The 100th Return of a Max Level Player, Episode 11
11. Seed
“The host… … disappeared again.”
“Disappeared? Are you sure?”
“Okay. Focus your signal on the country called America.”
The man closed his eyes and concentrated quietly.
“That’s right. The signal from the host dispatched to America has disappeared.”
“What does this mean?”
“That would mean the host was killed by someone.”
A host is a monster sent to the human world.
They sacrifice humans and absorb their bio-energy, and then they reap it for themselves, the seeds of destruction.
They are the upper species called ‘Seed’.
By absorbing a certain amount of host energy, the seed can grow and gain the power to collapse the world line.
In other words, the host was an indispensable tool for their growth.
“I can’t believe that a host like that happened.”
“Archizar. Do the other seeds know about this?”
“There is a high probability that you don’t know.”
“The host’s fighting power surpasses that of humans. Don’t you know that even the proud army of humans is no match for the host?”
“Well, I know.”
“But how?”
“The host couldn’t have died of natural causes, so he must have died from external pressure.”
“Do you really think that humans killed the host?”
Archizar nodded.
It was a look of confidence.
“I just recently returned from a country called Korea. That’s where the host’s signal was cut off for the first time.”
“This isn’t the first time?”
“Yes. He was a host that lived on the leader’s body, but his head was cut off and his entire body was burned, and he was sent to a place called the National Forensic Service.”
What Archizar did after that was simple.
The task was to infiltrate the National Institute of Scientific Investigation and retrieve the host.
“At that time, I was able to enter the National Forensic Service by parasitizing the detective’s body. It wasn’t difficult to secure and absorb the host’s body.”
“What about bioenergy? Is there any left?”
“Fortunately, there was some energy stored up before death, perhaps because the defense mechanism was activated. It’s just a shame that I couldn’t harvest it when I had collected more.”
“How on earth did a host who boasted strength that could not be defeated even by modern weapons die? Could it be that there was an internal conflict among the hosts…?”
Archizar shook his head.
“How could that be? The host has no ego. It is simply programmed to blindly absorb human bioenergy. It is absolutely not a being with ego or reason like our Seed.”
“Then, how on earth… … .”
“After looking into it, it turned out to be the work of a being called the Black Sickle.”
“Black scythe?”
Archizar shared the information he had collected with his colleagues.
It was information about a new enemy called the Black Scythe.
“You are a player. Do you already know that this world played a survival game as part of a program to select mercenaries for the past Heavenly Demon War?”
“I know. But the survival game is already over and the player’s power is gone?”
“I thought so too. But somehow, the black scythe doesn’t seem to have lost its power.”
“Even if you don’t lose your power, it’s impossible to subdue the Host. Isn’t the Host an entity that even the Archangels of the Celestials can’t stop?”
“I also wonder about that. I don’t know how Black Scythe is so strong because I’ve never met him. But the important thing right now is not how strong he is.”
“Then what’s important?”
Archizar said with a rather serious expression.
“A threat to the host has appeared, and that threat will continue to hunt.”
“Hunting? Wow, that’s incredible. Hunting the host?”
“Think about it. Following Korea, the host in the US also died. Once was a coincidence, but twice was not fate?”
“The Black Scythe really hunts the host?”
“How else can you explain America’s death?”
Fellow Seed was unable to answer.
It was impossible to explain it unless one had witnessed the host’s death firsthand.
“I guess we need to investigate. We need to recover the host’s body.”
“No, I disagree.”
“What? Why?”
“It’s too dangerous to go to the scene where the host died not long ago. What if you go out and meet the Black Sickle?”
“Well, just kill him. What’s the problem?”
The colleague was confident.
Compared to the host, the seed is a superior being.
Of course, it is much more powerful and superior in both strength and intelligence.
It never occurred to him that he would lose to a mere player.
That’s the general idea.
But Archizar was no ordinary seed.
Because I was given the title of commander who controls the seeds, appointed by the god of dimension, Deorant.
“It can’t hurt to be careful. You haven’t fully grasped the power of the Black Sickle yet, have you? And I have a bad feeling about this.”
“If it was a premonition?”
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“I have a feeling it’s a trap. It’s dangerous to go there.”
“But it’s a bit… … to leave a dead host alone.”
“I won’t neglect you. I’ll just leave the dangerous work to the other seeds.”
“Who are you talking about?”
“I happen to have one seed that could be used as bait. He’s a little lacking.”
Archizar, smiling, contacted another seed.
* * *
‘The more I look at it, the more interesting it becomes. A world swarming with such large bugs.’
Seed Boluak.
He was sent to Earth with the purpose of eating the hosts as they grow up and causing the Earth to collapse.
That’s the purpose of all seeds.
‘Or maybe it’s Deorant’s wish.’
That’s why I was hiding in a human body and observing the situation, but I was getting impatient and couldn’t wait any longer.
‘I want to grow quickly by absorbing the hosts. I want to wipe out all the insect-like humans.’
But it wasn’t time for the seeds to come forward yet.
All we can do is wait until the host has gathered enough bio-energy.
‘How long do I have to wait… … .’
At that moment, a signal entered Boluak’s head.
It was telepathy between seeds that was exchanged at a specific frequency.
-Boluaq. Can you hear me?
-Who are you?
– He is called Archizar, the one in charge of commanding all the seeds.
-ah.
I heard it from Deorant.
There is a separate entity that manages the seeds.
I must follow his words carefully.
-Nice to meet you, Archizar.
-okay.
-But what happened? I’m disappointed if you took up my precious time just to say hello.
Even though it hadn’t taken that long, Boluak had started a fuss for nothing.
To be honest, I didn’t like his presence as a leader.
‘I am an immortal being created by Deorant. Only Deorant can give me orders.’
Archizar continued speaking, not knowing whether he knew Boluak’s feelings or not.
-I’m sorry if I took your time, but I have something to tell you.
-what?
-Did you know that the host signal in Montana, USA, was cut off?
I didn’t know.
There are currently a large number of hosts on Earth, and it is difficult to pinpoint their locations without focusing.
-You didn’t know?
-This is just a guess, but there is a hunter who eliminates the host.
-hunter?
-His name is Black Sickle. He is a player who appears as a man carrying a scythe. He is killing the hosts. The Korean hosts have already been killed.
Boluak snorted.
‘What? The host got hurt? What kind of novel did this kid write and fall asleep?’
The death of the host was so absurd that it brought to mind a medium called fiction, a creation of the human imagination.
-So you should be careful too. There’s no guarantee that the hunters targeting the host won’t target us.
-What do you mean, be careful? We are beings of a different level than the hosts. Aren’t you scared because of a mere human hunter?
-Still, there’s no harm in being careful. If you make a move without understanding the opponent well enough and mess things up, wouldn’t you be ashamed to face Deorant?
That’s not wrong.
But Boluak’s expression was still dissatisfied.
‘You cowardly little brat. To be scared of a mere human.’
I was dissatisfied with the fact that I was being too careful.
More than anything, I don’t want to listen to other people’s orders.
But there was another part that really touched Boluak’s nerves.
-Don’t accept American hosts for the time being.
-what?
The idea of not taking in a dead host got on his nerves.
-Dead hosts should naturally be collected and used as a stepping stone for growth. Why shouldn’t they be collected?
-There is no guarantee that there will be no black scythe at the scene where the horse died. If you go out there without any reason, you run the risk of encountering a black scythe.
-Just because of that reason?
Although I couldn’t understand, Archizar, the commander, emphasized it several times.
-Don’t touch the American host.
-… … .
That ended the contact, but Voluaq still couldn’t understand.
‘Since the Black Scythe has captured the host, he can’t be stronger than us, right?’
But you told me not to harvest the host’s body in case I run into him?
‘Does that make sense?’
For Seed, who prides himself on being a higher life form, it is a blow to his pride to be wary of inferior beings like humans.
Because he didn’t understand, other doubts could not help but arise in Boluak’s mind.
‘No way… … Did he take the initiative to absorb it first?’
When I thought about it that way, I couldn’t stay still.
Flutter!
Voluaq, who had created wings out of black liquid, quickly flew through the sky.
Because he had to eat the American host first before the others could take it.
‘Huh! Do you think I don’t know that you’re deliberately bluffing to keep the other guys from eating? I thought about it a bit, but it didn’t work out, Archizar! I’ll eat the host first!’
Boluak was able to arrive at such a fast speed.
In a town in Montana, USA.
I closed my eyes and felt the host’s energy. I was soon able to pinpoint the location.
‘That’s the way over there. That’s where the host’s body is.’
As expected.
In the center of the village was the charred corpse of the host.
I don’t know how he died, but I guess that was a good thing.
‘Good! No one touched it!’
Because he smiled because he was the first to arrive and the first to absorb it.
But Boluak didn’t know.
I knew this was a trap.
“I waited just in case, and it was as expected.”
“… … !!”
Startled by the sudden voice, I turned my head and saw a man looking at me.
With a huge, crimson scythe slung over his shoulder.
