Life Mission Chapter 146:
Volume 5 / Chapter 146
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Isleidir
A mutant as skinny as a skeleton with muscles split like thread, is hanging from a spire . It looks really odd . Its most prominent characteristic is a red bead flapping on its chest . If Lifer Cha Jun Sung had seen it, he would have resented the heavens .
Level 7 Red Heart .
Of the mutants that use their bodies, it enjoys speed . It goes after its opponent with its sleek form . The red bead is its heart, which protrudes from its body as it evolves .
That is the source of its speed . The heart also functions as the lungs . It helps with control so that it does not run out of breath no matter how much it moves around .
Kyak!
‘Leave . This is my turf . ’
The Red Heart scratches the spire with its fingernails . It is a warning it is sending to Cha Jun Sung .
It is telling him that their instincts are similar at the least or that it is stronger .
But its pride will not allow it to surrender when it is a level 7 that has been reigning this area for a long time . It has protected the area from all enemies .
Cha Jun Sung loosens up his muscles . His sanity is paralyzed, but the Red Heart is different from the trash he has killed until now and will be fun for him .
His combative spirit boils . His appetite also soars . He wants to rip that heart off and fill his stomach with it . It looks delicious .
Bang!
Cha Jun Sung spurred off of the spot . Red Heart decided to use his big size as a tactic . It is too much to go at him head on .
The Red Heart tried to injure him by going around him . There is no use . Rapid regeneration makes him recover within seconds . It really is fast .
All he can see with 9 eyes is a hazy image . The Red Heart surpasses him in speed alone . But it cannot attack its opponent because it only runs away .
Cha Jun Sung’s body turns . If he cannot hit it, he will attack the whole area . He will not leave even the slightest gap open . It can only get away if it wants to stay alive .
His tail changed like a thin sword and extended to its limit . The already scorched apartment complex just blew powder under that attack .
The Red Heart got through the storm, and barely escaped the area of attack . If it had been a little later, it would have been sucked in among that dust .
Like its left foot .
Its ankle gets cut off whole . Blood soaks the ground . It lost balance, but did not panic . This will just regenerate . Rapid regeneration is not an ability unique to level 8 and 9 mutants like Cha Jun Sung . It is an ability given to a few special low level 7s as well .
Bang!
It was just one to two seconds . The progression from start to finish was short . Cha Jun Sung did not miss his chance while the Red Heart had lost mobility .
The 10m height shrinks down to 2m . He had gone from the size of a building to that of a human . On behalf of this change, he became as fast as the Red Heart . There is distance between them, so it will either regenerate and run away or reduce the chances to attack if he does not increase his speed . This is a result of Cha Jun Sung’s combat experience and the Oriax’s ability to transform .
Kyak!
The Red Heart erects its nails . It can read Cha Jun Sung’s movements with its eyes, but its body does not follow suit . If it cannot avoid him, it will counter . It has no choice but to ignore the level and difference in militant characteristics, and go into a second melee . The Red Heart is extremely thin and weak .
Bang!
Cha Jun Sung enlarged his fist, and hit the Red Heart . A power of hundreds of tons breaks all of the bones in its body and crushes its skin .
The Red Heart bounces off of the ground as though playing in water . It did not die . A level 7’s vitality is beyond imagination .
He walks in a relaxed manner . He attacks everywhere and damages its heart .
Quick regeneration is not universal, so the nucleus and source are damaged and cannot recover smoothly as if its arms and legs have been cut off . He has won .
Cha Jun Sung stepped on the Red Heart’s stomach and picked off its heart . His finger had changed into a hook and broke it off cleanly .
The blood vessel comes trailing out with it . He cut the vessel with his nail, and chews on the heart . As soon as the heart is destroyed, the Red Heart’s eyes roll back . It really is delicious .
Ha ha ha ha!
This is somewhere in Europe . Somewhere in Firenze, Italy to be more precise . The large city that the Red Heart ruled is now Cha Jun Sung’s .
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England, Buckingham Palace .
This palace, constructed by Duke Buckingham through Sheffield in the year 1703, became a royal building and became the king’s residence at some point .
It is a symbol of England and part of the royal family’s history . But even this place that was expected to be fated with the English royal family forever, became a mess when the A virus swept across the planet .
There is just one character from the royal family living in the Buckingham Palace right now, and everything including that one character is a mutant wearing the mask of humans .
A lot of time has passed since this happened . But what use is there to consider such things when the world has come to its end? It is all futile .
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“Apparently there’s detection of a new entity in the southwest, near Italy . ”
“Southwest?”
Four beings are gathered in the Buckingham Palace’s private royal conference hall . They are similar in form to humans, but they are just similar, not humans .
A man covered in smooth red fur, speaks on behalf of everyone . It is highest in rank of the four, and it is accordingly strong .
They have received information on a mutant destroying Italy recently .
There is a means of contact among mutants . Though humans’ technology was lost with the downfall of science, they maintained living conditions for useful humans and even received a little help .
“It must have woken up not too long ago, because it’s going around smashing everything it comes across . ”
In reality, they really do not know how long it has been since the mutant woke up . Generally, ultra high level mutants beyond level 7 have a tendency to make a fuss for a few months after initial awakening .
“Italy… . . ”
“Hee hee! Medusa, it’s your area . ”
A bald man with no nose, ears, or mouth and just a big eyeball, asks a young woman with a lot of snakes on top of her head .
They look like they are just sitting on her head at a glance, but they are her hair . Each one is alive and are her treasures as they each have deadly poison .
Medusa . She is a level 8 mutant ruling southern Europe, areas like Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece .
It is under her jurisdiction because an unidentified mutant is creating chaos in Italy .
“Catch it and bring it to me . ”
“Alone?”
Medusa frowned at the leader’s words . If it is to the point for him to gather everyone together to say this, it must be a mutant at their level that has completed evolution . Capture and not killing . Does he not know how difficult it is to repress an opponent? There needs to be additional help for this .
“Go with Beholder . ”
“Hee hee! Going with Medusa? That makes me happy . ”
“Ugh!”
Beholder, the bald man, drools . Medusa is uncomfortable and looks away .
“Can’t I go with someone else?”
Medusa looks at a giant that has been silent in a corner seat . It only listens with its arms crossed . It has a reticent personality . It does not get involved unless it is necessary .
“Titan needs to go north . ”
“Hedgehog is still alive?”
“Its army is impressive . It came fully prepared . Kimeira is struggling . ”
Expressed as a struggle, it is actually a siege of pushing and pulling between matched powers . The Hedgehog they are discussing is the Blood Lord .
It is determined because of a loss in the past and has come back stronger, with more power .
“They’ll be dead if Titan is going . ”
“We’re not killing it, but bringing it back . Just like the new guy you need to capture . ”
“Huh?”
“It’s what the Empress desires . There needs to be a reinforcement of power to widen her influence . ”
“Because of Asia?”
“That’s only a part of it . It’s because of Asia like you said, and Africa . ”
Asia’s Red Eye recruited a new face . Black Horse is not interested in battles over zones, but he is different . He is very aggressive and active .
Of the six continents, Asia has the most land and Black Horse is the most powerful of the six Disasters . It is lacking underlings . As long as that aspect is satisfied, everything like individual strength, area, and influence will be complete .
“Africa… . . ”
“He is an ally, but he isn’t trustworthy . We never know when he’ll betray us . ”
Medusa recalled Africa’s Disaster, that she came across a few years ago . It is sneaky and cunning . She gets goosebumps just thinking about it .
“We’re equal with Africa if we capture Hedgehog and Italy’s crazy guy . The Empress has a lot of expectations riding on this . Give it your all . ”
“When do we leave?”
“It’s better to get moving since it’s pretty far away . Go immediately . ”
Medusa stood up . Beholder smiled as he followed behind her . The 4 of them, 5 including Kimeira in Latvia are equal in level, but the leader, Heat Wave Inferno, is special .
He is a powerful mutant that the Empress personally appointed . He can take on any two of them at the same time .
That is why they follow his orders . There is no reluctance . They can fight and win if they think it is unjust .
“Titan, I’ll leave it to you . Bring Blood Lord to the Empress . It’ll get over its arrogance and yield if it sees a mutant more powerful than itself . ”
Blood Lord is just interfering here and there because of its arrogance . If it encounters a true predator, it will surrender because it does not want to die .
“Alright . ”
Boom!
Titan also left to complete the assigned mission . Inferno, left behind alone, also thought intently and then disappeared like a ghost .