014. The Son of Heaven in the mighty world is Hive Mind (1)

Kwaaang-!!!

With the powerful ESP ability riding on my arm, a low-level demon that fearlessly flew in was easily reprocessed into pieces of meat.

It seems that I have become really strong. It’s because it’s impossible for even a few players to destroy a low-level demon with a single gesture.

I don’t know how far the limit of the power that can use the ability is. Since the body of the hive mind is still at the level of a newborn baby, if the body’s mental power grows further in the future, it may be possible to truly imitate ridiculous acts such as ‘force lightning’ or ‘flying lightning’.

Of course, even now, with a young body, you can play around with count-class demons very lightly.

Well, how about going head-to-head with the duke?

“It’s a duke… … Crazy, I’m on my way to slay the duke. Is this a true story?”

Duke-class demons.

The commander-in-chief of the demon corps and a being called ‘disaster’ by players.

When I was a player, I also had the experience of participating in the ‘20,000-30,000 Ducal Boss Raid Raid’ several times. To start with the conclusion, all these raid attempts were ruined and we all got along well together.

There is one monster in our group that can be captured by one person up to the count level. However, it would be very disrespectful to compare something like a bare count to a duke who is the commander-in-chief.

“Isn’t it the first time ever to have a 1-person raid?”

It was a problem that the duke’s personal strength was as strong as that of a dog, but the waves of hundreds to thousands of aristocrats and low-level demons run by them were a bigger problem on the way to catch him.

I have only seen the peacock’s face once.

In the raid where he barely met the duke, he sent thousands of players straight to the manager’s arms with a single gesture.

I still couldn’t forget the shower of purple energy pouring down from the sky after his gesture. The demon duke in my memory was a madman who far exceeded the common sense of common players.

Anyway, at that time, I was trying to forcefully grab the opponent’s head, but the power was so severely damaged that the entire round went straight to hell.

I’m not sure if the duke I’m going to meet is that strong, but I’m going to catch him anyway.

“Arachne. Instruct all corps individuals newly born there to gather here, from the continent across the sea and from the front yard.”

―Fulfill the orders of the ruler. All Legion Queens and Jellyfish, listen up! Send all the newly born Legion children here!

Duke, you fell behind today.

Hyung, I have set a rally point now.

―Lord, the colony destroyed and tainted by those filth is coming into the jellyfish’s field of vision.

―Please give me an order.

“yes. Throw them all into the hatchery and turn them into mucous membranes.”

Duke, let’s see if you can survive a one-billion swarm storm.

-An enemy has appeared.

“Kill them all.”

As the newly replenished demons began to swarm after devouring the nutrients of our legion, ‘slaughter’ began in earnest.

First of all, tens of thousands of gunnery spiders, the size of which resembled tanks, hurled acid shells at the enemy from their tails, covering all directions. The low-level demons who survived here were confirmed to be killed by giant jellyfish spraying venom in the air like showers.

Legion’s overwhelming bombardment.

In an instant, the first demon wave was lightly deleted.

“… … .”

wow, that’s too cold

Little peacock, come out quickly.

– Ruler, enemies are coming again.

―The acidic venom of archer spiders and jellyfish is not yet sufficiently produced.

“Warrior spiders, burrowing spiders. The wasp bypasses and hits the enemy production base directly.”

―Execute the command. Children of the legion, quickly destroy the enemy!!!

Looking at the battlefield through the jellyfish’s eyesight, the field commander, an aristocratic level demon, was also trying to do something.

He took the lead in clearing the way, rescuing the beleaguered low-level demons, and wasting time for allied troops to be replenished.

He is a great field commander.

It’s no exaggeration to say that there are few nobles who want to fight together on the battlefield with low-level demons, who are just consumables in their eyes.

“Hey, over there. get rid of that guy The wasp is out.”

However, it became a beehive due to the poisonous stings of a swarm of wasps that rushed to my direction. The only good enemy commander is a dead commander.

Despite their weak bodies, the wasp swarm boasts the most overwhelming mobility in the legion, and thanks to this, it is really a matter of lying down and eating rice cakes to attack and assassinate the target in an instant.

Um, this feels like cutting off the tank with a meme from ‘The Game’?

“Arachne. take that body Do not feed them to the hatchery.”

The corpses of the nobles are a very good source of points. The lower class gave 3 points, but that guy sometimes went over 300~3,000 points depending on the level. Among the counts, the strongest guy gave out almost 30,000 points.

Anyway, even among the barons, even if you are the weakest and lowest rank, that corpse will give you a lunch box. Since I used a lot of Kang Jin-hyuk’s points, I should feed them as a reward for a generous ruler… … .

“… … No, wait.”

Kang Jin-hyeok, where the hell did this bastard go? Are you still picking up corpses and beating points?

… … Um, I don’t know.

At this point, having him doesn’t help, so I’ll catch the peacock and look for it later when I go eat dumplings.

“… … .”

However, things are a bit strange.

Right now, I want to see the Duke right in front of me, so I’m walking around the battlefield in a human body, but he shows no sign of appearing even when half of his base is being robbed.

Even the boss level I met here is only one aristocrat I caught earlier.

Where the hell is this bastard?

* * *

In front of my eyes, I saw a city in full swing with reconstruction work.

Kang Jin-hyeok went to the far end of Antarctica out of fear of the Duke, but sneaked back when he saw that they couldn’t properly pursue him.

“These guys are really bad at tracking.”

When I was being chased by the corps, I felt as if some artificial satellite was watching me, but the demons either stupidly flew on their wings or ran after them.

Although the aristocratic level demons could achieve speeds beyond human imagination, there was no one that could match Kang Jin-hyeok’s [Bullet Man] who ran at the speed of sound. This time, he even had enough time to replenish his stamina and strength by forgetting his lunch box.

He was a master of escapism, capable of circumnavigating the planet at a speed equal to that of a Concorde airliner, provided he ate his meals in time.

‘… … This isn’t an authority originally used for this purpose.’

Its use is a bit strange, but it seems that his [Bullet Bullet Man] is a really fantastic power for escape. It was practically a miracle to get out of the situation without a single hair loss in a situation where there were hundreds of demon nobles and even a duke.

[‘I don’t need any potions! Rice is the best medicine!’ is activated.]

Kang Jin-hyeok entered the restaurant with a hole in the wall, took out a few silver accessories and gestured to order dumplings.

The restaurant lady with a terrifying force that smelled of demonic blood all over her body seemed to like the accessories she brought out, so she steamed dumplings until the table broke.

“… … It’s delicious.”

After eating dumplings, the wounds on his body healed quickly with the power of authority, and through the link from the system, his spiritual power rose rapidly.

He was a man who could freely break through the speed of sound as long as he ate rice, and he was the owner of the [Holy Sword] that would never die.

“… … This is undercooked.”

Perhaps he was busy fixing the broken restaurant, and one of the dumplings had almost raw meat in it. Kang Jin-hyuk quietly went to the restaurant lady with dumplings.

Chiyiik -!!!

The restaurant lady took the dumplings indifferently, and in an instant, the smell of cooking meat vibrated from the dumplings and steam began to rise.

Looking at her, she could see a tremendous amount of heat rising from her palms.

Skills like those seen in martial arts novels.

“… … Samadhi evolution?”

A world where a restaurant lady cooks raw meat using the method of sammae jinhwa (三昧眞fire).

Kang Jin-hyeok took the dumplings with the meat well cooked and humbly blew his nose. It must have been a very strange world.

Kwaaang-!!!

The moment I sat back down and tried to put the well-cooked dumplings in my mouth, there was a roar and the city buildings began to be swept away like those of a fishing village hit by a tidal wave.

[Holy Sword! The power of the Holy Sword is here! Find him quickly!]

[Destroy this city too!]

The voice of the Demon Duke resounding loudly.

His eyes had turned red.

This crazy demon abandoned all the rulers of dangerous races and their bases, and wandered around the planet madly in search of the [Holy Sword].

‘If I offer that [Holy Sword], there is a way for me to survive!’

The demon duke knew early on that it would be difficult to win against that corps anyway. So instead, he acquired a [Holy Sword] and turned his eyes away to avoid the disaster that would come upon him.

In the end, Kang Jin-hyeok, who was leisurely ordering and eating dumplings thinking that he had outwitted all the demons, was discovered by the Duke.

“… … Fuck.”

Kang Jin-hyeok hurriedly packed dumplings into his private space and left the restaurant, frowning.

Looking up at the sky, a very large demon peacock gate was open above the city, and through it, I could see hundreds of aristocratic demons spreading their wings and jumping down.

Kang Jin-hyeok laughed bitterly as he saw people who wanted to rest for a while rushing out to the streets with weapons.

It’s just because of himself that the people of this city are genocide. No matter how strong these people are, there is a situation where there is a duke who is outside the standard.

Even if you block it, the damage will be really great.

“… … shit.”

He took out the [Holy Sword]. Then, in the air, he started spraying the sword of divine power.

Anyway, what that guy was aiming for first and foremost was not the destruction of this city, but the item called [Holy Sword].

Flash! Flash! Flash-!!!

“It’s here! I am here!!!”

[‘Bullet Man’ is activated.]

He intended to save the people of the city by turning their eyes on him and using his powers to escape.

After all, he had an all-around escape machine and had enough packed lunches and dumplings, so he was confident that he could run away to the end of the world without getting tired.

However, this time, Kang Jin-hyeok did not have to run away.

“Leviathan!”

The shadow of a huge whale appeared above the demon gate.

* * *

The moment I destroyed the last base of the demons on this planet and rebuilt the hatchery, I felt the ‘main body’ contacting me through the Hive consciousness in my head.

【found.】

“where?”

【Above the dumpling restaurant.】

“… … Shit, is it on top of that house?”

This is an ability that I learned about when I went out of the reach of the hive mind’s dominance with a body that I synchronized as an experiment.

This was an incredible ability. While I was active in sync with the human body, the disconnected body was able to split itself into two, doing its own thing.

I became two.

Thanks to this, while I was cleaning the colony with my human body, I was able to use the Leviathan’s main body to search for demon dukes, perfect role-playing.

Of course, as much as the mental power the main body has given to the human body, the strength is a little less than in the situation where the link is perfectly concluded, but even then, even the weakened ability is originally great, so there is no big problem.

“Well.”

Anyway, since I’m currently synchronized with my human body, trying to move again after coming all the way to the northern colony caused me a lot of annoyance.

“I’m tired.”

It’s a fact that I realized after working like this, but the human body is a fragile body like the tofu that gets tired very easily. The human body could not comfortably receive and eat nutrients without rest due to mucous membranes, and even if the ESP ability was rolled a little hard, it would quickly become exhausted from mental fatigue, and it was a body that needed a certain amount of sleep.

I was really crazy about wanting to have a human body, but to be honest, the efficiency is so much worse than I thought.

I’ve consumed quite a bit of mental power to exercise my dominance right now, and some of the demons have even beaten me directly by displaying the ESP ability at the limit that my body can withstand.

So, now is the time to take a deep breath.

【Shall we face it like this?】

“So what? Even if it’s only half, can you lose it? This body needs some rest right now.”

【So what.】

By returning to the main body and de-synchronizing the humans, the divided memories could be put back together without any major problems. Normally, in this case, a normal human would face a huge aftermath due to the mixed memories of fragmented egos, but to the Hive Mind, which has overwhelming computational power and mental power, that was not a big problem.

Anyway, the mental power required to roll a human brain is less than one-tenth of the body’s ability.

“Arachne. this one is a little bit better If anything happens, report it to the body.”

-Get some rest, ruler.

“OK.”

* * *

【Now then, let’s take a look at the peacock. good! Leviathan, headbutt!]

Leviathan immediately hit the back of the demon duke hard.

Take-!

It sounds like you heard something ugly, but Leviathan’s torso headbutt went straight anyway.

【Did you get it?】