## Chapter 212 – The Last Desperate Struggle (2)
“…Eliminate all targets in front of me.”
The humiliation of being pushed back by a combatant far below her,
And the self-loathing of writhing in that humiliation.
Unable to overcome these two emotions, which she had only thought of as trivial,
She chose to erase herself, to become an emotionless being like the modified humans she had created.
Of course, the effect of that choice wouldn’t last very long,
But she thought that a short time would be enough, assuming she could fully unleash her power.
‘She intends to reveal her true self… Then there’s no reason to fight her head-on.’
However, contrary to Jia trying to face Siyoon with all her might,
Siyoon was slowly trying to quickly engrave the mark and end the fight.
No matter how many different abilities Jia possessed,
He could also use numerous abilities through ability sharing.
However, the difference was that Siyoon was largely unskilled in using those abilities,
Making it difficult for him to use them as freely as Jia.
In fact, there had been several opportunities to engrave the mark on Jia’s body,
But it wasn’t fast enough to be engraved as soon as he touched her.
Therefore, what Siyoon needed was a few seconds to engrave the mark.
In other words, the key was whether he could directly contact Jia’s body.
– Thudududududutㅡ
As the two people who would determine the end of the war stared at each other for a moment,
Jia rushed towards Siyoon like lightning.
“Ugh…?!”
A fierce speed like a bird of prey descending on its prey.
Siyoon flinched at Jia’s fast movements, which he couldn’t even see,
But even in that fleeting moment, he tried to gradually get used to the speed by rolling his eyes around.
[ Slave: Uses Seollumi’s ability ‘Freezing’. ]
– Kwadudududududeukㅡ!!!!
And when the distance between Jia and Siyoon narrowed to just a few steps,
Sharp ice spikes began to sprout from under Jia’s feet.
– Clangㅡ
A sharp ice spike that she couldn’t avoid pierced the bottom of her foot,
But she showed an indifferent reaction as if she didn’t feel any pain, and kicked the ice spike to break it.
– Srrrrrrrrreungㅡ
After completely removing the ice spike, she raised her right arm and straightened it,
Her ordinary arm suddenly melted down and soon turned into a sharp blade.
A grotesque shape as if a blade had sprouted and grown from her flesh.
“Keuk…!”
As the grotesque and sharp blade grazed Siyoon’s shoulder,
It created a wound that wasn’t deep, but not shallow either.
[ Slave: Uses Yoo In-young’s ability ‘Metal Manipulation’. ]
However, a blade is ultimately something made of metal.
“……?!”
Using In-young’s ability to freely manipulate metal,
He blunted the end of the sharp blade and stuck it into the rooftop floor so it couldn’t move.
“Hoo… I’m glad I practiced.”
Jia, whose arm turned into a blade was stuck in the floor and couldn’t be pulled out, returned it to its original state.
As if immediately recognizing that she shouldn’t use anything made of ‘metal’,
She blinked a few times and started looking at Siyoon again.
“You can’t afford to be so relaxed…!”
However, in that fleeting moment when she was blinking,
This time, Siyoon quickly rushed towards Jia.
The intention of immediately manipulating the metal blade as soon as he confirmed it was a metal blade and sticking it into the rooftop floor,
Was to create an opportunity to approach by creating a gap like now.
“Keuk…?!”
However, the moment he tried to approach Jia, an unknown force pushed him away,
And the pushing force was so strong that he was pushed quite far away.
‘Not only changing her body to metal… Now she’s even using repulsion…’
– Thudududududutㅡ
This time, Jia took advantage of the gap when Siyoon briefly lowered his head and rushed in,
Using the force that pushed away Siyoon’s charge, she began to press him down on the floor.
“Master…?!”
As the battle situation, which had been advantageous to Siyoon until now, suddenly reversed,
Sooa and Chaeryeong, who were watching the battle, were also quite embarrassed.
But even if the two of them helped Siyoon and joined the fight,
They might rather be noticed by Jia and be exposed to her ruthless attacks without hesitation.
All they could do was desperately pray that Siyoon would overcome it.
“Ugh… I can’t… get up…!”
Even Siyoon, who had great strength, could only twitch his body,
The power of repulsion that Jia was emitting was beyond imagination.
– Crack… Crack crack crack…
The power was so strong that cracks even began to form on the floor where Siyoon was.
“Master… No…! Kyaaaaaaak…?!”
Even though Chaeryeong tried to move to help Siyoon in any way,
She was thrown against the outer wall of the rooftop due to the red thread connected to her head.
Jia, who had even thrown Chaeryeong away, continued to push Siyoon towards the floor and compress him,
She slowly raised her leg to firmly trample on his head.
At the moment when Jia, who had driven the situation to her advantage, seemed to seize victory.
“……?!”
A part of the building’s debris flew from behind her and pierced her back and shoulders,
Jia’s body, which had lost its balance for a moment, slid towards Siyoon.
“I’ve been waiting for you to come a little closer like this.”
In modern society, metal materials are essential for building buildings.
Earlier, Jia had broken the outer wall of the rooftop and the stairs to show off her abilities,
And she manipulated and pulled in the debris of the building that was created as a result.
“……!!”
Siyoon manipulated the metal of the debris stuck in Jia’s shoulders and back and pulled it in,
Finally, Siyoon’s hand succeeded in touching Jia’s body.
[ Status: Engraving Stage 1 (Submersion 0%) ]
Siyoon finally engraved the Corruption System’s mark on Jia’s body.
[ Target: Applies ability nullification to ‘Kaiser’ Jung Jia. ]
[ Target: Applies body manipulation to ‘Kaiser’ Jung Jia. ]
Jia, to whom the ability nullification command and body manipulation command were quickly applied, sat down on the spot,
Siyoon, who had been pressed to the floor, shook off the dust and got up.
“Just because you exclude emotions and memories… doesn’t mean your combat sense gets better.
What would you know, always standing with your hands behind your back?”
The commonality between Siyoon and Jia is that they are both leaders of villain organizations.
However, there is a very clear difference between the two people who have the commonality of being leaders.
Jia had always left the work to her subordinates or pushed them to fight instead,
And even in this war, she wouldn’t have moved directly if Siyoon hadn’t appeared.
However, Siyoon had physical strength and combat sense trained through his life as a combatant from before,
And he has been fighting alongside the Slaves since he started the full-scale movement of the organization.
“If you have that many abilities… Even a mediocre B-class hero would be better than you.”
Even if you have several abilities using some kind of method,
It is natural to see limitations because you have never properly participated in combat.
Of course, it is difficult to say that Siyoon’s proficiency in the abilities he used through ability sharing is excellent,
But it was possible because his experience and senses were alive as he had lived on the battlefield for several years.
“This… can’t be happening…!”
After the fight ended, the effect of the drug completely wore off,
Jia lost her red glow and regained her original appearance.
She lost even the crazy charisma and the eyes full of ugly desires,
And only let out a sigh mixed with despair, hanging her head in the reality of defeat.
She clearly thought that she had become an ideal human being by excluding emotions and memories,
And she thought that she could never be defeated if she had so many abilities.
‘This scenery… feels familiar.’
Siyoon, with Jia under his feet, looked at the surrounding scenery.
Looking at the scenery, he suddenly remembered when the Dark Knights’ hideout collapsed,
He mocked the defeated and brought up a past story.
“A few months ago… I was in a collapsing building like this.
I, a combatant with no power, went to the command center to ask for help.
But as if predicting that the heroes’ attack would come…,
There was no one in the command center where you and your subordinates should have been.”
“Command center…?”
Eyes shaking at the word command center.
It seemed that the past when she knew the heroes’ attack in advance and ran away came to mind.
“Yeah. Thanks to you running away like that, everyone was destined to die helplessly.
That wasn’t much different for me, who ran to the command center.
I thought it would be too unfair to be caught by the heroes and die like this…,
So I picked up an expensive-looking purple jewel in the command center.
I felt like if I took this out with me… I wouldn’t have any problems making a living.”
“If it’s a purple jewel in the command center… That’s the failure I made…?”
