Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 102
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 102
Episode 102
Boom boom!
Someone knocked on Zeon’s door.
I opened the door and saw Mandy standing there.
“Come in.”
“Did you sleep well?”
“I slept comfortably.”
“thank god.”
Mandy sat down in the chair.
In her hand was a sheaf of paper that appeared to have been just printed.
“Is that it?”
Mandy said, handing Xeon a stack of papers.
“If you read it, you will see that he is quite a troublesome person.”
“Are you a tycoon?”
“A person favored by a tycoon?”
“You’re a pain in the ass.”
“that’s right.”
Xeon read the document Mandy printed out.
The document contained Tajik’s personal history in detail.
“Xiaolun’s subordinate? “Is it true that Xiao Lun is the loser of the South?”
“that’s right.”
“He wasn’t just a big guy.”
“yes! “He is a big man with enormous power, ranked among the top five in Neo Seoul.”
At this level, even being called a giant is not enough.
Xiaorun was not only an S-class awakened himself, but also had S-class and A-class awakened people under his command.
It was an enormous amount of power that could instantly destroy a colony outside of Neo Seoul.
Tajik was one of Xiaorun’s tricks.
The official title is ‘Condor SSC General Manager’.
“SSC?”
“Security Service Company, that is, a security service company.”
“It’s a security service. “That’s a very ambiguous name.”
“It’s the perfect company to reach out to a variety of fields.”
“Condor SSC. So Tajik is the general manager of this security company?”
“That’s accurate. In addition, I am in charge of several small companies. But the biggest power is still the SSC security company.”
Zeon caressed his chin with his fingers and turned the pages of the paper.
“Security service, magical water processing company, chemical dye company. They are all good companies to use for shitty jobs. “If you look at what’s written, Tajik seems like a kind of problem solver.”
“wow! “I recognize it at a glance.”
Mandy let out an exclamation without realizing it.
They were surprised by Zeon’s insight.
As he said, Tajik was Xiao Lun’s troubleshooter.
The companies that Tajik is in charge of are made up of companies that he is comfortable working with.
Security service companies are perfect for manipulating awakened people by giving them fake jobs, and magic beast processing companies are perfect for making kickbacks. Chemical dye companies can literally hide any dangerous substances they handle.
These are all companies that are good at doing tricks.
Based on this, Zeon guessed that Tajik was Xiaorun’s problem solver.
Zeon moved to the back page.
The last piece of paper detailed the current status of the companies.
Mandy said.
“This is the best I can figure out. “If you dig any further, Xiaorun and Tajik will notice.”
“This is enough.”
Grumble!
A flame erupted from Zeon’s hand and instantly burned the document.
“What are you going to do now? As you can see, Tajik has a tycoon named Xiaorun behind it. “If you touch it wrongly, the entire slum will be devastated.”
When she was working as Elroy, she was Mandy who had no fear in the world. But even she was afraid of Xiao Lun, the loser of the south.
Not to mention Mayor Jin Geum-ho, the losers in each region are monsters who have lived for a long time.
Their original abilities were so strong that it was hard to guess, and they each built enormous forces under their command.
In a way, they were people who could be seen as Neo-Seoul itself.
Fighting against such people was as reckless as jumping into the maw of an S-class demon beast without any armor.
Her other personality, Elroy, was also crazy, but not to that extent.
Zeon told her.
“I also have no intention of becoming enemies with Xiao Lun.”
“Really?”
“sure.”
Despite Zeon’s cool answer, Eloi didn’t seem to be at all refreshed.
“ha! I don’t know. Take care of it. “With this, I paid off all my debt.”
“yes!”
“I’ll just go now.”
Mandy stood up.
After seeing her off, Zeon sat down again.
The contents of the document were stored intact in his mind.
“Xiaolun was secretly trafficking using crocodiles, and when the crocodiles were killed by me, the trafficking route was cut off. “The alternative is to either recruit me or eliminate me.”
This was something I found out from the Inazuma attack team.
The person leading all of this was Tajik.
If you just leave it alone, there will be endless repercussions.
That was the reason Zeon entered Neo Seoul.
Zeon approached the window and looked at the panoramic view of Neo Seoul.
“hmm!”
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Condor SSC is located on the outskirts of the southern area of Neo Seoul.
Since the required manpower is dispatched to each company, the size of the headquarters is not very large.
As for the headquarters, it was a small warehouse-like building with a few offices.
Since it was on the outskirts of Neo-Seoul, it would have been unthinkable if it were a central area where a warehouse of this size could be built.
Tajik was sitting in his office at the top of Condor SSC.
From here, you can see a bright view of the warehouse.
The reason Condor SSC maintains a warehouse-type headquarters is not because it has no money.
This was because the warehouse format was convenient to operate in many ways.
Inside the warehouse, low-level awakened people were training.
They were training to infiltrate by creating a terrain feature that looked like a replica of a street in Neo Seoul.
Most of the awakened people being trained here were D or E class.
“I mean, show off your skills one more time.”
“Is that your limit? You idiot! “It is said that the power of a skill becomes stronger only when it is pushed to its limit.”
“I mean, pay attention to mana distribution. “You chickenheads!”
The instructors pushed the awakened students harshly.
Most of the instructors here were C-rank.
Their level was higher than that of the awakened people being trained, and they had more experience. For that reason, he was selected as an instructor to help train low-level awakened people.
“Good!”
Tajik looked down at that with a satisfied expression.
The total number of awakened people gathered here now is fifty.
After completing the rigorous training, you will become an elite and be dispatched to a company managed by Xiaorun.
In this way, Xiaorun’s power will become more solidified and Tajik’s power will also become stronger.
“Hehe! “The reality of this place is underground.”
He took the elevator down to the basement of the warehouse.
The underground space was as wide as a warehouse above ground.
The underground space was thoroughly separated by a partition wall.
In each space inside each bulkhead, research was being conducted that could not be revealed to the outside world.
The place Tajik headed to was the deepest laboratory.
Research was being conducted in the lab that could not be revealed to the outside world.
Beyond the lab glass, a man was strapped to an operating table.
Tubes were connected to various parts of the man’s body, and an unknown liquid was being injected.
As the amount of liquid injected increased, the man’s pain worsened.
The man’s entire body muscles were greatly swollen as if they were about to burst, and all of his veins were bulging.
Even so, the fact that he was still alive was acceptable.
Tajik asked the researchers.
“How is it going?”
“There has been some success, but it is difficult to progress beyond this.”
“Why?”
“The quality of the drugs is also an issue. “The drugs introduced this time are problematic in many ways.”
“As expected…”
“I liked the drugs the old supply book gave me. It was perfect for experimentation because it used human blood as a medium and had few side effects. How could I not get it again?”
“Just wait a moment. Even if it’s not like that, I’m still working hard.”
“hmm! If this research is successful, it will be possible to forcibly awaken ordinary humans. Then, we will be able to mass-produce awakened people just like we produce pots in a factory.”
Tajik nodded at the researcher’s words.
The research being conducted here was inspired by drugs supplied by crocodiles.
The drugs supplied by the crocodiles were of very high purity and manufactured using a special method, making them ideal for exploding human potential.
They created a drug-based stimulant that instantly increased one’s abilities.
Researchers wondered if it would be possible to awaken ordinary humans, and conducted a study.
It was a study conducted in secret.
Because they couldn’t do it openly, all the people who became test subjects were kidnapped from the slums.
The people carrying out this were also crocodiles.
It was a useful being in many ways. So their absence was more disappointing.
That was the reason Tajik evaluated Zeon.
“First of all, he’s capable enough, but I don’t think he’ll listen well.”
The Inazuma raiding party was by no means a soft creature.
He wasn’t naive enough to believe that they missed the timing and couldn’t get out of the dungeon.
“It’s clear that he buried the Inazuma raid team in some way.”
The problem is that since it happened in a dungeon, we don’t know how.
Because of this, it was not possible to accurately determine Zeon’s abilities.
“The simplest way is to check his rank insignia. There was no way I would show it to them obediently…”
The means available to force it by force were limited.
Slums had their own order, so it was difficult to intervene easily.
I was lucky this time and was able to use the goblin market, but there was no way I would do that next time.
“Do I have no choice but to move directly?”
Tajik mumbled and walked out of the lab.
It was right after he left.
Slurp!
Suddenly, sand flowed in through the vent.
The research building is very strictly managed.
Naturally, various devices are installed in the vents to prevent outside intruders.
There is no room for even a drop of water to leak, let alone sand.
If this much sand had flowed in, of course an alarm should have been sounded. However, strangely enough, all systems were quiet.
The sand piled up on the floor wriggled like a living creature and soon took on the shape of a human being.
It was the Sand Soldier, a soldier made of sand.
There was only one being on Earth who could make soldiers out of sand, Zeon.
Xeon let sand in through the vent and created the Sand Soldier.
It was not easy to maintain the Sand Soldiers as it was far away and deep underground. Despite this, Zeon somehow maintained his dominance.
Xeon watched what was happening in the lab through Sand Soldier.
‘It’s a forced awakening using drugs. If we are not careful, Neo Seoul and the slums will be overflowing with awakened people who do not meet the standards.’
Drugs themselves are harmful to humans, but when they collude with human desires like this, it can lead to terrible results.
The research seemed to be in its infancy stages.
Research has been slow because the drugs supplied by crocodiles have been cut off.
If drugs made by crocodiles are supplied again, research will progress rapidly.
Xeon, who was examining the inside of the lab through Sand Soldier, frowned slightly.
‘As expected, Brielle is the problem.’
Since we had already made a pact, we couldn’t leave her unattended.
She had to somehow prevent her abilities from being revealed.
‘For now, it would be best to sever the link.’
Zeon muttered softly and summoned the Sand Soldier.
The Sand Soldier turned into sand again and came out through the vent.
Zeon was standing in a dark alley far away from the vent. Sand rushed in front of Zeon like a wave.
At that moment, Zeon’s subspace opened.
The sand flowed into subspace as if it had been waiting.
The thing that took up the most space in Zeon’s subspace was not the corpse of a demon beast or an item.
sand.
More than half of it was filled with orange sand.
The sand that penetrated the vent went into Zeon’s subspace without leaving a single particle behind.
Zeon muttered as he closed the subspace.
‘How do I erase it?’