＜ Episode 127 ＞
Qurrr!
A roar that seemed like the world would collapse filled the cave, and the shaking ground seemed like it would collapse at any moment, but no one cared about it.
“Kill!”
“Don’t miss it! Those who come behind are stronger.”
“Keep the barrier!”
All kinds of abilities came out of the hands of the players united as a party, and the mutants that came in droves died helplessly.
“Damn it! What a lot!”
“Pay attention to MP retention!”
“I don’t think you’re a newbie!”
There were too many numbers, too many.
It was only for a while that he moved forward while killing the mutants in the middle of the cave with joy and sorrow.
There are no strong objects, but mutants are mutants.
The tenacious vitality and strong resistance were difficult for normal players to deal with, and since they were the elite players, they were somehow destroying the enemy.
The players who were summoned to prevent destruction, but seemed like Luna’s cancerous existence, barely started their mission.
“It’s nice to level up quickly… but I’m so tired.”
“…but you can’t back down. It’s like this now, but if you give it time, more nonsensical things will come out.”
“…that’s right.”
The appearance of destruction is not a simple event.
A direct threat to players who live, eat, and sleep on Luna.
Now that the mutants have appeared, the seeds of destruction will germinate in various parts of Luna, and from then on, it will be a true fight.
“In the end, leveling up is the answer.”
“…yes, I’ll survive somehow!”
A strong will was formed in the eyes of the players, and their whole bodies were filled with strength again.
“die!”
“Give me your experience points!”
And this was happening in all the passages leading to the underground nest of Hindel Bionic.
***
bang!
Aww!
The bullet cut through the air and dug into the mutant’s body, and the warhead that had finished changing its physical properties caught fire, burning the mutant’s body as fuel.
Roaring!
The flames that grew momentum like a lie covered the entire body of the mutant in an instant, and the mutant was killed without even being able to extract the object to convey the information.
A fairly dense battle ensued, and John’s abilities became proficient that much.
The process of changing the physical properties of the bullet and making it an incendiary agent continued countless times, and now the incendiary agent John makes has turned into something that surpasses even white phosphorus and incendiary bullets.
It was only natural that the mutants could not resist at all, as it was at a level that no other substance in Luna could match if it was simply setting fire and burning it.
T-D-DD-DDING.
As soon as the shells fell to the floor, John, who had finished reloading using the quickload, looked around.
Heaps of mutant corpses were all turning to ashes, half of which were caused by John’s bullets and the other half by the divine light summoned by Odin.
“You are a little tired.”
“It’s great that you’re only a little tired.”
Odin laughed at John’s sincere words.
It wasn’t a very long time, but the number of mutants these two turned into ashes exceeded three digits and approached four digits.
Although each individual was not strong, no one could ignore such a number, and they annihilated them alone.
Their wariness towards each other increased even more, but the expressions of the two did not change from the first time.
Odin as well as John were good at hiding their inner feelings, so this May-Dongju was unexpectedly cruising smoothly.
“By the way.”
John’s gaze turned to the burning mutant’s corpse.
“There is a change.”
“What?”
Perseok.
When he lightly touched the burning mutant’s corpse with his foot, it turned to dust and disappeared.
“These guys, didn’t unity emerge?”
“Would you like to elaborate?”
Odin’s expression hardened as he sensed something.
“The guys I met in the passageway I came down from were all unique. None of them looked the same. By the way.”
John looked over the burning corpse and continued.
“I started to see objects with similar shapes. It’s not just one or two. What does this mean?”
“It looks like you have a head. It’s also quite capable.”
“yes. I started producing objects that matched the cost to the situation. It means that the differentiation of disease types has begun.”
“Not good.”
Of course, Odin knew what this meant.
‘Has the process been completed?’
Although they may look arbitrary, mutants go through several stages of evolution.
Hatchery is a stage in which the mother body secures sufficient energy and data and starts full-scale production.
Rare that produces specialized types of soldiers and extracts special individuals approaching superhuman.
Hive uses all the data it has collected so far to produce a type of soldier that ignores all attacks by the most talented.
There seems to be a further evolution process, but no player has confirmed it.
‘Even if it goes all the way to the hive, destruction is certain.’
Because there is no way to deal with the mutants pouring out of the mother body that has reached the hive.
One or two would be able to handle it, but the mother body that reached the hive poured out hundreds of thousands of troops.
There are dozens of mutants that cannot be dealt with unless each one is superhuman.
It is not called destruction for nothing.
‘···However, specialized soldiers who appear in rare have already appeared. This is a variable. And maybe it’s the researchers.’
Odin’s brain drew a conclusion in an instant, and the judgment was affirmed by the gods.
“Do you have any guesses?”
John asked, looking at Odin with a serious expression on his face.
John also has information about mutants, but it’s only rough information.
The condition of the player John met was not good enough to extract information for just one mutant.
“…Probably researchers. Hindel Bionic is a pharmaceutical based company. There must be dozens of biology-related researchers, and if some of them have mutated into mutants…”
“There is no way you can make fun of knowledge. That must be right.”
John with a serious expression checked the supplies stored in his inventory.
‘Have I already written half?’
John always carries supplies and firearms in his inventory to the point of overdoing it, but that also depends on the situation.
The enormous amount of water consumed John’s firepower in real time, and half of the battalion-sized supplies were blown away.
It seemed like he was burning money in real time, so he sighed naturally, but that was his fighting style, so who to blame?
‘I’ll have to add a bill.’
That moment when I calculated the approximate amount and wondered how I could overcharge the organ maker.
Doo doo doo doo.
“You don’t even give me a chance to catch my breath.”
“I must hurry. At this rate, I might choke on the quantity.”
Odin adjusted his glasses and raised his spell with a resolute expression on his face.
Ah ah ah ah ah.
The god connected to Odin willingly lends his power, and with a holy hymn, the dark cave begins to fill with light.
Odin took a step forward carrying the light that filled all sides, and the concentrated light was shot towards the cave in the distance.
Roaring!
aaagh!
A holy flame burned far away in the cave, and terrible screams filled the cave.
‘It’s started in earnest.’
Seeing this, John hardened his face.
So far, the two have been fighting while keeping each other in check, and inevitably, they have not shown their strength properly.
However, Odin, who grasped the seriousness of the situation, began to use his strength in earnest, which meant that he had no time to worry about trivial checks.
It means that the problem with mutants is more serious than John expected.
“I can’t help it.”
John took out the booster and inhaled it while watching Odin’s back as he strode forward with light all over his body.
“Suck!”
Fluorescent light passed through John’s nasal passages and into his brain, reaching his organs and stimulating them intensely.
ridge!
2 stacks of boosters.
Odin, who was walking confidently, turned his head in surprise at the moment.
“···you!”
“I also want to show some strength.”
John smiled at Odin, who was looking at him with shocked eyes, then stretched out his hands and focused his mind.
The power generated by the organ passed through John’s body and projected into space, reaching the mutants burning with divine light far away in the cave.
Wooddeuk.
Kyaaak!
The outer shell of the lead mutant swelled up and burrowed into the inner flesh, and immediately began multiplying, messing with the inside.
Hwareuk!
At the same time, the outer skin that changed the physical properties caught fire, and the mutant’s body was used as fuel to ignite the flame.
A dark red flame different from the sacred fire Odin called.
It was a surprising thing to break through the strong resistance and stir up the inside of the mutant at will, and Odin’s face was shocked as he watched it, but John’s expression was not good.
‘It works, but it’s not very effective. It’s also difficult to apply abilities to living things.’
As far as it is absurdly unique, John’s ability is not efficient, but when he tries to apply it to living things, it becomes even less efficient.
But John was satisfied.
‘Becoming is important.’
In any case, it was to the extent that it affected the mutant’s body, so it was clear that it would be a trump card.
“Suck!”
After briefly stopping breathing, John’s hands were wide open, and John’s superpowers, which reached far beyond space, coiled around the inside of the cave.
John’s vision changed in an instant and he began to contemplate the microscopic world, and at that moment, everything inside the cave penetrated into John’s brain.
Her face reddened and her brain was overworked to the point that steam rose from her head, but this ability was originally intuitive.
John, who had easily endured the amount of information that even a supercomputer couldn’t handle, expressed his firm will, and at that moment, the structure of the bodily fluid that was smeared inside the cave changed.
Roaring!
Bodily fluids that had turned close to those of the incendiary bomb all ignited and fell, and it was like a disaster.
Once ignited, the flames of hell that never go out until it burns everything clung to the mutants that filled the cave, and the enormous heat raised the temperature inside the cave.
“···crazy.”
Odin’s expression contorted at the absurd sight.
‘I’ve never seen anything like this before.’
It’s not that there aren’t people with superpowers who can exercise dominion over a single object.
Didn’t even Japan exert a mighty dominance over metal?
‘It exerts influence on all objects? Does that make sense?’
It does not simply move, but changes its physical properties and replaces it with the necessary elements.
What if there was an alchemist?
Chick.
“after.”
Odin stared blankly at John as he put a cigarette in his mouth and exhaled long smoke.
“It rides well.”
John spat out a word and took a step with a nonchalant expression.
＜ Episode 127 ＞ End