Return， Control， and Eat 83

Chapter 83 – Level Up

A miasma that has polluted and deserted the entire south of Daejeon for hundreds of years.
It was a natural disaster that even the emperor could not solve.
In the distant past, this place, which was known as the most prosperous city in the south of Daejeon, has turned into a land of death where even the most powerful weeds cannot sprout and even the most powerful wizards cannot set foot.

Be it people or land.
The dead never come back.
It is the only immortal law in the world.
But…

The princess stretches out her hand.
The miasma that wandered without an owner responds to the true master’s call.
It was neither seen nor heard.
But it happened very quickly.
The miasma that has plagued the south of Daejeon for hundreds of years is disappearing without a trace.
It only took a moment, less than a second, for all the flow of miasma to enter the princess’s body.

Standing at the center of a huge phenomenon, the princess experienced a bizarre vision.
Memories he had never experienced flashed through his mind.
It seems to be a view inside a building.
Dozens of huge glass tubes reaching from the ceiling to the floor, instrument panels with numerous switches, and scholars in white robes are seen busily moving.
It’s a familiar look.
You don’t even have to go back to remember where you saw it.
Because it was just a while ago.

Gongju-in recalls what happened during the last operation in his hunting unit.
The only place where the ancient beast that occupied the entire ruins of Seoul did not use it as a hatchery.
This is the building where Gongju-in and Kang Ji-ah fought against ancient weapons.
Although worn here and there from the storms of the years, the basement of the building was exactly the same structure as the one we see now.
The difference is the dozens of lifeforms that are strictly kept in intact glass coffins.
It looks like a random mix of animals and two spoonfuls of horror.
They are beasts

Are you breeding beasts?
If so, the princess’s first impression of the place was roughly correct.
At that time, he thought the place was like a laboratory in a monster movie.

The princess had a hunch that this short fantasy would end soon.
Lastly, while looking around, his gaze lands on a single glass tube.
At that moment, the princess opened her eyes wide.
It was probably because the creature inside the glass tube with special characters reading ‘Omega’ looked familiar.
A ten-legged turtle with a wolf head attached to it.
Except for its size, it looks exactly like the ancient beast crouching in the ruins of Seoul.
The princess takes a step forward to take a closer look at the creature.

At that moment, the fantasy ends.
Even if you look around, you can’t find the building that was clearly visible just a moment ago.
It disappeared like a mirage.

‘Could this be the memory of an ancient beast?
Was it something like the evil spirit of the beast that was hunted two hundred years ago?’

“Joy…”

The princess snorts.
A scene from a thousand years ago?
The secret behind the ancient beast’s birth?
The important thing now is not that kind of nonsensical stuff.
What really matters are the more practical and helpful facts.
For example, the fact that the miasma that had been used more than half was filled up to the upper limit, or the realization that a new magic was obtained as expected.

The whole body is full of energy and the tattoo on the back that stores miasma is so full that it looks like it’s about to explode.
I want to try a new magic right now.
Even though he has never died, he instinctively realizes the new power he has acquired, as if he knew the magic of returning to the past, and smiles wildly.

“Princess! Princess!
Wake! We need to get out of here quickly!”

Has it come any time soon
‘Dancing with wolves’ desperately calls out the name of the princess and pulls her collar.
It seems to be trying to get him out of the land of the dead.

“You idiot. You said you’d die if you came in here?
Why did you come in?”

“Now is not the time to say such things.
Get out quickly… If you get out even for a moment, there’s a chance of saving your life…!”

“It’s okay. It’s already over.
This is no longer the land of the dead.”

“…What?”

The princess strokes the head of ‘Dancing with the Wolves’ as if she is proud.
She threw herself down to save the princess.
She tried to pull him out until she came into the ground that she would die if she took one step.
It’s a silly yet lovely act.

‘Dances with Wolves’ explodes in anger when Gongju-in reacts in an incomprehensible situation in an urgent situation.
She uses all her strength to pull the princess’s body.
A strange sight appears in her eyes.

The first one I saw was green.
Something green is rising from the parched land.
At first, she pulls out her pistol, wondering if she is the new beast, but soon realizes that it is her illusion.
It was a sprout.

“Sprout…?
In the land of the dead… Plants.”

The green stem pushing up the soil is growing at a rapid pace.
‘Dances with Wolves’ reminds us of what the dead Valheim told us.
Balheim, who always carried a seed bag, saying that he would make the south of Daejeon green again someday.
It reminds me of the words he used to show off seed sacs whenever he had time and boasted how strong they were.
It is said that plants originally inhabiting the land of the dead sprout in just a few minutes as long as they have enough nutrients.
They say that if the environment around them is not suitable for survival, they have a habit of waiting until they meet a suitable environment by becoming inanimate.

Soon after, the surroundings of the princess and ‘Dancing with the Wolves’ are dyed blue.
No, sprouts are growing all over the vast ‘Land of the Dead’.
A new life grows in a land where only wild animals could find life.
Power drains from the knees of ‘Dances with Wolves’.
She slumps down on the carpet-like abundance of sprouts.

“Hey. Look at that…
What is that…?”

“…”

The strongman from the mining town Rudy brought along and the bullies hired by Noel Co. Soon lose their words when they discover the scene.
Chilly silence.
Except for Rudy, who is still struggling with the bugs, no sound can be heard.
They begin to kneel one by one towards the princess.
A sight so far beyond comprehension had robbed them of their judgment and will.
Their will to fight, which was originally faint, completely disappeared from that moment on.

The princess takes a step towards them.
‘Dancing with Wolves’ sits down with her buttocks crushed and looks up blankly at her back.
He spoke softly to her men on her knees.

“Go back to town. And forget what happened today.
Neither we nor that woman had ever happened.”

It’s a word with strange power, but it’s a nice voice to hear that rings in your head.
But that’s not what they were talking about.
As soon as his words fall, the men who have knelt on his knees rise from their seats and start moving.
They rode on their horses with blank eyes and hit the reins without hesitation.
The horses, too, who were terrified, obediently obey their commands.
The horses started running without hesitation, causing dust and gradually moving away.

“Are you crazy?! Come back now!
Or else I’ll kill you, I’ll come to your village and kill every single one of you!
Right now…”

Rudy, who has roughly finished off the attacking insects, exclaims loudly when he sees their backs.
But there is no response from the horses or the men in the saddle.
They must have been so afraid of Rudy until just now, but she doesn’t even listen to her threats.
It was to the point where I felt chills from Rudy’s side at the reaction that had changed so rapidly.

“You…You! You did something!
What did you do?!”

“Obey me.”

A princess who speaks to Rudy, who goes wild.
Just like when he manipulated men, a page of miasma disappears from his back.
As his words run out, Rudy clutches her forehead as if having a headache.

“Aww…!
To obey…?!
I can’t hear you…
Do not be ridiculous…!”

“Hmm… This doesn’t work.
Is it because you have poison? Or, if you have more than a certain amount of magic power, you can counter it?
It’s not omnipotent.”

Something shoots at Rudy from the side of the muttering princess.
It was Kang Ji-ah.
Rudy throws a sneer at her as she kicks her ground and shoots at her.

“You’re crazy!
Even if you only took one pill, if you didn’t have a barrier, you couldn’t beat me!
Now that I’ve eaten two pills, I’m no match for you…!”

As she spreads her wings and swings her fists, the sound of her weight cuts through her air.
It is a much faster and stronger attack than when I faced her before.
But Jia Kang turns her body around and dodges her attack by a single piece of paper.

“Uh?!”

“Are you proud of raising your weight class through doping?
He’s a drug addict.”

Bang!

“Oops!”

Rudy’s side was exposed defenseless as the blow of conversion missed.
Kang Ji-ah didn’t miss the gap and put her left hook with the power of her whole body.
Rudy screamed at the shock, which was slight but enough to lift her entire body into the air.
Kang Ji-ah, who succeeded in her attack and stepped away from her, returned her sneer to her.

“Did your brain melt with the medicine?
Your reaction is slower than it was then.
Seeing as she screams like a mad bitch, she doesn’t know what’s different about her, doesn’t she?”

“Aaagh…! I’m going to kill you!
Your fist doesn’t hurt at all!”

Rudy roars and attacks as violently as a storm, using her arms and legs as well as her tail and wings.
However, none of the attacks reached Kang Ji-ah.
A simple attack that comes from relying only on her physical abilities without her feints or mismatches does not work against Kang Jia, who has sharp senses.
She evades Rudy’s attacks with her minimal movements and succeeds in her counterattack whenever she gets a chance.
With each blow in the side, in the shoulder, in the temple, in the thigh, just below the collarbone, Rudy drives more and more insane.

After screaming for a long time and allowing attacks like a punching bag, she finally came up with an idea.
If you use magic with overflowing magic power, you can win enough!
He was overly obsessed with hand-to-hand combat because of the weak energy.
With her current strength, she can defend the area around her mouth and complete the command.
She finally came up with a proper strategy for her and began to memorize her words, guarding her upper body with both hands.

“[Tear] [Strike down] [Destroy] [Break] [Kill] [Break] [Shatter]
[Of wind] [Of lightning] [Of sand]…”

“Kuh…”

The speed of memorizing the commandments is fast.
In an instant, orders with more than ten words piled up.
I can’t stop the huge magic power from gathering.
Kang Ji-ah lets out her moan and takes a step behind her.
It was the moment when Rudy’s transparent eyes were filled with sadistic murderous intent.

“Shut up.”

“…The right pole?!”

When the princess points at Rudy and says, her mouth snaps shut.
As the spirit of the language is disturbed, the mana that has been accumulated so far is scattered like morning fog.
She hastily tries to open her mouth with both of her hands, but to no avail.
Her clenched lower jaw is stubborn as if it were not her own body.
Like a crocodile that bites her prey, she never tries to open her mouth.
She glares at the princess with her piercing eyes.
He meets her gaze with a wild grin like an animal.

“Ooooohhh?!”

Kang Jia burrows in front of Rudy’s body as she groans.
She twists her back and, with the strength of her whole body, throws her fist out.
Her torso is exposed as she raises her hands to open her mouth.
It was too late to get her back on track.
Rudy’s complexion turns pale.

“Haaaaagh!”

Kang Ji-ah raises Rudy’s stomach with her wild spirit.
Like a harpoon thrown by her whaler, her fists, full of strength, burrow into her, making a crunching sound, and her body rises several meters this time.

“Gagging…!”

Rudy opens her mouth wide and lets out her ungainly moan.
When she tried to open it like that, she wouldn’t budge, and now she opens it.
It was only for a moment that she harbored resentment.
Her eyes swivel so that only the whites could be seen.
Her body flew through the air and fell with a thud, scattering her sand in all directions.

“…”

When the dust clears from her, Rudy doesn’t move one of her fingers.
She is completely knocked down.
Jia Kang looked at her fallen as her godson and growled with the joy of her victory.
Inside the dress, her tail waggled happily.