I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 71

Episode 072

Eundam Yoo, who had been waiting for me to pack the items, stared at the gate.

Looking at the blazing escape gate, a problem I had forgotten for a while came to mind.

Killing Vargis was a good thing, but there is still a lot of unfinished business.

“Wait.”

If you leave like this, you will exit through the dungeon entrance you used to enter.

The entrance to the dungeon managed by the Dungeon Management Office.

I don’t think that all humans in the Dungeon Management Office are the same force as the masked person.

However, looking at the circumstances, it seemed clear that he had enough influence to control access to the dungeon as he pleased.

If so, it is highly likely that their forces have infiltrated the security team managing the dungeon.

Perhaps the ‘external team’ they are talking about may actually be referring to the security team.

Unless you knew the true nature of the enemy, it was reckless to show yourself defenseless.

However, it is also impossible to hide from the tightly managed dungeon entrance.

The dungeon entrance is sealed on all sides, so there is no place to escape, and invisibility items don’t work.

But that’s only when the dungeon is in normal condition.

This dungeon will soon disappear.

When a dungeon disappears, it means that the space that was sucked in when the dungeon was created is spit out again.

If you cover your face and run out of the dungeon right before it disappears, the shrinking space will expand and cause a commotion. If you get out of the gap, you will be able to escape.

“You can’t leave yet. “Wait until the dungeon disappears.”

As I looked at the gate that was starting to shimmer and blur, I took out a blanket and covered my body and face.

Yu Eundam was taken aback for a moment, then smiled faintly.

“You know that when a dungeon is destroyed, it disappears forever, right? “I might go missing. Are you okay?”

“That won’t happen.”

– Oh, that’s cool.

I just said something, but Seo Ji-han is impressed, so I feel a little embarrassed.

I was very nervous and stared at the gate.

And I jumped into the escape gate just before it disappeared.

succeded.

Immediately after leaving the gate, it was a dungeon entrance managed by the Dungeon Management Office, but as soon as the blanket fluttered once, the scenery in front of me changed in an instant.

I saw ruins full of crushed buildings, smashed cars, and collapsed concrete.

With most of the structures destroyed, there wasn’t much to block the view, so I could see a place in the distance beyond the open ruins where the original dungeon exit might have been.

I held Eundam Yoo’s hand and tore open the associative space movement scroll.

“desert?”

The place we moved to was a desert in a travel brochure that we had seen in passing before.

While vaguely looking for a place to avoid people’s eyes, this place just came to mind.

The scenery in the picture I saw back then was a desert shining in golden light in broad daylight, but now it is a pitch-black night with a cold wind blowing.

Still, the stars in the sky were bright.

Anyway, it’s the freshest air I’ve had in a long time.

I had been living in the poisonous, acrid air of the Dungeon, but breathing the clean air of this vast nature made me feel like I could finally live a little better.

“Where am I?”

As I was taking deep breaths and inhaling the fresh air, I heard Yu Eundam ask a question.

Where was it?

I don’t know the exact location because I’ve only seen it in pictures.

“I don’t know either. I just came here because I remembered it as a photo from the headquarters. “It must be a desert somewhere.”

I answered honestly, and Yoo Eundam did not ask any more questions.

Well, it doesn’t really matter where in the desert we are right now.

I looked for a moment at the lights beyond the dunes.

I guess it’s a desert not too far from a tourist attraction.

Well, it’s a photo from a travel brochure.

“First, let’s search the Internet or something to see what’s going on out there.”

I was naturally about to take out my phone, but stopped for a moment.

But this is a foreign country.

There is no way a cell phone that is not roaming will explode.

Should I go to this village in the distance?

But fortunately, Eundam Yoo took out his cell phone.

A Korean portal site appeared on his cell phone, possibly due to roaming.

“Newspaper article? “Has what happened in this dungeon already been reported?”

Instead of answering, Eundam Yoo handed over his cell phone to me.

As soon as I checked the letters listed on the screen, I scrolled down like I was fascinated.

– 〈Breaking News〉 Emergency arrest of team member for murder of team member in Ban Seo-jin Hunter Dungeon.

– Did small and medium-sized guilds’ greed for tragic items lead to discord? It is known that the number of people targeted includes Guam’s hero Son Moa Hunter…

At the bottom of the article, there was a photo of Ban Seo-jin with his hands and feet restrained and his mouth muzzled.

Someone’s hand is pressing hard on the back of her head, forcing her to lower her head.

Thanks to that, I couldn’t see his face clearly, but it was definitely Hunter Ban Seo-jin himself.

Since it was a breaking news story, there was no particular content.

It seems that the fact that we killed Vargis and closed the dungeon is not yet known.

At the bottom, there were already a lot of comments that were confusing to the eyes.

an**** 06:51:03

It’s scary. How did you kill him?

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nyt**** 06:51:03

Play as you see fit. XX You look strong.

⇧ 64 ⇩ 23

ha**** 06:51:03

Is it Son Moa or is she dead too?

⇧ 90 ⇩ 13

↳ rain**** 06:52:04

I guess so?

⇧ 1 ⇩ 0

sae**** 06:51:03

What did Son Moa do? Is this guy smarter than him?

⇧ 17 ⇩ 3

↳ rae**** 06:52:04

Isn’t it a surprise attack and a stabbing?

⇧ 19 ⇩ 5

yo**** 06:51:03

Don’t punish him for being a hunter, but punish him severely

⇧ 32 ⇩ 2

him**** 06:51:03

He will be put on probation for being a hunter again.

⇧ 43 ⇩ 1

dul**** 06:51:03

Did you have a fight with Son Moa? I think Son Moa was so famous that they couldn’t stop him.

⇧ 89 ⇩ 2

↳ do**** 06:52:04

I think it’s because I’m having trouble with Son Moa.

⇧ 94 ⇩ 2

da**** 06:51:03

If you put your hands together and look at the scum, it looks like it burst while scratching at each other. So, I am self-employed.

⇧ 45 ⇩ 23

gu**** 06:51:03

Son Moa said she went to the US and is still in Korea.

⇧ 17 ⇩ 0

↳ jam**** 06:52:04

Didn’t it fail to compete with the United States?

⇧ 34 ⇩ 4

↳ dl**** 06:52:04

It’s a bubble to see that the guild is also a small and medium guild lol

⇧ 6 ⇩ 0

I returned the phone without looking any further.

I felt Seo Ji-han examining my expression, so I smiled slightly.

The rumor that I am a refugee in the United States seems to have already become a fait accompli.

I don’t know the details, but it felt like Hunter Ban Seo-jin had covered up the incident in which we were attacked.

Besides, there’s no way he didn’t mention the situation in which we were attacked, but that’s the only detail left out.

It was definitely the result of some work by an ‘external team’.

If I show up in this situation, there is a high possibility that I will get some work as well.

“Hmm. “This is a photo from last year, but it was reported yesterday.”

Eun-dam Yoo, who had been searching for his name and looking at past articles, groaned softly.

On his cell phone, there was a picture of Yoo Eundam hanging out here and there.

It seems that the media is also cooperating in covering up the kidnapping of Yoo N-dam.

Ordinary guild members may think that Eundam Yoo is really neglecting the guild and going out to have fun.

Although he achieved the feat of killing Vargis and escaping from the eyes of his enemies, he was not yet completely safe.

It’s not just me, it’s the same for Yoo Eundam.

We ended up in a similar situation.

“What are you going to do now, Eundam Yoo?”

Honestly, this was my first time in a situation like this and I had no idea what to do.

But since Eundam Yoo has done a lot of different things in the hunter industry, isn’t there a way?

“What are you going to do with Son Moa Hunter?”

He was holding his cell phone and seemed to be thinking about something when he returned the question.

I bowed my head obediently.

“Honestly, I’m not sure.”

“Then what do you want to do?”

What do you want to do?

All that came to mind right now was my comfortable home and family.

I’m just worried that my family might be attacked just like I was attacked.

“I want to visit my family and make sure they are safe.”

“Well, I understand how you feel, but if you’re going to visit, be careful. Since the dungeon is closed, they are probably calculating the possibility that Hunter Son Moa escaped alive in the meantime. “For that time, my family…”

Out of politeness, Yoo Eun-dam omitted the explicit afterword.

But my heart raced just imagining the back end.

“You’re going to kill me?”

“yes? No no! It means that they could use Sonmoa as a hostage to coax Hunter. Or, they may be expecting or waiting for Hunter Son Moa to come visit their family.”

I calmed down a little as he urgently calmed me down.

But I was still anxious.

Those guys who tried to kill the attack team for no reason… Strictly speaking, it wasn’t without reason.

Anyway, wouldn’t those guys harm your family?

– It will be fine. Because of this incident, other people will be keeping an eye on your family, and if something like that happens, someone will be suspicious. It’s better for them not to do anything that stands out. And if, by chance, you’re still alive, I won’t harm you, even if only to use you as a bargaining chip.

I barely nodded and understood.

But there were many other things to worry about besides that.

The media is making my death a fait accompli, and I think about how sad my mother must be…

But for now, I have to hide.

If you reveal yourself too hastily, news may pop up saying you are ‘Son Mo-ah’s accomplice to the Hunter Dungeon Attack Team murderer Ban Seo-jin.’

“The situation is more complicated than I thought. To be honest, I didn’t think it would be a big deal… I thought that if I caught the guys inside and a few guild members and beat them up, the situation would be sorted out. But this.”

Eundam Yoo was looking at endless composite photos of himself.

What he is looking at now is an article that is already several months old.

If even that is synthetic, then how long was Yoo Eundam imprisoned?

“Honestly, I thought there would be at least a missing person report. In the worst case scenario, all of my associates may have fallen for it. Or maybe they were exterminated like the traitors we killed earlier.”

His words brought to mind a cruel scene I had forgotten about.

Eundam Yoo added, looking at me to see if my complexion had worsened.

“I don’t know what you think, but I don’t usually kill people like that. Those guys earlier tried to kill me by hitting me in the back, so my eyes went blank for a moment…”

Seo Ji-han stared at Yoo Eun-dam, who was hesitantly making excuses, as if it was amusing.

I was a bit surprised too.

Am I mistaken if I feel like he’s anxious because he doesn’t want to make me feel bad?

“are you okay. I completely understand. “It’s just that I’m not immune to those kinds of scenes…”

I have no intention of criticizing Yoo Eundam in particular.

If I hadn’t rescued him, he would have been wrapped there like an object for several months and his magic power would have been sucked away, and he would have died without anyone noticing.