Chapter 208 (1/2)

Volume 8 / Chapter 208

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Hungry Panda

Cha Jun Sung had been cutting her up when he was hit by something and flung away. Looking around, Vanessa’s body was reconstructing quickly. The thing that hit him was a tail that had come from her rear. A long tail that looked like hundreds of arrowheads entwined together had hit the stomach of his battlesuit.

Kya!

Vanessa’s body shrinks. She grew smaller and smaller until she was almost Cha Jun Sung’s size.

He cannot see her clearly because strange chunks of flesh cover the surface, but he can tell that she is becoming optimized for battle.

“Is this Two-Faced Vanessa…..”

It is an incredible aura. A murderous spirit explodes. It soared so much his skin started to crawl. She was supposed to be the strongest of the 4 sisters. Is this what that meant?

The chunks of flesh are taking on a clear shape. It is a bizarre sight – white bones are constructing an exoskeleton. Vanessa calls this her true armor.

‘This will be a bother.’

The armor’s skeleton is tight. He’ll need to try to know, but it looks like he could jab through a certain amount but he could also get stuck before reaching the main body.

The sword is specialized to cut. That means it could cut Cha Jun Sung as well. It is a big handicap that he cannot use it freely.

Inside the completed armor, Vanessa is made of something like a sticky liquid as she watches Cha Jun Sung. The left and right side of her face look different. The left side is calm and looks like the normal Vanessa, but the right shows the original atrocity of a mutant. That must be why she’s said to have two faces.

“Secondary awakening…..”

“I’ve never shown this to anyone other than my mother and father. Not even my sisters.”

This seemed to be the truth. Narsiel is also surprised by Vanessa’s sudden change. She had heard about it, but this is the first time she is seeing it as well.

Cha Jun Sung was floating in the air when he turned off the Overbooster and settled on the ground. He comes in front of the building Vanessa had been buried in, and looks down.

They are 50-60m away from each other. It is too far to attack bare-bodied without firearms, but that is only applicable to ordinary creatures. Cha Jun Sung and Vanessa could cover the distance in less than 1 second. The same goes for Narsiel.

“Va – Vanessa.”

“Stand back, since you can get swept into it too.”

Narsiel did not argue, and fell back far away from the battlefield. Cha Jun Sung thought that he was at a disadvantage.

The key is how strong Vanessa had become. Is she level 9 now because she awakened while a level 8? If that’s right, even one-on-one is hard. He isn’t confident he’ll be able to maintain his battlesuit. Mutant strength will be lessened incredibly as well. It is too much for him to fight Narsiel in that state.

“Odin. Why isn’t a special mission being activated? Say something.”

[For a special mission to be applied, those at the top need to do it, but it was blocked when everything was stopped.]

It would be helpful if he could tell how many reward points he would get for Vanessa or if he could know the mission description, but they are hiding away and don’t look like they want to show themselves. Odin tried connecting and hacking, but the firewall is too strong. He can understand. If the 2nd officer is the mastermind of this incident, Odin can never break through it with his power.

[Huh?]

“Why? What is it?”

[The firewall is fading. It means the Heavy Gravity’s summon time is almost up. Right now! Time – we need time!]

The gravity field outside blinked and showed its limits inside as well. It was starting to show explicitly.

Odin focused on his work again. The atmosphere feels like he should not get in the way. Reclaiming a Lifer’s rights was more important than the battle.

The ground of the building that Vanessa is standing on cracks. It felt like it might flood in at any moment. She had become smaller in size, but she had become much more intimidating. Narsiel released her awakened state and was standing by, resting. Her recovery will be fast because he had not been able to injure her.

‘Remaining energy….. 28%.’

Cha Jun Sung thought of the rapid charger in his space compression bag.

If he plugs one in, he can charge about 15% energy in a short period of time. He can plug it in when he’s replacing it, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. It can fall out if they fight too wildly. On top of that, if Vanessa realizes that the device is his battlesuit’s source of power, she will try to block it.