Chapter 181 : Chapter 181
Chapter 181 : Bikers (4)
I knew that something had changed significantly among the players after the Supreme King opened the sky.
Actually, such changes were happening on the Anonymous Bulletin Board, and it wouldn't have been strange at all if someone put it into action directly.
However…….
‘The change is faster than expected.’
It isn't just a day or two that the Hall of Subjugation does bizarre shit, but originally, Bikers were petty criminals who just did so-so bad-mannered acts even within the Hall of Subjugation.
But such timid guys are doing something bold like human sacrifice?
‘They said traces of the Twilight Troupe were seen, so did those bastards put wind into them?’
There are many ways to tempt humans.
Moreover, isn't the situation such that players are completely exposed to various temptations?
If it is the Twilight Troupe, it wouldn't be strange at all if they found out the fact that the scenery revealed beyond the sky is the hometown of the foreigners.
‘I'll go in further for now.’
The traces of Demonic energy projected onto my eyes continued even deep inside there.
And…….
Finally, I was able to arrive at the outskirts of the Dragon's Grave.
The appearance of the Dragon's Grave was quite different from what I knew.
The most different thing among them was that the entire Dragon's Grave had become a sort of fortress.
Of course, it was closer to a temporarily made wooden fence rather than a proper castle wall, but what was important was that Bikers had occupied the Dragon's Grave and were plotting something.
‘I'll examine the atmosphere inside for now.’
Soon after, Lion, who answered my call, completed Spirit Magic in exchange for a certain amount of Demonic energy.
Eyes made of Demonic energy peeked inside the fortress and conveyed information to me.
What I saw first was a security force of considerable scale.
They were wearing different equipment respectively, but just looking at the feel of the armor they wore, I could tell they were players.
Above all, the Demonic energy they were exuding was reflected too clearly in the eyes created with Spirit Magic.
‘It's Bikers.’
Since guessing their identity wasn't that difficult, I shifted my gaze and examined what Bikers was doing.
Traces of graves dug up here and there.
Deep and widely dug pits.
All sorts of bones piled up high in one place.
‘They are digging up the graves. Since there's no way there are things like treasure, it doesn't seem like they are trying to rob graves....... They have a plot.’
And as I shifted my gaze, I had no choice but to stop looking at one place before long.
What I saw there were skulls.
Human skulls.
It was difficult to even estimate just how many humans had been offered as sacrifices for human sacrifice, looking at the skulls piled up high as if to make a mountain.
Even for me, seeing that spectacle, I couldn't hide the nausea rising from inside.
‘……Players are doing this shit voluntarily?’
Even if they are Demonic persons whose brains are pickled in Demonic energy, judging by Yohan's precedent, reason remains to some extent.
Nevertheless, if they are doing such shit while enduring the nausea, it means there was a sufficient reason.
‘I don't know what they are trying to do but…….’
The Bikers guild member I interrogated earlier said an ancient weapon was sleeping here, but if there was such a shit, there is no way I wouldn't know.
I can assert that all that is here are just a few bone fragments left over from rotting since a long time ago.
Anyway, since it was certain that the Bikers bastards were committing human sacrifice here, I felt the necessity to clean up this place.
‘I can ask the surviving bastards about the details.’
I activated the Weapon Summon trait.
[Activates ‘Weapon Summon(??)’.]
[‘Lv.6’ weapon is summoned.]
[Summons Tactical Weapon, ‘Napalm Bombardment Request Terminal’.]
The Weapon Mastery I obtained this time naturally granted a 200% power increase and special effects to the Napalm bomb, which is a Level 6 tactical weapon.
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[Weapon Mastery]
Increases the power of weapons summoned through ‘Weapon Summon’ by 200%.
Also, grants special effects according to each weapon.
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[Napalm Bombardment Request Terminal] [Lv.6]
Upon direct hit with a Napalm bomb, it generates massive shockwave and additional damage.
Flames rising in the area hit by the Napalm bomb do not affect the user.
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The targets were the Bikers bastards in the middle of the Dragon's Grave in front of my eyes.
[Coordinate Input]
[Direct Input of Bombardment Point]
I pressed the button.
[Input bombardment point directly.]
[Bombardment point has been set.]
[Commencing Napalm bombardment on the corresponding location.]
It is time to sweep them all away.
***
Until now, the majority of players considered that they eventually had to collect and absorb fragments to approach the truth.
Although there were people who thought of other methods, those who put them into practice were rare.
No matter how many among the players viewed the natives of this world as nothing more than NPCs and not humans, whether they could actually take their lives without hesitation was a different problem.
Apart from individual perception, in reality, they were existences with flesh and blood like humans.
Therefore, until now, there were almost no players who tried to do something by offering the humans of this world as sacrifices, except for the Supreme King.
However, when the giant magic circle installed by the Supreme King finally opened the sky, players gained a certain inspiration looking at the fragment of truth finally revealed.
-If one offers living humans as sacrifices for human sacrifice, one can do anything.
From now on, no one could stop it.
The bikers were the same.
Although Bikers was dismissed as the Hall of Subjugation in the world, in fact, it was a guild with only ambiguous husks that were awkward to even call the Hall of Subjugation.
However, it was not anymore.
One day, Bikers made a certain deal with the Twilight Troupe who visited Bikers, and through that deal, they were taught a few usage methods of quite special magic.
If they utilized that magic, they would be able to sweep away not only the hierarchy within the Hall of Subjugation but also Bellerophon who had been annoying until now.
Soon, Bikers' Guild Leader, Yogron, proclaimed before the guild members that many things would change now.
“If only this weapon is completed, it's fully possible for us to devour the Empire, let alone Bellerophon.”
Since it wasn't just a day or two that Yogron bluffed, there weren't that many among the guild members who sincerely believed those words, but at least Yogron was sincere.
It was an absurd plan, but anyway, as they scraped up the surrounding demonic beasts and humans in the center of the Azor Great Forest and offered them as sacrifices, quite plausible magic was being completed.
“Heheh…… This is enough.”
Yogron drew a scene in his head where he becomes the ruler of the Lagna Continent, and after that, returns to Earth with his player body and reigns like a king.
It was truly a dream close to a delusion, but Yogron considered it a future he could fully dream of if only this matter was finished well.
It certainly should have been so…….
“An unknown attack has been detected in the sky above! Everyone prepares for impact!”
Along with the shout of a guild member heard from the temporary watchtower, something fell from the sky.
Without even a moment for Yogron to respond, the bomb that fell from the sky exploded, and an intense shockwave struck everyone on the ground.
Kwaaaaaang──!!!!
“Kuaaak!”
“W, what!”
The level of the Bikers guild members couldn't be called that high objectively, but as they went through Demonic person-ification, they came to possess resistance against decent impacts.
However, even Demonic persons dared not withstand the intense explosion that occurred just now.
No, rather, because they were Demonic persons, they were even more vulnerable to the explosion that occurred just now.
Because the owner of the explosion that occurred just now was none other than the Postponer of Ruin, the Adversary of the Demonic.
Kwakwakwang!!!
What came after the shockwave passed were dark red flames that rose thickly.
The pillars of fire that soared in succession soon swallowed everything in the surroundings.
The future Yogron dreamed of was also swept away at once by the black flames.
“N, no!”
Yogron, who came to his senses belatedly, tried to use magic, but his head soon stiffened.
Use magic?
Just what magic?
Thinking simply, since flames had risen, he could calm the flames if he used the Magic of Severe Cold, but the Demon of Severe Cold was one of the demons particularly difficult to contract with.
In the first place, the very people who knew the place and method to make a contract with the Demon of Severe Cold were extremely few.
If Bikers was a guild with quite some level, they would have been able to find a Contractor of Severe Cold without difficulty, but regrettably, Bikers was an extremely small-scale guild even within the Hall of Subjugation.
In short, something like high-quality manpower like a Contractor of Severe Cold did not exist in the first place.
“Ugh…….”
“F, fuck, just what kind of bullshit is this?”
Although quite a few guild members became victims of the explosion during the first explosion, nevertheless, some guild members were barely able to preserve their lives.
“Everyone wake up!”
Yogron looked after the guild members.
Not yet, not yet.
The future he dreamed of could not crumble this futilely.
“Guild Leader, just how did this happen? Suddenly what kind of matter─”
The guild member's words could not continue.
Because suddenly something grazed the guild member's head, and a wind hole was made in the guild member's forehead.
“W, what?!”
Startled, Yogron retreated backward and unfolded defensive magic while bearing a considerable burden.
And soon, a single shadow that appeared to be human shimmered amidst the acrid smoke.
Yogron looked at the shadow, unable to hide his tension, and soon the appearance of the shadow was revealed.
A mask reminiscent of a bird's beak.
A black robe covering the whole body.
It was the very equipment called the Plague Mask set in the world.
Above all, what stole Yogron's gaze was a single gun held by the silhouette of the Plague Mask.
“……Plague Mask Gunman?”
He didn't know why a celebrity of the Anonymous Bulletin Board revealed himself here of all places, but there was one thing he could guess.
“Was it Bellerophon!”
If there were people who would chase them all the way to the center of the Great Forest and attack Bikers, it was only Bellerophon.
“Correct.”
The Plague Mask Gunman obediently admitted that he belonged to Bellerophon.
In other words, the Plague Mask Gunman was no different from declaring that he had no intention of letting anyone here leave alive.
“The grand plan is almost complete……! How dare a Bellerophon bastard!”
Yogron is a level 7 player.
Besides being a player classified as high level in the World of Justice, Yogron was also a Demonic person who had finished Demonic person-ification.
Although the notoriety of the Plague Mask Gunman is ringing in the Anonymous Bulletin Board, that is because he dealt with the riffraff on the Anonymous Bulletin Board to the end.
Since he met him, the notoriety of the Plague Mask Gunman would also end here.
Thinking so, Yogron shouted as he rushed toward the Plague Mask Gunman.
“Kill him!”
Along with Yogron's shout, the surviving Bikers guild members rushed toward the Plague Mask Gunman.
“Die, you son of a bitch!”
“Fuck him up!”
Amidst the pouring curses of the guild members, the Plague Mask Gunman softly retreated one step.
“Meaningless acts.”
Along with a low voice, a blue halo shimmered in the Plague Mask Gunman's hand.
And Yogron was not unaware that the thing revealed was an object called a Double Barrel Shotgun in the world.
“What─”
The astonished Yogron's question could not continue.
Clack─
The muzzle of the Double Barrel Shotgun revealed in the Plague Mask Gunman's hand aimed at Yogron, and the trigger was pulled just like that.