Hermit Wizard

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The first thing I did after I arrived on Spitsbergen Island, where there was an international seed reservoir, was to set up a teleport gate in a secluded area. There must be something else coming here.

I do not intend to rob the reservoir today to make it cumbersome. If the event is known, the workers in each country may be suspended or the premises may be relocated or, worst of all, the operation may be suspended. I intend to take just a little something that the operators won't notice. No wonder we didn't put three stored seeds on top of the seed hatchery. Again, black giraffe is more important than absolute sheep.

“This is almost a war bunker, isn't it? ”

I mutter as I walk through an underground tunnel that runs over 100 meters. The floor looked at the cell phone in the air and read the contents.

“Earthquakes can hold me back, too. The comet collided and made it possible for the nucleus to remain intact even after it exploded. ”

The landlord rented two of them until he could use them exclusively. Curiosity should have grown ever since I learned about it on the Philadelphia Channel. He chose blackberries deliberately because he preferred to exert pressure with impulse rather than touching the screen with tentacles, but he was surfing the Internet with his cursor moving bluntly without touching one of the tentacles. I always hold my phone like that when I open my eyes these days.

“The goal was to survive the last days of humanity. ”

When creating a repository, it will all be unexpected. The fact that the end of this form, in which even offspring could not be planted, would reveal a threat.

I spread magic near the CCTV and distorted the light.

“Let's start here. ”

There were all three reservoirs in which seeds were stored. When I opened the first warehouse, there was no one in it as expected. It is maintained at temperatures around minus 18 degrees Celsius to prevent seeds from germinating, and there are more days when staff do not enter the storage.

“Floor, please. ”

“Yes.”

Within the reservoir are stacks of boxes made of a special material. Tens of thousands of boxes emerged in the air as the floors spurred. Keep a fine gap between the boxes as you only need to make room for the lid to open. There is a misconception that it seems to be neatly stored in a multi-storey cabinet made of transparent material.

Bubbles.

His tentacles twitch very small. The absolute weight was much lighter than when lifting the plane, but the number was too large to handle.

Argh!

The force of the floors spread once more, and the lids of numerous floating boxes were opened in unison.

“Good!”

Each box contained several transparent seed envelopes. From this state to precise control, we take out a handful of seeds in hundreds of thousands of envelopes. So I chose another way.

“Go.”

Open the backpack and release the pre-expanded shock mime females into the reservoir. These do not carry heavy things like boxes or open lids, but can carry small seeds. After pulling some amount of seed out of the box, I said.

“Floor, that's it. ”

He closes the box lid in unison and puts it on the floor.

“Phew, it was hard. ”

“Well done.”

The swarm of shockmimes that covered the space like a fog is categorized into hundreds of thousands of seeds and distributed in envelopes that I have prepared. It took some time to do this. However, if I had run myself, it would have been a tremendous speed compared to the time taken. It takes a few tens of hours for hundreds of thousands of species to rest, even if it takes a second to carry one of these by my hand.

I murmured as I watched a hard-working shockmime. It was an extension of the dialogue we have had so far.

“The body of Imere is bigger than Shockmime, right? ”

The male who was controlling the females with hormones in his bag was busy and did not respond to my answer. In the first place, Imere didn't know much about the race.

The target I asked was Parvash.

[The length is of course much longer.]

“And the overall volume? ”

[Clustered together in a spherical shape, the volume on the Imere side is larger. It's usually hidden in that form when you're parasitizing your brain, because it's about the size of a bean egg.]

I nod.

“So you can't parasitize Gramperi or Imere with shock? Their ability to hide is quite worthwhile. You won't even notice if you lay an egg in your body. You don't have to fight Imere right now, and if you want to keep an eye on her, you can use your hands. ”

Planting another parasite in the host, or converting an ideology into a parasite.

[Hmm.]

The subject of the dialogue we have had so far has been this. What will you do to guard against Imere who knows my existence?

It is not a sudden topic. After the battle in the Han River, I and Parvash and Maru have gathered to discuss how we can live safely in the future. The Old Testament has dealt with it, but there are still more than a few hundred channels left on Earth. I don't know when a race will come from another world.

Numerous channels are also a problem directly linked to the scheduled annihilation of humanity, but no solution has yet been found. What did the dragon intend to do after the resurrection in the first place? The sealed Eugene can't be released and interrogated again.

In my mind, I want to leave Earth and move to a different dimension, but I haven't found a suitable place for my family yet. I haven't had enough time to explore every channel on Earth.

Returning to the original story, it was Parvasse who first brought it out that he needed restraint on Imere. He knew this a little late because I was replacing myself when I made the deal.

[After getting the Dimension Map, you might be greedy for something else. I don't know the source of this knowledge, but Min-jun will wonder how much more useful it is for you. Even more if the purpose is the restoration of civilization! As you said, if you stop, you may have the option to divulge the truth to Gramferry, but you have to be prepared if Gramferry doesn't believe you. Even if Imere doesn't necessarily induce thoughts, it's hard to believe that she can judge by her own free will.]

But the question of how to deal with parasites that live hidden in the brains of other species was really difficult. If you are in trouble, only Imere will turn the whole Gramperi around as an enemy.

“Imere's body doesn't have much power, but it's a problem because they control the Grampers. So there's no way we can control the Imere who controls the Gramperi? ”

[First of all, Shockmimes don't help. Eggs can stick to other organisms and parasites, but they don't have the ability to control the host. It is a body that can no longer parasitize once it hatches decisively.]

“Hm · · ·. ”

I looked at the shock mime carrying the seeds as hard as a honeybee carrying pollen and honey.

“Parvasse, are there any more creatures you know that are specific to parasites? of a smaller kind than Imere. ”

[The same applies to the Earth, but many creatures depend on parasites for a period of their life stages. But there are many inferior creatures among the species that are too small. Such creatures have no souls, so they can't even make contracts.]

I nod. Organisms close to microbes or fungi are unconscious and soulless. There are enough massive species, but for the same reason, plants don't have souls either.

[Wait. I'm reading academic records now.]

Parvasse, who was silent for a while, said:

[Simply by size, a male of the Orlsansans is much smaller than Imere, and has the ability to control the will of the host. · · · Well, this is not going to work. The only place that can be parasitized is the womb of a female.]

“· · · What? ”

[In the fertilization phase, destiny varies by gender. Females are born in a mammal-like manner and become part of civilized society, but males stop growing in appearance and age in their mothers' wombs. Marriage habits are very impressive. When a son who has grown up in the womb is sexually mature, he raises the wedding ceremony as a ritual of separation. In Korean, 'mother-in-law' inserts her spawning tube into the body of her son's maternal daughter. And inject your child into your daughter-in-law's womb.]

“Ugh! Stop it! ”

I couldn't help but hear Parvash's intentions.

“What's so funny? ”

The floor I was listening to with my eyes shined and protested to me. It's not in the genetic information tool, is it?

“It's useless, anyway. Any other species? ”

Parvasse seemed to be searching for more information.

[Black stain Aggrech] Ah, these are extinct in all dimensions. Some individuals of the Sadiarudam race are born with similar abilities, which can only be parasitized by marine life. That's not right.]

After that, he muttered a few more words, but did not seem to have the right kind. I also asked Maru, but I didn't have the knowledge to help him with the information tools he received.

[By the way, how come there's not a single line in the academic records about your ‘pioneers’?]

Parvash, who was searching for information, asks Maru as if he is curious. He replied as if it were not algebraic.

“I heard you deleted it all a long time ago. ”

[· · · Pioneers themselves?!]

“Yes. I didn't want to let the other races find out about us. ”

[How the hell!]

“I don't have a detailed description of the information tools I received. There is only a brief explanation that we have extracted garbage information that can replicate and infect ourselves and only polluted pioneer related information and then deleted it. ”

Parvasse did not seem to understand the explanation. Of course I didn't understand.

And by then, ShockMim's work was over. Due to the difficulty of spreading the impulse again, I decided to withdraw today and come back through the Teleport Gate if he recovers his strength. Today's work alone brings together roughly a third of the types.

“This much, why didn't you earn 100 black-and-white passes? ”

I smiled satisfactorily.

This time I realized that I was fighting with the traffickers. There is no summoning in combat. Prepare for the remnants of the Elders or the xenophobia. It would be good to keep plenty of sacrifices for her. It was one of the reasons why I started this journey in the first place.

I don't trust my filthy seller.

Seal the head of the torturer, and now I have the soul of the Savior in my hands. At this point in time, we need to be more prepared for future safety.

It is enough to be reassured and hit in the back once. Thought the Savior was dead and did Hikikomori, he later learned of the Dragon's plan for resurrection. What would have happened if it had remained in the room? If there had never been a case where a fake god almost washed his brains.

“· · · Ah, that's right. Fake God!”

I lowered my palm with my fist. I haven't killed or let go of that xenophobia I caught while it was being punctured in my brain. I don't torture them by feeding them any more memory beads, but it was impossible to radiate them in the future.

“Can't we brainwash him? Is Imere going to have ‘Seed of Domination’? Hmm.”

The floorboard that was locked in thought told me.

“· · · Any news of the man in seclusion? ”

That's a lot of vocabulary. I shrug.

“I can't feel anything. ”

“Why did the Savior of the Earth seek seclusion? ”

“Whatever it was, it wasn't a good reason. ”

If you look at what the dragon has been doing, you can't imagine positively.

“I want you to have a conversation. ”

“I have a lot to ask you. ”

The floor murmured.

“It's also about secrecy. ”

The one who comes back to my shoulder gently wraps his tentacles.

“· · · This world, can we just leave it like this? ”

“Hmm.”

My face gets a little dark.

“That doesn't mean we can't release the dragon again. You know what?”

“Yes, of course. ”

I can't guarantee that the Savior will come back and close all the channels in the world.

“No matter how much I think about it, I don't think the secret will grow old and die in a hundred years. I don't know why you can't cross the wall, but you don't think about secrecy? ”

I nod quietly.

“In a world where all mankind has disappeared, I don't like the future of living alone without a single people. This does not mean that seclusion will succeed in the global dimension of human migration. ”

The floor whispered quietly.

“I need information. Is there anything else besides Eugene? There will be a soothsayer who will know the truth of the Black Keeper. What did the dragon intend to do with this world after the resurrection? · · · Do you know its existence in seclusion? ”

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