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Reincarnator – Chapter 174 : Green Road (1)
Ortanion already figured out why Dakidus had come here while connecting the communication server.
'Tsk. Dumb bastard, he wasted the mana crystals because he was fooling around again huh.'
"Grrrrrr."
This was why he could never like that Dakidus guy.
While others were struggling to do their best in defending their borders, that guy used the precious mana crystals to fool around with the Satellite Fortress.
Kiiiririririring
And as the communication servers connected, Ortanion attempted to speak right away.
Towards Dakidus's Fortresses which had already approached up to the mana crystal refinery depository.
Though they couldn't use the Satellite Fortressss which were made for the Sages to their full potential, communicating in a short distance like this was easy.
But there were no responses from the Satellite Fortress.
No, it was worse than that.
'….Mmm?'
Ortanion made a confused expression at the Fortress that had no responses but then that expression suddenly turned into one of shock.
Ortanion hurriedly shouted out.
Kwaaadududududk
Dakidus's Satellite Fortress was aggressively pushing into the mana crystal refinery depository.
At this rate it would crash.
"God fucking damnit!"
Kiiiiing
Ortanion hurriedly poured his will to the crown on his head.
If it crashed at this rate then the entire mana crystal depository would get destroyed.
He had to stop this from happening even by attacking Dakidus's Satellite Fortress.
But right as Ortanion's Satellite Fortress was about to smash Dakidus's Satellite Fortress with a blue light.
Ortanion stopped for a moment.
'…The Satellite Fortress?'
Attacking the Satellite Fortress of one's own nation?
While the enemy was watching right in front of them?
Even Ortanion had to ponder as to what he should do.
Since he had never even thought of such a thing happening.
'How do I deal with…'
But in that short moment.
The situation jumped over Ortanion's expectations and kept on rushing.
Towards the worst possible outcome possible.
Kiiiiiiiing
A powerful light started to radiate out from Dakidus's Satellite Fortress.
Like a sun that was burning up the last remaining bits of itself.
And soon.
Booooom!
The giant Satellite Fortress got blown apart.
From the explosion of the mana engine overloading itself.
Boooooooom!
Booom!
The tremendously huge noises filled up the surroundings.
Noise that could be heard by everyone in the border area.
An overloading of the mana engine where the mana crystals were.
The tremendous amount of energy, which raised up that giant Satellite Fortress and allowed one to have the abilities of a god, had turned into a light of destruction as it swept its surroundings.
Booom!
Boooooom!
The mana crystal depository got blown apart.
And the explosion didn't stop here as it swept through the mana crystals in there as well.
The mana crystaled got stimulated by the tremendous amount of energy sweeping through them.
And soon a chain explosion occured.
Boooboobooom!
Boobooom!
The entire area was swept across by a tremendous amount of blue light in an instant.
And Ortanion's Satellite Fortress wasn't an exception.
"Kuaaaaaaaaaak!"
Ortanion screamed at the enormous amount of force which smashed into his body.
The defense of the Satellite Fortress was amazing.
Since it made a shield using the ample amount of energy of the mana crystal.
But the situation was bad.
Since the force that smashed into the Satellite Fortress was created by the explosion of those mana crystals.
Rumble
The shield which covered the Satellite Fortress got blown apart by the tremendous amount of energy sweeping through it in just an instant.
And then it caused that giant Satellite Fortress to tilt and fall towards the ground.
And soon.
Kuuuugugugugugu
The giant Fortress crashed into the ground.
There weren't any dust clouds.
Since the ground had long melted down from the huge amount of energy and temperature created by the explosions of the mana crystals.
"Roooarrrr!"
Ortanion, who had been smashing around inside the fallen Satellite Fortress's control room, crawled up after barely balancing himself.
"Grrr…."
Even the powerful bodies of Arukons couldn't deal with the amount of force from before.
Ortanion, who was groaning as he saw his broken arm and leg, raised himself with his right leg which was still somewhat fine and grasped his head with his left arm.
And then looked outside to check on the situation.
'Wait, the Refinery! What happened to the Refinery!…'
But as the Satellite Fortress spun while falling, the giant window of the control room had been facing the exact opposite direction of the Refinery Depository.
Towards the Akalachia's and Rebeloong's borders.
'Goddamnit'
Ortanion checked the scene outside and ignored the pain coursing through his arm as he hurriedly opened up the communication server.
Chiiijijijik
Thankfully the remaining energy supplied the system as the communication server got opened up.
And Ortanion screamed out in despair into the communication server.
The server buzzed a bit more and then a reply from Merutt came.
Though he hadn't been swept by the explosion himself, he was still surprised.
The task of inspecting the Green Road had been given to Merutt.
It was so important that a whole Satellite Fortress had to be stationed there.
It was not something they could ignore.
But the situation was different.
A gap had been created in their defenses.
Would those two other snakes stay idle?
Ortanion shouted out while grinding his teeth as he looked at the Rebeloongs and Akalachias who were activating their Satellite Fortresses.
.........................
Hansoo, who had remotely controlled the Satellite Fortress from a distance, nodded.
'It's done.'
It might've been hard if it was a complex order but a simple order such as this could be made even without being on the Fortress itself.
Crack
The moment the Satellite Fortress got blown apart, the blue crown on Hansoo's head lost its luster and cracks were created.
At the same time the blue jade, which Hansoo had taken over with the Dark Cloud, cracked apart as well.
Proof that the Satellite Fortress had been destroyed.
The large amount of energy roaring around his body started to disappear.
Like a well from which the water was drained.
"Damn… What a waste."
He didn't see the Satellite Fortress blowing apart with his own eyes but he knew right away by the aura disappearing from his body.
That the origin of the energy in his body had disappeared.
A result which was created by the Satellite Fortress in their control blowing apart.
Of course he felt regret when the Satellite Fortress, which they had so painstakingly obtained, got blown up like that.
But Hansoo shook his head as he looked at the two others.
"Don't feel that way. We can't use it anyway."
Like how a car needed fuel to run.
The Atillan needed a large amount of mana crystals in order to move.
But the mana crystals was something that all the races struggled to keep as their own.
He might be able to receive it once or twice but in a situation where both sides were aiming for the Mana Crystals, there was no way that Hansoo could continue have a steady supply.
Even if he went on a rampage with the Atillan, it wouldn't last long either.
'This is good enough.'
Hansoo nodded as he watched the Satellite Fortresses starting to move around while radiating a blue light in the distance and nodded.
There wouldn't have the leisure to continue to look over them anymore.
No, they would stop caring about the humans for the moment.
Since they would be busy fighting with each other.
There was a reason why Hansoo caused all this without worrying about getting tracked.
'Though the chances of a war is low…'
A full on battle for just a single refinery was a bit too much.
But one thing was clear.
That they wouldn't be able to do such a leisurely thing as leaving a Satellite Fortress in the Green Road.
The Arukons defending and the Rebeloons and Akalachias attacking as well.
They wouldn't be able to pull Offerings for a while anymore.
Since they wouldn't leave the leisurely Harvester's Satellite Fortress to do such a thing.
They were now free of the Satellite Fortress's overwatch.
Even if they wanted to they wouldn't have the leisure to anyway.
Since fighting the Satellite Fortresses of the other nations would make them busy enough.
'End everything now.'
It wouldn't be easy even without the watch of the others.
Since the villagers and the adventurers of the Green Road were different.
And soon Hansoo dragged away Ekidu and Karhal as he started to move.
Into the tiger's den in front of them.
Towards the path heading to the Destruction Jade, the Green Road.
And far away in the distance.
There was a pair of vicious eyes watching the three people from the beginning areas of the Green Road, the
...............….
'Those guys…which village did they come from. Why are their numbers so low. And what about the newcomers this time?'
Junghwan from the
Three people.
Usually the newcomers rushed up in a swarm.
And this was obvious.
The Green Road was like entering a strange land.
While leaving behind the village, which had a lot of issues itself but had safety they could defend on.
They would know that having a large amount of people would make them safer so usually the villages who knew each other grouped up to enter the Green Road together.
The narrowest part of the Green Road was only a few kilometers wide but it was still very narrow in compared to the villages that were spread far widely.
The people who started out from the various villages and headed towards the Green Road naturally moved in a fashion like water going through a funnel.
The three people team composition was quite strange from Junghwan's perspective, this was because the funnel shape of the Green Road started from the beginning areas of the Green Road and the newcomer teams were usually hundreds in size.
He didn't know if they were confident in their skills or they had a reason for all this but soon it'll all get revealed.
'I guess we won't have to lift a finger anyway.'
This place was the funnel.
The people who started out from various villages all gathered at this place and clashed into each other.
Junghwan made an amused expression as he watched the two groups that were getting closer to each other.
.....................….
Boooooom!
'Mm?'
Something flew towards Hansoo and Ekidu who were running through the trees.
Whoosh!
Something that was heading towards the space between Ekidu's eyes.
Ekidu, who was already nervous from entering the mysterious land called the Green Road and on edge from the thought of what they had to do from here, almost instinctively swung her hand towards the thing flying into her.
Kwaaadududuk
A single black arrow which had some red mana inserted into it.
But the moment Ekidu grabbed onto that arrow.
Kuuuududududuk
"Kuuuhuukk!"
Ekidu's body, which had caught the arrow, started to get pushed back while making grinding noises.
The momentum in that arrow had started to push Ekidu into the ground.
A long trench had been created from where Ekidu had been standing.
She tried to fling it off but she couldn't due to the sticky red mana reinforcement of the arrow.
'Break it!'
In that instant.
Booooom!
Ekidu powered up her White River Demonic Art and poured strength into the hands holding onto the arrow in her hands.
Kuududududk!
The red energy and the white mana reinforcement clashed with each other.
To the point of sparks being created between Ekidu's hands and the arrow aiming for her forehead.
A huge shock wave radiated in all direction.
Whooosh!
The result was Ekidu's win.
Shoooo
Ekidu was finally able to catch a breath after all the momentum of the arrow had been dispersed.
"…This is."
And Karhal, who had finally been able to see the shape of that arrow, frowned as he looked at it.
A familiar shape which he felt like he had seen somewhere before.
One might think that it was a killer move but Karhal knew.
That killing was not the objective.
'Then he would've poured more skills onto it. Anyways…Where did I see an arrow like that before?'
If that arrow had flown in with the intentions to kill then Ekidu would've powered her White River Demonic Arts more.
While Karhal was making a confused expression at the arrow.
Ekidu suddenly frowned as if she had thought of something.
And in that moment.
"Hahahahahaha! It's been a while Ekidu!"
A loud laughter was heard from the distance.
Hansoo asked Ekidu as he heard that laughter.
"You know each other?"
"Yes."
"Are you friendly?"
Hansoo asked just in case.
And Ekidu shook her head.
"Sorry but… No."
"Haaa…"
Hansoo sighed as he poured strength into the hand holding the spear.
Reincarnator – Chapter 175 : Green Road (2)
"Hahahahaha! Ekidu! What's with the tiny group! Did you get expelled from the village? Only three people?'
"…"
Ekidu frowned as she looked at the person she hadn't seen in awhile.
A man with a handsome visage, golden hair and who was holding a giant bow.
Hansoo's eyes shone as he watched the man.
Well, the artifact in the man's hands to be exact.
'…Number 301. Snake's path."
Behind the man, who was holding a bow which had red and green beautifully intertwining, around 500 people were standing.
Among and on the trees.
'Hmm. Most are Hunters. I can see some Guards…'
Most people heading towards the Green Road were Farmers.
But the group in front of them were all skilled people at the level of Hunters.'
'And it's not a group that was hastily created.'
A group of that level would be quite formidable.
If they fight then they wouldn't be able to leave here unscathed.
'Hmm. This is unexpected. Karhal having enmities would be reasonable but for Ekidu to have enemies.'
While Hansoo was sighing inwardly.
Ekidu sighed as she threw the arrow in her hands down and then muttered in a cold manner.
"Let's not butt into each other's business and go our own ways Marun.
Marun smiled at these words and then spoke.
"Eh, sure. Anyways, you've become really pathetic. Did you get kicked out of the village like me?"
'What happened to her, she's supposed to be a village leader?'
Usually when a strong person, like someone at the level of a village leader, left for the Green Road, a large amount of Hunters and Farmers would follow them.
Since being next to a strong person increased their chances to gain even just a bit of leftovers.
It might be different if the village leader's personality was bad but countless people would try to stick by Ekidu due to her fair and righteous personality.
'Did they not group up yet?'
Ekidu realized instantly as to what Marun was thinking about as she replied.
"We'll group up soon so don't worry about it. And what do you mean by getting kicked out. We ran away on our own."
The fact that Marun was pondering like that meant that he was calculating the situation.
Since there wouldn't even be a need to ponder if he had the upper hand.
'Since we aren't really on good terms or anything.'
She had tried to kill Marun.
In the past.
A man hadn't been satisfied with just trying to search around the 1st Area and had shook the entire 4th Area.
Ekidu mumbled as she looked at Marun, a man who had been a guard at her village.
After somebody had searched around the 1st Area by themselves and turned the entire village into a wreck, searching around the 1st Area had been banned.
But the man standing over there, Marun, had tried to use that opportunity.
Marun thought that the powerful guards staying within the village was a waste and continued to attempt searching the 1st Area.
But because of Ekidu's judgement which said that it was too dangerous, and because Karim also opposed his idea of searching around the 1st Area since it would be a waste of the Guards, Marun resorted to the worst option he had.
He had convinced the hunters of the 4th Area, which was where he was before, and had tried to flip the village upside down.
He was the reason for the great massacre of the 4th Area.
Actually, he might've succeeded.
His own skills were quite good and he had a large amount of comrades.
And they had robbed the village's Armory, waited until Ekidu and the other Guards went out for some work and then went for the village then.
But there was one thing Marun hadn't been able to foresee.
It was that Ekidu, who had been enraged after she had returned from the situation then, was strong beyond his imagination.
And the fact that the powers of the ten people siding with Karim were beyond his imagination as well.
The coup d'etat of the 4th Area, which seemed like it would work, had been suppressed by the hands of the guards, Karim and Ekidu.
Most of the hunters who had been with Marun had been killed off by Ekidu but Marun, who had realized that the situation was quite bad, gathered up the few remaining people as he left the village.
After taking the Scarlet Yang Armor as well as the most precious item, the bow
Marun smiled as he looked at Ekidu.
'Ekidu, the situation is really different now huh.'
Thinking of Ekidu who had chased him like a demon in the past, it still kept him awake at night.
But the situation was now different.
'I clearly have the upper hand this time.'
He had run away like a lost dog but his skills stayed even if he had gone to another village.
No, that wasn't all.
The artifact he had stolen from the Armory,
Hunters whose contracts had ended with good timing.
And compared to them, the other side only had three people.
Marun, who had realized that there wouldn't be any forces backing her up even if it got dragged out, started to laugh coldly.
He had been nervous since there was a chance but for it to really be possible.
'Shall I check just in case.'
Marun laughed coldly as he spoke.
"Well. Let's forget about our past. Since I didn't really lose out that much."
"…"
Ekidu, who had been maintaining her cold expression, sighed in relief inwardly.
Even if they had Hansoo, the other side was still very strong.
And Marun couldn't be ignored as well.
In a situation where they didn't know what would come out from the Green Road, a clash was best avoided.
But before Ekidu could even finish her thoughts.
Marun smiled as he spoke.
With the expression of a hyena who had gained a chance to take a bite off its prey.
"Just leave behind an arm before you go. It's fair since I lost a finger in my right hand when you chased me in the past right?"
Marun then lifted up his right hand which was missing the middle finger.
The hand which he had flipped her off with and had thus had lost the middle finger.
Tremble
The moment she heard it.
The White River Demonic Art that was calming down started to burn back up again.
'Fucking hell.'
Karhal spoke to Ekidu carefully as he eyed the situation which was turning worse and worse.
"… Can't we just give it and be done with it?"
"…"
"Okay okay, I get it."
'Those guys wouldn't stop at just an arm anyway.'
If she gave her arm off they would then all charge in.
This was a threat.
That they would kill them all.
Karhal gulped from the side and prepared to fight.
..................…..
'Hmm. Good, good. It's all going very well'
Mount Liang's member, Junghwan, surveyed around the entire funnel area as he nodded.
They were gathering.
People who had started off at different villages were gathering towards the Green Road.
There were a lot of different types.
People who had grouped with a large amount of people up from the fear of the mystery about the Green Road.
Or a small group of people who were confident in their skills and were trying to go through the Green Road without becoming a large target.
They all had different looks to them but they all had something in common.
'…They aren't fighting huh. Why can't they be more like those guys over there.'
Junghwan made a bored expression as he looked at the five hundred people who were threatening the three others openly.
They were wary of each other but they didn't fight.
There was a reason.
Why would they waste their forces when they didn't know what would pop out from here on.
Junghwan clicked his tongue as he saw this scene.
The village had tamed these people too much.
'Those guys are all useless. Let's start it up now then.'
It was time to turn them back.
To the them of the past.
They needed to become a bit more desperate.
Junghwan finished his thoughts as he touched the red marble in his hands.
In the next instant.
Kuuudududududu
A tremendous noise and vibrations started to occur around Junghwan.
At the same time the ground near Junghwan cracked open.
It was similar to an earthquake but that wasn't it.
As the ground cracked open, a black tunnel had popped out.
A square tunnel that looked artificial.
Junghwan laughed as he saw the tunnel.
Some might say there weren't enough people who survived.
But in their perspective, there were still too many of the humans.
They didn't need such a large amount of people.
Filter away the weaklings and only look for those who will remain.
Over half of the people down there didn't even have the right to meet the standards.
And people like him didn't have the time to go through such people.
So there was a need for him to do something.
'Come.'
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of something rushing up could be heard from below.
Roaarrr
Junghwan quickly ran away after hearing the rough breathing below the ground.
'I should run away as well.'
It'll come back after it filled up enough.
Staying near it would just result in a meaningless death.
In the past this thing had been accidentally released and had almost destroyed an entire ceasefire village.
If it hadn't eaten its fill then the whole village would've been erased.
Roaaaaarrr!
Soon something popped out from where Junghwan had disappeared from and roared.
It then sniffed his nose as it started to dash away.
In order to fill its hunger that it hadn't been able to satisfy while it had been trapped.
.............................
Roaaaar!
"…Huh?'
Marun, who had been drawing his bow, heard the huge roar from the distance as he stopped.
'Fuck. Why does it have to be now?'
Marun, who was going to wipe the three people in an instant, frowned a bit.
Well the talk between Ekidu was him just testing the waters out.
Even if Ekidu hadn't been there, they would've killed them all.
Since a useless clash was better if avoided but five hundred people killing off three couldn't really be considered a clash.
Since a tank running over an ant wasn't a clash.
Wouldn't it be a waste when three people were just walking around with a set of amazing artifacts?
'And…A beauty like Ekidu isn't that common.'
Marun, who had stopped for a bit, shook off his thoughts as he released the bow he had drawn.
A single beast wasn't that much of an issue.
They just needed to finish this off before it got here.
Kwaaaaaaaaa!
The fastest and the strongest arrow of the three, the Red Snake, had been applied with four additional skills as it flew towards Ekidu.
'It can't be dodged.'
Snake's path.
An arrow shot out from this could not be dodged no matter what.
Like a snake who searched for body heat in order to keep warm, the arrow aimed for the warmth of the heart and will fly towards that heart until the end.
At that moment.
Booooom!
The arrow, which had been flying towards Ekidu with a tremendous aura, suddenly got blown apart.
'…What the fuck!'
Marun was shocked.
The arrow had been blown apart by the guy standing next to Ekidu who didn't really look like much.
Marun was flustered.
That arrow wasn't something that would be easily destroyed like that.
'And… Why aren't the skills activating?'
Marun's eyes got focused onto the man and away from Ekidu.
'I don't remember a face like that?'
It hadn't been long since he had left the village.
He couldn't remember everyone in the village but someone who could become this strong in that short amount of time had to have been someone quite strong already back then.
Like Karhal standing next to Ekidu.
'Damn. Something is wrong.'
Marun frowned but shook his head and shouted.
"What are you doing you bastards! Solve it quickly and leave! Nothing has changed."
The hunters erased their amused expressions at Marun's shout and then all nodded.
They had been shocked by the sudden roar of the beast and the unexpected skill but nothing much changed.
But Hansoo shook his head at those words.
"Something did change."
"What?"
At that moment.
Kiiiiiiing!
Marun flinched at the ominous sound coming from behind him.
And soon.
Boooooom!
The beam of laser, which cut through the forest, smashed into the group of Hunters.
"Waaaaaak!"
"Damn!"
Close to 20 people couldn't even yell out at the beam which flew in at the speed of light and had disappeared.
And soon.
Roaarr!
A giant beast jumped in between the melted jungle.
With an aloof posture unlike its beastly and strange roared.
Marun made a confused expression.
"…What the hell is that."
The body of a wolf.
The wings of a bird.
Head of a Mouse.
And it was huge.
It was easily over 30 meters tall.
While Marun was flustered at the horrendous beast in front of him.
Hansoo looked at the beast with a calm expression.
'It's here.'
Triple fusion beast.
A beast that had been hurriedly created by the Sages in order to deal with the Higher Races who had betrayed them.
He needed to kill that thing in order to head towards the next objective.
'But…It's quicker than my expectations.'
At that moment.
Grrrrrr
The Triple Fusion Beast's eyes landed on Hansoo.
And soon.
Booooom!
A beam of light poured out from the mouse's mouth as it smashed into Hansoo.
Reincarnator – Chapter 176 : Green Road (3)
"Huh?"
The main instigator of all this chaos, Junghwan, made a confused expression while surveying the area from above a cliff.
While looking at the Triple Fusion Beast that was attacking a single person with its laser.
It wasn't that weird up to this point.
What was weird was the result.
'Why is he alive? Did something go wrong?'
It seemed like it attacked at random but there was a reason for all of its attacks.
Junghwan made a confused expression as he hurriedly checked the other areas.
Since that wasn't the only location where the Triple Fusion Beast popped out at.
..................….
"Uwaaaaak!"
The Triple Fusion Beasts, Which had been released into the funnel area, were chasing and driving people in all directions.
"Damnit!"
A 30m tall monster that was charging towards them with black colored claws that were larger than a human's body was like fear itself.
'Damnit! It's much larger than a normal 1st grade monster!'
Merelin, an ex-Hunter from a village, grinded her teeth as she saw the beast running around in a rampage.
One might think that size didn't matter anymore to these Hunters, who have reached the level of a superhuman, but size was actually a very important factor.
Since one's mass and size didn't really increase along with the runes.
Even with the same amount of strength, if a human got hit by those claws then they would just get flung into the air.
And their own reach was much shorter as well.
They can overcome this to a certain degree with their skills but if mana, resistance and defense was around the same level then having a larger body was always better.
'Fuck it, let's try attacking it!'
Merelin was an adventurer who had been in the Yellow Zone for almost one and a half years.
She had fought against a few 1st grade Monsters before.
She had never seen something as powerful as this before but she wouldn't just stay idle and get killed.
Soon a large amount of energy was gathered in her hands.
She prepared her skill, Diffusion Shot, and then flung it towards the beast.
Booooom!
Tadadadak
Grrrrr!
The Triple Fusion Beast felt its skin burning in as it looked towards Merelin.
And she frowned from this scene.
Since her skill had only barely made its skin burn a bit.
'Damn…I should've have enlarged it to affect more area.'
A human would die if a hole the size of their head was created on them but to a large beast it would just tickle a bit.
Those things wouldn't stop in their tracks just because a few needle holes were created in their body.
No, they would actually just get even more enraged.
One would need to blow apart a part of their entire body in order to stop their movements but in order to increase the effective size of a skill the damage would decrease drastically.
A single arrow to the heart would kill a human but for such a large beast, a hole the size of a few human's heads would be needed.
'But… My skills work against it!'
It wasn't like the Arukons where their skills didn't work at all.
Then it was possible.
Since she wasn't alone.
Merelin turned around and shouted to behind her.
"Charge!"
At that moment all the people who were running away looked at each other.
Merelin's comrades, the 85 people, and the 117 others from a different village.
And these people figured something important out in that short moment.
Something very simple but important as well.
'If we don't attack… It goes for the weaker ones first?'
That bastard of a beast with a mouse's head and a wolf's body was weird, it miraculously found the weakest target first and was killing them first.
'Then…'
Everyone looked around their surroundings.
If they all attack then at least 50 of them would die in the process.
Actually, it might even be more if their teamwork isn't perfect.
And they couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't be part of that 50.
But if they run then a much lesser number would die.
Since that beast wasn't focused on them right now.
As they finished thinking.
Papapapa!
They all ran in different directions.
"You fucking bastards!"
Roaaaaarr!
Merelin shouted out in befuddlement but then started to madly run away as well.
Since fighting it alone would just end in a meaningless death.
"Damnit! Spread out and run!"
Merelin shouted out as she ran.
And as the people who were attacking it started to run away, the Triple Fusion Beast started going for the weaker ones in order one by one.
..................….
"That's how it should be."
Junghwan nodded as he watched the chaos.
It didn't matter if it the person was a good and trustable person or not.
Since they already had their standards.
One's own strength.
An absolute strength that can even go against a hundred people alone.
That was the only important factor.
'The villages are useful but they have too many useless things.'
Junghwan mumbled as he fumbled around with the Red Jade in his hands.
Something like this wasn't even needed in the past before they made a compromise with the higher races.
Since reaching the portal after getting through the Higher Races proved one's strength by itself.
But after they had a compromise and the Higher Races backed out, there was a need for them to do a few things.
Since they would enter in large groups if left alone.
Then weaklings would come up which would result in making it hard to control the huge masses.
So they release the Triple Fusion Beast.
And using its amazing ability which found out the weakest ones first.
'But… How did he survive?'
It attacked the weakest ones.
But weak ones should not be able to survive from its attack.
But the person who had been hit by the laser from before was still alive.
Which means that he was quite strong.
'…It had never attacked the strong one first before.'
But even before Junghwan could turn his head to look at that special man after losing interest in the villagers who were running away.
Kiiiiiing
He was shocked at the Red Jade in his hands which trembled as he hastily looked outside.
Since an impossible event had occurred.
'What? The Triple Fusion Beast died?'
Of course it could die.
But when these things felt danger, the instincts of the Rebeloongs within its body would activate.
Group hunt.
It would run away the moment it felt danger.
At the same time it would sent out a super sonic wave that only Rebeloongs could hear and call its comardes.
Its death meant that it didn't even have the time to run away.
'Did that guy possibly…'
Junghwan looked down below the cliff in a hurry.
Then he opened his eyes wide as he looked at the man who was now fighting a second Triple Fusion Beast.
..................…..
Chiiiiiiing!
Booooom!
A red laser which had erased 20 Hunters from the face of the world in an instant.
Hansoo's body withstood that laser and stood still.
Kiiiiiing!
The red laser collided with the golden reinforcement around Hansoo's body and got diffused around.
Tudududuk
Trees got burnt and the ground melted down from the diffused beams.
Even the diffused beam was that strong.
'Rebeloong's destruction beam.'
If the Arukons had powerful bodies and the Akalachis could fly into the skies then the Rebeloongs had many more of their kind as well as being able to use a destruction beam.
Abilities that the Sages had bestowed upon the weak races that couldn't even defend their own bodies.
And the Triple Fusion Beast, which was made up of mixing these three races, could use it as well.
Hoooook!
And as if Hansoo couldn't handle it for long as well, he quickly swung his Forked Lightning to smash apart the beam as he moved out.
And as Hansoo came out from the beam the Triple Fusion Beast was wary and ready to defend itself.
It had to.
Since after it had come to help its comrade after hearing the desperate cry, the only thing it saw was a corpse filled with holes.
And the one who did all that was in front of its eyes.
Since the Arukon's body, which was physically enhanced, was constantly sending warning signals from its sixth sense.
Hansoo frowned as it looked at the Triple Fusion Beast that didn't even care for everything else and was only focused on him.
'Tsk. is it because I killed Dakidus?'
Usually it would only go for the weakest one first but that's only if their opponents weren't a threat.
He wondered why it had specifically ran over to them but it seems like they sense the traces of Dakidus within his body.
To be exact, the body of Dakidus that the Thousand Soldiers Armor ate up.
But this was actually a chance in some sense.
'Try shooting it again.'
As Hansoo motioned with his hands to attack again, the Triple Fusion Beast spat out the beam again.
Chiiiiing!
A beam of laser came out from the Triple Fusion Beast's mouth as it flew past the ground.
Booooom!
Hansoo didn't even think about dodging the destruction beam as he blocked it with his own body.
Kwaaadududududk!
The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement got shredded apart.
And the mana within his body was getting drained like a pond within a mountain in flames.
But he had to do this.
Since it would run away otherwise.
Hansoo shouted towards his back loudly!
"Karhal!'
"Just a moment…It's done!"
While Hansoo was buying time.
The Quintuple Beam in Karhal's hands flew towards the Triple Fusion Beast.
But he didn't spread it out.
Small. Very small.
The five beams, which had condensed into a size in which a thin woman may barely be able to go through, flew towards the Triple Fusion Beast.
Which was sending out a beam of laser from its wide open mouth.
Kyaaaaak!
The Triple Fusion Beast screamed.
The attack wasn't fast.
It could've probably dodged if it flew into the air.
But it didn't.
'It cannot use two traits at the same time.'
A beast made by fusing the three races.
But it could not use all three at the same time.
Only one at a time.
Which meant that while it was shooting the laser, it was merely a stationary cannon.
Kuuudududuk
A hole was created below the Triple Fusion Beast's waist.
But this was not a fatal wound.
A hole a bit larger than a human's head could be easily healed within a night to that giant beast.
There was a reason why it had chosen to use the Rebeloong's trait to attack instead of the Akalachia's trait to dodge.
It would've ran away if Hansoo wasn't here but there wasn't really a need to stop attacking to dodge an attack like this.
Kiirururuk!
But as the Triple Fusion Beast made a snort-like noise and was about to pour all its strength into the beam.
Boooom!
The body of the Triple Fusion Beast, which had been laying down in the distance, blew apart.
At the same time something within the corpse which was blazing white suddenly dashed towards the Triple Fusion Beast which was sending out its beam.
Kyaaaaak!
The Arukon's genes that was a part of the Triple Fusion Beast madly sent warning signals.
But Ekidu's speed when she was using the White River Demonic Art was numerous times faster than the Quintuple beam.
Kwaaadududk!
And in the next instant Ekidu jumped into the hole created in the Triple Fusion Beast's body.
A loud noise of friction was heard between her Scarlet Yang Armor and the flesh of the beast due to the size being a bit small but Ekidu opened up the injury and hacked her way in.
Even before the beast could handle her.
And soon.
Rooooaaaaaaarrrr!
The Triple Fusion Beast went on a rampage.
Nothing would be able to handle the pain of something smashing their organs and cutting their muscles from the inside.
Kwaduk! Kwaduk!
The Triple Fusion Beast dug around its injury in order to pull out the bug inside its body but it was all futile.
Since Ekidu didn't allow herself to be caught by the hand which was carefully entering the body just in case it would hurt itself.
Ekidu actually just dodged away from the hand and madly bored towards the more important organs.
Soon.
Koooouuuuu!
The Triple Fusion Beast fell on the ground after its heart was blown apart.
Just like the corpse which it had seen after it got here.
And Hansoo frowned as he looked at the Triple Fusion Beast.
'How many died from this thing this time around?'
Hansoo frowned.
He had also taken the test that Mount Liang had given them.
And this test will continue on for close to a month.
Until the number of people got reduced by almost half.
If his trait hadn't awakened to a certain degree in the past then he would've died then as well.
Karhal shouted towards Hansoo.
"What are you going to do now? What about those guys?"
Karhal then pointed towards Marun and his comrades who had surrounded him.
'These damned bastards.'
Karhal frowned as he looked at Marun who had stopped in place to watch instead of running away.
...............….
"Damn…"
Marun, who had chosen to watch instead of running away, made a shocked expression while looking at Hansoo.
'It's not that they only have three but just that they only need three huh.'
They were confident with just three.'
"…What are you going to do Marun?"
One of the Hunters, who was making an expression full of fear, asked Marun.
Since almost 30 people had died in that short moment from the beams.
Even when they didn't fight directly.
It would be a huge problem if things like that swarmed the forest.
Marun smiled as he spoke.
There was quite a useful thing in front of them.
"Well, it seems like we're lucky. We should help each other in times of trouble. It doesn't look like they are having easy as well."
He didn't know why they were travelling with only three people but he knew that they wouldn't deny his offer at a time like this.
Marun then looked towards Hansoo and the other two in the distance.
Reincarnator – Chapter 177 : Maze (1)
"Hey friend! Wait up for a bit!"
"…"
Ekidu was dumbfounded at the sudden change in tone after climbing out from the Triple Fusion Beast's body.
'Heh, look how he changes.'
But Marun didn't even take a glance at Ekidu as he walked towards Hansoo.
'It seems this guy is the boss here.'
He had thought that Ekidu was the leader at the beginning.
There were times when a smart person or a kind person became a leader.
But it wouldn't last long.
Since a ruthless person who can deal with the problems in times of danger was the one who made decisions instead of the person who can talk around the problem.
And he had never seen someone as strong as Ekidu even after moving to another village.
But as they say the world is large, for him to be able to meet someone even stronger.
The one who had killed the beast was Ekidu but if that guy wasn't there to block that unstoppable beam, it wouldn't even have been possible.
That was why he was trying to talk to Hansoo instead.
'Yeah. Just stand still behind me.'
Marun looked back at the Hunters who were all staring at him from behind, walked up to Hansoo and spoke.
"Since it looks like there isn't much time, let's get to the point right away. I don't know why you three are traveling as only three but let's go together."
Kiiiiing!
Constant screams of the Triple Fusion Beasts were heard from all around.
'Where the hell did these things pop out from anyway?'
Marun frowned as he heard the screams and roars that rang throughout the entire forest.
Karhal's condensed Quintuple Beam had barely been able to leave a hole in its body.
If he had tried to make the hole a bit larger then he might've even failed.
These things had a monstrous amount of defense.
Even him, who had the unique item Snake's Path, would have a hard time trying to create a hole like the one Karhal had made.
But for these things to suddenly pop out.
Marun looked calm on the outside but he was urgent on the inside.
There was no time to leave a good impression.
Faster.
He needed to show him that the two groups needed each other.
"As you can see, we have a lot of people and every one of us are veteran Hunters. We were ambushed just now but we can be quite a formidable force if we combine our strength. I don't know what kind of goals or thoughts you have but i think it would be better to head towards a single direction together instead of being enemies."
Though 30 had died, they still had around 470 people.
There wouldn't be a group larger than them in this forest.
Maybe a hundred people more at most.
If there weren't beasts like that then he had the confidence to smash apart everything else until the end of the Green Road.
Hansoo chuckled at Marun's words which contained a trace of a threat.
"You don't know what kind of thoughts I have or where I'm headed to but for you to want to come with me."
"…?"
Marun made a confused expression.
He didn't know what kind of thoughts Hansoo had but it shouldn't be that much out of the box.
Since the goals of everyone traversing through this damned world was one.
Survival.
Hansoo then motioned towards the Triple Beast's Corpse with the tip of his chin while looking at Marun.
"I'm now going to the nest of these things."
"…These things?'
Karhal was the one who had actually freaked out from Hansoo's words.
A nest meant that it was where these things lived and that there were swarms of these things around.
Hansoo nodded at Karhal's reaction.
Triple Fusion Beast, a beast that the Sages had created.
The desperate Sages had combined the three Races and had created this but these large things couldn't be kept under control and they couldn't handle their own instincts as they prioritized the weak.
The beasts, after judging that the Sages were weaker than them, had gone on a rampage to rip apart the Sages and so the Sages could only trap them in the underground Maze.
A key part of the last line of defense of the Sages.
And now it was the base of Mount Liang, the ones who were in charge of the funnel.
'It's now time to get to the headquarters.'
He needed to get in before the doors closed.
Into the maze where the Triple Fusion Beasts came out from.
And he needed to get the item inside that place, the
"Having a lot of people isn't quite useful in the maze you see."
The maze was a complex structure created to go up against the Higher Races that were invading them.
It was created for a small number of people for a reason.
Nothing will be gained if a group tried to swarm through the narrow passages.
Since the best place to show off the might of numbers is the wide plains.
Swarming into such a narrow place would only hinder each other's attacks.
Hansoo then pointed behind Marun and started to pick people out.
"Him. Him. Him. Him… A total of eight. The rest would only get in the way."
"…"
Marun frowned at Hansoo's words.
'…This bastard. He has some amazing sense or is it something else?'
The ones Hansoo had picked just now were the strongest of the 470 here.
They were the Guards of the village.
Of course they were much stronger and had better equipment than the Hunters.
But Marun had purposely made their attires similar to the Hunter's.
Since the enemy would be more wary of a special-looking opponent.
There shouldn't be that many differences from a glance but for him to pick them out so meticulously.
'And… He's going to go into their nest?'
Marun pondered.
In order find out what the hell this crazy guy was thinking about.
'Shall I threaten him a bit?'
There was a reason why people did crazy things.
There are always rewards that suited the crazy and risky things people do.
'Well…It's just a threat.'
Hansoo wouldn't try to fight their group or anything due to their numbers.
Marun thought about this and then flinched after seeing Hansoo's eyes.
'Fucking hell…'
There was a beast in the past which had similar eyes to Hansoo right now.
2nd level Beast, Erona.
A 4m large beast which looked like a red lion and marked its territory by smashing trees down with its front leg.
And unlike how it looked, it was a herbivore as it ignored other beasts and only ate the trees within its territory.
If you don't cross over to its territory then it wouldn't do anything to you no matter what you do even if you were right in front of it.
And the newbies often make the mistake.
That it's a timid beast.
And in order to gain the egg of an Erona, which was said to be extremely precious and rare, they often cross over the clearly marked territorial line.
Nobody knew what happened to them.
Since none of them had come back to the village.
The current situation felt just like that.
Like he had come right up to the boundary of Hansoo's territory.
The moment he tried to work around it he would lose his head.
He had cold sweat running down his back because the twitching spearhead felt like it would pierce through his neck at any moment.
His group might be able to win if they fight but what would it matter if his head was cut off already.
At that moment.
Roooaarr!
A desolate cry was heard.
From very nearby.
"If you have nothing to say then we'll head off first."
Hansoo left with those words.
The Triple Fusion Beasts would come here if they remained.
'We'll only get dragged down dealing with those guys.'
There was a time limit for how long the entrance to the Maze stayed open.
He needed to hurry up and get in before more of them swarmed to him.
Since there was another reason to go into the maze other than the Defeated King's Crown.
Tadadak!
"Phew…"
Marun finally relaxed after Hansoo, Ekidu and Karhal disappeared and sighed as he balanced himself with Snake's Path.
And Mekill, one of the ex-guards, asked Marun while looking at him.
"Shall we chase? What should we do? It smells a bit fishy."
They would be able to catch them if they chased.
Since their specialties were more for hunting rather than a clash.
'Mmm….'
Marun started to ponder after hearing Mekill's words.
........................
Booooom!
"Get behind me!"
The moment Hansoo shouted.
Karhal and Ekidu quickly made their bodies smaller as they hid behind Hansoo.
And then.
Booooooom!
A beam of laser flew in from the distance and smashed into Hansoo.
Jiiijijijik
A hot wave of heat radiated into all directions.
But Hansoo continued to run.
He was now ignoring the Triple Fusion Beasts and was just running.
And thanks to this the Triple Fusion Beast who was chasing was able to continue to send out it's Destruction Beams without being attacked back.
'Fucking hell…'
Karhal clenched his teeth while feeling the intense heat all over his body.
Just the heat itself was this much.
'We have to dive into the place where it's swarming with these things?'
Karhal made a desperate expression from the situation which was much more dangerous than he had expected.
It wasn't like he volunteered because he wanted to help out.
He had just stuck with him in case he would be able to find his long lost younger sibling if he followed him.
If this guy really beat up all the Higher Races then finding his sibling who had been taken away by the Blue Jade being found wasn't a dream.
But for things to be like this.
While Karhal was applying every skill he had onto Hansoo.
Booooom!
Another beam of light smashed onto Hansoo.
It might've been easy if they dealt with one at a time while advancing but due to them just continuing to run, another one had caught up to them.
Hansoo's body got pushed back as it got hit by two Destruction Beams.
Paaaaang!
Ekidu saw this scene and then covered her entire body with the White River Demonic Art and jumped in front of Hansoo.
Chiijijijik
"Kuhuk!"
A tremendous amount of pain.
It melted down the White River Demonic Art and heated up the Scarlet Yang Armor.
'Damnit. It's just one beam!'
She had taken one of the two beams that was smashing into Hansoo but it was this painful.
Ekidu shouted out urgently.
"Now!"
At that moment.
Boooom!
Karhal had condensed the Quintuple Beam while Hansoo and Ekidu bought him time and then shot it towards the Triple Fusion Beast.
Booooom!
Grrrrr!
The Triple Fusion's Beast swayed as a single beam stopped as Hansoo, Ekidu and Karhal started to run away from them.
"Damnit man! Why are we hurrying so much! We can just deal with them one by one on the way! Or go in the next time!"
Karhal shouted towards Hansoo who was running towards the entrance of the Maze like a mad bull.
Even if those beasts called for help, they still had a lot of time until they reached the Maze.
They could just deal with them one by one but why was he running in such a hurry.
It was the same for the one back there.
A full frontal battle would be hard but they could deal with it if they used their tactics.
Why were they leaving those things behind?
But Hansoo shook his head.
Those things weren't the issue right now.
"There's no time. We have to get into the maze when the door opens this time no matter what!"
"What?"
Booooom!
Hansoo blocked another beam of laser which had flown into him and then looked into the distance where he had self-destructed Dakidus's Satellite Fortress.
He had stopped the interference of the Satellite Fortresses.
But those Higher Races weren't stupid.
They should've figured it out by now.
That the current situation would be impossible without somebody else's interference.
'I know… Something will definitely come.'
This was why they needed to hide within the Maze.
The Maze was a place the Sages had built with the Higher Races in mind.
It was a very useful structure to buy time from the ones chasing them.
'And… Gain the King's Crown during that time. It'll be good if a suspicious guy came.'
Hansoo continued to think as he saw the entrance of the Maze that had started to appear in the distance.
.....................….
"Let's go and try to catch them."
No matter how much he thought, trying to go in despite the huge amount of possible danger was strange.
'Taking that wouldn't be bad either.'
As Marun made his decision and spoke to Mekill.
Boooooooom!
Something giant fell down from the skies.
And from this Mekill's entire body had been smashed apart right next to Marun.
"Huuk!"
Marun freaked out as the person who he was talking to next to him had gotten smashed apart and then quickly shot out the Snake's Path.
'It'll work even if it's the Triple Fusion beast.'
But Marun's hope had been smashed apart.
Tuudududuk
The arrow which had flown away with a vicious red aura had turned into a pile of powder near the opponent's body.
From the strange barrier around the opponent's body.
And Marun fell into despair after he saw this.
Not because his attacks hadn't worked but because he checked the identity of the opponent.
'Why…Why is the Arukon here.'
A wolfman who had their entire body covered with the powerful mana of the Blue Jade.
This place wasn't the ceasefire zone.
And this one didn't look simple either.
It was a full head taller than Dakidus whom he had seen in the past, a 5m tall wolf.
And it even had some special gear.
It was just a meter difference but the bulky muscles and the rough-looking furs radiated a fearsome aura which couldn't even be compared to that of Dakidus.
Sssssk
The Judge, Akitrus, who was looking around while ignoring Marun who had fallen onto the ground and then picked up the terrified bug in front of his eyes.
Humans whom he had found while tracking the traces from the village Dakidus was supposed to visit last.
They might be of help.
"Tell me everything you know. Is there a special human who has gone past this place?"
There wasn't much detail he needed to ask.
Since someone like him shouldn't be normal.
Grrrrr.
"Ahh…."
Marun made a terrified expression at the intense amounts of deadly aura he felt but then suddenly shouted out in glee as if he had remembered something.
"Yes! There is! Yes! He said he was going to the Underground Maze!"
Akitrus raised his brows at those words and then smiled contently after thinking for a moment.
And then smashed an arm of Marun.
Crack.
"Uaaaaaak!"
"The ones running away kindly told you their destination?"
Akitrus erased the smile on his face and then mumbled coldly.
"You are making me really angry. Thanks to you it's now even more confusing>'
"No! It's real..Uaaaaaak!"
Screams of despair rang throughout the Jungle.
Reincarnator – Chapter 178 : Maze (2)
"Ahh….Ahhhh."
The hunters fell into despair as they saw Marun who had turned into a corpse.
They couldn't even think of running away.
It was the Arukon.
The ones who dominated the Yellow Zone and were in possession of the Satellite Fortress.
Nobody could annoy them and get away with it.
Akitrus looked at the surrounding bugs and then pondered.
Since the Underground Maze would be the worst choice if they were thinking of running away from him.
He would become a trapped rat.
He could judge that him spreading the news of the Underground Maze was a trap, ignore it and just search around the Green Road.
But if he wasn't thinking of running away?
'Annoying rat.'
Akitrus growled.
If it was a human who had dealt with Dakidus then he might've really gone to the Underground Maze.
Since even they, the Higher Races, had a hard time roaming around that place.
If that rat was being impertinent and was trying to kill him as well then it would've gone into the maze.
Of course it might be like any other rat and try to run away after tricking him.
'The chances are half and half…'
He needed to make the correct choice.
If that rat made him roam the Underground Maze and ran?
If he erased all the remaining traces of himself and hid within the humans then he would be impossible to find.
Since the human managing the Green Road, Metiron, wouldn't stay idle if he massacred the humans in search for one.
If the humans use the Destruction Jade in a tense situation like this where the Akalachias and Rebeloongs were constantly looking for a chance, things would become troublesome.
'The fact that I cannot use the Satellite Fortress is annoying.'
Akitrus growled.
If he could just use the Satellite Fortress then he didnt even need to trouble himself like this.
Since he could just search around the entire Green Road on it.
But they didn't have the spare forces to send a Satellite Fortress this way just to chase a single bug.
'That retarded Dakidus. To have lost to a bug even with the Satellite Fortress…'
Anyways, the search for that bug would be really troublesome now.
Akitrus, who had been cursing Dakidus, pondered for a moment and then looked around at the bugs around him.
And then smiled.
"Hey you guys, come over here."
"Sorry?"
The nearby Hunters made nervous expressions at Akitrus's call.
........................….
Boooom!
Boooooooom!
Multiple laser beams were erasing everything in their path and destroying the terrain.
"Ahhh!"
Karhal and Ekidu ran in between these beams as they screamed.
The danger rose everytime the number of beams increased.
Boooom!
Hansoo received the laser beam with his body again as he shouted.
"We're almost here! There!"
In the distance.
There was a strangely cracked land.
A 50-meter-wide Abyss along with a black tunnel inside that abyss.
It would need to be at least this big for those large beasts to be able to comfortably enter and exit.
And during this time, Karhal was gulping down his saliva while staring at the tunnel that was slowly closing.
'Damn. We're really going in huh.'
But going in seemed like the better option right now.
Since nothing could get worse than the situation they were in at least.
Rumble
Just when Ekidu and Karhal had gotten right up to the door while Hansoo was blocking the beam with his body and was about to jump in.
Booooom!
Booom!
Projectiles and skills flew in from the inside.
"Huk!"
Karhal, who didn't pay attention to the hole because he was so focused on what happened behind him, suddenly freaked out.
'…Did Clementine's underlings get here already?'
Ekidu made an expression of despair.
It might've been different if there were only Clementine's underlings but the Triple Fusion Beasts were right on their tail as well.
But Ekidu soon realized that her fears were a bit off.
'The strength… Is weak.'
If they were like Karim then skills equal to or above Karhal's Quintuple Fusion would've flown in.
But the skills that came out from the insides were quite weak.
So weak that Ekidu could just take it with the Scarlet Yang Armor and the White River Demonic Arts that had turned into rags by the Triple Fusion Beasts.
"Get on me!"
Ekidu shouted towards Karhal.
Since her physical capabilities were higher.
"Damn…At least care for my face a bit."
Karhal complained but realized he shouldn't be doing it in the current situation as he got on Ekidu's back.
And Ekidu raised her speed and started to dash towards the hole.
Loud noises came out from the hole Karhal and Ekidu were heading towards.
"Get lost you bastards! Don't drag them here!"
"You crazy bastards! What are you doing!"
Ekidu realized the identity of these people at those words.
People who had run away from the Triple Fusion Beasts and had hid within the suspicious looking hole.
They had finally found peace but had freaked out and attacked when some strange guys were dragging the beasts towards where they were hiding.
But Ekidu clenched her teeth and ran inside even faster.
Since she couldn't really care about their situation right now.
If someone asked her who she would fight between the ones in front of her eyes or the Triple Fusion Beasts behind her, there wasn't even a need to consider the first option.
The vicious aura within Ekidu's body exploded out.
The White River Demonic Art's power had increased after she had become more frantic.
Booooom!
Boom!
"Aahhh!"
While the people were backing off from the aura radiating from Ekidu who was charging in.
Kouuuuu!
Karhal and Ekidu had been able to get into the hole safely.
Ekidu hurriedly stood up inside the slowly closing door, suppressed the White River Demonic Art, which was the cause of her vicious aura that was flaring up, as she shouted towards Hansoo.
"Hurry!"
"Hey! Run!"
They only needed Hansoo to come in.
The urgent shouts of Ekidu and Karhal rang out but Hansoo was focused on dodging the attacks of the Triple Fusion Beastq while circling around as if he hadn't heard them.
Karhal saw this and realized something as he grabbed ahold of one of the people sitting in the hole alongside them.
"Hey! Hurry and send support fire!"
"Uh? Huhh?"
"What are you doing you bastards! He's buying time until the door closes! You think those guys outside would just leave if that guy died?"
Karhal then pointed towards Hansoo who was covered in blood.
The tens of people woke up from those words as they started to send their attacks at the Triple Fusion Beast.
Booom! Boooom!
Grrr?
As attacks flew in from the inside, the Triple Fusion Beast turned its head and looked towards the inside of the hole.
It hadn't realized their existence when it had been focused on the one in front of its eyes but as the weaker ones attacked it, its instincts flared up.
Kiiiiiing
One of the beams that was focused on hansoo headed towards the entrance of the tunnel.
And the people freaked out as they saw this.
Since they all knew the might of that beam.
"Uaaaak! Hide!'
"Damn! Why did we do that!"
The people who had been sending the attacks hurriedly hid behind the doors that was closing.
'Damn! This…This door shouldn't get destroyed!'
Karhal closed his eyes.
If this door melted down from that beam then it was the end.
Boooom!
The beam that came out from the beast's mouth smashed into the half-closed door.
Chiiiijijijik!
The metal door made strange noises as it caught on fire along with some smoke.
"Ugh…"
The cries of people were heard because of the heat of the beam that had flown through the half-closed door and through the tunnel.
Since it was extremely hot.
Hooooong
Thankfully the door had been able to block the beam of the Triple Fusion Beast.
"…Damn."
But the people were now so terrified that they didn't even try to peak their head through the closing door.
As no reactions came the Triple Fusion Beast ignored the group as it started to focus on Hansoo again
Booom!
Booom!
Pajijijik!
Two of them constantly had their beams on Hansoo and one of them charged towards Hansoo as if it wanted to devour him.
And Hansoo's mana, which had been barely holding on, started to dry up.
As the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement got shredded apart and the Thousand Soldiers Armor turned into rags.
'It's good!'
Paat!
Hansoo dodged the Triple Fusion Beast's front legs as he jumped into the hole.
Kuuuungg!
The enraged Triple Fusion Beasts had even stopped the beams as they ran towards the entrance of the Maze.
Kuugugugung!
But the almost-closed door was wide enough for Hansoo to enter but it was too small for the Triple Fusion Beasts, which were the size of small buildings, to enter.
Boooom!
Boom!
Roaaaaarrr!
The people tensed up at the attacks of the Triple Fusion Beasts which were slamming the closed door as they powered up skills in their hands.
Since they would get massacred if it got breached.
The faint lights of the skills in the darkness showed the fear and despair of the people.
Soon.
Grrrrrr
"Paaaahh…."
"Phew."
As if the beasts had lost interest at the door that wasn't opening up, the sounds of them attacking the door disappeared and the people sighed out in relief.
And the skills showed the faces of the people.
'Who is it?'
Merelin, the woman who had been leading the people inside, made a nervous expression while looking at the three new people who had entered.
Those people were all tired and had been injured while running away from the attacks of the Triple Fusion Beast.
'And one seems to have a really foul personality.'
The man who had come on the back of a woman and had grabbed ahold of them was still looking at their direction with an expression full of contempt.
'Well. It'd be like that too.'
Merelin remained tensed up as she mumbled.
Since her own group wouldn't be good in their eyes since her group had tried to attack them while the three were running in with those beasts behind them.
But her group had a few things to say to.
'What the hell do you want us to do when you are bringing three of those things over here.'
While the two groups were glaring at each other.
Ekidu patted Karhal's back.
"Calm down Karhal. There's nothing to be gained from fighting here."
"Fucking hell. What a person of virtue you are."
Karhal growled towards Ekidu but just spat out once and looked over his wounds since he knew her words weren't wrong.
Since the current situation wasn't the best to fight with these guys.
This place was the headquarters of their enemy.
There was nothing to be gained in making more enemies.
Karhal asked Hansoo.
"Are you going in now?'
Hansoo nodded.
This time, when most of the Triple Fusion Beasts had gone out, was the best time to get through the Maze.
Of course the obstacle in getting the King's Crown still existed.
At that moment.
Someone spoke to Merelin.
"Merelin. We aren't…trapped right?"
At those words Merelin's expression changed.
From what it seemed this tunnel was where the beasts had come out from.
They were trapped in the nest of those things.
Merelin shouted out.
To Karhal who seem to be the weakest.
"Dammit! What are you going to do? We were going to leave after hiding here for a bit but we can't leave anymore!"
"Fucking hell. This was why I didn't want to enter on her back."
That was the reason why he was hearing these things.
While Karhal was frowning.
Booom!
A very faint vibration throughout the maze.
Hansoo frowned and looked at Merelin's group in front of his eyes as he felt that.
.....................…..
Rumble
In another part of the maze.
One of the doors that the Triple Fusion Beast could not smash apart no matter what had been destroyed.
And a Triple Fusion Beast was laid out on the ground with only half its body.
"Uaaa…"
While the people who had been chased by Akirus were crying out in fear.
Akitrus who smashed apart the door with the blue spear in his hands, the Akion, and had even killed the Triple Fusion Beast, shook off the blood on his eyes and tsked.
"Insolent mixed blood."
Chiiiiik
Akitrus, who had smashed apart the door with Akion that used the power of the Satellite Fortress to activate, stared at the hunters behind him.
And there was something on all those Hunter's necks.
Blue Jade.
The dog collar that made hunting dogs.
'It's good to have brought quite a lot of them.'
He just needed to wait here.
For the hunting dogs to find him while he waited.
He could just leisurely run over and smash his heart apart.
With the Akion, the spear of blue light.
Akitrus made a content expression as he spoke.
"Half of you search the forest and the other half search around the Maze. Once you find him just send the signal with the necklace. And for those who want to laze around…"
While everyone made nervous expressions at Akitrus's words.
Akitrus erased the smile on his face as he growled out and spoke.
"The only ones who will live are the ones who find him. Search for him with your lives on the line. If you can't find him…I'll blow up the necklaces."
The necklace that had a large amount of energy.
There was nothing to think about as to what would happen if these necklaces blew apart.
"Uaaaaaah!"
Everyone ran either to the forest or the maze in despair from those words.
Extremely quickly.
'You rat. I'll see you soon. He should've known that he would get trapped if he went into the maze…Does he have something in reserve? Or perhaps…'
If that rat had gone into the Great Jungle then he could just chase in glee but if he hadn't then something was suspicious.
Akitrus, who had been smiling in contentment, suddenly made an expression full of suspicion.
Reincarnator – Chapter 179 : Maze (3)
Rumble
A tremor rang throughout the maze.
It was very faint but everybody felt it.
While the people were talking to each other in case another Triple Fusion Beast was attacking a different part of the maze.
Hansoo frowned.
'He came huh.'
A tremendous destructive force that even made the ground tremble.
There was only one thing that could show off such a might without the Satellite Fortress that would've been near here.
'…It's the Judge.'
A warrior of the Higher Race that filled the gap between the Satellite Fortresses.
Hansoo mumbled as he felt the extremely faint vibration ringing throughout the walls of the maze.
They were called the Higher Race as a group but every individual had their differences in power.
The best out of the ones who were talented in controlling mana would receive the honor of being able to control a Satellite Fortress and would either assume the position of a Defender, Harvester or a Judge.
Their physical capabilities didn't need to be that good since they had the Satellite Fortress.
On the other hand, the ones who are superior physically would act as Warriors.
Along with weapons that weren't needed in the frontier where the Satellite Fortresses were at.
'This should be… Akion.'
No matter how good their physical abilities were, there was still a limit.
Since their physical bodies shouldn't be superior to that of the Triple Fusion Beast.
Which meant that there was only one way for them to have destroyed the door.
A weapon that symbolized the wrath of the heavens.
Akion.
Every attack from it was like the heaven's rage.
Since might was almost equal to the assault of the Satellite Fortress though there existed a slight delay.
Hansoo got closer to the walls of the Maze and put his ears on the wall.
Tuututung
Tutututung
Extremely faint vibrations.
Numerous tens of these could be felt through the Maze's wall.
Hurried-sounding footsteps.
It could only be one of two things.
Either they were people trapped inside the Maze after running here for safety like those behind him right now.
Or Hunting Dogs the Judge had released.
'I guess I'll need to hurry.'
Hansoo treated his injuries and then started to tap the wall.
Tongtongtongtong
Tongtongtong
'What the hell is he doing this time…'
While Karhal was shrugging his shoulders at Hansoo.
Merelin, who had been inspecting the closed door, made an expression full of despair.
'I can't open this. No matter what."
A door that was shut closed.
Traces of Triple Fusion Beasts.
A dark tunnel.
'No. I cannot stay trapped here.'
She had never even imagined that she would die in a place like this.
Her skills had been recognized and she had been promised many things.
'Damn…not hard!? They dare play with me?'
Merelin clenched onto an item within her hand.
A small stone that the captain of the guard in her village, Epon, had given her.
Epon told her.
That if she held onto this then the Satellite Fortress will come and carry her away.
She didn't believe it at first but she had to believe it after seeing Epon talk to Dakidus, the Harvester.
Since it was the first time she had seen the Harvester having a long conversation with anybody.
And because of this she hadn't really cared about her followers this time around.
Since she was just going to move to the area where she would get onto the Satellite Fortress and get out.
But what was this.
The Inspector who was supposed to come was nowhere to be seen and she had been trapped within this damned nest by the beasts that she couldn't even communicate to.
She had never even imagined of such a scene like this.
'Damn! Damnit!'
She wanted to smash apart everything near her but instead she suppressed her anger and calmed down.
Since a dumb act like that wouldn't help her in any way.
She had to stay calm.
'Calm down. I'm in a much better position than others.'
Merelin started to breath in and out.
She didn't know where the forces of the captain of the guards, Epon, or the Arukons were but if she found strong guys such as them then she would be able to stay alive.
The other side was too serious for all of this to be a joke.
There should be a mistake somewhere she just needed to get out of here and fix it.
And thoughts such as this made her feel at ease.
Since she didn't need to go through the entire Green Road where beasts such as the one she had seen a while ago swarmed around in.
'Just focus on one thing. I just need to find those guys.'
She started to become much more lucid as a clear goal was set.
Merelin calmed down and looked at the three in front of her.
She had glared them in rage but like the other woman had said, it wasn't the time to fight.
And she didn't have any confidence to beat them if they fought here.
'Especially that guy…'
Merelin gulped down her saliva as she watched the man who was inspecting the surrounding area while tapping the strange looking walls.
'I've never seen something like that before. Did he learn a special skill or something?'
A man who had taken the beam that destroyed everything with his own body.
She had seen a lot of strong people before.
The leader of her village was quite strong as well and she had also seen people who were often called geniuses.
But she had never seen the man in front of her before.
'No wait. Have I?'
Merelin shook her head after thinking about the past.
That wasn't the important part.
The important part was being with someone strong as him would be beneficial in many ways.
Being together with someone strong was always beneficial.
'I have to survive no matter what…Until I meet them.'
Merelin spoke out after finishing her thoughts.
"You're going deeper?"
As Hansoo nodded at her question, Merelin pondered for a bit and asked again.
"May I ask for what reason you are going in deeper?"
"I don't think we're that close to tell you such things."
Karhal suddenly spat out.
'Damned bastard.'
But as Hansoo didn't respond, it seems he had the same mindset as Karhal.
Merelin glanced at Karhal and then spoke to Hansoo.
"Could we follow as well?"
"Huh? Merelin?"
The people behind her were shocked.
What was she saying.
They should be trying to get out of this damned place, for them to go in deeper.
Merelin shook her head as she spoke.
"I don't think we should be focused in going out for now. We should be focused on surviving. And there's no guarantee that we would be able to go out even if we separate."
They had one of two choices.
Do everything they can do get out.
Or go along with the three other.
But there was no guarantee that they, who had no idea about anything in this place or the right direction to take, would be able to find the exit.
"Well…Yeah I guess it'll be better to go with them then."
One person nodded.
Those three wouldn't be heading to their deaths anyway.
They should have plenty of confidence if they were going in deeper.
And more than everything else, the man who was busily moving around from here to there seemed very reliable.
'Yeah. Surviving is better than going out.'
She had forgotten about the most important thing because she had been shocked by the fact that she had been trapped.
"Tsk. We don't plan on being a charity."
Karhal clicked his tongue but didn't refute it.
Since the small help was still help in the end.
Karhal didn't show it but he had been quite nervous from the claw marks of the Triple Fusion Beast upon the walls.
'Damn…I hope we can move away from this place quickly.'
At that moment.
Rumble
A wall that Hansoo had touched rumbled as it opened up.
At the same time a tunnel with a diameter of about 5m opened up.
It wasn't small but it was too small for a Triple Fusion Beast to go through.
"Ohhh!"
"Oh my!"
Everyone exclaimed out as they saw the tunnel.
They hadn't spoken it out loud but they were all nervous from being trapped in a place like this.
The triple Fusion Beast would not be able to get through a tunnel of that size no matter what.
Smiles appeared on the people's faces as they could dodge away from the factor that gave them the most fear.
'Yeah. It's better to go with someone who at least knows a few things…Than staying by ourselves and remaining clueless.'
Of course they didn't know what the three were thinking inside their mind but the fact that they didn't try to leave them behind with lies made them feel much more at ease.
'If they had ulterior motives then they would've probably sent us out in the front.'
While the people were standing up after clutching onto their wounds which they had taken emergency care of.
Hansoo spoke towards Ekidu and Karhal.
"Let's go"
"Can we follow as well?"
Hansoo nodded at Merelin who was confirming it again just in case.
Since these people had been trapped because of him bringing the Triple Fusion Beast here.
It might've been different if they hadn't been trapped along with him but since they were already here, there was no reason for him to stop them.
"But I cannot guarantee your life."
"Of course! Hahaha! Isn't that the way it's supposed to be!"
As if an existence which they could rely on had appeared within the darkness, a Hunter who was clutching onto his arm laughed out loudly.
They wouldn't have asked to join if they weren't going to contribute their share.
No, they wouldn't even have come out from the village.
"People who are like that have remained in the Farmer level for quite some time! Haha! You need to proceed with your own strength!"
"…"
While Merelin was frowning at the Hunter's words as if it was provoking her in some way, Hansoo nodded as he spoke.
"Then let's go. Run."
The moment he finished speaking.
Hoooook!
Hansoo started to quickly run off.
And the people started to follow after seeing this.
'His speed is… Followable. Does he not have an Acceleration type skill?'
The people made expressions of relief.
If that Hansoo had used an Acceleration-type skill along with his monstrous body then they wouldn't have been able to even dream about following him but his running speed was quite manageable.
Hunters, Ekidu and Karhal used their skills as they followed Hansoo.
'Good.'
Merelin, who had been thinking that they had escaped the imminent danger for now, suddenly remembered something.
'Look at me, I forgot about it.'
She then took out the small black stone in her hands and then carefully tied it onto a string.
Then she tied it between the neck and her armor where it could be easily seen.
Clang
The small black rock that the captain of the guards, Epon, had given her shined on her neck.
'This is good.'
Even if she could not figure out who was supposed to help her, they would realize it after seeing this.
'Yeah. They have given me the offer because I was precious… They shouldn't just leave me be. I hope I can meet them as soon as possible.'
She thought that this strange place might be their headquarters but it didn't seem that way..
It was smaller than before but the tunnel they were running through was still a bit too large.
As if it wasn't a tunnel the humans went through.
A complete darkness.
A tunnel that spread into the distance and into the unknown.
The Great Jungle where anything could pop out was a problem as well but a place like this also made one suppress their breath.
Merelin, who was praying in order to get out of this nerve-wracking situation as soon as possible, smiled as she looked at Hansoo.
A man who was dispersing her nervousness.
'Quite reliable isn't he. Please be good to us. Who knows? I might even ask that Inspector to take you along with me.'
That Karhal guy ahead of her was quite strong as well but there were people like him around if she searched.
But that Hansoo guy was special.
With his strength, even Epon's group would want to rope him in.
Since they seemed to like inviting people into their group and expanding their strength.
If she asked then they might even allow it.
'I hope they can find me quickly.'
If not then she needed to try a bit harder.
Try harder in order to find them instead.
Merelin finished her thoughts as she chased behind Hansoo.
Reincarnator – Chapter 180 : Maze (4)
Oooooong
To the insides of the dark tunnel.
There were a small group of people running through the long tunnel while filling it up with noises.
A group of four people.
Their entire bodies were shining brightly in blue.
And the space they ran through had been illuminated brightly.
Tadadadadak
The Hunters clenched their teeth while dashing through the tunnel with the power of the Blue Jade.
'Ha…Ha. That bastard.'
A speed which they usually couldn't even dream of achieving.
A tremendous amount of defense that was even higher than their own skills.
It felt like they, the four of them alone, could fight against a 1st rank Beast by themselves and win.
All this strength was from the blue light coming off from their necks.
A strength which they would usually even kill to gain.
But that's only in the case that there's no risk for them.
A bomb was good but nobody would be pleased to know about it when the switch to detonate that bomb was not in their hands.
'Damnit! Fucking hell! That bastards needs to be in this direction!'
Darlton, the Guard who had been running through the tunnel along with three comrades, clenched his trembling hands.
And in Darlton's hand the bow
It had landed in his hands after Marun had died.
But Darlton wasn't happy at all.
Since he had seen that powerful Marun getting crushed like a piece of trash.
That bastard of an Arukon had said clearly.
That their necklaces would blow up if they couldn't find that strange guy.
And somebody who had even killed Marun wouldn't really care about killing him either.
'Fucking bastard. Fucking bastard…'
Almost 500 people were running around in order to find that one guy.
They would be able to find him if they searched.
Since it hadn't been long since they had departed.
And this was the problem.
If that guy had gone in the direction of the Great Jungle?
Then the Hunters who had gone towards the Great Jungle would find them and Akitrus would head into that direction.
Which means then him and the others would just die while searching around these damned tunnels.
Since that powerful Arukon wouldn't need them in order to catch the gyy.
'Please…Please!'
Darlton squeezed out every bit of strength he had as he charged through the Maze.
And there were quite a few injuries on Darlton's body.
Injuries that had occurred while dodging the beasts he had encountered on the way.
He had no time to deal with things like this.
Darlton scraped every bit of remaining mana in his body as he poured it into his movement skills.
And the already quick Darlton's speed rose by numerous times.
He had to find them quickly.
Before others.
At that moment.
Booooom!
Boom!
A loud sound was heard by Darlton and his comrades suddenly.
'Is it him?'
Darlton's expression brightened up.
Since he just needed to find them.
'I won't be fighting him anyway.'
The strength of the guy wasn't important and he just needed to hold him down until Akitrus came.
And he was confident enough to do so.
'Let's go!'
Darlton burned up his mana as he charged towards where the sound came from.
.....................…
"Where are you going!"
Hansoo shook his head as Karhal shouted out with numerous injuries on his body.
"We're always there."
"Damn! You've been saying that from a while ago!"
As Hansoo replied and turned right from the four way cross.
Roaaarrr!
A beast without a right arm was charging towards them from the end of the tunnel.
1st rank beast, Mirtin.
Karhal grinded his teeth while looking at the beast which had a face similar to a Gorilla's.
"Damnit! This really is a fucking beast's nest."
Hansoo hadn't said it was dangerous for no reason.
They were meeting beasts almost every 5 minutes.
From the weakest ones to even strong ones.
But this one was dimensions apart from the previous ones.
It had a tremendous amount of tenacity and belonged at the top of the 1st grade beasts, a beast that every Hunter of the 1st Area had to gather in order to barely suppress it.
'Did they get trapped in here after coming in when the doors were open? How did they get in!'
The beasts were all strong but they all had similar injuries.
Marks made by the Triple Fusion Beasts.
They had run away to the small tunnels after being attacked by the Triple Fusion Beast after coming into the maze.
The ones who had been trapped here for quite a long time had turned quite mad.
Tooooong!
Tooong!
A giant gorilla that was almost 5m tall charging through the tunnel was almost like fear itself.
At that moment.
Hansoo jumped out front and smashed the beast with his spear.
Kudududuk!
The Gorilla didn't have its right arm but Hansoo's situation wasn't the best either.
The Thousand Soldiers Armor had melted down from the destruction beams and even his skin had burnt.
And his left arm was smashed apart like the arm of Mirtin.
Rooooarrr!
The Mirtin flinched at the human charging at it ferociously but then roared out in rage as it charged.
Roooarr!
A red aura that came out from its heart surrounded its left arm.
The moment Mirtin struck out it's left arm that was covered in the red aura.
Hansoo also swung the Forked Lightning with his one arm and then intercepted the flying fist.
The moment the giant red arm and the relatively toothpick looking golden spear collided.
Crunch!
A strange noise was heard from the Mirtin's left arm.
Rooooarr!
The moment the giant red gorilla flinched from the pain of its bones being destroyed.
Hansoo left behind his spear and charged the Gorilla.
'It'll get in the way.'
In close quarters, his fists would be much more useful than the long spear.
And Hansoo was extremely familiar with fighting without a weapon.
Boooom!
Kuuudududuk!
Crunch!
Hansoo bore close up the gorilla and started to beat down the Mirtin.
He started at the knees which were easy to target and then proceed onto the hips, sexual organs and the stomach.
Soon the Mirtin's lower part had been turned into a mess.
Rooaaar!
The Mirtin roared out in pain as it covered its entire body even more with the red aura as it tried to smash Hansoo with its broken left arm.
But Hansoo dodged away from its attacked as he continued to smash it down.
The tunnel itself was quite small relative to the size of the beast so it could only get hit by Hansoo despite having a large amount of agility.
And Karhal squinted his eyes as he saw this scene from the distance.
'What the hell is that.'
Kiiiiing!
Everytime Hansoo swung his right fist, the ring in his hands shined.
It was something that had happened before but the previous beasts had been smashed apart too quickly for him to have seen it properly.
Karhal finally realized what it was after he focused his sight in order to not miss it this time.
Hoooooong!
Everytime Hansoo attacked his opponent, the mana barrier got smashed apart and blood splattered.
And every time the strange red aura got sucked into Hansoo's body.
The problem was what happened afterwards.
Kuuududuk
Kuduk
'Huh?'
Karhal rubbed his eyes as he saw this scene.
Hansoo's burnt skin healed up and the muscles that were shredded by the claws of the Triple Fusion Beast got pieced together.
Even with Hansoo's abnormal regenerative speed, this was too fast.
Boom! Boom!
Now Hansoo was attacking with both arms.
'He has a lot of strange things. What the hell is that?'
Actually Karhal had never seen Hansoo attack this closely.
Since he was always being chased or fighting without mana from the Sealing Jade.
Rooarrr!
'This isn't the time to be doing this.'
Karhal mumbled as he gathered up a suppressive type skill in his hand.
Since it was a bit too hard to use a powerful long range skill due to the small size of the tunnel.
'…It's clearly not a place where a group should be fighting together.'
As if the others had similar thoughts as Karhal, most people used supportive or suppressive skills and helped out from the back and hid behind Ekidu and a few strong others.
It took quite long to explain all this but it actually happened in just an instant.
And soon Merelin made a surprised expression while looking at Hansoo who was smashing apart the beast with his bare hands.
'What the hell is his trait? Is my trait that important? Even more than someone like that guy?'
Merelin made a confused expression.
Someone this strong was roaming around this Maze.
Which meant that he had not been scouted like her in the village.
She didn't understand how she had been scouted when someone that strong hadn't been.
At that moment.
"Found him!"
"This fucking bastard!"
Booooom!
Boom!
A single beam of light flew towards Hansoo.
A familiar beam.
Ekidu rushed up ass he saw the familar beam of light rushing towards Hansoo who was fighting Mirtin.
Since she knew what it was.
'Marun?'
Ekidu was shocked as she covered her body with the White River Demonic Art and faced the arrow.
Since it was aimed at Hansoo who was busy fighting the beast.
The Mirtin hadn't been completely dealt with yet.
'If it's the Snake's Path…I can block it!'
Marun was quite strong but she was a level above him.
Even if Marun had made a sneak attack, she would be able to block it.
Kudududuk
But Ekidu realized something was wrong after blocking the arrow.
"Kuuhuk!'
Kiiiigigigigik
The arrow which had blue and red aura combined within started to penetrate into the white aura around Ekidu's body.
An arrow which was numerous time stronger than the one Marun shot out.
Ekidu had been pushed back in an instant, all the way to Hansoo and the Mirtin.
Boooom!
'Damnit!'
For them to get in their way in a time like this.
Ekidu tried to hurridely get away from the attack range.
Since her heart would get penetrated if a second assault came.
But the second attack did not come.
Darlton instead started to shout out in glee.
"Hahahahahaha! I've found him! I found him!"
"…!"
'What the hell. Who is he shouting to.'
But the confident attitude made her feel uneasy.
Ekidu and everyone else frowned at Darlton's shout.
.....................
"Huh. What a praiseworthy fellow."
Akitrus, who had been standing outside, made a content expression.
Since they had done well.
'I have to go in and turn that guy into dust personally…'
But there was one thing in his mind.
While Akitrus was pondering.
Tadadak
A man flew at the side of Akitrus and landed.
Junghwan, who had been watching over the test, had flown over here from the chaos.
Akitrus frowned as he looked at Junghwan.
'This guy is…'
He didn't know every bug alive but it was clear which organization this man belonged to.
The red marble that was in his hand.
And the confidence to stand in front of him like this.
It was obvious that he was one of Metion's underlings who ruled the Green Road.
'Clementine…That bastard.'
Akitrus frowned as he thought of Clementine who had threatened him in the past but then shook his head as he spoke out.
"What's wrong?"
"What the hell are you doing? This is under our jurisdiction. If you guys mess things up like this then what the hell do you want us to do?"
The man respected him but did not fear him.
A completely different attitude from the other humans.
'This bug.'
Akitrus wanted to turn this guy into dust with the Akion but he suppressed the urge.
Since that Metion guy was also crazy and quite an insane one at that.
Touching them would result in a backlash befitting of their craziness.
Akitrus frowned for a bit and then growled out.
"There's a lot for us to say from our side. Didn't you say that we wouldn't need to worry about the humans anymore?"
"…?"
Junghwan made a confused expression at those words.
That was correct.
That was why they were managing the village.
But did a problem occur or something?
How could a problem occur to creatures like them?
Akitrus glared at Junghwan.
'These guys didn't know it either huh.'
But Akitrus didn't drop his suspicions.
Since he was suspicious about something from a while ago.
'These guys…Wouldn't be setting up a trap right?'
By his logic, there was no case where Dakidus would get killed by a bug.
Of course Dakidus with the Satellite Fortress dying to the ones in front of his eyes was unrealisitic as well but the chances were much higher than dying to the other humans anyway.
And the fact that the human confidently went into the maze was quite suspicious.
'Is this guy…Trying to drag me into the Maze?'
He was confident himself.
If he had Akion, the spear of Punishment, he would burn every human he found.
If these guys killed Dakidus?
And they were using tricks and traps to come at him?
The Maze would become a very dangerous place.
Akitrus thought up to this point and then decided to take the safe route.
'If you guys aren't guilty or anything then…You won't deny it.'
"I want to ask you for assistance."
"…?"
Assistance.
Junghwan had never heard of those dog-headed bastards ever asking for assistance.
Junghwan made a confused expression while holding tightly onto the Red Jade in his hand.
"Aren't… Aren't you coming?'
Darlton shouted out in panic from the necklace that didn't have any response while looking at Hansoo and the others.