83 – Powerless Faith
I used the equipment I got from the headquarters, but there was no response from the monster.
Perhaps it’s because there’s no nucleus.
Maybe that’s why the monster’s escape speed was neither fast nor slow.
However, the speed comes out because it is not a bipedal human type that has difficulty maintaining its shape, but because it has transformed its body into a quadrupedal state like an animal.
Since it was still midnight, there were still people on the street, and people screaming in surprise at the running monster appeared.
It has no choice but to be.
This monster had a very grotesque appearance.
ㅡ You have a head attached to a loaf of bread… It’s a really unknown sense.
Perhaps to make sure we’re coming along.
But he was really bizarre.
The monster made his way through the crowd and jumped into the subway station.
I jumped into the subway station following the monster.
“aaagh!”
“Monster, monster!”
People started running away from the monster to the ground, and the monster continued to run, ignoring the crowd.
ㅡ It’s a dead end road, where are you planning to go? Are you thinking of taking the subway? Heh heh.
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The monster just kept an eye on me, checking to see if I was still following me.
Then the monster suddenly clung to the screen door.
No way?
Kwajik!
The screen door was smashed and the monster jumped onto the railroad tracks.
ㅡ Chase, Brave!
The station that the monster entered is Hapjeong Station Line 2.
As far as I know, the last train at this station is close to 1:00 am….
I couldn’t let go of that monster.
Because that monster is probably the last clue.
I jumped onto the track after the monster and started running in the direction the monster had fled.
The railroad tracks were dark and had a musty smell, and it felt like small sounds were resonating loudly.
As I was running away, even at this moment, I feared that a train would appear in front of me and tear my body apart.
ㅡ If you feel it is dangerous, throw yourself at the end of the railroad. It’s a place where the train doesn’t reach.
Ah, I remember hearing about it somewhere.
That’ll work.
I felt relieved knowing that there was a corner where I could survive even if something big happened.
ㅡ She has superpowers anyway, so it’s not easy to get lost. I hope you have an idea worthy of the hero name Brave. Heh heh.
There is a difference between a courageous person and a reckless person, you ignorant bastard.
The air around him began to change as he ran down the railroad tracks, vomiting on Grid’s horse.
ㅡ The Han River.
The subway from Hapjeong to Dangsan has a railroad that crosses the Han River.
ㅡ What are you thinking of doing when there is nothing?
Well….
It was the moment I thought so.
The monster, who had been frantically running away, slowly slowed down and stopped in place.
It was a movement as if this was the destination.
ㅡ Hmm? No way….
“Yes, was it like that?”
The monster stopped in his place and stretched his feet toward the pillar supporting the railroad tracks.
The moment the monster’s stretched legs shrank again, the equipment he had brought to search for his core reacted.
Did the heroes hide the nuke in a place where they couldn’t find it no matter how much they searched?
… Come to think of it, no hero has ever investigated a place like this other than the underground.
Because it’s a place where civilians can’t go in and out in the first place.
Perhaps there is a monster submerged somewhere in the vast Han River besides this railroad.
In this game, hiding from the beginning was an overwhelmingly advantageous game.
It is a design that has no choice but to play in the hands of the organizers from start to finish.
ㅡ I know, but it’s unpleasant.
The monster took a stance and started glaring at me.
I also tried to stand up and react the moment the monster attacked.
As we continued our brief confrontation, I saw a train approaching from afar.
The monster confirmed that, but he remained in that position.
No way… Do you think he was going to commit suicide by crashing into a train?
As if the monster had no intention of doing so, he moved to the edge of the railroad tracks.
I also followed the monster and moved to the edge of the railroad.
And at that moment, the monster rushed at me.
ㅡ This bastard… !
The monster was more focused on capturing me than swinging his fists, perhaps intending to grab me and throw me straight onto the railroad tracks.
It’s dangerous, this is really dangerous!
The monster’s body completely turned into liquid and covered my body.
ㅡ Jump into the river, Brave!
Following Grid’s cry, I got entangled with the monster and threw myself into the Han River.
Even though it had fallen into the water, the shock felt as if it had fallen on an asphalt floor was transmitted throughout the body.
The monster… Are you fine
The monster must have been quite shocked by falling into the river, but the monster was fine.
Rather, as if to drown me in the river, octopus-like tentacles began to wrap around me.
ㅡ Khehehe. Stupid guy
On the contrary, Grid seemed to enjoy this situation.
ㅡ Brave, Kang. It’s the perfect place to use it.
I nodded slightly at Grid’s words and immediately used my psychic powers with the round tube that I had tucked into my belt.
Pajik, Pajik.
Pajijijijijik!
As sparks started flying all over my body, the monster that had clung to me and held my breath began to dance.
ㅡ hahahaha! It looks like an octopus on a fire! This worm aaa!
Grid roared at him, telling him to get rid of his filthy hands immediately.
Then the monster must have understood Grid’s words. He removed the tentacles from my body and started to run away.
ㅡ Chase, Brave!
I know!
You can’t catch up by swimming.
I started kicking the water using my acceleration ability.
Then my body slowly floated above the water, and in the end it took on the appearance of running on the water.
ㅡ How far are you going, you worm!
The monster still ran away and climbed up to an uninhabited island floating in the Han River.
Is this the final destination?
I also hurriedly set foot on an uninhabited island.
That was the moment.
The device I was carrying that detects the monster’s core reacted violently.
The nuclear reaction increased further.
Three of them.
Did it hide from the approach of other heroes from the beginning and then reveal itself to me?
1 Vs 4, it feels quite unfavorable.
Should I call support?
It was a moment of worry.
ㅡ Brave!
Grid’s cry was heard, but he could not react.
Because before I could react to Grid’s cry, my body was in a state of being held by the monster.
The monster’s hand, faster than the eye, grabbed my leg and threw it into the air.
“Quaaagh!”
My body flew through the air with a sound like a whip bursting through the air.
The strengthening and hardening of the body had not been removed.
And yet….
“Ugh… ah… !”
I felt the pain as if the bones in my leg were broken.
ㅡ Use more nuclear power. Stay alert, Brave!
Even in this situation, Brave was calmly healing my leg back to normal.
My body, which had been fired like a cannonball, slowly began to slow down, and what I could see behind me was an urban landscape made of asphalt and cement.
Did you fly all the way to Hapjeong from the Han River? .
Crazy monster bastard.
I twisted in the air and tried to land safely on the floor.
That was the moment.
A sound like something exploding came from somewhere.
I raised my arms above my head before I could figure out what it was.
And at that moment….
Quaaang!
My body….
ㅡ Kyaaagh!
ㅡ What, what?!
ㅡ A monster, a monster!
ㅡ Run away!
ㅡ A monster has been detected! Those around you, please leave your current location immediately!
What happened….
Ah, something, the body said, well….
ㅡ … Rave! Bree… ! Brave!
“Coke!”
Something hot and sticky came out of his mouth.
I carefully reached out my hand to the corner of my mouth.
This is leaking from the gap in the helmet… Blossom.
The moment I recognized it, I felt pain as if all the bones in my body were broken.
“Keep it off!”
What the hell is this all about?
I don’t know what happened.
It looks like you were fighting a monster in the Han River until just now… Where is it?
I could see people who hadn’t left work yet running away screaming in all directions.
The place I fell seems to be the roadside of Hapjeong Station.
Ah, that’s good.
I don’t think there is a vehicle on my body.
ㅡ There is no time for such carefree thoughts! Wake up, you idiot!
Unlike usual, I felt a very nervous feeling from Grid.
It was only then that I was able to correct my drowsy consciousness.
I… Caught by the monster, he flew through the air and was slammed to the ground by the hand of the monster who had been pursuing him.
It is faster than those with acceleration ability, has greater strength than those with body strengthening ability, and has a stronger body than those with body hardening ability.
A monster that seemed to embody the word absurd stood in front of my eyes.
I slowly stood up from my seat, giving strength to my trembling legs that hadn’t recovered yet.
The monster standing in front of me was a giant with a height of about 3m.
As a whole, it is muscular, and the upper body is more developed, giving it a human-like appearance.
I felt even more menacing and ominous, perhaps because my body was black.
ㅡ … f*ck you.
Grid, who was always happy when he saw monsters, saying that he was hunting monsters, made a sound close to resignation.
I can understand if you feel this much intimidation.
This guy is at least a B… No, it’s more like an A-class monster.
Now, even if I use nuclear power, I’m sure it’s too much for me to deal with a B-class monster alone.
I haven’t learned martial arts training in earnest yet, and the use of superpowers is immature.
Bodily strengthening and hardening can be used at the same time, but when other psychic powers are added to it, the control ability drops dramatically.
So, rather than using all of the other abilities, I was increasing my proficiency by using the Lightning ability as my main focus.
The results were significant.
But… Late.
ㅡ Looks like this is our grave….
This monster is not allowed.
It feels like there is a wall between me and the monster standing in front of me that is more severe than that between adults and children.
ㅡ I think it would have been difficult even if we had been given more time.
… Is that enough?
ㅡ Purely pushed out of the output.
It was the moment Grid let out a self-deprecating sigh.
I instinctively kicked the floor and covered my face with both hands.
Bahah!
“Kuuk!”
This is, what, ugh!
Boom! Bang bang bang!
“Keah!”
What’s going on, wake up, wake up, I, uh….
ㅡ Wake up!
I barely came back to my senses when Grid punched me in the face with his fist.
“Coke! Coke!”
Only then did I realize what had happened.
His body was blown away like a cannonball with one kick, and he crashed into the outer wall of a nearby building.
“Keuugh!”
I felt like my arm was broken, and a feeling of vomiting came up.
It was a bonus that his whole body started to heat up and his head was spinning.
Geeeing.
I could hear the sound of bugs crawling in my ears as if my eardrum had been torn.
What is a game and what is expected, garbage….
How am I supposed to catch a monster like this….
Did you try to instill some hope?
To instill this kind of despair at the end of the end?
Yeah, you won, chew….
I can’t see a future where I can win against that guy.
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Maybe… There must be a look of despair on my face as well.
“Coke!”
I reached out to the pile of stones that had once been a wall and tried to force my trembling body to stand up.
Trumbling.
Ha… Aren’t you willing to wait?
I could only stare blankly at the approaching death.