Chapter 270 (2/2)

Papapat!

Cha Jun Sung’s group and the Rankers land in front of Evil Queen.

Behind them, 10,000 Lifers push back to fend off mutants. There were 16 Lifers taking on Evil Queen – 4 level S and 12 9-combination level As. This is a power that can face off against level 9.

“You don’t have to block.”

They don’t know what it means.

Cha Jun Sung’s group watch Evil Queen and form two walls around her. They have surrounded her in double.

The first wall was made of short-range Lifers like Cha Jun Sung, and the second was made of mid and long-range Lifers like Ghost Gun.

Evil Queen kept saying what she wanted to as though she didn’t mind.

“Don’t worry. I won’t interfere with anyone. Don’t you think you were able to get here without any problem because I opened up a path to make it like this?”

Cha Jun Sung put his hand on Hades’ handle.

Of course they think that. This isn’t something that Lifers with a lot of experience don’t know.

“We thought so. But we need insurance if you’re the opponent.”

Evil Queen is the type where they don’t know what she’ll do if she’s at a disadvantage. This isn’t just her.

She opened up a path for them?

Will she be able to say that when she is on the brink of death?

She’ll call in 100 mutants if she has 100, and flail to survive for even another second. They’ll only see that ugly sight if there is a shadow of death.

“Huh? You got your arm. I guess you’ll be stronger than before?”

Evil Queen acknowledges Cha Jun Sung.

Cha Jun Sung observed for a chance. The moment he attacks, they won’t stop until one side dies.

“I see there are 4 Lifers with similar abilities to yours. They make it obvious.”

Evil Queen laughs.

When Cha Jun Sung got ready to move, Violet, Weapon Master, and Chamma Sword in the east, west, and south warmed up.

The rest just stayed alert. That small difference relayed information to Evil Queen and she was disappointed in the small number.

At first, she thought that all 16 were that powerful.

But to have just 4. At this state, it is a power that she can handle easily.

“Have I become too strong?”

Considering Cha Jun Sung’s abilities, they aren’t weak. If it had been like before, she wouldn’t have been able to come out whole. She could’ve even died. Since she fused with Bon Load, she has easily gotten three times stronger.

“To match your standards… I guess that’ll be good.”

The skeletons attached to Evil Queen’s giant body combine together. Two become one and two of those become one in repetition.

Boom boom!

Where bones come out, three skeletons that are a little less than half the size of the skeleton connected to Evil Queen fall and roll to the ground.

The transformation was the same. Thorns and tentacles form on the skeletons. There isn’t much difference compared to the small skeleton other than that its form looks more heinous.

‘That giant size. All of those skeletons coalesced and there are just three left. There’s no way they’re level 7. I’m positive they’re level 8.’

“You fought my daughters, right? One of those is similar to my eldest, Narsiel. They have as much vitality as they’re strong, too.”

Evil Queen can adjust the strength and number of the entities that split from her. They are created powerfully if they are made with attention.

Weak ones have short activity periods, but the strong ones extend activity following their power. They look like they could live for about half a year.

She may not be able to produce new split entities in that time, but it doesn’t feel like she is experiencing any loss from it. It is plenty to kill Lifers.

‘If they’re on Narsiel’s level…’

“Kill them.”

While Cha Jun Sung calculated the three entities’ combat ability, Evil Queen gave her order. The skeletons pulled out thorns and tentacles, and scattered. It is a surprise attack, but everyone avoided it because they are all of high standards.

“Damn.”

Cha Jun Sun looks at Evil Queen. All of the bones are absorbed into Evil Queen who is on top of the skeleton like a horn. Battle mode.

Evil Queen grew as large as the bones she absorbed, but the body’s bones including the skeleton became smaller. As that happened, her energy emanated out.

A level 9’s energy.

She and her split entities are separate. It is meaningless to compare the combat ability of the main body and alters.

‘One level 9 and three level 8s. We get overwhelmed.’

They aren’t even weak level 8s, but level 8s as strong as Narsiel. There are 12 level A Lifers. 4 people need to take on one.

“You guys come play with me.”

Once Evil Queen had completed her transformation, she looked a lot like Vanessa wearing her bone armor. This seems to be the case because their gene pool is the same.

‘I’ll do my best.’

There’s nothing they can do about it. They need to handle it themselves since there is no support. They cannot think about failure.

This means 100,000 people all die.

The 16 Lifers fighting Evil Queen’s split skeletons felt like they were being tangled up.

They were so tangled that it seemed dark in front of them. They had expected several cases.

All of them – the best and worst case scenarios. They had a lot of thoughts as they were in a top level difficulty mission.

They calculated with Cha Jun Sung’s experience though it had been against an alter, and her fusion with Bon Load.

Strategist decided that Lifers couldn’t have the advantage. They have no choice but to face off against her unless they want to quit the mission. They needed to choose the time to face off within the time allowed to them, and Strategist chose that time as Commander-in-Chief.

He repeatedly said that people would die even if they won.

Lifers went past it without assigning it too much importance.

It’s because they didn’t think it would be them. That’s how much they believed in the force made of Rankers.

They decided to have the 4 level S Lifers take on Evil Queen, and the 12 level A Lifers take on the split skeletons. There may be a lot of them, but they can handle it.

More than half of the 12 are long-range Lifers. If they fight while falling back, hundreds of level 6 and 7 split skeletons are easy.

But Evil Queen combined the skeletons and made them into powerful level 8s. There are just 3 of them, but quantity isn’t important.

An attack that works on a large number of weak opponents isn’t a concept that works against a few strong opponents. With this, their existing operation went to naught.

On top of that, Evil Queen’s transformation shocked the Lifers. She transformed from a dull form to a body suitable for battle.

Cha Jun Sung thought she might have a second awakened state as Vanessa did.

He had to face her to know whether she gained level 9 combat ability below standard or if she transcended that step like Vanessa.

It was the latter.