I Became the Final Boss in the Game

Chapter 12 : Chapter 12

Chapter 12. Individual Defeat

Alex Boyman.

Age 46, male.

Crimes: formation of a violent organization, murder, and incitement to murder.

Hobby: hanging corpses from high places and enjoying the fearful gazes of people.

He was a man-made disaster who should have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment in a normal society.

However, thanks to the shattered public security, he was able to run wild for quite some time.

But that too came to an end with a single mistake.

A major incident occurred when the Master of the Arche Magic Tower, who had entered Korea for a meeting, witnessed the bodies Alex had hung up.

As soon as this incident broke out, the police, who had been delaying the investigation under the pretext of a personnel shortage, immediately launched an investigation and arrested Alex.

Imprisoned in Mugan, he broke out and immediately regrouped his former subordinates to form a new organization.

And Riman had come to catch him.

Ssk-

Riman leaned his back against the front gate's wall.

Hiding himself in the shadow of the wall, Riman caught his breath for a moment.

‘The moment I cross this wall, I’ll be entering a one-versus-many battle.’

The members of Alex's gang were positioned throughout the parking lot inside the walls.

Furthermore, some of them were armed with guns.

He had experienced a one-versus-many battle before at the Noksan Junkyard.

But back then, the enemies were all clumped together in one place, making them easy to deal with at once, but it was different here.

The members were scattered throughout the parking lot.

Because of that, it was difficult to take them all out in one go.

Of course, the best option would have been to use a wide-area magic that covered the entire parking lot, but at his current level, he couldn't produce that much power.

For now, the best he could do was to effectively combine narrow-range magic spells.

To do this, he needed to accurately grasp the enemies' positions and movements before engaging in battle.

Riman closed his eyes.

And he visualized the image to construct the magic.

‘The biting winter wind that covers all the pillars upon the sandy earth.’

The superposition of the two images created a leap in meaning, and soon, it reached a single magic spell.

[Detection]

Fwoooosh-

A wide mana field spread out with Riman at its center.

It was a range that could cover a small parking lot entirely.

Everything that entered this mana field was detected by Riman.

The wall was no obstacle to this detection network.

Of course, he couldn't see inside a sealed building.

Thus, information about the surroundings flowed into Riman in detail.

‘…The precision of the detection is incredible.’

Much more detailed information flowed in than when I used [Detection] while playing the game.

In the game, the magic [Detection] only informed me of the enemies' locations and movements.

But now, it was possible to grasp their posture, the weapons they possessed, and even the direction of their gaze in detail.

A different dimension of precision.

It seemed that this body's extremely sensitive senses were also affecting the performance of [Detection].

‘A total of 11 people in the parking lot, 5 of them armed with guns.’

It was advantageous to deal with the gun wielders first.

It wasn't because he was afraid of bullets.

Bullets could be blocked easily enough with [Protection] magic.

The important thing was the sound of the gunshot.

A gunshot erupting in the silence was no different from a signal flare announcing the start of a battle.

Meaning, the moment it went off, the members inside the commercial building would hear it and come rushing out.

That was not a very welcome situation.

The most important thing in a one-versus-many battle was individual defeat.

To split a large number of personnel and defeat them in several batches.

In his current state where his magic output was ambiguous, individual defeat was not the best option, but a necessity.

‘Assessment complete.’

Riman opened his eyes.

There were five gun wielders.

Riman spread his palm and created five electric spheres.

[Electric Bullet]

Bzzzt-

Five black electric spheres floated above his palm.

They were about the size of a ping-pong ball.

This was the magic, [Electric Bullet], which generated and fired electric projectiles.

Usually, it was operated by firing immediately upon creation, but it could also be used by keeping several shots in reserve like this.

Just like pre-loading bullets into a gun.

‘I’ve figured out the deployment of their forces, and the preparations for battle are complete.’

Now was the moment to charge in.

Step-

Riman strode confidently through the main gate.

He wasn't sneaking in stealthily, nor was he breaking through quickly.

He just entered at a walking pace.

At his overly casual steps, the members momentarily thought a customer had arrived.

“Who…?”

Instead of answering, Riman spread his palm.

Bzzzt-

On his palm were five black electric spheres.

“What…?!”

“That thing…!”

The moment they saw it, the members immediately raised their guns and aimed at Riman.

But Riman was faster.

The five electric spheres flew and struck the five shooters.

Impact.

BZZZT!

“Ggh…!”

“Ack…!”

The men holding guns were instantly paralyzed and collapsed.

Overwhelming stopping power.

This was the greatest advantage of [Electric Bullet].

Whether it hit the head or the back of the hand, once it hit, they would be stunned by the electric shock.

With a gun, you could get unlucky and be counterattacked even after hitting the opponent, but there was no such risk with [Electric Bullet].

Thus, the five most troublesome ones were neutralized in an instant.

“Huh?”

“That bastard…!”

The remaining men quickly assessed the situation.

They charged at Riman, swinging melee weapons like baseball bats and katanas.

The first to reach him was a baseball bat.

A full swing aimed squarely at the back of his head.

But before it could reach the back of his head.

The baseball bat snapped in half.

“Huh?”

Thud-

At the same time, the man's head was also split in half.

A red line ran across the bridge of his nose.

Splurt!

As blood splattered, his head revealed a cross-section.

“…!”

Those who were charging at him saw it and hurriedly stopped in their tracks.

But there was no way they could escape the clutches of magic by stopping now.

Red lines ran across their bodies as well.

Slice!

Piece, by piece, by piece.

The charging men were instantly cut into pieces and fell.

This was [Incision].

A magic that cut a target by ejecting thinly compressed air at high speed.

Its only drawback was that it was difficult to shoot it far.

But its advantages of fast casting speed, high lethality, and quietness more than compensated for the drawback.

However, there was one person who was not caught up in this.

“Hiiik…!”

One guy was running towards the commercial building, terrified.

Riman looked at him and thought.

‘If that guy informs those inside the building about the situation here, things will get annoying.’

Riman pointed his finger at the guy.

As if aiming a pistol at a target.

And he constructed the magic within his body.

[Electric Bullet]

But it was different from before.

He positioned the constructed electric bullet on his shoulder, then used his outstretched arm as a gun barrel to accelerate it at once.

From the shoulder, through the elbow, to the fingertips.

The accelerated bullet was fired towards the target.

Zap!

“Ack…!”

A direct hit.

The fleeing man collapsed to the ground with his back scorched black.

A single shot with a longer casting time than the previously used [Electric Bullet], but with a significant increase in range and power.

The same magic could show different aspects like this depending on how it was cast.

‘With this, the parking lot is cleared.’

Riman approached the door of the commercial building.

The original glass door had been replaced with an opaque iron door after it became Alex's hideout.

Because of this, the members inside the building couldn't see Riman approaching.

Creeak-

Riman once again opened the door confidently and went inside.

Simultaneously, he quickly scanned the interior of the building with [Detection].

In the meantime, the gazes of the members turned to Riman.

One of them asked Riman.

“What are you?”

“Shh.”

Swoosh-

Riman brought a finger to his lips and cast a spell.

Of course, the members didn't even realize that a spell had been cast, nor that it had already enveloped them.

“I asked what you are…? …?”

“……?”

“……!”

Words disappeared from the members' mouths.

It wasn't that they had closed their mouths.

No matter how loudly they shouted, no sound came out, as if they were on mute.

It wasn't just words.

The sound of breathing, footsteps, the sound of loading a gun.

All the sounds that should have been heard in this space were completely erased.

[Silence]

Sound is transmitted through the vibration of air.

[Silence] forcibly stabilizes the flow of air within a designated range, preventing the transmission and spread of sound.

It was a spell that could only cover a radius of about 5 meters in an open area where the air flow was unpredictable.

However, in a place where the air flow was limited, like the inside of a sealed building, its range increased explosively.

To the extent that it could cover an entire floor of a building.

But the members did not understand this principle.

They just thought their ears had suddenly gone haywire.

Still, they could tell that this phenomenon was caused by magic or superpowers.

And that the caster was Riman.

The members aimed their guns at Riman all at once.

The guns were fired.

Of course, not a single bullet reached Riman.

[Protection]

The pre-activated defensive magic deflected all the bullets.

The muzzles spewed fire, the bolts furiously moved back and forth, the deflected bullets lodged everywhere, and the pouring casings hit the stone floor.

However, none of it produced any sound.

A controlled silence.

No noise generated on the 1st floor could reach the 2nd floor.

Therefore, the 2nd floor was completely unaware of the situation on the 1st floor, and the personnel on the 1st floor had to face Riman with their own strength.

Without any reinforcements, against a magician.

It was practically a suicide mission.

[Discharge]

[Electric Bullet]

Those who approached were felled by electric shocks, and those at a distance were hit by electric bullets and knocked down.

He intentionally didn't use [Incision].

Its power was halved because the atmosphere was rigid.

But even with only lightning-based magic, there was no problem in devastating the 1st floor.

‘Hiek, hik… you monstrous bastard…!’

One by one, they were either killed or knocked unconscious.

Even so, there were some who managed to escape and hide.

Since it was a commercial building to begin with, there were quite a few places to hide.

One of them took out a walkie-talkie and tried to inform the upper floor of the situation.

Of course, he couldn't.

No matter how much he shouted, his voice disappeared the moment it passed his lips.

Even the cover he was leaning against couldn't completely hide him.

Nothing on the 1st floor could escape the clutches of [Detection].

Bzzzt!

A moment later, he collapsed to the floor with a sharp pain in his temple.

With this, the 1st floor was cleared.

‘I’ll continue to handle it like this.’

By using [Silence] to block cooperation and reinforcements between floors, and then defeating them individually.

Riman took a step towards the next floor.

* * *

5th floor.

There, Alex and his subordinates were having a round of daytime drinks.

Alex, who was pouring his own drink, saw that the bottle was empty and said.

“What, is this it?”

As displeasure began to spread across Alex's face, his subordinates became flustered.

“Uh, there, there should be more in the fridge on the 4th floor! I'll be right back!”

One of the subordinates hastily got up and ran down to the 4th floor.

It was because a scolding could erupt at any moment.

The subordinates genuinely feared Alex's scolding.

Not because of the violence that would follow the scolding, but the scolding itself.

The subordinate who ran down the stairs threw open the door to the 4th floor.

At that moment, he froze.

A scene he had never even imagined was unfolding before his eyes.

“…This is insane.”

All the members stationed on the 4th floor were scattered on the floor.

Bleeding, or scorched black, or unconscious.

Annihilated.

The only one standing on two feet amidst all the fallen was a black-haired man in a coat.

The subordinate instantly sensed that this man was the cause.

“This bastard…!”

The moment he tried to draw the pistol from his holster.

He suddenly felt the scenery in front of him tilt drastically.

[Incision]

Roll, roll, roll-

Riman stopped the head that rolled towards him by stepping on it with his foot.

“Is this the last floor now….”

Riman stared quietly at the entrance to the stairs leading to the 5th floor.