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Reincarnator – Chapter 276 : Land from the past (3)

Kain made a shocked expression as he looked at the object falling in the distance.

"Sir Tiamet… What is that?"

The mages of the Magic Brigade were naturally scholars at heart.

They were able to prepare for things with their extensive knowledge and they always strived for more knowledge.

But he had never even heard of something like that.

How could a giant metal object fly around in the skies?

And it withstood several strikes from the Destruction Cannon that could easily smash apart a city with a single strike.

Though it finally fell, it still succeeded in flying past the mountain range.

Kain looked at Tiamet in search for an answer but Tiamet just walked forward and pulled out the Rangkom's Stake that was inserted in a hole at the base of the giant metal tower that was the Destruction Cannon.

Rummmble!

The bright light surrounding the giant metal tower disappeared as the stake was removed and it started to shut down.

As the medium that transmitted the energy was taken out, the Destruction Cannon was naturally shutting down.

Oooong.

'…Is he shutting down the cannon?'

Though they couldn't attack that hunk of metal anymore, the original reason why they had started up the Destruction Cannon was for the Ains.

And using the cannon was impossible without Rangkom's Stake.

Tiamet suddenly spoke to Kain who was gazing at the giant metal tower that was cooling down.

"Take care of this place. Do everything I've told you as well."

Though a lot of context was missing, it was clear what Tiamet was saying.

He was saying that he was going to go somewhere.

Kain was in a even bigger shock.

"Where are you going? If you leave the White Dragon Arena then…"

But before Kain could even finish his words.

"Don't worry. It won't be long."

'I should've set out from the beginning.'

Tiamet sighed.

He was afraid of acting because of the thousand-year peace they had.

But he really needed to act now.

He could not sit idle and watch that bastard do as he pleased.

Though Kain was looking at him with worry, if everything went according to his plan then he would be able to come back.

'Hmm. Before I go…'

Tiamet flew into the air and started to fly towards a direction.

Not towards the North but rather in the opposite direction.

And Kain frowned as he saw this.

'He's going there again. Damn… For how many years… How many times for that girl…'

Kain's expression was filled with worry and and disgust as he looked at Tiamet who was disappearing into the distance.

......…

In a bright white space.

Some rainbow-colored object was floating in front of Hansoo.

It looked humanoid but it was clear that it wasn't a human being.

The being looked at Hansoo whom it had dragged into his subconscious and spoke.

The being that was staring at Hansoo, the spirit, saw his chest and then smiled with what seemed to be its mouth.

Hansoo mumbled inwardly as he stared back at the Spirit who was looking at him in curiosity.

'It figured that out instantly huh.'

Though he looked similar to the players and the original inhabitants, he was still from another dimension.

And the spirit had seen through this at a glance.

The spirit looked around at Hansoo and then continued to speak.

Then.

Crackle.

Hansoo's skin started to freeze up.

As Hansoo frowned while looking at his freezing skin.

The spirit looked at Hansoo with an amused expression.

"How mindful."

His body freezing meant that the ship's shields had been broken and that it had started to enter the harsh areas beyond the mountain range.

Though the spirit's symbol, his mana and his body were holding on for now, he would eventually freeze to death at this rate.

Hansoo started to explain the reasons for his venture here while staring at his freezing body.

Since he needed to get this spirit's power to protect himself.

But even before he could speak.

The spirit spoke.

"…"

"…You clearly said with your own mouth before though. That I'm not the same type of humans from before."

But the spirit merely scoffed at him.

'…There is some logic behind these stupid words. Ugh, I heard the dark spirit had a bad temper but this thing is even worse.'

He remembered Jang Oh saying how much he had suffered when trying to tame his own spirit.

'Should I have picked a tree spirit… Or something more docile?'

This thing clearly looked stronger than a tree spirit.

And its temper was no joke as well.

Hansoo frowned at his freezing body for a bit but then decided to try once more.

Since he would need to be on friendly terms with it to borrow its strength anyway.

"It seems you don't want to leave despite having been trapped here for a thousand years. Isn't it time for you to finally leave?"

That was clearly the reason why it had hated the humans.

The ones who had thrown it in here.

If they shared the same body then it would get a chance to see the world as well.

The spirit smiled in an evil manner at those words.

Hansoo then spoke as if something like that was nothing.

"…Then just say that in the first place."

The moment the spirit spoke back.

Hansoo smashed out with his spear.

Towards the spirit in front of him.

Boooooom!

"Wasting my time and all."

Hansoo and the seven colored object clashed.

And soon.

Rumble!

Booom!

The white space started to fill up with numerous different colors.

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

A special district situated next to the Empire.

A girl was frowning within a well-decorated house.

"What? They all died?"

The woman shook her head while looking at the screen in mid air.

'What the hell is that spaceship… And the cannon.'

The woman looked outside her window towards the capital and made a confused expression.

She had lived here for a long time and had been to many places but never had she heard about something like that being hidden there.

The Player, Astania, frowned as she looked at the corner of the Empire where smoke was rising from.

'These bloody NPCs have too many secrets. They never give a clear-cut answer either.'

The Clan leader of the Kaligul clan, one of the 15 great clans.

As well as the lord of the special district of the Empire.

Though it was an amazing title that every player was in envy of, it was of no help in a situation like this where it only brought her stress.

As Astania was frowning at what happened in the capital.

Whooosh.

Something appeared in front of her who was looking out into the distance.

"Waa!"

Astania was even more shocked after seeing who it was.

Somebody who should not be here had appeared.

"…Why are you here?"

Astania was shocked because it was Tiamet who had appeared.

She had gone from time to time because she had been invited for tea.

But it was always at the White Dragon Arena.

This was the first time Tiamet had come out from the White Dragon Arena according to what Astania knew.

And Tiamet pondered for a bit.

As to why he had come here.

He could see Astania whenever he wanted since she was close to the capital.

Since he could just invite her after this all ended.

He just needed to deal with some brat.

'…Is that really all it is?'

Tiamet chuckled and threw something at Astania and then left.

"I'll see you after I come back"

"…What?"

Astania made a confused expression after catching what Tiamet had thrown at her.

'Bouquet?'

As if he had done what he needed to do after handing over the bouquet, he jumped down from the window.

Which was located at an extremely high spot.

But before he landed.

Whooosh.

Tiamet lightly landed.

Lightly.

But the result was not light at all.

Boooom!

The surrounding space broke apart as it got suppressed below where he had stepped.

And the ground started to gather below Tiamet's foot.

As so much space got compressed below his feet to the point of it almost looking black.

Tiamet stepped once more.

Then.

Boooom!

The space exploded with a huge noise and Tiamet's body flew off along with a shockwave.

Not towards the North but eastwards.

'Annoying me this much… I should prepare a gift for you.'

Tiamet quickly disappeared into the distance, shrouded by the distorted space.

Rumble.

And Astania was dumbfounded as she looked back and forth between where Tiamet had disappeared towards and at the bouquet.

'Wait, that's towards the War Fortress… Anyways, how did he know I liked this?'

Astania made a confused expression as she looked at the bouquet in her hands.

.........

A person looked towards the players and the residents of the kingdom gathered in Korin Kingdom and sighed.

"Ugh…So boring. When the hell is this Hansoo coming anyway?"

The adventurers would've flown into rage if they heard what Karhal was saying.

Since this place was not a place where they could drop their guard even for a second.

The War Fortress that was being targeted by the players was being protected by the formation, the players were steadily receiving symbols from the Ains while the Ains themselves were recovering in the Spirit Lands.

The most peace they had in awhile.

'Well. Even if they do charge in here, it wouldn't matter.'

While Karhal was yawning.

Rumble.

Ruuumblee.

Some thunderous rumbles could be heard across the distance.

Well, the noise itself wasn't important.

Karhal was shocked at the aura that was shaking the atmosphere itself that was charging towards where he was and jumped up from his seat to peer at the horizon.

And something appeared in his sight.

Something that was even breaking apart the space itself to approach the War Fortress.

But even before he could react.

Boooooom!

A huge explosive sound rang throughout the entire War Fortress.

Then.

'Look at this.'

Crack!

Tiamet smashed down at the protective layer around the War Fortress and frowned while looking through the translucent barrier.

Reincarnator – Chapter 277 : Land from the past (4)

Boooooom!

A single strike.

The greenish barrier surrounding the War Fortress cracked from a single strike.

And Karhal grounded his teeth as he looked at the protection of the Golden Dragon Formation that was breaking apart like a glass bead that had been dropped.

'Fuck… So that's Tiamet huh. Isn't he just a fucking monster?'

This barrier was nothing like what the vice captain of the Magic Brigade, Eloa, had made before.

It wasn't created with just a fraction of the mana but rather everything the formation had.

The barrier that had even withstood the Great General Cykrus cracked from a single strike.

Boooooooom!

The formation shone crazily as it tried to fix the cracks in the barrier but Tiamet was already raising his hand for the next strike.

And as he smashed down with the stake once more.

Boooooom!

The barrier that had been barely holding on finally broke apart.

"Uh…"

"What the…"

With a mere two strikes, the formation's barrier had been broken.

The other adventurers who had prepared their weapons after hearing Karhal's call were now just staring at this scene in the distance in a daze.

A fight was only possible if they were at a similar level.

Though thousands of people had gathered and there were hundreds of thousands more coming, nobody had the confidence of beating the man who had broken the barrier with just two strikes even if they all charged in at the same time.

And one man sighed in relief.

"Damn… Thank god I ran away. Anyway… It's safe here right?"

The inner parts of the Spirit Lands.

A person stared at the War Fortress in the distance as he mumbled.

............….

Rummmmblee.

In the inner parts of the War Fortress.

As the translucent bronze blue barrier disappeared, Tiamet was finally able to see what was going on clearly.

Tiamet chuckled.

'These rats…'

The War Fortress had long been surrounded.

Nobody could escape.

Well, a few might escape in secret but the rest should be trapped.

But Tiamet realized how the people inside had escaped after seeing the inner parts of this place.

'A hole connected to the maze.'

Though there was a bit of distance from the Spirit Land and from the maze, if hundreds of thousands of people started digging at the same time, it wouldn't take that long.

And it seemed nobody realized what they were doing because they were so focused on the Ains and the Spirit Lands.

Tiamet started to smile as he looked at the empty War Fortress.

'You think you'll be fine if you hide there?'

Of course the Spirit Land itself would give put him under pressure.

Since he couldn't use the Ain's blessings or the protection elixirs.

'I was originally only going to take a few but, I've changed my mind.'

Half.

He was going to reduce their numbers by half.

Well he could just ignore them.

But if he left like this then they would believe that their tactics had worked.

And he couldn't let anyone see this.

It would be a warning to them.

Booooooom!

As a giant energy storm started appearing around Tiamet.

"Tiamet. Shouldn't your personality have calmed down a bit more after a thousand years? I really hope that girl remembers this part of you."

"…Mudusella."

Seer.

The one who saw the future.

She, who could see the future, saw the world in a different manner than those who only saw the present so she also thought in a different manner.

Her objectives were different and so were her actions.

Nothing connected properly or made sense.

Just like now.

For her to have appeared in front of him like this.

'This damned bitch… What's her plan?'

Tiamet frowned at Mudusella who had appeared in front of his eyes.

.........….

Crackle.

Hansoo checked his frozen body after having come out of his subconscious and then he clicked his teeth.

'That was close.'

The Dragon Essence Blade and the silver liquid from the Body Enhancement Surgery tried to resist the storm of mana that was freezing his body but it was nowhere enough.

While he had been laying on the ground, over half of his body had been destroyed.

And his entire body was frozen inside a block of ice.

Every part of his nerves made him feel like he was inside a pool of water.

'I can't really see the outside world very well.'

Hansoo gazed at the block of ice and then started to wake up something that had been sleeping inside his consciousness.

Then.

A voice filled with rage rang throughout his head.

The spirit was enraged even more at Hansoo's commands but the water had already been spilt.

The defeated soul could not deny the orders of a soul at a higher station.

Since they, the artifical souls, had been designed like this.

Kiiiiiiing!

The symbol in the center of Hansoo's chest started to shine.

Then.

Whoooosh.

Hansoo's entire body started to let out a seven-colored light while melting the ice surrounding his body at a rapid pace.

Soon.

Booom!

Hansoo smashed apart the entire block of ice and stepped out as the seven colored lights pushed back the storm of mana.

And as the mana storm that was damaging his body got pushed back, the silver liquids and the Dragon Essence Blade started to quickly heal his body.

Though he was still standing in the center of an ice storm, he could not feel any of its coldness.

It felt like he was alone in another world.

'Nice.'

Hansoo smiled as he walked through the storm and headed back into the ship's inner parts.

The first thing he wanted to check was the status of the system.

If it was still fine then he would be able to use the ship to move faster and even gain some more information.

This was a mysterious world to him.

Of course the more information he had, the better he would be able to make plans.

'Let's see.'

Hansoo walked back into the engine room and then gazed at the frozen engine and the system panels.

The engine had long been overloaded from the earlier events.

Ooooong.

There was a faint light inside the engine as if it was recovering slowly but the system panel had no thoughts of turning on.

'Ugh… Gathering intel is impossible.'

Hansoo asked the existence in his head in case.

Since the spirit should know much more than him.

And an aggressive reply came back.

It needed to lend Hansoo strength because he had lost but there was no need for him to reply.

'Tsk. As I expected, since there's nothing to gain here… Let's leave'

He had thoughts of waiting till it recovered but soon shook his head.

He didn't know how long it would take.

And there was something else that was bothering him.

'Tiamet.'

Tiamet, who had tried so hard to prevent him from coming here, wouldn't sit still.

He would do everything he could to suppress him.

He needed to prepare himself.

And more than anything else.

The scene he had seen through the system's panel momentarily bothered him.

'I need to check this all out.'

Hansoo dashed out from the engine room.

Whoosh.

And after coming out from the structure, he could see that the situation was even worse then he had thought.

There was a giant hole on the side of the ship that had plummeted into the ground.

The ice storm rushed in through the giant hole and thanks to this the entire colony inside had been frozen.

The lake, trees as well as the giant structure where the spirits were at.

Ooooong!

'Well, at least the outer wall seems to be recovering a bit.'

Hansoo gazed at the outer wall for a bit and then quickly rushed out.

Whooosh!

The moment he came outside, the storm became even harsher.

As if it was telling him to stay hidden inside the ship.

But the spirit's light coming out from Hansoo's body did a perfect job of protecting him.

Though he had been freed from the threat of the storm, Hansoo's expression turned even darker.

'…As I thought. This is coming from a single location.'

He had been able to check the storm out much more clearly.

Though it seemed like it was raging from all around, he could clearly feel it.

That this giant ice storm was originating from a single location.

Which meant one thing.

That something was creating this storm.

If it was natural, it wouldn't come out from a single point.

And soon Hansoo's eyes moved towards a location.

Towards the location the storm was coming from.

Then something came into his view.

A tower.

It wasn't large.

But tall.

Too tall.

It was so tall that even he, who was extremely far away, could still see it.

Hansoo knew.

That if that mountain range, which was over 20km tall, didn't exist then everybody would know about this tower.

It was that tall while also shining as well as being something that shocked the people who looked at it.

A mysterious tower over a dozen kilometers tall.

As he focused his eyesight, he could see the outer wall that was made of steel and various alloys.

Though it was covered in ice and frost, they couldn't cover up the traces of civilizations.

Hansoo then looked to the lower parts of the tower.

Since what he was looking at wasn't the tower.

But much below it.

And Hansoo realized what he had seen through the panel was not a dream.

"A city…"

A forest of buildings spread out below the giant tower all the way up to the base of the mountain range.

There was no way to hide a giant forest of trees that were over a kilometer high despite the raging ice storm.

Hansoo watched the metal forest and thought to himself.

He had assumed three things before.

They left.

Were watching.

Or had perished.

Of course the only thing he was clear of was the frozen city and those three possibilities still existed.

But as soon as he saw the city, he had a strong feeling about something.

About what happened to them.

"They perished huh."

Hansoo mumbled as he watched the frozen city.

Hansoo gazed at the city that had completely been frozen.

He also realized what the strange sensation he had been feeling up until now was.

'…Similar.'

It was strange.

But not quite alien.

The scene in front of him was still within his understanding.

It would be like this in about a century back on earth.

Hansoo decided his destination as he stared at the forest of buildings.

'To the tower.'

The spirit, who seemed to know something, had no thoughts of cooperating and he needed to figure out a way to deal with Tiamet but he didn't know where Mudusella was so he would need to figure everything out on his own.

Hansoo quickly moved towards the giant tower in the center of the giant city.

Reincarnator – Chapter 278 : Land from the past (5)

Rumble.

A humanoid being was quickly moving north within the Spirit Land.

Every time this existence that a human's appearance but was clearly inhuman stepped, the lands collapsed and the space broke.

Tiamet looked at the status of his body while quickly flying north towards the mountain range that had started to appear on the horizon.

'….Annoying.'

Tiamet frowned as he felt the mana storms that were slowly gnawing away at his body.

He couldn't receive the protection of the spirits.

Though he was being protected by the vast amount of mana he had, the mana storm was slowly eating away at his body.

And it would become worse if he reached the lands beyond the mountain range.

Tiamet grinded his teeth and clenched his grip on the stake.

'The hell am I doing for a single rat.'

But he had to go over.

Before that rat screwed things over.

'Nonsense.'

Though his stamina was being gnawed away from the mana storm, the gap between him and that rat was still gargantuan.

Rumble!

Tiamet shook off Mudusella's prophecy from his head and increased his speed even more.

To go over the mountain range had he had already reached.

Then.

Boooom!

A white human being started to fly up next to the almost vertical surface of the mountain range.

Rummble!

A giant avalanche occurred.

...............…

Rumble.

Hansoo, who was shrouded in a seven-colored light, continued to push his way through the storm.

Through the frozen city.

'There is no trace of life…'

Though he was prepared for the worse, there was nothing that caught his attention.

The giant buildings which seemed like they housed residents in the past were all devoid of any signs of life and all kinds of means of transportation were just laid out on the side of the roads.

But one never knew, anything could pop out from the shadows.

Hansoo quickly proceeded towards the giant tower while being on alert.

And in his head, constant nagging could be heard.

The spirit's words were indeed true.

The storm was getting stronger the closer he got to the tower.

Without the spirit, he'd long have frozen solid and died.

But Hansoo ignored the spirit's words as he continued forward.

Since this spirit had tried to take over his body by force.

At that moment.

Hansoo saw something strange.

'…What the.'

There was a strange space looking like a shop on the 1st floor of the building he was walking past.

There were tens of strange boxes neatly packed on top of each other inside it.

Though there still wasn't any signs of life, Hansoo was intrigued and was about to enter.

But then.

Rumble.

A faint noise entered Hansoo's alert ears.

Very faint.

Hansoo turned around towards the origin of the noise.

The noise was coming from the giant mountain range behind the fallen shipwreck.

And there was a huge avalanche coming down from the top of the mountain range.

Something like this shouldn't happen for no reason.

'…I thought he'd be working on traps and hostages, I never knew he'd come in person.'

Hansoo frowned as he thought of the person who was causing a natural disaster while approaching him.

Tiamet would see the fallen ship after going across the mountain range and would eventually find him.

They would need to fight.

Hansoo started to quickly calculate in his mind.

'Do I have a chance?'

Though he had gained a spirit, he had never even dreamt of beating Tiamet in a battle.

Since that thing was a monstrosity in itself.

If they fought fairly then he would get shredded apart in mere few seconds.

'But… That's only if he's in perfect condition.'

Tiamet had personally come.

For him to break the chains of the White Dragon Arena to move out, it stressed how urgent this entire thing was.

'But he's still a bit slow.'

Hansoo could tell Tiamet's current speed due to the faint vibrations in the air.

If Tiamet was coming over with his original strength, he should've gone past the mountain range a long time ago.

But the fact that he was still climbing meant that he was being affected by this mana storm.

And it would only become worse after he climbed over.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

'Worst case, I'll fight him but…In a place where I hold the most advantage.'

Hansoo quickly started to move out towards the origin of the mana storm, the tower.

Even though Tiamet's condition wasn't top notch, there was still a huge difference between them.

It was best to avoid a fight but at this rate, he would need to approach the tower no matter what.

'Fucking hell.'

Hansoo smiled bitterly as he sensed the aura of Tiamet slowly climbing the mountain range.

His original plan was not this.

Since he never even thought that Tiamet would leave the White Dragon Arena to fight him.

There was only one plan in the beginning.

Spirit Land.

A land of death where one would not be able to survive without the Protection Elixirs.

But there was another method to survive.

Their symbol which allowed them to somewhat hold the spirits.

The Protection Elixirs were just a byproduct of squeezing the Ains dry.

Once the Ains got inside the Spirit Land then the flow of Protection Elixirs would dry out which meant that the players outside would not be able to enter.

No matter how many there were, it was impossible to enter without the Protection Elixirs.

At that point they could just slowly gather their strength inside the Spirit Land and then move on over to the next zone.

Ally with the Ains to ensure safety, achieve the Spirit's strength through the symbol and then climb up.

This is what he and his friends, the final members of humanity, had planned regarding the Green Zone.

But for a monster inside the White Dragon Arena, who shouldn't have moved for anything, to come out in person.

.

Hansoo thought back to the words of Rahiman, one of his comrades, and laughed bitterly.

'…I knew I'd suffer after coming back to the past but for it to be this much.'

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hansoo thought to himself as he proceeded towards the tower.

There was a discussion he had with his friends.

Regarding what they would do if they returned to the past.

Of course rushing ahead of everybody was a sure thing.

The reason why they had been able to survive until the end was because they had that much potential and skill.

Hansoo remembered the excited faces of everyone as they talked about what they'd do.

Someone said they would establish a harem by gathering every beauty with their strength, another said they would help the weak with the strength.

Some said they would kill everyone who got in their way and another said that they would get stronger than anybody had ever been.

'I…'

At that moment.

Hansoo stopped.

'What was my plan?…'

As long as he was a human being, he had his own desires.

It would only be normal if he had something he wanted to do after coming back to the past.

Since this world was not a world where one could have no regrets and coming back to the past meant that he could fix all of them.

Creating an army by gathering humanity and rescuing his friends who were waiting above?

It was good enough to be a reason but it wasn't quite enough.

'…There was something I wanted to do.'

It was clear he also had something he wanted to do.

Since his expression was very serious back then.

But he couldn't pinpoint what it was.

As he tried to think about it, his head started to ache.

And the noise Tiamet was making was becoming louder.

"Hooo."

Hansoo breathed out.

'This isn't the main priority right now.'

He needed to survive the fight first.

A single piece of missing memory wouldn't impact him in the fight.

The most important thing was that he was doing well.

If the memory was an important one then he would eventually remember it.

Hansoo started to run even faster towards the tall tower in the distance.

The spirit who had been sitting in the corner of Hansoo's mind mumbled quietly.

.........…

Rumble.

The apex of the mountain range exploded.

Then.

Tiamet stood on the top of the tremendously tall mountain range and looked down.

He never thought that he'd come back here.

Tiamet grasped Rangkom's Stake as he looked down at the now frozen city below his feet.

'I cannot let the immortals know about this place…'

Tiamet started to quickly search for Hansoo's traces.

The city was huge and even Tiamet couldn't sense every part of it but it wouldn't be hard.

'There.'

Tiamet looked towards the fallen shipwreck below.

The hope of the humans to reach space.

Though it had lost its meaning now, it didn't feel good to see it after having destroyed it by his own hands.

A tremendous amount of energy started to gather around Tiamet's hands as he looked at the ship that was slowly repairing its outer walls.

'No aura of life. But still, just in case…'

Boooooooom!

The moment Tiamet raised Rangkom's Stake and aimed at the ship.

A very faint shockwave was heard by Tiamet.

And Tiamet's eyes quickly focused on the origin of the sound.

'Found it.'

Tiamet smiled in a cold manner as he watched the small being who was madly running towards the tower.

He was almost at the tower.

But not quite there yet.

'The ship…'

Crackle

Tiamet looked back and forth between his freezing body and the ship and then frowned.

Though he would be able to destroy the ship and catch the boy at the same time if he were at his peak condition, it was a bit too much for him now.

'The rat first.'

Then.

Tiamet absorbed back he energy that was gathering on the stake and redirected it to his feet.

Booooooooom!

Tiamet blew apart the top of the mountain range as he flew up into the air.

'That's as far as you go.'

Tiamet disappeared.

Rummble.

The avalanche slowly proceeded its way down towards the ship.

Reincarnator – Chapter 279 : Land from the past (6)

'Fuck. The pain…'

Hansoo grasped his head while charging towards the tower.

His previous attempt trying to remember the past had given him a headache and it was becoming worse by the second.

Well, it wasn't really pain to be exact.

It was something screaming out from inside him.

To remember.

But he couldn't, as if that part of his brain was damaged.

The spirit inside him pondered for a long moment and then spoke out suddenly.

"Mm?"

As Hansoo answered the spirit's words.

Rumble.

Sounds of explosions were heard behind him.

Sounds of space collapsing.

Hansoo released the hand that was grasping his head and then prepared himself.

'It's coming.'

Rummmblee.

Something was charging towards the tower with a destructive might.

The moment the spirit felt that aura and exclaimed out.

Swooosh!

A white line charged towards Hansoo.

And Hansoo's body prepared for the attack.

The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement protected and enhanced his body.

He even forcefully used the Racial Metamorphosis, which was still cooling down, and covered his entire body with scales.

Three dragons instantly flew out from his heart and gathered on the tip of his spear.

Then, he thrusted with his spear.

Boooooom!

A tremendous shockwave resonated out through the entire vicinity.

'Ugh!'

Though he had blocked it, he hadn't done it perfectly.

If he hadn't used the Racial Metamorphosis then he would've been pushed back hundreds of meters underground.

The white line smashed through the Nine Dragons Spear and charged forward.

Crack. Crack.

The land beneath his feet broke apart and sank down.

His muscles were working as best as they could to prevent his arms from breaking.

His heart and the mana jade crazily pumped out blood and mana in order to reinforce his body as much as possible.

Chiiiiik!

The leftover energy from the collision heated up his entire body.

But even before Hansoo could completely deal with the collision.

Whoosh!

Something flew out through the blizzard and smashed down, a white stake.

A weapon that seemed it would not stand for even a second against the golden Forked Lightning.

But the moment they clashed.

Boooooom!

The Forked Lightning was deflected upwards as Hansoo's body made more cracking sounds and flew back.

And the white line continuously attacked Hansoo.

Boom!

Boooom!

Gold and silver lights collided and created numerous shockwaves that destroyed their surroundings.

Hansoo clenched his teeth while receiving these attacks.

His assumptions were mostly correct.

But not perfect.

'He's beyond my imaginations.'

His opponent had become extremely weak but not entirely from the mana storm.

Since it would be impossible for Hansoo to be able to remain standing otherwise.

But he easily figured out the reason.

'It's probably related to him being trapped inside the White Dragon Arena.'

The reason why Tiamet hated coming out from that place.

There must be something that was gnawing away at his strength alongside the mana storm.

But he was still this strong.

To the point of being able to push back Hansoo with ease.

Whooosh!

The red powder exploded out from Hansoo's body and aimed for Tiamet's body.

Mana wasn't of importance right now.

He needed to use every skill he could.

The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement's dark golden light covered his entire body as the three dragons on the tip of his spear had increased to five.

Boom! Booom!

But the white light surrounding Tiamet's body was holding on against all of Hansoo's attacks.

And Hansoo clenched his spear as he looked at his opponent.

'…Fucking hell.'

His opponent was crazy strong.

'This… He would survive in the Abyss.'

Though he would be the weakest in the Abyss, for him to become this strong while the dimensions were locked was crazy.

And the more he fought the stronger his headache became.

'My god. When did my speciality become bad luck?'

As Hansoo chuckled at the multiple unfavorable situations he was in.

"…?"

Hansoo made a confused expression at his opponent who had stopped attacking him.

'Why did he stop?'

As Hansoo looked towards Tiamet who was looking back at him from the distance.

Tiamet was making an expression of disbelief while looking at Hansoo.

Well, towards the three kinds of auras surrounding Hansoo's body.

"What the hell are you?"

He had felt it in the past.

But he had ignored it since it was impossible.

And mostly because he couldn't tell the identity of the one who had attacked through the dimensional wall.

But it was different as he clashed against it right in front of his eyes.

"Where did you gain that?"

Tiamet kept his expression of disbelief as he attacked once more.

Tiamet's white line rushed towards Hansoo.

Booooom!

"One person cannot have multiple skills of Anihilation."

Tiamet mumbled as he looked at the three types of energy that had come out to stop his own attack.

The red clouds.

It in itself represented annihilation.

If a stronger person used it then destroying an entire world would be a joke.

The dragons on the tip of his spears.

The same for this.

Anybody who gained this could become an invincible being who can control the entire world.

It could easily rip apart the heavens and destroy the earth.

As well as the strange dark golden energy surrounding his body.

Though he didn't know which race it was mimicking, it should not be a simple one.

If his own race had tried to use their technology to take over the planet, then the race that energy was mimicking could easily control the entire planet with just their strength and even soar into space.

Every one of these were seeds created by ascendants.

This was why Tiamet couldn't believe Hansoo's status.

Skills of Annihilation.

It was skills that only those who have been born into transcendence, like himself, could gain after proving themselves.

And he himself was a bit away from gaining one as well.

There was one condition to gain it.

Fight until you get annihilated.

Or destroy the entire world and swallow it whole.

This was why they were called Skills of Annihilation.

A tremendous amount of strength that one could only gain after overcoming various trials both internally and externally.

Though the ones he had were mere seeds, their potential were immense.

A seed of something whose roots can cover the entire world and whose leaves and branches could shoulder the heavens.

But for him to have three.

There was a thing called a limit.

To raise three in a pot where even one seed didn't have enough room…

The pot will explode.

"You. Sooner or later you will destroy yourself. Or you are already being destroyed."

Tiamet looked into Hansoo's eyes and mumbled.

...........

Clank.

Clang.

In the vast lands of the Spirit Lands.

In the center of the flaming land which prevented the players from coming in, hundreds of thousands people held onto their weapons while glaring at one side of the Spirit Land.

"Fuck… Why are you doing this suddenly"

Enbi Arin gritted her teeth as she looked at the beings in front of her.

The Ains.

The Ains who had absorbed the energy from the Spirit Lands weren't lingering pieces of shadows anymore.

The Ains, who were now flaming or covered in arcs of lightning, had become unimaginably more powerful than before.

Though there were only a few thousand of them, each of them were radiating auras which were more powerful than that of Arthus Krancheska himself.

Cold sweat dripped in the backs of the adventurers.

'Fuck… This is why the people of the Kingdoms didn't like to go inside the Spirit Land.'

They should be happy that their allies, the Ains, had become stronger.

Since having a powerful ally was always welcome.

But the story changed.

The prophet standing in the front of the Ains, Mudusella, ignored Enbi Arin as she continued to speak.

And Karhal exploded out.

"Fuck! What do you mean! You just sent that Tiamet guy by himself freely and now you're saying we can't go help!? That powerful bastard is just crawling into his own grave!"

There was a reason why this had all occurred.

Right after Mudusella spoke to Tiamet.

Tiamet left and headed towards Hansoo.

And Mudusella returned afterwards just to suppress them with the Ains.

Of course a fight happened.

Since Mudusella was the leader of the Ains and wanted to avoid a fight against a monster like Tiamet.

But the story was different.

The Ains held a favorable position beyond the mountain range and Tiamet was in a very unfavorable position.

Though they could not go over before they receive their spirits but it was the perfect chance for the Ains.

But instead Mudusella didn't have any thoughts of moving out and even suppressed them from acting out.

No matter how powerful Hansoo was and no matter how much of an unfavorable position Tiamet was in, nobody could imagine Hansoo actually winning the fight.

Since they saw Tiamet personally breaking apart the barrier created by the giant formation with just two strikes.

Various thoughts spun around the adventurer's heads.

Even more so since they saw Mudusella and Tiamet speaking with each other.

'Fuck… What is she thinking?'

"If you aren't going to move out then move! At least let us go and help!"

Enbi Arin couldn't hold in back anymore against the silent Mudusella and exploded out.

It wasn't just for Hansoo.

The adventurers were feeling uneasy after witnessing Tiamet's powers.

If that guy rushed into the Spirit Land then they would get annihilated.

And that man had walked into the most dangerous location possible for himself.

A perfect chance.

If they couldn't kill the most powerful enemy they had in his weakest state, it would only arouse their unease further.

At that moment Mudusella quietly responded.

"Patience."

"What?"

"Have some patience. It's a very important phase."

'It's not time for some weaklings like you to butt in.'

Mudusella looked towards the mountain range expressionlessly.

Reincarnator – Chapter 280 : Egg (1)

Rumble.

The shockwaves from the battle near the tower rang throughout the vicinity.

Even to the fallen ship in the distance.

Squirm.

And surprisingly, the ship had fixed the giant hole created from the strike it had received.

Since this place was filled with the spirit's energy.

The mana storm was dangerous to humans but it was an excellent energy supply to the spirits which were the main source of energy for the ship.

Oooooong!

The moment the ship finished fixing its outer wall.

Kiiiiing!

Faint blue light appeared outside the ship and started to protect it.

The ship had restarted its shields after having restored itself completely.

Then.

Wooosh!

The coldness inside the ship disappeared quickly as the frozen colony returned to its original strength thanks to the spirits' energy.

The frozen lake melted as the trees sprouted new leaves.

A miraculous scene from just the simple supply of energy.

And the near-death colony was once again filled with life.

But that was it.

Ooooooong.

As the ship fixed itself, it had gone silent again as if it had done all it needed to.

Then.

A ray of golden light appeared in the corner of the quiet ship.

"Keheuk! Haa.. Haa!"

A few players breathed out heavily as they revived on the spot.

One even checked his own inventory and then sighed out in relief.

"Phew… I thought I died with with the Stone of Immortality. How lucky."

They had rushed inside after seeing a hole had appeared from the strike but that was it.

The ice storm rushed into every corner of the ship.

They tried to hold on even by using master level skills but they could not hold on for long.

They died the moment their skills ended and had thought that they would die even after using the Stone of Immortality but thankfully the ship was recovered after they opened their eyes.

The players picked up the fallen artifacts near them and then smiled at each other.

"Well. The ones who got logged out are done… Let's just search this treasure vault on our own."

'And it seems this thing can move as well.'

The players soon started to scatter throughout the ship.

............…

Booooooom!

Shockwaves rang throughout the vast area under the tower.

In the midst of the white and dark golden lights clashing.

Tiamet silently observed Hansoo who had been blocking his attacks.

'Not bad… Skills of Annihilation is indeed formidable.'

Once someone reached the level of Tiamet, they could see things that couldn't be seen.

For example, he could see if a soul was injured.

But surprisingly, Hansoo's soul was extremely sturdy and strong.

Too strong for somebody who lived in an ordinary plane for 20-30 years before coming here.

It was like the soul of a general who had gone through countless bloody battles over numerous decades.

A sphere which was tightly condensed like steel but still radiated a powerful aura.

This was the spirit of Hansoo that Tiamet had seen.

Well, it should be like that.

'Yeah. It's breaking of course.'

Tiamet smirked.

The steel sphere had numerous cracks running through it.

It wasn't enough to break the entire thing but these deep cracks still ran throughout the entire sphere.

And it was because of those Skills of Annihilation.

These skills gave him a tremendous strength but that was it.

There was a price to be paid for strength that surpassed one's own limits.

Even if it was strength one didn't desire.

'For him to have strength beyond his abilities…'

Well, this probably didn't matter for Hansoo.

Since that wasn't the main issue right now.

Booooom!

The white stake in Tiamet's hand started to act up crazily.

He had decided to destroy Hansoo.

And Hansoo frowned as he blocked off another white line.

He didn't understand Tiamet's actions and words.

He was getting destroyed?

And what did Tiamet mean when he asked where he had gotten his skills?

'He should've seen tons of skills in his life… Is he talking about the Zero numberings?'

As Hansoo frowned.

Ooong.

Another wave of pain rang through his head.

'Damn…'

Hansoo clenched his teeth at the sudden pain but this wasn't what was important right now.

Since another white line was charging towards him.

Rumble!

These powerful attacks were making it hard for Hansoo to think.

'I guess he's done with dilly dallying.'

Tiamet's attacks were getting more powerful by the second.

Boooom!

'At this rate I'm going to just beaten down to death.'

Holding on was a torture in itself but the result of this battle was already decided.

He needed to find a way.

And at that moment something came into Hansoo's eyes.

The giant tower that stood in the midst of the blizzard.

Boom!

Hansoo blocked off another attack and then turned around.

He needed to stake everything on whatever hope he could find.

Looking for a method to deal with a powerhouse in a barren land was not easy.

But Hansoo came back to his senses.

Even that seemed hard to do.

The attacks continued towards Hansoo who was backing off while swinging his Forked Lightning.

The moment he blocked it again.

Booom!

Hansoo's body flew back and smashed into the outer wall of the tower.

"Ugh…"

The fragments of the mysterious metal tower's outer wall dropped down as Hansoo's body fell to the ground.

And the blizzard started to enter the broken part of the tower.

A hole had appeared as the outer wall had been destroyed.

Hansoo got back up and looked inside.

He had a chance to go inside.

But he frowned as he looked inside the hole.

Because he realized something very important.

'…There is no mana storm inside.'

He should not go in since he would just get destroyed in there without the mana storm suppressing Tiamet.

Even if there was something inside, he would get killed before reaching it.

And Tiamet slowly approached Hansoo.

"Keke. Why? Did you think something would be inside?"

If there was then he wouldn't have sent Hansoo flying this way.

The moment Tiamet himself had arrived.

Hansoo's death was destined.

'I should just finish him off here and clean…'

At that moment.

Ooong.

'Ugh.'

Tiamet frowned at the sudden pain that rose up from the corner of his heart.

Something was raging near his heart.

A formidable strength even he could not easily suppress.

Tiamet frowned as he looked at the man who was standing against him.

'There wasn't much time left until I could've become a dragon but…Because of this damned brat…'

A secret of the world which somebody had told him a thousand years ago.

The shocking facts he had heard from him.

That there wasn't only one world and that countless events that surpassed human logic were happening.

And that some people had risen above the limits of the world, became transcendents and went to a more suitable world.

At that moment.

He had started to dream.

Dragon.

A transcendent creature.

A perfect lifeform he had dreamt of.

He had wanted to become a dragon.

Not just imitating a dragon but becoming a true dragon.

So he had started a huge project which even he didn't know how long it would take to finish.

But there was a limit to his own strength.

The limit this world had set upon everyone.

He hadn't reached it but he could feel it.

So he had gone into the preparation of to become a transcendent.

He created the White Dragon Arena to collect the energy from a mana node and carefully absorbed that strength through Rangkom's Stake.

And whilst he collected this strength carefully within his body, he used the White Dragon Arena and Rangkom's Stake to suppress it.

Since it would all go to waste if this strength went crazy before he made his way to break the wall.

And after a thousand years.

He could see the end.

The moment he would break out from the egg of the White Dragon Arena and become a legendary dragon.

Squirm.

Even now, there was a tremendous amount of power sleeping next to his heart.

Strength which could flip the entire world upside down.

So powerful to the point where he didn't know how to use it and could only suppress it.

He had collected this strength for one purpose and if he had collected a bit more then he would've become a transcendent.

But he had come out from the egg before it had stabilized.

And thanks to this the power within himself was enraged and was gnawing away at his own strength.

In order to suppress this power and prepare then another few centuries would be needed.

Crackle.

Harsh sounds of teeth rubbing against each other came out from his mouth.

'Because of one bastard…'

He was enraged.

He couldn't just kill him.

Since death was too good for this guy.

A sinister smile appeared on Tiamet's face.

Tiamet spoke out.

"I don't really know if you treat the ones you brought as tools or actually care about them."

He had lived for a thousand years and seen a lot of things, he still couldn't tell a person's mind.

He didn't know if Hansoo was ruthless or was full of justice.

But that wasn't important.

Since there was only one important thing.

"But… There should at least be one person you should care about. I'll kill them all because of you."

No matter how cold one was, there should at least be one person who they cared about.

The moment he dealt with the current situation.

He was going to kill them all.

And not leave behind a single person.

Adventurers who had come and those who would come in the future as well.

'And you… Need to watch all of this.'

As Tiamet smiled coldly.

Hansoo frowned.

Not from the threat but because of the deepened pain.

Oong. Ooong.

The pain inside his head was become stronger by the second.

As if the pain before was a joke.

Something was constantly stimulating him inside him.

And his heartbeat got harsher along with the pain.

The moment his heartbeat and the pain reached the apex.

Pop.

The sound of something blowing up was heard from his head.

'…What?'

Tiamet frowned as he looked at Hansoo who froze on the spot.

Reincarnator – Chapter 281 : Egg (2)

Ooooong.

In a dark space.

Hansoo, who had been clenching his teeth because of the pain, opened his eyes.

'Where…'

Hansoo looked around the space within his conscious after sensing that the pain had disappeared.

He had been inside his conscious numerous times before.

A vast white space.

But he had never been in a place like this before.

Strange lights and darkness filled up the entire surroundings.

Like watching a movie, there were countless silhouettes of people all around him.

Familiar faces.

But this space was not simple.

There were countless cracks within the world filled with light, darkness and countless scenes.

As if somebody had gone through it with a sharp blade.

And Hansoo finally realized what was in front of his eyes.

'…Memories? Why did I come here?'

There should be a reason why he would've been dragged in here.

As Hansoo made a confused expression.

A loud voice was heard by him.

Because their consciousness had merged, wherever his own conscious was the spirit existed as well.

The spirit came in with Hansoo and then tutted while looking around.

A soul which had countless cracks running through it.

As well as these memory fragments.

'He used too much power, beyond his own limits.'

The spirit shook its head as he checked Hansoo's recent feats through the phasing memories.

Maybe if it was the spirit himself but the humans were not creatures created for battle.

They needed to rest when they got tired and needed supplements when things were lacking.

But this guy was different.

Battle. Battle. And more battles.

He raised his strength and wrought out his body.

He was continuously clashing as he proceeded forward.

And the spirit made an expression of disbelief as it looked at these memory fragments.

'Unbelieveable.'

It knew a bit about the humans since it was created by them.

Humans could not proceed like this even if their objectives were clear, they lacked momentum.

Since they were designed to chase after happiness and joy.

Even if their objectives were clear, if the current situation was different then they would go around it and try to reduce the risk as much as they can by preparing for it.

This was human nature.

But this damned maniac went into battle as soon as he saw any chance of success.

While sacrificing his own soul and body.

All while planting multiple seeds of annihilation in his body and raising them.

If he slowly raised his strength then he might've been able to use them all with ease.

But he had gone too far in too short of a time.

To the point of cracks appearing on his enormously powerful soul and his body being damaged.

The body could just be healed but the soul, which was the basis of everyone's existence, was different.

'…At this rate, he'll utterly be destroyed.'

The spirit fell silent as it watched Hansoo.

Some might say he was a hero but this was just a retard in its eyes.

Since heroes at least had some complacence inside them.

This was just a machine.

A machine with an issue.

A broken train that was constantly charging through and not knowing that its own engine was being destroyed.

'He shouldn't have been like this from the beginning. Strange.'

It had glanced at its memories but only the past few months.

The moment the spirit was about to look into the cracked space in more detail.

Rumble.

The space trembled.

His strength was not sufficient and could not stay here too long.

'I guess I just need to deal with the main issue quickly.'

It wouldn't last long.

The spirit collected its thoughts and spoke to Hansoo.

Hansoo's soul and conscious was its own.

Though it didn't like Hansoo, it didn't want mutual destruction.

And it had a very good method for itself.

As well as Hansoo.

The spirit spoke to Hansoo.

"Enhanced race?"

The spirit nodded.

"…Enhanced race."

As Hansoo was about to ask, the spirit cut him off.

Hansoo nodded.

He knew he was in a disadvantageous position.

And the spirit spoke to Hansoo.

"What is it?"

The reason why Hansoo wasn't able to use it properly was partly because it didn't like him but because they weren't very compatible with each other.

They were created to be wielded by the enhanced race.

Even if Hansoo had the racial code, this was just permission.

Only after they resonated through a long period of sharing their soul would they able to let out a much more powerful might.

But there was no time.

So it needed to forcibly attempt something.

Hansoo frowned at these words.

"If there was such a method then why are you telling it to me now?"

The spirit frowned.

The reason why they couldn't fuse was because both sides didn't want to lose out to each other.

It was called fusion, but it was actually a battle for ownership.

With their soul and mind at stake.

The spirit grinded its teeth and muttered.

It might win and it might lose.

But the loser would be annihilated.

They would be able to survive well together so who would go through this?

The spirit did not want to do this.

But there was no choice anymore.

The spirit spoke to Hansoo.

Though the spirit had been pushed back earlier when they fought in their minds, it had no relationship with the outcome of the fusion.

Since it was a battle between the souls to determine who was more suitable for this body.

'And…If he has cracks in his soul then there's a chance for me to succeed.'

There was a reason why the spirit had called Hansoo here.

If Hansoo's soul was still intact and powerful then it would've tried to hold on to the end.

Since a sure loss was the same as a meaningless death.

But it had a chance.

No, it was actually high.

'You… Wouldn't be able to pass this up either.'

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"Even if one of us wins, it would be hard to beat Tiamet."

The spirit was indeed strong.

But it would just give him another level of strength.

Just as the Mana Jade or the Body Enhancement Surgery.

"Mmm."

Hansoo nodded.

The tower's mana storm that even Tiamet was barely holding back against.

If he could use this strength then he could easily deal with the situation outside.

"Sure. Let's go."

Hansoo raised his right hand as he saw the spirit raise its own right hand.

The moment they touched.

Kiiiing.

The sensation of something mixing could be felt.

The other party's thoughts and emotions.

'Well, it wasn't a lie at least.'

As Hansoo mumbled.

The spirit continued to speak.

"Won't be bored…Huh."

The spirit chuckled.

'Not long after it was born?'

The moment the spirit's words ended.

Whoosh.

Hansoo's mind got dragged into an unknown space.

Into the spirit's mind.

............….

Rumble.

'Where…'

Hansoo muttered to himself as he looked around.

Though his consciousness existed, it was in a different place.

'…It's the spirit's memories huh.'

He could feel his own form inside a 5m wide flask that was shining in seven colored lights.

The memory of when the spirit had been born.

Hansoo could feel the voice of the spirit speaking to those standing outside the flask.

He could not control the spirit's body or anything.

Just observe.

But he could still use the spirit's perceptions and look outside.

There were constant machine noises coming out from the countless panels outside.

[Synchronization… 98%]

[Probability of success integrating with enhanced race…99.8%]

[Beginning immediate fusion with the enhanced race.]

At the same time.

The spirit screamed as it got sucked into the tube above the flask and headed towards a different location.

Along with Hansoo.

Whooosh.

It didn't take long either.

Since the body of the spirit was sucked into a location.

A similar sensation of when he had come into its own body.

And Hansoo could guess what had happened.

'It fused with the Ain.'

Hansoo then realized why it was so discontent.

'It's so different.'

Hansoo thought to himself while listening to the spirit's mumbles.

The body of the Ain where the spirit was in right now was dimensions apart from his own.

They fused perfectly as if the body itself was made for the spirit.

Like finding the other half of their soul.

And the fusion of the two souls which was so hard for himself had been completed in an instant.

It only took an instant.

Then.

Whoooosh.

Hansoo could feel a familiar sensation.

"You're my partner huh. Hi. I'm called… MSL-17. I'll be in your care from now on."

A huge glass panel could be seen in front of him.

And Hansoo realized where he was.

'The top of the tower.'

At the top of the tower that he was next to.

And below his feet, the forest of cities he had seen before spread out.

Buildings that were kilometers high.

And hundreds of thousands of transportation vehicles could be seen throughout.

'So this is what it looked like before it froze…'

In the midst of the futuristic city that was dimensions apart from the frozen city.

Hansoo even saw the face of the Ain who had become the spirit's owner from the mirror's reflection.

A beautiful and lovely woman with flowing golden hair.

"Can you see? The people below…Those are the people we need to care for from now on."

And Hansoo had seen this woman before.

'Mudusella. So you were the previous owner of this spirit. But it said everything fell into ruin not long after it was born.'

1000 years in the past.

Hansoo looked back and forth between the beautiful woman's reflection on the glass and the shining city below as he muttered to himself.

Reincarnator – Chapter 282 : Train headed to destruction (1)

Rumble.

It had been a day since he had come here.

And Hansoo felt a little suffocated inside the walking Mudusella.

'Ugh. Since I can't move according to my will…'

Where Mudusella walked and saw.

Whatever she touched and felt.

This was the limit of Hansoo's perception.

Thankfully there was a lot to see.

'Amazing.'

Hansoo looked out through the window along with Mudusella at the world.

She wasn't looking at the city.

But above it.

A giant sphere surrounding the city.

And outside this sphere.

Whooooosh!

Rummmble!

A tremendous snow storm was raging throughout.

There was not a single trace of sunlight due to the grey clouds.

The thing that determined day and night in this giant city wasn't the sun but rather a giant artificial orb on the top of the tower.

And below the artificial sunlight.

Somebody walked towards Mudusella.

The person, who was wearing a fancy uniform, spoke to Mudusella with an air of arrogance.

"MSL. There's no time for you to laze around here, there isn't much time left until the move."

"…I was just looking outside the window. Since I won't be able to see this anymore."

At these words the man in the uniform, rank 1 citizen Akamel, smirked.

MSL-17, Mudusella, saw Akamel's expression and just continued to walk.

She understood his actions.

But the one who was enraged was the spirit instead.

The spirit realized something then quickly quieted down.

Created beings.

There wasn't a clearer word to describe them but it was still a bit off to call themselves like this.

And Mudusella smiled at the spirit's words.

"It's ok. You didn't say anything wrong."

They, the enhanced race, had all been created.

For a single objective.

In order to control the artificial energy system, code name , created by the genius researcher efficiently.

The previous methods were not enough to move limited amounts of energy in an efficient manner.

The energy needed sentience to control its own movements.

Not a single bit could be wasted.

Especially in a world like this where everything was lacking.

Whooooosh!

Mudusella, who had been staring at the storm outside the barrier, asked Akamel.

"Do we still have contact with the other cities?"

"Why do you ask?"

As Akamel replied bluntly, Mudusella continued expressionlessly.

"Shouldn't we at least know each other's conditions when we're all sharing the energy of the node? If it runs dry then we're in big trouble."

A river of energy that brought new hopes to humanity.

Energy nodes.

And this was the strength that had taken humanity to the brink of extinction.

Humans yearned for more energy and thus they pried open every bit of space where the node passed by.

And the result was this.

The node had overloaded and the entire worldflipped upside down.

Volcanos erupted as the mantle below the surface flipped and in worse cases, continents broke off.

Endless amounts of hail plummeted down from the skies to cover over half of the entire Earth as the volcanic ash quickly covered the skies.

The entire planet got covered in darkness and the 2nd alternative energy source, the solar energy, was nowhere to be found.

Then the long ice age came.

But thankfully there was still a ray of hope.

A giant tower stood in the spot where the energy of the node could still be used.

.

The tower that acted as the last line of defense of humanity against the harsh environment.

They created a shield by using the node's energy, supplied humans with the energy needed for their daily lives as well as maintained the artificial sun.

The glorious city below could not survive a single day without this Obelisk.

And they, the MSLs, had been born to use the node's energy as efficiently as possible by using the spirit's energies.

Akamel frowned at MSL's words.

'Imputent. How dare it retort when it's just a creation.'

But the level of MSL was not something even Akamel, a 1st grade citizen, could act rashly in front of.

The MSL series was one of the two series that had the greatest abilities out of all the enhanced race.

Nepallem had personally put more effort in order to create just 100 of them.

'Tsk.'

Akamel smirked as he replied.

"They're doing the preparations well. Anyway, you guys need to do things properly. We need to maintain as much energy as we can before we go over to the new planet."

"…Understood."

MSL-17, Mudusella, looked towards the mountain range.

Towards where the spaceship would be being built, beyond it.

Sooner or later the node will run dry.

So they needed to go over to a new planet.

The planet they had found, named Tiamet.

'How long can we hold on?'

Roooaarr.

She mumbled quietly as she stared at the ash-colored storm outside the city.

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

Mudusella parted from the 1st grade citizen and headed up the tower.

And the spirit, who had just been born recently, was extremely curious about everything as it continuously threw questions at Mudusella.

The city below the tower was shining with various colored lights.

As if it was alluring the one looking.

Its title of being the final sanctuary of the humans didn't quite fit it as various media panels and commercials swarmed throughout the city and were more than enough to arouse the spirit's attention.

It was not a city which seemed like it was lacking in energy.

Mudusella smiled as she replied.

"Only 1st grade citizens can reside there. Even if the buildings are large and there are a lot of them… They are as numerous as well."

Their population had been around 70 billion.

And they had run away from the armageddon of the world towards the Obelisk from various cities all over the world.

Though about 80% of the people had been killed off during the exodus, there was still a huge amount of people remaining.

This city alone held about 380 million people.

'Too many.'

No matter how wide the city was, there were too many people for them to all live .

So in the outside zone where one can live in the most way, only the 80 million or so 1st grade citizens could live there.

People who were determined to have necessary abilities or skills towards the survival of the humankind.

'Everybody would be able to live in a much better condition if the 1st grade citizens were a bit more frugal but…It doesn't matter with me.'

Power and rights were the issues of the humans.

For them, the enhanced race, this didn't really matter.

Muduella turned away from the mirror to head in deeper into the tower and the spirit asked dejectedly.

Mudusella nodded.

"Time to work now. The time given to me has ended. If I don't go then my sisters will suffer."

They, the enhanced race, didn't need to sleep so they needed to constantly work other than the few meager breaks they received.

They were given 2 hours of rest a day.

The rest time that was created for them because some thought they also needed some rights was always a bit too short.

There was never enough energy so the MSL series and various other kinds who needed to deal with the energy efficiently needed to constantly work.

For the benefit of the countless humans here.

Though most of the 1st grade citizens went on to say that these 'creations' didn't need any rights but sadly for them, Nepallem was the one who had suggested it.

The opinions of others would be crushed apart with ease but not Nepallem's.

The savior of humankind who had created the spirits and the enhanced race that was currently keeping the humans alive.

So the 1st grade citizens could only accept the rest time of the enhanced race.

"Well, it's not like we need it. It's not like we need to eat or enjoy ourselves."

They were the enhanced race.

Though they were created from the humans as the basis, various unnecessary wants had been greatly suppressed.

Since greed would always create unknown variables.

And there was the chipset behind the necks of them implanted by the 1st grade citizens.

'Humans… They fear too many things all the time. Did this environment make them like this?'

Mudusella had already reached her workplace while having various thoughts.

A huge area in the center of the tower.

Though it was only about 5m tall, this place was multiple times bigger than a sports field.

Mudusella walked across the glass floor that gave the impression of levitating while crossing it.

Kiiiing.

Ooong.

There was a single glass cell in the midst of various bright and beautiful lines in the ground.

It looked like a coffin or even a jail cell but this beautiful glass cell was the location where Mudusella, MSL-17, spent 22 hours of her day.

Ooooooooong.

As Mudusella moved into it.

The entire energy flow of the tower came into Mudusella's perception.

The tremendous amount of energy that kept the the 380 million people of the city alive.

Kiiiiing!

The spirit, which had been grumbling the whole time, started to control the flowing energy.

Soon.

Kiiiiiiing!

Part of the energy flowing through the tower came under the control of Mudusella and the spirit as they started to move the energy towards one place.

Though it was called working, it wasn't very hard.

Since it was basically instinctual to them who were literally created to do this job.

The spirit felt the tremendous amount of energy flowing through its senses as it mumbled.

There were about 50 thousand of the enhanced race within this place.

They had been placed in various locations within the tower and the city in order to use the energy of the city efficiently.

From the small lights all over the city to the entire power grid of the city.

But they, the MSL, had been created for an even more important task.

The epitome of the enhanced race.

The very core of the system that the humans used.

The MSL series, the 98 sisters, had been born to manage the Mudusella system.

Only for this purpose.

And below Mudusella's feet.

Below the giant glass floor.

Millions of glass tubes were located throughout the tower.

Exactly 19 942 124.

And inside it.

'Are they…, Happy?'

They, the core part of the Mudusella system.

Mudusella made a happy expression as she looked at the 20 million or so third-grade citizens and mumbled.

But then.

"You're still lost in unnecessary emotions, how long are you going to keep those alive I wonder."

Somebody spoke to Mudusella from outside.

Someone whom even Hansoo was familiar with.

'Tiamet.'

But he was different from the Tiamet he knew.

As Hansoo looked at the strangely different Tiamet from a thousand years ago, Mudusella was doing the same.

'TMT-17.'

Though he was born as her mate, she never knew what he was thinking about.

Mudusella looked at TMT-17 with a worried expression.

Reincarnator – Chapter 283 : Train headed to destruction (2)

During the early days of year 2100.

Humans were confident.

Space.

Deep sea.

Illnesses.

Death.

Various other mysteries.

Humans had overcome countless things they had been afraid of and had thought that they had succeeded.

There was not a single disease they could not cure and humans had already been able to live past 300 with ease.

The entire surface of the planet, including the seas, had become the human's territory a long time ago.

They hadn't planned colonies yet because their planet was so big but they already had great technologies regarding space flight and countless humans had already gone off to dozens of planets, including Tiamet, for terraforming and other research.

But then.

The energy node had been found.

Not a machine but a strange energy flow that used the human's bodies as the basis.

Different from the fossil fuels, solar energy and nuclear energy the humans had been using up until now.

The power the humans had built upon so far was so they could control and go against nature.

They created medicine to rule over the disease and made facilities to increase their lifespans.

They made spaceships for space and huge oceanic cities to rule over the seas.

But this was different.

A strength which made the humans themselves strong.

They could swim around the depths of the sea with ease and no illness would harm them.

Their lifespans would increase the more they stacked it inside their bodies and it allowed them to smash apart steel with brute force.

Of course humans, overcome by their greed for this new strength, started to devour this new type of energy.

And Nepallem stood in the lead.

But humans overestimated their own abilities and underestimated their own greed.

Due to this, the node blew apart and the humans had been pushed to the brink of extinction.

Then they finally realized.

That they couldn't control every single situation with their own intellect.

And so it had started.

The thing the humans had been most afraid of and as a result hadn't took over yet.

The great system that had been created to suppress the greed of humans.

The symbol of their innermost fear.

.

And the thing needed for it was a spirit that could efficiently control energy and manage the system.

And…

............…..

Rumble.

Mudusella spoke to the man who had appeared in front of her.

The man who had appeared covered in white light.

"TMT-17. It's been a while."

Hansoo made a shocked expression as he looked at the man Mudusella greeted.

'..Tiamet. Was he an Ain?'

The Tiamet in front of him had the same form as Tiamet a thousand years from now on.

But the aura of a spirit could clearly be felt.

The man called TMT-17 that clearly had the trait of an Ain spoke to Mudusella.

"Can you not put that damn number in the back? I just call you Mudusella as well. We're going to be on the same ship, let's drop some formalities at least."

"I don't think it's right to call me by the system's name just because I manage the system."

TMT-17 just shrugged his shoulders.

TMT series.

The series with the codename Tiamet was one of the top two series along with the MSL series.

Of course their objectives were different.

Though they both used spirits to control the energy, their reason for their creation was clearly different.

If the Mudusellas were created to manage the Mudusella system that provided humans with the good environment.

Then the Tiamets were created to get rid the various variables and dangers that may come in the way of humans.

So their name was Tiamet.

Those who would protect the humans in the unknown planet Tiamet which was filled with dangers.

TMT-17 looked at the countless glass tubes below and smirked.

"I'm playing guard here but doing the same thing in that damn ship. I've got a lot of work to do. I even have to look after those beanheads."

"…That's our job."

"No. It's your job. My work is to kill and smash things apart."

"…"

Whilst Mudusella made a disgusted expression.

Oooooong.

With a strange noise, an announcement was made in the entire area of the Mudusella was in charge of.

[In 15 seconds, 3rd grade citizens shall be released into the area of MSL-17]

[Underground residence… Beginning energy supply.]

[To conserve energy, it will only be open from 11:00 to 13:00 today.]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The millions of tubes below Mudusella started to move around.

Down.

At the same time.

Lights came on below the giant tower.

Tiamet shrugged as he looked at this scene.

"It'll become busy now. I'll move away for now then. Have fun."

"…I won't be able to see you off."

'Really annoying.'

The spirit spoke towards Mudusella within the silence excitedly.

But Mudusella shook her head.

Like Tiamet said, it would only get busier.

Then, an order came through the chipset.

From the Akamel she had seen before.

The orders of Akamel had a hint of maliciousness as well as a bit of expectation.

The Mudusella System didn't go on break when the humans did.

It was the opposite.

When the 3rd grade citizens are released was the time the Mudusella system performed its most important task.

As Mudusella breathed in and out.

Booooom!

A giant sphere above Mudusella's head started to spin whilst letting out bright red lights in all directions.

............…..

Underground residence.

Kiiiiiing!

With the enhanced race's energy control, the frozen residences started to come back to live.

Light filled up the wide area as the flowers, trees and lakes beside the apartments started to brim with life.

And from the 500m wide tower in the center.

Chiiiiiiiik!

The glass tube started to open in order to descend.

And white gas came out from these tubes.

"Ugh! So stiff!"

"Are you sure this keeps us in top condition?"

"Woah! 5 days have gone past already!"

People started to appear one after another.

And they started to chatter loudly as they started to check on their bodies and their surroundings.

And soon sounds of complaints could be heard.

"Damn. Can't we just live back there?"

"Fuck! We were just about to kill the Red Lava Lizard!"

"Ugh…Walking after having flown for so long, I really can't get used to it."

And there was an existence who was smirking at these people.

'Useless.'

From the highest point of the residential areas.

Tiamet smirked as he looked down.

People who had run away from reality.

People who agreed that it didn't need to be reality as long as they were satisfied.

There were no better than livestock.

A virtual world that was created for those who had decided to give up on changing reality and had ran away.

'Was it called… Exodus? What a nice name. Anyways, that Nepallem guy is amazing. He even found a use for these useless things.'

Tiamet thought up of the virtual world created from the Mudusella system and then smirked.

But then, a girl came out from between the people.

'…Astania.'

Tiamet mumbled the name of the female in the distance in a daze.

At that moment

Splat!

"How dare you come here!"

"You're just an obedient dog."

'…Damned bastards.'

Tiamet frowned inwardly at the citizens who had thrown eggs by his feet.

.........…

"Mmm…This is making this complicated."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Akamel asked in confusion as the man who he had been talking to suddenly mumbled.

There weren't many who can ignore Akamel.

But the man in front of him was an exception.

This man was special even out of special people.

The man whom Akamel had been talking to, Nepallem, started to frown.

"Well. One TMT is looking for a fight in the underground residential areas."

Akamel made a shocked expression.

'This bastard…Why is he over there…'

It would know what would happen once it walked in the crowds of people, why did it go there.

'Damn. This is why it's always better to get rid of their rights and just use them like dogs. Why did he give them free movement…'

He liked neither the enhanced race nor the 3rd grade citizens.

'Or maybe we should just treat them like the 2nd grade citizens….'

As Akamel mumbled with a cold expression.

Nepallem got up and started to head somewhere.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go have a look."

And this shocked Akamel.

Though he knew that Nepallem was a hero and a famous being, why would he still go there.

"Just leave them, we'll deal with them. Just focus on the plan this time around please."

There was a reason why Akamel was annoyed.

There was so many things Nepallem had to do, why did he have to bother with such a menial task?

'And…It's tomorrow.'

In a situation where not a single mistake is allowed, for him to go see one man.

Nepallem chuckled as he shook his head.

"There's a reason why I'm going. He's… Really special."

"…?"

'He's different from the other TMT series?'

Akamel looked at Nepallem in confusion but Nepallem just headed down.

And Akamel clenched his teeth at this scene.

'Fuck. I don't like any of these bastards.'

Akamel thought for a moment then just shook his head.

Their plan was basically complete anyway.

It would succeed without Nepallem anyway.

Akamel started to send messages with a stern expression.

"Begin."

Soon.

The topmost floor of the Obelisk started to get busy.

Reincarnator – Chapter 284 : Train headed to destruction (3)

Around the time when the nodes blew apart and pushed humans into the brink of extinction.

The 1st grade citizens, who were the first ones to have successfully run away to the city with the Obelisk, quickly went into a discussion on how to proceed from this point onward.

About how to deal with the 2nd and 3rd grade citizens who were swarming towards the city.

But surprisingly they quickly came to a consensus despite the situation they were in.

They didn't know how much energy there was left in the node and the situation outside was horrendous.

If they also had to accommodate the 2nd and 3rd grade citizens as well then the resources they had would drain at a rate five times greater than if the node was just supporting them, the 1st grade citizens, alone.

10 years worth of resources gone in 2 and 50 years worth gone in 10.

In a situation where they didn't know the approximate time it would take to finish their preparations, nobody wanted to risk the resources they had like this.

And it wasn't hard to control the others.

Since the existing enhanced race members were extremely powerful on their own.

Though they weren't made for war, if they fought with the spirits then their might easily surpassed that of the army.

And almost all of the control rights over the enhanced race belonged to the 1st grade citizens.

They just needed to control the obelisk with these and then chase the others away.

But then.

<…Nepallem.>

Everyone quieted down at the words of one man.

They had to.

Since this man wasn't ordinary.

The savior of humankind.

He researched the energy nodes to create the spirits and then successfully made the enhanced race, an almost god-like engineer amidst them.

Nepallem.

Though there wasn't a rank above the 1st grade citizens, Nepallem was a resource that was so precious to them that he was widely perceived to be a VIP citizen.

If they had to vote on the one person to save out of their 8000 then almost every vote would easily go over to this man, a genius of geniuses.

Nepallem smiled as he continued to speak.

<…How do we not make mistakes?>

Then one of the 1st grade citizens shouted in shock.

Around year 2050, there was a suggestion that everyone should get a chipset implanted behind their neck for the greater advancement of the humankind.

Of course this was met with a flood of resistance.

It was clear it would be used to control them.

A tremendous amount of fighting occurred to the point of a civil war breaking out when the 1st grade citizens and higher elites of the community finally realized that they had much more to lose.>

But if they knew this would happen then the 1st grade citizens would've gone through the war to implant the chipsets in the necks of the 2nd and 3rd grade citizens.

Unlike the 1st grade citizens who meticulously planned and carefully used the energy nodes to in an efficient way and avoiding the possible dangers that the node could bring them, the 2nd and 3rd grade citizens thought that the 1st grade citizens were trying to monopolize this strength and poked around into every node they could find.

In order to gain the strength from that power and perhaps even use it to gain the upper hand against the 1st grade citizens.

And because they had failed in controlling this power, the nodes blew apart.

But for them to use up their own resources to let these people into the city?

These 3rd grade citizens were basically useless to them when the enhanced race provided them with power and various other utilities.

.........….

Booom!

As the giant sphere spun and let out a red light.

A tremendous pressure started to appear inside Mudusella's head.

Pressure to control the huge and complex Mudusella system.

"Ugh…"

And Mudusella wasn't the only one who was groaning.

The spirit also screamed out from the strain it was receiving.

A tremendous amount of energy which couldn't even be compared to the amount before flooded into her.

And she knew instinctively.

That she needed to be much more meticulous starting from this point.

This was the core ability of the Mudusella system.

[Prediction]

It calculated every possible variable and every action possible to figure out the best plan.

The final torch that would show the road to humanity's future.

While Mudusella and the spirit were screaming, the system above Mudusella's head continued its calculations and around the time the sphere stopped spinning…

"Ugh…"

Mudusella was finally freed from the torrential amounts of information that flooded her head and moaned out loud as she slumped over.

But the moment she was done, Akamel's words flowed into her head.

[If you're done with the calculations then report the results. Tell us what the success chances of the plan is this time around.]

As long as the node was using large amounts of energy to protect this city from the giant storm, the node would soon dry up.

The plan to move to the new planet must succeed no matter what.

If not then there was no future for the humans left.

And the calculation that the Musella System had just done was in order to determine the success rate for this plan.

Mudusella gasped for breath as she started to send over the data.

And Akamel read over the data on the chipset as he made a satisfied expression.

[Nice. Good. Good. MSL-17, continue to calm down the system. Man… Why is it set up to cool down for 2 hours after only 5 minutes of working. Nepallem should just focus on this system that can predict the future, why does he give a damn about the rights of these enhanced races.]

Akamel purposely mumbled it so Mudusella could hear it as he shut off the call.

The spirit grumbled inside her.

But Mudusella thought back to the calculations from before.

'As long as there's no special variables…The rate of success is 99.9908%'

This was as good as 100%.

Though Mudusella had a ominous feeling about something she decided to brush it off and started to cool down the system.

She needed to completely revert it to its original state before the 3rd grade citizens came back.

Her worry wouldn't matter much.

Though there was a limit to how much the Mudusella could calculate, it had never been wrong until now.

'If we could use this for 24 hours straight then it would be much more reassuring but… 20 million won't be enough for that.'

Mudusella sighed as she continued her work.

.........…..

'Tsk.'

Tiamet stared at the people who were throwing eggs at him.

Actually he was quite in awe.

At Nepallem, who had created this system, and at the 1st grade citizens who supported him.

Mudusella system.

Using the 20 million souls of the citizens as the basis, it brought up a tremendous amount of calculative power to determine the variables of the outside environment.

It recorded every memory, action patterns and emotions of the people to convert it all into calculative variables.

The prediction was made like this.

And another thing.

'The calculative power wasn't always needed.'

Nepallem and the other scientists achieved an incredible feat with the leftover calculative power from when the system isn't predicting the future.

Creation of a virtual reality.

The moment this virtual reality was created, the 1st grade citizens announced it to everybody below.

Many were afraid of this 'virtual reality' at first but with continued whippings it didn't take long for all of the 3rd grade citizens to 'escape' into the virtual reality and thanks to this the 1st grade citizens had been able to use the remaining resources and energy more efficiently than before.

Since the virtual reality allowed for the minimum usage of resources and energy compared to what they would've used in reality.

All they needed was for their life to be maintained and the tower energy to continue flowing.

'Though something's off, the results are good…'

Nepallem had successfully gained the happiness of almost 30 million people as well as the Prediction function of the Mudusella system.

But the process wasn't without faults.

"This fucking bastard…"

"Ha! He came without a 1st grade citizen. How bold…Hey, come down!"

Tiamet frowned as he heard the aggressive shouts of the citizens.

They, the Tiamet series, were not in good terms with the citizens.

The safety and happiness the game provided.

Though a great offer had been given to them, humans wouldn't just be moved from this alone.

Of course there were people who went against them so a whip was needed.

And the whip that had been wrought was him.

The enhanced race created for battle.

An existence that had the energy of this giant city within its body and wielded it freely.

"Bastard! Come down!"

The citizens roared in rage as they remembered being attacked by Tiamet.

And Tiamet frowned as he saw this.