Damned 13th Regression – 172



<Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 172>

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When Ymir came to his senses he saw a monster devouring metal fragments.

It was a metal monster that fell from Joo Gong-hyeok’s prosthetic hand.

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[Hexagon nanotube structure research completed.]

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[New photon drive research completed.]

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The monster announced its loot by constantly making mechanical noises.

Nathaniel hesitated.

– You should have at least heard the story about why they welcomed you.

“Don’t be so upset. “It’ll be on the next floor too.”

Joo Gong-hyeok groped the common wall.

“think.”

[Vulcanus: Check accessible terminals.]

A parasite-like metal wire came out from the little prosthetic hand left on my arm and plugged into a small computer hidden in the wall.

[King Maker Cluster Basement 1st Floor Residence Terminal Access.]

[Opening of the 2nd basement floor laboratory.]

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A part of the floor of the cavity opened and the remains of the Kishin tribe fell out.

– …was it up to the second basement level?

“Their bodies are over there. Ymir you are waiting here.”

Ymir nodded blankly.

[Absorption of new energy element number 66.]

[Type 2 optical camouflage structure analysis.]

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“hey. “You too do it in moderation and stick to it.”

Grumble-

The one-eyed monster with a large mouth disintegrated into metal powder and attached itself to Joo Gong-hyeok’s arm.

The dark rust-colored prosthetic hand has changed slightly.

The dark color was the same but it had sharp decorations and a unique luster that seemed to symbolize flames.

[The characteristic ‘Kishin-class ego prosthetic arm (S+)’ is expanded to ‘Kishin-class combat prosthetic arm (SS)’.]

[The category is changed to a type 1 combat weapon of the Gishin tribe.]

“Have you grown a little?”

After stroking his arm once Joo Gong-hyuk stuck his foot out into the hole without stairs.

It falls straight to the second basement floor.

– Isn’t it dangerous? If you go down like this without a plan…

“These guys actually have no intention of fighting me.”

Nathaniel realized something.

– There’s no air in here. But your voice comes through.

“Practical concepts have become blurred and abstract concepts have been strengthened. “It is not necessarily transmitted through air but the meaning itself is transmitted like your telepathy.”

I could see the surrounding space becoming blurred and distorted.

Eventually the concept of acceleration or falling became blurred and Joo Gong-hyeok’s body slowly stopped.

It was the arrival of the second basement level.

As I walked away stepping on the squishy floor a hologram appeared.

– guide. Other entities were evacuated. I would like to speak with Earthling Joo Gong-hyeok in a calm environment.

= The Gishin tribe will be exterminated.

Vulcan coldly ignored the hologram’s polite greeting.

= Hologram path search. Near the front.

Distance measurement is impossible because the coordinates are unstable.

As I went along an ambiguous distance I saw a hole with light coming out of it.

As I widened the hole with both hands blue holograms greeted me.

– illusion. Earthling Joo Gong-hyeok. nice to meet you

– Panic. Continuous destruction of objects belonging to our cluster.

– understanding. Confirmed that the avatar system is hostile to the Kishin tribe.

Finally the monitor located in the front light came on.

– Top manager of 「King Maker Cluster」….

= Creation of a wide area annihilation weapon.

Before he could finish speaking Joo Gong-hyeok’s prosthetic hand twitched.

= The mission to exterminate the Kishin tribe continues.

In response to Vulcan’s wild response the triangle on the hologram whirled around.

– Target avatar identified.

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– Ancient god number 666 Vulcanus.

– Operating system Enigma XP. An outdated security model from 20 generations ago.

– Completed operating system command restoration analysis.

The rotating holographic triangle stopped and displayed red letters.

– Emergency protocol activated.

– The top manager gives orders. End the action. VULCAN_666.

There was noise in the appearance of Avatar Vulcan.

[Vulcanus: Strengthening the security system.]

[Signal blocking. Strengthen firewall. Physical blocking.]

[No trespassing allowed.]

[I don’t do it I don’t do it…]

Giiiiiiing—

The noise of the prosthetic arm decreased and it became limp.

Vulcan’s security was breached.

The holograms made mechanical sounds as if they were boasting.

– Old fashioned. Time was spent trying to understand a primitive operating system from 4 million years ago.

– Let your guard down. I accessed the terminal on the first floor without any suspicion. From there a fraudulent program was planted.

The kingmaker here is also one of the three major operating systems Gigalo Machina.

It is strange that security cannot be breached when a hacking program is installed when accessing the terminal.

– Lack of time. Gishin number 666 was created to respond to any type of intrusion or hacking to destroy the Gishin tribe. The operating system will restart after 600 seconds.

A hologram in the shape of a human male appeared in the center.

“Earther Joo Gong-hyeok. “The Kingmaker wants to talk to you.”

“Say whatever you want.”

Joo Gong-hyeok leisurely took out a cigarette.

Nathaniel whispered carefully in my ear.

– Well it didn’t look like a living thing. The people upstairs were completely destroyed. But why are you so kind?

“I guess they at least made a backup.”

– What is a backup?

“Similar to when you died and were resurrected by me.”

– …No matter what dead is dead.

Joo Gong-hyuk shrugged his shoulders.

“I guess there are more important things than that.”

No matter how much backup you have death is death.

Even if the ritual was copied and pasted the Gishin tribe was treated as a separate entity.

The destruction of hundreds of his remaining brethren was unpleasant but the Kingmaker had far more important priorities at the moment.

“recapture. “Our kingmaker wants to return Gishin Gigalo Machina to normal.”

“okay?”

Joo Gong-hyuk held out his hand.

“Let’s get along well together in the future.”

“Rational communication. illusion.”

The hologram reached out its hand and shook hands.

Nathaniel who was riding on his shoulder turned his head towards Joo Gong-hyeok in confusion.

– end?

“end.”

– really?

“really.”

Nathaniel was so shocked that he almost fell off his shoulder.

– no! What’s going on! They often grab you by the collar and threaten you to give up everything you own but the waste with zero conscience is impossible to recycle!

“You took off the Holadang for the first time in a really long time and hung it up.”

Joo Gong-hyeok smoked a cigarette with an annoyed look.

“That is also based on race. “There’s no point in complaining and swearing so why do it?”

– …Then why do you crave angels? Is this racial discrimination?

“If you rob the angel you will get an item.”

– Wow really trash.

Joo Gong-hyeok took a deep breath of his cigarette.

In this space even if you didn’t light a fire if you thought you wanted to smoke smoke would naturally enter your lungs.

“Even if you shake off the devil you will get items. If you rob a human you get coins. “Basically you guys have more things and I’m in a position where I have to seek them out and take them away efficiently.”

– …Did you see it like that?

“Because I have to go up to the 88th floor. I need it. But these guys are different.”

Gonghyuk Joo pointed to the hologram.

“Once you promise to cooperate you work like a slave and give anything.”

– Anything?

The Kishin hologram agreed.

“admit. I am willing to provide him with anything as long as it does not threaten Gishin Gigalomachina’s existence. After retaking Gigalo Machina we will mobilize all available resources.”

“Look look. “They said they would take out your liver and gallbladder.”

Joo Gong-hyuk chuckled and threw away his cigarette.

Out of nowhere one of the Gishin tribe brought a trash can and collected cigarette butts.

– hmm…

Nathaniel rested his chin and pondered for a moment.

Then I asked the most important question.

– why? The Gishin people are also a Babel-climbing race and the resources available to them are limited so why are they so confident in helping you so devotedly?

She pointed out a sharp question.

– The dimension that fails to kill the Demon King is invaded by another Babel. There is no benefit to them if you kill the demon lord.

“error. “There are elements that the mental life form does not assume…”

“It’s simple.”

Joo Gong-hyeok cut off the Kishin tribe’s words and lightly chuckled.

“These guys are thinking of abandoning their dimension and moving to Babel.”

– Eck! Moving to Babel!?

She turned to look at the Gishin tribe.

– Really!?

“admit. “I would like to know where the information comes from but it is true.”

– Oh my goodness I never thought there would be such a creatively crazy race.

Joo Gong-hyeok giggled as he looked at her in shock covering her mouth.

“That’s why these guys are located underground. To take control of Babel’s system. “It doesn’t matter who you are as long as you can get rid of Babel’s owner the devil.”

Joo Gong-hyuk openly laughed at the hologram.

“right? Because then you can take over the Babel system.”

“wisdom. In addition I would like to normalize the main body Gigalo Machina. “Please help.”

“Oh I almost forgot that.”

Gonghyuk Joo exaggeratedly shrugged his shoulders and patted Nathaniel’s head.

“These guys are spectators and helpers. Since it is a relationship of mutual benefit you can use it as much as you can. “Let’s talk about specific details.”

Joo Gong-hyeok picked his fingers one by one.

“First we will build a trap on the first floor that is at a level suitable for the devil. “I will prepare the ingredients.”

“trap. As a guess in order to pass for the Demon King level a significant amount of energy accumulation is required.”

“I will place a Jushin-level avatar. “If we adjust that and the Babel magic channel and accumulate magic power for decades we should be able to create about five traps.”

“I understand. “What are the ingredients for the trap?”

“Jupiter’s Holy Lightning is the main dealer. Binding time and body with Jehuti’s calendar and a copy of Part 2 of the Ramayana…”

Nathaniel cautiously raised his hand as the two began to chatter.

– hey. Gonghyuk Joo. There seems to be a conflict somewhere right now…

“Where are you going?”

– So I told Vulcan over there that I would eliminate all Gishin tribes. But now looking at the situation he says he will cooperate until the demon king is killed on the 88th floor…

The eyes of Vulcan who was suspended in midair glowed red.

[Preparation for restart – 1 minute remaining.]

[Internal illegal intrusion program has been deleted.]

[Identification of firewall breakthrough algorithm. Enhanced security.]

As Vulcan began to show a murderous look in his eyes Nathaniel looked at him as if his spine was numb.

– What are you going to do with that? A god with such a simple way of thinking has no flexibility or social skills and is a typical maverick god so negotiation and other things wouldn’t work right?

“Ah that one?”

Joo Gong-hyeok scratched his head.

“Now that I think about it that’s true.”

– Right…

“Then how many times should I beat them up and make them listen?”

Nathaniel sweatdropped at Joo Gong-hyeok’s calm words.

– You’re kidding right?

“Then you’re kidding.”

– If you say it it won’t sound like a joke.

Joo Gong-hyeok laughed hollowly.

“don’t worry. don’t worry. If there wasn’t a solution I didn’t bring it in the first place. Hahahaha.”

– So what are you going to do?

“How many hits should I take?”

-…

“….”

– …hey. Actually that’s not a joke is it?

“I’m kidding. I’m kidding. “I tried beating him a long time ago but it didn’t work.”

– Isn’t this completely crazy?

Vulcan’s murderous glare became even stronger.

[Preparation for restart – 10 seconds remaining.]

There is not much time left for the God of Destruction to wake up.

Nathaniel quickly flapped his wings.

– Is there really no solution!?

“there is. there is.”

Joo Gong-hyeok took out a coin from his pocket.

A black coin received on the first basement floor.

Joo Gong-hyeok flicked it and grinned.

“How about we evolve that guy to SSS level?”

– It will get stronger and make more of a mess! Damn you human!

Nathaniel screamed.