Chapter 263

"Gasp...!"

As soon as I broke his mental control, my energy shook strongly and a strong pain spread through my heart. Ha Tae-heon hurriedly supported my body, which was staggering while inhaling in vain.

"Damn... what the fuck is this?"

When all the cult members, who had been forced to move by Samael's ability, passed out, fewer than 20 remained.

I could feel the energy of two S-ranks, three A-ranks, and the rest B-ranks. This was enough to fight and win. I leaned on Ha Tae-heon and glanced at Cheon Sa-yeon.

Cheon Sa-yeon, who looked at me with an unknown expression, eventually smiled and lifted the tip of his sword with a sigh.

"I don't know what had happened."

Chwaak, when he cut off his palm without hesitation, red blood gushed out and a hot flame soon erupted. A red light flashed in Cheon Sa-yeon's black eyes.

"Since our Yi-gyeol made the board, we should have fun."

Woo Seo-hyuk's body swelled up quickly. The pure white shirt he was wearing was mercilessly torn, revealing a huge wolf.

"Exactly... That way, Talented Han Yi-gyeol won't be disappointed."

Park Geon-ho, who had a deep smile, snapped his fingers, and quickly hurled his iron marbles toward the enemy.

Kwaang, starting with the strong explosion of an iron marble that was thrown accurately on the cult while avoiding the people who fainted, Cheon Sa-yeon, Woo Seo-hyuk, and Kim Woo-jin rushed towards the enemy.

While holding my waist, Ha Tae-heon also took out a sword from his inventory. It was the SS-class sword I had given him before.

"Please... protect this place, Ha Tae-heon-ssi."

"Don't worry."

Ha Tae-heon answered my request by nodding his head. Now, Min Ah-rin, Edward, and Kwon Jeong-han, who couldn't fight were next to me and Ha Tae-heon.

Even if four people, including Cheon Sa-yeon, were dealing with the enemies coming from all directions, there was a possibility that one or two people would attack us. So Ha Tae-heon had to be the last line of defence.

Trusting Ha Tae-heon, I slowly closed my eyes and focused on the energy swirling in my heart. Now that the intervention ability had exerted its full potential, Han Yi-gyeol's wind ability was needed.

Amidst my wildly swaying energy, Han Yi-gyeol's energy slowly lifted. The black and blue energy mixed together and spread throughout my body.

The wind ability that I had been using non-stop since I entered Han Yi-gyeol's body flowed out of my fingertips. I blew out a lot of wind and wrapped around Cheon Sa-yeon, Park Geon-ho, Kim Woo-jin, and Woo Seo-hyuk, who were fighting. The bracelet I was wearing on my wrist trembled.

They immediately recognized my wind and increased the speed of their movement.

"Kkuaaargh!"

The sword wielded by Cheon Sa-yeon, who had narrowed the distance in an instant, cut off the shoulder of the A-rank talented person.

As Park Geon-ho, who lightly dodged the dagger that hit the ground, ran and exploded all the iron marbles he had scattered, several members of the cult were engulfed in an explosion and screamed.

"Uh, uaaah...!"

Woo Seo-hyuk took my wind and flew through the air without space restrictions, grabbed the enemy, pierced with his large claws and tore them.

Kim Woo-jin, who avoided the opponent's spear by bending his waist, turned and knocked down the enemy with a kick, and his clone pierced both thighs and shoulders with bullets.

None of the cult members could fight properly and collapsed one after another. Still, the opponent couldn't easily counterattack as our side moved freely while flying in the air with a large skill gap.

"Haha, fuck... it's a mess, really."

When the last remaining member of the cult collapsed, Doctor, who smiled with his shaking shoulder, spat out abusive language.

I raised all my senses and focused on Doctor's actions. Things get complicated if he tried to run away using the item again. Cheon Sa-yeon also didn't take his eyes off Doctor, perhaps thinking the same as me.

"It's not fun. I was expecting a more bloody situation."

Kkirik, kkirik. Doctor, who was lamenting as he roughly turned the screw on the gas mask by hand, pulled something out of the dark jumper pocket he was wearing.

"So, let's have a little more fun."

"......!"

I shuddered, thinking he would take out a moving item like the last time, and then realized that he was holding a small machine with a red button in his hand.

Rumble! As soon as Doctor pressed the red button, I heard the sound of something opening from above. At the same time, I felt dangerous energy all over my body.

'What is this?'

Were these monsters? No, this was the kind of energy that people have. But this energy... what the hell was these?

Kuung, kung! From beyond the darkness, mysterious creatures fell one after another. With gigantic bodies that looked over 2 metres tall were neither humans nor monsters but had strange appearances.

"Gasp...!"

Seeing the being summoned by Doctor while using his ability, Edward took a deep breath and exclaimed with a pale, tired face.

"He fused monsters and humans! How, how could this be possible..."

Fusion of monsters and humans. Edward's words reminded me of Choi Ga-young, who had been rescued from the club.

Choi Ga-young had large white wings on her back. Doctor explained that she was obviously a C-rank with healing ability, so she didn't die after the fusion succeeded. Was there such a person other than Choi Ga-young?

"Can they change like that just by fusing with a monster?"

I calmly looked at the appearance of the things Doctor had called out. The only thing they and humans had in common was that they stood on two legs. Horns sprouting from their head, teeth with fangs, and purple skin, it was in a state that could hardly be called humans. Choi Ga-young wasn't like that.

"...it wasn't just a couple parts of the body attached, it was almost eaten by a monster."

"Eaten by monster?"

"Normally, people will die without being able to stand it because of the poison in the blood of monsters, but if you have a high grade of ability, you can survive. That's how slowly the whole body is eaten by the monster."

"But if you become a monster, you don't have to fuse with humans..."

Edward's eyes gleamed with light. Edward, who used his ability to the end, opened his mouth while sweating and nauseous because he wasn't feeling well.

"I think it was aimed at the fusion of a C-grade monster into the body of an A-rank person. Above all else, if that happens, the monster's vicious nature and human's mind will all disappear... they will only listen to the producer's orders."

Edward continued the explanation, grimacing.

"I think there's no one person who will be subjected to such an experiment because they want it. It must be terrible and painful."

"......"

"Fusing living creatures is a forbidden act that should never be done. But how can he..."

Kugugung!

Before Edward could finish speaking, the space shook violently and there was a roar. Squeak, the last of the large creature fell from above.

"Kuruk, kuuk..."

The living creature standing in front of Doctor let out a strange cry. Its skin was dark purple and its back had sharp bones sprouting like wings.

Its right arm was unusually large, swollen with red veins, and its right shoulder and chest were imprinted with dozens of red eyes of an unknown creature.

Thick horns protruding from its head, red eyes, sharp teeth, and black saliva came into its eyes one after another. When I saw that face, I was astonished.

"That..."

"It must have met you guys."

Chwiik, Doctor, who touched the gas mask again, curved the corners of his eyes and pointed to it in front of me with a smirk.

"The S-class body is very useful. It's hard to find, so it got a bit complicated after putting everything, but... I can't help it. It will be enough to kill you guys."

Although his appearance changed a lot due to the fusion with monsters, he was definitely Kang Seung-geon. It was then that I remembered that Kang Seung-geon's father, Rep. Kang Cheol-woo, was attacked and killed.

Then as expected... it was certain that Kang Seung-geon killed his biological father with his own hands. If they used the moving items they had, it wouldn't have been too difficult to move Kang Seung-geon into the house of Rep. Kang Cheol-woo.

'But Elohim who saw Rep. Kang Cheol-woo's body through Cheon Sa-yeon said... Kang Seung-geon's mind was definitely still there.'

No matter how much I looked at him now, I couldn't see the slightest bit of his mind. No way...

'Did he continue to attempt fusion after Rep. Kang Cheol-woo's death?'

So he ended up in that state? The brow furrowed at Doctor's disgusting act.

"Han Yi-gyeol."

Cheon Sa-yeon, who didn't take his eyes off Kang Seung-geon, just like me, called me.

An incomparable amount of heat spread from the red blood that had fallen around him. The blood boiled like lava.

"Protect Edward. And Kim Woo-jin, stay by Han Yi-gyeol with your clone."

Kim Woo-jin with his clone body stepped back and came to my side as ordered by Cheon Sa-yeon. Even if there was no need to explain further, Ha Tae-heon, who understood the situation, filled the vacancy instead.

Cheon Sa-yeon, who blinked slowly, fixed his sword. Drops of blood dripped from the tip of the sword.

"They can't be saved now."

His gaze passed the cult who had fallen on the ground and moved to the fused creatures in front of him. I could understand what Cheon Sa-yeon said.

The cult members were subdued without killing them, even if they weren't under mental control. But those beings...

"We must kill them."

Ha Tae-heon replaced the words Cheon Sa-yeon couldn't bear to say. I sent Edward behind my back.

"Don't look."

It was fortunate that my physique had grown. Now, I could completely hide Edward from the terrible sight.

I drew the stopped wind again. Cheon Sa-yeon, Ha Tae-heon, Park Geon-ho, and Woo Seo-hyuk were seen running through the fluttering black hair, wrapped in my wind.