Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84.
Before the Sun Rises (2)
‘How many hours has it been now?’
Go Gyeong-taek had switched off with Blood Soo to monitor the lockers.
Rub rub.
He rubbed his bloodshot, weary eyes.
Slump.
Sitting on a folding chair with his back against the wall, he stared blankly at his surroundings.
Everyone else buzzed with anticipation for the coming new year, yet here I was, stuck guarding lockers.
The absurd thought that I might ring in the new year with an assassin made me laugh bitterly.
Glance.
I caught sight of Blood Soo in her panda mask, her gaze fixed on the lockers.
She asked bluntly.
“What?”
“Oh, nothing.”
“Did you think surveillance would be easy?”
Go Gyeong-taek exhaled sharply.
“I never said that.”
“Honestly, you were probably thinking ‘what am I doing in this bright, hopeful place?’ weren’t you?”
Sting. Cough!
Go Gyeong-taek cleared his throat awkwardly.
“…Let’s not talk about it.”
The moment I turned my head.
A man came sprinting toward us at high speed.
Go Gyeong-taek’s eyes narrowed.
Hmm?
‘That person…’
The man accelerated further, brushing past Go Gyeong-taek who was lying in ambush near the lockers.
Moments later.
Multiple footsteps echoed in succession.
Go Gyeong-taek turned around.
Three Awakeners from the Korean Security Team on Chiko Island were rushing desperately after him.
He clicked his tongue briefly.
‘At that pace, they won’t catch him even if they die trying.’
But something felt off.
That man from a moment ago—he seemed quite skilled, so why was he running?
A phrase suddenly flashed through Go Gyeong-taek’s mind.
「Settle your marital disputes at home.」
That guy.
“That’s the Chinese man I saw on the ship.”
That was when it happened.
Crash!
An Android cleaning the area lost its balance and collapsed.
I was about to dismiss it.
“M-my eyes…!”
A cyborg some distance away clutched its eyes with both hands.
Murmurs rippled through the crowd.
Strangely, only the Android and the cyborg seemed to be experiencing eye problems.
Just as Go Gyeong-taek tried to make sense of the unusual situation.
“Was it always this chaotic here?”
Blood Soo’s voice rang out.
Her gaze beyond the panda mask remained fixed on the lockers.
She asked again.
“Could this be Ghost’s doing?”
It was a reasonable assumption given their circumstances.
But Go Gyeong-taek shook his head.
“No.”
“How can you be so certain?”
“Every Ghost I’ve encountered so far has never harmed civilians.”
Ah, I see.
“So you’re saying you’re the villain here?”
“That’s rich coming from an assassin.”
Just as the two were bickering intensely.
Wee-wee-wee—.
An emergency siren blared, and a massive holographic warning message appeared above Basement Level 1 Plaza.
『In a moment. The dome will open for 10 minutes to purify the air.』
Everyone assumed it was a mistake.
“What nonsense in the middle of winter?”
“They’ll probably correct it soon.”
“Some employee must have dozed off.”
That was when people were dismissing it as trivial.
Boom!
A deafening roar accompanied it.
Rumble, rumble, rumble….
The ground began to vibrate.
Screeeech!!
Screams erupted from the direction of the Korean Night Market in the distance.
Only then did everyone realize something was terribly wrong.
Go Gyeong-taek looked up at the message floating in the air again.
At that moment, the hologram flickered once, and an image materialized.
-I am Hyun Se-hee, the overall administrator of Chiko Island in South Korea.
Hyun Se-hee in the hologram, her face drained of color, began to speak.
-A terrorist organization has infiltrated the island. Tourists, please move to the nearest safe zone under the guidance of security personnel.
After catching her breath for a moment, she opened her mouth again.
-Hunters capable of combat, please cooperate with our on-site security team members. Non-combat Awakeners, please help guide those around you to the safe zones.
Only then did everyone grasp the severity of the situation.
Behind her, staff members moved about frantically. In the chaos, a man examining the android’s eyes came into view.
Go Gyeong-taek’s brow furrowed.
“Lim… Doo-ho?”
And then, immediately.
Hyun Se-hee’s image cut off.
In its place, a hologram of a man with a sports cut and darkly tanned skin floated in the air.
With a benevolent smile, he opened his mouth.
-I am Zhang Wei, the new master of Chiko Island.
At the words “new master,” people realized the gravity of the situation.
Zhang Wei spoke.
-Let’s not waste energy. My associates have deployed several hundred military robots across Chiko Island.
Military robots.
It was enough to terrify the people.
Zhang Wei continued.
-Don’t bother resisting. Come outside. Those who arrive first will receive better treatment.
Zhang Wei, grinning wickedly, spoke harshly.
-I’m giving you ten minutes. After that, anyone who resists will be ground to pieces and fed to the fish.
Pssht—!
The hologram shut off.
A moment of silence.
Tap tap tap!
Someone began running toward the exit. Screams and shouts mingled as people panicked in all directions.
“Did headquarters report this?!”
“Honey, we need to go, now!”
“What about heading toward the Chinese Zone?”
A man rushed from the Chinese Zone, shouting.
“The Chinese Zone entrance is blocked!”
It was absolute chaos.
Go Gyeong-taek looked at Blood Soo.
“I should have encouraged that bastard to die when he was causing trouble back then.”
“Oh my. It’s not too late.”
Blood Soo said this while still staring only at the locker.
Go Gyeong-taek’s expression darkened.
“What do you mean it’s not too late?”
“Well, for a scale like this, the estimate would be around 20 billion coins? Of course, that’s with a 10 percent down payment.”
Sigh.
Go Gyeong-taek let out a hollow laugh.
She spoke again.
“Killing people is harder than subjugating monsters. People think, after all.”
“….”
Go Gyeong-taek stood up as if he’d made a decision.
Thump, thump, thump.
He walked through the chaos of panicked people and stopped at his personal locker.
“If Ghost had any sense, he wouldn’t come retrieve this in the middle of all this chaos.”
Click.
He entered the code and opened the door.
‘I should’ve just kept it and had the nerve to say I’d give it to him face-to-face….’
Huh?
Huh?! Huh?!!”
“W-Why isn’t it here?!!”
Blood Soo approached and looked up at Go Gyeong-taek.
“You got distracted while I was gone?”
“I didn’t!”
Go Gyeong-taek shouted indignantly, his eyes blazing.
“You didn’t take it while I was in the bathroom?!!”
A fork suddenly appeared in Blood Soo’s hand.
“For someone with such narrow eyes, you’ve got some nerve? Accusing me of being a thief?”
Screech!
Bang!
Go Gyeong-taek slammed the locker door shut and exploded with fury.
Just as the veins in his forehead began to twitch.
Zhang Wei’s hologram materialized in the air once more.
Oh dear.
-In 5 minutes, how many will I have to throw to the fish?
Tremble, tremble.
Go Gyeong-taek, glaring at the mocking Zhang Wei, began pulling out subjugation gear from his subspace and equipping himself.
Blood Soo asked.
“What are you doing?”
Go Gyeong-taek, now fully geared, jerked his chin toward the hologram.
“I’m going to catch that bastard and beat him to death!”
“Why?”
Go Gyeong-taek raised his clenched fist to strike Blood Soo but stopped. Instead, he muttered under his breath.
‘I can’t stand watching some outsider cause trouble in my own country.’
He turned to look at Blood Soo.
“Help me with this too.”
Blood Soo tilted her head.
“Why?”
Go Gyeong-taek furrowed his brow.
“Once I solve this, I can just ask the government for a success fee.”
Blood Soo stepped back and shrugged her shoulders.
Hmm~.
“You don’t want to?”
Tsk.
Go Gyeong-taek clicked his tongue and then.
Whoosh—bang!
He vanished in an instant.
And moments later.
Waaaaaah.
“Mom….”
Blood Soo’s gaze, which had been standing motionless, fell upon the Young Girl crying among the crowd.
She slowly moved forward.
Thud. Crash!
In that moment, an Aggressive Woman collided with the child and fell to the ground.
Ugh!
The Aggressive Woman sprang up and glared at the Young Girl.
“Get out of the way!”
Her hand rose sharply.
Just as she was about to strike the child’s cheek.
Squelch.
The next moment, the Aggressive Woman collapsed to the ground, spurting white synthetic blood from her neck.
“Wh-what…?”
“Well~. She was in the way.”
Blood Soo smiled faintly, looking down at the limp android body.
“She’ll wake up with her backup self anyway. Such a fuss.”
Blood Soo lifted the Young Girl into her arms and moved her into a nearby shop.
“Hide here~.”
Slip.
She swiftly dealt with the rampaging ones and disappeared into the crowd toward somewhere.
* * *
Whiiiiiii──!
Winter night wind rushed harshly through the open dome.
The heat that had been trapped on the island dissipated in an instant.
Tourists in short sleeves shivered.
Ugh, ugh….
“What the hell are these lunatics doing!”
In an instant, the festival hologram shut down.
The outdoor lights cut out all at once, plunging the Plaza into darkness.
All that remained was the faint light bleeding from the buildings.
Beyond that dim glow, shrouded in shadow.
Whirrr.
Clang.
Whirrrrr.
Something was crawling up the outer wall of the island.
The silhouette cast against the building lights was far too massive to be human, its form disturbingly close to that of a gorilla.
Clang, clang.
With each heavy metallic sound, more of the same colossal figures emerged from the darkness.
Even in the bitter cold, the people stood frozen, mesmerized by these unidentifiable entities.
Then, in that moment.
The first figure to reach the top rose to its full height and splayed its chest wide open.
People pulled up hologram displays on their smart watches, shining the light toward it in confusion.
That’s when they saw it.
The combat robot’s chest plating was splitting open on both sides.
Someone screamed.
Insane….
“Everyone down!”
Boom!
Boom boom boom boom—!
Dozens of guided missiles erupted in a torrential barrage.
Splat, splat splatter…!
People were torn apart where they stood.
Those lying flat, those hiding behind landscaping stones—nothing mattered.
Once targeted, there was no escape.
And only after the casualties mounted.
Kyaaaaaaah!
Screams spread like wildfire.
.
.
.
On a bench at the Amusement Park.
Isto and Hawkeye sat side by side, dressed in jeans and hoodies.
The moment the surrounding lights cut out, Isto looked up at the night sky.
Oh!
-Is it finally the fire moth?!
You bastard….
-So you really are built with Strength 9 and Intelligence 1, just like Bom said? How could you possibly confuse fireworks with a moth?
-Lanky, you looking for a fight?
As Isto raised his rounded fist, people hurried past in front of him.
Isto blinked his LED eyes, watching their retreating figures.
-…Huh?
Then he turned his head in the opposite direction.
A combat robot that had emerged from the sea was moving.
-What the hell is that.
Isto’s LED eyes narrowed to slits.
Thud.
The fleeing woman’s foot caught and she tumbled.
The advancing combat robot came to a halt.
The moment the woman lifted her head, the robot’s leg slowly rose.
Hawkeye, watching through the scope, muttered.
-Humans really are pathetic.
Whirrrrr!
A mechanical hum seemed to emanate from Hawkeye’s chest.
Whoosh!
Isto was clamped under Hawkeye’s arm as he rocketed off the ground.
Just before the combat robot’s leg came down.
Swish!
Hawkeye hurled Isto toward the robot’s upper body.
-Lanky, what the hell are you doing!!
The moment Isto’s fist made contact with the combat robot’s torso.
Crunch!
The combat robot crumpled pathetically, scattering across the ground.
In that instant, Hawkeye snatched the woman’s waist and set her down in front of a building before returning.
The woman’s eyes just blinked.
Her face showed she didn’t understand what had happened.
Everything unfolded in a flash.
All eyes turned toward Hawkeye.
“A, a Hunter!”
“There’s a Hunter here!”
Hope flickered across people’s faces.
But.
For someone, that sight became poison.
Hako Hunter, standing on the opposite side of the plaza, channeled mana into his fist and charged eagerly toward the combat robot.
“Just a big tin can!”
But.
Crack!
Snap.
Hako Hunter’s fist shattered.
Ughhhh!
Hako Hunter collapsed to the ground, clutching his broken hand and writhing.
Tap tap tap.
Isto walked toward him.
Even so, Hako Hunter screamed desperately.
“K-kid, run aw—”
Crash!
Isto’s uppercut shattered the combat robot into pieces.
“?!!!!”
Isto, who had been looking down at Hako Hunter, spun around sharply.
After surveying the chaotic surroundings, he immediately spoke into Doo-ho’s mind.
Doo-ho!
-Please summon me to the Garage.
* * *
A corridor on one side of Chiko Island Hospital.
Whoosh.
Soul Bots flowed rapidly from Doo-ho’s hands.
Incredible…
‘I never imagined the Heart Soo effect would be this powerful.’
Seven of them in total.
I had simultaneously replaced the eyes of seven androids with mana circuits.
As I withdrew the Soul Bots, the androids’ eyes opened simultaneously.
The modification had even been performed while they were all in operation.
Yet there were no defects.
Ribbit!
Bom-i asked after letting out a cry of admiration.
Master.
-Why are you replacing all the androids’ eyes with mana circuits, ribbit.
“Ah, well, you see…”
Just then.
Isto’s voice echoed in my mind.
-Doo-ho, please summon me to the Garage!
‘Where are you right now?’
Hawkeye answered.
-Near the Amusement Park outside Chiko Island, at the Plaza. There are many combat robots here.
‘Are you being overwhelmed?’
-Hmm, that’s hardly likely.
“Then take care of those robots for me.”
-Huh?! Your safety is far more important to us, sir!
Then Bom-i interjected.
-Iron, this place is safe. If you’re really worried, the master can just head into the Garage, can’t he? Ribbit.
Ooh!
-That’s quite the clever croak, isn’t it?
In the end, Isto and Hawkeye activated their automatic hunting mode.
And then….
“Time to flip the board, don’t you think?”
I headed straight into the inner section of the Break Room.
Hyun Se-hee, with countless windows floating before her, was receiving reports and responding desperately.
I noticed her voice was gradually becoming strained.
She turned around and asked me.
“Is something wrong?”
It seemed like words that had naturally slipped out after one accident after another.
“I have a plan.”
“Tell me.”
I demanded with an expressionless face.
The confiscated green stone.
“Will you hand all of it over?”
I Became a Macromanser
Author |
Gungang E
Publication Date |
February 25, 2026
Publisher |
TalesYX
Website |
https://talesyx.com
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ⓒ Gungang E, 2026
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