The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 255

Episode 255, Jeju Island again (2)

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That time.

Jang Si-hwan was receiving an interim report from Gong Yoo-seok and Go Joo-hee about the content they had previously ordered to be investigated.

Ten Chinese assassins from the Shintu Guild and Korean assassin Shin Kang-hoo participated in the attack on the Hell of Judgment.

It was about eleven assassins whose whereabouts were question marks.

Because it was such a large-scale attack, there were many assassins other than these people who participated.

Given the circumstances, there was a possibility that they had acquired a hidden skill, and there were eleven people whose movements could not be identified.

“First of all, these five are excluded?”

Sigh.

Jang Si-hwan ran his fingertips through the names from the top to the fifth on the Shintu Guild assassin list.

Then Gong Seok spoke.

“yes. “After cross-checking with our witnesses and internally obtained information from the Shintu Guild, we found that those five people were in the field at the time.”

“but. You can’t get hidden skills in an empty field. “It would be right to exclude it.”

“That’s right. “And we are collecting additional data on the remaining six, and we hope to have data on Shin Kang-hu.”

“Why?”

“At that time, it was Jin Hyo-young who moved as a partner with Shin Kang-hoo. It became known later…”

“He was from Eclipse, right?”

“Yes that’s right. However, Jin Hyo-young died after that, making it impossible to continue the investigation.”

“You don’t know why he died, do you?”

“It appears that information is being controlled from within Eclipse. “I couldn’t tell.”

“What is the probability that Shin Kang-hu killed him? Aren’t you on very bad terms with Eclipse?”

“It’s not that he didn’t exist, but he didn’t die at the time Jin Hyo-young was attacking him. “It will happen later.”

“So, Shin Kang-hoo… there is no data that can be cross-verified? “Are there no separate witnesses?”

“yes. “In some time zones, there are times when you are completely alone.”

“hmm. “What about the five remaining assassins of the Shintu Guild?”

“He is an assassin who acted alone at the request of the Shintu Guild, so it is not easy to track him down.”

“Did Yu Qinghua ask for a favor at that time? “To improve your skills, would you like us to consider exploring as individuals rather than as a team?”

“you’re right.”

“Anyway, the Shintu Guild is always in trouble. For now, I understand. “You two must have had a hard time calling and investigating all the hunters who had contact with the assassins on the list.”

“No, Master.”

“It’s something we have to do.”

Gong Seok and Go Joo Hee bowed their heads.

The two people really liked Jang Si-hwan, who always expressed gratitude for even small efforts.

Learn to be grateful for even the smallest things and always recognize the value of effort. And remember.

The reason the two do not regret joining the Jeonghwa Guild is because they have a leader like Jang Si-hwan.

Of course, when I think of Chae Gwan-hyung, my blood boils even in my sleep, but in the end, he is just Jang Si-hwan’s ‘subordinate’.

At that time, Gong Seok asked carefully.

“Master, may I ask one question?”

“As much as you want. “It’s okay to have more than just one thing.”

“What is the purpose of this investigation? “Is it elimination or inclusion of those who have acquired hidden skills?”

Jang Si-hwan was shocked.

That’s a sharp question.

Gong Seok’s question seemed to have Vincent Maier in mind.

If Jang Si-hwan were to investigate at the request of Vincent Meyer, someone would die.

“Let’s make the conclusion clear. It is inclusion. “The reason I want to know the owner of the hidden skill is simple.”

“hmm.”

“Having a hidden skill. “It means you’re a high-potential hunter who deserves one of the 77 special selections, right?”

“That’s right.”

“I want to have someone like that by my side. That’s it. “There was a hunter who recently acquired a hidden skill called Flawless Wall… I was jealous.”

Jang Si-hwan licked his lips with the tip of his tongue. It is a habit that emerges when his curiosity is heightened.

“Then, if you find out who possesses the hidden skill, will you bring them to our guild?”

“that’s right. Do not worry. I’ll make sure Vincent can’t touch it. “There’s no reason for me to match his stupid behavior.”

“I understand, Master.”

“Please speed up the investigation. “I know you must be having a hard time, but please take care of me.”

“yes!”

So the two people left the place. Soon I was left alone in the office.

Jang Si-hwan, who was trying to stand up from his chair to look out the window or look down without thinking, frowned.

“Ugh!”

Pain that came suddenly.

Jang Si-hwan, whose head felt like it was going to break in pain, trembled in place without even thinking about moving.

And then.

“이 개새끼야! Get out of here! I mean, fuck off! There is no one who will agree with your delusions! “Enough with the pointless resistance, let’s go!”

I started yelling at myself.

The cry of another ‘self’ that has become particularly strong these days.

In the past, it was just a tickle in my ears, as if it was an auditory hallucination, but now it hurts my head as well.

“Damn… ugh.”

Jang Si-hwan had no choice but to take out two unidentified pills that he had kept in his inner pocket and swallow them.

The only solution to the current situation. It was his own secret that he did not want to reveal to the outside world.

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As promised in advance, Kang-hoo and Park Dong-jae separately covered their faces from the outside to the dungeon entrance.

There were no complaints because this was a task to maintain internal security. This is also something that has been agreed upon in advance.

The dungeon raid started like that.

Ganghu was sparing in dealing.

Because dealing was not important in the early section.

The focus was on getting Oh Yu-jin, Oh Hye-jin, Ma Jin-ho, and Park Dong-jae to work well together.

Kanghu took about ten steps ahead of them and was concentrating on finding a safe route.

【Communication – Plants】

The Sympathy skill obtained after killing Odaf in Dungeon 13 of Oslo Cathedral was very useful here.

‘It’s comfortable.’

As soon as I used the skill, the trees and flowers ahead appeared red and blue, respectively.

It is identification of friends.

All plants and flowers that are hostile, that is, have the potential to attack, are displayed in red.

Plants and flowers that are friendly and cannot attack are displayed in blue.

It was very easy to distinguish them as they could be intuitively recognized through color.

However, when the Guru Guild attacked on its own earlier, it seemed clear why they had no choice but to struggle here.

This is because even though plants and flowers have the same shape, their tendencies are divided into hostile and friendly.

This means that you cannot distinguish between friend and enemy by looking at their appearance.

Then, in the end, I had no choice but to test it by getting close, but since these guys’ attacks were so strong, there were many dangers.

Like the mutant sunflower at Ground Zero, pouring out the strongly acidic liquid that was contained is basic.

It was not uncommon to scatter pollen that caused people to fall into unbearable sleep, or to pull out roots from under the ground and grab and tie them by their ankles.

Once the movement was tied down like that, all attacks would be concentrated in that direction. A perfect environment to die in.

but.

“You can just stick to the left and go. “There’s one guy in the middle that’s a problem, but I’ll take care of him.”

Thanks to perfect differentiation using the rapport skill, the rest of the party was easily moving through the danger zone.

The difficult section, which had previously been a total challenge in our own strategy, was no longer difficult.

“How could this… ah!”

Oh Yu-jin, who was about to ask something, was interrupted by Kang-hu’s sudden movement of throwing a dagger with lightning speed.

Kueh!

Everyone could see it.

A ‘traitor’ who was hiding with a beautiful appearance among countless flowers.

That flower was the only one with light green liquid in its closed bud. It is an acidic liquid.

Chii Iik.

The acidic liquid that poured out helplessly melted the flower’s body and roots and soon dried up.

Oh Hye-jin asked in surprise.

“Is there a skill that can identify plants? Usually, this kind of skill is…”

“It’s in the elementalist class. “Even if you look at it broadly, it goes towards the wizard type!”

Park Dong-jae appropriately intervened and added explanation.

As he said, these types of communicative skills were exclusive to the magic world. The specialized group is the spirit priest class.

That kind of skill came out of Kanghu.

Park Dong-jae was laughing while saying that, but the three members of the Guru Guild had a different take on it.

“Now this way. “Here we can move more simply, and from there we have to zigzag.”

Kang-hoo did not respond differently to Oh Hye-jin’s words and took the lead in stride.

The explanation of the skill seemed to have already been sufficiently resolved through Oh Hye-jin’s own questions and Park Dong-jae’s answers.

Continued movement.

Except for Kang-hu killing flowers and trees with his electric sword to clear the way, the remaining four people were moving safely without fighting.

“I never imagined that the section that took up the most time would have such a free pass.”

Compared to what they had experienced in the past, the situation was so easy to attack that the tension disappeared.

Since there was no way to tell the plants’ relatives apart, I had to physically kill them, but now there is no need to do that.

Meanwhile.

Ganghu became a guide and guided the four hunters while also checking his own skills.

As the number of skills has increased recently, we looked at skills that were relatively neglected or whose application was forgotten.

‘Self-defense level 3. Although it has become less useful as it has gained the Infinite Wall, there is nothing better than this guy to defend all sides at the same time.’

This is a self-defense skill that has been used significantly less frequently in recent years, as timing defense like a sword is essential.

It is true that it is difficult to use, but it is still of great value in that it can protect both the front, back, and sides.

The protective barrier also provides protection in all directions, but its durability is limited.

But in the case of self-defense.

【Can neutralize all external attacks for 0.5 seconds.】

【Can neutralize enemy attacks once. However, selective neutralization is not possible】

In this way, by linking the 3rd and 2nd stages of self-defense, we were able to cleanly block two threatening attacks.

Level 3 of self-defense is 0.5 second invincibility, and level 2 of self-defense is a means of blocking any attack at least once.

At that time, Kang-hu’s gaze stopped.

It was a skill whose existence had been forgotten because it had been designated and not paid special attention to.

【Solid stacking】

【Skill proficiency: Lv. Max]

【Increases the thickness of shield or barrier-type skills by 2 times. You can strengthen it by specifying only one skill.】

The existing designation was a protective barrier, but now there is a skill that can maximize efficiency even more than this.

It was the hidden skill Flawless Wall.

As Flawless Wall is also classified as a defensive barrier type skill, it was possible to strengthen its thickness by two times.

What this means is that the magical power required for charging remains the same, but the defense ability can be doubled.

This is because increasing the thickness means that the total durability of the defensive barrier increases.

‘Is this the joy that comes from recollecting things you had forgotten? I feel like I received a big gift.’

Kang Hu grinned.

I felt like I took advantage of the interlude to check out my skills and got unexpected luck.

In that way, the Flawless Wall easily became twice as strong just by checking its own skills.

Strengthening hidden skills!

Kanghu was an exception to the change in hidden skills, which was very difficult to happen.