Chapter 196: Rift between Brothers, Part I
Translator: HunterW3
Editor: RED
-They’re hiding everywhere.-
I followed Fuad out of the reception building towards the palace. Every ten steps I took on the way there, I felt soone hide their presence and watch. This was the first ti a large guild was so on guard towards . I an, I got why, but there were just way too many of them around. It was almost as if sothing horrible was about to happen.
“We’re here, Mr. Lee. It’s through that door,” Fuad said as he pointed to a large door. As he stepped forward to open the door, I took out my Scroll of Predation from my inventory.
“Activate,” I quietly said as I ripped the scroll. Once I obtained the Predation ability, I slipped my hand into my pocket and took out the Dungeon Mole I had hidden away before coming to Abu Dhabi. I looked down at the candy-eating mole.
“Predation.”
==[You have consud your target.
Target: Dungeon Mole
Ti applied: 24 hours
Effect 1: Dungeon Teleport (Can be used 3 tis a day.)
Effect 2: Dungeon Search (Can be used once a day, three additional uses available)]==
This was my third ti consuming the Dungeon Mole and since I hadn’t used Dungeon Search yet, I could use it three tis. I was planning on using it today to find Amplification.
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The giant door slid open easily, revealing Prince Jayid’s room. It was really big for a ten-year old. About twenty grown n were waiting inside with room to spare. A man standing in the middle stepped forward with his hand outstretched to greet .
“Welco. I am Baden al Nayan, guild master of Abu Dhabi.”
“Thank you. My na is Lee Jiwon.” I had never t or seen Baden before. The man I knew to be the guild master of Abu Dhabi was the man standing behind him, Khalid.
“Thank you for coming all this way to help us find Prince Jayid. Now that you’re here, I feel as if Prince Jayid has already been found.”
“Please, it’s nothing like that. I don’t really have the ability to find the prince. I just want to be as much help as I can be in finding the boy.” Baden al Nayan’s words would have put a huge burden on my shoulders but from the expression he had, I didn’t feel burdened at all. They were just the words a worried father would say. Besides, I was going to find Jayid no matter what and soon.
“Umaru.”
“Yes, guild master!”
“Explain to Mr. Lee the events of that day.”
“Yes, sir.”
I could tell how Baden was feeling through his hands that still held mine. He was grasping at straws.
“Hello, Mr. Lee. My na is Umaru and I’m the head of Abu Dhabi’s Intelligence Division. Allow to explain the events of that day.” Umaru led around Jayid’s bedroom, playroom, bathroom and all of the places Jayid went to. He also explained what ti they believed Jayid disappeared and whatever else they had found out.
I didn’t need any of that, however. I already knew how he disappeared and where he was taken to. “I want to look around alone.”
“By all ans.” Umaru left alone in the room and I walked around before coming to a stop at the center.
“Dungeon Search.”
==[Dungeon Search has been activated.
Dungeon Search’s counter is currently at 3.
Please choose how many Dungeon Searches you wish to use.]==
“Use all 3.”
==[Searching for dungeons in the surrounding area.
Dungeon Search range will be increased by 3.]==
I probably didn’t have to use all three uses, but I wanted to be on the safer side. If it ant getting Amplification, using all three uses was definitely not a waste.
==[A dungeon has been found.
Khalid al Nayan’s Dungeon.
Ti remaining: 47 days 14 hours 52 minutes
Once the tir hits 0, Khalid al Nayan will lose ownership of this dungeon and access to this dungeon will disappear.]==
“Hehehe.” I couldn’t help laugh to myself. I actually found it!
“Dungeon Teleport: Khalid al Nayan’s Dungeon.” I moved to the dungeon right away to find Prince Jayid, and didn’t care at all about those secretly watching off to the distance.
——
“Holy shit!”
“What just happened?”
“He disappeared!”
Lee Jiwon’s hidden observers were shocked when he disappeared in an instant. He could have used a skill or a Warp Scroll, but there was no reason for him to do so. The observers quickly moved to the garden by the prince’s room, where the guild master, vice-master and the other guild officers were waiting.
“What? He disappeared?”
“Yes, sir. He seed to have muttered sothing and vanished into thin air right after.”
Baden al Nayan fell silent and thought about everything he knew about Lee Jiwon and how he operated. Currently, Lee Jiwon had five powerful factions at his side: Sunbin, Myth, Ravi, Shire, and the Werewolf Clan. No, it was safer to say that they all vied for his attention to the point that they all took it upon themselves to protect his ho. That was enough to tell Baden what sort of man Lee Jiwon was; a man powerful and charismatic enough that he wouldn’t just up and disappear for no reason. Lee Jiwon must have discovered sothing in Jayid’s room that no one else could ever find.
“We’ll wait for his return.”
—
Khalid flinched when he heard that Lee Jiwon had vanished into thin air, but quickly regained his composure.
-What are you planning, Lee Jiwon?-
Khalid was confident that he wasn’t going to get caught. The power of Declare Dungeon was supposed to be so strong that normal Search-type skills couldn’t detect it. He had tested it countless tis and decided to use it right there, in his nephew’s room. He knew it was risky to do it so close to ho, but he was confident it would work.
He felt safe over these past couple of months after no one could find a single clue as to Jayid’s whereabouts… that is, until Lee Jiwon arrived. When he heard that Lee Jiwon had disappeared in Jayid’s room, Khalid grew anxious. There was a chance Khalid had just made himself another of Lee Jiwon’s targets.
-But it has to be impossible, even for Lee Jiwon! He couldn’t have found it!-
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It was just unlucky for Khalid. There existed only one Dungeon Mole in the world that could create dungeons that blocked Comm Links and even the Rank 10 Clan Badge from the outside world. It was just unlucky for Khalid that that Dungeon Mole had ended up in Lee Jiwon’s possession.
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Khalid al Nayan’s dungeon…
“This is supposed to be a dungeon?” If this really was a dungeon, then there should be monster around; after all, what’s a dungeon without monsters? But there wasn’t a single one in sight. This dungeon wasn’t exactly that big, either. Then again, maybe Khalid’s Declare Dungeon only transferred ownership of a portion of a dungeon over to Khalid. Either way, that made it easier for .
I picked a direction and walked down the linear path while searching for Jayid. After about thirty minutes, I felt weak signs of life off into the distance. I doubted monsters would appear now of all tis so I was sure the source was my goal. I quickly sprinted over and found a child curled up underneath a crevice made by a few boulders. From the blood-soaked face and clothes, I could tell that he wasn’t in good shape.
“Who…who are…you?” the boy croaked out as he struggled to turn his head towards .
I stepped on the empty, plastic water bottles scattered around him as I drew closer. “? I guess a knight of justice works.”
“Are…are you…here…to save ?”
“That’s right.”
The child gave a weak laugh before dropping his head back on to the floor, no longer having the strength to keep it up. I felt a little sorry, to be honest. I knew that he was destined to die and I could have co sooner. But I had to wait. If I had co any sooner, I would have been suspected as the culprit by Abu Dhabi.
“Let’s get you ho.” I carefully picked up the boy and got us both out of the crevice. He was so light. He was also filthy and reeked, but I didn’t care. I pitied the boy too much after he was caught up in a stupid adult’s ga of power.
I carefully cradled Jayid in my left arm so that he could rest his head against my shoulder. If I had any heal or support skills, I could ease the boy’s pain a little, but all I had were combat skills. Well, if that was the case, I could just use them to break through the space around Khalid’s dungeon and get Jayid out of here as soon as possible.
“Mana Conversion – Wind. Warrior’s Brave Spirit. Howl of the Wolf.” When I was imprisoned in Kazunari’s dungeon, I had tried digging my way out, but those efforts were in vain. I couldn’t make a single scratch on its space. But when I ca into Khalid’s dungeon, I noticed right away that the space around it was different, almost artificial. Because it was so different than Kazunari’s space, I was sure that I could punch my way out of this dungeon.
“Judge’s Gavel!” I tightened my hold around Jayid and placed my right hand on the dungeon’s wall. If this didn’t work, then I’d just laugh it off and get out by using Dungeon Teleport. It wouldn’t take more than ten minutes to return to the palace from Bukhan Mountain.
I pulled out my Harrier with my right hand and thrust the spearhead into the wall hard. I was rewarded with a strong resistance and I thought for a second that the attack failed, until I noticed a faint crack in the wall. I pulled my spear back, and struck once more so hard that I was even pushed back a couple of feet away from the wall. This ti, I was rewarded with resounding pop and a gust of wind.
“You really…are a…knight.” Jayid couldn’t see attack the wall, but when he heard the sound of the wall crumbling, he slowly craned his head around to look at the hole in the wall.
“I told ya, didn’t I?” I answered the boy and watched as my surroundings changed.
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The guild’s officers were waiting in Jayid’s room for Lee Jiwon’s return when a huge crack echoed through the room.
“What was that?”
“Are we under attack?”
The sound echoed all throughout the palace, shocking everyone and they stopped whatever they were doing. People looked around, wondering if the sound was from an enemy attack, but saw that nothing was destroyed and no one was hurt. That only served to confuse everyone in the palace, except for one man. That man knew what was going on and began to break out in cold sweat as a ssage appeared before him.
==[A dungeon under your possession via Declare Dungeon has suffered a powerful blow.
The dungeon has been destroyed by that attack and will now be removed.]==
In the end, Lee Jiwon had gone to the dungeon. No one was able to find it, let alone get inside, but Lee Jiwon had, and he had destroyed it from the inside.
Khalid couldn’t help but grind his teeth in anger. His perfect plan was in ruins thanks to a single foreigner. There was no way he could yield now. Once the sword is drawn, it must draw blood. Khalid knew that his own brother wouldn’t readily forgive him for his transgressions.
At this point, Khalid no longer had a choice. Thanks to Lee Jiwon, he had to start the next stage of his plan much sooner. It was kill or be killed now!
“Astes, listen up! We’re retaking Abu Dhabi!” Khalid had ford a secret organization of his most loyal followers within all seven emirates, who also did not like Baden’s current regi.
“Yes, sir!” Out of the twenty guild officers, ten of them were agents of Astes. As Khalid’s voice carried outside, so of the devas in the palace grounds suddenly turned on their forr comrades with weapons drawn. Soon, a small battle broke out.
Two people suddenly appeared amidst the chaos, as if they had just used a Warp Scroll.
“What the hell? It’s starting already?” a voice asked calmly.
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