Episode 54 [Test (3)]
“I’m sure it’s not slime or something?”
It was a jelly-like monster whose back was visible.
“Your name from now on is Pudding.”
Kyung-hoon pushed the mana into the mana bomb, intending to end it quickly.
Meanwhile, the monster was also changing its appearance. The thing that was in the form of a pillar collapsed again.
Kyung-hoon threw a mana bomb at the monster. A round stick flew out and landed on the crumbling monster.
The bomb was buried inside the monster.
Quang!
There was a flash of light accompanied by an explosion. Kyung-hoon’s expression when he narrowed his eyes was not good.
The mana bomb had little effect. The monster’s shape was distorted by the explosion, but it quickly recovered its original shape.
Moreover, the monster seemed to have absorbed all of the shock of the explosion. The electronic equipment in the back was still blinking.
“It’s difficult if it gets blocked from the beginning…”
A bomb made of guano, which was said to be effective against monsters, had poor results from the start.
– This is the first time such a case has occurred. It was not possible to use it carelessly because the amount was not large, but the mana bomb was used against monsters. The effect continued to be good.
Eve’s excuse was heard, but there was no time to respond to her words.
The enemy’s counterattack began.
“Damn you, tentacle water!”
Parts of the monster’s transparent body, like tentacles, were shot towards Kyung-hoon.
Bang! Bang!
Kyung-hoon succeeded in hitting the fired tentacles with his pistol, but he was only able to block the two tentacles that were fired first. The
bullets fell. The tentacle’s attack continued.
Kyung-hoon threw the pistol on the floor and took out a dagger.
Sharp! Sharp!
He stepped back and his sword cut off the tentacle.
“Why is the attack position so simple? Thanks to that, it can be cut easily. But…”
The tentacles persistently targeted Kyung-hoon’s chest.
I don’t know why, but because of the simple attack, Kyung-hoon was able to perform tricks such as hitting the tentacle with a gun and cutting it off with a sword. The continued
attacks left Kyung-hoon with no choice. I continued to step back.
The monster also continued to approach with its trembling body and fired its tentacles.
“Isn’t there a weakness? If it’s the same monster, it probably has a mana stone!”
-We are checking. So far, there are no mana stones or cores in the protruding thorns or in what appears to be the main body. Unfortunately, unlike the excellent AI
performance, her eyes were only on the two action cameras attached to Kyung-hoon’s clothes.
More than human. It was very difficult to identify the enemy with the camera attached to Kyung-hoon’s body, which was moving in motion.
“Damn it!”
Thanks to the tentacles that kept growing, Kyung-hoon’s hands became dizzy. He
desperately threw himself backwards and swung his sword, but ended up missing one of the tentacles.
The tentacle followed Kyung-hoon as he flung his body and, as Eve said, tried to pierce his body like a thorn. .
Boom.
Gyeonghoon, who had been sliding backwards, lost speed and stopped. He looked down with a dumbfounded expression.
There was a transparent tentacle waving right under his feet.
The other tentacles were not visible, and the approaching body had shrunk by more than half.
“Could it be… the distance is short?”
Kyung-hoon stood up with a bewildered expression and looked forward.
During the brief fight, Kyung-hoon had retreated more than 50 meters away from the control room. The
transparent lumpy pudding body was only waist-high, and instead of many tentacles, there was only one tentacle that was over 20 meters long and was wiggling around.
The tentacle retreated again.
The tentacle quickly joined the main body, and after a while, the main body regained its appearance as a large pudding.
“It was a guy with a short range.”
Kyung-hoon tilted his head as he looked at the main body of the monster standing in the middle.
“Why aren’t more of them coming out? Besides, it seems to be smaller than when I first saw it…”
It was hard to see that the tentacle had been cut off with great effort. The cut tentacle was on the floor. It wasn’t visible.
When Kyung-hoon sneakily approached, the tentacle shot out again.
Kyung-hoon quickly backed away.
“It’s true that it can’t come out anymore. Should I just escape like this?”
Kyung-hoon was worried as he watched the tentacles return. Although he realized that the enemy could not chase after him, it was too much of a waste to retreat like this. There was
nothing to be gained by coming in. Moreover, he did not know the way out, so in the worst case, he would only be transported to another dimension. It was a mess.
But there was no way to defeat the monster. It had no weaknesses and the mana bomb didn’t work.
As Kyung-hoon was thinking for a while, Eve gave an answer.
– Analysis completed. I found the monster’s mana stone.
“Where are you?” ?”
Kyung-hoon smiled happily.
-It is attached to the server that is still running in the control room. “Surely that wasn’t the main body?”
Kyung-hoon pointed to the giant pudding.
-It doesn’t seem to have a separate body. Looking through the infrared camera, the pudding is still connected to the server in the control room. That’s why it can’t come out any more. Kyung-hoon glared at the monster’s back
. .
Just as she said, a transparent line was connected to the control room.
“Could it be that the first mana bomb was used to protect the control room?”
When I took out the mana bomb to check, the pudding lump quickly retreated.
[..Anyone who causes harm to the facility… can be arrested and punished according to the law…]
Moreover, in the control room . A voice was even heard:
“I knew the weakness, but… is there a way to get through it if it’s like that?”
After putting the mana bomb back in his backpack, Kyung-hoon was lost in thought. Guns didn’t work, so he had to cut through the monster and get to the control room with only a dagger. Slowly. While Kyung-hoon was thinking about it, the monster began to creep forward again. Kyung
–
hoon
said I narrowed my eyes and looked at the monster.
It was a strange thing to say, but the guy trying to block the mana bomb couldn’t have been stupid. He
must have known that his weakness was discovered, so he crawled back out. There must be a reason.
Kyung-hoon had a tentacle . I remembered their attacks. Tentacles that tenaciously attacked only one spot.
Kyung-hoon looked down at his chest.
-Why are you doing that?
Kyung-hoon took out the Mana cell phone that he had placed deep in his chest.
Purr.
As soon as the cell phone came out, the pudding monster headed towards Kyung-hoon. It spewed out tentacles.
Of course, there was no way it could reach them, and the tentacles couldn’t even get close and turned back.
-Is it because of me?
“It’s probably because of the mana stone in the phone, or because of the phone, or because of you, Eve.”
-It must be because of me.
Kyung-hoon had the same thought as Eve. And then a light bulb came on in Kyung-hoon’s head.
“I thought of a good way.”
Eve felt uneasy at Kyung-hoon’s laughter reflected in the cell phone camera.
After a while
, the drone flew into the sky.
Buuuuung.
– It doesn’t seem like a bad operation, but… I don’t know why I want to oppose it.
Mana cell phone. Hanging Eve. It was a drone.
“Hmm, the performance of the wireless earphones is good. I can hear well.
Kyung-hoon’s face looked satisfied after hearing Eve’s whining while hanging on the drone
. -I’m not a combat AI, but… I’ll start manning you.
After saying one more word , The drone began to move quickly.
Buuuuung.
As the drone approached, the tentacles shot up towards the drone.
Shoo-shoo-shoo!
The drone slipped through the tentacles as if performing a trick. The drone narrowly crossed the range of the tentacles.
Although she grumbled, she did her part well.
While the monster was concentrating on the drone, Kyung-hoon was running toward the control room.
Papa pak!
50 meters was too close for Kyung-hoon.
The monster noticed . By the time he noticed it, Kyung-hoon had already jumped into the broken control room.
The monster’s mana stone was located in the center of the jelly surrounding the server. It was a small mana stone the size of a fingernail. Although he was
puzzled by the mana stone being so small, Kyung-hoon stabbed his sword at the mana stone. .
The main body rushed to the control room and tentacles were fired into the control room, but Kyung-hoon’s dagger was faster.
Clink!
With a breaking sound, the mana stone inside the transparent body was split in half.
The tentacles that were shooting out lost their direction and the running main body collapsed. I lost.
[… Evolution… The goal… It’s a pity…]
After leaving a few words, the voice could no longer be heard. The translucent liquid that had gathered had now turned into water.
“Is it over?”
Buuuuung.
A drone landed next to him.
-Yes. Even the infrared camera doesn’t feel warm.
“Good job.”
-It was a useful operation, but I hope you put more thought into this type of operation. I could
hear the worry in Eve’s voice.
Kyung-hoon took the cell phone off the drone.
“I’ll think about it as much as I can.”
-Thank you.
Eve was gradually awakening to humanistic thinking. Kyung-hoon was very curious about what would happen to Eve in the future.
“But if this happens, does it mean we won’t be able to know what happened?”
The control room was destroyed and the monster turned into water. There was no one left to ask.
– Fortunately, the server seems to still be alive. I will check.
As Eve said, the last equipment was still lighting up.
Kyung-hoon said to Eve’s I followed the instructions and connected my phone to the server.
A while passed.
-There wasn’t much data left, but I figured out what happened.
The moment Eve spoke, all the lights on the server turned off.
-It’s not in the encyclopedia, but it’s a kind of parasite. It’s like a monster. It’s the type that parasitizes on the host and then strengthens the host’s abilities to ensure safety. The
computer is the host? Question marks filled Kyung-hoon’s mind.
-The monster is parasitic on the control computer of the Hunter Training Center and uses the computer’s Based on the information, we strengthened the training center. We remodeled the interior with work robots and remodeled the robots.
“Does that make sense? Computers are not living things. Are there such parasites in the first place?”
-It is not included in the information I have at all. And there is no information that such life forms have been discovered on Earth.
Mutants are basically changes based on life forms on Earth. Then, the monster that turned into water may not have been a mutant.
Kyung-hoon shook his head. He scratched hard. It was a story that went beyond his limits.
“Are these guys who appeared after people left? Or were people pushed out because of these guys?”
-Information is lacking.
I still didn’t know too much.
-Still, I gained something. I was able to learn how to modify this facility and how to modify the work robot. I think it will be of great help when building defense facilities in the future. Kyung-
Hoon Eve’s words didn’t really make sense to me.
– And this server was the backbone of the control facility. The reason monsters moved this facility and were able to make powerful attacks even with small mana stones was because of the mana stones I heard from the server. This time
, Those were words that really resonated with me.
After a while, Kyung-hoon was able to disassemble the server and obtain a mana stone.
It was a fairly large mana stone.
– It is a captain-level mana stone. It is just below the mana stone that my original body had.
Kyung-hoon is single . He put the mana stone into his backpack. He could strengthen his weapon and do various experiments. And he could strengthen his cell phone…
He glanced away from his cell phone.
Kyung-hoon put the cell phone in his chest, took the broken sword with him, and looked toward the back of the control room.
The open door of the auditorium was waiting for him.
“Then shall we go get our reward?”
Kyung-hoon walked briskly.
