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Reincarnator – Chapter 348 : Inhabitants (3)

'…Damn.'

—rumble—

N-Maria felt the faint vibrations through the walls of the corridor inside the armored vehicle.

This vehicle was heading towards a certain direction.

Towards the Main Research Center—the origin of all these traitorous robots.

They had made this decision after listening to the man's words.

'I'm still not sure if this is a good idea.'

N-Maria had just settled the intruders into their rooms and was just on the way back to her own room.

She frowned as she thought back to the scene when the foot soldiers had tracked them down.

The man who called himself Kang Hansoo walked out, looking at the screen that was showing scenes from the outside.

With just a hammer in his head.

She had scoffed at him for walking out with an ancient weapon—one that even they wouldn't be able to find in their museums—to fight against thousands of Melchizedek's forces.

But her smile soon froze.

She'd witnessed the battle between him and Melchizedek's army.

'…'

N-Maria shook her head and pinched the air.

To replay that earlier scene.

—tiriririk—

A translucent panel appeared in the air and started to replay the video of the fight below.

—boom! boom! boom! boom!—

—rumble!—

—clank—

With every swipe of his hand, he threw hundreds of robots away.

With every swing of his hammer, he destroyed Melchizedek's powerful elite soldiers.

N-Maria continued to stare at the man who wielded lightning and flames to single-handedly destroy the entire army.

This was the fourth time.

She had replayed it four times on the way back, but it was still hard to believe.

"Ugh…"

'Is that even something a single being can achieve?'

That strength would be hard to find, even back on their original planet.

Even more so if it was achieved without the backing of technology or civilization.

The M-waves emitted by their soldiers was used to control weapons, not to actually destroy things like this.

'No, there might be something in the military that can rival him.'

She thought of the battleships from Angkara but soon shook her head.

Of course, she had to admit what she had to.

The man was disgustingly powerful.

In their current armyless situation, this man's strength would be of extreme help.

So the offer the man had made to them was truly enticing.

To have control over the Main Research Center.

An alluring offer.

The giant train-shaped Main Research Center wasn't simply a research center.

All the robots that had attacked and chased them down had all been created from the Plant attached to the research center.

Most of the topics researched on Angkara were about the robots used for battle, and these had to be tested for their efficiency and strength.

Of course, it wasn't as good as the Armory attached to the newest research centers, but it was still something.

'If we can acquire that… it'll be of great help.'

This man had probably asked them for this very reason as well.

Since the man wouldn't have the abilities required to control the research center.

N-Maria consoled herself.

'Yeah, it was a good decision.'

One needed a certain amount of power in a chaotic situation such as this.

Just like what had happened to them when they were up against Melchizedek's forces.

If they could obtain the research center, then it would be of tremendous help to them.

'I must go back.'

She could not die on top of a filthy beast such as this.

N-Maria continued to mumble to herself as she looked towards the giant planet that was her home, Angkara.

At that moment, sounds of footsteps could be heard from the end of the corridor.

'Who?'

N-Maria tensed up and reached for her waist.

This corridor was the path leading to her personal room.

Normally, there shouldn't be anybody else taking this path.

But N-Maria soon sighed in relief and dropped her hand.

"N-Martin? What's the issue? I don't plan on reprimanding you for what just happened, so just go back. Nobody can beat a monster like that."

The only soldier within the armored vehicle.

Almost everybody liked this man because of his kind attitude and laid-back personality.

That was why his main duty was to just protect them.

Although he had indeed failed his job earlier, she wasn't planning to pursue it further.

Even if they had a small army to protect them, that monster of a man would've made his way through to her.

'Is this because of those newcomers?'

That was possible.

It was her job to listen to her team's issues and to find a solution to their problems.

But as N-Maria was about to speak up with a smile.

N-Martin started cursing from the end of the corridor.

"You crazy b*tch. You actually put the repulsion coating on those aliens? That's treason."

"Huh…?"

He wasn't smiling.

N-Maria stared at N-Martin's cold expression, her own face darkening as well.

Though they were both N-levels, there was a difference of status.

"I can't just ignore that, and you'd better watch your words. You and I have a difference in status."

"Status? Haha…"

N-Martin glared at N-Maria and clenched his teeth.

"You b*tch, you still haven't realized it yet?"

N-Maria started to feel uneasy.

Their planet, Angkara, was a planet of warriors.

Usually, the hierarchy was well-maintained, and they divided everybody's statuses accordingly. But there was were certain situations when that could change.

Something that she, coming from the Tetnorat branch[a] of the family, could not flip.

"Wait…"

"Yeah. This place is now under the direct control of the Kalkuroun Fleet. I will be the commanding officer from this point on."

This was an absolute order.

Nobody from the Neropa Union could go against this order.

N-Martin showed a line of red words on his panel and announced:

"For now, I'll let you maintain your authority here. Let's just continue like this."

'If the person in command were to suddenly change, they would suspect something.'

The red words read out: [Main fleet on the way. Maintain current status and await our arrival].

'Barbarians.'

N-Martin mumbled to himself as he thought of the two intruders.

The fleet of flames was on the way.

The powerful fleet that burned up planets and sliced moons apart.

Once it arrives then this aberration of a beast—as well as every bug on top of it—would be annihilated.

The strength of the union was not to be messed with.

But of course, he couldn't just sit around until then.

It would go against the standards of the union's army.

.

He, a soldier, could not just wait until the fleet arrived.

'Things won't work the way you want.'

N-Martin smiled as he thought of the two people who would be receiving the repulsion coating at this moment.

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

—kiiiiing—

A research room within the giant armored vehicle.

Lights flashed within the giant vacuum flask as something was being assembled within it.

—chiiijijiik—

The fine powders assembled were sucked into two tubes attached to the flask.

—chijijik—

'Good.'

Hansoo nodded as he looked at the nanoparticles they applied to his body.

Nanoparticles so tiny that he could barely even feel them on his skin.

But this thin coating was able to withstand any attack from the main planet Angkara.

It couldn't block a concentrated attack or a high-level weapon, but there was no chance that'd be attacked by such things, so this was good enough for now.

—chijijik—

The B-level female who handled the coating spoke to Hansoo.

"It will last for about two weeks. After that, the durability of the nanoparticles will cause them to start disintegrating. We'll reapply it when that happens, so don't worry so much."

'Two weeks, huh?'

Hansoo chuckled inwardly.

He knew that they could make these nanoparticles last forever as long they weren't physically destroyed.

But he also knew why they were making it last for two weeks. In the end, he decided not to question it.

'They're probably holding onto it, so we don't betray them.'

If he could settle their differences with just this, then it wasn't that bad.

Though it was still a little annoying.

"I'm done. Wow… so this is what it feels like."

Kiriel was extremely excited when they finished her coating.

'Hansoo is still receiving it…'

Although she was tall for a woman, she had ended much earlier because she was still much smaller in comparison to Hansoo.

The most important parts had been covered already.

Heart, head, and spine.

Kiriel was shocked as she looked at Hansoo's body where the coating was now going over his back, stomach and his limbs.

'Mmm…'

Though the injuries were healing at a rapid pace, he still had countless numbers of them.

She grew curious.

As to the number of hidden injuries Hansoo had beneath the regenerating flesh.

'…If he didn't have his regenerative capabilities, then he'd be dead by now.'

Kiriel thought back to when Hansoo's entire body had burned up and frowned.

But she maintained her smile so Hansoo wouldn't know of her worries.

"So this is just like a tour until we reach the research center, right?"

Kiriel laughed as she looked around the room.

Of course, she and Hansoo would have to fight the moment they arrived.

Maybe even put their lives on the line.

But they could rest until then.

'Prolonging the tension isn't good.'

Actually, they had seen a place where they could rest on their way here.

A place that looked like it was meant for researchers to rest after going through prolonged periods of research.

It wasn't good to relax too much, but taking a small break in preparation for the next battle had its advantages.

'Good. Good.'

"Hey Hansoo, what food do you like the mos…"

Kiriel asked, deciding to treat this as a date, but…

—beeeeeeep—

—beeeeep—

"Huh?"

The person in charge of the coating suddenly looked at the machine in confusion.

'What's going on?'

—kiiiing—

Red lights shone from the repulsion coating system, and the machine stopped moving even though it hadn't completed the application.

—chiiiii—

"Ah… We haven't finished it!"

"It won't finish anyway, right?'

Hansoo smiled as he looked at the coating on his body that was peeling away.

'This world… This is what I like about it.'

Everyone had made fun of him.

Saying that he might become lazy after going back into the past.

Some said that he was definitely going to become lazy when he returned to the past. After fighting against the races of the Abyss for so long, he'd be dealing with weaklings instead.

Some even pleaded for him to remember that they were fighting with their lives on the line, and told him to hurry his way up.

To limit his sightseeing.

But it seemed like there was no need for him to worry.

This world didn't give him a second to take a break.

'I wonder who it could be?'

Of course, he had a person in mind.

The soldier who had stared at him in disgust.

But wouldn't that be too obvious?

Hansoo smiled coldly as he looked between the giant train on the panel and the small area he was standing on.

[a]Seems to be a branch of family maybe.

Chapter 349 : Entering (1)

—rumble—

Hansoo looked at the giant train in the distance, then asked Kiriel, who was standing next to him:

"You've finished the preparations?"

"Yes."

Kiriel started looking worriedly between the giant train and the corridors around her as she mumbled:

'I read it with my Psychometry, but… didn't find any traces.'

Her Psychometry wasn't all-powerful.

If the suspect wasn't present on the scene, it was hard to figure things out.

The only people who could suddenly stop the repulsion-coating system were the N-levels.

And they could do it from anywhere within the armored vehicle, so there weren't any traces for her to find.

Even if she looked them over one-by-one, it would still be a huge issue.

This whole thing was controlled through brainwaves.

Although she could see a person's actions and hear them speak, she could not read minds.

'Should we just flip this over? Hold them down one-by-one?'

They'd easily spit it out if they were tortured.

But Kiriel signed out.

'That's not something we can do to an ally.'

Right now, she and Hansoo needed their strength.

And it would be the same for the inhabitants of Angkara.

Kiriel saw N-Maria walking hurriedly towards the two of them with a worried expression.

"Are you really okay? The coating has not been finished…"

N-Maria looked at Hansoo's body.

A body that was trained to the point of looking beast-like./having beast-like strength

But N-Maria, the one who had invented the repulsion coating, could see the holes in the coating.

In a situation where one would still feel uneasy even after smothering oneself with the coating, the sorry state of the coating on Hansoo's body weighed heavily on her mind.

'Hmm… Is she pretending?'

Whether she was really worried.

Or pretending to worry.

Kiriel glared at N-Maria.

Hansoo chuckled as he said:

"You said that it would take two more weeks to fully prepare again, right? Then…those things will likely double in number."

There were numerous methods if they had the time, the materials, and the manpower.

But they were lacking in all three aspects at this moment.

N-Maria looked in the direction Hansoo had pointed towards and fell silent.

'Mmm…'

The artificial transcendents that withstood against the flaming pillars that were falling down from the sky.

And the tens of thousands of robot soldiers that marched in rows in front of the giant train.

Even now, a countless number of these soldiers were being created and sent out from inside the train.

It looked as if they were preparing to meet a special guest.

'…Melchizedek, you're really going overboard now.'

N-Maria clenched her teeth as she looked at the soldiers.

Melchizedek was no longer laying low and was openly going against them now.

If this monster they were standing on arrived at the Neropa Union then all these soldiers and artificial transcendents would descend down onto Angkara.

'And if they take over the Plant…'

The problem would become even worse.

'No, I must stop it.'

N-Maria started to tremble.

Did she come all the way to this isolated place just to lament about her fate?

She had to change this.

For him.

'B-Kellan…'

N-Maria mumbled someone's name and then looked towards Hansoo.

"So…while you breach through their defenses, you want us to sneak inside and take over the control center, right?"

Hansoo nodded.

"Yes."

The enemy's forces were mainly divided into two groups.

The small elite, which comprised of the artificial transcendents.

And the mass-produced soldiers.

The former would be hard to take over, but the latter was a different story.

If they could connect this armored research vehicle, , to the control center then they would succeed.

And of course, they had the ability to.

'Haa…'

The look in N-Maria's eyes changed; they were now much more focused and filled with resolution.

"Let's begin then."

"Good."

As soon as Hansoo replied—

ssssss…

—red smoke began to surround Hansoo's body.

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

Lightning crashed down from the clouds.

—rumble!—

Countless cracks appeared on the ground.

With the swing of a hammer, lightning blew dozens of soldiers away, like leaves in front of a powerful gale.

—whooosh—

Red smoke spread out and entered the bodies of the artificial transcendents.

—szzzzzt—

—crack!—

As the artificial transcendents slumped forward, their skin melting down and their bones shattering from inside, two more flaming pillars fell down from the sky and swept over Hansoo and everyone around him.

—boooom!—

Though the red smoke was a skill, it was still made up of organisms in the end.

Because the organisms hadn't received the repulsion coating and had no resistance to fire, they stuttered for a bit when the flaming pillar struck down.

The artificial transcendents jumped into the fire as if they were taking a shower, and then started to charge at Hansoo again.

To crush his head in.

Hansoo stood in the center and smiled at the artificial transcendents charging towards him, his skin still burning.

The photon strikes and the attacks of the artificial transcendents.

As well as the numerous foot soldiers.

An attack that would have been a threat to him in the past.

But now, Hansoo only laughed as he swung his hammer.

'Even if the coating is incomplete… it's still useful.'

—boooom!—

Hansoo's right arm smacked away the artificial transcendents, and they crashed into the foot soldiers behind them and rolled into a ball together.

In the small gap he had created after blowing them away, Hansoo raised his hammer to the sky.

Kakagagaka!

Five dragons extended out from his heart and started to compress themselves above the hammer.

—booooooooooom!—

When the blackened Mjolnir smashed the ground at Hansoo's feet, it created a shockwave unlike anything seen before now.

Even Nelkipa's bright skin, which hadn't reacted to anything else other than the photon strikes, had hardened in just a moment.

Nelkipa's skin, which looked like it was about to break apart, quickly crystallized as it repelled the force of the Nine Dragons Spear, no, the Nine Dragons Strike.

A good turn of events for Hansoo.

—boobooboooom!—

The repelled force rose back up and smashed the countless soldiers surrounding Hansoo.

Hundreds of soldiers turned into dust in an instant, and it even shredded apart two artificial transcendents as well.

And N-Maria watched this entire scene in a dumbfounded daze.

'What in the world…'

The strength of that attack was slightly stronger than even the main attacks from a mid-sized cruiser.

Only a select few of Angkara's ships had the rights to control Angkara's , and for this man to be able to wield a power stronger than that with only his body…

But N-Maria quickly regained her senses and shouted:

"Charge at them!"

The B and A levels, who were also watching this scene in a daze, woke up and started to focus on their work as well.

And soon, the giant armored vehicle charged through the path that Hansoo had created, towards the giant research center in the distance.

—brrrrr!—

'This is seriously just insane…'

N-Maria clenched her teeth.

Though she had executed the plan because she had to, actually experiencing the situation was a whole other thing.

She had never expected to get mixed up with such a stupid plan in her life.

Though Hansoo was clearing the way in the front, the enemy still had a tremendous number of forces left.

Plus, countless artillery fires and the flaming pillars continuously rained down from above.

—booooom!—

—tink! tonk!—

The Melkasus shook as it charged through the masses of robots and artillery strikes.

"Remaining shield amount is 87.3%! The 3rd and 4th fusion reactors are becoming overloaded!"

"Catastrophe activated!… Damn! One artificial transcendent has attached itself to the vehicle!"

Kigigigigik!

Sparks flew through tiny gaps that were cut away from the roof of the vehicle as something started to crawl through it.

A very simple-looking blade.

N-Maria was at a loss as this extremely average-looking blade bore through what should be the latest and most advanced technology of Angkara.

How was this even possible?

Anyway, if that thing were to actually break into the vehicle then it would be a catastrophe.

They only had a single soldier among them.

If that thing managed to crawl inside then they'd all be massacred.

As N-Maria looked at the slowly moving blade.

—booom!—

They heard a loud sound above the vehicle and the blade disappeared.

As if it had been flung away along with its owner.

"I'll deal with these things, so just focus on driving!"

A beautiful voice, unfitting for this battlefield, came from above.

'Right… we had one more.'

N-Maria mumbled as she heard that voice.

She saw the battle around the vehicle and calmed down.

'Amazing.'

One man was charging through a giant army.

Through the artillery shells.

Swinging his weapon from left to right.

At first she'd thought that this mission would require some form of heavenly luck, but not anymore.

If that man continued to pave the way like this, and Kiriel, the woman, defended them…

At the same time, something weighed down on her mind.

'…N-Martin.'

N-Martin, as if he had sensed N-Maria's gaze, used his brain waves to send her a message.

'…'

Since she could utilize her brain waves to send messages, N-Maria simply listened.

N-Martin continued.

And N-Martin's words weren't unreasonable.

Melchizedek was strong; this was the truth.

But it was still an AI in the end.

They knew a lot about it, and it knew a lot about them.

Which meant that the only thing remaining between them was a battle of strengths.

And in N-Martin's opinion, Angkara would not lose on that front.

But these aliens were different.

They were creatures shrouded in mystery.

They could train their M-Waves to the point of smashing apart spaceships.

The scarier thing was… this was not their limit.

N-Martin knew.

He knew that above that powerful man…

There were even stronger people.

He had seen it.

'Damn it… You haven't even seen our true strength.'

N-Martin grit his teeth as he thought of those two monsters currently somewhere on Nelkipa.

He couldn't let them get to Angkara.

He had to stop them here.

But N-Martin woke up from his thoughts.

They had already arrived at the giant train, the Main Research Center.

—oooooooong!—

"We're going in!"

Along with N-Maria's shout—

—Melkasus charged through the hole that Hansoo had created at the giant train's side.

Into the darkness.

Chapter 350 : Entering (2)

—boom!—

Hansoo smashed through a wall and looked around.

'Not much here, at least in this area.'

—rumble—

Hansoo checked his body as he walked into the giant train.

The Immortal Soul seemed to have grown a bit—it was healing his body at a faster rate than before.

—booom!—

As Melkasus charged through the entrance, Hansoo started to swing his hammer again towards the robots that followed it inside.

—boom!—

Despite the countless numbers being flung outside the train by Hansoo, they continued to rush in as if they had expected all of this.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders as he watched this scene.

'I need to bait them…'

The robot's target was not him, but rather, the vehicle behind him.

—boom! booom!—

It was clear as the artillery shells were focused onto the vehicle.

'Did they realize I was heading towards the control tower?'

He couldn't handle the hundreds of shells that were flying towards the vehicle with his strength alone.

—boom!—

And those exact artillery shells were slowly chipping away at the vehicle's shield.

'No, this won't do.'

Hansoo frowned.

Red clouds started to seep out from his body and surrounded the area around Melkasus.

Then—

crack. ssss…

The artillery shells all started melting whilst passing through the mere few tens of meters of red clouds.

—tink!—

—tonk! tink!—

The artillery shells melted away as only a few of the remaining fragments slammed into the vehicle.

'Good.'

The flaming pillars didn't reach this place.

His pandemic blade would not be weakened anymore.

Through a small communicator near his ear, Hansoo asked,

They needed to take over the control tower first, then they would be free from the artillery fire.

'Anyway… Where did they get these transcendents?'

There might be a lot of one-star transcendents, but not this many.

Even if all the one-star transcendents were caught and modified, this number was simply too large.

'Well, we'll know after taking over the control tower.'

But even before he could finish his words,

—swooosh!—

An extremely condensed aura exploded out from the end of the train.

A bloodthirsty aura.

Hansoo frowned at the prickly sensation on his skin.

N-Maria shouted from inside Melkasus.

N-Maria grinded her teeth at the countless robots that continued to charge in.

Without the red cloud, they would become bare to the artillery shells again, and the robots would charge in as well.

They needed to take over the control tower as quick as possible, so why was he just standing there?

Hansoo looked over into the depths of the train.

Kiriel frowned.

'Huh?'

There must be a reason why Hansoo spoke those words.

Kiriel elevated her senses to the limits to check.

—prick prick—

'…!!!'

Kiriel subconsciously clenched her hands at the dense aura that was radiating towards them like blades.

'If that thing came to us…'

Kiriel spoke to Hansoo.

N-Martin's annoyed voice could be heard from inside.

If one left, fine.

But if both of them did?

What was he supposed to do then?

There was no way they'd get to the control tower without them.

'These guys, they really are stupid. They don't even know their priorities.'

But while N-Martin was grinding his teeth, Kiriel's cold voice rang through the communicator.

She didn't care if everyone else died.

She was only helping them out because Hansoo told her to.

But that aura.

That aura was different.

Though she believed in Hansoo, that being was not simple.

Of course she would choose to follow Hansoo.

However, Hansoo spoke as he shook his head.

One of the five N levels spoke up.

Though he looked like he was lacking a bit in comparison to N-Maria or N-Martin, he must be an N level because he had the abilities.

'…This kid.'

Kiriel clenched her fists even tighter as she said,

Hansoo nodded, raised the hammer up high, and then commanded,

—boooooooom!—

The floor beneath them exploded out with lightning as a vehicle and a humanoid shadow flew out from the smoke clouds, running in different directions.

...............…..

—rumble—

Hansoo frowned as he continued to run inwards.

'…I wonder what the rest are doing.'

Hansoo made an annoyed expression.

Why was he doing this?

Neither Clementine or any of his comrades could be seen.

Of course, he couldn't just ignore this.

If he, who knew of the future, let things go, then things might really go awry.

'There are those who refuse to listen as well.'

Hansoo thought of the Angkara as he continued to run towards the aura.

This guy was top priority.

'Let's see what you are.'

Hansoo smashed through the walls of the research center and ran towards it in a straight line.

Though breaking the complex-looking machines felt like something he shouldn't be doing, there was no time to waste.

'They'll fix it.'

This was why he was with Angkara's people.

Then—

—zoooom!—

It was from the depths of the research center.

'…Heh.'

Hansoo smashed his legs onto the floor as he stared at the golden beam that was rushing towards him.

The photon strike.

He never expected to see it in here.

Of course, it was much more condensed than the ones that were outside.

Hansoo smashed the beam upwards with his hammer.

—booom!—

The beam flew into the air, breaking through countless layers of the research center and into the sky.

"What a nice introduction."

—stomp stomp—

Something walked out from the dark.

It was a sturdy man with a defined jawline.

Hansoo frowned.

'Melchizedek…'

Then, something also followed it out from behind.

Unlike Melchizedek, who wasn't armed, this new being was armed to the teeth.

A giant cannon was cooling off behind its back.

'A personal weapon that can fire the photon strike… Hmm.'

It was a cannon that allowed one to use the photon strike which could only be used by military bases or starships.

Of course, this wasn't common.

According to his knowledge, only the R-levels had the right to use this special, personal defense mechanism, even in Angkara.

It was a weapon used by the royalties who ruled Angkara.

Melchizedek smiled at Hansoo.

[A gift. It was really hard to catch this thing, you know.]

Melchizedek smiled as he touched the surface of the cannon behind the man's back.

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

—clank!—

"Is it here?"

N-Maria answered,

—kiiiing!—

Catastrophe, which was on top of the vehicle, started creating a large, gray ball.

—crackle!—

The ball was forming on the wall as it started to tear the wall apart, creating a path for them to pass through.

Shockingly, the gray ball was forced to disintegrate as strange energy flew through the wall.

'What!?'

N-Maria was shocked by this scene.

'Ugh.'

Kiriel made signs and activated a skill.

Then—

A strange shockwave spread out from her body and caused everything around her to stop functioning.

'…What? I'm not even frozen!'

N-Martin, despite being fully awake, could not move his body at all.

Kiriel glanced at them and then smashed her fist at the wall.

—boom!—

Cracks appeared on the wall as a small rectangular hole was made.

Kiriel spoke after she created the hole.

"The smaller the entrance, the easier it is to guard. Only take the people you really need and go in, I'll guard this place."

N-Maria saw the robots who were starting to move again and then quickly started to get off the vehicle.

They had basic body modifications already, jumping down from the tall vehicle wasn't much.

—thunk!—

Kiriel made a confused expression at this scene.

Not many had come out.

"Only you few? What about the other N-levels?"

Kiriel thought of the other four in the vehicle.

"I'm the only one from Technorat, just guard us well!"

Kiriel smiled at N-Maria who was running through the hole and then glanced at the vehicle.

She could penetrate them right through the walls.

'I guess I should clean up the cockroaches when I get the chance.'

She didn't like them already.

And they weren't needed.

She created four flaming spears in her hand.

Then—

—swoosh!—

Four holes appeared on the walls of the vehicle.

Chapter 351 : Entering (3)

N-Rondart Ron looked at N-Maria walking away and asked N-Martin:

"Is this okay? Martin? Can we survive like this?"

"…"

N-Martin stayed silent from N-Rondart Ron's question.

One female standing next to them, N-Karian Nell, exploded with rage and grabbed onto N-Martin's collars.

"You bastard! You told us to just trust you! We stopped the coating because you told us to! We even lent you the codes! But what is this? This is all you can achieve? Do you not care about your life in Angkara?"

N-Karian Nell's rage continued on.

Though they were all N-levels, they were acting quite rudely towards N-Martin.

Against N-Martin, who supposedly held full authority in this current war situation.

But, of course…

Their birth statuses were different.

"…Royalty."

N-Martin mumbled to himself.

The soldiers were above the Mekaniks and Technorats.

But they were still below the royalty.

The ones who ruled Angkara.

The sons and daughters of the R-levels.

Unlike most who started off at the C level and spent their lives never ranking above the B or A-levels, these sons and daughters inherited the position of N-level, the level above the As.

On the surface, they were at the same level.

But no.

As long as they continued to live, sooner or later they would become R-levels.

They were born to such a fate.

Unlike him and the others, who could never reach such a level in their lifetime.

There was a reason why they were so angry at this moment.

Since they would've come here with just the simple mindset of 'touring' or 'exploring.'.

N-Martin thought of N-Maria as he said:

"Don't worry, everything is flowing perfectly."

"…Yeah? This is flowing perfectly? Did you not see that bastard suspect us?"

N-Karian Nell thought of the two barbarians as she raged on.

Two stupid beings that had the powers of a high-ranked soldier of Angkara, the personal royal guards among the top-tier hierarchy in their society.

Especially the eyes of the woman, those eyes that looked at them in disgust.

This alone was unsettling, but there was a huge army charging in from behind as well.

'Bastards… I'm going to smash you down to the bottommost rungs of society once I get back.'

N-Karian Nell swore to herself that once she got back, she would punish N-Maria and N-Martin by making their lives as miserable as she could.

There was a basic reason why they'd come here.

It was for a mining center under the absolute control of the AI, Melchizedek.

If they succeeded, they would gain the rights to the secret of Nelkipa.

No risk, high returns.

N-Martin would fight and N-Maria would research, and the rest would just take the credit.

In return, they would make both their futures a bit easier to tread.

But there was no reason to anymore.

N-level?

Once they returned, they would probably be demoted to C-level, or even a D-level, the level of a criminal.

Because they had driven her into such danger.

For failing to serve a person of royalty properly.

N-Martin smiled sadly as he gazed at N-Karian's expression.

He then looked at the sky.

'B-Cornell.'

He had stacked merits for 30 years in the military to climb up to this point.

To give his son, who'd been placed at C-level, the chance to live a slightly better life.

To drag his son up to B-level.

But this was the end.

The crazy dogs in front of his eyes had the power to disintegrate his 30 years of effort into nothing with a snap of their fingers.

The monstrous aliens outside had the strength to destroy the land he'd defended for 30 years.

The land which his son would live on.

In all honesty, it wasn't anybody else's fault.

This was all decided the moment Melchizedek betrayed them, and he had failed to take these three to escape.

So he needed to deal with this himself.

'…N-Maria. Please.'

At that moment, he heard N-Maria's voice from his communications device by his ear.

<…N-Martin. I've done as you said. You told me that…the others are not needed.>

N-Martin smiled brightly as he heard this.

"You bastaard! Speak! How da—"

As N-Rondart Ron started to shout alongside N-Karian Nell.

—pa pa pa pak—

Four distinct sounds were heard from the walls of the armored vehicle.

And all from four bodies.

"Kuhuk…"

"Argh… What…what is this…?"

N-Rondart and the other three didn't realize what had just happened as they looked at the holes made through their hearts.

And N-Martin too.

Well.

N-Martin at least knew that this would happen sooner or later.

'Kiriel…was that her name? Well. You and I are are quite similar in many respects…"

The only difference was that he would fight until the end for his nation.

And she would for her man.

N-Martin smiled as he looked at the hole burning with flames that prevented the nano machine's tissue reconstruction.

His job was now done.

Kiriel was indeed skillful.

Nobody could survive this.

Not him, or the other three.

Nice and clean.

'Thank you…'

The rest was now up to N-Maria.

N-Martin looked towards the research center's control room where N-Maria would be at by now, his vision starting to blur.

............…..

—chiiijijijik—

'…'

N-Maria clenched her teeth as she sensed the brain wave communication had stopped.

'This crazy girl… She killed them instantly?'

N-Maria was at a loss.

Of course she knew that Kiriel didn't like them to begin with and had been enraged when the Hansoo's repulsion coating had stopped midway.

But she didn't expect Kiriel, the quiet and respectful girl, would act out like this in an instant.

N-Maria thought of N-Martin's final words before she left…

N-Martin continued to push her and gave her the option to choose.

'Martin… your words were right.'

N-Maria clenched her teeth as she took over the controls for the research center.

It was just as Martin had said.

Those things looked lightly at life and wouldn't let a single trace of potential danger remain.

And they had the strength to back their views.

'…I cannot leave them be.'

N-Maria's pace hastened.

—tatatatata—

"Hurry and infiltrate it! Stop all forms of outside communication and deal with the core detection system!"

"Ugh… Yes!"

Even without her orders, the other members were putting all their efforts into hacking the system from fear.

The sounds of explosions coming from outside were getting louder.

—boom!—

—boooom!—

—crack!—

The sounds of explosions and what seemed like sounds of machines parts breaking apart were getting closer and louder.

If they didn't want those exact sounds to happen to their own bodies, they had to hack this as soon as possible.

And their efforts did not betray them.

—oooooooooong!—

They heard the loud sounds of machinery as the giant main control board changed from red to blue.

—tunk! tunktunktunk! tonk!—

The sounds of machinery shutting down and booting up continued on as areas with Melchizedek's red color all changed to blue.

"Hahaha! Success!"

"Phew! N-Maria! We'll hand over authority to you!"

The various B-levels and A-levels all transfered their authority to N-Maria.

They just needed to take control over the robots.

This was good enough.

If they could take over the entire research center and their forces then they would be able to reverse the situation and finish this all off.

"Please hurry, N-Maria!"

The B and A-levels all shouted at N-Maria as the loud sounds from outside drew closer and closer.

But N-Maria ignored their desperate shouts.

<…Kalkuroun Fleet. Request for Access.>

Then—

—kiiiiing—

The communications system that Melchizedek had stopped began to start up again.

And soon N-Maria could hear a voice in her head.

<…Nelkipa Team. N-Martin, in charge of 7th mining center. Access granted.>

<…More information required. N-Karian nell…Code accessed. Access granted.>

<…Beginning communications.>

—kiiiiiiiing—

An image appeared inside N-Maria's head.

Of a man who stood with a giant starship in the background.

N-Maria gulped as she looked at the oppressive-looking man.

'R-Koronaita Nell.'

A man from one of the three main families that controlled the Neropa Union, the Nell family.

He who was acknowledged for his abilities and given the rights to control the fleet of flames, the Kalkuroun.

N-Maria breathed in and out as she listened to R-Koronaita Nell's words.

'Martin, I have come to this point.'

She had taken over the research center and opened up the military communications server.

It was now time to act on Martin's plan, using the deaths of the other four as the basis.

To take over everything.

'What are you doing!? N-Maria! Please suppress the robots!"

N-Maria continued to focus on the communications and ignored their shouts.

'There's not enough spare energy to control them…'

'F***ing bastard…'

N-Maria gritted her teeth.

For him to downright ignore her request…

N-Maria breathed in and out and then continued to speak to N-Koronaita Nell.

<…What did you say?>

R-Koronaita Nell's expression froze.

'It's all over now, you b****.'

N-Maria thought of Kiriel as she smiled.

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

"Oh? They took over the controls, is that okay? To hand over authority of this giant research center directly to them?"

Melchizedek, who seemed to be relying quite heavily on the guard next to him, laughed as he detected what just happened.

This giant research center's size was that of three cities, and it had a fusion reactor that could power all three cities for half a century.

Of course, the other buildings and facilities would have such a thing as well.

All facilities in Angkara were prepared for an emergency situation.

There were two main purposes behind this research center.

Researching the tools that would be used in battles…

And for transferring such forces.

Through Quantum Transmission.

It was a result of the countless years of effort from Angkara's war union.

But Hansoo chuckled.

"Well, as long as your lock has been released. Don't look down on them."

"Huh?"

"I'm telling you to just focus on the current situation."

Then—

—booom!—

A hammer suddenly swung and smashed into Melchizedek's head.

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

—rumble!—

"Hah. Look at these imbeciles. They betray us after I buy them the time they needed?"

Kiriel looked behind her and mumbled.

The shockwave.

And the aura of a powerful being coming from inside.

—booooom!—

An attack, a bit different from the photon strike, had exploded out from within.

An attack that the repulsion coating could not handle.

—szzzzzzsssztt!—

The countless robots had simply melted away under this strike.

And after dodging away from its trajectory, Kiriel looked into the hole.

At a soldier who was covered in some strange armor.

Though his face was covered in some sort of visor, she knew.

That he was smiling.

Because N-Maria was also smiling behind him.

Kiriel's smiling expression stiffened and began to stretch into a horrifying smile.

'Hansoo told me about this.'

'Deal with them accordingly… Good.'

Then—

—kachak!—

A strange red armor started to surround Kiriel's body.

And soon covered her terrifyingly cold smile.

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—whooosh!—

Hansoo's sneak attack had been quite effective, actually.

He'd successfully struck the enemy before the strange being next to Melchizedek could react.

Of course, this didn't mean the attack had hit the head exactly.

—boom!—

Hansoo's hammer flew through Melchizedek's head and smashed into the wall behind him.

'Tsk. Hologram.'

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

Its aura had felt so real that he'd tried to attack, but it was a fake.

Countless nanoparticles were recreating the image where the hammer had gone through.

—sssss—

The nanoparticles gathered together to quickly re-form the image of Melchizedek.

Melchizedek smiled.

"Hahaha! You think I'm a retard? Why would I come here with my actua—"

"Shut up."

—paaazzzztt!—

Lightning crashed onto the spot where Melchizedek had stood on.

The countless nanoparticles burned up since the hologram couldn't maintain the image anymore, disappearing along with Melchizedek's annoying voice.

'Too bad.'

There was a chance that it was the real thing since Melchizedek was quite a curious being, but it seemed to be quite cautious in its movements.

And at that moment—

'

—the being clad in the strange mechanical armor began to speak.

Hansoo chuckled.

"I see you don't know much about manners.. You're supposed to meet face-to-face if you want to chat.'

'Your kind, huh?'

Hansoo then realized why Melchizedek was being so cautious.

'Looks like it wasn't an easy victory.'

Although he'd known that the Nelkipa was under Melchizedek's control since it was moving towards Angkara, it seemed that the process hadn't been a painless one.

Then—

—booom!—

He heard the sound of a large collision in the distance.

Followed by a shockwave from two high-energy attacks smashing against each other.

One side seemed familiar, the other was not.

Only one thing was clear—their strength levels were similar.

—boom!—

—booom!—

Various small and large collisions continued on as the whole train shook.

There were no artificial transcendents that could fight on Kiriel's level.

Which meant only one thing.

'The Dragon God forces are here.'

He wondered where they connected the Quantum Transmission, but they seemed to have connected directly with the fleet.

—rumble—

Hansoo decided to hurry as he felt the trembling grow increasingly stronger.

The opponent would be attacking at full force, and he didn't know what would happen to Kiriel.

'I'm…going to smash them apart.'

Then—

— he heard a voice from the being's visor.

He could even sense a slight aura of annoyance from Melchizedek's voice.

Melchizedek did not like variables.

Immensely so.

It didn't have any methods to deal with people from climbing up from below since that was handled by a higher being.

And the situations on the higher floors also made it difficult to manage the lower ones.

In the midst of this chaos, its control over the lower floors had been taken.

There had never been a case like this in the past.

This armed being had also been raised to fight the two things on the upper floors, not this kid.

It had barely been able to pull enough precious materials together to make this armor, and meanwhile some crazy bastard had climbed up from below and started to take over the research center.

How could he not be annoyed?

Hansoo shrugged.

"It's possible."

Melchizedek's voice brightened at this.

If this mechanical armor was damaged, it would make his current situation even worse.

It was best to avoid a fight.

But Hansoo continued to speak.

"Yeah, if you change the trajectory of Nelkipa to any direction other than Angkara. If you do that, then I'd gladly help you smash apart Clementine's forces."

—kiiiiiing—

The armed being started to activate as soon as Hansoo finished his words.

And a hateful voice came out from the visor.

If it had an actual face, Hansoo would be able to see its enraged expression.

Then—

—booooom!—

A giant shockwave of energy resonated out from the barrel behind the mechanical armor.

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

—boooom!—

'Ugh. I guess they're fighting, too.'

There seemed to have been a collision on the other side as well.

She inferred this from the giant shockwave that rose into the sky in the distance.

'Yeah… something like that wouldn't just let him leave in peace.'

Kiriel thought of the horrifying aura she'd felt before as she looked at her own opponent.

'Annoying.'

—tonk—

Kiriel stared at her opponent with annoyance—they had created a hexagonal shield to block the fang in her hand—and she continued to charge at it.

—boom!—

—boooom!—

She and the armored Dragon God dodged, deflected, and re-directed each other's attacks, with the energy from each encounter causing countless explosions to occur around them.

N-Maria sighed as she looked at Kiriel being slowly pushed away from her.

'Good. Good. I didn't expect the Dragon God force to actually come…'

She was skeptical throughout the entire process of calling for help.

Aside from their job of guarding the three royal families, the Dragon God forces were only implemented into the most important missions.

She, a Technocrat, had no authority whatsoever in even minutely requesting a Dragon God soldier who wielded the secret weapon, the Dragon God armor.

But she had asked anyway, because she needed something at this level to go up against that monstrous female, Kiriel.

She realized that her choice was not a mistake.

That power.

Enough power to push Kiriel back.

"Uhhh, Maria? Weren't we in an alliance?"

"Oh god… it's a Dragon God soldier."

The countless B and A-levels were at a loss.

They had never expected to see such a scene in their entire lives.

N-Maria refocused and said:

"We'll now focus on controlling the other robots. The Dragon God soldier will deal with the alien."

Her underlings were still confused at the current situation, but they nodded.

They realized that this was the only thing they could do.

But at that moment—

"…Huh?"

While N-Maria was at a loss from the orders that came from the Dragon God soldier in the distance—

'This dumb b***!'

The Dragon God soldier of Kalkiroun, , shouted with rage.

Then—

—booooom!—

The Dragon God soldier was smashed through the walls of the train as he landed onto a building in the distance.

R-Korun Nell charged back towards Kiriel as he cursed out loud and shouted at N-Maria.

"Ah! Yes! Everyone, please! Help!"

N-Maria hurriedly started preparing to re-activate the Quantum Transmission again.

With a question on her mind.

'…There's more than one Dragon God soldier?'

The Dragon God soldier was not someone so easily deployed.

They were designated in crucial parts of Angkara, constantly prepared for situations that desperately needed their services.

Even if the sons and daughters of royal families were in danger, having more than one Dragon God soldier at the scene was too much.

It made no sense.

R-Korun saw N-Maria stumbling and seemed to have realized her confusion as he answered:

"…Is there something going on in Nelkipa that I don't know about?"

As N-Maria's expression changed—

—R-Korun shouted:

—swoosh—

R-Korun Nell roared as he saw the alien charging towards him, a pair of terrifying eyes locking into his own.

...............….

—booooom!—

Hansoo realized that the strikes had weakened to the point where he could ignore them as he smashed the artificial being with his hammer.

—crunch!—

Mjolnir smashed away the outer circuits, causing sparks to fly everywhere.

But then—

—grab—

The being released clouds of white steam as it grabbed onto Hansoo's arm and started to squeeze.

—crack!—

'Tsk.'

—tonk!—

Hansoo felt the bones in his left arm cracking as he kicked away the being and then smashed it with his hammer again.

—booom!—

With a much more powerful attack than before.

The Mjolnir, surrounded by three dragons, smashed apart the being's core energy system responsible for powering up its energy strikes.

—crunch!—

Despite its broken core, Melchizedek's voice continued on through the visor on the being's head.

At this moment, Hansoo spoke out.

"This isn't something you can make on your own. What have you done?"

The armor was just a shell.

It was much inferior in quality in comparison to the Dragon God armor.

The secret behind it was not the shell, but the thing inside it.

Something that made it different from the other artificial transcendents.

Even Melchizedek couldn't make this.

<…>

The laughter from the visor stopped.

An uncomfortable voice was heard from the visor.

And through the broken armor—

—Hansoo saw a bright lifeform, one that did not fit the machines surrounding it.

Then…

The Ark-Roa's crystal, which he had gained from the floor below, began to vibrate.

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As these words came out from the visor.

—crunch—

—crackle—

The machine parts surrounding the lifeform broke away.

Everything from the core and the armor fragments.

They weren't needed anyway.

All these machine parts that transcended past the limits of a normal human were nothing against the likes of Hansoo and the other Transcendents.

But if it were something created from a 2-Star Transcendent, then that was a different story.

'Is it finally going to show itself?'

But something else outside of his expectations then occurred.

—chiiiiiik—

The thing that appeared through the white steam was not a humanoid form.

A smooth and shiny set of armor, like that of an insect.

And the bright blue organs and muscles visible between them.

Living armor.

Connected via various tentacles and spines, the living armor perfectly covered its body even after shedding away the machine armor.

'So that's the thing that deflected my Nine Dragons strike."

A strange liquid seeped out from inside, quickly fixing and mending the cracked part of the armor, caused by his previous strike.

A powerful-looking armor that was comparable to his hammer, Mjolnir.

But the armor seemed indifferent towards its owner—it continuously sucked something away from the user through the spines and tentacles.

"Aren't you being too shy? To be clad in such armor."

—chiizzzzzzk—

He heard Melchizedek's voice coming from the being's head.

'This is a female?'

Well, it was easy to misunderstand it as a male because of its size—it was wearing two layers of armor.

Of course, it was only this big because it had two sets of armor… The being inside was definitely a female.

Then—

—whooosh!—

Tremendous amounts of energy started radiating out of the bright blue armor.

...............…

—booooom!—

Kiriel struck the Dragon God Soldier with the fang in her hand.

—crunch!—

"Haaa!"

R-Korun Nell, the Dragon God Soldier, shouted as he resisted the force threatening to destroy both his arm and the shield protecting it.

'What…a…freak…'

"Ahhh!"

R-Korun Nell restructured his body parts and then looked at the small female pushing him back.

Her arm was so thin, like a child's.

And that tiny bone dagger in her small and white, delicate hands.

That dagger should be something that decorated a house of royalty, and not something to be used in a fight.

But the reality was harsh.

The thin and feeble-looking arm of this female had enough strength to crush him and take his life the second he let his guard down.

'What… in the world?!'

R-Korun Nell continued to scream in his mind.

Every part of the Dragon God Armor, the ultimate agglomeration of his planet's technology, trembled as if about to break apart at any moment.

R-Korun Nell screamed again as he squeezed out the energy of his two main cores and eighteen sub-cores to their maximum limits.

'Damn… I hope she doesn't realize.'

He was sending the messages through brain waves, so this monster of a girl shouldn't be able to hear him.

—crunch!—

"Haaaaa!"

But sadly for R-Korun Nell, Kiriel's trait had long been activated and currently in use.

'Hmm? Did he say she needed to restart the Quantum Transmission?'

Kiriel, within that small moment of contact, had read the memory within the visor.

They shouldn't be trying to reactivate that thing this desperately just to send some random presents or snacks.

Which meant that they were trying to call something that could turn their current situation.

Kiriel thought to herself:

'There's more coming?'

If that happened then things would get much more annoying.

Although she was pushing him back, he was still extremely annoying.

—boooom!—

"Ahhhh!"

Kiriel frowned as the Dragon God Soldier pushed her back with his shield and backed off.

Her forte didn't lie in prolonged battles anyway.

—whooosh—

And as she backed off, two beams exploded out from the barrels on his back.

'Ugh, why is a personal armament so strong?'

That armor was not a simple one.

Kiriel stared at the armor that allowed one to fight on the same level as a Transcendent and then she changed her priority.

'First…I need to stop them from gaining reinforcements.'

And that looked easier anyway.

—clang!—

As she drew a line with her fang, a bright line appeared in the air and shot towards the researchers.

She'd left them alone because they hadn't done anything worth killing them for, but if they were preparing such a thing behind her back, that was a different matter.

—kiiiing!—

As her attack closed in on them, something rose up from the ground and created a translucent barrier.

—tonk!—

Kiriel sighed as she looked at the strange mechanisms the Dragon God Soldier had thrown the moment he arrived.

It looks like he'd prepared meticulously for this possibility.

The barrier didn't look simple either.

At this rate, her long-range attacks wouldn't be enough to destroy it.

—booom!—

Kiriel dodged the attack from the Dragon God Soldier, spun around and smashed down onto the translucent barrier.

—crackle!—

"Ahhhh!"

—ooooong—

As N-Maria screamed fearfully, the machine responsible for the Quantum Transmission started to light up behind the researchers.

'…Damn.'

As Kiriel was about to swing her dagger again at the machine—

"No!"

—booom!—

R-Korun Nell desperately charged forward and slammed onto Kiriel.

"Ugh…"

—boom!—

As Kiriel, whose focus had not been on the Dragon God Soldier, flung forward onto the ground.

R-Korun Nell gasped for breath but soon started to laugh.

"Haa…Haaa..Haahaha….UHAHAHAHA!"

'We won!'

Although the armor now only worked at 60% capacity since he'd constantly overloaded it during the fight, it didn't matter.

The Quantum Transmission had already started.

The Fusion Reactor pumped in energy into the machine, enough to power three cities.

The Quantum Transmission's cooldown had ended.

And R-Korun Nell stood up, looked at the bright light that signaled the start of the transmission and cursed at Kiriel.

"You damned b****! It's all over now! Hahahaha!"

'You won't die peacefully.'

She could wield such strength with just her body.

She would be a good research sample.

She would be dissected over and over again until they unraveled all her secrets.

He and the Neropa Union.

He and the Nell family, the controllers of the fleet of flames, would become much more powerful.

As he thought about combining that strength with the Dragon God armor, his heart pounded.

And not only that.

He would receive a tremendous reward for achieving this battle merit and take a giant leap upwards in his family's hierarchy.

'Before that… I'll play around with you for a bit. Damn b****.'

He'd felt pain until now, but wasn't it a royal's job to give joy to the people as well?

Although he would have to share that joy with the one arriving soon, that was fine.

Since comrades should share the acquired loot anyway.

Kiriel sighed as she looked at the man staring at her with a perverted gaze while licking his lips.

'I wish a prince would just pop out of thin air to save me.'

The situation was not good.

Although she was stronger than him, he wasn't some scarecrow.

And it was impossible to stop the transmission at this point.

Looking at his confident expression, it looked like another Dragon God Soldier was coming.

Kiriel held tightly onto her knife and thought:

'It was just getting fun, too…'

Up until now, her life had been very boring.

Training and becoming stronger, that was it.

There was nothing that made her feel joy except when she followed Hansoo's tracks.

She had finally found the owner of those tracks and things were just getting exciting, but…

'No…I must stop this.'

If she backed off here, then these things would continue to crawl out.

She had to stop them here.

If not, then Hansoo would really be in danger.

"Hahahaha! Why? Aren't you going to keep fighting?"

'I will. Calm down, you damn bastard.'

…ssss…

As Kiriel prepared to charge at him again.

—kiiiiiing!—

A tremendous shockwave rang out from a distance.

Energy so powerful it shocked both R-Korun Nell and Kiriel.

"…Huh?"

"What?"

The moment both of them exclaimed out loud—

—booooom!—

—the sound of a loud explosion occurred, followed by a blinding light, as a third of the train turned into nothing behind them.

Including the Fusion Reactor.

Then—

"No… No!! NOOOO!"

'The Quantum Transmission!'

…kiiiiiing…

N-Maria started freaking out as the bright light began to dim.

............….

"…Not bad."

—tatatak—

Hansoo, who had dodged the bright light that had blown away a third of the train, looked at his own burned skin and muttered to himself.

What power.

He'd blocked it with the Mjolnir and even dodged to the outermost areas, but it still managed to damage him this badly.

—ooooong!—

Hansoo looked at the trembling Mjolnir that seemed to be in pain and stared at the one who'd caused all this.

'No, using something like this isn't free.'

And as he expected—

—crackle—

—the bright armor crazily sucked out more energy through its spines and tentacles.

Hansoo stared at Melchizedek freaking out and thought to himself.

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"Ah….Ahhh!"

—chiiiiiing—

N-Maria freaked out as she looked at the dying light.

'No! How is this real?! What is this?!'

The size of a city.

The research center's train wagon's were huge—just one wagon was the size of a larger city.

And the Fusion Reactor was divided into different sectors so even if a part of it were damaged it would still work.

Theoretically, even if 60% of the Reactor were damaged the Quantum Transmission would still work.

But she had never expected an entire wagon, the size of an entire city, to disappear in just an instant.

Of course.

How could the battles of these 'human'-sized people be on such a large scale?

But this was the reality.

…tata…tatata…

As N-Maria looked at the stark spot where the giant wagon had been.

"Oh. It doesn't look like it'll activate for quite a while?"

"…"

"So, what were you saying to me before? Huh?"

A cold voice rang out throughout the area.

Then—

—boooom!—

"Argh!"

R-Korun Nell screamed alongside the sound of a huge collision.

'Damn!'

Both sounds woke up N-Maria from her daze.

'Noo… No!'

At this rate, everyone would die.

Before, there was more than enough time to summon one more Dragon God Soldier.

But not anymore.

Now, Kiriel had more than enough time to kill them off before they could summon another Dragon God Soldier.

N-Maria clenched her teeth and stared solemnly at R-Korun Nell, who was desperately trying to resist.

'Think. Think. THINK!'

—clack—clack—clack—clack—

N-Maria's teeth trembled.

She had to think of something.

To solve this situation.

If not, she would really end up dying.

If she failed here, then her chances of survival would be close to zero.

'…The robots? Should I control them?'

—booom!—

But N-Maria shook off this thought as she heard more loud sounds of impact.

No way.

She'd just melt them away before they could touch even a single strand of her hair.

'Threaten? That I wouldn't cooperate?'

She shook that thought off as well.

She didn't know if she was needed anymore, and she wasn't confident either.

She wasn't confident that she could withstand the possible torture that person would put her through.

'I… I have to reverse the situation!'

Whether it was helping the Dragon God Soldier or ending this fight.

She had to stop it.

And as N-Maria racked her brains.

"Ahhhh! You b****!"

R-Korun Nell extended his arm towards N-Maria.

Then—

—chrrkrkrk!—

The Barrier Reactor on the ground flew towards R-Korun Nell.

R-Korun Nell had concluded that there was no more hope for the Quantum Transmission and took back the Barrier Reactor, hoping to run away.

R-Korun Nell had given up on the researchers who had no more value.

N-Maria and the other researchers screamed at this scene.

"Ahhhh!"

"No! If you take that…!"

N-Maria screamed.

She would be exposed to her attacks now.

Even if their bodies were enhanced, even a tiny fragment of energy from that battle could kill them.

'Damn! And here I was trying to turn the situation…!'

As N-Maria looked at R-Korun Nell with hateful eyes.

Her gaze met R-Korun Nell's.

And then realized.

That she'd deluded herself.

'…What have I done?'

Despite being pushed back, he was looking at her with worry.

But there was no warmth behind those eyes.

They were cold.

Cold eyes that were worried that she would actually survive and not get killed.

And after seeing those very eyes, N-Maria came to a realization.

That her death had already been determined.

The one that really wanted her dead was not that monster of a woman in the distance.

Even if that woman didn't kill her.

Even if R-Korun Nell won.

They would die anyway.

This place had a secret so important that the Nell family had even sent a Dragon God Soldier to hide it.

How could they survive, even if they were only slightly related to the whole thing?

Especially her, who had even illegally borrowed the Nell family member's emergency code to contact them.

N-Martin's face flashed past her eyes.

The man who believed that he had sacrificed himself for everyone.

But she now had a revelation.

'…Bastard. He knew all along. That this would happen.'

And as she realized that her destiny had been set in stone.

"Hahaha… Ahahahahaha!"

N-Maria started to laugh maniacally.

—boooom!—

—boom!—

"Ahhhh!"

"Nooo!"

N-Maria watched in despair as random fragments from the battle flew towards them, killing the researchers around her.

For what had they struggled?

'And… he's the one killing us.'

Ironically, the one killing them wasn't Kiriel.

R-Korun Nell, even as he ran away, was sending attacks towards her and the researchers.

N-Maria's expression hardened.

'Yeah…this is my final gift to you…you….You damned Nell family.'

—tatatatata!—

N-Maria's fingers started to move quickly amidst the explosions around her.

—kiiiiing!—

The research center started to whirl as N-Maria inputted her final commands.

'It's…done.'

N-Maria dropped her hands with a satisfied expression.

At least she'd accomplished one of her goals before she died.

'Let's see…'

As N-Maria scratched something on the ground and looked around the research center with a relieved expression—

—she heard a brainwave transmission in her head.

As R-Korun Nell's message ended.

—whooosh!—

A tremendous piece of structure flew towards them.

R-Korun Nell had thrown it amidst his struggle to escape.

'Hah… I can read him like a book.'

N-Maria chuckled at this entirely expected situation.

'Whatever, struggle a bit longer if you wish. I'm going to rest now.'

—whooosh!—

N-Maria closed her eyes as the house-sized piece of metal flew towards her.

............…

—boooom!—

—crunch!—

Hansoo felt disappointed as he looked at the armored being that was charging towards him again.

'Too bad. Could've been an easy way out.'

It was an attack on the same level as one that used all nine of his dragons.

Of course, an attack of that level had a price to pay.

An attack that squeezed out every drop of mana in one's body to use.

If he had dodged the attack a few more times, then it would've run out of energy.

But as Melchizedek started to control it, instead of firing out more of those strikes it instead contained the energy within its armor and charged towards him.

—booom!—

His Thousand Soldiers Armor broke apart a little more every time it hit him.

—booom!—

Hansoo smashed her away with the Mjolnir and then checked his armor.

'I guess it lasted quite a while.'

The Thousand Soldiers Armor was an artifact that had existed during a time when the Abyss had still been closed.

And it was soon time to replace it.

'Even if it's not an abyssal monster… I just need to defeat something strong, right?'

The Ark-Roa's core resonated with the blue armor in front of him.

Which meant that they attracted each other.

Which meant that he could combine them into one and receive a greater reward.

'Seriously, that fairy is the only one that takes care of me it seems.'

As Hansoo chuckled and grasped tightly onto Mjolnir.

—kiiing!—

A strange wave of energy pulsed from the wagon.

And as he sensed this.

—hooongg!—

Hansoo frowned.

He'd felt this before.

'The Quantum Transmission has activated? Kiriel left that alone?'

According to what he knew, Kiriel shouldn't have lost in that situation.

And as Hansoo was engrossed in his confusion—

—booom!—

—a mocking laugh came out from the blue-armored figure.

And Hansoo replied simply:

"I need to be careful when I break you since I'll be using it next."

As Melchizedek felt enraged at Hansoo, who seemed to look down on his invention.

—zoooom!—

The Quantum Transmission activated in the distance.

............…..

"Quantum Transmission. Activated!"

R-Koronaita Nell, the captain of the Kalkuroun fleet, started laughing gleefully.

"Hahaha! Good! Send them in!"

Since they'd been ready for quite a while, multiple Dragon God Soldiers quickly reported their statuses.

'Good, time for us to handle this now.'

For such scum to give them such an opportunity.

R-Koronaita Nell decided to erase all those annoying alien members as he spoke to the leader of the fleet's Technorat team.

"Prepare and contact R-Korun Nell."

'Tsk. If the communications aren't working properly, then you should be making it work.'

R-Koronaita Nell's good mood had been disturbed, and he was about to squeeze the technicians below, but then—

N-Akuon, one of the Technorats in the cockpit, spoke out.

"It won't work!"

"What? The communications?"

N-Akuon shook his head.

"No… The transmission won't work!"

"What do you mean! You said it was activated, right? You useless…"

N-Akuon made a wronged expression as he shouted:

"No, it's not a request for transmission, but the opposite!… It's transmitting something else over here!"

"…?"

'Huh? What?'

R-Koronaita Nell frowned at N-Akuon's words.

Reincarnator – Chapter 355 : A legacy from the depths (4)

—rumble—

"Ugh"

—chiiijijiiik—

R-Korun Nell, covered in his broken-down armor that was letting out sparks, sat on the ground and looked despairingly at the woman in front of him.

It wasn't just that his armor was overloaded, he felt like he was tied down with invisible chains.

He was trapped in place.

'Damn… I can't even run anymore. This monster…'

He had tried so hard to run away, but it was all futile now.

R-Korun Nell grit his teeth as he looked at the woman slowly approaching him.

He couldn't die here.

Born of the Nell family, his abilities had been recognized and he had lived in luxury after rising to the R Level.

The Dragon God Armor had acknowledged him, so even the upper ranks of the clan couldn't mistreat him.

With this basis, he had massacred his way up to this point.

He had too much to lose—he couldn't die here.

R-Korun Nell breathed in and out and spoke to the woman.

"Let's make a deal."

"Hmm?"

R-Korun Nell stared at Kiriel, who raised her dagger with an annoyed expression, and continued to speak.

"I said… let's make a deal."

"Didn't you just say this was the end for me or something?"

R-Korun Nell's insides burned with the flames of rage as Kiriel continued to mock him.

'You b****, you're really acting wild just because the situation has turned, huh?'

R-Korun Nell almost blurted angrily for her to kill him, but then stopped, managing to calm himself down.

Surviving was the most important thing.

"Just listen up. I'm more useful than you think. Let's say you kill me. What then? It seems there's only you and that man in the distance… Are you going to go against the entire fleet with just you two? There's at least a few dozen Dragon God soldiers like me on that ship."

Kiriel flinched at R-Korun Nell's words.

'There's more than I expected. There's really that many?'

That armor's power really went beyond her expectations.

One or two might be okay, but if there were dozens of them, things would get very annoying.

'You'd feel intimidated.'

He had succeeded in threatening her.

R-Korun Nell continued to speak as he looked at Kiriel who was lost in thought.

"So instead of killing me, take me hostage. Our planet is currently at War, so people of your level would gladly be taken in as guests. I don't know what your goals are, but I can be the bridge between you and my people!"

R-Korun Nell continued to speak confidently.

'Yeah. It has come to this already.'

He'd blurted out the random suggestion because he wanted to secure his survival but after saying it, the idea didn't sound half bad.

And it wasn't that bad for him as well.

If he could persuade these barbarians to join his side, it would be beneficial for his own strength as well.

Would these barbarians, who'd fought all their lives, have ever experienced the luxury served in Angkara?

Even his kind, the Dragon God Soldiers, melted from such pleasure.

How could these barbarians not?

R-Korun Nell continued to feel more and more confident.

"Don't do anything you might regret and release me. I'll put in a good word for you! Our fleet will arrive soon!"

'…Look at this kid.'

As Kiriel looked at R-Korun Nell who stared back at her with confidence.

—oooooooong!—

She heard the strange sound of a machine activating from the distance.

'…It's still activating. Wasn't it supposed to stop once she's killed?'

Kiriel left R-Korun Nell behind and ran to where the sound was coming from.

R-Korun Nell looked at this scene, but didn't hold much hope.

'Dumb b****. What's the point of activating it after everything ends?'

Kiriel could just break the machine outright, and even if they did come over, she could easily ambush them.

It would only mean something if he still had any ground to hold.

As R-Korun Nell looked hatefully at the place where N-Maria had been.

Kiriel quickly arrived before the machine and examined it.

If it were transferring something, she'd break it, but the situation felt a bit different.

'Something is different.'

Then—

She saw the words written by her feet.

'Hmm? What's this?'

Short, but to the point/casual.

Kiriel started to use her Psychometry and began to read the memories within the message.

…chiiiizz…

And soon she saw N-Maria's expression and actions as she wrote the message.

The hand that scratched at Nelkipa's skin.

Carefree eyes that held a tinge of sadness.

And as Kiriel stopped at the scene of when she'd given up on everything.

—booom!—

The Quantum Transmission started to activate.

—clank!—

The train, which had maintained its speed despite having its last wagon blown away, started to slow down.

As if its engine had turned off.

'Wait. Engine…?'

As Kiriel looked at the sky.

Towards the distance.

A small light shone in the distance.

It was like the birth of a new star.

It was extremely small compared to the vast universe, but…

'…That should be huge.'

Chills ran down Kiriel's body.

If it could be seen from this far, she couldn't imagine how large the explosion really was.

Then—

"AHH…AHHHH! YOU CRAZY B****! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE FUSION REACTOR! AHHH!"

R-Korun Nell started screaming in despair.

And Kiriel chuckled as she stared at R-Korun Nell.

"It seems there's nothing to bridge to anymore, what to do?"

Though it was nice to see him beaten down another notch, she soon coldly calculated the situation.

Although it felt nice now, it didn't seem like everything would be solved with just this.

'Let's see… I really need to stop wasting my time.'

Killing him was a waste too.

But if she gave him an inch, he might ask for a foot.

'I'll just knock him out and take him.'

She wasn't the leader anyway.

Hansoo was the one that decided things anyway.

Kiriel made up her mind as she spoke coldly.

"Take a nap for a while."

"What are you ta—kuhuk!"

—paak!—

Kiriel punched R-Korun Nell's stomach through the broken part of the armor and knocked him out. She gazed into the distance.

'I should go help now.'

—boom!—

—booom!—

The shockwaves from the collision transferred all the way to her location despite the flaming pillars continuously raining down from the sky, the impact shaking the entire Nelkipa.

'…It's going to be hard. Would I even be able to help? Hmm.'

Kiriel looked at her battle-scarred body and frowned.

Although she'd won, it wasn't without a price.

That armor was indeed strong.

'Stupid armor…'

Kiriel felt various parts of her body throbbing from pain and looked at the armor.

But then—

A line of thought appeared in her mind.

'Can't… can't I wear that, too?'

Kiriel looked at the broken-down, but still usable-looking, Dragon God Armor.

............….

—kuuudududuk!—

Hansoo smashed his opponent down onto the ground.

—booom!—

The impact created a loud sound as various cracks appeared on the Nelkipa's bright skin.

As well as on the blue armor.

But the blue-armored figure quickly swung her fist and attacked Hansoo's chest.

—boom!—

The attack pushed deeply in the area around Hansoo's chest.

Almost a fatal strike.

If she had pushed a bit further, she might have been able to smash apart his heart, but only a shocked voice came out from the visor.

<…You crazy bastard.>

—boooom!—

Hansoo didn't back off by even a single inch as he slammed the blue-armored figure deeper into the ground with the Mjolnir.

—crunch!—

Melchizedek, who had been watching the entire battle, shook his head as he looked at Hansoo's regenerating body.

'…It seems there are still a lot of things I don't know about. I didn't know such a dull creature existed.'

Having faith in its constantly regenerating body, it continued to fight over and over again.

With its bare body, it withstood attacks that would've killed a normal human being several times over, and then used that timing to retaliate with even stronger attacks.

Looking at it logically, there was no reason for his creation to lose in any aspect.

It was already strong and Melchizedek had even modified it personally.

It even had a secret hidden inside, just in case.

If Melchizedek had sent his creation to the Nursery he'd prepared beforehand and fed it some crystals, it would've been an easy matter to take over the entire Nelkipa.

But sadly, it seemed impossible that his creation would win over the being in front of his eyes.

He had never thought that there'd be such an insane being that would bait its own heart in order to attack its opponent's head.

'…I guess there's nothing I can do.'

—boom!—

Melchizedek made a decision as he continued to look at Hansoo slamming his creation down onto the ground.

To release the limiter.

The limiter inside the heads of these things allowed him to control them, but the price for doing so was that they lost their most useful card.

And this being that he'd modified had a trait that was amazingly suited for battle.

This was not the time to worry about controlling it.

At this rate, it would soon turn into minced meat between that hammer and Nelkipa's skin.

Melchizedek quickly spoke out through the visor after making his decision.

"…?"

Then—

—snap—

Melchizedek released the limiter, and his control over his creation disappeared.

The voice from the visor stopped as the body shuddered.

But only for a moment.

—crunch!—

The blue-armored being raised her arm and grasped onto his Mjolnir.

'…Her strength?'

Like magic, in just an instant the blue-armored woman's strength had exploded past that of Hansoo's and pushed the Mjolnir back.

And Hansoo saw familiar eyes through the helmet.

There was no sense of consciousness, only rage.

And he realized who it was.

'Enbi…Arin.'

Orange Zone, the ruler of the Cross clan.

And his old comrade.

'Who caught you and made you into this…?'

But before he could finish.

"Ahh… AHHHHH!"

—boom!—

Her Trait, had activated, exchanging her rage into strength as she started to attack Hansoo.

Reincarnator – Chapter 356: A legacy from the depths (5)

She'd dreamed of this moment.

Of meeting him again and climbing up again.

But it didn't matter anymore.

She'd been captured, and her body no longer followed her commands.

'It's too… tiring.'

Enbi Arin's conscious lay in a fetal position.

She could sense the ripples of battle outside the dark space where her consciousness was.

But she didn't want to care anymore.

There was nothing she could do anyway, and plus, she was really tired.

'Will you be able to kill me?'

Being modified inside the research lab, killing people outside all in the name of 'testing', and living as a scarecrow that followed orders.

As well as… living in this damned world.

She was tired of it all.

'I don't know who you are, but… I hope you succeed.'

.........

"Ahhhhhh!"

—boooom!—

Hansoo shouted at Enbi Arin who was screaming in rage as she charged towards him.

"Come back now!"

—booom!—

Hansoo swung his Mjolnir and smashed it onto Enbi Arin's fist.

It created a tremendous shockwave between the hammer, which was larger than Enbi Arin's head, and her fist.

—crackakak!—

Hansoo grit his teeth as he looked at the fist and the blue armor surrounding it.

'…It seems she's not thinking of waking up.'

As Melchizedek had left it, Enbi Arin's body was the same as a shell.

A shell without a control tower, just acting on impulse.

The issue was that this body was extremely enraged.

Rage was instinctive for survival.

Enbi Arin's body was currently burning up in rage and was struggling with all its strength to survive.

As if this was the only way to survive.

And as if the body was trying to prove this, the red aura surrounding Enbi Arin turned even more vibrant.

—booooom!—

Enbi Arin leaped off the ground and charged towards Hansoo.

She'd simply stepped off the ground, but the entire floor shook as if there'd been an earthquake.

And Hansoo helplessly struck out with Mjolnir again as he watched this.

Since he couldn't just sit around and get hit.

—booom!—

The hammer and fist collided again as the resulting shockwave swept the surroundings again.

Hansoo looked sadly at Enbi Arin, who was becoming even stronger and faster than before.

"Wake…UP!"

—booom!—

Finding a gap in her movements, Hansoo smacked face again and shouted.

At this rate, one of them would definitely die.

Tainted Emotions was the epitome of survival instincts.

It wasn't a skill without risk and gave her strength whenever she got angry.

Enbi Arin had told him this in the past.

The angrier she got, the more the current body used up its future body's potential to protect itself.

It was obvious, but… the longer she used it, the more it gnawed on her body.

'And that body… '

—squirm squirm—

Hansoo frowned at the armor connected to her body through various spikes and spines, squirming as if it were alive.

Armor that continuously sucked out the energy from one's body.

It looked extremely efficient, but of course, such efficiency wasn't free.

No.

The armor seemed to want the body to continue using its power—it was pushing Enbi Arin even more.

Making her continue to fight.

And Hansoo grinded his teeth at this.

He had seen a creature like this before.

Although it gave tremendous strength to its host, it gnawed on the life of its host and caused the host to go insane.

After Melchizedek's control tower had disappeared, Enbi Arin's body was now just filled with a crazed rage.

The only thing on its agenda was to beat its opponent.

"Ahhhh!"

Enbi Arin continued to scream and charged at him again.

—crunch!—

—crack!—

The ground fell apart with every step, shaking their surroundings.

—boooooom!—

Hansoo and Enbi Arin's bodies collided once again.

But it was a bit different this time around.

—crack!—

The surface of the blue armor seemed to swirl around strangely.

The liquid-like armor quickly made crackling noises as it turned crystalline.

—clang!—

Mjolnir, which could push back Enbi Arin before, simply bounced off the armor.

From the surface of the armor, which seemed to have evolved to counter Mjolnir.

—booooom!—

Frowning, Hansoo activated his Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement to its limits in order to block Enbi Arin, who had begun to charge in during that small gap.

'…Nelkipa?'

Before he could finish this train of thought—

—booom!—

—Enbi Arin charged in and smashed at his body.

Although Enbi Arin's Reinforcement was a level below his, the armor surrounding her body was more than enough.

"Kuhup!"

Hansoo dispersed the force as he flew back, groaning as he pondered.

'…Should I retreat for a bit and come back?'

Enbi Arin's status was definitely not normal.

She was burning up her entire body's lifeforce to fight.

If that armor was a type of lifeform, it would care about its host.

If he disappeared, then it would return the host to its original status.

But then—

As if it liked Enbi Arin's current situation, it started to morph again.

—kuddduududuk!—

To an even stronger form.

"Ahhhh!"

Screams of pain mixed with rage came out from Enbi Arin's mouth.

And Hansoo frowned at this scene.

'It was more evil than I thought, huh?'

Hansoo regretted comparing that armor to a parasite.

That armor was more evil than any abyssal creature in existence.

Since a parasite at least cared about the survival of the host.

But that blue armor was different.

It didn't care about the host's body at all.

It only cared about how it could suck even more energy out from the host's body.

There was nothing else he could do at this point.

He had to suppress Enbi Arin.

It wouldn't be easy, but he had to do it.

'Melchizedek… Where did he get such a thing?'

—boom! boom! boom! boom!—

As Hansoo grasped tightly onto the hammer, staring at Enbi Arin charging towards him again—

—kiiiiing!—

—he felt a large amount of energy coming in from the distance.

Then—

—booooom!—

A beam appeared from the distance and slammed onto Enbi Arin who was charging towards him.

—booom!—

After the unexpected long-range attack flung Enbi Arin away—

—something landed next to Hansoo.

And Hansoo chuckled after realizing who the person wearing the mechanical armor was.

Although they were in the middle of a battle, Kiriel's expression was indeed funny.

"It looks like it fits just fine, but what's with your expression?"

Kiriel looked with dissatisfaction at the armor covering her body and spoke out with a frown.

"Ugh… It feels really dirty! It sticks onto your body!"

Kiriel frowned as she saw the Dragon God Armor swirling around and latching onto her skin.

It didn't seem to have any loyalty towards its previous owner as it instantly fell apart and attached itself onto her body the moment she touched it.

As if it yearned for an even stronger body.

She'd freaked out when she saw the living parts of the armor inside it.

'Is there nothing normal in this world? Machine or lifeform, choose between the two!'

Kiriel had worried about whether the armor, which had been worn by a man, would fit her but it had reconstructed itself perfectly around her.

She soon sighed and decided to focus on the battle.

—ssss—

Enbi Arin stood up again.

And it didn't seem like the beam attack would work a second time.

—squirm—

The armor's surface was changing again.

'…That's a real monster there.'

Kiriel asked Hansoo:

"What should we do? Should we run?"

Looking at Enbi Arin's speed, it didn't seem like it would be easy to run away, but her aura was way too vicious to fight her currently.

Hansoo shook his head.

"No, I've figured it out thanks to you?"

"…?"

As Kiriel made a confused expression—

—boooom!—

—Enbi Arin stomped down onto the ground and flew towards Hansoo.

At a tremendous speed.

—whoooosh!—

'This…! Too fast!'

Looking at it from a distance and looking at it up close was extremely different.

"Dodge it!"

Kiriel prepared for impact as the now horrifying-looking armor closed in on them, but then a strange sound rang out next to her.

—tonk!—

'…Huh?'

Kiriel freaked out after turning her head.

Hansoo had thrown away his hammer.

But even before Kiriel could think of the next step in his plan.

Enbi Arin had already jumped onto Hansoo.

And smashed Kiriel away as well.

—booom!—

"Huep!"

Kiriel quickly repositioned herself after the attack flung her away, only to be left speechless at the current scene before her eyes.

The scene of Hansoo and the monster-like armor grasping each other's hands and having a power struggle.

—kuduk!—

—kududuk!—

It was so strong that Hansoo's arm was making strange noises as it trembled.

'What…?'

As Kiriel was about to charge in and help—

—Hansoo whispered something amidst the power struggle, his expression unreadable.

Something to his opponent in front of him.

"Come…to me. Isn't it time to switch owners?"

Words towards the armor and not Enbi Arin.

—squirm—

A part of the armor squirmed around as if it comprehended Hansoo's words.

—pushook!—

—pushkshkshk!—

A few of the spines came out from Enbi Arin's body and pierced Hansoo, then started to suck Hansoo's energy out.

As if it were testing the waters.

And the moment Hansoo's energy flowed into the armor.

—tremble—

The entire set of armor started to shake.

A tremendous life force.

The extreme amount of potential hidden inside this body.

The blue armor realized instinctively as it tasted the tremendous amount of life force flowing into its body.

That this was the real deal.

The 'transcendent being' it had been attracted to was just an imitation of the real deal.

The original was always better than the fake and had more worth.

And soon, a change occurred.

—squirm—

The armor quickly changed its form after scanning Hansoo's body.

From hard armor to a liquid-like form.

And soon—

—ssssss—

—the blue liquid swirled around madly as it quickly covered Hansoo's body.

"Yes. Good boy."

Hansoo chuckled coldly at the scene of the blue liquid instinctively moving onto a stronger host and was now covering his face.

He then looked worriedly over at Enbi Arin, whose face could now be seen.

'You can rest now. I'm sorry for being late.'

—kwaduk!—

The blue armor made a strange noise and started to condense onto Hansoo's body.