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Theo’s eyes rolled back as he was screaming as if he was ready for something. At that moment, Minjun’s sensitive ears caught an unusual noise.
‘vibration?’
The next thing that tickled his nose was a foul smell. It was coming from inside Theo Christiansen’s body. Inside, bleeding, tissue breakdown, and mutation were occurring at an eerie pace. He realized what was happening and curses escaped his lips.
“You crazy kid!”
The overwhelming difference in skill. To be specific, the gap was so great that he couldn’t even think of running away. The moment he felt it, Theo knew that his future was decided.
When Oh Man-sik decided to commit suicide, a more horrifying scene than the inferred ending was drawn in his mind. It was natural when considering the quality of the sin. A hell that could not be compared to the suffering he experienced while practicing black magic would unfold.
His choice was quick. It was a difficult decision for someone who had spent his entire life practicing black magic in order to avoid death.
‘Still, I don’t want it to be that painful!’
It was the primal hope of a man who had spent more than half his life torturing orcs and goblins.
And one more reason.
‘I want to torment you a little more until the very end!’
Theo knew very well what kind of situation was most difficult for such hypocrites who licked their sense of moral superiority.
Regret for not being able to maintain complete integrity.
Guilt of conscience.
‘You will regret for the rest of your life that you missed me in Europe and that you couldn’t kill me here today!’
There the black magician’s consciousness was cut off.
Swish!
The body floating in the air seemed to disperse into black dust. Fine particles spread through the air. Minjun casted a spell in a hurry, but the curse had already lost its effect, and the physical magic literally ‘passed through’ the opponent. The change had already progressed considerably.
Theo, who collided with the magic, collapsed but did not disappear. A black line expanded and spread from the place where the magic penetrated, covering all the way to the end.
It was a colony of very small bugs.
Minjun knew the identity of the spell.
‘A magic that sacrifices oneself, disintegrating one’s body and turning one into a swarm of insects!’
A spell that allows a black magician to escape from the pursuit of eight elders, and it is a spell that is worth everything. Moreover, such a type is often completed with much more power than the spells the magician used in his lifetime.
What’s worse is that they’re not even undead. The reason why living insects can be so much more vicious than dead ones is…!
Booooooooo!
‘This is crazy! I’d rather have a Manova wasp!’
They quickly sprayed acid fog and burned it as if they were spraying pesticide, but the number of black bugs covering the air only increased. Even after Theo’s body had already completely disappeared.
The insect was laying eggs at an unnatural rate. Mechanical asexual reproduction. The eggs attached to the anus cracked and the young hatched right away. And as soon as they spread their wings and took flight, they laid eggs and hatched again.
The black magician’s body and magic power became the sacrifice and the nutrient. It was an absurd reproduction and growth.
Although it was merely an act of copying genes, the speed at which their numbers increased was fatal.
‘this!’
A black cloud rushes toward Minjun. He understands Theo’s intentions, and that’s why he’s angry. He won’t die here because of that bug. But…
‘It’s already starting to spread!’
Some of the swarm of insects surrounded Minjun as if trying to block his movements, while others flew to the residential area beyond the airport, and even further to the sea on the other side. In the meantime, of course, their numbers continued to increase. These violent voracious eaters, incomparable to locusts, would eventually overrun the city center. And it was certain that they would bite people and spread diseases.
Theo Christiansen left a lasting impression on the world.
Minjun pondered as he created a fire to drive away the swarm of bugs.
‘I can’t stop them from spreading all by myself. Jenkins will cause trouble later, but I have to let the other dragons know. And to resolve this first, I’ll have to cut off at least one of my arms…!’
It was then that the surroundings became pitch dark.
“?!”
Darkness covered the view as if a total solar eclipse had begun. At first, Minjun thought the change was due to insects swarming from all directions. However, he was wrong. It was not insects that were blocking the sun so thoroughly.
A terrified voice was heard from below.
“no?!”
“What… is that?!”
As Theo transformed into a swarm of bugs, the undead army, out of control, began to cause a commotion instead of moving with purpose. Thanks to this, the agents who had set up a defensive line around the jump ship were also able to have a moment of respite. Enough to raise their heads and focus their gaze on the cause of the sudden phenomenon.
It was as if a lid had been put over the sky.
It is usually hard to feel a sense of closure when the sun sets. The night dyes the sky instead of covering it. But what appeared in the sky now was clearly covering the earth, the world. As I rolled my eyes along the boundary between the normal blue sky and darkness, it looked like it was about half the size of Yeongjong Island.
The twenty-six pillars that radiated out from the airport were ridiculously thick. In the middle of the fuselage was an abyss-like sphere that stood out clearly even in the dark shadows. Everyone could somehow tell that it was an eye, full of disgust and anger.
“!”
Something so huge was moving so fast. For something so close to a landmark or structure to glide so lightly seemed like a distortion of reality. As one of the bronze pillars curved gracefully and smoothly, the agents realized that it had a different name than pillar. If they had to choose… tentacle?
And then thunder rumbled.
=How dare you, these filthy things!=
The Earthlings were brought to their knees. It was the most intense psychic wave they had ever experienced. A sound that made them pray that the ‘filthy things’ that the being was referring to were limited to zombies or swarms of insects.
But it was beyond human imagination whether a mass of tentacles with a radius of 6 km would feel the strongest disgust towards living mammals, dead mammals, or living insects.
And here’s one more wizard who was horrified by the ground crew and other reasons.
‘······.Endelion?!’
Minjun knew what kind of race that person was.
Strangely, it seemed like there were holes in the middle of the memory, but even just putting together what was left was enough to surprise him.
One of the ancient races that proudly holds a place among the councils that create and run them. A pan-dimensional aristocracy.
There was only one time he got entangled after becoming a prisoner. When he opened his eyes after losing all his past memories, there was that race in front of him. He told Minjun about his situation and what he had to do. In a kind and polite manner. And with a little bit of compassion.
‘Why on Earth?!’
I did see a change in the terminal inbound slot during the battle, a blue flash that accompanied the jump was boiling.
It was absurd that some kind of clueless race would come to Earth in this situation, but there was no way to send a message telling them to turn back, and there was no time or courtesy to stop fighting and run over to them to recite the warnings. Thinking that was just a waste of time, I immediately lost interest and held on to Theo.
But… the fact that Endellion suddenly appeared here just now means that he was just on that jumping ship.
‘Why not take the race-specific jump ship and use a small ship like that?!’
That question didn’t last long.
A black hole opened where Endellion’s huge eyes had been looking. The crack, like a black hole in the air, instantly spread its power.
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No, to be exact, it was pulled rather than stretched.
Wheeeeeeeeing!
A swarm of insects that had spread out and taken over the air were swept into a black hole as if a video was being played backwards.
Those who were still inside the airport, those who were seeping into Yeongjong Island, those who were already flying over the sea… all of them. Suck them all in, not leaving a single one behind. Like a vacuum cleaner.
In contrast to the overwhelming spectacle before their eyes, the others didn’t even feel a breeze. Minjun, who had just been a few centimeters away from the bug, was no exception.
Finally, everyone realizes that if it were a normal absorption phenomenon, it should have some effect on the surroundings. Therefore, it was not about controlling the flow of air.
‘Selective gravity distortion!’
How many of those bugs are there in total? Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Marking every single one of them, then pulling them in with distorted gravity.
Moreover, beyond that black door that is swept away…
Minjun, who confirmed it with a vision that transcended humans, froze.
‘Wait a minute, that monster just opened a gate to the Abyss?’
It is a space that exists on the same coordinates as the material world, like the spiritual world. It is not a parallel universe that can be jumped over with a jump line, but a dimensional layer that is connected through separate technology or magic.
Among them, the Abyss is a space called a pandimensional trash can that even the committee has given up on exploring and researching. It is a hell where prisoners who are judged to be uneconomical even after being reeducated through labor are thrown. It is a black hole where even the committee has not figured out a way to take out what was once put there.
Minjun muttered to himself.
‘Who the hell is that guy? Shouldn’t the committee come and arrest him quickly? I don’t know who he is, but I have to avoid getting involved as much as possible.’
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Leaving Princess Vermi’s threats behind, Chief of Staff Blair slowly walked towards the drone cockpit.
In theory, a jump ship would not need a pilot or crew, as each jump would only take a few hours and it would be impossible to cater to all races.
The instrument panel of the unmanned cockpit was originally a place where passengers would not enter, as the terminal staff would set it up in advance.
Unless it’s an exceptional moment like now.
“You’d better hurry up unless you want to get your face torn off.”
The princess put down her machine gun, which she couldn’t fire here anyway, and thrust her claws out threateningly. Hearing the growling threat, Blair realized once again that they had been gravely mistaken.
‘Why on earth would a Shutan princess learn English to that extent?’
When communication between alien races is necessary, especially when the subject is royalty, it is customary to use an interpreter, if only for the sake of maintaining dignity. There is no need to practice to that level.
Moreover, Blair knew that the princess had confessed that she was not considering mass immigration, which was consistent with Jenkinson’s understanding.
But what if it was all a lie?
‘You were trying to take down the alchemy companies, right? If that wasn’t for the ordinary purpose of increasing your wealth…’
My head was spinning.
The gold market is the field they are most familiar with.
‘What if we want to lay the foundation for settling on Earth?’
If so, why should we quietly prepare for immigration without notifying the Earth or the Committee in advance?
‘Because the other races of the United Kingdom would never let go of Shutan!’
A water lord who accounts for 15% of GDP but has no political influence at all… no, to be honest, it was highly unlikely that ‘livestock’ would be taken away from the Earth so easily.
But Blair’s reasoning hits another wall.
‘What is the connection between stealing the Chairman’s treasure and overcoming the opposition of other races in the United Kingdom and emigrating?’
The risks the princess had to take were too great to be treated as a separate incident.
‘Does that mean there won’t be any evidence left anyway?’
Anyway, if he jumped ahead like this and arrived at Gelanco, the fate that awaited him was obvious.
‘We have to let the world know!’
Blair whispered in a small voice that Stein couldn’t hear, pretending to type in the code slowly.
“······Help me!”
Spiritualists do not show their spirits to others unless they trust them deeply. However, 99.9% of Earth’s spirits are elves, so it was natural that ordinary people would not see spirits. Considering their personality, which hates revealing their weaknesses more than dying, it was even more so.
There was a reason for the elves to be so reluctant. The saying that a spirit resembles the person the summoner misses the most is a nice way of dressing up the truth. To put it bluntly, the appearance reflected the unfulfilled desires and psychological weaknesses of the spirit master.
So the model could be someone you miss because you can’t meet them right away, or someone you have unrequited love for but have to keep close to them and swallow your longing feelings. At this point, it was natural to be cautious about bringing up the spirit. It was like revealing your unfulfilled wish to the world.
For your information, Blair Campbell has never once spoken of spirits in front of anyone since she was born. To begin with, her sensitivity was so poor that she didn’t even list it on her resume, and no one asked her to do it. She thought it was luck because her ability was so weak.
But at this moment, Blair Campbell had no choice but to summon her spirit for the first time in a long time.
Because I didn’t have the luxury of being picky about whether it was cold rice or hot rice.
“Keukkukkkuk!”
Princess Shutan shouted to her attendants. They moved steadily without any sign of embarrassment, preparing to jump.
‘It was a plan that involved all of these people from the beginning!’
Blair slowly entered the code, sweating profusely.
And at the same time.
Swish!
An alien energy flowed through her feet and seeped into the cockpit floor.
And at this moment, a place that no one’s eyes could reach.
A translucent shape coalesced and emerged from the cargo hold beneath Blair and Stan’s feet.
‘Go! Go… and show yourself to Agent Ye Min-jun! And tell him what’s happening right now!’
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