Chapter 356
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nReincarnator – Chapter 356: A legacy from the depths (5)
nShe’d dreamed of this moment.
nOf meeting him again and climbing up again.
nBut it didn’t matter anymore.
nShe’d been captured, and her body no longer followed her commands.
n‘It’s too… tiring.’
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nEnbi Arin’s conscious lay in a fetal position.
nShe could sense the ripples of battle outside the dark space where her consciousness was.
nBut she didn’t want to care anymore.
nThere was nothing she could do anyway, and plus, she was really tired.
n‘Will you be able to kill me?’
nBeing modified inside the research lab, killing people outside all in the name of ‘testing’, and living as a scarecrow that followed orders.
nAs well as… living in this damned world.
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nShe was tired of it all.
n‘I don’t know who you are, but… I hope you succeed.’
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n“Ahhhhhh!”
n—boooom!—
nHansoo shouted at Enbi Arin who was screaming in rage as she charged towards him.
n“Come back now!”
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n—booom!—
nHansoo swung his Mjolnir and smashed it onto Enbi Arin’s fist.
nIt created a tremendous shockwave between the hammer, which was larger than Enbi Arin’s head, and her fist.
n—crackakak!—
nHansoo grit his teeth as he looked at the fist and the blue armor surrounding it.
n‘…It seems she’s not thinking of waking up.’
nAs Melchizedek had left it, Enbi Arin’s body was the same as a shell.
nA shell without a control tower, just acting on impulse.
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nThe issue was that this body was extremely enraged.
nRage was instinctive for survival.
nEnbi Arin’s body was currently burning up in rage and was struggling with all its strength to survive.
nAs if this was the only way to survive.
nAnd as if the body was trying to prove this, the red aura surrounding Enbi Arin turned even more vibrant.
n—booooom!—
nEnbi Arin leaped off the ground and charged towards Hansoo.
nShe’d simply stepped off the ground, but the entire floor shook as if there’d been an earthquake.
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nAnd Hansoo helplessly struck out with Mjolnir again as he watched this.
nSince he couldn’t just sit around and get hit.
n—booom!—
nThe hammer and fist collided again as the resulting shockwave swept the surroundings again.
nHansoo looked sadly at Enbi Arin, who was becoming even stronger and faster than before.
n“Wake…UP!”
n—booom!—
nFinding a gap in her movements, Hansoo smacked face again and shouted.
nAt this rate, one of them would definitely die.
nTainted Emotions was the epitome of survival instincts.
nIt wasn’t a skill without risk and gave her strength whenever she got angry.
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nEnbi Arin had told him this in the past.
nThe angrier she got, the more the current body used up its future body’s potential to protect itself.
nIt was obvious, but… the longer she used it, the more it gnawed on her body.
n‘And that body… ’
n—squirm squirm—
nHansoo frowned at the armor connected to her body through various spikes and spines, squirming as if it were alive.
nArmor that continuously sucked out the energy from one’s body.
nIt looked extremely efficient, but of course, such efficiency wasn’t free.
nNo.
nThe armor seemed to want the body to continue using its power—it was pushing Enbi Arin even more.
nMaking her continue to fight.
nAnd Hansoo grinded his teeth at this.
nHe had seen a creature like this before.
nAlthough it gave tremendous strength to its host, it gnawed on the life of its host and caused the host to go insane.
nAfter Melchizedek’s control tower had disappeared, Enbi Arin’s body was now just filled with a crazed rage.
nThe only thing on its agenda was to beat its opponent.
n“Ahhhh!”
nEnbi Arin continued to scream and charged at him again.
n—crunch!—
n—crack!—
nThe ground fell apart with every step, shaking their surroundings.
n—boooooom!—
nHansoo and Enbi Arin’s bodies collided once again.
nBut it was a bit different this time around.
n—crack!—
nThe surface of the blue armor seemed to swirl around strangely.
nThe liquid-like armor quickly made crackling noises as it turned crystalline.
n—clang!—
nMjolnir, which could push back Enbi Arin before, simply bounced off the armor.
nFrom the surface of the armor, which seemed to have evolved to counter Mjolnir.
n—booooom!—
nFrowning, Hansoo activated his Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement to its limits in order to block Enbi Arin, who had begun to charge in during that small gap.
n‘…Nelkipa?’
nBefore he could finish this train of thought—
n—booom!—
n—Enbi Arin charged in and smashed at his body.
nAlthough Enbi Arin’s Reinforcement was a level below his, the armor surrounding her body was more than enough.
n“Kuhup!”
nHansoo dispersed the force as he flew back, groaning as he pondered.
n‘…Should I retreat for a bit and come back?’
nEnbi Arin’s status was definitely not normal.
nShe was burning up her entire body’s lifeforce to fight.
nIf that armor was a type of lifeform, it would care about its host.
nIf he disappeared, then it would return the host to its original status.
nBut then—
nAs if it liked Enbi Arin’s current situation, it started to morph again.
n—kuddduududuk!—
nTo an even stronger form.
n“Ahhhh!”
nScreams of pain mixed with rage came out from Enbi Arin’s mouth.
nAnd Hansoo frowned at this scene.
n‘It was more evil than I thought, huh?’
nHansoo regretted comparing that armor to a parasite.
nThat armor was more evil than any abyssal creature in existence.
nSince a parasite at least cared about the survival of the host.
nBut that blue armor was different.
nIt didn’t care about the host’s body at all.
nIt only cared about how it could suck even more energy out from the host’s body.
nThere was nothing else he could do at this point.
nHe had to suppress Enbi Arin.
nIt wouldn’t be easy, but he had to do it.
n‘Melchizedek… Where did he get such a thing?’
n—boom! boom! boom! boom!—
nAs Hansoo grasped tightly onto the hammer, staring at Enbi Arin charging towards him again—
n—kiiiiing!—
n—he felt a large amount of energy coming in from the distance.
nThen—
n—booooom!—
nA beam appeared from the distance and slammed onto Enbi Arin who was charging towards him.
n—booom!—
nAfter the unexpected long-range attack flung Enbi Arin away—
n—something landed next to Hansoo.
nAnd Hansoo chuckled after realizing who the person wearing the mechanical armor was.
nAlthough they were in the middle of a battle, Kiriel’s expression was indeed funny.
n“It looks like it fits just fine, but what’s with your expression?”
nKiriel looked with dissatisfaction at the armor covering her body and spoke out with a frown.
n“Ugh… It feels really dirty! It sticks onto your body!”
nKiriel frowned as she saw the Dragon God Armor swirling around and latching onto her skin.
nIt didn’t seem to have any loyalty towards its previous owner as it instantly fell apart and attached itself onto her body the moment she touched it.
nAs if it yearned for an even stronger body.
nShe’d freaked out when she saw the living parts of the armor inside it.
n‘Is there nothing normal in this world? Machine or lifeform, choose between the two!’
nKiriel had worried about whether the armor, which had been worn by a man, would fit her but it had reconstructed itself perfectly around her.
nShe soon sighed and decided to focus on the battle.
n—ssss—
nEnbi Arin stood up again.
nAnd it didn’t seem like the beam attack would work a second time.
n—squirm—
nThe armor’s surface was changing again.
n‘…That’s a real monster there.’
nKiriel asked Hansoo:
n“What should we do? Should we run?”
nLooking at Enbi Arin’s speed, it didn’t seem like it would be easy to run away, but her aura was way too vicious to fight her currently.
nHansoo shook his head.
n“No, I’ve figured it out thanks to you?”
n“…?”
nAs Kiriel made a confused expression—
n—boooom!—
n—Enbi Arin stomped down onto the ground and flew towards Hansoo.
nAt a tremendous speed.
n—whoooosh!—
n‘This…! Too fast!’
nLooking at it from a distance and looking at it up close was extremely different.
n“Dodge it!”
nKiriel prepared for impact as the now horrifying-looking armor closed in on them, but then a strange sound rang out next to her.
n—tonk!—
n‘…Huh?’
nKiriel freaked out after turning her head.
nHansoo had thrown away his hammer.
nBut even before Kiriel could think of the next step in his plan.
nEnbi Arin had already jumped onto Hansoo.
nAnd smashed Kiriel away as well.
n—booom!—
n“Huep!”
nKiriel quickly repositioned herself after the attack flung her away, only to be left speechless at the current scene before her eyes.
nThe scene of Hansoo and the monster-like armor grasping each other’s hands and having a power struggle.
n—kuduk!—
n—kududuk!—
nIt was so strong that Hansoo’s arm was making strange noises as it trembled.
n‘What…?’
nAs Kiriel was about to charge in and help—
n—Hansoo whispered something amidst the power struggle, his expression unreadable.
nSomething to his opponent in front of him.
n“Come…to me. Isn’t it time to switch owners?”
nWords towards the armor and not Enbi Arin.
n—squirm—
nA part of the armor squirmed around as if it comprehended Hansoo’s words.
n—pushook!—
n—pushkshkshk!—
nA few of the spines came out from Enbi Arin’s body and pierced Hansoo, then started to suck Hansoo’s energy out.
nAs if it were testing the waters.
nAnd the moment Hansoo’s energy flowed into the armor.
n—tremble—
nThe entire set of armor started to shake.
nA tremendous life force.
nThe extreme amount of potential hidden inside this body.
nThe blue armor realized instinctively as it tasted the tremendous amount of life force flowing into its body.
nThat this was the real deal.
nThe ‘transcendent being’ it had been attracted to was just an imitation of the real deal.
nThe original was always better than the fake and had more worth.
nAnd soon, a change occurred.
n—squirm—
nThe armor quickly changed its form after scanning Hansoo’s body.
nFrom hard armor to a liquid-like form.
nAnd soon—
n—ssssss—
n—the blue liquid swirled around madly as it quickly covered Hansoo’s body.
n“Yes. Good boy.”
nHansoo chuckled coldly at the scene of the blue liquid instinctively moving onto a stronger host and was now covering his face.
nHe then looked worriedly over at Enbi Arin, whose face could now be seen.
n‘You can rest now. I’m sorry for being late.’
n—kwaduk!—
nThe blue armor made a strange noise and started to condense onto Hansoo’s body.
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