## Chapter 209 – An Unpleasant Reunion (2)
***
Kaiser, the former leader of the Dark Knights and president of the Shadow Company, launched an assault on the Alliance Headquarters.
She led a legion of thousands of modified humans, brazenly appearing in the city and attacking the Alliance Headquarters and heroes, which were not even under reconstruction yet.
The heroes struggled against the modified humans’ abnormal strength and regenerative abilities, but Si-yoon, who had become an ally of Soo-ah, the next leader of the Alliance, and his organization members appeared and quickly turned the tide.
The two magical girls and the senior-junior hero duo rapidly pushed them back from both sides of the front lines, and at the center of those two pairs, Do-hwa and Ji-woo, another hero-origin duo, were making great efforts.
However, there was one human weapon blocking the two who were pushing through the center of the front lines: ‘Crazy Chain,’ a villain who was once an executive of the Dark Knights and had become Kaiser’s test subject.
She had become a killing machine, devoid of emotion and solely focused on eliminating the enemy in front of her.
She possessed not only the monstrous physique of a modified human, with great strength and regenerative abilities, but also an even more enhanced version of her original ability to manipulate chains.
“Even when I try to aim for the head… she blocks everything with her chains.”
After receiving information from Rui-rin that the modified humans’ weakness was their heads, Ji-woo tried to snipe at her discreetly, taking advantage of momentary openings, but she dodged or deflected everything with her chains.
She didn’t particularly try to block areas with rapid regeneration, like her shoulders or thighs, but she accurately recognized and defended her weak point, her head.
– Swiiiiishㅡ!!
“Ugh?!”
While Do-hwa continued to spew fire at Crazy Chain to distract her, a chain suddenly flew towards Ji-woo, who was aiming her sniper rifle, trying to seize an opportunity.
“Ugh… my side….”
“Are you okay?!”
Fortunately, the chain that flew at her didn’t pierce Ji-woo’s stomach, but merely grazing her side left a deep wound.
“I’m fine… just focus on that thing…!”
– Swiiiiishㅡ!!!
Another chain rapidly flew towards Do-hwa’s back as her attention was momentarily focused on Ji-woo.
“Sis…?!”
From a precise blind spot that was difficult to avoid even by bending over, an attack flew at a speed that human reflexes could never evade.
However, the chain that seemed impossible to block did not pierce Do-hwa’s body.
With reflexes as quick as lightning, her hand snapped back and grabbed the chain, and the crimson flames burning in her hand were blocking the chain.
“……?”
Crazy Chain flinched slightly when her decisive blow was blocked.
“……!”
When she retrieved the chain she had sent towards Do-hwa’s back and wound it back up, traces of the melted end of the chain clung to her arm.
“Sis… something seems different about you…!”
Ji-woo was amazed that Do-hwa had blocked the attack from behind without even seeing it, but she was even more surprised by Do-hwa’s sudden transformation.
Do-hwa’s orange hair was glowing softly as if it were on fire, and black horns, like those of a demon, had sprouted on her head.
The pupils of her eyes, which resembled the color of her hair, were split into an inhuman shape, like those of a demon, just like her horns.
“I feel… overflowing with power…!”
[ Condition match confirmed… Applying Corruption Amplification to target: ‘SLAVE 01’ Yoon Do-hwa. ]
The reason for the dramatic change in Do-hwa and why she was able to block the attack at the same time.
In fact, Si-yoon had been injecting his slaves with more semen than usual for several days in preparation for battle.
Then, he set a condition in the Corruption System that ‘Corruption Amplification will be activated in the event of a desperate crisis,’ so that Corruption Amplification would be activated automatically even if he didn’t move himself.
“Is this the true power that Master has led me to…?”
The fire still burning in Do-hwa’s hand was not a typical flame, but a super-high-temperature fire that seemed capable of melting metal in an instant.
That was why the end of the chain that Crazy Chain had retrieved was melted.
– Swiiiiishㅡ!!!!
“Sis…!”
An attack flew towards Do-hwa, who was looking at the flames burning in her hand.
– Sizzleㅡ
However, the chain caught in the flames of her burning hand slowly began to melt, and Crazy Chain let go of the chain when she saw it rapidly melting along the length.
Seizing the opportunity, Do-hwa created flames like palms of her hands at the tips of her feet, and using the propulsion from the explosion of the flames, she rushed forward at an invisible speed.
“Haaaaaaah!!!!”
“……!?”
Do-hwa’s kick, flying in a crimson arc, flew towards Crazy Chain, and she barely managed to wrap the chain around her body to block the attack.
“……!!!”
However, it was not an attack that could be stopped just by blocking it.
Rather, the rapidly heated chain melted and turned into molten metal, melting onto her shoulders and abdomen and scorching her body.
“Now’s the time…!”
“Okay!”
After confirming that Do-hwa had suppressed Crazy Chain so that she couldn’t move, Ji-woo quickly aimed her sniper rifle at her head before she could regenerate and stand up, and fired.
– Bangㅡ
The bullet cleanly pierced Crazy Chain’s head.
The spot where the bullet passed was very small, but it was enough to subdue her, and Crazy Chain, unable to block the shot, immediately collapsed to the ground along with the melted chains.
“Gaaaaaaaah…?!”
“Those guys suddenly…!”
When Crazy Chain collapsed, the modified humans around her suddenly stopped moving, and one by one, they slumped down and fell over.
“Haa… to think she’d be this persistent….”
Do-hwa confirmed that all the strength had completely left Crazy Chain’s body.
The horns that had grown on her head burst into flames and disappeared, and she slumped down next to where Crazy Chain had fallen, as if she had lost her strength.
“Sis… are you okay? Weren’t you pushing yourself too hard?”
Ji-woo quickly ran to Do-hwa’s side, who had collapsed, and checked on her condition.
“I’m fine… I think I just used too much power.”
Do-hwa staggered for a moment and slumped down because of the effects of Corruption Amplification.
Corruption Amplification was like temporarily causing her abilities to go berserk, greatly enhancing her output, while also reaching a state where she could control her body and mind.
This was like making the impossible possible, and since it was her first time experiencing Corruption Amplification itself, it was natural that there would be some backlash.
“For now… it seems we’ve managed to deal with the modified humans around here. Let’s leave the rest to the heroes… and go help the others and the older girls.”
Do-hwa quickly regained her energy and stood up, as if the backlash wasn’t too severe.
The two of them urged the heroes to make sure to destroy the heads of the modified humans, and ran towards where the other slaves were fighting.
***
Meanwhile… Lumi and Rui-rin were pushing back the modified humans in the center of the battlefield.
“Are Chaeryeong Unni and Soo-ah-ssi really okay?”
“They’re fine! Lumi-yang, you know how amazing Master is, right?”
Until a few minutes ago, the two of them had been supporting Si-yoon from either side, quickly gaining an advantage by even figuring out the modified humans’ weaknesses.
Then, Chaeryeong and Soo-ah’s urgent voices accidentally leaked out from a radio that was turned on, and Si-yoon, hearing that, left the scene to them and ran off to save the two of them.
“Kaiser’s leader definitely has a very strong power as well, but…
I think she’s just another female in front of Master.”
The females that Si-yoon had made into slaves so far were all strong and influential figures.
Lumi was worried that they might be a little late, but she nodded at Rui-rin’s optimistic opinion.
– Whooooooshㅡ
“Lumi-ssi?!”
Something flew from behind Lumi, who was nodding while reaffirming her faith in Si-yoon.
– Crashㅡ
“Not a chance…!”
After quickly erecting a wall of ice in the rear to block the incoming object, she turned her head to see who had attacked her.
“What is it…? It definitely doesn’t seem like a modified human….”
The modified humans around them had already been mostly neutralized by having their heads destroyed, and the remaining modified humans were being subdued by the heroes.
Since modified humans didn’t have abilities and it was virtually impossible for them to make delicate and quick attacks, she turned her eyes here and there to confirm the point from which the attack had come.
“…!!!”
Lumi soon clearly identified who had attacked her.
“N-no way… that… that can’t be…!”
And after clearly confirming the face of the attacker, she was so surprised that she turned pale for a moment.
“……”
A woman with skin so white it felt pale, flowing silver hair, and a face that looked so much like Lumi’s.
Seol-luna, Lumi’s sister, who should have been dead, was staring at her younger sister with empty eyes.
