Kill the Dragon

00148 # 23 Dead Rising

‘What is this…. ’

The dead rise slowly. The movements were slower, which made me feel even weirder. Red Psychic aura creeps out around the corpses.

“Uuurrgghhh.”

The corpses roar at the broken palanquin. The corpses move faster. They stare at Silence. Dozens of pairs of red glares flash.

Is he alive? Is he dead? ’

Silence frowns. I was not embarrassed by this kind of phenomenon. He's a reinforcement soldier who slaughtered even dragons. Even if a zombie movie is released in reality, he is the owner of a nerve that accepts it with confidence.

“Whoa.”

The corpses are accelerating. It was a little slower than a living person. They rush toward Silence.

‘Knife first. ’

Silence grabs the hilt and draws his blade. A cheerful footsteps echoed through the hallway.

Gaaaah!

Silence slaughters the rushing corpse. My hands were unpleasant.

"Stiff."

A thick black blood stains the blade. The feeling of cutting muscles and bones did not feel like cutting a living life.

“Kuwo.”

Bodies with torso and lower torso still move. The sight was disgusting even to Silence.

‘Even the dead are joking. ’

Silence takes a step back, gazing at the coming corpses. The psychoframe carrier was left in the hallway outside the gym.

I don't even need a psychoframe log for this. ’

It is a civilian level of physical ability. No matter how many of these bodies rush in, Silence won't be harmed. He intends to end all the bodies here.

“Uuurrgghhh!”

Silence hears a terrifying shout from behind. A moving corpse appeared not only inside the gym, but elsewhere. Some were soldiers in military uniforms. Armed with a gun.

Kirik.

Soldier corpses from the other side raise their guns. Silence smiles bitterly.

‘Is this... for real? ’

Bang!

The corpses pull the trigger. Silence swiftly uses the blink to move to the corner. The bullet grazes the flank and muffler.

‘He's a lousy shot, but he's got a gun. This is a bit of a hassle. Space is tight and there's not much cover. You don't want to get hit by a blind bullet. ’

Silence changed his mind. We needed a psychoframe to take them down safely. Even if we kill them all, we can't risk fatal injuries. Unlike the old days, there is no one to heal.

‘What a nuisance.’

Silence breaks through the Blink. The bullet chases the rest of Blink.

Huff.

Soldier corpses reloaded. It was a complex act to look at as a mere corpse.

‘Logs.’

Silence looks at the luggage you left at the door. I moved back to the carrier using a blink as I accelerated.

Bang! Silence kicks the carrier with his foot. A large carrier of two meters is enough to block a bullet. Silence pressed the middle button of the carrier firmly into the palm of his hand.

Kieing!

The carrier compartment was opened to the left and to the right. Psychoframe log came out. Silence wears the log calmly. It looks like a glove plate on a suit made of gelatin. The artificial muscles and skeletons under the gel layer were not dense and cluttered somewhere. I felt like an empty puppet.

Silence has entered the log. Variable nanogels filled the crappy void to fit the wearer's body.

‘Compression.’

Takeover!

The thick gel layer was compressed to fit the user's body type. I changed my dull and dull appearance. The log was integrated with the user in an instant. The information display worked as Silence's helmet and logs interworked. The psychoframe log took less than a minute to wear. The performance was the best in terms of portability.

Kirk, Kirk.

Silence wiggles his fingers. The fingers moved along the artificial muscles.

‘Okay, here we go. ’

He grabs the carrier and puts it aside. The corpses scramble forward and attack Silence.

Tsk, tsk!

The bullet is ignored. Even a log type does not have enough gloves to take a bullet.

Uahhhhhh!

Silence plunges into the corpse and swings his two swords sharply. In a single blow, the corpses drop out of the battlefield. Strength and mobility have increased by an Elixir. Corpses like zombies are no match for Silence.

‘It's offensive.'

The blade storm rages. As Silence passes, the torn corpses wiggle like fallen pieces. The bodies don't stop until they've been torn apart.

Silence rushes to finish as quickly as possible.

‘This is the last time.'

Silence slaughters all the incoming corpses. You stroke your breath and wipe the blood off the blade. A thick black blood seeps into the blade.

Weeing.

The red psychic energy that had spread across the corpses came together. Silence widens his eyes. I had seen it somewhere. The red psychic energy flows like a ghost and approaches Silence.

Spectre!

Silence recalls an old memory. Spectre is a minion that is parasitic to other flesh. I didn't know that even the dead had the power to move. He was the culprit of a moving corpse.

Whee!

Silence swings his sword at Spectre. A blade filled with psychic energy. But SPECTRE spills his sword like the wind. The attack with simple psychic energy did not work. Spectre only has an aggressive manifestation of psychic energy, such as electricity or fire.

Stand down!

Silence pushes Spectre away with impulsiveness. It was only temporary. Silence's compulsion was too weak to overcome Spectre. Spectre shakes his head slightly and approaches faster.

‘I'm disadvantaged. ’

Silence wears a log, but in such underground conditions it is less maneuverable than Spectre. Spectre chases after Silence, ignoring walls or obstacles.

‘Ah.'

Silence stops. Specter grabs Silence's head. Silence's torso bends back. Specter insists on putting his body inside Silence's head. The slight crack in the helmet enters your body like smoke.

Burrrrrr.

Silence trembles. Specter eroded Silence's mind. Silence resists violently, but becomes more and more unconscious. All sorts of visions went through his head.

‘Elu... Ritual...'

Spectre's memory and consciousness overlapped with Silence. Silence peers into Spectre's memory, the fragment of Elu.

‘No. Please.'

Silence's desperate cry was meaningless. Specter buries Silence's consciousness completely.

Fluffy.

Silence kneels and gets back on his feet. It was an awkward walk. He looks at his hands and feet and moves slowly. I was able to move even when I was wearing the psychoframe log.

Twitch.

Spectre, who occupies Silence's body, knows that there are no voices. It's just a hoax. It's not that big a deal. I got a very good body. Specter peers into Silence's memory. Spectre's thinking skills have improved since he's not dead.

Jubbuck.

He moves slowly. I was going to go to the ground.

Lee Han contacted the military facility in Shinseoul. I made it easy to get inside the facility and find the underground air cover.

‘Everyone thinks the same thing. ’

Lee thought, looking at the underground air cover. Most countries had similar shelters.

“You turned on the lights by asking me to come very quickly. ”

Lee Han checked the basement where the power came from. If the power came on, there was a good chance there was someone inside. There is no way power can come in until now unless someone has managed it.

‘Tunnels and corridors are cool, except for people. It's not like people go around a lot. ’

I opened my eyes and thought. He wasn't excited. Korea is no longer a familiar home. It's a strange place.You have to be careful about everything. Lee reminded me of that.

‘Silence…. ’

As Lee went down, he found traces of someone coming in first.

‘People don't live here. There's only one person who came in before me. ’

If the opponent is Silence, it's a miracle. I didn't expect to run into Silence so soon.

‘Let's hurry up. ’

Lee moved quickly. He doesn't hesitate. He gives you a thorough, secure view. I pushed the gun into every corner. The opposing Pokémon may be hostile or minions, not Silence.

‘Silence will be surprised to know I'm alive. ’

I arrived at a stairwell dividing the second and third floors below. Lee looked down the hall.

Woohoo.

Lee tried to go down and stopped walking. My psychic senses were tingling. I felt like I shouldn't go down there.

Ugh.

Lee sat silently and pointed a gun at him.

Jubbuck, Jubbuck.

The sound of heavy footsteps rises below you.

‘There's someone. ’

Lee was waiting for someone to show up.

“Silence?”

Jihan mutters. I see a familiar helmet. It was consistent with the impression Simon told me about. A lightweight psychoframe with a muffler cloak. Only one of the Arc's reinforcements uses two swords.

‘That's weird.'

Lee Han felt intense heterogeneity and hostility. You feel the instinct to attack Silence in front of you.

Kieing.

Silence raises his head. The red glare flashes. I remembered that I had forgotten Lee. Behind Silence's back, Spectre's red wings glow faintly. My back is creepy.

Spectre!

Lee pulled the gun without hesitation. At the same time, he pulls the smoke from his chest and throws it into the passageway.

‘Silence is the enemy now. ’

The immediate judgment was correct. Lee saw Silence's blade running out of the smoke. It was a fierce move aiming for Lee Han's breast. If I did not intend to run away in advance, my body would not react properly.

“Ha, damn it. ”

Lee grumbled and pointed the gun. The bullet didn't work. Psychoframes aren't enough equipment to get through a miniaturizer.

‘Run for your lives. ’

Fortunately, Silence is fast and slow. Every move was quick, but there was a gap between the connections. Movements are cut short, like a machine with less synchronization.

Lee threw the grenade pin out. Silence won't die like this.

‘This will only buy us time. ’

Boom!

The passageway collapses as the explosion takes place. Lee took a breath for a moment. Choosing my breath was really short. As soon as Silence shows up, he kicks the ruined debris with his feet.

Lee said he was bored. I didn't expect to encounter psychoframes in this way. It was a short engagement, but I felt desperate. The reinforcements in psychoframes were monsters.

If Spectre had moved into the free material like the real Silence, Lee would already be dead.

‘Will the AP pulse work? ’

Lee was hesitant, and his hypothesis would work if the AP-wave were a trait that nullified the psychic energy.

‘If the AP pulse only works on dragons, or if the effect I thought was different... I die. ’

That's why Lee hesitated. The AP pulse is not a reliably proven ability. Lee measured the likelihood on the scale of probability.