King of Shadows

/060

It's been five years since the disaster happened.

Sihyun, who was lying on the rooftop of the tallest building in Seoul, stared blankly at the sky. Five years ago, he was reborn into the bowl of the Savior and experienced a profound experience beyond words.

To be precise, I began my grubby life again with a body that was just a lump of slime. A new life that is unknown both before and after. Fortunately, he had the ability of a colossal mind called Victim and Regression.

He embraces himself as a monster and tries to take over his realm. Naturally, the process was a series of survival and combat.

Five years ago, I killed a gangster. Then I went beyond the evil shadow of Rondale, the manager of The One. Four years ago, I fought against the optimal, presumed vessel of another deliverer, and then destroyed the Sinseoul Union, which stood up to conquer Seoul.

But that ended two years ago, too. I was never strong enough to threaten Sihyun's life in Seoul anymore.

So, whenever he had time, he climbed on the tallest building in Seoul and looked up at the sky. In other words, it became a daily routine.

"Hot!" "Suck!" "Sum!"

A loud murmur. Sihyun raises his torso due to slow movements, looking at Kyungmin, who is conducting a dazzling sword. He became a person who longed for strength when the Shinseoul Union incident occurred two years ago. Without power, we cannot do anything, and we must have learned the eternal truth from the death of 'Lee Kyung-geum -'.

"It's a madhouse, so go do it in the corner. Why are you standing next to me?"

The fact that his best friend wielded his sword without even trying became a big obstacle for him. He was a quiet and silent person. I was a naked man who raised his voice so loud that I could not think.

"It's because you're the strongest person I know. Just by looking at you and pointing you out, you can be a few steps stronger."

"I just had to say a few words because I was concerned. It's your effort to be strong. Not my advice."

"But how many words do I want to hear?"

"... how did you end up like this?"

Just two years ago, Kyungyoung was close to a nerd. But now it's different. Kindly put, hotshot. He was a trainee, to say the least. I didn't think it would turn out like this for a girl who looks so far away from Macho Nam.

Kyung-hyun, who was shooting the sword in a steady trajectory, smiled brightly as she watched the demonstration. A pleasant smile even for a man, Shi-hyun. Kyungmin opened her mouth while wiping the sweat on her forehead with a towel.

"I realized something about you. It means strong men are very cool. You can control your own ideals, and you don't have to lose anyone. Maybe I admired the hero even more when I was a kid."

Kyungmin, who was sitting next to him, told me a story that she had not told anyone.

"I'm only telling you, I almost lost my hymn once before. Because of the betrayal of a friend I trusted. Nothing happened to Hyeji because he died to the monster... but I still remember that day. If I had the strength, I would have protected Hyeji from going through that."

Kyungmin did not know, but she also knew the story. He was the one who killed Tae-min. And, judging by the story, at that time, Tae-min must have been stronger than Kyungmin.

"The same goes for you at the border. If only I had a little more power..."

"Stop it. It's in the past."

Sihyun sighed. Though he turned into a trainee, his personality and nature did not go anywhere. He was serious about everything. And frankly, he couldn't have longed for strength for no reason. The root cause of the flogging was guilt.

Kyungmin stared at her hands with stiff flesh everywhere.

"I feel anxious because the thought process is slowing down. I'm afraid that if I stay here, I won't be able to move forward. I can forget everything when I swing my sword, but I swing it like this. Do you think I'm weird?"

"No wonder you're restless. I can't just be strong. But let's not rush it. Sometimes you take a break, right?"

It was a wall of talent. Legion did not merely absorb thought. Moreover, even if we built our thinking power in the body, not everyone saw the same benefits.

It was because there was a limit to the amount and size of thought that an individual could accumulate in the body. Naturally, when it reached its limit, the amount of thought that accumulated decreased.

"I wish I was incapable. Unlike Stigma users, stacking up is no joke, right?"

After realizing that Kyungmin's words were true, he looked bored. Basically, the incompetent were able to acquire Legion quickly. The reason was simple.

Stigma was also an early form of legion called 'Awakening Attributes.' Not to mention that the path of thought is easier to adapt to the technique of region for incapacitated people than for stigma users who are already leaking elsewhere.

However, Kyungmin could not have known.

"There is always something. That's no way to admire the powerless. It's the only advantage we've had through enough hardship and adversity."

"That's right..."

Sihyun gave me a warm advice and scratched his head with a nice smile.

Soul Save was perfectly positioned as a basic region within Seoul. This made it possible for incapacitated people to have more than 30,000 ideas. The gap between incapacitated and stigma users is reduced enough to determine whether or not they are unique.

The little change that Shihyun wanted. When he glanced at Seoul with a pleasant look, with reduced friction between the incapable and Stigma users, he stared up at the sky unnaturally.

There was a visitor who was waiting for him. Xihyun smiled brightly enough to reveal white teeth when a cause caused him to spend his day here. It was also evidence that the outside world changed as much as Seoul did.

"Here she comes."

Kyeong, who responded to what he said, looked up at the sky reflectively. A massive chunk of machinery falls through the white clouds. There was nothing to see at the landing site. It was always above Grandeliol that the chunk of machinery was falling.

Kyungmin was not embarrassed, despite the massive mechanical mass falling as a second-story building. Rather, the situation was familiar. It was a picnic that unfolded every day at this time.

Ta-a-a-a-a-ah.

A chunk of machinery landed on the Grandeliol with its clear back against the private sky held the center of gravity with three legs. At the center of the mass of the machine with the fuselage extending like a missile was a strange antenna.

How many seconds has it been since we landed safely? A massive machine mass resonates like never before. The demonstration that possessed the power of resonant fracturing knew exactly what it meant. Willingness to destroy Grandeliols with a machine. Xi Hyun's eyes brightened, thinking that the willingness and effort had finally yielded fruit.

Kua 'ang, Kua 'ang. Kuaang.

In a series of shocks and pulsations within a massive mass of machinery, Grandeliol vomited a great sound. If the resonant waves of the Xihyun were to forcibly increase the amplitude of the opponent's unique frequency and destroy it, then the massive machine mass was taking the method of firing the unique frequency value that offsets the unique frequency.

Conformity rather than repulsion. Harmony rather than destruction. Machines that adhered in a different way than the demonstration stimulated Grandeliol according to a prescribed pattern.

Kwaga River. Kwaga River.

A month ago, an unidentified mass of machinery began falling from the sky. Regrettably, whether the correct unique frequency value was not found, the massive machine mass recorded elongation failures.

It exploded in place without overcoming the kinetic energy exceeding the limit. But this time it was different. That was how she judged him with vibrations and tuning, and with a tributary eye.

On the other hand, an unidentified mass of machinery broke through the walls of Grandeliol and crashed before Shi Hyun could make a move. It was a miracle. For the first time in five long years, it was a stranger.

The broken Grand Delliol was quickly repaired, but it was clear that a chunk of machinery had come inside. A demonstration of the crash point of an unidentified mass of machinery prompted a step forward.

"Kyung-min, I'll go first."

"Wait..."

Before Kyung-min could catch him, he stepped on the edge of the skyscraper and took a high leap.

/061

"Khhhhh. I almost died. It's against the rules to walk through buildings and buildings."

As soon as Kyungmin arrived at the point of the fall with a cool sweat, she threw up a complaint as soon as she saw the back of him who ran gently first. However, Sihyun only looked around at the mysterious machine mass as if he was possessed by something. Kyungmin shrugged her shoulders and approached Sihyun.

"What did you find out?"

"A name, maybe."

"What?"

"Flomoia."

"... what is that?"

Kyungmin frowned, but she laughed a lot. I realized it was a sense of agreement. Flomoia, an unidentified mass of machinery, was clearly his work. It was the size of a two-story building, making it impossible to find out everything in a short time, but Shi Hyun found the fundamental history of Flomoia one step at a time.

"Se-hyun, is there anything else?"

"The official name is' unique vibration offset generator '. There's a product number, but we don't need it, so let's just skip to it."

When he found the metal tag on the bottom of the flomoia, he slowly read the contents. The protruding devices were miserably damaged together because they didn't depend on any tools to prove theories or hypotheses, but there was no interference reading the metal tags.

After reading the metal tag to the end, he scratched his head. It contained only a brief description of the number and type of mechanical parts used in the flomoia and how to use them. The rushed weld marks stand out whether you intended to use it as an early tester.

"Can I finally get out?"

"Maybe. Just because this machine is inside means it's not far from practical."

"Five years... long. But when I hear it's gonna end here, I feel really sad and weird."

Kyungmin raised her mouth and couldn't hide her excitement. Sihyun saw him like that and told him the real future. It was not so different from the predictions taught by Ji Ahn Ji 'an.

"You can't get out of here that fast. We're done drilling little holes with these big machines. If my predictions are correct, it should be adjusted. Only satellites can observe this situation from the outside, so they've determined they can't breach the perimeter."

"You didn't destroy it because you didn't have enough information?"

"Yes. Suppose we break the boundary and monsters spill out from underground. Korea will be a battlefield in no time."

"But it can't be. We clean up regularly."

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