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Reincarnator – Chapter 211 : Gael-Tara (4)

Kwaaadddddk!

Uuududuk!

Countless collisions occurred around Hansoo.

Against the ten clansmen.

These people, who couldn't even participate before due to their fear of being swept up in the fight, were attacking him now.

With bronze-colored lights surrounding him.

Claaaanggg!

Hansoo's spear smashed onto a clansman but surprisingly a sound of metal clashing was heard as the spear was deflected.

Of course the one who had been hit wasn't perfectly fine.

Boooom!

Since he had fallen backwards after losing his arm.

But this wasn't really a profit

Whooosh!

Another clansmen picked up the arm of his comrade and then threw it to the one who had been flung off.

The clansmen, whose arm had been cut off, brought his arm to and connected the spots where it had been cut.

Then.

Chiiiiiik

A bronze-colored light shone out from the area of injury as it healed it.

And the arm got reconnected.

Whoosh! Whoooosh!

The man swung his arm a few times to check that it was alright as he jumped up from his position and charged towards Hansoo again.

Hansoo shook his head as he saw this scene.

'Steel Lord.'

Its effects were simple.

Give a powerful body, a troll's regenerative powers and the agility and power of a beast to the ones affected.

The person with this skill would basically become a lord who has an army of steel men.

It wasn't a really good skill for Hansoo due to its large amount of mana usage and him being used to being alone but if you had a tremendous amount of mana and your underlings were quite strong then there was no other skill as good as this.

Clannngg!

Hansoo got hit by the sword from his back as he got flung forwards.

Hansoo's Thousand Soldiers Armor got smashed apart, scales underneath them got spliced apart and caused him to bleed.

But it wasn't like he was at a loss

Since he had cut apart the neck of one of the clansmen the moment he got flung forward.

Split!

Even the Steel Lord could not save a clansman whose head was severed.

Well, it might be possible if it was connected immediately.

But the Pandemic blade that was on the edge of the spear seeped into the injuries and burned up all the muscles and nerves around the area.

At the same time.

Sap Sap.

The energy drained by the Vampiric powers regenerated Hansoo's flesh and blood.

He didn't fully recover but it was more than enough to stop him from becoming immobile from blood loss and muscle destruction.

'Five left.'

Hansoo's body wasn't perfect as well but he had gotten the heads of half of Metiron's people already.

The sooner he finished in here the less damage would be caused in the outside.

Hansoo continued this momentum and headed for the next person.

And Metiron roared out in rage and charged towards Hansoo.

"You Bastard!"

Boooom!

The God's Right Hand in Metiron's right hand smashed with Hansoo's Forked Lightning again.

Crunch.

Maybe if he was in perfect condition things might've been different but Hansoo had received quite a large amount of injuries already.

Hansoo felt his muscles rippling from the collision and flung his body backwards.

"You bastard! Just surrender! Why are you struggling so hard! Just surrender man! You'll die if you don't comply with us here!"

He wanted to kill this Hansoo instantly.

But a message from Taehee had come.

Of course he was only going to take him alive, he had no intentions of keeping him perfectly intact.

He was going to turn him into half a corpse before taking him but even that was hard.

Clementine's orders had long disappeared from his head.

'He said as long as it's possible possible…But this monster.'

Metiron made a dumbfounded expression.

He was overwhelming Hansoo with the the Fragment of Seven Souls, Mana Jade and even his clansmen but Hansoo was still holding on.

But even if he lived here, he wouldn't be able to live in the areas above.

Since it was their world already.

Maybe if his comrades had been sent to the Birdcage.

There shouldn't be a reason for a newcomer to have such hatred against him but Metiron smiled after pondering about the reason.

'Is he perhaps trying to save the humans?'

Metiron made a cold smile inwardly.

There was one thing he had felt while managing the humans for over a decade here.

That these guys did not have the right to live.

If a worth of a person's life was dependent on them helping others or harming others then things would become extremely clear.

There wasn't anybody there who hadn't sinned.

Even the Sages who were acting all high and mighty.

'The ones who have power are worse.'

Boooooom!

Metiron frowned as he smashed Hansoo away as he had charged towards him.

While thinking about the memories the existence within the marble had shown him.

.........…..

Boooom!

Crunch. Crunch.

Kwwaaaaduduk.

The Sage Kel-Durin was dumbfounded as he stared at the giant barbarian who was devouring the giant Satellite Fortress.

It didn't have any manners or majesty

It was just attacking with its viciousness.

Taking account of the materials used to create such a thing, it was really a waste.

Looking at the barbaric image, the crown on its head was quite comical.

But Kel-Durin could not laugh.

Since the barbarian's body was created from the person they could not forget as the base.

A Sage who had a body that was several times stronger than the others.

The one who had a tremendously strong body and a huge amount of intelligence.

'My god. It's Karmen.'

The image of the Barbarian was the same as that of their king, Karmen.

As if it was laughing and belittling their civilization, the giant King who had appeared before them was smashing apart and devouring the Satellite Fortresses, the pinnacle of their civilization.

As if he was trying to take back all the achievements he had created.

The Sages with the bodies of the Rebeloongs and Arukons trembled in fear as they made confused expressions.

"My god…That's Karmen."

"Is it a legacy of Karmen?"

"Why…Why…?"

Karmen.

The great king who had lead them into the light of wisdom.

Karmen lead them and they followed him.

Why would Karmen create such a strange beast in order to smash apart their civilization?

But unlike these Sages, the royalty who had the body of Akalachias all had gloomy expressions.

Because they knew why.

'…Oh Karmen…'

A tremor rang throughout Kel-Durin's body every time he made eye contact with the eye that looked their way from time to time while eating the Satellite Fortresses.

Since a large amount of hate, despair and rage was swimming within them.

There wasn't much to see really.

It was too focused on eating up the Satellite Fortresses and filling up its mana but once it dealt with this they were next.

Since Karmen wouldn't forgive them.

No, he had created such a thing since he had no thoughts of forgiving them.

A beast.

Kel-Durin mumbled.

'KIng. You…Should've just died a clean death. That was the only way to have remained as a shining hero within our memories forever.'

They couldn't do anything else.

Since the King hadn't given them any information and monopolized it all.

Even this strange beast, the El-Tara, was kept in the dark from them.

Living past 30 years for the first time in their history and living up to 60 years.

His wisdom reached the heavens but for him to monopolize it all and not use it for their race.

And their race had made tremendously fast progress despite only barely eating up the leftovers.

If the king had properly shared the information then their technology and civilization would have advanced to a degree which wouldn't even be comparable to that of now.

Their expectations were as great as their respect for him and the disappointment followed this as hope turned into greed.

Even more so for the Royalty.

The nobility, soldiers and commoners had barely lived 10 years so their greed for information wasn't as bad but Kel-Durin and the other royalty were much more greedy.

Even more so if their lifespans got shorter and shorter.

As Karmen held back the information, their nervousness only grew and grew.

But then one day.

They didn't know what it was but this was a perfect chance.

This was the only chance to suppress the king who barely left the Garmeia.

Since it was clear what would happen if they clashed with the king when he had the Garmeia.

So when the king left the Garmeria and arrived at the Capital.

They launched a surprise attack against the King.

And the result was a great success.

They had landed a fatal attack onto the King and succeeded in taking the information.

A secret only a few people of the Royalty knew.

Kel-Durin made a complex expression as he thought of back then.

'….For him to bring such a thing.'

The information the king brought them was the result of their body.

The Transmigration of Soul.

Information that told them how to create a powerful body and move their souls there.

When the guilt of them having killed their own king with their hands had swept over them, it was already too late.

They had performed the transmigration of their souls with the information they stole as the basis.

Create bodies with mana pools and move their souls onto them.

It took almost ten years because they didn't have the original creator of this but the result was obviously a success.

They had jumped past 800 years due to a miscalculation but this was nothing.

But for Karmen, whose only job left was to become a great king in their history, to have come out like this and create a mess.

Kel-Durin clenched his teeth.

'You were going to be left behind as a shining star but…You wish to die a dirty death.'

Seeing that figure, he thought of the maze experiment Karmen had performed in the past.

A test to create an organism out of the Silver Sea which countered their mana pool.

They had thought that they were creating an emergency shelter but they finally knew why now.

The maze was a prototype.

Actually Karmen might've actually guessed their betrayal.

Since he wouldn't have hidden such a thing, which could devour them and their entire civilization, inside the Garmeria otherwise.

It was clearly something created by Karmen.

The amount of power and its defence.

The Satellite Fortresses were getting destroyed without even being able to do anything.

'You think we'll just sit here and do nothing?'

Kel-Durin mumbled.

They had a large amount of Karmen's information and they had a secret weapon created by using that information.

Kel-Durin called royalty, Kan-Kun and spoke.

"Bring the Bluestone. We need to use it."

'To come back to us an evil spirit…We will just send you off. This is good. We can deal with the humans as well.'

The only ones that needed to remain behind were the Royalty.

Kel-Durin mumbled as he looked at the organism that was causing havoc in the distance.

..........

Booooooom!

Metiron laughed out loud after smashing Hansoo and then spoke.

"Hahaha! The Sages are probably busy trying to attack you from your back! And how many of the ones who you're trying to help have not sinned? They are worthy of death! Do you really think there are people who haven't gotten blood on their hands?"

Crunch!

Hansoo blocked the attacks of Metiron and the steel soldiers and laughed as he swung his spear.

"Is sinning a problem?"

"What?"

As Metiron was confused.

Hansoo mumbled.

'What I need are soldiers not people who would protect me.'

The ones who would protect them would be better the kinder they were and more good they were

But the soldiers who would go onto the battlefields were different.

They were better the more sins they had caused.

To the point of rules of using sinners as soldiers existing.

'I'm just here to give them strength, control them and take them up.'

The ones who were good just needed to use that strength to protect themselves.

And the sinners could just sin more and fight to the death.

Since the beings of the Abyss weren't attacking the humans because of their justice and evilness.

So it didn't matter whether they sinned or not.

Since the blades wouldn't discriminate against anybody once the door of the Abyss opened up.

"Anyways…Isn't it becoming a bit tiring now?"

Hansoo smiled towards Metiron.

Metiron's expression froze at a miniscule level.

Despite Hansoo being the one having become a mess.

Reincarnator – Chapter 212 : Gael-Tara (5)

Fragments of Seven Souls.

The power wasn't given out for free.

Maybe if they were at similar levels.

Metiron's body, which belonged in the Yellow Zone, could not receive the soul of Taehee, who was at the Violet Zone, and use it properly.

Even if it was just a fragment.

Their Zones were different as was their strength and quality.

If Metiron even pulled out a bit of this strength then his body would overheat and tire out.

Like a young child swinging a giant claymore.

Even more so if he was using an amount of mana he could barely handle.

Maybe if his body had been enhanced by mana but there was a limit to how much the unenhanced body of a human could handle mana.

If Metiron had the enhanced body or even the ability to control mana better then he would've long have lost.

But this was it.

The pressure from the Mana and Soul.

And the body that could not keep up with that.

Rumblee!

The Seven Strands Spear shot out from Metiron's left hand and then smashed onto Hansoo.

But a rough sound came out from Metiron instead of Hansoo.

"Ugh…"

Metiron gulped down the blood that had come up to his neck as he grasped his hand that was trembling intensely.

The Mana Jade was still supplying him with mana and his soul was giving him strength but his damned body couldn't handle it.

Of course Hansoo was also a mess.

If the insides of his body were messed up than Hansoo's outer parts were smashed apart.

But Metiron knew from over a decade of battle experience.

Who would win at this rate.

'Fuck. This is the end.'

His clansmen had all died and only he was left.

Metiron, who had been making an expression full of despair, suddenly clenched his teeth.

'It's not the end yet. A new variable. I just need a new variable.'

He would be able to flip the situation then.

Metiron refocused, gathered mana again and started to push Hansoo back.

.........….

"Are you really going to use it?"

Kan-Kun made a bitter expression as he eyed the shining Bluestone in front of him.

Normally, there shouldn't be a use for this stone which was used to transmigrate souls.

Since they had settled in the bodies they wanted and their original bodies had long rotted away.

But another use existed for this Bluestones.

An experience which had occurred in the Maze in the past.

This was one of Karmen's countless tests and it wasn't that hard for them to utilize this as they had all the information.

Which meant that theoretically, they would be able to control the liquid metal if they used the stone that moved souls, the Bluestone.

There was actually another reason why Kan-Kun was worried.

But even before Kan-Kun could reply.

Kel-Durin cut off Kan-Kun's words as he spoke.

"Is there another plan as of now other than the Bluestone?"

"…"

Kan-Kun became a mute from Kel-Durin's words.

Booom!

Boooboooom!

The Satellite Fortresses were continuing to get smashed apart even now.

The 2km monster was almost reaching 3km now and the speed at which the Satellite Fortresses got smashed apart was increasing.

Even if they had powerful bodies, fighting would only make sense if they were in the same league.

'But….'

Kan-Kun clenched his teeth.

Two things were required for the soul to settle properly.

First, the targey shouldn't deny them.

And then the opponent's mana shouldn't act up.

This was why they had erased the sanity of the Higher Races with the Redstone and then got rid of the mana with the Blackstone.

Since then it was possible to control them with the soul.

And in the past they had been successful in controlling the entire maze with just a single soul of a Sage

But the situation was now different.

Over several tens of times as much mana was overflowing through that giant beast's body.

The problem was that there existed a owner for that beast.

Which means that it wouldn't be enough even if they use all the souls of the Sages and smashed onto it.

But Kel-Durin shook his head.

"Don't worry. We won't need them all."

It was clear.

That the beast, Gael-Tara, was moving on instinct.

In order to raise its body and fill up its mana.

He didn't know what was going on but the one inside had merely activated it, he was not able to control it yet.

Which meant that a chance existed.

"Start it already."

"…Where shall I set the standards? Shall we get volunteers?"

Kan-Kun asked with a grim expression.

Though it didn't have a sanity, it would still take a tremendous amount of souls in order to beat it.

It was basically the same as trying to smash apart a rock by throwing eggs at it.

Until the hundreds of thousands of souls win over the repulsive force of the mana and settle upon that giant body.

Of course the souls that get deflected would die.

Kel-Durin pondered for a moment at Kan-Kun's words but then shook his head.

"It's too urgent for that. What would we do if the number of volunteers is too low after sharing all the truth? That giant beast would've long destroyed all the Satellite Fortresses and would be attacking us."

"…"

"I believe in our race but… Since there is a chance for our race, who have woken up after hundreds of years, to hesitate, let's just gather them while keeping this a secret. Of course start at the ones with the largest amount in numbers since it would be better the higher the unity of the souls is."

Kan-Kun's expression froze at those words.

It was just called unity of the souls, it just meant that they were going to pour in the 4th level Sages, those of the lowest level, who were the most in numbers

Kan-Kun's beak trembled but no words came out as he just backed off and nodded.

And Kel-Durin mumbled inwardly as he looked at this Kan-Kun.

'It seems you won't make it big. You cannot see what is more important right now.'

Them, the rank 1 Sages, knew much more than those of lower ranks and were wiser as well.

The Rebeloong's body was based around breeding anyway.

It wasn't hard to multiply their numbers.

'Yeah. It's better to act efficiently than all of us dying.'

Kel-Durin made a grim expression as he looked at the hundreds of thousands of rank 4 Sages gathering around the Bluestone and then smiled towards the beast which was still causing a havoc.

'Karmen, you're giving us strength even until the end. Don't worry, just watch. Watch as to how I use your legacy to lead our race.'

The Destruction Jade wouldn't work on it either.

It was obvious.

Why would Karmen have set it up so it would stop moving without mana?

And as he expected, the surface of the liquid metal was actually coated with a special material.

Even if the Destruction Jade was used, the mana engine deep inside it would still work.

If something that the Destruction Jade doesn't work against comes up to them?

'We don't even have to receive those threats from those humans.'

The barbaric humans were annoying him anyway.

With that thing he would be able to sweep them away and reclaim power over this world.

The power as the race of this world.

The gloomy expression disappeared from Kel-Durin's face as he started to hum.

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

Rumble!

Boooom!

In the deepest parts of the Gael-Tara

The battle between thunder and lightning near the control room was coming to an end.

Clangg!

"Ugh!"

Metiron smashed into the wall as he coughed out a mouthful of blood.

His mana circuits have all been fried.

All of Hansoo's four limbs and two of his three hearts had been destroyed but there was a difference between Hansoo and Metiron.

Hansoo still had some power left to end Metiron and Metiron did not even have any strength to move.

And Metiron knew this.

'…This is the end.'

As Metiron was about to give up.

Kiiiiiiiiing!

The liquid metal started to resonate and move.

Like rain upon a lake.

Hundreds of thousands of stirrings occurred upon the humongous Gael-Tara.

And Metiron's eyebrows twitched as he saw this.

The movements of the Gael-Tara, which had been jumping around energetically, was getting dull.

It was abnormal.

No such things was told to him according to Karmen.

Which only meant one thing.

That something was attacking it from the outside.

Then.

Metiron's head started to spin.

Whose interference was this?

It was obvious really.

The sages.

The humans wouldn't be able to affect this giant beast.

Metiron thought of the next question.

How are they trying to intercept him?

He also knew the answer right away.

'They'll try to eat it up.'

They weren't just stopping it.

They were probably trying to eat up the entire Gael-Tara.

Metiron then stopped.

Two things had come up in his head.

What would these guys do the moment they eat up this giant beast?

And.

What was his own objective?

He realized.

A smile surfaced on Metiron's face.

'It's not the best option but…It's not bad as a backup.'

His objective and theirs was the same.

Getting rid of every human here and every human who would go up.

He had failed already.

Which meant that handing it over wouldn't be bad.

Metiron coughed up blood and smiled towards Hansoo.

"You won. According to the promise… Take the Mana Jade. But.. I'm sorry. I don't think I can fulfill all of it. I cannot give you one of the promised things."

'You've won but in actuality, I've won.'

As Metiron gave up his control.

Kiiiiiing

The openings upon the liquid metal got extremely large as they started to bore into the center.

Then.

Rumble.

The control of the Gael-Tara had been passed over.

............…..

Rumble

"Uh…What the hell?"

"Huh?"

The people made confused expressions as the giant beast stopped moving in the midst of eating a Satellite Fortress.

Then.

Tong!

The bludgeon of the Gael-Tara made grinding noises and turned into a ferocious looking golden sword.

The Gael-Tara, who held the golden sword in his right hand, spat out the Satellite Fortresses and then fixed the crown on its head.

And then.

Chwaaarrrrk!

The entire body of the naked Karmen shook as a robe of Yongpo(Korean Emperor's Outfit) appeared upon it.

The barbarian disappeared as a mighty King appeared in its place.

There was somebody who was looking at the giant Gael-Tara with a content expression.

'Very good.'

That was it.

That was the look that fit the king of their race, the race of dragons, Karmen.

'Remain in that look forever and protect us.'

The sacrificed Rebeloongs would've been proud as well.

Kel-Durin made a content smile with the Bluestone in his hands.

Since they had gained it, it was now time for the protector to act.

And there were very good targets in front of him.

The Satellite Fortresses given over to the humans.

Though most of them had been broken apart and had been eaten. Over 10 still remained.

They wouldn't want things dirtied by humans back in their hands.

It was better to break them.

Kel-Durin laughed as he grasped the Bluestone in his hands.

'Go.'

Roarrr!

"Aaarrk!"

"Fuck!"

The people started to run away again as they saw the giant beast moving so suddenly.

The moment the giant king stepped forward and was about to slash down upon the Satellite Fortresses of the humans with his blade.

Udddk

The Gael-Tara suddenly stopped.

Randomly.

'Hmm?'

Kel-Durin frowned as he saw this scene.

Reincarnator – Chapter 213 : Gael-Tara (6)

'Until the end huh.'

Hansoo clicked his tongue towards Metiron who had let go of all the controls and then placed his hand upon the heart of Metiron.

Kiiiiing

The thing that had remained as a symbol inside Metiron's heart slowly got pulled out.

A shining crystal-shaped object.

This was the epitome of Karmen, the king who had been betrayed, that was a tier higher than the Mana Pools.

Mana Jade.

'Instead of a higher tier Mana Pool… It's like a lower tier Mana Engine.'

Hansoo mumbled as he stared at the Mana Jade that was letting off a tremendous amount of mana while floating above his hand.

This was created for the Sages.

Since it was an artifact that fit their superior bodies.

This could easily fill up the small amount of needed mana from the Mana Pool.

It would've been a gift that would've been sent to the Sages if he hadn't been hit in the back.

If the Sages had waited patiently a bit more then they would've received the method of mass creating the Mana Jade and would have been able to have an even more powerful race.

Hansoo placed the Mana Jade above his heart.

The moment the Mana Jade, which was comprised of four jewels tied up in a strange path, got close to Hansoo's heart.

The single remaining heart split up in sync with its own beat into four parts.

And the four blue jewels that were slowly rotating around the flesh around the heart slowly started to bore down into Hansoo's body.

Crunch. Udddudk.

The moment the Mana Jade entered his heart.

Cwhaaaak!

A tremendous amount of mana started to sweep over Hansoo's body.

The mana that came out from the Mana Jade started to follow Hansoo's mana circuits in his body and started to bore into the deepest parts of his body.

Ooooong.

The dried up mana circuits were flooded as the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement started up again.

Then.

Kulug Kulug.

The regeneration from the Racial Metamorphosis, the Dragon Essence Blade, the Body Enhancement Surgery and even the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement started to heal up Hansoo very at an extremely rapid rate.

Broken bones were mended and skin was healed.

Severed muscles got connected and the messed up arteries, veins and the nerves regenerated.

And Hansoo made a content expression as he saw this.

He felt like a fish in water.

How much had be suffered due to lack of mana after coming back to the past?

His body grew quickly and his skills got stronger but due to the lack of mana, he could not utilize them properly.

But since he had gained the Mana Jade, the story would change.

After the injuries healed and regained his senses, he walked towards the control room of the Gael-Tara behind Metiron.

The blue marble was still floating in its original shape despite all the chaos.

Of course Hansoo and Metiron both tried to reduce as much damage that came this way.

'Anyway… How shall I do this?'

He hadn't told others but he was quite worried.

Since he wasn't really interested in technology or science.

The reason why the Sages could affect this guy was because they had risen to a certain level in their technology and intelligence.

'I guess I should try as much as I can first.'

The moment Hansoo walked into the control room.

Metiron coughed out blood and laughed from outside.

"Haha…Hahahaha! I've won! Kang Hansoo! The humans…They'll all die now."

The Sages would definitely not let the humans alive once they obtain this.

This place will become a much more vicious and dangerous place than when the Higher Races ruled.

Though it's a shame he wouldn't be able to pick out and send people up, this wasn't bad.

'Clementine… Climb well. I'll… deal with the problem here.'

He barely had the strength to move his fingers after becoming such a mess but a victorious sentiment swept through him.

As Metiron smiled while reminiscing about the times when the nine of them roamed around the Otherworld.

Hansoo mumbled.

"We'l.. We'll see."

The controls were all intact and the possibility existed.

'If it doesn't work then… I can at least temporarily stop it.'

As long as he could stop the movements of this thing then he would be able to deal with it from the outside.

Since according to the soul fragment, both sides still had Satellite Fortresses and the human forces still remained.

Though a frontal clash would result in a large amount of casualties, it was much better than this thing going on a rampage.

Hansoo finished his thoughts and then put his hand upon the blue marble.

Oooooong

The minds of the thing inside and Hansoo resonated.

Then.

Whooosh

Hansoo's consciousness started to rush towards a certain location quickly.

...........

Hansoo made a surprised expression while he looked at the white space that had suddenly appeared.

"Hmm. This is…"

An all-white space.

As Hansoo looked around this white space where the beginnings and ends could not be determined.

Glug.

The ground in front of him moved around and something shot up.

White like the white space he was in but an existence that resembled a human.

Hansoo spoke towards the muscular figure.

"So you're Karmen huh."

Hansoo then mumbled.

It wasn't a soul.

It was more like a agglomeration of memories and evil intentions.

It seems that Karmen had reached an even higher level.

The white figure nodded and then spoke.

"Well. It's… more of a leftover to be exact."

It wasn't an existence that had all of Karmen's intelligence, mentality, memories and emotions.

It was just an existence that had a few random abilities to control this thing.

An existence that was only created for revenge.

Hansoo didn't know why but Karmen was making quite a calm expression, maybe it was due to the interception of the Sages from outside or he still had some sanity left.

Karmen then spoke.

"Well, I tried to be nice to them while I was alive. Since they were a pitiful race. To have such a great amount of abilities and intelligence but for their lifespans to be that limited. How sad would it have been for them?"

"…?"

Hansoo frowned at Karmen who was speaking as if he was of a different race but Karmen didn't falter as he continued to speak.

"Well, they were a race who was going to die off even without my hands. Their lifespans were getting shorter and their fertility rates were also going down. It is the result of the higher level of technology and more exposure to mana."

The main reason for the Sage's low fertility rates and short lifespans were because of the overbearing mana that their bodies could not handle.

And ironically the situation had turned worse as they tried to fix it with science and mana.

Destruction of the entire race was something that was bound to happen.

Since no matter how great of a technology they had, if their lifespans and fertility rates were bad then they would all perish.

As Hansoo nodded.

Karmen spoke.

"So I was going to use the technology of the World Tree, Body Enhancement Surgery and even the Soul transmigration to prepare a new body for them but…I guess this was their limit."

"What?"

As Hansoo was shocked from these answers.

Karmen replied.

"Don't be so shocked. There are a lot of strange things in the world. Anyways…I've prepared two things for them."

The first was a present that would lead them to glory.

The second was a present that would drag them down to destruction.

Maybe if the present box hadn't been opened.

Once it was opened, they couldn't return or deny it.

"Since it seems like they've received the good part…They need to receive the second present as well. I guess this is why they say you need to hear the bad news first."

Karmen spoke towards Hansoo.

"Shall I ask you a question? Why did I set this up so it ate the Satellite Fortress first instead of killing the Sages? If I was going to get revenge then I should've just killed them first."

Though it got stronger the more mana it ate, the Gael-Tara was more than enough with just the Garmeia's engine.

There wasn't a need to eat up the Satellite Fortresses.

As Hansoo made a confused expression.

Karmen laughed as he whispered into Hansoo's ear.

"…"

"What!?"

As Hansoo shouted out in shock.

Karmen smiled and then spoke.

"This is the last gift I present to you guys. Since you guys haven't sinned against me yet. Do your best".

As Karmen's words ended.

Ooooong

The large white space started to tremble and fall apart.

Karmen laughed out loudly in the midst of the crumbling space and spoke.

"It was fun to converse after so long! Hahaha! Farewell!"

Then

Whooosh!

Hansoo's conscious started to fly back to its original location.

..........

"Huup!"

Hansoo hurriedly looked around after returning from the white space that had fallen apart.

Kuuugugugugu

Surprisingly, the white space was not hte only thing falling apart.

The Gael-Tara that had eaten up the countless Satellite Fortresses and their mana engines was bubbling.

And Hansoo could also see the shocked expression of Metiron.

"What…What is this? What's going on?"

Metiron mumbled with a confused expression.

Everything was going so well.

The control for this giant thing had been passed over and they just needed to destroy the humans.

Though he would die by Hansoo's hands, this was more than enough.

But this thing stopped completely as soon as Hansoo touched the control marble.

And strange things were even occurring.

Metiron shouted towards Hansoo who had taken his hands off from the marble.

"You..You fucking bastard! What the hell have you done! How did you do this!"

Hansoo shook his head as he replied.

"I didn't do it. Anyways, this Karmen guy…He was quite vengeful."

"What?"

Hansoo didn't reply to Metiron's words as he quickly placed his hands back on the control marble.

The act of the Sages trying to take over the control was merely some child play to Karmen.

The control for this thing had been only for a moment, all the souls that had entered to control this had been destroyed and this giant thing was ready to act on its instincts again.

'I have to hurry.'

Within the trembling environment.

Hansoo started to focus on the control marble in front of his eyes.

Reincarnator – Chapter 214 : Gael-Tara (7)

Ooooooong!

"What? Why isn't it moving?"

Kel-Durin frowned as he looked at the Gael-Tara in the distance.

Why did the monster, which should be moving to his will and destroying the Satellite Fortresses, suddenly stop?

'Move it! Move!'

Slicing apart the Satellite Fortresses should've been the first step of his plan.

Kel-Durin was getting anxious as a completely different scene played out instead of the one he had planned out.

As Kel-Durin clenched tightly onto the Bluestone.

Booooom!

"Yes!"

The Gael-Tara started to move again.

The moment Kel-Durin shouted out.

Booooom!

The Gael-Tara jumped into the air and then sliced apart the Satellite Fortress.

Like how Kel-Durin wanted.

But Kel-Durin couldn't exclaim out in joy.

"What…What!? Why ours? Why are you destroying ours!?"

Sphlisshhhh

Kel-Durin let out a scream as he saw that the giant Gael-Tara didn't cut the human's Satellite Fortresses but rather theirs.

But even before his scream could end.

The giant Gael-Tara jumped off into the air again.

Then.

Booom!

Boom! Booooom!

Mass destruction started to happen.

The Gael-Tara followed what Kel-Durin had originally wanted and had started to destroy all the remaining Satellite Fortresses.

The problem was the fact that they were all theirs.

The Satellite Fortresses, which had surrounded the Gael-Tara and were assaulting it, started to get smashed apart by the Gael-Tara's sword, fists and kicks.

The viciousness from when it had the look of a barbarian had all disappeared.

Instead, profound sword arts came out from the tip of the Gael-Tara's blade.

A sword art befitting of a king.

Though it was all directed at the Sages.

Booom!

Boooobobobooom!

The eleven remaining Satellite Fortresses of the Sages started to get destroyed.

The Rebelongs and the Arukons, the 3rd and 4th rank Sages, all cried out in shock.

"Why is the creature with the look of our king destroying the Satellite Fortresses!"

"And only ours!"

At least before, he was destroying those from both sides.

The human's and theirs.

But as it turned into the look of their glorious king, Karmen, it was only targeting their Satellite Fortresses.

The giant king swinging the sword, Karmen.

But the Sages got suspicious as they saw the madness, rage, despair and hate embedded deep within the metal eyes of Karmen.

Those were the eyes of revenge.

Why did their king, Karmen, birth such a beast like that and destroyed their technology and civilization?

Mumbles occurred within the crowds of 3rd and 4th rank Sages.

"Hmm… Wait… There were actually a lot of mysterious things about where Karmen had gone!"

"They said Karmen had personally lead the great soul transmigration but we have never seen it!"

The ones who had actually lead the project were not Karmen but the rank 1 Sages who now had the bodies of the Akalachias.

They didn't really feel anything strange back then.

Since Karmen usually stayed within the Garmeia anyway only to appear rarely from time to time.

And although they had a lot of reasons to meet up with the rank 1 Sages, they didn't really feel as if it was strange to not see Karmen since it was the norm.

Since the difficulty of the project and the nervousness and fear filled their heads already.

But it was strange for him to have not made a single appearance in the 10-year-long project.

And 800 years had past unlike their expectations?

Their king, Karmen, did not know of mistakes.

Maybe if somebody got Karmen's data and tried to copy the project.

At that moment

All the eyes of the 3rd and 4th rank Sages started to head towards Kel-Durin and the other 1st rank Sages, the Akalachias.

One of the Arukons who were frowning asked Kel-Durin.

"Kel-Durin? What is this."

"…What do you mean?"

"You guys should know well. As to why Karmen's statue is creating a havoc over there. Weren't you close to the king?"

Suspicions that were close to being confirmed.

Kel-Durin frowned and then replied.

"How would we know? We didn't even know that the king would go crazy in his later years and create a beast such as that. Do you think we would have let him make such a thing if we knew about it? Are you suspecting me, somebody who is trying to control that thing?"

Kel-Durin grinded his teeth as he spoke out.

'Insolent bastards.'

Because of the dire situation, mere 3rd and 4th rankers were glaring at him.

He would've punished them usually but he could not now.

Since the gazes of the surrounding people were extremely vicious.

Even if they were the powerful 1st rank Akalachias, there were just too many 3rd and 4th rankers.

'We'll see after the issue is resolved.'

Kel-Durin finished his thoughts and clenched tightly onto the Bluestone in his hands.

There was a single reason why this had happened.

The resistance of that giant thing was stronger than he expected.

So the soul couldn't settle properly and he had failed in controlling it.

'Yeah. If there was no effect…Then it wouldn't even have changed its looks or moved according to my will.'

Kel-Durin mumbled as he looked at the Gael-Tara which was swinging its blade in the distance.

The proof of it was the beast which still had the look of a king he had thought up of.

Which meant that the solution was simple.

The direction was correct but strength was lacking.

The Bluestone was effective but there was a lack of souls.

Which means he just needed to smash in more souls.

Kel-Durin thought up to this point and then shouted loudly.

"We should not be splitting up and fighting with each other! Look at that beast! What do you think will happen if we can't block it? If we aren't able to block it then we would all die!"

The other Sages, who were threatening, the 1st rank Sages flinched.

It was just like he had said.

Even if that beast only destroyed the Satellite Fortresses it would be a problem.

Over ten Satellite Fortresses were still intact.

This was more than enough to control the other humans and destroy the remaining Sages.

'And…Kel-Durin tried to attack them earlier.'

Everyone had clearly seen where the giant statue of their king had swung his sword before.

Maybe if they still had their alliance but once the balance of power had been broken, he had tried to attack them.

And since the powers have flipped, there was no way that their enemies would leave them be.

Kel-Durin saw the people's suspicions dying out despite their mumbles, sighed in relief and then shouted again.

"So we need to put more souls into the Bluestone! Don't worry, once we calm that thing and end the situation we can just return the souls!"

Kel-Durin then pointed behind him.

Hundreds of thousands of Sages who were lying unconsciously on the temporary tents.

As if they were sleeping, their bodies were lined up neatly.

Kel-Durin pointed towards them to calm the people down but this was a fatal mistake.

One of the 3rd rank Sages who had looked around the tents asked while frowning.

"…Why are there only 3rd and 4th rankers and none of you guys, the 1st rankers?"

"Mmm?"

"If it's so safe then why are there none of your bodies there."

"That's for the unification and synergy of the soul…"

Everyone made dumbfounded expressions at those words.

They were all about to die if they didn't do this but for him to speak about unification and synergy of the soul.

If it was really safe and they could come back, there was no reason the 1st rankers shouldn't sacrifice their souls to the Bluestone.

'Treating us as tools?'

As rage filled up the expressions of the Sages.

Booooom!

The final Satellite Fortress of the Sages got smashed apart and fell down onto the ground.

And Kel-Durin shouted out in a hurry.

"Hurry! There's not much much! Seriously! If you're that dissatisfied then the 1st rankers can do it too! Hurry!"

The 1st rankers being sacrificed was a bit of a shame but there's nothing he could do.

Since the only ones who knew the souls got destroyed was him and Kan-Kun, the two of them.

Getting through this situation was the important part.

The Sages nodded at Kel-Durin's expression of despair as they headed towards the gem.

..........

Rumble!

The vibrations around Hansoo were getting more and more intensified.

It couldn't be seen from the outside but the inner parts had long been bubbling due to the overwhelming amount of mana.

'But…I've destroyed all the Satellite Fortresses before the time ran out.'

Hansoo shook his head towards the Sages heading towards the Gael-Tara with the Bluestone.

It was an useless act.

You couldn't stop this beast, this beast which was created from the rage of Karmen, with the Bluestone from the beginning.

That was a useless death.

No, it was worse than death.

Since their souls would now get smashed apart and shredded into bits.

The pain they would feel then was nothing like anything they would feel when they were alive.

It was actually used as a torture method in the Abyss.

'For that powerful race to fall like this just because they messed with one person.'

But this wasn't the time for that.

Hansoo sensed the heat that had come all the way up to the control room and focused on the control marble as well as the Fragments of Seven Souls.

Ooooong.

Hansoo's soul trembled as the message was sent to the clan lord who had the soul fragment.

And the Clan Lord, Khan, who had gained the Soul Fragment and the right to control the Satellite Fortresses gulped as he replied.

Though he had received the responsibilities, his abilities and authority was nowhere enough to handle the current situation.

The real leaders were the ones next to him.

Hansoo checked that all the administrators of Unity were near Khan and then spoke while looking at the Gael-Tara.

<…They're asking why.>

Khan sent the message while blocking the shouts of the people around him.

Khan was confused as well.

The situation had been dealt with and the giant statue Hansoo was controlling would be of great help to them.

Why was he heading to the Silver Sea so suddenly?

Hansoo replied.

It wasn't just a normal explosion.

A powerful explosion that would wipe away all vegetation and scorch a giant area around it.

It would be tens of thousands of times stronger than when he had blown apart the Mana Crystal Refinery in the past by crashing the Mana Engine into it.

There was a difference between creating a bomb out of an engine and blowing up a bomb.

And this thing's objective was just that.

It was a giant bomb created to blow apart everything without leaving behind a bit of grass and would activate once the Satellite Fortresses were eaten.

This thing was created to destroy all evidence of the Sages existing, it wouldn't even leave any space for the humans to live from now on if it blew up.

The final advice of Karmen.

The Silver Sea suppressed the mana crystals.

If it blew up in there then he would be able to decrease the explosive power to the minimum.

And he had to lead this there.

Since the moment he detached his hands from this thing, it will eat up the last remaining Satellite Fortress and go into the center of the Zone where its explosion would be the most effective.

As soon as he sent that message.

<…No. Miss Mihee.>

Well, Mihee wasn't the only one who said this.

If he lead a bomb there then the others might be able to live but how would Hansoo survive?

Khan continued to speak while hearing the shouts of the people around him.

Reincarnator – Chapter 215 : Reward (1)

Hansoo chuckled as he replied.

<…>

As Khan delivered the message, the people around him nodded reluctantly.

Thinking about it, that Hansoo guy somehow managed to survive the most dangerous situations.

Nobody would want to die if they were sane.

'He's probably doing it since he has a plan.'

Enbi Arin and the others reluctantly agreed as they exchanged glances.

Another message of Hansoo was sent towards Khan, the clan lord, who was watching over this scene.

It wasn't hard to finish things up.

The Sage's Satellite Fortresses had all been smashed apart by Hansoo's hands and the remaining sages will die off from the Bluestone anyway.

To kill or to enslave would just be decided by others.

Before he could finish his thoughts.

Totototototoong!

He could feel tens of thousands of souls smashing into the surface of the Gael-Tara.

They had started to use the Bluestone in order to take it over.

Of course it didn't matter that much.

Hansoo, controlling the Gael-Tara, ignored these attacks and continued to speak.

The fact that the Satellite Fortresses could perform the surgery on them was a fact but the thing about it being dangerous for humans without being altered was a lie.

When Karmen made it at the beginning, he had set it up so it could work on any organism.

There wouldn't be much of a problem even if they just started the surgery without altering it right now.

Soon.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Gael-Tara followed Hansoo's commands as it charged forward.

Towards the Silver Sea where it had been born.

..........

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A 3 km tall organism leaped over mountains and crossed over the lands while causing earthquakes.

Inside the control room where the bubbling sounds and the sounds of the Gael-Tara running were resounding, Metiron continued to babble on as if he still had some strength to live.

"So you're dying like this as well. Not bad. Though I can't perform the revenge on my own but this isn't bad."

Hansoo chuckled at those words.

"It's a good thing I kept you alive. It won't be boring until I get to the Silver Sea.".

Metiron chuckled.

He was going to die anyway.

As the consequences of him overloading his body from the Mana Jade still remained.

It was beyond something that could be healed through runes.

But this Hansoo guy will have the same fate as him anyway.

"Well. Thankfully the road to death won't be boring for me as well. Since you'll be coming with me. You know already, right? That you can't escape from here anymore?"

Metiron then looked around.

The liquid metal was bubbling.

It looked soft but he wouldn't be able to go through it.

As the mana inside that thing will turn anybody trying to get through it into dust in an instant.

Going through that was basically the same as a normal human trying to walk through lava.

And to traverse it from all the way inside to the outside.

An impossible feat.

He had lied to his comrades.

In case they might get swept by the explosion along with him.

Metiron chuckled at Hansoo.

"What a saint. A hero of humankind."

No matter how amazing this Hansoo guy was he wouldn't be able to survive the explosion.

It was an explosion that could send a continent flying.

A human being wouldn't survive such a thing.

Hansoo chuckled back at Metiron.

"Isn't it the same for you? Since you protected this place with your life on the line for Clementine."

"…"

Metiron became quiet at Hansoo's words.

Hansoo looked at Metiron.

Others didn't but Hansoo knew.

One of 8 closest persons to Clementine.

Shin Taehee and the others of the eight Dark Lords didn't follow Clementine because they had been forced to.

They followed Clementine because they felt a common ground with her and respected her.

As these guys would already follow Clementine's orders to death even without the Soul Fragment.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the noisy Metiron shut his mouth, the control room of the Gael-Tara was just filled with running noises.

But as if Metiron didn't like this atmosphere or just didn't like Hansoo, he broke the silence and spoke again.

"But even so, if I was you then I would've sent an underling in here instead."

There were a lot of reasons why he sacrificed himself for Clementine but there was one distinct reason.

He believed that Clementine could do things he wouldn't be able to.

This was why he had stayed behind in the Yellow Zone with his life on the line.

But this Hansoo was different.

With regards to his group, Hansoo was like Clementine.

Somebody who was in charge of all the forces and the one who would deal with everything.

But for somebody like that to crawl into such a dangerous place.

He was sure.

That without Hansoo, all the other people wouldn't be able to do anything.

Even if they climb up they'll fight with each other and eventually disband.

With this thought, he could suddenly feel the amount of weight Hansoo was holding up.

'Maybe…'

Metiron stopped for a moment but then shook his head.

He was starting to think useless things as his death was getting closer.

Clementine had much more ability and was much stronger than Hansoo anyway.

Hansoo nodded.

"Well. I agree with you to a certain degree. But since it has come to this, I can't dodge it."

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hansoo mumbled as he felt the tremblings caused by Gael-Tara's running.

The current situation was really dire.

Even he couldn't escape it.

But because of the amount of weight on his shoulders, he could not die here.

Actually, even if he knew beforehand it would result like this things wouldn't have changed.

Since this was by far the best choice he could have made.

Even if he hadn't come, this thing would have become a bomb anyway.

Because Metiron had touched it.

Even if he knew this thing would self destruct later, he would've come in anyway.

There wasn't anybody to kill Metiron other than him and if that happened then everybody would have died by Metiron's hands.

Actually he could have come out right after he had met Karmen and this thing hadn't turned into a bomb yet.

As it hadn't heated up as much and he could have come out.

But he still wouldn't have come out.

Everybody would have died from the explosion radius if it was left alone.

This situation was something that was bound to happen.

Ever since he came up here, fought with the Higher Races and started to get tangled with the Sages and Metiron.

'No regrets.'

Boom! Clash! Clash!

Hansoo mumbled as the Gael-Tara slowly headed into the Silver Sea.

Chiiiiiiiiik!

The Silver Sea cooled down the heated up Gael-Tara but it was not even close to being enough.

Deeper, he had to go in deeper.

Until this thing got submerged entirely.

Kiiiiiii!

It was so heated that the heat was now even reaching the control room.

The glass windows cracked and the floor started to bubble up.

Which meant that it was about to blow up.

Then.

Bubble bubble.

The Gael-Tara reached the depths of the Silver Sea and started to fall.

"Heeeup."

After sensing it started to sink, Hansoo let go of the controls, breathed in and out and warmed up.

As the controls were released, the Gael-Tara struggled and try to go out but it was useless.

Though it was 3km tall, the Silver Sea was tremendously wide and deep.

Metiron chuckled as he saw this.

"What? Are you preparing for your death?"

Hansoo cracked his joints as he spoke.

"I just said I have no regrets, I never said I'll die without any regrets."

"What?"

"I need to try as much as I can."

Silver Sea.

This was the tunnel to the next zone.

If one goes into the Silver Sea and drinks the water then they would move on to the next world.

Which meant that he could live.

Though he wouldn't be able to escape the explosion radius, he just needed to run away to the next Zone.

"So? You have a way of getting through it?"

This giant body, surrounded by the silver liquid, was a jail in itself.

Actually the body that had been heated up from the mana had cooled down a bit from the Silver Sea.

But then it was even more impossible to penetrate through the body since it had hardened up.

'Impossible.'

He, who had fought with him, knew better than to think that.

And like his expectation.

Hansoo nodded.

He knew it was a long shot with his current abilities.

He had a powerful body and a lot of mana.

His artifacts were top class as well.

But he lacked skills.

The skills he had were Zero Numbering.

They were a top class skills anywhere.

But they weren't suited for the current situation.

The Pandemic Blade was too lacking to penetrate through this thing.

The Pandemic blade was set for mass murder and didn't really have a lot of destructive force.

Same for the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.

Though the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement was a top class reinforcement, it couldn't beat an attack skill in terms of destructive force.

It was nowhere close actually.

As the fact that it was balanced actually meant that it didn't excel in any of the fields.

"Phew."

Hansoo sensed his body having healed and then yelled into the air.

"Come out."

The final card he believed in.

As Hansoo breathed in and out.

"Oh? I was watching comfortably."

A translucent shadow trembled in the air and then a fairy appeared.

Reincarnator – Chapter 216 : Reward (2)

Hansoo frowned at this organism.

'Creepy bastard.'

It didn't come through the void.

It was just silently watching while it was hidden.

Well, this wasn't the important part.

Hansoo took a glance at the control room which was bubbling intensely and then spoke to the fairy.

"I request a reward. I killed this."

The fairy laughed.

"You didn't kill it yet? It seems to still be alive?"

Hansoo replied expressionlessly.

"I killed it. Don't joke around."

Actually, if the fairy stayed true to those words then he couldn't really do anything.

Since it was indeed still alive.

But the fairies weren't things that would play around like that.

The fairy made a bored expression at Hansoo's words and then spoke while shrugging its shoulders.

"Fine. I admit it but… It'll be a monopoly this time around. Only you would get the benefit but… I'll give you a special treatment. Since you're our Hansoo. Hehe. Are you going to share it this time as well?"

Monopolizing a reward that would be given to hundreds of thousands of people didn't necessarily make the reward that much better.

Of course a tremendous reward will still be given but it was obvious what Hansoo should choose because of his objective.

Since a reward given to hundreds of thousands of people will be of a great help to him when he fights with the Abyss in the future.

But Hansoo shook his head.

"No, I need to live as well."

If he shared such a thing in this situation then he wouldn't have a way to live.

He only needed one thing.

A powerful skill that could escape this current situation.

"Fine. Shall we gamble like last time or do you want something fixed? A defense skill? Movement skill?"

Hansoo shook his head.

A defense skill would be useless.

Since no defense skill would be able to withstand the energy that would explode out from this thing.

His body would get destroyed in an instant.

The same for movement skills as well.

Skills that could move through the void were extremely rare and for the distance he needed to travel, it would require a lot of mastery.

He had no way of raising the mastery of the skill within those short moments before the explosion.

So the answer was fixed.

Hansoo spoke towards the Fairy.

"Give me the higher skill of the Seven Strands Spear."

Solo numbering 5, Seven Strands Spear.

A destructive weapon with the highest power.

According to what he knew, there was no attack skill that had a higher destructive force than the Seven Strands Sper.

A finishing move that gathered a tremendous amount of mana, that even Metiron had a struggle controlling despite the Mana Jade, compressed it into seven beams of light to fire.

But this wasn't enough.

He needed something stronger.

He needed an ultimate skill that could destroy this Gael-Tara surrounding him and create a hole in it.

Something that was beyond a solo numbering, something that people didn't know about yet.

The fairy didn't even falter as it smiled and spoke.

"Hmm…So you want a skill that could allow you to escape this situation right? A skill with that much destructive power?"

Hansoo nodded but made a slightly nervous expression.

The liquid metal surrounding him was numerous tens of times stronger than the Satellite Fortresses.

So much that it could withstand the ridiculous amount of pressure applied by the depths of the mercury-like Silver Sea without even breaking a bit.

He needed to penetrate hundreds of meters of this in an instant.

'Would there really be a skill like this?'

Maybe within the Abyss but there wasn't anything that his body could withstand using as of now within Hansoo's experience and memories that fit that description.

But the Fairy surprisingly gave a positive answer.

"Oh. Nice. There's something just right for you. The thing I will give you is…The Nine Dragons Spear."

"Nine Dragons Spear?"

Nine Dragons Spear.

He had never heard of such a skill before.

Even before Hansoo's confusion dissipated.

The fairy spoke.

"A skill created from compiling things a martial artist in a certain Zone had comprehended right before death."

"A martial artist…"

The fairy smiled at Hansoo's mumbles and then spoke.

"He was really an amazing person. Since I've given it to you, do well with it ok? If it's you Hansoo then… You'll be fine. Well we'll see each other soon if you survive anyway heheh! Be strong!"

The Fairy disappeared into the void leaving behind those words.

And Hansoo just laughed at the Fairy's words.

'Well. Giving it to me was indeed enough. Anyway it's a bit suspicious.'

You'll be fine…

It was suspicious that the fairy just left without many explanations but there was nothing he could do.

Since he couldn't really do anything about it or anything.

And since the fairies didn't scam anybody or anything, the effect of the skill would be quite marvelous.

Rumble

Hansoo looked over his body for a moment, nodded and then walked out from the control room which was now boiling even on the inside.

The other locations had long been liquified from the heat.

'I don't have much time.'

He needed to get out of this place.

Whooosh

Hansoo readied the skill that had appeared within his body.

Nine Dragons Spear.

If the Quintuple Beam gathered five energies to attack and the Seven Strands Spear gathered the seven colored lights to attack then the Nine Dragons Spear went a step further.

Gather nine dragons onto the tip of the spear.

Then pierce the enemy.

An ultimate one- shot-one-kill-type skill.

As soon as the skill was activated.

Boooooooom!

The Mana Jade went berserk and the mana started to get burned.

The mana resembled a dragon as it swept past his heart and rolled around his entire body, got sent out through his hand and then coiled up the Forked Lightning by following the skill's lead.

And.

The skill started to forcibly squeeze out the mana from Hansoo's body.

No, it wasn't just the mana.

'Damn.'

The skill got activated and dragons coiled around his body causing a change.

The whole structure of his body creaked as it started to bend.

Just to perform a single skill,

Crunch.

Squeak.

Uududuk.

Hansoo exclaimed as he felt the dragon rolling through the insides of his body and causing his entire body to change by twisting and breaking the structures forcibly.

'…This is a skill that puts both the body and one's mana under strain.'

The Mana Jade felt pressured as a tremendous amount of mana was drained for every dragon and it started to pour out an even larger amount of mana by spinning insanely.

The silver liquid from the Body Enhancement Surgery and the Dragon Essence Blade tried their best to maintain the body that was creaking and twisting from breaking apart.

In order to support the vitality needed for the skill, the three hearts started to beat crazily and pumped.

All this energy, for just a single attack, got sucked into the dragon that was sweeping through his body.

He suddenly felt pain that was comparable to when the liquid metal inside his body hadn't settled after he received the Body Enhancement Surgery in the past.

'Kuhuk.'

Kiiiiiing.

Two.

Three.

Every time a dragon appeared on Hansoo's spear the pressure being exerted on Hansoo's body multiplied.

Like being squeezed in from pressure from all around deep under the sea.

But the number of dragons on the Forked Lightning still continued to rise.

Uududududuk.

Surprisingly, the Forked Lightning started to crack and scream as if it couldn't handle the force.

'Eight…'

Hansoo clenched his teeth so hard that they almost cracked.

He could actually hear sounds of his body blowing apart and breaking.

Tuduk!

Craack!

Hansoo finally realized what the fairy had told him.

'Maybe instead of being enlightened before death… That guy might've died while using it.'

A vicious skill that would kill the user if they couldn't fulfill its strict requirements.

In an instant.

The final dragon grew out from the Mana Jade and headed towards the heart.

Claaangg!

The Mana Jade's light was turned off.

It had been burnt out from overuse.

It might not even work for a while.

One of the three hearts, where the dragon had passed through, blew up.

Muscles ripped, veins blew up, bones cracked and joints were twisted.

The moment that final dragon flew out of his hand, which had swollen from the veins exploding, and climbed up the spear.

The nine dragons which had gathered at the tip chomped on each other, twisted and turned as they started to gather into one point.

Koooouuuuuuuuu!

The dragons, which all had different colors, got sucked into one point and condensed.

Booooooooom!

Hansoo's body exploded forward without his consent.

The body that was created and prepared for this single skill sent the spear forward.

Then.

Kooooouuuuuu!

The black marble that had gathered upon the tip of the spear started to reach out forward.

Despite the attack flying at the speed of light, Metiron smirked as he looked at the tiny black dot that didn't make any noise.

'What the hell is that kid doing.'

So much work for just that.

The moment the corner of Metiron's mouth rose up as he watched from the back.

The black dot touched the inner wall of the Gael-Tara that was bubbling up.

Then.

Boooooooooooom!

"Kuhuuk!"

A sound that rang throughout the heavens and earth rang out.

No matter how strong that attack was, realistically it should only have made a hole the size of the black dot.

Along with the vibrations that caused the already hurt Metiron to cough out blood.

If it was explosive than only the area should've blown up.

But surprisingly, the black dot destroyed everything in its path and continued forward.

Like the air wall in front of a jet plane, leaving behind tens of meters of tunnel behind it.

Kwaaagagagagaak!

The liquid metal of the Gael-Tara, which was much tougher than the defense of the Satellite Fortresses, got smashed aparttens of meters wide and created a path.

Soon.

Claaang!

A long tunnel was created and the silvery liquid metal started to rush in.

With a tremendous amount of force.

'He really did it…'

And he didn't do it in a simple manner.

He smashed it apart as if it was tofu.

'…If he had that then he would've been able to kill the Gael-Tara even from the outside.'

Metiron made a shocked expression and then sighed as he looked at the silver liquid that was rushing towards him.

This was the end of him.

This was kilometers under the sea.

The pressure of the liquid metals would be insane.

That guy would be able to live through the pressure and go onto the next Zone since his body was insanely strong but his already broken body wouldn't be able to.

By the time he got to the next Zone, he would've long become a corpse.

Metiron sighed as he looked at the silver liquid that was rushing towards him after taking his eyes off Hansoo and left behind his final words by activating the Fragment of Seven Souls.

Soon.

Boooooom!

The Gael-Tara blew up as the energy from the explosion devoured Metiron's body which was already breaking apart from the silver liquids.

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

Indigo Zone.

Eres made a smile as she looked at the female standing next to her.

Long, straight hair and muscular body were her distinct features.

Kangtae was drooling from behind while looking at her butt.

Eres took a glance at Kangtae as she asked the woman:

"This is it for the Indigo Zone as well. Anyways, why do you look so sad?"

The female made a weak smile as he replied.

"No it's nothing, I just feel a bit down today. What is there to enjoy in this world?"

Eres made a sad expression and then comforted the woman.

"Stay strong miss Taehee. We are here for you. We're almost there."

"…Thank you."

"Heheh. Isn't it because of that Clementine?"

The female, Shin Taehee, smiled as she looked at Eres next to her and Kangtae shouting from behind.

Reincarnator – Chapter 217 : Exodus (1)

"Phew…"

Hansoo got up as he felt the pain from his creaking body.

'…I lived huh.'

He felt like he was going to die when he had been crushed by the silver liquid but it seems he had survived and came up.

Hansoo first checked his body before checking his surroundings.

And then sighed.

'…It seems not even 10% of my original strength can be used.'

It wasn't from the damage to his body.

It was from his body that had been altered for that single attack.

Of course a body for a single attack was not a good body for fighting.

Since it wasn't like he was going to lay down after a single strike of his spear.

'Houp!'

Hansoo breathed in deeply and then started to forcibly change the parts of his body.

With his hands and brute strength.

Uuudududuk.

Duduk.

Kaddduk.

He released the twisted muscles and refit the bones and joints.

He massaged his veins and used pressure to reconfigure his spine.

Hansoo quickly reconfigured his body to how it was he had used the Nine Dragons Spear.

Though the Racial Metamorphosis had run out, the Mana Jade, Body Enhancement Surgery and the Dragon Essence Blade quickly healed the damaged cells and injuries.

Crunch!

Hansoo hit his spine by his neck, reconfigured the twisted structure and then nodded as he figured out the reason for all those twisted changes after moving his body around a bot.

And then smiled.

A skill for which one needed to even shift and twist their own bodies to use.

There was a huge risk.

But the reward was much larger.

The power.

Anybody at similar levels as him would die from just a single hit.

A single strike of ultimate destruction that cannot be dodged or blocked.

And even more so since Hansoo's original battle style revolved around a single deadly strike.

'This is good too.'

Whooosh!

A red powder flew out from the end of Hansoo's hand.

Integration.

The evolved form of the Pandemic Blade which he had been able to use by borrowing the strength of the Mana Engine in the past.

Though he wouldn't be able to use it in a huge area since the Mana Jade was a weaker version of the Mana Engine, the fact that he could use it like this was good enough.

Hansoo checked the status of his body and then activated the Fragment of Seven Souls.

He needed to check the situation below.

Oooooong.

The owner of the soul fragment in the Yellow Zone, Khan, started to speak.

Hansoo made a bitter expression at those words.

For him to be unconscious for 3 days.

'I really should be careful when I use it.'

Hansoo then started to ask about the situation:

Khan nodded as he replied.

Everything had been taken care of completely below.

A tremendous shock wave was created from the explosion of the Gael-Tara, not much damage had come their way since it happened deep below the sea.

Though the seaside had become a mess, nobody lived there anyway so there were no issues.

10 Satellite Fortresses were more than enough for control.

Khan chuckled as he responded.

This wasn't bad at all.

As Hansoo nodded.

Khan hesitated but then spoke.

According to what he had heard, humongous tornadoes and tsunamis were happening at the sea because of the explosion of the Gael-Tara.

They would die before they could even reach the depths to the next Zone if they went in there.

Hansoo nodded at those words and then nodded.

'Since it has come to this, I guess we can implant the Mana Pools with the Satellite Fortresses.'

It would've been much more convenient if he had a few more people with him but since it had come to this, there was nothing he could do.

The things above here would be easier for him to do alone anyway.

It was better to work alone, create a method of control and then call up the people as he saw from the example of Kaltus.

Since people whom he could not control were the same as walking disasters.

And even more so since their numbers had increased and every individual had gotten stronger.

'I need to move out.'

His body had healed up quite a bit and it wasn't uncomfortable to move around anymore.

Hansoo got out of his seat and then sent a message to Khan.

Khan laughed as he spoke.

Khan nodded.

Hansoo nodded.

The Silver Sea was actually the best option to run away from that beast.

Since that thing couldn't chase beyond dimensions.

Khan spoke to Hansoo.

Khan saluted with sincerity and then stopped the communication.

'I should move out.'

Green Zone.

This place was very special.

Hansoo looked around.

An entirely white space.

It looked similar to the private dimension of Karmen from before but it was different.

The moment Hansoo took a step.

Craaack.

The air split apart as a familiar face popped out.

"Ah, as I expected! You were alive! I believed in you! Heheheh. How was it? It's an amazing skill right?"

"…"

Hansoo made a small sigh as he looked at the mess of his body.

The Fairy enjoyed Hansoo's reaction for a bit and then spoke as it spun around Hansoo.

"Now…The people ahead already departed. Only you need to go now. But before that…You need to listen to the important details."

As the fairy said this.

A panel opened up in front of Hansoo.

[Please choose the location to Log in/out]

-Kasias village/Beltirum's mountain.

-Holy ground of Epos/Akainu's valley.

-Garimto village/Lake of Achilles.

…

"Well… I should explain right? Heehee."

The fairy smiled and then started to explain about the details.

"The login area will tell you about the place where you start off. If you press them a brief explanation will be shown."

Hansoo pressed a location after hearing the Fairy's words.

Chwaaaak!

Simple information regarding the village came up.

There wasn't much of a reason why Hansoo tried pressing it.

Only because this was the place Hansoo had gone to in the past.

Of course he had to go to a different place this time.

The fairy spoke towards Hansoo who was expressionlessly flipping through the villages.

"The logout area would be determined by the login area. The logout areas are simple. It tells you how far you need to go until the next zone. Let's see…Where to go? You will go to…"

As the Fairy played around, Hansoo mumbled quietly.

'Exodus.'

The Green Zone's nickname.

A realistic game.

A game-like reality.

The name of the virtual reality game that was actually being hosted in a world that was created by the god.

'It's probably similar to modern society.'

Even without having been there, one could determine a few things about this place.

A world where the virtual reality, , that god had created was being run on.

The residents of that world didn't realize that god had created this game and enjoyed an alternative life after logging in.

It was the most famous game in that place.

The fairy's explanations started to come into Hansoo's ear.

"Well. Just think of it as a game and enjoy it. You played a lot of games right? Thankfully your systems are similar to this game. There are skills and items. You just need to continue what you were doing. Enjoy it like the residents there."

'It's the same you say?'

Hansoo scoffed.

It was indeed similar.

The players could obtain artifacts, learn skills and increase masteries like them.

There were just a few core differences.

The first one being the logging in and out.

The players could log in and out whenever they wanted.

Like a game.

But he and the others were different.

Login.

After coming in here from the Yellow Zone.

Logout.

Going into the Blue Zone's entrance after coming out of the Green Zone.

Towards the exit corresponding to the entrance.

Of course the entrance and the exit wouldn't be close to each other.

If one picked a wrong starting point here then they would taste true hell.

The difficulties were similar at the entrances but the difficulties of the exit zones were like the difference between heaven and earth.

The true meaning of , , was very befitting.

And the second thing.

The Fairy continued to speak.

"The Exodus is a really well-made game so there are no bugs. Well, that's obvious. Look who made it. Hehe. But as the players observed, there is actually a strange bug."

Players would receive a small penalty or a larger one depending on the situation at death.

But there was a common result.

They revived.

They all died differently but they would all eventually revive.

But the players of Exodus found something strange.

9 years ago according to the time of this place, after the 4th patch.

There were people who didn't revive when they were killed and instead dropped every single artifact they had.

And these guys dropped such large amounts of experience, finding people like this between the players was basically a very lucky break.

The people were curious so they asked their company, Exodus.

Why this was happening.

The company's response was simple.

Everyone rejoiced.

There was nothing to lose.

PK was limited to a large degree but there were no penalties for killing these guys and they were even rewarded with large amounts of experience and artifacts.

There were actually people who found out the charracteristics of bug players and chased these guys around.

This was what the residents of that world knew them as.

And this was the cruel reality for them.

They were players.

And…

He was a bug player.

"You.. Get what I mean right? You are now a walking treasure chest. Mister bug player. Shall we start?"

The fairy spoke while giggling.

Reincarnator – Chapter 218 : Exodus (2)

Hansoo nodded at the words of the fairy and then started to look over the login areas.

Hundreds of login areas came up in the glossary with their pros and cons but Hansoo had already chosen where he was going to go.

There was only one place for him to go with his objective.

'Next to the Spirit Land.'

The difficulties of the login areas were all similar.

No matter where one went, they will see similar-leveled players and beasts, the Infras.

But there were two main differences.

The first was the logout area.

The difficulties of login areas were similar but those of the logout zones were drastically different.

You might be able to get through within a year if you're lucky but if you are unlucky then it might even take 5 years.

'Well. Such a thing doesn't matter.'

This would be important to normal people but to Hansoo, it didn't really matter.

He wasn't going to go out of this place until he finished what he needed to anyway.

Quest.

Hansoo spoke towards the Fairy.

"I chose the Bellum War Fortress as my starting point."

"Oh my!"

Bellum War Fortress.

A battle fortress located in the border area between the Korin Kingdom and the Keil Kingdom.

Though it was a war fortress, it hasn't been used since a hundred years ago when the 3rd kingdom war had happened.

Of course this wasn't the reason why the fairy whistled.

The fairy smiled.

"Just saying, there are people there who have to live in the Green Zone for the rest of their lives without being able to get out."

The location which was linked to the most difficult logout area of the 512 starting points.

It was so hard that if you started alone then you could never finish it.

So breaking through it in a group of 6 was the answer but the amount of people sent up by the Dark Lord, Metiron, was so low that the ones who had come in here earlier could not do anything and were just strapped within the Green Zone.

But Hansoo nodded.

This wasn't the important thing.

The quest he needed to do in this place was much more important.

Since the quest would be the starting point of the incident that would cause the 6th patch for the players and the 6th great change for the NPCs.

Instead of wasting time by starting from far away locations, it was easier to just start here.

"Bellum War Fortress."

The fairy smiled and spoke.

"Ok fine. I wish you luck. The guys ahead are lucky aren't they. They will be able to meet Hansoo."

"Hmm."

The fairy continued to Hansoo.

"You see, the ones ahead went to the Bellum War Fortress as well. There's a lot of enticing things about this place from the outside."

The Bellum War Fortress was actually quite famous to the real players of .

There were already a lot of people due to it being the border area and there were all sorts of good quests overflowing in the nearby.

If you wanted to grow your strength or had confidence in your skills then choosing the Bellum War Fortress wasn't weird.

Since they were the elites of the elites who had followed Hansoo in order to kill Metiron.

'We will meet once the opportunity comes.'

Whooosh

Hansoo started to get surrounded by light.

The symbol of login.

The fairy left behind a few final words at Hansoo.

"Oh the most important thing! You know about this whole thing being a secret right? If you tell others that you are from another world or get found out…"

The fairy giggled as it drew a line over its neck with its thumb.

As Hansoo nodded.

Paaat!

Hansoo's entire body disappeared with the light.

.........

Paaat!

The location where Hansoo had appeared from the light was in the middle of a city.

A location where countless people and NPCs were at.

"Hey! Anybody want to go to the Kelhem dungeon? 15-man party!"

"Recruiting clan members for the Auto Clan!"

"A grade spirit stone! Buying A grade spirit stones! If it's lightning affinity then I'm willing to add extra gold!"

Loud and robusts shouts could be heard from all around.

This place was full of the human scent unlike the previous three worlds.

'It's been a while.'

Hansoo looked around as he mumbled.

Though they were avatars unlike himself, the amount of people one could meet here was not even comparable to the other Zones.

He didn't know what the planet looked like but the world where the was being played at from was the host of almost 70 billion people.

And the Exodus was the most played game in such a world to both females and males.

The people online had to be counted in hundreds of millions and that amount grows boundless once the NPCs that lived in this world previously are included.

A huge world and numbers that fit it.

'So it's a virtual reality created by the god himself.'

Though they spread out into a huge area, the population density was still very high.

So nobody would really care even if he logged in here.

Since countless people were logging in around him anyway.

'The difference is that I cannot logout whenever I want.'

They can leave whenever they want but he could not.

Like an NPC.

Hansoo glanced at the players in the nearby stores and the NPCs who were selling items to these players and then walked as he thought about his objective.

The quest that would start the 6th Great Change.

The giant quest that would shake the game Exodus itself would start at this place, the Bellum War Fortress.

The hidden piece, that nobody had found yet would start all of this.

Originally, it should start from the discovery of some random player a year from now but he didn't have the time to wait for such a thing.

'I will start the 6th Great Change.'

To those who could revive, the war against the beasts was not dangerous but more like an opportunity.

But that was different for the NPCs, the residents of this place.

And the Bug-Players like himself were in the same situation.

'My, I've become dull after being away for so long.'

Hansoo purposely raised the corners of his mouth and made a happy expression.

The passing players made strange expressions at Hansoo but then just walked past him.

The first rule to not get caught.

Do not make a nervous expression.

Especially the expression which one made when their life was in danger.

Since the players wouldn't do so.

Of course one wouldn't get caught from that one thing but it was good to be cautious about every detail.

'It'll be annoying if I get caught.'

Their levels were around 201 when they entered this location.

It wasn't proportional to their strength but related to their rune numbers.

201 when their runes were closer to 0.

250 when it was filled.

And level 250 was like the level cap for this place, the Exodus.

A few NPCs went beyond this and got even stronger but it was the cap for the players.

This is why he could win.

Even if his level was low and his opponent was at the maximum level, they wouldn't be able to beat him.

But there were a few very annoying ones in these lands.

'Damned bastards.'

Hansoo thought of the bug players that would be living in various places within this world.

Though Metiron's people thought that they only let through their people but they weren't the only ones in this Green Zone.

There were countless adventurers who had come up along with Eres and Keldian before them and there were also those who crossed through the Great Jungle instead of the Green Road.

Since there were so many humans, they couldn't ignore the amount of people who rushed in through the gaps.

Maybe if there weren't any bug players things would be calm but the bug players were constantly caught in the eyes of these players.

And the result of this.

Since there was game, professional hunters were born.

The players before just looked at him to see if he was an NPC or a player but a few were different.

Guys who only hunted bug players.

Their title was lame but they were very accurate and precise.

'They'll probably be around here. I wonder if the guys who had come here before got caught already.'

Hansoo shook his head.

............…

"Aaaak! Noo! If I die…! Please! Pleeaaasee!"

Kwaddddk.

A player twisted the blade towards the screaming person as he smiled.

"Well. Of course. Since a character created through the bug will have their items erased, how sad."

Crunch!

As the player, [Flame Warrior-V], sliced with his blade, the head was cut and blood spurted out.

[Flame Warrior-V] looked at this scene and frowned.

'Tsk. 19+ settings is good but it's too realistic.'

But if you played below this then there wasn't any fun.

Since gold powders pouring out when one was stabbed wasn't really fun.

The man spat at the corpse in order to get rid of the dirty feeling as he checked with the people around him.

"How many died?"

One of man who was drinking a healing potion shrugged as he replied.

"13 out of 50."

"Crazy bastards. Powerful as hell. Damn. We're going to lose a lot of money from the revival tags."

The man mumbled as he looked at the corpse on the ground.

Their characters got deleted when they died so they always retaliated with all they had.

Their controls were so good that they were strong as hell as well.

To the point of these guys giving a feeling that they didn't live in the real world.

Extremely detailed movements unlike them who used skills awkwardly and swung their weapons weakly.

'They probably use hacks or something.'

The man mumbled.

For them to use such a dirty method in a fair game.

This is why they needed to bring justice by killing them.

Against these damned bastards.

'Well. It's good to get some harvest along the way as well.'

The man laughed as he looked at the Artifacts on the ground.

They dropped all their artifacts and even gave a huge amount of experience.

A profit even after they buy revival tags and spread it around everyone.

This is why they couldn't give up being Bug-Killers.

'I hope an even stronger one comes around.'

The man touched the artifact on his hand as he mumbled.

It was better the stronger they were.

Since they had stronger and rarer items.

The man finished his thoughts as he shouted.

"Yo! Chase the ones from before! We can rest for a while after today!"

This was a game.

And since they paid for it, they had the rights to enjoy it.

As freely as they can.

'I'll kill them all. The damned bug players'

This was justice.

The man smiled as he looked at the Bellum War Fortress before him.