Regress and Eat

When I hurried to the rest of the group, the first thing I noticed was Kim's uniform torn and bleeding, and two relatively healthy guild members.

“Ah, sir! ”

He was surprised to see Park Chang-hee not next to him immediately after making a happy face.

“What about the expedition commander?”

I've confirmed that his injuries have already been treated neatly with potions.

There was a battle just now, and Kim's secretary was pretty badly wounded and the red stone responded, but somehow he won.

The next thing I saw was the person who died fighting him.

“That one?”

“I heard a system message that the perimeter had collapsed, and it came out of nowhere. From now on, we all need to retreat out of the gate as quickly as possible according to government protocol. You know, the commander of the expedition... ”

I asked him with a voice filled with emotion, but instead of answering Kim's assistant, I approached the creature that fell to the floor and examined it.

A blue scale that covers your skin. The overall shape of the body resembles a dog. Six shiny eyes on the front of the head without eyelids.

It looks a little different from any creature I know.

because it's already a creature that's been remodeled so hard to find traces of the original.

“· · · Fuck. ”

I was insulted again.

Because I found a legible symbol on the corpse's forehead.

The characters that are not of the earth are similar to the signatures left in the work by the craftsman who completed the luxury goods in our way.

In other words, what I'm looking at is an engraving of the reinforced creature.

And the name of the species that uses these letters is · · ·.

"Ersmen, those motherfuckers! ’

Ersmen always stay at the bottom when they rank the races they want to meet in the dungeon.

There are a lot of reasons, but let's hear three.

First, when I encountered another dimension of exploration, I had a unique moral notion of attacking and pillaging.

Secondly, we have an open culture in which civilized people are not resistant to eating meat, but are able to digest it well within their species.

Third, if the meat doesn't suit your taste, it has a nasty habit of harassing and killing people for a long time instead of eating it quickly and cleanly.

‘There's nothing good to see. No, at this party level, you will be attacked 100%. ’

Ersman's notoriety was particularly high as a mainstream human being.

Because most mammalian meat, including humans, feels terrible for their taste.

“Park Chang-hee decided to move separately. He must have heard the system messages, so we move fast. We'll go over the details as we go. ”

Kim gives a nod without a word as to whether he sensed something. Though I did not think I had killed him, I would have expected a good reason.

The other two guild members also move quietly. Rather than convince me that I'm not an Expedition Captain, I need to cease all work and withdraw as soon as possible according to the protocol.

I was on my way back to Earth.

Back then.

Shit, it's too late! ’

Distant clumps of Mana rush towards you at a rapid pace.

Unfortunately, those who crossed the border were the strongest among Ersman Awakenings.

Beep, beep, beep!

Without even trying to run further, we were surrounded by a group of strays that appeared like the wind, in an instant.

There are 16 opponents in total.

Scratch the teeth.

"This is the worst!"

The Earth's connected Dungeon Gate has five E ranks, but the world is slowly rising in rank and number of E ranks as it expands, and it seems that the appropriate powers have been dispatched.

Predict what you see, but there are no active Mana below 20,000. Class S power when hit by Earth. Sixteen of them are stronger than Park Chang-hee.

Whereas I · · · · ·.

- Active Mana: 14,500 (+9,700)/4,800

- Potential Mana: 81,000

It's only this much because I sucked all the active Mana that was left in Park Chang-hee's body.

‘A frontal battle is not a win. ’

Kim's secretary and other guild members were nervous and prepared for battle. Grab your weapon and wrap yourself in Mana Shield. A natural attitude that protrudes from your training.

After a long time, Ersmen, who had met the real world, seemed strange and disgusting. A brown envelope covering the entire body, mixed with cockroaches and deer bugs. A small, sharp arm with a rope of thorns points to us. They exchanged their language at a rapid pace, surrounded.

Beep!

Among them, Hefty Ersmen comes forward. I can see the carcass of the mod.

He cried.

Peek-a-boo!

It meant this in our language.

“My baby! Somebody killed my son! ”

I didn't mean that I really gave birth to that animal, but that I had lost a pet that I had bred and converted.

I think he's the master of that symbol.

Beep!

He's mad at us.

“Monkey? My babies are just animal feed! ”

Just as the earthlings of the future call them Cockroaches, Ersman calls them Humans.

“I'll kill you!”

A green bubble bursts from my mouth. Expression of frenzy.

‘I was very angry. This way, instead of playing with us cruelly, you can play with us all at once. ’

Scary to let that go.

Mana quickly concentrates on Hersman's chest.

I realized what I was going to do, but I was running out of time to respond. I scream.

“Everyone! Take off your shields, Mana, now! ”

It was like asking them to disarm themselves in front of an unknown species.

But I didn't have time to explain why in detail. Keep it as short as you can, in short!

As soon as I try to spit the next one out.

Weeing!

In less than a second, Kim's expression shifts from a light of suspicion to a face of determination. He grips his teeth and unshields his shield. You grab Mana, which was released to the outside, and rush to your core. You believed in me.

But...

The two remaining guild members did not listen to me. The choice to abandon protective gear in front of the enemy was not easy, following the orders of a Class E Hunter who came to the first dungeon today.

I shouted.

“Releasing Mana will attack! ”

He didn't wait for me to complete the sentence.

Boooooo!

His chest swells, and a black mist gushes from his mouth.

It was a swarm the size of a fly. Thousands, or tens of thousands?

All of them wrap around the blue Mana and cover the cavern.

And...

“Ahhhh! Sal!! ”

“Rrrrgh!”

The scream lasts only a few seconds.

A swarm of Black Bugs rushes toward two guild members who have not released the Mana Shield. I pierced the barrier, tore and dug, and ate the flesh and blood.

Kim and I rushed to help.

After just a little while.

Boooooo!

The bugs return to Ersman's mouth, leaving the bodies of two guild members torn to pieces on the floor.

Kim looks at me shaking.

I watched carefully for Ers alone.

· · · · · · Beeps?

“How did you know? ”

He's curious.

What Hermann just did was combine enchantment and manipulation family skills into an adaptive creature.

Those insects with degenerated vision sense and attack creatures that release Mana outside, not just Ers.

Most dungeons and Awakeners surround Mana outside their bodies, so it was a common method for them to use.

“Secretary Kim, don't attack. You can't win.”

He wanted to ask a lot of questions, but he followed my instructions first.

I look around at them. Over 26,000 Mana. How many skills can you use to take them all down at once?

The list pops up in your head. I saw a lot of skills. There are many ways, but the problem is...

‘None of these can be triggered by my Mana at the moment. ’

On second thought, he prepares for his next attack. If the bugs don't work, they'll tear themselves apart. There was no time.

At that moment.

My eyes saw a backpack lying flat on the floor. A backpack containing Mana Core collected here.

This is it!

[Body Transformation (Rank: E)!]

Ersmen don't waste skill slots that are limited by magical translators.

The factions encountered in the dungeon are either to be attacked and killed or to be evaded. Because it's either one.

My vocal cords change in an instant. We changed the structure a little because the human body can't pronounce their language properly.

In that state, I shouted.

Beep, beep, beep!

“You, Leah's children! Do you interact with Gertrude's children? Then you've heard the rumors. The story of the Humans I met in the dungeon in the acid rain. ”

Those who tried to attack pause.

Kim looked at me with an indescribable look on his face. I feel like asking what the hell are you doing right now. At the moment of this incision, I suddenly whimper and scream strange noises.

By the way.

Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!

Only Ersmen insisted.

“What the hell, you. How do you know our language? ”

When that cockroach spoke back to me and appeared to be able to talk to each other, Kim's expression became even more stunning.

I kept shouting.

“Have you heard the rumors? I am a resident of the world that was attacked by Gertrude's children and retaliated against! ”

Ersmen have no concept of a country, and the bloodlines take its place. Those who are in front of me now look like they were all born from eggs born by an entity named Leah.

It is not yet known in Korea, but a few months from now, the United States' guild met and was massacred in a huge dungeon with more than 100 people available for entry.

The U.S. government's response to the situation was decisive. I put a tactical core inside the gate and blew it up. Even with the Mana shield, Ersmen, who could not overcome the fever, shock waves, and crucial radioactivity that would devastate everything, were also destroyed.

Now he looks at me as if he's embarrassed.

I picked up the backpack with Mana Core and threw it at them.

Beep!

“Mana Kogi's objective anyway? Send us instead of taking it. If you kill the other two, you will have as much revenge as you did the last time you wiped out the Gertrude children! ”

Of course, the United States government is unlikely to retaliate for us, but they are still lacking information about the planet, so we shout and see.

Peek! Peek!

“I'll take this for now. ”

Only Ersmen, who was looking behind him, stepped forward, sniffed his backpack and flipped it over. The core inside is exposed to everyone.

Beep, beep, beep!

“Well, not much. ”

He puts down the mucus he was holding as if it were natural and kicks it out. Inside is a large amount of Mana Core that they have gathered so far, which is nothing compared to what we've gathered.

As he picks up his core from behind, the man who confronted me approaches.

Peek! Peek!

“You know our language, but you don't know how we behave? ”

No, I know.

I quickly changed my vocal cords back to human.

Whisper small.

“Secretary Kim, stick close to me when I say. ”

He nods quietly.

I saw the movement of the object carrying the Mana Core behind me. He's about to flip our backpacks and pour the contents into the slime chunk that serves as their bag.

Peek! Peek!

He said as if ridiculed.

“Revenge? That's funny. We were in the beginning. ”

They don't care about that.

Glug!

Behind that, the Mana Core in the backpack pours down.

I didn't miss the time when they were exposed to the outside.

Peek! Peek!

“· · · We don't worry about retaliation! ”

At that moment.

I took one of Yponia's crystals out of my arms and threw it with all my might!

It's directly directly into one Mana Core, which fell into Hersman's mucus bag.

The Iponian crystal is broken. The Mana that was inside leaks out.

The skill in there originally only affects the 'caster’ itself, but when activated outside the body like that, the caster recognizes the target as the first contact. An anomaly that can only be determined by Iponia.

I shouted.

“Now!"

Secretary Kim is attached to me. Ersmen lunges for the thorns.

I trigger an item.

[Mysterious Shield]

- Item Description: Create a powerful shield around the caster for 3 minutes after activating it. While the shield is in place, the user is also limited in movement.

Once activated, it cannot be reused. Be careful.

The colors around us flutter, creating a blurry shield. It completely surrounded Kim and me.

Immediately after the shield was completed, I saw the Mana crystals falling into the Ersman's pockets shake.

The Iponian crystal broken in contact with it, the skill in it, is · · ·.

[Deep sea swimming (Rank: D, Active)]

- The caster's internal air pressure can be kept stable for over 7,183 psi, allowing it to swim in the deep sea.

Inside the Mana Core, there was a moment when the pressure was more than 500 times the normal atmospheric pressure.

Whoops!

Blue light consumed everything.

End