Reincarnator Chapter 364:
Reincarnator - Chapter 364: The buried natives (1)
—booom!—
Hansoo frowned as he stared at the monster furiously attacking him .
‘God **** it . ’
Quirae .
Integrating the genes of the things it’s eaten to reinforce its weak points and strengthen its strong points .
They repeated this and strengthened their race as a whole .
Their strength hugely depended on what they ate .
So Hansoo knew—
—that this strength was not something that came from eating humans .
…ssssss…
Hansoo frowned as he felt the 4th-level monster threatening to break apart his arm .
It wasn’t much different from before in terms of looks .
The Quirae’s armor-like exoskeleton was still there, and if one ignored the spikes on the back of their bodies, they still looked like armored humans .
The issue was what was inside of it .
If the thing inside the armor was once a human, it was something much more cruel and evil now .
A new race .
‘The original owners of the blue armor… they seem to have been quite strong . ’
—booom!—
A force shocked his entire body, and not even his evolved blue armor could handle it, even as it sucked in energy at an insane rate .
They didn’t have anything particularly special about them .
But they had focused on their abilities as a ‘lifeform’ .
Powerful physical strength .
Endless vitality .
Powerful defense and adaptability .
Overflowing mana .
Whatever it had eaten, the Quirae had definitely eaten something with immense physical abilities .
And Hansoo thought of a race .
‘This is what I wanted to become . ’
Change a weak body to something powerful, providing a tremendous amount of adaptability with the Spirits .
Generate mana with the Mana Jade and a powerful life force from the World Tree .
Gain the weapon <Dragon God Armor> from this zone and continue upwards .
Although the ones in front of his eyes didn’t have the Dragon God Armor, it was almost similar since of the Quirae’s hard exoskeleton .
Although he had to open the Abyss due to a change in plans, if he hadn’t done so then he would’ve first taken over Nelkipa and then headed towards the moon which stored the Dragon God Armors, the <Karakan> .
‘Well, the story’s a little different now . ’
Lost in thought, Hansoo swung his hammer and smashed down at the head of the 4th-level Quirae .
—boom!—
The Quirae’s exoskeleton, which was as hard or even harder than the Dragon God Armor, smashed apart and its inner flesh crushed .
—kiiiing!—
The blue armor went berserk as it started crazily sucking in Hansoo’s energy .
And the blue armor condensed all around Hansoo’s body and released the stored energy inside it, providing him with powerful strength .
As if it were saying that it couldn’t let its precious host die .
—crunch!—
Hansoo’s original strength had combined with that of the blue armor’s .
And Hansoo used this newfound strength to grab onto the Quirae’s mouth that had opened up wide .
—split!—
The mouth that could even crush the city’s alloy walls couldn’t withstand Hansoo’s strength, and he ripped it apart .
But even as it died, the 4th-level monster grasped Hansoo’s arms as he ripped apart its mouth .
—crunch!—
Literally overflowing with life force—
—the 4th-level Quirae continued to survive and linger on .
Kyaaaak!
And as if the others couldn’t waste the small chance that 4th-level Quirae had created for them, the surrounding 2nd and 3rd-level Quirae screamed as they charged towards him .
Hansoo scoffed at this sight and squeezed out the mana in his body .
And the Mana Jade made a strange sound similar to a complaint, since the blue armor was already draining it .
As if complaining about how this was all too much for it to take .
But apparently the Mana Jade knew that it was also nothing without its owner, and it seemed strain itself to squeeze out more mana .
Soon the blue mana turned red .
—booom!—
Hansoo’s Pandemic Blade exploded out from his body and surrounded him .
—swoooosh!—
“Kya… kuhak!”
The 3rd-level Quirae managed to withstand the Pandemic Blade before it started to melt down like snow under a blazing sun .
Hansoo breathed in deeply as he examined this new strength from the Pandemic Blade .
It was growing .
The Immortal Soul was continuously growing from the outside stimulus .
As his Immortal Soul grew, he also became stronger .
And as his overall strength rose, his Pandemic Blade became stronger as well .
Stimulus and battle created powerful beings .
Like a steel-blade being tempered with every swing of a hammer, he became stronger every time his path was blocked .
He continued to grow and became stronger .
‘But it’s still… not easy . ’
—booom!—
Hansoo smashed away the 4th-level Quirae after covering his hammer with the Nine Dragons Strike and frowned .
Melchizedek wasn’t suppressing their growth since it just needed to teleport them away .
And as if they were thankful about it, the Quirae didn’t go against Melchizedek and only focused on increasing their forces .
The result of their collaboration was beyond reason .
Despite having crushed countless 4th-level Quirae, they continued to crawl out from the depths .
Unlike the 2nd and 3rd-levels who seemed numb to the deaths of their comrades, the other 4th-levels screamed at seeing the deaths of their own kind and charged at him crazily .
Towards him, who was killing their kind, but could still strengthen himself .
A precious food source .
And Hansoo frowned at this .
‘ . . . I cannot get past them at this rate . ’
No, he could buy time .
But at this rate, Melchizedek would activate the Quantum Transmission .
And at this rate, he’d fail to escape this place as well .
He and Kiriel would fail at becoming stronger, and Enbi Arin would die .
‘Kiriel . What are you doing now?’
Because the Quirae had devoured another race, an unknown variable had occurred .
And he needed a new variable as well .
—booom!—
Hansoo smashed away a Quirae charging towards him and looked into the distance .
…………………………………………… .
“The inner area is a bit a different from the outskirts . Those things are really vicious… ugh…”
Kiriel, covered in the green liquid, frowned as she heard N-Aroel’s speech .
“So what was your original plan?”
N-Aroel pointed with trembling fingers .
“If you go a bit off from the central area… there’s a control center where you can control Mimir and the Fusion Reactor . Even if you don’t break the Quantum Transmission machine, you can still stop it . Damn! I didn’t mean that we should head towards the center!”
The nine Dragon God Soldiers, including R-Zairon Nell, frowned .
But they still didn’t feel good about this .
‘Slightly off from the center…’
According to the current pattern, these things were stronger the closer they got to the center . Moving slightly away from the center wasn’t enough to make them sigh in relief .
Not when they were looking at the corpse of the 4th-level Quirae in front of them .
And their gruesome expressions proved it .
“Haa… Haaaa . ”
“Dammit… You’re telling me that these things will swarm us once we go deeper?”
“Ugh… Captain . Can’t we just go around?”
The two 4th-level Quirae .
They’d almost died from just dealing with two .
No, if that woman called Kiriel hadn’t helped, then at least one or two of them would’ve died .
‘But she wants to go into the same place these things are swarming?’
The Dragon God Soldiers freaked out .
Even if they’d lost the strength from the Flame, they would have a higher survival rate if they hid in the outskirts .
Dying like this—it would be a worthless death .
And R-Zairon Nell thought so too .
‘ . . . Should we escape?’
Charging in was only possible when they had a chance at winning .
Even if it were the outer areas of the center, the Quirae would rip them apart .
Since countless others would swarm in while they were busy fighting a few .
‘Dammit… How can a race like this exist?’
< . . . Analyzation Impossible . >
<More research required . >
Words continuously appeared on the panel while they scanned this 4th-level monster, but every sentence was full of errors and failures .
The aliens and these insects were annoying enough, but for these things to be on Nelkipa…
‘Damn… Right . This whole Nelkipa is suspicious too… We need to take into account the other variables as well . ’
R-Zairon Nell made a decision .
To retreat .
“We’ll retreat . There… is no chance of survival at this rate . ”
All the other Dragon God Soldiers nodded .
They could only move forward by paying with their lives .
They’d fought for a very long time and knew that reality was colder and harsher beyond reason .
But at that moment—
—a single streak of light ascended into the sky .
It looked like a skill had created it .
And Kiriel sighed in relief as she spoke to the surrounding Dragon God Soldiers and N-Aroel .
“Let’s go inside . ”
“ . . . I told you . It’s the end if we go in and get surrounded . ”
—crack—
R-Zairon Nell stepped on a corpse by his feet and shook his head .
“I told you, I’m not alone . ”
‘I trust in you, Hansoo . ’
Kiriel giggled as she looked at the bright and blue light that had risen far up into the sky .
………………………………………
“Phew . I know she’lld understand . ”
Hansoo breathed in and out and then looked towards the hole projecting the bright blue light .
Although it was originally covered by a metal wall, the 4th-level Quirae had broken past it in a hurry .
It was impossible to get to the Quantum Transmission machine in time .
But Kiriel would do it .
She was a smart child .
He just had one job .
To create a path for them .
Also, he was curious .
‘Let’s see… what could be inside?’
As to why these things were trying to stop him from entering .
—booom!—
Hansoo started to charge towards the giant hole where countless Quirae had formed a blockade, preventing him from advancing further .