Episode 128

It was the weekend everyone wanted.

The heat is gone and the weather is good for outing. Some people want to escape the city center, while others like cities with many things to enjoy. Both lanes are full.

Next to slow-moving vehicles, India was full of people enjoying their long-awaited holiday.

People who are good for family, lovers, finding new relationships, or even alone. And the staff who work even on weekends to welcome such people as guests.

It was a peaceful weekend scenery.

And among them, there was one stranger.

“brother.”

“yes?”

It was a lover who found him.

“That person isn’t weird… ?”

“what?”

At the words of the girlfriend, the boyfriend showed a reaction. On the side she pointed to, there was a man in a slightly worn suit.

‘Are you homeless?’

He was standing blankly, looking towards the road. It didn’t get in the way of traffic, so others didn’t pay attention to it.

“weird. I think I saw it somewhere… .”

“How do you know who is homeless… .”

My boyfriend said that, and then immediately stiffened.

“Eyelids… doesn’t exist?”

It is not common for people to remember the faces of wanted criminals one by one. He was like that too.

However, if there was a characteristic associated with that memory, it was bound to come out in a flash.

And the memories that protrude like that bring out related memories like year-round collisions.

“City, report… Declaration!”

“brother?!”

His report was immediately delivered to the headquarters of the association and to Bae Seung-ju.

“Pet is in the middle of the city?!”

Naturally, he ordered an immediate response. Security hunters were dispatched to the scene, and he watched the situation through the screen.

<Everyone evacuate!>

<What, what?!>

<Is it a dungeon break!?>

The scene quickly became a mess. People who tried to enjoy the weekend were horrified by the warnings of the security hunters.

People who were moving in vehicles were also surprised and abandoned their vehicles and headed for evacuation shelters.

<The guy runs away!>

<Catch!>

Pete mingled with those people and started to run away. Security hunters could not express their abilities for fear of injuring civilians.

‘Why don’t you open the portal?’

Bae Seung-ju frowned. It was an incomprehensible act.

He was concentrating on the screen.

“Chief! It is a portal!”

As the association staff hurriedly shouted, the screen in the situation room switched.

The split screen showed a panoramic view of the city, and a large portal appeared sequentially there.

Bae Seung-ju’s eyes shook.

“No, how… .”

“Something comes out of the portal!”

Immediately, the situation changed completely.

Bizarre forms of monsters protruded from the portal.

“Pet is currently on the run, how… ?”

“Is it when you’re riding right now!? Hurry up and deliver an emergency evacuation warning!”

The association staff moved according to the manual without the need for Bae Seung-joo to give instructions.

Although it wasn’t a dungeon break, sirens went off all over the city in response to the monster’s appearance.

However, the expression of the association staff was gloomy.

‘It takes time until the security hunters and the guild members in charge of the region… .’

‘I wonder if it was bait that Pete showed up… !’

‘Many people will die… .’

The staff in the situation room looked back at Bae Seung-ju with sad faces. But something was strange.

Bae Seung-joo’s expression was stiff, but what came to his face was not worry or anxiety, but a question.

‘Alternatively, the president of the association… .’

Actually he was curious.

‘Where did you get this raid information from?’

Unbeknownst to the staff, he knew about the raid beforehand.

And what he knows

“Cha, Changhwang and the Spiral Guild!”

“The Sword Master and the Avalon Guild… !”

“I see a specialist here! Intercept the monster with the palace attendant… !”

“There are mages and wizards from the Veritas Guild too!”

“Kwon is alone!”

It meant that the other strongest people knew about it.

The strongest appeared on the divided screen and began to hunt the monster, the Chimera.

* * *

Before Torso’s Chimera Assault.

Kang Tae-min found out the location of the hideout from Miss Backdoor and hosted a sub-space meeting again.

“You’re not going to stop the plan?”

“What does that mean?”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, Yohanna showed pure curiosity and Pyo Ji-hoon showed a slight repulsion.

On the other hand, Hwang Ye-ri rolled her eyes and then smiled, while Go Jeong-hwan was just looking at her without thinking.

“You’re trying to get the chimera out before you hit the lair, right? It will get in the way of catching her.”

At Hwang Ye-ri’s words, Kang Tae-min shook his head. Confident, she frowned.

“then?”

“It’s Pete’s side that gets in the way.”

At that, all three of them shook their heads.

“Uhm, sure, it won’t be a story unless we deal with Pete first.”

“As long as he has that portal, he can escape anytime.”

“But isn’t it too dangerous to leave it alone?”

Kang Tae-min nodded to Pyo Ji-hoon’s question.

“Yes, so you have to work hard.”

“Are you working hard?”

“I will take care of the torso myself.”

There was a reason he needed to get information about No Name from Torso, but that wasn’t the only reason he wanted to go alone.

“Thanks to Go Jung-hwan, we can know the time of the raid first. However, the number of chimeras prepared by him is large, so those who run the guild must respond to them.”

The difference between Kang Tae-min and other strongest players.

They had forces under their command. So the range of defense was wider.

“I’m telling you to divide the area and wait.”

“But what about Changhwang and Kwonseong who aren’t here? You’re not trying to reveal that Junghwan is alive, are you?”

Hwang Ye-ri frowned.

It was not the time to announce that Go Jeong-hwan was still alive. Otherwise, Nobody could have noticed that Go Jeong-hwan was a spy.

This was the reason Kang Tae-min didn’t bring Chang-hwang and Kwon-seong, as well as Bae Seung-ju, to sub-space.

“I will convince Kwon Seong. We will deliver information to Changhwang through a different route. We affirm that there is no risk of Ko Jung-hwan being exposed in the process.”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, Hwang Ye-ri shut her mouth. Since he had already signed a soul contract, if his words and actions harmed Go Jeong-hwan, there would have been a change.

However, Taemin Kang was fine.

“The rest of you seem to have no disagreements. Go Jung-hwan, just wait for Torso’s contact as planned, then let him know. Then I will leave the safety of civilians up to you.”

He glanced at the others and finished the story.

Then, the information was provided to Seol Gyu-jin through the security line, and Seol Gyu-jin passed the information back to Bae Seung-ju and Joo Tae-ji.

Contrary to Torso’s plan, surprise is no longer a surprise.

* * *

“why why why!”

Torso’s jaw trembled.

A screen artifact installed in the hideout was in front of her. On the screen, the chimeras appearing in the city center and their response were being reported on real-time news.

It was completely different from what she had imagined. It should have been full of terror, screams, and corpses torn by Chimera’s teeth and claws.

In fact, the situation was just the opposite.

The news was full of praise and cheers for the response of the association and the hunters, and it was the chimeras she created that were bleeding and dying on the screen.

“How on earth… !”

She tousled her hair wildly.

Go Jung-hwan faithfully became a bait and brought out the security hunters. Pete opened one portal after another as she directed, and transported the Chimera.

The plan went smoothly, but where did it go wrong?

“This is not it. This, this is not what I wanted… !”

her eyes twitched. Red blood dripped from her fingernails digging into her scalp.

How will Head accept successive failures?

“No, this is right.”

Torso, a chilly voice that penetrated his thoughts, literally jumped up.

“You, you… ?!”

An iron man stood in her eyes as she hurriedly turned around. But even for a moment, suddenly the surroundings darkened and she stood in the void.

“what… what is it Where are you?!”

As if to answer that question, the space was torn apart and an iron man, Kang Tae-min, appeared. He kidnapped her into his subspace.

– Pete can only open a portal to the place he has been to.

One of the pieces of information Koh Jung-hwan gave me. Pete wouldn’t be able to enter this place because he didn’t know about subspace.

‘Pete’s portal will also use mana, it’s not infinite.’

It was another reason Kang Tae-min did not prevent the Chimera’s attack in advance. It was a thought that came to my mind as soon as I heard that Torso sought Ko Jeong-hwan’s cooperation.

‘If he can freely use the portal, there’s no reason for Go Jeong-hwan to draw attention.’

It was clear that the mana required to carry Torso’s Chimera was quite considerable.

After transporting the Chimera, Pete must have needed time to recover mana, and Koh Jeong-hwan acted as a decoy to buy that time.

Kang Tae-min was not at ease there and brought the torso to the sub-space.

He immediately manifested his ability and bound the torso to the iron frame.

“Head, tell me what you know about No Name.”

“Huh, do you think I will betray Head?”

She rolled her eyes and twitched the corners of her mouth. However, I didn’t think Kang Tae-min would open his mouth so easily.

In response, the thin wire from the iron frame moved as if it were alive and coiled around her fingers.

Although the wire was pulled as it was.

“That doesn’t work!”

The wire disappeared as if it melted into her body. Then, the iron frame that restrained her shrunk as it wrapped around her skin.

“I can become one with anything!”

Torso didn’t know how to attack, but he was confident about defense. This is because it can fuse with any substance that is applied to her.

“But I don’t like you, so I’ll throw it away!”

She rushed towards Kang Tae-min. Although their physical abilities are inferior to those of combat-type Awakeners.

‘Just attach it and you’re done!’

Her ability also disables the opponent’s defense. That hard-looking suit, as well as the skin and muscles beneath it, were as good as mud to him.

She only has one thing to do.

All he had to do was break through the mud and entangle the organs inside.

‘Are you trying to run away?’

Strangely, however, Kang Tae-min did not respond. He didn’t swing any weapon at her as he ran towards her, nor did he try to restrain her with his abilities like before.

Torso felt vaguely uneasy, but did not stop.

‘You’re behind me!’

Her hands dug into her suit. The softly entered hand aimed at the heart and lungs.

Eventually, she tried to mix the organs, but her eyes widened at the sense of dissimilarity.

‘… A lump of iron?’

My heart, which should have been pulsating, was stiff. The lungs that were supposed to inflate and shrink were fixed.

Torso struggled with his arms, realizing that his body was made entirely of metal.

“You, what are you?”

If you mix metal, it is nothing more than metal.

She realized that no one could harm this iron man with her powers.

Torso raised his head. His own face reflected in the visor of his helmet was stained with astonishment.

“Any questions?”

“Ugh, aaa!”

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Liquid metal consumed her body. Torso freaked out and pulled out his hand, but he couldn’t fall.

“I do.”

With a crackling sound, metal shards flew in all directions, as if a shell had cracked.

It was because the metal covering Torso’s skin was scattered at his will.

In addition, the fused skin was ripped off and bloody everywhere.

“Turn it off, turn it off… .”

Torso groaned in pain and shivered. Kang Tae-min snapped his finger at her.

The scattered pieces of metal and the skin attached to them covered her again.

“Try fusion.”

Kang Tae-min gave him a chance, but Torso couldn’t.

If you turn the skin back.

“I’ll rip you off again and again.”

It would just feel the same pain.

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Literally.

There was not even a hole through which to escape.

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