Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 186
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 186
Episode 186:
A man was sitting on a metal chair connected to numerous wires and cables.
The man with somewhat metallic-looking skin and muscles was none other than Kim Hyeon-soo, the loser of the western district.
Kim Hyun-soo sat on a chair and looked at the city hall in the distance.
The city hall was clearly visible in the mechanical eye.
Decades have passed since they established their nest in the western district.
Meanwhile, the western region was developed and an advanced mechanical civilization was created. Nevertheless, there was a large gap with the city hall.
That made Hyunsoo Kim unbearable.
“Jin Geum-ho, what on earth are you thinking? “What are you doing?”
I knew that Jin Geum-ho, the mayor of Neo Seoul, was plotting something.
This is because information comes in through multiple channels.
What Hyunsoo Kim particularly trusted was the analysis of the three-legged crow, a supercomputer.
The three-legged crow, created by combining the ancient golem’s brain and a computer, was able to process vast amounts of information in an instant.
The level was different from the information analyzed by humans.
Nevertheless, we were not able to find out much information about Jin Geum-ho and Neo Seoul.
The city hall had a perfect protective wall that even the power of a three-legged crow could not penetrate.
“Neo Seoul belongs to Koreans. “How long are we going to watch these races and foreigners install the property?”
He was Korean to the core.
I felt great pride in being a pureblood of this land.
Even if most of the body has been replaced by machines.
It was then.
-master.
A three-legged crow’s voice was heard.
“What’s going on?”
―Cha Jin-cheol passed away a little while ago.
“what?”
Hyunsoo Kim stood up without realizing it.
That’s because the information the three-legged crow delivered was surprising.
-This is Hyeonmu’s report.
“Cha Jin-cheol is really dead?”
-I’m sure.
“Mmm!”
Hyunsoo Kim sighed and sat back down in his chair.
Cha Jin-cheol is equipped with Hyeonmu, a deteriorated version of the AI of the three-legged crow.
The three-legged crow and Hyeonmu were connected by ego.
Thanks to this, I was able to find information about Hyeonmu even from this far away place.
Hyunsoo Kim asked.
“How did Cha Jin-cheol die?”
-I can’t understand that.
“Has Hyeonmu also been hit?”
―Hyeonmu activated the return protocol even before Cha Jin-cheol passed away.
“Are you saying the situation was that dangerous?”
Hyeonmu was not a living creature.
It was a three-legged crow’s alter ego that operated through the medium of a chip implanted in Cha Jin-cheol’s head.
The three-legged crow can collect Hyeonmu at any time.
It was a paving stone prepared in case subordinates equipped with the three-legged crow’s deteriorated AI betrayed or did not perform well.
On the contrary, a complicated procedure was needed for the deteriorated AI to return to the three-legged crow based on its own judgment.
This was called the return protocol.
Hyeonmu activated the return protocol to return to the three-legged crow.
Because it is such a critical situation, in order to protect themselves, they cut off all contact with the outside world and wait for the three-legged crow to be recovered.
Until it is completely recovered, we cannot know what happened to Hyeonmu, no matter how much he is a three-legged crow.
The three-legged crow asked.
―Shall we retrieve Hyeonmu?
“That’s right. “Start now.”
―I will begin the recovery process.
“When will it end?”
-It will take at least a day.
Retrieving a deteriorated AI was usually not difficult.
When the return protocol is permitted, the deteriorated AI stores all of its data in mana particles and releases them into the atmosphere.
This is collected by the three-legged crow.
Since there is no repeater, this task takes a lot of time.
Instead, once all of Hyeonmu’s information is collected, there is no need to analyze it. This is because it is absorbed into the three-legged crow in the form of data.
―I will report again as soon as Hyeonmu is absorbed.
Hyunsoo Kim nodded and thought.
‘Cha Jin-cheol’s combat power equipped with Hyeonmu is by no means weak. And yet you still got hit, right? ‘What on earth happened to me?’
***
“Aaaah!”
The knight commander’s desperate scream echoed throughout the castle.
His entire body was so charred that it was unrecognizable.
The armor that protected him was also blackened and dented.
It was a trace of a blow from Lee Ji-ryeong’s strongest skill, Thunder God’s Mace.
I had been struck by the Thunder God’s mace several times before. But each time, the knight commander withstood it with his unique and powerful defense.
If Tryzian hadn’t died, he would have endured Ji-ryeong Lee’s attacks forever.
However, when Trijian died, his mental power was greatly shaken, and at that moment, Ji-ryeong Lee’s level rose.
It has become a true S-class.
The countless battles he had experienced and the experience he had accumulated to his limit exploded all at once, raising his level.
The moment he became a true S-class, the power of Thunder God’s mace also changed.
Not only did it shatter the Holy Shield that the Knight Commander was deploying, but it also inflicted damage that the main body could not recover from.
Ji-ryeong Lee has now reached the level of a true Thunder God.
As if to prove that fact, a huge amount of electric current was flowing from his whole body.
Even the awakened members of the Pegasus attack team stayed far away for fear of being electrocuted.
“Whoa!”
Lee Ji-ryeong sighed and collected all the current that was being emitted to the outside.
“Wow!”
“The captain has become S-class.”
“I won.”
Only then did the awakened members of the Pegasus attack team cheer.
The knight commander was the last.
The undead knights had already been eliminated.
Now the shout was theirs.
But there was not much time given to them.
Cuckoo!
The castle shook dangerously.
It is about to disappear after the death of the nuclear knight commander.
Strategy team leader Bronson shouted.
“Spearl! There is not much time left. Quickly collect the body and take the items. “You have to take everything that can make money, including by-products.”
Nearly four hundred people were mobilized to attack this dungeon.
More than two-thirds of them died.
There were only a little over a hundred people who survived.
Even so, most of them were awakened members of the Pegasus raid team.
Most of the mercenaries and awakened people in the western sector were dead.
It was truly enormous damage.
The damage I incurred while trying to conquer just one dungeon was too great.
Still, if I sold the items I got from this dungeon, I could more than make up for the loss.
The biggest gain was that Lee Ji-ryeong, the leader of the attack, became a true S-class.
That alone was a huge gain for conquering this dungeon.
“Take all the armor and weapons the undead knights were wearing. “Because it’s all money.”
“It’s a jackpot. “There is a secret warehouse here.”
“Secret warehouse?”
Many people ran to the cry of an awakened person.
There were many items piled up in the secret warehouse discovered by the awakened person.
Most of the items looked unusual even at a glance.
At this level, it seemed like it would be more than enough to make up for all the losses suffered during this attack.
“You don’t know when the dungeon will disappear, so move quickly. “Bring out everything that has value.”
“yes!”
The awakened people were busy moving around.
They were not given time or space to mourn the death of their colleague.
The best form of mourning was to provide generous compensation to the families of the dead. To do this, it was important to scrape down even the smallest items and take them out.
The Pegasus raid took care of the families of the dead in this way, which greatly contributed to the raid’s reputation.
Lee Ji-ryeong stood in a daze and checked the condition of his body.
My whole body was overflowing with vitality.
It felt as if lightning was flowing through my veins instead of blood.
It was the first time in my life that I felt as if my whole body was made of lightning.
Right now, I felt like I could fight and win against Jin Geum-ho, the ruler of Neo Seoul.
Lee Ji-ryeong, who was enjoying his power, looked at Zeon after a while.
Zeon didn’t even look at the items brought out from the secret warehouse in the castle, as if he had no interest in them.
His gaze was directed at the black ash piled up on the floor.
It was a trace left after burning Trygian.
Lee Ji-ryeong approached Zeon.
“Good job. “Thanks to you, we were able to attack Goseong.”
“You… have become S-class?”
“Yes. “I was lucky.”
“Luck favors those who work hard.”
Lee Ji-ryeong nodded and said.
“Thanks to you. “It was a great stimulus.”
“Then I’m glad.”
“Why do you look at the ashes that burned Cha Jin-cheol like that? Are you afraid that Kim Hyun-soo might harbor a grudge? Then there is no need to worry. Because we all saw Cha Jin-cheol turn into a different being. “I’ll tell him well.”
“I’m not too worried about that.”
“Then why?”
Instead of answering, Zeon bent down and took out a small iron box from the ashes.
It was a chip that was implanted in Cha Jin-cheol’s head.
When Xeon applied a little force, the chip broke without any force.
“Do you know what this is?”
“no!”
Lee Ji-ryeong shook his head.
I didn’t even think it was that strange.
Cha Jin-cheol was a mechanized awakener.
Those who have uniquely awakened the ability to replace the human body with a machine.
It was not at all strange that metal came out of the body.
“Why does that bother you?”
“little bit.”
“You think too much compared to the power you have.”
“I’ve heard stories like that before, but it’s nature and can’t be corrected.”
“The strong don’t have to think too much. All you have to do is set a goal and go for it with all your might. Then, someone else will take care of trivial concerns and plans.”
“I don’t have the level of ambition you have.”
“Is that really the case?”
Ji-ryeong Lee looked at Zeon with a meaningful expression.
Although his gaze was burdensome, Zeon did not avoid it.
That was when the two people were exchanging glances for a long time.
Coooo!
Along with strong vibrations, a large portal was created inside the castle.
The passage to the outside was opened.
“It’s the exit.”
“Wow!”
People cheered.
Only then did Ji-ryeong Lee take his eyes off Jeon.
He spoke to the Pegasus raiding party.
“Good work. “If you’ve got everything, let’s go outside.”
“ancient!”
The awakened people entered the portal one by one with their answers.
Lee Ji-ryeong stayed in place until all the awakened people left.
The leader of the attack team was that kind of position.
A place to stay until the very end to prepare for an unexpected situation.
All the awakened people left the castle, and only Lee Ji-ryeong and Zeon’s group remained.
Zeon said to the group.
“Now let’s go out too.”
“yes! brother.”
“huh!”
“Let’s go out now. “I’m sick of it now.”
Levin Brielle Elroy responded as if he had been waiting.
I was tired of waiting for my turn to leave.
It was when they were about to enter the portal.
“by the way.”
Suddenly, Ji-ryeong Lee’s voice was heard.
Zeon and the group turned their heads and looked.
Flash!
At that moment, a huge thunderbolt struck them.
Thunder God’s Mace.
Ji-ryeong Lee’s strongest skill was revealed.
‘Shit!’
There was no time to dodge, and if you dodged, Brielle and others behind you would be hit directly.
Zeon crossed his arms and faced the Thunder God’s mace head-on.
Kwakwakwak!
With an explosion, Xeon was thrown off the side of the portal.
Lee Ji-ryeong’s lightning skill, which rose to S rank, boasted a power that was on a completely different level than before.
Thunder God’s mace electrocuted not only Zeon but also Briel Levin Elroy.
Zeon gasped and barely raised his head.
Lee Ji-ryeong looked down at Zeon and said.
“Now that I think about it, I think I should take revenge on him even though he is my younger brother.”
His words were nothing more than excuses.
The moment he saw Zeon kill the King of Knights, an inferiority complex exploded in his heart.
The sense of crisis that Zeon might be eaten if left alive like this led to a secret attack on him.
“But since he has the credit for conquering the dungeon, I won’t kill him directly. “Face the end together with the dungeon.”
He entered the portal with his last words.
The portal closed and the entire space began to break apart.
The dungeon that has been conquered disappears.
When a dungeon disappears, the creatures within it also disappear.
Knowing that fact, Ji-ryeong Lee deliberately attacked Zeon and caused him to fall.
Zeon stood up with difficulty, wiping the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
I felt pain as if my whole body was burning, but his eyes were shining sharply.
“As expected, there is no one in the world I can trust. But you were wrong. If you had decided to kill me, you should have killed me yourself.”