Kapitel 69: Body Snatcher (3)
I entered the warehouse with Chae Taewon.
Although the inside of the warehouse was cluttered and dirty, surprisingly, it seemed to have been operating normally until quite recently.
Large, old shelves are placed everywhere you look, forming a wall, and each shelf is loaded with cargo of unknown origin.
Because of this, visibility was very narrow, but when I reached some sections, I realized that these cargoes were not placed without any purpose.
'It's not piled up haphazardly.'
Someone artificially calculated and naturally divided the space.
Chae Taewon must have been thinking the same thing, as he whispered to me with a cautious expression.
"The structure is a little strange."
"It looks like someone artificially calculated it and naturally divided the space."
"maze… … ? is that so?"
"yes. "This may be to suppress the speed of entry by outsiders and to hide what lies deep inside."
It was not created overnight. Someone must have spent a long time slowly rearranging the structure of the warehouse to divide it and hide what was inside, a large warehouse with no separate partition walls.
As I went a little deeper, I began to smell a faint smell of blood and sulfur.
It doesn't smell fresh. Blood has probably been sprinkled in this area many times before.
Over and over again.
They must have kidnapped humans and carried out breeding and parasitism rituals inside.
There are a total of 60 magical power sources detected within the warehouse.
Most of them have magical power at a level similar to that of a small horse.
It's probably on a similar level to the guys I just faced. Judging from their form and poor abilities, the ones we saw earlier were clearly young guys who had just started living as parasites on human bodies.
However, among those young guys, there is one guy who has particularly strong magical power.
It's not as big as Je Mu-kyung that I faced a while ago, but it's still quite a burdensome size. This is not an opponent that can be easily defeated by blowing.
It looks like that is the adult body that is the mother of these things... … .
"This appears to be an adult colony that has recently become independent and started actively breeding."
"Independent… … "Is there more like this?"
"yes. And this is just the beginning. "It will grow exponentially over time."
Chae Taewon groaned lowly.
But it's not a situation where we can make any more noise.
This is because a gloomy, low voice began to come from inside.
And the low sound of percussion instruments.
"Y'aaaaa… … G'anghel, fai… … Ngath… … Fahagh."
"Uaaah… … Chug Ahi al buh buh… … Ph'nglui mgagn K'yarnakagn… … ."
An alien language that repeats itself like a spell.
Just by listening to that voice, you can become brainwashed and go crazy.
[System: The exclusive attribute 'Abyss Madness' is activated. Nullifies the effect of mental control.]
As long as the [Abyss Madness] trait exists, there is no problem for me.
The problem is Chae Tae-won.
He looks like he is trying hard to stay calm, but his complexion is not good. Since he has been through many hardships in Paju, he must have dealt with many people with special abilities and mutants. But that is only a story within the human scope.
An unusual and surreal situation this severe would be difficult for even him to accept.
But there is no time to hesitate. As I went further in the direction of the sound, I saw a passage leading to the innermost part of the warehouse. If you just pass through that place, you will be able to see the nest of parasites.
'Tch, these guys are meticulous.'
It's a pity, but there is someone guarding that passage. A parasite disguised as a human body. After sending a hand gesture to Chae Taewon, I cast the [Sound Wave Distortion] spell to eliminate the sound, just like I did outside.
Almost at the same time I activated the magic, Chae Taewon's body moved.
After a month, he climbed up onto a nearby shelf and flew towards the parasite standing guard in an attitude that almost made him run along the wall. And then the merciless kick that follows.
Wow!!
It is tremendous power. The head of the guard kicked by his magically-charged foot is torn off in one go, and the head containing the parasite's main body flies away. Ah, but what if I just blow it up like that?
[Arrow of Destruction]
[Spell Enhancement: Toxic]
I fired a poisonous negative dimension energy body towards the flying head, and the parasite that was pierced died before it could escape from the head.
"It could be dangerous if you blow it up like that and then hide the main body."
"Umm… … "I was planning on smashing his head, but I couldn't control my strength well."
It's an idea that's almost like a curtain call. Are physical factions generally like this? No, that's not it. It seems like he is starting to feel overwhelmed by the unrealistic situation. That's probably why I made unreasonable judgments and unreasonable choices.
Of course, it would be nice if the madness could be changed to recklessness like a curtain call, but the Chae Tae-won I remember, or the Chae Tae-won I saw in the game, is not that kind of person.
"Let's go in."
"No, just a moment."
I called out Chae Taewon for a moment.
"Chief, you seem to have lost your composure right now."
"yes?"
I pointed to his fist. He was clenching his fists so hard that his hands turned white earlier. Chae Tae-won, who only realized what I meant after looking at his own hands, said with a puzzled expression.
"this… … "I was here to help, but I almost ended up getting in the way."
"it's okay. But these guys are monsters that eat human brains. "I'm afraid you'll lose your cool when you see what awaits you ahead."
I put a spell on his mind with those words.
[The Lion's Bravery]
[Exhilaration]
"This… … ?"
The scene waiting in front of him would not be at a level that Chae Taewon could handle.
Therefore, it instilled in his mind the strength to handle instability and the will not to run away.
Chae Tae-won's body seemed to have rejuvenated and his expression showed considerable vitality.
"The movement earlier was very good. "Let's approach it that way."
As I said that, I raised my hand and pointed to the top of the shelf that made up the wall.
Chae Taewon looked in the direction I pointed and smiled slightly shyly.
"It's a shame. But I understand."
With those words, Chae Taewon's body quickly soared. Chae Taewon, who silently stood on the top step of the shelf like some kind of ninja, crouched down and slowly moved forward.
I envy the fighting class. The last character I played was a fighter... … .
[Sound wave distortion]
I don't have the confidence to move silently like that. That's why he distorted the sound and floated his body.
[jump]
I told Chae Taewon to wait a moment and then went ahead. If you think about the traditional battle line, it would be right for the person who uses his body to take the lead... … I guess I'm really anxious.
As I went a little further inside, a completely different scene awaited me than the rest of the warehouse.
It was a large space, about the size of a classroom. It was empty, as if all the furniture had been removed, but unpleasant slime and dried blood stains could be seen scattered on the floor and walls of the space.
A large pentagram is drawn in the center of the floor of that space, and a girl is seen lying in the center of the pentagram.
He was wearing a dressing gown and had several wounds on his body that looked like they had been cut by glass.
It's Jeong Hyeon-ah.
There is nothing binding her. But that doesn't mean she lost her mind. Jeong Hyeon-ah is looking up into space with an expression that shows no emotions or thoughts.
Perhaps it was paralyzed using hypnotic ganglia.
A human being stands at each corner of the large five-sided castle where Jeong Hyeon-ah is lying.
So five people. The remaining twenty or so humans were outside the pentagram, looking at the ongoing ceremony with a respectful attitude or playing strangely shaped musical instruments.
The visible humans are all different in gender, age, clothing, and everything else.
'The expression 'human' may be inappropriate.'
They are not living humans.
He breathes, speaks, and even has magical powers... … .
Instead of brains, there are hideous-looking alien creatures lurking in their heads.
The one with the strongest magical power among them.
A man wearing the body of a middle-aged man in a gray suit left his position and slowly walked into the Pentacle Fortress.
His mouth opens.
"The great and innocent Sultan of Evil, the blind and foolish one, the true king of the universe, the dreamer of the universe."
His words continue.
"Our Lord has permitted the ordinance of reproduction."
"Iä! Iä!"
"Iä! Iä!"
A dark purple magic power begins to emanate from the pentagram drawn on the floor.
Before I knew it, the magical power that had seeped into my surroundings was about to envelop my body.
Very slow... … It's starting to eat away at my sanity at a certain rate.
It's so hard... … .
[System: The exclusive attribute 'Abyss Madness' is activated.]
As the trait activates, a small spark flies at my temple.
The approaching purple magic flinches and bounces away. It's a good thing I came in before Chae Taewon.
There was a small noise in the wind, but fortunately they didn't notice me because they were carrying out the ritual.
These guys serve the greatest evil that may be the starting point of the world, the [Blind and Foolish One].
He is different from other abyssal beings who increase the number of those who serve them with ravenous force.
He does not need believers to worship him, nor does he need symbols or temples to commemorate himself.
[Blind and foolish people] have no will to do anything on their own.
A conceptual entity that has existed since time immemorial, or a conceptual law, or just pure power.
But even so, we can borrow his power for a little while by following certain rituals that have been passed down for hundreds of millions of years. What they are doing now is one of those old rituals.
The spells they were muttering stopped.
The adult parasites that entered the pentagram spoke to Jeong Hyeon-ah with a bizarre smile.
From his mouth... … A kind and sweet voice flows out.
"Don't worry, human child."
"There will be no pain, there will be no pain."
"We will only give you joy, happiness, and pleasure."
"Loss the recognition you unfairly gained and return to your innocent past life. What suits you is a life of submission, a life of slavery."
"Accept it. Accept it. Accept it."
'You're talking a lot of shit.'
At that time, among those outside the Pentacle Fortress, an unusually large man walks in.
His mouth opens.
The mouth opens wide.
It opens so wide that it exceeds the body's permitted limits.
A small parasite crawls out of the huge mouth that opens like that.
It is a hideous monster that can neither be called a human nor an insect.
All of this is a scene so bizarre that even anyone in the world other than Paju would be mentally broken if they saw it.
Therefore, a new message window was created and blocked my view.
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