chapter 24
24 – Episode 5. Baek So-so.
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The Special Division, which had been torn into three groups, stood at its designated entry point. The place assigned to Lee Si-hyeok and Nicola is the back gate of the booster factory.
If you go inside the back door, there are various items needed to make boosters, and it also served as a resting place for the Zetas family working at the factory.
It is an openly known fact to the bullies in the area that this warehouse/factory belongs to the Zetas family. They were spending their time comfortably without any preparation for an attack.
– Clink.
That peaceful moment ended when the window near the back door suddenly shattered.
“What!”
“What kind of bastard!”
The bullies of the Zetas family stood up screaming.
However, there is no response after the crash. Maybe it’s not someone’s work, but it might just be a stone blown away by the wind and rain.
“If it’s a person, it’s in my hands.”
One of the bullies, a large skinhead, sputtered and moved. This factory is the most important business for the Zetas family. If it was done by a human, whether it was intentional or accidental, he wouldn’t be able to get out of this area on foot.
The skinhead arrived at the window and checked the situation. Thanks to the thick curtains, there was no misfortune of glass shards scattering inside, but the curtains were wet in an instant due to the strong rain. The moment you pull up the wet curtains and look outside.
“Quehehehehe!”
The skinhead was hit in the face by the rushing bricks at great speed and fell backwards. At the same time, the back door opened and someone came inside.
“Is it a raid?”
“What are you doing!”
The identity of the man, wearing a leather mask like a bank robber’s would use and holding an aluminum bat with both hands, is, of course, Lee Si-hyeok.
After confirming that Lee Si-hyeok passed out by hitting the fallen skinhead with his foot, he was wary of his surroundings.
After a while, the heavy curtain went up by itself, and Nicola, wearing the same mask as Lee Si-hyuk, floated in the air and climbed over the broken window.
‘… What is that bastard?’
A moment of silence arose between the Zetas family as they looked over the situation.
That’s the first guy. Even so, what the hell is that guy who cut a hole in his mask and pulled out his hair? There was an open back door, but it was doubtful that he had dared to cross through the dangerous glass window.
Nicola didn’t care about that gaze and lightly landed on the floor.
“… Efficiency is important?”
“Efficient enough. I have to tell you, but you don’t know.”
If you are outnumbered, the important thing is to get the head start.
As evidence of that, even if one person is knocked down, they don’t attack right away and are looking at the atmosphere.
‘Six enemies in sight.’
“Go.”
At the same time Nicola murmured, sharp glass fragments that had been scattered on her floor rose into the air. The Zetas family was frightened and ran to find cover nearby.
This far is within the range Nicola expected.
The moment he saw the enemy’s movement to hide, Nicola immediately released control of the glass shard and set the target for the closest one. A hammer near him rises into the air and rushes right into the back of his head.
“Kuhhe.”
One more fell down with a faint sound.
‘Five Next’
“You bastard! Watching with water!”
While one fell, the one safely hidden behind cover shouted. Then he swings his fist hard at a nearby wall.
A mysterious attack that cannot be hit.
But Nicola gracefully took a step back without any hesitation on her part.
Shortly after that, a sound cutting through the air was heard where Nicola’s head had been.
A class ability that transmits shock through a medium.
Nicola glanced sideways at Lee Si-hyeok next to her.
Lee Si-hyeok also seemed to have fallen from the spot he was in at the same time as the guy’s attack, and his position was slightly different.
‘Looks like he’s not a total novice.’
Of course, Lee Si-hyeok was a complete rookie. The reason why Lee Si-hyeok took the move to avoid the attack through his abilities was simply because he “Knowed” In advance.
Lee Si-hyeok has already been tired of the types of attacks the fighters of the Zetas Family take in hundreds of thousands of rounds.
Nicola laughed quietly inside her mask, and she focused her telekinesis on the neck of the guy who hadn’t managed to escape behind cover.
“Kheuuu”
Precise control that blocked the blood flow to the brain, and in an instant, the guy lost consciousness and fell forward.
‘Four with this.’
I wish I could deal with it in an instant like this. As if ridiculing such an idea, the feet of Nicola and Lee Si-hyeok wriggled and rose upward in an instant.
An earth attribute, the ability to manipulate the ground or walls at close range.
“Sheesh.”
In an unexpected blow, Nicola loses her balance and falls backwards.
“Search!”
At the same time that Nicola collapses, a snarky-eyed bully emerges from behind her cover and runs towards Nicola.
What she held in one hand was a crowbar commonly called a baru. It was in a state where it was red hot with quick heat due to the ability of the bird’s eye.
Before Nicola can come to her senses, the rushed bird’s eye swings the paroo straight away.
However, the attack fails to hit Nicola.
With the cheerful sound of metal clashing, the heated paroo flew through the air. Lee Si-hyeok, who avoided the raised floor in advance, swung the bat at the right timing.
Baepbird has lost his weapon, and Lee Si-hyeok is still holding the bat.
However, a member of the Zetas family whose eyes are worn out in battle.
“Bastard!”
Before Si-hyeok Lee swung the bat again, Bab Saen-nun kicked Si-hyeok Lee’s hand, which was still unbalanced. The bat that Lee Si-hyeok missed flies in the air like Paroo.
The attack of the bird’s eye does not stop, and after an instant, he closes the distance and punches Lee Si-hyuk with his fist.
“Where is this place, a kid like you- Gyaaak!”
The words of Baepsaenun did not continue to the end. It was because the bat, which was flying in the air, moved in a strange trajectory and hit the guy in the back of the head again.
“With this, there are three left.”
Nikola, who landed the bat lightly at Lee Si-hyuk’s feet, got up from his seat using only telekinesis with his hands in his pockets.
But the remaining three have already escaped from Nikola’s sight and are hiding behind cover.
When the attack didn’t follow, Yangachi behind cover continued to bang his fists on the wall. Invisible fists continuously attack Nicola and Lee Si-hyeok.
“Sheesh.”
I dodged several times, but I couldn’t dodge all of the consecutive attacks. Feeling a shock to her chest, Nicola pushed back and grabbed nearby objects and threw them into the place where he was.
However, the attack was blocked by an iron plate that suddenly appeared nearby.
“Ha ha ha ha! I guess your telekinesis can only control what you can see, right?”
The bully, who was throwing his fists, babbles loudly.
That was correct.
Nikola’s telekinesis only worked within the range of vision.
In this room full of junk and crates, Nicola’s attack has no choice but to take an indirect method.
But it should be enough if you move yourself and figure out its location.
As soon as he made that decision and was about to move, Lee Si-hyeok stretched out his hand and stopped Nicola.
“What is it?”
“There is a trap.”
A trap? Nicola was delighted, and she glared in the direction she was about to move. I can’t see anything, but there’s definitely something out of place.
“… Right.”
Thin wires were installed on the path Nicola was going to walk on. The light near that wire was refracted strangely by her ability, so she couldn’t grasp it properly.
“Did you notice? Then die quietly there!”
She starts banging her fists on her wall again. This side’s attack is blocked by that iron plate-like ability. However, when approaching, it is full of traps set up everywhere.
“Kuh.”
The number of attacks that hit Nicola’s body gradually increases. It’s not a big shock right now, thanks to the telekinesis membrane wrapped around her body, but as time goes on, her damage will accumulate.
Seeing that the rest of Joe entered the front gate and the second floor were also in a commotion, it was not yet the stage to expect someone’s support.
“… It’s annoying.”
“Can’t I use it all at once with an obstacle?”
Lee Si-hyeok asked Nicola while avoiding the attack in a way.
“Impossible. My abilities aren’t that great.”
‘I already know that.’
The advantage of Nicola’s telekinesis is precise control.
In Legends of Academia, Nikola really helped me fight in a creative way. How to use it, such as subduing a part of the enemy’s body at once, creating an invisible foothold to attack using the Z-axis, or creating obstacles in the enemy’s attack trajectory with precise control.
However, due to her own weak attack power, when attacking the enemy directly, the damage could not be expected.
Attack power in the game meant the same thing as output in this world, and Nicola’s fighting style was inevitably disorganized as it is now.
Lee Si-hyeok had a way to solve this problem at once.
‘Well, since I was born a supporter, amplification won’t play a big role.’
Lee Si-hyeok muttered to himself and put his strength into his left hand. Lee Si-hyeok threw the colorless element created in an instant to Nicola.
“Use that!”
Lee Shi-hyeok shouted, dodging the invisible fist again.
“What is this?”
“My ability! Amplifier!”
The explanation was enough. Nicola threw a colorless element into the air and at the same time activated her telekinesis centered on that element.
Then, something happened that surprised even Nikola himself.
“What?”
“What is this!”
The three of the Zetas family shouted in bewilderment. At most, Nicola’s telekinesis, which could only move small objects, lifted the entire furniture around her into the air.
‘… Unbelievable.”
Nicola unknowingly exclaimed in admiration at the sensation she felt for the first time. I never imagined that the day would come when I could use this level of output.
How much effort have you made to compensate for the weakness of insufficient output? However, all of those attempts failed, and in the end, she had no choice but to use her sharp control as a weapon.
All those weaknesses disappeared in an instant with one of Lee Si-hyeok’s abilities.
“You bastard!”
Without cover, the Zetas family three began to charge at Nicola with the judges. However, before the foot could move a few steps, the objects that floated in the air fell on top of them one by one.
The three piled up in a mountain of rubbish and became incapacitated in an instant.
Lastly, the colorless element that responded to Nicola’s telekinesis in the air turns to dust and disappears. All the objects that were flying in the air find their place again.
Nicola tried telekinesis again just in case, but it only swayed slightly and did not rise even 1 cm into the air.
“Are you okay?”
“… Okay. Okay.”
Nicola, who looked around as if she had dreamed of her, came to her senses at the sound of Lee Si-hyeok’s voice.
“Let’s move quickly. You have to support the other side.”
At Lee Si-hyeok’s words, Nicola nodded her head.
An indescribable emotion stirred in her heart, but it was time to put off such personal feelings for later.
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“First of all… Even you… Run away… !”
“But… Mr. Suisei…”
“Come on!”
Chaehee-rin closed her eyes tightly at Suisei’s staggering cry. But she can’t escape from here.
With Chae Hee-rin’s support, Suisei is barely holding on. If she were to disappear herself, this precarious balance would collapse in her one breath.
“Is the new wave drama over?”
The man with reggae hair, who had been watching the scene for a while, opened his mouth.
The man’s name is Paulo.
He was one of the three top executives of the Zetas Family, serving as the mid-boss of the booster episode.