âHey, I was joking! Youâre overreacting! Facing against an entire guild alone? Even if you use guerrilla tactics, itâll be impossible!â
-You said that the guys I killed were on the strong side, right? Then I can kill the others easily as well.
âNo, they have too many people.â
-I have magic. And Iâm not going to charge recklessly at their base. I have a plan in mind.
âYou just said you didnât have a plan!â
-I just thought of it.
Yeon Jung couldnât say anything to that.
-Then Iâm going.
His phone went silent.
âThat crazy personâŚâ
Yeon Jung muttered as he slowly put away his phone.
âEven if the Demon guildâs filled with dogs, they canât be taken lightly.â
They werenât particularly strong, but still couldnât be underestimated.
âSoo Hyuk sounds like heâs really angry this time.â
Since he hadnât been present on the scene, he had no way of knowing the exact story. However, Yeon Jung had noticed from his tone, atmosphere and the current situation, that Soo Hyuk was enraged.
âIf heâs angry like thenâŚâ
Over the years that theyâd known each other, Yeon Jung had only seen Soo Hyuk get angry a few times. But the few times he did still sent shivers down his spine.
âShould I worry about the Demon guild instead?â
* * *
The Demon guildâs guild house.
âThe username was Soo Hyuk, and he wore a robe from the Tower of PoisonâŚâ
Haggis lifted his head while frowning heavily.
âThen those three got done in by a magician?â
He asked the master of the Demon guild, Baal, who was sitting opposite of him.
âThatâs correct.â
Baal answered Haggisâ question and went back to his book.
âOkay, but shouldnât they be able to beat a magician if they teamed up together? What did Mandara do? Heâs supposed to be the wizard killer.â
Haggis continued, ignoring the fact that Baal was still reading a book in front of him.
âHe died first after being caught by surprise.â
Baal answered while turning a page in his book.
âThat magician isnât normal, since Mandara died in two hits.â
âTwo hits? Mandara?â
âRight.â
âWow.â
Haggis exclaimed silently in surprise at Baalâs words.
âAsk Rhino about it.â
Haggis suggested. Rhino was a magician who used poison. Of course, he wasnât a normal magician, as he was the vice head of the Tower of Poison in Hadrac.
âSince we fed him a lot of gifts, heâll cooperate nicely.â
The Demon guild had a unique relationship with Rhino, built upon numerous bribes.
âAbout who he is, and where he isâ
Magaician Soo Hyuk, who wears the Poison Towerâs robe. That was equivalent to him belonging to the Tower of Poison. Rhino was sure to provide them with information.
âOkay! Then should we send them to Hedlin?â
âDo it.â
* * *
After ending his call with Yeon Jung, Soo Hyuk reviewed what he had just heard.
âHadracâŚâ
The city founded by the Mercenary King Hadrac. The Demon guildâs base was in Hadrac. Soo Hyuk set down his phone and went to his computer. It was to research more into the Demon guild. Soo Hyuk went into the official Pangea website and searched âDemon guild.â It turned out to be fairly a well-known guild like Yeon Jung said.
ââŚItâs a group of crazy people.â
He thought as he read through the posts about the Demon guild. The Demon guild was weirder than how Yeon Jung had described them.
âYou can only join when youâre not wanted?â
The information that caught his eye was the conditions for joining. You could only join when your infamy score was low enough that you werenât wanted by authorities.
âThey also have a lot of enemies.â
Being a criminal guild, they obviously had a lot of enemies. And it wasnât just one or two. They had enemies all over the land.
âThen how are they surviving?â
He couldnât understand how the Demon guild was still intact. After more research, he found out the reason. There were many reasons why, but there were two notable ones.
First, the guild members didnât operate in an area where an arrest order had been given. Second, those who killed the guild members were hunted and killed at least 5 times. They were the main reason why people didnât go after the Demon guild.
âThis is why he called them dirty.â
He realised why Yeon Jung had called them âdirty bastardsâ. He hadnât paid much attention when Yeon Jung mentioned them, but he realised the nature of these âhuntsâ from the users who hunted by them.
âHmm.â
Soo Hyuk got up from his seat, then started walking to his capsule.
âHow would they try to find me?â
The Demon guild would try to hunt him down from now on. But all they knew about him was his name and appearance. The problem was that there could be multiple users of the same name, and people could change their appearance by swapping around their gear.
âWill they just go around killing people conspicuously?â
They could perform another tragic act like Hedlinâs incident.
âAnyway,â
What method the Demon guild used didnât matter. The only important part was that they would try to hunt him down.
âThose bastards. When apologising isnât enough, they go around hunting more people instead?â
If he didnât have enough strength in this situation, he would have experienced a heart-tearing pain. But Soo Hyuk had strength. Didnât he easily kill the three men in Hedlin?
Soo Hyuk looked around his surroundings once he connected to Pangea in his capsule. The corpses had disappeared, and the people around him were going about their day like nothing had happened. The atmosphere was too different from 1 hour ago.
Soo Hyuk observed the heads of people going past him. He was checking their guild marks.
âTheyâre not here.â
He couldnât see any Demon guild marks in the end.
âWell, only an hour has passed.â
Only an hour had passed since he had killed Loken, Haiden and Mandara. It would be unusual if the Demon guild reacted so quickly. After confirming that there were no Demon guild members around him, Soo Hyuk teleported to his subspace.
[Warping to the Archmageâs Subspace.]
When he arrived at the familiar chamber, Soo Hyuk walked through the tunnel on the right and headed for the magic circle. Then using the magic circle, he teleported again to Matab.
âI came back.â
Arriving at the Matab Library, Soo Hyuk handed in his token and headed towards the bookshelves. He shouldâve been enjoying his time with his family by now, but things had gone astray.
âHooâŚâ
He boiled with anger every time he thought of it. While frowning heavily, Soo Hyuk pulled the books out of the shelves and returned to the reading desk.
âI will show themâŚâ
He thought as he opened the book.
âWhat a real demon looks like.â
* * *
âSoo Hyuk?â
Rhino asked.
âYes. Do you who he is?â
Haggis answered with his own question. Perhaps Rhino knew who he was?
âNo, Iâve never heard of him.â
âI see.â
âHmm, can you tell me why youâre looking for him?â
Rhino asked again. A magician of the Tower of Poison, Soo Hyuk. He was curious why Haggis was looking for him.
âAh, thatâŚâ
Haggis paused briefly at Rhinoâs question.
âIs it okay to tell him?â
The Demon guildâs relationship with Rhino was strong. But they didnât know who Soo Hyuk was, and Rhino also didnât know who he was.
âWhat if he turns out to be Rhinoâs friendâs friend?â
He could turn out to be important to Rhino through said friend. If that turned out to be the case, the Demon guild could have a difficult situation on their hands.
âNo, thatâs not likely, considering Rhinoâs personality.â
As he was considering whether to tell Rhino or not, he was reminded of Rhinoâs temperament. He would value money above a friendâs friend.
âPlus, we have a reasonable justification.â
Rhino was sure to help them upon hearing their justification.
âOur guild members were attacked by him. Three of them.â
ââŚ!â
Rhino was surprised by Haggisâ sudden answer.
âThenâŚis it for revenge?â
He asked Haggis carefully.
âWe want an apology, but we will have our revenge if he refuses.â
Honestly, they didnât want an apology. They were still planning on killing him even if he did give one, but he didnât need to say that to Rhino.
âHmm.â
Rhino fell silent at Haggisâ answer, while Haggis stared expectantly at Rhino. After a few seconds, Rhino opened his mouth.
âAlright. I will help you this once. But itâs going to take some timeâ
âThank you.â
Haggis smiled at Rhinoâs answer. Then he opened his inventory and took out a pouch filled with different kinds of rare jewels.
âThis is from our leader, Baal.â
Haggis said as he handed the pouch over to Rhino. Rhino was silent during the whole process, but he couldnât hide his eyes shining with greed. Intoxicated with greed, Rhino grabbed the pouch from Haggis and checked its contents. A few moments later, Rhino looked up from the pouch with a huge grin on his face.
âCome tomorrow. Iâll find out by then.â
The wait was shortened.
âYes, I understand. Then Iâll come again tomorrow.â
Haggis stood up from his seat with a grin of his own.
* * *
âWhat do we do if those freaks are still there?â
âYeah, what should we doâŚâ
Soo Hyuk, who was listening to their worries, stood and said confidently,
âPlease wait for a bit. Iâll check first.â
If those three bastards were still in Hedlin, another PK incident might happen. To prevent this, Soo Hyuk stood up, went to his capsule and connected to Pangea first.
âArchmageâs Subspace.â
Soo Hyuk cast Archmageâs Subspace as soon as he appeared in the library.
[Warping to the Archmageâs Subspace.]
The moment Soo Hyuk appeared in the subspace, he turned right and walked through the tunnel to the magic circle. After taking a warp gate to Hedlin, he became able to teleport to Hedlin with the magic circle in the Archmageâs Subspace. He stood on the magic circle and warped to Hedlin.
âHelp me!â
âAhh!â
Screams filled his ears the moment he arrived at Hedlin. Soo Hyuk frowned as the sudden noise assaulted his ears.
âThese bastards.â
He had tried to check just in case, but it was really happening again. Soo Hyuk shoved past the panicked people and found them again. Loken, Haiden and Mandara.
âDoing this again as soon as the penaltyâs over?â
Upon death, there was a 24-hour access penalty. But they were causing chaos the moment their penalty was over?
âThey must be genuinely crazy.â
âW-why! You freaks!â
âWhat kind ofâŚack!â
The ongoing slaughter.
âShould I kill them?â
Soo Hyuk was conflicted as he stared the black light of death erupting one after another.
âTheir guildmates will appear if I do though.â
He had the ability to end this atrocity right now, but there was still one thing nagging at his mind. It was the Demon guild.
âDamn it. If only I wasnât on a holiday with my family.â
If he had no commitments on his schedule, he wouldâve slaughtered them like lambs. But today was his replanned family trip. If he killed them now, the Demon guild members would come, and they would have to delay their holiday again.
âButâŚâ
His reason was faltering in front of dying users and NPCs around him.
âBut why are only those three moving? Why arenât the rest of the Demon guild moving?â
âIt looks like theyâre searching for somebody?â
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ââŚMmm?â
The conflicted Soo Hyuk caught onto a conversation between the users around him.
âAinât they looking for the user from yesterday?â
âAh, that Soo Hyuk user?â
Soo Hyuk looked around after listening to the conversation between the spectating users. He saw eight people with the three-horned demon mark on their heads.