The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 291



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#Episode 291, The reason George left

Beomgyun Choi immediately hid in the shadows before the view of the 8th floor could be clearly drawn.

Sussseu─.

This is because the energy of at least three people was felt.

“Shh! for a moment.”

“… “Why, what’s wrong?”

One of them looked towards the entrance, but couldn’t see through Beomgyun Choi’s hiding skills at their peak.

‘If I don’t move, I’m confident that Han Seongjun won’t find out.’

If you were to choose the strongest man of the present era, Han Seong-jun would receive an overwhelming vote.

It was not unexpected that Beomgyun Choi, who considers Seongjun Han to be his soul rival, thought of him.

It means that you are confident.

“… … .”

“What, what?”

Sure enough, the man who had been looking for a presence soon tilted his head.

“No, I thought there was someone… .”

“… There is no one. Wow, fuck. The dog was scared. Let’s pop it here first. “It must not have been long since the blood is still flowing from the corpse.”

“Whoa… . okay. But where are you going? “Go downstairs?”

“crazy. The floor just below is the most likely. Also, what floor was the order form we all had?”

It appeared that the party currently at the scene arrived after the incident occurred.

While the party on the 8th floor shuddered and guessed their new direction, Beomgyun Choi, in the shadows, also slowly scanned the scene.

As they said, there was a hell unfolding there that would give goosebumps to those who did not know the circumstances.

‘… ‘Were there more than thirty people?’

For superhumans, especially hunters who make hunting their profession, seeing a corpse is a big deal… .

If you discovered a scene where many people were massacred in one place, it was natural for fear of an unknown beast to arise.

Beomgyun Choi examined the corpses one by one, recalling the uniform of a black-haired American named ‘George Kim’.

‘… … doesn’t exist.’

Squeak─. Squeak!

While Beomgyun Choi was looking for traces of George Kim ahead of him, the hunters on the scene were engulfed in a halo of light as they tore up the order forms in a hurry.

Slurp.

Only then did Beomgyun Choi emerge from the shadows and shake his head as he walked in the middle of the scene of the disaster.

‘There definitely isn’t… . So this is all the work of that guy?’

Have you been hiding your skills?

“Still, fuck. Is this possible… ?”

Choi Beom-gyun also never had short thoughts when it came to fighting.

As Park Dae-geun fears – if this large number of people were waiting with their eyes on the portal.

Even if the entire investigation team had attacked, massive damage could not have been avoided.

‘however… ‘Why didn’t they come back when they were all wiped out?’

“Oh, I don’t know. “Let’s talk about it first.”

Confronted with a question that he could not solve on his own, Beomgyun Choi boldly turned around and crossed the portal again.

Tsutsu!

The members of the investigation team, including Park Dae-geun, were lined up in a long line that fit the width of the portal.

No matter how important the leader’s cool-headedness was and how much he was treated as an ugly duckling by his classmates, they were exhausted for a short period of time.

Because it had a different meaning from giving up a foreigner.

Park Dae-geun also had no choice but to decide to enter this time.

Because he did not expect that Beomgyun Choi would return where George Kim could not.

Beomgyun Choi, who had just had a new model engraved on the 7th floor, shouted urgently.

“It’s me! I!”

This is because the magnificent magical power of the tense investigation team was concentrated just because the portal showed signs of movement.

Park Dae-geun and Ma Dong-wook hurriedly approached Choi Beom-gyun, while Song Yeon-hee and Park Tae-gwang breathed a sigh of relief.

“Well, I’m sorry.”

Beomgyun Choi lowered his head as he noticed, but in any case, reprimanding him was not the priority since he returned.

“Let’s listen first.”

“ah. yes. that… “More than 30 people were dead.”

“!”

“… … !”

Park Dae-geun and Ma Dong-wook made eye contact.

This is because the first word of the report went beyond what they could imagine.

Cha Yu-ra, who had been measuring time by seconds, stepped forward and asked.

“What about Mr. Kim?”

“He wasn’t there.”

“… … .”

Cha Yu-ra was at a loss for words, but Park Dae-geun, who was surprised, asked back instead.

“There wasn’t… “You said?”

“yes. I checked the bodies one by one, but he was definitely not there. And when I just went up, there were about three people there, but they didn’t seem to be the ones who survived.”

“Not the survivors? “Are you saying you arrived after the situation was over?”

“yes. It probably came down to the top order. “While I was hiding, those people were shaking and wondering what was going on, and then they tore up the order form and ran away.”

Park Dae-geun nodded his head thoughtfully, as if he was picturing the situation.

“It has been confirmed that the tower order book is working properly.”

When there was no movement to go immediately, Beomgyun Choi asked Daegeun Park.

“Why don’t you check? “Now there are nothing but corpses.”

“I’ll check, but first, it’s time to think about why George disappeared without saying a word. “You don’t have time to think when you’re up there.”

“ah… . “You never know when someone else will show up.”

Beyond the portal was the starting point of the 8th floor.

Because it was clear that the top order book was working, it meant that the starting point would continue to be someone’s arrival point.

On the contrary, this place was at the end of the 7th floor, and was the furthest away from those who reached the 7th floor through the order form.

Also, as Choi Beom-gyun observed the reaction himself, it was now safer.

This is because people who face such a horrendous scene cannot easily think of crossing through the portal (which is likely to be the path of the evil beast).

“… … .”

As Park Dae-geun was lost in thought, Ma Dong-wook instead looked around at the other leaders and asked for their opinions.

“What do you think happened? Could it really be… Could that guy have wiped out more than 30 people by himself?”

“hmm. perhaps… “It may be the result of fisherman’s wisdom in a situation where two groups clashed.”

“Oh, by the way, I heard that there are forces waging war inside the tower. “In high-rise buildings, there is often friction between those who seek monopoly control.”

“It may be that we accidentally encountered hostile forces at the place where we gathered after discovering the problem with the return order.”

“It’s definitely that way…” It would be more believable than saying that they swept it all away and disappeared. But then where did it go? No, why did he just go?”

“Now that I think about it, that friend… “You said you didn’t have any top order books, but it’s funny to think about it.”

Only Beomgyun Choi, who came down after seeing the scene in person, tilted his head at that moment.

‘It definitely didn’t feel like we were hitting each other… .’

Although he was not at the level of being able to reconstruct the scene by looking at the scars, Beomgyun Choi instinctively felt that it was not a picture of the corpses co-destructing each other.

Park Dae-geun, who must have kept his ears open, opened his mouth.

“If it were just that kind of situation, he could have pulled himself together and gone to us.”

Park Dae-geun, who had his last conversation with George Kim, had different thoughts.

As for the person who told me to wait downstairs and not try to save myself… ,

I believed that I had a duty to report the situation to an environment where I could escape.

“… But she didn’t think this was it. You probably thought it would be more helpful to leave us. Well, it may not be for our sake but for your own sake, but in any case, it is an action to prepare for the next time. “Maybe he joined for a different reason than he told us.”

Ha-seon Kwon asked.

“Why else?”

“How could you possibly know that it was me? The point is that the threat he guesses is… , or something that worries us. or… “It’s at a level that can be considered unhelpful.”

“… … .”

Kwon Ha-seon, who had a blank expression for a moment, let out a tired, nonsensical laugh.

Assuming we exclude Han Seong-jun, it was Kwon Ha-seon who believed himself to be the strongest person on Earth.

This is because it made absolutely no sense that someone was worried about the power that included him or evaluated him as unhelpful.

Park Dae-geun faced him and smiled pathetically.

“You still don’t know why I put the members on hold.”

“Well, what. “What don’t I know?”

“If anyone crosses the portal, a wave of magical power is bound to occur.”

“I know that.”

“okay. I wonder if there is a special talent like that friend. This means that by the time anyone crosses the portal, the opponent already waiting on the other side will be quick to take action.”

Beomgyun Choi, who Daegeun Park pointed to with his chin, scratched his head sheepishly.

While Kwon Ha-seon glanced at Choi Beom-gyun, Park Dae-geun continued speaking.

“There was a friend who went scouting ahead. Now, thirty people. “Assume you crossed the portal alone while more people were watching the portal.”

“… … .”

Kwon Ha-seon’s expression, who was running his own simulation with blinking eyes, became increasingly serious.

When I compared the time gap with the sign of the portal that I felt when Beomgyun Choi returned a little while ago, no matter how low I set it, the attack of 30 people felt burdensome.

“Well, I don’t know about you, but I can’t be sure that I won’t see blood either. “Even if we had lined up and attacked, we would have had to start a fight where we were heavily on the defensive.”

“… … .”

“But if you overcame it and overturned it all by yourself, wouldn’t it feel like an inconvenience to have people who can’t at least take care of it all? Well, I can’t know what that friend is thinking. As I said, what’s important is not the real reason, but the action itself.”

Anyway, he chose to move alone.

In fact, it’s just a matter of what is said first, but looking at it that way, Park Dae-geun’s guess seems reasonable at first glance.

When most of the thoughts were lost in thought, Cha Yu-ra asked Park Dae-geun.

“So what do you plan to do now?”

“There is just one less unit, nothing has changed. We’ll have to find our own way. However, since this is the safest place for now, it would be foolish to just leave. So… “I plan to divide the team into a team that will focus on survival and a team that will focus on solving the problem.”

“… … !”

The idea was to divide those who would stay and those who would move.

The members, who understood what he meant, were very upset.

Although each person’s inner desires will be different, the choice may not be up to one’s own will.

‘… This is the situation. It’s roughly like this, Seongjun, what floor are you on now?’

Meanwhile, in one corner, Gu Chang-su was relaying the entire situation with his eyes and ears.

***

“me… ? 47th floor.』

-Hi! Did you go up to the 47th floor at that time? But why is it there?’

This is my first time on the 47th floor.

I just searched through the kids I killed on the 8th floor and found an order form for the 47th floor.

『It seems better to extinguish aggro from high floors if possible.』

There may still be some kids left up there.

First of all, since there were kids who ran away earlier, the coordinates of the 8th floor will soon become known, but the raid boss usually appears on another floor if the attack fails.

-hmm… , it would definitely be better to filter out the cilantro. In addition, NP… Oh no, it will also help with the safety of non-players. But are you okay alone without me? Of course, I have to be here to report on the situation.

『But it’s Changsu.』

-yes?

『Do you really have no friends? Didn’t you even participate in guild activities?』

What I want to know more about at this moment is player trends.

Gu Chang-soo had no response.