Volume 7 / Chapter 195
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
His deeper meaning is to take care of at least one more higher level Black Goblin while they are taking on the lower level ones that they can handle. Like an arrow penetrating black hail, Cha Jun Sung killed Black Goblins as he made his way to the head Black Goblin. He needs to kill the general. Lifers did not see Cha Jun Sung properly because they are surrounded by lower level Black Goblins. They just know that something has appeared.
"It"s the 4th. The 4th."
This is the 4th time he is helping someone else"s mission since he entered Path of Blood. He has not even completed 1% of his own, and is just helping others.
He is grumbling but he does not have complaints. Though he is acting foolishly, he cannot just pa.s.s by when he can rescue people.
It is not anything difficult, or anything that he needs to risk his life for.
"I"ll send you in one blow."
Cha Jun Sung puts Hades away. Hades" scabbard is thick, st.u.r.dy, and configured in various and complicated machinery.
There is no choice if he is to withstand the shock from the blow. Additionally, there are 2 energy cores that charge Hades" booster inside the scabbard.
Bang!
The Overbooter"s power made Cha Jun Sung leave his footprint on the ground and fly right before the Black Goblin general. He pulled out Hades as he went flying.
He brandished it in the opposite direction he did when he killed Metal Giant. It is a normal drawing. He cut diagonally from the crotch to armpit.
[You have earned 16 million points and 9.6 million achievement points.]
"Nice."
Cha Jun Sung quietly felt delighted. It could be a.s.sumed that he can gather up points quickly if he only hunts level 7s, but this is not the case because it is hard to come across them.
Finding a level 7 by chance like this is like a bonus.
Inattention brings misfortune. The Black Goblin general was caught off guard. If it had known that Cha Jun Sung was this strong, it may have been able to last a little longer.
It had been arrogant thinking that this world is its world, but fell under an unexpected attack.
Kyak!
When the Black Goblin general died so easily, the other Black Goblins grow fearful and scatter. For mutants, even when there are a lot of them, they back down if they lose momentum.
They choose dying over running away if their pride is strong, but it is more common for mutants under level 7 to be geared more toward their survival instincts than they are to their pride.
Black Goblins retreat.
They did not choose anywhere near Cha Jun Sung as their withdrawal route. They ran away in the opposite direction in whatever way they could.
The Lifers finally discovered Cha Jun Sung once the Black Goblins left. They cannot see his face because of his battle suit. There is no reason for his ident.i.ty to be revealed unless he tells them either. They are just pa.s.sing by each other. He will just greet them.
Cha Jun Sung turns off combat mode and walks toward the Lifers.
A fully remodeled battle suit is grand.
It is 2 heads taller than a normal battle suit too. The Lifers gulp when he approaches them.
"Who is in charge?"
The atmosphere becomes cold.
The Lifers are grateful that Cha Jun Sung chased away the Black Goblins, but they also felt wary. That is why no one could come forward easily. For him to wander around this h.e.l.lish place alone, he must be beyond level B. His appearance alone shows that he has fully remodeled his battle suit.
"Odin, we"re looking for the hidden picture."
[Behavior a.n.a.lysis based on heart rate, pulse rate, breathing rate… a.n.a.lysis complete.]
[7 Lifers are showing similar reactions. They share responsibilities, which means there is a high probability that they are cadres. I will mark them.]
Battle suit functions are infinite.
In Cha Jun Sung"s view, the hologram marks the 7 Lifers in charge in a different color.
Zing!
Lasers in red light point to 7 people. They are speechless at the performance of this battle suit that is incomparable to their own.
"Why are you hiding? You haven"t done anything wrong to me."
"Well….."
The people in charge cannot explain why either and stutter. Cha Jun Sung looks at the 7 people and speaks as though he does not care.
"You all. What do you think you"re doing entering a level B mission as level C Lifers?"
"Excuse me?"
"Are you a suicide squad? You"re people who have gone through a lot of missions, but thought to skip difficulty levels. I"m sure you weren"t putting your faith in the fact that you have 1000 people with you?"
It does not hurt to try. He spoke as the words came out.
Oy!
They are not saying anything. They must have put their faith in numbers. Cha Jun Sung puts his head in his hand. He was of course holding his helmet, but the action showed what he was feeling.
"Why do you think the Black Goblin general watched from far away? He was playing with you because he knew that he could kill you at any time."
Cha Jun Sung revealed their mistake.
The Lifers could not refute what he is saying. He is saying such true things that it is almost cruel. A level 7 is so strong that it can create chaos even while it is surrounded by level B Lifers. Level C Lifers are just snacks.
"How many people died?"
"… I believe at least 600 people died."
Those in charge are pressured by Cha Jun Sung"s vigor, and respond.
Given they were a full raid, more than half died. Many will have died while looking for the Black Goblins as well. If he had not helped them, they would all have been killed.
"Keep your comrades" deaths in your hearts. The result of recklessness is perdition."
Cha Jun Sung said everything he needed to and turned his body. They should have understood with this much, and they were speechless with the gruesome reality of what they did when they entered with spirit.
They need to thank him for saving their lives, but they cannot speak. So they just watched Cha Jun Sung as he disappeared. Cha Jun Sung did not flaunt it either because it is not something he did in order to get rewarded. The person who saved and those who were saved can just go on their separate ways.
"Master, the mission…"
"We"re quitting."
The person called master declared that they are quitting. The mission goal is annihilation. The mission became much easier with the Black Goblin general"s death, but the level 6 Black Goblins are burdensome for them as well. He had thought they would be able to complete the mission with 1000 people, but realized they have no chance after coming face to face with them.
"Is he a level B Lifer?"
"I know a World Federation Lifer, and his battle suit doesn"t look like that. I think that"s gone through some more remodeling."
There is a limit in the range of remodeling they can do by store level. If they are the same level, the shape would be similar to other people"s whether that is the World Federation. Cha Jun Sung"s is a full remodeling, but a level C Lifer cannot evaluate that with level C standards.
"Could he be?"
"Is there someone you have in mind?"
"It"s been 1 year since level A missions were opened up. Could he be that person?"
"That person? What! No way!"
"He"s just 1 person, but he is an existing Lifer. The probability of meeting him is low, but it isn"t impossible. And his combat ability on top of that!"
His handiwork in getting through all of those Black Goblins to split the general into two pieces with just 1 blow.
He surpa.s.sed what is possible according to level B standards.
A level A Lifer was born about 1 year ago, and they are guessing that is him.
"Recklessness leads to perdition….."
The person in charge thinks back to what Cha Jun Sung said. He gained a new life in this vast land. It is the probability being hit by lightning on a clear day. They had been lucky.
But if there is a bright side, there is also a dark side.
Far away from these Lifers, there are other Lifers caught in terribly awful luck.
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Volume 7 / Chapter 196
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
"Ah….."
It is unbelievable even after seeing the atrocity with his own eyes. It is a force that left with vigor, but they plummeted within moments.
Where did it go wrong?
Right, it was from then. It started getting twisted once they met that Lifer. He brought them here.
A Lifer whose whole body was pierced with dozens of odd looking tentacles is writhing in pain. It made holes in the battle suit itself.
The tentacles suck something in. His helmet was ripped off by the strong hit, and the Lifer"s exposed middle-aged bare face is shriveling as though he is growing older.
The strength he gained from body modifications disappears. He looks healthy on the outside because of how large the battle suit is, but the Lifer is hollow as the life is being sucked out of him. He died with just his skin left behind.
"Ha… Good. So good! There really is a taste to bothering humans!"
She is red. Red like blood. 8 legs, resembling a spider, a lower body the size of a 3 story building contrary to a normally sized beautiful woman"s upper body - a peculiar appearance that distinguishes her from common mutants. A strange and inexplicable aura comes from this red spider woman.
She is Evil Queen"s youngest daughter, Princess of Fresh Blood Odelia.
"Eh eh….."
"I was worrying because the number of humans living in my area had decreased drastically, but it was a blessing that you all appeared! You have a lot of vitality too!"
They are weird humans who started appearing a few years ago. They are different from the weak ones. They do not pose a threat, but they fight.
There is fun in torturing them. The humans living in the empty buildings and bunkers in her area are so boring they make her yawn. They die of things like heart attacks just from something small like having an arm or leg cut off. But these special humans do not die easily even under torture.
Their blood is good quality too, so it was excellent for replenishing her nutrients.
About 10 to 100 people go around together, but her energy consumption is low even if she fights all of those numbers at the same time.
Odelia only came face to face with Lifers a few times.
She just listened to what Evil Queen and her 3 sisters told her. But starting not too long ago, she was able to come across Lifers periodically. These strange humans, Lifers, were not easily visible. That is why she used her head. Since she cannot find them, she will make them come to her.
"Ho ho. Good job. I"ll ask you to keep doing a good job. You know what happens if you don"t listen, right?"
Odelia looks behind her as she speaks. A Lifer is leaning on the wall and looking at her. His eyes are empty. He does not seem like a person who is alive.
"… How much more do we have to do this c.r.a.p for you to let us go?"
Odelia smiled, baring her sharp red teeth, instead of speaking. The Lifer wanted to rip that face apart, but held back.
He does not have the strength or ability to rip her face apart, and he cannot run away.
The moment he runs away, Odelia will kill his only sibling.
Papat!
Lifers who were watching for an opportunity realized that they could no longer deal with it and ran away. It just so happened that Odelia was talking to the Lifer who brought them to this place. They cannot save their strength. If they put their battle suits in maximum output and run away through the sky, she will not be able to follow them because she does not have wings.
"Where are you going?"
The thick fur on her spider body extend to hundreds of meters and tie up the Lifers who are running away. Their movements are so slow she yawns.
"Let go! Let me go!"
"Sa - save me! You crazy b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You"re a Lifer too! Fight! Ack!"
Odelia did not kill the noisy Lifers, but settled with binding them up. She choked them and knocked them out since she cannot block their mouths. The Lifer watched this and closed his eyes. This is a nightmare.
"At least let my brother go! Aren"t I enough? Please!"
"No."
The man grinds his teeth. His brother is being held prisoner by Odelia. He escorted Lifers to Odelia in exchange for sparing his brother"s life.
Until now, he repeated this 6 times. Hundreds of people died in this pain. He will not be able to repent for these sins even in death. If h.e.l.l exists, he will probably go there. He killed other people in order to save his brother.
"How….."
It was a 5000 point level D mission. He had entered with a light heart.
He was going to help his brother grow because he is a level C Lifer, but they absurdly ran into Odelia. He thought it was a dream. It does not make sense.
There are degrees to special missions. There is an extremely low probability of entering a level D mission and running into a level 8 mutant. Even a dream would be terrible, but this is reality.
"If there is a G.o.d, please save us…"
He cried out to G.o.d inside. There is no G.o.d in this world.
"d.a.m.n! Not here."
Cha Jun Sung arrived in Dallas. He had been delayed on his way while helping other Lifers, but it had not taken long. Did it take about 2 weeks?
When he arrived, he settled his heart and focused on finding Odelia.
The first place he went was where he discovered Odelia in the virtual version. It would be nice to find her in one try, but it looks like it will not be so easy.
"Ah! Am I going to have to search through all of Texas at this rate? What a pain."
Texas is one of America"s 51 states. It cannot be underestimated. Just one state is 7 times the size of Korea. The scale alone is different.
Texas is a problem but what if Odelia is in northern, eastern, or western America unlike in the virtual version? He is going crazy just thinking about it.
He needs to move thousands of kilometers, but it won"t get that far.
The first summons area is always in the vicinity where the mutants are presumed to be. The criteria for this vicinity is decided on mission level.
Even if it is level A, they would not separate them into poles.
Accordingly, there is a high probability that Odelia is somewhere in this wide Texas encompa.s.sing Houston where he first started out and Dallas where he ended up.
"Oriax, can you find her?"
[You would have felt her too if she were close. There"s really no need to ask me.]
The two of them share their senses. Cha Jun Sung had just asked himself.
He wants to absorb a high level mutant like he did in Public Underground to find out, but even that is difficult because Odin is watching him. He is in the middle of a level A mission. It is not a situation in which he can turn off his PDA. He needs to maintain his logged in state even if it is just to see the electronic map.
"Where do I find this crazy b.i.t.c.h?"
Ack!
Odelia!
Cha Jun Sung maximized his battle suit"s microphone and yelled. He would like it if she got caught like this, but Odelia is not in Dallas.
If he yells, his throat will just hurt. There are a lot of mutants as it is a large city.
They noticed his presence and went at him little by little, but they were handled with a few cuts.
At this rate, there could be a level 7. Of course he cannot be sure.
"Whew! There"s a lot of time. We"ll meet at some point if I keep digging around. It doesn"t have to be Odelia. Anyone, get caught. I"ll take care of you."
The mission he is in is at such a high level that a special mission does not form no matter what mutant he meets.
This process is included in Path of Blood.
But the mission will change automatically if he meets a stronger mutant like one of her sisters, so going after this is another method.
He does not care which of the 4 sisters he meet, but he wants to avoid the 2nd daughter if he can. She is strong. The 1st and 3rd are perfect.
"Come to think of it, it"s weird. There isn"t a mission related to the 3rd daughter."
Cha Jun Sung organized the expected level 8s by mission as he went through the list of level A missions before entering Path of Blood. It was not difficult.
It was like Europe"s Inferno, Medusa, and t.i.tan, and Asia"s Red Eye and Dragon.
The mutants he is familiar with are the subjects of level A missions. If it is North America, it must be Evil Queen"s 4 daughters and a few other level 8s, but only the 3rd daughter was nowhere to be seen.
Benukiz of Depravity.
That is Odelia"s 3rd sister.
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