The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 122

"Move it, move it!"

Kwoong-!

A man wearing the uniform of a high-ranking [Dawn] guild member slammed the long gun in his hand hard on the floor and bellowed.

"Heeik!"

"Hikk!"

A bellow mixed with internal energy.

It was a low-level technique that couldn't even be compared to the commonly known Lion's Roar, but it was capable of amplifying the volume of his voice.

At the sudden bellow of the high-ranking guild member, the children who were carrying boxes larger than their own bodies were startled and let out groans that were like screams.

Their hands and feet trembled with fear.

But they knew well what would happen if they stood still or fell, so the children did their best to move the boxes somehow.

Watching them, the high-ranking guild member clicked his tongue.

"You stupid brats. You're not even beasts, but you only work properly when I make a fuss like this."

The man's eyes looked at the children carrying the loads as if they were insects.

No, in fact, the man thought of the children as insects.

Their appearance, wearing unified pure white tracksuits and sluggishly moving the loads.

The fact that he could easily kill them with a single move of his foot.

In the eyes of the high-ranking guild member, the children were no different from ants crawling on the ground.

"Hey! You there, aren't you going to move properly?"

"How dare this brat look at me like that?"

"If you have time to talk, move your hands and feet!"

The high-ranking guild member, whenever he felt the children's movements slow down even a little, would immediately bellow and intimidate them.

With a deep frown and glaring eyes, if he felt they were moving even a little slowly, he would slap them without hesitation.

The regular guild members who were controlling the children's movements just watched silently.

There was no reason to step in, and they didn't want a situation where they would get caught in the crossfire if they did.

"…"

Fear, dread, despair.

They were all different emotions, but in the eyes of the children carrying the boxes, a common light of deep resignation flickered.

"Don't pretend to be tired and move it quickly!"

But above the eyes of the shouting high-ranking guild member, as time passed, an anxiety towards something and a fear of the unknown situation were deepening.

The high-ranking member gritted his teeth while checking the time with a sidelong glance.

'Damn it! The headquarters was attacked, so they tell me to quickly move the things in the warehouse! Are they telling us to stay here and die or what! They never gave us a damn dime in support funds, but in a situation like this, they're working us to the bone!'

The high-ranking guild member, without recalling his own past of delegating all work to those below him, cursed only the superiors who had given him the order.

'I can only escape if these insect brats move the loads quickly, but these bastards keep slacking off, so there's no progress in the work.'

The high-ranking member seriously considered killing one as an example but shook his head.

In a pressing situation like this, the labor of each and every person was precious.

'Hoo, I've blocked all the doors connected to the headquarters, so it should be fine. Why did I have to be stuck in a place where I have to supervise the warehouse in addition to educating the brats.'

The grumbling high-ranking member turned his gaze and licked his lips as he looked at the things the children were moving.

Below the educational facility where orphans were brought to be raised as future [Dawn] members, there was a huge warehouse, and it was filled with various rare items that [Dawn] had collected over a long time.

Luxurious jewels that would make one's eyes spin, gold piled high in the form of gold bars, and numerous materials and various items extorted from various Players.

If he just smuggled out a few of them, he could live for several years without worrying about money.

"Hah, I wonder how much all that would be worth?"

"I know, right? I'm curious about that too."

Pook-

The high-ranking guild member, flustered by the spearhead that suddenly pierced through his chest, tried to say something.

But blood blocked his throat, and he couldn't even scream properly.

At that, the high-ranking guild member looked towards where the regular guild members were to ask for help.

But the other guild members had already lost their heads and were collapsed on the floor.

Teolseok-

And so, the high-ranking guild member died in an instant without even being able to let out a proper scream.

The man who had stabbed the high-ranking guild member's heart kicked the guild member's corpse as if it were trash.

"Uh…"

"Wow…"

And the children who had been moving the boxes, seeing the man who had reigned like their nightmare collapse in an instant, looked at the suddenly appeared man with dazed eyes.

The appearance of the man wearing a mask with a bright smile, Lee Shin, was shabby with dust and blood, but in the eyes of the children, he looked as cool as a hero.

A hero who had vanquished the demon that had reigned over them using violence and fear.

While the children stood still, engraving Lee Shin's image into their pupils.

"Hmm."

Lee Shin looked at the large boxes the children were moving and the warehouse next to them and naturally understood the situation.

'It seems this is the educational facility those four were talking about.'

Lee Shin realized that he had somehow ended up at the educational facility he was supposed to come to after cleaning up the [Dawn] guild house.

'I didn't hear from Joker that the educational facility and the guild house were connected… Could it be that among the guys I killed on the way, there was a scion of a high-ranking family who knew about a secret passage?'

Well, now that he had killed them all, it was something he couldn't know, and he wasn't interested either.

Lee Shin's eyes were more drawn to the boxes the children were diligently moving and the huge warehouse behind them than the trash he had already left behind.

'I don't know what's inside, but if it's a valuable item that needs to be recovered even while the headquarters is being destroyed, then taking it would be the right answer.'

But there was a problem.

'But how do I move all of this? There's no way I can move this amount by myself…'

While Lee Shin was racking his brain on how he could plunder the items in the warehouse.

"Hm?"

A scene came into Lee Shin's eyes as he was looking around.

The sight of a box held by a child inside the warehouse disappearing as if by magic.

It was a sight that might have received applause in the past, but now it was a sight that too many people were familiar with.

It was the inventory function that Lee Shin also used a lot.

Only then did Lee Shin's eyes turn to the children.

'Could it be that all these kids are Players?'

He was a little surprised, but thinking about it, it wasn't something to be surprised about.

Since they were kids being trained by [Dawn] to be raised as guild members, it was plausible that they would become Players.

"Huuuum~"

As soon as he realized the children were Players, a calculator started running in Lee Shin's head.

And soon after, a good plan to take all the boxes in the warehouse came to mind.

Dalkak-

Lee Shin took off the mask he was wearing and looked at the children.

The children, flustered by Lee Shin's sudden action, looked at him with wide eyes.

Meeting the children's eyes, Lee Shin smiled brightly.

They were clearly agitated, but their eyes were not those of naive kids who didn't know the ways of the world.

"Now, kids. I'm going to make you an offer, so think about it carefully and decide whether to accept it or not, okay?"

Lee Shin proposed a deal to the children, and the children looked at Lee Shin's mouth with round eyes.

***

Alpha, Beta, and Joker sat huddled together, staring at the monitor without a word.

On the monitor, the [Dawn] executives they had captured were tied tightly to chairs and gathered in a circle as if playing Ganggangsullae.

Of course, the minimum necessary measures had been taken to prevent them from escaping.

For those who had learned martial arts, their dantian was completely shattered; for those who had learned magic, the circle in their heart; for those who had learned psychic powers, the heart in their chest. And just in case, the tendons in their arms and legs were also cut.

Therefore, the only thing the helpless executives, who could do nothing, could do was to criticize, belittle, and slander each other in front of them.

The three calmly watched the executives tear each other down and recorded every word they said.

The corruption and crimes they spoke of would become a dagger that would pierce not only them but also their families.

Irie sipped his coffee as he watched the three.

"Is that enough?"

"We don't plan on ending our revenge quickly. For now, we'll start by lightly taming them, and then we'll begin in earnest."

At Joker's ice-cold words, Irie just sipped his coffee without another word.

This revenge was entirely theirs, so even Irie couldn't interfere.

And he didn't really want to interfere either.

Irie quietly took a step back and sat on the sofa next to him, deciding to just look at the scenery outside the window.

The place they were in now was not the Japanese house they had rented.

It was one of the hideouts prepared by the [Wonderland] guild members.

A large pension deep in the mountains.

It looked quite eerie from the outside, but Kim Jaehyun's agents, who had been waiting in Japan in advance, had prepared most things, so there was no inconvenience in living.

'By the way, it really succeeded, and much more easily than I thought.'

No, the word "success" was not enough.

They had achieved results that would not be strange at all even if the word "great success" was attached.

They had captured alive thirty of Japan's top elites who led the country in the light and in the shadows.

On top of that, they had completely destroyed the Tokyo Dome, bringing the organization called [Dawn] to the surface.

If things continued to flow in this direction, not only the organization [Dawn] but also the Japanese government that participated in this matter would receive a huge blow.

'Well, it's not that this result came about because we did well, but because that person named Lee Shin did well…'

Irie sipped his coffee and thought about the topic that had been filling his head since he heard the news that the Tokyo Dome had collapsed a little while ago.

'Just how strong is that person?'

When Lee Shin said he would destroy [Dawn], Irie had understood it as him saying he would fight with the determination to die.

But when he realized that it was literally a fact that would soon be realized, he could only let out a hollow laugh.

Irie knew well the level of equipment and people that [Dawn] possessed.

'I tried to stop him, but it was absurd when the three of them said he wouldn't listen even if they told him and to just let him go. But to think he would achieve such tremendous results.'

As if noticing that Irie was thinking about Lee Shin, the three who had been quietly looking at the monitor also began to talk about Lee Shin.

"When is Smile coming?"

"I wonder? He should know the location."

"There was no contact."

Deolkeok-

While Alpha and Beta were talking, the sound of the door opening came from the entrance.

And a familiar face appeared.

"Oh, you're all here."

At Lee Shin's much cleaner appearance than they had expected, the people in the pension looked at him with curiosity.

No matter how strong Lee Shin was, they had thought that this time he might come back quite exhausted and full of wounds.

But the real surprise was next.

"Now, kids. Come here."

"Kids?"

"Come here?"

At Lee Shin's sudden words, the eyes of the people there widened.

And when a few children appeared from behind Lee Shin, their mouths dropped open as if they would tear.

Lee Shin, who chuckled at the four's reaction, drew the curtains and showed them the numerous children outside, and they couldn't even speak properly.

At the four's demand for an explanation, Lee Shin said simply.

"I picked them up on the way.”