Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging

After seeing this, Moira Lynch decisively retreated to the second floor, closing the door and shutting Kai York’s screams outside.

’I should probably just stay in my room and sort through the loot I brought back from the game.’

’As for what just happened... I didn’t see a thing.’

Just as Moira Lynch was about to sort her loot, she keenly sensed a faint ripple in space.

Someone was locking onto her position!

Realizing their intent, Moira Lynch didn’t hesitate. She entered her personal space and used a Teleportation Gate to travel to Cloudsea Planet.

After arriving on Cloudsea Planet, the faint ripple didn’t disappear.

Meanwhile, in an underground shelter, a refined-looking man had his eyes shut tight, his brow furrowed.

Before him, a dozen or so people in tattered clothes knelt at his feet.

Their eyes were dull and lifeless. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, their clothes were in tatters. They didn’t even have shoes on their feet, and their exposed skin was covered in frostbite—a sight both pitiful and horrifying.

’SoySauceDrunkard is hidden so well. After all this time, I still can’t pinpoint their exact location.’

Unwilling to give up, the man frantically activated the item in his hands.

This was a high-grade item he had exchanged for most of the resources he had accumulated.

Although it came at a great cost, the man firmly believed that as long as he could find SoySauceDrunkard and make them serve him, the price would be worth it.

However, using this high-grade item had conditions—or more accurately, the item was flawed and produced immense side effects.

Once activated, it caused excruciating pain throughout the user’s body, as if they were being subjected to death by a thousand cuts.

But to the man, this side effect was nothing, because his talent was the ability to transfer any harm he received onto others.

As long as a person submitted to him, all damage he sustained—even severed limbs, poison, or a fatal blow—could be transferred to them.

Looking at the people kneeling below, he had prepared them all specifically to deal with SoySauceDrunkard.

’As long as SoySauceDrunkard feels even the slightest bit of fear or dread toward me, they will be completely at my mercy.’

’But why can’t I lock onto the target after all this time? I’ve already searched every inch of Cathaya.’

’Could it be that SoySauceDrunkard isn’t in Cathaya? Was everything before just a diversion?’

Just then, the System’s voice suddenly sounded in his ear:

[Dear Player Moonlight Magician, the person you are searching for is not on Caelus. Do you wish to continue the search? If you continue, the pain will increase tenfold, and this item will be destroyed after use. Please choose carefully.]

After hearing the System’s prompt, Moonlight Magician was stunned for a moment. Then, as if he had thought of something, his contemplative expression turned to one of excitement.

"Continue!"

Meanwhile, Moira Lynch felt the ripple growing stronger, so she found a spot on Cloudsea Planet surrounded by nothing but water.

’After all, I worked so hard to reshape Cloudsea Planet into its current state. I’d be heartbroken if it got destroyed.’

Just as she chose her spot, a system notification sounded in her ear.

[Dear Player SoySauceDrunkard, Player Moonlight Magician is attempting to lock onto your position. Do you consent?]

"This can be refused?"

[Yes, but that is an extra service.]

The implication was clear: yes, you could, but you had to pay.

Moira Lynch had heard of this Moonlight Magician. He was the person she had encountered back in the Mocha Forest.

The man was one of Moira Lynch’s bigger customers, and he persistently harassed her with private messages every day, though Moira had never paid him any mind.

Because every time, he tried to persuade her to conquer the world with him.

’No, to be more precise, he wanted me to *help him* conquer the world.’

He constantly sent her private messages, painting a pretty picture of a wonderful future and even trying to manipulate her.

But Moira Lynch’s will was firm, and she sneered at his words.

’Throughout history, what emperor, after taking the throne, didn’t first eliminate the brothers-in-arms who fought and bled with them?’

’If I actually believed his nonsense, never mind whether he could even succeed... even if he did, the moment he conquered the world, I’d probably be the first one he’d purge.’

"In that case, can you teleport him directly here?" Moira asked.

[Yes, but the fee for opening a Teleportation Gate is very expensive.]

"How about this: I’ll fight him in a bit. Whoever loses, you deduct the fee from their account."

’Every penny I have was earned through my own hard work. I’m not about to waste it on someone like him. Once I kill him, his belongings will become ownerless, and I can take whatever I want.’

「Three seconds later.」

[The other party has accepted the Teleportation request. Now teleporting!]

After the System relayed Moira Lynch’s request to Moonlight Magician, he agreed without a second thought.

Before being teleported, he was even thinking that perhaps SoySauceDrunkard had finally come to her senses and decided to cooperate with him.

He was also thinking about having SoySauceDrunkard transfer ownership of her shop to him, and he’d have to change the name, too.

The Teleportation completed just as he was thinking about naming the shop after himself.

He expected to see SoySauceDrunkard, but what he saw instead was a vast, endless ocean.

In reality, Moira Lynch was right beside him, but she had activated Stealth Mode a second before his arrival.

With nothing beneath his feet, Moonlight Magician plunged into the sea the moment he arrived.

Fortunately, he was a decent swimmer and didn’t sink to the bottom.

As he looked around, he was shocked to find the surrounding seawater beginning to freeze at a visible rate.

Seeing this, he managed to climb out of the water just a second before the surface froze over completely.

Moonlight Magician: ???

"SoySauceDrunkard, is this how you treat an honored guest?"

’Honored guest? What kind of honored guest are you?’

Moira Lynch didn’t waste any more words on him.

’I have some understanding of Moonlight Magician’s talent. It’s probably something in the puppet-master category.’

The item in her hand kept transforming as she tried to kill Moonlight Magician.

But bizarrely, no matter what kind of damage he took, he would recover in the very next second.

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