Chapter 2018 – 2018. Newtype
A wave emanating from the mind destroyer.
I roughly named it the mind destruction wave. Anyway, the wave spread. Even I, who didn’t have an absolute mind, couldn’t be at ease.
The moment the wave touched me, my vision shook. I felt a sudden urge to vomit. Fortunately, I could endure it. I gritted my teeth and swung the Hwaryeon Flying Blades at the mind destroyer flying towards me.
Split in half.
The mind destroyer, split precisely in half, fell to the ground, spilling blood and guts.
“Haa…”
Looking at the dead thing’s expression, I frowned. It died with an expression as if it had seen an incomprehensible monster.
I was about to desecrate the corpse in anger, but I paused.
‘Jeong Suyeon needs to kill it to steal the mind destruction! I made a mistake.’
Right now, Jeong Suyeon was fighting the Manipulator, so she couldn’t pay attention to this side.
‘This was an unavoidable accident.’
Still, there was one left. I turned my head to the side to check Heavy Bullet. Heavy Bullet was dead. Its eyes were crying tears of blood, and its mouth was open as if screaming.
‘It might be pretending to be dead.’
I checked Heavy Bullet’s pulse with my hand. It was really dead. Of course, I didn’t kill it. The mind destruction wave killed it.
‘Was the mind destruction wave this dangerous? It was a bit disgusting, but I could endure it. This bastard acted like he was all that, but he had a weak mind.’
I kicked the corpse. Just in case, I cut off its head to make sure it was dead.
There was only one left. The Manipulator.
Jeong Suyeon was engaged in a one-on-one battle with the Manipulator. The Manipulator was manipulating a clay doll with one hand, and with the other, it was wielding a wire like a weapon. Jeong Suyeon was dodging or deflecting the Manipulator’s attacks and closing in. She was also cleverly using the clay doll’s position to interfere with the wire.
If I intervened, I could easily take down the Manipulator. But I couldn’t take away Jeong Suyeon’s real combat experience.
‘Suffer a little.’
In the ongoing battle, Jeong Suyeon’s movements were gradually becoming sharper. What I glimpsed was… Lightning Sky Style?
‘No. She’s momentarily using my movements.’
It was too fragmented to call it Lightning Sky Style. She was just imitating the stances and movements I had shown her in my own way.
As expected of the protagonist. It was a terrifying level of talent.
The conclusion was reached.
Jeong Suyeon’s sword pierced the Manipulator’s chest. The Manipulator fell over. The clay doll it was controlling crumbled into a pile of dirt. The wire disappeared without a trace.
Jeong Suyeon spread her fingers over the corpse and pulled out the wire. Five strands of wire were pulled out with great force. As she shook her hand, the wire wriggled in the air.
I approached her.
“Congratulations.”
“I was lucky. The Manipulator was weak in a head-on fight. But… what about Heavy Bullet and the Mind Destroyer?”
“They’re dead. It’s not my fault.”
I said firmly. Seeing the corpses of the Mind Destroyer and Heavy Bullet, she turned away without any regrets. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to blame me. She wasn’t the type to whine in the original story either.
There was nothing to take from the corpses. There was a sniper rifle, but I was too lazy to carry it. Jeong Suyeon didn’t show any interest in the sniper rifle either.
[01:24:58]
Half the time had passed.
It felt like we had been wandering around for quite a while, but the last Wolta tribe member was nowhere to be seen. There were no other people or Guardians either.
“It seems like it’s just the two of us left on the Guardian side. The Wolta tribe has a level of intelligence similar to humans… the last one must be hiding.”
“The only place to hide here is…”
First, the hill caught my eye. We had just come from the hill, so there was no way the Wolta tribe member would be there.
“Underground?”
The possibility of digging into the ground and hiding there. It was definitely possible. Jeong Suyeon didn’t object to my opinion, as if she thought so too. Instead, she stared intently. It was as if she was telling me to show her any hidden tricks I had.
‘Even for me, there’s no way here…’
Something suddenly came to mind. I opened my cigarette case. I took out three of the ten drug cigarettes that enhanced concentration, sensitivity, force maintenance, and control, and put them in my mouth.
She stepped back slightly, smelling the cigarette.
“Is that a drug?”
“You could say it’s a very good drug for concentration. Want to try one?”
“No, thanks.”
She retreated like a cat, on guard.
It was an admirable attitude. Once you try drugs, it’s easy to get addicted. I can smoke as much as I want because I have complete recovery, but she doesn’t have complete recovery.
The power of the drugs spread throughout my body. The effect instantly cleared my head and increased my concentration.
Crack.
Lightning flashed around my body.
Mana. In this world, it’s called force. I mixed it with electromagnetism and spread it in all directions. I could feel things that touched the electromagnetism. It was similar to finding enemies with ultrasound.
Lightning Sky Style Electromagnetic Wave.
It was a technique I modified from Dark Moon’s search magic, Electric Detection, using the Lightning Sky Style method.
‘In my current state, the limit is about 50 meters around me.’
I couldn’t find the hidden Wolta tribe member.
“What did you just do?”
“Looks like you felt it too.”
I explained the Lightning Sky Style Electromagnetic Wave to Jeong Suyeon. It was just a slight application, so it wasn’t a special technique. Jeong Suyeon listened to my explanation and tried it, but she frowned, as if it wasn’t working well.
This wasn’t just about the power of lightning. It required fine control of force.
[00:55:10]
“Found it.”
I found the hidden Wolta tribe member on the eighth electromagnetic wave. As expected, the Wolta tribe member was hiding underground.
It had dug a hole, laid down in it, and covered itself with dirt. It was quite cleverly hidden, but it couldn’t bury its protruding beak in the ground. Even this guy had to breathe.
I grabbed Jeong Suyeon’s hand and approached, maintaining a faint presence detection ability. I held the Hwaryeon Flying Blades in reverse and stabbed them into the ground.
“Kkiiieeeek!”
The Wolta tribe member died with a death cry.
「The Wolta tribe member has died!」
「Congratulations on resolving the erosion phenomenon!」
「Checking contribution points. 1st place: Seong Yujin」
「Congratulations on first place. You mercilessly killed the Wolta tribe members. This is not meant to criticize you. In this cruel world, killing enemies for survival is a natural thing. I commend you. Thanks to you, humanity is at peace today. I didn’t expect a drug addict to fight so well. Why haven’t you been doing this until now?」
「As a reward for first place, you will receive steel wings. The steel wings can be used three times. When used, you can fly in the sky like a Wolta tribe member for 6 hours.」
I received the steel wings that fell from the sky. The steel wings looked crude. It was just a wing connected to the back of a bag strap where you put your arms.
‘It’s an item, so the effect must be certain.’
I returned to reality without any waiting time, just like when I was summoned. Just because I went to the erosion phenomenon didn’t mean time stopped, so three hours had passed. I looked at Jeong Suyeon. In her hands, she held the heads of the Mind Destroyer and the Manipulator. She needed the heads to collect the bounty.
“Hehe. It’s over, right?”
I licked my lips and smiled. I would be able to have some fun times ahead. Jeong Suyeon frowned, but then nodded.
“Yeah. Let’s have dinner first though.”
“Should we order in? Or go out?”
I picked up my smartphone. I wanted to see if there were any good restaurants nearby.
There were notifications piled up on my smartphone. They had piled up as soon as I returned to reality. 62 unread messages. More than half were from Kang Jiho, and the rest were from other secretaries. There was also one from the chairman.
Chairman – I have something to tell you, so come home. Your grandfather has summoned the family. Be there by 6 PM.
Grandfather. That is, the former chairman and honorary chairman. He stepped down from his position three years ago, but his influence was still strong. He was the de facto owner of Cheonil Group.
Secretary Kang – Young Master. It’s a summons from the Honorary Chairman. You must go to the main house.
Secretary Kang – Young Master, please contact me. Even a reply is fine.
Secretary Kang – Young Master, are you perhaps in a situation where you cannot reply?
Secretary Kang – The incident in the parking lot has been taken care of by order of the Honorary Chairman.
Secretary Kang – The Chairman and Honorary Chairman don’t seem angry. This family gathering was suddenly called, so it seems like it will be about your affairs.
Secretary Kang – You must be wary of your uncles and cousins. They will mercilessly tear apart your mistakes.
Secretary Kang – You must go and apologize. You could fall out of favor. You must at least pretend to apologize. Your allowance could be cut off.
Secretary Kang – Your uncles are plotting something. They are trying to use this opportunity to send you to a special prison. You must be careful. However, you cannot not attend this gathering. You could really fall out of favor with the Honorary Chairman.
Secretary Kang – Please contact me.
I clicked my tongue after reading the messages.
I could feel Kang Jiho’s urgency. He wasn’t acting. Kang Jiho and I were heavily intertwined. If I was screwed, Kang Jiho would be screwed too.
“Sorry. I can’t have dinner with you.”
I needed to clean up the family mess this time. If I didn’t clean it up today, they would continue to bother me.
“It’s okay.”
“Okay. See you tomorrow.”
I went outside and hailed a taxi. The current time was 5:50 PM. It seemed like I would be a bit late, but that was fine.
• • •
6:22 PM. That was the time my taxi arrived at the main house’s front gate.
I got out of the taxi. I had a drug cigarette in my mouth. Kang Jiho ran over and handed money to the taxi driver. The taxi driver took the money and left quickly. He clearly didn’t want to be involved in this.
Servant bastards were lined up in front of the main house. They were standing there wearing black clothes. I could feel force from all of them. They were Guardians. They didn’t greet me. They just watched me with cold eyes.
The guy in charge of security at the main house approached me.
“Young Master. You’re late. Please come inside quickly.”
“Shut up.”
“……”
I gestured to Kang Jiho. Kang Jiho brought a pre-prepared case bag with a stiff face. When he opened the bag, there were over 30 syringes inside. The head of security’s eyes widened. The other guards also looked surprised, but they also had a ‘that’s just how it is’ expression. I was famous for my drug parties.
I injected myself with each of these 30 types of drugs, the ones that would obviously kill me if I injected them.
“Secretary Kang, inject them into me too. Just stick them in my back and press.”
“Young Master. This will endanger your life.”
“Do as I say.”
“Yes.”
My body, injected with all sorts of drugs, felt like my brain was being churned.
But strangely, my mind became clearer.
The world was vivid.
Too vivid.
I realized that I wasn’t just seeing the world with my eyes. Touch, smell, taste, hearing. All my senses were telling me about the world.
Thump, thump, thump.
Ignoring my dangerously fast-beating heart, I walked forward. The head of security at the main house didn’t stop me. Instead, he quietly followed me with Kang Jiho.