Chapter 324

Reincarnator – Chapter 324 : Ark-Roa (3)

Crunch .

Crunch . Crunch .

As it finished devouring another person, the Ark-Roa’s color and shape became more and more defined .

Limbs sprouted out, and its body shrunk down in size .

Though it was now smaller, it had become stronger overall and even its intelligence had risen .

And slowly, the memories of the humans it had eaten started to appear inside its head .

Well, it had the memories after consuming them actually .

It just didn’t have the intelligence to decipher the meanings behind them up until now .

It had solely been focused on instinctively hunting and finding nutrition .

But not anymore .

There were about thirteen nutritious ones left .

Ten of which were comrades of the two it had eaten .

Two were enemies with the ten .

One was feared by all .

Kirrrik .

Ark-Roa pondered with its newfound intellect .

It was not a match for the being that everyone feared .

But it wasn’t hard to reach that level .

It would just need to eat about four more to get to the next stage .

Then everything would be over .

It could then devour the world .

Ark-Roa continued to think .

It was time to choose .

Either to eat the two who were separated from the others, and then head for the ten .

Or head towards the ten .

Of course, it didn’t have to think very long .

Its hunger had continued to call out to it .

And it was even worse because it had absorbed the greed of the humans it had eaten .

Greed for power .

Greed to crush everything beneath its feet .

Though it wasn’t within the memories of the humans it had eaten, it had a feeling that it needed to get stronger as soon as possible .

This newly enhanced greed and gluttony drove the Ark-Roa past the great tundra .

………………………………… . .

‘F*** . . . F*** . F*** . What do I do?’

Hermes was at a loss .

He knew instinctively that the monster standing below the tower was a level above them .

But then—

A familiar voice could be heard behind him .

“You bastard, you just tried to run away, right?”

Hermes shrugged his shoulders .

“Don’t fuss over it that much, you would’ve done the same thing . ”

“ . . . Ugh . ”

Zeus gave up .

They were all like this .

Since that man had deliberately picked people like this in the first place .

‘What a shitshow . ’

One after another, their allies started to gather .

—ssssss—

“What’s up? Why did you call us to meet up?”

“F***…Did you call us over to deal with him?”

‘One…Two . Three . ’

Zeus frowned as he counted .

Other than Hades, Hermes, and himself, there should be nine left .

But only five had come .

“Where’s Demeter?”

Zeus asked in confusion .

He never knew what that b**** Athena was ever up to, and the other two were arrogant so it made sense that they wouldn’t come .

‘Athena is really hard to meet . I’ve seen her maybe…once? Twice?’

But this Hermes kid always followed Demeter around while wagging his tail .

For someone whose territories were so close to not come together…

Hermes inwardly jolted at the question .

‘Should I answer?’

But the answer came from someone else .

Kyle, also known as Hades, raised his hand .

“She was eaten . ”

“What? Don’t joke around…What could even eat us?”

One of the girls who had arrived after Zeus scoffed, but Zeus cursed out since he knew the identity of the Ark-Roa .

“F***…it’s that fast already . Why did you just leave if you knew she was being eaten? Why didn’t you help?”

“…Apparently, you haven’t seen it yet . ”

Hades replied with a heavy expression .

They wouldn’t really help each other if they were dying anyway .

Even if their own children were being eaten, they wouldn’t actually go and help them .

Hades really didn’t want to approach the creepy creature that devoured Demeter . Afterwards it had gone through some sort of metamorphosis, making strange noises all the while .

The other trancendents noticed the strange tension between Zeus and Hades, and grew uneasy as well .

“Hey, what’s up? What really happened?”

“Why did Demeter die?”

Everybody was making confused expressions .

And Hermes realized the gist of the situation .

‘That bastard… I know why he made us now . ’

Hermes clenched his teeth .

He realized why that man had made them and left them alone to roam freely .

And why that man had reappeared the moment that black monster appeared .

Why that powerful man was now just guarding the exit to go up .

He realized it all .

‘We…we were raised as livestock…’

The only exit had been blocked and that horrifying monster now roamed this world .

Then—

A thought appeared in Hermes’s head .

“Hey Zeus, you said you got caught by someone, right?”

“…”

Zeus frowned .

Hermes ignored Zeus’s expression and continued to speak .

“You said that he has a bad relationship with that man over there right? It looks like that man was the one who released the monster that ate Demeter . ”

Zeus nodded .

Hermes’s guesses were mostly on point .

“But…how did you know that Demeter died?”

Hermes cut Zeus off as he continued to speak .

“That’s not important . Anyway, that guy who caught you hasn’t run away yet since he’s confident, right?”

“Right . ”

Hermes chuckled .

“Let’s go to him . ”

“Huh?”

“What else can we do? Let’s go help him . That’s the only path we can take at this point . ”

Help the mysterious man who they had no information about .

But, then again, their choices were very, very limited .

At this rate they would only become food for that monster .

But seeing that the guy had called them over, it looked like he had something up his sleeve .

Which meant that right now, no matter what, they had to help that man who had captured Zeus .

Whether to stab him in the back or run away without fighting him, that would only matter if they survived from this fight .

There was nothing for them to gain from just loitering around here anyway .

Zeus frowned at Hermes’s words .

‘ . . . Dumbasses . You’ll all probably be his slaves if you go to Hansoo…’

He hadn’t gathered them here to listen to Hansoo’s instructions .

But rather to ask for help .

To suppress Hansoo, and just leave him at the point of death .

Once they pressed him down with their weapons, they could just leave him with a breath of life remaining, and keep him in a safe place . And then he would be free .

But it looked like that wouldn’t work anymore .

‘Damn…’

As Zeus frowned .

A voice rang out .

“Retards . You go do that . I’m betting my luck on something with higher chances . ”

“Huh? What are you planning to do?”

Hermes frowned at the curvaceous woman who had stepped out .

The woman looked over her body, and then gulped .

“If he’s also a man…something will happen, one way or another . ”

“Come on, Hera…”

“You f***er, call me by my name . Grow up, did I say I was going to be his wife?”

Hera—real name, Allison—cursed at Zeus .

No matter what angle they looked at it from, the man who had created them held the absolute advantage .

Shouldn’t they stick to the winning side? At least she was going to .

‘Yeah… If you’re also a man, then…’

She was useful, strong and beautiful .

Usually, she would pull out the eyes of anyone who had such thoughts towards her, but with their current situation, she had to utilize everything she had at her disposal .

Allison quickly headed towards the man standing below the tower .

……………………………………… .

—rumble—

The Dark King violently trembled .

When this man had attacked, he felt as if the world had collapsed .

‘Was there this much difference…?’

If he knew the differences were this large than he wouldn’t have even tried to climb up .

The Dark King trembled in fear as he stared at the man stepping on him .

“Ughhh…”

The man raised his eyebrows .

“Why does this dumbass just keep screaming…?”

The man put his hand on the Dark King’s back .

Then—

—swoooosh!—

The dark red aura started to get sucked out from the Dark King’s brain and his heart .

Into the hands of the man .

“Ahhh…haa…”

The Dark King even forgot the pain of his cut-off legs as he made a joyous expression .

Since the pain of his severed leg was nothing compared to what Hansoo had given him .

The man ignored the Dark King and focused solely on the dark red cloud in his hand, poking it with his finger .

—chiiiiik—

The dark red aura tried to savagely burn his finger, but it couldn’t withstand the aura surrounding the man’s body and it soon dispersed into the air .

And the man smirked .

‘ . . . Was he only this strong?’

The man sighed in relief .

He had been uneasy the whole time he’d planned this .

He had vowed for revenge, but he didn’t know how strong Hansoo had become in the past two years .

This was why he had released the Ark-Roa, which even he was wary of .

He felt like his own strength wouldn’t be enough .

But it looked like there was no need for him to release the Ark-Roa .

‘Well, let’s go beat up Hansoo first…’

But the man soon shook his head .

Since a girl had come to bother him .

Unlike the other twelve, including the Dark King .

The one who had escaped his watch as soon as she was made .

‘If only everyone was this easy to read . ’

“Hello?”

The man smiled coldly as he looked at the woman who was approaching him with a charming smile of her own .

………………………………… . .

800 kilometers west of the War Fortress .

—rumble—

“Haa . . . Haa…”

Taesang was gasping for air after having run for so long .

‘…F*** . I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing . ’

He had been running like a crazed person to find that man’s friends, who all apparently lived in the west .

But he was scared out of his wits because of that Ark-Roa thing that was roaming the lands .

‘No, it shouldn’t be interested in weaklings like me . He said it wasn’t interested in ants…’

Though he was more of a dog than an ant .

Of course, that wasn’t really reassuring .

The fact that he had some strength was the reason why he’d been entrusted with this job anyway .

Though he wasn’t the main target of the Ark-Roa, he was able to pass through the tundra which the others would have a hard time crossing .

—boooom!—

Kyaak!

Taesang continued to run after turning four Kang-Kions into powder .

Well, until something blocked his path .

—OOooong—

The space in front of him had split apart .

Then—

“Where are you going? I’ve never seen you before . ”

“Ahh!”

—boom!—

Taesang freaked out, and slashed out with his sword at the silhouette of the woman . But his blades, which could chop apart abyssal monsters with ease, were caught by the woman’s hands .

‘What the hell…!?’

—toong!—

Taesang cursed, and backed off .

“Hmm…”

The woman figured out where Taesang was heading off to, and then smiled as if she realized something .

“I don’t think you’ll need to go?”

“Huh?”

“It should be done by now . ”