Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 125
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 125
Episode 125
Choi Soo-wan was an awakened person.
Also, an awakened person combined with a machine.
His two legs and one arm were mechanical.
The number of awakened people who combined with machines was extremely small compared to those in the martial arts or magic world.
First of all, the awakening rate is low, and even if awakened, the probability of successfully combining with the machine is rare.
This was the greatest disadvantage of the mechanized awakeners.
They could only combine with machines, but they did not have the ability to create machines.
Only when successfully combined with an existing machine will it be possible to demonstrate abilities comparable to or greater than those of those awakened in the martial arts or magic world.
Therefore, the success or failure of those with mechanization skills depended on how well they could combine it with a machine.
In that respect, Choi Soo-wan was quite lucky.
This is because he belongs to Kim Hyun-soo, the loser of Neo Seoul West.
Hyunsoo Kim was purely Korean.
He believed that since the origin of Neo-Seoul was Korea, pure Koreans should rule this land, and he worked hard to do so.
The western sector believed in an extremely advanced mechanical civilization.
They recreated a computer that disappeared over a hundred years ago and used it to create many machines.
Perhaps because of this, a particularly large number of mechanized awakeners appeared in the western area.
Choi Soo-wan was also one of those awakened people.
Although he was not assigned a good machine due to his low awakening level, he was still able to wear mechanical prosthetic legs and hands with power equivalent to that of an E-class awakened person.
The mechanical legs were capable of reaching a speed of over 70 kilometers per hour, and the steel prosthetic arms were capable of producing destructive power similar to that of a martial arts awakened person of the same level.
The good thing about being a mechanized awakener is that you can change to a better body as your level increases.
In the west area, machines or bodies were prepared for high-ranking awakened people. You can become as strong as you want by simply increasing your level.
Choi Soo-wan also dreamed of one day becoming a high-ranking awakened person and transforming into a powerful body.
But before that, we had to survive first.
“Gasp!”
Suwan Choi was running through the outskirts of Neo Seoul at high speed.
His face was drenched in sweat, and there was a look of embarrassment in his eyes.
Shoo!
At that moment, a sound rang out.
“Fuck!”
Choi Soo-wan cursed and swung his mechanical prosthetic hand.
Cough!
The arrow flew out with a metallic sound.
But it was too early to feel relieved.
Whirling!
The chain that flew next wrapped around his legs.
Because of that, Choi Soo-wan stumbled and fell.
“Shit!”
Choi Soo-wan quickly broke the chains and stood up.
Chains could not restrain him. The problem is that time was delayed because of that.
“Fuck you bastard! “I got it now.”
“You’re so fast.”
“Anyway, the mechanical ones are the most troublesome. “Because I don’t get tired.”
Those who appeared were men in shabby clothes.
There were three people in total, all wearing masks.
Choi Soo-wan shouted.
“what? you! “Why are you chasing me?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
“As expected, you are a scavenger.”
Choi Soo-wan gritted his teeth.
Scavengers didn’t only exist in the desert.
It also exists in Neo Seoul.
They completely hide their identities and attack other awakened people, taking everything from them.
The scavengers said as they surrounded Suwan Choi.
“If you knew, wouldn’t you give up resistance? “That’s good for both sides.”
“okay! Let’s not sweat so hard for no reason. “I will spare your life.”
“Hehehe!”
Suwan Choi screamed.
“Do not be ridiculous! Who is being treated obediently?”
He lunged at the lead scavenger.
Although he fled because he was outnumbered, Choi Su-wan was confident in his military power.
‘All it takes is one hit. Just one blow….’
Once you hit hard, you can instantly make your opponent unable to resist.
It was then.
Suddenly, the lead scavenger grinned and took something out of his arms and threw it.
Bye!
The object he threw suddenly unfolded in the air and wrapped around Choi Soo-wan.
“what?”
What wrapped Choi Soo-wan’s whole body was a translucent net.
A net made of an unknown material tightened around Choi Soo-wan’s whole body like a giant tentacle.
“Just tear things up and that’s enough.”
Choi Soo-wan screamed and used his courage.
Explosive energy was supplied to the mechanical limbs, producing tremendous output. However, the translucent net that wrapped around his body only stretched significantly and did not cause any damage.
“What’s this?”
“Hehe! This item was obtained from White Bear Caravan. “It’s been a while, but the performance is solid.”
“It’s the best thing for scavengers like us.”
The scavengers smiled in satisfaction.
On the other hand, Choi Soo-wan could not hide his embarrassed expression.
“It’s an item you got from a caravan?”
“okay! They say that in a place called Akutsk Colony, these items are used to hunt demonic beasts. “I bought it because I thought it would be useful for human hunters like us, and it certainly works.”
“profit!”
Choi Soo-wan tried again to tear the net, but it was no use.
The translucent net that wrapped him was made by processing the skin of a vampire marten, a small magical beast, and had tremendous tensile strength.
Because of that, it was not easy to tear it with physical force alone.
For a low-level awakened person like Choi Soo-wan who could mobilize physical power, it was nothing short of a disaster.
The Scavenger took out a small rod from his waist.
“There’s still one more thing left to test.”
“What is that again?”
“Hehe! It is said that a one-horned electric eel lives near the Akutsk colony. This guy’s body has internal organs that generate high-voltage electricity, and they say this is a luxury item. It instantly generates extremely high voltage electricity. “This rod has the electric generating organ of a one-horned electric eel built into it.”
“then?”
“Yeah, kind of like a stun gun. However, the output is a little strong.”
The scavenger placed the electric shock baton directly on Suwan Choi’s chest.
Squeeze!
Choi Soo-wan’s body shook violently as electricity bounced around.
My muscles shrank from the high-voltage electric current, and I couldn’t even scream.
After a while, Choi Soo-wan lost consciousness.
“hey! done. it’s okay.”
“Fuck! “The performance is solid.”
“Good. “Hurry and take off his limbs.”
The scavengers laughed and clung to Choi Soo-wan.
They removed Choi Soo-wan’s mechanical legs and arms from his body.
The machine that was originally bonded to the mechanized awakener will not be unbound. This is because it is completely recognized as a body.
However, if you are hit by this electric shock device obtained from White Bear Caravan, your bond will be weakened. This is because high-voltage current instantly paralyzes the system.
Slam! Slam!
In fact, the scavengers easily removed Choi Soo-wan’s prosthetic hand and leg.
“done.”
“Amazing, Great.”
“If I sell this, I’ll make a lot of money. Hehehe!”
The prosthetic hands and legs of mechanized awakeners are sold at quite high prices.
This is because it can be transplanted into the body of another mechanized awakened person, or it can be disassembled into small pieces and only the parts can be used.
“What should I do with this bastard?”
One of the scavengers pointed to Choi Soo-wan, who had only one side of his body and one arm left.
I just lost my mind, but I wasn’t dead yet.
My colleague’s answer was simple.
“What should I do? I have to kill him. “It would be difficult if you came to me just to get revenge.”
“okay! Let’s kill him.”
With that, Choi Soo-wan’s fate was decided.
Pow!
Choi Soo-wan’s head exploded from their punches.
Choi Soo-wan, who wriggled for a moment, lost his breath.
“hey! Contact the other pups and tell them to buy stuff from White Bear Caravan. “Because it’s awesome.”
“Where did such lucky people come in? Hehehe!”
“let’s go!”
The scavengers slowly disappeared into the darkness.
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“There was chaos.”
“yes?”
Zeon looked puzzled at old Clexi’s unexpected words.
“It appears that some of the items loose from the White Bear Caravan ended up in the hands of the scavengers.”
“Aren’t White Bear Caravan’s items sold only to verified people?”
“I guess scavengers bought the items that were sold like that.”
“Maybe so.”
Zeon shook his head.
It’s already been a week since White Bear Caravan settled down and started selling goods.
In the meantime, many items flowed into each area of Neo Seoul. It seems that some of the items sold that way have fallen into the hands of scavengers again.
“Scavengers are hunting other Awakened people with items released from the White Bear Caravan.”
“Is there a lot of damage?”
“From what I understand, dozens of people have already been affected.”
“That much?”
“If you include the victims who have not been identified, there will be more.”
Old Man Clexi’s expression was very serious.
The scavengers’ main area of activity was the desert.
They hide their identities completely and target awakened people and passers-by.
They are mainly based in the desert, but there are also those who live within Neo Seoul.
However, the reason it hasn’t been a problem so far is because when you use skills in Neo Seoul, traces are left behind.
Since I could get caught if I tracked him based on his skill traces, I refrained from doing as much as possible within Neo Seoul.
The reason the scavengers were freed was because of the items released from the White Bear Caravan.
Various items made to efficiently hunt demonic beasts were also good for hunting humans.
In particular, the damage was caused by nets made from the skin of vampire martens and electric shock batons made from the organs of one-horned electric eels.
These two items allowed the Awakened to subdue other Awakened people without using their unique skills.
A low-level awakened person had no choice but to be helpless.
In addition to these two items, scavengers used other items to hunt Awoken.
Although it was not originally designed for this purpose, it is to find and test the optimal combination to apply to awakened people.
Because of this, the damage to the awakened people was increasing.
“Neo Seoul must be in chaos, right?”
“I heard there was an emergency in each district.”
“You probably didn’t know that scavengers would use items loose from the caravan.”
“Anyway, they are creative guys. “You’re thinking of using items to hunt other awakened people in Neo Seoul.”
“Wherever you go, idiots exist.”
“It’s a shame because there are so many idiots. “Right now, this is only happening in Neo Seoul, but soon the same things will happen in the slums as well.”
Old Clexi’s biggest worry was that the same thing would happen to the slums.
Fortunately, security was well maintained in Neo Seoul, but there was nothing like that in the slums.
If the same thing happened, the damage would naturally be greater.
It was inevitable that people would die, but I wanted to avoid causing great chaos in the slums as a result.
“What about City Hall?”
“huh?”
“This happened because of items loose from the White Bear Caravan, but is City Hall keeping quiet?”
“There is no reaction.”
“is it so?”
“It’s not that they’re not responding because they really don’t know, but it seems like they’re deliberately ignoring it.”
Old Clexi frowned.
He had a long history in Neo Seoul and the Magic Stone Mine.
I have met and fought with many people, but there is no one more difficult to understand than Jin Geum-ho, the mayor of Neo Seoul.
Jin Geum-ho was an inscrutable being.
Although it is the center of Neo Seoul, it rarely comes to the forefront.
If he had been active at the forefront like in the early days of Neo Seoul, the division into several districts would not have happened.
Jin Geum-ho’s ability was absolute.
However, for some reason, Jin Geum-ho at some point completely stopped his external activities and almost went into hiding.
As a result, other districts could grow and losers could emerge.
“It’s frustrating because I don’t know what on earth you’re thinking.”
Old Clexi sighed.
Zeon looked at the city hall beyond the wall.
‘It’s clear that he encouraged this whole situation. For what reason? Are you trying to use this as an opportunity to reorganize the order of Neo Seoul?’