Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 161
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 161
Episode 161
The Pegasus raid team was located in a thirty-story ultra-modern building between the west and central districts.
The top seven floors are being used by the Pegasus raiding party.
It is very obvious, but the prices of buildings in Neo Seoul are very expensive.
This is because there is no more land left in Neo Seoul where buildings can be built.
As demand is high but supply is low, building prices have skyrocketed.
To the extent that the Pegasus Attack Team, one of the most powerful units in Neo Seoul, dare not buy the building.
In the end, the Pegasus attack force had to be content with using seven floors of the thirty-story building.
The world changed and the world of the awakened came, but capitalist logic still dominated this land.
Money is higher than awakened people.
Ji-ryeong Lee stood with his arms crossed by the window and looked at Neo Seoul.
Numerous lights lay beneath his feet.
“It took me twenty years to get here. However, if we successfully complete this dungeon raid, the Pegasus raid team will have reached a higher place.”
His eyes turned to the city hall.
The tallest building visible from anywhere in Neo Seoul. That was Ji-ryeong Lee’s final destination.
Of course, countless challenges remained.
Other competing raiding parties and the rulers of each district.
Only after overcoming them all will you have the opportunity to face Jin Geum-ho, the owner of the city hall.
I didn’t know how much more I would be hurt and bleed in the future. Still, Lee Ji-ryeong was confident that he could overcome all the difficulties and stand on equal footing with Jin Geum-ho.
“I have to get out of this document hell before that, but…”
Lee Ji-ryeong looked at his desk with a bitter smile.
There were numerous documents scattered on the desk.
Plans for managing the new capabilities of the personnel to be deployed in this attack, transportation methods to the dungeon, and even budget allocation.
Lee Ji-ryeong had to review all of this.
Preparing like this was more difficult for Lee Ji-ryeong than attacking the dungeon directly.
“after!”
It was when Lee Ji-ryeong let out a light sigh.
-Captain!
Suddenly, the secretary’s voice came through the intercom.
“What’s going on?”
-A guest has arrived.
“this time?”
-yes! They say they came from the western district.
Ji-ryeong Lee frowned.
This is because a person from the western district cannot be ignored.
“Let me in.”
-yes!
After a while, the door opened and a man as strong as Lee Ji-ryeong came inside.
He obviously looked like an ordinary person, but he had a metallic feel to him.
Lee Ji-ryeong knew why the man felt this way.
‘Since a healthy body has been replaced by a machine, it is bound to have a metallic feel…’
Most awakened people in the western area replace part or most of their bodies with machines.
Although there were some who openly displayed their mechanical bodies, most of them disguised themselves as closely as possible to resemble human bodies, like the man in front of them.
In particular, the higher the level of awakened people, the less they seemed to be machines. However, it could not completely hide the somewhat metallic feel.
The same was true for the man in front of me.
He felt a strong metallic texture.
The man greeted me first.
“long time no see. “Captain Lee Ji-ryeong.”
“What are you doing here?”
Lee Ji-ryeong immediately recognized the man’s identity.
The man who came unexpectedly in the middle of the night was none other than Cha Jin-cheol from the West district.
Lee Ji-ryeong’s eyes looking at him were not very kind.
Cha Jin-cheol said while looking at the documents scattered on the desk.
“I guess he was working.”
“I haven’t told you what business I came here for yet.”
“It’s a document related to the dungeon we’re going to conquer this time, right?”
“You asked about the business I came here for, right?”
“We want to participate in conquering this dungeon.”
“dare!”
Lee Ji-ryeong’s expression turned cold.
It was a dungeon that they had found and developed an attack plan.
A large number of people and a huge amount of money were invested.
It was clear that if you just succeeded in conquering the dungeon, you would receive huge benefits, but now that they were trying to take advantage of the area, of course you couldn’t help but be angry.
“Who is willing to participate freely?”
“Of course, I’m not saying I’ll participate for free. Pay half of the strategy cost. In addition, we will provide transportation and supplies.”
“I refuse.”
“Even though Hyunsoo Kim showed interest?”
For a moment, Ji-ryeong Lee’s eyes trembled.
Kim Hyeon-su was the ruler of the western district.
Lee Ji-ryeong was known externally as an A-class, but in reality, he possessed abilities close to an S-class. But even he couldn’t dare ignore Kim Hyun-soo.
Kim Hyun-soo was himself an S-class awakened and had numerous awakened people under his command.
Among them, there were those who possessed power not far behind Lee Ji-ryeong.
Cha Jin-cheol was one of them.
He said with a smile.
“I hope you’re not too upset. Instead, the items discovered in the dungeon are divided seven to three. Of course, you take seven and we take seven.”
“What is the priority of the item?”
“That needs to be discussed.”
Cha Jin-cheol gave an uncharacteristically sly smile.
“Why did you come late? “You turned it down when I offered to invest in the past?”
“At that time, I thought the chances of success were low.”
“Then what are you looking for now?”
“Didn’t the Sand Wizard join us?”
“It’s because of Xeon.”
Lee Ji-ryeong’s expression hardened.
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Dungeons are graded according to the difficulty of conquering them.
They are graded like awakened ones.
The problem is that you cannot know the exact level of the dungeon until you enter it.
There is no technology that can determine the level of a dungeon from the outside. The awakened person goes in and makes a decision while proceeding with the strategy.
Because of this, the exact grade of a dungeon is only determined after the raid is over. However, there was a way to roughly predict the level of the dungeon.
It was the level of mana flowing from the entrance of the dungeon.
The higher the mana level, the more high-level the dungeon was, and the more likely it was to receive better rewards.
The dungeon discovered this time was deep in the sand. Nevertheless, it boasted an overwhelming mana value.
There was a high probability that it was a high-level dungeon.
The Pegasus raid team put everything into conquering the newly discovered dungeon.
All awakened members of the Pegasus attack team were mobilized.
The total number of Pegasus raiders was three hundred.
Among them, more than 100 are ordinary people.
They are responsible for supporting tasks such as administration and planning for supply of supplies.
Therefore, the number of awakened people actually deployed to conquer the dungeon was about two hundred.
A typical dungeon was overflowing with enough space. But this time, they probably decided that wasn’t enough, so they recruited mercenaries from outside.
Because of this, not only Neo Seoul but also the slums became noisy.
The Pegasus attack team was one of the best in Neo Seoul. This was the first time that such a Pegasus attack team recruited personnel from outside.
People wondered how great of a dungeon it was that the Pegasus raiding party prepared so thoroughly.
Awakened people who did not belong to a specific district or guild volunteered to become mercenaries. Among them, there were awakened people from the slums.
Levin came into the house shaking his head.
“Wow! It’s so noisy it’s killing me. “If two or more people get together, it’s all about the Pegasus raid.”
“Anyway, humans…”
Brielle shook her head.
Last time, the White Bear Caravan absorbed all the issues, but this time, the Pegasus Attack Force was absorbing all the issues like a black hole.
Levin asked Brielle.
“Are you ready?”
“I don’t know! “The goblin market has completely dried up.”
“Tsk! I see. “It’s the same everywhere else.”
Numerous materials and items are mobilized to conquer dungeons.
The Pegasus raid team bought it to see if it would be of any help. Even in the goblin market, useful items have dried up.
Because of this, Brielle’s research was also greatly hindered.
“Are preparations for departure going well?”
“ah! “I came at the right time.”
“huh? what.”
“Take this.”
Brielle threw the backpack next to Levin, who looked puzzled.
“backpack? “Why is this?”
“Put your hand inside.”
“huh?”
Although Levin was puzzled, he put his hand into the backpack as Brielle said.
Levin was startled by the sudden cold feeling in his hand.
“laugh! what’s this?”
“Ho Ho! coward.”
“What is this?”
“Put your hand in again. “Can’t you catch anything?”
“Uh huh! “There is.”
Levin took out an object from his backpack.
What he took out was a large shovel.
“shovel? Or rather, how does a shovel fit in here?”
Levin looked at the backpack with a confused expression.
The length of the backpack was at most a meter. However, the length of the shovel taken out from inside seemed to be about one meter and fifty centimeters.
It was physically impossible.
“Is this a subspace backpack?”
“huh! “I only succeeded yesterday.”
“crazy! “You made a real subspace backpack?”
“It’s still at a basic level, but…”
“You’re really amazing. Even in Neo Seoul, there are only a handful of people who can make objects with subspace enchantment.”
Levin gave an expression of genuine admiration.
Items with subspace enchantment are not sold on the market.
This is because high-ranking awakeners or guilds take the lead in advance. So Levin couldn’t even look at the item with subspace enchantment.
“But how did you create subspace even though you were an alchemist?”
“I was lucky. “If you ask me to make it twice, I won’t be able to do it.”
“luck?”
“huh! “It was created by chance while trying various things.”
Brielle spoke honestly.
She was not a professional enchanter.
It was possible to imitate, but it was impossible to create an object with the desired performance like a high-level enchanter.
“I’ll give this to Levin.”
“really?”
Levin opened his eyes wide.
Items with subspace enchantment could not be obtained even if you paid money. I am thrilled that such a precious item is given to me without any conditions.
“As I said before, the inside of subspace is not that big. “It’s only about the size of a small room.”
“That’s enough. “I just need to put in all the things I need for this expedition.”
“huh! “You just need to bring mainly drinking water and food.”
“don’t worry. It’s already prepared, so all you have to do is put it in. and! “Thanks to you, I will go on this expedition comfortably.”
Levin hugged the backpack as if it were a treasure.
His face was full of happy light.
“Wait a minute I’m not doing this.”
“huh?”
“I received a precious treasure, so shouldn’t I test it? “I’ll pack all the prepared items into my subspace backpack.”
Levin hurried into his room.
At that time, Zeon came out of the room.
“Why are you like that?”
“I like receiving the subspace backpack.”
“What did you make yesterday?”
“huh!”
“You gave it to Levin.”
“You can’t give it to Zeon. “Because the backpack has to be carried by the porter.”
“Foot!”
Zeon burst out laughing.
Levin was thrilled to have received a precious item, but to Brielle, she was nothing more or less than a porter to carry the troublesome luggage.