Chapter 73 (1/2)

The city was suddenly plunged into darkness as their electricity vanished Screa out Black smoke from fiery accidents roiled up the sky

I leaped on top of a tall building and peered down on the 7th research center As I expected, they'd switched to their indoor generators Still, it seeenerators weren't as powerful as the 4th's, as the nuainst possible attacks were now running around in a hurry

Their main equipment and computers seemed to have already been disconnected fro Looked like they'd learned from the 4th I think I could still hack them directly if I used [Dimensional Manipulation], but I wasn't used to the new skill yet Doing anything that required accuracy was still difficult

But, well, if I was going to test ht as well try out another new 'ability'

I ai, focusing my eyes, and used et

I vanished fro air—

”Whoa?!”

—and teleported onto the roof of the 7th research center, my feet about 30 centimeters above it I tucked into a forward roll, only barely saving , and moved into cover

This was… somewhat difficult to use It was the first time I ever tried 'spatial teleportation' I was constantly using e had disoriented me

I was limited to only locations I could see, and just a jump of several hundreds et better if I hadabout it I'd practice ht, focus I moved toward the roof entrance, my attention on any possible cameras With the evolution of er showed up on digital ca ones would still see ely uncoacy of the times I was still a huital locks and entered the research center Through the door was a stairwell that doubled as an eency exit There were security carees field of vision, but only around half of it would actually show up on the terminal screens, while the rest were just nore theht to the ed round floor

The floors upstairs here the normal employees were I left theh-rise building in the h up On the other hand, the 4th research center, which had an arsenal of experimental weapons, instead placed their crucial equip theh-ranked researchers working with them were also located nearby

This place was architecturally closer to the 4th, so my plan was to raid them from beloith the assuround

But this stairwell only went to the first underground floor If this place was the same as the 4th, then round

”Before that, though…”

The underground generators and coapped, so I couldn't deal with theround equipment to disable their satellite coround floor from the stairwell and headed toward the elevator that would bring me to the bottom

There were almost no researchers or staffin two-ht and infrared-vision ital equipht sword and co up to a pair of soldiers I waited until they went into a ca the two at the sarated the spilled blood and jammed the two corpses into the corner of a nearby room Then I immediately left to deal with the next soldiers, one pair after another

Where was the elevator? If it turned out the place didn't have an underground after I'd done all this, I was going to sulk

”…ah”

I just had an idea I picked up a mobile device from one of the soldiers I'd disabled As I expected, it had a map of this floor So that's where it was…

I slowlyany soldiers I met on the way, and entered the roo the disguised elevator

Of course, I didn't just press the elevator call button like an idiot I quietly forced the doors open and went into the shaft, dropping to the bottoround floor, it seeround floors didn't hold any facilities They looked to be nothing

It would have been a scene straight out of a co at that exacton the bottom floor

I lifted up the elevator box with one hand, the other gently forcing open the door to the botto some seriously bulky equipment

I let out sole soldier Was that thing covering them a sort of power armor? I didn't kno much confidence they had in their armor, but it was true that with it on, I'd have athem with the blades I had on hand

I could tear them apart with my claws, but I didn't think I needed to

I slipped through the elevator door gap asmyself to directly above their head I turned hu them

The alarm suddenly sounded

”…eh?”

I took a closer look to see if there'd been anything on their armor that could have done it It turned out it wasn't on their armor, it was the soldier theht slipped froaps in the arround

The manaless avatars usable on Earth could only exert 70 the physical capabilities of a nor it It had been the reason why they'd been researching mana to develop a military-capable avatar, and it was also why I didn't expect them to use avatars here… aaah, I see That's what the power armor was for

Theyenerating less poas because they were using it in their power arhts, soldiers equipped from head to toes ran toward hted!”

”No digital equipet confirirl! No 13!”

”shi+t! The daain!”

'Demon', I see… I was indeed one, but it sounded less like they knehat I was andic assault rifles, filling the hallith enchanted bullets Magic weapons ht have been able to hurt me the last time I came here with just ten thousand co peas at me

Anyway, so I'd been so careful to keep my identity hidden, but I never expected I'd be revealed like this It was honestly a bit depressing

”Hahh…”