Chapter.4 Eyelids (12)
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Throw in!
The gigantic body was shot towards the enemy like an arrow that had escaped from the firing line.
The target is the biggest and strongest looking guy in the middle of the group.
According to the professor’s experience, this beastly body had to be used very carefully and calculatedly.
[Right ankle: compound open fracture (playing: 12%)]
[Left knee: fracture (playing: 64%)]
‘7 seconds for left leg to recover function, right… ‘It would be quicker if it disappeared!’
Due to the nature of the body constantly repeating consumption and regeneration, combat power was bound to rise and fall rapidly during battle. The point is to distinguish between what to throw away and what to keep for the next time. From that perspective, right after the start of the battle, this was when combat power was at its peak.
‘Just getting the first bread right is half the battle! Even if almost half of my body is shattered by this attack, I can somehow break through as long as I catch the commander!’
Tiring-!
[Mutation berserk activated. Consumes blood.]
[Mutation blood lust: Consumes blood to maximize regeneration. If you do not replenish the consumed blood, you will die.]
That skill was also listed in the characteristic created when [Glass Body] was changed to [Extreme Regeneration]. At first, it was written as 4 times, but as the body grew larger, the total amount of infectious agents increased, so it was changed to say that it maximizes regenerative power.
‘Using your special move last is so old-fashioned!’
When in the best condition, focus the most powerful attacks on the most important targets. Strategically, it is an obvious choice. Red steam spewed out from the body, and the injured area began to heal at an unbelievable speed.
Wow!
The professor flew quickly, grabbed the forearm of the largest one in the center of the group, and landed with as much force as he flew.
Coooooo!
Several mutes at the landing site were thrown away by the impact, and at the same time, terrible pain started from the tips of their feet and ran through their entire bodies.
Pop! Ttuduk! profit!
“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch!!”
‘Hold on! If it collapses here, it’s over!’
Due to the impact of the landing, all the bones from the calf to the femur were misaligned, but it was within the calculation. Red steam erupts, and in an instant, the bones are put back together, the strength in the legs returns, and they begin to function again.
Kkuddeukdeuk!
“Keueuuuu!”
The professor, who was fired like a cannonball and pulled his arm, lost his balance and fell to this side. Hand him over now.
Tendons bulged in the professor’s entire body muscles. Muscles swollen to their limit were screaming, and the red-hot body was drunk with adrenaline and was spewing out energy.
“If you survive after being hit by this, I’ll praise you!”
The force of the shot forward causes the professor’s foot, which is stuck in the ground, to tilt downward. At the same time, he twists his waist and throws his grasping arm forward with all the strength of his body, as if he were hitting a club!
In my vague memory, one of my colleagues in the 14th Special Operations Unit who was said to have been a wrestler when he was in society used the leaping force he often used to subdue an enemy with his bare hands, and used the technique of throwing the enemy forward on the ground with his stepping foot as the axis.
“Shepherd takedaaaun!”
Quaaaaaaaaaaa!
A huge crater was dug in front of the gates of Turan along with the name of the comrade’s nickname.
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Patter patter.
Through the thick dust, broken flagstones from the street were falling like rain around the area. An incredible sight, as if a bomb had exploded.
“Huh huh huh huh huh!”
The professor was kneeling in the middle of it all.
[Right shoulder, arm, left leg, thigh: compound fracture (regenerating by berserking: 56%)
[2nd, 3rd, and 5th ribs: fracture (regenerating by berserking: 67%)]
[Left eye: damaged (by berserking ) Regenerating: 93%)]
[Right hand, left foot, big toe: loss (regenerating due to berserk: 23%)]
‘Mutation berserk… I thought it was just an emergency survival skill, but when I actually used it, it was beyond my imagination.’
Ssaaaaaa –
Immediately after the attack, the body, which had been damaged to the point where it was impossible to move, was being repaired in an instant by sucking in the blood of the mutes scattered around. When jumping between the guys, most of the lower body when the legs collide, the shoulders and chest when touching the ground, and all of the remaining upper body when throwing down. It was an attack where I was prepared to stop functioning in every part of my body, but except for a little bit of dizziness, I was already almost completely recovering.
The professor thought as he looked at Mute, whose upper body was almost completely exploded, stuck in the middle of a huge pit next to him.
‘Level 6 mute. Since there are no other high-level entities around here, this guy must be the one leading the troops around here. The remaining guys around are all level 78. There’s no need to use any effort.’
The orders the queen gave to the mutes who occupied this place were obvious. [Capture the human city at the specified location and protect the city from human hands] It would be something like that. Not only level 8 mutes without intelligence, but also level 7 mutes with animal-level intelligence will appear confused when situations other than this command occur.
‘The first order, to capture the city, has been achieved, and what remains is the order to protect the city from human hands… Will I really be seen as a human in their eyes?’
A body where all parts except the brain have been eroded by Mute. Looking at it from the outside, its contents, and its ingredients, I think it’s a mute. The guys were in a situation where a Mute suddenly came out of nowhere and attacked them. In this situation, I caught a commanding entity that could at least think…
‘It’s obvious how Mute, who is half an animal, will act.’
Secretly.
Hesitatingly,
they were watching their surroundings and slowly increasing their distance from the crater. The animal’s instinct drove out Mute’s evil voice. It is an animal’s natural instinct to run away when it encounters a predator stronger than itself. They were not even pushing into the city from the outside, but were leaving the city from the inside, so there was no particular violation of the queen’s orders.
Cheeeeeeeek-
‘Okay. As long as I don’t provoke them and don’t look down on them and just walk out of the city…huh?’
The professor checked his physical condition. Before you know it, the regeneration of all parts has been completed and the body has returned to its original state except for the clothes. However, the steam coming out of the body did not stop.
“Oh my…no way!”
eight. The red-hot arm was quickly drying out, emitting red steam. Skin that dries out to the point where it cracks at the slightest vigorous movement. I quickly checked my body and found that similar phenomena were occurring not only in my arms but also in my entire body.
[Mutation Berserk: Consumes blood to maximize regeneration. If you cannot replenish the consumed blood, you will die.]
If you cannot replenish the consumed blood, you will die.
dies. dies. He dies…
“Damn it! Could it be that you will die if you do not replenish your blood for the entire duration?”
The professor turned his body towards the castle gate.
[Mutation Berserk: 3 minutes 17 seconds]
The corpse of the 6th grade mute buried next to me was already dry. In less than a minute, the professor pictured himself looking like that.
The mental breakdown was frantically highlighting the mutes moving further and further away.
‘no.’
The professor rushed at them. If I don’t catch that, I’ll die.
“Where are you going! Come on! right now! “Don’t run away!”
“Keeeeeeek!”
“Kwaaaak!”
Doo doo doo doo doo!
The professor, whose skin was starting to crack, chased after them like an angry bison.
“Get over there, blood bag! “Give me your blood!”
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Guess!”
Mute ran away with all his might.
Even though they were less than a month old, their mother’s orders no longer remained in their minds. All I could think about was the fear of a huge shadow leaping beyond the round moon accompanied by red vapor.
Sigh!
“Gotcha!”
The last thought of the mute, whose head was held in a large hand, was to get as far away as possible from the monster that was tearing its compatriots alive and gorging on their blood.
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Sigh….
Tiring-
[The effect of Mutation Berserk has ended.]
“Hehehe! Hehe! Lived! I almost died! “I was so dry that I almost died!”
The professor lay down next to Mute’s desiccated body, which was cut in half at the waist. It was truly breathtaking. The last guy I was chasing seems to have run away like that and there are no mutes left around, but there are still about 30 seconds left in the berserk time. If it weren’t for the bottle of mute’s blood that I packed in my bag, I might have been lying next to that dried mute right now.
‘Mutation widening…. It is a technology with as much risk as performance.’
Performance is excellent. With that level of regenerative ability, you can engage in a strike battle without worrying about consumption. A broken leg can be held together in a standing position, so it is virtually as if it is not broken, except for the pain.
‘But that ridiculous amount of blood consumption… the battles it can be used in are limited.’
This time, the opponent was a mute, so I was able to kill the opponent and receive blood, but what if the opponent was not a mute?
‘I won’t be able to fight for even a minute and will self-destruct.’
In the end, that mutation berserk skill is a skill exclusively for anti-mute warfare.
Well anyway. In the end, everything worked out well. Their combat power was better than expected, and they cleared a clear path out of Turan.
‘Hmm… I think I forgot something important…’
The professor checked to see if he had missed anything, but everything he carried was still there except for the used blood.
‘blood. blood. It’s something to do with blood. what? ‘What’s so uncomfortable?’
But no matter how much I thought about it, the only thing that came to mind was something related to Mute’s blood.
‘hmm. Since I almost died from lack of blood, I guess I’m concerned about the lack of extra blood that comes with mental breakdown.’
It was vague, but my tired brain was refusing to think any more. The professor slowly walked out, past the dried corpses of Mute. There were no more thoughts of forgetting in the professor’s mind. All I could think about was that it would be nice to have a cool river nearby.
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Sigh!
Jump, jump, jump!
“oh! Gotcha!”
Tiring-!
[Item – Acquire upper-class Meldive fish: A type of Meldive fish commonly caught in northern Rodrik. This fish species, which has a unique ranking among individuals, has the characteristic of living in clearer upstream waters as the ranking increases.]
About two hours ago.
It was just around dawn when we left Turan. The road from here to the next city was not that difficult. All you have to do is follow the main road and continue south. The professor, who was walking down the street dragging his tired body, caught a very captivating sound.
Woe!
[…..Ssaaaaaa-]
“Water!”
After [Mental Breakdown] was changed to [Overcome Mental Breakdown], there were often cases where information of interest was caught even when there was no crisis in the senses. What caught my attention now was the unmistakable sound of water.
The professor ran out in a huff as if he was exhausted, and soon a river sparkling in the morning sunlight appeared before his eyes. There were no longer any thoughts about the debt repayment deadline or the time to go to the next village in his mind.
“Yeeeeee!!”
with a plop!
It’s water. The clear, clean and cool river water of the morning surrounded his whole body like heaven.
‘It’s life. This is life! The soft texture of this water is moist and refreshing! Ah, I’m happy. All the tension and fatigue accumulated throughout the night is melting away…’
The fatigue accumulated at the border between life and death and the stress accumulated in the pain of my body bursting and splitting were melting away like a river. I couldn’t think of anything anymore. The professor’s unconsciousness was flowing towards the source of water beyond the river…
Tirin-!
[Water Mana Affinity Acquired (100%): 1st Tier: Water Tolerance]
It seemed like a very important message had appeared, but the professor had no time to worry about it. The professor’s consciousness was floating on the water along with his body until the sun fully rose.
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“Chuck…. The taste is subtle because it is not seasoned…. salmon? “A combination of salmon and mackerel?”
And now, the professor, who came to his senses two hours after entering the water, was eating a late breakfast and checking the status window.
[Water Mana Affinity – 1st Rank: Tolerance of Water]
“Tolerance… Tolerance…”
The professor was lost in thought as he opened the magic book Roman had given him and read it.
[….So, the realization of magic is different for each wizard. Some may realize the strong power of water, some may realize the beauty of water, and some may realize the shaking of water. What is important is that the moment the person attains that realization, he or she is reborn as a true water magician. This means that the magician is given the 1st rank in the sense that he completely understands one aspect of water.]
“….It’s really done. Wizard.”
1st tier. A person who fully realizes one part of an attribute.
Other wizards tried to understand and accept water, but from the moment I lost my fear, I was busy just enjoying the feeling of being in the water. The realization of ‘tolerance’ probably also originated from that aspect.
I don’t know anything else, but the moment I enter the water, I feel like everything about me is accepted. I understand that one thing clearly. I can’t explain it in words… Anyway, there is such an amazing thing.
“Let’s see… um… can we do it like this?”
A professor sitting by the water threw the eaten fish bones into the river.
Tap!
The bone placed on the gently flowing water did not flow with the water, but stayed in that position and slowly returned up the river following the professor’s gesture.
“Hehehe. “It’s so amazing.”
The water listens to me. I feel a strange sensation at my fingertips and wonder if this is mana. It is not mana that accumulates in the body indiscriminately like when playing as a warrior in the past, but mana that moves delicately as if playing with the fingertips. The feeling of having a new sense gave him childlike joy.
“I think you can play with it like this… Would you like to try using magic?”
The professor went through the book on the origins of magic, how it works, etc., and then opened the section on the use of magic.
[Occupation: Wizard’s Experiment Subject]
He has become strong enough to chew through a group of mutants within 5 minutes, but the professor’s job is still [Wizard’s Experiment Subject]. Among NPCs, there are people who are treated differently depending on the player’s occupation, so it was necessary to get a decent job.
“Being a wizard is a job worthy of being treated well. This is also a job with the character ‘buyer’ in it.”
The professor’s eyes began to fill with anticipation as he opened the book and read the spell.
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