127 – Invisible Victory
I ripped out the monster’s core and came out through the monster’s carapace.
I felt the refreshing air on a different level from the stuffy interior of the monster.
ㅡ This, what the hell is this?
Grid expressed a feeling of considerable bewilderment, as if he did not understand what had happened.
A cute guy.
I heard that lesser pets are cute, but wouldn’t it be similar to this?
As I pulled myself completely out of the monster’s corpse, I could see the surroundings.
Gangnam, the busiest area in Seoul, was half destroyed.
At this rate, the number of victims must have been enormous.
Maybe I misunderstood him.
I was influenced by the words of a guy who said he was moderately exemplary and diligent, and couldn’t stand injustice.
So he came into contact with it again and again, knowing how strong and dangerous it was.
Perhaps the fact that the scale of the damage wasn’t as great as what he said also played a role.
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Because there were 15 actual victims in the case where it was judged that he was directly involved.
But that was an illusion.
As Grid said, he is the one who created the monster.
The damage caused by the monster is incomparable to that of war, and the death toll exceeds many times the number of people killed by Hitler.
He said that such a madman was someone who knew the case, but did he trust him from somewhere in his heart?
The power that just defeated the monster.
The sense of omnipotence and arrogance felt when wielding that power.
He must have a stronger power than this.
An outlaw with absolute power free from social or state laws.
It was already madness to apply the standards of common sense to such a guy.
“Cool!”
As soon as he unlocked his psychic powers, his heart started pounding like crazy.
ㅡ Brave!
Monsterization is in progress.
The moment the monster’s flesh touched my body, the monster factor living in my body was trying to change me into something.
You have to stop.
I use superpowers to stop something that is trying to control my body.
It doesn’t last that long.
You have to hurry and get the grid out of your body.
But….
ㅡ A monster has been detected! Those around you, please leave your current location immediately!
Two monsters that look exactly like the monster I just defeated appeared before my eyes without any warning.
He stood there as if he had teleported.
I can feel them glaring at me.
ㅡ sh*t!
It’s impossible to deal with them in my physical state right now.
If I use my power to deal with them now, I will become a monster and become something I am not.
Is that okay?
I see the heroes sitting there with desperate expressions.
I can see the heroes who are holding on while glaring at the monster even with their bodies dying from severe injuries.
I can see the citizens being protected by such heroes.
….
ㅡ No way!
There is no one to stop that monster other than me.
That sense of omnipotence that took down this monster I was stepping on.
With that power, I’m sure I’ll be able to defeat monsters like that.
—- Then… You know how it goes
You know.
I know all too well.
I know very well how those gazes towards me will change.
Still….
ㅡ Fool.
Grid just said that and shut his mouth.
But you can tell without opening your mouth.
That Grid feels compassion for the half-dead hero and the terrified citizens.
I am concerned about the pain I will suffer because of the actions I have chosen.
However, I am respecting the choices I made.
“You are more like a hero than I am.”
ㅡ Did you know now? Heh heh heh!
I was becoming something close to a monster before I knew it, and Grid was becoming something close to a hero.
We, who were like water and oil, mixed with each other and created a strange harmony.
And the destination….
ㅡ Unfortunately, it is ruin. I don’t feel bad though. At least I’ll be with you along the way.
Yes, thank you.
I got off the monster’s corpse and headed towards the two-body disaster.
I was already quite exhausted, so I could barely walk, but I didn’t stop taking steps.
As I took a step closer to the monster, I heard the sound of everything I had built collapsing.
Everything I had built during the short years of my 23-year-old began to crumble.
My parents always worry about me, telling me to be careful.
The friends who said they were cheering for me from a distance.
Citizens who supported me.
All of that collapses.
It’s scary.
The senses that had begun to dull as he began to become a monster began to come alive again.
I am afraid of the eyes of the people at headquarters who believed in and relied on me.
The shopping districts who cheered me on by patting my dead shoulder
In-soo said he would become my number one fan.
The child I threw down and saved.
I’m afraid.
ㅡ Are you going to go back now?
No, that’s not it.
Because that’s not a hero.
Even if it seems like it’s going to collapse, no matter what trials come, no matter how painful the road is.
A creature that runs when someone calls for help.
A being who devotes himself without sparing himself.
Because that’s the hero I fell in love with and wanted to become.
I can’t stop.
ㅡ Go, Brave!
Yes!
With Grid’s words as a signal, I rushed towards the monster.
And that moment.
Puuu!
Two monsters in front of me exploded.
***
My legs stiffened as I stepped into that strange situation.
What the hell is this….
I’m not dead.
Because the corpse of the monster that exploded was wriggling and moving.
The corpse of the monster was gathering in the four cores protruding from the torn flesh.
Flesh covers the monster’s core, and new flesh covers it.
It started to grow bigger and bigger as if it were snowballs at first the size of a basketball.
The pace started to pick up.
When he showed himself as a Class A monster, he already boasted an overwhelming size.
There are two such guys.
4 Cores of B-class monsters.
The orb made of the monster’s flesh has already surpassed the size of an A-class monster.
How much bigger do you plan to grow?
A sphere floating in the sky covered the sun.
I’ve heard of such a story once.
It is said that people who lived in the past feared a solar eclipse, in which the sun was blocked by the moon, as a disaster.
The word ‘蝕’ used for total lunar eclipse and total solar eclipse was called ‘Eclipse’ and used in a negative sense.
I think I understand the meaning now.
The ever-growing sphere covered the sun.
The surroundings were warmed by shadows, and the world, which had been hearing all sorts of noise until just now, became as quiet as a rat.
Ah… It must have felt like this.
This must have been the fear he felt while looking up at the sky where the sun had abandoned him.
Kwajik.
A sound of something breaking was heard, and the earth that had been immersed in darkness began to be colored with light.
The sphere that maintained its original shape cracked, and light began to flow through the gap.
The scene was as if the sky were opening.
And.
Wow!
Something fell.
The aftermath that began with the supposed monster was beyond imagination.
As if a meteorite had fallen, the impact spread all over the place, and my body could not resist the impact and was swept away.
“It’s subtle whether I should consider this fortunate.”
Perhaps I thought this was an opportunity, the grid that was in my body came out of my body.
Then the factor of the monster that had been trying to eat away at me just now stopped working.
“… That must be S-class, right?”
“Maybe.”
There was a story that even if only A-class appeared, the Korean peninsula would in fact collapse.
But even if it fails, it can be restored.
But S-class is different.
If an S-class monster appears, Korea will perish.
In fact, they said that we should prepare for the collapse of the country.
Now I thought I knew what that meant.
I knew at least that there was a huge difference in the level of monsters with just one level difference.
However, realizing it through the body was another thing.
We knew from records how many bombings China and the US had done to defeat the S-class monster, and how many casualties there were as a result.
As a result, I also knew that China and the US were making weapons for monsters by investing huge budgets.
Is it because I knew of such an existence?
“It is over.”
Grid clicked his tongue as he pulled my hand from the wreckage.
It’s over.
It’s not a double-headed person to the extent that you don’t know the intention behind those complicated yet despondent words.
Even if I’m determined to become a monster and die, I can’t defeat that monster.
That’s roughly what you want to say, right?
But I’m not sure?
Grid saw my expression, furrowed his eyebrows, and patted my head.
“Has the taste finally gone? Do you think you can beat that?”
Grid patted me on the head saying I was crazy.
Know your class and stick around.
I don’t know about the 2nd grade A, but I don’t know the answer to the S grade.
Let’s just give up at this point.
Saying such a thing, he expressed his cynical opinion.
I pulled Grid’s hand and pulled him into my arms.
“What? Did you want to sow seeds because you were in danger of dying?”
Grid spat out nonsense and put on a Gloria version of the expression.
Then I sat down to fix that grid.
“Quaaagh!”
Jjanggu’s mother’s signature move, turning her fist!
“That, that, that, that!”
Grid caressed his tingly temple and glared at me.
It was an expression asking what kind of madness this was.
I got up laughing at that grid.
“You are still far away.”
“What?”
“You are not yet a hero, you are an wannabe. Bastard.”
“….”
At the point you can’t understand what I’m saying, you’re already dead.
I know.
I know at least that my strength will not work against that ruthless monster.
Even so, I can’t run away from that monster.
“It is not a matter of winning or not winning.”
Even at the moment when I am stuck here, I feel vibrations everywhere.
The elevator to the underground shelter was probably destroyed right away.
There must still be many people who could not evacuate.
Even if you can’t see it, you can feel it even if you can’t hear it.
The image of someone crying out for help is vivid in my eyes.
So we must fight back.
A monster that seems impossible to defeat, a will to break, and a screaming body.
You have to fight against them all.
“Isn’t that a hero?”
From the moment Grid entered my body, I was already determined.
Even if you are hated by the people who tried to protect you from discovering that you are a monster.
Even if it means death because of it.
I want to be a hero.
I promised that.
“Let’s go.”
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“Stupid.”
I took off my brave belt and pulled out the core of the monster from the belt.
The factor flowing through my body is calling out to swallow the monster’s core right away.
Yes, if you want to, you should.
ㅡ Go!
Grid swallowed the 4 cores I was holding.
And that moment.
“Quaaagh!”
I became a monster.