Volume 6 / Chapter 182
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
Before even 5 minutes had pa.s.sed, the Lifers entering the mission could not understand why their attentions were straying and they felt sleepy.
All they could remember was a white monster wet red with blood, and the corpses surrounding it.
All they could feel was that something was being wielded at them.
Lifers who entered at the same time were cut in half by White Queen"s sword, separating their upper bodies. These dozens of Lifers were all born on different days, but they died on the same day, at the same time, with the same method.
There was no pain. They didn"t even know that they had died.
Ping ping ping ping!
White Queen ran at the Lifers as soon as she saw them entering.
She is trying to handle them before they could understand what is going on and get moving.
But there is no reduction in the number of Lifers no matter how many of them she kills, though it did not increase either because she did not stop.
She is just walking in place.
How many will she have killed?
It is easily over a few thousand. Even still, it is several hundred as it was in the beginning.
There is no end.
White Queen really has reached her limit now. Her energy is about to be drained like a light that is about to go out. She cannot tell when exactly it will be drained.
What she is sure of is that she is so tired that it would not be strange for her to run out immediately.
A few mutants are pressing on among hundreds of Lifers.
They are being held by Beholder. If it had not been for that, the situation would have made a turn for the worst. That does not mean that the situation is good either. It would have ended long ago if it had just been a couple hundred, but there was a limit to holding Lifers because of the fight against dead Lifers.
"Die! Die!"
One Lifer leapt at White Queen"s face.
He triggered the hand cannons in each of his hands. It is a last-ditch attempt at an attack.
Bang!
The heat lets out a powerful shockwave that swallows White Queen"s face. Her center of gravity goes backward. She raised her shield as she fell over. He gets cut on the edge of the shield and his guts spill out.
The Lifer"s blood falls on White Queen, and she absorbs it with her body. She needs to fill up her nutrients even in this way if she can. It is just a temporary measure, but she has no choice if she is to maintain her awakened state even for a few more seconds.
"It"s more dangerous because I can"t predict what"s coming."
Humans, and humans that she cannot understand with her knowledge, interfered in a war between mutants.
A method of movement in which they move between s.p.a.ce.
It was so hard to determine their acts that she finally understood.
She would have killed all of them no matter how many of them there were if she was in good condition, but she has gotten to this point.
She would have been able to get help if Inferno"s group had been okay, but they cannot even take care of themselves right now. White Queen faced danger for the first time ever, and experienced a wall that she cannot get over.
Kyak!
5 to 6 level Lifers are pushing top level mutants into a corner.
They cannot win because they are being pressed under overwhelming numbers. If even the level 7s at the frontmost line die, next is White Queen and Inferno.
"I can"t die like this."
She killed Cruel King with difficulty. Her alliance with Black Demon is guaranteed.
With his help, she can bring collapse to North and South America. If that happens, there is no stronger predator for her.
The way that the Disasters stay aware of each other is different for each, but they are not simply fighting for the heck of it. They want to get rid of enemies that are stronger than they are. They are absolutes as long as those enemies do not exist.
They can exist alone in the world. The Disaster in Oceania is indifferent to world affairs like Black Demon is, but Evil Queen and Bone Monster will cross Asia at some point. She needs to kill them if she is to sleep soundly.
"It"s tired! Cover with the rifle!"
"d.a.m.n it!"
Pew pew pew pew!
White Queen trusted her strong body and launched an aggressive attack against Lifers, but lost mobility as her strength fell. It was about to be hard for her to catch the Lifers who are putting distance between them.
Lifers increased the distance in an effort to survive, and shot the bullets going through level 3 and 4 mutants at White Queen.
Ting ting!
Boom boom!
White Queen raised her halved shield to cover her body. Instead, her lower body and anything not under cover, were showered with bullets.
"You insects!"
Inferno"s group raged and rushed at the Lifers. Beholder squeezed what was left of his strength and controlled a few Lifers" minds.
The problem is that none of them were able to bring out even 1% of the strength that they normally have.
Inferno and Medusa were unable to take on even 3 or 4 level C Lifers, and fell back. If they die, the Lifers are able to get hundreds of thousands of points. Cha Jun Sung was frustrated as he watched this in hiding.
"Should I get in there, too?"
At this point, he can fight White Queen. If not, he can just kill one among them.
If he wants to open up the level S store and recover the power he had in the virtual, he needs a ton of points. It is an opportunity that he does not need to put his life on the line for, and throwing it away is stupid.
"Fine. I"m going in, too."
Cha Jun Sung stood up to go out once he decided to partic.i.p.ate.
"Huh?"
It is getting darker. It was a dim day, but it was possible to see with moonlight. It does not matter much even if it gets completely dark because he has a battlesuit. The moon wouldn"t have disappeared. What is going on?
A strange change in environment.
Cha Jun Sung subconsciously looked up at the sky. And then his eyes grew wide. An unbelievable spectacle was unfolding.
"What! No way. D - Dragonos?"
Koo!
Dragon Demon Dragonos.
It resembles the Western dragon instead of an Eastern one.
It does not have a constant habitat and roams around, the ultimate mutant in flight. It is smaller than Blood Lord or h.e.l.l Mammoth, but the 3 pairs of wings that unfold on either side are so big that they could cover the entire world. Unlike its menacing appearance, its personality is on the gentle side. It usually does not take the lead unless under special circ.u.mstances.
With the darkening sky, White Queen and Lifers raise their heads as Cha Jun Sung did. The Lifers" faces turn dark when they discover Dragonos.
On the other hand, White Queen brightens. The Lifers did not notice the change in her, but her expression showed hope. The appearance of Asia"s Dragonos - Black Demon is here.
The giant Dragonos flies above clouds.
"Dragon, lower the alt.i.tude."
Dragon went below the clouds without difficulty. Dragon is hidden with an automatically protective color because the sun has set and its body color is grey. Black Demon looks down.
War is going on in 2 places. Where Red Eye is and where White Queen is. The side that needs help is the latter. White Queen is busy fighting an endless amount of Lifers entering with her mess of a body. It is a series of close shaves.
Black Demon did not just sit back and watch after sending White Queen to Africa. White Queen put her life on the line in order to keep the conditions of their alliance. It was a given that he provide support.
Cruel King is no ordinary mutant.
Cruel King is such a strong opponent that it would not be strange for him to take a hit while trying to attack him.
"There"s something fun here."
Black Demon"s attention went to a coc.o.o.n beating like a heart.
It still looks immature, but that coc.o.o.n will become fairly strong once it develops.
Stronger than his son, Red Eye. Black Demon doesn"t have the ability to tell that Parasite King is involved. He cannot know just from looking at how it looks.
Dragon lowers the alt.i.tude. The moon is covered by his huge body and even bigger wings.
White Queen, the Lifers, and Cha Jun Sung watched Dragon come down with their jaws dropped.
"You go to my son."
Koo!
The roar of a level 8 - a phenomenon of mental decay hails over Lifers.
They did not pa.s.s out as they are level C Lifers, but they had anemic symptoms for a moment and looked sick.
Pat!
Black Demon threw his body toward the ground. He does not need to spread his wings.
He can just jump off and land. Dragon flew to the battlefield where Red Eye is. It is far, but that is in human standards.
With Dragon"s size, he will arrive with a few bats of his wings.
Tatak!
"Lifer standards won"t be enough to take on Disasters… Are they just trying it out? There"s a thing called procedure, but it seems they felt rushed."
"How did you get here?"
"I have no intention of helping with the war, but I can"t just watch you die."
Is it because her tension is gone? Or because she is exhausted?
White Queen"s awakened state is released and she returns to her human form. She really has no strength leftover now.
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Volume 6 / Chapter 183
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
She is so weak that a Lifer could kill her with a submachine gun.
"That - that was a Dragonos, right? It"s a dream! Please say this is a dream!"
"That - that?"
"There"s only one. Won"t we be able to kill it?"
"You crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Can"t you see? It"s a top level just from its appearance!"
Black Demon looks like a half mutant with several pairs of eyes and horns.
Even his actions are worryingly relaxed after jumping off of Dragonos. They do not know how the mission has become so entangled, but this is a level 7 at the least.
"There"s a lot I"m curious about. First, let"s handle the situation."
Papat!
Black Demon dug in where there were the most Lifers gathered together.
Ping!
Thorns come out from all over his body. Hundreds of thorns spread out widely.
Lifers within a 100m radius are unable to avoid them, and are skewered. White Queen is included in that radius, but the thorns in her range shorten or change direction.
Kuk!
The thorns go back.
There are clear traces of the thorns left in the Lifers.
Wounds that mean death. Hundreds of people died within seconds.
"Be careful. Those people, I don"t know how, but they appear by jumping through s.p.a.ce. That"s why you can"t end their support in the middle."
"Pft. With this standard, I could kill tens of thousands. Isn"t that right?"
White Queen did not refute. Honestly, it is true. Even if it weren"t him, she would have been able to do so as well if she were in good condition.
Black Demon moved around everywhere and took care of Lifers who were rebelling. It is like picking off flies because there is a gap in ability that cannot be narrowed.
White Queen was fragmentary, but she enjoyed Black Demon"s battle and understood what exactly whole body mutation is. He changes to his will and attacks. It is so irregular that his next move is unpredictable.
"Why don"t they appear?"
White Queen watched Black Demon fight and thought it strange that more Lifers were not being summoned. This is another measure taken by the helpers.
It is worth using Lifers against White Queen and Inferno"s group because they are injured. However, there is no longer any use since Black Demon has appeared.
It is impossible to get through his defense. Though they consider Lifers disposable soldiers, they cannot just pour them into poison.
Koo!
Dragon"s roar, fiery flames. The other battlefield lights up like it is daytime. Dragonos" breath sets fire to a large radius.
The range is like a disc.
Even mutants of the same level cannot come out safe from a compressed breath with heat of thousands of degrees.
Red Eye avoids being hit with the fire head on as well.
Black Demon extends his finger like a string, found Inferno"s group where they were spread out, and pulled them close to him, where White Queen is. It looks like Lifers are not being summoned in anymore, but they cannot let their guards down. If they are moving through s.p.a.ce, Lifers could appear right next to them out of nowhere.
They could get stabbed in the back. It is easier to protect them if they are gathered together in one place.
"Are you surprised?"
"I"d be lying if I said I wasn"t. Did you watch from beginning to end?"
Not only White Queen, but Inferno"s group had also not been expecting Black Demon to appear, thinking that he was just a bystander. But he had fallen to them from the sky.
As White Queen said, it would be a lie and strange if they said they were not surprised.
"No, I just arrived. I estimated the time to come, but it seems I wasn"t late."
With Dragon"s speed, he can get from Asia to Africa in a day. The driving force from his 3 pairs of wings match that of a jet. That is why he had not felt that he needed to go in advance. They will catch up to the others even if they leave later. Dragon got the scents of White Queen and Inferno"s group when they were going back to Asia from Buckingham Palace, and used these as indicators to find them.
"It seems there aren"t any additional attacks. But that coc.o.o.n - what is that?"
Black Demon approached the coc.o.o.n.
A powerful beating signal vitals. He is overflowing with curiosity.
He has seen a lot of rare and interesting things in his life, but this coc.o.o.n in front of him is also fascinating.
"Hm… Not even I know what will be born from that. All I know is that the worm you sent us as support became parasitic to Cruel King."
"Worm?"
Black Demon"s voice grows louder. He cannot express his surprise with words. Parasite King had been singing that he would find a strong host, and it seems he has achieved his wish. What Black Demon knows is that Parasite King is a level 8 Disaster and Cruel King is level 9. A predator has swallowed up a higher predator.
Black Demon puts his palm to the surface of the beating coc.o.o.n. There is a limit to what he can see with just his eyes. Splitting it is the most certain way to see what is inside.
But that would be forcing it out.
That would harm Parasite King, not benefit him in any way. What he can find out by putting his palm to it is also extremely limited, but he can feel the ongoing birth process and feel the flow.
"It"s strong, gentle, tight, and tough."
"Of course."
White Queen explains.
The outside of the coc.o.o.n is created with a combination of Cruel King"s fur, and is an outer wall to protect what is inside against enemies. Black Demon felt all over the coc.o.o.n and admitted that he cannot break through it in its current state. There is no chance of his being able to do it unless he awakens.
"It"s active. The body is being reconstructed. I"m sure he must have been injured severely if he fought. Then he"ll probably be born after completely healing all of that as well."
It took root in the ground like a plant and took nutrients from the earth.
It will develop through actions like supplementing water when it rains. This does not look like it will end within a few days.
If it takes a long time, it could take a few months or even a few years.
As a parasite, this is the end, the final evolution where nothing can make him more powerful.
Black Demon closed his eyes and looked all over the coc.o.o.n for reactions like a doctor listening to a patient through a stethoscope.
White Queen and Inferno"s group wanted to touch it for themselves as well, but they refrained from doing anything unnecessary because they were not sure what could go wrong.
They cannot control their bodies fully because they are injured. If they do something wrong, they could kill it in one go.
"It"s here."
Boom boom!
After touching various places, the place with the strongest sign of vitals.
This is probably where a mutant"s source, the nucleus, is growing.
This kind of important evolution is normally done secretly in a quiet place. But Parasite King had not been able to do that because he was in a rush. It is an opportunity that he will never have again, so he left everything out. It is hard to say whether he is brave or stupid.
Ss ss ss
The change was subtle.
When Black Demon"s hand got closer to where the nucleus is, a part of the coc.o.o.n twisted and attacked him. White Queen was taken aback and retreated backwards, while Black Demon took the hit.
Because he is close?
Because he couldn"t get away?
Neither.
Hundreds of hairs embed on Black Demon"s body. Some get on his arms and legs, and some on vital spots. He is covered in skewers.
"It hurts. Huh? Hah! Look at this guy. He"s going to try to fill the nutrients he lacks through me?"
The hairs stick a straw in Black Demon"s body. It is so strong that the strength being sucked out is insufficient, but it will reach the end at some point if it is not limitless.
Then? All that is left is death.
"Tsk!"
Black Demon"s right arm becomes sharp. He brandished his sword-like arm, cut the hairs stuck to his body, and absorbed them instead.
"It"d be best to leave it alone. It is offensive that it attacked me, but this is an ally that can provide great strength and we can"t take him out right now anyway."
They did not have a choice from the beginning.
It is best to leave it alone unless they are going to take him out by force. He only touched it half out of curiosity and half as a joke.
Koo!
"I guess that side is done too."
He can see Dragon letting out breaths of victory among the flames. The fire rises as though it will burn the clouds. If the enemy is still alive, he would need to blow that smoke down. This useless performance either means that the battle is ending or has ended.
"What will you do now?"
"Since my biggest goal Cruel King is dead, I"ll go back to England, treat my wounds, and take a look at Africa"s ecosystem."
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