Chapter 157

Facts don’t change.

However, immutability does not lead directly to understanding. If everyone in the world knew how to accept the facts, there would be no problems.

Nerod, the problem itself, was even more so.

“Do you think that bullshit will work on me?”

The black skull rattled and let out a laugh.

Naturally, he denied Kang Tae-min’s words. It was because it was a story that could not be easily accepted, no, should not be accepted.

“How much do you know about the wife and daughter you seek so much?”

“What?”

“Your name and appearance must have borrowed from someone in your memory. But what about the memories? Do you remember when your daughter was born?”

At Kang Tae-min’s question, Necrod’s eyes shook.

“How did you meet your wife? what about the wedding? What was your daughter’s birth name?”

Kang Tae-min did not push him. I asked in a calm voice as if I was really curious.

But is it because of that attitude?

The shaking got stronger. The light in his eyes shrank as if he had shrunk.

“What do you remember as the head of a family and as a father?”

Kang Tae-min knew that his soul was mixed with other disparate souls.

If it was the soul of the same world, the confusion of memories would have been a little more natural, but as much as the memories of different worlds, ‘discord’ would exist.

“I… I… .”

As if to prove he was right, the skull fumbled like a broken toy.

Kang Tae-min threw the rattling skull lightly like garbage. The body fell to the floor and grabbed the skull.

“Don’t try to fool me with fake, fake topics!”

“You talk to yourself, but you don’t see the contradiction.”

“what?”

“If I’m a fake, isn’t the no name that cooperated with you also a fake?”

Taemin Kang shook his head.

The Nekrod in front of him now was completely different from the Nekrod he faced before returning.

‘Even with distorted beliefs, there is a difference in depth.’

If he had said this before returning, not even the seeds would have been eaten. However, the Necrod in front of him was mentally unstable and weak.

“shut up! Shut up!”

“You have sealed the exit yourself.”

Taemin Kang said that and turned around. Nerod saw his back and went mad.

“You idiot! Do you want to know by experiencing it yourself? I’m not the only one trapped here! You, too, should spend eternity here… .”

Nekrod, who had been shouting so much, lost his words. It was because Kang Tae-min created an alter ego and passed through my exit.

‘As expected, the machine can pass.’

Metals are inanimate.

The concept of life and death does not work. Kang Tae-min replaced all of his body with metal.

Nekrod’s eyes shook violently.

“Hmm.”

However, Kang Tae-min could not escape the barrier area. An invisible wall was blocking the way.

A flash of light exploded behind him as if he had been waiting for it.

“I already figured out how you turned your body into metal!”

Nerod has already tried to curse and failed. It was meaningless if Kang Tae-min turned into a metallic body.

That is why he further clarified the concept of ‘death’.

“Was that just the move you prepared for? Did you think you could get out of this prison in such a shallow way?”

The madness grew even bigger.

“Death here means the extinction of the ‘soul’! Absolute death is the key to this prison!”

Nerod wanted Kang Taemin to despair. He wanted to repay the feelings he had felt even for a moment.

However, Kang Tae-min didn’t mind.

“Nekrod, have you forgotten how I found you?”

“… what?”

“Can you still feel it? That the fragments of your soul contained in the Life Vessel are inside me.”

Certainly it was.

But what does that matter now?

“As you think, I can turn my body into a machine. And it is possible to enter commands into the machine.”

Kang Tae-min said that and showed his ability. The possibility that simply metallization would not be possible was already assumed.

“The condition is the extinction of the soul. In other words, it means that the soul is not contained only when it is out of the realm.”

“What, no way… .”

Nerod once again denied reality. just like he always did.

‘No, it can’t be. I can’t get out of here… .’

But the uneasiness that simmered inside him did not subside. He felt that he had to stop Kang Tae-min.

I tried to trap him by manipulating the scattered bones in a hurry.

“You say this is fake too?”

The clones that were formed in advance shattered the bones at once.

Kang Tae-min said that and used the prepared means. Soon after, his body rattled for a moment and then silently left the area.

“Uh, how?!”

As he stepped out without resistance, Nekrod shouted in a fit of panic.

‘There is nothing wrong.’

The answer was right there in Blood Shiok.

In the mechanized body, the command to go outside was entered in advance, and the soul was stored in the blood prison.

And Blood Shiok would convert the absorbed soul into mana. In that short moment, the time when the soul was converted into mana was the key.

“Would you believe me if I told you? Is everything in this world a lie?”

Kang Tae-min’s answer came back a beat later. He had no intention of indulging Nekrod’s curiosity.

“Oh, no… no!”

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Nekrod hurriedly ran. However, that was not the end of Kang Tae-min’s plan.

“Fight the illusion in the eternal prison you created.”

Kang Tae-min showed his ability.

The clones began pouring in, sealing Necrod’s resistance and collapsing the dungeon.

“aaa!”

Nerod noticed Kang Taemin’s intentions. He intended to bury himself alive now.

“This is your abyss.”

bottomless pit.

A place of eternal torment.

It was a punishment befitting a Necrod who had attained true immortality.

Unlike other villains, it was because of this that he spoke a lot.

‘Now, there is only one thing left.’

Kang Tae-min checked the collapsing boss room and headed out.

The alter egos following him began to destroy the passage of the dungeon. It was intended to destroy the entire dungeon, not just the boss room.

-I entrusted the Life Vessel to Nobody, so destruction will not stop.

He recalled Nekrod’s words.

‘If you gave the last life vessel to Nobody… .’

There should have been No Name there.

* * *

Nerod regained consciousness.

In front of him was Rex.

“… That you are in front of me right now.”

“It means that things went way beyond expectations.”

Nekrod’s eyes shook violently. It was because he was more confused as he only had memories before making the Life Vessel.

“how… .”

“The strongest did not fall into a trap. Rather, it was you who fell into the trap. The undead legion has been put in thirteen under the command of the strongest.”

“What?”

“It seems that the undead for infection that infiltrated inside were of no use. Inside the city is very quiet.”

That’s enough of an explanation.

The life vessel entrusted to Nobody was the last resort, and his awakening meant that all the life vessels he had prepared in advance were destroyed.

“That’s ridiculous.”

“This is what I am going to say.”

Necrod turned his gaze to that callous tone. Rex was watching him with cold eyes.

“Do you know how much seed the head has invested in you?”

“Investment? Is it time to care about that!?”

“You had to prove yourself. We had to pay off as much as we swallowed all the seeds.”

“This is not the time for us to quarrel like this!”

“Us?”

In an instant, Rex grabbed his skull with one hand.

“Be aware of reality. You are just a loser. Don’t think of putting us in that category.”

“What… !”

Nerod had a hunch.

Nobody wanted himself any longer.

“Nonsense! Didn’t I say that my wish would come true!? Head, No Name and directly… .”

Nerod was speechless. It was because his body was turning into powder and dispersing.

“what… .”

“The fact that you woke up means that the other side pursued the Life Vessel. We can’t leave our tails like this.”

“Now, let’s go to sleep… .”

“Your presence harms the head.”

Rex accelerated Necrod’s time. He wanted to resist somehow, but the last life vessel contained only a small amount of soul.

“I… have to go back… .”

Because of this, I had no choice but to watch myself scattering into dust.

With a crunching sound, the skull shattered and turned to powder.

Rex shook his hand with a nonchalant expression and turned around.

“Let’s go back.”

Pete, who had been waiting silently as always, opened the portal. As the two disappeared, a calm came.

and after a while

“… this.”

Taemin Kang sighed at the black powder.

‘I thought it was impossible because the reaction disappeared… .’

On the way, I didn’t feel the fragments of Nekrod’s soul.

‘When it becomes useless, it is thrown away mercilessly.’

The general situation was guessed.

That the Nobody side lost Necrod.

‘Still, it seems everyone is safe.’

And that also meant the defeat of the undead army. Kang Tae-min collected the weak Necrod’s soul and looked around.

But no traces were left.

‘… I have no choice but to go back.’

It’s unfortunate, but I had to let go of the lingering feelings.

Because the undead army hadn’t completely fallen yet.

* * *

[Human Necromancer From Nowhere.]

[Korean Master Hunters!]

[Undead is Dead!]

Necrod’s invasion became a hot topic worldwide. It was because the collective movement of undead monsters and the fact that there was a human necromancer behind them was a big shock.

The fact that humans dealt with necromancy suggested the possibility that what happened in Korea could happen in their own country.

In response, the world’s leading foreign media rushed to report on the situation in Korea and praised the skillful handling.

[World Hunter Association, congratulations on Korean warriors.]

[A day full of death, but life goes on.]

[US Secretary of Defense, ‘I will learn Korea’s wise response.’]

[The true face of the strongest has been revealed.]

The Korean media also poured out articles to avoid losing. However, no one knew what had happened in North Korea.

“Aren’t you sorry?”

Johanna, who had been checking the news, asked Kang Tae-min. Fortunately, there were no articles criticizing Kang Tae-min as in the previous Chimera scandal.

“You’ve done great enough, but you’re being underestimated.”

The battlefield was tightly controlled, so the civilians didn’t even know that Kang Tae-min was away.

And the hunters and soldiers at the scene didn’t have time to find Kang Tae-min because they were paying attention to the undead.

I just vaguely assumed that he was active somewhere.

As a result, the media had no choice but to write an article by referring to the press releases distributed by the association and the government, and the foreign press did the same.

“If you wanted to achieve fame, there could have been better ways.”

“Yeah, it’s the same. I mean, I wanted to save people.”

Johanna lit a cigarette with a bitter expression. Kang Tae-min also had a serious expression.

Although they had stopped the attack of the undead, both of them looked worried.

“… Are things really bad?”

“I think it must be difficult.”

It was because of the one person in front of them. A man lying unconscious in a recovery capsule.

It was a fixed hwan.

“The best I can do is slow down the process.”

However, his condition was serious. The slowly decaying flesh and parched skin reduced the need for a separate explanation.

“It’s embarrassing, but it’s difficult for me to know the knowledge of necromancy.”

While captured by Necrod, Ko Jeong-hwan was in the process of becoming undead.

“Fortunately, there are no direct wounds, so it rots from the outside.”

The current status is maintained thanks to Ko Jung-hwan’s unique physical ability. But the condition was getting worse.

“At this rate, I will eventually become undead.”

Taemin Kang nodded with a firm expression. If Go Jeong-hwan dies like this, Hwang Ye-ri will go crazy.

Because you will lose someone you love twice.

‘I don’t know where that hatred will go.’

He had the potential to become a villain. And besides that reason, Kang Tae-min wanted to save Ko Jeong-hwan.

Although he went out for himself and Hwang Ye-ri, didn’t he block Nekrod’s scheme as a result?

“I will have to try the last method.”

Throwing it away because it’s no longer useful was something only a villain like No Name would do.

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