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Chapter 80

80 . Ghost is Moving



“Why are you all so surprised? Let’s go hunting . ”

“… . ”

“… . ”

From Ghost’s declaration, everyone began to murmur amongst themselves .

Out of nowhere, to suddenly go hunting…

Everyone was busy looking at one another for answers .

None could open their mouths to reply, however .

It’s to be expected, since the one that spoke up was Ghost, the leader of this place .

Everyone here also knew nothing of Ghost .

If they spoke hastily without thinking, they could end up forfeiting their life .

Underneath each of the radical faction leader were 8 squadrons .

Each squadron were made up of classes that maximized combat potential .

No squadron was stronger or weaker than the rest .

50 members made up each team, with a leader and a vice leader for the group .

So out of each group, the two were the best of the bunch .

Not included in these groups were 30 others .

Guardians .

These worked directly under the leaders of the radical faction .

When Joker left to fight Min-Cheol, they tried to come with, but Joker declined .

Unless their leader was meeting with the overboss Zekill, it was rare for them to leave the side of their leader .

But this wasn’t the case for Ghost .

Totaling up all this, roughly 500 members were underneath each of the radical faction leaders .

You could say that the numbers weren’t that great .

However, only 500 or so Awaken each year .

Out of those, 40% do not live past the first 5 years and end up disappearing .

Sometimes due to getting a class that doesn’t earn money, dying to monsters, or even being killed by someone else .

Considering that, the numbers definitely weren’t small .

Of course, not everyone was of Korean descent .

Since they had chosen the headquarters of the radical faction as Korea, the number of outsourced members wasn’t small .

It was then .

“We only move at your command, leader . ”

The one who broke the silence was the vice leader Lee Ho Geun .

He worked underneath Ghost, the leader known for not carrying out his duty . He could even be called the true leader of the group, since he took over all the duties that Ghost didn’t do .



He didn’t possess a lot of offensive capabilities due to being a tank class, but he had great leadership .

That was probably why he was able to hold together this group that had no leader .

“Ah… Right . Ho Geun . Let’s go hunting with me, you and I . Bring along everyone here too . ”

“Do you mean everyone?”

“Yes . How many do we have in total? One . Two . Three . ”

“Exactly 481, leader . ”

“There were that many of you? Whew . That’s good . ”

“Then I’ll have them prepare at once . ”

“Yep!”

Finishing up what he wanted to say, Ghost had the happiest look in the world on his face, whistling excitedly as he headed back into his office room .

He had been quiet all this time, but this was definitely an order from the leader to mobilize .

Receiving the order, Ho Geun worked steadily to form ranks .

“You’ve heard him . Leader has given the order to mobilize . Each squadron leader, to the front . ”

Responding to his words, 8 squadron leaders came forward .

There was no hesitation found, unlike with the scene with Ghost .

Looking towards He Geun, they waited for his next command .

He continued .

“This is the first time this happened . It’s late, but this probably means that he has plans to lead us . Does everyone understand what this means?”

“Yes!”

“Yes . ”

“Since this an unprecedented event, there are probably some that do not know how to handle themselves . Each squadron leader, check everyone without missing a single one . Meet your leader’s expectations!”

“Understood . ”

“Yes!”

Each squadron leader quickly returned to their squadron .

Then they began to explain on what to do during an emergency deployment such as this .

Removing all evidence of themselves in the the faction’s building . Destroy Awakened IDs in front of the squadron leader . Face and any other distinguishable features are to be hidden . No matter what happens, save enough mana to cast at least one spell .

It was all the sake of making sure that information does not leak out .

In case they do perish during the mission, it was to make sure that their IDs as well as anything that could identify them wouldn’t be left .

Number 4 was probably for the same reason .

It was to leave enough mana to suicide in case the worst case scenario occurred .

And just like that, 30 minutes after the call to mobilize had been made, all forces had finished preparing and had gathered .

However, Ghost didn’t appear despite much time passing .

Just like that, an hour had passed .



Ghost appeared, with both his hands in his pockets .

Talking to himself, he scratched his head after looking at his group, geared to the teeth .

“Are you all going somewhere? Why is everyone dressed in such a scary fashion?”

“… . . ”

Surprised by Ghost’s sudden change of attitude, Lee Ho Geun spoke .

“Leader . You made the call to deploy just recently . ”

“I did?”

Ghost murmured to himself for awhile .

It was almost as if he was asking someone else .

“Ah… That’s right!”

“All 481 members are ready . ”

“Hmm… But… . Why are you readied now when we’ll be going tomorrow?”

“Th . . That’s…”

“Hm?”

“It’s nothing . Then we’ll be prepared tomorrow, at this time . ”

Everyone was thinking of how ridiculous this whole nonsensical ordeal was .


Of course, no one was foolish enough to risk their life by expressing it on the outside .

Just like that, Ghost’s form disappeared, and sighs from nearly 500 members came out at once .

The worries and anxiety for tomorrow’s battle came out too .

****

With spring in my steps, I stepped into Warp .

3 Essences of Transcendence, Butcher’s Sword, and a ring for resurrection .

It was enough to make me wonder if there was any hunting sessions more perfect than this .

I teleported to the empty office of the midget .

Tossing the duffel bag filled with bloodstones, I put the Essences of Transcendence on the table .

I couldn’t help but smile after looking at the rainbow colored essences .

On the other hand, I began to worry over which skills to transcend .

“Looks like I’ll definitely have to use one for Meteor . Perhaps Mana Shield? Can it become a cheat-like skill more than it already is? Hm…”

Firstly, since I used it the most and it did a massive amount of damage to a wide area, I decided to transcend Meteor Call .

To be short, it was my main skill .

I was hoping to increase the amount of damage dealt by the area of effect . Putting the essence on my chest, it began to glow .

Making the sound of a gentle breeze whisking by, the essence disappeared .

*Meteor Call Lv . ** 1 [0%]

(Summons many powerful meteors)

The skill level had changed to two stars .

I was very curious as to the power of the transcended Meteor Call was .

I wanted to cast it right away, but if I did so, everything here would be destroyed without even a trace of dust left .

“How can I wait until tomorrow for this?”

Like finding a 10 dollar bill inside the pocket of a winter coat, I couldn’t hide my excitement .

Before heading in today, it seemed that I had to enter a dungeon nearby .

With this kind of feeling, it felt as though I wouldn’t be able to sleep well .

Look at how the description has the word ‘many’ in it .

What a beautiful word .

No medicinal water could stop my rapidly beating heart right now .

Shaking my feet, I looked towards the other two essences still left .

When I first took down the mimic, I thought to transcend Meteor, Iceberg, and Formless Sword Aura, which were all attack skills .

However, a thought came to mind . I was very curious as to what would happen if Mana Shield if it transcended .

When I had thought that level 200 was the end, it had put an incredible bonus effect on Eye of Insight .

There was no reason as to why it couldn’t do the same for Mana Shield .

However, if all it did was to decrease the amount of mana drained or damage received, it would be a massive loss .

For someone with infinite mana like me, it would be the worst case scenario .

Even more so when the essence had an incredibly low rate of dropping .

I also didn’t know how many more essences or mimics I would come across from now on .

Holding my head, it didn’t take long for me to make my decision .

“I’ve lost count on how many times Mana Shield saved my life . Let’s go with this . ”

*Mana Shield Lv . ** 1 [0%]

(Mana is expended to match the amount of damage you take)

(If it is a skill beyond ranking, the chance to block becomes 30% . After level 200, the chance to block increases by 2% per every 10 levels)

I did it .

No . My Mana Shield did it .

I would have been happy with just not having the terrible result of having the mana cost being reduced .

Instead, I had obtained a chance to defend against skills beyond ranking .

If it reached the max level of 300, the chance would increase to 50% .

Percentage wise, it would block five of the ten attack skills beyond ranking .

Max level? No . It could be that 300 wasn’t the max level .

And if I used this skill with the other shields, Mana Shield would absorb the damage first .

All the other shields were like this so far .

Since I kept this shield up all the time, the leveling should be done very quickly .

All I had to do was to go in any dungeon and lay down while having the Mana Shield on .

It wouldn’t even count as work for me .

It was almost like an early Christmas present .

Multiple Meteor and transcended Mana Shield .

With this much, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I held enough power to match all the rankers of an entire nation .

“This would drive people crazier and crazier . I think it’s enough to say that I could beat a level 40 boss with an F ranking Frost Orb?”

The next skill to transcend was the Formless Sword Aura .

This was a S ranking physical attack skill, and it really shined in 1v1s .

Damage was important and all, but the scarier thing about this attack was that you could not predict it .

I had high expectations regarding how this skill would evolve .

*Formless Sword Aura Lv . ** 1 [0%]

(Target that has been struck by Formless Sword Aura cannot predict the next sword aura)

(Uses Wild Beast . 300 second cooldown)

“Wild Beast?”

The explanation for Formless Swordless Aura was a bit poorly done .

Unless I used this Wild Beast ability myself, there was no way what the ability would do .

And on top of that, it had cooldowns stuck to it, which was my least favorite of all .

It was 5 minutes long to boot .

However, none of the three transcended skills have disappointed me so far .

I had a feeling that this Wild Beast skill was something amazing .

I grabbed the blood stones that were left spread all over, almost as if abandoned, and the brand new Butcher’s Sword in my hands .

I was planning to immediately cash in the stones and head for the hunting grounds .

But if I went to a low level dungeon, the monsters would melt away before I would even be able to experience the power of the empowered skills .

I didn’t have time to return back to Yangpyeong or Paju .

There was a ton of time left before Warp’s cooldown finished .

Sniffling a bit and planning to eat gyoza, I headed for the level 28 dungeon .

It was a dungeon that only the top 1% could reach, but to me, it felt barely good enough to test out my skills .

****

I had arrived at the level 28 dungeon .

-beep

I used the master ID card from Ho Jin .

The same anxiety and excitement I had when I first entered a level 1 dungeon after becoming Awakened was taking over me .

“Shall I go now?”





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