A story about a max level player’s 100th return, Episode 16
16. Hero’s Protection
A few minutes ago.
“Keeeeek!”
Ryumin, who killed Boluak, smoothly went hunting for the host.
‘Now I just have to catch one more fish.’
Although I lost my guide, it wasn’t difficult to pinpoint the host’s location.
Because there are not many countries left to explore.
‘I know the location of the remaining hosts with the speed of light rune, so it’s not difficult to find them.’
Now we need to quickly process the host and organize the remaining seeds.
Only then will this world line regain stability.
Paang-!
Ryumin moved quickly through the air and traveled hundreds of kilometers in an instant.
Ryumin was found in New Zealand, the last country he arrived at.
The last remaining host who is gaining biological energy by slaughtering humans.
Let’s go!
As soon as I saw it, I struck it down with a lightning rune.
I caught all 300 with this.
‘Now I have to find Seed… … .’
There is no way to specify the location of the seed.
It was unclear how many animals were currently disguised as humans.
‘Of course, since there is an eternal item, the Eye of Insight, you can see through the essence of your opponent. but… … .’
Ryumin did not have time to search the entire world’s population.
‘Shall we go back to Won first?’
I tried to go home, but there was no need to.
Because a notification appeared.
[The target under the hero’s protection is being attacked!]
[You can use the Hero’s Touch for 10 seconds.]
[Please select one of the following:]
└ 1. Move to the target
└ 2. Load object
[Time remaining until selection: 00:00:10]
‘This notification appears… … ‘You’re saying Won is in danger, right?’
As I came to my senses, I made a reflexive choice.
‘Choose number 1.’
You need to check who the other person is.
There was no other option.
* * *
Flash!
The environment changed in an instant.
What caught my eye was my younger brother being strangled.
Squeak!
He immediately took out a sickle, cut off the arm, and removed the hand wrapped around his neck.
“Huh… … Tongue, bro?”
“are you okay?”
“Yes… . But you’re really my brother, right?”
Why is he saying this?
Moreover, he looks at himself suspiciously.
The cause could be found out through my younger brother’s thoughts.
‘You were fooled by that guy once?’
Thinking my brother had appeared, I opened the door and a monster attacked me.
That’s why you react like this.
“Brother, that’s right. So, rest assured.”
“Uh huh.”
“by the way… … .”
“Huh? What kind of guy… … .”
Ryumin looked at the severed arm and turned his attention to the person who was slightly in pain.
The identity of the being was immediately understood by reading its thoughts.
‘That guy… … ‘Arquizar?’
Archizar targeted his younger brother?
As I looked deeper, I could see what had happened.
‘Based on my face seen in an Internet article, they accessed the photo record of Wallpad and tricked not only my home address but also my younger brother with a fake video… … Was this a good guy with the ability to find people?’
When I caught the host who had turned into a cult leader, I had no idea that his entire house would be robbed just by showing his face on CCTV.
Of course I didn’t think he would come to me first.
“you… … Black scythe?”
‘First of all, Won might get caught up… … .’
As soon as the hero’s protective invincibility effect ends.
“The conversation was over. Just get ready to die.”
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A barrier was set up to isolate Archiza from Won.
“… … !”
Archizar, who had entered another space in an instant, looked at Ryumin in surprise.
“How can humans open a gap in space and time… … .”
“I can open it.”
Ryumin approached with his scythe aimed at him.
I was able to solve some of the questions I was curious about with the Rune of Inner Heart.
“Now it’s my turn to vent my anger.”
“What are you talking about… … .”
In an instant, Archizar’s body disintegrated into 16 pieces.
Tututuk-
The black liquid that was scattered into pieces slowly gathered together and formed a shape.
Astonishment filled his eyes.
“how is it? Does it hurt? It seems like you also feel pain from my scytheing. I guess it’s because of the effect of deterioration that cuts away the soul, but for me it’s a good thing. “Because I can cause as much pain as I want.”
Ryumin’s scythe flashed again.
썣썄죤 죣죣!
This time it was cut into 32 pieces.
It seemed like I couldn’t feel any pain because I was in a liquid state, but I wasn’t.
Otherwise, Archizar’s expression, which had returned to its original state, would not have been so crumpled.
“Keuuuu… .”
“Is it painful?”
“… … .”
“It’s probably unfamiliar. You are strong enough to make fun of even the archangels. “But.”
Squeak! Suddenly! Suddenly!
This time it was divided into 64 pieces.
“I am a person who plays with gods.”
Perhaps because more pieces were divided, recovery was slow.
“You touched the wrong person.”
“Well, wasn’t it you who touched it? “Why are you interfering with our work?”
Archizar was questioning whether it was unfair, but Ryumin was not left without something to say.
“You are the one who is in the way. “Why are you trying to destroy the perfectly fine world line I created?”
“You made it… … ?”
“In a way, yes.”
“… … .”
Archizar was speechless.
The thought that he was fighting an absurd being.
‘It’s not something I can handle. At least Deorant is the one who can solve this problem.’
This includes opening the barrier of space and time, as well as causing pain to oneself who is in a liquid state.
In many ways, it shows abilities that are beyond common sense.
This is absolutely not an opponent you can do anything about.
There was only one thing Archizar could do after realizing that fact belatedly.
‘We must quickly report this to Deorant!’
However, there was no way for Archizar to contact Deorant.
I’ve talked to him before, but I haven’t seen him once since I was dispatched to this world line.
‘Deorant trusted us and dispatched us here. As long as you spread the seeds and hosts, the collapse of the world line will naturally happen.’
So it was natural to not care anymore.
It was natural that no means of contact had been created.
The collapse of the world line due to Seed and Host was a foregone conclusion.
However, even Deorant would not have expected that someone would appear to stop us.
If they had known, they wouldn’t have left them to die like this.
‘What do we do? First of all, we need to avoid this situation… … .’
Archizar, who prides himself on being a higher being, tried his best to think.
but.
Papa pa pa paak!
Before he could do that, he was disintegrated into a scythe by Ryumin.
‘Tsk… ‘What a terrible pain.’
Even though I am in a liquid state where I cannot feel physical pain, I feel pain as if I were burned every time I get hit by the scythe.
Part of me wanted to run away, but I was trapped in a gap in time and space and couldn’t do anything.
‘I need to at least fight back. ‘Maybe there will be an opportunity to escape.’
With that in mind, Archizar did not put his body together when it was disintegrated into 128 pieces.
Rather, it spread the decomposed liquid everywhere and targeted Ryumin.
The idea was that since it had a human body no matter what, it would be able to absorb the liquid just by putting it on it.
And that thought.
Cheeeeeek!
Fortunately, it worked.
‘How stupid! I must have been distracted and got hit!’
Archizar, confident of victory, smiled, but only for a moment.
“Did you think you won?”
“!!!”
I turned my head to the voice I heard behind me.
“Do you know where you are trapped now?”
I hear a voice next to me again.
“This is a gap in space and time.”
This time it was heard from above.
“I can do whatever I want. In other words, you are fighting a ghost.”
There were black scythes everywhere.
There were so many black scythes surrounding Archizar that it was hard to tell which was real.
All those black scythes.
Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly!
He cut off Archizar, who was alone.
Cut and cut until there is no dust left.
‘Big, big…’ … .’
Archizar was butchered to the point where there was no soul left, and his mind was on the verge of collapse due to the pain.
“How dare you target my younger brother? Don’t even think about dying gracefully. monster.”
That was when Ryumin raised his scythe high.
The darkness surrounding all directions cleared, and I could see the view of the house I had just been in.
“brother!?”
“Uh, what happened?”
I can see my younger brother behind the black scythe in confusion.
“Why did the barrier of time and space unravel on its own? … .”
Judging by the expression on his face, it seems like something is wrong.
I wanted to see more of the panic, but Archiza had no time.
Because now seemed to be my only chance to escape.
Sigh!
I converted my entire body into liquid and quickly escaped to the bathroom.
Ryumin came to his senses and tried to catch Archiza, but he had already gone down the drain pipe.
“… … Did you miss it?”
“brother! are you okay?”
“uh. How about you? “Are you hurt anywhere?”
“huh. Thanks to. But brother, the monster I just saw… … ?”
“Sid. “They are a superior species of hosts and are the main players in the collapse of the world line.”
“They… ? “So there’s more than just one?”
“huh. “I don’t know where the rest are.”
“Then what? “You also have to find a host.”
Ryumin shook his head.
“I handled everything as a host. “That’s why it’s late.”
“So, now we just have to deal with the seeds?”
“yes. But I missed one.”
“Uh, what should I do? now?”
“What should I do? “I have to follow along now.”
When I looked at my brother, his face looked quite carefree.
It was as if he had let it go on purpose.
“I’m waiting here. I will be back.”
“Where?”
“We need to remove the seeds.”
Ryumin disappeared like the wind, leaving behind only those words.
* * *
“Huh, huh… What kind of person is this… … .”
Archizar returned to his original form in front of the sewer.
He experienced death a little while ago.
By a grim reaper called Black Scythe.
‘I’m not an ordinary human. No, you can’t call them human. ‘Because there can’t be a human who uses the gaps in space and time.’
The same applies to players.
‘As far as I know, the players born from survival games are roughly at the level of combat angels. But he played with me by putting pressure on the Archangel.’
That meant that it was not a lie to say that they were playing with gods.
‘Whatever it was, I was lucky.’
Thanks to the sudden release of the space-time barrier, they were able to escape successfully.
Looking at the black scythe’s expression, it seemed like it was an unexpected situation for him as well.
‘Are there restrictions on using the gaps in space and time?’
Perhaps I was using too much force and wasting up all the energy I needed?
‘Anyway, it’s a beneficial situation for me. We need to gather seeds and prepare countermeasures as soon as possible.’
Archizar, who felt there was no time to continue like this, hurriedly sent a telepath.
He was a telepath connected to the frequencies of all the seeds he knew.
-Can you hear me? everyone?
-Who is it?
-I am Archizar, who received the authority of commander from Deorant.
-Commander?
Since it was their first time talking, they obviously didn’t know anything, but everyone agreed with Archizar’s words.
Because I heard there was a leader.
-You were our commander.
-Nice to meet you. Why did you suddenly contact me?
-I want to get together because there is urgent work to be done. It would be nice if we could meet and talk first… … .
-Urgent?
Commander’s summons order.
Since it was already boring, there wasn’t a single person who would refuse.
-I don’t know what’s going on, but I can hear the urgency in his voice.
-I’ll go where you call me first. Where can I go?
-korea. Since you have figured out my frequency, all you have to do is read my energy and come find me.
-I get it. I’m going there now.
The convocation was concluded, and Archizar moved to find a suitable place to hold the meeting.
Without even knowing that someone was watching them.
fantasy,
