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#Episode 76. Double Operation (2)
As the two forces of Manan waged war, the warriors of Dongan greatly increased security on the border.
They planted guards throughout the building to monitor Manan-gu and prevented them from crossing Anyangcheon without permission.
Anyang City was not just a place for survivors who simply belonged to a certain power.
A tribe that does not belong to any force and is still waiting for rescue with their families.
Likewise, they are a group that does not belong to any force, but rather moves between various forces, going back and forth across borders.
People called them all wanderers.
What they have in common is that they are not affiliated with any force and are wandering around a ruined city.
They lived in a shantytown centered around the river.
In Anyangcheon, which is currently under review, there was a space where an unspecified number of people lived.
The area between Manan and Dongan, Bisan.
This was an area ruled by Madame, where all kinds of gambling, prostitution, and human trafficking were rampant.
But in terms of area, it was a territory of the same period.
night.
Torches and bonfires lit up the otherwise dark city.
While the water was being drawn, the laborers, warriors, and wanderers were eating rat meat and gambling.
The child, chewing on dried rat tails like jerky, was looking up at the sky.
“… … .”
The child, who was looking up at the sky, approached a nearby woman and grabbed her dress.
The woman was gambling on cigarettes.
“Mom. Mom. Shooting star.”
The woman did not respond even though the child pulled at the hem of her clothes.
Then the child shook the hem of his clothes even more violently.
“Mom, Mom! Shooting star… … !”
“Ouch-! It’s noisy!”
Phew-!
The woman threw the child away in a savage manner.
Then the three men who were gambling with the woman burst into laughter.
Then he looked at the board and rolled his tongue.
“Sister. What should I do? Phew, phew… … ! Crazy, stupid, bloody. Even at a glance, it doesn’t seem like there’s any way to get all that cigarette smoke over there… … What should I do?”
There was a pile of cigarettes next to the gambling table.
After the destruction and the cessation of tobacco production, most powers began using tobacco as ‘currency’.
Even wanderers who did not belong to any faction would barter with tobacco in this way.
And along with gambling, prostitution could also be traded for cigarettes.
After the collapse of the nation, a primitive era returned.
If the woman failed to recoup her stake in this game, both she and her child would be sold into slavery.
The man took out a light from his pack and showed it to the woman.
And on the board there were three raindrops placed side by side.
“What should I do… …? Huh? Puhahaha… … Ah, that’s right. You should have done it in moderation.”
“… … Wait. Wait. Oh, I didn’t lose.”
“Haha. Oh, right. Please give me some blood first.”
The man picked up a cigarette and began to smoke it.
Thick cigarette smoke drifted across the gambling table.
The man looked at the trembling woman and said.
As if he was lecturing while giggling.
“You know? There’s a saying in the world that says, ‘Never give up.’ But you know what the f*ck, I don’t know what that means. You have to know when to give up to go up to the next level. If you don’t give up until the very end, your life will go to hell~ Sister.”
Shiver shiver.
The woman carefully took out the plum blossom petals.
The only way for her to survive was to eat plum blossoms to earn points.
But the man thoroughly trampled on the woman’s faint hope.
Percussion-.
The man wore a plum blossom red band on his forehead.
“Do you think I should give this to you… … ?”
“ah…….”
The woman’s expression instantly hardened.
“Poohahahahaha! … … Ouch, I fell.”
Tamar-!
The man reattached the fallen plum blossom ribbon to his forehead.
The game is over.
The woman risked her whole life, but in the end she lost.
Now it’s all over.
The woman tried to make up for everything by gambling, but in the end she got nothing.
“Okay, take the child to the madam and sell the woman.”
“Yes, bro!”
A group of men approached the woman’s child.
The child’s desperate cries were heard, and the woman immediately fell to her knees, grabbing the man’s pants and hanging on.
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“Ah-, ah! Wait. Wait! Let the child stay with me. Please, I beg you… …!”
“Excuse me. Why are you acting so unprofessionally? Seriously. F*ck. How do you even take a kid around? Huh?”
Percussion, percussion.
The man spoke, lightly hitting the cheek of the crouching woman.
He finished speaking with a smile, revealing his yellow teeth.
“… … My wife will be busy now.”
Being sold into slavery and forced to work means a bleak future.
It is a terrible thing to be a slave in this world where there are no human rights or laws.
And a small number of players, those who were considered the strongest in this world, were buying slaves.
The man and his gang were slaves.
“ah…….”
“First, I have to shave off all the hair on my body. The person I’m doing business with hates hair. We don’t know how to wax, so we do it by hand, one by one.”
The man threatened with a razor and scissors.
“Please… … only my son… … ”
“You’re still blaming your son. Shut the f*cking mouth off, put your mind to it and say it. Huh? I said no!”
“Whoa-!”
The man grabbed the woman’s lips and threw her to the side.
The man laughed heartily as the woman collapsed helplessly.
Moreover, the woman’s son was struggling in the arms of the man’s subordinate.
“Ah, everything is sorted out, let’s go~”
The gang began to ambush the woman, and the child was destined to be sold.
In any era, gamblers always face a miserable future.
of course.
It was the same for men who dealt with women.
The man’s laughter echoed throughout the tavern.
Shhh-.
And then in an instant something passed by.
At first I thought it was a fly.
But blood was flowing from the man’s neck.
“uh……?”
The man checked the blood flowing down his neck and continued to wipe it away.
But the bleeding didn’t stop.
The sphere, which was thought to have just grazed him, actually pierced the man’s neck.
“Huh… …? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?”
The man, terrified, looked around, bleeding profusely.
Soon the man’s gaze was fixed on a boy sitting silently in one corner of the tavern.
A woman with black hair was sitting next to him.
The boy was wearing a black bucket hat on his head, making it impossible to see his face.
The boy was Kang Shi-on.
Since there were only a group of men, women, children, and that boy in this space, it was natural to understand the current situation.
“You… … You… … ?”
Sway- thud!
The man fell straight down to the side.
He was losing consciousness due to losing a lot of blood.
I couldn’t even scream a word.
The man’s subordinates, who had been watching the scene, immediately took out their kitchen knives.
“What, what!!!”
“Who are you!”
The subordinates hesitated, but could not move rashly.
The child who had been held in the hands of the subordinate escaped in an instant and ran towards the female gambler.
Zion’s attack was not even audible.
And already this place was filled with the spheres of Zion.
“Haa… … Haa… … Heuheu… … !”
The gambler woman looked around with tears in her eyes, holding the child in her arms.
At that moment, a man from the group mustered up his courage and ran towards Zion.
But now, a year and a half after the artifact was released, there was no way ordinary people could deal with players.
Pavabababak! Kuung!
The gang man fell sideways, his whole body covered in beeswax from Zion’s sphere.
All Zion had to do to subdue him was move his fingers.
Bam-!
At that moment, Zion stood up with his hands in his pockets.
And then he slowly approached the remaining men in the group.
Jaehee, who was sitting on the other side, didn’t move.
“Hee… … Eek… … !”
My daughter-!
The man was so frightened that he dropped the knife and fell backwards.
As Zion drew nearer, he prayed with tears in his eyes.
“Please, please, spare me… …! I’ll give you as many cigarettes as you want.”
In the man’s sight, Zion was terror itself.
Zion’s eyes looking down at himself while wearing a beanie hat.
The man couldn’t help but feel oppressed by its overwhelming majesty.
The man finally peed his pants.
Dribble dribble dribble-.
Urine soaked the floor.
And Zion said to him,
“That’s the person you’re dealing with?”
“……yes yes?”
“Is he talking about the madam here?”
“Yes, yes, yes… … yes yes!”
The man looked up at Zion with a smile.
Zion said, taking off his beanie hat.
He was looking down at the man with emotionless eyes.
“Then go and tell them.”
“Yes… … Yes! If you spare my life… … W, anything… …!”
The gangster nodded vigorously.
And Zion concluded his words.
“The King of Ten Thousand Islands wants to see it.”
* * *
Anyang-si Bisan-dong was a strategic location connecting Manan-gu and Dongan-gu.
The Bisan Bridge here was a bridge connecting the two regions.
Originally, Zion came from a mart in Bisan-dong to Manan-gu.
Now Bisan-dong is owned by Dong-gu.
The madam who ruled Bisan-dong was under the command of the monarch of Dong-an, who specialized in human trafficking.
Even though she was under the mountain, Madame had her own village and system.
There were many wanderers who viewed him as an independent monarch, although he did not have the power of edict in the system.
And to Madame, the monarch of Manan, Kang Shion, was a very interesting figure.
That he came to see me in person.
“… … .”
I can’t help but be drawn to it.
A steady sound of footsteps echoed through the hallway.
This is the shopping mall where Zion originally played its first round.
Zion was brought back there again.
To meet Madame.
Rattling-!
“Ah-! Nice to meet you. Oh my~”
Madame opened the door where Kang Shi-on was waiting and came in.
A body so voluptuous that it feels like the whole room is full.
Madame walked slowly and sat down opposite Zion.
Squeak.
As Madame sat down on the chair, those who were serving her naturally put a cigarette to her lips.
“I heard that a great person had come, so I stopped playing and came right away. Sigh-. But why did the 1st power monarch of Manan come to me?”
Madame was wearing heavy makeup.
Among the people in this force, he was the only one who wore makeup.
Her power was tremendous.
Bisan-dong is a transportation hub in Anyang and is a place where many wanderers come and go.
In other words, it is a group that carries out mercenary or human trafficking activities based on excellent human resources, including players and experts who flock from each city.
Of course, it was also the area that formed the largest market in Anyang City.
Most of what was happening in that market was gambling and prostitution, but if you looked around, you could see a unique food culture and many products being traded.
Among the wanderers who traded with Man-gyeong, there were many from here.
At that time, Madame’s subordinates set something up in front of Zion’s desk.
A glass, a piece of tissue, a Zippo lighter, three cigarettes, and five biscuits.
They placed everything neatly on the table without any mess, and mixed the soju and beer in Zion’s glass with metal chopsticks.
The same things that were placed in front of Zion were also placed on Madame’s desk.
It was a courtesy to treat each other as the leader of the force.
In this era, alcohol and cigarettes were truly the ultimate luxuries.
Madame said, holding up her glass of soju.
“Drink. My subordinate has an incredible ratio of soju to beer. Anyway, nice to meet you, Sion. We welcome you.”
Knock knock knock-.
Madame emptied her glass of soju in one gulp.
Zion gulped down his soju in one go to keep up with her.
Zion frowned, put down his glass, and asked.
“But. Is it okay for you to meet me so easily? If the King finds out… … .”
In fact, Zion thought it would take quite some time to meet Madame.
It was probably because Madame was a member of the Dongangu faction.
But things worked out well.
“Ah-. Don’t worry. What can I do? Besides. It’s not like I’m doing anything weird when I meet you, and the current monarch is busy with the war… … Ah! What, you said he was injured?”
After saying that, Madame covered her mouth and laughed.
Dribble, dribble, dribble.
Another glass of soju was poured into Zion’s glass.
The beer foam filled the glass.
Soju seeped through the bubbles again, forming a stream.
“But, I’ve always been interested in the Lord of Ten Thousand Eyes. Well… … I’m not qualified to be a Lord, and I’m not a player either. The only thing I can show off is my business skills? That’s why I was protected by the Lord of the Ages. Ah-, ah. That’s why I’m telling you this so that you don’t have to be too wary of me. No matter what anyone says, I like the Lord.”
Knock knock- Knock knock-.
Madame continued speaking, already drinking her third glass.
In modern terms, she had already drunk 150,000 won worth of alcohol.
“Bridges, boilers, watermills, carts, cities… … and so on. The accomplishments you have made are truly admirable. Oh, really. If only your forces had been half as large as before, I would have joined you in an instant… … What a pity.”
Zion did not drink alcohol from the second cup onwards.
Because I had something to say to Madam.
“Oh, of course I really respect and like you, Sion, and I really wanted to meet you. You’re my star. Anyway, that’s what it is… … Sigh.”
Bam.
At that moment, Madame’s expression suddenly disappeared.
And he looked at Zion and said quietly.
“But this isn’t the case, is it?”
And the atmosphere changed in an instant.
Madame still smiled, showing her displeasure.
Because she was a thorough businesswoman.
(Continued in the next episode)