Chapter 62 - Conspiracy (1/2)
‘They should be waiting for me to take action.’
Soo Hyuk determined as he stared at the Demon guild users. He hadn’t thought of the possibility that they would be lying down in ambush. What if he had recklessly charged in?
‘I would be in trouble.’
The Demon guild members would appear, and he would be ganged up upon 1:11.
‘What should I do?’
Soo Hyuk first put away his poison tower robe to his inventory, but that was it. He had no idea what to do next. Loken, Haiden and Mandara were still slaughtering left and right. He couldn’t kill them as he had his family trip today, and he felt extremely uncomfortable just doing nothing.
‘Haa…okay.’
A few moments later, Soo Hyuk finally decided.
‘If I don’t take action in this situation, then I’m just as bad as them.’
It wasn’t a normal fight between different parties. It was a one-sided slaughter against innocent people. If he didn’t act out when he had the power, he would be the same kind of scum as the Demon guild.
‘They will understand.’
If he died and couldn’t go to the trip, his parents would understand. Wrapping up his thoughts, Soo Hyuk stepped forward.
At that moment.
“These bastards! What kind of place do you think this is!”
A hot-blooded voice entered his voice just as he about to cast a spell. Soo Hyuk paused and turned to look at the source of the shout.
‘Who is it?’
Numerous users were racing down the streets. He was able to determine that they were users from the shining marks on their heads.
“It’s the Solitude guild!”
“The Solitude guild!”
Soo Hyuk found out the identity of the unknown users from the shouts of people around him.
“Murdering in broad daylight? Just what do you think Hedlin is?”
“You don’t know who you’re messing with!”
The users from the Solitude guild started attacking Loken’s group immediately. At the sudden unexpected situation, Soo Hyuk backed up and observed the scene.
“Shit!”
“Do you know who we are?!”
In response to their attack, Loken, Haiden and Mandara started cursing at them furiously. Then a few moments later, Loken’s body was covered in black light. He was dead.
“Don’t think there’s something off?”
“What?”
“This entire thing looks really awkward.”
“Isn’t it because you just can’t see well?”
Users around him conversed while watching the battle between Solitude and Loken’s group. Soo Hyuk, who was observing and listening to the conversations, thought the same.
‘So I’m not the only one was thinks that.’
Soo Hyuk was feeling suspicious as well.
‘Why does it look fishy?’
Everything from the entrance of the Solitude guild to the battle was fishy and awkward.
“That’s it!”
After observing the battle more, Soo Hyuk was able to figure out the problem.
‘Why aren’t they attacking?’
They were within striking range, yet they didn’t attack. Solitude was merely chasing Haiden and Mandara’s tail. Observing the obsurd scene, Soo Hyuk felt like he was watching a tap slowly dripping water.
“Hey, where did the Demon guild guys go?”
“Oh? Yeah? They were right there a second ago.”
“Did they run away?”
“Well, the Solitude guild’s leader was originally from Desolate after all.”
When Soo Hyuk heard the conversations of users around him, he hurriedly looked around for the Demon guild members.
‘Where did they go?’
The eight users from the Demon guild had disappeared without a trace while Solitude and Loken’s group were fighting. Where could they have gone?
‘At this rate…’
Soo Hyuk glanced at the two men running away, Haiden and Mandara.
‘There won’t be a big problem even if I die.’
The situation had changed a lot when Solitude had appeared. Soo Hyuk cast Inferno. The target was the escaping Haiden. It was because Haiden knew what his face looked like.
[You have attacked user ‘Haiden’.]
[You have entered an ‘enemy’ state with user Haiden.]
[You have entered an ‘enemy’ state with user Haiden’s party members.]
[User Haiden has a high infamy score.]
[Your infamy score will not rise.]
The messages appeared as Haiden was hit by Inferno. Then after a few seconds, Haiden’s body was faintly covered in black light.
“Soo Hyuk, that fucking bastard!”
Mandara also stopped escaping when Haiden collapsed. Then he shouted while looking around desperately.
“Where is he! Where is he!”
After receiving no answer, he looked at the Solitude guild members.
“…”
He then tilted his head in confusion.
‘Why are they panicking?’
The Solitude guild was panicking. Mandara should be the one panicking, not Solitude, so he was genuinely confused as to why they were panicking.
‘Don’t tell me…’
The panicking Solitude members…
‘Are they actually tormenting me?’
They should be trying to capture him, but looking at them now, weren’t they trying to bully and torment him?
“Fuck!”
Mandara, who couldn’t find Soo Hyuk in the end, started running again while swearing. Then Solitude started chasing after him again. Watching this comical scene, Soo Hyuk wondered,
‘Perhaps this entire incident was planned by Solitude?’
The Demon guild was full of rotten weirdos, but they didn’t wantonly do random massacres. This incident was definitely planned by someone else. Although he wasn’t certain, the Solitude guild was a likely candidate.