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Chapter 21

One Man Army Chapter 21 . Firehammer Tokan (2)



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Perhaps his fatigue had piled over time, but Sanghyuk had slept for 7 hours when he intended to sleep for 5 . As soon as he woke up, he took a shower first and warmed up his body by stretching .
Although he overslept by 2 hours, he wasn’t in such a hurry . Being hasty to log into EL just because he had overslept was not his way of doing things .
Oversleeping was just oversleeping . He did everything independent of that fact . He exercised lightly to warm up his body and had a full meal as well . Since he only had one or two meals per day, he had to eat properly when he did .
Only after preparing himself like that, he did enter to the capsule .
Having entered EL, Sanghyuk didn’t immediately go to the Golden Anvil and first stopped by the commissioned sales store . Since the items he had put on sale on the commission was considerably good at this point in the game, everything was sold out .
Sanghyuk paid the fee and checked the time after he received the gold .
‘It will take a couple of days for the bone whip to be completed so should I put the sewer dungeon up for sale?’
Rumors about secret dungeons were starting to spread among the users . The exact truth was still unknown, but the fact that there were things called ‘secret dungeons’ and how they were juicy hunting zones were starting to spread .
This was the best time to sell his secret dungeon .

Dungeon trading was done in many ways, and the safest way was to do it through commission or through auction . Since no one put up a dungeon for sale, they just didn’t know that it was possible to do so .
If he put up the 77th Sewer dungeon up for sale, then an item named ‘D-rank secret dungeon 50/150’ would appear in the commissioned sales store .
The details about the dungeon would be revealed according to how much Sanghyuk wanted to reveal about it . Right now, even if he put all details secret, there would be a lot of users just from the fact that it was a secret dungeon .
The commissioned sales store fundamentally guaranteed the safety of all transactions . So the actual transaction of the dungeon was done in a manner so that it had to happen .
In other words, whether it was Sanghyuk, the seller in this case, or the buyer, they could be at ease if they traded through the commissioned sales .
Sanghyuk hunted lightly around Falcon City after putting his sewer dungeon on sale . After around an hour, a trade request message came to him from the commissioned sales store .


A pitch-black metallic armor that covered the entire body…… it looked very crude, but it was a full set .
And this person was wearing a black robe on top as well, so not to mention face, even the hair couldn’t be seen .
‘Man, this guy looks very stifling . ’
In front of Sanghyuk was the user that requested to buy the secret dungeon from him . The figure wasn’t that big, but the problem was the attire .
No matter how high defense metallic armors were, there was nobody that wore full body armors like this . On top of that, wearing a black robe showed the extremes of stifling fashion . It felt like this user was trapped in the metallic armor .
But that wasn’t the end .
[Can I receive it immediately?]
A message came instead of words . Surprisingly, this user was conversing through public message instead of words . Although he could see it in Korean due to the instant translation, it could be seen that this user was someone who used English .
‘Whew, type-talking?…… No one uses type-talking in Dream Network after the instant translation was nearly perfected…… this is one peculiar user…… Oh! Black metallic armor over the whole body and the type-talking . Is it the ‘Dark Knight’?’
Two words flashed by Sanghyuk’s head . Although he didn’t think of this when he just saw the armor, he remembered the words ‘Dark Knight’ when that user talked by typing .
‘Is it the same Dark Knight I know of?’
Sanghyuk scanned the opponent once again .
The Dark Knight seemed to have a height around 170 cm, and considering how the full set of plate armor covered the body, the figure didn’t seem to be that tall . A very large black shield as well as trying to conversing through type-messaging…… this all seem to correspond to what Sanghyuk knew about the Dark Knight .
[Mr . seller?]
“Oh! I’m sorry . I can proceed with the transaction right away . It’s just that you need to have above ‘close friends’ familiarity with the Falcon Security . ”
[I am already . ]
The buyer, no, the user that could possibly be the Dark Knight answered curtly .
“That’s good, then please follow me . ”
First, Sanghyuk took the Dark Knight to the basement of Falcon Security office . He kept thinking about what he knew of the Dark Knight on the way .
‘Once known as the greatest tanker of the beginning stages of EL…… but became a legend by disappearing after the first large-scale patch, ‘The Rise of the Dead’ and the 2nd planet, Tume, was added…… The impact the Dark Knight showed in the 2 years was so large that it was a talk for a long time even after the disappearance . ’
Although Sanghyuk was completely unrelated, he knew quite a lot since the user was very controversial .
‘Is it really the Dark Knight? From what I’ve seen, it’s very likely…… . ’
Thinking about various things, he arrived at the sewer dungeon quite soon .
‘Should I check if it’s the real Dark Knight?’
Sanghyuk liked being sure about things and wanted to check if the opponent was actually the Dark Knight . That was why he threw a question that wasn’t on his plan before he sold off the dungeon .
“Are you alone?”
[Yes . ]
“The recommended party is 3…… . But will you be fine?”
[Is it hard?]
“It’s not too hard, but there are some tricky bits . ”
Even though he easily cleared the same dungeon 100 times, he tried to scare the other party . Of course, he wasn’t entirely lying . It was because it was Sanghyuk that the clear was so easy . Normally, any user would have a hard time conquering it alone .


Having put on the bait, Sanghyuk immediately spoke when the other didn’t reply .
“If you so wish, I can tell you the tricks while running the dungeon around 10 times . But, it won’t be for free . ”
Checking if the opponent was the Dark Knight and dungeon-carrying were separate matters, so he had to receive money .
[Can’t you just do one?]
The buyer put up the message after some time .
‘Confident in your ability? Well, I only need to check if you are the Dark Knight . ’
“Okay then . ”
Since he had another objective anyway, running the dungeon once didn’t really matter .
‘But is it the real Dark Knight?’ (T/N: Stop, asking, already, urgh . )
Sanghyuk peeked back while registering the buyer in the 77th sewer dungeon . This would all be solved if he entered the dungeon along with the buyer .
Sanghyuk knew of a trait that was more characteristic to the Dark Knight other than the type-talking or the outer appearance, so he just needed to look for that .

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The Dark Knight was heavily silent to the point that the nickname ‘Silent Tank’ was given . The Dark Knight always put up a message when it was absolutely necessary .
Perhaps it could be considered very stifling, but it wasn’t that much so when playing in a party . The reason was…… the easily understandable hand signs as well as the ability to fulfill the role of a tanker at 120% efficiency .

The Dark Knight raised a hand and pointed forward with three fingers . Then rushed forward without any hesitation .
With a huge tower shield enough to cover all of the body, a charge was thrown towards the monsters .
*Clang clang clang*, despite the small figure, a strong power surged forth, and the three monsters at the front were all pushed backward .
Like that, the Dark Knight started beating the monsters to death with the shield .
*Bang bang, crunch! Crunch!*
With the shield, the monsters were literally made into bloody pulp . The Dark Knight definitely wasn’t ordinary .
Sanghyuk nodded his head while watching . He didn’t need to check anymore .
‘Unique hand signs and Shield Charge techniques…… with this, there’s 99% chance of that he’s the Dark Knight . ’
All information pointed that the user in front of him was indeed the Dark Knight .


‘I don’t think his level is high, or his equipment is any good…… but that’s pretty good . Oho, is that shield parry something he learned naturally? The rumors I’ve heard definitely aren’t exaggerated . ’
Sanghyuk was surprised after looking at the Dark Knight fighting . He had seen many pro gamers up close in his life as a director . He also looked at the gameplay of promising amateurs as well .
Since he did, he had the confidence to judge another user better than anyone in EL .
‘He’s using the shield as if it was a part of his body . I don’t think his talent has blossomed yet…… but he might become a better player than the ‘Adamantine Wall’ Qing Yuan or ‘Mr . Perfect’ Ivan . ’
Qing Yuan and Ivan were two of the best tankers he knew of . Their performance was quite special even among the highest-ranking people, but from what he saw, the Dark Knight had a potential that surpassed those two .
When Sanghyuk told the Dark Knight the characteristics and walkthrough of the 77th sewer dungeon, the Dark Knight would, in turn, edit the walkthrough to fit the situation .
Just from that, the potential the Dark Knight had as a player could be seen . In the end, the Dark Knight perfectly cleared the 77th sewer quite soon . Considering how Sanghyuk only spoke of the walkthrough and the warnings and did not participate in the actual battle, the Dark Knight practically cleared the dungeon solo .
[Thank you . ]
After clearing the dungeon, the Dark Knight gave him the compensation and nodded .

“You’re welcome . ”
Sanghyuk looked at the Dark Knight after accepting the money .
‘Why did he quit the game after 2 years? I heard he was a faithful user that always kept his promise and never let allies down……, just what could have happened?’
Even though they just went around a dungeon together once, Sanghyuk liked the Dark Knight quite a lot – the sturdy gameplay style as well as the tremendous potential .
Although he had returned in time and was now trying to become a ‘main character’ that attracts all attention and not just a side character like the director, Sanghyuk was still very greedy for good players, something which he generated when he was a director .
‘I won’t make a loss by knowing him so I’ll leave a connection behind . ’
“Can we register as friends?”
[Yes . ]
At Sanghyuk’s sudden request, the Dark Knight seemed to ponder a little before replying with a nod .
“Nice to meet you . I’m called Immortal . ”
Sanghyuk put his right hand forward while mentioning his name and the Dark Knight accepted his handshake without a word . Mentioning one’s name and offering a handshake was the process of requesting friends . Accepting the handshake was the accepting as a friend .
The Dark Knight, no, ‘Aspice’, was added to Sanghyuk’s empty friends list . Of course, the Dark Knight would also get the name ‘Immortal’ in the empty friends list as well .
“Let’s see each other again when we have the opportunity .
Although they became friends, it wasn’t like Sanghyuk had something that he wanted from the Dark Knight . He was just purely impressed at the Dark Knight’s performance .
Separating from the Dark Knight, Sanghyuk thought up of something and logged out for a moment . Although he logged out of the game, this didn’t mean that he was logged out from the Dream Network .
He searched for a few pieces of information inside his D-room .
‘Byungil shouldn’t have started the game yet…… so, do I need to just look for Jungwoo and Jungsoo? But I heard these two were complete wimps when they began…… . ’
The ones Sanghyuk was looking for were those he could call ‘friends’ in his previous life . To be exact, they were the ones who helped him out until the end without betraying him . It was a sad thing that he could only believe 3 people in his long gameplay of EL, but it was fortunate that there were any at all .
Sanghyuk knew that it was a lot more painful when he was betrayed by someone close to him than some complete stranger so he couldn’t make any friends after some time .
Sanghyuk searched for a while for any traces of Kim Jungwoo and Kim Jungsoo . They were twins . Actually, the two just had an ordinary talent for gaming and became rankers through sheer effort .
Sanghyuk looked for the two for quite a while, but couldn’t find any traces of them .
‘Well, these two did become rankers through effort alone, so it would take some time for them to become famous . ’
He wanted to help them if he could find them, but the problem was that he couldn’t find them . He knew their IDs, but EL allowed multiple of the same account name, so it was near impossible to find a person through their ID . Moreover, requesting friends was also only possible through meeting the opponent and shaking hands while mentioning one’s name, so he could do practically nothing with just an ID .
‘Looks like you two will have to suffer again in this life . ’
Sanghyuk wished for the good luck for Jungwoo and Jungsoo who would be suffering in some part of EL before stopping his search .
Instead, he searched about a few guilds and users he remembered . The guilds and users he was looking up right now were not colleagues but targets of revenge .
“So ‘Gold Rush’ is so active even at the beginning . Those f*ckers…… they’re probably threatening little kids in a not well-ventilated basement to work . ”
Muttered Sanghyuk after he found traces of Gold Rush in various places .
Gold Rush was the guild the managers of the workshop that made him a cripple after making him work for 5 years, had made . Of course, they were disguised as normal guilds on the outside, but they were actually a trash guild that grew with the insane production ability of the workshop as the foundation .
‘I’ll just be watching since it isn’t time yet, but I’ll shred you to pieces after you become fat!’
Crunch, Sanghyuk gritted his teeth and clenched his fist .
After that, Sanghyuk looked up various other powers and users that made him taste the bitter aspects of reality . There were some that turned up, and some that didn’t .
‘Phew, looks like I had a hard life . I was also like some of the wimps in my previous life…… . ’
Kind, nice, pure – he had no thoughts in wrapping himself to look like that .
He just thought that he was foolish and idiotic .
Actually, that was true . Sanghyuk was always on the losing end because he didn’t know the cruelty of reality . Although he did gain success as a director later, he was betrayed yet again .
‘I will not believe in anyone, anymore . Justice? Friendship? Those have long been disappeared from my head . Now, I will only believe in myself . ’
Sanghyuk stood up quietly after closing all the search windows in front of him . He could check that one thing was sure after searching his ties with good people and bad people .
It was that…… he had a lot more debt to receive than to pay .





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