The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 200

"Hmm…"

Oz looked around and said.

"I didn't expect much, but it seems a bit too easy, doesn't it?"

"I know, right? Were all the main forces deployed to the operational areas?"

Oz and Arachne said that, looking at the cult leader's room, which had appeared in front of them, leaving behind the people who were lying on the floor, incapacitated by curses and webs.

"By the way, I searched every room on the way here, but I didn't find anything, which is a shame. I'm sure that oppa would have hidden something here."

"Uhm, but since this is the cult leader's personal room, wouldn't there be something?"

Oz's eyes, looking at the door, were burning with determination to find what Lee Shin had hidden, as if she was displeased that there was no result after coming all this way.

Kiiik-

With such light conversation, the two opened the door and entered the cult leader's room.

"Wow, this is a very unpleasant room. It's dark, and there are strange paintings on the walls."

"Sigh, I don't know why all these cult guys like such dark atmospheres. Do they burst into flames like vampires if they make it a little brighter?"

As Oz said that, Arachne looked at her with a surprised expression.

"Hmm? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Well… I thought unnie would like dark atmospheres, but it's a bit strange to hear you say that."

"Hehe, because I'm the Witch Queen?"

Oz said that and tapped her witch hat.

"Well, I certainly do like dark atmospheres, but not this kind. The atmosphere I like is a quiet night sky with a softly glowing full moon."

At Oz's words, Arachne imagined a room with mood lighting in a dark room and nodded her head slightly.

"And my workshop is incredibly bright and nature-friendly? In the first place, I wouldn't do delicate work like making reagents in a dark place."

"Ah, that's certainly true."

The two said that and felt disheartened.

Because even while talking, they had been continuously searching the room with their eyes, but there was nothing to be seen.

"Sigh, let's just take a wide look one last time and finish it."

"Alice unnie will be disappointed."

"I know, right."

Oz said with a slightly sympathetic smile.

After hearing Cheon Yuhwa's story a long time ago, Oz often felt sorry for her.

Because in Oz's eyes, the real Cheon Yuhwa, unlike Alice in the game, seemed to be wandering only on a fixed trajectory, as if she had lost her freedom.

'Well, it seems she's gotten a little better recently, but compared to before, she still feels a bit precarious.'

However, unlike Lee Shin, Oz couldn't help her.

Therefore, Oz wanted to lighten Cheon Yuhwa's burden by helping her in these areas.

"Then let's start."

"Yes."

Simultaneously with saying that, the two closed their eyes and each raised their black mana and aura.

Oz's black and white hair rose strand by strand and floated in the air, and at that moment, she manifested magic through [Clear], which she was holding, and thoroughly investigated the cult's headquarters.

On Arachne's forehead, next to Oz, a purple third eye formed, and she lightly brought her hands together as if praying, then separated them again.

Then, countless purple threads appeared between Arachne's hands.

Hwiiuung-

In that state, as Arachne lightly shook her hands, the threads that had spread out from the cult leader's room, as if thousands of spiders were moving simultaneously, soon turned the cult's building itself into a huge spiderweb.

In that state, the two raised their senses and concentrated all their nerves to find any small traces that might exist, and soon succeeded in finding traces.

"Found it."

"Found it."

Both at the same time.

The two looked at each other in silence for a moment, then slightly pouted their lips.

"It seems to be a draw, which is a shame. I was confident in finding something like this because it's my specialty."

"I'm a top-tier assassin, you know, I'm good at detecting things inside buildings."

The two muttered regretfully.

"To think we'd find a secret laboratory. It was a magical trace, and it wasn't that big, so I almost missed it."

"To think you'd find a secret passage, Oz unnie is also quite something. I found it by detecting the subtle vibrations of the wind with spiderwebs."

The two, who had simultaneously uttered their own words, listened to each other's words, looked at each other with eyes that asked what that was, and then muttered.

"Secret passage?"

"Secret laboratory?"

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Baekhyun said with an excited smile.

"It seems those two are the spies Lee Shin-hyung mentioned, right?"

"Yes, the description and characteristics I heard from him are the same, so it must be."

Crowley said that and examined the two with his monocle, [Eye of the One-Eyed Giant], which he had received from the system in the past.

And he was convinced.

"Both of them are LV. 5, so it's certain."

While the two were looking at Jahangil and Gaudi and talking, Jahangil and Gaudi were also looking at Baekhyun and Crowley and talking.

"Those guys…"

"Yes, it seems they're two of the ten I saw on the list, right?"

At Gaudi's words, Jahangil's face twisted fiercely.

"…Did that hybrid induce the current situation?"

"At least I think the possibility is high. I don't know what trick he used to entice those guys, though."

One had a fiercely distorted face, and the other had a brightly smiling face, completely opposite faces, but the unpleasantness contained in both their expressions was the same.

"Do those guys of that level think they can defeat us?"

"If not, it could be that they're trying to buy time to create a dungeon."

Jahangil and Gaudi said that and each raised their internal energy and aura.

Seeing that, Baekhyun, who had lightly loosened his fists, said to Crowley.

"Crowley-hyungnim, what are you going to do?"

"Of course, I have to report the current situation. The fact that there are two spies Lee Shin mentioned here is important information."

"Eek…"

At Crowley's words, Baekhyun looked at him with a visibly disappointed face.

"But…"

Click- Clack-

Crowley said, taking out two Desert Eagles from his subspace.

"It's probably okay to play for a while before reporting."

"Hyungnim!"

Crowley ignored Baekhyun's touched eyes, aimed at the bottom, and then pulled the trigger of the purple Desert Eagle without hesitation.

Taang-!

"Kuaaaak!"

As Crowley pulled the trigger, a bullet hit the cult leader's perfectly fine leg, who was crawling on the floor, looking for an opening to escape.

The cult leader's scream echoed pitifully through the street, but no one paid attention to him.

The cult leader writhed in pain and then fainted, and Crowley, who saw that, said.

"It's a 3-hour anesthetic poison. This should be enough to enjoy ourselves."

"I didn't know until now, but you also have a fiery side, Hyungnim."

At Baekhyun's words, Crowley said, putting away the purple gun.

"I'm also human. I sometimes want to play."

Crowley said that and tapped the belt where he had hung the artifact he had newly created through the experiment with his finger.

"Then which one will you take?"

"The brown one looks sturdy and good for experimenting… but I want to enjoy a variety of things right now, so I'll take the blue one."

"Then I'll take that big guy. Tell me if you get tired of it. I can always switch with you!"

Baekhyun shouted that and then threw himself off the roof, falling in the direction of Jahangil.

"Still a child."

Crowley lightly clicked his tongue, watching him, and then moved towards Gaudi.

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"Is the strategy meeting over?"

Jahangil said, crossing his arms as if displeased.

"It's over thanks to you kindly waiting."

"I see. But why is that guy going over there?"

At Jahangil's words, Baekhyun grinned.

"Well, it's because fighting is naturally one-on-one."

"…You seem to be mistaken about something."

At Baekhyun's words, Jahangil frowned and slowly uncrossed his arms.

Then, a heavy pressure, hard as steel, slowly rose from Jahangil's body, pressing down on Baekhyun.

"What I'm about to do is not a fight, but merely a warm-up. I haven't been able to use my full strength since I came here, so my body feels stiff, and I'm just going to use you as my punching bag."

In that pressure, Baekhyun felt as if a huge ancient beast was looking down at him.

"To think a mere puppy like you dares to fight on equal terms with me, the king of all beasts… There's a limit to how arrogant one can be."

Jahangil thought that Baekhyun would tremble and be unable to give a proper answer, just like the cult leader had a little while ago.

"Hmm, it's strange that your body feels stiff. I also always feel frustrated because my stiff body doesn't loosen up."

However, contrary to Jahangil's thoughts, Baekhyun was not scared at all, but rather was burning with fighting spirit towards him.

"If I'm lucky, one of us will be able to properly loosen up this time."

Baekhyun said sincerely, looking at Jahangil.

And Baekhyun hoped that it would be him.

Because his body, which had been slowly stiffening since he came to reality, was now so stiff that he couldn't even remember how he used to move.

"…Are you a wildcat, not a puppy?"

As Jahangil took his stance and raised his internal energy, Baekhyun raised his aura and created a third eye on his forehead.

"No, I'm not a wildcat, I'm a tiger."

Among them, he was the White Tiger, the king of tigers who commanded all mountains.

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"Hah, that idiot with nothing but muscles in his head… This is why I hate those Behemoth family guys."

Gaudi sighed and looked in the direction of Jahangil.

Seeing him take a stance with his eyes burning, it seemed he had completely forgotten his original goal of taking the magic stones, or if that was impossible, finding out the location of the magic stones, and had decided to rampage.

'Well, it doesn't matter what happens now.'

He had already roughly heard the location of the magic stones from that guy a little while ago, and Gaudi's original reason for coming here was to prevent Jahangil or Raven from using the jewels.

"So, why don't you and that green-haired guy attack that big guy? Oh, it's okay to run away. I'm not interested in small fry like you, so I won't chase you."

"Sorry, but I have my own circumstances, so I refuse both."

Click- Clack-

Crowley said, lightly shaking the Desert Eagles in both his hands.

"And unlike you, even if they're small fry, I have no intention of letting go of someone who has entered my net."

"…Wow, your arrogance is sky-high, isn't it?"

At Crowley's words, calling him small fry, Gaudi's eyes narrowed.

Then, Gaudi, who had been slowly glaring at Crowley, soon saw the gun in his hand and curled up the corner of his mouth.

"There are always guys like you. Guys who wield artifacts as if they're their own skill."

Gaudi's words were full of blatant mockery.

"To be honest, it's quite pathetic. I've never seen a real one among such guys."

Taang-!

At that moment, Crowley shot his gun behind him.

With that, the water spear that Gaudi was secretly creating by moving his aura exploded.

"Then I should congratulate you. Today, you've gained an opportunity to broaden your limited knowledge."

"You, a mere nobody, will do that to me?"

At Gaudi's words, a third eye, resembling a snake with a blue aura, was drawn on his forehead.