Black Online

Chapter 279: Reveal Bomb

"...These blankets are unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. The great quilt makers of the Desert are masters of their art, and nobody, and I mean nobody, can copy their mastered techniques..."

The smuggler kept saying some nonsense to the alcohol-breathed guard, and it seemed to start working.

The alcohol-breathed guard kept rubbing his chin, occasionally nodding his head, and even he felt a slight itch in his throat that made him want to believe the smuggler’s exaggerated tales.

Meanwhile.

"There are a couple more crates at the back!"

A guard shouted inside the wagon, and then he pushed some crates out of his way and made his way to the back of the wagon.

When the smuggler heard that, he started sweating slightly, and then he forced a smile.

"How long will this take? I’ve got to get my wares to the 29th floor as soon as possible."

"It will take as long as necessary!"

The alcohol-breathed guard shouted.

Inside the wagon, the guard slowly approached one of the crates at the back, and he removed a piece of clothing from it.

He inspected. Found nothing wrong with it. Then, he reached out to the blanket and slowly peeled it off from the pile.

In that moment...

He came face-to-face with serious-eyed Raizen, and the guard’s heart stopped for a moment, but then he immediately opened his mouth.

The guard was about to shout!

"Hmph!"

Raizen’s pupils shrunk, and suddenly, from his body, a wave of powerful energy surged through the air.

The guards were touched by the energy. It, at first, felt like a gentle breeze. But then everything turned dark for them.

One by one, they collapsed to the ground—completely unconscious.

"Oh my god!"

The smuggler screamed in a panic, and he hopped off the wagon and checked the unconscious, alcohol-breathed guard.

He was still breathing.

"Whew... What the hell was that?"

The smuggler’s eyes shook, and then he saw Raizen and Raon climb out of the wagon, checking out the unconscious guards.

"What did you do?"

Fang Raon asked in surprise as he looked at his brother.

"I used Projection. You can use Projection to send attacks flying through the air to cut enemies from hundreds of meters away.

"You can also Project your aura of intimidation to temporarily knock out whoever you want."

Raizen said.

’Projection... That’s one of the Five Pillars of Power. Rock calls it Reach, so I was confused for a moment.

’I had no idea that it can be used... like this.’

Fang Raon thought and looked at the unconscious guards, who honestly looked like they were all dead.

They were very close to getting caught.

"What will I do now... They’ll remember my face... They know that something strange happened to them, and they might seek me out..."

The smuggler bit on his nails, completely panicking.

"They won’t. I attacked them with full force of my aura of intimidation. They’re lucky to even remember what they ate for breakfast.

"You’ll be fine."

Raizen said and patted him on the shoulder and then went back inside the wagon and said, "Let’s keep going. We still got a long way to go!"

"Ah..."

The smuggler gasped, then took one last look at the unconscious guards, and quickly sat back down on the wagon’s driver’s seat.

As soon as Fang Raon climbed inside the wagon, the smuggler whipped the reins on the horses, and the wheels creaked into motion.

"Where did I leave?"

Raizen asked.

"...You were about to talk about Xiao Yue."

Fang Raon said.

"Right. The Ice Princess. She’s the most beautiful woman to ever grace the game of Black Online—according to the players."

Raizen chuckled.

’I did catch a couple glimpses of her through the stream, and I have to admit, she is indeed really beautiful.’

Fang Raon thought.

However.

He still thought that Chaewon wouldn’t lose to her one bit, and now that she was also playing, she might be able to steal that title away from her.

"She was the hardest person to recruit. Leon spent months trying to court her. He has quite a big crush on her.

"He failed. Even after earning the title of the strongest, she just does not care about him at all, which has definitely hurt Leon’s ego more than anything.

"To this day, I honestly don’t know why she joined Dead Redemption. She didn’t need us, as she has her family."

Raizen said.

"Family?"

Fang Raon asked.

"Yeah... She is part of the Rorazon’s Crime Family. Her father is the head of the family."

Raizen said.

"R-Rorazon’s Crime Family? They basically own the Bliss Region. They’re into all sorts of criminal activities, but because they have so much power and influence, they never get caught or prosecuted.

"Bliss Region’s police are basically in their own pocket. The Rorazon Crime Family is also huge, with thousands and thousands of members.

"And you’re saying that Xiao Yue is the little princess of the Rorazon Crime Family?"

Fang Raon asked with cold sweat running down his back.

Now he understood why Raizen said that Kerr wasn’t the most dangerous person within Dead Redemption.

That title definitely belonged to Xiao Yue!

"Yes. Many years ago, I did meet some members of the Rorazon Crime Family with our father, Aizen. Just some high-ranking members.

"However, even with our status, we weren’t allowed to meet with the head of the family—King Rorazon.

"Their family is way beyond that of a Fang."

Raizen said.

"Why were you meeting them?"

Fang Raon asked with a frown.

"Our family also does some business with them. A legal business. We don’t want to get involved with their illegal activities, but we still do some business with them.

"Basically everyone does if they want to do any business with Bliss Region."

Raizen said.

"...Hmm."

Fang Raon frowned, not sure what to think about that.

"That’s why I am not sure why Xiao Yue joined Dead Redemption. When we first met her, she was with her bodyguards—members of Rorazon Crime Family.

"If she wanted to, she could’ve stayed with them, but for some odd reason, she decided to join Dead Redemption."

Raizen shrugged his shoulders.

It was still a mystery to him, and to this day, Xiao Yue had never even shown a glimpse of why she did that.

"Next—Hermes Moon—he was Rock’s best student. Always was. He is smart, brilliant even, and a perfect fighter.

"He never makes mistakes when he fights. He always makes right choices during raids. With him, you’re guaranteed to survive.

"I respect him greatly."

Raizen said with a deep look.

’Whoah, I’ve never seen Raizen show that look before. It seems like he respects Hermes greatly. He sure does sound amazing.

’Hermes is also a Divine Ranker and, according to Raizen, the second strongest member of Dead Redemption.

’Maybe he can defeat Leon.’

Fang Raon thought.

"He is also the commander during the raids. Not Leon. Even Leon listens to his words like they’re the words of a God during raids."

Raizen said.

’I thought that Leon was the Raid Commander, but it’s this Hermes guy instead. I’d like to meet him one day.’

Fang Raon thought.

"Aria Rossie—she is a nice girl. Very helpful. The greatest Helper in the entire tower. For such a nice girl, she did receive quite a nasty power of resurrection of the dead.

"She can also talk to the dead. You can’t even imagine the things we’ve learned from the dead people—things that would make your jaw drop."

"She and Xiao Yue are pretty close. Aria is the only person that has been able to break through Yue’s ice-cold shell.

"Everyone treats Aria well. We don’t dare to piss her off. Haha, one day, Kerr accidentally knocked over her plant vase.

"Aria gave him a proper black eye. Kerr then spent the next week apologizing to her. It was a ridiculously funny sight."

Raizen laughed.

’I thought that they were a very serious group, but it also looks like my brother also had some fun moments with them.’

Fang Raon thought.

"Then there is Seonwoo Kim. Every person we’ve met always has this impression of her that she is nothing but a brute.

"But in reality, she is actually a pretty soft person. She does not really like fighting. She became Tank originally so she could protect her friends.

"However, she was unable to make any friends because of her crude appearance. Everyone avoided her like the plague.

"Eventually, Leon saw potential in her and recruited her, and she became an important member of our group.

"I can’t even count how many times she has saved me from potential death. She has even saved Leon on several occasions."

Raizen said.

"...Very interesting group."

Fang Raon chuckled.

"In the end, they’re all my competition. All of them can still be replaced. Even I can be replaced if I get defeated.

"Leon only cares about having the strongest in his group. We’re his tools to achieve his own goal, and that is to reach the top of the tower."

Raizen said.

"..."

Fang Raon looked at his brother silently and saw that he had mixed feelings about Dead Redemption.

After spending so much time with Dead Redemption, he, of course, grew some comradery with them.

But in the end, everyone in the group was willing to backstab others to get ahead of each other.

"...A few days ago, Rook talked to me about potentially assassinating Leon. He wanted my help with that."

Raizen suddenly dropped a bomb.

"What..."

Fang Raon’s eyes shook.