Colleagues (1)

Big win over Italy.

Seo Mun-yeop, who became MVP in both sets 1 and 2, held a press conference with manager Baek Je-ho.

It was one of the most frequently asked questions.

"Recently, people's expectations have risen due to the performance of the national team. Is it possible for Korea to win the World Cup?"

"It's still too early to talk about winning, I'm just trying my best. For now, we will achieve our goal from the round of 16."

Baekje-ho answered politely.

Seo Moon-yeop was also asked the same question.

With the Battlefield craze blowing in Korea these days, it has become fashionable to predict the chances of winning.

Seo Moon-yeop said calmly.

"My personal goal is to win, but I won't take responsibility if I fail, so let's stop asking that question. okay? If you say this, you'll cut off the back talk and write 'the goal is to win'. But you guys do it yourself, let's each go about our own lives."

The sports reporters giggled.

"Seo Moon-yeop is being evaluated as having surprisingly improved his form this year. You say you will compete for Player of the Year with Nathan Bernach, Roy Meyer, Daniel Mantz and others. What do you think about the chances of winning?"

"It is different from the position, let alone the evaluation of who is the best in an 11-person team game is inevitably subjective. I also have my own opinion, and I'm obviously the best in my opinion, so I'm not interested in the evaluation of people who give awards. But apart from that, I hope to compete against them in the game.

I'm looking forward to it."

Seo Moon-yeop, who reveals his arrogance with his usual tone.

But everyone got used to it and didn't find it strange.

But then, a middle-aged reporter asked a different question.

"Some oppose Battlefield as a sport that promotes violence. I have doubts about the purpose of preparing for the next invasion of the subterranean civilization. What do you think?"

It was a sensitive question, so Baek Je-ho's expression hardened. He hurriedly tried to block Seo Mun-yeop's remarks, but Seo Mun-yeop had already opened his mouth.

"The war was definitely won. The last dungeon collapsed, and there were no more attacks from the underground people after that."

After hearing Seo Moon-yeop's words, the reporter asked again.

"Does that mean that you partly agree with the claim that you question the purpose of Battlefield?"

"Not at all."

Seo Moon-yeop said firmly.

"Twenty years have passed since then. Humans still don't even have the means to scout the underground world. But you can't be optimistic about things that haven't been confirmed. Contrast makes more sense. Until we can explore and ascertain their world."

The press conference ended just like that.

***

Seo Mun-yeop went back to YSM's clubhouse.

When I rode my bike and ran away, Pietro had already arrived and was waiting for me through space travel.

"Let's start."

Pietro said calmly.

Seo Moon-yeop nodded and entered the special access module in his office.

Above the wasteland, a huge snake greeted the two as usual.

A gigantic snake whose head seems to reach into the sky.

Watching its majesty, Pietro opened fire first.

Dig!

Pietro, who appeared right in front of the snake's nose by moving through space, created a magic circle.

Papa papa papa!

13 magic circles were stacked in one line.

The snake was surprised by the sudden appearance of the enemy, but without hesitation, thrusted its head in and charged.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

A snake that shatters 13 layers of magic circles with a headbutt.

And just as he was about to swallow it, Pietro avoided it by spreading space movement first.

It was close this time too.

Pietro appeared right on top of the snake's head and made 13 magic circles and overlapped them.

But this time, the shape of the magic circle was a little different.

The geometric lines embroidered in a round circle were different from the existing Heroic Spirit strikes.

Seo Moon-yeop was also surprised because it was his first time seeing it.

'That kid's skills are improving too.'

While avoiding the snake's attack by moving in space, he is bold enough to stay close and fight without trying to run away.

There were even magic circles that I had never seen before.

Pietro also seemed to have found a good way while studying how to deal with snakes.

yet,

Whoa!

Surprisingly, 13 magic circles were connected to each other.

The 13 circles overlap, and surprisingly, the geometric lines within the circles are exquisitely connected to each other.

Pietro showed off a magic circle with amazing patterns that would make mathematicians astonished and want to study the connection form of those hundreds of lines.

Of course, it wasn't a magic circle for summoning heroic spirits.

The snake charged without hesitation.

Chara la la la rock!

The purpose of the magic circle has been revealed.

It was a net.

Thirteen circles and hundreds of lines gently wrapped around the snake.

Surprised, the snake vigorously shook its head and resisted.

The entire magic circle was shaken by the resisting force, but Pietro persistently controlled it.

'Okay, I'm coming too!'

Pietro was also attracting the snake's attention better than ever.

Seo Moon-yeop ran at full speed.

'Amplification, to speed!'

Seo Mun-yeop, who made the speed 108, ran like the wind.

Because the armor was also lightweight, it was much faster than when it first fought.

Pietro's net was torn apart.

Dig!

Pietro, who went behind the snake's head by space movement again, made 13 magic circles again.

This time it was a command summoning.

Evil and unfair souls who did not reach the spirit realm appeared in the aura.

-It is unfair······.

-You must die too.

-It's a huge monster.

-It's a creature that shouldn't exist...

The spirits attacked the snake fiercely.

But the snake swung its head like a mace.

Boooooong! humming!

Every time the snake hit the head, the commanders were swept away.

The giant body was also large, but the spirits did not have the ability to withstand the huge aura that flowed like a river inside the body.

In the meantime, Seo Mun-yeop sprinted and got close to the snake.

Thanks to Pietro being so kind, the snake didn't notice it until it got this far.

The snake finally became aware of Seomunyeop.

Booung!

wags its tail

just now!

'Amplification, agility!'

Agility instantly became 117.

Instead, the speed returned to 98, but the acceleration that had been running so far remained, so it did not decrease significantly.

This was a trick learned after endless struggles with snakes.

Pod!

Jump with all your might!

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

The tail swept across the ground.

A huge cloud of dust covered the area.

Through the dust, Seo Moon-yeop approached the body of the snake.

at the same time,

pat-

In an instant, the weapon was transformed into a spiritual body.

The speed of weapon spiritualization was very fast. This was also the result of training.

Quack!

-Kiaaaa!!

The snake screamed.

It was anger rather than pain.

It was a snake that reacted very sensitively to the pain inflicted by spiritualized weapons.

'Yes, I have experienced being severely beaten by the Emperor of Maninleung. It is natural to react sensitively to the spiritual body.'

Now, the wrath of the snake was completely poured out on Seo Moon-yeop.

Anyway, I hadn't been able to properly feed a single attack before, but compared to that time, it was a huge achievement.

But it's not over yet.

Pod!

Seo Mun-yeop jumped into the air, stepping on the spear that had been stabbed.

Quaang!

Eventually, the snake's mouth chewed the entire ground where Seomunyeop stood.

Seo Mun-yeop succeeded in evading once again.

He took out another spear from his back, turned it into a weapon, and threw it.

hooked!

-Kia!

stuck in the neck The snake was even more furious.

Chara la la la rock!

A snake twisting its body.

In an instant, a long, gigantic body was coiled.

A huge cave created by twisting the coils trapped Seomunyeop.

The snake, which made it impossible to escape in an instant, charged into the cave with its mouth open.

'Amplification, immortality!'

Seo Moon-yeop was quick to judge.

It quickly transformed into a spiritual body and flew upward.

They charged straight at each other with their shields and spears in front.

The moment you are about to collide.

Only the shield and spear were put in place, and only the body was kept close to the side to avoid it.

Cadeuk!

The snake's jaws swallowed the shield and spear.

It was a high-level fake.

Not only did he put the shield and spear back in place, but he also conveyed the visual image to the snake, making it mistaken that he was there.

Seo Mun-yeop barely clung to the wall of the cave to avoid the mouth, and did not stop there, but took out another spear and stabbed the snake in the eye.

hooked!

-Kiahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

A scream close to ultrasonic sounded like it would burst the eardrums. This time it was a scream of pain.

'It was great!'

Seo Mun-yeop felt joy.

I wanted to make that scream come out of that damn snake.

But the crisis continued.

The snake tried to kill Seo Mun-yeop by tightening the coiled body as it was.

Dig!

Suddenly, Pietro appeared through space movement.

Pietro put his hand on Seo Moon-yeop's shoulder, and with the other hand he took out a hearthstone.

Wow!

Before the coiled body was confined, the two disappeared by space shift.

Space movement cannot coexist.

It was possible to send Seo Moon-yeop off first and then move on, but there was no time for that just now.

That's why they chose to use the Hearthstone as a medium to move together.

Although it was said that he used a hearthstone as a medium, this was only possible for Pietro, the master of space-time control among the underground people.

"It's been quite a while."

Pietro praised.

"You are."

Seo Moon-yeop also responded with a grin.

The two of them had become the best pair before they knew it.

But there was no time to relax.

Because the snake was more angry than ever.

In addition, the eye that Seo Mun-yeop pricked was not completely blind, but only wounded.

***

"It can't be just the two of us."

Seo Moon-yeop gave the estimate.

"If I train hard and you develop a lot of new magic circles, you will be able to fight better. But it's definitely not enough. I don't think you can win."

"Are you going to call a colleague?"

"You will need it."

"I don't know if anyone can help."

That was the problem.

If it was just a mass offensive, hundreds of supermen would be mobilized to fight.

But having too many numbers is useless.

This is because normal attacks themselves do not work against snakes.

tanks?

What are you going to do to stop it?

If you wag your tail once, dozens of people would be slaughtered even if you scrum.

'Even with dozens of tough guys like Gerald Walker, he's as good as a bowling pin.'

Melee dealers are also useless.

If you attack with an aura-injected weapon, you can't get a single vitality.

Only Seo Moon-yeop's physical attack, which has been transformed into a weapon, works.

Simply put, bringing in Nathan Bernach won't help anything. Because the attack doesn't work at all.

Ranged dealers who use magic-type superpowers?

Among them there are limitations.

For example, Shim Young-soo.

The 'Explosive Sphere', which causes quite decent explosions, is at a standard level even among remote dealers around the world.

However, it can't hurt that snake at all. No matter how many blast spheres you throw at it, the snake won't even care. If you're not getting any damage, why bother?

At least Shuran should be able to give damage worthy of damage.

'It's Shuran...'

It will definitely help.

But I don't think that help is tactically meaningful.

The opponent was such a ruthless monster.

It wasn't that he was keeping this a secret even from Baek Je-ho for nothing.

It doesn't help, it just incites fear.

"There is no such thing as a human being. Aren't there any among the people in the basement?"

"I don't know."

"At least I can use space movement freely, so I won't be able to avoid the snake's attack."

"You think it's easy. Usually, you'll get hit before you use space shift."

In a word, it was Pietro's arrogant statement that he was fighting to this extent because he was himself.

"You have to be at least a high-ranking priest to be able to use space movement before avoiding an attack, but there aren't enough people with that level of skill left."

Having said that, Pietro was silent for a moment.

"I don't think there are any among the living."

It sounded like you could bring the dead back.