Rise of Chaos (1)
Now there is a chilly silence, but in the middle of a space that was filled with the noise of battle just a moment ago.
“…”
A man was slowly circling a certain section, looking around him over and over again.
It seems blurry, but it also seems overbearing, and in a way, it feels like an ordinary existence.
He was the head of the Buncheon Society, the largest secret organization on Earth.
‘I don’t know.’
The place he is looking at now is the place where Hahoetal was last standing.
He checked again and again to see if he had missed anything, but no matter how much he looked, he couldn’t find anything special.
This space was perfect as usual—.
There were no flaws or traces left.
And the weird thing was that part.
‘As if the existence was erased, it just disappeared. Without any premonition.’
He set up several hypotheses in consideration of his various unique skills, but no convincing conclusion came out no matter what he put into it.
In order to escape from this space, it is essential to jump over dimensions, but couldn’t that be that easy?
Also, even if he managed to get out of this place with his exceptional ability, at least a trace of it had to remain.
It doesn’t disappear without a trace like now.
‘It looks like it’s possessed by a ghost.’
It was something that I couldn’t understand, but it was also a reality that I had to accept as it had already happened.
In addition, countermeasures must be prepared to prevent the same thing from happening again.
“Hoeju! The treatment is all over!”
I was lost in thought for a long time.
He turned to look at the voice behind him.
“···Doctor. What is the condition of the ruler?”
“Wow~ First of all, the immediate hurdle has been passed. As expected, it seems that the damage has been reduced in some way! Is it because this friend is full of motivation and overdoing it, isn’t his skill good enough?”
The doctor slightly turned his head and looked at the fallen yulryeongja and spat out shameless words.
Already in his head, the thought that he had urged his opponent to work first had completely disappeared.
“Write it, but…”
A ruler covered in unknown biological tissues and drugs, including all kinds of mechanical devices and magic tools taken out for first aid.
The Doctor tossed and tested his body several times, then frowned in disapproval.
“…I can’t find it no matter how much I look for it. Wow, you spill borrowed stuff everywhere! Eh~ This is what this guy has been doing for seven years… It’s made of materials that can’t be obtained anymore, but I’m losing it!”
Even to the point of bruising a person who was injured while performing a mission.
He might have done the job properly, but he couldn’t do that and only suffered losses, so he couldn’t help but be disapproving of him, who had an extremely self-centered way of thinking.
“Hmm, but it’s not something that can be easily tampered with, so if you catch the Hahoe Mask, you can retrieve it. I’ll have to come up with several ways to make sure I don’t miss it next time!”
I had always wanted to catch him and dissect him anyway, so nothing changed.
“Puhi~ By the way, you ate one of these! You couldn’t believe that you couldn’t even grasp the principle even if you saw it with your own two eyes? Blood boils! Wow!”
Hoe-joo glanced at the doctor, who was burning with mad enthusiasm as usual, then looked down at the decree lying on the floor again.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been out on my own due to restrictions, but I blew the long-awaited opportunity without any special income.
No, didn’t you only see losses, let alone income?
‘Hahoe mask…’
Hoe-joo repeated the name once again, clearly imprinting it in his memory.
I promise that I will definitely repay the current humiliation.
***
Immortality located in the northern mountains of Auterica.
This place, filled with the energy of death all over the place, was the main base of the Undead Army, and it was a demonic realm where most of the power Hans had gathered so far was gathered.
Of course, not all the villains collected from each region…Even the warlocks and other members of the underground organization were here.
It was because they chose to leave such miscreants at the location and use them like consumables whenever an attack was needed nearby.
However, it was Hans’ policy to call in immortality as far as possible from useful beings, such as those with a certain level of strength or those from the immortal army from the scars of the abyss.
In addition, the supply of additional undead was not cut off due to the monsters dying in piles in the northern mountains.
No matter how many of them were dispatched inland, it was inevitable that the surrounding mountains were entirely covered by undead forces.
And the inside of the castle that rose up in the middle of the holy place of death.
In a grand battle where dozens of Death Knights are lined up—.
[O king… Have you come… Girl, Olivia… Greetings to the King…]
Sitting on a huge throne made of skulls and bones, Hans looked down leisurely.
[Yes, Olivia. Apparently, there didn’t seem to be any major problems while I was away.]
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His appearance was as if he had been beaten by the Buncheon Hoeju, and he exuded a dignity worthy of the name ‘Immortal King’.
Of course, the reverberation of divine power still remained in the body, and the mental world was overloaded, so it was not in a good condition, but anyway, such problems were minor problems that could be solved with enough time.
‘There are times when the time difference with the Earth is troublesome, but it’s really helpful in times like these. The same goes for making undead.’
Then, I suddenly thought of the Awoken Undead, who were additionally assigned by Dwell.
Considering the time difference, the time has come to complete the objects after Salma.
Right after he acutely felt the lack of strength in the fight against Buncheonhoeju, he had no choice but to pay more attention to the undead, which could increase his power most easily and quickly, apart from the growth of his avatar.
‘In the fight against him, it won’t be of much help if it’s not at least a salma-class undead, but it’ll be helpful in dealing with the Buncheonhoe’s janitors.’
Perhaps, in this battle, if he had brought out undead like the Bone Dragon Heratos or Salma, he would have been able to face Hoeju more properly.
It was a fact that the Immortal King’s specs were so good that it was often ignored, but first of all, he was a warlock and necromancer who specialized in the rear.
However, he chose to save it as much as possible this time and fill it with his body.
To use those powers in a more certain game, at the most decisive moment.
[··· Continental dispatch is progressing step by step as you said in advance… Recently, the Continental Summit has been held and the pace has slowed down a bit…]
Even while Hans was connecting his thoughts, Olivia’s report continued.
As she is the general manager of immortality management and the general information manager, it was always one of her duties to organize and report on the events he had so far whenever he returned.
‘There is nothing unusual about it. After all, the information power of Heinrich and Heinz II is not easy.’
He already knew quite a bit of the facts, except for what had happened within the immortality, but he didn’t stop talking, resting his chin leisurely, and lost his mind again.
He can multitask as much as he breathes now, and maybe information he didn’t know might come out.
‘Come to think of it, I stole it from the ruler of the law… No, I have to properly test the item he left behind as a gift.’
The first time I met him and the current Hans were different, so there was no dramatic change with one arm in the spiritual body.
At most, the extent to which additional merits arise when using mental black magic is all.
Of course, I was quite satisfied with that alone as it would make it easier to read the taboos and memories.
‘The basic effect is to further amplify the abilities emitted from the mental world… But the level is unusual. It’s to the point where I can’t measure the limits without trying it myself.’
As expected, since they are the ones who sweep the world’s cultural relics, they have a lot of strange things.
What dimension did these things come from?
First of all, it was unusual to exist in the mental world, not in reality.
[And I captured one of the white giants that appeared on the continent… And entrusted the investigation to Dwell…]
That’s when Hans was contemplating the utility of the marble.
She started to tell Olivia interesting facts about her.
She said, ‘Captured the White Giant? ···Right. Come to think of it, I heard that one escaped to the mountains from the Principality of Rohan.’
The Immortal Army, now concentrated in a small area near the Immortal Castle, was strong enough to destroy several countries even if they recklessly charged head-on.
It would not have been a task for the officers alone to capture a giant without having to go to the military.
[However, he hasn’t been able to get any useful information out of his mouth yet… He keeps repeating his request to meet the king…]
[… You say? You want to meet me too?]
Her words were enough to intrigue him.
One nostril that had been unsealed from the beginning, a mouth that was released immediately after being captured, and an ear that was said to have been pierced recently.
It is said that the giant’s head is repeatedly expressing a clear intention.
Immortal King, please let me meet Hans.
[Dwell is trying various methods in parallel with the experiment… It seems that it is not a normal life form… It is said that torture or mental magic, nothing works…]
[Hmm.]
Hans nodded leisurely and rose slowly from his throne.
A white giant who is locked in an immortal laboratory and demands a conversation.
Even if it wasn’t so, I felt like I needed information about them, but what kind of cake is this?
[Kuhh- that’s interesting. Let’s listen to what you’re saying.]
An opportunity to even talk to a giant directly, this was something he didn’t have to refuse.
***
Guided by Dwell, Hans entered the place where the white giant’s head was said to be trapped.
And the first thing he encountered there.
Whoo-wook
It was a purple mist that covered the entire space.
Not only was it fatal to living beings, but it was poisonous enough to corrode even the undead if its magic power was weak…
[Oops, sorry! If I had known the king was coming, I would have alerted him in advance. I forgot about it because I didn’t pay attention to it!]
It didn’t affect the people who are in this place right now.
Moreover, the undead’s vision couldn’t be covered with a smoke screen, especially since it wasn’t.
I wonder if Dwell didn’t feel very uncomfortable while studying the giant.
[It doesn’t matter. By the way… Is this really him?]
Hans’s gaze turned to the giant’s head, which was placed in the middle of space and restrained by all means.
Dark magic circles and altars engraved with blood all over the inside, black stakes emanating evil energy and stuck all over the head like spittle, and ominous chains wrapped around the whole thing.
The red and black accessories that matched the pure white head, which seemed to be 4 meters in size, made the bizarreness of this space stand out even more.
But then.
[Oh— death—. The end of life and the ultimate loss—.]
The giant’s mouth, which had been quietly closed, opened.
While reciting something like a verse.
‘… What is this guy talking about?’
No, I know you’re referring to yourself.
What can I say, this is too…
[Keukkeuk— Yes, this body is the king of the dead and the embodiment of death. Servant of the abyss, slave of madness. Did you dare to ask to meet me?]
It was Hans’ taste.
He was taken aback by the reply that came out of his mouth involuntarily, but he didn’t show it on the outside and looked at the giant’s head steadfastly.
‘···I thought it had been quiet lately, but because of that guy, the switch went up again. I’m going to have to work hard for a while to correct my accent again.’
But the giant, unaware of his thoughts, opened his mouth again and continued to speak only of himself.
[Ah— death, you really forgot—. Our aspiration— the mission our Lord has given—!]
Words that Hans couldn’t quite understand.
‘No, what is this guy really talking about?’
He tilted his skull slightly and glared at the giant’s head.
I know you’re from the same abyss.
He must have asked for a conversation because he had something to do with it.
‘Demand, Mission, and Lord?’
But it seemed that this was simply not the case.
‘Wasn’t death and madness just like the dregs of the world sunk in the abyss?’
Even the information left by the Immortal Kings of the previous generation did not contain anything about him…
[Death—. The oldest uncleanness— the fate that died at the bottom of the abyss—.]
When he’s in trouble
Tuk-tuk—tuk, tutuk!
As the giant continued to speak, the black wire that sealed his right eye slowly began to break.
‘Eye?’
At that sudden change, Hans instantly strengthened the dark magic circle that restrained the giant and put a solid defense around him.
It didn’t seem hostile towards him, but it was a safety measure taken just in case.
[I— as the messenger of the Lord— convey His will to you—.]
And finally, the black wire that sealed the eye was completely cut off.
The giant’s eyes flashed open—.
The gigantic [Eye of the Abyss] nestled within it looked directly at Hans.
‘What? Wait, this is…!’
The judgment that followed was instantaneous.
Puppy-!
A black beam of light emanating from his hand pierced a huge hole in the giant’s head and extinguished the core.
But.
Abyss’ intervention had already blown something into his mental world—.
Something that overflowed inside Hans didn’t stop there, and soon began to flow backward toward the Mind Hub at a rapid pace.
