EX-rank’s Replay (386)

Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost

 
60. Party (9)

Not many records related to the Celtic myths left in the present era.

The secrets and teachings left by Celtic people’s high priests, druids, were permitted to be only transmitted through an oral way.

As there were no records Celts personally left, the Celtic knowledge and myths were quickly erased after the invasion by other cultures.

The Celtic myths left in the modern era, are all records left by ancient Romans or foreign nations that knew Celts like Greeks, but the majority of the things surrounding the myths were based on conjectures.

As such, most of Celts and Celtic myth’s records disappeared as we have arrived in the modern era, but not all traces of the Celtic people disappeared.

One of the things that could serve as an example was this ‘Celtic Sea’.

And our destination was bordering that Celtic Sea.

When the destination was first revealed, Seong Gukeon even added such a comment:
 

“It’s a land worthy to be selected by the Demons appearing in the Celtic myths. Doesn’t Wales fall into the sphere of influence of Celtic myths, and borders the Celtic Sea?”
 

Wales was bordering the Celtic Sea, but the majority of its territory was bordering St George’s Channel and Bristol Channel.

The region bordering the Celtic Sea wasn’t that wide, our destination, Linney, was the land overseeing the Celtic Sea.

The precise location would be West by the standard of London where I met with the MITRON patissier, and South-west considering Manchester, where the base of Kwon Jane and Eternal Lake team was located.

The further away we got from the city centers and closer to Linney, the traces of humans became more sparse, but in contrast to that, the number of air limousines driving around increased.

The sun set, and the surrounding became darker, but thanks to the bright headlights of the air limousines, it wasn’t that dark.
 

‘All the people riding those cars have to be invitees.’
 

Seong Gukeon, who was wearing a tailcoat and watching the sight outside with me, burst out laughing.

It seemed like he discovered a car of a person he knew.
 

“I saw a few familiar air limousines. When participating in such auction it’s better to take a new car or borrow one that isn’t registered.”
 

Seong Gukeon had a pretty good memory.

When he was running an election campaign for an assemblyman office for the first time, he even displayed a marvelous skill to memorize faces of all the people he shook hands with.

Seong Gukeon was acting like he was peacefully looking outside the window, but in his head he would be memorizing the air limousines’ car models and car numbers, to organize the list of people who participated in the Demons’ auction.

As if sitting in the driver’s seat Jeon Mu-yeong also knew that, he even said ‘Assemblyman-nim, You can rest while we drive’.
 

‘Before the two people came back, I got some sleep, but the two couldn’t get a wink of sleep.’
 

That was the situation, but I had no hateful sounds to make, even if Seong Gukeon and Jeon Mu-yeong were working themselves excessively.

Rather, because it seemed that the two were overflowing with more energy than me, I was quietly reflecting inside.
 

‘We have to quickly succeed in stealing ‘Imoogi’s Raise to Heaven’ and let the two rest.’
 

Time a bit after midnight.

Jeon Mu-yeong glanced at the navigation, then outside, and said:
 

“It seems we’ve arrived.”
 

The place the air limousine stopped was at a cliff.

In the distance, I heard a sound of splashing waves, and around, I only saw a few air limousines parked just like us, it didn’t look any like a party venue.

It didn’t look like a location where the Fomori Demons would hold an auction to sell the treasure of Danu god tribe.
 

‘It’s the time and location written in the invitation. It said that you can enter from 12 am to 1 am according to the local time, and to make sure to bring the invitation.’
 

It seemed that the entrance to this Halloween party was created according to the humans’ general knowledge.

As if backing up that thought, I felt an energy of powerful superpower wave here and there.

Reacting to the superpower wave appearing and disappearing, the surrounding scenery changed.
 

‘The parked cars disappeared one after another from the places where I felt the superpower wave react!’
 

From among the sparsely parked air limousines, the first cars to arrive were disappearing.

It seemed it was the so-called ‘entrance’.
 

“I think the entering has started. It appears that they’re entering in the order they arrived, eh?”

“It seems like it would be good for everyone to wear masks, eh?”
 

At Seong Gukeon’s words, our group took out their masks.

Perhaps to avoid drawing eyes to his large frame, Seong Gukeon put on a mask with a disguise skill and a dinner jacket, and as he finished changing, his built looked similar to Jeon Mu-yeong.

Moving while wearing clothes with disguise skills had to be uncomfortable, but Seong Gukeon didn’t show it.
 

‘Seong Gukeon is probably familiar with disguising himself, as he often acted incognito. Not to mention Jeon Mu-yeong.’
 

When I put on the crow mask according to my promise with MITRON’s patissier.

The two people, who finished the preparations before me, looked at me.

Jeon Mu-yeong’s expression didn’t change at all, but Seong Gukeon smirked when he saw me.
 

“Crow… I have seen it in the reports related to Eungwang District incidents a few times.”
 

From the moment I made up my mind to use this mask, I was resolved to reveal my actions to Seong Gukeon and Jeon Mu-yeong, but I didn’t expect for them to be revealed so quickly.

As I recalled the incidents I caused in the Eungwang District while wearing a crow mask, there were too many to make a guess.
 

‘About which incidents is he talking about?’
 

At the end of my short worries, I decided to just openly ask.
 

“Reports on what kind of things are You speaking of?”
 

Seong Gukeon was making a face of a senior looking at a junior.

At my question, Seong Gukeon made a face that said ‘I know everything’, and said softly:
 

“Reports on incidents that it wouldn’t be strange even if a class 0’s junior was involved, junior-ah.”
 

It seemed that Seong Gukoen just thought that he knew almost everything about the matters I had caused while wearing a crow mask.

Perhaps because Seong Gukeon caused a big incident upon big incident during his days as Eungwang School’s class 0, it didn’t seem like he thought it was strange that a class 0 junior caused this magnitude of an incident.
 

“Putting on the mask and using items on the parts revealing skin had been done, but it would be good to act more careful from now on. From now on, don’t use Korean.”

“If You need an application for the device specializing in interpretation, I’ll send it to You. It’s better than the device’s basic interpreter function.”
 

Seong Gukeon and Jeon Mu-yeong spoke English fluently.

Jeon Mu-yeong looked at me and said he would send me an interpreter app if I needed one, but seeing how he said it in English, it seemed he naturally thought I could speak English.

Just after I replied that I’m fine and don’t need an interpreter app, something politely knocked on the tinted window.
 

Knock knock.
 

That something was a hand wearing a white glow.

To speak precisely, it was just a hand, nothing else.

The hands in the gloves were moving in the air and knocking aon the windows.
 

[I’ll confirm the invitation.]
 

I heard a quiet machine-like voice.

It appeared to be a voice created by resonating superpower wave.

The something checking the invitations right now was not something entirely transparent besides a hand, but rather seemed to be a being with nothing but a hand, and without vocal cords.

Even though it was natural to be flustered when suddenly faced with such a being, Jeon Mu-yeong and Seong Gukeon weren’t flustered at all.

Instead, Jeon Mu-yeong calmly lowered the air limousine window and handed the invitation.

The hand in the white glove moved and accepted the invitation.
 

[Thank You. Please wait a moment.]
 

The two hands moved in the air.

One hand held an invitation, and the other hand, wrapped in a white glove, stroked the invitation.

At the same time as the hand moved, the invitation emitted a dim light.

It repeated the same action a few times.
 

‘It seems to be checking if the invitation is genuine.’
 

As my Playable Character’s first work was going up on the auction, and it was an auction my Playable Character was targeting, they had to do at least this much.

But of course, as that invitation prepared by two outstanding people was genuine, such procedures were useless.
 

[Thank You for accepting the invitation. Allow me to guide You to the party venue.]
 

As if the checking was finished, the hand in a white glove moved and drew something in the air.

For a magic circle, it was extremely simple looking, but soon, a powerful superpower wave incomparable with that simple shape wrapped around the air limousine.

The place the superpower wave was pouring out was the ground.
 

‘The ground itself is a magic circle, huh!’
 

I guess this whole cliff was an entrance.

It seemed what the white hand drew was a key moving this magic circle.
 

Paaat!
 

The air limousine we were riding in was swallowed by a superpower wave.

My vision was briefly blocked because of the dark superpower wave, when I was able to see in front of me again, a different scenery unfolded.

The place our car was parked at was the same cliff we have arrived at, but an enormous bridge[1], that wasn’t visible when we first came here, appeared.

Jeon Mu-yeong looked at the magic circle that was engraved on the bridge that suddenly appeared on the ground, and was amazed.
 

“This is… a large scale concealment magic. It’s only visible for permitted people, I think we can come in.”

“A concealment magic?”

“Yes. It seems to be a large scale type. It’s very clever, eh? Looking at the numbers engraved on the magic circle, it seems that the entrance is only opened on the October 31st. But can’t completely figure out its principles.”
 

Jeon Mu-yeong, who specialized in covert actions, had a setting that said he studied magic to raise his attack power.

Perhaps thanks to that study, Jeon Mu-yeong seemed to recognize it was concealment magic right when he saw the magic circle.
 

‘It seems like he isn’t able to use magic just like before, but the magic study is still of help.’
 

Jeon Mu-yeong looked at the magic circle with admiration.
 

“They probably prepared another entrance that only Fomori Demons can pass through for other days than Halloween. It’s indeed magic worthy to be used by the Demons from the mythical period, eh?” [2]
 

In front of the air limousine, several hands in white gloves were moving busily.

Seeing as the air limousines that arrived before us moved following the hands’ movements, it seemed they were guiding them to park.
 

“It seems we have to either walk that bridge or fly to get in, eh?”

“It seems that we can only get up to here with the air limousine, eh?” [3]
 

Excluding the drivers, all the invitees in the other air limousines were getting off.
 

“I’ll move according to the plan after I park. Please go first.”
 

Jeon Mu-yeong was planned to act alone from here.

Jeon Mu-yeong’s Gwangrim ‘Time without traces’ was the best infiltration technique that couldn’t be seen through without proper tinkering by a higher being connected to shadows.

That ability that couldn’t be seen through by common Jin people or higher beings, so even if he was to tag along to form a party, it would be difficult to know.

As such, it wasn’t suited for group actions.

Even then, Jeon Mu-yeong pleaded.
 

“Assemblyman-nim, You can’t act alone. If possible, move with student Jo Uisin, and if that’s inconvenient, please join with me.”

“Haha! Don’t worry. According to what you said, Mu-yeong, don’t force yourself.”
 

Usually, he should be telling me, a mere teen, to restrain from acting alone, but Jeon Mu-yeong was looking with worry at Seong Gukeon.

It wasn’t simply because Jeon Mu-yeong was Seong Gukeon’s chief aide, it was an advice given considering Seong Gukeon’s abilities.
 

‘Because the abilities Seong Gukeon has become weak when he moves alone.’
 

Unlike the nickname given to him by the press ‘Nation Matchless’, Seong Gukeon had an ability, which was difficult to use when moving alone.

Seong Gukeon’s Gwangrim was displayed when there was a being he perceived as his colleague.

In game terms, it was the type of ability that could be only used when there was a party member, and in terms of semantics, it was an ability worthy of an assemblyman.
 

‘In PMH, he ended up alone.’
 

Thinking about that incident, I was still bitter.

Considering that, I planned to move with Seong Gukeon if possible.

When we parted with Jeon Mu-yeong and headed to the bridge covered in sea fog first.
 

‘… This is!’
 

I saw an unexpected being in the periphery of my vision.

The woman, wearing a half mask with a horse mane decoration, had half of her face covered, but under it, black skin was revealed.

It was the head of the Ma tribe[4], Heuk-ma.
 

*~*~*
 

[1] bridge — 교량 (gyu-ryang) can also mean ‘to compare and estimate’.

[2] “They probably prepared another entrance that only Fomori Demons can pass through for other days than Halloween. It’s indeed magic worthy to be used by the Demons from the mythical period, eh?”— Jeon Mu-yeong’s sentence.

[3] “It seems that we can only get up to here with the air limousine, eh?” — Jeon Mu-yeong’s sentence.

[4] Ma tribe — ‘ma’ for a horse.
 

Translator’s note: This chapter has an illustration. And in this unkind world, I would usually have to send you to raws to see it, but author-nim is a truly kind and generous soul, and they made all the illustrations available for free and even allowed to redistribute them if it’s in relation to this novel scratch that, I’m not sure if I can distribute this particular illustration =-= if it’s replaced with a link to it, it means I didn’t want to risk it. (It’s not because author-nim doesn’t allow it, but because they may not have full rights to this illustration).

Here is the illustration with as precise image description as my terrible description skills could muster, and below it is also the translation of the note author-nim left with this picture:
 

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[ID: Two girls, Kim Yuri and Han Yi, are walking down a brightly lit, white hallway. Kim Yuri at the front has long black hair tied into a ponytail, part of her front hair is swept to two sides, with some short, triangle hair left covering her forehead. She has a platinum magnolia hair pin with a purple butterfly on it. Her eyes have a purple tint, and she is smiling softly as she glances at Han Yi. She is wearing a school uniform with a skirt. Skirt, jacket with the school emblem on the left side of the chest and the shirt are all black, the necktie is white. She is holding a purple lightsaber. A step behind is Han Yi, with bob cut black hair, with a very very slight hint of blue. I’m not sure of the color of her eyes, they appear dark brown or black, but it’s possible they have a hint of blue. She is wearing the same skirt, shirt and necktie as Kim Yuri, but she has a white vest instead of the black jacket. She is holding some white sheets tied with a blue tie over her shoulder. She is wearing white snickers. The floor they’re walking on is made of black tiles. The ceiling is made out of white tiles. The signature at the bottom says: ‘ ©INTIME ⟨EX-rank supporting character’s replay in prestigious highschool⟩ written by Gi-wol-wol (기월월), illustrated by Alteo (알터). End of ID.]
 

Translations of author-nim’s note (entire note uses formal tone):

(21/02/02)

Hello, this is Gi-wol-wol.

A new illustration came out!

It was last year when I received a suggestion for an illustration, and I remember how deeply grateful I was for having an opportunity for characters to make an appearance.

The candidates were Jang Namuk and Yu Sang-hun, who first appeared in the tutorial.

And so were the Ho tribe members, who didn’t appear on the cover, and other Jin people and descendants.

There were many candidates, but finally I have decided on Kim Yuri and Han Yi from class 0, who were attending school from the first day.

I’m happy to have the illustrations of all the students from class 0, who attended the school from the first day.
 

I thank INTIME manger-nim, who suggested the new illustration and helped to produce it, illustrator-nim, who drew the two covers and this new illustration,

and readers-nim, who are always with us.
 

 

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