Moon's Labyrinths

Chapter 126

Chapter 126


Chapter 126



The event had developed so suddenly and resulted in such an outcome that n.o.body could react properly . Their mouths just opened and closed as if they were fishes . Tim and Emily, who knew Sungyoon’s true skills, broke out of their stupor first .


“O . . . of course!”


Tim still felt sh.e.l.l shocked, but there was conviction in his voice . Louis had drawn his weapon first, but Sungyoon had neutralized his attacker without harming him . It was well under the definition of self-defense .


Everyone slowly started to break out of their shocked state . However, they became gloomy at the reality smacking them in their faces .


“L . . . Louis!”


Even if he had a bad personality, Louis was one of them . Cohen had enough of a character to be worried about his comrade . He subconsciously moved to check up on Louis .


“Please do not come any closer . ”


Sungyoon spoke as he moved the blade of the halberd .


“Heek!”


When the sharp blade of the halberd got closer to his neck, Louis let out a high-pitched scream .


“What are you doing…!”


Cohen was about to protest, but he soon shut his mouth . To be precise, he realized that he had no right to raise his voice in this situation when he was Louis’ comrade .


He bit his lips, and his eyes kept s.h.i.+fting while his brain operated at full capacity . However, no solutions came to his mind . Louis had created too big of a problem . It was absolutely forbidden to activate a Gem in Armstrong, and doubly so when it came to ambus.h.i.+ng someone .


His hand had reached his head without him realizing it . He had a headache .


‘Stupid b.a.s.t.a.r.d!’


He stared daggers at Louis, who remained pinned underneath Sungoon’s foot . He wondered if his comrade was of sound mind . In the end, the facts remained the same . A Connector contracted to their company had tried to attack another connector inside the company building .


He had no choice but to lower his head . Up until a moment ago, Cohen had ignored this person, yet he now had to do this . It was very humiliating .


On the other hand, he also realized he had to re-evaluate Sungyoon .


‘He stopped the surprise attack . ’


No one could have expected Louis" unpredictable actions, yet this man had nonchalantly defeated Louis, that too with overwhelming force .


In the company"s eyes, Louis was a prospect on par with the Ross siblings . He had easily graduated from the Beginner’s Labyrinth, and he clearly showed his worth in labyrinth raids hosted by the company . He wasn’t someone that could be subdued by a common 1st Gen .


However, the proof was in the pudding . Louis had ambushed the 1st Gen, yet he lost without being able to do anything .


Cohen looked at the halberd and the battle-ax gripped in Sungyoon’s hands . At a glance, one could tell the blades were sharp and st.u.r.dy, and the shafts were smooth and well made . There was no way these were low-rank weapons


‘At the very least, they have to be at the Yellow rank . ’


It meant this man was different from the normal 1st Gens who could barely handle the lower rank Rainbow Gems .


‘s.h.i.+t! He’s basically someone that won the lottery!’



It really was rare, but sometimes 1st Gens possessing abilities unbefitting a 1st Gen existed . Cohen realized he was able to get a small glimpse of Sungyoon’s true skills .


‘Moreover, his Gem activation speed . . . ’


No one here could have stopped Louis’ ambush, not even him . They couldn’t do it because they couldn’t activate their Gems in time .


However, Sungyoon had neutralized Louis too easily . He summoned and unsummoned multiple Gems . It was like watching an acrobat perform stunts . The man didn’t even concentrate when deploying his magical energy, and his actions were without delays . He literally summoned his weapons in a blink of an eye, and Cohen could only let out a cold sweat when he had seen it all .


Did he predict Louis’ attack? Did he activate his Gems beforehand? Cohen shook his head from side to side . The 1st Gen would have to know how and when Louis would attack . He would also have to supply the Gems with magical energy beforehand so that he could summon them in the order he needed . Was that plausible?


‘No way . ’


Unless he was Laplace’s demon, he couldn’t perfectly predict what would"ve happened like that . It was more plausible to think that the man possessed the ability to activate his Gems at blinding speed .


‘That is also hard to believe, but . . . ’


If his Gem activation speed was really that fast . . .


‘It seems the Ross siblings were right . ’


He had made a big mistake .


His mind went blank when he reached this point in his thoughts . However, he was the most senior employee in this building, and it was his responsibility to salvage the situation .


“First, I would like to apologize for the fact that one of our employees attacked you . I’m sorry . ”


Cohen gave a courteous apology, trying his best to be humble . The disrespectful look in his eyes was nowhere to be seen, and he didn’t hesitate in giving an apology . Everyone was surprised by this . Even Sungyoon was inwardly a bit impressed .


‘He knows what needs to be done, and takes action . ’


He had seen many men in this world who had refused to humble themselves, even though they were in a terrible situation . Their pride wouldn’t allow it, and it inevitably led to worse results for them . Cohen wasn’t like that . He didn’t like Sungyoon . It was more apt to say he hated Sungyoon, yet he had lowered himself in front of him . He knew how to minimize the damage in a bad situation .


‘I’d rather deal with someone like him . ’


Cohen was capable of making decisions in a rational manner . Well, everyone was capable of doing that, but an unusually small number of people actually went through with making rational decisions . A prime example of this was Louis, who was pinned underneath Sungyoon’s foot . He was incapable of acting in such a manner .


“He activated his Gems in Armstrong, and then he attacked me with them . Do you agree?”


“… I agree . ”


“You do realize that Armstrong gives a lot of leeway under the law of self-defense, right?”


‘We really messed with the wrong guy!’


Cohen was breaking out in cold sweat .


If anyone else had experienced what Sungyoon had gone through, the person would be extremely angry and emotional . Usually, they would lash out in violence, or their heightened state of emotion would give Cohen a small advantage . Then he could somehow dig at the small advantage until the damage was minimized .


However, Sungyoon showed no signs of doing anything rash . He remained calm, collected, and cold . His appearance didn’t look like that of someone whose life was threatened not too long ago .


“… However, you were able to subdue this idiot . I agree Louis was at fault, but he is no longer a threat . I would like to believe you wouldn’t cause him any further harm . ”


“You have a good point, but…!”


Kwah-jeek!


Sungyoon’s foot came down on Louis’ arm .


“Ahhhhk!”


Louis screamed .


“What the h.e.l.l…!”


Cohen yelled out in surprise . However, he shut his mouth soon . The Device equipped on Louis’ arm had Gems that were slowly losing their light .


Louis had tried to activate his Gems once again .


‘That stupid b.a.s.t.a.r.d!’


Cohen a.s.sessed the situation, and he was almost having a hard time breathing . He had become too frustrated . This dumb b.a.s.t.a.r.d had tried to secretly act in order to escape from Sungyoon .


“If he continues to act this way, I’ll have no choice but to take a more forceful action . Please warn him so that it doesn’t develop into something unfortunate . ”


“Hmmph! Do you think I’ll believe your bluff!”


It seemed as time pa.s.sed, Louis regained his ugly personality . He shouted in a strident manner .


“You don’t have the b.a.l.l.s to kill a single ant!”


Even a mutt would bark inside its own house . A sharp ax blade and a spear blade was right next to his neck, yet Louis remained bold . However, he shut his mouth when Sungyoon’s cold gaze landed on him . He had gotten in arguments with others before, and even took part in fistfights, but he had never seen someone look at him like this .


“I have no reason to kill an ant . However, I did kill a talking monkey before . ”


Louis shut his mouth in an instant . Talking monkey, Louis wasn’t dense enough to miss what Sungyoon was alluding to .


“Y . . . you are bluffing…”


He forced his mouth open, yet his voice shook a little bit . While they walked on the edge of life and death, their job was to kill monsters . Killing other humans was an entirely different proposition .


“I’m not bluffing . Some monkey took issue with a trivial matter . He held a grudge and followed me in my labyrinth . Of course, I almost died too, but . . . ”


Louis became speechless at Sungyoon’s extremely calm att.i.tude .


Cohen had an inkling as to what Sungyoon was talking about . He had recently heard in the news that a Connector had tried to ambush another Connector in a labyrinth . The attacker had died in the attempt .


‘Was he the one?’


However, he couldn’t be sure . This man could have heard the same rumor, and he might be bluffing .


But it didn’t matter if his words were the truth or not . It didn’t change what Cohen had to do .


‘They aren’t showing any signs of helping me out . ’


He glanced at the Ross siblings . They weren’t doing anything yet . Cohen would consider himself fortunate if the Ross siblings didn"t take Sungyoon’s side .


“ . . . Louis . Can you just shut up and do nothing for now?”


He stopped his comrade from making things worse . If Louis made the wrong move again, Sungyoon might kill him . Then they would really be at the point of no return .


Cohen worried Louis would object, but he obediently listened to his words . It seemed he had become afraid of Sungyoon .


“Let me say this again . I would like to apologize . ”


His voice became warier than before .


“I’m sorry for asking this of you . Could you forget everything that happened between us?”


“What did you just say?”


Tim’s hackles rose .


“Louis attacked a person, yet you want us to just forget about it?”


Tim really hated Louis, and the man had attacked Sungyoon, whom he respected . It couldn"t be helped . Tim exploded in anger .


However, Cohen didn’t even look toward Tim . His gaze remained on Sungyoon .


“We’ll give you adequate compensation . If you want something, just say it . Also, Louis isn"t a bad guy . He just has a bad temper . In truth, he was not attacking you, but just trying to scare you . ”


“That is true . ”


Although the skill gap between the two of them was large, Sungyoon wouldn’t have been able to easily subdue Louis if the latter had used his full power . He knew Louis had been holding back .


When Sungyoon conceded that point, Cohen inwardly let out a sigh of relief . At the same time, he felt a shock to his system .


The sigh of relief came because Sungyoon had acknowledged that there was no killing intent behind Louis’ attack . The shock appeared because . . .


‘He knew . He knows that Louis had attacked with reduced strength . ’


It meant Sungyoon was skilled enough to notice that . It seemed they really had made an error in judgment when it came to Sungyoon . Cohen felt his mistake to the bone .


“Do you have enough authority to grant me what I want?”


“Not really, but this is a big incident . Even if you overshoot in your request, I can make it happen . ”


This was beyond rectifying Louis’ sin . Their company"s image was on the line . He knew the company would go through great lengths to bury this incident .


Sungyoon pointed towards the Ross siblings .


“I want you to make sure no negative consequences occur from them breaking their contract . ”


“… is that all you want?”


It was unexpectedly a small request . However, Sungyoon shook his head from side to side .


“You can discuss the rest with my company’s president . ”


Sungyoon really had no idea what to ask for . So he decided to rely on Jimin .


Cohen frowned at the idea that someone else outside this group would learn about this incident . But in the end, he let out a sigh as he nodded . The one holding the handle of the knife wasn’t him but Sungyoon . He also thought the agreement would be a bit more binding if the contract was made at the company level . Of course, he could pa.s.s on the role of negotiator to someone else, so there was a bit of selfishness in his thoughts too .


“… Understood . Will you let go of Louis now?”


However, Sungyoon just stroked his chin and didn’t let Louis go .


“Mmm . How can I trust you guys will keep your word?”


“You don’t have to worry about that . ”


Tim’s face had been red with anger as he was watching what happened . However, he grasped this opportunity to step forward and took out a video camera from his bag .


“I had brought it to record the scenery on the moon, but it can be repurposed for other uses . ”


Sugyoon nodded . But Cohen let out a sigh as he wiped the frown off his face .


“So, you’ll have proof now . May you let go of Louis now?”


However, Sungyoon didn’t listen to Cohen’s words once again .


“First, let Mr . Tim outside . He can film all of this from there . ”


“… you are very cautious . ”


“I experienced something very bitter when I failed in life . ”


While Sungyoon and Cohen conversed, Tim followed Sungyoon’s directions . He went outside the building and pointed the camera inward . Only then did Sungyoon let go of Louis .


Hoo-da-dahk!


Louis quickly moved to the side of the Connectors of his company . It seemed he had regained his confidence after being back amongst his comrades . He turned a death glare at Sungyoon . However, Sungyoon didn’t even bother looking back at him .


Sungyoon walked up to Emily’s side . When he received her permission, he put the possessions of the Ross siblings into his storage Gem . Everyone once again became shocked at his Gem activation speed .


He paid no attention to them and walked toward the entrance of the building with Emily . The company employees did not dare to block their way .


“Let us meet again in better circ.u.mstances . ”


After he spoke those words, Sungyoon exited .


Emily had been about to follow Sungyoon, but hesitation appeared on her face .


Did she perhaps change her mind? Hope appeared in the eyes of the company employees .


However, the words that came out of her words shocked everyone . It especially shocked Cohen .


“You were a close comrade of my mother, Mr . Cohen . I think it is right to tell you this . ”


Her eyes were clear as she spoke .


“We found our mother’s corpse . ”