Chapter 384

Reincarnator – Chapter 384: Nerpa (7)

—ooooooong!—

As the suppressed crystal calmed down—

“Haaa . . . Haa…”

—plop—

—Kiriel, who had been suppressing the crystal, collapsed on onto the floor and groaned .

“Ugh…”

It wasn’t just a simple groan, but rather a very painful one .

It was truly hard to suppress the crystal .

‘Enbi Arin… how in the world did you do this?’

She knew why the Nelkipa’s skin had briefly stopped attacking them .

Because Enbi Arin was suppressing the other crystal .

So she had dealt with Elis Valentine and tried to suppress the crystal as well .

But what was this…

A pain beyond anything she could imagine .

The energy of the Nelkipa had resisted her energy and retaliated vigorously as if her attempts at suppression had hurt its pride .

And the result of that was Nelkipa shredding apart Kiriel’s entire body .

If that strike from above hadn’t fallen from the sky and destroyed the crystal, then she really might’ve died .

“Cough . . . ”

Kiriel coughed up blood as she checked her destroyed organs .

At least she was alive .

Thankfully, this was still within the limits of what she could heal .

At this rate, she could heal as long as she had the time to .

After all, she was a Transcendent .

‘It’s time to move . Right… that’s been bugging me . ’

Kiriel pondered where she should head towards first—Enbi Arin or Hansoo—but then frowned as she looked at the Kalkuroun Fleet above her .

……………………………………

—tatak—

—tadadak—

The location where Nelkipa’s main control crystal was now in ruins .

And below the giant crater—

—an existence was looking into the sky, barely alive .

—chiiijijik—

‘Damn . . . this is it . ’

Not only was its body destroyed, but the blow had also broken the core that kept it alive .

The crystal had stopped working as well—there was no hope that it would survive .

Even if Hansoo didn’t kill it off, it would slowly die by itself .

—chiiiijijik—

Melchizedek realized its doom as it looked despairingly at the sky .

Towards the red planet in the far distance, Angkara .

It had failed .

Failed to return there .

Failed at unifying Angkara .

‘Well, it’s out of my hands now…’

It hadn’t planned to do all this for the masses .

It was simply due to its curiosity, its vision, and its greed .

Since it was dying, it didn’t care what was going to happen to Angkara .

‘Nerpa… I didn’t expect you to act in such a decisive moment . ’

But suddenly, Melchizedek frowned as it looked towards the red fleet in the sky .

The fleet which it expected to descend onto Nelkipa was slowly backing away .

Towards Angkara .

‘Huh?’

That Nerpa should’ve long since taken over that fleet .

Otherwise, there was no way they could showcase such a might .

Which meant that it was the Nerpa’s choice to go to Angkara .

‘Why…?’

Curiosity popped up inside Melchizedek’s mind despite being on the verge of death .

It had believed that the Nerpa would come and retrieve the Nelkipa .

But even before it could finish contemplating, Hansoo appeared before its eyes .

Melchizedek smiled as it saw Hansoo lifting up his hammer .

“Congratulations . From what I hear… this is your fifth . There’s two more to go . I truly hope . . . you fail in the next zone . ”

It wanted to see Hansoo fall into despair, but it looked like it didn’t have enough strength to make that happen .

But there would clearly be others stronger than Hansoo who could .

A person who was entirely focused on getting used to the reality .

‘I hope… you can smash this guy apart . ’

Clementine .

Although Hansoo was amazing, it had truly felt shocked when it had seen Clementine for the first time .

The reason why it was wary of the aliens .

Melchizedek thought of the greatest annoyance in its life as it started to overload its heart .

It wasn’t going to let itself be killed .

‘You… you didn’t kill me . I just simply committed suicide . ’

As Melchizedek’s half-closed eyes met with Hansoo’s—

—boom!—

—Melchizedek’s core exploded, its remaining debris turned to dust .

And Hansoo thought of Melchizedek’s gaze as he approached its body .

Like in the past, there was a single gift box and a letter .

‘Hmm… Let’s open the box first . ’

Hansoo decided to appease his curiosity by opening the box first .

And from inside, two shiny orbs came out .

Two marbles .

A normal person might’ve been happy at the sight of a reward .

But as soon as Hansoo saw the two marbles—

“ . . . . ?”

—Hansoo’s expression turned gruesome .

‘Two? Not three?’

The fairies gave out rewards fairly .

There was no way he would’ve been the only one to receive a reward .

Enbi Arin and Kiriel’s roles had contributed too much .

If Kiriel and Enbi Arin hadn’t stopped the explosion of the crystal and suppressed it .

If they hadn’t dealt with Clementine’s underlings while he was dealing with Melchizedek .

He would’ve failed .

Which meant there should’ve been three rewards in this box .

His, Enbi Arin’s, and Kiriel’s .

One each .

Hansoo quickly opened up the letter in his hand .

And a single line was written on the letter .

‘F*** . . . Arin!’

—boooom!—

Hansoo’s body disappeared .

…………………………………………… .

“Cough… Ugh . ”

‘How fast… heh . ’

Enbi Arin made a tired expression as she looked at the two streaks of light charging towards her in the distance .

She didn’t want to show them that she was exhausted, but it wasn’t that easy .

She really was tired .

All her organs were burned up and destroyed .

Because she had overexerted herself trying to suppress the crystal .

This giant creature, Nelkipa, did not hold back on the creature trying to control it and resisted her .

Thanks to this, her entire insides had ended up destroyed, and it had even broken her core .

So she knew…

That this was the end of the road for her .

Transcendents weren’t amoebas .

There was a limit to how much they could heal, and once they crossed that line, the body could not withstand the energy flowing through it and slowly killed itself off .

And she had long passed that line .

Despite resting, her quickly diminishing flame of life proved this .

‘I really did run for a long time . ’

Enbi Arin’s expression was full of regret .

She was afraid of death .

She wanted to escape this hell and find peace .

So she had fought . And fought . And fought .

To escape the worst-case scenario .

But as death quickly approached her, she realized that it wasn’t quite what she expected .

‘ . . . It’s actually quite nice . ’

She could finally rest .

She didn’t have to fight anymore .

She didn’t have to kill anymore .

She had fought too long .

Twenty years since she had come to this place .

And fifteen years stuck in that dream .

She had fought for thirty-five years and struggled to climb up .

She deserved to rest a little, right?

She had struggled for thirty-five years, no, twenty years excluding the dream, so nobody would say anything if she said she wanted to rest .

‘Nice…’

Enbi Arin weakly turned her head and looked next to her .

“Why… did you help me?”

“ . . . I don’t know . ”

Ares Valentine, who also had his insides destroyed from the crystal, smiled at her as he lied down in a similar fashion .

He also didn’t know why he’d done it .

‘Well . It’s not half-bad…’

Ares, who had been trying to figure out his complicated feelings, looked at Enbi Arin’s profile and smiled .

Although the method was a bit different, he was going to ‘go up and rest’ now .

“ . . . ” .

Ares Valentine’s eyes lost their light and slowly closed .

And Enbi Arin, who had been looking at Ares in silence, turned around towards Hansoo who had almost arrived and smiled .

‘Thanks to you… I’ve had a busy life . ’

Enbi Arin thought of the dream Melchizedek had given her .

In it, she had truly been happy .

Taking over the seven zones and pushing back the Abyss .

Nobody could handle their power, and those precious to them were no longer killed .

Maybe it was a bit too perfect .

A bit too happy .

And if she really cared about her life and hadn’t suppressed the crystal .

The scene in her dreams wouldn’t have been possible .

‘Too bad I won’t be able to accompany you . ’

She wouldn’t be able to follow them, but it didn’t matter .

There was somebody else who would achieve it for her .

Although it was only a dream for her .

Hansoo would be able to turn it into reality .

‘I wish you the best of luck on the 6th floor as well… Work for my share too . Heh . ’

And with this final line of thought—

—sss—

—Enbi Arin’s eyes closed .

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“Let’s see . Time to hurry . There’s no time . Come on, you hunk of metal . ”

N-Aroel complained to the giant ship, mumbling as he looked at Angkara in the far distance .

He had lost his legacy

He could not lose the flame as well .

The faster he was, the better .

‘And from what I heard… those aliens are there as well . ’

He’d heard that the aliens were there .

Either hiding in secret or out in the open .

N-Aroel nodded as he remembered something .

‘Right . It’s called the 6th Zone, right?’

N-Aroel, who had been thinking while looking at Angkara, suddenly looked down at Nelkipa and smiled .

‘Well, if fate allows it, then we’ll meet again . Anyway, thanks for this time around . Everything was resolved with ease . See you next time, maybe . ’

—kuoooooo!—

The Kalkuroun fleet started to move towards Angkara at full speed .