Chapter 29
Black Label’s Lamb Skewer Street.
Hwang Ji-young sat at a large table, skimming through piles of documents.
Left Wing approached.
“Guild Leader.”
“What’s the word? What are they after besides the Shindang-dong Department Store?”
“They’re searching for information about the Legendary Title Holder.”
“Legendary Title Holder?”
Her eyebrow twitched.
“Why? Are they trying to recruit them? Even so, they can’t beat Land Cleaning or the Haeundae Guild.”
“From what I’ve gathered, they seem to know a method for Title Usurpation.”
Hwang Ji-young’s expression hardened.
“Title Usurpation?”
“Yes.”
Black Label was Korea’s top information guild.
If they didn’t know something, it usually didn’t exist.
“That spell disappeared 60 years ago with the demon worship cult. No one should know it…”
“Someone has it. And whoever holds it seems to be in the Land Cleaning Guild.”
“And to usurp a Title, you have to kill the target.”
“Judging from their movements, they’re preparing for murder.”
“Insane bastards. Wait—if they’re looking for a Legendary Title Holder… could this involve the public officials? The government is making a list that includes ‘Bang Hyuk-min.'”
“It seems connected. As soon as the list is ready, Land Cleaning Guild is moving.”
She fell silent.
“What happened to the Bang Hyuk-min we know?”
“He’s on the list. But considering how they’re acting, it seems he’s been excluded from the Legendary Title Holder candidates.”
Left Wing studied her face.
Then he asked:
“Guild Leader… is our Bang Hyuk-min—”
“No. I was just asking.”
But suspicion lingered in her expression.
Left Wing noticed—and frowned.
“Could he actually be the Legendary Title Holder?”
“I asked him. He said no.”
“What do you think? You’ve met him the most.”
“Well… if nothing’s been revealed, we should assume he’s not. But… there’s this feeling. Hard to shake.”
“Thinking about it, the timing when he suddenly rose up matches.”
She fell into deep thought.
Then shook her head.
“No, no.”
She lifted a finger.
“Or maybe… even the Legendary Title is part of Bang Hyuk-min’s plan.”
“A possibility. He even knew your family’s location—the one piece of information even we don’t have.”
Left Wing nodded slowly.
“Guild Leader, if all of this is true… then what else will Bang Hyuk-min do? And what is he aiming for?”
A faint, meaningful smile curled onto her lips.
“I don’t know. But one thing is clear—
We’re on that ship too.”
“Legendary Title Holder…”
Even Black Label, with its long history, could only speculate.
They didn’t know—
“Just in case, cover Bang Hyuk-min as much as possible until the Legendary Title Holder is officially announced.”
—that everything they dismissed as wild speculation was all true.
“Understood.”
“What will he show us next…? He’s interesting.”
She chuckled softly and returned to her documents.
= = =
Hyuk-min and Hyun-jung stopped the Tower run after the 37th floor.
It was almost disappointing—Hyun-jung’s perfect support made the raid fun.
Checking his phone, he murmured:
‘7:42 PM. Tight.’
He made a call.
There was only one person he would call.
“Help me get to Hwado quickly. It’s urgent.”
[What? Are we a taxi service now?]
“You know I wouldn’t call for something like this. It’s really urgent.”
[If you leave the Tower, taxi 3345 is waiting—]
“Not a taxi. Lend me Left Wing. Please.”
Silence.
Left Wing’s Skill was a secret only three people in Black Label knew.
“Hwado’s cement factory. I want to settle this today.”
He hung up.
Hwang Ji-young froze.
Even Left Wing didn’t know Hyuk-min knew about his secret Skill.
Hyuk-min smirked.
“I’m definitely going to get suspected of having a Status-Reading Skill.”
Only a handful existed.
Like the saintess from his previous life.
“She’s probably panicking.”
He knew she would send Left Wing.
If not to help—then to find out how he knew.
Suppressing laughter, he left the Tower with Hyun-jung.
= = =
Outside the Tower, they approached taxi 3345.
A hand gripped his shoulder.
“Mr. Hyuk-min.”
Left Wing.
“You’re here.”
“There’s a lot I want to ask. But since you said it’s urgent, let’s go first.”
Hyuk-min nearly laughed aloud.
Left Wing’s aloof eyes now held irritation, confusion—and a hint of fear.
‘I finally get to see his Skill.’
He had never seen Left Wing’s Teleportation in his previous life.
Land Cleaning Guild had killed him before he could.
Left Wing led them straight into Dotdae Tower.
And then—
Into the men’s restroom.
‘Ah, he must want a secluded place.’
He was very wrong.
Whooooooosh—
A sudden sandstorm hit.
Hyuk-min blinked.
The restroom was gone.
Instead—
He was standing inside the cement factory in Hwado.
“Wow!”
Hyun-jung stared with sparkling eyes.
Left Wing stepped out of the shadows, annoyed.
“What are you doing there?”
“…What. I didn’t know your Skill worked like this.”
“I’ll ask one question. Answer honestly.”
“Fine, since you helped.”
Left Wing inhaled.
“Do you have the ability to see Status Windows?”
Hyuk-min burst out laughing.
“No.”
Left Wing froze.
“Then how did you know?”
“One question is over. That’s the price for your help.”
“That secret was worth more—”
“No. You even used Right Wing’s Skill to check the truth behind my words. Consider this repayment for using deception-prevention on me.”
Left Wing stiffened.
Another Black Label secret had slipped from Hyuk-min’s mouth.
Even Left Wing stuttered.
“Y-you—”
Hyuk-min raised a hand.
“Ask next time you help me. Please return now. Everything from this point on is my information.”
Left Wing ground his teeth.
“…Fine.”
He glared, stepped through the portal-door—and vanished.
Hyuk-min scanned with mana just in case, but Left Wing never went back on his word.
“Alright. Let’s prepare.”
8:35 PM.
They walked through the abandoned cement factory.
“Wow… it’s huge. And so quiet…”
Thousands of square meters—silent, dark, eerie.
“Uncle… I’m scared.”
Only the dim light of his phone guided them.
He stopped at a nondescript corner.
“This is why it wasn’t found for ten years.”
“There’s a Dungeon here?”
“You wouldn’t see it even if you knew.”
“No matter how hard I look, there’s nothing—”
“It hasn’t opened yet.”
“It hasn’t opened yet?”
“This Dungeon is different. It opens only for 5 minutes at a specific time.”
Darkness deepened.
Small traces of mana glowed beneath his feet.
“A Dungeon that opens for only 5 minutes…?”
“It’s a Hidden Dungeon.”
A rare phenomenon—one of only a few in the entire world.
8:43 PM.
He put away his phone.
Darkness swallowed them completely.
“Get ready. It opens in one minute.”
“One minute!?”
Beep-beep.
Beep-beep.
“Now.”
8:44 PM.
“Kyaaaaa!”
The ground vanished beneath them.
Hyuk-min and Hyun-jung dropped straight down into a pitch-black abyss.
Whoosh—
Wind roared across the empty factory.
Dust swirled.
Five minutes later—
Thump.
The black hole vanished.
Only a name remained—
whispered by the wind before fading.
Tomb of the Dead Knight.