Players Who Returned 10,000 Years Later
Chapter 21. The Federation of Andras (Part 3)
Andras Guild.
One of the most important medium-sized guilds. It has been the subject of the wildest rumors.
Especially its founder, a player named Cho Dok Hyun, who also attracted the attention of Hwaran's forces, was under intense scrutiny.
In these conditions, they are based in a place where people won't actually go, and no one knows where they are.
Walking through the puzzling hallways that looked more like a labyrinth, the man guarding the front door said in a low tone:
- Hold it there.
He stared at the human figure that had emerged from the darkness.
Seeing the familiar face in the dim light, the man relaxed.
—Kang Chul Ho?
— D... yes.
— You and Tae Ho are chasing the victims today. Why did you come back so late?
— Bus. I have things to do.
Chul Ho pointed at the large suitcase he was carrying.
The person guarding the entrance tilted his head and looked at Chul Ho who was acting strangely.
- Business? What business? And where did you lose Tae Ho?
—Tae Ho is dead.
- What? How did he die?
The man, obviously not believing his ears, looked at Jung Ho.
— Aren't you at Level D Gate? Are you saying that he died at the hands of a Level 2 Player?
— We cross paths with one high-class Player. I barely managed to kill him and get the sacrifice.
— Hah.
— I will write a detailed report later. Take sacrifice.
He handed me the big suitcase.
The man who received the shipment narrowed his eyes and looked at Chul Ho.
— You're acting a little weird.
— I was a little surprised by Tae Ho's death.
- Hm. You are in a very good relationship with him. There is not much time left before the ritual, so you can tell it later.
- Yes yes. Then I... — Chul Ho, who no longer wanted to be in this poor place, quickly turned around.
At that moment, the man guarding the entrance placed his hand on his shoulder.
— You must also participate in the ritual.
— Today.
- What? You mean what? I mean, you bring sacrifice, so you have to get an award. I envy you. You will have a new Power after obtaining Magi.
— I don't.. I don't need it.
Not understanding what happened to Chul Ho, he narrowed his eyes again and shook his head.
Getting 'gifts' is the most important part of the Players ritual.
The moment they received the 'gift', they also received Magi, a power stronger and destructive than Maryok.
The Magi are like medicine.
With strength comes thirst, and then that thirst is replaced by something more.
— Something else happened? — The man looked at Chul Ho doubtfully, not believing anyone would refuse to be rewarded with all his might. He seemed willing to give his life as well to not participate in the ritual.
The Chul Ho he knew would never give up on gaining strength just because his partner died.
Chul Ho's forehead was sweating, and he turned to the man.
— No... Nothing happened. Handle the victim, please.
- Hm…
Seeing Chul Ho escape, the man opened the suitcase he left behind.
Inside, a man lay unconscious, with a sharp face and blood on his head.
— It is true he is a victim. —After guaranteeing this, the man closes the suitcase and takes it to the guild nest.
As soon as he went inside, a skinny man with a big hoodie approached him, his face covered in shadows.
The man with the suitcase bowed deeply.
- Founder! The victim has arrived.
— We are late today.
— Our people are attacked by high-class Players.
- Hm. Continues to?
— They said Tae Ho died.
- Oh so.
Cho Dok Hyun was indifferent, as if he had no interest in the news of his guild member's death, and turned his back on the man.
- Bring the victim. The ritual is about to begin.
- Yes! — The man answered loudly and dragged his suitcase towards the ritual room.
Inside the room were eight guild members kneeling down and wearing neat robes.
They were Players who knew the true nature of the Andras guild.
— Ooh!
— Great Andras!
As the guild members welcomed Cho Dok Hyun into the room, they bowed forward.
Cho Dok Hyun's bright gaze directed at them was more like the gaze of a madman. What happened here was more like a gathering of religious fanatics than a guild.
Cho Dok Hyun smiled ominously as he looked towards the audience.
"Everything went well."
It's been a year since the sale.
The number of his followers, though slowly, continues to grow.
Cho Dok Hyun's eyes shone like crazy, and he clicked his tongue.
It is not difficult to damage a Player with Magi.
Because if you're a Player, you're interested in strength, and Magi is the right thing for that.
'A little more and they will become demons in human form.' The more the Magi consumed, the more they became like demons.
Cho Dok Hyun himself was already 20% filled with demonic power.
His goal was to become the strongest demon in human form.
He will also increase the power he has.
His smile trembled with madness as he recalled the moment he heard about the possibility of a ritual.
He cannot be wrong: the more rituals you perform, the more people you sacrifice, the more Magi you get and become stronger.
The demonic power gave the Players powerful abilities, which were praised in a very ridiculous manner.
Eternal youth and unlimited power.
Being a demon is an eternal path that can free you from death.
- Let's start the ritual, - he said in a low voice and hit the ground with his dark brown stick.
- Uh oh!
- Big!
When they heard the ritual begin, the guild members bowed and stuck their heads to the floor.
— Prepare mana stone.
oh yeah!
The man who tore the victim's body over the altar opened the safe just below.
There were over a thousand mana stones inside.
To perform the ritual, they took out all the stones they had.
'It is possible to perform 30 more rituals with this mana stone.' Cho Dok Hyun looked at which stone was kept under the altar and smiled cynically.
— Who received the gift today?
— Chul Ho should have accepted it, but he said he would not participate in the ritual this time.
— Is he, now? — Dok Hyun squinted and nodded his head. — In this case, no one will be rewarded today. —
— ah…
His words made the faces of all the guild members darken. And then there was desire and judgment in their eyes.
- Quiet!
There was silence in the hall.
— If you want to get a lot of gifts, bring sacrifice and bring whichever stone. If you don't take action, you won't receive a reward.
- Yeah!
Dok Hyun, listening to his followers, smiled coldly.
'This time, I'll take the Power for myself.' He took a deep breath in excitement as he imagined pulling the Magi away from the victim.
— Let's start.
While he was still a student, he learned to extract Maryok from which stone. So some of those thousands of stones have lost their light.
The Magi Square under the altar lit up and began to change the air.
In this small, distorted air, black power spilled.
Magi.
Power, many times more destructive than Maryok, a great power that can turn humans into demons.
'Great.' He smiled in satisfaction, looking at the Magi that had been successfully obtained.
Using the Magi square for rituals, they created a crack that leads directly to Hell.
The resulting cracking magi go to the victim's body.
If they did not use the victim and immediately absorbed the Magi from the gap, the person who took the power would definitely die.
Once the Magi enter the body, the ritual ends. All that was left was to wait for the Magi to kill the victim.
"Tonight I'll drink all his blood." After drinking the blood from the victim's body, they received the Magi safely.
Since there was no need to share blood with a follower today, he could gain all the power at once.
'Kill it faster!' He turned his head to the crack where the Magi flowed into the victim's body, wanting to drink blood faster. And the Magi really started flowing at a higher speed.
"He's holding up well." He looked surprised to see the victim accept the Magi. Normally, the victims would start twitching, but now he did not notice it.
Of course, everyone had their own limits to obtaining a Magi.
Sometimes it didn't even take a second to receive the Magi, and then the person died instantly.
'Maybe he has a Class A special ability?' The higher the grade of ability, the longer the victim could hold Magi.
'If he survives so long ...' Of course, the longer Magi flow into the victim's body, the more it becomes.
Dok Hyun, seeing how long Magi had spilled onto the victim's body, smiled happily.
It took a lot of strength to maintain the split, of course, but so far, which stone was enough.
'How lucky!' Out of all the casualties he had seen before, the man lying on the altar had drawn in the energy the longest.
And being able to drink all his own blood, he could not rejoice at such a powerful sacrifice.
It was as if heaven alone had given him such an opportunity.
'His strength is ten .. no, every fifteen times more than a normal victim.' Dok Hyun's desire was even stronger.
— Quickly and open your eyes and shout that there is power! — His mind has involuntarily come out of his mouth.
He wanted to drink blood full of Magi now.
— Haaaaah!
The split magi continued to flow into the victim's body.
- Yeah! Perfect!
He waited until the light from the plaza of the magi went out and the victim shouted.
— Hah? — But no matter how long he waited, the young man did not want to open his eyes. - What is going on? —
And Magi still continued to flow into the boy's body.
— So why not stop?
It keeps flowing.
— Wait... wait a minute.
Without stopping.
— St... stop!
Not a second.
- I said stop!
The Magi started flowing into the young man's body even faster.
Until all the stones his followers carried lost their radiance.
As there was no longer any strength to support the rift, the distorted air simply disappeared.
— Ahhhh! — Because the power that can sustain thirty more rituals has evaporated at one time, Dok Hyun made a complaint.
The young man lying on the altar started to rise.
He looked around with curiosity and smiled.
— Wow, that's 20 units of Magi at once.
He smiled at the sudden gift.
Dok Hyun, afraid nothing had happened to the victim, could not keep his mouth shut.
— Can we do this ritual again?
There was a coffin silence hanging from the room.
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