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Chapter 20 - The Real Name Behind the Mask

Jhin didn’t allow a single opening.

The waves gradually moved like a storm, growing bigger and bigger. His hands and feet felt dizzy from the effort, but he barely managed to maintain control.

However, time was not on his side.

Before long, Master of Chaos would grow into a being equivalent to level 90, 100, even 120.

The moment its stabilization ended, everything would be overturned.

Thus, it had to be finished now.

Fortunately, the moment they had been waiting for arrived.

"Move!!"

A bullet tore through the air and struck Master of Chaos in the shoulder. Successive bullets followed, hitting its head, legs, and shoulders.

Master of Chaos stumbled back, flustered.

Standing beside Jhin, Millie asked,

"Just who exactly are you? How do you have high-grade potions?"

Millie’s face was flushed red, like she was drunk. It was proof that the HP potion was vigorously working inside her body.

"With that much, you should be able to go wild, right?"

"Of course!"

Millie shot forward like a gust of wind, ruthlessly unleashing a barrage of bullets at Master of Chaos. Enhanced by Burned Blood, her movements had become so fast that Master of Chaos could no longer track her.

Bang! Bang! Baaang!

Jhin said,

"Boost your output. Otherwise, the HP potion will consume you."

"I was... planning on doing that anyway!"

Baaang!

Millie literally poured out bullets with a terrifying momentum.

Burned Blood — a technique that uses stamina as its medium.

And the endless energy supplied by the high-grade potion was now becoming the driving force behind her powerful bullets.

Meanwhile, Master of Chaos’s energy was falling apart, as if it had swallowed a handful of cyanide.

"Good. At this rate..."

The veins in Jhin’s right arm bulged as he gripped his weapon. Taking a spear-throwing stance, he aimed at the Master of Chaos, who was overwhelmed and distracted by the hail of bullets.

’Raging Wave.’

A weapon-exclusive skill engraved into the Wavecatcher’s Spear.

The spear Jhin hurled flew toward Master of Chaos’s neck with the momentum of a raging tide.

Kiiii!

Master of Chaos, paTalaed, swung its greatsword wildly, but avoiding the spear that had pierced in an instant was impossible.

Kwa-ji-jik! (crack!)

Through the countless gunshots, a single spear tore through and impaled Master of Chaos right through the neck. Its body began to tremble violently before the bones shattered and scattered powerlessly.

[Boss Monster ’Specter Lord Master of Chaos’ has been defeated.]

[Your level has increased!]

[Your level has increased!]

[Your level has increased!]

[Your level has increased!]

[Your level has increased!]

[You have successfully conquered the dungeon ’Ruined School (D)’.]

The battlefield fell silent in an instant.

At the entrance of the dungeon.

From the main gate of the ruined school, skeletons continued pouring out non-stop.

Kyaah! Kyaaah!

The rattling undead scattered aimlessly beyond the cityscape of Capital city.

No doubt, they would go on to harm countless lives. Monsters that escaped through a dungeon break had no restrictions — they could go anywhere.

"All units, prepare for combat."

There was one place the skeletons paid no attention to.

Masked individuals, each gripping a weapon, stood and watched the skeletons pour out without intervening.

"Clark should be coming out soon. She’s the key to this entire operation... She must not be allowed to leave alive."

The masked individuals tensed.

It was only natural.

Clark had displayed overwhelming combat prowess by single-handedly handling an E-rank boss monster — and even took four of their comrades along with it.

How could that possibly be the physical ability of a player who hadn’t even surpassed level 80?

There was a reason she was called a "Heaven Among Heavens".

A man wearing a black mask spoke,

"Don’t worry. She’s exhausted. Maybe she was even hunted down by the Master of Chaos."

He was feeling increasingly sure.

Given how much time had passed since the dungeon break began, if she had been planning to escape, she would’ve left the dungeon long ago.

But the fact that she hadn’t emerged yet...

It could only mean one thing.

She had been killed by the Master of Chaos.

No matter how extraordinary she was, defeating a D-rank boss was an impossible task.

But at that moment—

[Dungeon ’Ruined School (D)’ has been conquered.]

[The dungeon break for ’Ruined School (D)’ has been forcibly terminated. A monster regeneration limit will be imposed on this dungeon, and unless something special happens, the dungeon break will be permanently ended.]

A system message flashed through the front gate.

The masked individuals were left speechless.

At that moment, the phone of the man standing at the front vibrated slightly.

A text message.

[’Blacklist 0’ has disappeared within ’Trial nexus.’]

Blacklist 0.

The masked man swallowed hard.

The successful conquest of a D-rank dungeon, something they had thought absolutely impossible...

And at the same time, news that Blacklist 0 had gone missing.

"...How ironic."

Blacklist 0 — the top-ranked player Kyle — had vanished within Trial nexus. That news was enough to snap the masked man out of his hesitation.

Without lingering regret, he said,

"All units, retreat."

The mission had failed.

Meanwhile.

At that moment, Jhin was pulling the Wavecatcher’s Spear out of Master of Chaos’s collapsed corpse and handing it back to Caleb.

"Thanks for letting me use it."

"Uh, y-yeah..."

Caleb accepted the weapon with a dazed face.

Meanwhile, Millie, whose previously flushed face from the potion’s effects had now returned to a pale white, approached them.

Though her complexion was calmer now, the excitement radiating from her was unmistakable.

She asked,

"Are you... by any chance, Kyle?"