#245
Vampire Rise (5)
A mysterious monster that suddenly appeared in Korea, Hahoe Mask.
He began to indiscriminately judge criminals by his own standards, and his cruel hands played a brilliant role in stabilizing public order, which had been in disarray.
No matter how much it was said to be an act of violence that ignored law and order and relied solely on force, no one could deny the visible results he brought about.
The public’s enthusiastic support for his actions led them to underestimate those who had previously been responsible for public security in the country.
These so-called giant organizations are no better than one person.
Kwaaang—!
‘There are a lot of excuses, but that’s how it turned out in the end… I can’t help but hear things like that.’
Yun Ji-yoon, who had been exchanging attacks with Alpha, smiled bitterly.
However, contrary to popular perception, the Agency for the Management of Extraterrestrials and the Association of Korean Returnees were far from incompetent groups.
It may have seemed a bit inefficient due to various unavoidable restrictions, but how could those who have been responsible for the security of a country and maintained society up until now be incompetent?
‘This place was definitely the main base of Heterosis, wasn’t it?’
For example, she already had a good understanding of Heterosis, the mainstream power of the blood alliance that dominates the streets of Seoul at night.
As they were showing a moderate course of action and were of great help in securing public security, we maintained a tacit cooperative relationship and just watched, but of course, it was also a border area that the association was keeping a close eye on.
But then, suddenly, a powerful energy reaction was observed in that place.
That too, with an enormous amount of hostile blood magic power.
‘I said I’d come as quickly as possible… The damage is too great.’
She bit her lip again and frowned.
It only took about five minutes for the headquarters to detect an abnormality, for the news to be relayed to her while she was on vacation, and for her to rush here herself.
But even though they moved so quickly, the number of casualties was already in the hundreds.
The damage here would have been greater if a vampire who appeared to belong to Heterosis had not caught his attention until the very end.
‘A level 9 madman who appeared at the base of Heterosis. Come to think of it, I said that Alpha, the leader of the hardliners, disappeared before they fell.’
Phage crackle—!
Even with so many thoughts swirling around in my head.
The energy that was violently spinning inside Yoon Ji-yoon’s body, the brain chakra, continued to swirl and resonate with the world.
Kururung—
Through it, her thoughts begin to force the phenomenon—.
Kwaaang—!
Soon, a bolt of lightning struck the ground from the sky again.
Exactly over Alpha’s head.
“Kuaaaah! I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you! You too! Heinz too! Aaah— all the humans!”
“Oh, you’re so damn strong! Stop it, you should just die!”
But he was no ordinary monster.
A fleeting moment when one second is divided into dozens of equal parts.
Alpha, once again baked golden by lightning full of chakra, tore through the air and lunged in front of her.
“Kihahak!”
His outer skin was already tattered from multiple thunderbolts, but his life force, which was so overwhelming that it was tiresome, was quickly regenerating his body even at that moment.
As if I were truly immortal.
‘Of course, that’s not really possible.’
Even if she were truly immortal, her duties would not change.
‘The bloodthirsty demon is a matter of life and death. It would be easiest to just blow it up with maximum firepower… but there’s no other way. That’s not the only way.’
Unfortunately, the location was not good, so it was difficult to generate electricity.
If she were to recklessly unleash maximum firepower in this urban area, the entire area would be blown away along with the barrier the Guardians had created around her while she was fighting.
If I wasn’t careful, the damage I caused might end up being greater than the damage caused by that crazy demon.
Dismissal—!
The electricity in your body swirls wildly, and your thoughts accelerate beyond their limits.
In an eternity of time when breathing stops, bodily metabolism stops, and bioelectrical exchanges stop—.
Only the chakra within her body spun endlessly.
‘If you don’t die, I’ll burn you until you die!’
Soon, an inner microcosm opens at the center of the chakra that was rotating like a wheel.
She, Yoon Ji-yoon.
—It became lightning.
***
“Move quickly! Moving the civilians to a safe area is the priority!”
“Are you short on therapists? Contact all the clergy in the neighborhood in the name of the government! If that doesn’t work, grab them by the leg, threaten them, or whatever it takes to get them to you!”
“Ugh, we need more support on the barrier side! We’re at our limit on blocking the aftermath! If we get hit directly, it’ll explode in one shot!”
The outskirts of the battlefield where Yoon Ji-yoon is blocking Alpha.
The Guardians of the Returnees’ Association and agents of the Ability Management Bureau, who had been dispatched on an emergency basis, were moving busily through the chaotic scene.
In fact, it was only recently that they had enjoyed a relatively peaceful time thanks to the Hahoe mask, but this kind of thing itself was very familiar to them.
It was unusual for a single villain, let alone a group, to cause this much damage, but that didn’t change the job they had to do much.
Anyway, the branch manager who steps in will deal with the villain who is causing the problem.
And while everyone was busy like that.
Han In-yeong was leisurely passing the scene outside of everyone’s awareness and approaching the barrier.
‘It hasn’t been long since the incident broke out, and yet they responded to this. Excellent. … I guess that means this kind of thing happens often.’
Heinz, who had used “Negation of Existence” to hide his own presence, nodded heavily.
It wasn’t that surprising, since news of terrorism broke out almost every day, even to his knowledge.
‘And when this news spreads, the villains who had been quiet will start to rise up one by one.’
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Originally, when nothing happened and everything was quiet, everyone would be aware of what was going on, but the moment someone made an impulsive move, everyone would follow suit and cause a scene. This was human psychology.
I’ve been catching and kicking them as they pop up so far and making them behave, but it’ll probably take a while to get them back on track.
‘Tsk, I guess there’s nothing I can do. For now, Jin So-ran seems to have escaped safely, so I’ll go check on her later. For now, I think we should take care of the guy inside first.’
At this close a distance, I could tell where my followers were without having to use the “Monarch’s Power.”
She and several other surviving heterosis vampires were huddled together in a small area.
‘This momentum… I guess he’ll be at the level of Seonghyeol. But the fact that Jin Soran is still alive means that they had no intention of killing him from the beginning.’
I could feel the intense energy of the two beings clashing on the other side of the barrier.
There was no way she could escape from an opponent of her level on her own, so she must have taken advantage of the intervention of a strong member of the association to escape without them intentionally killing her.
‘I’m quite lucky. Well, I guess I’ll have to find out about him myself from now on.’
Heinz, who had arrived in front of the barrier, looked at it for a moment with “insight.”
I used “Negation of Existence” to lightly ignore it and entered inside.
And right after that, what he encountered was…
“It’s so big! Heinz!”
Kwarrung—! Kwaang!
“No, look at that guy you’ve been looking at while there’s a lady in front of you? Your manners are just as bad as your looks!”
Phage crackle—!
A half-charred monster that desperately cries out for itself.
It was a scene where some being made of light… no, electricity, was grabbing the guy and continuously striking him with lightning to fry him.
‘···My name? Is that so? Then that guy must be Alpha.’
Heinz watched the situation with interest, quickly arriving at a conclusion about the opponent’s identity based on small clues.
Alpha, despite its defeated appearance, continued to regenerate and run wild, destroying its surroundings, but in its current state, where it had lost its reason and was only left with instincts, it was not enough to deal with an opponent who moved literally at the speed of lightning.
‘It looks similar to the lightning spirit… but it’s a power closer to a more fundamental concept than natural power. Is it a chakra user?’
Chakra, the ability to complete one’s inner microcosm and intervene in specific concepts and phenomena.
Although I had seen many users on Earth before, this was the first time I had seen someone who had reached the level of replacing their entire body with a single concept called ‘brain power’.
‘···It’s strong. Even that doesn’t seem to be the full power right now.’
Since it was an unfamiliar system that I only knew through knowledge, it was difficult to accurately gauge its level, but it was clear that the opponent had risen to a relatively high level even among the Transcendent.
“Ahhhhhh—! I, I have to kill Heinz! If you get in my way, I’ll kill you too!”
“Okay, okay. Okay, then you die first!”
Alpha screams wildly as his whole body turns to charcoal from the lightning that strikes him again.
No matter how I looked at that guy’s condition, he wasn’t in his right mind.
Even taking into account that he was a madman… that is, his mind was polluted by cannibalism, his obsession with Heinz felt unnatural.
As if someone had forcibly imprinted it into my head.
‘Well, it’s pointless to argue about the crazy guy’s way of thinking. More importantly, if we leave him like this, he’ll probably die soon.’
Although it was still holding on with its superior regenerative power, it was starting to slow down as if it was reaching its limit.
So should we just step down and be satisfied that the culprit of this situation has been eliminated?
‘···That can’t be!’
The damage we suffered from this incident was not small.
The loss of Heterosis’ assets, including the office, was only a minor part.
More than half of the vampires in the office were killed in Alpha’s rampage, and Jin So-ran, who was handling Heinz’s business, also suffered injuries that required recovery for the time being.
But in this situation, you can’t just stand back, right?
‘So, clearly, this side also has the right to take just revenge.’
Yeah, so this is it.
It was definitely not steel.
Phew—
“Cough! You…? Heinz—!”
It’s just a little bit of a debt clearing process.
***
Chinese mother.
The man in the wheelchair sighed deeply and then tried to contact his unpleasant boss with a slightly uneasiness in his voice.
-Hello? Are you a law enforcement officer?
“Yes, Doctor. I’m calling to tell you that your items have been delivered to your desired location.”
-Woohoohoo! Is that so? That’s good, that’s good!
As always, a frivolous and boastful voice.
However, the scribe did not show any particular emotion and calmly said only what was necessary.
A brief outline of what has happened so far.
“It is said that Korea’s brainchild, Yoon Ji-yoon, joined the scene much earlier than expected. They intentionally aimed for the moment when she was away. However, it was said that it was not very meaningful.
-Hmm, that’s a bit disappointing! Even though he’s a total loser, I wish he’d done something a little more exciting!
A light tongue-clicking sound was heard over the phone.
After that, the interim report was completed without any major issues after a few issues were resolved.
-Thank you for your hard work, Yulryeongja! It must have been difficult to deal with a friend who wasn’t in his right mind!
“It wasn’t to that extent. It’s something I’m used to.”
The decree holder’s words contained the meaning, ‘No matter how difficult and hard to deal with, you are not the only one’, but of course, he could not say such things out loud.
-I hope the gift I put my heart into is delivered safely to my friend Heinz! Of course, I have a backup plan in case it doesn’t get delivered properly, but I still like it quick and easy! Hahaha!
“Hmm, is he that important? Of course, I’ve heard that he cannibalizes his own kind and gets away with it, but I don’t know how great that is. Was it really necessary to waste a level 9 vampire that I worked so hard to create?”
For Yulryungja, the head of the East Asia branch of the Bancheonhoe, Alpha was also one of the great forces, so he could not help but feel dissatisfied with this meaningless operation.
Even without that, there was a considerable loss of power while fighting Hahoe-tal, so this is such a waste.
-Yulryeongja, it is natural to sow seeds for the harvest! It is natural to fatten livestock before slaughter! In that sense, investing in a defective product called Alpha was a very efficient decision! It is only a level 9 in name, but its intelligence has degenerated and it is no different from an animal.
“Ahem, it bothers me that I can’t seem to figure out what he’s doing.”
-That’s why this operation is necessary! We have to gently drop the bait and make it come to where we want it to. And if we can just use that body, we can finally complete the ‘perfectly evolved creature project’! Hahahaha!
The doctor’s laughter, cooler than ever before, erupted from beyond the communication line.
How could it not be so?
It was one of those big projects where he drafted the paper and commissioned researchers from around the world to work on it, along with a small amount of blood.
Although the Korean research institute was destroyed along the way, the research was steadily progressing.
Finally, its completion was within sight thanks to the discovery of a mutant vampire named Heinz.
-Wooheeheehahaha!
So the doctor ended the call, continuing to laugh in satisfaction at his great research.
He didn’t even know that his wish had already been leaked to someone else and that it had been a long time since it was created by his hands.
