Ignorance.
"Have you noticed, or is it just me, but the skeleton dude infront of us, There are purple rays coming from behind him, and his clothes are changing to those of ancient marksmen and archers with a huge robe.
"System:That monster type is a Lich, his heart exists somewhere else between 500 meters. Destroy it to kill the Lich."
"Aah, why does this keep happening to us..."
The bad things are repeatedly occurring to our group, was there a special reason why?
All we wanted was revenge for setting bounties on our head, and am I just worth just 5 billion won?
While that is certainly a large sum of money for common people, it was but a small amount for someone like me, who had given up more than half of his life for the organisation.
"So now, for the issue at hand, how do we find the 'heart' of a goddamn monster in this large area?" I asked Jack, I didn't expect anything from the start, because he was just a muscle brain that loved doing justice.
"Well, Timothy is kind of stupid as well.. Think Shin Hyeong , Think!" I said to myself as I started walking in a loop infront of them.
While Berserker was keeping the Lich busy, the most he could buy us time for was an Hour.
We needed to think fast, His stamina and strength is being exhausted at a really fast rate.
About 10 minutes later, The only logical solution to this.. was to blow up the 500 meters radius from the area.
But that would take a lot of time, to evacuate the civilians one by one, pack up their luggages, we needed a better solution.
"Oi, Miss Anastasia, we are done with the investigation, I need to tell you something about this, I will sum it up in short, and give you a detailed explanation later."
I didn't have much time, so I broke up the whole incident into smaller sentences and told her about the contracts, she immediately moved to Italy and brought along the 8 others with her.
"I can't do this anymore! How long will it take for reinforcement to arrive!?" Jack was getting tired, Magic wasn't supposed to exist in this world from the start, it's us who brought it into existence.
Unlike webtoons and novels, Fictional worlds do not exist, and earth was not supposed to have magic from the start..
As I was talking to myself, the status window appeared with a text, "If the WOTS change the earth into something that is rich in magic energy, would you be able to beat them?"
I had two choices, Yes or No, Saying Yes, had a higher risk of the others excluding the 12 of us, contracted with the warriors, would also acquire abilities which are hard to conquer.
"Yes." I said it without hesitation, because what happens will happen.
"Good choice you have made there kid."
In reality, I am a 70 year old man, But the higher ups were much older.
Soon a blue themed portal opened up right above us, it covered the entirety of Korea, with bits of Japan alongside it.
Such portals opened up in different parts of the world as well, Such as the United States and India and other major countries.
Blue air flowed out from it, and soon dissipated into the air.
"Woah..." It was a spectacular sight to behold, One couldn't comprehend the Marvel's the WOTS could commit.
The news channels reported this right away, reports said that this was the end of earth.
"John, I feel a massive surge in magic energy inside my veins! It feels like I can fight him for a day without resting and I would still be absolutely fine!"
Anastasia called me on my cellphone to ask if I was the one who made use of the Zodiacs to unravel such horrors onto Humanity.
"Well, you already know that it was me who did it, don't you?"
Anastasia and the 8 others, had finished up with their contracts and cleaned up the bloody message of the villagers, and we're moving towards Korea once again.
"Oh gosh, I just landed at Italy and now I'm catching a flight to Korea once again..!"
As it was pretty tiring for the workers, it wasnt physically exhausting for the contractors who were fully energized.
They soon reached the Area we were in, 5 of the 9 of them, specialised in tanking abilities because of their zodiac signs, helped out Jack as much as they could, while it was obvious Jack was stronger than all of them, It was still a massive help, since we needed time, and that's what they're working for, to buy us time till we find the heart!
Not long after, Many elderly citizens and young kids in highschool, started getting sick, their health was deteriorated.
"Oi Sagittarius, what is this all about..?"
"This disease is formed by over usage or consumption of the magic energy, also known as the Weak Man's Breakthrough. If not treated within a month of getting sick, they will turn into living monsters, some records depict the suck patient being able to shape shift into any monster."
"That is tragic, So what is the solution to this?"
"System is thinking...
System is thinking...
System is thinking...
Answer not found."
"Oh man, We must have a cure right! I can't afford to defeat enemies like that Lich more and more!"
The shop menu appeared infront of me, as if it had something useful.
"Skill(Limited Edition):Take It All!
Passive Ability, Certain actions or conditions that the user fulfills can allow him to steal or copy the ability of a user.
Price:550 coins."
"That is pretty expensive, 550 kills for a skill.. How many coins do I have now?"
"Balance / wallet:5000 coins."
"Wait what! I didn't kill 5000 people!"
"No Host, you didn't, that was a gift from the System for certain Achievements."
"Oh!"
TO BE CONTINUED