Chapter 55 (1/2)

Chapter 55: Investigation (6)

TL: emptycube

Editor: Obelisk

He activated Mind’s Eye to its limits. Ryu Hyunsung’s karma became as sensitive as eardrums. Sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and even senses living beings on Earth weren’t aware of; his sensitive karma could capture all of them.

All sorts of information were transmitted to Ryu Hyunsung, the locations of the 50 people surrounding them, the direction they were looking in, as well as how tense their muscles were. This was ‘Mind’s Eye’. Unfortunately, that was all. a.n.a.lyzing the given information was up to the individual. Mind’s Eye was like a pearl. One could create fine jewelry with it while another could drop it down a drain.

Because of this, it became frightening when the Mind’s Eye trait was given to those who had a talent for it.

Ryu Hyunsung, who was a national saber athlete, was a ‘Battle Addict’ who had experienced the most intense missions over the past 2 years. Of course, he had the talent and experience to use Mind’s Eye to its extreme.

Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin didn’t communicate through words. With only the angle Ryu Hyunsung held his blade, Chu Youngjin was able to know which direction to charge at. At the same time, he was able to understand the speed of the charge and their target by looking at the weight s.h.i.+fted on Ryu Hyunsung’s legs.

‘No killing, a fast speed breakthrough.’

Chu Youngjin nodded his head and a rumble sounded out as he shot forward. Both his trait and unique skill sharply increased the output of his karma. As he lacked precision, fights were relatively more dangerous when fighting against strong enemies, but against weaker ones, he was able to crush them easier than anyone.

Clink!

However, his opponents were also elites who represented an organization. There were no cases, like with the slave traders, where they would be split in two. Still, all they could do was narrowly parry Chu Youngjin’s cras.h.i.+ng strike and even then, they would be pushed away due to the differences in their strength. At Chu Youngjin’s charge, the encirclement seemed to ripple as if it had been hit by a cannonball. Ryu Hyunsung quickly followed behind him.

It was the same this time as well, there was no need for words. Chu Youngjin was able to determine the direction by looking at Ryu Hyunsung’s footsteps and his sword.

Rumble!

Ruumble!

Each step Chu Youngjin took, and each time he swung his sword, enemies would scatter.

“Keep your positions! Endure! They won’t be able to keep this tempo for long!”

The leader, Cha Ohjin, tried his best to keep the scattering encirclement enclosed. Although he couldn’t be said to be Sovereign Lao Ban’s right hand, he was someone who could at least be his right thumb. He was a leader who followed the orders of the executives. He had rushed here when he heard a commotion as he was hunting ‘sacrifices’ for the ‘festival’ that was held every half year.

His judgment was correct as he had a lot of experience in battles as a leader. Chu Youngjin was showing off his incredible skills, but the encirclement only wobbled, there were no casualties. If they just stuck to them like rabid dogs, they would undoubtedly win.

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{Explosive Blood}

All stats, excluding Control, increase explosively. The amount of increase depends on the user’s apt.i.tude.

The karma, excluding Control, goes crazy and you feel an extreme pain. Although your Recovery stat increases as well, the burden on your body was greater, and thus, you acc.u.mulate more damage the longer you fight.

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There was a limit to Stamina. On top of that, because his Control couldn’t keep up, the explosiveness accelerated his rate of exhaustion.

Because of this, Cha Ohjin’s judgment was correct. If only Ryu Hyunsung wasn’t present.

Chu Youngjin wasn’t moving without thinking. He moved precisely according to the signals Ryu Hyunsung was giving him. Ryu Hyunsung’s orders, which were supported by Mind’s Eye, were marvelous. They weren’t piercing through one direction but were instead charging in various directions, tangling their enemies’ movements and collapsing the encirclement itself.

The elites, who attempted to stick to their role and position, had, at some point, become jumbled together like a herd of sheep without a shepherd.

And in the opening created by this confusion,

Slice!

Ryu Hyunsung’s Karma Blade sliced into the neck of the enemy leader, Cha Ohjin.

“Ack!”

Cha Ohjin screamed as he pressed his hand on his half-cut neck. However, no matter how hard he pressed, his blood splurged from his neck like a geyser. Not only that, but a part of his nerves had been cut too, making him unable to move his left arm and he began to lose strength in his legs as he flopped to the ground. Because his karma acted to maintain his body structure, he didn’t die immediately, but he began losing brain functionality due to the heavy loss of blood.

His eyes became muddled and saliva dripped down his lips. It was a fatal blow that even a Recovery Potion would be hard pressed to cure.

“Huh?”

The enemies froze at the unexpected turn of events. During this time, their attention had been on Chu Youngjin instead of Ryu Hyunsung. The enemies were unable to take their eyes off Chu Youngjin because of his frightening sword strikes that would split their weapons and body in two if they weren’t careful, accompanied by the rumbling sounds emitted by his body.

That was how Ryu Hyunsung, who had erased his presence by quietly following behind Chu Youngjin, was able to slash the enemy leader, Cha Ohjin, at a critical moment. The hole in their mindset, their textbook approach and attack, the confusion amongst the enemy after their tactics, and the Karma Blade of the Berserkers that was known to be the best amongst all colonizers. Once all these factors came together, Cha Ohjin, who was known to be an expert, was wounded.

After slicing Cha Ohjin’s neck, Ryu Hyunsung turned around without hesitation and created a path. They escaped. Now that they had weakened their enemy’s tracking abilities, it was now time for them to leave. It was skillfully done. While Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin were going further away from their sight, their enemies were simply a mess.

Yet, what was most surprising was what happened next.

“Leader! d.a.m.n it…”

The vice-leader Ye Chu placed his hand on Cha Ohjin’s drooling head.

Blaze!

As he did, a fiery haze covered Cha Ohjin’s body. The haze surged towards his head and pa.s.sed through Ye Chu’s hand. Ye Chu absorbed Cha Ohjin’s karma.

“… My karma isn’t returning to me.”