Chapter 123 (1/2)
Curiosity solves something whenever something unknown appears. Even if this is the current state, everything will become known by learning each one by one.
“Should we look for it? Or call it?”
“Call?”
“Didn’t I tell you? This was the mission area for my tutorial.”
Cha Jun Sung explained about the drunk person. The Caicus appeared after he screamed, and it is possible to do this again.
“Always be on alert. It’s 600,000. 2 of them could come out.”
Cha Jun Sung threw the bait.
“We were saying that too because there are too many points for catching 1. How are you going to divide the people up? Half and half?”
When Cha Jun Sung went up to the transmission tower, the party members talked about the mission amongst themselves. Their conclusion was that there are 2 of them and not 1.
“Koharu, Ms. Violet, and me in the front. Jin Hyuk, just harrass.”
“Jun Sung, what about me?”
Kyoko asked. Though she is a medic, she engages in battle.
“You stay in the rear with Hercules and then join in wherever there’s an unexpected situation. Help us concentrate on fighting.”
Kyoko also has a battlesuit. Even though she holds a scalpel, she is strong than a level 4 and can take on a level 5 if she combines her strength with Hercules’.
“Anyone who doesn’t understand?”
There is no one. Fine and detailed? It is more important to know what they each need to do and what their roles are, rather than getting into the messy aspect of it.
It is obvious to help each other in a party, but it is possible to create the best scenario with these people who are plenty able to take care of themselves.
“So let’s call it.”
“It’s a bother to go looking for it.”
“I agree. It’s something for us to be thankful for if it comes looking for us on its own.”
The decision has been made.
They will call the Caicus. It would be better if 1 came, but they do not care even if there are 2. As long as they have an appropriate place for battle, all they have to do is use force.
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Cha Jun Sung selected an open space where they would be able to go into a concentrated attack if surrounded by mutants.
He thought about the Caicus. A narrow space is bad for it, but it also becomes restricted for the party. He would rather fight so that neither side has that handicap.
If it shows its desire to kill, mutants will be too scared to come out of the buildings. Kawods will be the same, won’t they?
4:2 is a perfect match. The party has become so strong that a 600,000 point mission does not scare them. It is true that the level of difficulty is relative.
[Are you ready?]
Park Jin Hyuk raises his thumb from the roof of a 7 floor building. He distracts the Caicus with his Head Hunter. The 3 people will lead the main battle.
“Let’s start.”
Koharu and Violet breathe. They shake the anxiety and fill that with confidence instead. The two emotions mixed to harmonize their thoughts.
Bang!
Wiing!
Cha Jun Sung threw a noise grenade. It flew hundreds of meters and made noise. If they see a reaction, they will narrow the distance and make it come to them.
Kyak!
As the noise grenade cut off, the mutants made a fuss at the phenomenon. It is out of the blue in the middle of the night.
“It’ll take the bait 100%. It’s pride won’t allow for intruders.”
There are a few reasons for it if it does not take the bait. It either cannot come or is not here, but it must be here because there is a mission.
Kung!
It is intense and thick. A giant’s scratchy roar encroaches the closed area and the chirping mutants quiet.
They were frightened off by the sound of a predator. All living beings treasure their lives, so they must disappear if they are weak.
Bang bang!
Boom boom!
“It’s coming.”
A building collapses and debris flies out. They can hear the screams of the mutants living there. It viciously destroys everything in its path.
“Why is it overdoing it so much?”
Park Jin Hyuk can see the Caicus from his high position.
It is pretty far. Over 1km. He is able to make it out because of the battlesuit’s abilities and the Caicus’ size.
Wiing!
Noise grenades show it the way. Its strides are large, so it goes 1km within seconds. Its body became clear once it was only 100km away.
“It’s not that one.”
Its looks are indistinguishable from a human or animal. But the atmosphere of its physical characteristics are subtly different.
Is it alone? Good. 4:1 – it will only take 10 minutes to handle it if the 4 of them go. Taking them on one by one is better for the party’s safety.
Grr!
“….. Well it was good while it lasted.”
Boom!
A giant monster jumped down from the trees and grass behind Cha Jun Sung. A diversion tactic, they are caught in the rear.
A heavy tree is uprooted and flung across. Cha Jun Sung’s group leapt away to avoid being hit.
Tatang!
Park Jin Hyuk shoots. The Head Hunter’s bullets are unable to pierce through the Caicus’ skin and bounce off. The Caicus is one of the highest of physically strong mutants.
It is an upper level 5 on strength, stamina, armor, and bodily characteristics alone, but it cannot be at the top with just a sturdy body.
That is where the Caicus falls short 2%. There is a better balance as the level becomes higher. Getting closer to level 7 is nearing perfection.
Level 8 is where they become perfect, and level 9 transcends perfection. The Caicus cannot reach the highest level.
“It’s show time.”
Papapat!
It is the one from then – the one that squeezed potential Lifers into a pulp. As soon as Cha Jun Sung pulled back, Koharu and Violet ran forward.
Their opponents were automatically decided.
It is a coincidence that the Caicus that the Cha Jun Sung met approached them from the back. Diversion tactic? It is not related to using their minds.
Not too long ago, the Caicus brothers claimed the area because mutants of comparable strength came near the Closed Area.
A boundary formed around the area. They only met and did not overlap directly, so they just watched each other and pretended the other were not there.
But this guy, no this girl was a female but mated somewhere and had children. Dozens of them at that – it was like cell division.
They grew and became level 3 at some point. Mutants do not have a sense of level, but they instinctively determine strength.
The Caicus brothers felt danger. What if they grow and get unbelievably powerful?
Even if it does not get to that point, they are a bother because there are so many of them. They need to take care of them while they can.
Area invasion. It would not have mattered if they had not known, but if they did it knowingly, they have practiced more than 50% of the intent to kill that area’s owner.
They exterminated them – ripped them apart into pieces. The mother is as strong as the Caicus brothers, but they could handle the children by bleeding them out because they are immature.
It is just that one of the brothers went back to its usual area and one stayed behind to make the area stronger.
That is when Cha Jun Sung entered and set off the noise grenades.
It had wanted to avoid battling for the time being as it is almost completely recovered but the enemy had appeared, so it was extremely angry and acted more wildly than it normally did.