Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 154



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154. Abandoned Laboratory (6)

‘Are you talking?’

I thought I was just being manipulated like a puppet.

Only then did Hyunseong take a closer look at the Awakened One.

Unlike other awakened people who had unfocused eyes, his eyes were staring straight at him.

furthermore,

‘The atmosphere itself is different.’

It felt like I wasn’t human.

Perhaps, he was the most powerful of the Awakened ones captured and brought to the lab.

It seemed as if she was being controlled but still conscious, rather than not being controlled as she was right next to the Queen.

‘Then it might be a bit tricky.’

There was a huge difference between being conscious and not being conscious.

Hyunseong tensed up his entire body, which was nothing but bones, so that he could respond whenever the guy attacked.

‘however…’

Something was strange.

I thought the last guard would rush in right away since the queen was right in front of him, but the guy just looked at me as if he found it interesting and didn’t move.

furthermore,

‘The Queen’s condition also seems a bit strange.’

The gigantic body of the queen, which does not move at all.

I thought he was asleep, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Rather, it makes me doubt whether he is alive.

-No, he’s really dead?!

Seol-ah, who then realized the situation, muttered in embarrassment.

There was no need to wonder how this happened; there was only one cause.

Hyunseong looking at the awakened person who was there first.

“Did you kill the queen?”

“Kill me? Hehehe… You don’t know anything.”

“Then you just got here and you know everything, you’re a god.”

“I am not dead, I am reborn.”

“…what?”

A question that comes out between your teeth without you realizing it in response to an unexpected answer.

It took me a moment to understand what she meant.

‘If she said ‘me’, then she’s the queen.’

I racked my brain to figure out what was going on, but her mouth opened first.

“Those who invaded here used my men as test subjects.”

At first, he just wanted to catch and eat the pesky guys who invaded his den.

However, as time passed, they became stronger and soon they not only pushed themselves to one side, but also began to modify the cave.

I was helpless and had no choice but to accept what they did, but then one day, things started to change.

“Subordinates I didn’t even give birth to started to appear.”

Awoken beings synthesized with ice ants.

They had come into his own hands.

And with a strength that is incomparable to that of before.

-If you leave it alone, the number will increase on its own, so there would be no need to touch it.

And as time passed and the number of his synthesized subordinates reached a certain level.

He thought about controlling the entity and reclaiming his burrow.

“If we continue like this, we will eventually become nothing.”

The Queen felt the need for change.

However, all he can create is ice ants in human form.

It was not possible to create an entity that possessed the powers of the test subjects.

“So, I decided to change my body.”

“You’re changing your body?”

“Yes, the power that the test subjects have, the system, you know. So that we can create children who possess it.”

Changing bodies, is that even possible?

No, to begin with, you’re genetically inheriting the system.

Seol-ah, who had been quietly listening to the story, rang the bell.

-It’s not… impossible. Maybe.

She seemed half in doubt, but it didn’t seem like something completely out of the blue.

If so, then the awakened person in front of you is a queen who has successfully changed her body.

“Haha, do you know how many test subjects I had to eat to create this body? I was starting to feel uneasy, but it turned out to be just right.”

The Queen finally succeeded in creating a body with the system by consuming the precious experimental subjects.

He transferred his consciousness there, was born, and took on a new body.

-I had a feeling that the Queen didn’t have much power, so that’s why.

‘So you ate all the useful ones. But is it possible to change bodies like that?’

-Ice ants are possible because they have a structure where the queen rules over all the individuals. It’s my first time seeing it, though.

‘Then isn’t it meaningless to kill them?’

-That’s not true. Even if she’s a queen ant, there are probably many restrictions on transferring consciousness.

‘So you’re saying you can’t switch in an instant.’

It was good news since killing it would be meaningless if it were to switch to another entity.

‘Should this also be considered a type of evolution?’

-It’s not a normal route, but you could say it is.

‘If I let this guy go here, I’m going to have a bit of a headache.’

According to the Queen’s words, the entities she creates in the future will have the power of the Awakened, synthesized with the Ice Ants, and will be added to the system.

As time passed and there were more of these guys, there was a possibility that the 6th floor itself would be taken over by transformed ice ants.

-You could be the main culprit who turned the 6th floor into hell, following the 5th floor. If you say you did it, wouldn’t the bounty go up right away?

‘Be quiet.’

If it becomes known what he did, the bounty would be astronomical.

“Haha, I thought it was a weak body, but the human body is actually better than I thought.”

The Queen laughs, pleased with her new body.

Hyunseong took advantage of her moment of carelessness and launched an attack in one breath.

but,

Kaang!

Her arm blocks the attack aimed at her neck.

An icy exoskeleton that took the place of his skin blocked his attacks.

Green blood flowing from the spleen and stomach.

“… Hoo.”

The queen looked at her own arm and exclaimed in admiration.

I made it harder than anything else since it was the body I was going to use, but who would have thought it would get scratched like this?

“You’re strong. Perhaps the strongest Awakener I’ve ever seen.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

Hyunseong answered as if nothing had happened, but inside he was quite surprised.

‘This is a bit shocking.’

The blow just now was my best effort.

I sensed something was wrong and was about to cut off his neck in one breath, but he not only reacted, he ended up wounding his arm.

It seemed like it was a being on a completely different level from the ice ants I had encountered so far.

at that time,

“Koooooooooooo!!”

A roar comes from behind.

The giant snowfield’s great roar that echoed through the air seemed filled with pain.

-Maybe the queen has awakened and the ice ants have become stronger.

‘This is chaos.’

It felt like the time attack, which wasn’t that long, had been shortened even further.

“If you had a body, I would have taken you as my nourishment. What a pity.”

“I have no intention of feeding you!”

“That’s not for you to decide. Well then, let’s try eating those bones.”

“How dare you!”

As he raised his magic power, Purungi reacted and wrapped himself around his body.

“!?”

The queen is on guard with surprise.

However, the speed of Hyunseong equipped with Purungi has become faster than before.

So much so that even the Queen’s eyes had a hard time keeping up.

“Huh?!”

Hyunseong, who had turned around before he could find his opponent’s location due to the sudden acceleration, drew a crescent moon with Seol-ah.

However,

Kagakak!

Even though I was wearing Purungi and attacking, I didn’t receive any proper damage.

“An attack of that level would only leave a scratch on my body!”

“then…!”

Hyunseong digs deeper into the queen, leaving Seol-ah behind.

He just pushed away the hand that was reaching out to grab him,

Heavenly Demon Fist

Natural enemy

The moment Hyunseong’s fist touched the queen’s abdomen.

Boom!

A tremendous shockwave passed through her, as if distorting space.

“Ugh?!”

A groan escaped the Queen’s lips at the sensation of pain she had never felt before.

He kept his balance while staggering, but his head was filled with questions.

‘How did this happen?’

The pain was even more intense because he thought no attack could penetrate his exoskeleton.

Hyunseong’s attacks continued without me even being able to properly understand what was happening.

‘also.’

As expected, the effect was excellent.

The queen before my eyes was certainly strong.

Amazing reaction speed and defense power, even though it was just born.

In particular, its tough exoskeleton did not seem like it could be easily penetrated.

‘If it’s difficult to attack from the outside, why don’t you attack from the inside?’

Because among the martial arts, there was a way to deal with the external martial arts masters more efficiently.

My own method of multiplying hands.

It wasn’t something that anyone could do, but it was fine for someone like me.

It could be said to be a perfect diet for ice ants with hard exoskeletons.

Boom! Bang!

The Queen was left helpless by the shock that shook her entire body along with the sound of air bursting out.

-Your natural specs are good, but… your understanding of technology is lacking.

This is something that is impossible without learning or experiencing the knowledge that humans have accumulated.

There was no way that the queen, who had lived in a cave all this time and had just been reborn, could know that.

“Kuaaaah!!”

Kwaaaaah!

The Queen’s arm swings with a scream.

Even though it was swung roughly, part of Purungi was torn off by the wind pressure alone, and even the bones were cut away.

Truly incredible power.

However, we couldn’t stop here.

‘Don’t give it time!’

Boom!

The space is distorted once again.

At that moment, the queen’s body shook violently.

‘now!’

Without missing that moment, a crimson gaze sparkled from inside Hyunseong’s skull.

Ting!

When he lightly touched the sword that had fallen on the floor with his foot, Seol-ah rose up with a whirl and was sucked into Hyun-seong’s hand like a magnet.

And just like thatㅡ

Bam!!

He stabbed the thorn in the neck where he had once attacked.

An exoskeleton that was wrapped around a sword and stabbed with it, but only received a scratch.

but,

‘One more time!’

Crunch!

“Kyaaaaah!!”

Kwajik!

When he stabbed at the exact same spot without a single inch of error, Seol-ah pierced through his exoskeleton.

“Yes, guy…!”

“You are too confident in yourself, Your Majesty.”

Since his body had just finished evolving, he probably thought that no one would be his opponent.

It was also unlucky that the opponent was himself.

Shhh!

The Queen’s hand rushes to pull herself away.

It was an incredible speed that was invisible to the eye, but Hyunseong dodged as if he had expected it and continued his advance.

Heavenly Demon Sword Technique.

Cut off from heaven.

Kkwadduk!

The Queen’s exoskeleton shatters mercilessly, an eerie sound echoing throughout the room.

“This… can’t be… me…”

“Still alive.”

Even though the upper body was cut obliquely.

It was a wonderful vitality.

The queen looked at Hyeonseong with eyes filled with anger.

And then, as if in a final desperate struggle, he opened his mouth.

“――――”

It made a strange sound, like an ultrasonic sound.

The queen ends up collapsing with a thud.

[Level up.]

“What? Only one thing comes up?”

-The higher you go, the harder it becomes to level up.

“He’s evolved, isn’t that too much?”

It didn’t seem to add up, but no matter how much I complained, it seemed like there was no more additional experience to be gained.

“By the way, what was that at the end?”

I felt like I did something, but nothing changed.

However, that question was soon resolved.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

A large number of ice ants are coming towards us, making the ground shake.

Before she died, the queen gave her final order to the ice ants to kill her.

-It seems like they all came together?

Hyunseong gritted his teeth as he watched the ants swarming in, almost bursting through the passage.

“What the hell.”