Reincarnator Chapter 324:
Reincarnator - Chapter 324 : Ark-Roa (3)
Crunch .
Crunch . Crunch .
As it finished devouring another person, the Ark-Roa’s color and shape became more and more defined .
Limbs sprouted out, and its body shrunk down in size .
Though it was now smaller, it had become stronger overall and even its intelligence had risen .
And slowly, the memories of the humans it had eaten started to appear inside its head .
Well, it had the memories after consuming them actually .
It just didn’t have the intelligence to decipher the meanings behind them up until now .
It had solely been focused on instinctively hunting and finding nutrition .
But not anymore .
There were about thirteen nutritious ones left .
Ten of which were comrades of the two it had eaten .
Two were enemies with the ten .
One was feared by all .
Kirrrik .
Ark-Roa pondered with its newfound intellect .
It was not a match for the being that everyone feared .
But it wasn’t hard to reach that level .
It would just need to eat about four more to get to the next stage .
Then everything would be over .
It could then devour the world .
Ark-Roa continued to think .
It was time to choose .
Either to eat the two who were separated from the others, and then head for the ten .
Or head towards the ten .
Of course, it didn’t have to think very long .
Its hunger had continued to call out to it .
And it was even worse because it had absorbed the greed of the humans it had eaten .
Greed for power .
Greed to crush everything beneath its feet .
Though it wasn’t within the memories of the humans it had eaten, it had a feeling that it needed to get stronger as soon as possible .
This newly enhanced greed and gluttony drove the Ark-Roa past the great tundra .
………………………………… . .
‘F*** . . . F*** . F*** . What do I do?’
Hermes was at a loss .
He knew instinctively that the monster standing below the tower was a level above them .
But then—
A familiar voice could be heard behind him .
“You bastard, you just tried to run away, right?”
Hermes shrugged his shoulders .
“Don’t fuss over it that much, you would’ve done the same thing . ”
“ . . . Ugh . ”
Zeus gave up .
They were all like this .
Since that man had deliberately picked people like this in the first place .
‘What a shitshow . ’
One after another, their allies started to gather .
—ssssss—
“What’s up? Why did you call us to meet up?”
“F***…Did you call us over to deal with him?”
‘One…Two . Three . ’
Zeus frowned as he counted .
Other than Hades, Hermes, and himself, there should be nine left .
But only five had come .
“Where’s Demeter?”
Zeus asked in confusion .
He never knew what that b**** Athena was ever up to, and the other two were arrogant so it made sense that they wouldn’t come .
‘Athena is really hard to meet . I’ve seen her maybe…once? Twice?’
But this Hermes kid always followed Demeter around while wagging his tail .
For someone whose territories were so close to not come together…
Hermes inwardly jolted at the question .
‘Should I answer?’
But the answer came from someone else .
Kyle, also known as Hades, raised his hand .
“She was eaten . ”
“What? Don’t joke around…What could even eat us?”
One of the girls who had arrived after Zeus scoffed, but Zeus cursed out since he knew the identity of the Ark-Roa .
“F***…it’s that fast already . Why did you just leave if you knew she was being eaten? Why didn’t you help?”
“…Apparently, you haven’t seen it yet . ”
Hades replied with a heavy expression .
They wouldn’t really help each other if they were dying anyway .
Even if their own children were being eaten, they wouldn’t actually go and help them .
Hades really didn’t want to approach the creepy creature that devoured Demeter . Afterwards it had gone through some sort of metamorphosis, making strange noises all the while .
The other trancendents noticed the strange tension between Zeus and Hades, and grew uneasy as well .
“Hey, what’s up? What really happened?”
“Why did Demeter die?”
Everybody was making confused expressions .
And Hermes realized the gist of the situation .
‘That bastard… I know why he made us now . ’
Hermes clenched his teeth .
He realized why that man had made them and left them alone to roam freely .
And why that man had reappeared the moment that black monster appeared .
Why that powerful man was now just guarding the exit to go up .
He realized it all .
‘We…we were raised as livestock…’
The only exit had been blocked and that horrifying monster now roamed this world .
Then—
A thought appeared in Hermes’s head .
“Hey Zeus, you said you got caught by someone, right?”
“…”
Zeus frowned .
Hermes ignored Zeus’s expression and continued to speak .
“You said that he has a bad relationship with that man over there right? It looks like that man was the one who released the monster that ate Demeter . ”
Zeus nodded .
Hermes’s guesses were mostly on point .
“But…how did you know that Demeter died?”
Hermes cut Zeus off as he continued to speak .
“That’s not important . Anyway, that guy who caught you hasn’t run away yet since he’s confident, right?”
“Right . ”
Hermes chuckled .
“Let’s go to him . ”
“Huh?”
“What else can we do? Let’s go help him . That’s the only path we can take at this point . ”
Help the mysterious man who they had no information about .
But, then again, their choices were very, very limited .
At this rate they would only become food for that monster .
But seeing that the guy had called them over, it looked like he had something up his sleeve .
Which meant that right now, no matter what, they had to help that man who had captured Zeus .
Whether to stab him in the back or run away without fighting him, that would only matter if they survived from this fight .
There was nothing for them to gain from just loitering around here anyway .
Zeus frowned at Hermes’s words .
‘ . . . Dumbasses . You’ll all probably be his slaves if you go to Hansoo…’
He hadn’t gathered them here to listen to Hansoo’s instructions .
But rather to ask for help .
To suppress Hansoo, and just leave him at the point of death .
Once they pressed him down with their weapons, they could just leave him with a breath of life remaining, and keep him in a safe place . And then he would be free .
But it looked like that wouldn’t work anymore .
‘Damn…’
As Zeus frowned .
A voice rang out .
“Retards . You go do that . I’m betting my luck on something with higher chances . ”
“Huh? What are you planning to do?”
Hermes frowned at the curvaceous woman who had stepped out .
The woman looked over her body, and then gulped .
“If he’s also a man…something will happen, one way or another . ”
“Come on, Hera…”
“You f***er, call me by my name . Grow up, did I say I was going to be his wife?”
Hera—real name, Allison—cursed at Zeus .
No matter what angle they looked at it from, the man who had created them held the absolute advantage .
Shouldn’t they stick to the winning side? At least she was going to .
‘Yeah… If you’re also a man, then…’
She was useful, strong and beautiful .
Usually, she would pull out the eyes of anyone who had such thoughts towards her, but with their current situation, she had to utilize everything she had at her disposal .
Allison quickly headed towards the man standing below the tower .
……………………………………… .
—rumble—
The Dark King violently trembled .
When this man had attacked, he felt as if the world had collapsed .
‘Was there this much difference…?’
If he knew the differences were this large than he wouldn’t have even tried to climb up .
The Dark King trembled in fear as he stared at the man stepping on him .
“Ughhh…”
The man raised his eyebrows .
“Why does this **** just keep screaming…?”
The man put his hand on the Dark King’s back .
Then—
—swoooosh!—
The dark red aura started to get sucked out from the Dark King’s brain and his heart .
Into the hands of the man .
“Ahhh…haa…”
The Dark King even forgot the pain of his cut-off legs as he made a joyous expression .
Since the pain of his severed leg was nothing compared to what Hansoo had given him .
The man ignored the Dark King and focused solely on the dark red cloud in his hand, poking it with his finger .
—chiiiiik—
The dark red aura tried to savagely burn his finger, but it couldn’t withstand the aura surrounding the man’s body and it soon dispersed into the air .
And the man smirked .
‘ . . . Was he only this strong?’
The man sighed in relief .
He had been uneasy the whole time he’d planned this .
He had vowed for revenge, but he didn’t know how strong Hansoo had become in the past two years .
This was why he had released the Ark-Roa, which even he was wary of .
He felt like his own strength wouldn’t be enough .
But it looked like there was no need for him to release the Ark-Roa .
‘Well, let’s go beat up Hansoo first…’
But the man soon shook his head .
Since a girl had come to bother him .
Unlike the other twelve, including the Dark King .
The one who had escaped his watch as soon as she was made .
‘If only everyone was this easy to read . ’
“Hello?”
The man smiled coldly as he looked at the woman who was approaching him with a charming smile of her own .
………………………………… . .
800 kilometers west of the War Fortress .
—rumble—
“Haa . . . Haa…”
Taesang was gasping for air after having run for so long .
‘…F*** . I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing . ’
He had been running like a crazed person to find that man’s friends, who all apparently lived in the west .
But he was scared out of his wits because of that Ark-Roa thing that was roaming the lands .
‘No, it shouldn’t be interested in weaklings like me . He said it wasn’t interested in ants…’
Though he was more of a dog than an ant .
Of course, that wasn’t really reassuring .
The fact that he had some strength was the reason why he’d been entrusted with this job anyway .
Though he wasn’t the main target of the Ark-Roa, he was able to pass through the tundra which the others would have a hard time crossing .
—boooom!—
Kyaak!
Taesang continued to run after turning four Kang-Kions into powder .
Well, until something blocked his path .
—OOooong—
The space in front of him had split apart .
Then—
“Where are you going? I’ve never seen you before . ”
“Ahh!”
—boom!—
Taesang freaked out, and slashed out with his sword at the silhouette of the woman . But his blades, which could chop apart abyssal monsters with ease, were caught by the woman’s hands .
‘What the hell…!?’
—toong!—
Taesang cursed, and backed off .
“Hmm…”
The woman figured out where Taesang was heading off to, and then smiled as if she realized something .
“I don’t think you’ll need to go?”
“Huh?”
“It should be done by now . ”