episode_0244
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Rustle~
The one who appeared after stepping on the remains of the city hall was the mutant that the Avatar remembered.
“Ugh… ”
Although it was dark at sunset, I could clearly see the mutants with my developed senses.
Although he was wearing clothes, it looked like he had been forced to wear clothes of the wrong size, perhaps because he had mutated and expanded his body. Because of the strangely swollen body, the fabric was visible here and there, and the exposed skin was stretched so tightly that the texture of the muscles was visible.
It seemed like a type of mutant with only overly developed muscles.
Most of his hair had fallen out, making him look almost bald.
The guy was looking at me precisely with red bloodshot eyes.
I thought to myself as I looked at that bloody face.
‘Should I consider this a human being or not?’
At first glance, it already looked closer to a monster than a human.
At that time, the mutant took a deep breath and screamed, as if he didn’t like how I was criticizing him.
“Ugh… Ahhh!!!”
thud!
At the same time, the guy kicks the ground and runs towards me.
The brick fragments that were broken by the guy’s feet were seen scattering behind him, as if the force was quite strong.
The mutant thrust its swollen fist towards me as if it had been stung by a bee.
Pow!
I deliberately blocked it with my palm and tried to gauge the mutant’s strength.
‘If this is enough… Based on my standards, I think the strength would be around 3 to 4.’
Certainly, if there were a large number of these guys, it would be a bit of a burden for an avatar with initial abilities.
I tried to put a mutant in my inventory just in case, but it didn’t seem to be included because it was clearly treated as a living creature.
‘I don’t think there’s much need to observe further.’
According to the avatar’s memories, sometimes mutants with powers other than physical enhancements appeared, but at any rate, they were similar to or slightly stronger than the powers used by past agents.
In that case, I thought I could stop looking around and just focus on finding Janey. Even if I move actively, not even a mutant can interfere with me.
I raised my powers while watching the mutant trying to punch with his other hand. I didn’t want to touch this unpleasant looking guy anymore.
Grumbling~
‘Yes, this is what it feels like.’
-Oh my… ! Master, this feeling… !
In the New Kind world, the hidden ability realized that I was calling to it and inflated its body. A boiling sensation, as if lava was inside. I felt my emotions rising accordingly.
Even though Maria couldn’t feel this ability, she seemed to feel my senses stimulated by it.
I filled my fist with the supernatural power that filled my body and threw it at the mutant’s distorted face.
Quaaaa——!
A pillar of flame extends from the fist with a strong sound. Thanks to the immense brightness of the flame, the surroundings became bright as if the setting sun had risen again.
Pass…
‘It’s been a while, so have you lost a bit of energy?’
The scene where the flames were seen dying out was quite impressive.
Not only the head of the targeted mutant, but everything in a straight path from the fist was blown open.
Beyond the mutant, who had disappeared as if the area above his shoulder had evaporated, a wall and bricks with round holes that looked like they had melted came into view.
dump.
After all, it was a national rule that no matter what kind of monster it was, if its head flew off, it would die.
The mutant who fell backwards had a nametag with the name Philip written on it dangling from his chest.
‘Is this someone who worked at City Hall?’
-Ugh!!! What’s this?! How could you do something like this?!
Maria, who saw me using my supernatural ability for the first time, made a fuss.
“Ah, it was my first time showing it to Maria. This is a technology that was sealed in the world you were in.”
-seal… ? Why? Now I’m using it to my heart’s content. Is there any reason to hide such strong abilities?
“It’s a bit long to explain… Oh my.”
I was just about to explain to Maria that in the New Kind world, physical ability alone was enough, and that the concept of baggage and mileage bonuses was roughly similar to training for me to become stronger.
Presence was felt throughout the ruined city.
Grrrr…
“I guess it was too loud.”
-It was a little noisy.
As I unfolded my senses, I sensed dozens of mutants flocking around me.
The sound was just that, and as it was getting dark, a pillar of flashing fire was suddenly sent out. We may not know it, but there are probably a significant number of mutants gathering outside of Gigam.
“Then, let’s start by looking for a map and cleaning up the surrounding area.”
If you deal with the crowds of guys and search through the remains of the city hall, you might come across a map or two that is in roughly good condition. Even if that wasn’t the case, there were abandoned houses scattered around.
When the mutant crisis broke out, they wouldn’t have taken their time to pack up all their belongings and evacuate, so it was clear that if they searched a few houses, they would be able to find something helpful.
Then, using Maria’s assistance and my avatar’s memories, it wasn’t difficult to find the area where I had separated from Janey.
Janey probably headed to the country with the closest border there.
‘Because the break is for 3 days… ‘
I thought it would be enough to give me about two days to meet Janey.
Grumbling~
I grabbed the blazing flames in both hands as I watched the mutants rushing towards me.
***
The Hadar Kingdom borders the Kingdom of Halem.
Unlike the Kingdom of Halem, which was a landlocked country with rivers and lakes but bordered entirely with other countries, the Kingdom of Hadar was a country that occupied a large coastal area.
And when the Kingdom of Halem was engulfed in war, it was the Kingdom of Hadar that played a role in blocking logistics coming in through the sea.
To put it simply, the Kingdom of Hadar was originally an enemy of the Kingdom of Haylem.
But now, they were accepting the citizens of the Kingdom of Halem who were crossing the border into their country as refugees.
It was not strange for the Kingdom of Hadar to accept refugees from the Kingdom of Halem resulting from the mutant crisis into its territory, albeit to a limited extent.
The Kingdom of Hadar is one of the countries that has been richly enjoying the war reparations paid by the Kingdom of Halem through the hard work of its people.
The intention was to gain greater diplomatic benefits by incurring debt to the Kingdom of Halem.
Or, he might be planning to rip off the Kingdom of Halem, which was paralyzed after having its head cut off. It could be that they are coordinating with neighboring countries on how to split this large pie.
A refugee camp located near the border of Hadar Kingdom.
widely.
The ladle, speckled with dried soup, hit the plate. A few drops of thin soup splashed onto the cheek of the woman holding the plate.
“… Thank you.”
“Tsk.”
After hearing the woman’s thank you, the volunteer who was distributing the soup made a clicking sound and removed the ladle that was pressing down on the plate.
“I know that I make a living thanks to someone. You have a bad attitude.”
“Really… It’s such a shame to think that tax money is being wasted in places like this.”
“I’m worried that I might be catching a disease. Why are they accepting refugees at risk of biochemical terrorism? ”
“I heard that another mutant came over not long ago? I heard that a refugee camp elsewhere suffered heavy damage.”
Gossip and gossip.
Volunteers who came to the refugee camp to provide support at the government level are also reluctant to accept refugees from the Kingdom of Halem.
In the first place, those who were dissatisfied with supporting refugees with taxes could not be considered real volunteers because they received money from the government. But they also had their own reasons.
The surrounding countries of the Kingdom of Halem have already suffered great and small damage due to some escaped mutants.
There were even cases where non-mutant refugees who had awakened their abilities went on a rampage and caused trouble.
In a way, even if I cursed like this, I could see it as a blessing just to support them and not banish them back to the Kingdom of Halem.
“… … .”
Janey, the woman holding the food tray, put on her hood as the volunteers whispered.
Janey’s appearance had changed a little since breaking up with Minho.
First, he threw away the agent’s uniform, which he could tell at a glance, and changed into an old tattered hood. Also, he cut his hair short for fear that someone might recognize him as an agent. Although it was cut messy because it was roughly cut with a military dagger, the advantage of that part was that it blended in with the atmosphere of the refugees and was not noticeable.
‘… Where is Minho and what is he doing?’
Janey thought of a junior agent she had parted ways with a few months ago.
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