situation, why did he keep such a relaxed expression?

Thud, thud.

The anxiety that pressed his temples, following the heartbeat, was rising from an area of instinct.

‘That can’t be true. Even if he’s an SS-class hunter, he can’t get out of this situation!’

Seo Jin-Wook finally opened his mouth.

“What are you going to do with me?”

Arthur’s eyes turned fiercer.

” You’re a cheeky little boy. You better cooperate and spill out everything you know. About the Aurora of Stability… and the Vital Flame! Tell us everything else you’re hiding as well.”

“Otherwise? Are you going to torture me?”

Arthur smiled mischievously.

“You know of your destiny well.”

“Then are you going to take me to England like this?”

“Yes!”

“Then, are you going to take me to the seventh basement floor of the Matap headquarters? Right next to the torture chamber where your old subordinate was trapped in? The room next to the man who has been suffering for years because of your erroneous orders?”

“… How could you?!”

At that moment–

“Huh?”

The swordsman searching through Seo Jin-Wook’s bag, convinced that the opponent was incapacitated, sounded horrified.

“T- this!”

The special container was opened, but there was no green flame in it.

“No way!”

Arthur gritted his teeth.

Tangled in chains, Seo Jin-Wook continued in a calm tone.

“Yeah, it was fake. I can’t believe you fell for such basic illusion magic…. You guys tend to rely too much on [Analysis] magic. That’s a magic spell that can’t even be triggered unless it’s within a meter away.”

“Eek!”

Arthur tried to suppress his surging anger.

A question filled his head.

‘Why the hell?’

Why did he lure them all the way there by utilizing a bunch of fakes like that?

Arthur didn’t know, but the answer to his question was already ‘storming’ its way to their location.

“H-huh?”

The wizard cried out in bafflement.

Swoosh!

The atmosphere changed rapidly, and strong winds stormed around them.

And then.

Zap!

“The terminal!”

The cold air, strong enough to pierce through the SS-Class cold resistance magic, froze and destroyed their belongings.

Seo Jin-Wook, who was waiting for the extreme turbulence that was supposed to blow into that place at that time, quietly smiled.

“Good job coming all this way.”

He checked on his opponents and murmured internally.

‘One SSS-Class, and three SS-Class, huh.’

Silently, he activated his skill.

Paht!

“No way!”

One-third of the chain pile that was restraining Seo Jin-Wook disappeared in an instant.

“De-spell?!”

Arthur’s thoughts were complicatedly intertwined.

‘Who the hell did he copy that from? No one in Korea has mastered S-Class De-spell!’

He barely swallowed his bafflement.

‘Let’s stay calm!’

Three wizards cast a spell in unison, one of which was canceled.

To invalidate one S-Class magic required a tremendous amount of Mana.

‘Yes, the magic of the remaining two is intact and well. He can’t touch even those because of his Mana–!’

[De-spell].

Paht!

[De-spell].

Paht!

Arthur couldn’t believe his eyes.

S-Rank De-spells were cast thrice, one after another.

While that was happening, the opponent didn’t even drink any Mana potion.

If that was possible…

“T-that’s not the Mana capacity of a human!”

The sharp frosty air that stormed in even at that moment consumed Arthur’s Mana at a rapid pace.

Before he could finish speaking…

Swish!

Seo Jin-Wook held up his sword and charged towards them!