064. Han Ji-woo of the Beginning Village (2)

Kang Jin-hyeok, who was standing next to me, tilted his head and asked.

“… … Why are you doing that?”

“Well… … .”

This was a very odd thing. The ruler of the disaster is the one who never gave a proper explanation from the moment he met me.

[Brother, don’t you want to know the truth hidden in the Legion’s history?]

As if someone who had been so unkind had never done that before, as if he was going to give me some advanced information first, he changed his posture abruptly.

Of course, I can only guess his intentions.

In my own experience, whether a person, animal, or alien, a normally unkind person suddenly becomes kind, and in all likelihood, they will play tricks behind their backs.

A person’s inherent personality is a law that never changes easily until he dies, regardless of race.

“Hey, ugly friend.”

In particular, that guy was very bad at acting, so he was revealing what he wanted too easily.

I don’t know if I started with the groundbait moderately sprinkled in the first place, but where the hell would anyone be able to catch it if I suddenly switch posture like that?

Thanks to that, I was able to grasp his psychological state very well.

Right now, he has a very similar feel to the rude idiots who started chatting in chat because they thought they couldn’t win while playing the game.

If there’s a little difference from those guys, that bastard is wiping his mouth before the game starts, not at the end.

Anyway, there was absolutely no need for me to wait for useful information to come out of his mouth.

“It looks like it wants to drag the time, but it doesn’t.”

[Brother, I am telling you something that may be helpful to you… … .]

“No, I don’t need it. I am not interested.”

The rice cake thrown by the ruler of disaster was something I was slightly curious about. But if you ask me if that’s the information I need, it wasn’t either.

[Brother! How could the ruler of the clan and the holder of the key not be interested in the Legion’s past?]

As I sternly cut off my words, the Master of Disaster began to reveal his fluctuating will, as if bewildered.

“So what? Do I really need to know about the Legion’s past?”

Although I am now the ruler of the Legion, I still retained my human identity. That’s why I’m always living in human form, and I’m trying to eradicate those demons for the sake of mankind.

For me, the Corps is just a great tool for my plans.

“And if you need any information.”

Above all, I had a very easy way to extract the information I wanted without getting caught up in his tricks.

“I wish I could rip off your head.”

If you subdue him, everything will be easily solved.

【Attack.】

At my command, the strength of the large corps began to move in earnest.

That was the moment.

[Brother, forgive me for having no choice but to do this.]

At the same time the ruler of calamity conveyed his will, the ground I was stepping on cracked open.

“… … What the fuck?!”

Through a gap in the dimension that suddenly split, I fell into a dark and deep space in an instant, where I could only fall endlessly.

“I was taken by surprise… … .”

While I was falling so fast that I wondered if time had stopped in such an endless space, thanks to having time to think, I realized why the ruler of disaster was dragging time while changing his posture.

That bastard is plotting to kidnap me in a strange space again, and seems to be recovering the power to use the power to create a dimensional rift.

“under… … I guess I was a bit careless.”

Originally, it was a very natural providence that after using powerful authority, it was necessary to recover the consumed power. And since he had used great skill to summon a massive meteor bombardment only a few hours ago, he figured it would take quite a while before he could use his powers again.

“But I thought you would open such a small thing.”

In fact, his plan to kidnap the enemy ruler in this way was a very efficient choice.

It was because if Legion vs. Legion were to fight right now, there would be no way for that primitive and fragile mass of flesh to deal with well-upgraded Legion troops.

Even with the Legion able to accumulate nutrients through photosynthesis, the number of heads gained from the rapid division process, which was an advantage of disaster, was now almost caught up.

So, the attempt itself was very good.

It was the same when I thought I was in his position. Rather than playing a game with no odds, I would have tried to create a large variable in this way.

Because I, too, have benefited from persistently biting down on the weak points of strong enemies or by wiping out empty houses.

“… … sick.”

It’s just that the opponent doesn’t know that losing this body won’t cause a big problem for me or the Legion.

The body of the Legion’s hive mind was always kept safely inside the whale. The mind and link left in the main body are now completely severed, but the various governing entities of the corps continue to monitor the situation, so the moment they arrive, they will act immediately.

In addition, there were quite a few incarnations made in advance in case of an emergency, so there was no reason to regret losing one body like this.

“… … yes?”

No, wait a minute, thinking about it, something is a little strange.

“What are you planning to do by tying me up?”

Could that bastard think that my incarnation is the real body?

* * *

As Han Ji-woo speculated, the ruler of the disaster had no choice but to be embarrassed at the situation that was happening right in front of his eyes.

[…] … .]

The operation, which was carried out with barely enough time and strength, was successful, and the enemy ruler was trapped in a space resembling a Mobius strip from which he could not escape forever.

After imprisoning the opponent’s ruler in the floating space forever, he thought that everything would be fine if he took over the helpless legion and obtained the power of the key from the huge object.

However, the ambitious plan to take over the helpless brother’s legion could not be implemented.

[How did this happen?]

Even though the corps he was dealing with had disappeared, there was no problem with the fierce attack reminiscent of that storm.

No, beyond the level of no problem, I even felt the feeling of being driven much harder than before.

The flesh of the calamity was being eaten so easily that it was futile, and if you managed to reduce the number of enemies, a much larger number of troops than that was joining the battlefield in an instant.

[My brother’s legion, why do you not collapse even though there is no ruler?]

The ruler of disaster looked at the situation while staring at the battlefield, and soon he was able to discover an object that was directing all the attacks of the corps, exuding powerful dominance.

―Wipe them out before the ruler returns!

-storm! storm!

-attack! attack!

The ruler of calamity realized that in order to neutralize his brother’s legion, he had to capture even the existence that was exerting powerful control from afar.

In order to catch the object with dominance far away, he had no choice but to come forward instead of the fragile flesh of disaster.

[Your strength has recovered to some extent now.]

A huge number of disasters could not even divide and were eaten by the enemy to buy time, and finally the ruler of disasters recovered some of the consumed power.

Flash-!!!

When the ruler of calamity used his authority, a huge light burst out, and a rather large portal opened right above the colony of the legion.

[let’s go.]

To destroy the center of the enemy, gross flesh monsters jumped into the portal, and likewise, the ruler himself was moving his steps to hunt down the threatening enemy.

Dig-!

At that moment, there was a sharp sound of tearing the air, and at the same time, a powerful force that flashed with golden light rushed at him from all directions at great speed.

When the ruler, who witnessed the light flying towards him, reflexively raised his hand and concentrated his power, a similar system of golden energy arose in his hand, and their powers collided in the air.

Kwaaang-!!!

In the aftermath of the head-on collision of power and power, a huge explosion occurred, and all sides were filled with flashes of light for an instant, then disappeared, and all the disaster objects that were swept away by this were thrown away as blood.

In the aftermath of this explosion, as the dust that had made the surroundings gradually disperse, the ruler of disaster was able to find a man who stood in his way.

[…] … Are you a pure human?]

The ruler of disaster frowned as he glanced at the portal that had disappeared due to his sudden use of power, then glared at the man with very heavy eyes full of his own dignity.

Of course, the man also caught the gaze of a ruler with the dignity of a ruler, emitting an intense golden wave as if he would never be pushed back while holding a large sword in one hand.

[…] … What are you? Why can a mere human subject receive the status of a monarch from the front?]

The ruler of disaster looked at the man and made an expression that he did not understand well. It is also worthwhile, because the power emitted by the king of the tribe was never of a nature that ordinary lifeforms could withstand.

However, the person in front of him now seemed to have no power at all.

“… … You bastard, from the outside it looked pretty good.”

The man, who was covered in a bit of dust and didn’t make much sense, but other than that, the man who had received the title of ruler from the front, and still maintained a perfectly fine appearance, slowly opened his mouth.

“In reality, he was a much more pathetic bastard than Han Ji-woo.”

The moment those words were finished, the [Holy Sword], a large and splendid item held by Kang Jin-hyeok, began to burn fiercely with white light of divine power and golden psionic energy at the same time.

[Human, I tend to like humans. Step back, I don’t want to hurt you.]

When the ruler of the disaster spoke, Kang Jin-hyeok raised his head and replied with an expression as if his unique emotions had been erased.

“I don’t listen to orders from those weaker than me.”

His [Holy Sword] began to move towards the enemy in a spirited manner after a long time.

* * *

This strange space had no light and no floor at all.

Trapped in this strange environment where I can never stop no matter what I do, I was thinking about what to do here and came up with a good idea.

[‘Defense Master’ is activated.]

Coincidentally, this body he is using now was created by cultivating the body tissue of the ‘real Han Ji-woo’. Thanks to that, the very authority I was used to was also included here like a package.

“… … If you do this, you will be able to center yourself.”

Thanks to this, I was able to summon a bunch of divine power turrets in the air so that they wouldn’t shake, then sit comfortably there.

“Huh, now I’m going to live.”

Even if you fall when you fall, it’s much better to sit comfortably and fall than to fall in a sprawling position like some kind of flying squirrel.

Of course, the comfort was really fleeting, as, in principle, it was now time to let go of this incarnation that had done its job admirably.

“… … .”

However, as usual, the willingness to let go of this body had to be put on hold for a while.

“Fuck… … This is another completely independent space… … .”

It was normal for the spirit granted to it to revert back to the main body once it gave up its control over the original body.

The problem is that this is a completely different dimension, so contact through the system is impossible, and even the link of the main body is not felt, so the moment you give up control, your mental power itself may be completely lost.

“… … Recovering lost sanity is quite a headache.”

So, I decided to wait a bit for a while.

If things went well and the ruler of disaster was subdued, then there was a possibility that this incarnation would survive and get out again.

But that was just then.

“… … yes?”

Along with the flashing light, the air in this strange space of only darkness split open, and I saw someone familiar pop out of it.

“… … Woojae, old man?”