The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 133

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 133
“By the way, where is Team Leader Kang?”
I phrased it as delicately as possible—that I’d knocked him out too.
“He wouldn’t listen, so I fed him to the Slime.”
“….”
“….”
Kwon Ik-seong and Pee So-won said nothing in response.
They seemed impressed by my way of putting things.
“Did it taste good?”
Only Pee So-won asked this.
Every time the Dragon moved beyond the iron grating, she fired magic bullets.
Of course, those magic bullets couldn’t penetrate the Dragon’s hide and bounced off each time.
“It tasted good enough…. Can’t we pierce through with magic bullets?”
“Find a spot we can pierce. There’s ammunition in my bag.”
“Roger.”
I approached Pee So-won’s back without taking my eyes off the golden Dragon, which was baring its teeth as if it had just woken from sleep.
Then I pulled out a magazine from the bag attached to her back and handed it to her.
Pee So-won, as if her neck and shoulders were fixed in place, maintained the exact angle of her hands gripping the rifle, her neck, and shoulders while swapping in the new magazine.
And every time the Dragon moved, she attacked that spot with precision.
The Dragon flinched slightly each time.
‘It’s not like the attacks are doing nothing at all.’
These were items issued based on Pee So-won’s C-Rank rating and my assumption that this dungeon was low-tier.
Against an A-Rank Monster, they were simply insufficient.
As if to prove this, the Dragon, which had initially flinched and minimized its movements by hiding its neck under its wings, suddenly let out a roar.
Then the ground began to shake.
At the same time, the magic stones hanging like stalactites began to tremble.
If one of those hits us, it’s at minimum a concussion, worst case a pierced skull and death…?
A-Rank magic stones are what they use to craft A-Rank sword items.
“K-Kang Si-bang!”
I shouted, but Kang Si-bang wasn’t visible. However, I knew he was somewhere in this place.
Our Si-bang is surprisingly kind.
“H-how do you feel about Goblin meat?”
Kang Si-bang’s voice came in response to my cry.
[I’m a vegetarian! X-Room! What do you take me for!]
…This bastard, seriously.
“Then take one box of ginseng and get two more boxes!”
Ask and double down!
I can buy it from Pee So-won and Kwon Ik-seong!
It’s just a bit wasteful on money!
[…Okay. Just protect my head, right?]
That’s when it happened.
Just before the trembling mana stone could pierce through my head, a transparent barrier materialized above us three.
And beside us, the unconscious Kang Han-geul came rolling over, engulfed within the Slime.
“What is this? Is this a Slime keychain? Usually people don’t hang Slime-shaped keychains on themselves, do they?”
Pee So-won asked, but I had no answer to give.
Right?
Anyway, thanks to the transparent barrier, the mana stones bounced away.
Some of them seemed to be absorbed by Kang Si-bang.
Did it hurt? I wondered—
[Mmm… taste good…]
It was savoring it.
That pig of a Slime.
[I’ll call it even with this.]
Score! Money saved… wait, no!
The mana stones began pouring down in ever-increasing quantities, and the Dragon spread its wings this time.
The cave began shaking violently.
Structures that looked like walls crumbled, and Goblins burst out from nowhere, rapidly loading rocks embedded with gold onto carts.
Some of them were killed by the rocks.
The very ground trembled as if we were riding on a disco dance floor.
Weren’t we about to be buried alive like this?!
“Take this with you.”
That’s when Kwon Ik-seong threw his revolver to me.
“…?”
Me? Why me?
“Tell Team Leader Pee. That revolver contains seven A-Rank magic bullets. Use them carefully. I’ll draw the aggro.”
At those words, Pee So-won threw down her rifle and took the revolver from my hand.
“Where did this come from?”
“Choi Se-a gave it to me.”
“So you really do have to judge by appearance? If Choi Se-a had seen your real face, she would’ve given you an S-Rank one. What a waste.”
She instantly assumed a perfect shooting stance and, as if ignoring Kwon Ik-seong’s warning to use them carefully, aimed her gun at the Dragon’s eyes.
Bang!
The result was a direct hit.
“Kyiiiiii!”
A sound more like ultrasonic waves than a scream struck my ears.
I felt like I was about to lose consciousness.
The Dragon opened its maw wide.
At the same time, I saw glittering flames in its mouth.
“Kang Si-bang, you’re not getting burned?”
[If I touch fire, I just evaporate right away.]
So being liquid, it volatilizes when heated!
My scalp tingled as though I’d discovered some profound truth.
At the same moment, Kwon Ik-seong burst forward.
He quickly selected one of the magical stones and drove it into the dragon’s foot.
The dragon looked down at its own foot.
‘An A-Rank magical stone…’
Right. This place had an A-Rank Monster, so it wasn’t strange that A-Rank magical stones burst forth as rewards.
If that were the case, then it was possible for an A-Rank magical stone to function like a blade and pierce through dragon hide.
But at the same time—
‘An A-Rank Hunter’s hand would be shredded too.’
I could see blood flowing from Ik-seong’s hand.
I furrowed my brow.
‘How dare you damage my favorite’s hand like that.’
I briefly considered possessing the A-Rank Dragon right then and there, but possession was impossible at the moment.
The reason was—
“Shrieeeeek!”
Just as the dragon, emitting a pterosaur-like cry, was about to breathe fire at Ik-seong.
Pee So-won fired a magical bullet directly into its gaping maw.
Blood erupted from inside the dragon’s mouth.
“Two shots.”
Pee So-won clicked and spun her revolver.
Bang!
Pee So-won fired the revolver again.
“Three shots.”
Blood burst from inside the dragon’s mouth once more.
This time it seemed quite fatal, as the dragon’s body shook violently.
Now the dragon covered its body with its wings again.
Then it slowly approached us.
‘It changed tactics.’
Kwon Ik-seong barely dodged being stepped on by the dragon’s foot, but tumbled across the trembling ground instead.
Since he’d rolled through a field of magical stones, his back becoming soaked in blood was inevitable.
Bang!
Crack-crack!
Pee So-won fired at what appeared to be a weak point on the wing.
“Six shots.”
The hide was pierced, but the dragon’s speed didn’t slow.
That part looked like a membrane and didn’t seem to cause it any pain.
It didn’t appear to be a vital spot connected to the dragon’s life either.
Pee So-won stood motionless, as if carefully waiting for something.
Not moving at all.
The dragon had closed in right before her face.
But since Pee So-won wasn’t moving, I couldn’t move either.
Of course, Pee So-won seemed to think otherwise.
“You go.”
Go where.
Go where, exactly!
[X Room! What are you doing! Aren’t you running away?]
Kang Si-bang was already shouting from far away as he fled.
[I told you to run! I’m taking this guy and getting out of here!]
Kang Si-bang spoke as he swallowed the fallen Kwon Ik-seong.
Ugh. Why do so many people keep telling me to run away alone.
“I’m not going.”
I said that to Kang Si-bang as a final word.
But seeing Pee So-won flinch at my words, it seemed she had heard me too.
Now I understood what Pee So-won was waiting for.
“Shrieeeeek!”
In that instant, wings unfurled.
The dragon had been preparing for this moment, and it unleashed flames with its jaws wide open.
Before the flames could reach us, the moment those wings spread, Pee So-won didn’t miss her chance and used her final bullet.
“Seven shots.”
Along with Pee So-won’s voice, the flames flew directly toward us.
I ignited my Zippo lighter while gripping the back of Pee So-won’s neck.
Whoosh.
A small flame extinguishes before a great inferno.
Scorching heat spreads across my entire body as smoke rises, and when I open my eyes—
“Ha… Ha….”
I exhaled ragged breaths.
A subspace.
I furrowed my brow looking at Pee So-won, whose sleeves and hair ends were burned away.
“Are you alright?”
“Do I look alright?”
The moment I heard that, I said to Pee So-won.
“You look fine!”
Saying that, I twisted Pee So-won’s wrist.
“Ahhhhh!”
Pee So-won screamed as if she wasn’t in much pain at all and collapsed onto the ground.
“You crazy bastard! You did that on purpose! You were trying to die together with the dragon! Ugh, seriously!”
I said.
I gritted my teeth looking at Pee So-won pinned beneath me.
“How did I end up… meeting such a psychopath of a superior….”
My voice became small and trembling.
Pee So-won let out a soft chuckle.
She then turned her body to look at me.
With one side of her hair half-burned away, one side remained in a bob cut while the other had become a short cut.
“Right. Somehow I ended up partnering with someone just like me. My senior told me—he said I should try working with someone like you too.”
A bitter smile crossed Pee So-won’s face, tinged with subtle longing.
She brushed herself off and stood up, continuing.
“You didn’t listen to me either, you bastard. I told you to run away.”
Pee So-won’s favorability increased by 1.
Only then did I realize why Pee So-won’s favorability had been steadily climbing.
Ever since I was first assigned as her partner, Pee So-won had never once failed to look out for me.
From the moment she saved me from the terrorist to now.
Not a single moment excluded.

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