Waking up early, Chu Mal-Chin planned to go sneak in while everybody was still waking up. Packing 5 days worth of rations, he sighed and looked around on what to take.
Seeing 2 pills in a small jar, his eyes shined.
"Ah yes, how could I forget my lovely lifelines~" Chu Mal-Chin cradled the small bottle. It were the same pills that Chu Mal/Chin had given Sirvana.
Suiting up, the mask easily latched onto Malso's face. No strings required, it was a special enchant where only the user could take it off.
After double checking again, Chu Mal-Chin looked at himself in the mirror.
"Reminds me of….hm, reminds me of…." Struggling to remember what he resembled, the timer on his phone went off, indicating his time to leave.
Shrugging, he snapped his fingers and found himself behind a dusty abandoned building. It was the teleport anchor closest to the gate.
The gate he chose was a secluded D rank gate managed by a small guild. Not many people went in, as it was only inhabited by horse monsters.
The horns that could be extracted from the hose monsters were only worth 170-180 dollars, but there were extremely tough to kill as they often grouped.
This amount of money was tempting but the time, preparation, and effort wouldn't
be covered.
Malso, of course, wasn't affected though. He actually in a way was really good for multiple opponents because of his ability.
Thus Chu Mal-Chin chose this gate, as it was easiest for him.
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Looking around, he saw a guard lazily guarding the gate door. He was at most a C rank talent, too easy.
For such a low rank, Chu Mal-Chin didn't even need to use his clothing enchants. He just needed to conceal his presence and walk by.
Blaming himself for being too cautious, Malso concealed his presence and walked by the guard. Of course, the C rank talent couldn't see pass an S+.
Entering the gate, Chu Mal-Chin found himself in an open plain. The wind harshly blew around him.
Grabbing a pack of cards from his storage, he injected mana into the card. It turned bright green and its patterns glowed beautifully.
Sticking it into the ground, a thick vine grew from the card, sending him into the sky.
Looking around, he saw a heard of horses off in the distance. Sliding down the slanted vine, he began headed towards the heard.
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Andras flicked his sword around, causing Mallory to frown.
"President, please consider that your actions may be seen as threatening and reckless." Mallory sighed.
Andras glanced at Mallory and said nothing, but he threw the sword back into his dimensional space.
Today, Sovereign was tasked to investigate an A ranked gate. Because of the recent abnormalities surrounding gates, not many dared to enter high leveled gates in fear of death.
Thus, Soverign was asked by the government to explore and take notes on the inside of the A rank gate. Of course, the reward was quite nice so Andras eventually agreed.
As everyone got ready, Andras's eyes floated towards Mallory.
"Will you be participating in this gate?" He asked.
"I will not. There are other matters i must finish up first." Mallory sighed.
"Try to finish them up before I return." Andras was quite a demanding boss.
Before Mallory could complain in his heart though, Andras spoke again.
"If you do, I'll find a good artifact for you." Andras smiled slightly, before turning away.
Mallory felt touched. This must be what it feels like work for someone wealthy!
"I understand." Mallory bowed his head and turned away, hurrying to finish his work.
By now the exploration team and the small group of researchers finished prepping and prepared to go in.
Standing up, Andras walked towards the gate entrance and went in.
Meanwhile, Chu Mal-Chin was getting closer towards the herd of horses. Looking ahead from a tall cliff side, they were now just barely in his reach.
Trying to calm his trembling heart, he took deep breaths as he pulled out 2 packs of cards.
Shuffling through the deck, he quickly inject mana into every card he touched. Very quickly, his mana started to plummet.
Eventually it stopped, it used up quite the amount. Today's trip would serve as an experiment, and a way to garner income.
Chu Mal-Chin went into thought, Malso could probably do 3 ultimate shuffles per day. This was scary considering the fact his actual identity was of a lazy son relaying on their parents's inheritance.
He also was forced to screen to see if he was a gifted or not, which Malso managed to fake through because the machines could easily be manipulated by people over S rank.
Because of the sheer strength of people S+ rank and above, the government didn't try and force its people. If you managed to go through the test undetected and not get caught, it was technically illegal, but the government wouldn't press too heavily on an SS rank.
Shaking his head, Chu Mal-Chin went back to the current situation. Tightly grabbing the cards, he split it evenly between two hands.
Using all of his strength, he flung the cards at the huge hoard of horses. They sensed the oncoming danger and tried to run, but it was too late and they were burned, choked, and drowned.
Giant vines grew from the cards, capturing many horses and either suffocated them or threw them roughly onto the ground.
A scary fire was never ending, as it moved from one burning mane to another. Somehow, the water and fire never mixed as even when the horses drowned, the horses next to them could burn to death.
It was chaos and Chu Mal-Chin stared in shock at the destructive power he saw. He could only imagine what Andras and Samuel could do if they decided to go all out.