Reincarnator Chapter 384:
Reincarnator - Chapter 384: Nerpa (7)
—ooooooong!—
As the suppressed crystal calmed down—
“Haaa . . . Haa…”
—plop—
—Kiriel, who had been suppressing the crystal, collapsed on onto the floor and groaned .
“Ugh…”
It wasn’t just a simple groan, but rather a very painful one .
It was truly hard to suppress the crystal .
‘Enbi Arin… how in the world did you do this?’
She knew why the Nelkipa’s skin had briefly stopped attacking them .
Because Enbi Arin was suppressing the other crystal .
So she had dealt with Elis Valentine and tried to suppress the crystal as well .
But what was this…
A pain beyond anything she could imagine .
The energy of the Nelkipa had resisted her energy and retaliated vigorously as if her attempts at suppression had hurt its pride .
And the result of that was Nelkipa shredding apart Kiriel’s entire body .
If that strike from above hadn’t fallen from the sky and destroyed the crystal, then she really might’ve died .
“Cough . . . ”
Kiriel coughed up blood as she checked her destroyed organs .
At least she was alive .
Thankfully, this was still within the limits of what she could heal .
At this rate, she could heal as long as she had the time to .
After all, she was a Transcendent .
‘It’s time to move . Right… that’s been bugging me . ’
Kiriel pondered where she should head towards first—Enbi Arin or Hansoo—but then frowned as she looked at the Kalkuroun Fleet above her .
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—tatak—
—tadadak—
The location where Nelkipa’s main control crystal was now in ruins .
And below the giant crater—
—an existence was looking into the sky, barely alive .
—chiiijijik—
‘Damn . . . this is it . ’
Not only was its body destroyed, but the blow had also broken the core that kept it alive .
The crystal had stopped working as well—there was no hope that it would survive .
Even if Hansoo didn’t kill it off, it would slowly die by itself .
—chiiiijijik—
Melchizedek realized its doom as it looked despairingly at the sky .
Towards the red planet in the far distance, Angkara .
It had failed .
Failed to return there .
Failed at unifying Angkara .
‘Well, it’s out of my hands now…’
It hadn’t planned to do all this for the masses .
It was simply due to its curiosity, its vision, and its greed .
Since it was dying, it didn’t care what was going to happen to Angkara .
‘Nerpa… I didn’t expect you to act in such a decisive moment . ’
But suddenly, Melchizedek frowned as it looked towards the red fleet in the sky .
The fleet which it expected to descend onto Nelkipa was slowly backing away .
Towards Angkara .
‘Huh?’
That Nerpa should’ve long since taken over that fleet .
Otherwise, there was no way they could showcase such a might .
Which meant that it was the Nerpa’s choice to go to Angkara .
‘Why…?’
Curiosity popped up inside Melchizedek’s mind despite being on the verge of death .
It had believed that the Nerpa would come and retrieve the Nelkipa .
But even before it could finish contemplating, Hansoo appeared before its eyes .
Melchizedek smiled as it saw Hansoo lifting up his hammer .
“Congratulations . From what I hear… this is your fifth . There’s two more to go . I truly hope . . . you fail in the next zone . ”
It wanted to see Hansoo fall into despair, but it looked like it didn’t have enough strength to make that happen .
But there would clearly be others stronger than Hansoo who could .
A person who was entirely focused on getting used to the reality .
‘I hope… you can smash this guy apart . ’
Clementine .
Although Hansoo was amazing, it had truly felt shocked when it had seen Clementine for the first time .
The reason why it was wary of the aliens .
Melchizedek thought of the greatest annoyance in its life as it started to overload its heart .
It wasn’t going to let itself be killed .
‘You… you didn’t kill me . I just simply committed suicide . ’
As Melchizedek’s half-closed eyes met with Hansoo’s—
—boom!—
—Melchizedek’s core exploded, its remaining debris turned to dust .
And Hansoo thought of Melchizedek’s gaze as he approached its body .
Like in the past, there was a single gift box and a letter .
‘Hmm… Let’s open the box first . ’
Hansoo decided to appease his curiosity by opening the box first .
And from inside, two shiny orbs came out .
Two marbles .
A normal person might’ve been happy at the sight of a reward .
But as soon as Hansoo saw the two marbles—
“ . . . . ?”
—Hansoo’s expression turned gruesome .
‘Two? Not three?’
The fairies gave out rewards fairly .
There was no way he would’ve been the only one to receive a reward .
Enbi Arin and Kiriel’s roles had contributed too much .
If Kiriel and Enbi Arin hadn’t stopped the explosion of the crystal and suppressed it .
If they hadn’t dealt with Clementine’s underlings while he was dealing with Melchizedek .
He would’ve failed .
Which meant there should’ve been three rewards in this box .
His, Enbi Arin’s, and Kiriel’s .
One each .
Hansoo quickly opened up the letter in his hand .
And a single line was written on the letter .
<It’s two . One for you . One for Kiriel . >
‘F*** . . . Arin!’
—boooom!—
Hansoo’s body disappeared .
…………………………………………… .
“Cough… Ugh . ”
‘How fast… heh . ’
Enbi Arin made a tired expression as she looked at the two streaks of light charging towards her in the distance .
She didn’t want to show them that she was exhausted, but it wasn’t that easy .
She really was tired .
All her organs were burned up and destroyed .
Because she had overexerted herself trying to suppress the crystal .
This giant creature, Nelkipa, did not hold back on the creature trying to control it and resisted her .
Thanks to this, her entire insides had ended up destroyed, and it had even broken her core .
So she knew…
That this was the end of the road for her .
Transcendents weren’t amoebas .
There was a limit to how much they could heal, and once they crossed that line, the body could not withstand the energy flowing through it and slowly killed itself off .
And she had long passed that line .
Despite resting, her quickly diminishing flame of life proved this .
‘I really did run for a long time . ’
Enbi Arin’s expression was full of regret .
She was afraid of death .
She wanted to escape this **** and find peace .
So she had fought . And fought . And fought .
To escape the worst-case scenario .
But as death quickly approached her, she realized that it wasn’t quite what she expected .
‘ . . . It’s actually quite nice . ’
She could finally rest .
She didn’t have to fight anymore .
She didn’t have to kill anymore .
She had fought too long .
Twenty years since she had come to this place .
And fifteen years stuck in that dream .
She had fought for thirty-five years and struggled to climb up .
She deserved to rest a little, right?
She had struggled for thirty-five years, no, twenty years excluding the dream, so nobody would say anything if she said she wanted to rest .
‘Nice…’
Enbi Arin weakly turned her head and looked next to her .
“Why… did you help me?”
“ . . . I don’t know . ”
Ares Valentine, who also had his insides destroyed from the crystal, smiled at her as he lied down in a similar fashion .
He also didn’t know why he’d done it .
‘Well . It’s not half-bad…’
Ares, who had been trying to figure out his complicated feelings, looked at Enbi Arin’s profile and smiled .
Although the method was a bit different, he was going to ‘go up and rest’ now .
“ . . . ” .
Ares Valentine’s eyes lost their light and slowly closed .
And Enbi Arin, who had been looking at Ares in silence, turned around towards Hansoo who had almost arrived and smiled .
‘Thanks to you… I’ve had a busy life . ’
Enbi Arin thought of the dream Melchizedek had given her .
In it, she had truly been happy .
Taking over the seven zones and pushing back the Abyss .
Nobody could handle their power, and those precious to them were no longer killed .
Maybe it was a bit too perfect .
A bit too happy .
And if she really cared about her life and hadn’t suppressed the crystal .
The scene in her dreams wouldn’t have been possible .
‘Too bad I won’t be able to accompany you . ’
She wouldn’t be able to follow them, but it didn’t matter .
There was somebody else who would achieve it for her .
Although it was only a dream for her .
Hansoo would be able to turn it into reality .
‘I wish you the best of luck on the 6th floor as well… Work for my share too . Heh . ’
And with this final line of thought—
—sss—
—Enbi Arin’s eyes closed .
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“Let’s see . Time to hurry . There’s no time . Come on, you hunk of metal . ”
N-Aroel complained to the giant ship, mumbling as he looked at Angkara in the far distance .
He had lost his legacy
He could not lose the flame as well .
The faster he was, the better .
‘And from what I heard… those aliens are there as well . ’
He’d heard that the aliens were there .
Either hiding in secret or out in the open .
N-Aroel nodded as he remembered something .
‘Right . It’s called the 6th Zone, right?’
N-Aroel, who had been thinking while looking at Angkara, suddenly looked down at Nelkipa and smiled .
‘Well, if fate allows it, then we’ll meet again . Anyway, thanks for this time around . Everything was resolved with ease . See you next time, maybe . ’
—kuoooooo!—
The Kalkuroun fleet started to move towards Angkara at full speed .