## Chapter 224 – Zerg Rush
I sent my clones charging at Etana.
A staggering 5,107 of them.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Perhaps it was because the number was in the thousands, but it resembled a massive wave.
Like an unstoppable current, my clones became a tsunami crashing down on Etana.
Of course, Etana wasn’t just standing there.
Bang!
Etana grinned eerily and clapped her hands together.
With a sonic boom, the ground surged, and a fierce wind swirled around her.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
In an instant, my clones were caught in the massive vortex, soaring high into the sky before crashing back down.
But such a simple technique couldn’t stop my clones. As soon as they hit the ground, they rushed at Etana again.
“I-Incredible…!”
Scarlett, who had been filled with despair just moments before, gaped in awe.
“You’re the first person I’ve ever seen fight that Sumerian bitch for more than 20 seconds! And without being pushed back an inch… you’re the first, Master!”
Scarlett clenched her fists and beamed.
“Let’s keep pushing and give that stuck-up bitch the ‘Unlimited Pregnancy Punishment’! Heh, and then when she comes under me, khee hee… kueeeck.”
Scarlett, who was chuckling lewdly, suddenly flattened to the ground.
The debris of nearby buildings crumbled, and cars slowly screamed as they were crushed flat.
A sudden, intense pressure weighed down on my shoulders.
[Failed to resist the opponent’s 〈Gravity〉.]
An intangible force compressing a 200-meter radius.
Number 174’s ability, [Gravity].
Even Scarlett, wearing a nanosuit, couldn’t lift her head and groaned under the immense power.
“Aaaagh!”
“S-Save me… kueeeck.”
Ordinary people without nanosuits trembled violently before blood spurted from every orifice, and they died.
It was truly an overwhelming power.
‘Hmm? It’s gone?’
But the gravity vanished quickly.
The reason was simple.
“Attack!”
“Don’t give her a chance, keep pushing!”
Only about 20% of my clones were affected, while 80% were still moving perfectly fine.
Seeing that it wasn’t very effective, she must have decided to retract it immediately.
‘Was that tornado she created earlier too taxing on her stamina? Or was she affected by it herself?’
Whatever the reason, she didn’t use the whirlwind technique anymore.
Etana stomped her foot with all her might.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, crash!
Instantly, the ground shattered and began to explode.
Concrete and cement fragments soared into the sky, and many of my clones stumbled or were immobilized.
“They’re flying!”
“Everyone, prepare!”
And at that moment, Etana used telekinesis to snatch the rising fragments.
She began to hurl them in all directions.
Thud, thud, thud!
She hurled debris at my clones, who were struggling to break through the devastated dirt ground.
Heavy and powerful, as if not allowing them to approach even for a moment.
‘It’s not easy to even get close.’
Of course, it wasn’t that none of my clones succeeded in approaching.
There were those who broke through all the obstacles.
But Etana was no slouch in close combat either.
In an instant, she struck the hundred or so clones rushing at her with all her might, sending them flying 2-3 kilometers away.
‘She definitely has a lot of experience. To figure out how to deal with all my clones in such a short time.’
And that wasn’t all.
Currently, Etana’s total stats were even higher than Nora’s.
〈Status Window〉
Name: Etana
Strength: 1,610.8 (+1,208.1)
Agility: 1,088 (+816)
Stamina: 4,207.6 (+3,155.7)
Physical Resistance: 1,406%
Her agility, in particular, was hopeless.
Leaving afterimages as if she were lightning, she appeared in the east and then the west in a flash.
She fended off the clones rushing at her while searching for and attacking the clones suspected of being my main body.
‘She has many skills, a lot of combat experience, and high stats, yet her movements are like that.’
Even with over 5,000 clones, it was difficult to subdue her easily.
She had already surpassed the level of being called a monster.
‘But how long can she maintain those movements?’
Even if she was showing divine power beyond the realm of humans, she was still human in the end. There was a limit.
Sure enough, her movements gradually began to slow down.
Conversely, my clones accumulated experience and became more seasoned and cunning.
“Hey, split into two teams and go in two waves!”
“Break in with off-beats! So she can’t use group techniques properly!”
They now skillfully devised countermeasures against Etana’s attacks and broke through.
As a result, the encirclement of my clones gradually narrowed.
‘The problem is that physical attacks will never defeat Etana.’
Etana also had over 100% physical resistance.
Her agility was also high, so I couldn’t hypnotize her.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, crash!
Etana broke the ground again and used telekinesis to hurl the rising fragments in all directions.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
My clones, caught off guard by the heavy blow, were inevitably sent flying in all directions.
But a significantly larger number than before broke through to her.
“You’re like army ants! You’re doing the work of vermin, but you’re so damn tenacious!”
After spewing out a curse, Etana moved her body.
With agility about three times higher than mine, she instantly struck my clones, sending them flying far away.
One against a thousand, able to defeat a thousand people alone… something that only appeared in historical novels was becoming a reality.
‘Even if all the humans on Earth attacked that woman, they probably wouldn’t be able to win.’
But I had the power to defeat her. And the situation was turning in my favor.
‘It looks like her stamina is running low.’
Instead of creating a fierce gust of wind to produce a tornado and cleanly dispose of them in one go, Etana was individually beating the clones with her hands and feet.
“Get lost, you bugs!”
She was gradually allowing my clones to get closer.
She was starting to get surrounded.
And in an instant, one of my clones grabbed Etana from behind.
Tap.
A hand touched Etana’s back.
Immediately, Etana paused and widened her eyes.
A haze-like substance escaped from Etana’s body and was absorbed into my clone.
“!!”
It was the phenomenon that occurred when being hit by [Steal].
I had succeeded in copying Etana’s [Steal] with [Duplicate] and stealing one of her abilities.
“Eek!”
Etana immediately reached out to my clone to retrieve the stolen ability, but my clone immediately canceled the summon and was absorbed back into me.
[Acquired 〈Sound Wave〉.]
Along with the skill stolen from Etana.
“H-How?”
Scarlett, who still didn’t know much about my abilities, widened her eyes.
“How did you… Etana’s ability?”
Bang! Etana cursed and bit her lip tightly.
“Damn it!”
[She knew you had a skill to copy abilities. But she never imagined you could copy even her transcendent ability with it.]
‘I didn’t really think it would work either.’
Duplicate is only a ‘Legendary Grade’ ability.
So when I first copied Yoo Hana’s transcendent ability, [Origin], I doubted it would even work.
Even when I tested Nora’s [Super Strength] a while ago, I was unsure if I could duplicate a Numbering ability.
But I confirmed that it worked, and my plan became simple and clear.
Summon a bunch of clones, copy Etana’s [Steal], and then steal Etana’s abilities.
‘And then make her my bitch.’
Etana’s face twisted.
Now the tide of the battle had completely turned.
The time it took to steal an ability from an opponent with [Steal] was about 1 second.
And I had thousands of clones.
‘The game is over the moment her stamina runs out.’
Immediate capture. I was confident in capturing her too.
According to the memories of the wraiths, [Steal] steals active skills first.
Passive abilities are stolen later.
In other words, there was no need to worry about accidentally stealing [Fountain of Youth] in the middle and causing Etana to die instantly.
“Let’s go hunt that bitch!”
“Just keep pushing!”
“Steal her abilities and make her a cock case!”
My clones rushed at Etana aggressively.
“Eek!”
Etana, as if she couldn’t lose either, stole the abilities of my clones.
Interestingly, I thought she had to touch them to steal them, but that wasn’t the case.
My clone put his hand on Etana’s shoulder, but instead, the ability escaped from the clone and passed to Etana.
‘So it doesn’t have to be a hand?’
It was like trying to attack but being attacked in reverse.
But it didn’t matter.
[Acquired 〈Smash〉.]
My clone had stolen an ability in return.
Literally a one-to-one exchange. But the situation was much better.
‘Etana has 3,778 skills.’
Even if she stole abilities from my clones, her number of skills didn’t increase.
Rather, it only kept decreasing.
It seemed to be because of duplicates.
The shop window, Duplicate, Danger Sense, Clone, etc., that she stole from me….
Since she had already stolen them once, stealing them again wouldn’t change the number of skills.
In other words, it didn’t matter if my clones’ abilities were stolen more.
Conversely, my number of skills continued to increase.
-Skills (30)
-Skills (50)
-Skills (100)
-Skills (150)
…….
“Damn it! Those are all mine! They’re my abilities!”
Realizing that exchanging deals was a loss, Etana began to fend off my clones again.
But there were already hundreds of my clones within striking distance.
My clones desperately approached Etana and touched her body, and as soon as they recovered a skill, they canceled the summon.
Thanks to that, I was getting abilities for free in an instant.
[Acquired 〈Freezing〉.]
[Acquired 〈Telepathy〉.]
[Acquired 〈Insight〉.]
Abilities rapidly increasing.
Judging that she couldn’t go on like this, Etana reached into her inner pocket.
She fumbled around, putting her hand in and taking it out of her inner pocket several times.
“Are you looking for this, by any chance?”
My clone waved his hand.
“!!”
[Space Movement Scroll]s fluttered in the clone’s hand.
It was a clone that had slipped away her scrolls while she was distracted by stealing and being stolen abilities.
“Sorry, but you can’t go back already now.”
“The party is just starting.”
“Don’t even think about running away until cum is dripping from every hole in your body.”
Etana, gritting her teeth, looked around. It seemed she was thinking of leaving the place on foot.
‘She should just give up.’
The fight was already over.
Etana was too distracted to notice, but I had been continuously using [Potion] and [Rune of Complete Recovery] since the moment this fight started.
And I had been constantly increasing the number of clones.
All the time-
So, before I knew it, the number had exceeded 10,000.
“…….”
The surroundings were teeming with my clones.
No matter how strong she was, it was nearly impossible to break through these many clones and escape the city on foot.
‘As the saying goes, there’s no answer to numbers.’
We looked down at her.
The strongest ancient human, breathing heavily and not knowing what to do.
