chapter 9
009. found (1)
Kang Jin-hyeok’s expression was not very good.
This is because the price of the product that Han Ji-woo had been demanding in return for not throwing herself into outer space was beyond imagination.
[Real-time dimensional map] ―100 million points
[Do you really want to purchase the product?]
[Your purchase has been completed.]
[Your remaining points are currently 32 million points.]
“… … Expensive.”
It was a point that he had earned by risking his life and catching demons for the past three rounds, literally like his life. That was blown away by the purchase of ‘one product’.
It is a world where you only get 3 points if you catch a low-level demon or demon plant and deliver it to the system. The fact that he had over 100 million points in such a world meant that a man named Kang Jin-hyeok was really crazy about the battlefield, taking risks and capturing a lot of high-ranking demons.
“It is my baby who has given you a public and delivery authority to your baby. This isn’t some kind of hero-raising game, you bastard said that all the other kids were broke just because you pushed him. A kid who doesn’t even know this kind of grace is showing a straight face just because he spent some points on that? Hey, am I wrong?”
Of course, that point was no longer his.
“… … .”
“Hey, are you crying? Are you a boy?”
At this time, Kang Jin-hyeok almost cried for the first time since becoming an adult.
It wasn’t enough that I spit out my own words wrongly and even got rid of my soul, and now I was criticized for just being straight, even though I spent a huge amount of points to get a product.
‘… … How did I get to this point?’
When things come to this point, an unknown sadness fills his heart.
* * *
The bigger problem for Kang Jin-hyeok was that even though that damned old colleague had saved him the goods, he hadn’t even thought about letting him go again.
In the meantime, a month has already passed, and in the meantime, the ruler of the corps tied Kang Jin-hyeok tightly with a spider web and was eating it happily.
“Jinhyuk. Can’t you see your brother without clothes? I’m not some kind of Joseon Dynasty person, do I have to keep wearing clothes made of spider webs like this?”
“… … i get it.”
Kang Jin-hyeok had to use his points to buy and hand over an expensive ‘player-only suit’.
At first, he secretly purchased and handed over a ‘introductory suit’ to save some point consumption, but in exchange for such an irresponsible trick, he almost had the honor of being able to experience the vacuum of outer space for a very brief moment. did.
It was something I never really wanted to experience again.
“Jinhyuk, you know what? The human body is more inefficient and annoying than you think.”
“… … What do you want to say?”
“Brother, I am hungry now. Take out some lunch boxes. What menu is today’s [system-recommended lunch box delivery]?”
“… … It’s a sweet and sour pork lunch box.”
“Arachne, release that baby web. Let’s eat.”
―Fulfill the orders of the ruler.
This time, Kang Jin-hyeok again had to buy an expensive lunch box with his points.
Once, he bought a boxed lunch that was a bit cheaper and gave it to him, but this time, Kang Jin-hyeok was almost thrown into space after consuming a lot of curse words.
He was stealing points very quickly.
“Jinhyuk. Sweet and sour pork lunch box in outer space, isn’t it romantic? Pour the sauce.”
“… … No wait, wait.”
“What? why? Are you dissatisfied?”
“… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok shook his head and let out a silent scream.
‘What does it mean to me to survive this way?’
It was definitely the time to accumulate strength to prepare for the war against the Demon World. It was very difficult to waste his precious training time and points like blood in this way.
‘… … I don’t care what you curse at me. I am a player who has been given a mission to save the earth. I have no intention of sending an army that is more dangerous than the demons led by you to Earth. Shit, at all costs, the only answer is for me to find a solution here.’
Kang Jin-hyeok began to make a very thorough plan, calculating all the variables, in order to escape from that devil-like old colleague who was reborn as the head of the insect army.
‘There are only two cases where that spider lieutenant releases this webbing. When I eat with him, and when I want to go to the bathroom.’
Kang Jin-hyeok made a plan to aim for ‘that building’ while avoiding the eyes of Han Ji-woo and Spider’s adjutant at the timing when he could move freely for a very short time. If he could, with all his might, deliver a mighty blow to that gigantic, ugly building, then he would be able to regain his lost freedom by taking it hostage or destroying it altogether.
First of all, that hideous building itself, unlike its appearance, did not seem to have any power to pose a threat to itself. So, it came to the conclusion that there is a good chance of winning just by approaching.
‘… … Jiwoo Han. I’m sorry to you, but I have work to do.’
After endlessly replaying his plan in his head like this, Kang Jin-hyeok realized that the time to put it into action had come.
‘He’s sleeping.’
The reason why he made such a judgment was because Han Ji-woo had been sitting in front of that gigantic ‘ugly building’ for several hours, closing his eyes and not moving.
Normally, he hardly slept, but today, for whatever reason, he skipped meals and showed no signs of waking up.
I felt that I should never miss this opportunity.
“… … Hey, I want to go to the bathroom.”
—… … In addition? The savage races to which you belong defecate too often. Why don’t you make use of mucous membranes with excellent digestive efficiency?
“… … I will be cheap. restroom.”
—… … i get it.
It was difficult to have a long conversation with that creepy spiderling.
‘Okay, that’s the moment he completely dismantles the spider’s web. Personal space was left open in advance. Take out the holy sword and approach at the shortest distance.’
It didn’t take long for Arachne to free the cobwebs that had rolled up his entire body like a chrysalis, but even that brief moment of time felt like an eternity to Kang Jin-hyeok, who had a plan to commit an act soon.
To save this one chance, Kang Jin-hyeok activated all available powers.
‘Three, two, one. Now.’
[‘Bullet Man’ is activated.]
[‘Chosun’s Sword Master’ is activated.]
[‘I don’t need any potions! Rice is the best medicine!’ is activated.]
Finally, the chains that had been tying him down were released.
Flash-!
Kang Jin-hyeok, who took out his sword in his private space, tried to fire the new type straight away at the hive mind, but
Kwaaang-!!!
“… … !!!”
As soon as he felt his body hit an invisible wall, he was thrown back in the opposite direction, vomiting thick blood.
“I knew it would. Are you wiping with a knife after you shit? This is a very novel baby.”
Han Ji-woo got up from his seat and slowly opened his eyes.
“Koo, cool. Ha, Jiwoo Han… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who threw up blood and fell out in an instant, felt the pain as if his heart stopped for a moment when he saw the ruler’s cold eyes looking at him.
When the ruler of the legion unleashed all of his powers at once, the muscles of his whole body froze in defiance of his master’s will, and his head turned white.
Could this be the kind of phenomenon that a frog encounters a snake?
Kang Jin-hyeok’s eyes were filled with fear that he could not hide.
“You’re somehow obedient for such a fucking personality.”
“Cheuk… … !!!”
When Han Ji-woo stretched out his arms and showed an action that seemed to grab him, Kang Jin-hyeok realized that his body floated in the air following his gestures like a marionette with invisible strings, and at the same time, an intangible force grabbed his neck strongly.
As his trachea and carotid artery were strongly compressed, he let out a choked moan and struggled to breathe somehow, clutching at this invisible, mysterious force.
“… … town! Ugh!!!”
The only resistance I could do now was this.
Han Ji-woo, who was still looking at the terrified human, his eyes were shining brightly with eerie golden eyes. At the same time, a dazzling golden aura emanated from the Hive Mind’s body behind him.
The ruler of the Legion, possessing a huge brain and mental power, generously revealed all of the ‘Psionics’ energy, the fundamental power that supports his Hive consciousness.
Kang Jin-hyeok managed to squeeze out a voice that didn’t come out.
“… … Buy, buy, buy… … .”
“Ask for help? Could it be? um, so what I can’t get a lunch box without you bastard.”
Soon, the power that gripped Kang Jin-hyuk’s neck disappeared.
“Huh, huh, huh… … .”
After collapsing ungainly on the slimy mucous membrane covering the inside of the Leviathan, he trembled and could not get up for a long time.
[There are no two chances for your baby. Once you realize the difference in rank, never climb again. Before killing it.]
The moment Han Ji-woo spoke while looking down dryly at Kang Jin-hyeok, who had collapsed with eyes that had returned to their original black color, a very unfamiliar sentence began to appear in the system window in front of him.
[The ‘one who inherited the will of the Legion’ is glaring at you.]
[Your summoner has banned the use of some of the powers of your clan.]
[The forbidden power is ‘Infinite Recurrence’.]
【By the way, aren’t you going to poop? Oh, it’s already cheap.]
For the first time since becoming an adult, Kang Jin-hyeok had plenty of hot poop in his pants.
* * *
“Jiwoo. It’s meal time. [Budaejjigae lunch box] arrived today.”
“I am busy right now. You eat first.”
“… … i get it.”
Kang Jin-hyeok became very compliant after that day.
… … To be honest, I almost went blind that day. How dare you hold a knife at my body and live?
If it hadn’t been for the lunchbox service provided by the system and my precious ‘old companion’, I would have really killed that bastard that day.
The biggest reason I didn’t kill him was no different. It was because I had a strong intuition that if I killed him, Garam would surely get a big scolding. Ah, of course I am not saying that her powerlessness is scary. Because I became a being with a different ‘gyeok’ in the first place.
I don’t know the other two crazy people, but I was really good friends with Garam, so I didn’t want to hurt him unnecessarily.
“You bastard, you saved lunch and Garam.”
“… … Thank you.”
Anyway, I plan to treat him as an ‘old colleague’ from now on, as long as he doesn’t come up with a strange idea again and run towards the hive mind with a knife in his hand. Because I am a very ‘generous ruler’.
For the sake of the lenient ruler’s face, I decided not to be petty and angry over trivial things, such as my memories of him from the last round or what he did on the planet.
… … Trust me.
I am a really tolerant ruler.
Anyway, I was busy looking at the dimensional map right now.
The moment I open this map, I can see a huge three-dimensional universe, and the planets that correspond to the dimensional domain are highlighted among the countless heavenly bodies in the universe.
“… … It’s dirty.”
The road to go was really, really far.
This was so far that if Leviathan was ordered to go into hibernation, it would not reach Earth even if it took thousands of years. It’s to the point where I wonder how the alternative administrators’ system was made so that warriors can be summoned and lunch boxes can come and go on such a street.
“It consumes too much nutrients to use authority.”
Leviathan is able to pass through space at extremely high speeds using the [ability to swim while skipping space], an authority imprinted in his genes. However, if you start moving quickly while overusing your authority because of the distance, the party will fall very quickly because Leviathan is also a huge creature.
【Leviathan, can you run for a full month?】
―Wooong~
Leviathan, who took over my troubles through the Hive consciousness, informed me that, as I expected, that was the limit he could maintain his authority.
After that, he was so hungry that he couldn’t move even if he really beat him to death.
“You have no choice but to land on a suitable planet in the middle and go there. Repeatedly many times.”
Another reason why I had no choice but to do this was because the sugar level in my hive mind body was rapidly dropping. All of this was because I did not know the aftermath and opened my mental power to the maximum output to subdue Kang Jin-hyeok.
It seems that the process of generating physical power by exerting mental power was an act that consumed much more energy at once than I thought. As long as I’ve already released my power once and burned up all my energy, my hive mind’s body couldn’t last long due to the reaction.
“This should be a month at most.”
강진혁 이 개새끼.
Anyway, I started looking for planets at reasonable distances.
Most of the Legion entities riding inside the Leviathan are in a ‘hibernation’ state, but I’m always running my brain at full capacity, so I’m consuming a huge amount of calories every day.
In this case, I may spread first.
“… … Let’s start by finding a planet with plenty to eat.”
An unexpected space exploration began in my arms.
* * *
“Jinhyuk Kang. What do you think?”
It was when we arrived on a small planet that was ‘unmanaged’. I made a very important discovery in the sky above the planet.
“… … such crazy.”
When I showed Kang Jin-hyeok the scene Leviathan had seen using his telepathic ability, curses filled with anger burst out of his mouth.
“Damn it, the makai flowers have formed a very flower garden.”
Yes.
About half of the planet’s surface was very black and dead.
“This planet is currently being invaded by demons.”
But it’s strange.
Why do I keep laughing at this situation?
【Arachne, wake up all Legion entities from hibernation. It will go straight down to the ground.]
-I will obey the command of the ruler.
Asmodian,
You guys are all gone now you motherfuckers.