Chapter 253 (1/2)

Volume 9 / Chapter 253

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Hungry Panda

Hundreds of tentacles are wrapped around Blood Lord’s blade thorns to ensure that he won’t sink in the sea, and Beholder is safely on his back with his body cooling.

His body had overheated under extreme tension, putting him in a cold sweat. As the threat disappeared, his tension and sweat evaporated.

“We – we made it.”

They ran from Parasite King for several days.

It had been a close call.

Beholder and Blood Lord were at ease in terms of their body because they did not fight. But Red Eye and Inferno are practically on the brink of death.

As they ran away, they occasionally stopped Parasite King’s chase. If they had left Parasite King alone behind them, they wouldn’t have been able to get away.

Red Eye and Inferno are powerful mutants, but they fall short in front of Parasite King who has become a Disaster. They were almost infected multiple times.

They would have died if Beholder hadn’t tampered with mental disturbance in the middle. It was too much to do continuously, so they just blocked him by taking jabs.

Parasite King also doesn’t have a lot of experience in battle, so he hadn’t been able to act to the full of his ability.

He could be described as a strong child who is smart.

If he had as much experience in battle as Red Eye and Inferno did, they would have gone from a terrible situation to the worst.

Due to those efforts, the four of them got away from Parasite King, and Beholder is crossing the sea with Blood Lord as a boat.

A stingray that is smaller than Blood Lord but still dozens of meters large, crosses the water next to Blood Lord. It is Bergon, Red Eye’s pet.

Bergon stays in the ocean closest to wherever Red Eye is, even if he doesn’t call it. It doesn’t have a separate home.

When Red Eye came toward the sea, it felt his energy, waited, took him and Inferno on, and went off at the speed of sound.

The four of them aren’t enough to take on Parasite King. Under the assumption that the seaway hadn’t been there, they could run away on land though they would have gotten caught at some point.

‘This is my territory, my world.’

These are the last words that Parasite King left Red Eye’s group with.

He can be active in the ocean as well, but there are limits.

He can’t move as fast as Blood Lord and Bergon can, so he just left them and went back.

Hee hee!

When the cocoon exploded and Parasite King hatched, Beholder read what Parasite King’s ambitions were in passing.

It has surpassed the limit of its species, but a gap showed from the beginning.

As time passed after hatching, his mental state became more firm. Later, it was like looking at a sturdy wall. He had become complete both physically and mentally.

What he wanted was simple.

He wanted a place to call home. Parasites are helminths. They cannot live if not for parasitism. They are just fast as bugs in their parasitic states, they are incredibly weak.

If he doesn’t create a home as the king, the parasites won’t have a guaranteed survival. That ambition had been expressed.

Parasite King’s goal is clear. In Beholder’s mind, Parasite King won’t become a problem if they give him Africa and don’t bother him. Parasite King will be satisfied with what he has been given and live on.

“Let’s see what Her Highness says…”

White Queen is the one who ordered them to watch the cocoon in the first place. She had hoped that Parasite King would become an ally, but it’s already too late for that. It is discomforting that they left a honeycomb behind, but there is no need to kick it for no reason.

As long as it doesn’t challenge them first, it is better to leave this matter until the end.

First, they need to report on the cocoon.

White Queen is smart.

Beholder believes she will think the same way he does.

69 Mission Reorganization (1)

Borteth sits in his laboratory and thinks. His expression changes every hour. There is no specifying it.

He repeatedly thought of the suggestion Jigneon made a few days ago.

Jigneon had basically given him trouble and a solution.

Jigneon gave him one of each. But the solution was pretty superior for the trouble he had given.

“Tyrant’s death is a big loss… but how enticing.”

He is a stupid bastard.

Borteth had given him strength, but Tyrant had died without even being able to fully use it. When he first heard of this, he thought he was going to go crazy from anger.

Because Tyrant died?