241 Tue-In Search of Meaning(1)
‘Ugh…’
Eve managed to withstand the shock. It is virtually the first time that the military consciousness has been directly hit. So the shock was even greater.
Luckily, the fire broke the connection reflexively before it spread, but even a little later, the damage could have increased by more than a square.
‘This, this is going to be like this.’
‘…Is that okay, Eve?’
Eve, realizing the power of Ji Chang-hyeon, which had been hidden for so long, sank. CNU, who was also hit, was also holding his breath from the shock he received for the first time.
‘This is the worst match ever. The only thing you can do against him is to immediately cut the connection to prevent the fire from spreading.’
Some conditions met amazingly.
First of all, Ji Chang-hyun’s power is strong enough to damage Eve’s consciousness of a huge colony.
There were a few people with similar abilities, but they were rather oppressed and reversed by the Hive consciousness.
In addition, the fact that Eve, who was not aware of, lost the sub-mind Morris, who had a strong connection, never expected that the Hive consciousness would be attacked directly like this, etc.
‘It’s a defeat. I lost control of all the legions that were garrisoned at Rel.’
Eve grinded her teeth.
It was reflexively and managed to rectify it, but it was true that it suffered damage.
Like a robot with the power button turned off, the legionaries who had been fighting fiercely until the last moment lost their vitality and collapsed all at once.
It exposed a fatal weakness.
Because he gave the seeds of doubt to those who did not know the identity of the Hivemind until now and recognized the Legionnaires as separate entities.
“…This.”
In fact, Ji Chang-hyeon was looking at the body of a legionnaire who had died even though his fire had not reached, as if he had intuitively noticed something among the bewildered soldiers.
‘Personally, it’s a pity, but anyway, he’s such a big enemy.’
‘Well. If Ji Chang-hyun dies now, I’ll be suspicious. That we could be a unit.’
‘At this point, it doesn’t matter anymore.’
Eve, who was watching Ji Chang-hyun, noticed what Shin-woo was going to do, and raised a question, but Shin-woo shook his head.
In fact, when the units entering the last chapter stopped competing with each other and united under the name of a coalition or federation, the frequency of extermination powers increased when they were hostile to the corps. Even if you know that the Legion is immune to the Sword of Extermination, you can leave the battlefield for a while.
‘You must already know that we are a unit. So, of course, the players will think too.’
CNU used the power to kill. The target is, of course, Ji Chang-hyun.
At one time, we built a good relationship and continued to exchange, but, in fact, we met up until just before.
Anyway, it’s the Legion’s Hive Mind now. I couldn’t keep the being who could be the biggest threat alive.
“Unbelievable!”
“Gee, branch manager!!”
Ji Chang-hyeon, who opened his eyes, began to fall down slowly as if he had been hit by a sniper. Surprised by the unexpected result of the sudden annihilation of the Legion, those around him gathered around him in surprise again.
‘…the right to kill!’
‘It’s the right to kill. Betrayal?! Or… maybe.’
The units and players mingled among them realized that this mysterious sniper was the right to kill.
“Gee, the branch manager is dead. My pulse stopped beating, my breathing stopped!”
While the unit members were on the lookout for each other and the corpses of legionnaires scattered around. Local troops, unaware of this fact, panicked over Ji Chang-hyeon’s body.
“Wait! Step back!”
But things didn’t end there. Those who didn’t know what to do with the fire suddenly began to burn from his body, and they backed away in amazement.
‘okay. I have to come out like that.’
Eve smiled as she watched the rising flames. I didn’t want this ending. The adversary who dared to do damage to himself for the first time did not know when he would appear to him who had grown this much. I couldn’t afford to lose like this.
“Fire is flying…”
The flame that engulfed Ji Chang-hyun’s body blazed even more intensely, and he raised his fallen body and lifted it up into the air.
Everyone looked at him blankly. A large, blazing fire that spread like wings heated the air.
“…”
And then slowly opened his eyes. My soul and body were separated by the right to kill, but I succeeded in returning. like a phoenix.
“It’s not over yet. We don’t know why, but let’s close the gates before we get out of this total blow the monsters have been inflicting.”
He directed those who looked at him blankly.
If the gate is twisted with a strong impact, it will take time to open it again. But Eve didn’t bother to guard the gate.
Rather, he clearly admitted defeat.
‘I’m rather happy. it finally showed up An enemy I have to overcome.’
‘But that enemy is a monster that can wield fire and strike us directly through the strings of legionnaires. How are you going to win?’
‘Isn’t the method simple?’
Eve smiled as if she was genuinely happy.
You can’t defeat Ji Chang-hyeon by rushing into the army like before. As soon as you cut it even once, it will be swept away with a single knife.
‘So you don’t have to cut him off from the beginning. One-on-one, just grab it and you’re done.’
I know because I’ve been fighting with him several times recently.
Eve, who burned with fighting spirit, collected the damaged troops and retreated all the surviving troops.
‘…Now Eve knows how to deal with it. Because it has continued to grow in that direction. But how did Eve, who did not know this method, only the incarnation of predation and destruction, overcame Ji Chang-hyun and became the winner?’
[Just as you can minimize burns by removing your hands when it is hot, Eve can also control the colony consciousness. Of course, Ji Chang-hyun’s attack can capture a large number of legionnaires, but he is also not alone]
‘In the end, you’re just pushing it out with crazy quantities, right now? After accepting the enormous damage.’
Shin-woo grasped the intention of the observer’s answer and stuck out his tongue.
*
“Are you really okay?
“That’s right. And that’s fine. It’s been predicted and trained for a long time already.”
Ji Chang-hyeon, unaware of the fact that Eve, who had been focusing on the overall power battle rather than choosing a clear enemy, set herself as one of the adversaries, was watching the aftermath of the war that ended rather bland.
The person who sneaked up to me was none other than Yuri, a hunter belonging to the same organization. She was a unit, too, and she knew what he had suffered.
“Anyway, I’m glad. I don’t know what happened, but in fact, the battle ended without any major damage in the state where the Reel staked everything on them.”
“…Yes.”
‘Why did this happen? I have never seen such a great karma.’
At Yuri’s pricking ears, Ji Chang-hyeon sank inside. In fact, he had some sense of humor.
[right. Considering its size alone, the gigantic karma is absolutely not an individual’s. A huge karma that can only be achieved by harming hundreds of millions or billions of lives. But, as you know, what the fire of fire burns is only one soul, a single object.]
“Then I can only think of those monsters, no, Category Z… that is, in fact, a single entity. That’s impossible.”
[Nothing is impossible. I decided to believe so. Because you and I are connected like this]
Ji Chang-hyun was startled while talking to the player.
That was correct. Nothing is impossible as long as the game system intervenes.
“Okay, I’ll have to check it out.”
[Then I’ll have to go find them this time]
“Before that, we will first find a successor who can cause strife.”
He was looking further away.
In case he failed, he was thinking of finding a successor to ask for the next job.
[Is there anyone who deserves it?]
“I’m not sure, but I know of one or two crazy talents that can make all their power their own.”
He took out his communicator and sent it somewhere. After several exchanges, his phone call was delivered to the planet he had just been on.
“Why did you call?”
The main character of the cheeky short answer, which seemed uncomfortable and painful, was none other than a black-haired woman with sparkling red eyes.
“Where does it hurt?”
“…it was burned.”
“I hope you get treatment. And if it’s not a serious injury, I want to talk about something important right away.”
“I got it.”
Instead of Eve, who was still somewhere, CNU answered the phone instead. Ji Chang-hyun did not hide the main point.
“Now that you’ve found the Legion’s weakness, I’ll tell you how. It seems that the only two people who can learn this skill right now are those who have mastered the Resonance Method.”
“Ah… is that so?”
There was not even a slight tremor in Shinwoo’s voice. After getting involved with Eve, at least she was good at hiding herself or controlling her emotions.