Episode 176 [ Mutant (3) ]
It was incomprehensible that the faces attached to the body spoke instead of the head.
Moreover, those faces still spoke and made facial expressions even after their heads were blown off.
There was no way a monster whose brain had been blown away could think or speak.
“In the end, there is a separate captain.”
At Kyung-hoon’s words, the man in the suit opened his mouth.
“Are you a space travel awakener? “What an unexpected trait.”
The man distorted his face. But the distorted face was very awkward. The doll seemed to imitate human facial expressions.
“But it looks like the distance traveled is short. “It would have been better if I had left this paradise bunker.”
The man spread his hands.
In his hand was a wireless trigger.
As he opened his hands, the contaminated awakeners approached with bombs wrapped around their bodies.
But Kyung-hoon smiled when he saw the percussion gun in his hand.
There was a spider hanging on the end of the trigger.
-I’ll neutralize the bomb now.
Fazizik.
Sparks flew from the robot spider’s body along with Eve’s words.
The current passed through the trigger and struck the man’s hand. The man’s hands were shaking and he missed the trigger.
Tung.
The man looked at his trembling hands and at the percussion gun on the floor.
Cheezy.
The trigger was completely broken. And then a large spider ran away from the fallen trigger.
Disruption.
Blue light flashed throughout the hall.
-All detonators of bombs installed inside the hall have been removed.
It was the light scattered by the spiders controlled by Eve.
The man looked around and screamed. It wasn’t a human voice.
Wow!
The mutants, who had received orders from the nest owner, rushed in.
It was impossible to shoot at the bomb.
Kyung-hoon took out a sword from his backpack and Shane also threw back his machine gun.
Kyung-hoon and Shane clashed with the mutants.
Kwasik!
Limbs were cut off and heads were crushed. The attacking monsters were eliminated in an instant.
Shane withdrew his hand from the monster’s body and looked around.
“Did you run away again?”
The man in the suit was nowhere to be seen.
He gave the order to attack the other mutants and then retreated alone. -We are
tracking. A spider was attached.
“Then, shall we check what the treasure he was talking about is?”
I let it run away for that. Now it was time to get my reward.
*
After sending the clan to the intruders, the monster fled down the hallway.
From the first time I saw it, I could see that a head-on confrontation was impossible.
‘What do you do if you have a trait?’
Some mutants had characteristics like awakeners or monsters. However, those who became mutants by absorbing mana stones could not evolve like other monsters. They were not good enough to evolve. This was because they were awakened by eating the mana stones and meat of other
monsters
. .
I was able to force it up a level or two, but it was impossible to go up to captain level, let alone monarch level. I
tried feeding the same mutants and feeding them mana stones, but in the end, I ended up with a bad guy with a face all over his body. Still, I could use it as a trap
. was useful, but now it was just a discarded card.
He escaped through the emergency passage hidden behind the statue.
Now there were no clan members left. The bomb was useless and the trap was broken.
But he did not give up yet.
“He is a human. A very strong human at that! ”
I’ve experimented with everything else, but I haven’t tried awakened meat yet. It was clear that such a strong human would be able to evolve this time. Thanks to his characteristics, he had human memories and was able to lead his clan, but he was a different being from humans.
There were no human joys, sorrows or desires left in him anymore. The only thing on the monster’s mind right now was to go upwards in evolution. The lone mutant arrived at the lower level of the casino floor, the lowest level of the bunker. A thick iron wall stood in front of him
. It was blocked. There was a circular door in the center of the iron wall. It was a safe door.
He opened the door, went inside, and closed the door again.
The safe was full of treasures.
Works of art were covered in dust in the corners. Gold bars were on one side. It was piled up, and jewelry and accessories were rolling around on the shelves. There were
a lot of dollars, too.
But the dollars were torn and crumpled and laid out on the floor of the safe. It looked like they were laid out for insulation, not money. The
mutants didn’t pay attention to the gold and silver treasures. Humans. It was just a habit left behind, so he left it there.
What the monster wanted was something else. He headed to the deepest part of the safe. There
was a pile of shiny stones piled up.
They were mana stones.
After the monsters appeared, the value of mana stones continued to rise. . As a source of energy and as a material for items.
As civilization was ruined, the value of mana stones was bound to increase further.
Of course, the safe of the last casino in Las Vegas had mana stones in it.
“I didn’t know I would eat them.”
There was a high possibility that he would lower his status further and become a fool, but this was the only way to deal with humans. Still,
the monster believed in his own characteristics.
That day when a monster wave swept through Las Vegas.
He maintained his sanity even after eating the mana stone. Of course ,
it was different from the past, but his sanity was enough to deceive other humans.
He made other people eat the mana stones, and eventually made this underground bunker his nest. Although he
used a lot, there were still a lot of mana stones left.
Hot.
He grabbed a handful of mana stones and put them in his mouth.
The mana stones began to melt.
Ugh!
The mana collided inside the body. Mana with different tendencies and characteristics roamed around the monster’s body.
The monster quickly activated its characteristics. . The contamination had to end at the body. The head had to be protected.
Kwaaaa!
The monster’s roar filled the vault.
*
Pow!
A shining sword blade protruded through the door of the vault. The blade moved down.
It was a thick iron door. The blade of the sword cut through the iron door as lightly as if cutting tofu.
Bang!
The iron door, cut in half, fell outward.
Kyung-hoon came in.
Kyung-hoon burst into laughter after entering the safe door.
“Is this it again?”
Gold bars were flying and money was dancing.
In the painting, Mona Lisa was drawing her eyebrows with her own hands, and the Thinker sculpture was searching everywhere for his clothes.
And inside, a giant over 10 meters tall had a halo behind his head. It was a man wearing a suit. He
looked very strong. He looked like a captain or even a monarch.
Money, gold bars, gold and silver treasures, and works of art bowed to him.
The world worshiped him.
The man, no monarch, was Gyeonghun. He looked down and swung his fist at Kyung-hoon.
Buuuuuung!
The fist flew, but Kyung-hoon’s expression did not change.
“Whoop.”
Instead, he took a deep breath and stamped his foot.
bang!
Mana spread out in all directions.
The world was broken.
The gold bars were returned to their places and the money was spread out on the floor again.
The Mona Lisa and the Thinker were covered in dust again, and the giant became smaller and smaller.
As expected, it was fantastic. It was a strong illusion for a mutant, but it was impossible for Kyung-hoon.
“I don’t think it was a proper attack.”
The safe returned to its original appearance.
-yes. I think he was trying to do something. I just went crazy.
A mutant in a suit was looking at the ceiling with blank eyes.
Mutants no longer looked like people. Half of the face resembles a fish and the other half resembles an insect.
The limbs exposed outside the clothes also did not resemble humans.
A spider robot jumped from the monster’s head. It was a spider preparing to attack just in case.
“Kuek kuek… I am now the lord of the mutants…”
the monster muttered.
-What is he looking at?
Kyung-hoon shook his head as he remembered what had just happened. All he could think of was the delusion of a crazy monster
. He raised his sword. The monster had gone crazy, but he couldn’t leave it like this.
Before swinging the sword, Gyeong-hoon remembered that the monster had eaten a handful of mana stones.
“Hmm, are there mana stones in the mutant’s body?”
-Would you like to look for it?
“…No.”
I had no intention of searching inside that body.
Kyung-hoon swung his sword.
*
Kyung-hoon and Shane broke up again.
I wanted to move more together, but I wasted too much time in Las Vegas.
“It takes time to move all the items in the safe .” “You’ll get caught.”
“You have to take it slow.”
Kyunghoon stood next to the car and saw Shane and the dog off.
“But is it okay? Wouldn’t it be better if we go by land?”
Shane patted the boat. It wasn’t big, but it was a sturdy boat.
Waiting for the time to finish after work, the boat Kyung-hoon brought from his hideout in Seoul.
It was a quiet boat driven by a mana stone engine.
“There are forests and mountains blocking it, but there is no way to go by land. “It’s impossible to say. It’s a desert, so there are almost no monster attacks, but you never know what you’ll find in the forest.”
bruise! bruise!
Bailey was also excited and wagging his tail. He seemed to like the first boat he rode on.
“You can’t run away this time!”
Kyung-hoon glared at Bailey and warned her, but the puppy just walked around the boat excitedly.
-It won’t be easy to become friends.
Kyunghoon shrugged his shoulders. There was no way for him to do this.
Buuuuung.
The boat set off. Kyunghoon waved his hand.
The ship began sailing up the Colorado River. The ship was scheduled to continue upriver through Lake Mead.
Shane planned to take the boat to the source of the river.
Grand Canyon Grand Canyon.
It was the place where I met Kyung-hoon again.
***
Although there was no lava coming down, Tokyo was crowded with people trying to escape the city.
Kugugoogung!
Buildings continued to collapse.
Apartment complex buildings collapsed one after another and a large shopping center collapsed.
It was impossible to know which building would collapse.
The government tried hard to reassure the people, but it was no use.
Tokyo citizens were desperately trying to escape the city and Mt. Fuji.
“Contact has been lost. “Operation failed.”
The Chief Cabinet Secretary bowed his head to the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister’s face distorted. It was already the fourth failure.
Both the government and the Japanese people knew who was tearing down Tokyo buildings.
It was thanks to the broadcasting station’s helicopter that filmed the earthworm monster.
If monsters were the culprits, the solution was no different. All you had to do was kill the monsters.
It wasn’t difficult to approach the monsters. Sinkholes continued to form between the collapsed buildings.
The only problem was that it was underground. Neither tanks nor fighter jets could be pushed into the sinkhole.
In the end, it was a matter that had to be solved by human hands.
They were awakened people prepared to be used in times like this.
The government gathered the awakened people and threw them into the sinkhole along with the Self-Defense Forces.
But the operation continued to fail.
The cave collapsed, he was killed by a monster, and internal strife broke out between the Awakened and the Self-Defense Forces, leading to self-destruction.
“When will the next team enter?”
“that is…. “Because the awakened people withdrew their feet…”
The Chief Cabinet Secretary continued to bow his head.
“The Awakened were scared. “It takes time.”
The awakened people were ordinary people.
And now the Japanese are not subjects who obey the king like they did in the past.
Wow.
The Prime Minister gritted his teeth.
“…What happened to asking other countries for help?”
“Well… both Russia and Korea rejected it. They say that China is also in the midst of a civil war and does not have the resources.”
“Chick show!”
The Prime Minister swore.
They even tried to cause terrorism in Korea and were now preparing for war, but such thoughts were not in the prime minister’s mind.
It was difficult for other countries to come to help. Now that airplanes cannot fly, the streets of the world have returned to the 19th century.
The Prime Minister shook his head. This made it difficult to preserve the capital let alone prepare for war.
It was then.
bang!
The Deputy Minister of Transport ran inside. There was no one in the room lower than him, but he shouted loudly without even saying hello.
“Local earthquakes have stopped. “The monsters are gone!”
Jump up!
Everyone got up from their seats.
*
The building did not collapse after that. The lava spewing out of Mt. Fuji also calmed down.
People came back to Tokyo again.
Collapsed buildings were rebuilt and measures were prepared for refugees.
And the Japanese government strongly criticized South Korea, Russia, and North Korea for not helping.
Japan did not stop preparing for war.
The monsters didn’t leave Tokyo either.
10km underground in Tokyo.
The monsters were sleeping in the ground where lava was burning.
The nest for evolution was prepared. Now it just needed time.
The earthworms prepared to escape from the lava.
