episode_0668
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“Wait a minute… !”
Emily tried to grab Minho again, but it was impossible because he had already disappeared into space.
Swish-
As the door that had been open in the air closed, the view of the emergency response room beyond it came into view.
A person opens a door into the empty space and goes in.
Emily first learned that a man named Minho had the ability to teleport through space.
‘… Did you really go to Site-07?’
For a moment, I had such doubts, but the smell of dust and the dry air unique to the isolation room that briefly reached my nose only reminded me that what I had just seen was not a hallucination but reality.
“… Immediately display all surveillance camera footage within Site-07 facility.”
“Emily, but for footage from other facilities, you need to get permission from them… ”
“This is an emergency situation where an Umbra-class anomalous entity has escaped. Since you have already requested assistance, we can bypass the permission level by reporting it later. Since time has passed, we are not sure if Site-07 has any personnel left to respond to our request.”
“… Okay!”
While her agents were busy moving about, Emily’s gaze was turned to Scarlett.
Minho suddenly disappeared, and although he was awkwardly fidgeting with his fingers, he showed no sign of being worried about him.
Emily, whose specialty was analysis, had already figured out Scarlett’s personality to some extent.
He was a very timid and fearful person, which did not fit the classification of an abnormal individual.
If we had to categorize him, he would be a harmless Nadir-class abnormality.
If she’s showing this kind of attitude, then it really means that there’s more to Minho that he trusts.
‘… So the brief battle that took place back then wasn’t a full-scale battle?’
It occurred to me that perhaps, unlike this woman named Scarlett, Minho might be a humanoid abnormality of the Umbra level or higher.
An abnormal entity that can teleport through space at will is a truly terrifying entity.
This was because the difficulty of isolation increased several times.
What was even scarier was that Minho might have other abilities besides physical enhancement and teleportation.
At that moment, the agent who had followed Emily’s instructions shouted.
“The surveillance camera is connected!”
“Put it on the screen!”
And Emily’s eyes widened as she witnessed the unfolding scene.
“This is…!”
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“What the… This is a total mess.”
Bam-
I glanced at the debris of the facility that had been hit by my feet.
The mirage mirror appeared to be made of a similar metal to the one that had been lining the hallways of the facility I had been staying in until just a moment ago.
Although it didn’t emit light because it was broken into small pieces, it seemed to be quite strong considering its heavy weight.
“No, right? Are you thinking of creating some kind of abnormal entity army?”
As he said that, he took his gaze away from the debris and looked straight ahead.
In front of me, there were not only the Blade Lord who had escaped, but also other abnormal entities whose identities were difficult to guess, aside from him.
Srrrrung-
The Blade Lord standing at the very back rubbed the blades that made up the guy’s body, making a sound.
Instead of the unpleasant sound of metal scraping, a cool tone resonated as if a musical instrument was being played.
If you heard it in the martial arts world, it would have been called a swordsmanship.
As soon as that sound was heard, the strange entities blocking the guy’s path began to move.
‘Isn’t that the nickname ‘Monarch’? Have you already created subordinates? It’s not like abnormal entities usually travel around like this… I didn’t see anything like this in the documents I read.’
If this kind of thing were common, ECHO would have had to isolate the abnormal entities and just struggle for the survival of humanity.
There would also have been no abnormal entities available for human use.
This should have been viewed as a literal emergency.
‘It was a good thing I didn’t bring the quarantine team. If they had come together, there would have been more casualties.’
If that were the case, Site-13’s power would have been greatly reduced.
As I thought about that, a possibility suddenly occurred to me.
Perhaps the reason the Blade Lord escaped was not simply the aging of the facility.
‘Then there must be someone who caused this situation.’
That someone could be a group of humans who oppose ECHO’s policies, or it could be another intelligent abnormality.
The real purpose is roughly to weaken ECHO?
It was just a story of possibility, with no specific evidence.
But somehow I had a gut feeling that that idea might be right.
‘Well, let’s think about this again after we isolate the Blade Lord.’
From my perspective, regardless of whether the abnormal entities join forces or not, they are all enemies that must be defeated.
From the moment I set foot here, I was prepared to run into other abnormal entities that had escaped the isolation room during this commotion.
It was just unexpected that they came rushing in like this.
“It seems like he can’t speak because he doesn’t have a mouth. Is he definitely intelligent?”
Emily’s hypothesis that it was intelligent seemed to be correct, given the way it seemed to be commanding other abnormal entities.
The first one to rush at me was a snake-like creature.
Shhhh!
The guy, who was making a sound like wind was leaking from the holes all over his body, rushed at me like a water spring.
Crunch!
I took the sword out of my inventory, wrapped it in a sword guard, and cut the snake-shaped abnormal entity in half.
There was no need to use forensics.
Because he was literally the only guy who could see anything but linear movement.
Instead, I avoided contact as much as possible because I didn’t know what would happen if I allowed the attack.
‘Because many abnormal entities cause abnormal phenomena that deviate from the laws of physics.’
I don’t even have to worry about getting bitten by a snake anymore.
It is the same even if it is a snake with the most lethal venom.
Even though the snake’s teeth are sharp, my skin is now so sharp that even a needle can’t pass through it unless I want it to.
But that logic doesn’t work well with abnormal entities.
Namhira’s cutting villain who had the ability to cut things. He had succeeded in wounding my body, although it was when I was weaker than I am now.
If it was an abnormal entity, it wouldn’t be strange if it had at least one ability to participate in such laws.
The same goes for the snake that was just cut in two.
If it were just a simple case of strong poison or strange appearance, it wouldn’t have been quarantined in a facility like this. The Blade Lord wouldn’t have taken it around.
Clearly, this guy has at least one ability that fits the classification of an abnormal entity.
‘You hit me once, I hit you once. There’s a chance it’ll turn into a spear-stabbing fight.’
After dealing with the Blade Lord and returning, I thought I should ask Emily to look through the list of anomalous entities.
After all, one of the conditions of the deal was that I would be lent an abnormal entity that could help me return to my original world.
To determine whether something will help or not, we first need to know what it is.
Phew!
With that thought in mind, I dodged the sharp shadows rising from beneath my feet.
This guy, who reminded us of Moon Ji-yu’s superpowers, was an abnormal entity that appeared to be nothing more than a shapeless, undulating shadow.
Crunch!
I tried to cut it with the sword wrapped around my sword, but it just passed through as if I was cutting through empty space. The shadow did not split.
‘Does it have the same nature as the shadow? Then…’
I used my supernatural powers to breathe fire all over my body.
Moon Ji-yu, who also used shadows, had difficulty controlling his superpowers when I used them.
This shadow anomaly was the same.
The shadows that had been slowly taking over my surroundings due to the strong light and heat stopped and then quickly retreated out of sight.
Kieeeek!
It was as if I could hear that kind of haunting sound.
At that moment, something fell from the ceiling of the hallway with a thud.
The guy who hid in the darkness like a shadowy entity and aimed for my head.
It was an abnormal entity that was not just a single entity, but a colony of small insects that formed a group like ants.
It seemed to be resistant to light and heat, and unlike a shadow, it did not retreat, but when its figure was revealed, it fell aiming for my head.
But I already had an inkling of that.
I increased the output of my abilities, which I had been exercising moderately.
Kwaaaa …
The hot wind that suddenly appeared caused all the small bugs to fly away.
Some of them stuck to the ceiling and turned to ash, while the clumped mass disappeared down the hallway like shadows.
I drew my sword and aimed it forward at the Blade Lord.
“Don’t just send these rascals away for fun. Let’s fight it out ourselves. With the sword you’re so confident in.”
“… … .”
Srrrrung-
Being intelligent can be an advantage, but it also has the obvious disadvantage of making you susceptible to such provocations.
The guy looked at my sword aimed at him and gently rubbed the blades that made up his entire body.
And then the moment I blinked.
Chorrr!
In an instant, countless blades reminiscent of a storm appeared before my nose.
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