Chapter 159

Chapter 159

The swamp that was spreading in all directions has been drained.
Gone were the humanoid monsters, gone were the things that seemed to swallow the reservoir in one bite. Instead of slime, the concrete floor was filled with soot.
The knights all felt the same way. As if they had just experienced hell for a moment and were back on earth. Suddenly, the helplessness that had taken over their bodies was replaced by relief.
Meanwhile, the agents with experience fighting Daemo kept their cool, and it showed. Kim’s “from now on” wasn’t just a rebuke to turn the tide.
Godmother.
So far, so good, we’ve unleashed hell on earth,
My current godmother seemed to have unleashed hell on my body.
The mucus pooled at her feet.
Pavavavak!
Thorns sprouted from dozens of spheres. Stalks shot out indiscriminately, without direction or control, piercing the concrete.
Most of them were misplaced, but some reached the ops team.
“Come out!”
“Yikes!”
A young knight was tugged from behind and fell to the ground. When he looked up, Kim was there.
Tongue!
The moment his raised shield met the thorns, he stumbled.
The frown was enough to show how hard the shock had hit him. The knight swallowed hard. It was obvious what would have happened if Kim hadn’t stopped him.
“Go, thank you.”
“Wake up in time to talk.”
Kim quickly glanced around and calculated the damage. Five or six knights who were slow to react had been pierced by thorns. The limbs were better off, but there was one who was unfortunate enough to be stabbed in the neck.
‘I told you to get a grip.
The common thread is that armor didn’t help.
-WEEEEK!
Mouths sprouted on each of the Godmother’s arms and spat out new arms with nauseating sounds. From the spit out arm came another, and another, and another.
Clammy hands clung to the pillars on the left and right. The godmother’s arms tensed as she pulled herself up. The professor shouted urgently as the shape resembled a slingshot.
“Shoot!”
Bang, valid!
Chapter burst from the muzzle, briefly dispelling the darkness of the basement. His aim was accurate, but his stopping power was lacking; both bullets shattered against the hard alloy plate.
Poof!
The glob of slime shot through the air like a shell.
The gap closes quickly. The Godmother’s target was neither Asterike, who had wiped out Metunaf, nor Edwin, who had betrayed her.
‘You’ve got my attention.
Only to run straight at Kim.
For Kim, the attention was unwelcome.
Turrrrrr!
My vision cleared and I felt lightheaded.
The power was far beyond my expectations. It took him a moment to realize he was rolling on the ground. The arm that held his shield jerked frantically for a bone.
‘Huh, shit. I’m getting PTSD.’
I remembered the time I’d gotten knocked out by Snowfield. I’m sure I’d be able to split a few sums now, but I’m starting to think I can’t do it this time.
“Mr. Hyun, are you okay?”
“My left arm feels like it’s a little bit fucked up, somehow.”
“We’ve got you covered!”
The knights who had granted access in vain hurried to surround the godmother.
First, the Nords’ swords drew a fluid line. In short order, a variety of cold weapons fell upon the godmother.
The blade sliced through the mucus with ease. A different sensation than before. The resistance was strangely weak.
Its mouth and hands shot out from the cut, biting and clawing at the hilt. Its eyeballs, crushed by the mace, melted away and stuck to the knight’s hand.
Bulge!
The mucus swelled up significantly, as if my heart was pounding.
“Damn it, back off!”
Kwagagak!
Countless spikes erupted from the Godmother’s entire body.
Rolling across the floor to avoid it, Nord quickly recovered his posture. His eyes widened in horror as he saw the results.
I could see my colleagues with their limbs hanging down, pierced all over.
“That easy?
They were never out of the loop.
They were talented, hard-working, and unstoppable, but they died in vain.
They say that death is commonplace in the modern world, where continents are dying, and if you just relax a little bit, it will come to you. Isn’t that just so helpless and insignificant…….
Wham!
The thorns snapped like whips, and the bodies were thrown out. It was as if he were handling garbage. Nord gritted his teeth and gripped the hilt of his sword.
“…….”
The eyeball stared at Nord.
Five eyeballs out of dozens, just a glance, and Nord stumbled backward. I felt a rush of fear like I’d never felt before.
“Can you kill it?
Enemy Blood Demigods. They may have strange spells, but they’re still human. There must be limitations as a living creature, but I couldn’t fathom the depths of the Godmother.
As my despair grew, Kim yelled at me.
“Give up the attack, just stall for time!”
Even as I said it to myself, I realized it was too much to ask. I thought maybe it would be easy, but the scene just now shattered my complacency.
“It’s worse than a game, motherfucker.”
Nearly invulnerable physical immunity and a devastating melee attack. The patterns aren’t even as simple as the game. Enemies and allies are unbalanced to say the least.
“It’s dangerous to use asterisks.
There’s a good chance that [Regenerative Fire] will explode upon impact, engulfing allies. This is why the professor doesn’t have a sharp instrument. It’s also not a comfortable environment to command.
‘I can’t believe this is even in a weakened state.
The second effect of [Necronomicon]. Strictly speaking, it is not the same as weakening. On the contrary, it is an object that extremely strengthens the connection between the Godmother and the Sanctuary.
In doing so, I gradually lose control of reason and sanctuary. Like Asterike before her, she is consumed by my spell. The original plan was to hold out until the Godmother self-destructs.
But if that’s not enough.
Eventually, you’re going to have to push yourself.
“Edwin. Can you stop him?”
“Do you have a chance?”
“Sure. I’d fry myself if I didn’t get a quote.”
Edwin was puzzled by the way she fumbled for her gear, but he didn’t question her plans. Albatross and the Golden Lion Knights were still dying.
Above all, Edwin had seen her as someone who was always ready, and that’s why he followed her. Hoping for this moment to confront his godmother.
Kwaah!
A bundle of thorns slapped the floor. The Golden Lion Templar standing in her way was reduced to a flattened mass of meat. Carmen’s right arm twisted in the attack.
Having broken through the encirclement, the Godmother rushed in like a beast.
For Edwin, no, for Kim. From the beginning, her attention has been focused on Kim. As if she didn’t wonder why Edwin was here.
“……’s, lose!”
Boom!
Edwin dropped his blunt weapon and fought back with only his shield. Slime slithered past the shield, where a mouth protruded to bite at Edwin’s limbs.
“You ungrateful thing…! You picked up something worse than a worm, nurtured it, and now it’s showing its teeth!”
Quack! Quadrup!
“Whose way do you dare to stand in, against whom do you dare to rebel!”
Recovered, bitten, recovered again, eaten.
“What a piece of garbage, even to my own parents!”
Your hard-earned shield is crushed.
Edwin’s body was covered in slime.
Westcreek climbed the pole to bring his sword down, only to be knocked off by a bundle of spikes that swung like a tail. Anima’s sword was swallowed whole, three fingers and all, by the slime.
As Castle Rock and Botticelli attempted to join in, their feet were torn off by a puddle of slime on the ground. A dagger thrown by the Ghost protruded from the Godmother’s body and stabbed Edwin in the collarbone.
It was a messy battle. It was a bloodbath.
“Die, you’re in the way……!”
-प्रियतमा!
-חוֹלֶה, חוֹלֶה!
As the Godmother raged, voices not her own began to mingle. The heads of Metunaphs sprang from her flesh, shouting at her.
“Take cover! If we get breached now, it’s all over, please hold on…!”
Even as he led, the word “failure” was the only word on his mind.
It was an unreasonable battle, the last thing a commander would want to do. No amount of spellcasting and spear thrusts could make a difference.
If anything, the slime covering the godmother only grew thicker and thicker, evidence that the spell was slipping out of control, but only to the despair of the ops team.
“Boom!”
Edwin holds on for dear life, but loses his shield.
With minimal safeguards removed, Edwin was confronted by a monstrous figure. There were mouths in the pupils of its eyes, and they seemed to bite into his godmother’s personality.
A large mouth appeared where the godmother’s face should have been. The monster’s jaws gaped open to chew and devour Edwin’s skull. Instead of saliva, a sticky liquid like tar dripped from it.
“Ah.
For what might be the last time.
My life flashed by like a lantern.
The next moment, an arm stretched out from the side of Edwin’s back.
“Good job.”
The first thing that came into view was a gun.
The gun had an unusual appearance, with blue light emanating from every part of it. The barrel was gaping open like an alligator’s mouth. A triangular mechanism inside and a laser fired from the barrel aimed at the godmother.
The red light that engulfed Negrum in Bastitera.
The [Eliminator] had already warmed up.
-Bam!
The binge drinking caused the godmother’s chest area to burst.
Everyone who witnessed it was stunned. The fist-sized hole in his flesh that no bullet or blade could penetrate. The godmother was not expecting it either.
“How?
I wasn’t even given the time to clear my doubts.
Kim pushed Edwin away and let go of the gun. The hilt of the blade was newly in his hand. [Red Desert Fang]. The kukri glowed menacingly as it corroded the area it struck.
Quack!
The blade sank into his pupil.
“Aaaaahhhh…!”
That’s where the corrosion started.
Kim didn’t wait to see the result. He let go of the sack with the knife still embedded in it and formed a spear. Electricity leapt from the pole of the spear, which was as transparent as glass.
Three times in a row, he crafted six-star gear. A violent recoil hit Kim. The pressure in his brain rose exponentially, and he felt like his eyeballs were going to pop out.
Through it all, she pushed her godmother over.
“Clench your teeth. It’s gonna fucking hurt. Me, you.”
I rolled down the window.
Drool!
The [sparklight] scattered sparks wildly. The electric current along the pole raged within her body. Her life burned within her, along with the metunaphs within her.
“Ugh, gahhhhhhh!”
Pain and screaming.
The Godmother inflicted pain on others and listened only to their screams. She was a predator at the top of the food chain. She understood that fact better than anyone, and she used it to her advantage.
But rewinding further back in time, there was a time when she didn’t.
Her life was longer than most, and she called the placenta home. By the time her values were established, Deborah realized she was not ordinary.
Rituals and prayers. A life of self-imposed seclusion despite having power. A life that, without any stimulus, simply withers away like a plant in a greenhouse.
Disgust with their own kind for casually imposing them.
So Deborah wore a mask. As the priest’s daughter, she presented herself as faithful and exemplary. As was the order of things, she became the priest’s successor.
Empowered, I went out into the world.
He abandoned the name Deborah. She wielded her power to her heart’s content and picked up the world’s trash. From then on, she was always in a position to trample others.
But, why.
“Yes, he did it again, he did it to me…!”
A reptilian, slit pupil looks down at himself. A symptom of the mutation. Normally, the loss of Izzie should have driven him mad, but there was no madness in Kim.
Only murderousness overflows.
Doubt and anger flared in the godmother’s heart.
“Why aren’t you trampled on?
Even against a full army. Even against Snowfield, the most powerful man on the entire continent, even against the Pekatum Hitman. Even when he unleashes his powers himself.
Why it survives in the end.
How to get through it.
The godmother had a hunch.
A huge will of something that is holding you back.
What fate has been bestowed upon a man named Kim Yi Hyun.
Paaang-!
Muddy flesh burst forth. Splattered slime stuck to the concrete floor.
A hush fell over the underground.
The [Gray Light] disappeared and the sparks subsided. As the agents relaxed, Kim grabbed a Red Desert Fang from the ground.
He staggered to his feet and looked around. The largest of the dozens of scattered slime blobs, he began to walk toward it.
“Mr. Hyun, are you okay…….”
“Move over. I’m finishing up.”
I nudge the agent who comes to my aid. I’m grateful, but I’m still a little wobbly. I took a few steps, stopping in front of a puddle of slime.
The response was no or different.
Get it!
Thin spikes shot out of the mucus. I caught the spike that was aiming for my heart with one swipe. The arm that had been burnt black by the recoil of the [Revolving Light] was rapidly regenerating.
“What the hell, these assholes, they have to be ugly all the way.”
None of them took their deaths cleanly, except for those who died without a chance to escape. You treat other people’s lives like bugs.
There was a lot I wanted to say, but nothing I had to say.
Poof!
I stabbed the knife in. The slime was rapidly losing its viscosity.
“Yeah, who the hell is he, and why is he doing this to me….”
It was an incomplete sentence, but it could be inferred.
Why do you interfere so much, why do you bite Ida, why do you come all the way here, why do you bring yourself to death.
Pointless and obvious questions.
Kim didn’t hesitate to answer.
“If you were smart enough to know that, you wouldn’t have done this in the first place.”
By this time, the mucus had completely turned to blood.
[ERROR!]
[An unexpected error occurred].
[confirms the death of the character “Godmother”].
[Calculate the damage rate for the scenario].
[Now Loading…….]
A message confirming the death of the godmother. and,
[Mutation Rate 65.1341%]
It was way over the threshold I had in mind. I looked down at my right arm and saw that the crystals had completely covered it. It didn’t even look human anymore.
“Ha, this is why I didn’t want to write it.
Progress was much faster than with Negrum and Camellia. I had a vague idea. It’s a term that doesn’t come up until later in the game, but this place must have a seriously high ‘pollution index’.
I hurriedly let the medicine wear off.
The crystal breaks and falls off the skin. But there’s also some left behind, so your best efforts at removal are in vain.
[Mutation rate 41.1805%]
We paid too much for just over three minutes.
My upper body was shaking with exhaustion and dizziness.
“Chord!”
Asterique rushed forward and caught Kim as he tried to roll over. Even as she held him, his eyes scanned the ground. Clumps of mucus wriggled slightly.
Edwin muttered in disbelief at the disgusting sight.
“After all that, he’s still alive…?”
“No.”
Kim quickly denied it.
“…■■■, ■■…!”
“■■■■! ■■■!”
“■■■■■■!”
The slime crawled like caterpillars and spoke a strange language. The words were unintelligible, but the emotions were clear. They were in pain.
The persona of the godmother does not already exist there.
Looking down at the dregs, Kim said.
“Burn.”
Black smoke billowed out.
The room was eerily quiet for a while.
Only the groans and ragged breathing of the wounded could be heard over and over again. Despite the fact that the enemy had already vanished without a trace, I could not completely relax.
Because it didn’t feel real.
Now that the mighty enemy had fallen in vain. With no corpse left to prove victory, all eyes naturally turned to Kim Yi Hyun.
The pale complexion, the unidentifiable crystals on her skin, and above all, the unearthly force that pushed her forward. By the end, it was almost as if she was on her own.
The people who were lumped together as an ops team had different affiliations.
Different beliefs, different policies, different ideas.
Some say awe.
Some people are wary.
Someone out of pure worry and concern.
Each of their emotional eyes turned to Kim.
-Tududududu!
A boom from deep underground echoed through the reservoir.
“What was that? What did you just say?”
“Could it be gunfire…?”
As panic spread, Kim squeezed his eyes shut. He had a vague idea of what had happened. He was being supported by Asterique, and he struggled to contain himself.
“We’ll see.”
The source of the sound wasn’t far off.
After a short walk, I came to a dead end.
The end of a suspended pipe in the ceiling.
The deepest location of an underground reservoir.
There were two people and a machine with pipes connected to it. One was a Legion soldier wearing a gas mask. The other was much more characteristic than a soldier.
Skin as white as if it had been doused in bleach. Three horns and pointed ears that don’t look human. A sunken, flattened nose and parched lips. An eye crease carved into the center of his forehead.
Kushan and the professor also looked at Markus. The professor’s eyes widened. A forgotten piece of knowledge, one that she did not recognize now, came flooding back to her.
“……Parasite.”
The vision for Legion was already nearly complete.
But just like in the game, it was never finished.
Markus was cut into eight pieces and left for dead.