Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 184

Hiding the Logistics Center in the Apocalypse Episode 184

Forgery of official documents (4)

Just after a huge explosion was heard.

The Chamber of Commerce's Dimensional Court was engulfed in chaos.

-1st and 2nd Guards, gather! Form a siege!

– Facility management team, focus on putting out the fire! Hurry up so it doesn't spread to the main building!

Shouts were heard everywhere, and the piercing sound of radio transmissions pierced through the checkpoint.

“Ah······. What, what did you say?”

Meanwhile, the checkpoint officer's face turned pale.

A confusing situation where you have to either keep your eyes on the huge boulder that hit the court or respond to the high-ranking legal officials in front of you.

The employee, who had been blankly staring for a moment, then remembered something and added to us in a firm voice.

“Oh, no. I’m sorry, but I think you’ll have to wait a moment. It’s an emergency right now, so we’ll go back to the manual once the situation has calmed down to some extent······.”

Glance.

Suspicion gradually began to creep into the guy's expression.

Faust's lawyers are a common race of humans, just like us Earthlings.

It would have been perfect if he was wearing his robes now, but his face still felt unfamiliar.

The guy slowly started to back away.

The idea is to hold us back until our superiors arrive.

We couldn't move at all because thick barriers blocked the front and back of the shuttle.

but···

“Huh, huh??”

As if nothing had happened, the barrier was quickly removed.

While we were talking, Buendia was stretching out his black magic circuits.

Clank!

Clank!

Buendia had complete control of the checkpoint's security system,

He opened the second and third barriers blocking the way at once.

“It’s all done.”

“Okay, I’ll go.”

Booooooooo!

Lee Yong-soo stepped hard on the accelerator.

The shuttle that had risen above the ground quickly moved ahead······.

-Intrusion! Guard!!

The voices of checkpoint officers running wildly and sounding all kinds of alarms could be heard.

But the guards never came.

They're probably busy picking up the boulder stuck in the middle of the courthouse right now.

In the midst of a fiery invasion, we confidently entered the courthouse.

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“We have to walk in from here. We’ve attracted quite a bit of attention from outside, but now that we’ve intruded into the courthouse, security forces will be swarming us soon.”

“I see. Then Yongsu······.”

Jeeeeing!

As soon as I got off the shuttle, I sent Lee Yong-soo into subspace.

Not only was he no longer in need of a mount, but it could also be dangerous for him, who had no particular fighting ability.

A total of five people, including Buendia, Aurel, Kim Sol, Daichi, and me, entered the building.

-This way!

The voices of the guards could be heard from outside.

We dashed across the building lobby, our black robes fluttering in the wind.

Dozens of thick circular columns supported the lobby's high ceiling.

Each pillar had a vertically elongated magical circuit drawn on it, which, according to Buendía, was all part of a security system based on the cursed contract.

Kiiiiiing!

Blink, blink, blink.

As expected, as soon as I passed the pillar, the circuit began to blink rapidly.

A low thud sound was heard, and I began to feel an unidentifiable discomfort between my ankles······.

“Don’t stop. Just keep going.”

Buendia raised his hand along with Aurel.

The black magic formula that had spewed out from the tip of his finger permeated the pillar, and soon, with a 'snap' sound, dry smoke rose up and the foreign body sensation surrounding his ankle disappeared as if it had been washed away.

This court is where Buendia, who had become an 'economic criminal', was once brought.

He was fully aware of the curse that Faust had placed in the lobby, so he and Aurel had already calculated the black magic formula to destroy it.

We ran at even faster speeds and reached the long hallway to the left of the first courtroom.

“To get to the library, you have to go through the left hallway here. I’ve never been there before, so I have no choice but to experience it for myself. I’ll figure it out as quickly as possible.”

It takes time to analyze the security system.

But because of the pursuing guards, we had no choice but to move forward.

I took in the wide corridor that was about 100 meters long.

'The pillars are getting closer and closer······.'

As we have seen, these columns were not intended to support the load of the building.

A device to impose Faust's curse on the interior space of a building for security purposes.

The closer the pillars were, the more important the place was.

-Keeeeeeing!

Blink, blink, blink.

The pillars blinked rapidly.

Unlike a little while ago, Buendia was in a situation where he couldn't do anything······.

“Seal the line!”

Daichi chanted the spell and sent yellow talismans flying in all directions.

The amulets were neatly attached to the pillars, floor, and ceiling located in front and behind.

The pillar still glowed red, but it had no effect on us.

Just as my subspace abilities grew through leveling up, Daichi's sealing abilities also grew.

If the previous ability was to confine living beings to one's body, this time it was the ability to seal the flow of time within the space created by the talisman.

Thanks to this, Faust's curse also stopped being activated.

“Mr. Jeonggyeom, I can’t hold out for long······!”

Of course, even this was not invincible.

If the seal was caused by Daichi's awakening ability, then the curse here is also caused by the magic circuit.

As they fought against that massive output, the amulets began to crumble one by one with a crunching sound.

Their resistance did not end there.

The guards guarding the hallway aimed their guns, and hundreds of guards followed us from outside, right behind us.

They took small pistols out of their pockets and fired at us from both the front and the back.

Taaang! Taaang!

What was fired was not a bullet, but a small needle.

A thin steel wire came out of the muzzle like a taser gun, and magical power was fully transmitted to the needle that was fired along the wire.

“Uh-oh!”

Kaaaaah!

Kim Sol spread her hands, and a shield appeared on all sides.

The defensive barriers that had grown again on Earth in the meantime now numbered in the dozens.

A small-sized defensive barrier tightly protected the five of us, but······.

"what!?"

Kim Sol was shocked.

The needle, which I thought had bounced off, started moving again and stabbed the shield.

Buendia shouted urgently, as if to warn people to be careful.

“Be careful! This is an item that increases the effect of the curse placed on the space. If the seal is released, the curse will pour down through the shield.”

Chijichijijichi······!

As expected, the needle slowly eroded Kim Sol's defenses.

A look that shows that Daichi knows that the amulet he put on will soon run out of power.

Despite the defensive barriers surrounding them on all sides, they continued firing needles without stopping.

“Gasp······! Gasp······!”

We were running in the meantime.

Before I knew it, I was halfway through the long hallway.

And of course······.

"shipment."

I didn't stay still either.

I used thousands of magic stones with <Shopperholic> to suck up their taser guns,

Shuhwaaaaah!

A reinforced spear, the 'Demon Predator', was sent flying through the gap in the narrow corridor.

“Ahh!”

The guards that had been stationed in front and behind collapsed.

But even during this time, no one lost their lives or suffered serious injuries, as they simply covered the affected area.

As if something was protecting them.

Finally, Buendia explained the reason.

“The Dimensional Court is a very unique place. The space itself has a hierarchy. For them, it’s the ascending plane, and for us, who have trespassed without permission, it’s the descending plane······.”

In short, it means that their hierarchy is rising and ours is falling.

Therefore, no matter how many times they fired their weapons, they could not inflict any significant damage on the guards.

Weapons were also limited.

If something like a lightning bolt had exploded in the passage, we could have been caught up in it.

In a situation like the present where the hierarchy has declined, it is even more dangerous.

'······I guess I have no choice but to subdue them by force.'

Wheaaaaaaaaa!

Still, it wasn't ineffective.

The spear fired forward slammed them into the wall with the recoil force.

Because the beam that was sent flying backward blocked the road, it slowed down the pursuit of the guards.

Knock!

But the hallway was long.

There is only about 50 meters left.

We were running out of breath, but Daichi's amulets were quickly losing their effect.

And finally······.

Crisp! Crisp!

“Ugh!”

The amulets were completely crumpled one by one,

The 'Faust curse' has fallen upon us.

Why, why, why!

Blink. Blink. Blink.

The red light emanating from the circuit dazzled my eyes.

Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.

A cold sweat dripped down from my body as I heard the ominous sound of drums coming from somewhere I couldn't tell.

And when I came to my senses······.

“······?”

I couldn't move anymore.

It was the same for all five of us.

They were all shaking their legs, as if they had completely lost all their strength.

'No, this is······.'

It wasn't just about jumping bridges.

The unique nature of the court building, which was said to lower the hierarchy.

Only then did I realize the true nature of the curse that Faust had imposed.

“These kids······.”

Clank!

It was power.

Knees that bend irresistibly.

Under the strict laws of the court, they were demanding our submission.

-Okay!

-Surround them! Capture them at once!

While we were swaying, our knees barely touching the ground, the guards slowly approached us.

And finally······.

“I finally found it······.”

“Yes, Buendia.”

The warlocks also figured out the circuitry of the cursed contract imposed on the hallway.

Aurel unfurled the ground he had created with his black magic, and Buendia began to write complex formulas in the language of spells on it.

“It’s clearly divided into two categories: the ruler and the ruled. Thanks to that······.”

Whirl!

Then, he flipped the inequality in the middle of the formula.

“Calculation has become a lot easier.”

Kuung!

The effects were immediate.

The effect of the curse that had been wrapping around his legs disappeared in the blink of an eye,

Hundreds of guards approaching us all knelt down.

Because Buendia and Aurel reversed the target of the curse.

“Let’s go!”

Having shaken off the curse, we stood up.

I passed the guards who were motionless with their knees planted on the floor,

I ran the remaining 50 meters in one breath.

in result······.

“This is the library······.”

“That’s right.”

We arrived in front of a huge door that was a whopping 10 meters high.

The original copy of the Constitution is located where the contents of the application for hierarchy can be manipulated.

As Buendia had told him, a large three-headed dog was guarding the entrance.

-Krrrrr······.

A guy who grits his teeth viciously.

Everyone's tension rose as if they were about to rush in at any moment.

and······.

“Daichi!”

“Okay! Come here, Samdol!”

As planned, Daichi cast the sealing spell.

Shuhwaaaaah!

Chinese characters written in ink flew out from his fingertips.

Still, he wrapped the three necks of the three-headed dog around like a leash and pulled the three-headed dog towards Daichi like a noose.

but······.

Taaaaaang!

"uh······?"

The noose made of letters was instantly thrown out.

The sealing operation was suddenly stopped.

As if it was the first time this had happened, Daichi also had a dumbfounded expression.

And that comforts us······.

“That guy already has a contract. A double contract… That’s not possible.”

A small, old man with a goatee appeared.

To our surprise, he was riding on a small cloud, lying sideways, smoking his pipe and leisurely observing us.

Buendia greeted him in a low voice, perhaps because he knew his face.

“······It’s been a while. Director Jang.”

“Oh, who is it? It’s Buendia. I heard that you escaped. It looks like you came to reclaim the rank that was taken away······.”

The plan went awry.

Perhaps because of the 'double contract' he mentioned, he ultimately failed to capture the three-headed dog.

As if things weren't bad enough, the director of the library showed up and blocked my path.

But the guy suggested an unexpected method to us.

“This library must be the destination. Okay, then······.”

“······!”

Taaak!

He snapped his fingers, and the library doors flew open.

However, it was impossible to see the inside because it was covered in pitch darkness.

and······.

“Let’s proceed with the legal trial as you wish.”

Shuhwaaaaah!

With the librarian's gesture,

The dark space sucked us in in an instant.