Chapter 218 – Time Attack (2)
Translator: Seven
Editor: Ana_Banana
“Really?”
Fortaleza was a lawless city where there were constant sounds of gunfire and screams.
However, Lee Jin-ah, who had just returned to their accommodation, which when compared to the Amazon Rainforest could be called a paradise, didn’t pay any attention to the sounds from the outside as he asked in surprise.
“Are you really gonna kill that Johann Georg guy? Ah!”
He was so surprised that he hadn’t noticed the chocolate ice-cream he was eating from a large spoon slip off and fall to the floor.
“Ah, dammit! My ice-cream!”
The ice-cream that fell to the floor began to melt, and the stifling atmosphere in the room seemed to melt with it.
Of course, even in such a situation, the tenseness in Kim Woo-jin’s eyes did not decrease at all.
“The task this time is important in many ways. It’ll be an important turning point for our future.”
This time it wasn’t just about preserving Isaac Ivanov’s reputation.
“The moment Johann Georg dies, our war with the Messiah Guild will officially begin. And it’ll be a war that won’t end until one side is destroyed.”
Kim Woo-jin expected it to be an incident comparable with the Shooting of Sarajevo, which caused World War I.
No, he was hoping it would.
‘Then I’ll get to see Lee Se-jun’s neck.’
It was natural for hunters to wait patiently for their expected prey to appear.
In many ways, the atmosphere had no choice but to be serious.
“…Lee Jin-ah.”
“Y-, yeah?”
“You’re not really going to lick up something that fell to the floor, are you?”
However, when he watched Lee Jin-ah crawl to the puddle of ice-cream that formed on the floor, Kim Woo-jin couldn’t stop his body from relaxing.
When he heard Kim Woo-jin’s words, Lee Jin-ah spoke up hurriedly.
“Ah, what do you take me for?! Hey! Do you really think I’d eat something like this?! I was just trying to clean it up before it makes a mess. I definitely didn’t plan to eat the top of it or anything!”
Although he said this, Lee Jin-ah’s eyes were filled with regret.
And he was acting this way despite the fact that there were still two large buckets of the same ice-cream in the refrigerator.
Kim Woo-jin could only shake his head.
After cleaning up the ice-cream with a look of regret on his face, Lee Jin-ah finally said.
“So what does Se-chan think?”
“I haven’t managed to talk to him yet.”
“Yet?”
“I went to the contact site but no one was there.”
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
The communication itself wasn’t the problem.
It was slow, but there was the internet, calls, and even satellite communication was available for a fee.
The problem was that if they weren’t careful, a trail could be left.
And as Lee Jin-ah said, it could be dangerous.
“If we rush it’ll be even more dangerous.”
Of course, Kim Woo-jin knew that the truly dangerous thing would be to behave recklessly.
“Just wait, he’ll contact you. Oh Se-chan’s abilities are amazing.”
Above all, Oh Se-chan’s capabilities were truly top notch.
‘After all, the Messiah Guild killed Oh Se-chan for a reason.’
Kim Woo-jin couldn’t help but wonder if part of the reason why the Messiah Guild was able to do what they wanted was because they killed Oh Se-chan.
‘He’s the best partner.’
He was without a doubt the best partner anyone could ask for, so Kim Woo-jin wasn’t in a hurry.
“And regardless of what it is, all we have to do is prepare to fight Johann Georg in the future.”
Fight.
Lee Jin-ah couldn’t help but give a bloodthirsty smile when he heard that word.
“We’re going to fight?”
Under the a.s.sumption that the information released was true, the strength of Johann Georg and the Ten should be really high.
After all, it was amazing that they managed to clear three 5 Floor dungeons in 72 days with a party of 11.
“We’ve reached 6 Floors.”
If so, were they capable of clearing 6 Floor dungeons?
Most would give the same answer.
“We’re not on the same level.”
They were on completely different levels.
“That’s why the Lightning King wants us to fight them, isn’t it? It would be hard for us to lose.”
As Lee Jin-ah said, that was exactly why the Lightning King had made the proposal.
In truth, if Johann Georg knew that Isaac Ivanov and his team were already capable of clearing 6 Floor dungeons, the fight would never happen.
However, this fact was only known to the members of Thunderbird.
It was like cheating in a martial arts tournament by joining a lower weight cla.s.s.
“Isn’t that it?”
“That’s right.”
Kim Woo-jin was also aware of that.
‘But even if that’s the case, Johann Georg definitely wouldn’t confront Isaac Ivanov easily.’
The Johann Georg that Kim Woo-jin knew was not careless.
‘He hasn’t taken back the halo’s favouritism since I took it last time, so he definitely noticed.’
After all, there was a very clear point of contact between Isaac Ivanov and Johann Georg, the halo’s favouritism.
‘It won’t be easy to create a stage.’
Because of this, Kim Woo-jin believed Johann Georg wouldn’t easily fight against Isaac Ivanov.
‘Oh Se-chan should be working on that already.’
That was probably why a media play was taking place at that moment.
Through the media play, the public opinion was becoming that Johann Georg was a pathetic dog who didn’t dare fight.
“Brother Se-chan will definitely lose some hair trying to organise this fight. Oh wait! He doesn’t have hair to lose! Hahahaha!”
While Lee Jin-ah was laughing about Oh Se-chan’s hair, Kim Woo-jin’s phone began vibrating.
‘Thunderbird?’
It was none other than the phone the Lightning King had given to Kim Woo-jin.
After checking the smartphone, Kim Woo-jin confirmed that he had received a text message.
[Johann Georg is asking to face off against Isaac Ivanov.]
…
There was nothing more fun in the world than watching a fight.
[Johann Georg is confident he is better than Isaac Ivanov!]
[Johann Georg, ‘I will not avoid a confrontation with Isaac Ivanov’.]
[Johann Georg, ‘I’ll accept any compet.i.tion in good faith’.]
In that sense, Johann Georg’s declaration was enough to heat up the entire world.
-Are they really going to go against each other.
-A fight between Isaac Ivanov, who can clear anything and Johann Georg, who can clear faster than anyone else!
-It’s a really big match!
Isaac Ivanov and Johann Georg, which of the two was the best?
-They wouldn’t kill each other, would they?
?That shouldn’t be the case. Didn’t Johann Georg say he was accepting the compet.i.tion in good faith?
?Regardless of what compet.i.tion they decide to have, it’s most likely going to be in a dungeon.
?Would it be something like who could clear the dungeon the fastest?
?Naturally. Because they’re real players!
Above all, it was a compet.i.tion that would bring everyone hope regardless of who won or lost.
This was the reason why everyone welcomed this compet.i.tion.
Of course, the person who welcomed it the most was none other than Kim Woo-jin.
“Ay, the fish asked us to put the hook in its mouth before we even got a chance to pick up our rod.”
Just as Lee Jin-ah said, wasn’t this a situation where Johann Georg had created the stage for them that they were still struggling how to make?
“All that’s left is to fight.”
Naturally, there was no reason for them to step away from the already set up table.
‘Why?’
But Kim Woo-jin wanted to know the reason.
‘Why did he do it?’
He wanted to know why Johann Georg had made such a decision.
‘Johann Georg was never a man who’d make a hasty decision.’
At least the Johann Georg that Kim Woo-jin knew was not someone who would make a move without a specific reason.
‘It has to be profitable in some way for him to do it.’
He would not move unless he could gain something from it, even if it meant losing the fight.
‘Because it’s still possible to get a profit after losing…’
Lee Jin-ah looked at Kim Woo-jin, who was thinking seriously, and asked.
“Why do you look like you want to take a s.h.i.+t?”
Kim Woo-jin answered his question.
“I’m trying to figure out why Johann Georg is acting like this.”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
“Obvious?”
Looking at the surprised Kim Woo-jin, Lee Jin-ah couldn’t help but speak with a smug voice as if to say, ‘you don’t even know that?’.
“You said he was sponsored by the Messiah Guild, didn’t you? So they must’ve given him a good weapon. Your confidence rises when you get a good item, doesn’t it? And the Messiah Guild isn’t a group that is short of good items. Kuh, I envy him. I wish I had that kind of support.”
As if intoxicated by his excitement, Lee Jin-ah continued speaking.
“Ah, now I want my own weapon. Not that battery-like Dragon Sword, but a sword that actually deals damage…”
He wanted a good weapon too!
Still immersed in his feelings, Lee Jin-ah turned to look at Kim Woo-jin.
Then he saw.
“Huh?”
Kim Woo-jin was staring at him without any expression on his face.
At that moment, Lee Jin-ah couldn’t help but feel that his gaze was eerie.
“Ah, that doesn’t mean that I’m dissatisfied with the legendary items I got or that I’m dissatisfied with you…”
Then Kim Woo-jin spoke.
“That’s it.”
“Ah, it’s fine! You don’t need to! I just need to work harder!”
Kim Woo-jin ignored Lee Jin-ah who was trying to appear as submissive as possible.
“He wants to use this fight to rip off items from the Messiah Guild.”
It was then.
Woowoong.
Kim Woo-jin received a text message on his smartphone.
It was nothing but a spam text that had arrived, but after checking it, Kim Woo-jin got up and quietly got dressed.
“I’m going to talk to Oh Se-chan.”
…
“It’s been a while since I heard your voice. How’ve you been?”
-Not too bad.
“It seems you’ve been well.”
Oh Se-chan smiled as he spoke to Kim Woo-jin for the first time in a while.
“A lot has happened in that time. Would it be fine for me to give you a brief report of the situation?”
As he spoke, Oh Se-chan picked up a fairly thick pile of doc.u.ments from the desk in front of him.
-I think we can just skip the report.
“Skip it?”
-There’s something more important than that to discuss.
When he heard that there was something more important, Oh Se-chan slowly looked down at the stack of doc.u.ments in his hand.
He seemed to feel despondent about the fact that his hard work would have been for naught.
Of course, the subordinates who knew Oh Se-chan’s personality knew what he was actually thinking about.
‘He’s regretting spending money for ink and paper.’
‘He’s lamenting the fact that we’ll have to sc.r.a.p the payer, making it a waste.’
Why else would Oh Se-chan make that kind of expression?
“Is it really important?”
With that expression still on his face, Oh Se-chan asked to confirm.
-The Lightning King gave me the order to kill Johann Georg.
When he heard that, Oh Se-chan threw the doc.u.ments in his hand aside without any hesitation.
“Isaac? Or Kim Woo-jin?”
-Kim Woo-jin.
“The Lightning King must have confirmed the contact between Johann Georg and the Messiah Guild. That’s why he let Isaac Ivanov go without a fight. He plans to pit Isaac Ivanov against the Messiah Guild.”
With just the little information he obtained from Kim Woo-jin, Oh Se-chan was able to piece together the whole situation.
“Because it’s an order, it would have been impossible to refuse, so you must have demanded a price… You must have asked for something else since the Lightning King wouldn’t give you an item even if you asked for it. What did you ask for?”
-If I kill Johann Georg, Park Yong-wan might abandon me, so I asked for an important position in Thunderbird. He said he’d give me the number two position, so I agreed.
Naturally, the moment he heard that, Oh Se-chan immediately saw through Kim Woo-jin’s intentions.
“You want to eat Thunderbird too?”
-There’s no harm in having a backup.
“You’re a sniper.’
Oh Se-chan’s expression changed to one of amazement.
He couldn’t help it.
‘Does he really intend to eat Thunderbird?’
The Thunderbird Company was a military group with basically no influence from any government.
Eating this group was not the same as securing legendary items.
‘Is he confident he can kill the Lightning King?’
More importantly, to eat Thunderbird, he’d have to first kill the leader of Thunderbird.
It meant that Kim Woo-jin was determined to do just that.
“Anyway, we’ll get to that later, the immediate concern is the challenge with Johann Georg.”
Oh Se-chan smiled at that.
“We didn’t have to do much since he came to us on his own.”
Then Kim Woo-jin said.
-Johann Georg doesn’t intend to beat Isaac Ivanov.
“What?”
-He wants to use this confrontation to receive more support from the Messiah Guild.
That was enough.
“Ah.”
With the information Kim Woo-jin had just provided him, Oh Se-chan was able to get a firm understanding of Johann Georg’s plan.
“Amazing.”
And he felt admiration.
“He’s trying to eat the Messiah Guild.”
Eat the Messiah Guild?
From the perspective of Oh Se-chan, who knew the true face of the Messiah Guild, this was truly a chilling realisation.
Moreover, this was clearly not an impulsive action by Johann Georg.
“That’s why he attacked three dungeons in a row.”
Johann Georg had previously attacked three dungeons in the shortest time.
“Johann Georg was already thinking about confronting Isaac Ivanov at that time, and he planned to make it a challenge of challenging dungeons consecutively.”
And it was highly likely that that was the way he would choose to compete against Isaac Ivanov.
“That way, there’s more to eat.”
With one dungeon, he could only receive support once, but if it was three times in a row, he would be able to receive three times the support.
“And if it was a close compet.i.tion, he would receive even more support.”
What if there was a near tie during the compet.i.tion?
“No matter how upset the Messiah Guild would be, they wouldn’t be able to abandon Johann George at that point.”
From the Messiah Guild’s perspective, they would have no choice but to continue to invest in Johann Georg.
“So in the end it will be a time attack.”
After deducing that, Oh Se-chan relaxed in his seat.
“So what are you going to do?”
-I have to accept it.
“Are you confident?”
-It won’t be easy.
“What do you mean?”
Oh Se-chan made a strange expression when he heard that.
“You even cleared a 6 Floor dungeon, 5 Floor dungeons shouldn’t be any trouble, right?”
No matter how many 5 Floor dungeons were cleared or how quickly, they could never compare to a 6 Floor dungeon.
Kim Woo-jin explained to him.
-I’ll have to predict how long it would take Johann Georg to complete them in order to make it a close game.
That’s why it wouldn’t be easy.
“…surely…”
Oh Se-chan then realised.
“You too?”
-There’s no reason for me to watch Johann Georg eat his backers.
That was Kim Woo-jin’s intention.
-I need you to help me contact Park Yong-wan.
That was the end of the conversation.
The call ended, then Oh Se-chan’s subordinate spoke to him.
“The line disturbance is done. There were no trace attempts.”
When he heard that the communication had ended safely, Oh Se-chan clicked his tongue instead of answering.
“That d.a.m.ned guy…”
After clicking his tongue, Oh Se-chan then realised one thing.
“Oops.”
That he’d forgotten something.
“I forgot to tell him about the Lich skill.”