The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 64

Episode 64: Gimcheon Liberation Zone (2)

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Kang-hu, who had immediately designated a return point near Pohang Station, rented a car and headed to Gimcheon Liberation District.

This is because you cannot go to the liberated area by KTX or even by safety bus.

Most of the time, you have to take a detour, or even if you do, you can never get off because it passes without stopping.

The car that Kang-hoo rented from the rental company was one of the cheapest cars available.

Because if there was a difference, you had to be prepared to throw it away or break it.

Since the liberated zone was a place where things happened beyond imagination, safety could not be guaranteed.

‘If you’re lucky, you might be able to get the item really cheap.’

That was one of the reasons why Kang-hoo was interested in going to the liberated area.

The logic of prices that are generally established in the market does not apply in liberated areas.

When competition to sell quickly starts to intensify, prices can plummet to ridiculous amounts.

There were also many cases where the price was lowered in order to quickly cash out items stolen from someone.

These are somewhat shady items when you think about their origins, but there was no need to think that far ahead.

In the first place, some of the items that Kang-hoo was wearing were brought from someone else.

‘If I can just find Min Soo-hyun, I can create a connection that will make me incredibly close to Lee Hyun-seok.’

The request to rescue Min Soo-hyun had great significance.

Although Lee Hyun-seok is known to the public as an inflexible, hard-core person,

Putting everything else aside, he was a man who made one thing clear: grudges and favors.

To those who deserve gratitude, show your trust and gratitude in some way.

Even if it takes time and effort for the person you want to take revenge on, you will definitely see the end of your revenge.

That one thing has never changed since he first made his name known to the world.

“Look at the atmosphere. It’s really the worst.”

Kang-hoo frowned as he saw the Gimcheon Liberation Zone coming into view on the horizon.

The original work had a deep, end-of-the-century atmosphere in the liberated zone, so it felt unusual.

No matter which liberated zone you looked at, whether at home or abroad, the atmosphere was similar.

A sight of something red and black blazing, as if looking at the gates of hell.

The closer you get, the more dizzying and worrying the sight becomes.

Just as we were starting to enter the narrow road leading to the liberated zone.

Booooosh! Booosh!

Suddenly, two trucks that had been hiding somewhere appeared and blocked the front and back of the car driven by Kang-hoo.

It blocked the corner of the old street, which has now become a no-man’s land where no one lives.

Of course, there was no element to ask for help in this area near the liberated zone.

Even if you call 112, the area near the liberated zone is a no-go area.

It would be fortunate if you could at least call 112, but sometimes the call itself is forcibly diverted and reaches the wrong place.

For example, if you call for help, criminals who heard the news from inside the liberated zone will come rushing to you. This is because the base station is in the hands of criminals.

“… … .”

Kang-hoo, who was holding the steering wheel, immediately hid himself as soon as he saw the group of hunters starting to get out of the truck.

As soon as he opened the car door, he put on the curtain of skill, and Kang-hoo’s figure neatly disappeared inside the curtain.

It was such a natural flow.

The hunters who had been targeting Kang-hoo tilted their heads at the whereabouts of Kang-hoo, who disappeared as soon as the door opened.

“What is this?”

“Where did this kid go?”

“Is it hiding? Detect it!”

Two out of five hunters hurriedly put on goggles. These are probably items for stealth detection.

Kang-hoo also wanted to applaud his thorough preparation.

But that is only when you are observing the situation.

At that point, Kang-hoo was already aiming for the lives of the two hunters wearing goggles.

【The Curtain of Skill】

【Skill Proficiency: Lv Max】

【Implements a transparent curtain within a radius of 11m】

【Inside it, the user gains absolute stealth and cannot be detected by any detection ability.】

【However, if you step out of the curtain, the stealth effect will disappear immediately, the curtain will disappear, and you will gain 2x increased movement speed for 2 seconds.】

The Veil of Skills obtained from Dereila was a skill that had perfect synergy with Kang-hoo.

Aren’t there many instances where you need to hide and target your enemies, or look for an opportunity to escape from them?

The Curtain of Finesse was a skill specialized for resolving rough spots.

The only drawback is that it consumes a lot of mana at a time, but it is at a level that can be sufficiently resolved with mana hypersensitivity.

If there was a mistake the two hunters made while trying to put on the goggles, it was that they were too close to Kang-hoo.

The two who were within the range of the curtain of technique did not anticipate Kang-hoo’s approach.

Even with the goggles on, I couldn’t see Kang-hoo, and since he hid his presence with his shadow, I didn’t even notice.

The result was simple.

Phew! Phew!

“Ugh!”

“Crack!”

It was death.

Kang-hoo took the lives of two hunters with such ease that the word “light” could be perfectly described.

Since I was a hunter who hadn’t even made a constellation contract in the first place, I was naturally confident of victory from the beginning.

It was a question of whether I could kill him quickly, but since I was no different from a blind man, I cut off his head right away.

“f*ck, what the f*ck! What is it?”

The remaining three were greatly embarrassed.

The fear was maximized because they were unilaterally trampled on without even being able to pinpoint Kang-hoo’s location.

In the meantime.

This time, Kang-hoo took an additional shot at the life of the hunter who rushed forward with all his might.

I thought there might be at least one battle, but the result was instant death.

Of course, I used the decapitation skill from the beginning to avoid making a fuss about the situation… … .

Still, these guys were too weak.

They probably tried to block the front and back in a plausible way and suppress it with numbers and atmosphere.

But Kang-hoo was not a man to be intimidated by such loose encirclement and threats. Such experiences were all too common.

“Let’s run away! Let’s run away!”

“Hey, who are these guys?”

“I’m done for! Just throw it away, kid!”

The remaining two survivors were relatively quick to count.

As if he wanted to pay with his life, he threw down a few items he was holding and ran away in the 36th strategy.

It seemed like he was trying to buy time to escape while Kang-hoo was gathering the items.

“What are these guys trying to do… … .”

Kang-hoo made a pitiful expression as he watched the backs of the two fleeing hunters.

I didn’t feel it was worth pursuing, so I left it alone.

Since it seemed like he had already thrown useful items in front of me(?), I didn’t feel the need to chase him any further.

“Should I just put it here?”

Collect small items from dead hunters.

Kang-hu, who was thinking of getting back in the car, parked the car in a corner, turned off the engine, and locked the doors.

The liberated zone is not far away, and you can’t drive inside anyway.

The total appraised value of the collected items is approximately 300 million won.

It was an embarrassing amount to call the appraisal price of items obtained from three hunters.

It is true that the liberated zone and its surroundings are lawless zones, but not all of its members are suited to being in a lawless zone.

There are plenty of incompetent guys like these who can lose their lives in one blow.

However, in a space where there is no legal restraint, they only display madness and commit crazy acts.

In any case, this is the only place where the logic of power works. Kang-hoo would rather be comfortable in a place like this.

If you need to show your skills, do it without hesitation. Then the situation will take care of itself.

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“f*ck.”

Kang-hoo, who entered the liberated zone, covered his nose.

It was because of the strong smell of burning all kinds of narcotic herbs.

I immediately put on the mask I brought just in case.

If I had honestly sniffed this smell, I would have gotten drunk and passed out while walking.

They were burning so many different types of grass that it was impossible to tell what kind of weed they were burning.

If I stay here and keep smelling this smell.

It would probably feel like walking on water 24 hours a day, the world melting into pastel shades.

Furthermore, with each breath, the peripheral nerves will be stimulated, increasing the excitement.

In short, it was the perfect place to make people crippled.

“Ehhhhhh.”

“lol…….”

Hunters who were already hallucinating and delusional were staggering through the streets.

Judging from the fact that he is not properly armed and is not wearing anything, it seems like he was robbed early.

It seems that he can survive since there is no money to be made. It is not worth killing.

After walking a few more blocks, the street was quieter than I expected.

There’s no way the hunters in the liberated zone would go somewhere else, and in that case, it’s most likely when there’s an event going on.

As expected.

Along with the rumbling sound from the front, the smell of blood that had flown in over time stung my nose.

“Is it a death match?”

You can see the special stadium.

The same type of fighting seen at Club Hades was also taking place within the Gimcheon Liberation Zone.

Two hunters who meet in the arena fight and fight until one of them dies.

That’s a death match.

Depending on each player’s skill level, a payout value is assigned and stakes are placed.

And some of the stakes are divided between the two fighting hunters.

Naturally, the winning hunter gets to take his entire share of the stakes on both sides.

Any items worn by the opponent can be taken away and become yours. They are considered loot.

Kang-hoo wasn’t interested in the game.

Anyway, it’s just that hunters who are average in their abilities will end up dying in vain while competing with each other.

Rather than learning a lot from battles, you tend to find yourself disappointed by discovering all sorts of problems.

So I didn’t really want to go see a show that would be boring.

Instead, we headed to the market set up on one side of the special stadium.

This is because they sell the items they obtain as loot by killing enemy hunters there.

If there is one thing that is atypical.

Is it like they’re putting the corpse of a dead hunter behind the items they’re selling, as if they’re bragging?

It is a form of clearly disclosing whose ‘relics’ it is. If you put it nicely, it is, but if you put it badly, it is an insult to the deceased.

I wondered who came up with the name Haebanggu.

What on earth does it mean to be liberated? Does it mean being liberated from this world and going to the next?

Of course… … it’s self-disparagement. A secret I can’t tell anyone else.

Anyway, Kang-hoo put aside his unpleasant feelings for a moment and went back to his original purpose of examining the items.

I walked along the stalls and looked around, but everything that looked pretty good was sold.

There were only counterfeit goods that were either awaiting payment or were already sold and placed on display.

‘The weather is bad today.’

I saw more items than I thought, but none of them were useful.

Since the sales list is made up of items from dead hunters, the contents are bound to be different every day.

Some days, I wonder if something like this will come out. Other days, I wonder if something like this will not come out.

Unfortunately, today was the latter.

But right then.

“hmm?”

There was a skill book that came into view. It was a skill book that had already been touched by many hunters.

It is so hard to find skill books on the market that there is a saying that they are usually sold out.

But the thing is, even though it’s sitting on the stand, people aren’t buying it.

That would mean there’s really no merit to it.

There was a very high chance that it was a skill book that was not even worth learning, or that belonged to a rare profession.

But it had a different meaning to Kang-hoo.

Because there is no problem learning a skill that corresponds to any occupation.

Just like how I learned the decapitation skill by tricking myself using Baltman.