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Shimun stared at the void with slightly surprised eyes. And rightfully so.

『The Constellation Black Goat frowns deeply, ‘That damned Chaos bastard! What kind of nonsense has he been up to?’』

Since the moment the trace of the void was revealed, the Constellation Black Goat kept sending reactions.

‘Does it know something?’

Shimun wanted to ask the Black Goat, but

“Hyung! Are you okay?!”

“S-Shimun-nim! What is going on here?”

There were those who asked first.

“Ah. Well…”

Shimun glanced at the hovering reactions of the Black Goat in the void.

‘Judging by the lack of further response, it seems to be thinking about something.’

Given the Black Goat’s personality, it would be wiser to

‘wait for it to start talking first, instead of asking questions.’

Making his judgment, Shimun turned his attention to the two men.

“It’s simple. I brought out the trace of the void.”

“Trace of the void?”

“What’s that?”

The two men tilted their heads quizzically.

“It’s exactly as it sounds. When you use a certain skill with the void.”

Shimun tapped the dark purple aura lingering in the void,

“this kind of trace remains.”

He shrugged lightly, as if it was no big deal.

To this, “I’ve never heard of that. Have you, senior?”

“No, not at all.”

The two men expressed their doubts. Of course, they didn’t.

As top-rank Diamond rankers, they were at the peak of their game as players, after all.

“Shimun-nim, I’ve participated in the Arena for eight years, but… this is the first time I’ve heard about the void leaving traces.”

Especially for Park Jinwook, who had an eight-year Arena career, the idea that the void could leave traces was unheard of.

“Same here. Hyung, I’ve encountered void users three times, but I’ve never heard of any traces.”

“Of course not.”

Shimun held a mysterious smile.

‘This is information that gets revealed approximately three years after the official Arena begins.’

Involving interspecies and other rare elements, the official Arena, where such rare things start showing up in earnest, sees the knowledge of void traces come to light about three years after it starts.

To be precise, it was analyzed.

‘Was it Andrew? He discovered the void traces by analyzing an assassin-type player with void attributes.’

Andrew Burns, who later became a high-ranker representing the United States, struggled to catch a villain with void attributes who was a menace in the US at the time.

Ultimately, he discovered the void traces using his SS-ranked attribute – Analysis.

Therefore…

“This is information that hasn’t been revealed to the world yet.”

It was information still unknown in the irregular Arena on Earth. Naturally, even the top players or veteran players who have played for a long time wouldn’t know.

Kim Shihyuk slowly nodded at Shimun’s response.

“So, it’s information only you know.”

He displayed no particular suspicion.

“Indeed! You are Shimun-nim.”

Park Jinwook was the same, expressing his trust.

Shimun, slightly disconcerted, asked, “Aren’t you curious how I know this?”

“Not really? It’s not the first time you’ve surprised us.”

“Ever since you developed the Arena healing serum, I’ve decided to believe in whatever you do, Shimun-nim.”

Kim Shihyuk answered nonchalantly, and Park Jinwook showed his trust with sparkling eyes. Shimun was momentarily speechless at their attitudes but only briefly.

‘…Should I consider this fortunate?’

Shimun chuckled at the absolute trust shown by Kim Shihyuk and Park Jinwook.

‘Still, it feels good.’

Suddenly, memories of this time in his past life flashed through his mind.

‘Around this time in my past life, I wasn’t even in contact with Jinwook-ssi, let alone Shihyuk…’

He remembered struggling alone, gritting his teeth, trying to overcome his mana incapacity.

Compared to then, ‘Things are really different now.’

The severe mana incapacity was gone, and he now had younger siblings and colleagues who absolutely trusted him.

Moreover, ‘Yujeong too…’

Yujeong, whom he couldn’t meet even once after the mana incapacity struck and had to let go, was by his side now. And this precious sibling of his was now standing at the edge of a cliff, facing a similar conclusion to the previous life.

The smile faded from Shimun’s face completely.

‘I won’t let go this time.’

Unlike the previous life, everything he has grasped so far, and will grasp in the future, he won’t let go of anything.

With a determined look in his eyes…

“Anyway, the fact that the trace of the void remains like this…”

Shimun brushed the gradually fading dark purple trail once more.

“…is evidence that the person who killed Chairman Lee Suncheol is a void user.”

At those words, “Wait a minute.”

Did something come to mind?

“If it’s a void user, then don’t tell me…”

Kim Shihyuk’s face quickly turned grim.

“Yeah, you’re right.”

Shimun nodded solemnly.

“The CCTV in the chairman’s office was turned off just before Yujeong entered. And Lee Suncheol had his head cut off at that moment.”

Shimun’s gaze naturally shifted to the entrance.

“If it’s an assassin capable of pulling off a move undetected by Yujeong, even through a single door, there are only three people in the world.”

Shimun’s eyes narrowed.

Continuing his words, “There’s only one void-attribute assassin among them.”

Park Jinwook picked up where he left off.

“Void Sprinter Daniel. It’s definitely him.”

Void Sprinter Daniel.

A ranker-level assassin and a core member of the world’s strongest villain organization, Desperado.

Knowing who he was, “Ha!”

Kim Shihyuk scoffed and roughly ran his hand through his bangs.

“Those Desperado bastards! As if ambushing you wasn’t enough, now this!”

Then, “Hyung, what is Uncle doing?”

He turned sharply to Shimun.

“How could those psycho bastards enter Korea twice and still not be detected?!”

“Shihyuk, calm down. This isn’t something Uncle can help.”

Shimun sighed softly and soothed his younger brother.

“They’re the ones who even dared to terrorize the White House. Even Uncle can’t always detect their entry.”

Moreover, wasn’t there an exceptional spatial manipulator in Desperado?

Not even the Association President could track their every move.

“Still!”

“Enough.”

Shimun cut him off firmly. Kim Shihyuk bit his lip, but that was all he could do.

“Shihyuk, instead of wasting your energy getting emotional over this, we need to handle the matter at hand first.”

“… Okay, hyung.”

Given the practical reality, he calmed down and nodded.

Shimun looked at the nearly vanished trace of the void.

Then,

Click.

Shimun took out his phone and snapped a picture.

“This will prove Yujeong’s innocence.”

He immediately sent it to Kim Muyeol.

“So, what about us? Is it over since we found proof to prove the innocence?”

“No, now we catch the real culprit and make him pay.”

“How?”

Shimun grinned, and,

Shhhk.

He brushed the now nearly vanished void trace again.

Sssssaaa.

The void trace once again emitted a thick dark purple aura.

“I can read the void traces.”

From the moment he entered the chairman’s office, Shimun had clearly seen it.

The void trace that led from the window to the headrest of the chair.

‘It must be because of the one who receives the gaze from beyond the title. Or maybe it’s due to the Obsidian Tablet.’

Well, in any case, to Shimun, the traces of the void that disrupted space were visible as clearly as a scratch on glass.

And those traces…

‘Moved over there.’

Like being scraped by sharp claws, they were positioned outside the window, scattered around the rooftop of the building.

Shimun observed the traces the culprit had left and said,

“Considering Daniel’s personality, there’s a high chance he’s still in Korea.”

“True, that madman loved the chaos his assassinations caused.”

“He always caused a ruckus in the arena too. Secretly team-killing and then enjoying the chaos.”

Kim Shihyuk and Park Jinwook, who had experienced this a few times, showed clear disgust.

“If I were at ranker level, I would’ve already taken his head!”

Park Jinwook ground his teeth in frustration.

“That’s fine. This time, we are going to take him down.”

Shimun smiled at Park Jinwook and then said, “Then let’s go.”

“Got it.”

“Understood!”

They headed towards the half-open window.

Just as Shimun was about to snap his fingers to perform human alchemy,

『The Constellation Black Goat gazes at you and says, ‘Child, I need to look into this matter further.’』

The interrupted response from the Black Goat appeared in front of him.

『The Constellation Black Goat has given you a mission.』

The interaction led to a mission.

Shimun quickly checked the mission.

『Mission』

The Constellation Black Goat expresses deep interest in the void trace you discovered.

Find the ‘master’ who left the trace of the void.

Reward: Multiphasic Tracker Shub-jule (pre-issued), Achievement Points 5,000

A reward way too generous for the simple task of finding a person.

Especially,

‘Pre-issued reward?’

The term ‘pre-issued’ caught Shimun’s attention.

‘Shub-jule… Judging by the name, it seems like an extraordinary reward.’

And they want to issue it as a pre-reward?

Yet, Shimun’s face was not entirely bright.

For good reason, ‘This isn’t even the official arena. Isn’t it too much to pre-issue such a reward?’

Seeing such an extraordinary pre-reward was suspicious, especially since it was pre-issued in an irregular arena.

As expected…

『This dimension has not yet reached the stage of official arena gameplay.』

『Please revise the pre-issued reward.』

The system immediately requested the reward be revised, and

『The Constellation Black Goat clicks its tongue in frustration, ‘Tch. I thought I could slip that through.’

and revises the reward.』

Unlike usual, the Black Goat revised the reward without any additional protest.

『The mission reward has been updated.』

‘Of course. Even for the Black Goat, that would be too much.’

The weight of a regular arena versus an irregular arena is entirely different.

Shimun checked the revised reward.

Reward: Void Hound (pre-issued), Achievement Points 5,000

‘Void Hound? So it’s just for tracking?’

Although the prestige of the pre-issued reward dropped significantly,

‘Well, it’s fine. I have to track the traces anyway.’

Not minding the tracking, Shimun accepted the mission without much regret.

Then,

Sssaaa.

The front dimension split apart.

Grrr.

A mysterious dark purple four-legged beast appeared. Its appearance was canine, but the head had a ram’s horns, a bizarre form.

“What the, suddenly?!”

“Hyung!”

Park Jinwook and Kim Shihyuk took a defensive stance against the sudden arrival of the Void Hound, but that was all.

Jing.

Despite its dark exterior, seeing the Void Hound rub its head against Shimun’s hand, they lowered their guard. Shimun, with a pleasant smile, patted the Void Hound’s head and horns.

“Can you track this trace?”

When Shimun pointed to the void trace, the hound sniffed it enthusiastically.

Then,

Bark! Bark!

The hound barked loudly and leaped out the window.

*

Jamsil General Stadium.

In the dimming evening on the roof,

“I know.”

A hooded man was holding a cell phone.

– If you know, return immediately.

“Don’t order me. Before I kill you too.”

Snapped the hooded man. Underneath, a gaunt face with sunken eyes reminiscent of a drug addict scowled.

– Daniel, this is not an order.

“If it’s telling me what to do, then it’s an order, isn’t it?”

– Kim Muyeol has issued an exit ban on Awakened individuals. What do you think that means?

The voice over the phone, rich with middle-aged timbre, continued without wavering despite the man’s irritation.

He suspects something. The fact that the Sword Saint and Night Hunter haven’t been detained even though they’re suspected accomplices…

Increasingly complex words flowed from the other end of the line.

“Ah, I don’t care about that crap!”

Daniel quickly cut it off and said, “Even if the mission is complete, I can’t leave like this. I have to cause one more mess to feel less unjust.”

– Daniel!

“Shut up! Given the situation, I’ll take down that Kim Shimun or whatever his name is. How about that?”

-… It’s not a terrible choice, but he’s tough with the Sword Saint by his side.

“Then how about Dohu Ajumma? Rumor has it she’s a washed-up relic.”

Lee Yeonhee… not a bad choice. She’s a first-generation hero, so it would raise our profile too.

“Right? And if I kill her mother, that stoic woman’s mentality will be shattered too, kek!”

Daniel chuckled incessantly, seemingly pleased with the thought.

“Then I’ll take Dohu’s head and leave. Prepare for immediate departure as soon as the exit ban is lifted.”

– Understood.

With that, he ended the call and pocketed the cell phone.

‘Lee Yujeong. An Asian woman daring to reject me will face the consequences!’

With a gaze that carried more than just murderous intent—pure madness—

he gazed down at the bustling city below.

At that moment,

“A rat, huh?”

Daniel, who was looking down at the city, swung his arm in an instant.

Then followed,

Yelp!

A scream reminiscent of a dog erupted. Daniel turned to the source of the scream with his sunken eyes. There lay a black dog with a ram’s horns.

“A void hound?”

The void hound lay on the ground with a dagger stuck in its forehead.

“Why is that here…?”

But he didn’t finish his sentence.

Buzz.

A faint ringing in his ears. Daniel’s dagger, enveloped in a purple aura, swung upwards.

Clang!

Bright sparks briefly lit up the dim surroundings. Realizing the identity of the intruder, Daniel let out a short chuckle.

“Ha! So it wasn’t just Kim Muyeol who noticed?”

“If that incompetent fool even noticed, of course I would too.”

The sharp comment came from a refreshing young man wielding a sword with a white aura.

“An incompetent fool? Hey Kim Shihyuk, isn’t Kim Muyeol your uncle?”

It was Kim Shihyuk. He looked extremely dissatisfied.

“By family relationship, yes.”

He nodded reluctantly.

“What kind of guy is this…?”

As Daniel was about to say more, “Oh!”

Something caught his sunken eyes.

It was none other than, “Aren’t you the famous Kim Shimun everyone’s been talking about lately? I was planning to come find you, but you came to me instead?”

Daniel had spotted Shimun approaching behind Kim Shihyuk.

Shimun responded with a grin, “It seems you Desperado bastards are quite heated up. The Void Sprinter himself coming to find me.”

“More than just heated, we’re on fire. Especially Mogadam, he’s not just angry; he’s planning to blow you up at the molecular level.”

Mentioning Mogadam, the bomb maniac, another core member of Desperado, Daniel tried to provoke Shimun. He seemed to expect that Shimun would cower in fear, but, “Ah, is it because of that paper-folding guy? His name was Jace Clarke, right?”

Shimun answered nonchalantly.

“Indeed. You’re quite brave, it seems. You must be eager to die.”

Daniel’s sneer turned into a murderous intent.

Just then,

“Isn’t it you who’s overconfident?”

Shwaak!

A cold voice accompanied by the swift strike of a white sword aura.

Without even confirming it, Daniel moved smoothly and melded into the void, evading Kim Shihyuk’s sword strike.

Then, he reappeared not far away. Kim Shihyuk glared at Daniel with cold eyes.

“You dare talk about killing my brother in front of me.”

“Hyung?”

A slight crease appeared on Daniel’s forehead.

Then, “Ah-ha! Kim Shimun, Kim Shihyuk. I see, you’re brothers?”

Daniel spun his dagger with a small expression of admiration.

“But you don’t look alike at all. Are you really brothers?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“True. It isn’t.”

Daniel let out a laugh as he prepared for another attack from Kim Shihyuk. He then glanced at Park Jinwook, who was standing by Shimun’s side, glaring at him with a murderous intent.

“Daniel, you bastard! I’ll pay you back for the trolling in the last arena!”

‘The Sword Saint and the Night Hunter… This is going to be tough even for me,’

Daniel thought.

Just considering the intrinsic advantages between classes, it was evident. Historically, combat classes counter assassination classes. And a skilled individual like Sword Saint Kim Shihyuk had an even more pronounced counter.

Let alone the scenario where there was another assassin like the Night Hunter involved.

“Tch. I wanted to save this technique to avoid exposing it, but I have no choice.”

“Don’t hold back. You won’t be able to use it ever again anyway.”

Buzz.

Kim Shihyuk charged, emitting his sword aura’s distinctive hum.

“Haha! You’re right, Kim Shihyuk.”

Even as Kim Shihyuk charged, Daniel couldn’t stop laughing.

“When your life is on the line, it’s foolish to hold back.”

Saah.

Daniel reached out to the void with his left hand.

“See you later.”

Then, “Void Exile.”

He muttered, and with a motion, grasped the void in his hand.

Amazingly,

Kim Shihyuk, who seemed ready to cleave Daniel in half, disappeared without a trace.

“Si-Shihyuk!”

Park Jinwook screamed in shock but that was all he could do.

“Park Jinwook. You might not be much, but… I like to be thorough. See you in a bit.”

With the same motion, Daniel eliminated Park Jinwook using the void.

“Hehe! Kim Shimun? It’s just the two of us now.”

With a sinister smile full of murderous intent,

“Indeed.”

“Ha! You don’t even blink? Well, no wonder you’ve been so arrogant up to now.”

Daniel imbued his dagger with dark void energy.

“Even if your entire body twists in agony, I hope you keep that courage till the end.”

Then he swung at Shimun.

Saah.

A crescent-shaped dark void flew towards him.

“I feel the same way, Daniel.”

Shimun spread his arms wide.

“I hope you maintain your current bravado till the end.”

He greeted the incoming void head-on.

TL’s Corner:

Using void in front of Shimun without knowing that Goat Mama is supporting Shimun.