Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 41

Hiding a Logistics Center in the Apocalypse – Part 41

(Magic Rental Shop in the Cave (3))

A sealed room with cave walls on all sides.

On the ceiling, light magic was floating in place of the electric lights.

The old wizard Shulzen sits in the center.

He moved to a corner of the room, stumbling.

Then he picked up one of the containers lying in the corner upside down.

Charrrrrrrr!

Magic stones pouring down like sand.

There was a being whose eyes suddenly lit up.

A sphere with a strange mix of eyes, nose, and mouth.

It was a gate core from the Sabros dimension.

Ta-da-da-dak!

The bastard ran towards me like a madman, flailing his short limbs.

Ugh, ugh.

Gulp!

A guy who blinks his eyes on his forehead and snorts through the holes in his shoulder blades.

The gate hack flicked its tongue and greedily devoured the magic stones that had fallen to the floor.

Schulzen turned his head as if he was creeped out.

Then, he shouted to the sky as if he was talking to himself.

“···Costas, the necromancer will come.”

Actually, it wasn't a soliloquy.

Because it was a warning to Costas, the commander of the Sabros dimension who had invaded this Earth.

Sasa Sak.

Slurp.

The answer came through echoes, brushing against the walls of the long cave.

-A necromancer?

“Yes, that’s right. I saw a ghost.”

-That's impossible. I've never heard of a necromancer participating in a bidding competition in the Korean region.

“Costas, did I see something wrong? Don’t you know who I am?”

-I know, Shulzen. That you were an Arcane wizard. It was a long time ago.

Splash.

The wizard Shulzen ground his teeth.

Because the words "it's been a long time" stabbed him in the lungs.

He added.

“He’s not a guy who came through a competitive bidding process. He must have been here since the days of free development. He’s probably only around the 8th rank.”

– Really? Then he's not that great. But…

Schulzen and Costas conjured up the same image.

The necromancer gradually encroached upon Sabros' territory by taking care of each and every one of his skeleton legions and incorporating them into his own skeleton army.

Schulzen urged.

“Yeah, get rid of all the wyverns, lizards, and other troublemakers in advance. If you don’t want to see them rattling around with bones.”

-Okay. I guess it would be better to just gather them in the empty lot. As long as they don't get defeated individually, there won't be a problem… Anyway, is that okay?

At the worried voice, Shulzen let out a laugh.

“I’m Shulzen. A low-level necromancer who wanders around freely······”

-I mean, the gate hack. Your life doesn't matter. Just protect the gate hack. That's our promise.

“Even if this little snake talks······”

That was when.

Phew!

A spirit entered the secret room.

Shulzen could sense the aura of dark magic from the bastard that he had sensed from the wraiths earlier.

“See! I told you!”

But this time it wasn't just a mere illusion.

A body that is slowly hardening.

The ghost who had now become a full-fledged skeleton knight was actually Modred, a knight of Camelot.

A cold, settled tension.

Shulzen, who had hidden the gate core behind him, faced the necromancer's soldiers.

***

Chae-Ang!

Modred's attack continues.

I was watching the battle unfold in the cave's sealed room through the five surviving ghosts.

An old man with long gray hair and a beard.

He was a much more capable man than he looked.

Taat!

He moved quickly and turned his back to the bookshelf filled with scrolls.

Then he skillfully unfolded the scroll, tore it, and began to block Modred's attacks.

"Greece!"

Slippery!

Modred, who was swinging his sword, fell to the ground.

The wizard immediately tore up the next piece of paper.

“Magic Missile!”

Blood.

A white light flew towards Modred in the blink of an eye,

WHEEK!

[Liquidization] passed through Modred, who had turned back into a ghost.

The wizard immediately shouted 'Exocyse' and attacked Modred, who had become a spirit, but this time Modred, who had released his ethereal form, swung his sword in return.

Kaang!

The wizard surrounded himself and the gate core with a <Barrier>.

Then he screamed loudly.

“Costas! Now!”

That was when.

Taaaaaaaang!

Whoosh!

One side of the wall suddenly collapsed.

A huge tail suddenly flew in and blew away one side of the cave.

Kugugugu···

Their secret room has finally been revealed to the surface.

It was good up to that point, but

[The knight of Camelot, Modred, has been destroyed.]

[Mordred returns to Camelot as a ghost.]

Modred, caught in the attack, was destroyed.

A large magic stone and a reinforcing stone that rolls on the floor.

The wizard slowly approached and slipped the strengthening stone into my pocket.

Then, he threw two large magic stones behind him.

bout!

The gate hack that was moving around rattling.

The guy swallowed the magic stone left behind by Modred after he died.

Phew.

The wizard smiled faintly as he looked at the ghosts hovering around him.

It was a message to me.

“Heh heh. Are you coming to your senses now, Necromancer? What are you going to do? This must be a lot of money for you. You’d better show yourself. If you come back within 10 seconds, I’ll give you back the reinforcement stone.”

He mocked me.

I was just heading there.

Even if you took a helicopter, it wasn't a distance you could get to in just 10 seconds.

At that moment, a cavernous voice rang out with an eerie, hissing sound.

-Now that the path is clear, quickly take the gate core and get out. Shulzen.

“What? Why all of a sudden? I told you I’m no match for that necromancer···?”

– It's not just the necromancers coming here now. The Seoul representative who won the war is coming here. They'll definitely be aiming for the gate hack.

“Hey, Costas. Why are you telling me what to do when you can’t even do your job properly? Do it yourself. I can’t go anywhere with this bookshelf.”

-Schulzen!

“It was your idea to put me here in the first place! Don’t even think about changing your words now.”

As the wizard finished speaking, the giant tail that had been circling the Ssususus cave reappeared.

Swish, swish!

A long, massive, continuous body.

The guy was a snake with its entire body covered in scales.

Its size was so enormous that its body almost filled the entire passageway of the cave.

Even if you look at it with the eyes of a ghost, you can only see a part of the guy's body.

Shhh!

Somewhere, a giant snake, Costas, lunged at the wizard with a creepy clicking sound.

-On the topic of a half-wizard who can't do anything without a scroll…

“This kid… what did he say?”

They were raising their voices among themselves, oblivious to the existence of the ghosts floating around them.

Moreover, all this farce was taking place inside a cave formed by 'terraforming'.

That is, it was under my feet.

Because the helicopter we came in on had just landed on top of the cave.

Below this is the gate core.

Even if the cave ceiling was blocking the way, if we could just drop blessed chunks of iron from the sky and rain down missiles, we might be able to solve the problem easily.

But before this place became their base, it was also the heart of Incheon.

If they launched a large-scale attack, they could wipe out all of them, but there was a risk that people in Incheon who were hiding at home, like Minwoo's mother, would be caught up in the attack.

further···

“···I’m a bit tempted by that?”

A bookshelf that the old wizard cherishes and holds dear.

It was filled with various magic scrolls.

Unfortunately, I had already used up all the saves given at level 4.

But there was one thing left, a way to put that bookshelf in.

Pax brought up an information window.

Tiring!

—

◈ Category product registration (2)

-You can create a new category to be included in the logistics center (up to 2 times)

(However, creating a new category incurs a cost.)

—

This is an advanced version of the existing <Category Product Registration>.

The ability to store objects that fall into categories such as 'Logistics Center' or 'Military Unit' that are already in the subspace.

Here we can take it a step further and create a new category itself.

In other words···

'You can put anything in it, as long as you get the name right.'

But it's not free.

Because it takes money to create a new category and to fill that new category with items.

Moreover, it was not an ability that had been opened yet.

“Pax, open up.”

[All right.]

[You received 1,000 magic stones as a cost for unlocking your abilities.]

[There are 10,757 magic stones remaining.]

Now the key was the 'name' of the new category to be established.

And coincidentally,

I overheard their conversation without fail through the ghost.

“Please create a new category called ‘Magic Scrolls’.”

[Creating a new category costs 5,000 magic stones.]

[Do you want to create a new category?]

Five thousand.

It was more expensive than I had imagined, but I didn't hesitate.

“It’s so damn expensive. Okay, do it.”

[All right.]

[You received 5,000 magic stones.]

[Category creation in progress···]

[There are 5,757 magic stones remaining.]

A feast of continuous consumption.

But it's not over yet.

Because I had to suck up all the magic scrolls on that bookshelf.

I asked Pax.

“All the scrolls on that bookshelf… Please put them in the subspace as <Category Product Registration>. Instead, not all of them, but just one of each type.”

[This item belongs to the 'Magic Scroll' category.]

[Registration fee calculation in progress···]

Tiring!

[The total cost required for registration is 3,914 magic stones.]

“Okay, let’s go ahead.”

[The cost has been received.]

[There are 1,843 magic stones remaining.]

like that···

[Proceed with registration···]

[1st Circle Magic Scroll, 'Magic Missile' obtained.]

[1st Circle Magic Scroll, 'Light' obtained.]

[1st Circle Magic Scroll, 'Ice' obtained.]

···

[You have obtained the 2nd circle magic scroll 'Fire Ball'.]

[2nd Circle Magic Scroll 'Ice Spear'···

Magic began to fill my subspace.

***

Schulzen, with his back to the bookshelf.

As he fumbled around and fiddled with the magic scroll, he was overcome by a strange sense of discomfort.

slap!

I turned around.

"······what?"

It was a bookshelf that he used like his own limbs.

There wasn't much of a difference in appearance, but there was a strange feeling that something had become sparse.

It was as if dozens of them had disappeared without a sound.

“I really······ need to come to my senses.”

He shook his head.

Why are you so nervous over a low-level necromancer?

It was Schulzen who felt like time had passed colorlessly.

That was when.

Peeing!

Peeing!

A flash of light shooting out like a bunch of flowers.

Schulzen couldn't help but be astonished.

“······Magic?”

Although he was an exiled person, he was also an Arcane wizard.

There was no way I wouldn't recognize the 1st circle magic, Magic Missile.

Kwaaang!

Boom!

Dozens of magic missiles struck the massive Costa's torso.

Schulzen, who witnessed the scene, shouted urgently.

“Costas! You’re not a necromancer! … You’re a wizard, a sorcerer!”

That wasn't the only problem.

“How many feet is this···?”

Peeing!

Peeing!

Although it was only a 1-circle magic, its power was not a problem.

Not a double, not even a triple.

Magic missiles numbering in the dozens.

Even if the great wizard of Arcane had come, he would not have been able to launch this number of magic missiles.

“No way… dozens of people?”

But that couldn't be the case.

There was no way that dozens of Arcane wizards would flock to this lower dimension.

Meanwhile, Costas remained silent.

Even though Shulzen hurriedly reported the wizard's intrusion.

He became anxious and raised his voice again.

“Costas! Are you listening? I don’t know what’s going on, but the wizard…”

but···

-Schulzen.

What came back was Costa's voice, a voice I had never heard before, that made my heart sink.

Urrrr.

His low voice filled the cave with a suffocating sound.

– Are you that interested in the gate hack?

"···what?"

It was only then that Shulzen realized something was seriously wrong.

Listening to Costas' words that hit the nail on the head.

-Who else but you is a half-assed wizard who would hang around this lower dimension?

Cheeeeeee···

The point where dozens of magic missiles struck.

Costa's charred flesh was giving off smoke.

“Costas. Wait a minute…”

-We have provided you with prisoners as you wished. We have even turned a blind eye to your disgusting experiments of grinding prisoners alive. Unlike the lofty Arcane Dimension, we have shown you mercy.

Wheeee···

A cave filled with silence for a moment.

But soon a roar of anger erupted.

-You dare betray Sabros? Sabros who accepted an outcast like you?

“What the hell are you talking about! You little snakehead!”

Sarrrrrrrrrr!

Costas' body, which had been tangled messily inside the cave, moved quickly.

and···

Finally, Costa's giant head appeared before Schulzen's eyes.

-The attack was well received. The surprise attack was decent, but… the power was poor.

Shririk!

Costa's slender tongue danced threateningly.

"······shit."

It's hard to communicate.

Shulzen, giving up on persuasion, slowly reached out behind him.

Towards the 'bookcase' containing his weapons.

but···

'···uh?'

No matter how much I waved my hands, I couldn't catch even a single scroll.

No, rather,

"···what's this?"

Swish!

A few scrolls that had been stuck in my bosom suddenly flew into the air.

And then···

Soo-ok!

I was sucked in like a ghost through a crack in the cave ceiling where light was streaming in.

“Ah… no!”

It is a magic scroll with the spell written down one by one.

Just by looking at the dozens of inkwells and pens on his desk, you could tell at a glance that he had put in a lot of effort.

Since the Arcane Plane destroyed his Manaheart, the scroll has been his entire magic, a flash of memory filled with the hardships of years past.

but···

It disappears.

His years soaring into the sky.

All of that had to be taken away.

By the gravity that came like a bolt from the blue.

“······”

However, there was no time to even scream.

Wedge!

Because the mouth of a giant snake was closing in on him.

Schulzen tried to protest something, but…

Kaap!

Costas swallowed everything in the secret room in one bite.

Shulzen and his bookshelf, desk, ink and magic paper, and even the smallest items.

Also included is a gate hack that can't stop smiling.

-Goodbye, Half-penny Wizard.

Costa's goal was simple.

One is to kill the traitor Shulzen.

The other was to protect the gate core from incoming enemies.

He held the gate core in his mouth and roughly shoved the rest down his throat.

An old wizard and a bunch of odds and ends that are just floating around.

and···

Splash!

He used his strength to break the body of Shulzen that had entered his mouth.

Shulzen let out a short scream as he slowly dissolved into Costa's stomach acid.

The bitter smell of the old, greedy, and more cruel than any other arcane wizard really ruined Costas' mood.

Swish, swish!

Costas' movements were nimble.

He vowed.

– Even if I lose all my troops, no, even if I risk my life, I will protect the gate core.

Because that was the only way to protect Sabros from 'loss'.

but···

Boom!

Kwaaang!

-!!??

Feeling the dizzying blow, Costas could tell.

That's Schulzen's magic missile.

But he was already dead.

That astute wisdom got Costas into trouble.