The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Bridge

Mo Guk-gang, an early Awakened and Mage, was originally the leader of a Chinese Triad criminal organization.

A world ruined by mana invasion.

For Mo Guk-gang, it was rather an opportunity.

A situation where national systems had collapsed. So he freely committed murders and devoured Adapteds and Awakened weaker than himself.

There was nothing to fear.

Who would stop him?

He gathered other Mages to form an organization and even made plans to dominate all of China.

Of course, his ultimate goal was world conquest.

Then, absurdly, China collapsed.

The Chinese Communist Party’s plan to detonate nuclear weapons to eliminate monster-infested areas ended in failure.

The appearance of Beyond Elite monsters.

China became a world where even Mages couldn’t survive.

In the end, he had no choice but to leave.

Where to?

Chinese people who lost their country had two choices.

East or west.

Mo Guk-gang’s choice was west.

Because the population was large.

So he mixed in with countless refugees and established a base in the European Empire with his subordinates.

He slowly built his foundation.

With the purpose of rebuilding the Triad in Europe.

He did any work that paid money.

Mainly contract killing.

Europe was still chaotic, so there was plenty of work.

Occasionally there were ordinary people, but mainly Adapteds and Awakened were the targets.

How wonderful was that?

Making money while also devouring his victims to grow stronger.

He received contracts through the deep web where tracking was impossible.

He even went on business trips to various countries around the world.

From the nearby American Republic to as far as the Samhan Empire.

Business grew rapidly.

Until he met those bastards.

Black Mafia.

A new organization that had only existed for a few years.

They were bound to clash inevitably.

A war between organizations broke out.

And he was miserably defeated.

Black Mafia was strong.

Especially those called Elders were terrifyingly inhuman.

Early awakened Mage?

Compared to them, he was just trash.

In the end, he was reduced to a subcontractor organization performing various menial tasks under Black Mafia’s orders.

The reason he came to the Samhan Empire was also due to orders from Black Mafia’s Elder, Edward.

Eliminate Kim Tae-ju of Taehong Bio.

He had already studied information about that bastard.

‘Good with poison, long-range attacks using daggers or throwing weapons, quick movements too…’

There were suspicious aspects.

That bastard wasn’t an Awakened.

The reason he was strong despite not being Awakened.

There were two possibilities.

Either he wore a magic item that erased awakening marks like himself, or he possessed inhuman power completely different from awakening like the Black Mafia Elders.

However, whichever case that bastard fell into didn’t matter at all.

Because Elder Edward had come along too.

Kim Tae-ju was destined to die.

Paju New City, currently undergoing frightening changes.

This place would become Kim Tae-ju’s grave.

Crackle!

The voice of an organization member coming through the earpiece.

– The target has appeared downtown. Taehong Bio Paju Branch Manager Jeong Yeon-hee, together with one cat.

“Got it. Keep reporting on his movements.”

He tried to hide his face, but who wouldn’t know?

Information about Kim Tae-ju could be easily obtained with just a little legwork.

Information about traveling with a cat and Branch Manager Jeong Yeon-hee sticking close by his side.

The Empire controls media and SNS saying they won’t reveal his face, but it’s all useless.

A moment later, crackle!

– The target has separated from Jeong Yeon-hee. He’s currently not moving, should we strike now? We’re ready.

“Not yet, there are too many people here. If that bastard hides in the crowd and runs away, it could be troublesome.”

Preferably in a quiet place.

And.

– He’s moving. Direction is toward a large construction site that’s still under construction.

“Good! Follow slowly.”

Finally, that bastard found his own place to die.

* * *

Tae-ju entered the construction site he had arranged with Jeong Yeon-hee in advance.

‘No one’s here.’

Jeong Yeon-hee must have handled it well.

Demonic energy felt from behind.

Tae-ju went up through stairs where cement was still exposed.

When he reached about the middle floor.

“Chairman.”

“Meow!”

“Oh? You’re still here.”

“I was checking to make sure everyone evacuated.”

“No one’s here, right? Except for us.”

“Yes.”

Jeong Yeon-hee glanced at Tae-ju and asked.

“It’s because of Mages, right?”

“That’s right. They’re chasing me right now.”

“At least they’re not from the Samhan Empire.”

They were definitely bastards who didn’t know much about Tae-ju.

“Chairman, I’ll stay here too.”

“Please do.”

“Meow!”

Looking at the Mages’ aura, except for one, the rest were just so-so.

He would handle the strong one himself, and Ilisambaeyi and Jeong Yeon-hee would be sufficient for the rest.

Suddenly!

Thud! Thud thud thud! Thud thud!

Mages of various races jumping up through the construction site walls, there were 10 of them in total.

Tae-ju asked the one who looked strongest among them.

East Asian lineage, if we’re lucky we might be able to communicate.

“Are you all here?”

“…You’re not even surprised. Did you know?”

“You don’t know much about me.”

“What?”

“That I’m good at smelling Mages! Ah, right. All the Mages who met me died, didn’t they?”

“Kekeke, I’ll acknowledge your bluffing skills.”

Bluffing?

But it’s true.

“Are you an Empire citizen?”

“No, I’m a descendant of Zhonghua.”

“Oh! But you speak the Empire language well.”

“I’ve lived for a long time, you see.”

Probably an early Awakened Guard.

Since they were the strongest.

Like the Vice Head Master of Barun’s secret farm.

“You probably know my name well, what about you?”

Mo Guk-gang said with a sneer.

“Are you trying to buy time? But we don’t let our guard down.”

“Really? I’m letting my guard down though.”

“…What?”

“Because it seems like there won’t be any problem even if I let my guard down. Right? Hmm, Sambaek-a?”

“Niaaa…”

Sambaek-i seems to think so too.

Sitting quietly and just yawning away.

Mo Guk-gang’s anger reached the top of his head at that sight.

“Kill them all! The cat too, and that bitch.”

In an instant!

Crrrack! Crack, crrrack!

Ten Mages simultaneously cast beast transformation.

“Krrk! I’ll devour your heart.”

That’s when it happened.

“Ah!”

Jeong Yeon-hee let out a single scream.

It probably wasn’t because she was startled by the beast transformation.

She pointed her finger at the Mage who had been talking with Tae-ju.

“You…”

She hurriedly took out her smartphone to check.

Color drained from Jeong Yeon-hee’s face.

“I finally found you.”

“Krrr? Do we know each other? I’m seeing you for the first time?”

“I know you very well. This isn’t your first time in the Samhan Empire.”

“Kirrk, I did come here over ten years ago.”

Jeong Yeon-hee threw her smartphone to Mo Guk-gang and drew the Daera Divine Sword.

Swish!

Thud!

Mo Guk-gang caught it and tilted his head.

“Krrk? This is me?”

“That’s right, it’s you. The one who killed my father.”

“Aha!”

As if remembering something, his yellow beast eyes sparkled.

“His daughter? Then you’ve met your father’s enemy. Keke, this is truly a novel-like development.”

Jeong Yeon-hee kept her gaze fixed on Mo Guk-gang as she spoke to Tae-ju.

“That bastard is mine.”

“…Hmm, you might struggle a bit.”

“Please! Let me do it.”

“…”

There’s no choice.

I already made a contract with her.

I have to hand him over.

Instead.

“Alright. Then I’ll take the rest…”

Swish!

The Willow Leaf Flying Daggers appeared in Tae-ju’s hands.

Tsspit! Tsspit! Tsspipipipipit!

Simultaneously, a brilliant light flashed on the middle floors of the building.

Dazzling light.

Lines drawn here and there in the air.

Thunk! Thuthunk! Thuthuthuthuthunk!

It was like drawing a picture.

Light streaks were densely embroidered.

“…Huh?”

Mo Guk-gang couldn’t even see what was flying around.

Instead.

Thud, thud, thud…

Without even being able to scream, just transformed into beasts, he only saw his subordinate Mages falling one by one.

Mo Guk-gang doubted his own eyes.

‘Why…’

Did they all fall?

‘Are, are they dead?’

His subordinates turned into corpses.

Each body showed dozens of wounds.

Not one, but dozens.

Mo Guk-gang was half out of his mind.

‘Wh, what the hell?’

It took only 1 second for the nine to fall.

‘Even if it were an Elder, this much is…’

Tae-ju collected the nine Willow Leaf Flying Daggers again.

Seeds of Toxic Spirit.

Though not as much as Ten Thousand Flowers Rain, he could freely control a few daggers.

And to Jeong Yeon-hee.

“Try fighting one-on-one. I’ll be right beside…”

That’s when it happened.

‘Hmm?’

A sticky lump of demonic energy caught by Tae-ju’s energy sense.

‘There was one more.’

But the smell is quite different.

It’s definitely demonic energy, but not from a System Awakened Mage, nor Cheonma’s demonic energy, but a completely new type of demonic energy smell.

‘What is this now?’

The location is the rooftop.

‘I should go check.’

Tae-ju said to Jeong Yeon-hee.

“Try handling it alone, you’ll be fine, right?”

“Yes! No problem at all.”

To Ilbaek.

“You stay here. If Yeon-hee is in danger… you know what to do, right?”

“Meow!”

“Right, I’m counting on you.”

Spot!

Tae-ju slipped outside and climbed up to the rooftop.

Two people and one cat remained.

Jeong Yeon-hee slowly raised the Daera Divine Sword.

“You’re going to die here today.”

Mo Guk-gang bristled all over and roared.

“Grrrrrowl!”

What a stroke of luck this was.

He felt it too.

That an elder of the Black Mafia had come.

The elder would take Kim Tae-ju, and he would take this insolent bitch.

“I’ll rip out your heart and devour it just like your father’s.”

“Try it.”

Simultaneously.

Tsririt!

The first form of the Demon-Subduing Sword Technique that drives away demons with a single strike, Strike Sword Warning Demon , shot toward Mo Guk-gang like lightning.

Chaeng!

The demon Mo Guk-gang’s qi-infused long claws clashed violently with Sword Empress Jeong Yeon-hee’s Daera Divine Sword.

* * *

Tap! Tap tap!

Tae-ju stepped on the building’s wall and climbed onto the rooftop.

Then he saw a man.

Red hair, blue eyes, pale skin with visible veins.

‘No awakening mark. He’s not hiding it either.’

This guy is no ordinary opponent.

What kind of demonic energy is that?

‘Should I ask?’

Since words won’t work, let’s have a body-to-body conversation.

“So you’re Kim Tae-ju…”

The Soul-Severing Flying Blade from his hand flew like a beam of light.

Tspit!

“Huk!”

Black Mafia Elder Edward was startled.

“Dark Barrier.”

An ominous black translucent protective shield bloomed from Edward’s body.

Jjaeng!

Zzijik!

The barrier cracked from a single strike.

Edward counterattacked.

“Dark Arrow!”

Swoong!

A black arrow flew toward Tae-ju’s face.

Flying Waterfall .

Puaaak!

The demonic arrow exploded as it was blocked by an iron sphere bursting head-on.

“Ah.”

“Hmm.”

This was a skill he’d never seen before.

It was ridiculous that he manifested skills by speaking aloud.

No, it might not even be a skill to begin with.

Edward’s expression became serious.

A small dagger’s attack had cracked a 7th class dark magic Dark Barrier.

A barrier that would simply deflect even mana blades.

“What the hell are you?”

“Huh? You can speak…? Is it something like telepathy? Who are you?”

“You dare ask my name?”

“Why? Can’t I ask? You’re not even a demon, yet you’re radiating demonic energy.”

“I’m the only one here who gets to ask questions.”

Edward raised his hand and pointed at Tae-ju.

“Curse Binder.”

Woong!

Ssssssss.

Tendrils of demonic energy rose from beneath Tae-ju’s feet.

‘Huh?’

They crept up his lower body and bound his entire body tightly.

“How dare you attack me first?”

“…”

“I’ll tear through every corner of your head.”

Tae-ju tilted his head.

The more he encountered this, the more fascinating it became.

The techniques this guy had manifested so far.

‘It’s definitely magic.’

Since he uses demonic energy, is it dark magic?

‘Well, if a Gangho Murim multiverse exists, there’s no reason a fantasy multiverse can’t exist too.’

Then this bastard must be a soul connector, or one of his associates.

So he summons zombies and death knights and such?

‘This should be interesting.’

But for a soul connector, he’s quite weak.

Even weaker than Cheonma.

Of course, compared to the real Cheonma, not Earth’s Cheonma.

‘Let’s play around a bit.’

Gently, since he might die soon.

Tae-ju spun the Poison Registry.

Whiiing!

Intense poison energy flowed from the Poison Registry.

Crack!

The demonic tendrils binding him snapped powerlessly.

And thud thud thud thud!

Pouring out from the Infinite Space.

Swoong, swoong, swoong…

Various hidden weapons floating around Tae-ju.

“This might sting a little.”

“…Wh-what, h-how is this possible?”

Edward’s expression turned bewildered.

The bastard was moving freely.

‘The Demonic Binder broke so easily?’

It should have been absolutely unbreakable….

He lacked information.

Should he have investigated more before coming?

In an instant!

Tsspit! Tsspipipipipipipipit!

Projectiles tearing through the air as they flew.

They charged toward the demonic energy barrier with terrifying momentum.

“Damn it! D-Dark Barrier…!”

The hidden weapons mercilessly pounded the barrier.

Tadadadadadadadadadatak!

Zzik! Zzizizizik! Zzizik!

“Dark Barrier! Dark Barrier Dark Barrier….”

He hurriedly manifested barriers in layers, but.

“N-no!”

They shattered to pieces in an instant.

Jjaejjaeng! Jjaejaejaeng! Jjaejaejaejaejaejjaeng!

“D-Dark Barri….”

The projectiles were like a waterfall.

A storm of blades that destroyed everything.

And through the gap in the cracks, a single willow leaf throwing knife.

Sspit!

Grazed past Elder Edward’s side.

“Keurgh!”

It was a hidden weapon thickly coated with.

A synthetic mana-removing poison far more advanced than mosquito venom.

Developed during the process of creating a mana rejection treatment.

* * *

Immortal Realm.

The Cheonin had returned, leaving only the immortals at the multiplex.

A secret meeting was held at Danggumak’s quarters on the top floor.

Only trustworthy immortals were gathered separately.

Taesang Nogoon was sent away separately.

He was still a suspicious immortal to consider as an ally.

“Jongri, do you know where the Heavenly Peach is?”

Cheon-seon Jongri Seon-in had been under house arrest for failing to manage Dowon and was recently released.

So his feelings toward Seo Wang-mo weren’t very good.

“Of course it’s in the Peach Blossom Spring Courtyard.”

“How do we get in?”

“You can’t. Ever since that monkey bastard stole and ate them before, the defenses aren’t to be taken lightly.”

“Hmm.”

The Heavenly Peach, the greatest treasure of the Immortal Realm.

Naturally it would be difficult to even get close.

“In the end, Seo Wang-mo has to open the door for us….”

“Should we try going shamelessly?”

“How?”

“Well, just ask her to give us one.”

“….”

That wouldn’t even make a dent.

“Dok-seon, don’t you have anything that might tempt Seo Wang-mo?”

Danggumak took a negative stance.

“She has so much money that she’s already bought most things.”

“Damn it!”

Then Ju-seon came up with a clever plan.

“How about a honey trap, or rather a male honey trap? If we seduce Seo Wang-mo and just get inside the Palace of Peach Blossoms?”

“Good idea. After all, Seo Wang-mo is also a woman.”

“Ordinary looks won’t even come close. It has to be a handsome immortal overflowing with dignity.”

Then Swordsman bristled.

“Are you telling me to seduce Seo Wang-mo now? No, if we’re talking about handsome immortals with dignity, there’s no one but me! No way, I’m someone who swore to be bound to the sword for life.”

The immortals looked disgusted.

“….”

“…Good grief.”

“Even shamelessness should have limits.”

“Where does that confidence even come from?”

“Doesn’t he know he looks like dried squid?”

“Even at a plastic surgery clinic, his face would cost quite a bit to fix.”

Galhong Immortal came up with a scheme.

“What if we call that monkey bastard? He’s in the Realm of the Buddhas, but I heard he still has the same troublemaking habits.”

“Ugh, he’ll cause trouble even if he comes to the multiplex. It’s not like we’re going to burn down the whole house to catch a flea.”

“Right, Swordsman can play the monkey’s role.”

“….”

Danggumak also shook his head and continued speaking.

“This isn’t Seondo but Heavenly Peach. The risk is too great… Let’s take time to think about it. With the power of collective intelligence, a clever plan will emerge.”

He must deliver the Heavenly Peach to Tae-ju.

Only then would his heart be at ease.

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