120. I’m giving up everything so
“You you bastard…!”
“Everyone is in very bad shape.”
Seunghyun Kang looked around and said.
“Everyone here is suffering from phantom pain due to excessive mental loss. Some are unconscious.”
“what?”
“If not treated quickly, a mental breakdown will occur.”
He had a very sad expression on his face, but there was no hint of pity in his voice. Rather, it was an exhilarating feeling.
Quack!
Le Peny grabbed Kang Seung-hyun by the collar and shouted.
“What the hell have you done?”
All the Red Road search team members around them were complaining of pain. Originally, I wasn’t in a good condition because I was beaten by Kang Seung-hyun, but I didn’t suffer as much as I do now.
“I didn’t do anything.”
“Don’t bullshit! Then why are they doing this?”
Then Seunghyun Kang smiled and said as if he had been waiting for those words.
“You should know better about that.”
“what?”
“Did you forget? I must have warned you kindly earlier.”
“warning…?”
It was only then that Le Peny remembered what Kang Seung-hyun had said earlier.
-Are you really going to wake it up? You will regret it.
-I’m obviously dry.
“The reason they fell down…”
Le Peny turned her head and saw a rock altar in her field of vision. The symbiote on the altar hadn’t woken up yet, but thanks to the magic potion I just used, it wouldn’t be strange to hatch anytime.
“Is it because of that symbiote?”
“To be precise, Mr. Le Peny’s own business. I told you to quit earlier.”
“This bastard! Stop talking nonsense!”
Le Peny let go of the collar and pointed at the altar.
“I didn’t do anything else. I just injected magic into the symbiote! There’s no way a person would collapse over something like that!”
“That’s right.”
Normal symbiotes don’t have that ability.
“If only that was an ordinary symbiote.”
However, it’s a different story if it’s an unusual symbiote.
[Observation Eye]
Kang Seung-hyun activated [Observation Eye] and looked at the symbiote cocoon.
[Gordian Larva’s cocoon.]
[It’s in a state that won’t be strange when it hatches.]
[Has a strong mind control ability.]
“My name is Gordian Larva. It’s a symbiont belonging to the caterpillar-type parasitic monster.”
The biggest feature of this guy is his powerful mind control ability. It emits thought waves to lower the mental power of surrounding creatures, and when the mental is greatly weakened, it has the characteristic of manipulating or parasitizing through mental control.
“So it is a symbiote, but because of its characteristics, it cannot be symbiotic unless it is a person with tremendous mental power.”
A strong-willed person ignores mental control and gains power, but if a weak person touches him, even if he gains power, he will be manipulated by him.
“So these guys are my men?”
“that’s right. Gordian Larva emits a wave of thought when it gets close to hatching.”
The problem is that Le Peny poured her magic power to wake him up, causing the power of the Thought Wave to instantly increase dramatically.
Those affected by it caused excessive loss of mental power.
“Ah, I injected magic before… but then nothing happened. More than anything, am I fine?”
“Because Mr. Le Peny is a mana repulsor.”
Due to the constitutional nature of magic resisters, magic skills are nullified and other general skills are halved.
The reason the search team members were safe was because they were by Le Peny’s side.
“You endured because your mind control skills didn’t work properly, but other people don’t.”
Kang Seung-hyun remembered Rosent’s words.
-From that day on, the hideout felt strange.
Right now, since the search team discovered Gordius Larva, the number of members who have lost their mental strength, such as having nightmares or complaining of fatigue, has greatly increased in Red Road.
Eventually, today, even members who collapsed with excessive loss of mental strength appeared.
‘That means that the entire Red Road Hideout is under the influence of Gordius Larva’s mental control.’
Even before hatching, the range of mental control is wide, but it is not known how far it will affect once fully hatched.
“Now stop admitting it. It’s Mr. Le Peny who put his colleagues in danger.”
Hearing those words, Le Peny wrinkled her expression and lowered her head.
“It really happened because of me…”
He is the type who values his co-workers quite a bit, so the reality seems hard to believe.
“As I said before, everyone is not in good shape. If it is not treated quickly, it will become a body that will never be able to steal again.”
“…”
“Cause mental breakdown and become disabled or die.”
Kang Seung-hyun looked at the members of the Red Road search team. They were in worse condition than the members who collapsed first.
‘That means that Gordian Larva’s hatching period is getting closer.’
Even while doing this, the condition of the search team members was rapidly deteriorating. Looking at it, Le Peny’s complexion was also not good.
“But fortunately, I know how to treat these people.”
Kang Seung-hyun reached out a helping hand to Le Peny.
“Then treat it right away! hurry!”
“Of course there are conditions.”
“condition?”
“Give up the Qamar terror.”
Of course, it wasn’t free.
Kang Seung-hyun’s helping hand is always paid.
“Precisely, it means giving up the Gordius Larva symbiosis.”
“You bastard… I meant to do this from the beginning!”
“Listen, Mr. Le Peny.”
Le Peny ran amok for a long time, but Kang Seung-hyun did not change his expression.
“This symbiote is no ordinary monster.”
Seunghyun Kang looked around the altar where the Gordian Cocoon of Larva was placed and said. If this guy was a really ordinary monster, there’s no way he would be placed on an altar like this.
“According to my guess… This guy is a boss monster.”
The transition dungeon is also a dungeon. However, there was a reason why the boss monster had not been seen until now. Because they haven’t hatched yet.
“A boss monster?”
Le Peny’s expression contorted with bewilderment. While raising the symbiote with great care, it seems that he did not think of it as a boss monster.
“I know that Mr. Le Peny is quite talented. But will it be able to withstand the mental control of a more powerful boss-level monster?”
“…”
It’s not easy even for dimension movers.
In fact, Kang Seung-hyun once met a dimension mover who attacked his colleagues after being mentally controlled by the boss monster.
“If you’re lucky, you might be able to hold on. First of all, Mr. Le Peny is a mana repulsor.”
In this way, if Lefeni endures Gordius Larva’s mental control, there will be no big problem except for the disastrous destruction of Camar.
“But if I can’t withstand his mental control, the story will be a little different, right?”
Gordius Larva is a strong monster. If you become parasitized by Le Peny and succeed in mind control, that power will become stronger by dozens or hundreds of times.
“As you know, Mr. Le Peny, normal dungeons exist in subspace.”
So there was no need for boss monster attacks or skills to attack ordinary people or private houses. Because the boss monster needs a lot of energy to get out of the dungeon.
“But the transfer dungeon here is different.”
The boss monster can go out of the dungeon as much as he wants, and can raid civilians or private houses around the dungeon.
“So, if Mr. LePeni gets mentally controlled… A powerful boss monster that will make you vomit will run around the Azul Continent.”
Even Le Peny is resistant to and immune to moderate attacks because of her constitution. It is said that a monster that is difficult to deal with not only the people of the Azul Continent but also quite a few dimension movers will be born.
“Not only Camar, but the entire Lake Trakoti Pitsta in the Red Forest will become hell. At least this area has been confirmed.”
Not only Red Road’s gang, but also Tracotti Village would not be safe.
“Tracotti…”
Le Peni’s expression worsened when he mentioned the town of Tracotti. I don’t know exactly, but Le Peni seemed to have something to do with Tracotti.
Kang Seung-hyun didn’t miss it and continued talking.
“I understand very well that Mr. Le Peny has a great grudge against Camar and is vengeful.”
“…”
“I don’t even say anything about that.”
Kang Seung-hyun also did not think Le Peny’s resentment towards Camar was bad. Because it was a grudge with a reason.
“A person can take revenge in his life.”
“…What kind of life did you live?”
“And how can I stop a person who would risk his life for revenge?”
However, revenge using Gordius Larva was too risky. If it fails, not only Camar, but the entire Pitsta Lake will be in ruins.
“This is no different from a gamble where you risk your own life and bet the lives of your family and friends without their consent.”
“…”
“Revenge is good, but think carefully. It’s not something to do while risking the lives of colleagues and families.”
After hearing Kang Seung-hyun’s story, Le Peny looked around. Colleagues suffering from phantom pain came into view.
“…okay.”
And then I paused for a while.
“I’m giving up on terrorism and everything… Get those guys treated quickly.”
In the end, he chose to heal his colleague.
-“Then, is it roughly finished with this?”
The time of peaceful conversation and persuasion is over. Seunghyun Kang muttered as he relaxed his stiff body.
“Kim Ho-jung, come out soon.”
“okay.”
Kim Ho-jung, who had been hiding behind him, quietly appeared.
“It was resolved in a really peaceful way!”
Kim Ho-jung was very pleased that the Qamar terrorist plot was stopped verbally without violence.
However, he did not know that Kang Seung-hyeon purposely spilled the magic potion.
“If you know how to do this, do it sooner.”
“I don’t like it very much. It took too long.”
Seunghyun Kang said with a tired face. In fact, he had wasted quite a bit of time persuading Le Peny to be peaceful.
“Oh, then what are you going to do with that?”
“Are you Gordian Larva?”
Seunghyun Kang looked at the cocoon of Gordianus Larva on the altar. There is no reason to leave the symbiote alone now that Le Peni has withdrawn from the Camar terror.
“In my mind, I want to kill you right away.”
[Fria’s crossbow disappears.]
Kang Seung-hyeon said while inserting the crossbow.
“Killing right now is like that. Because I found out that it was a boss monster.”
I don’t know the characteristics of the transition dungeon. However, there was a possibility that the dungeon would collapse if the boss monster died.
“In case you don’t know, it would be safe to dispose of it after evacuating everyone inside.”
I really want to send it out right now,
but shoot it!
It was still raining like crazy outside the cave.
“We can’t sleep outside in this weather.”
“In the morning the rain will be a little weaker.”
In the end, the two decided to deal with the symbiote tomorrow morning.
“I’ll go and get the Red Road kids. We have to move them to the infirmary for the injured.”
“After that, let’s close our eyes.”
“Is it so?”
Kim Ho-jung muttered while yawning loudly.
“But what if they hatch while we sleep?”
“That’s fine. Mr. Le Peny put up a protective barrier.”
Like all parasitic monsters, the symbiote’s physical abilities were not that good. It will not be able to get out on its own without a host.
“If some idiot comes and takes it out, I won’t know again.”
“If you’re sane, you can’t do that.”
