Chapter 14 (1/2)

Zephyrus hit his own head. He was being stupid. He said that he would catch everything himself but had forgotten about the mission while lost in this conversation.

Zephyrus put the rectangular case in his left hand and plastic box in his right on the floor. His attire was exceedingly casual.

‘He doesn’t have any accoutrements. Is this a state of relaxation from this being his 10th completion? I’ll see how he does.’

It seemed the case was his weapon. All he wore were low class tights and partial protectors. He appeared to have gathered a fair amount of points.

‘His equipment is weak. From the way he speaks, he isn’t the type to waste his points. Either he gathered them or….. had he used all of them on that case?’

The case opened. Inside was a 3-level stair-like structure.

Each level was immaculately organized with 3 components. They were separated into parts – crossbow, sniper rifle, a variety of bombs.

‘Terrorist? Sniper?’

Terrorist bomber.

Sniper shooter.

Cha Jun Sung thought Zephyrus’ job to be one of those two. It couldn’t be both because that would be inefficient.

Cha Jun Sung thought of the blader job.

With the virtual version’s qualifications, he would need millions of points. He could not waste points in this situation. Other Lifers were the same. They needed to choose one thing and focus all their points on that. It didn’t do to spread your points thin.

He was extremely quick in putting the crossbow together. It was not an ordinary crossbow. It was an automatic crossbow capable of firing 20 shots.

“I finally bought this.”

Zephyrus admired it when he finished its assembly, as he pulled the sniper rifle out.

Cha Jun Sung’s gaze went to the sniper rifle. He had seen it in the store while looking at firearms. He could remember it being worth more than 3000 points.

It was shorter than a normal sniper rifle. It was a semi-automatic sniper rifle.

“This is a set item. I used 20,000 points to buy it.”

“Ho ho.”

Cha Jun Sun laughed in disbelief. 20,000 for a case and a few weapons? It was ridiculously expensive, but there must have been a reason why Zephyrus bought it.

“If you buy this case, every day you automatically get 10 arrows, 50 bullets, and 2 bombs of your choice. There’s a benefit in the long term.”

That meant he saved the cost of daily ammunition for low level missions.

“Wait here.”

Tatat!

Zephyrus took the crossbow and box and went forward 20 meters. They were in the sewers, but there was no problem with vision because light seeped in from many places.

‘What is he trying to do?’

Cha Jun Sung observed Zephyrus. His hunting method was the opposite of his.

It seems like he uses his head to hunt rather than his body? His profession leaned toward the sniper side. A terrorist is called a life destroyer.

Zephyrus had a fever bomb in his hand.

He then opened his box and took something else out. It was raw meat dripping with bright red blood. It was a fever shot.

“These guys go crazy over blood. After a minute, they’ll come in hordes.”

“It’s a double-edged sword.”

“Exactly.”

He did not go around killing them, but instead made them all gather in one place. If something went wrong, it could turn into a concentrated attack instead of a lure.

Their shadows appeared first because of the angle of the light. The mutants were not walking towards them, but crawling. They wriggled like maggots. Their number was unclear.

“Blood-sucking insects?”

“The mission is complete once you catch about 150 of them.”

A white lump the size of a human head with hair growing out of it was crawling.

It was impossible to differentiate between the head and the rear. A strange liquid was dripping from the hair. Paralysis toxin. He was certain it was a blood-sucking insect.

‘Could it be?’

Cha Jun Sung quickly looked around him. Blood-sucking insects were scary. They became stronger as they matured. The ones in front of them were just newborn babies.

One could not underestimate them just because they were babies, however. They were still among the top five strongest in Level 1. Though they seemed slow, they became as fast as lightning once they detected food.

“The evil blood-suckers aren’t here.”

“Have you seen the evil blood-suckers? How far is their home?”

“You don’t have to worry about them as long as you don’t go too far in.”

Zephyrus’ explanation was succinct. It was a silent indication that he would not say more.

Cha Jun Sung believed that the information this boy had said he earned from this place, the Underpass, had to do with his approach to the blood-sucking insects. Whatever it was.