Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 169



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169

Chili Shrimp, Vivi, and Giselle, as well as the summoned beasts who haven’t been able to reach here yet because they’re fighting androids and other mechanical monsters.

That means every living thing in the Helix Labs had to cover their ears.

“Eww?!”

“The sound- my head…!”

“My brain is ringing!”

There was no time difference.

Literally at the same time, the action called ‘beki’ was performed in every place where a deep purple line was drawn.

Any object that touched that line was split into two or exploded, and the resulting noises were entangled throughout the space.

It was natural for a creature with ears and a brain to frown.

Knock… … .

Even in such noise, there was a light sound of footsteps.

Even in the midst of the confusion, Vivi, Chili Shrimp, and Giselle also had to naturally turn their heads towards it.

Should I say that his steps were as if he had come to sort out the situation?

It felt like such a power was contained in such a small, insignificant sound.

In a way, it fit.

“Hoooooo……”

Because Jinseong, who had let out a long breath, was walking through the Helix Research Institute.

Behind him was something so dark it almost looked black – purple.

The appearance of Jinseong ‘coming out’ from there.

And as soon as the truth completely leaves it, it immediately subsides and disappears into thin air.

“Jin… Seong-nim?”

“……Right? You’re the person who chased after Giselle earlier, right?”

Vivi and Chili Shrimp blinked their eyes quickly as they watched the Dark Knight emerge from the space without a care.

It is clear that the appearance is genuine.

However, the reason I want to reconfirm his authenticity is probably because the energy emanating from him has fundamentally changed.

Giselle was equally surprised.

“That, Black Arm Inspector, you four, right now that’s-.”

However, I am shocked for a different reason than the Bibigo and Chili Shrimp.

Where is the place where Jinseong escaped from a little while ago, but which is now nowhere to be seen?

“-Dimensional gap…? How? Even I-. Even through the dimensional movement device, I could never approach the space of ‘that color’, and I should never approach it!?”

Because Giselle vaguely knows what it means.

Jinseong chuckled and laughed.

Then he asked back.

“Now is not the time to be concerned with me. Giselle, can I check out that ‘machine’ you’re so proud of?”

There was no need to say anything, and there was no reason, but what was more absurd was the fact that Giselle was really concerned about Jinseong.

As expected from a scientist, he was being scientific, but what really made me curious was how he would react from now on.

“Are you sure? Kekekekeke, you worm is my masterpiece-eeeeeeeeeeeel?!”

It was so jarring that I thought my eyes would pop out of my sunglasses.

The machine that had been in Giselle’s arms, now with the number [2] written on it, had clear black marks on it.

“Ji, Jinsang, why is that? I’ll shoot you-.”

“No, no, you don’t have to do that anymore, Vivi.”

Jinseong shook his head even at Vivi’s suggestion to completely break it.

Seeing his appearance, which seemed somewhat relaxed, both Vivi and Chili Shrimp were unable to move freely.

Jinseong looked at Giselle.

I would like to get rid of Giselle here, but Jinseong can’t do that. Considering the main scenario flow going forward, Giselle will have to be let go in the end.

So this was the method Jinseong chose.

“Disappear, Giselle. And never…be seen again. If I hear from you again, I will find you and eliminate you, no matter what you do. If you think I can’t do it, then try. Then the line will be drawn around your neck, not on that machine.”

A threat with a playful smile.

In dealing with Giselle now, you just have to give her the impression that you’re not doing your best. In the end, you just have to make Giselle fear you by exaggerating her own strength.

The source of fear is anxiety, and the source of anxiety is the unknown.

“You, you… how do you… my machine…”

“Maybe in the future you won’t be able to move around like that with me. But wouldn’t that be reasonable?”

“The Black Arm Inspector……”

Jinseong shrugged his shoulders even as he heard the sound of his molars grinding.

Giselle’s whole face was scrunched up as if she was going to rush at Jinseong at any moment, but that was not going to happen.

Boom, quaaaaaaaang-!

It was also because of the unusual loud noises that could be heard everywhere.

Following the self-destruction of the mechanical devices ordered by Giselle herself, Jinseong’s skills have already brought the Helix Research Institute to the brink of collapse.

Giselle said.

“I will definitely get revenge, Black Arm Sword… no, true. True. True.”

Chewing over the true name as if it were a spell, breaking it down into each character.

Vivi and Chili Shrimp flinched for a moment at the voice that could only be described as resentment rather than anger.

“Oh, yeah, yeah, the ones who want revenge are the least scary. That’s good, because you said something like that.”

“……Ugh, ugh ugh.”

However, Jinseong still smiled faintly and showed a relaxed attitude.

Giselle just frowned and let out an awkward laugh.

Jinseong spoke to Giselle for the last time.

“Get out, Giselle.”

Swoooo …

Giselle activated the dimensional travel device without listening to Jinseong’s words any longer.

“Hey, you’re sending it like that? Just like that? No matter how you look at it, doesn’t that device look strange?”

Rather, Chili Shrimp, who was anxious at seeing Jinseong’s relaxed attitude, spoke urgently.

Jinseong showed no reaction.

What his eyes were looking at were the numbers written on Giselle’s machine.

I briefly checked that the device, now divided into four, now only had the number [ 1 ] written on it.

Wheeze-.

Giselle jumped into the portal. His figure disappeared and a moment later, the portal closed and the blue magnetic field evaporated.

Kwaaaaang─── Kwaaaaang────!

At the same time, a series of unusual loud noises followed.

Jinseong stretched and said while looking at the rising flames and the pouring black smoke.

“Okay…let’s go out for now. Let’s go.”

“……You speak as if you were someone who finished the first round and is now going to the second round.”

Meanwhile, the chili shrimp grumbled next to Jinseong, who was walking leisurely.

Jinseong did not answer.

Vivi also kept her mouth shut.

The red-haired girl pouted her lips for no reason and spoke again.

“But what’s that skill you used earlier? Is that the Dark Knight Awakening skill? The effects are really cool, Neople!”

The Dark Knight’s Awakening was patched into the game Dungeon & Fighter in May 2016.

As expected, it was bound to be interesting for the previously mentioned chili shrimp.

* * *

Kuuuung… … .

Another explosion occurred.

Since the Helix Research Institute was a collection of buildings rather than a single building, the collapse of one or two buildings would not have cleared everything up in the first place.

“……There’s no need to ask the Lannisters anymore.”

Chili Shrimp’s motivation to ask the General Manager of Power Station about the Helix Research Institute was also fading.

It’s all going to be destroyed and disappear anyway, so what can we do now?

Vivi, who was next to the chili shrimp with a trembling expression, was the same.

The flames that poured out the window, shattering the glass, reflected on her glasses.

“Your Majesty.”

Vivi opened her mouth.

Jinseong answered right away.

“Ms. Vivi, you said you trusted me, right? Then don’t ask me why I sent Giselle away-.”

Although she was about to strike first because she was suspicious, Vivi actually tilted her head.

“Huh? Isn’t that what you were going to say? I’m sure Jinsang-nim made his own judgment and decision. I’m not even curious.”

“-……Huh? Uh, uh-huh.”

Vivi’s trust in Jinseong remained unwavering even in this situation.

Bibi laughed quietly next to Jinseong, who was coughing in vain because he felt sad for some reason.

“That’s not what I was going to ask. That dimensional transport device, that’s what I was going to talk about earlier. You cut a part of Giselle’s device earlier, right? But you didn’t completely destroy it. Rather than scratching it, you probably just cut a few parts inside the device. Is that right?”

“Ah, that. Yes, that’s right. Hehe, that Giselle… It seems like Vivi was really saying that you’re a genius~ a genius. I mean, you’ve reached a level that even Meister Curio couldn’t reach. Well, it was just luck, and you probably won’t be able to do it again.”

The greatest group of geniuses in the history of the heavens, the ‘Seven Masters’.

Among them, the person who freely handles the dimensional travel device and is the one who created the awakening skill of the current male gunner mechanic job, , is Meister Curio.

‘It clearly appears during the epic quest. Not only can you continuously open portals, but you can also allow others to enter and exit the portals. There’s even a setting in the story where he hides Gae Bolg, who was supposed to be destroyed by Bakal, in a dimensional rift so that future descendants can find and use it.’

There is also a main scenario quest with Meister Curio.

Even Master Curio preaches to users about the dangers and difficulty of portals.

In areas where safety is guaranteed, you can and must only go to certain places.

‘Is it because Giselle is crazy? How can she concretize a concept that should only be possible in her head without even reading her brainwaves? … Wow, is she really the most outstanding person in terms of dimensions since Meister Curio?’

Even Meister Curio left a comment saying, “I could only make one because I ran out of materials.”

Several hundred years have passed since then, and civilization has developed further, but there would not have been much difference in the difficulty of obtaining the essential materials, so it is likely that no one before Giselle was able to make it because the technology was eventually lost.

Since it’s something related to machines, there’s no way Vivi wouldn’t know.

Extremely difficult to obtain materials, highly concentrated scientific and technological capabilities.

Vivi must be looking incredulous because she knows all this.

“That, that’s why… That’s what I’m curious about. Even if you’re a genius, Jinsang- no matter how great you are, there’s no way you could have figured out everything about that machine right now, right? That number? The number that’s decreased is probably the number of times, right? Even I, who don’t have much insight, can figure that out! But to know where and how such a complex part is inserted and how it works, and to just break it! Impossible-.”

Her questions were natural.

It was such a reasonable question that even Jinseong, who was listening, nodded.

So Jinseong answered truthfully.

“That’s right. It’s impossible. Unless someone tells me… It’s impossible.”

“-Yes? Who told you?”

Vivi asked again.

Jinseong hesitated for a moment, but then spoke.

Even if I told him anyway, I judged that it would be difficult for Bibi, who was here right now, and even for Chili Shrimp to believe it.

“Yes. I told you. To me.”

Another world line, no, maybe the future truth to the present truth.

Whatever it was, Jinseong couldn’t make Vivi understand what he had been through, so he just swallowed his words.

“……huh?”

Bibi was so flustered that even her reflexive expressions were a beat late.

The chili shrimp was now just sighing.

“Ghosts are high-calorie. Are you telling me to believe that? Oh my, even though I’m a human with nothing but time, I don’t have the luxury of listening to that. Should we go now, or are we going to watch the Helix Research Institute burn to ashes?”

Naturally, she ignored Jinseong’s words and turned away.

As she said, the Helix Research Institute, which consisted of several buildings, was now completely ablaze and collapsed, leaving nothing standing.

“……Mr. Jinseong?”

In the meantime, Bibi called Jinseong.

What does the word you just said mean? What does the expression mean?

Jinseong kept his mouth shut for a moment, even as he felt Vivi’s gaze.

Then, whoosh, he ran forward.

“H, Huh?! Where are you going, Jinsang-nim! Why are you suddenly like that-”

By the time Vivi turned her head, Jinseong had already jumped up and snatched something from the air.

To her, it must have seemed like she had just run and jumped out of the blue, but of course that wasn’t why Jinseong had waited until now.

‘The card… the card came out. And it’s only now.’

Where is the evidence of contamination?

Even though I thought I had somewhat solved the problem of Giselle creating a dimensional teleportation device and using the portal to travel to the ‘Castle of the Dead’, the residence of the Apostle Luke, with Jinseong herself, why didn’t the card come out right away?

To Jinseong, who was wasting time thinking about that point, what would the card that came out when ‘Helix Lab was completely destroyed and unable to function’ mean?

Jinseong looked at the card.

[Lost Opportunity for Contact]

“……What is this again.”

“Mr. Jinsang! Please tell me! What on earth does that mean about my future self?! Oh! By the way, that’s the 2nd awakening, no, the 2nd awakening skill! I’m not at the level to learn that yet, that’s supposed to be a level 85 skill! What’s going on?!”

The awakened dark knight.

Jinseong, who returned to the Helix Research Institute from the Castle of the Dead by twisting space and time with his own power.

However, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly, since he couldn’t answer any of the questions Vivi was asking him, let alone the cards he was holding in his hand.