Damn System

Chapter 144

Chapter 27 Bounty Hunter (2)

I closed my eyes and reflected on my purpose.

Even so, it seemed that I would not be able to move forward if I did not look back on my sense of purpose.

Take a moment to read your emotions with your eyes closed.

Before long, team leader Han Seok-joon approached by car.

“The discussion with SDT is over, but Lee Jun-mo is in a bad condition, so I think we will have to accompany him to the hospital. The other players have to stay with me because of Yoon Ji-hye, so it would be better for you two to leave first.”

“Okay, once it’s sorted out, leave it to the field agents and return.”

“Yes, Captain.”

I thought the conversation between the two was over, but the engine was turned on.

“I’ll go straight to the airport.”

“… … yes.”

I rubbed my eyelids, handing over the answer in time.

Then, when I opened my eyes, the number that made me feel dirty just looking at it was sitting there.

[limited time]

• 239:45:11

The 10-day leash that the system filled my back by pushing me was flowing without a break even at this moment.

As I was immersed in complex thoughts while looking at the timer, Manager Yang Jo-cheol asked me.

“Well, what is the exact destination? If you have to go to several places, please list them. Let’s plan the route.”

I answered quickly without any hesitation.

“It’s a route, and we’ll start with Afghanistan. To be precise, it is towards the Panjisir Valley near Kabul.”

All other missions have only one target, but that one has three.

As the number of heads is high, the anxiety factor is the biggest.

‘I don’t know why they brought in the monsters and what they’re doing with them.’

As long as the hidden mission is open to me, the targets must die.

There was no compromise on that point.

I catch my breath as I see death approaching.

* * *

Inside a shabby brick building covered in cobwebs and dust.

As if showing an awkward relationship, there were men and women sitting at the end of the room.

The two, estimated to be in their mid-twenties, passed the time looking out the window in the direction they were sitting.

Then, tired of the long silence, the man, Siddiq, spoke first.

“When will Gezal come back? No answer to chat.”

Ajita, the woman who glanced back at him, replied in a sullen tone.

“He must be busy hunting.”

“… … What are you going to do when Gezzal comes back?”

“what does it mean?”

“Another evolved species… … .”

“Siddiq, please stop talking softly. It’s all for a good cause! You have to know how to make even the smallest sacrifices.”

At Ajita’s reprimand, Siddiq jumped up and raised her voice.

“When did I say something weak?! just a little… … I don’t know how things will turn out… … .”

However, Ajita didn’t listen to Siddiq’s words and pointedly fired at them.

“It’s not like Gezzal can come back quickly just because you’re so nervous, so do it in moderation. Every time I get nervous, even the viewer becomes anxious!”

Siddiq was busy posting an editorial every time about something that had already been decided.

It’s only once or twice that I’m moderately admonished.

Ajita had no choice but to be annoyed at making people difficult every time.

As a result, Ajita’s glare at Siddiq grew sharper day by day.

Siddiq’s face flushed red, believing that he had been ignored by Ajita’s attitude.

Just as he was about to raise his voice again, there was a flash of white light.

“Kirrr… … .”

“Kei… … .”

Eventually, in the empty space, a creature appeared that reminded me of the expression monster.

Not only dripping slippery mucus, but also five or six tentacles with suction cups attached to the sides of the body like octopus legs.

The number of monsters drooped as if they had fainted was six, and there were two stars hanging over their heads.

“Gezzal!”

Ajita, who had beaten Siddiq just a moment ago, stood up with delight.

The one he called Gezzal let go of the monster’s tentacles with a long breath.

“Didn’t everything happen?”

“Yes, it is still quiet. Any injuries?”

“It’s okay, it’s what I always do.”

Including Gezal, who smiled faintly, the three people gathered here were all players.

At the same time, he was also a member of the resistance group against the Taliban.

Their purpose was the same. To drive out the Taliban who pushed up from Kabul to the Panjisir valley.

They were determined to do whatever it took to achieve that goal.

That’s why there was no guilt in using the monster in Bihar.

“Wow, that’s quite a lot this time!”

It was something you could tell just by looking at Ajita’s face, who was delighted at the monsters that had slumped in a stunned state.

She was considering using the monster to take down the militants step by step as an ingenious trick.

Gezal, who first suggested this method, was the same.

“I had a hard time trying to survive. With this amount, I could kill all the Taliban guys just by releasing them.”

Of course, their opinions were not unconditionally agreed.

“… … Are you really going to do it again?”

Judging by the visibly pale face of Siddiq after Gezzal’s return, he did not appear to be very strongly in favor of this method.

“Now there are residents on the side where the Taliban entered… … .”

Monsters and evolutionary species do not attack humans by covering them.

In this way, whenever the Taliban were annihilated by releasing evolutionary species and blocking escape routes, the residents of nearby small villages also died.

Siddiq’s voice trembled as he recalled the quarrel at that time.

“Last time, all the villagers… … .”

“If you’re going to pretend to be virtuous by yourself, get out of here!”

But he couldn’t finish talking.

It was because Ajita, who shoved his shoulder with a puck, shot him sharply.

“Do you think we want those people dead?”

Ajita, who glared at Siddiq with ferocious eyes, spoke sophistry.

“You can’t hand the country over to those murderers, so you’re just doing it with your eyes closed!”

puck, puck.

After repeatedly pushing Siddiq away, Ajita spoke in a voice filled with emotion.

“If you want to be nice like that, get out of here. Because we can do it without you!”

Then, the pack turned around and began lifting the evolved species.

“Yes, Siddiq. If it’s too hard, you can get out of it. We’ll take care of the rest.”

In addition to that, Gezal stepped forward and added a word, and Siddiq’s head dropped.

It’s been a while since I’ve been holding both hands tightly.

“… … I will too.”

Siddiq lowered his stance while muttering in a clumsy, trembling voice.

It was intended to carry the evolutionary species on its back. Because I felt cowardly to fall alone now.

Gezzal smiled bitterly at Siddiq’s decision and patted him on the shoulder.

“Sorry for the heavy burden.”

It’s not that he didn’t want such a cruel method.

But I really can’t help it.

It’s a sacrifice for the greater good, so let’s hold on a little longer.

Gezal, who repeated what he had said countless times, said while carrying the evolutionary species on his back.

“Then shall we depart?”

“yes.”

“… … huh.”

“Everyone has an invisibility magic stone, right?”

“Shall we use it right away?”

The moment they each carried two evolutionary species on their backs, they moved to the doorway and were about to take out the invisibility magic stone.

Suddenly, the magic of the space surrounding them fluctuated.

“uh… … ?”

The steps of the three people who knew what the phenomenon meant stopped abruptly.

Ajita was the first to react to the sudden situation.

“Sidique, what should I do if I use the barrier stone! I have to use invisibility!”

“Isn’t that what I did?! Didn’t you write it wrong?”

While Ajita and Siddiq were bruising and exchanging words, Gezzal watched the feet.

‘It’s warm… … ?’

It was because of the warmth leaking out from the dirt floor, which was not even covered with cement.

No, it wasn’t warmth, it was heat.

What felt warm quickly became hot and became a fire in the blink of an eye.

Gezal reflexively wrapped his body with elemental magic.

The attribute that popped up from the advanced attribute stone she bought a few months ago was cloud.

The deep water system magic that belongs to the 4th grade was enough to protect Gezal from the sudden fire.

“What, what? Is it fire?!”

“Get out, get out at once!”

On the other hand, Ajita and Siddiq, who do not have elemental magic, opened the old wooden door and ran out.

“sleep… … !”

Gezal opened his mouth to stop the two of them, but it was a step too late.

The two of them had already exited the building, almost simultaneously puck, puck-!

A monotonous yet eerie sound rang out.

Gezal hurriedly threw her body to the side.

He threw down even the evolutionary species he was carrying and left the gatehouse.

Right after that, Gezal’s eyes began to tremble as he reflexively looked up.

I saw two black spearheads penetrating the wall of the building.

The red liquid flowing from there was the blood of Agita and Siddiq.

My body moved instinctively without thinking.

Gesal rolls his body forward and frightens it to fall off the wall Puck again!

This time, a black spear that had penetrated the wall barely passed Gezal.

thump thump.

Surprised by the sudden death of his comrades, Ghezal’s heart cries loudly.

At that moment, a faint murmur was heard outside the building.

“Tsk, annoying.”

There was no doubt that the protagonist of that voice was the player.

It was evident not only from the flames in full bloom around the area, but also from the fact that the other two players died without even using their hands.

‘Were there any players on the Taliban side?’

Otherwise, there would be no reason for strangers to attack them.

Gezzal swallowed with a gulp and drew his sword.

Although his comrades were defeated without a chance to use their hands, they were tied for defeat.

On the other hand, she is definitely a silver plaque who has completed her second awakening.

Gezzal had no doubts that he would be able to overcome this crisis.

‘Let’s get rid of it for now.’

It’s a waste of evolutionary species that have been captured at best, but it’s a matter of rescuing them again.

Now was the time to take care of yourself.

We must complete the duties that our dead comrades have not been able to complete.

Only then can the people suffering from the long civil war be saved.

Gezal, who took one breath, arranged the attribute magic.

An surreal mist began to roll over the still burning land.

‘Fog.’

It was class 4 magic that not only obscures vision, but also disrupts magical power.

It was mainly used when infiltrating or escaping with auxiliary magic that neutralizes detection or stealth magic.

Immediately after the magic was implemented, Gezzal picked up the evolved species he had thrown.

As soon as she threw it into the doorway, she hit the ground and headed towards an open window.

I was thinking of escaping the building while keeping the assailant’s eyes on the door.

Once they got out of the building, it wouldn’t be difficult to escape.

However, the moment he stepped on the empty window frame, Gezzal stood tall and stopped with an eerie feeling.

Immediately after, something blackish shape passed in front of my eyes.

And a moment later, a terrifying gong sound was heard, and a rough wind swept across the face.

The javelin that took the lives of his comrades had passed in front of Gezzar’s face.

Her head would have been pierced if she had not stopped, guided by an instinctive feeling.

In the ears of Gezal, who had stopped as if it were hardened, the unfamiliar language was heard.

“You die anyway.”

The voice was closer than I thought.

While she was engrossed, an unknown player approached right in front of her.

Gezal swung his sword almost reflexively.

I was in such a hurry that I didn’t even think about using magic.

Thanks to that, he had to stare blankly at his sword being cut as smoothly as paper.

At the same time, her throat was also severed, but Gezzal was unaware of her death until the moment she lost consciousness.

It was quite peaceful for a man who had slaughtered hundreds of people.