Chapter 211
early the next morning.
Absorbing the tears of the heavens, preparing to weave the ring of awakening.
I got a call from Captain Charles.
[I have something to say about the data you gave me this time. I arrive in Korea in about 3 hours. Give me some time then.]
It’s not a message asking to set up an appointment, but a text that looks like a coercion to make time.
It seemed like a fairly urgent business.
[yes. All right. Then, can we go to the hotel on time?]
In 3 hours, preparation is almost complete. Take your time, no problem.
I replied that I was willing to make time.
[Because if you are in front of the hotel, you will be suspicious. go in first It’s an unmanned hotel, so no one will put the brakes on you. I’ll take care of the security code and admission on my side.]
[yes. I’ll go in.]
After my reply, the text ended.
I immediately resumed my preparations for absorbing the Heavenly Tears.
If you want to arrive at the hotel in 3 hours, you have to leave here in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
I guess I need to hurry up a bit.
I moved my hands and feet quickly.
* * *
About 3 hours have passed since then.
I arrived at the hotel room where Captain Charles was staying.
For a luxury hotel, the interior is pretty messed up.
You must have gone without asking for room service.
Considering the standard of the hotel, you probably weren’t worried about theft.
You just don’t want to show your room to other people?
Maybe he thinks the items will reveal that he’s a mercenary.
‘At least put your clothes in order.’
I gathered the clothes that were scattered all over the place and started organizing them.
Clothes that smell like sweat are properly disposed of using magic and then put on one by one.
‘I thought you wore the same clothes every day. It must have been a lot of similar style clothes.’
Most of the clothes I organized were the rider jackets and crop tops worn by Director Charles, and short shorts.
It doesn’t look like there’s much difference between them being dark and dark in color. Do you need to stock up on this variety?
‘I think it would be better to just manage one of the clothes with magic and wear them again.’
There is such a thing as cleaning magic.
I don’t know why you bought several similar clothes.
I’m folding my clothes while having such trivial questions.
“sorry. It’s a bit late.”
Captain Charles has arrived.
I thought he would come in with a serious expression on his face.
Unexpectedly, it wasn’t that different from usual.
… … Is it not as serious as I expected?
“no. I just arrived.”
With that thought in my head, I answered appropriately.
“I just arrived. Just by looking at it, 20 minutes must have passed.”
Captain Charles scratched the back of his head as he looked at the piles of clothes piled up in front of me.
“I could have just let it go. sorry.”
“it’s okay. I just did it while I had time left.”
“okay? Well, thank you.”
Captain Charles raised his thumb slightly and sat next to me.
Then, he took a one-shot of the half-drinked bottled water that was spread out on the table.
“Can I ask you one question?”
“ok? What?”
“Why do you rotate the same clothes several times?”
“Why don’t you use cleaning magic?”
“yes. That would be more troublesome to manage. I wondered why you were doing that.”
“Certainly, it’s comfortable to wear only one garment. I actually tend to do that during missions.”
Captain Charles smiled as he gently lifted the rider jacket he was currently wearing with his thumb and forefinger.
“But it’s not a mission right now, is it? I also change my outfit depending on my mood that day. I mean.”
“… … yes?”
Cody… … do it differently?
“why? A mercenary changes clothes here and there, doesn’t it fit the image?”
“no. It’s not… … .”
I looked again at the clothes I was holding and the clothes I had cleaned up.
‘All other outfits look like the same clothes… … .’
Of course, I couldn’t get the words out of my mouth.
I felt like I shouldn’t be talking about it.
“Ah, what you are doing right now. You don’t even have to open it separately.”
Captain Charles looked at the gray crop top I was holding and said.
It doesn’t look much different from the slightly dark gray crop top I’m wearing now.
“Are you going to change into this?”
“uh. The weather is also sunny. Because I feel like wearing something bright.”
“… … .”
bright one? this?
“… … hmm. no. I should just wear this. Thinking about what to say, they suddenly tell me to feel down.”
I double-checked the slightly darker crop top I was currently wearing and said I should just wear it.
‘Is bright or dark determined by the tone of gray?’
If you listen to it clearly, gray is the lightest color of clothing.
Everything else is just dark clothes, like black or dark green.
But these aren’t bright clothes.
Do you have a taste that came from being a mercenary for a long time?
As bright clothes are forbidden when fighting a war, it may be an unavoidable sensibility.
I thought so.
“why? What’s wrong with my clothes? When you see Koreans, they all dress very well. Do you look a little older in the eyes of Koreans?”
“no. no. Get along well.”
These are not empty words.
Hangers are fashion.
He’s the type that will go well with anything you wear.
“okay? Good luck then.”
Captain Charles chuckled.
“More than that. You said you get depressed thinking about what you have to say?”
“… … uh.”
The smile on Captain Charles’ lips disappeared in an instant.
I could tell from that reaction.
That’s serious stuff too.
It seems that there are names that shouldn’t be on the spy list I gave you.
“You little one. You don’t know anything about USB, do you?”
“yes. I do not know. I’ve never learned how to interpret the mana code separately.”
All the materials Shadow gave me were in mana code.
Why did you make it so needlessly difficult to recognize?
I replied that it was in this state because the data stored inside the Mage Tower was extracted as it is.
He added that he wanted to decipher it, but it wasn’t that much time, so he had no choice but to hand it over as it was.
So I couldn’t see any of the data on the USB.
“… … okay.”
Captain Charles’ expression darkened just a little bit.
“Then don’t be surprised.”
With that look on his face, he handed me a piece of paper.
I thought he would give me a bunch of papers, but it was a little surprising that there was only one.
Are there more spies than you think?
With that thought in mind, I focused my attention on the paperwork.
And at the same time as I checked the very first sentence, my eyes widened to the size of a lantern.
“What is this… … .”
“I know it’s hard to believe. But it’s real.”
At the top of the document was written this sentence.
[A list of spies dealing with the Black Mage Tower within the Mage God.]
And below that, countless names were lined up.
There are a total of 32 numbers with their names written on them.
that means that.
“Among the members of the Mage God family, there are 32 people who are doing business with the Black Mage Tower?”
“… … It was 33 people to be exact. Because Shin Ji-han is missing now.”
“no… … .”
I’m speechless.
I was completely out of my mind.
The inside of the Madoshinga has rotted like this?
‘Of course, I thought there would be other spies besides Shin Ji-han. It’s because the work was too tidy to be alone. But 32 people… … .’
Judging from Shin Ji-han’s neat handling of work, the probability that there were collaborators inside was very high.
There must be someone who helped Shin Ji-han manipulate internal documents and conceal information.
I was so sure from the start.
However, I did not expect that there would be 32 of them.
“That’s why 5 of the 13 elders are spies… … .”
It’s not even a roster made up of idiots.
Those who belonged to the 32 people, including the five elders, were executives who occupied a prominent position in the family of magicians.
At this rate, it could be said that 20% of the Mage Gods had already been passed on to the Black Mage Tower.
I have a headache.
It felt like something was about to explode inside.
“Fortunately, the dark side of the magician family. There is not a single spy in the shadows.”
“… … yes.”
As Captain Charles said, at least it’s fortunate.
If there was a spy in the shadows, the sorcerer’s house would have been more rotten than it is now.
If the shadow had turned around, it wouldn’t have been strange if all the papers inside the magic house had been lost or altered.
I let out a sigh of relief.
“It seems that the purpose of the Black Mage Tower was to devour Shin Ji-Han as their puppet and devour the Sorcerer Singa.”
By manipulating Shin Ji-han, he controls the sorcerer’s family.
Controls Korea using Madoshinga. I think that was the purpose of the Black Mage Tower.
Otherwise, there is no way to make 32 spies.
“no. Their purpose is not just that.”
“Only… … What?”
It’s all about devouring the magic god?
“uh. only.”
Animosity close to killing flowed from Captain Charles’ eyes.
“You’ll know when you see this.”
Captain Charles handed over a pile of papers this time.
Those piles of papers looked frightening.
It was like opening a Pandora’s box that shouldn’t be opened.
I swallowed dry saliva and handed over the pile of papers, unfolding them.
“… … .”
And I was at a loss for words.
“The purpose of the Black Mage Tower isn’t to devour the sorcerers. To devour Korea itself.”
The documents had the names of all kinds of famous families with their residences in Korea written on them.
Shinmugangga, the home of senior Kang Shin-woo, as well as Jeokwolmiga, a famous house based in Busan, and Hoseonmanga in Daegu.
All the famous houses in Korea were written down.
And under the names of the famous families, there were 5 to 10 names written.
“A total of 167 people. If you add the 32 members of the Madoshin family together, there are 199 people.”
About 200 people.
I’m sure it’s just a collection of names of people in important positions.
If you add up the number of idiots, it could well be a thousand.
“… … Korea was rotting properly.”
It’s deplorable.
To hold hands without being able to overcome the temptation of that group of criminals.
Heartfelt anger rises against the spies.
“It’s not just Korea.”
Captain Charles shook his head with a bitter smile.
“Among the countries called magic powerhouses including Korea. This is happening in all 26 countries.”
“… … .”
I didn’t think there would be any more surprises. There were still surprises left.
26 countries including Korea are in this situation… … .
“Those doggies. He must be thinking of conquering the world.”
“… … yes.”
I had already expected that the purpose of the Black Mage Tower was to conquer the world.
I heard about the past through Mimir.
It’s no surprise that the Black Mage Tower’s goal is to conquer the world.
What is surprising is that they have come so close to their goal of conquering the world.
And even though I scattered this amount of spies, no one caught me.
‘If this situation continued, the world would have fallen into the hands of the Black Mage Tower very soon.’
Keep building enemies inside like this.
What if Sofia-nim dies and start moving the spies all at once?
And what if the advance of the Black Mage Tower begins?
Can the world stop the Black Mage Tower?
Without Sofia-sama and without the unity of the world, can we stop the Dark Mage King who has reached Circle 10?
No way.
would never have been able to stop it.
“The Dark Mage King. He’s a really scary guy.”
When I thought of the thoroughness of the Dark Mage King, I involuntarily got goosebumps.
“I thought he was scary because I knew from the beginning. The problem now is that there is no way to deal with the spies.”
“Right. No matter how many people there are, it’s impossible to get one hit.”
“Even if it’s possible to hit one hit, it’s a problem. If this many spies are caught all at once, Shadow will have 100% trouble. Isn’t that a bit troublesome?”
“yes. Until we receive other information, nothing should happen to Shadow.”
“So.”
Even though they are trading partners, Shadow is a villain.
I don’t think anything of the wicked being killed by the wicked.
To be honest, I think it’s also self-employed.
But aside from that, Shadow shouldn’t die now.
Shadow hasn’t shared all the information yet.
When Shadow dies, it must be after sharing all the information.
“… … anyway. this is how the situation is I’m trying to find a way in many ways. There is no way to do this yet.”
It’s nice to have the information, but there’s no way to use it.
It was a really frustrating situation.
“For now, it’s also your family business. I thought it would be good to know When spies try to do something, stop them anyway. You can tell Shin In-hyeok.”
“yes. thank you I will.”
I think it would be appropriate to pass this information on to my father.
Otherwise, there is no comparison.
“Oh, and here. mystery board. Isn’t that your girlfriend’s family?”
“I’m just a friend.”
“anyway. mystery board. Is this the most dangerous situation right now?”
“yes. I think so too.”
Sang-hyeon Sang, younger brother of Sang-chul Sang, the head of the Sinbiwi family. The second-in-command of the family is the spy of the Black Mage Tower.
This alone is dangerous enough. To make matters worse, Sang-hyeon Sang is currently preparing a big project within the family.
If this continues, Sang-hyeon Sang’s position will grow even bigger.
If that happens, it will be easier for the Black Mage Tower to strike the bow in the future.
that’s a bit tricky
“I have to do something with that as my top priority.”
Even for Adela’s sake, even to thwart the purpose of the Black Mage Tower, and to prevent Korea from playing into their hands.
We need to stop Sang-hyeon’s manipulation.
