The Main Character Competes With Quantity

016. Constellations are horny, palms are flying (1)

As soon as Choi Kang-han, an archmage whose screws had not yet been removed, met the Legion Queen, he felt his research instincts begin to boil.

Although the appearance is very ugly, the ruler of a species that is running on such an efficient system is an entity that must be tamed and experimented with.

‘Oh, suddenly it’s fun?’

If you can give instructions by breeding a dominant entity of insects with stats comparable to these low-level demons, it seemed worthwhile to use in future wars.

Judging from the efficient system and amazing fertility of this bug race, if you tame these bugs and just hit them head-on, the bases of the demons would be devastated.

‘Extremely thick shell and deadly stinger, plus that spider web that doesn’t break easily… … This is of great research value.’

In addition, among the by-products the guys made, there were quite a few usable ingredients. And most importantly, these guys could also serve as a great source of protein that is both delicious and nutritious.

‘Contrary to their appearance, they taste like Alaskan snow crabs.’

If the artificial breeding of this species succeeds, it will truly be a tremendous force for mankind.

It will be easier to maintain the front line, and the supply of food and various production materials, which will inevitably become scarce in the latter half of the war, can be solved.

It’s fun just imagining it.

“Mind Control.”

So, Choi Kang-han exclaimed the name of the skill ‘unconditionally likely to succeed in mind control’ to the queen of the corps, but

[‘Taming Monster’ is activated.]

Even though he still looks fine on the outside, he was a wizard with a screw that was accustomed to spitting out nonsense instinctively.

“what? Why is this bastard not getting a Macon? Macon! Macon!”

This, too, is nonsensical nonsense. There’s no way humans other than the Hive Mind could use such technology that we’ve only seen in games?

Furthermore, players’ abilities are powers that are activated based on the divine power provided by the manager, not using psionic energy like the game setting or actual rulers of the corps.

[The subject does not feel any fear of you.]

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

Choi Kang-han’s power, [Taming Monster], is a technique that forcibly overlays manipulated fear on the target’s consciousness, making them consider themselves their master and follow them.

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

Of course, the Legion Queen entity is like a tiny hive mind walking around.

There was no way that a high-class entity like the Legion Queen, who could command billions of objects under her, could easily be overwritten by fear with just one player’s authority.

But the opponent was bad.

The missing cheekbones of the magician ascended to heaven, and a very ominous force began to emanate from his eyes.

The Legion Queen piqued his curiosity.

“Hee hee, see this baby spider? It’s holding on to my Macon, right? As long as I don’t have Han Ji-woo’s monster ball, I keep going until I catch it.”

Choi Kang-han smiles like a madman, using one hand to support the leader who has hidden his fainting power, and holding onto the warm spider leg he just caught and baked with the other hand like a magician’s wand.

“hehehehe! Macon! Macon!”

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

[The target’s follow-up attempt has failed.]

The Legion Queen seemed distressed, wrapped her head around her head, and started rolling on the floor. The head of the crazy mages who found an interesting research subject was running out of control.

There was a reason why Han Ji-woo did not summon this madman to his colony.

* * *

“… … Bored.”

Traveling through space is very boring. Until we reach our destination, there is nothing to do other than eat and poop.

The inside of Leviathan is a desolate space where there is no element ‘for humans to enjoy leisure’. Looking around, I see nothing but chitinous skeletons, chunks of Leviathan’s flesh, and gooey mucous membranes from the hatchery built to feed me.

“… … .”

Arachne and Kang Jin-hyeok are the only people that can communicate.

In this extreme situation, there was no one to spend time with other than Kang Jin-hyeok, whom I thought I could never get close to.

Eventually, we started to become close little by little. If other kids see this, they’ll get sick.

“Kang Jin-hyeok, shall we play a game of Go?”

“… … I don’t want to. How can I beat you in a brain game?”

“Then how long have you been playing chess?”

“… … A guy whose brain is a building really has no conscience.”

Kang Jin-hyeok seemed to be quite bored at first, so he rushed into the game with great enthusiasm.

And the conclusion drawn not long after was that if I played a mind game against Kang Jin-hyeok, I would win unconditionally and it would be less fun.

I am not confident.

With the overwhelming computing power of the Hive Mind, I have no confidence in losing by playing Go against people.

If I go back to Earth, will I hide my identity and become a Go player?

“Then Texas Hold’em?”

“… … I am not a madman who likes to gamble with someone with psychic abilities at the level of precognition.”

Well, no.

I’d rather be a professional poker player than a Go player.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Damn, I don’t know what the hell these two men are doing in a sealed space-powered creature.

“Han Ji-woo.”

“… … uh.”

“The Gangho people wanted you as their emperor. But you… … Why did you refuse to become their emperor?”

I felt like something was creeping up inside me.

I looked at Kang Jin-hyeok and said.

“You sick. There is no internet and no baseball there.”

“… … That’s persuasive.”

“There is no bidet. I don’t have the hobby of weaving straw and wiping shit. Besides, there is no fun entertainment to watch while drinking beer, and you can’t watch the Champions League and then the major league morning broadcasts.”

“… … Just thinking about it is terrifying.”

“… … fuck. Bring out some drinks.”

This was actually half serious and half joking.

After grinding him up and purchasing a large quantity of beer with high alcohol content through the system store, I leaned on the spirit of the alcohol and began to reveal my feelings little by little.

“Jinhyuk. As you know, I am no longer human. As you are well aware, my main body is not the incarnation of this human form, but the building with the large brain behind it.”

“… … right.”

The beer is too sweet today.

Alcohol should be eaten with a bitter taste, but why is this beer so bitter?

It looks like someone threw in a lot of sweetener.

“To be honest, I don’t care if the planet is destroyed or not. I am now the ruler of the corps, not Han Ji-woo, a player who is chosen by the manager and has to fight bloody battles with the demons. War? salvation of mankind? What does that have to do with me now? Doesn’t it matter? it is not so? I am the ruler who has already swallowed two planets.”

Kang Jin-hyeok was just silently sharing an empty glass with me.

It’s probably the first time I’ve spoken to this kid for such a long time.

“I am the kind of being who can turn them into a legion of billions of demons if they come in billions. Legion is not a savior. Rather, even the demons are the destroyers who will cry. human? I’m on a different level from humans now. Now that I’m back as a ruler, there’s no reason to care about humans anymore.”

“… … .”

“Oh, sorry for the long introduction. by the way.”

When nearly half of the beer I bought in bulk was completely gone, I was finally able to say what I wanted to say.

“I miss my hometown. I really miss it enough to curse. So even though I’m not human anymore, even though I know for sure that I won’t be treated as a human if my identity is known, I still miss my hometown. Do you guys understand my feelings? Do you understand, you bastard?”

I guess I was just drunk on beer. The pronunciation was getting a little strange even when I heard it.

After all, the weak human body is an uncomfortable existence. Can’t digest this alcohol properly? Hatchery eats up soil if it has enough nutrients, but this really is a bad body.

Of course, if you use the ESP ability, it is not a task to expel the energy of alcohol from the body.

But today, for some reason, I didn’t want to.

“With an idiot who is crazy about playing heroes, with our kind and thankful Garam who always thinks of others first, and with a kid whose screws have been loosened due to alcoholism… … Yes, I miss the drinks I drank after finishing the operation with you guys. I was born again with such a ugly body, and I can’t go back twice, I miss that ruined memories. ”

“… … .”

“Why give up the position of emperor and go to Earth? so i’m going Just as I wiped out all the bastards who destroyed the restaurant selling dumplings, to protect the place with precious damn memories. So, like this, grinding out all the fucking demons that look at them.”

Kang Jin-hyeok was speechless.

“… … Thank you for listening. ”

… … fuck.

Emotions are exploding today.

* * *

… … Shit, what the hell did I say bullshit in front of that bastard?

“… … Guess I’ll never get drunk again.”

Also, drinking is not a bad thing.

I don’t even want to remember the truth of what I did, but it was more painful because the main body of the Hive Mind, which has this tremendous memory, remembers all the truth about how I drank and acted.

So, he threatened to kill Kang Jin-hyeok if he revealed this to anyone.

“… … What about your lunch today?”

“Today’s lamb skewers special.”

“… … Qingdao?”

Of course, Qingtao cannot be served as an accompaniment to lamb skewers. That’s really an insult to lamb skewers.

yes, only today

I’m really just drinking today and quitting drinking.

“… … .”

Anyway, it seems that about 13 days have passed since Leviathan passed through outer space with all his might.

After eating enough nutrients to cover a fairly large continent, the time it took for this guy to fly with all his might was about 15 days, so the limit was now approaching.

―Wooo~

He had been whining about how hungry he had been for a few days.

“We’ll reach our destination soon, so cheer up a little more.”

I quietly closed my eyes and telepathized. Leviathan’s gigantic, telescope-like eyes saw a sparkling blue planet in the distance.

This was our next destination, a planet resembling Earth marked with the childish name [Continent of Goddesses] on the map.

“… … It’s strange. It must be said that the administrator is absent here, but why is the planet name like this?”

Well, only the name of the planet is listed on the map, but there is nothing marked about what kind of environment that place has.

However, since it is a planet similar to Earth, it is expected that there will be enough food.

My [Foreknowledge] ability has also been supporting these predictions, so maybe we can go back to Earth after taking a little break here.

“Are you hungry? wait a moment. There will be plenty to eat there. Arachne, release the Legion from hibernation.”

Let’s go down to the ground and find the prey of this fuel-efficient space creature.

However, a strange message started appearing in front of my eyes.

[An incarnation without a contract has been found.]

[The ‘Cloud Goddess’ wants to make a contract with you.]

[‘Ocean Goddess’ wants to make a contract with you.]

[The ‘Earth Goddess’ wants to make a contract with you.]

[The ‘Goddess of Fire’ wants to make a contract with you.]

This is clearly a system run by an administrator.

However, this message was different in format from the messages I knew from the district manager’s system.

Moreover, oddly enough, this message was completely invisible from the main body’s gaze, and was a message that could only be seen from the incarnation’s gaze. It’s not always visible to the incarnation’s eyes, either, it disappears when you access the Hive consciousness and reappears when you disconnect it.

um, what is this

“What the hell are you doing here? Hey Kang Jin-hyuk, do you see that message?”

“message?”

“I can not see? What kind of goddess or something wants to make a contract with me?”

Kang Jin-hyeok tilted his head.

“contract? It says I’m in a temporary contract with [the one who inherited the Legion’s will]?”

“… … Are you talking about me?”

“You are right.”

“… … Right.”

Without signing a contract, I immediately sent swarms of jellyfish all over the planet.

Let’s take a look at how the world works.

“… … But strangely, I feel very dirty.”

And, my hunches have never been wrong.

* * *

People with different looks and clothes were huddled together.

Some wore uniforms like in [The World of Gangho], some wore suits and coats that looked like people from Earth, and some wore armor all over their bodies.

And in front of them, there stood a man with a shady atmosphere wearing something like a black raincoat.

A man blushed and screamed and lunged at him, and at one of his gestures his head exploded like a ripe watermelon.

Those who witnessed this cruel scene in front of their eyes fell to the ground in terror, and they were tried.

The one wearing black clothes urged them to make a ‘contract’ and ‘mission’ to those who had been kidnapped from another dimension.

[The Goddess’ Game begins.]

[Make a contract with the goddess.]

[Perform the mission.]

[Kill all the contracts of the other goddesses and become the final winner of this game.]

The abductees were confused by this unimaginable situation, and the goddesses laughed at them through messages.

Those who signed the contract were given basic equipment and [ability] one by one, and immediately started running to kill those who chose other goddesses.

It was a game for those who kidnapped humans and watched their fights.

“… … Wow, this really sucks.”

When the abductees all completed their contracts and immediately began their struggle for survival, only one stood bare-chested.

“I don’t know what kind of bastards they are, but they also kidnapped people living in Gangho’s world and Earth? Aren’t these bastards, bastards who ate their heads with plenty of hot soup?”

A black-clad man began approaching him, but the man showed no agitation.

[Why did you give up on choosing the constellation behind it?]

[Have you given up on the game?]

[Those who give up the game will die here without going further.]

The man smiled at him as he approached to kill him, a very fishy smile that only those who took so many lives could have.

【Constellation? The constellation is a horn or a manager who is not a horn or a manager.

The man’s eyes began to glow brilliantly in an instant.

Quaang-!!!

With a huge sound that shook all directions, this time the head of the person who tried to touch the ruler of the Legion was shattered.

The people who were fighting around them were shocked to see this scene.

【You all searched, you bastards.】

The ruler of the Legion announces planetary conquest.