frightfiction Chapter 142
Chapter 142
"Did I have to turn on the broadcast to be detected?"
Sung JiHan furrowed his brow at the unexpected message that appeared.
Even the perfect BattleNet had such a flaw.
Ssshh-
Meanwhile, the elf whose severed arm had regenerated in an instant was looking at Sung JiHan with astonished eyes.
"H-How...?"
"You don't need to know."
Pot-!
The Eclipse that was instantly generated from Sung JiHan's left hand grazed the elf's body.
It was truly a rhetorical question.
Soon, a dense network of blood vessels appeared like spider webs, and in an instant, she transformed into a horrifying figure.
-He's merciless even to elves.
-Is he really a human? Doesn't he have any hesitation?
-No, you have to be ruthless to enemies. What kind of human is he?
-But the opponent is too divine...
The elf, who had been recognized as the most beautiful in the world, comparable to Ito Shizuru, was turned into dust in an instant. Some viewers seriously considered Sung JiHan's ruthless theory.
Twist... Twist...
When the fragments of the fallen elf began to crawl like insects and quickly regroup, the viewers were astonished.
-??????? Is it regenerating? In that state?
-Oh, can't turn off the screen? It's so creepy...
-I was eating...
-Why doesn't BattleNet have a mosaic function? So annoying...
[Anyway, should I grind that cockroach even more?]
Arielle muttered while watching the regenerating elf.
"No. Wait... I should show this to the viewers."
Sung JiHan thought that this was an opportunity to show the true face of the elf to the public.
Ssshh-
"You..."
From the part of the flesh that regenerated first, the elf spoke with an expressionless face.
"You're more than a top-tier being."
Twist. Twist.
As soon as those words ended, droplets of blood and flesh scattered on the ground flew towards Sung JiHan.
[Be careful! The elf's body itself is a weapon.]
"I know."
Sung JiHan knew Ariel's warning better than anyone else.
He swung his sword down.
Mumyongsingong.
Samjaemuguk.
Taesananjeong.
Chwaaak!
As Eclipse moved forcefully from top to bottom, the fragments of the elf exploded and disappeared.
It was literally a 'disappearance' where not even a trace remained.
Furthermore, the elf's face, which had been regenerating slowly on the ground, was split in half, leaving only a long ear.
Twist... Twist...
However.
From that small piece, the flesh began to rapidly swell.
And in less than 10 seconds, a face was reborn.
"How can you be so persistent?"
The elf asked calmly with an expressionless face.
-Crazy lol
-Is this regeneration for real? OMG
-Only scraps were left, but it came back to life?
-Even cockroaches would be jealous
-I immediately took down the elf poster; I'm scared it will come out in my dreams
-What? When did they sell posters?
-I made it myself ;)
Was it because of the extraordinary regenerative power that surpassed common sense, or was it because of the grotesqueness shown during the regeneration process?
Even the men who fell in love with her beauty after watching the broadcast began to see elves as monstrous beings.
"Are you a candidate for the Seat of Sanctity on this planet? What is your name?"
The elf, whose face was the only thing reproduced, asked in the same blunt tone.
It felt completely different from when she brought Sung JiHan earlier, filled with excitement.
She seemed colder and more mechanical.
"Will you tell me? 'Fifth' is my name. Scan it."
As she looked at the spirit of the wind.
Light emanated from the spirit's lens.
-Scanning ID...
-Scanning...
At that moment.
Boom!
The two spirits of the wind simultaneously exploded, and the lens disappeared into thin air.
Clang! Clang!
What disappeared there was not just the spirits, but the entire space was being deleted and exploding from all directions.
"The system has detected it."
The elf looked at the side with an expressionless face.
Where her gaze landed, there was a huge test tube.
"'Fifth' commands. Self-destruct."
Boom!
At her command, the test tubes exploded simultaneously.
Then, from the exploding test tubes, giant life forms began to emerge one by one.
All sorts of life forms mixed together, forming a mosaic-like shape.
It was a more terrifying sight than the flash golem she had seen before.
-Oh, I'm eating. Please stop. ㅠㅠ
-Wow, how many eyeballs are there? There are 17, hehe; yuck
-I already threw up once; kekekeke But today is worse...
-F***, our elf goddess does this?
-You still call her a goddess; look at her face again. Does that kind of thing come out?
But this horrific sight was not the end of it.
Poof!
When the self-destruct command was given, the bodies of the giant life forms swelled and exploded in succession.
Fragments of various races were scattered in all directions.
All sorts of indescribable things were popping out simultaneously, and even eyeballs were rolling on Sung JiHan's feet.
Thump!
Before they could touch Sung JiHan's body, they were all bounced away.
"They mixed everything together."
[Huh... The owner is truly calm.]
"Well, then, should I be surprised?"
After witnessing the destruction of humanity.
Just mixing up some life forms couldn't surprise Sung JiHan.
Especially since he already knew the identity of the elf race, he could only think, 'What crazy things have these lunatics done?'
Poof! Poof!
Giant life forms in the test tubes exploded from all directions.
By the time this space completely collapsed.
[Battle Tube broadcast will be stopped.]
[The game will be temporarily paused.]
The game stopped.
* * *
[Evidence is being collected...]
Shooooo-
The pristine space where the test tubes were located was dismantled in an instant.
Even the life forms that had exploded and stopped themselves were being sucked somewhere.
After the laboratory disappeared, the only thing visible was...
'...Space?'
In the pitch-black space where stars were visible, Sung JiHan was floating alone.
[Detecting the 'Research Ship' of the 'World Tree Union' and dismantling it.]
[Collecting evidence materials completely....]
Research vessel, huh?
So, the one I shot earlier was an elf spaceship.
It didn't feel like there was no gravity.
Now, I'll just watch and see what happens.
[Entering the process of protesting to the 'Green Administrator'....]
[The 'Green Administrator' has partially acknowledged the illegal act.]
[Penalizing the 'World Tree Union'....]
System messages started to appear one after another.
'The Green Administrator?'
Is this related to the World Tree Union?
I couldn't fully understand the messages at the moment.
'I have to remember all the information related to the World Tree Union.'
Sung JiHan decided to remember it for now and waited to see what penalties would be imposed on the World Tree Union.
[The 'World Tree Union' loses 1 participation right in the Space League.]
"Oh."
Sung JiHan recalled his previous life.
The elf planets belonging to the World Tree Union, which occupied the top 1 to 5 in the Space League.
Losing one meant a tremendous merit when he thought about that time.
Nevertheless, Sung JiHan couldn't help but feel regretful.
Even though the broadcast and everything had stopped, Sung JiHan himself was in a situation where he could move.
"One participation right? Is this a big punishment? Shouldn't they take away more?"
[The crime is too weak to take away any more participation rights.]
As Sung JiHan spoke, another penalty was added.
[The survival map, 'Experimental Zone,' will be permanently closed.]
[The 'Green Administrator' will lose the qualification to generate game maps for the next 100 years.]
Did the administrator also have the authority to generate maps?
Sung JiHan furrowed his brows.
It was good that penalties were imposed on the existence called the Green Administrator, but...
"The World Tree Union... They have a powerful backing, don't they?"
The sudden appearance of the Green Administrator caused Sung JiHan a headache.
Just the World Tree Union alone felt like an insurmountable wall in his previous life.
And now, it seemed like they had a connection with the administrator who seemed to be related to the system.
"I have to become stronger."
Within Earth, he had proven his strength to some extent.
But if he looked at it from a cosmic perspective, he was still far from enough.
When he thought about the wandering god, he couldn't even defeat his disciple, Dong Bangsak.
Even in the Space League, although he destroyed one of the World Tree Union's planets, the remaining four planets were still intact.
"I have to further develop my soul."
When Sung JiHan made up his mind like that,
System messages continued to appear.
[The Green Administrator has sent compensation items as an apology. Will you accept?]
* Caution: There may be traps in the compensation items, so please be careful.
Even though this message included a special caution,
"I'll accept it."
In order to understand the opponent, Sung JiHan accepted the compensation for now.
[Seed of Life]
- Grade: SSS
- A seed condensed with the energy of life.
- When consumed, the remaining ability points will increase by +10.
- There may be side effects.
"Crazy performance."
To increase the remaining ability points by +10.
There was a reason why it received an SSS grade.
"Although there may be side effects, I can't give up on +10."
Sung JiHan took out the Seed of Life from his inventory.
The brilliantly shining 'Seed of Life' had a shape similar to an apple.
"It would be safer to receive emotions from Hayuri and consume it, but..."
In case the side effects harm the surroundings, it would be better to eat it in this space.
Crunch-
Sung JiHan bit into the seed of life and consumed it, not only the part he ate but also the parts he hadn't eaten yet disappeared as if they were consumed.
[Absorbing the seed of life.]
[Remaining ability points increase by +10.]
And then the message ended.
Just by looking at it, it seemed like there were no side effects.
"Something has entered my body."
Sung JiHan sensed a secretive energy infiltrating his body.
The energy, similar to the leaf of the World Tree that was engraved on his chest, was skillfully moving towards Sung JiHan's head and heart.
"If I wasn't soulless, it wouldn't have been easy to detect."
Because the movement was so secretive, Sung JiHan would have doubted whether something like this was inside his body during the time when he had power and force.
But at his current level, he was able to control the energy that came from the seed of life sufficiently.
Sung JiHan thought about completely getting rid of it but changed his mind.
"I should research this energy."
If it's for research purposes, there's no need to keep the power as it is.
Soon, Sung JiHan released over 90% of the infiltrating energy.
Shooooo-!
As Sung JiHan released the energy from the seed, green smoke rose from his chest and a small seed flew away.
Each seed contained a strong life force.
It could have sprouted even in the empty space if it was planted on Earth.
"I did well by eating it here. I shouldn't release the remaining energy on Earth."
Sung JiHan looked at the message window.
"So, does that mean I cleared the quest?"
[By clearing the epic quest beyond the standard, you have understood the essence of the map.]
"Understanding the essence... I didn't understand anything though."
After being kidnapped by the Elf Research Ship, when I turned on the broadcast, the situation was already over.
In reality, all Sung JiHan did in the game today was show the viewers the true nature of the elves.
The rest is that the Battle.net system automatically dismantled the research ship.
[The founder of the World Tree Union, 'Green Administrator,' collected real-time data on each race through the game map. In this process of collection, exceptional individuals who surpassed the limits of their race were kidnapped through research ships and taken to the Union's research facility.]
Ziing-
Above the system message, a picture appeared.
It was the giant organism that I saw when the test tube broke earlier, which was created by combining various races.
'I would have ended up like that if I had been captured.'
"Then shouldn't the punishment be even greater?"
[No, it shouldn't. The mission given to the Green Administrator is 'research on life.' Collecting data through the game map is not illegal. However, kidnapping players by invading the tutorial map is a clear violation of the law, so punishment was given.]
"If it wasn't the tutorial, wouldn't the Green Administrator be exempt from punishment for kidnapping players in the game?"
[That's correct. They are not the target of punishment.]
At first, Sung JiHan was speechless after hearing that answer.
'There have been quite a few players who disappeared for various reasons after the tutorial ended....'
Thinking of his previous life, he calmly composed himself.
The Battle.net after the tutorial.
That world is hell.
Even in the game, if you don't have GP, you will die forever, and there have been cases of disappearance due to various reasons.
He couldn't continue playing this devil's game.
He had to survive in the Space League somehow and escape from Battle.net.
[By completing the quest perfectly, I have grasped the essence of the map. Greater achievement points and rewards will be given.]
[Level has increased to 5.]
[Obtained 300,000 achievement points.]
[Obtained a leaf of the World Tree.]
'One more?'
Sung JiHan checked his inventory.
In addition to what he had looted earlier, there was one more leaf taking up space in his inventory.
[Survival mode will end.]
[For the map change, there will be no survival mode in the Gold League worldwide for 5 days.]
Sung JiHan looked at the game end message.
'I should use one of them right away.'
As soon as he returned, he made up his mind to use one of the two leaves.