Chapter 48 (2/2)
They run on the sides and ceilings of container boxes to chase after Park Jin Hyuk. Even with his body modification, they caught up to him quickly because it is a limited distance.
Seureung!
“You think I’ll lose to guys smaller than me? You little kids!”
Park Jin Hyuk went at them with a dagger in his left hand and an automatic crossbow in his right. With his current senses, he could detect the Snatchers’ movements.
Snatchers are really nothing if he is just careful with their speed and the blades on their elbows. They have poor stamina, so the situation is over with one arrow.
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Jjung!
Keuk!
Cha Jun Sung took a few steps backwards. He was dizzy from the Spectre’s attack. It went for all parts of his body – if he avoided its nails, he had to watch out for its tongue.
Its tongue changes shape freely. Long to try and catch him, sharp to stab him, and blunt to hit him. It used various methods to bother Cha Jun Sung.
He yielded his sword multiple times, but it bounced off like it is rubber and he did not even leave a wound. It is also so strong that he almost had his sword taken away.
Hab!
Cha Jun Sung shouted and ran at the Spectre. He matched the speed he was running at and cut horizontally with his sword.
The Spectre’s lower body pressed to the ground. It hit the side of the container box, stuck to the wall, and hit Cha Jun Sung’s back with its tongue.
Bang!
Cha Jun Sung fell. It felt like he had been beaten with a club.
It would be easier to handle if he could just incapacitate its tongue, but it provides him with a physical challenge when it can reach a distance of over 5 meters.
‘If only I had the blade!’
The blade has the strength to cut through cement. If he incapacitates the Spectre’s tongue and nails, all that is left is its physical ability.
If there is too much of a difference in the level of the mutant that he needs to face, it will not be able to handle even with good gear. However, he could take on a Spectre.
Pew pew!
His red fire drew a line on the wall that the Spectre is stuck to. Even when he identifies its movements and fires in the expected direction, it moves to avoid all of the shots.
Kik!
The Spectre was also annoyed. Its instinct is at work, telling it not to lose the prey it had focused on. But that prey is stronger than it thought it would be.
Tatang!
“Over there! Chase it!”
“Catch it!”
The Lifers corner the Spectre. As there are so many of them, the Spectre had small wounds every time it killed a Lifer.
Park Jin Hyuk is in a bloody battle with 8 Snatchers from the top of a container box. And the passage is chaotic because of the Crawlion.
Kiang!
The Spectre that Cha Jun Sung was fighting with requested help from its brother.
If it leaves this prey and goes, there will be problems. It is not systematic thought, but it just felt that way.
“Where are you trying to go?”
Cha Jun Sung smirked. If its thoughts are elsewhere, it cannot focus on what it needs to do.
That is the same for humans and mutants. The Spectre was already conflicted between its instinct to kill Cha Jun Sung and the thought that it needs to save its brother.
Kyah!
The Spectre that the Lifers had cornered, expressed its pain. If it stays in one place for even a moment, dozens of bullets follow it. It needs to move without resting.
The Lifers beat the Spectre in a fight of volume. Unless it is extremely strong, it cannot underestimate the difference in numbers.
Twang!
The Spectre made up its mind and got on the wall to go to its brother.
“I won’t let you go!”
Cha Jun Sung stepped on the container box and went up. He cannot ride the walls or ceiling like mutants can, but it is possible for him to chase it with the current state of his body.
Pew pew!
He used his red fire to make it go in the direction that he wanted it to go in. A few bullets hit it, but it did not penetrate the muscle because the fire power is weak.
Kyak!
“There’s another Spectre!”
“Even the one that was running away is coming back!”
The Spectre that Cha Jun Sung is chasing swiped at the side of the Lifers. To make matters worse, the one that had been running away changed its course and came down.
The troops are collapsing under the Spectres. It is normally a power that they can cope with, but the Lifers were stopped under an attack while they had their guard down.
“It’s here!”
Cha Jun Sung had his sword held inverted and jumped from a container box. The Spectre that had been fighting with him saw him and moved to avoid him. It knows that he is dangerous.
However, the other Spectre was drunk on slaughter and instead of moving, it scratched with its nail.
Cha Jun Sung turned in the air, avoided the nail, and stuck the sword in the Spectre’s head. It is its fault for mistaking Cha Jun Sung as an average human.
Kyak!
The Spectre’s brain had been penetrated, and it screamed and flailed to try to remove the sword. It was no use. Even if it got the sword out, the wound is there. It will die.