episode_0501
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‘Hwiyu…’ It looks very neat.’
I looked around the basin where the structures created by the bugs had been completely swept away.
The center, including the place where the cocoon was located, melted together with the rocks on the surface, making it difficult to find traces of it.
This was a better view.
Everything had melted and burned, and all that was visible was lava emitting a fiery haze.
A little away from the center, the remains of bugs exploded by the shock wave were sizzling in an ugly shape. Due to the heat, the resources they were transporting also caught fire. The basin where the nest was now was in flames, as if it were an active, burning volcano.
I don’t know if it was my mood, but the size of the crater seemed larger than before.
-It’s not my fault. As the boundary collapsed, the crater became deeper and wider. Turning into a giant and falling at the speed of sound, it’s not like some kind of human torpedo… Thanks to this, the surrounding area is completely devastated.
The voice of Maria, who had returned to Manta Ray, was heard. His reaction was as if he was slightly fed up with my more ignorant attack than I expected.
‘But the effect was good, right? I guess it’s easier to be large in order to attack in the widest possible range.’
-surely…
Maria nodded in agreement. Just as I had intended, the bugs crowding around the nest were destroyed. The land, barren as a desert, was radiating blazing heat like a heated grill.
Kieeek!
At the same time, the bugs outside the nest began to glow. Perhaps because they realized that something was wrong, the eerie creatures began to gather around the nest.
Doo doo doo doo…
The number of bugs that came was in the tens of thousands. Considering that we had dealt with a group of about 4,000 bugs before we found this place, it was within the expected range.
Although there were quite a number of those inside the nest, the number of those outside gathering resources was greater.
As a large number of bugs began to flock to the nest, their stomping alone gave the illusion that the ground was shaking.
My height using Surt mode is roughly 30 meters. As I watched them coming from a high position, it looked like waves covering the ground.
Even that wasn’t all. There were also those who approached from the ground, grinding rocks with fierce force. However, because they came in so haphazardly, the ground collapsed and many of them were crushed to death.
‘Is it a small nest? At this level, it’s almost like an army.’
-If you look at the planet as a whole, 10,000 bugs are nothing.
It seemed like it would take more time to get used to the space scale.
-They are flocking like crazy right now, but once they figure out the situation, they will disperse to create a new queen.
‘Is the queen something that can be made so easily?’
-This would never happen if the existing queen were alive, but now there are only workers left. Of course, since the master burned both the cocoon and the queen at the same time, the new queen will be very weak.
‘Then they’ll go crazy and come back to their nest, so I’ll have to kill as many as I can before they come to their senses.’
I concentrated my strength on my arm and swung it towards the leader of the closest bug.
Huh~
Kwaaa!!!
A huge fire spread across the ground, following the traces of the giant’s arm. The flames engulfed the bugs in an instant. Their outer skin was charred.
Those who were directly hit by the attack instantly turned to ashes and scattered.
Even those who were hit by a stray bullet were not okay.
puck! Burbubbuk!
As the internal organs and body fluids, which were rapidly heated by the heat, vaporized, the sound of the outer skin bursting, unable to withstand the pressure, resounded. The ones in the ground were cooked like dumplings in a steamer.
Kieeee!!
The remaining bugs continued to flock into the basin, which had become a sea of fire, without stopping, even as they writhed in pain.
‘It looks like it’s still worth holding on to.’
Huuu…
I took a deep breath. My chest swelled like a balloon. What I breathed was air, but what was inside was a flame that was strong enough to melt even rocks in an instant.
Dragon’s Breath.
Grrr!!!
A long flame, like the breath exhaled by a mythical dragon, attacked the bug. The specially concentrated flames close to the heart obliterated all objects in its path, both animate and inanimate.
The power is closer to a destructive beam of light than to flames.
Kwaaaa!!!
I stood still, turned, and breathed destruction in all directions.
Huh…
I exhaled for a long time and felt like I was going to burp.
I feel a little dizzy.
When I think about my body right now, it’s not that I’m running out of oxygen, but it’s probably because I used up a lot of my physical strength in an instant.
-The name of this technology was written in English?
‘That’s the only name that comes to mind. And it’s not martial arts, so what? That’s what creative techniques are all about.’
Maria tackled him, but the effect of the technique was outstanding.
More than half of the bugs that approached the basin disappeared without leaving any trace.
Now, peripheral vision was not secured properly due to the billowing smoke and flames. If I didn’t have a sense of humor, something quite annoying would have happened.
Still, those at the back of the bug horde seemed to have noticed that things were getting strange.
Even if you are intelligent enough to leave most decisions to the Queen, you will be able to tell that something is wrong when you see the Burning Basin greedily devouring your people.
I thought as I watched the endless bug army falter.
‘Where are you going to run away?’
If left like this, just as Maria said, they will disperse, create new queens, and eat up the planet.
It’s not that I have a mission to eradicate bugs from the entire universe, but I didn’t like the idea of these pests being present on the first planet I was exploring.
In the first place, troublesome things should be hunted down at once when the opportunity arises.
‘It’s not a bad feeling to be able to run wild for the first time in a long time.’
In fact, after I became stronger, I didn’t use my full power very often.
Ice Demon and Yeomma were also dealt with with restrictions as souvenirs were registered in baggage, and even then, it was not very difficult to kill Ice Demon.
The reason why he was attacked by Enma was because a gap was created while organizing his enlightenment. If it weren’t for that coincidence, I don’t know if I would have lasted longer than Ice Demon, but I would have won in the end. On the contrary, thanks to being attacked by Enma, it was a blessing in disguise that raised his level.
Nova Empire is an era set in space.
The only things on this planet are bugs and native creatures.
No matter how hard I exert my power, no one gets caught up in it.
Gooo…
I compressed my powers in a crouching position. The body of the giant, who was close to 30 meters tall, began to get smaller little by little.
At the same time, the flames of the basin that had become an inferno gathered towards me. Not only the supernatural powers that made up my body, but all the flames scattered around me and under my control were absorbed and compressed.
As the heat that blocked the approach disappeared, Bug’s army, which had faltered, began to advance again.
Kirrr!!
Their target was an intruder crouching where the nest was.
When I looked down from that great height, the guys who were planning to run away were rushing in with great force.
They were concentrating to deliver a strong blow, but they didn’t seem to have the intelligence to distinguish between them. Or maybe he thought something was wrong with me and rushed to me.
‘Anyway, what’s important is that you’ve gotten closer to me.’
Even if they had run away right away when they first hesitated, they wouldn’t have been able to guarantee their survival, but just because the heat went away for a moment, they started flocking towards the place where they would die. They were pathetic, but it was a welcome thing for me.
When my once huge size shrank to one-tenth of its size.
I opened my arms wide as I saw the bug approaching right in front of me.
———!
With a flash of light, the bugs in the basin turned into dust and flew away. The sound of the explosion came late.
Kwaaa!!!
The basin collapsed due to the enormously powerful shock wave that occurred in an instant. The cause was the ground becoming unstable due to the tunnel dug by the bug.
Even though there were clouds floating above our heads, we could not avoid disaster. Following the shock wave, a round hole opened in the sky.
And the air that had been pushed out by the sudden explosion returned to its original position, causing an aftereffect.
Kwaaa…
Dust, smoke, and evaporated moisture created what is commonly called a mushroom cloud. A ring-shaped cloud like an angel’s halo was formed around the mushroom cloud that rose into the sky.
A scenery as if a small nuclear bomb had exploded.
-… master. Are you alive?
‘oh my… ‘It’s hard.’
He responded sternly to the words of Maria, who was observing from afar.
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