Chapter 163: I am your father 5 (1/2)
Bang, crumble.
On their way to the state of Virginia in the US…
There was a loud noise and a building on a plain started to crumble. Ju-Heon’s group had managed to escape from the Tomb Appearance area.
They had earned a dice artifact in the process.
[14-Sided drinking game dice of the Silla nobles (Punishment dice) (B-Grade: Rare Grade - Consumable Artifact)]
This was a tool used by the Silla nobles for punishment games while drinking.
There were things written on each side to describe the punishment the person must face.
It was a B-Grade artifact, but Ju-Heon liked it quite a bit. Maybe it was because it suited his tastes.
“Huu, I was worried because this area was in the Ring of Tomb for the 7 Great Tombs. I'm glad it wasn't a difficult test.”
Yoo Jaeha was shocked after seeing Ju-Heon's refreshed expression.
“Test? But you just destroyed it.”
”What are you talking about? Seol-A and I sincerely completed the test.”
“It looks like you and I were at different places, sir.”
The artifact’s test was simple.
‘Bathe it well, and serve it alcohol.’
But forget completing the test… Was he mistaken to think that Ju-Heon and Seol-A had excitedly played catch with the artifact instead?
“Anyway, how are we going to get to the Pentagon?”
Yoo Jaeha pulled up a map on his phone as he sighed.
“It looks like we still need to go a couple hundred kilometers.”
They had been traveling via train after all. This was the middle of nowhere for them to hitchhike.
“It’s fine. I requested a helicopter from the US armed forces.”
”They said they’ll send one?”
“Yes. The president himself told me.”
Ju-Heon was smiling.
The US President seemed to be quite interested in Ju-Heon.
He had been going to the Pentagon at the President’s invitation since he had to handle Louie's issue anyway. It was amazing that the leader of a nation was willing to meet a civilian, but it was a different story since this civilian was the artifact user who had turned the world upside down with his achievements.
Furthermore, Louie was a child whom the US armed forces had been protecting. The US would not ignore the fact that such a child had a connection to Ju-Heon.
Of course, Ju-Heon would do whatever he wanted regardless of whatever people had to say.
The reason Ju-Heon had come here right now was to steal.
‘One of the 7 Great Tombs will appear around here.’
It would be here soon. That wasn't all.
‘I heard in the past that there were suspicious artifacts hidden inside the Pentagon.’
There were many rumors about how the Pentagon itself is a devil-type artifact or about how the US armed forces had a secret weapon. He had also heard that China, Russia, and North Korea all loathed something and tried to get rid of it.
Furthermore, Ju-Heon had been disappointed about it. It was great that he got rid of the US General Keira early on, but he couldn’t sweep any artifacts because he didn't have a useful artifact at the time.
He couldn't sweep the artifacts that Keira and the US President had hidden in the Pentagon.
‘That is why this is a chance to sweep all of them.’
Why would he let go of this opportunity to enter a heavily guarded area when they were going to let him legally enter?
Of course, the Pentagon is still thoroughly guarded by artifacts. He would probably die for stealing from a national defense facility, so he would need to think long and hard about how to get them out of there.
‘But to tell me that the Monarch of Destitution can’t come with me, these cruel bastards.’
They couldn’t help but feel that the Monarch of Destitution going into a national defense facility in itself was extremely dangerous.
‘A nuclear weapon might go off.’
”Anyway, they said they’ll send a helicopter since I said we were with your son. They even said they’ll hand over the artifacts they are holding for him.”
“He’s not my son!”
Yoo Jaeha pounded his chest before glaring at Louie Martin.
“All we need to do is take da Vinci's artifact from this kid……”
Louie Martin took a notebook out of his pocket and started to get angry.
“I told you this is a copy! The US President has the real da Vinci's artifact! The Pentagon is guarding all of the artifacts! I was asking Chairman Kwon to be my guardian so that I could get it out of there!”
Everything was ruined because they had shown up and claimed that Jaeha was his father. Louie continued to huff. Ju-Heon naturally just ignored it.
“Anyway, people from the Pentagon will come get us in about 30 minutes. We’ll just wait until then.”
But at that moment…
As Ju-Heon tried to move…
Tang!
A bullet flew over and landed right in front of Ju-Heon.
“!”
“We will shoot if you take a single step.”
“!”
They realized after the Tomb Appearance ended that this vast plain was full of soldiers.
They were all US soldiers.
[The enemy artifact has cast a barrier.]
[Warning. You are unable to use any escape or teleportation artifacts.]
[Warning. You are unable to escape.]
Ju-Heon tilted his head in confusion after seeing them using artifacts and preparing to attack.
“It doesn’t seem like they came to escort us, does it?”
“It’s obvious they’re not! It’s been less than 5 minutes since you contacted them!”
Ju-Heon then started to smirk.
“Mm, let me ask to make sure. You haven’t made a mistake, have you? We’re supposed to meet with the President and the Secretary of Defense at 5pm.”
A soldier responded to him.
“Yes, I’ll make sure to report up. I'll tell them that Seo Ju-Heon's group perished on their trip because of a Tomb Appearance.”
‘What the hell did that fucker just say?’
“Hand over the kid.”
“We will fire if you resist.”
Ju-Heon glared at Louie Martin after hearing that.
“Hey. Did you create this situation?”
“N, no! Why would I?!”
Well, it didn’t matter. They probably just didn’t want to lose Louie who could use da Vinci’s artifact.
But Ju-Heon just started to call someone.
“There’s someone I'm going to call if you guys keep acting like this.”
They became shocked.
‘Is he calling the Monarch of Destitution?!’
‘Damn it, we need to take care of them stealthily without informing the superiors!’
This naturally made them feel pressed.
”W, wait!”
“You must not call the Monarch of Destitution for World Peace!”
“Please!”
Ju-Heon started to smile at their reactions.
‘Who said I was calling the Monarch of Destitution?’
[Thank you for calling Dominos pizza…]
Ju-Heon calmly looked toward them while holding the phone.
“Okay. What are you going to do? Are you going to keep attacking?”
They seemed to have realized that they couldn't continue like this as they changed their strategy.
“Attack his weaknesses!”
“Use Seo Ju-Heon’s five weaknesses from our intel!”
‘Huh? Weaknesses?’
Ju-Heon tilted his head.
‘What do they mean by his weaknesses?’
As he had that thought…
“Aaah!”
“D, don’t shoot!”
The enemies suddenly started to scream before they fainted. Seol-A, who had disappeared before any of them had noticed, had attacked.
“Aaaaaaaaaak!”
Seol-A's ghosts possessed their bodies, broke the enemies necks and killed themselves.
Of course, the enemies could not see the ghosts.