Max Talent Player No Chapter 88: Heroic Debut (2)

Chapter 88: Heroic Debut (2)

Taeguk Shields plan went awry as soon as they counted on the policen being able to suppress the monsters. There would be no beautiful conclusion like Taeguk Shields guild mbers going in to mop up the monsters after they were first quelled with modern weapons.

AHHHH!

One of the policen firing his pistol behind the barrier of his police car door was ripped apart lengthwise.

Shaaa!

Blood fountained out, turning the police car that was protecting the man just monts ago bright red, almost like soone had thrown several cans of red paint onto the vehicle.

There was a mont of stunned silence.

...

The Orcanthropes growling as they exhaled hot breaths were perfectly at ease. It seed they had co to the conclusion that they were the strongest beings here. They prowled with leisure, filling their prey with fear, savoring the thrill. Kim Taechun simply huffed and puffed in place, probably on orders from the Courageous Lion King. Even without moving, he cut quite an intimidating picture. He was definitely not in his right mind.

I warned you.

I warned them, but they didnt listen. A life was lost right in front of . Could I have saved that policeman if I had moved more proactively? The answer was no.

I would have been arrested before I could save him.

The agitated policen might have even fired at

with their guns. They wouldnt listen to

anyway. Humans would only believe what they saw and heard with their own eyes and ears.

Whap whap whap whap whap!

A large shadowa helicopterpassed over my head. I saw a sniper aiming at the monsters in the helicopter. We were in the heart of downtown Seoul, and there were a lot of people nearby. They werent able to use heavy weapons capable of intense firepower, so sniping was the best option.

Like I said, its no use.

Even if they ca with machine guns instead of sniper rifles, they wouldnt be able to do a thing to monsters above Orc level.

The head honcho of Taeguk Shield, Song Kiyeol, was also unable to stay completely calm right now.

State: Slightly Flustered / Cautious/ Vigilant

So sorry you couldnt make a cool entrance and finish off the mobs, I thought to myself. Turning to my party mbers, I said, Nobody move.

The policen had completely pulled the aggro. The crack of bullets being fired was still ringing out, but they should know by now that modern weapons were ineffective. It wasnt even that they were doing chip damage, but that their bullets were being nullified altogether.

If anyone does end up drawing aggro, Sunhwa, you go to the front and defend. Shout loudly to get my attention.

There was no such thing as 100% perfect. The policen ard with personal weapons were currently drawing all the aggro, but it could bounce to the Players at any mont. I told them what to do if that happened.

Sunhwa tilted her head. I should shout?

That would draw even more aggro, and potentially capture the attention of other monsters. Her worries werent unfounded. It was reasonable that she would question it.

Yeah. Dont worry and shout loud enough to let

know.

Got it.

The perceptive Sunhwa imdiately bobbed her head, and I began to slowly walk forward. Soone yelled at .

Hey! I told you not to move!

It was the man who looked like the commander here, the sa one who had told us to stay put earlier. He didnt have a na badge on, but I could see what his na was.

Na: Park Jiseok

Mr. Park Jiseok. If this continues, it will be a slaughter. I have business with the guildmaster of Taeguk Shield, Song Kiyeol, over there.

...

I intentionally ntioned Song Kiyeol. Even if the commander didnt know Kim Hyukjin, he certainly knew Song Kiyeol, the person who should have originally been this stages main character. Song Kiyeol, a 3rd generation chaebol scion and the guildmaster of Taeguk Shield. He was probably wracking his brains to figure out how to resolve this situation, and it went without being said that he must have seen

walking his way.

A ssage ca over the comm.

Guildmaster Song Kiyeol says he would like a brief eting.

I shrugged, then walked slowly towards Song Kiyeol, taking the utmost care not to draw any aggro.

That was the highest level of respect on comm just now.

Song Kiyeol was just the guildmaster of Taeguk Shield, a guild that wasnt even that famous yet. Right now, he was rely a 3rd generation chaebol. And yet, the policeman stepped aside simply because Song Kiyeol wanted to see .

Sungshin really is powerful.

Well, it was all the sa to . Actually, the more powerful Sungshin was, the better it was for , since I would be able to get that much more.

While I was inching forward, the second victim occurred. A ripped off arm arced through the air, rotating before landing onto the ground with a wet thud. Red blood puddled around it.

Reinforcents! Requesting reinforcents!

We have two casualties! The situation is critical!

I also heard the policen urgently requesting reinforcents. And then, I finally made it to Song Kiyeol. He hadnt managed to take a position among the 8 Heroes, but he was still one of the Players who represented Korea, not by virtue of his personal power or skill, but by his leadership of Koreas strongest guild, Taeguk Shield. He was also known as being relatively righteous for a 3rd generation chaebol heir.

* * *

Many people are watching, so it looks like you cant stay out of it, Guildmaster Song Kiyeol.

All of the reporters had their caras pointed at this scene. The stage had been set so that Taeguk Shield could no longer keep out of it, no matter how pyrrhic the battle would be. Of course, that stage had been set by .

It seems you have sothing to say to , Song Kiyeol said.

I gave a warning in advance. I said that modern weapons wont work on those monsters. The policen didnt listen or believe . They rushed in for the sake of soones glorious entrance.

Are you picking a fight with ?

I am not, nor do I have any reason to do so.

It wasnt my intent to make Song Kiyoung falter. I would turn him into the hero of this place. For all I cared, he could wear the hero cape. I would secure the actual profit.

GAAAHHH!

Another person scread.

AWOOOOO!

One of the Orcanthropes howled, which got the rest of the Orc-Lycanthrope hybrids sitting on their haunches to howl at the sky.

Awooooooo!

Awooooooo!

Their howl seed to sweep through the city like an ergency siren, a funeral dirge for the bloodied humans collapsed all over the place. The sound was extrely grating on the ears.

The longer this goes on, the more casualties there will be. Theres no knowing where the aggro will go next.

The police were still attacking, and the special forces were still firing, but soon, they too would hesitate. As soon as that happened, there was no knowing who those monsters would attack next. They might even run out and attack the countless civilians in the vicinity.

I wont let that happen.

Once I secured the maximum profit for myself, I would prevent as many deaths as possible. That was my Playing thod.

[The Whispering Devil is watching gleefully.]

[The Naless Observer is observing.]

[The Lady of the Scales is disappointed in you.]

Even if the Lady of the Scales was disappointed in , it wasnt the ti for

to jump in. If I were to run into that battlefield where it was hailing bullets, my life would be the first to go. Bullets didnt have eyes to distinguish between friend and foe.

I will get to the point. I intend on making Guildmaster Song Kiyeol into a hero.

?

If you minimize the losses here and successfully kill those monsters, you can beco a hero. Along with Taeguk Shield.

That was your guys original plan, wasnt it? That was the debut Taeguk Shield wanted. Although I didnt say it out loud, Song Kiyeol understood my words.

However, all items and byproducts that co from the hunt will go to

and my party mbers.

...

Oh, right. Starting now, I will record this conversation. I need a little assurance as well.

I could feel Song Kiyeols psychological state.

State: Doubt / Distrust / Suspicion

Well, that was only natural. He didnt know much about .

Using my special ability, I can put the monsters into a groggy state, a condition where a severe impact makes them stagger around, unable to steady themselves. It will last about five minutes. That should be more than enough ti for you to hunt them with us. I added one more thing. If youre unable to kill them even while theyre groggy It just ans that Taeguk Shields abilities are too weak. Their weak points are the back of the neck, heart, forehead, temples. They have relatively weak defense at every spot that can be considered a weak point.

You speak almost as if you have faced them yourself.

Im well-inford about those monsters.

I shrugged. Song Kiyeol stared at .

[Eye of Perception detects a foreign energy.]

[Eye of Perception detects the use of the innate ability Eye of Truth.]

Was this kind of talent hereditary? President Song Kiyoung awakened an innate ability at only level 10, and his grandson, Song Kiyeol, already had an innate ability too. Seeing as how both Yoohyun and Yeonseo also had them, the innate ability awakening period for geniuses must be much sooner than the world thought.

[The grade of the innate ability Eye of Perception is higher than the grade of Eye of Truth.]

[Eye of Perception completely negates the ability Eye of Truth.]

I grinned, smiling widely on purpose.

I distinctly recall saying that I had a special power. I lowered my voice a little, wanting to surprise him a little more. Sothing like Eye of Truth is incapable of seeing through .

...

State: Shock / Flustered / Doubt

Eye of Perception was laying his state bare before , but the Guildmasters expression was an unperturbed poker face. He was really damn good at keeping his expressions off his face.

You can say this to the reporters: Watch Taeguk Shields hunt.

Monsters that were invulnerable to modern weapons, and the heroes who would kill them. The guild mbers of Taeguk Shield would beco those heroes.

We will work to keep the aggro from going to the civilians.

Are you sure they will suffer the groggy state?

Even if you dont believe , do you have any other option?

Dragging this out any further was aningless. There were definitely tis when a leader had to make a quick decision. Right now was one of those tis.

Also, I propose $100k as compensation.

$100k. It was neither too small nor too large an amount to pay to achieve what Taeguk Shield wanted. In my opinion, it was the perfect amount.

...Youre very confident. You seem to be sure that I will accept your proposal.

Im sure of it, yes.

He had no choice but to accept. We could run away here, and that would be that. Who would throw sticks and stones at us for running so we could live? But Taeguk Shield was different. They had the na of Sungshin attached to them and were Koreas largest guild. If they fled here, they would suffer an irrecoverable blow.

Of course he will accept.

My proposal wasnt terrible for Taeguk Shield. In the end, Song Kiyeol made his decision.

How will you turn us into He stopped mid-sentence. No. There are many things I am curious about, but I will trouble you to answer my questions later.

I knew there were many unresolved doubts in his head. However, the situation was too urgent. Five people had already died. Song Kiyeol was well aware that it wasnt the ti to be chatting around like this.

I will answer your questions one by one later.

From talking to Song Kiyeol, I beca sure of it. I might not be able to control President Song Kiyoung, but I could certainly keep his grandson Song Kiyeol in the palm of my hand. Everything was going as I predicted.

If my prediction and scenario are correct, then the next place well et will be the police station, huh?

The scenario was steadily progressing the way I had drafted it. I would be able to bring Taeguk Shield under

like I intended.

I added one more thing.

Oh, right. You know that I am not alone, yes?

What do you an?

It will be $100k per person. Since we will move as a party.

...

If you dont like that, then it cant be helped.

Song Kiyeol would definitely accept. To him, a few hundred thousand dollars wasnt all that important right now, sothing I knew well. I counted down in my heart.

Three. Two. One.

Sure enough

Fine. You must put them in a groggy state, without fail. He didnt look very happy. If you fail to do so, I will take it as you deceiving and insulting .

He was biting his lip a little, but to be honest, it was more cute than threatening, kind of like an elentary school kid being surly with an adult.

Thats fine.

I got what I wanted, so now, it was ti to do what he wanted.

Normally, they wouldnt be capable of killing Orcanthropes.

If they had clashed straight-on with this many Orcanthropes, I would have decided without hesitation to flee. That was the way to ensure that as many of my party mbers would survive as possible. But it was different now. Now, I had a way forward.

Now then. Shall we hunt?