Volume 9 / Chapter 265

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Hungry Panda

                                                                                   

It is worth a try in this state. It'll be difficult to handle if she awakens.

He'll watch the situation until then.

"I have a question. Will you answer it?"

"…"

Cha Jun Sung's silence was consistent.

It is important for him to find a weak spot somehow and get away. It isn't good to drag out the fight over a long period of time.

"You're on the same side as those dead guys over there, right? Why have you come here?"

Cha Jun Sung felt something strangely familiar.

The mutant has an unusual form. He is sure this is the first time he is seeing it, but he feels like he's seen it before.

"If you tell me, I'll let you live. I promise. Honestly, I don't really care about killing you guys. You live and I get my question answered. Isn't that a good deal?"

Her tone is gentle as though comforting a child, but aso heavy.

Cha Jun Sung spoke as if he had nothing to lose.

"Evil Queen?"

"You know me?"

Evil Queen blinks her bizarre looking pupils and looks at Cha Jun Sung.

Her expression shows surprise of 'How does he know?'

"You know me? Now I know. I knew you guys were looking for something. Who is that? So you guys were looking for me?"

Evil Queen fell into a misunderstanding from Cha Jun Sung's question.

She thinks Lifers are looking for her. It is half true but also half wrong. World Federation is looking for Bon Load, not Evil Queen.

It is just that since she is Bon Load's container, it is true in the end.

"Was what I killed in South America a sh.e.l.l?"

"Wow! I guess it's really true. I put 50% of my strength into it. Well, I guess you guys have gotten pretty strong too, so you guys should be able to catch it if you swarm in together."

"Don't kid yourself. I killed it alone."

"Really? Then my alter cut that arm off?"

"Yeah."

Evil Queen laughs in excitement.

There isn't much that interests mutants at her level. It is because they have become numb. It was a pity that her limb had died, but that had led her to meet this Lifer, Cha Jun Sung.

Why?

He stirs her interest.

"I killed your daughters too."

"All of them?"

"Your second oldest who went into a second awakening was a little difficult, but she died too."

Cha Jun Sung spoke as if he had done all of it.

Evil Queen doesn't know anything anyway. She doesn't have the ability to tell whether he is telling the truth or lying.

"So it's true."

Evil Queen and Bon Load are the only ones that know about Vanessa's second awakening. He can only be saying that because he saw it before he killed her.

"Then did you kill the three brothers as well?"

"Three brothers?"

As soon as Evil Queen woke up, she had looked for the three brothers.

She can take care of everything on her own, but she wants to avoid the bothersome things. But they weren't there. All traces of the three brothers had disappeared long ago.

Cha Jun Sung found the meaning hidden in her short question.

Three Evil Bones.

It is the mission he completed with World Federation before coming back to the past.

"If I did?"

"You killed all seven? I guess that's possible if you killed my alter and Vanessa."

Evil Queen made her tentacles rigid and spread them wide like a fan.

She had awakened both arms. She intends on using a little strength.

"It's not your usual form."

"This?"

Evil Queen looks at her body. Cha Jun Sung wants to know what Evil Queen went through here. She is way too different.

"I became one with my darling."

"One?"

Papapat!

Hundreds of tentacles soar toward Cha Jun Sung. He avoided the attack moving back and forth freely with the Overbooster as though he had expected this.

Of course Evil Queen won't keep her promise. That's the kind of b.i.t.c.h she is.

'I'll kill you.'

Honestly, it doesn't feel like he can kill her, but he intends on injuring her as much as possible. That's the goal. He has no lingering attachments nor regrets toward life.

"Force 866, annihilating confirmed."

"The last coordinates they sent?"

"122.675.22. point."

Beep beep.

Weapon Master enters the coordinates in his PDA.

It is an area with a Universe Eye installed. He is going to get a gauge on the situation before adding in troops.

"I can see it."

"That's appalling."

A Hundred Eye goes into the forest and films.

It is the worst.

They have been hit so hard that they don't even have recognizable forms.

Bang bang bang bang!

Roaring heard through the Hundred Eye.

They aren't outbursts or explosions. It is the sound of something colliding.

Did a Lifer survive?

Weapon Master steered the Hundred Eye toward the sound. Two objects keep colliding and moving away from each other. He got closer.

"White Ghost."

This is the name that World Federation had given this new mutant. They call her White Ghost because there isn't anything in particular to call her. That White Ghost and a Lifer are fighting.

There is no support.

How could there be support when the entire force has been annihilated?

"He's not a Federation Lifer."

He is clean without any superfluity. He doesn't get pushed back even while going up one-on-one against White Ghost, who has killed thousands of Lifers.

But it doesn't look good. White Ghost has gone through partial awakening, but she hasn't completely awakened. They can't tell where she came from and it's incredibly bothersome.

"Huh?"

"You too?"

Park Jin Hyuk points at the Lifer fighting White Ghost.

Next to him, Koharu meets the eyes of each party member in turn. The battlesuit he is wearing to the type of weapon he is using. That is Hades. Overbooster.

Cha Jun Sung.

"It's Jun Sung!"

"Now that you say that…"

"It's Overload."

The Rankers discuss. It is Cha Jun Sung in their eyes as well. That is a fight between Overload and White Ghost.

"That mutant – how strong is it? I'm sure that's a level 9."

Cha Jun Sung, the first level S Lifer.

After he was infected by a mutant inside a mission, he gained a different strength from other Lifers.

Could it be because of that unique point?

He can take on any two of Weapon Master, Chamma Sword, and Empress of Light at the same time.

The strongest of all Lifers can't establish dominance over a mutant that has only gone into partial awakening. That is a level 9.

"His left arm doesn't move."

Weapon Master discovered something strange after watching Cha Jun Sung's actions carefully. His left arm doesn't move.

It looks like he is wearing clothes but only one arm looks natural.

It looks unnatural.

According to his extensive experience, that's what happens when a Lifer with an arm cut off is wearing a battlesuit.

"It was cut off before he started fighting White Ghost."

If it had been cut off while fighting, the entire part should have been cut off. He is sure that Cha Jun Sung is fighting with one arm.

"We need to help him!"

Papat!

Park Jin Hyuk began to move.

It is poisonous to act alone while living in a group, but he can't just sit back and watch this video. As soon as Park Jin Hyuk began to move, Koharu, Basil, and Violet followed him.

"I thought Overload said he couldn't go into missions beyond level A?"

There wasn't a clear answer to Strategist's question. They just don't know. Logic doesn't make sense in Life Mission.

"Decide."

Weapon Master's one word.

They wouldn't try to go rescue an ordinary Lifer, but it is Cha Jun Sung.

He is worth going to save even if it is difficult and they might need to sacrifice thousands of people.

"If we save Overload, there will be 4 level S Lifers on our side. It's early, but we need to face it head on if we can't avoid fighting with White Ghost."

If they drag out time and are taken apart one by one, they will lose even a fight that they could win. Weapon Master is appealing to that aspect.

"I agree."

Chamma Sword had been sitting quietly, and took Weapon Master's side. Even if they go, it doesn't mean that they have to fight with White Ghost.

White Ghost could get away, or they could get away. No matter how great a mutant, it can't act so freely in front of 100,000 people.

"Only those beyond 8 combinations will go."

Rankers save the coordinates in their PDAs. The direction they need to go in as well as the distance are marked. Strategist ordered for only the Lifers beyond 8 combination to go in.

The few elite are going to take on one mutant. It could actually be more uncomfortable to fight if they all go swarming in. there would be a lot of people but limited s.p.a.ce to attack.

It is better to increase mobility than to get tangled up.

"I'm nervous."

"Let's go."

 

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Volume 9 / Chapter 266

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Hungry Panda

                                                                               

As soon as the Rankers left, the level A Lifers followed suit.

There are no questions.

They moved mechanically according to their pre-conditioned guidelines and training.

There are about 1000 of them. If this force is combined with Cha Jun Sung to make 4 level S Lifers, they could take on a level 9.

"We'll have to prepare the cyborgs as well."

They are weak, but they could have a great effect if used properly.

Hundreds of tentacles attack Cha Jun Sung's body as if they are each living creatures.

They are persistent.

It doesn't end and goes on like a storm.

Hades desperately cut the tentacles, but the nerves connect again quickly like cutting through water. He needs to chop at it if he wants to see an effect, but there are too many of them.

Trees that need to be handled with both arms of an adult man are being cut easily.

The forest is screaming because of Cha Jun Sung and Evil Queen's battle.

Cha Jun Sung just blocked, but Evil Queen's attack radius was colossal. This area is wide, but they move narrowly. Evil Queen cleaned the obstacles that prevented her from attacking Cha Jun Sung. If looking down from the sky, there will be a big hole in the middle of the forest.

'To get pushed like this.'

The inside of his battlesuit is full of sweat. A constant temperature is maintained, but tension makes his breath short and heart beat faster.

Cha Jun Sung moves busily. Though he has a superhuman body and scientifically created battlesuit, he is a human with two arms and two legs.

He can't do things that are out of character of what the human body can do.

But is that the same for Evil Queen?

She has barely used her lower body since the battle began. She stays in the same place and just attacks.

She only needs to move when Cha Jun Sung gets out of her attack radius and when he gets through her attacks and rushes at her.

'If only my arm were okay.'

It is an unnecessary war of attrition. They won't be able to end like this.

Evil Queen smirks. Cha Jun Sung's expression becomes distorted. Unlike him, she is enjoying the situation.

Cha Jun Sung's current combat ability is about 80% of what it had been in his heyday. He's pretty used to it because it has been a long time since his arm got cut off, but it was still cut off.

Following circ.u.mstances, it is difficult and the balance isn't right. From the way things are going, he wouldn't have been able to beat Evil Queen even before. But he can take advantage of that state.

"Odin. Did you find the nucleus?"

[Above average levels of virus A have been detected in the pit of the stomach. I cannot see inside Evil Queen even with a detailed scan.]

Boom!

Cha Jun Sung brings Hades down. A direct vacuum wave splits everything in front into two.

Cha Jun Sung runs after.

He isn't sure, but it's worth a shot. If they keep fighting like this, there will be no end.

He will give flesh for bones.

No. He will give his life and get that much back. This moment when she has her guard down is the optimal opportunity.

Is it because he forced himself through?

The tentacles graze past his battlesuit.

Cha Jun Sung didn't pay any mind. As long as he's come this far, he can't go back empty-handed. He needs to do everything he can before the heat in his body goes down.

"Where!"

Evil Queen falls to Cha Jun Sung's forceful rush. The Overbooster, raised to maximum output, narrowed the short distance in one shot.

"Die!"

Inside the battlesuit helmet, a light flashes a place that Cha Jun Sung's eyes mark.

The Overbooster all over his body becomes concentrated in one place. It is his right arm.

Hades' own booster explodes simultaneously.

Deadly strike.

It was just for one moment, but it exceeded the domain of supersonic speed. It didn't reach the speed of light, but it was unrecognizable.

Evil Queen's eyes look toward Hades' blade, that is coming down from above. Rather than watching it, her eyes followed it instinctually.

The energy emanating from Hades split the tentacles guarding Evil Queen and even the air and disappeared to the back.

"That was a good surprise attack, but didn't I tell you? My darling and I became one."

"What?"

Evil Queen, split and about to touch the ground, laughs at Cha Jun Sung.

Cha Jun Sung's attention goes forward.

A lump the size of a man's fist is attached to a disgusting vein.

The nucleus.

The nucleus twists around, takes shape, and changes into a skeleton. It looks exactly like a human skeleton.

"That's Bon Load."

Evil Queen has put Bon Load in her nucleus. She has placed a frightfully powerful guard in her most crucial part.

Kyah!

The fist-sized nucleus swells enormously. Bon Load opens his mouth and shows sharp teeth.

Cha Jun Sung felt death.

He can't avoid it. They are too close. He has been outnumbered.

"f.u.c.k."

Bon Load's mouth comes right in front of him. He knew the end would be bad, but for the last scene he sees to be the inside of that monster's mouth.

He wants to resist, but it is already too late to do so and because battlesuit energy consumption is extreme, Overmode has already been released.

Kyak!

When Cha Jun Sung had given up hopes of living, a bomb exploded and a bullet used against top level mutants went into the middle of Bon Load's forehead.

Bang!

It is called a bullet, but it is basically a small missile the size of an arm. When that exploded, Evil Queen and Cha Jun Sung flung away.

"Pour it on! Force 1, get Overload and take him to headquarters!"

Upon Weapon Master's orders, force 1 went to Cha Jun Sung, supported him, and got away from the battlefield without looking back.

The remaining force used all of the weapons they had to make where Evil Queen is into chaos. It looks as though she sustained an injury in her battle against Cha Jun Sung.

They may not be able to kill her, but they might be able to use this chance to wound her.

"These punks mess with my mood?"

Her tentacles and sharp thorns fling out from the center of the explosions. It isn't for attack. This is Evil Queen's complete awakening.

Her tentacles twist like a tornado. A strong wind creates a dust storm that obstructs their view. Lifers watch that phenomenon and retreat little by little.

Evil Queen's form is shown to the world in clear visibility. Her original form is nowhere to be found. She is huge.

She's so big that they need to completely turn their heads up to see her. She looks like a lizard with a long body and countless sharp thorns on her body.

Those thorns prop up her entire body. Bon Load's skeleton was stuck among those thorns, and it wriggles like it is alive.

Where there should be a head, a skeleton larger than an apartment flashes a terrible ray of light.

Evil Queen's human form is soaring above that.

"I don't like how it looks. But I really do like how much power there is."

This is the first time she is awakening since fusing with Bon Load.

The word monster is fitting, but a mighty force spurt from inside.

[Strategist.] [The cyborgs will take care of your retreat. Don't fight back and run away.]

Woong!

Weapon Master could hear the sound of bees.

They are coming.

Bang bang bang!

The Lifers who had been watching Evil Queen reverse their boosters. They will run away from her while facing her. They have completed their prioritized goal.

"I won't send you away."

A part of the skeleton stuck on Evil Queen's body, fall to the ground and roll.

Thorns and tentacles come out of the skeletons.

They look like jellyfish. As soon as they took shape, they chased the World Federation members as they ran away. There are hundreds of them.

"That one should be the only one that was able to survive my surprise attack."

It is surprising. They need to be at least level A in order to survive her surprise attack. That means they have the strength of level 6 and 7s.

Boom boom boom!

Evil Queen moves her heavy body forward. She is slow because her height and length are as large as that of a skysc.r.a.per.

Woong!

"Huh?"

Evil Queen looks in the direction of the sound.

Because she is so big, she protrudes from the forest. She can see something filling the sky. The 50,000 cyborgs that Strategist sent. As the cyborgs approached Evil Queen, about 10% changed their direction to the ground.

Bang bang bang!

Then the following explosions.

Evil Queen knew that her fragments would be swept in those explosions, so she frowned. They are pus.h.i.+ng through with volume. She didn't feel rage because they are one-time alters, but she is a bit annoyed because there have been so many obstacles to what she wants to do.

"I was just going to play…"

Evil Queen was going to leave the Lifers alone if they left her path out open. It's because she has something to do. But she's changed her mind.

She'll kill all of them.

It might take a long time to find and kill each one, but she'll be able to get most of them if she crushes their headquarters.

Cyborgs come swarming in. Evil Queen strengthens her coat. An armor so thick and st.u.r.dy that not even a missile could get through, wraps around her body.

"I'll take one hit."

Bang bang bang!

The cyborgs fall. Their bare bodies collide with Evil Queen.

They are self-destructing.

Not just one, but tens of thousands of them.

There isn't a lot of power. Strategist used high level cyborgs for this operation. Though they wanted to save special and high level cyborgs because they have a lot of use for them, the impact acc.u.mulates and Evil Queen suffers a little damage.

Though that was only outside the armor, not inside.

                                                                               

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