Published

at 20th of August 2019 12:38:19 PM

Chapter 79

After I finished Contracting and Threatening the President of this country — which I’d done just for the sake of it, really — I headed toward my original objective that had brought me to this compound: the mana collection facility .

It was where the dimensional-crossing equipment and the mangathering system were located . Once I destroyed them, I should still be able to buy myself quite some time even if they were reconstructed later .

To those creatures called humans, ‘pain’ was something very much forgettable . Intimidation was meaningless . The pain would pa.s.s from their memory in a blink of an eye, and history would repeat once more .

But if I could buy myself ten years’ time, then I could use it to destroy only the Saplings while keeping Yggdrasia’s environment as intact as possible . I would be able to grant new lives to all the ninety-nine secret alpha testers . The souls of my comrades would finally get their well-deserved peace…

And my power would surely have grown even further by then . Dealing with Earth could wait until it happened .

I left the command center and went further down the hallway . The AI-driven automatic self-defense system appeared from the walls and ceiling, apparently detecting noises . They couldn’t see me, however, and stayed inactive in malfunctioning confusion . I tore them apart with claws .

As the security system broke down, bulkhead walls began to slam down to block the hallway .

I clicked my tongue and immediately dashed forward, sliding under the first and second walls, slipped through the third as mist, but didn’t manage to pa.s.s through the fourth . They seemed to be airtight .

My ability to create cold mist could only take away heat, so it wasn’t very suited to breaking metals . I could probably use more magic power to force my way through, but my magic was getting low from all those extravagant attacks I’d been doing, so I decided to just take my time breaking the wall .

Well, I said that, but really I only needed a crack so that I could slip through as mist . The walls only delayed me, at best .

“Is this the place?”

After spending about an hour breaking through the walls and further progressing down the hallway, I saw a door that looked even st.u.r.dier than the one leading to the command center .

“…also disconnected too, huh . ”

I couldn’t open it through cyberattacks . While my Dimensional Manipulation might allow me to mess with living beings and probably kill AIs from afar, getting it to do what I wanted was still difficult .

No other choice, then . Just going to have to do it the old-fashioned way . As I rubbed my shoulders, loosening my right arm, the closed door slowly opened .

“Hmm?”

Outside of all my expectations, the door unlocked .

But it looked like the people wearing white coats inside the door also shared my surprise . The three, possibly researchers, displayed an expression of absolute shock . The moment they saw me, the middle-aged woman and the somewhat-younger man hastily took out their guns . I immediately took my straight sword out from its black sheath and cut through their necks .

Their heads fell near the remaining geeky-looking young man . He squeaked in terror, his legs failing him .

He didn’t have a weapon, I noticed . I walked up to him, my razor-sharp high-heeled shoes loudly clacking in deliberate steps . I pointed my sword at him and he rapidly shook his head, looking deathly pale .

Oooh, right… I’d heard that this straight sword had once been used by the eastern mafia . It had drunk the blood of around a hundred people by the time I first got it, plus I also fed it a few more victims afterward . It was pretty much a ‘demon blade’ by now .

Yeah, I was quite sure killing anything with this would send their souls directly to h.e.l.l… It looked so sinister I wouldn’t be surprised if it got an extra effect to terrify people .

…wait a minute .

[—] [Black-Scabbard Demon Blade] [Kin of Shedy, the Demon]・A demon blade that strengthens itself with each life it takes . [Magic Points: 50/50] [Durability: 1494/1500][Total Combat Power: 150][Skill: