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Reincarnator – Chapter 160 : Lawless (1)

Dakidus pondered as he looked below.

As to whether he would just watch.

Or play around and have some fun.

Dakidus pondered for a bit and then quickly made a decision.

'Shall I have some fun then. We're on the losing end this time anyway.'

Dakidus clicked his tongue as he looked down as if he was feeling some dislike.

Usually the Farms rotated around as they gave the Offerings.

To the other two Higher Races other than his.

Though they all had enmities against each other and were in constant competition, they all had a silent rule regarding the farms.

And because of this, it was forbidden for them to interfere with the farm itself too much.

Since playing around with it a bit too much will reduce the amount of the harvest.

But it should be okay this time.

'Tsk. Why does it have to be when we receive… Why aren't the humans able to recuperate?'

The amount they'd receive this time around was much lower than what the other two had gotten.

But since the amount they'd get is lower, playing around with the humans to a certain degree wouldn't matter as well.

'Well. As long as I don't kill a lot of them.'

And there was something else that was bothering him anyway.

The expressions of those whom he had seen as he approached on the Satellite Fortress.

For them to be laughing around when they knew that he was coming.

"Hmm. Were they called Hunters? Insolent."

Dakidus made made an expression of discontentment.

Farmers and Hunters.

It didn't matter much how they divided themselves.

A soldier ant and a worker ant.

That was basically the difference he could see in his eyes.

They were acting quite nervous and cautious since they had seen him but that much wasn't enough.

They needed to fear him much more than that.

'Mmm. This is what's called fairness.'

The Farmers would like it a bit too.

Since these humans seemed to like the word fairness.

.........…

Hansoo shook his head while watching the Harvester who had stopped halfway while coming down.

Since it didn't look like things would proceed smoothly.

The smile on its face proved it.

And Hansoo wasn't the only one who saw this.

Karhal and the other Hunters were also mumbling quietly.

"Please…"

They couldn't curse out in case Dakidus was listening but their intentions were clear.

'Just shut up and watch. Eat your snack from right there.'

Karhal mumbled as he looked at the giant snack container floating next to him.

Everyone knew.

That every time that crazy wolf guy fancied something, a tremendous amount of casualties got created.

But only half of their wishes were fulfilled.

"Don't worry so much. Do you really think I'll treat you badly or something?"

Crunch.

"Kuaaa…Aaaak!"

"…"

Everyone made dumbfounded expressions as they watched Dakidus pull out another person from the snack container to eat him.

Since his actions contradicted his words just now.

Dakidus chewed and swallowed the snack in his mouth, looked around at this surroundings and then spoke:

"Don't worry I said. It's a gift really. There's nothing bad for you. Mmm. Oh yes. Shall we just do a treasure hunt?"

The moment Dakidus finished speaking.

The blue crown on top of Dakidus' head started to shine.

And soon.

Jiiiiiing

Blue light poured out from the giant golden castle and then created a large screen in the air.

And a sentence appeared on that blue screen.

-Reward : Wish ticket.

"What the hell is this…"

Everyone made confused expressions as they read the sentence floating in air.

At that moment.

Chiiiiiing

Something came out from the giant fortress and then extended downloads.

Around 100 shining objects had been spread all around the village.

'A treasure hunt…For him to throw the rewards away in such a carefree way.

The treasures that had landed were shining so brightly that they were clearly imprinted into their sights.

While everyone was making confused expressions.

Dakidus smiled as he spoke.

"The rule is very simple. Find that. To those who find that thing, I'll allow you one wish. Within my power."

Everyone was shocked at these words.

Harvester, Dakidus.

He was like a god here where the Higher races ruled.

Since what Dakidus was able to do was far beyond their imaginations.

Dakidus made a content expression while he looked at the surprised faces of many and then slowly started to speak again.

"Didn't I say it already? I told you it's not bad. How would I dare do anything to you when you guys are the precious offerings. If you get that to me then I'll grant any one thing you wish that is within my power. You can even get yourself out of the offering forever. I can even make you the leader of this village. If you want something I have then I can give you some runes or artifacts you guys spoke of."

Everyone's eyes shone from those words.

Dakidus continued to speak:

"Well. We have a bit too many runes, skills and artifacts you see. Since there are quite a lot of people who get caught. We don't know well but there should be a lot of useful things if you see them. I can even drop you off at the end of the Green Road, in front of the portal."

The more Dakidus spoke.

The more people's eyes changed.

Sharper and sharper.

Those things wouldn't just be useful.

The people those guys caught weren't limited to the ceasefire zone.

They would have some tremendous things as well.

'If I can get it then…Everything will be over.'

Dakidus was not somebody who would play tricks on them with this.

Since he had too much pride to do so.

The rules of the village didn't matter, he just told them that he would give them runes and take them to the portal if they could acquire it.

At the exact same moment, people started to move out.

Towards where the lights fell down.

At that moment.

Kooooooong

From the giant fortress in the sky, countless amounts of light pillars dropped down.

"Uuuuuk."

"Kuuhuk."

The light pillars suppressed everyone who were stealing glances while trying to move around discreetly.

Kududududuk

'Hmm.'

While Hansoo frowned while looking at the pillar of light pushing his body down.

Dakidus smiled and spoke.

"Don't move so carefreely. That's cheating. You should at least hear out the rules."

Rules.

Everyone nodded despite groaning out.

It was important.

Since going against them was the same as going against Dakidus himself.

For them to go against the words of Dakidus, who was like a god with a bad personality, in a place like this.

They wouldn't die in a pretty way.

"Don't go out of the village. It would be troublesome if the number of offerings decreases."

The moment he finished speaking.

Paaaaaak!

The pillar of light that was suppressing them spread out in all directions and tied onto the wooden walls.

At the same time a giant sky blue barrier surrounded the village.

The moment everyone looked at him with confusion.

Dakidus shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.

"What are you doing? You can move now?"

"?"

The rules have been all told. Do what you need to do.

At that moment.

'That bastard of a dog…'

One of the farmers mumbled very very quietly.

So quiet that it was barely audible to the person next to him.

It was the first time he was seeing the Harvester.

Since he wasn't here the last time they sent the offerings.

But for him to be such a despicable being.

'He's really tyrannical.'

And for there to be no rules.

Which means weaklings like him couldn't do anything.

The moment the Farmer, Arton, mumbled quietly.

"Huuukk!"

"This insane bastard!"

The Hunters and the Farmers were scared out of their wits and got away from Aton.

"Huh?"

The moment Aton flinched.

A blue beam of light smashed onto him from the skies.

Booooooooom!

A clearly different pillar from the one before.

Aton didn't even leave behind ashes as he disappeared from that spot.

"See, you shouldn't curse out others that easily. Just do it inwardly. Inwardly man."

"…"

Everyone gulped their saliva from Dakidus's words.

They might've cursed out on a normal occasion but they couldn't right now.

Since Dakidus was listening to everything.

As long as the Satellite Fortress was standing, Dakidus was basically in control of this village.

"Now! Let's begin! Acquire it and bring it to me! Then you guys will pass."

But nobody stepped out hastily.

While everyone was planning things out.

Dakidus growled out.

"Will I need to add a few more rules for you to work harder? Like limited time…"

Even before those words could end.

"Huuaaaap"

A few people who realized that there was no more way to dodge this quickly started to move.

And the others who saw this felt nervous as they also started to move.

"Damn! Since things have gone this far, I might as well!"

"Get lost!"

Rumble!

Booooom!

Boom!

The start was a bit rough but the spread was very quick.

In just a moment the entire village was filled with screams and explosions.

'My god…'

Ekidu clenched onto her head while looking at the village that had turned into a sea of flames.

The rules she had so painstakingly kept were smashed apart in an instant.

Because of that bitch floating around up there.

Hansoo also mumbled quietly while looking at Dakidus floating in the skies.

'These guys definitely need to die.'

How could the humans unite when these things existed?

The humans were problematic as well but there was no way humans would be alive if something like that came from time to time to play around.

And in reality, starting from the yellow zone the survival rate decreased quite a bit.

About 3 billion more people who would cross over in the next 5 years.

The time in total may have shortened a bit but the amount that would come was the same.

Since the quicker the unification with the Abyss was, the faster the people got sent here.

And actually the amount of humans who had been sacrificed here had lessened because the border between the Otherworld and the Abyss had worn down quicker.

'Well. Getting killed when the border gets destroyed is similar.'

Anyway, this game may become a chance or a dangerous situation for him.

'The work will become a bit complicated but if I can acquire that then it would be a bit easier to accomplish my goals.'

Wish.

He did say he would grant them one but he obviously wouldn't grant them everything like the genie of a lamp.

Since they weren't that benevolent.

They would only grant them however they felt and only to a certain degree where it wasn't suspicious.

Since they were proud but still would sense something against a wish that crossed the line with their sixth sense.

But this was still very useful.

'I should get it.'

The blue treasure that had fallen the closest to him was in the northeastern direction.

Hansoo quickly advanced towards the location countless Hunters had already left towards.

Kududududuk

Booooom!

In just a moment, Hansoo's body flew over the heads of the Farmers.

The Farmers couldn't participate in this fight anyway.

Since they would just get killed by the Hunters even if they got it.

Basically it was an unexpected competition.

Something that Dakidus created since he couldn't just watch the Farmers fight to their deaths.

'It's there'

He could figure it out even without the light from the treasures.

Since it had been long since the explosions along with seven colored lights had started to spread out from that location.

Booooom!

Booom!

"Get lost!"

"Damn! How dare a 11th Area brat come here! Go back to your area!"

Numerous tens of Hunters were fighting against each other.

The number of treasures was 100.

It wasn't a large amount of treasures since the Hunters were counted by the thousands.

'It's here.'

Kiiiiiing

A single blue gem, which was embedded deep within the ground like a meteor, was sending out lights in all directions.

Hansoo jumped into the middle and then poured in a large amount of mana onto the Pandemic Blade.

He then spread it on top of the Hunters.

Hoooooong

Chiiijijijik

"Huh?"

Everybody freaked out at the sudden yellow pores that were gnawing at their mana and then quickly defended their body with their skills.

And then growled as they looked behind them.

"This damned bastard…"

They had heard that the newcomer was strong.

But for him to be at this level.

'Damn… My mana is disappearing very quickly.'

The might of the skill he had just released was so powerful to the point where the mana reinforcement around their bodies were quickly getting melted down.

And for him to attack first against all of them.

'It means he's confident.'

But it was too late to avoid collision.

'That bastard first…'

The moment the hunters instinctively turned around to look at Hansoo.

"Tsk."

Hansoo clicked his tongue and took a step back.

And the Hunters laughed as they saw this.

Since they thought that they had pressured him away.

But that wasn't the reason why Hansoo had backed off.

Hoooooong!

Something flew towards the location he had moved away from with a deafening sound.

And the Hunters who had finally felt the aura freaked out as they backed away.

And soon.

Boooobobobobom!

Something fell down while smashing apart the ground.

And somebody walked out from the dust clouds as he spoke.

"Oh my. Newcomer. It hasn't been that long since I guided you around but for us to meet again. Anyways, you guys can all go and do what you need to do. We'll take care of this now."

The Hunters gulped down their saliva as they backed off.

"…Hellum. Fucking hell."

'For the Guards to act.'

Them, the Hunters, were naturally very aggressive in nature because of what they do.

But they still followed the rules of the village and feared the laws.

Would they do this because they respected the village?

The outer zone, 1st zone, where the Hunters lived and the inner zone, 3rd zone, where the Farmers lived.

The 2nd zone which was located in between those things.

The people who maintained the law, seized the Farmers on the inside and suppressed the Hunters on the outside.

Guards.

People who had decided to stay within the village even after 1 year.

Most people left after filling up their yearly contracts so there wasn't that many of them but every one of them were much stronger than the Hunters.

Since all of them had at least stayed in the village for a year.

The core force of the village that fought against the 1st and 2nd rank beasts and kept the order in the village.

It could clearly be seen just from how the Hunters, who had been growling and fighting each other only up until now, were backing away.

"Good. Cheer up everyone."

The moment Hellum nodded and turned around.

Boooooooom!

A single laser beam smashed onto Hellum.

"That's a bit difficult, you see, I need that too."

The Hunters freaked out as they saw Hansoo who had attacked Hellum without a single thought.

'That crazy bastard! What the hell is he thinking!'

Hellum alone was intimidating enough but attacking the guards itself was breaking the rules.

No punishments, just elimination in that instant.

The event where the 430 Hunters of the 4th Area, who had tried to flip the village upside down, getting erased in just a day was still very clear in their memories.

"…What is this?"

This was a challenge.

Hellum, who had blocked the attack with the shield on his left arm , glared at Hansoo with a frozen expression.

Reincarnator – Chapter 161 : Lawless (2)

Hellum spat out his words with a frozen expression.

"Is this a challenge? It seems you've gotten a bit too excited from becoming a Hunter…"

Hansoo chuckled at those words.

"Don't pretend like you came to do a Guard's job."

The others were acting this way because they had been suppressed by the guards for too long.

One could figure it out with just a bit of thought.

Dakidus had clearly said that there weren't any rules while the Treasure Hunt proceeded.

Which means the rules of the humans were all ignored.

Actually, if there was somebody who tried to interfere with the game by maintaining that rule then Dakidus would erase them first.

That guy had just come to fulfill his own desires.

The Hunter's expressions started to worsen from Hansoo's words.

They had finally realized that Hellum hadn't come to execute the rules of the village.

'Damn…Because there's a lot at stake, even the Guards are acting up.'

The Hunters grinded their teeth.

The Guards had never come out despite the countless games the Harvesters played.

But they had interfered since Dakidus had started quite a large game from the lack of humans he would Harvest this time around.

Hellum clicked his tongue while looking at them.

'Tsk.'

He wanted to pick it up and leave quickly while they were still confused but they had realized.

And it would be dangerous at this rate.

'One is okay but…If they all come then it's dangerous.'

If Plan A fails then he could just go onto the next one.

Hellum chuckled as he shouted.

"Hey, you guys. I'm sorry for trying to trick you but wake up for a bit. What are you going to do if the things end this time around?"

"What?"

"Only one of you will get the treasure. One. Can any one of you guarantee that you will gain that one treasure?"

"…"

Everyone made bitter expressions from those words.

They had charged in because the worth of the treasure was priceless and Dakidus was urging them but they didn't have any guarantees.

And this was the reason why they weren't attacking each other to the death.

Since they would need to handle to after storm all by themselves if they couldn't acquire it.

They didn't even have the confidence to beat Hansoo behind them.

Hellum spoke towards the Hunters.

"So let's form an alliance."

"Alliance?"

"Yeah. We will take that to the center of the village together."

One of the Hunters spat on the ground as he spoke.

He was strong but he still wouldn't be able to handle it if all of them attacked.

That was why he was trying to talk things out.

"For who? You're just going to…"

Hellum shook his head.

"Was there a rule saying that the wish could only be used for a single person? We just need to wish something that we can all benefit from. Ally with me as the center. If we group up with this many people then others wouldn't be able to attack us easily either. It'll be much safer."

"Mmm…"

"Is there anybody who just wants to die this time around? Let's go low risk and low return. It might not be as good as a monopoly but… It's not bad right? If I make a strange wish then just attack me then."

It was quite an enticing offer.

But one of the Hunters frowned as he spoke.

"What about when we end? If we remain then Karim, the leader of the Guards, could just punish us.

Hellum chuckled.

"Did we cause a coup d'etat or something? Do they have any say if we just quietly take it over there?"

"Hmm…"

The Hunters started to nod.

Thinking about it, it wasn't like they had caused a deadly sin.

They had merely fought with the other Hunters.

That was as far as things went this time around.

Hellum made a content expression while watching the Hunters nod and then spoke towards Hansoo.

"You should fight with us well. I'll forgive you attacking me."

Right now, all the other Hunters and the Guards were competitors.

If they were going to group than it would be better the more strong people they had.

Since the best scenario was taking the treasure without fighting at all.

'And…He doesn't really seem easy to beat.'

The arm which held the shield was still numb.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then spoke to Hellum.

"Are all the other Guards in a similar situation as you?"

"Hmm…Yeah."

Everyone had brains that could think.

If they tried to act as a moralist in a situation like this then they would only lose out.

Since they hadn't stayed behind in the village to just maintain the village itself.

It was just that they still had things they had promised the village.

'It's a good chance for a good fortune before leaving the village.'

This was actually the greatest thing Hellum had trust in.

Since he wasn't the only one doing this.

If Dakidus were going to punish them then they would at least need to wipe out half the Guards and the Hunters.

'And that's not possible.'

If one person made a mistake then they would get punished but if things blow up this large then nobody would actually receive any punishments.

Like how the 1st Area's human farm had been quietly solved.

Hansoo pondered at Hellum's words.

'Which means that the village is literally lawless right now.'

A situation out of control.

Nobody could perfectly guess what that Dakidus guy would do and how the villagers would react.

But the current situation of the village wasn't that bad for Hansoo.

Since opportunity always accompanied danger.

'Dakidus. You insolent thief. First I'll play how you want me to.'

That guy would welcome what he was about to do.

Since he would clearly draw out the scene he wanted to see.

'I should use it now then.'

As Hansoo willed it.

Hoooooook

The Dark Cloud started to move aggressively under Hansoo's control.

...............

"It's really a chaotic situation."

Karhal, the leader of the 1st Area's team, clicked his tongue as he looked at the blazing village.

And Sebastienne, a 1st Area team member who was standing next to him, also nodded.

"Anyways, are we not going to move out? Shouldn't we do something as well?"

If everyone from the 1st Area's team combined forces then getting one treasure would be pretty easy.

Karhal shook his head at those words.

"Why would you waste your strength already? We can just take it from the tired guys who bring it here. They wouldn't have a choice anyway."

"Hmm…"

Sebastienne took a glance around her surroundings from Karhal's words.

As if a large amount of people had similar thoughts as them, quite a large amount of people had gathered around the center of the village.

They had made this choice since it was a bit too late to go after the treasures.

There were both positives and negatives to this.

The positive was that just like Karhal said, if they wait here then the tired people will bring the treasures to them.

Since Dakidus had told them to bring it here.

But there were negatives as well.

'It'll become troublesome if strong guys group up and come here.'

Already the clear examples of those strong guys, the Guards, were moving around.

Which meant that they'd rather move out and finish them off instead of waiting for the food.

'How would this play out?'

Whatever happened, a collision was inevitable.

Oooooong

'Ugh….'

Sebastienne grasped her head.

Since the bug inside her head started to resonate.

A black colored bug that Hansoo had gotten after coming out from the Darkness.

6th rank beast, Peradione.

A beast which bore into the head, ate the person's brain and evolved into a 5th rank beast.

The Peradione was usually green, not black, and couldn't even live inside the heads of those who had over 15% in runes.

Since they just could smash it with their mana.

But whatever he did, it was much stronger than the Peradiones they knew of.

There was only one thing he had offered them.

'Damn.'

They didn't like such a thing entering their head but they couldn't really do anything since they had been caught when they were about to be killed.

And that Peradion was vibrating and screaming out inside their head.

To every 30 members of the 1st Area's team including Karhal.

'Yeah. Let's at least hear what he's got to say.'

Karhal and Sebastienne, who started to listen to what Hansoo had to say, suddenly cursed out loud.

"…I knew he was crazy but he's just seriously insane at this point."

Kiiiiiiing

"Ah! It's not something against Dakidus!"

Karhal urgently shouted upwards, stole some glances between the surrounding Hunters around him and then clenched his teeth while frowning.

'Yeah. Let's just see how far he goes.'

Karhal finished his thoughts and shouted towards the Hunters around him.

"Hey listen for a second! How long are we going to stay like this! Listen! We can gain many more things if we go and act instead of standing here!"

There weren't many who would ignore the words of Karhal who lead the entire 1st Area's team.

Everyone listen in on Karhal's shouts.

..............

The deepest location in the 2nd Area.

On top of a giant storage unit which was protected by multiple layers of wood, a woman and a few others were standing.

Ekidu and a few other Guards who hadn't lost themselves to greed yet.

Ekidu frowned as she looked at the chaos in the distance.

'Damn…'

She had groomed the village the best as she could because she had thought that the village was the sole hope of the Yellow Zone.

Though humans were constantly being sacrificed, numerous people were constantly heading out towards the Green Road.

But that village had fallen into chaos in just an instant.

'Fucking bastard of a dog.'

Ekidu, who was sighing while watching the village, sighed again as she looked around her.

The Guards were also in chaos to try to gain profit.

The same with Hunters.

It was almost impossible to control this situation with a single person's strength.

Ekidu, who was pondering whether to go out or not, made a decision.

To stay at her location.

'I cannot leave this place. This treasure hunt will end in a day. We'll move then.'

A large chaotic scene had occurred because of a damned dog but as long as Dakidus disappeared then this whole thing will calm down.

It would be much better to just fix up the village back to its original status after this whole thing ended.

'And since not many people have died… There would be a lot of things to do after it all ends.'

She could jump in if things got worse but at this rate there was no reason for her to interfere.

This would only get worse if they try to control the situation.

'Dakidus. You must feel a bit depressed.'

Ekidu stole a glance at the sky.

There was a clear reason why he had played a game such as this.

He wanted things to become much more chaotic but for it to just end like this.

At that moment.

Ekidu felt a chill run down her spine.

Since Dakidus started to laugh.

A very content expression.

The moment Ekidu made a nervous expression.

Boooooooom!

The walls of the building Ekidu was standing on blew apart.

They had only placed it for aesthetics, the wooden wall couldn't handle the sudden assault and had gotten blown apart.

And Ekidu frowned as she looked at the man who walked out.

'Hansoo?'

A person who she was keeping a close eye on.

Why did this guy suddenly appear here?

Ekidu spoke to Hansoo who was walking towards her.

"Mister Kang Hansoo. This place is off limits."

The most tightly guarded place in the village was not the residence of Ekidu, the leader of the village.

Since they could just raise a new leader if one disappeared.

There was another location.

Armory.

A location where the numerous artifacts and items the village had collected for 19 years were stored in.

Items that they could only lend to the Guards and Hunters because it was hard for the village to gather as well.

Every other place could get emptied out but not this place.

There was a reason why Ekidu had ran over here in the midst of the chaos.

The moment Ekidu shouted towards Hansoo.

Rumble!

More wooden walls started to get blown apart behind Hansoo and fell down.

And the Hunters who had gathered.

There were at least a few hundred.

'Karhal, 1st Area's members…And other Hunters as well. He hasn't come alone huh.'

Ekidu frowned.

Since she finally realized what Hansoo was trying to do.

The Village's items that thousands of people had gathered over 19 years.

If he could steal all of this then it would a tremendous profit, even more so than finding jewels.

'…So he was a bandit huh. Well, there aren't any Guards here to block you anyway.'

There weren't any Guards left.

But she was here.

'I'll make you regret it real quick.'

They always existed.

Those who coveted the wealth of the village.

Defending that wealth and sustaining the village was her role.

The moment Ekidu clenched her fists.

Booooooom!

Mana waves exploded out from Ekidu's body.

The roof of the building Ekidu was standing on blew apart as it spread out in all directions.

Rumblee

Ekidu looked around without any emotions.

If this place got robbed then it would be the end.

She could not allow anybody who threatened the village to be alive.

"That is the line. If you cross it then… I will eliminate you on the spot."

Karhal gulped his saliva as he looked at Ekidu who wasn't using any honorifics at all.

She looked calm and when everybody was talking informally, she was using honorifics and speaking formally.

But she was still the leader of the village.

Power.

Only the powerful could become the leader.

And Ekidu would only get mad on one occasion.

When she judges that the village is in danger.

'Damn. It seems like it's the first time she's been angry since the Rebellion of the 4th Area. Is this really fine.'

Karhal stopped in place and pondered.

If there wasn't the bug in this head then he wouldn't even have come this far.

Hansoo said he would release them after one favor but for that favor to be this dangerous.

And the ten or so Guards standing behind Ekidu.

The ones who had been in the village the longest and the most powerful ones in the village.

People whose love for the village was so strong that they maintained order in the midst of chaos like this.

Those guys were the ones who caused the massacre of the 4th Area in the past.

The ones who had swept away the entire 4th Area in a day.

'This bastard, why did he come here…'

Karhal thought of the massacre of the past and then nervously looked at Hansoo.

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'Boring.'

Dakidus made a bored expression as he looked down.

Everyone was acting in a similar way.

They were all grouping up to own one treasure and combined their forces to move it to the center.

But this was not what he wanted.

It would be more fun if they fought harder for the treasures.

He had set the stage for them by getting rid of the rules of the village but for them to act like this.

'This won't do. I'll need to put some more rules down.'

They were doing this because they weren't in much of a hurry.

Though it was chosen that the rules didn't exist, this was only within his own mind.

Though the ones below would be full of discontentment.

'That's why you should've done well by yourselves. Good. First of all, let's rip off the limbs of those who haven't been even able to touch the treasures…'

The moment Dakidus pondered and smiled as he was about to change the rules a bit, his ears twitched.

'Huh?'

Dakidus' eyes moved towards the Armory.

A location where they stored quite a few rare toys.

Then Dakidus smiled as he looked at that location.

'Oh this is going to get fun.'

Dakidus looked at the ones below with an amused expression.

Nothing could escape his eyes and ears within this village.

But of course his eyes would be attracted to the amusing thing.

'That kid went after the treasures at first but now is aiming for the Armory. Must be quite a greedy fellow.'

A very realistic person.

He liked those types a lot.

Dakidus looked at the guy named Hansoo in amusement.

His nose gaped and ears twitched.

'Shall I get a bit closer to watch.'

While he could watch and hear from where he was, this wasn't really himself watching but rather him getting the intel from the Satellite Fortress.

It was a bit inferior to directly hearing and seeing things.

'Yeah, you need to get up close for a show like this.'

A fight between the strongest bugs against the greedy and smart bugs.

What else would he watch in this current situation?

As Dakidus willed.

Dakidus, who was shining with blue light, cut through the village and moved towards the air above the Armory.

"Uhhh?"

Hellum, who had acquired a single treasure along with a large amount of Hunters and was traveling towards the center of the village, suddenly made a confused expression as he saw Dakidus moving.

Where would they take the treasure to if Dakidus moved like that?

And Dakidus, with his blue crown, made an awkward expression.

'Oh right. I should finish up the treasure hunt now as well.'

He had forgotten about it since the situation over by the Armory was extremely amusing.

But the solution was quite simple.

Since the important part was getting the treasure to him.

Dakidus shouted out loudly.

"I'm changing the rules."

"What?"

"Bring the treasure to where I am. I will be at the Armory."

Hellum and the other guards flinched.

Since they knew what would be over there by now.

'Ekidu…'

Hellum was a Hunter from the 5th area when Ekidu's massacre had started and had watched it all.

But for them to have to go there now.

Of course they were a bit reluctant to.

But Hellum clenched his teeth.

'Since things happened as they did. Let's take it to the end.'

It was better to mess things up hard than to just do things half-heartedly.

If everyone like him, the ones carrying the treasures, caused a ruckus then even Ekidu wouldn't be able to do anything.

Since the chaos would've been far above what Ekidu could handle.

Hellum shouted towards the nearby Hunters.

"Let's go! Our goal has just changed a bit!"

Soon the 100 treasures and the people carrying those treasures jumped across the walls, past the buildings and started to head towards the Armory.

Like a swarm of ants moving towards a giant piece of candy.

............…..

The disappointment was as big as she had hoped.

Ekidu heard the sound of Dakidus approaching her from the distance and stared at Hansoo expressionlessly.

"…You know that you are the one who caused all of this right. Kang Hansoo?"

It was now out of control.

Soon the Armory will fall into chaos.

Due to the thousands of Hunters coming here with the treasures as well as the ones with Hansoo.

Ekidu thought of the event in the past.

When she hadn't been able to find the village and had barely arrived at the village after having lost 17 people.

The village had a lot of benefits a but also a lot of problems.

But it was still important.

'Yeah. This…This is the Oasis.'

Even if everyone fought each other to acquire water, the Oasis was still needed.

The rules of the village and the stocked items gave the humans the power to survive on.

'I'll protect it no matter what.'

That was what the village was like to her.

And she needed to redevelop the village back to its beginning with a tremendous amount of strength in order to defend the village.

'I didn't want to use it…'

Ekidu didn't use her strength often.

But since it has come down to this.

She needed to show it.

As to what happened to those who threatened the village.

Crackle.

Ekidu's entire body started to get covered by a bright white flame.

At the same time the iris that covered most of her eyes got smaller and smaller as if it was getting replaced by white.

Deadly White Eyes.

Something that happened when the whites of the eyes covered the black parts entirely.

Hansoo nodded as he saw this.

That aura and that mana.

As well as the special skill that devoured the user's consciousness.

'Triple Numbering.'

That was quite a high-ranking skill.

Since Hansoo remembered it.

'312th rank. White River Demonic Art.'

It was white and pure.

But this made it even more fearsome.

Since that white was not a color of peace.

It was a crazy demonic art that ate up all of one's emotions that would get in the way of combat once it was activated.

This was why the White River Demonic Art's symbolic color was the color white.

Since it turned one's mind white.

They would cause destruction until they wake.

Until everything they had enmity against was erased.

The fight would only end if the enemy died or the user died themselves.

'That was why she tried to avoid fighting huh.'

Crack. Crackle.

Karhal flinched at the sight of Ekidu, who was slowly approaching them while looking at her entire surroundings with the remaining whites of the eyes, and spoke to Hansoo.

"Yo…Do you even have a way of dealing with that?"

At that moment.

Swish.

Ekidu's body suddenly disappeared in the distance.

In an instant.

Boooooom!

Ekidu appeared right in front of Hansoo and then stretched out her legs.

Swoosh

The moment Ekidu's left kick cut through the air and touched Hansoo.

Booooooooom!

A huge explosive sound was made as it rumbled their surroundings.

Crackle

The Forked Lightning bent to the point of almost being folded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hansoo got sent back after smashing through three buildings and then slowly stood up as he watched Ekidu charging at him with a furious aura.

'I guess I'll die if I don't use it.'

Ekidu's level was above his expectations.

In just an instant.

Kuuududududuk

Hansoo's entire body got surrounded by scales.

And his already beefy muscles ballooned up even more.

Thump Thump Thump Thump

The three hearts constantly pumped as they started to send the dragon's blood throughout his body.

Hansoo then swung the Forked Lightning.

Towards Ekidu who was flying towards him.

In an instant.

Booooom!

Another huge explosive sound was created from Hansoo and Ekidu's collision.

At the same time all the buildings nearby got smashed apart and started to crumble.

Just from two clashes.

Karhal swirled his tongue around as he saw this scene.

'…For him to be able to fight with Ekidu.'

A skill he didn't use when he fought with them.

For him to be able to go through a Racial Metamorphosis.

He seemed confident but for him to be hiding such a thing.

But Karhal realized that he wasn't really in the situation to leisure around.

Since the most powerful guards in the village, the ones guarding the Armory, had started to attack him.

"Damn!"

Boooooom!

Booom!

Soon the surrounding areas around the Armory got filled up with explosive sounds.

'Good. Very good.'

Dakidus's body got more and more closer towards the ground as he saw this scene.

Since being closer was better to see things more clearly.

Booom! Booooom!

A few pieces from the skills flung around to him but they all got disintegrated by the blue barrier surrounding him.

While Dakidus was looking at the fight with an amused expression.

Boooom!

The walls blew apart as some other people entered the battlefield.

Hellum and the Hunters who were participating in the Treasure Hunt.

They had been able to reach the Armory first because they had started from where Hansoo was.

Hellum took a glance at the chaos happening around him and then urgently shouted upwards.

"O Dakidus! We have come! With the treasure!"

Dakidus looked at Hellum and then made a bored expression.

He didn't really like it when a guy, who hadn't even shown him what he wanted to see, came to ask for power.

But a promise was a promise.

Dakidus spoke out.

"Okay. What kind of wish do you want?"

The Hunters behind Hellum all stopped at Dakidus's words.

They had rushed over here in a hurry but hadn't really thought about what kind of wish they should ask for.

'Not enough intel.'

And they didn't know as to how far Dakidus will fulfill their wishes.

But while others were pondering.

Hellum did not, even for a moment.

Since he had thought of something the moment he heard the goal had changed to the Armory.

Hellum shouted loudly to Dakidus.

"Please make me invincible!"

Dakidus's expression changed.

From a bored one to an impressed one.

"Oh, everyone behind you?"

As Dakidus looked at him in amusement, Hellum laughed coldly and replied.

"No, just me. And it doesn't have to be long."

Hellum's expression was full of confidence.

Since that Dakidus guy, who loved chaos and destruction, would definitely know what he was planning.

He would definitely fulfill his wishes.

And as he expected.

Dakidus laughed coldly as he answered.

"Sure. It shall be done. Except, it won't be fun if it lasts too long so…The limit is 30 minutes."

In the next instant.

Swoooosh

Hellum's entire body got covered by the blue barrier.

Just like the barrier around Dakidus's body.

Hellum laughed coldy as he looked at the blue shields around him.

"30 Minutes. More than enough."

The Hunters grinded their teeth as they saw this.

"You bastard…What are you trying to do. Are you trying to get to the end of the green road in 30 minutes or something?"

30 minutes.

It was too short to really do anything.

For him throw away such an important wish.

Hellum shrugged his shoulders at the Hunter's words.

"No, at first i was going to ask for an artifact or a skill. But…I don't really think I need to go that far to get those things?"

Hellum then looked towards the Armory.

'Even if I asked for an Artifact or a skill… It's Highly likely that Dakidus would just throw it away here due to his personality.'

A person with a good artifact getting beaten up to the death.

This was the thing Dakidus wanted to see.

Of course he wouldn't send people to the end of the Green Road.

But this wish was different.

Since he was planning to show Dakidus the exact thing he wanted to see.'

'And without this I feel like I'll get killed by the crazy Ekidu.'

But it was now all over.

He just needed to brush him off and walk out.

Since nobody would have the strength to chase him down after the whole village becomes a mess.

'And…There are plenty of Runes around here.

Hellum smirked as he started to attack the Hunters who had followed him.

Boooom!

Boom!

"Aaaaaa! This bastard, for real!"

"Run!"

The Hunters attacked a few times, realized that none of their attacks worked like how Dakidus had said, and had all separated and started to run away.

The Guards were much stronger than the Hunters.

And even more so now since he didn't really have to worry about retaliation from them.

"Hahahahhahaha! Where are you going!?"

The moment Hellum was about to chase them after laughing out loudly.

Boooooom!

A tremendous amount of destructive force came out from the corner of the Armory.

Hellum was shocked by this and looked towards the origin of this noise.

'Ekidu. Kang Hansoo.'

Hellum grinded his teeth after seeing the traces of great destruction caused by Ekidu and Hansoo in the distance.

'…What the hell did these guys shove down their throats to have become that strong?'

Just as jealousy filled the entire mind of Hellum, his head rotated around quickly.

'Yeah…I can always get runes anywhere.'

But the unique items around Hansoo's body?

And the White River Demonic Art that allowed Ekidu to turn into a crazy wargod?

Those things would be extremely hard to find even within the Armory or from Dakidus.

'I must eat those.'

He wouldn't even dare to get between those two.

But he was invincible currently.

He needed to use these 30 minutes wisely.

And the others participants who had found the treasures were also approaching towards this direction.

They might ask for a similar wish as him.

"Hahahahahaha! Let me butt in here as well!"

Booooom!

As Hellum laughed out loudly and was about to jump towards Hansoo and Ekidu.

And Hansoo, who had been looking around his surroundings calmy in the middle of the fight, suddenly nodded.

'If it's this much then… Everyone in the village should've gathered.'

Most of the useful actors of this play had gathered

And the fans for these people had gathered as well.

Hansoo looked at Dakidus, who had come down to the point where he could stretch his arms and touch, and laughed coldly.

He had at first thought of using a treasure to get closer.

Since the might of the Sealing jade was better the closer they were.

But if the opponent came closer to him on their own accord then there wasn't a need for him to go closer.

"Instead of just watching, you should join as well. Dakidus."

'The reinforcement has already finished a long time ago.'

Since he had long emptied the markets where the Guards had disappeared from on the way here.

The moment Hansoo grasped the Sealing Jade in his pockets tightly.

Hoooooong!

A tremendous amount of vibration that couldn't even be compared to that from the darkness had swept through the village.

"Uuuk?"

Hellum freaked out as he saw the blue barrier around him melt down.

Reincarnator – Chapter 163 : Fallen God (1)

"Hmmm?"

Dakidus frowned.

For Hansoo to speak in such a rude way.

He was being quite nice to him but for him to cross the line.

'I should cut off his limbs then.'

The moment Dakidus willed it.

Booooooom!

A blue laser fell down from the skies in a straight line.

Towards where Hansoo had been standing.

But Dakidus was a step too late.

Hoooooong!

Right before the blue laser could land from the skies.

The sleeping Sealing Jade within Hansoo's pocket started to vibrate aggressively.

And soon.

Hoooooooooong

The Sealing Jade's shockwave swept through the entire village.

And the blue laser that was coming down from the skies just disappeared in mid air.

As if a blue line had melted down.

And that wasn't the only thing that had disappeared.

"Huh? Uuuuhhhh!"

The blue barrier around Hellum, who had been charging in towards the fight between Ekidu and Hansoo, disappeared as a whole.

"Uaaaaak!"

Hellum freaked out, reversed the position of him charging in and then ran backwards.

This scene was extremely humiliating to him but it was a clear judgement in Hellum's situation.

The clash between Hansoo and Ekidu that was overwhelming just from hearing the sounds.

He would become minced meat and then die miserably without the strength of Dakidus.

Hellum grinded his teeth while running away.

'Damn. I'm the retarded one. For me to trust that crazy bastard of a dog.'

Hellum could only think of one possibility.

That Dakidus had played with him.

The mysterious vibration that rang out from Hansoo weighed his mind down but he shook off his head at that possibility.

'No way.'

For a human to be able to insolently harm the higher race.

He had never even heard of such a thing.

'Damn! Damn!'

Anyways, the important thing right now was running away.

Hellum, who hadn't even cared about his surroundings and was running away in a hurry, suddenly stopped.

'Why are there no sounds of explosions?'

The clash between Ekidu and Hansoo, who were fighting as if they were trying to rip each other's hearts out, had suddenly stopped.

At the same time a strange sound was heard from somewhere up above.

'What happened…'

Hellum, who was about to turn around, got more curious at the noise above and then took a glance above instead.

At that instant.

Hellum stopped right in place while running away.

'Holy god….'

.........…..

'…Why am I fine?'

Ekidu checked her body buried in a corner of a building and made a confused expression.

There was quite a large quantity of traces of battle but her body was still very well.

And her consciousness had come back to normal as well.

When Ekidu used the White River Demonic Arts, she calculated for the worst outcome possible and then used it.

Only two cases would cause the White River Demonic Arts to stop.

Either when all the criminals who caused chaos to the village had died.

Or she herself had died.

Even she couldn't handle the countless amounts of Hunters and Guards by herself.

But the current situation was too different from what she had expected.

No, something that she couldn't even dream of was happening.

'Higher race…Dakidus is…'

Rumble

Dakidus was falling from quite an altitude.

Like a god who had lost his wings.

From the sky and to the ground.

The mighty looking blue crown on his head had long lost its luster.

And that wasn't all.

Ruuummmblleee

The giant castle that was floating above.

The golden castle, which used to shine blue like the crown, was falling.

"Uuuhuuuukk!"

"Shit! Run away!"

'It's a mess.'

Unlike Ekidu who has yet to figure out the current situation completely, the Guards, Hunters and Farmers were all running away in every direction.

And they had to.

No matter how powerful their body was, if that much mass landed on the village, nobody could guarantee their own safety.

At that moment.

"Instead of blanking out, stand up. This is just the start."

Rumble.

"…Hansoo?"

Ekidu muttered as she looked at Hansoo who had pulled her out from the rubble.

The person looked quite similar to the Hansoo she knew but a lot of things were different.

The scales that had covered his entire body.

'…He really stands out.'

The fact that he didn't really look human wasn't the reason why she thought of this.

It was rather this attitude towards the situation.

In the midst of the chaos created by the Satellite Fortress falling down, Hansoo being able to

maintain his calm demeanor helped him stand out even more.

But Ekidu realized right away.

"Is that…Did you cause that?'

She couldn't even imagine how he had done it from seeing his attitude, there was no other possibility.

Well the fact of the god-like Dakidus falling from the skies alone was beyond her imaginations.

And Hansoo nodded towards Ekidu.

Ekidu's expression turned complex at Hansoo's attitude.

'…Will this be okay?'

In the corner of Ekidu's mind, instead of being angry at the falling Dakidus, there was worry forming.

Dakidus fell and the Atillan sunk.

A change that was too big for her that had never happened before and should not have happened ever.

And this change filled her mind full of worry from the changes that it will bring to the village, the villagers of the village and herself.

Since one thing was clear.

That Dakidus' rage will skyrocket.

And as if it was proving that her expectations weren't wrong.

Booooooooom!

"Roooooooaaaarrr!"

A roar of rage came from the distance which resonated all the way throughout to the Armory near them.

The roar of Dakidus after he had fallen.

The howling which contained the confusion and rage rang throughout the entire village.

'Damn.'

A shockwave made from sound that shook one's entire body.

Ekidu stumbled back and forth to maintain her balance.

Usually something like this wouldn't happen.

Only then was Ekidu able to figure out why she had been able to become lucid and why Dakidus had fallen from the skies.

Since the White River Demonic Arts that had protected her entire body had disappeared.

No, even putting the White River Demonic Arts aside, none of her skills could be used at all.

'Mana… It's all frozen.'

As Ekidu's expression stiffened up from this discovery.

Booooom!

Hansoo stomped forward and then kicked away the already half collapsed Armory.

And inside of the feeble but well organized storage, numerous shiny armors and weapons could be seen.

"Hey! Hey! That's for the village…"

"I'm using it for the village."

Hansoo walked in and then started to equip the useful things onto his body.

They were a bit inferior to the items he had on but they were still very nice.

Hansoo clicked his tongue towards Ekidu who was watching him in bewilderment and then broke open another wall.

Boooooom!

There was an item that was a bit different from the items until now in this part of the storage.

An item that was clearly a tier higher than the others from just a glance.

'This was here too huh.'

Numbering 779. Scarlett Yang Armor.

This armor, which stimulated the user's viciousness, wasn't quite compatible with Ekidu, who already goes crazy by herself, so it was kept in the corner of this storage but it was an item that was originally prepared for the village leader.

Chuck!

Hansoo pulled out the Scarlett Yang Armor and threw it to Ekidu was he spoke.

"Hurry and put it on. Since the mana froze you shouldn't have to worry about the side effects."

Ekidu's expression stiffened up as she stared at Hansoo.

Since what Hansoo was planning to was quite obvious.

But that's not what he should be worrying about.

"Hey! Aren't you going to run away? What are you going to do about that…"

As Ekidu pointed towards the Atillan that was falling from the sky.

Kiiiriiririiing

Suddenly the Atillan's speed drastically lowered.

And a small, faint blue light appeared at the bottom of the golden castle.

"Hmm."

'Even if it was enhanced…The distance from here to the Atillan was too far.'

Hansoo gazed at the sky and then touched the Sealing Jade in his hands.

If he had been able to directly shoot it onto the mana engine then he would've been able to shoot it right down.

But since he couldn't, the castle will recover and start up again after a while.

He needed to kill Dakidus before that happened.

'Well, it's not bad.'

Since he wouldn't need to worry about getting smashed by the castle anymore.

The moment hansoo was about to get up from the Armory.

Boooooooom!

Something smashed through the Armory walls and came in.

Clatter clatter.

The thing that ran past Hansoo smashed right in the midst of the armors and the weapons.

And the thing suddenly groaned after the crash.

"Ugh…"

"…Hellum."

Ekidu's expression froze as she looked at Hellum who had smashed onto the Armory with broken limbs.

There was only one reason for him to have become like this.

At that moment.

A tremendous shout was heard from the distance.

"Hahahahaha! What are you guys going to do? You're going to try swinging that piece of toy sword at me?"

After that confident shout was heard.

Booooooom!

As if something caused a huge impact onto the ground.

A tremendous shockwave rang throughout the ground.

Like a huge earthquake.

Rumble!

From this tremendous earthquake, the building that were barely holding on started to all break down.

And Ekidu realized what had caused that earthquake.

'Holy…Just from a single step…'

The walls and buildings broke down as the shape of Dakidus, who had fallen from the sky, could be seen in the distance.

The blue light that covered his body had disappeared.

And this made him stand out even more.

A huge 4m tall body that one couldn't quite size up in the skies.

Steel-like muscles.

Claws that were the size of a human that seemed to be able to rip apart any armor.

Dark, glossy skin that seemed like no normal weapons could even leave a dent.

And that Dakidus was swinging his claws around and causing a massacre.

Boooooom!

Booooooom!

"This scum like bastards! Make a trap?! Insolent! Come at me! You bugs! This Harvester shall rip you all apart!"

"Uuuaaaaak!"

Adventurers who had charged in after seeing Dakidus fall and judging that this was a chance.

And all those adventurers were getting crushed.

Rooooarrr!

Every time Dakidus swung his claws or crunched with his mouth, a body was cut in half and heads fell off.

They couldn't tell when he was surrounded by the blue light.

But as the image of the god disappeared, Dakidus who had fallen onto the ground was a demon in itself.

'Damn…Damn.'

Ekidu made an expression of despair as she saw this.

They had pulled him down from the skies and broke his wings.

But this was not enough.

No, Dakidus felt as if his authority had been challenged as he was causing a tremendous massacre in a frenzied state.

This scene was like a crazed beast that they usually went up against.

Except the problem was that the skills and artifacts that they usually armed themselves with had all been turned useless.

This was why they were getting massacred.

Hansoo spoke towards Ekidu.

"Wake up. It's just livestock anyway. A thief coming to this point is far enough."

'A thief?'

Enkidu made a confused expression and then shouted out urgently.

"…You're going to kill that? How!?"

Hansoo stared at Ekidu.

"We should do our parts."

If Dakidus was left like that then casualties would only rise.

He needed to deal with him first.

Hansoo, who had completely prepared to go fight, spoke towards Ekidu:

"I'll go deal with this. You gather the people, arm them with the items from the Armory and bring them."

Him alone was a bit hard.

Since Dakidus still had a body of a beast even if he was going up against him.

At that moment.

Hellum, who had been stuck in the corner, smirked as he spat out.

"Ke…heheh. You think the people will help you?"

That thing was that strong even without mana.

He knew since he had felt that strength.

Who would be willing to go into that fight after seeing that scene?

Hansoo stomped up to Hellum, raised him up by the collar and then spoke.

Rumble

"Who said help?'

"What?'

He couldn't say anything to those guys who couldn't do what they couldn't.

Since Dakidus who got supplied with mana was basically a god to them.

But not now.

He was just a beast who had come down onto the ground.

If they couldn't do the job when he gave them the chance then they had no qualifications.

"I'm giving you guys a chance. A chance to stab a blade into its body."

'This is the final test I'm giving you guys.'

Hansoo spoke towards Ekidu.

Reincarnator – Chapter 164 : Fallen God (2)

A village in flames.

Dakidus was standing in the middle.

With the appearance of a slaughterer.

Kuuudududuk

"Keehehehehheh"

Dakidus crushed somebody beneath his feet and then licked his claws after sensing his old instincts coming back to life.

'This is better than I expected?'

He was confused when he fell at first.

Since an event that was illogical even with his imagination had happened.

For the Atillan to fall.

This had never happened before.

But even before he could deal with the confusion, another emotion pushed its way in.

Fear.

It was something he hadn't felt in a very long time.

It might've been different for the Defenders who dealt with those of the other races but him, a Harvester, didn't need to get into dangerous situations.

The moment the abilities of the Atillan, which protected him, disappeared, and the bugs swarmed at him.

Dakidus, who had lost his invincible armor, felt fear creeping in from the corners of his mind.

Since the thought of him possibly being hunted down had come into his mind.

Without the Atillan, the skills and toys the humans had were more than enough to kill him.

No, accounting for everything he had done to them, just being killed would be a good ending.

He had roared out extremely loud as a bluff from the feeling which made him uneasy, the one that told him that he couldn't get caught no matter what, and had crazily smashed apart the humans in order to make way for himself.

And then realized.

That the mana of these guys were also sealed.

At this same two clashing emotions rushed into him.

Relief.

And rage.

If these things couldn't use mana then they wouldn't be threatening anymore.

Since the difference between their and his body was like that of the heaven and earth.

The moment relief erased the fear, rage appearing was quite a sensible order.

Rage had filled up his entire body up to his head.

For these bugs to come against him.

Dakidus didn't want to accept the fear he had felt when the bugs had swarmed towards him when he fell from the skies.

He had to erase them all.

All the bugs that had seen his embarrassing look.

Dakidus crushed and chomps apart the humans.

How long had it been.

After a long while of fighting, the emotion that had filled Dakidus's mind was not rage.

It wasn't fear or superiority either.

'Hmm, I had wondered why the Akalachia guys played hunt…'

The Akalachias did some strange things.

Releasing the protection of the Satellite Fortress by themselves and going to hunt the humans with their own body.

Their technology, which included the Satellite Fortress, gifted them powers that couldn't even be compared to those of humans.

On the other hand, if they didn't have the protection of the Satellite Fortress then the humans would actually be quite dangerous.

And one out of every 10 Akalachias actually died or got injured badly during their game of hunt.

Dakidus and his race, the Arukons, actually laughed at the Akalachias.

Maybe it's because they were birds but it actually looked like they had a bird's brain from their actions.

The Arukons had laughed at them to the point of sending them a warning.

To stop dirtying the pride of the Higher Race and act properly.

But he realized now.

There was a reason why those guys were powerful despite their small numbers.

The emotion that had filled Dakidus after a prolonged battle was bliss from the victory.

A sensation that he wasn't able to feel during the times when he had been protected by the Atillan.

His instincts, which had been asleep within his blood and genes that hadn't come out, suddenly exploded out during the battle.

To the point of surprising Dakidus.

This was a sensation he could not feel when using the power of the Satellite Fortress.

He could kill them just by flicking his fingers and their attacks couldn't even leave a dent.

Why would he feel nervous?

He didn't feel nervous at all back then.

A thirst of battle had not worked up inside him.

Since nobody would feel such things going up against ants.

But it was different now.

Though they were still weak, their blades still stimulated his nerves and all his senses were sharpened in order to destroy the humans who charged at him in order to injure him.

Hormones exploded all around his body and his heart trembled as if an earthquake was happening right inside it.

Dakidus unconsciously mumbled at the contentment which filled up his entire body.

'I'm going to go enjoy myself once I return.'

Dakidus, who had recovered his leisure, growled in happiness.

The remaining ones saw this might and were running away in all directions and the Satellite Fortress, the Atillan, was recovering slowly as well.

Though it was still falling bit by bit, it wouldn't fall all the way down.

It may take a while but he would be safe if things continued at this rate.

'These damn bugs. If they all came at me at the same time it might've been dangerous but they're only at this level.'

For them to miss this sole chance to kill him.

Well anyways, it was good for him.

'I should play around a bit more before I leave.'

The moment Dakidus loosened up his muscles in order to continue his hunt.

Hooooook!

Something rapidly closed in from the distance.

Dakidus's both ears twitched.

And all the hairs on his body stood up at the same time.

This was not normal.

It was different from the attacks until now.

An attack that could pierce his skin if hit directly.

"Roaaarr!"

Dakidus nervously turned around, roared out and then smashed the thing flying towards him with his hands.

Clang!

The object that had flown in smashed into Dakidus's claws and then landed on the ground.

And surprisingly, cracks appeared on his steel-like claws.

Which proved the power behind that attack.

'What the hell is this?'

Dakidus checked the crack on his claws and then verified the thing that had flown to him.

'…Sword?'

It was quite a high level toy as well.

Crack!

The sword, which had cracked his claws, couldn't withstand the force behind that clash broke into two.

Even if it wasn't protected by mana, it was still metal.

Which means somebody had thrown this so hard to the point of causing the metal to break into two just from the force of the clash.

It was not a strength somebody without mana could bring out.

'Who the hell has a strength like this…'

After verifying the object that had flown in, Dakidus turned his head around again.

And then stopped.

"So it was you, that greedy human."

The human who had monopolized his gaze.

Dakidus frowned as he looked at Hansoo approaching him with numerous weapons dangling all over his body.

And a sensation of danger rose up slowly.

Dakidus was not stupid.

He was very conceited until now.

This was because he had a reason which allowed him to.

But the current situation was not where he should be or could be like that.

All of his six senses was warning him about Hansoo.

He needed to decipher between when and when not to be conceited.

"Grrrooowwwwlll"

The fur between his claws rose up and increased in length.

The fur that had grown intertwined with each other and then started to create a layer of metal armor above his skin.

Chhhhhhiiiirurururu

The furs, which were already tough in itself, suddenly turned like a chainmail and covered his skin.

A power that was hidden deep within their genes and could not be used for a long time since it wasn't needed.

Dakidus, who had turned into a semi-armored beast, spoke towards Hansoo:

"You have no sense of fear huh. What are you going to do by yourself?"

He himself was nervous against Hansoo.

Since Hansoo felt quite threatening to him.

But that didn't mean that it felt like he would lose.

No, Dakidus was actually quite content.

Since the urge for battle was working up again due to the nervousness he felt.

The urge that he couldn't quite solve due to those bugs having run away in the middle of the fight.

Hansoo chuckled at this Dakidus.

'He's full of confidence huh.'

He could tell just from Dakidus' expressions.

Such an expression wouldn't appear if one thought about the possibility of losing.

Since Dakidus should know what would happen to him if he lost.

Dakidus continued to speak as he looked at Hansoo.

"Well, I can somewhat guess what your plan is."

Dakidus wasn't stupid.

Ekidu would probably bring reinforcements while he bought time.

It was simple but quite a marvelous plan.

Because then he wouldn't be able to run away and would get tied down by Ekidu's forces.

The moment Ekidu's forces come, he would die without being able to do anything.

But would that really be possible?

'You brat. You see I've already trained quite a lot of people before you can.'

Dogs who got leashed at young age would have a hard time leaving as an adult even if they were released.

Like how their race had been in the past.

And if there was an exit path as well?

'The Atillan's functions are frozen but…This much should still be enough.'

Oooooooong.

As Dakidus willed.

The faint light beneath the Atillan floating in the sky suddenly got reinforced.

That was it.

But Dakidus looked towards the village with an extremely confident expression.

.........…

Booom! Boooooom!

Enkidu stomped through the remaining buildings and quickly headed towards somewhere.

Since it was clear where the runaways would head.

'13th Area.'

13th Area.

The entrance where the Green Road began.

In this situation, where they had caused the rage of the higher race, the Green Road was the only place that they could dodge the rage of the Arukons.

Green Road.

A road that followed the path of conflict between the Higher races.

That was why it was safe.

Since even the Defenders of Arukon wouldn't be able to travel through with their Fortresses.

Booom! Boooom!

Swarms of people could be seen in Ekidu's eyes after a while of running.

People who were running away with just their body and without any skills.

'Good. it's not too late. Yet.'

Boooom!

Ekidu jumped over after stepping on a building and then blocked the path out to the 13th Area.

Rumble.

The people who were running flinched at the sudden object that had flown down from the skies and stepped back.

In case Dakidus had chased them down.

But they started to urgently shout after seeing the person who appeared from the dust clouds.

"Ekidu! What are you doing! Move!"

"Hurry! We don't know when that guy would come chase us!"

Everyone was feeling urgent.

Of course they were.

What would Dakidus do once he came back to his senses?

Of course it would be a massacre against the bugs.

They could only live if they quickly entered the conflicting areas of the Akalachias, Arukons and Rebeloongs before that happened.

Being in there didn't completely guarantee their safety but it was much better than being here.

Ekidu shook her head at those words.

"Everyone wake up! No matter what, it's just a dog! If we all charge at him with our numbers then we can win!"

Ekidu explained the situation.

Dakidus' might was indeed amazing.

But they weren't normal humans either.

They were superhumans who had been trained with years of battle.

And though the skills had disappeared, the agility and strength enhanced by the runes still remained.

Every one of them was an existence that even an army would have a hard time dealing with in the real world.

Everyone stole glances at each other at those words.

They knew as well.

But how many would die during that process?

The scene of massacre Dakidus had shown them at the end was too threatening for them to charge in with just a sliver of possibility.

At that moment.

Oooooong

The faint light coming out from beneath the Atillan floating up in the sky brightened up a bit.

A very slight change.

But this much was enough to threaten the people.

"Damn…Is that thing going to start up again?"

Ekidu clenched her teeth after hearing the mumbles of the people.

The people who didn't even know who Hansoo was were their lifeline.

And the Atillan which shone in the skies which seemed like it could assault them at any moment.

She had heard that it wouldn't activate for a while from Hansoo's words.

But Ekidu's own legs trembled as well after thinking of the amount of people who had been erased from that light.

Even in the midst of this chaos, the people split into two groups.

People who couldn't hold back the rage against Dakidus any longer and were about to charge right back in.

And those who were standing in place because they couldn't completely wash off the fear they had against him.

At that moment.

"Ekidu! I have an even better idea!"

Ekidu turned around and looked at the one who spoke those words.

And then frowned.

"…Karim?'

Leader of the guards, Karim.

The loyal protector of the village.

Others might've been different but Karim's words were hard to ignore.

Ekidu spoke towards Karim.

"What are your thoughts Karim?"

Karim pointed towards the sky.

To be exact, at the Satellite Fortress, theAtillan, that was still floating high up in the skies.

The Atillan which had sunk down quite far by this time could be reached by jumping off from a nearby cliff even without any skills.

Karim, the one who pointed towards the Atillan, spoke out.

"We all take over that thing. During the time Hansoo buys for us."

"…That?"

Karim spoke out confidently at Ekidu's reaction.

"This would be much more helpful. To that brave Hansoo fellow."

Karim then pulled something out from his pockets.

'….A book?'

Ekidu stared at Karim.

Reincarnator – Chapter 165 : Fallen God (3)

"Hmm…"

Mackill heard the proposition of Karim in the distance and then got lost in thought.

Three choices had suddenly appeared in front of them from Karim's proposition.

First.

They could continue their path and go into the Green Road.

Second.

Follow Karim and take over the giant Satellite Fortress, the Atillan.

Third.

Follow Ekidu to help Hansoo and kill Dakidus.

'Damn. This is hard.'

Mackill muttered.

The moment she made a wrong choice, she might even lose her life at worst.

And the problem was that none of the three things was a guaranteed thing.

Nobody knew how dangerous the Green Road was.

Same with helping Hansoo.

'But…Karim's proposition is quite similar to those then as well.'

She didn't know if taking over the Satellite Fortress, the Atillan, was possible by helping Karim.

No, what would they even do after taking it over?

Karim smiled after seeing the expressions of nearby people and then shook the item in his hands.

"That is…"

It was just a single book.

While everybody including Mackill were making confused expressions.

Karim looked at Ekidu as he laughed.

"Ekidu, do you know? As to how long I have been in this village?'

'…Hmm.'

Ekidu made a confused expression.

Nobody knew how long Karim had been in the village for.

Even when the previous village leader had left without a word, the captain of the guards had still been Karim.

And as she had heard, Karim was the captain of the guards even before that.

If one looked at it, he was actually the true leader of the village from how long he had been in the village.

Even Ekidu had learned everything about the village from the captain of the guards, Karim, when she had become the village's leader.

And the reason why the guards had been able to become so great was thanks to karim.

Since Karim, who had been in the village longer than anybody, had raised the current guards since when they were just greenies.

Being much stronger than the other guards was second, the reason that the Guards couldn't go against Karim was because he had disciplined them for a very long time.

'If there wasn't such a large event as this.'

While Ekidu was making a forced smile.

Karim continued to speak.

"I've been here for quite a while. Do you know why I have been able to survive for so long?"

Everyone made confused expressions.

They had never actually thought about it.

Since there wasn't anything that was very weird about it.

'There was a reason for it?'

If one was strong, staying at the village was quite a nice decision as well.

There was no danger of being offered as an offering and they could stand at the top of the village due to their strength.

The occasional 1st level beasts were quite strong but staying here was a much better choice than going through the Green Road where swarms of those beasts existed.

Karim spoke towards the confused people.

"It was to find out a method. A method to land a blow to those guys. No, that wasn't it. It was just to land a blow onto that Arukon guy over there."

Karim then raised something in his hands.

Intel.

"This is all the intel I have gathered about the Arukons and the Higher Races."

"What? How?"

Karim smiled at those words.

"It's not what I gathered but it is something handed down upon the village leaders and captain of the guards. It's not something that one person has completed."

Ekidu frowned at Karim's words.

"Then why didn't I know about this? And the others?"

Karim shook his head.

"Think about it, think about others knowing that we are collecting such intel as this. How do you think they'll react to Dakidus who has come to gather the Offerings?"

"Mmm…"

Ekidu nodded at those words.

There was a clear difference in reaction between preparing a blow and falling into despair after not having been able to figure out anything.

If something reached Dakidus's ears, who could hear and see everything, then the entire village will fall in danger.

"Me holding onto it doesn't really have that much meaning. It's because it has been set to be given to one person who can be trusted and has a large influence. If I had perhaps left the village then this document would've been handed over to you Ekidu. Anyways, this isn't the important part. My proposition is very simple… Let's take over that Satellite Fortress."

"We, control that?"

Everyone, including Ekidu, laughed.

That Satellite Fortress was indeed very useful.

Since they knew about its uses very well.

But if it was possible?

Would the Arukons just leave them be?

The reason why the humans had been able to survive until now was because they had been treated as toys by the Higher Races and had been ignored most of the time.

But what if they actually thought the humans posed a threat to them?

There wasn't even a need to think about it.

They'll just bring the Satellite Fortress and wipe them out.

If they take over the Satellite Fortress?

'No way.'

Their main forces would pop out and destroy that Satellite Fortress.

Karim nodded as if he had read the people's thoughts.

"No, that's not it. Think about how many treasures would be aboard that thing. It's the Satellite Fortress of Dakidus. Could it even be compared to the Armory of the village?"

A treasure vault above their heads.

A battlefield where they could die.

It was obvious which choice they would make.

When Mackill had been looking at Karim with a resentful expressions.

The surroundings people's eyes turned into one of greed.

"Can we look a bit at the book?"

Even Ekidu started to slowly walk towards Karim.

..............

Booooom!

Booom!

Handoo and Dakidus were ruthlessly clashing in the midst of the village.

Everytime the front claws of Dakidus clashed with the weapon in Hansoo's Hands, the little bits of remaining buildings got smashed apart and crumbled.

The moment Hansoo dodged the attack and moved back after destroying the outer wall of the Armory.

Boooooom!

Dakidus's front claws smashed through the wooden walls and smashed down onto Hansoo.

An attack which came out from his giant stature and utilized its reach to the max.

'It's a bit awkward to dodge it.'

If he was fighting from a distance then it would be easy to dodge it.

But Hansoo was fighting against the Dakidus up close.

Since he knew that he won't be able to win just by dodging.

Even just their body parts, the differences in their size were more than two times.

And the reach difference was even worse since his race already had longer front legs.

If he couldn't get close then he wouldn't even be able to attack.

And Dakidus' actual body had long turned into quite a rag.

The shining fur that had covered his body like a chained mail had long been smashed apart and the metallic dark skin had long been turned into a mess.

It wasn't just one or two injuries.

Sword, Spear, Axe, Scythe, Chains.

Injuries created by numerous types of weapons had long turned Dakidus's skin into a mess.

And his entire body was bleeding as well.

But Dakidus was clearly winning in the clash within the center of the village, which had perfectly depicted an Oasis.

Since fighting up close meant that he had to get into the danger zone as well.

Boooom!

Hansoo couldn't dodge Dakidus's attack which slashed onto him and got hit by it.

Crunch!

The Forked Lightning curved as if it would break.

It actually curved to the point of snapping.

Dakidus's strength was this great.

In conclusion, even the Forked Lightning was just a well made weapon without any mana.

'That won't do.'

The moment Hansoo pulled out the Forked Lightning.

Kaagagagagak!

The three claws that were already radiating a vicious aura slashed right down onto Hansoo's chest, onto the Thousand Soldier's Armor and the dragon's scales.

The Thousand Soldier's Armor lived up to its name of being a solo numbering and had withstood most of the attack but couldn't completely block the force behind the attack.

The clash was so harsh that one of those extremely hard claws had actually broken off and got embedded within the armor.

Booooom!

Hansoo couldn't handle the force behind the attack and got sent flying back along with the Thousand Soldier's Armor.

Like a volleyball that had been hit by a powerful strike.

Boooom!

Dakidus slowly walked towards Hansoo who had smashed through six buildings and had smashed onto the ground with a leisurely expression.

He received quite a large amount of damage himself as well but Hansoo had received the damage as well.

With his own body.

Dakidus, who had gotten much more laid back from before, had organized the situation in his minds while fighting and had figured things out.

As to why all the mana had frozen.

Why the Atillan, the Satellight Fortress, had stopped working and why the mana in his body, which had been flooding before, had completely frozen.

But he knew now.

"Kuheheheh. You insolent bastatd. Going up against me with just that?"

It was impossible with just the strength of the humans.

No, it was impossible even for the three Higher Races including the Arukons.

Only the losers who had fallen beneath their feet.

Only the artifacts of those guys could do such a thing like this.

Sealing Jade.

It was indeed amazing.

But that was the limit.

Since the Atillan will recover soon.

Of course it would all end if he died before that happened but Dakidus was happy.

'Once it recovers, I should go back to the main base and refill the mana crystal.'

Since he didn't know if an unknown problem might've occurred, it was good to go back to the main base and resupply.

Hansoo didn't reply to those words, lifted the broken claw of Dakidus and fed it to the Thousand Soldiers Armor.

Crunch Crunch.

The Strange looking armor opened its mouth and devoured Dakidus's claws.

The ripped and smashed parts of the armor got mended a bit as the color darkened slightly.

As if it had evolved even after eating a claw.

'…This was why my attacks weren't working ever since before huh. I guess that works even without mana. Is it because it's alive?'

The previous attack should've turned that guy's armor into pieces.

But that guy had held on and was continuing to fight against him.

This was all because of that special armor.

'Well. There's not much time left for him anyway.'

Dakidus giggled.

"Anyways, why aren't your friends coming to you with reinforcements? Heheh, it's been quite a while since they should've gotten here."

Hansoo laughed as he looked at Dakidus's expression which was filled with confidence.

"Why are you so confident?"

Even Dakidus wasn't really in a leisurely situation.

If Ekidu came with the reinforcement then he would die no matter what.

Dakidus laughed as he spoke.

He wondered a bit but it was clear after he had come this far.

"Shall I tell you since you'll die soon? You reinforcements won't come no matter what. This is because…"

Dakidus, who was holding back his words, was making fun of Hansoo clearly.

Hansoo cut off Dakidus and completed his sentence.

"Is it because there's a Mudfish?*"

"…"

Dakidus stopped as he looked at Hansoo.

"I guess you know some things."

Hansoo chucked.

"Well. I don't know the details but I know quite a bit about the person who made this village you see."

Clementine.

The first leader of the village.

'A name that's quite nostalgic.'

There weren't that many people who knew about that name.

Since her nickname was much more famous than her name in his world.

'Mad Monarch.'*

A person who had led the humans into destruction.

Oasis was one of the ceasefire villages the Mad Monarch had set up.

'Ekidu. You judge it. As to who the person the Mad Monarch had left behind is.'

He couldn't clearly tell who it was.

But if the traces of the Mad Monarch existed then it would clearly appear.

At this moment.

'And…This moment where the village has fallen is the best chance to erase that trace.'

Then it would be a profit.

'Clementine. I will pull out all the roots of your remnants.'

............

"Huukk!"

"Ekidu! Why!"

The people freaked out as they looked at Karim and Ekidu.

Since Ekidu, who had approached Karim to talk, had swung her right fist.

Well, Ekidu had actually tried to smash Karim's heart but it had failed because Karim had backed away after throwing away his right arm.

"You were hiding your skills huh."

Ekidu mumbled as he looked at Karim.

She had always thought that she would win if she fought with Karim even without any mana or skills.

But the movements Karim had shown her just before were completely different.

Puushushushuk

Karim didn't fall into dismay despite having his arm cut off and just looked between his arm and Ekidu.

And then spoke with a cold expression:

"How did you know?"

Ekidu then touched the blade on her gauntlet, which came out from the Scarlet Yang Armor, and then thought of the words of Hansoo from before.

"How did you know?"

'The village I have protected for so long…'

For it to be created from an agreement between the Higher Races and a traitor of the humans.

'Damned bastards.'

Ekidu grinded her teeth.

Translator's Note : To those who haven't read the post notes. A few things were revealed in this chapter. 1. Clementine is actually the Light Monarch. 2. Light Monarch is a female.3. Ekdud mistranslated Light Monarch in the fast because Light and Mad could be spelt the same way and he didn't have enough context so he is changing it now to Mad Monarch.

-Tl;Dr. Clementine = Light Monarch. Light Monarch -> Mad Monarch-

Reincarnator – Chapter 166 : Test (1)

Boom!

Boooooom!

Dakidus smashed Hansoo in front of his eyes.

A human who was surprisingly clashing against him even without any mana.

Though Hansoo was being pushed back, just being able to fight with him this much was a feat.

'If there were…Two guys like this Hansoo guy then I would've been long dead already.'

A suspicious guy who knew a lot and had a lot of secrets.

A memory of the past were thought up as he saw Hansoo in front of him.

The three people who had swept the entire Yellow Zone by themselves.

'Yeah. Just like them…He is an element that could possibly be dangerous.'

The past.

They, the Arukons, Akalachias and Rebeloongs had pushed out the losers and were fighting each other for superiority.

Well, back then it was four races and not three.

Since another race called the Makrons existed.

Anyways, these four races clashed with each other every day.

There was no time for rest.

Everybody was desperate and their enemies were not somebody who they could drop their guards against.

Lines were created and territories were made but these territories constantly changed day to day from their clashes.

A war where Satellite Fortresses clashed with Satellite Fortresses and civilizations clashed with civilizations.

Everyone had been exhausted from the battle but they could not give up the war no matter what.

Since the material to support their civilization, the was always in need.

Then one day.

'Has it been 14 years?'

A new race had popped out in the outermost areas of their territory.

They hadn't known at first.

Since the place those guys appeared at, the Kangri Worm's Habitat, was filled with a smell they hated and not a single trace of Mana Crystal came out from that location.

It was a useless land for them.

And it was extremely vast.

Them finding out about it was actually pure coincidence.

But there wasn't a reason to pry further into it after having found them.

The four race's curiosity led them over to that area in order to check the new things but they only smirked at them and stopped caring about them.

Since the new things were extremely weak.

Well, they were quite unique and strong but that strength was too small to handle their civilization.

This was why they had stomped on them and played around with them.

They had been stressed by the war already.

Those humans were valuable toys.

And in conclusion, those humans had all ran away into the vast jungle.

Though it was all their territory, there were parts that were more important and parts that weren't.

They defended the important parts with Satellite Fortresses just in case of invasions from opposing races but of course they would leave the non-important ones by themselves.

Since there was a limit to how many Satellite Fortresses they had.

After this discovery the four races stopped caring about the humans and refocused on the war.

If seen then they would play with them but they would just ignore them if they weren't seen.

There weren't any problems up to this point.

Until one of the four major races, the Makrons, fell by the human's hands.

Well, the other 3 races were the ones who had dealt the fatal strike when the Makrons had taken a blow by the humans.

Which meant that these bug-like things had more than enough strength to shake the battlefield.

The humans had quickly run away above after only doing this much, but Dakidus was truly shocked back then.

He was able to ignore the names of the other bugs but he clearly remembered the three who had caused that storm.

Eres, Keldian, Kangtae.

Only then had the three races all started to sweep through the giant jungles.

Though the humans had taken all their remaining people up above as quick as possible, there might've been some left behind.

But there was a limit to how much they could search within the jungle.

How much time would they need to find and eradicate each and every one of those humans?

It might've been possible with the Satellite Fortresses but numerous tens of them would just be used as scouts.

If they used the Satellite Fortresses that way then the opposing races would instantly cross over to their territories.

Since the humans weren't dangerous to the point of causing the three races to unite.

While the three races had been lost in thought.

She had come up.

Clementine.

That extremely insolent bastard.

............….

'It's already been 12 years since we made the alliance huh… It's been quite a while. Anyways, things have become quite annoying.'

Karim clicked his tongue as he looked at Ekidu raging at him while holding onto the book.

"These are all tricks set up by that guy! How could they even figure things out such as this! This isn't something that you can simply gather!"

He had even lost the book because his right arm had been cut off.

He had been hiding it well for a long time but for him to get caught so suddenly.

'I was too impatient.'

He needed a reason in order to move the people.

He took out the book because of that but for it to bite him in the ass instead.

But his judgement was correct.

Since he couldn't sit by and watch Dakidus die as an ally.

He thought about backing away from the whole situation but it didn't seem like such a lame reason would work.

Karim admitted the facts.

"Well. You're correct. This village was actually created from a convention with the Higher races."

"Huh?"

Everybody were flustered at Karim who admitted things so easily.

For him to admit that he was a traitor with his own mouth.

But Karim just stopped the bleeding on his arm as he looked around his surroundings.

And a few guards had gathered around Karim.

Guards who had been in the village for the longest time.

'…Those guys were traitors as well huh.'

Ekidu grinded her teeth while looking at that Karim and then shouted at the surrounding people.

"This is the fact! What are you going to do! Are you going to leave those sinners be!?"

Everyone, who had been previously making confused expressions, suddenly made enraged expressions as they pointed their gaze at Karim.

For him to be like this.

And out of those who had been dragged away as offerings, their family and comrades existed.

Even without that the Higher Races were things that they couldn't really look at in a positive way.

For him to betray the humans and hold hands with the Higher Races.

And for that traitor to be the captain of the guards of the village, Karim.

As high as their hopes had been raised up, their disappointment was large and the feeling of betrayal had skyrocketed.

"This bastard!"

"Kill him!"

The people slowly surrounded Karim with enraged expressions.

The lives of Karim's group looked like a candle in front of a strong gale in front of the enraged villagers.

It was a situation where they couldn't use mana or skills.

Karim and his group had to deal with everybody with just their pure body strength.

Thousands of enraged villagers.

Against just around ten people.

But Karim's expression wasn't dark.

No, it was too calm for a person who was about to get beaten to death.

Karim looked around his surroundings.

"I didn't answer before right? Do you know how long I have been here for?"

Everyone stopped in their tracks.

Karim, who thought he had stimulated the people's curiosity, continued to speak.

"12. It's 12 years."

"Wha…"

The same number as the age of the village.

The village needed to continually run in order to fulfill Clementine's plans and somebody needed to manage it.

This was why Clementine had left behind a few people, such as Karim, in order to manage the villages.

The others thought that the captain of the guards had changed a few times but this was but a rumor.

Since there wasn't anybody else who had been in the village for 12 years.

Karim had continued to act as the captain of the guards during all that time.

Since it was much more comfortable to work in the shadows as the captain of the guards rather than being the leader of the village who was always in the limelight.

As people stared at him.

Karim continued to speak.

"Aren't you curious? Why there are less than 10 people? I should have a lot more forces if I gathered them for 12 years."

Everyone nodded at those words.

Dealing with the village wasn't that hard even with just such a small number but it was better to have more allies in case of emergencies.

'Good.'

Karim laughed inwardly.

Curiosity was really a dangerous thing.

Since it even made the people, who were enraged, listen to him.

'Ekidu. Shall we see how many of those villagers you protected will follow you?'.

Karim wasn't standing tall without any reason.

The moment Karim was about to speak of another proposition.

Boooooom!

Something flew in from the distance.

A single red beam of light.

Ekidu, who was wearing the Scarlet Yang armor, dashed in quickly and aiming for Karim's heart.

"Fuck! Block it!"

As Karim shouted out in shock.

The nine guards behind Karim pulled out their weapons and stood in front.

Even Ekidu had her mana sealed.

The only thing they could rely on was their runes.

Suppressing Ekidu was easy with nine of them.

But there was something they had forgotten about.

That Ekidu wasn't alone either.

The moment the guards were about to create a formation.

"Humph! How dare you! Our mighty village leader is going up!"

"You fight with us!"

Kaaaaaang!

Kaaang!

Tens of people struck out from behind Ekidu like lightning and rushed up to the guards in front of Karim.

Karim and the guards felt uneasy after checking the identity of those people.

Since they weren't any pushovers.

"Karhal… Sebastienne! You insane bastards!"

'Why are these guys with Ekidu!'

1st Area team's leader and teammates.

After coming out from behind Ekidu, they started to clash with the guards in front of Ekidu.

Booooom! Booom!

"Damnit!"

Karim was shocked at seeing the clash between the guards and the hunters and was about to grasp his precious weapon, and jump in.

There was no mana right now.

The gap between the guards and hunters had been shortened quite a bit.

Even if his followers were strong, 30 of the 1st Area's teammates could easily deter and buy time against 9 guards.

But at that moment.

Something flew through the hunters and the guards at an extreme speed.

'Huuk!'

Karim, who was just about to jump in, unconsciously backed up and hurriedly swung his weapon in his left arm.

"This fucking bitch!"

Boooom!

The Guillotine in his left hand flew through the air in order to cut apart the red beam flying towards him.

Even if his right arm had been cut off, he was still the captain of the guards.

And one of the followers of Clementine.

An attack that could've split apart any normal hunter into two had flown towards his opponent.

But his opponent wasn't just some normal hunter.

'Damn!'

His opponent was Ekidu.

A powerhouse at the top of the pyramid in the midst of the village which was filled with powerhouses already.

And surprisingly, Ekidu hadn't dodged the Guillotine.

Kaaadduuududuk!

The body of Ekidu wearing the Scarlet Yang Armor twisted and turned as she received the blow of the Guillotine.

The Scarlet Yang Armor was quite strong too but the Guillotine was also an amazing weapon.

The Scarlet Yang Armor protecting the back of Ekidu got smashed apart and a wound had been left behind on her back.

But Karim couldn't laugh.

Since Ekidu had gotten all the way to his face from the previous clash.

And soon.

Kwaaaaak!

"Kuuhukk!"

Karim was injured on his shoulder as quickly backed up.

It was too close.

If he had been a second too late then his entire arm would've been cut off.

Back and shoulder.

Though Ekidu's wound was deeper, it was clear who held the upper hand from the clash.

A right arm which had been cut off.

An almost cut off left arm.

As Ekidu stormed him with attacks, Karim had been pushed back to the brim as he could not attack properly.

'Kkkhuuk! I need time to convince the others!'

"Ekidu! You damned bastard! Do you even know what you're causing right now! Are you still the leader of the village! You need to choose the best choice! You should at least hear me out!"

As Karim shouted out in desperation while watching Ekidu who wasn't even giving him a single second to talk to the surrounding people.

Ekidu smiled coldly.

She had so enraged that her normal attitude had long disappeared.

"What you are trying to say isn't the important part you trash."

"What?"

As Karim was confused.

Ekidu slashed Karim back as she spat out her words.

"The important thing is what side you're on. Who does your damned tongue work for? Us humans? Or… Dakidus?"

"…Damn."

Karim only then realized that he had been mistaken greatly.

That Ekidu wasn't acting for her own greed or survival.

'Sigh. I thought that you would become the same as others in times of danger.'

Karim gave up and then laughed out viciously.

"Hahahahaha! You guys will all die now! You'll regret not listening to…."

At that moment.

Slash

Karim's entire head had been hit.

By Ekidu's fist.

"We didn't worry about it in the first place that much anyway. We'll solve our problems ourselves you traitorous bastard."

"Ugh…"

Even before they could jump in, it had all happened in an instant.

All the people who had been watching sighed out.

Since the end of one of the most authoritative people in the village had happened so suddenly.

Ekidu watched these people as she muttered.

'But…Is this really the right choice? Hansoo, do you know? What this guy tried to say?'

A voice that was too confident for it to just be a random curse.

Ekidu looked towards the location where the sounds of Dakidus and Hansoo's clash was coming from with a worried expression.