Hoarding in Hell Novel

"Well?"

Lee Ji-tae turned his head. The lapis lazuli team tensed and grabbed their weapons.

"What more do you feel, Commander?"

“No… I have a bad feeling.”

The team members were even more nervous. Lee Ji-tae's foreboding was the most powerful means of detection.

There were not one or two hunters who saved their lives with the 'premonition' that Lee Ji-tae felt.

The hunters of the lapis lazuli team, who understood each other's intentions with just a glance, quickly spread out and looked around.

Lee Ji-tae looked back at the road he had passed for a while, then shook his head.

"No, it's not because of the monster. It seems the other team has a problem."

"Are you talking about the Almighty Team?"

The Lapis Lazuli team naturally thought that there was a problem with the Almighty.

Yoo Seong-yeon belongs to the younger generation, but among them, she had a lot of experience, and there was also John.

"No. Not that way."

The agitation grew even more when he said that there seemed to be a problem with the team to which Yoo Seong-yeon belonged.

"Don't worry. If it's dangerous, I've told you to write a return order right away.

The hunters were relieved at those words, but Lee Ji-tae was not in a stable state.

His foresight is strong at the level of foresight. He is not saying that he sees the future for nothing.

It wasn't because of his skills or items. It was an ability of his own, which he had from birth.

Lee Ji-tae's foreboding was more useful when dealing with people.

He was able to intuitively infer what kind of person the other person was, whether it would be helpful to him, or whether it would be a negative or a positive future.

After he made contact with the star, this ability became much stronger.

'With this talent, I was able to meet Priest John, too.'

Johan, like Hyunmoo, is a person who will occupy an important place in the future he has built.

But that very feeling was moving unsteadily.

But his reason was saying, 'If such a situation had arisen, Johan and Yoo Seong-yeon would have already written a return order and left.'

It was rare for a rational judgment and foreboding to go wild like this.

In fact, even when he first met Kang Hyunmoo in person, he had been in such a rush. so embarrassing.

But instead, the feeling was very intense. It meant that the other person would play a very important role in their life.

In that case, he had to draw as much as possible, or unconditionally, as an ally. But the premonition I have now seems to be a problem with John.

'Priest John was showing withdrawal symptoms, but it wasn't a problem... … ?'

Lee Ji-tae knew about Johan's drug addiction. But he also knew he wasn't dependent on drugs.

So he decided that if he could heal the void in his heart, it would be easy to quit, so he left it alone.

If he hadn't had the drug, John would have already hid somewhere or committed suicide.

There was only one possibility.

After entering the dungeon, the symptoms suddenly worsened due to some other factor.

***

bang! Kururu... … .

Johan's body, protected by his protection, soared into the air, then crashed into the wall and fell.

It is a protection that blocks some attacks and increases attack power, but it could not be hung forever.

He pulled out his pistol and fired at the von golem, but the normal magic bullet was not strong enough to pierce the von golem's shell. The shooting meant nothing.

The hunter who gave him the return spell had long since left the dungeon.

But John did not accompany him.Has the drug clouded your judgment?

It wasn't. John's consciousness was clearer now than when he was with Yoo Seong-yeon.

He didn't feel any tremors or blurred consciousness. It's been a long time since I felt really comfortable.

John remembered what Yoo Seong-yeon had said to him.

'Right now, it's just hand tremors and poor concentration. Then comes a moment when you feel better. But then the sudden... … .'

Sudden seizures and vomiting, fever, and loss of consciousness. John also knew what the next symptom was.

Because he had seen many hunters who even touched this drug and met an unspeakable end.

But he is comfortable now. It was as if the dungeon was holding onto him not to leave.

The von golems aimed their spears at John and slowly approached them. If you accurately hit the spear attack, even protection cannot completely block it.

John was sure he would die here. The von golems shot their spears at John in an instant.

bang!

But the spear struck something with a sharp sound and broke. A translucent purple curtain surrounded John.

It was John's ultimate skill, the veil of charity.

John could not understand why he had used his ultimate.

'… … On the subject of suicidal thoughts, how many minutes do you want to extend your life?'

John laughed bitterly. It feels repulsive to actively give up life on a subject that I have no desire to live any longer.

John thought that it might be his desire that he wanted to die in a filthy way while struggling.

At that moment, his whole body trembled, and his leg strength was relieved. His hand trembled like an earthquake.

The tertiary symptoms started to occur. The withdrawal symptoms were getting worse.

He expected it, but couldn't figure out why it was progressing so fast.

'Why?'

John groped his mouth and pulled something out of him.

It was in the form of a patch. Hunters use it frequently in battle, and if you put it on a mucous membrane, the effect lasts for quite a while.

But this wasn't what John was looking for. It was something someone put under the hotel door when I woke up.

'… … I thought that someone in Taeseong was concerned about my condition and put it in.'

Lee Ji-tae did not criticize or help with Johan's drug use.

However, from the perspective of the working-level staff, it would be difficult if John caused a panic, so he saw that he had provided this patch.

But after trying it, I changed my mind.

At first, the drug was applied, but after that, the concentration of the drug in the body started to decrease rapidly.

I've heard of drugs that neutralize drugs, but they're rarely used because they can cause shock if done wrong.

It had to be prescribed under the supervision of a physician in an extremely safe environment.

This was terrorism.

But Johan quietly threw the patch on the floor. I don't know who did this or for what purpose, but it didn't matter.

No return orders now. It was certain that this would be John's tomb.

The veil of charity disappears in tens of seconds. John felt the protection surrounding him disappear as well.

Mana ran out because of the ultimate skill, so I couldn't put on protection or recovery anymore.

His whole body has lost his strength, so he can't run away. The von golems stood around, waiting for the veil of charity to disappear.

"Uh-huh, cool."

Vomit ran down his chin. Perhaps because of the neutralizer, the effect was much stronger than expected.

My consciousness began to blur. As the veil of benevolence was lifted, the figure of the von golem was seen raising the spear.

***

"John, you really don't know anything."

John turned his head at the sudden voice.

It was a tent barracks in the desert. Troops dispatched for stabilization in Syria were repairing firearms or playing poker.

John remembered this moment. It was the day before he was sent to Al-Mazari. It was because he had heard information that an international terrorist was hiding in the dungeon there.

John had a few questions. He couldn't think long.

"Are you listening to me, John?"

It was because she was seen at the end of her gaze. John knew what he had to say.

"What do I not know?"

"Really, you thought we were dragging you because you were a war priest? If you die in the dungeon, there will be no one to confess to you? Then, because you believe that your soul will be locked up in the dungeon and you will never go to heaven? see?"

John was embarrassed. He was just saying what he had heard from the other team members. John opened his mouth as if protesting.

"I'm looking at this side with eyes wide open right now, wondering if it wasn't Werner... Then what is it? Is it a convenient portable free potion vending machine?"

She chuckled at John's words and laughed. She was just saying what she was feeling inside, and she seemed to like the expression.

"That's the reason for the second place, and there is another reason for the first place."

"What?"

"That is, you..."

The woman approached John and whispered something.

John looked at her as if he was absurd. The woman was smiling brightly.

She had a dazzling smile.

But she couldn't see her face at all because of the light. But one name of her was clearly remembered.

"Anna, wait..."

"It's time to wake up, John."

***

John opened his eyes.

Light was seeping through the cracks in the black obsidian structure.

He wasn't in Taebaek Dungeon yet, but he didn't know how he got here.

Clearly, the veil of charity was lifted, and he remembered the von golems surrounding him.

He thought he was sure to die, but he was a completely foreign place.

'Are you already dead?'

It may be. In fact, there is no such thing as heaven, and when you die, only your soul may wander around the place of death.

John's heart began to pound.

The dungeon and the outside of the dungeon are completely different worlds, so the legend that the soul wanders in the dungeon when it dies was a fairly widespread legend among hunters.

He was even aware of several superstitious measures to prevent it.

'Then, Anna is somewhere here... … .'

Then he felt a sharp pain in his chest. It looked like her ribs were broken. John used a healing skill on his ribs.

To his disappointment, he seemed still alive. But he was weird. The withdrawal symptoms were completely gone. Rather, I felt a little better.

He didn't know what English it was.

The surroundings were quiet.

Neither the Golems nor the Hunters could be seen. The light that leaked through the structures only subtly illuminated the surroundings.

Ironically, John felt reverence here. He remembered the church where he was baptized.

There were no noises or smells normally emitted by living things. Only the smell of mineral rocks and ozone.

The light that leaked through the cracks in the structure was warm and comfortable. John could have been satisfied with all his efforts.

'I'm sure someone moved me.'

But the silence did not last long.

A von golem was slowly standing up among the broken rocks around the red core.

The golem soon found John. Knowing that it was meaningless, John pulled out his pistol.The sound of the ball hitting the air reverberated.

At that moment, the von golem's jaw flew away with a bang. John's eyes widened and he alternated between his empty gun and von golem.

However, he later realized that someone had attacked the von golem.

John tried to find out who he was, but a ray of light had blurred his vision and made it difficult to see.

However, the attack method that drove the von golem was familiar somewhere.

Quietly… … It didn't take long before the golem that had been hit by the core collapsed with a roar.

At John's feet, the head of the golem rolled over and over. The hunter who destroyed the golem approached John. John muttered blankly.

"Anna?"

The opponent was startled.

"You seem to have hurt your head. Priest John."

John rubbed his eyes at the low-pitched male voice.

He obviously wasn't the person he thought he was Anna, but he was male from the start. He was and he was someone he knew.

"When a priest walks around alone, other engineering members get upset."

“… Mr. Kang Hyunmoo.”

John felt he had hit his head hard. Oh my God, even if I get confused, Anna and Hyunmoo are confused.

They both had nothing in common except that they used swords.

"Since you can't see the Yoo Seongyeon team, you must have left the priest behind, didn't you?"

"I ordered."

To be precise, it made it impossible to do just that.

John clenched and opened his fists and checked his condition. He was still in good shape as if he had been washed.

He couldn't understand. The drug substance in his body had completely disappeared, or it was as if he had just taken the drug.

"Are your hand tremors better?"

Then John raised his head.

Hyunmoo knows that he does drugs. He is not sure by what route he administered the drug, but it was clear what Hyunmoo had done.

But he was now in a situation where he had to say thank you.

"What are you going to do? We don't intend to write a return spell, but would you like to go out even, Priest?"

Hyunmoo showed John the return spell and said.

"You're not going to write the return spell? Are you sure you're going to clear it by yourself?"

It was an absurd thing to say. Lee Ji-tae has never cleared a 5-star dungeon alone. Then Hyunmoo smiled low and shook his head.

"You're hitting me too high. Why am I alone?"

As Hyunmoo turned his head, he saw a group of hunters approaching.

It was an omnipotent team.

They were all exhausted and bloody, but the numbers didn't seem to give them anything.

Hyunmoo approached Johan and patted his shoulder.

"I'm going to go with those friends."

"...are you serious?"

They already looked pretty bad.

No matter how many potions you bring, there is no way that potions will remain for 4 days. I couldn't tell if Hyunmoo's words were pretentious or sincere.

“Well, some of them may die. But everyone likes to do things like me, so they like to do things too much.”

"That's crazy."

"Well, maybe that's because I can't always save everyone. But... fortunately, Priest John joined us like this by accident, so if we continue to work together, they can save their lives too, right? "

Hyunmoo whispered into John's ear.

"Or half of them will die meaninglessly, and Priest John will go out with the drug addict title. How about it?"

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