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The moment the man heard Lian’s voice, he was so startled that his legs went weak, almost causing him to collapse right there. This was all due to the horrific “results” he had seen from below.

The man with a mustache reflexively recalled the hell he had witnessed and experienced just moments ago.

—

Having escaped Noah’s captured lab, the man encountered a woman in casual attire on his way to the main experimental lab.

“Oh! Hello! Excuse me, but how do I get to Bucheon Station?”

The woman clearly did not look like a researcher or a test subject. That meant she was an intruder.

“Is she crazy? Get rid of her quickly!”

Normally, he would have subdued her to extract information, but the situation was urgent, so he ordered her to be killed. His command led to a brutal outcome.

“Eek! Why are you doing this!”

As the woman screamed while attacking with dark magic and a sword, swinging the small bag in her hand,

Thud!

The one hit by the bag had their neck broken and died, while the sword strike caused the researchers to be thrown against the wall, impaling them and ending their lives.

Realizing that the situation was turning strangely, the man quickly left with a few researchers. The screams of the researchers who couldn’t escape echoed behind him.

—

When they finally reached the lab, they were met with tiny individuals wielding dagger-like knives, rushing around shouting, “War! Victory! Woo-hoo!”

They clung to the researchers, mercilessly stabbing them. If a comedy filter had been applied, it might have been merely ticklish, but cruelly, this was a dark fantasy world.

While one tiny individual might not pose a problem, their numbers exceeding a thousand became a serious issue. Like a swarm of ants, the tiny individuals relentlessly slashed the researchers with sharp knives.

Though no different from toothpicks, all the knives being razor-sharp made their bodies covered in blood in an instant.

Next appeared dogs.

“Grrr! Bark bark bark bark!”

A fierce-looking dog bizarrely wore a collar, its owner seemingly having lost hold of the leash as it trailed behind.

The dog, eyes wide open, chased after the researchers, tearing into their buttocks. In a comedic world, they would have flown off screaming “Oh my!” into the air, but here, they were torn apart as is.

Crash! Thud! Boom!

With orange hair standing on end as if defying gravity, a man ran at a terrifying speed, ruthlessly smashing through walls and devices blocking his path.

“Hahaha! Nothing can stop me!”

Even more bizarre was the flames burning brightly in the man’s eyes. Running without any malicious intent, his exhilarated expression was eerie in itself.

“Squawk – squawk…”

Eyes unnaturally large, pupils tiny dots, a bird unpleasantly chirped above the researchers, dropping white droppings on their heads.

Researchers hit by the droppings suddenly found their luck drastically reduced, tripping over their own feet, hitting their heads on desks, staggering, then colliding with the gravity-defying man and flying off.

Usually, when such a passionate man collides with someone, a scene where they become a star in the sky follows, but in the dark fantasy world, they flew into a wall and were mosaic-treated.

“Ugh! I’m dead!”

The researchers here were all skilled dark wizards, so they immediately tried to defeat their opponents with dark magic. Their attacks were focused on one place like being sucked into a black hole.

In that place, there was a man with lace fluttering on his sleeves, eyes sparkling strangely as if dozens of gems were embedded in them. The man, with a mysterious appearance, flicked his waist to the side while sweeping both hands behind his head.

“Hoot, dodge dodge~”

As he lightly dodged all attacks by bouncing his buttocks unpleasantly enough to raise the heat, the man winked and said, “You need to work harder to hit my heart~.”

Witnessing this scene, the dark wizards completely lost their minds, went on a rampage with magic, and collapsed in anger as their magic backfired, foaming at the mouth.

“Oh! This looks useful, doesn’t it?”

Meanwhile, a 2m tall man made entirely of muscles, enough to remind one of an orc, happily pulled out a glass capsule and began doing squats.

“Ah -.. This isn’t enough!”

He immediately grabbed a passing researcher and unceremoniously stuffed him into the capsule, starting to massage his thighs. Whenever he felt a bit comfortable, he brought more researchers and stuffed them in.

The problem was not just putting researchers in. He also randomly caught other bizarre test subjects passing by and stuffed them into glass capsules.

In the comedy world, people packed in capsules would only show scenes like being squeezed around like a subway during rush hour without any harm, but here… the sound of bodies breaking and screams echoed as they were crushed and bones snapped.

Even those who had carried out all sorts of cruel experiments were terrified by the hellish place there.

“Tsk! Things have become troublesome. But still… quite an interesting result. How did this result come about?”

Even in that hellish place, the man with a mustache surprisingly did not flinch. The product he was creating was more terrifying than those monsters.

“First, I need to organize and examine the test subjects. If I leave them like this, manpower will be insufficient.”

Since the product they were creating was the ultimate weapon, they had naturally prepared for such a situation. It was also the reason why he could afford to be leisurely.

Despite knowing the solution, the reason the researchers watched as their colleagues died was to disrupt the core of power within the research facility.

Even if this situation ended well, the dead researchers would not return, leading to the collapse of the three branches of power. This meant that the man’s power would increase.

However, if too many researchers died, the research speed would decrease, so the man thought he should start wrapping up the situation slowly.

He used a teleportation device. Instantly, his presence disappeared.

“It was over there, definitely.”

He immediately moved to activate the emergency device. Shortly after, he arrived in front of a room located in a corner of the laboratory. He opened the door right away but hesitated.

“Just a moment. Why hasn’t anyone activated the emergency device?”

Even in the midst of chaotic confusion, it was unbelievable that not a single one of the many researchers had pressed the emergency button. As he pondered this, dreadful screams started coming from inside. It was a familiar voice—the head researcher’s scream.

“No way… Could it be that they didn’t fail to activate the emergency device, but rather couldn’t…?”

The chief researcher’s seat was not a place where anyone could sit. It was said to be a fairly strong black magician, if not a man. As the chief researcher’s scream echoed and spread, the man’s pupils began to shake.

“Nevertheless, the emergency device must be activated.”

He activated all the magical tools he had with a stern expression and layered protective spells on his body.

“As quickly as possible, enter…”

After repeatedly sketching out the plan in his mind, he opened the door with a thud.

Creak…

Like a scene from a horror movie, the door opened.

The first thing that caught his eye was the face of a chubby middle-aged man with small round glasses and white permed hair. The man was a cyborg with half of his face made of machinery. The mustached man was taken aback and stiffened at the sight of a cyborg for the first time in his life.

Not a cyborg, but a mad scientist, holding a drill in his hand, looked around with a smirk, staring at the dismembered and messy corpse.

“Hmm, why on earth did he die? I don’t understand.”

The mad scientist, who seemed puzzled, shook his head and spoke after clearing his throat.

“Well, I guess I need to find a new test subject.”

The man roughly grabbed the corpse on the desk and flung it backwards. The heavy body flew and landed on a pile of already dead bodies.

“Well, then, a new test subject… Oh? This is such good luck!”

The man smiled brightly and looked at the mustached man.

“A test subject walking in! Today is my lucky day!”

The man’s eyes gleamed with madness. The mustached man had met many crazy researchers, but he had never seen someone as insane as this guy.

Unconsciously, he took a step back.

“Come on, come on.”

The mad scientist took out a remote control from inside his clothes, pressed a button firmly, and the ground split open, revealing a mechanical hand that lunged towards the man.

Clang!

The pre-cast spell repelled the mechanical hand. Simultaneously, a layer of defense spell shattered.

“What, what?!”

Even though the strange hand only bounced off once, breaking through a defense barrier that could withstand three or more 5-circle spells, the man’s eyes surged like a stormy sea.

Ping! Clang! Ping! Ping! Ping!

The approaching hand quickly and indiscriminately smashed through the defense barrier.

“Hehehe!”

The man seemed on the verge of fainting from the mad scientist’s crazed laughter.

***

Thanks to the pre-used magic, he was dragged to the desk but managed to escape.

“Hehe, want to have some fun with me?”

Attacked by a cross-dressing man midway, losing consciousness, then captured by the mad scientist again, he barely escaped.

…Even after that, shaking off unspeakable horrors, he finally arrived here.

The voice of a stranger in such a situation was enough to make him tremble with fear. He turned around cautiously, trembling.

“Ugh…!”

A flash of light entered the eyes of the man who was almost dying.

“It was still there!”

Attached to a human body was the essential ingredient needed to create a combat weapon, the Dark Spirit King. His face lit up with joy.

“Yes! With just that, I can recreate the combat weapon in no time!”

Due to his failure to recognize the father (?) of those terrifying creatures he feared, he made a foolish choice.