Chapter 369: Reincarnator – Chapter 369: The buried natives (6)

Reincarnator – Chapter 369: The buried natives (6)

—boom!—

Hansoo quickly climbed up as he listened to the sounds of explosions .

He could check out that strange space below later anyway .

It was more important to figure out the reason behind the commotion .

—tatata!—

And Hansoo frowned after looking at the scene above ground .

—booooom!—

—rumble!—

‘Enbi? . . . Why?’

Hansoo was confused as he stared at Enbi Arin—she had woken up but was currently fighting Kiriel .

……………………… .

—booom!—

‘Ugh!’

Kiriel clenched her teeth as she stared at Enbi Arin, who had started attacking her the moment she woke up .

‘Strong . ’

They had both recently risen up to a 3-Star, so their strength levels were similar .

Which meant that the only thing they could compete with was the micromanagement and control of their skills, as well as their level of mastery of those skills .

Of course, Kiriel had always been confident in this field .

As she climbed up, there had been countless others stronger than her, but she had never lost a fight against an opponent with the same level of strength .

Her natural talent and her Psychometry, which quickly absorbed experiences, allowed her to boast a whole other level of strength .

But she soon realized that she’d been a bit too proud up until this point .

—crack!—

Enbi Arin’s enhanced strength and dexterity from her trait, Tainted Emotions, was pushing Kiriel back .

After becoming a 3-Star Transcendent, Enbi Arin’s restored and enhanced body raged on as she continuously charged at Kiriel to shred her heart apart .

And the moment she saw this, Kiriel knew .

As to what emotion was fueling Enbi Arin .

‘ . . . Rage . ’

Rage was storming through Enbi Arin’s body .

To destroy everything before her eyes .

Kiriel quickly shouted in surprise:

“Dammit! I know you can hear me! I’m Hansoo’s comrade! We’re the ones that woke you up!”

She was different from when the armor had controlled her .

Enbi Arin had no sanity back then .

But now, she was completely sane and only filled with rage .

Which meant that Kiriel could communicate with her .

“ . . . ”

Enbi Arin flinched at Hansoo’s name, but only for a moment .

“F***…OFF!”

—booom!—

Enbi Arin started to push Kiriel back again .

‘Dammit… At this rate…’

Enbi Arin was strong, but Kiriel had the Dragon God Armor .

But as Kiriel was about to activate her armor—

“I’ll take care of it . ’

—booom!—

—Hansoo jumped between Enbi Arin and Kiriel, and shouted:

“Enbi Arin! Wake up! It’s alright now! It’s all over!”

And Kiriel quickly rejoiced when she saw this .

‘Good . She should stop since Hansoo’s here . ’

Although Enbi Arin might not believe her, she should stop once she saw Hansoo .

Although his face and body had altered slightly, he was still recognizable .

And Enbi Arin stopped fighting and looked at Hansoo’s face .

As if she doubted her own vision .

“Kang… Hansoo?”

Hansoo nodded .

“Yes . I’m here . ”

But then—

—boom!—

—an even more vicious aura exploded out from Enbi Arin’s body .

Pure, unadulterated rage .

Enbi Arin charged at Hansoo and roared at him .

“You! This is all your fault! This! I was living just fine!”

“ . . . ?”

‘Something’s weird . ’

Hansoo pondered as he blocked Enbi Arin’s attacks .

The chipset wasn’t controlling her .

And she was completely sane .

But something was strange .

Hansoo looked at Enbi Arin’s shaking eyes and continued to think of a reason .

……………………………… . .

—boooboboboom—

The Mimir’s fog covered Aokan, so nothing was visible, but the sounds of battle still resonated from within .

And the fleet continued to observe the city .

Although they couldn’t see anything, they could guess as to where the sounds originated from .

‘What a barbaric race . They fight and fight and fight… What the hell is going on?’

N-Akuon, the leader of the Technorats on the Kalkuroun Fleet, made a bitter expression as he saw the person walking towards him from a distance .

“Uhh… you survived . ”

‘To see him again, especially in this place . ’

N-Aroel .

His old rival .

N-Aroel’s abilities were no less than his own, but due to his nasty personality and his lack of respect for the R-Levels above him, he’d brought on a lot of hate from the ones at the top .

Especially since he hated wars after being born on a warring planet .

Because of this, he had been exiled to Aokan to rot for eternity, but for him to return like this…

‘But still… to survive from that chaos . ’

N-Aroel smiled as he approached N-Akuon and sat next to him .

“Well, it wasn’t so bad . There’s a lot I learned as well . ”

“…Nothing else? At least you came back in one piece . ”

N-Akuon spoke to N-Aroel with concern .

Although N-Aroel’s thought processes were a bit dangerous, he wasn’t that bad of a person .

Plus, N-Akuon only labeled him as a rival; there was no real hatred between them .

He only felt lonely after hearing that they’d sent N-Aroel to Aokan, but seeing him like this wasn’t half bad .

N-Aroel smiled at N-Akuon’s words and replied:

“There were plenty of things . Fun stuff as well . ”

“ . . . Fun?”

N-Akuon asked curiously .

The term ‘fun’ was a word that could pique anybody’s interest .

And N-Aroel chuckled as he nodded .

“Yeah . Fun . ”

“What was so fun about it?”

N-Aroel placed his head on his hand, thinking it over .

“There’s a lot . Too many to count, really . But three big ones . Let’s see…”

N-Aroel flicked his finger after a brief pause .

“Alright . This should be first . The conversation I had with Melchizedek . ”

N-Akuon frowned and asked:

“Melchizedek?”

“Why are you so shocked? My position was more than enough to talk with Melchizedek . ”

N-Akuon quickly started losing interest .

‘ . . . It seems that this was before the rebellion . ’

If that was the case, then having a simple conversation wasn’t hard .

Aokan was under Melchizedek’s control, and N-Aroel had been the city’s head technician .

They’d probably talked like two neighbors meeting on their way to work .

“Alright . What did you guys talk about?”

He’d long lost interest, but decided to hear him out .

N-Aroel continued to smile at N-Akuon’s detached tone .

“Well… it’s not much . It was saying something like how Angkara shouldn’t continue like this? About how everything is wrong and they shouldn’t be fighting like this . ’

“…?!”

N-Akuon’s eyes widened at N-Aroel’s words .

What was this?

This meant that N-Aroel had long known about Melchizedek’s rebellion .

“ . . . I think we need to discuss this seriously . What do you mean?’

N-Aroel chuckled at N-Akuon’s tense stance .

“It seems that you’re finally interested again . Right, it’s important to stay focused when listening to a fun story like this . ”

“ . . . If you’re just fooling around, then drop it . This is not a topic we can fool around with . ”

Considering the things Melchizedek had done, even if one was barely involved they would still be framed as a traitor .

This was not a topic one could take lightly .

N-Aroel ignored N-Akuon’s words and continued to speak .

“Just listen . Aren’t you curious about what Melchizedek said?”

“ . . . Sure . Fine . Speak . ”

N-Akuon gave in to his curiosity .

While consoling himself .

‘Yeah . It’s a bit too much to call the guards for a light conversation like this . ’

If N-Aroel got caught amidst this situation because he called the guards, they might drag him off and torture him .

And N-Akuon didn’t feel comfortable about doing such a thing to his old friend .

N-Aroel smiled .

“You… Just like the past, you always cared about me . Thanks . Anyway… what Melchizedek talked about was simple . That we needed to stop the small-scale battles and unite once again . ”

“ . . . Why?”

N-Aroel smile turned cold .

“We found traces of another race beneath Aokan . ”

A very powerful race .

A race that was countless times stronger than their own planet, both in terms of strength and technology, and had once roamed over the universe .

According to Melchizedek’s calculations, they were not something that Angkara could oppose with their divided strength .

After some calculations, Melchizedek had come to the conclusion of 37 years .

If they stopped their war and focused entirely on development for 37 years, only then would they be able to survive .

N-Akuon scoffed at N-Aroel’s words .

“What a crazy can . So what, it’s going to conquer Angkara?”

Melchizedek’s words were something every civilian in Angkara wanted .

But if it could happen just because they wanted it to, they wouldn’t have gone to war in the first place .

There was only one scenario where there were no more disputes between the people .

When everybody was dead .

“Why didn’t you tell it to kill everyone off and replace them with machines? Nothing would fight each other anymore . ”

If it replaced everything with machines, it could create that united world it talked about .

But N-Aroel shook his head .

“Melchizedek told me that it thought about that as well… But soon told me no . That they would only be able to wield the M-waves properly if people still lived . ”

They needed strength to win battles .

And Melchizedek had tried very hard to achieve that strength with only machines .

But it was all futile .

The strength of the inside Angkara that powered the Dragon God Armor and the various fleets .

And the hidden ability of humans that allowed them to control that flame’s power, the M-waves .

The strength that the Dragon God Soldiers or fleet masters could use was not something machines could achieve .

So they needed humans .

N-Aroel smiled and looked at N-Akuon .

“In the end, it told me that it found the perfect solution . ’

N-Akuon scoffed .

“Chipsets? Brainwashing? It can control our bodies like that, but not our minds . ”

The M-waves naturally declined anything that would harm one’s body .

Even if they were brainwashed .

Even if their bodies were forcefully controlled .

The M-waves would resist it all .

N-Aroel scoffed .

“Didn’t I say? It found a solution . ”

“…What?”

“It told me it got a hint from someone else . Apparently, in another world… there are people that are asleep inside delightful dreams . ”

They slept and dreamed of their ideal world .

And their bodies would fall under Melchizedek’s hands .

There was no resistance, either .

Although the bodies were fighting, their true selves would be in a very happy place .

‘Even if they release the chipset’s controls . . . They won’t be able to wake up from that dream . ’

N-Aroel chuckled .

……………………………………… .

“ . . . It seems you had a very delightful dream . ”

‘The reason why you didn’t want to wake up wasn’t because you didn’t like reality, but because the dream was too good…’

But one couldn’t live inside a dream forever .

They had to wake up .

No matter how happy the dreams made them .

Hansoo looked at Enbi Arin with a heavy expression .