Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 409



Only Noblemtl

Vacant space (4)

Black dots appeared here and there, as if they were spots in the night sky. Then, human figures poured down.

Even when the sky was dark, Taylor could see clearly. Even as the night deepened, the city became a brightly lit place.

The people who appeared in the sky had a flying squirrel’s skin-like fabric attached between their arms and legs. When they put on their wingsuits and leaned forward, they shot out like arrows.

“I wondered why you were so quiet, but you were about to attack me all at once!”

From now on, it was difficult to operate the Titan. It was only to be used against depth 6.

Taylor put on the helmet he had been wearing at his side. The dragon’s eyes emitted a red flash.

“preparation!”

The short, strong voice caused the automaton squad to respond, emerging from their camouflage and forming a formation around Taylor.

Taylor manipulated the rectangular backpack. Despite its simple appearance, it sounded very complicated inside. Gears turned, mechanisms meshed, and the lid opened.

“aiming!”

As the backpack opened, a honeycomb-like shape appeared. A caterpillar, no, a small missile, was poking its head out. The automaton squad that Alpha, Beta, and others were in also opened their missile pods like Taylor.

“firing!”

The missiles shot out simultaneously, belching white smoke. The sound of a slash ripping through the air split the night sky.

Krrrr!

And then lightning struck. The flames swelled. The area around the warehouse became as bright as day.

Those who were the believers of the South Star fell amidst the flames and smoke. However, some withstood the attack and landed near the warehouse.

“If you’re going to use teleportation, why don’t you just come in? Why don’t you go to the sky? Aren’t you stupid?”

“You’re a wizard. Don’t you feel anything when you see the house?”

“The theory is rather weak···.”

In the warehouse, Alan had placed a lot of space wedges, so if you entered without permission, your body would be torn apart. Taylor ran out, not wanting to waste time explaining to Omar.

Nicola looked up from where he was sitting near the wall. The detection spell on the streetlight caught a distortion in the light.

“hmm···.”

“You are an intruder.”

François also opened his eyes and got up. At the same time, there was an explosion. A two-story house was blown away, and the agent’s report reached François’ ears.

“They’re coming from all directions. Why did I have to create a grudge with them?”

“Do you know what we did?”

“We collided with the South Pole Star at Tilly. Others may not know, but we know for sure.”

“Ah, Zion’s report.”

“It would be Alan, not Zion. No matter how hard he tries to hide it, his choice of words is enough to show his intelligence.”

Nicola raised his spine staff. The spell casting was already finished, with some small talk.

“Share the coordinates.”

“Okay.”

François refined and relayed the information sent by agents stationed throughout the area. Combined with the surveillance equipment installed by Alan, it turned into a huge mass of information.

Nicola’s brain-extension device filtered the information. A large three-dimensional map appeared in her mind. The enemy’s location and movement path were drawn.

[Cyclops]

The mass of light that had escaped the staff rose upward. It pushed away the moonlight with its immense brightness. The mass that had taken up the sky stirred and lifted its eyelids.

The white pupils shone brightly. It directed a beam of light towards the ground. Only towards the enemy.

François collated the agents’ reports.

“Half of it has been removed.”

“This is the majesty of a wizard. Never look down on a wizard again.”

“Who is ignoring?”

“There are people like that.”

Zion stood in a dark alley and looked up at the sky. White eyes bombarded the entire battlefield.

But the enemies were not afraid. As the number of comrades’ corpses increased, their faith burned more and more. As if this was not the end, they opened the space door and jumped out.

Zion focused on the sound of footsteps. One, two, three. Dawn was coming out of the alley.

A believer ran past the alley, but it was already a corpse, so Zion left it alone.

“uh?”

One of the believers opened his mouth stupidly. Zion turned his shoulder, elbow, and wrist, sharpening the Dawn. The tip of the sword dug deep into his forehead and then came out.

There were overlapping thumping sounds. Only a corpse, split in half and with a reddened forehead, remained at the scene.

Zion moved from place to place, stepping on the shadow. To be honest, it was a technique that even he himself could not understand the principle of.

‘The junior said it was bloodline magic.’

It is a mysterious phenomenon that flows through genes and blood, and it is magic that is naturally acquired and utilized without the need to elucidate its operating principles.

‘···.’

I thought of Alan for no reason. I felt uncomfortable looking at the gray world without him. When people experience something good, their threshold goes up. For her now, the gray world was just suffocating.

I didn’t want to see it. So I closed my eyes.

“What? I can’t see!”

“Curse!”

Another bloodline magic naturally manifested. As befitting her title as the Blind Saintess, the eyes of the believers who surrounded Zion were sealed.

Even though he had to give up sight, which takes up a huge part of his senses, Zion had a way.

Whee!

She whistled for the first time in a long time. The power she wielded was vibration. The waves of magical power traveled along the sound, and quickly returned to report the enemy’s location.

Zion held the dawn with both hands and straightened it. The energy flowing along the blade vibrated violently. The surrounding magical power resonated and took on a distinct shape. It was a sword.

Zion drew the dawn quickly. The blades aimed at the necks of the enemies moved in the same manner. A soft sound like clothes brushing echoed.

When he opened his eyes again, all he saw around him were gray dolls with no heads. Zion stepped on the shadow again and melted into the darkness.

Shiva and an agent named Gamal fought against the enemy. They were both martial artists, so they thought they would have a lot in common, but they were very mistaken.

“A beard or hair would only be uncomfortable.”

“You say terrible things.”

“But don’t you want to push it as coolly as me?”

Shiva ignored Gamal’s wicked advice and struck the wall with his palm. The power contained in his palm penetrated the wall and was transmitted to the other side.

“Ugh!”

The one hiding on the other side vomited blood. Gamal, who had already gone outside, kicked the head of the believer who was about to fall. It shook in all directions like a punching ball and fell down at an angle that it should not have broken.

“I was already incapacitated.”

“We have to handle this properly.”

He was a man whose internal organs were twisted by the first attack, and he had difficulty moving on his own. Shiva was about to say something, but stopped himself when he thought of Allen.

Just as I was about to move towards the next enemy, a huge lump flew forward.

Squeak! Boom!

A twisted automaton slid across the floor and crashed into a wall, coming to a halt. It was Oros v1.3.

The automaton, which had been doing well even against depth 5, was crushed terribly. You could immediately guess who the opponent was.

Gamal licked his lips with his tongue. His short-cropped gray hair stood upright.

“The real thing is coming.”

“Just hold on a moment. I’ll be there soon…”

Boom!

Before Shiva could finish speaking, the floor exploded. Shiva and Gamal’s bodies floated upward.

Shiva, who was floating in the air, desperately searched for the enemy’s location. He moved his eyes while upside down. The ground was wide open, and water was flowing from a broken water pipe. A lizardman was standing in the middle.

No, that’s what I thought. The moment I blinked, the enemy appeared right in front of me. The tail struck Shiva.

Unlike Shiva, who flew far away, Gamal crashed to the ground. His muscular body, which boasted of its strength, screamed. He quickly got up, ignoring the pain.

“Kuha, keu-euk!”

I tried to laugh out loud, but instead I vomited a handful of blood. And yet I raised my fist to my chest.

They chose death over retreat. There was only one reason for doing this. The chairman, who was like a god to them, ordered them to help Zion if she asked for help.

‘It must be because of that young man named Alan. I’m jealous.’

Gamal looked at the scaled fist. It was an attack that was normally invisible, but it was very visible, as if in slow motion, perhaps because of the imminent death.

The lizardman was seen retrieving his arm, pulling it up and holding it close to his head.

Boom!

A giant foot appeared through the building. It kicked the lizardman straight in. Gamal looked up at the black titan with its back to the moonlight.

The moment Zion sensed the appearance of Depth 6, he changed direction. The scattered agents also gathered around the Titan.

‘Is this all?’

Zion had an arrogant thought, no, a reasonable suspicion. The enemy must have spied on the extent of their power.

‘Junior?’

In Coastland, the Antarctic believers used large-scale space movement, ignoring Alan’s [Space Manipulation].

Sion ignored François who called him and stepped into the shadow. He ran along the path known only to Sion, ignoring the space wedge.

After quickly breaking through the underground maze, I reached the space where Alan was sleeping. In the center of the large room was a large ice steel coffin.

Zion drew her sword. Her eyes caught a twisted sight. Space opened like a piece of paper, and two masked figures appeared.

“The level of security magic is insane. Using the item containing the Leader’s Heart Fragment not only for escape but also for entry.”

“The leader is the one who used prophecy. Do not ignore him.”

“It’s a few days later than the scheduled date because of the foolish things guarding the outside. Let’s get rid of it quickly.”

The silver mask spoke softly, while the gold mask spoke politely. The two talked to Zion as if he did not exist. When Zion pulled out the dawn and blocked the way in front of the coffin, he snickered.

“Foolish···.”

The two figures blurred at the same time.

“···I see.”

The golden mask appeared before Zion. Zion looked back at the coffin, stabbing Dawn.

“And it’s foolish.”

The moment she saw the silver mask approaching the coffin, a huge shock hit her. She was thrown like a doll and was thrown helplessly, crashing into the wall.

Zion quickly raised his body. However, the silver mask was already swinging his fist. The force contained in it was so great that his vision was distorted.

The silver mask’s fist touched the ice steel. The material harder than steel shattered like ice, revealing its flesh. A slender body like a researcher was visible. However, both eyes were open.

Alan stared at the large fist with indifferent eyes. Then he grabbed Silver Mask’s wrist. However, he could not stop the force of the blow. His body flew away along with Ice Steel.

Alan thought as he flew by.

‘Why did you try to block it with your hand?’

Normally, you would have defended against it with runes or magic interference, or avoided it entirely with [Spatial Manipulation].

‘Because you felt like you could stop it?’

It was the right answer. As if to prove it, even though he was hit in the chest by the destructive regime, his body was fine. Although it hurt a lot.

As Alan flew away, the surrounding space shimmered and a power suit appeared. It wrapped around its owner’s body without any gaps and disappeared underground.

Alan stood on the roof, looking up at the moon, with Zion carefully held in his arms.

Everyone who had been distracted by the fight turned their heads at once. A powerful presence was seen towering over the warehouse roof.

Taylor spotted a familiar power suit through a large hole in the cockpit.

[Alan, you’re okay. By any chance… is the procedure not yet finished?]

[It was absorbed faster than I expected. I originally planned to look around a bit more, but it was disappointing.]

[That’s really fortunate. Wait, what?]

[We’ll talk about it later.]

The silver mask and the gold mask burst through the roof. Alan ‘observed’ the two and the entire congregation.

The moment the majestic presence stirred, a large-scale power outage occurred around the warehouse. This was because the lightning-type magic power running along the magic line had stiffened.

‘I failed to control my strength.’

Originally, I was only trying to control enemies and people spying on this place, but I made a mistake because I was not used to it.

Alan let go of Zion and kicked away the gold and silver masks that seemed to have petrified him. Their bodies were pinned to the ground.

[You look so energetic. Are you feeling better now?]

[yes.]

[I’m so glad. I’m so glad.]

As Taylor was moved to tears, Alan’s thoughts were like this.

‘You wouldn’t say anything if I drew your blood and experimented on it, right?’