I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 65

Episode 065

It looks like a bundle of white fur.

“What is this?”

– This is Chungwangryu’s cocoon room. The giant spider monster I saw earlier spews out from behind. I think they took it as food. It must be considered dead.

I was speechless for a moment.

Run away from here, have a brief confrontation with the masked man, and then fight Baek Dae-man.

There was a lot of work involved in casting Thunderstorm on Ban Seo-jin, but the actual time was less than an hour.

In that short period of time, a monster came and took them away?

To be honest, I wanted to deny it, but it was so obvious that there were cobwebs everywhere.

“Is there any possibility that he is still alive in the cocoon?”

– doesn’t exist. At the beginning of the attack, I tried to rescue the captured hunters, but they all died of suffocation. If this amount of time had passed, it would already be…

I sat down as I heard the sentence that there was no hope at all.

I suddenly felt discouraged.

Although I didn’t like them very much, it wasn’t to the point where I wanted them dead.

– are you okay?

“are you okay. “I just feel a little vain.”

– Get some rest.

I nodded and opened my inventory.

I need to eat something.

But when I looked at the snacks in my inventory, I suddenly remembered the first time I met the strategy team.

I was so excited as if I was going on a picnic…

– First, eat and rest.

As I sat blankly holding a bag of snacks, Seo Ji-han cheered.

As I roughly nodded and mechanically chewed the snack, I suddenly felt exhausted.

“We have to get out of the dungeon first, right?”

– Uhm.

Instead of answering, Seo Ji-han wiped his face and sighed.

I think he is equally frustrated with this situation.

There is still half of the attack period left, but the team is devastated.

Since I can no longer proceed with the strategy, the only option is to leave, but there are more than one or two things that bother me.

The biggest one is Baek Gwang-hyeon, the guild leader.

It would be overly optimistic to believe that guild leader Baek Gwang-hyeon is innocent when only Baek Dae-man participated to this extent.

Until now, the image I have had of Baek Gwang-hyeon, the guild leader, was somewhat incompetent, but dreamy and kind, and felt a bit pitiful, like the president of a failing startup company.

So it was not easy to accept the hypothesis that he had colluded with a conspiracy that led to the death of the attack team.

But if you think about it calmly, there’s no way he didn’t know.

Why on earth did you do this?

Aren’t you on bad terms with a large guild?

There was also a story that you left the Daehan guild after a fight.

On the first day, he even told me that we should grow a guild together.

Why did you defect?

Was it difficult to start a guild alone?

Is that why you held hands?

In fact, there were severe checks in the large guilds.

No matter how many times his name was mentioned in an interview, the media would not even highlight it.

for a moment.

It’s a bit strange.

I still don’t know much about their identity, but they are people who do not hesitate to kill people to achieve their goals.

Even though such people had the power to control the media, they only did so to keep the Baekgwang Guild’s name from being known?

Isn’t this too moderate a check?

It wouldn’t be a task for them to eliminate one guild leader, Baek Gwang-hyeon, by turning him into a criminal like they did to Seo Ji-han.

If he had wanted to, he could have destroyed the entire guild without anyone noticing.

However, instead of doing that, they simply prevented the Baekgwang Guild from becoming known to people.

This means that the purpose was not to check but to conceal.

Like hiding an organization that does shitty things.

“You said earlier that those people planned this to create public opinion that only large guilds should attack dungeons, right?”

– It did.

As I looked at Seo Ji-han’s seemingly innocent face, I quickly completed the guess in my head.

“A thought just occurred to me, but the Baekgwang Guild may have been created for this purpose from the beginning.”

– what?

“The fact that he came out to cause trouble in the Korean guild is just something the guild leader said, but we don’t know if it’s true.”

– Go ahead.

Seo Ji-han seemed to already understand everything I wanted to say, but he urged me to say the next thing.

“I thought the media’s reluctance to expose the Baekgwang Guild was a way to keep new guilds in check, but I don’t think that was the case. If you give out too much information for no reason, you may get caught later. “If it’s a guild that will be used and discarded when needed, it’s best to just pretend it doesn’t exist and only show up for a short time.”

– Uhm.

“The guild building was built in a remote, empty field on purpose to avoid prying eyes. In fact, everyone just thought it was a check and didn’t have any doubts. And the guild operating funds, which were said to be Baek Gwang-hyeon’s guild leader’s personal funds, must have been provided by those underlings.”

After I finished speaking, Seo Ji-han was lost in thought for a moment.

In fact, what I just said is just speculation.

It may not be real.

Still, it is clear that a large guild was involved in this matter, and even if not, it is clear that there is at least someone with the power to shape public opinion behind it.

According to their plan, I had to die in this dungeon.

But they survived, and their plans went awry.

Even if I leave the dungeon like this, I don’t think there will be any good results.

Because I am an obstacle to them.

“I’m worried about the conductor and assistant manager.”

– After all, these two are civilians. Nothing will happen. Just worry about yourself.

That is correct.

I’m just at a loss as to what to do next.

“What happens if I leave?”

– There will be quite a few night guests. I’m going to block your mouth and get rid of your troubles.

It’s an expected answer, but hearing it from his mouth makes it feel a little more gloomy.

“I also need to find a camera.”

-Didn’t you hear it earlier? They said there was one more. Those guys.

“i know. That it can be dangerous. But the truth is stamped there. The words the attacking hunters spoke out of their own mouths. “It’s an unedited version.”

The opponents are experts at false accusations.

When I got out of the dungeon, maybe I would be framed this time.

All you need is the video from that camera to reveal the truth.

– good. But how do you find it?

That’s the problem.

I couldn’t have missed that cameraman.

Where do you find him?

You may have already left this dungeon.

– Hide for a moment.

While I was deep in thought, Seo Ji-han made an urgent gesture.

Why are you hiding?

-Someone is coming here.

Without another thought, I took out the invisibility scroll and tore it up.

He then tore off the scroll that erased his presence and clung to the wall, holding his breath.

And soon, I realized what Seo Ji-han was talking about.

Light footsteps were heard, which were clearly different from those of the monster.

The footsteps began to get closer.

And I also heard a low voice that seemed to be talking about something.

It wasn’t just one person either.

The people who finally appeared were two men.

One of them was the cameraman I was so eager to find.

“I don’t have any? “Tsk, it seems like it’s been a while since the monster picked it up.”

The masked man who came with the cameraman shook his head when he saw the spider monster threads hanging everywhere.

It is an opponent whose combat power cannot be measured.

It meant that he was stronger than me.

I didn’t move for fear that he might sense me.

“I need to take these extra shots. There aren’t enough scenes. “If I do this, only I will be criticized.”

When the cameraman started crying, the masked person briefly clicked his tongue.

“Seeing how Baek Dae-man ended up like that, I already know everything they know. If I live and talk nonsense, I won’t end up criticizing you, right?”

The cameraman smiled servilely and bowed to the gaze that seemed to be looking at something immature.

“Hehe, brother. Still, there is video, so what can they do? If you edit it properly and send it to them, they’ll think it’s just nonsense. “Isn’t physical evidence useless?”

“Anyway, there’s no way Baek Dae-man gave him the escape stone, so he’s probably still wandering around the dungeon, so we need to find him quickly. “It’s too much for just the two of us, so let’s return to headquarters and form a search team.”

Returning to headquarters?

It was a welcome sound to hear.

“But brother, maybe he’s already gone. It looks like that Sonmoa Hunter has a multi-person escape seat. “I wouldn’t have brought just one.”

“okay? You’ll find out when you get to headquarters. But if they had already escaped, wouldn’t an external team have come in and shared the situation? Anyway, let’s go.”

The two looked around for a moment more, and as if they thought there was nothing to gain, they started to go back to the passage they came from.

I waited until the presence disappeared and quietly asked Seo Ji-han.

“Please tell me the direction.”

Seo Ji-han is better at feeling presence.

Rather than having to follow closely behind and get caught, it would be better to rely on Seo Ji-han and keep the distance as much as possible.

Seo Ji-han looked reluctant, but he sighed and took the lead.

– This way.

I was afraid that I might step on something that made a noise, so I raised my senses to the maximum and walked after the masked people with all my nerves.

I wasn’t the only one looking for them.

The operation went wrong, so they were looking for me to clean up the situation.

To be exact, he came to check on what happened, but when he saw that Baek Dae-man was dead, he went after the remaining people to figure out the situation.

Thank you for saving me the trouble of finding it.

– If you get caught, use the escape seat immediately.

Seo Ji-han, who was walking ahead, looked back several times and made a request.

It’s an escape stone.

If you listen to their conversation, even if you use the escape seat to get out anyway, an ‘external team’ will be waiting.

I don’t think it would be of any use.

As if reading my thoughts, Seo Ji-han added.

– At least I have another eye so they won’t try to kill me right away.

In fact, they are the ones who killed Noh Mirae and Noh Heemang without hesitation.

If they found me, there was a high possibility that they would kill me and try to silence me.