We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 111

### 111

### Dark Moon (1)

It was almost midnight.

I looked out the window.

The city of Paris was a tapestry of lights. The night view was breathtaking, as if the city was just waking up.

I jumped out the window.

There would definitely be agents sent from France near the entrance, trying to monitor me.

I made my body transparent with Invisibility and slipped straight into the Catacombs [a network of underground tunnels and ossuaries in Paris].

Thud, thud.

As soon as I entered the Catacombs, an enormous amount of dark mana surged in.

My heart pounded.

It felt like my heart was urging me to reach the realm as soon as possible.

Even without my conscious intention, the dark mana was actively gathering here.

I felt an immediate urge to start training, but I resisted. For optimal training, I needed to find the area with the highest concentration of dark mana, draw a magic circle there, and absorb even more.

I navigated through the forbidden area and arrived at a place saturated with dark mana.

A place walled on all sides by skulls.

I immediately drew a magic circle on the floor and sat down.

My eyes began to glow red.

I shuddered at the intense sensation.

I completed the magic circle and activated it.

Kwaaa! Kwaaa! Kwaaa!

As expected, an enormous amount of dark mana converged.

Demons also began to swarm.

Since this was a different location from where I had been with Sujeong before, the demons that gathered were also different. They clawed and grasped, trying to cling to me.

I sat down in the center of the magic circle.

“Soul Collection.”

Kwaaaaa!

Whoosh!

I felt the entire Catacombs tremble.

-Kkeuaaaak!

-Save me!

-A demon! A demon has appeared!

I mercilessly sucked in the demons.

The bands rotating around my heart devoured the demons relentlessly, like a black hole consuming everything in its path.

“Kuh.”

My heart felt constricted.

I must have absorbed at least tens of thousands of demons.

It felt like the surroundings had become a vacuum. Not a single demon was visible; they had all been sucked in.

As I showed signs of advancing to the 6th Circle [a level of magical mastery], the Circles devoured all the evil spirits like ravenous ghosts.

Even then, as if it wasn’t enough, they pulsated and rotated vigorously.

Now, they were drawing in dark mana.

Kwaaa! Kwaaa! Kwaaa!

The dark mana was sucked straight in, piercing through my head.

Drdrdrdr!

The Catacombs shook violently.

If I had only felt tremors before, now the Catacombs were truly collapsing.

Instantly, the dark mana was completely absorbed.

It looked like the Circle would split soon. But it still didn’t feel like enough.

Rising from the 5th Circle to the 6th Circle required ten times more dark mana. So, it seemed I would have to continue training until morning to advance.

Kugugugu!

While training, I issued orders to the evil spirits.

My developed senses and body allowed me to multitask.

Controlling the evil spirits while training wasn’t that difficult.

‘Go and find a Legend-grade dark stone.’

The order was to find the most powerful dark stone.

Tens of thousands of demons scattered in all directions.

Kwaaa! Kwaaa! Kwaaa!

How many hours had passed?

It must have been 2 AM.

During that time, I had absorbed an enormous amount of dark mana, but the Circle still hadn’t completely split.

Indeed, the Circle was a monster that devoured dark mana.

To be able to compress that much dark mana.

The Circle seemed like it would split soon, but I decided to take a break. My heart had become tight.

“Hoo.”

I organized the dark mana I had collected so far.

It was several times more dark mana than before.

As expected, nothing came easy. On the plane, I thought the Circle would split as soon as I entered the Catacombs, but the required amount of dark mana was more than I thought.

Truly an enormous level.

If it wasn’t for the Catacombs, I wouldn’t have been able to handle it.

While I was resting, the evil spirits returned to the Circle.

I learned that there was a Legend-grade magic stone deep underground.

I didn’t need that level of magic stone anymore, but having it would be helpful someday. It would be very helpful for Lynn’s research, and Sujeong would like it too. Of course, it could also be used to produce more dummies.

Anyway, it was good to have.

The problem was that there were people near it.

“Dark mages.”

They seemed to be dark mages training.

I didn’t have to go there myself; I could see the scene clearly because I could control the evil spirits.

I wanted to go right away, but the magic stone wasn’t going anywhere.

The dark mages were embedding the Legend-grade magic stone and training. They still hadn’t moved, so they didn’t seem to be planning to run away.

“Good.”

I sat down again.

The tightness in my heart had improved a lot after resting for a while.

After rising to the 6th Circle, I would fill the Circle with dark mana and depart.

It would be better to subdue them easily if possible.

I don’t know how much time had passed.

In that timeless moment, the Circle split.

Kururururung!

It was as if lightning struck my heart.

The Circle split, and each segment synergized and began to absorb a tremendous amount of dark mana.

Instantly, the dark mana filled up.

It swirled as if trying to devour all the dark mana in the Catacombs.

And finally, I opened my eyes.

Flash!

The dark mana exploded and was absorbed into my eyes.

“I’ve risen to the 6th Circle.”

I still couldn’t believe it.

If it wasn’t for the Catacombs, I wouldn’t have reached the 6th Circle this quickly.

Were those humans still there?

I sent the evil spirits and found that they were still training.

Confidence surged.

Before rising to the 6th Circle, I wouldn’t have considered charging in like this right away. But now that I had risen to the 6th Circle, I had nothing to fear.

Gurgle!

They seemed to have been training here for a long time.

There was a separate path leading underground, and a spiral staircase continued down.

Whirr!

The torches lit automatically.

Torches in this day and age.

That meant it had been used for quite some time, and it was a path unknown to the French government.

Thud, thud.

It was quiet.

Only the sound of my footsteps was heard, and when I reached the end of the spiral staircase, a huge hall appeared.

This place was seething with dark mana.

Even the place where I had been training had a considerable amount of dark mana, but this hall felt like the entire place was saturated with it.

There were three people wearing black robes training here.

Flash!

They all opened their eyes and rushed towards this place.

Swaaaeak!

It was an incredible speed.

I could feel that they had used various buffs [magical enhancements].

“Dark Shield. Turn Undead. Spirit Power.”

Puh-uh-uhng!

The undead that were crawling up from the floor were all turned to dust and disappeared.

Dozens of bone spears rushed in and were blocked by the Dark Shield and disappeared. And finally, Spirit Power.

I blew them away with a club made of souls.

Kwaaaang!

“Kkeuaaaak!”

“Aaaaak!”

“Hmm.”

The dark mages crashed into the wall and vomited blood.

I wondered if I had used a little too much force.

I had been secretly expecting new dark mages. I even came here after rising to the 6th Circle, thinking that they might be stronger than me.

But now it seemed like I was overthinking it.

Lynn’s words suddenly came to mind.

‘Most dark mages stay in the 3rd or 4th Circle. I don’t know if there are any who have risen to the 5th Circle, but there won’t be any in the 6th Circle.’

Was she right?

They seemed to be around the 4th Circle.

I immediately deployed a Spirit Field and exerted physical force.

The guys floated up and flew towards this place.

“Ugh.”

“Kkeueuk.”

After that, French came out, but when I spoke in English, they also answered in English.

“Ugh. Who are you from?”

“Me? I came from Korea.”

“Korea… Why are you doing this to us?”

“Why am I doing this? I just stopped by to have a chat, but you drew your swords first, didn’t you? Do you want to die?”

“……”

That’s right.

I didn’t attack first, and that was a great excuse. Seeing them shut their mouths, it seemed I could take the Legend-grade dark stone right away.

A fist-sized stone embedded in the floor.

It was discolored black, and a thick dark mana flowed out.

It seemed to have absorbed dark mana here for a long time.

“I’m sorry.”

“If I died, you would have just used me as a material, right?”

“No!”

I took off their robes.

There were two men in their early 40s and a woman who looked to be in her early 20s.

I wondered if they were all French, but that wasn’t the case either.

One of the men was black, another was Asian, and the woman seemed to live in France.

“What are you guys anyway?”

“We are members of the Dark Moon organization.”

“Dark Moon?”

“Do, do you not know Dark Moon?”

I had thought that there might be dark mages somewhere. I also thought that they might form an organization and operate.

According to them, Dark Moon had existed since 3,000 years ago.

They pursued ultimate enlightenment and aimed to become a Demon God. A Demon God meant achieving the 9th Circle with dark magic and then surpassing it, which was an absurd goal. It was difficult to rise to the 6th Circle even if you devoted your whole life.

They operated several businesses in their own way and currently had about 20 members.

Well, I didn’t think there would be dark mages scattered all over the place. Still, an organization of about 20 people was quite a considerable size.

“Anyone who uses dark magic can join Dark Moon?”

“Of course.”

“The leader?”

“The strongest one becomes the leader.”

“Oh?”

“However, they must be a member of Dark Moon.”

There were 20 dark mages.

If there were 20 dark mages above the 3rd Circle, it would be quite an important force. Above all, they were all very smart.

In other words, if I had Dark Moon under my command, it meant I could pick up talents from 20 people.

‘I was wondering where to find reliable talent.’

Talents fell from the sky, no, sprang up from the ground.

“Heh. I should join Dark Moon.”