The World of Masks

Charles and his superpowers rush straight to the altar, shouting for nothing but progress. But as time went by, it slowed down.

"It really is endless! '

A purr emerges. Charles turns around, a charcoal chunk of skeleton, moving his jaw and swinging his sword pointlessly. Enemies, enemies, enemies everywhere.

When I was a kid, I remembered ants pouring out of the anthill I saw in the town square. Of course, they weren't as cute as ants. They were bigger, more vicious, more powerful.

“Sir, we're running out of time. ”

If we are surrounded, we will not reach the altar and destroy the world.

Yes, but you've made more progress than expected.

“That's right.”

Obviously the first phase of the operation was a success. No, you could say it was a huge success. It should be much more difficult to make progress than expected. This is encouraging enough as it is closer to the altar than planned.

But Charles' expression was not so good. No, it wasn't that bad. It was a very sad face.

'I was hoping to get into the building like this.'

But his thoughts ended with only hope.

So let's move on to step two.

Gear falls to order. That was like a death sentence for a lot of people.

Whoa!

The superpowers shouted in unison. Then it started to spread out everywhere. We haven't been able to see each other in formation and support each other. They rush at the moving monsters to form a thick siege net.

Charles looks at them poorly.

What kind of emotion was in that scream? Courage? Faith? Fear? Hate? Charles couldn't figure it out. However, I could only imagine that their backs were so large that they ran towards the enemies.

[Let's move, too. I understand your concern, but if you don't, their sacrifice will be a dog's death.]

“Okay. ”

Ueron is right. We cannot make their sacrifice a dog's death.

Charles turns his head. I forcibly close my eyes to my colleagues who are crushed by the monster's large fist or chewed to death by their sharp teeth or stabbed to death by a sharp knife.

“Let's go.”

Charles runs with a group.

These were the real main forces for this purpose. A Special Forces unit tasked with storming the altar and killing the world.

And the rest were just bait.

At first, all superpowers unite to penetrate the defense line. Their defenses will be relatively shallow as they scatter their forces throughout the metropolitan area. It's a quick push. But there will be limits. Since the difference in power is absolute, at some point the siege will be completed and superpowers will be weighed among them. Before that, we'll put up a battle. The user scatters its superpowers, except for the user's main line before the target's siege is complete. And use your life as collateral to block the enemy's sight and stall for time.

The mission was to get only a handful of the main force inside the altar.

You shout and scream behind you, and the main squad quickly moves away from there. However, unlike the frenzied lures, they try to move quietly. I had to stay out of sight as much as possible.

What's the status of the operation?

“Damn smooth. ”

Yeah, that was fucking smooth.

Priya, who was running next to Charles, flinches.

Charles!

Ueron shouts.

“· · · · · · · Sorry. I'm sorry, sir. ”

No, thank you. because I know that's not the case, and I'm not mad at me.

“Thank you."

That's because it's so stressful. About this situation, and about the helpless self.

Keep that rage. Keep it under control and then unravel it to the damn world.

“Yes, absolutely. ”

However, please continue to be cautious elsewhere. We must prepare not only for the world, but also for the goddess Reyna and the traitor Seohyun.

Seo Yoo-hwan. When the name came out, Charles' eyes flashed.

“I'm telling you. ”

Arongo, who has been running silently beside Charles, opens his mouth.

“I'm the one who'll deal with him. Don't get me wrong. ”

“I know. ”

When I met the plague, I was Charles who wanted to be irresistible and skeletal, but this time I was assigned to deal with the plague. Charles, who had the most power, had to get into the structure and kill the world.

“I'll be sure to concede. So... ”

Charles' brain reminds me of the face of the plague. That vile, ugly look.

“Kill him like an animal as soon as you see him! ”

“I'll keep that in mind.”

Arongo answered decisively.

* * *

The pandemic moves cautiously. He also entered Seoul a little distance from where AMSS had entered and hid his movements as far away from combat as possible.

Of course, it was very difficult. The power of light, which is his superpower, was one of the reasons why the impact was so glamorous.

Though not as supernatural as Charles's ability to appeal to its existence in both light and sound, his ability is also not thoroughly suited to infiltration.

But the pandemic did its best. The building and its ruins have been used thoroughly. When you encounter a monster or undead, you hide or divert, and a handful of monsters or undead advance by surprise.

'We need to get to that structure first.'

A larger and more spectacular architecture than any other after arriving in Seoul. AMSS was clearly targeting the structure.

Pucheng!

Light from the finger of the Plague pierces the monster's head.

Pucheng! Pucheng!

A few more strands of light spread out. Monsters come crashing forward, swarming in small groups wherever they run.

The remains run past the bodies of the monsters. Due to the confusing attention of AMSS, the pandemic was able to move relatively easily.

All right, let's keep this under wraps! '

In particular, do not encounter people in AMSS. On the day Charles meets, there will be a massive attack without warning.

However, the distraction was a bit of a relief.

The sound of the AMSS battle was coming from miles away. If we don't get close enough, we won't encounter any AMSS characters, and that's how the pandemic thinks.

“Huh?"

That's why, when you encounter Charles' group, you have no choice but to stifle them with a stupid voice.

Charles' eyes flutter wide as he confirms the remains.

“Charles Lemington! ”

Alongo's voice hits Charles' eardrum with a strong will. Charles' eyes sank.

- What's going on?

“I've found the sewer. ”

Charles confidently reported to Jin. Somehow inside, Charles was in complete control of his surface emotions.

Mr. Charles, I need you on a mission.

“I understand.”

Charles signals to the people behind him. Those who stared at the traitor Seohyun with hateful eyes nod.

“Here we go.”

The people who wielded Charles began to turn and move again.

“Tea · · · · · · · · ·! ”

The sickness tried to invoke Charles unconsciously. But he couldn't finish his sentence and had to step back.

Boo-hoo!

A giant ice pillar forms in the place where there was a plague. If I hadn't avoided it, I would have been trapped in that ice cube and made a wonderful ice cube. The pandemic turns its head.

“Arongo. ”

The longest known superpower with Charles was there.

He's still a familiar black face with no face. However, the long-standing epidemic was able to read the emotion of anger in his expressions.

“Arongo! Low ”

“A message.”

A voice filled with the feeling of not wanting to mix words cut off the words of the plague.

“I don't know why you betrayed me, or what richer movies you tried to cling to. I don't care anymore. ”

The words coming out of Arongo's mouth surprised me a little. Arongo doesn't talk like that much he knows. But soon I remembered what Arongo said just before.

Herald!

That's not what Arongo said, that's what someone else is saying.

It's a message from Mr. Charles. '

I noticed the pandemic.

“But you betrayed your friend, your colleague, and you inflicted great harm on the world. There is nothing to atone for that sin. In no way can you get rid of your sins. I don't want to hear your excuses. I don't want to hear your excuses. ”

“No! Mr. Alongo! What am I saying? ”

“So!”

The word of the Plague ends with Arongo's words again.

“Die! ”

Kwajijijik!

The ambient temperature drops in an instant. The ice rapidly spreads around the ground that Arongo was treading on. The ice was not enough to cover the ground. Climbed up the wall and turned the building into a cool ice sculpture. Climbed down the sewers and exerted its influence underground.

It won't take long for the surrounding city to turn into an ice city.

Bedroom!

A chunk of ice rises from the surroundings of Arongo. They rotate slowly around Arongo as if escorting.

Ugh!

Arongo waves his hand.

Kuang!

A column of ice falls from the air. An enormous mass has overwhelmed everything below. However, I did not achieve my goal. There were no bodies of remains under the ice column.

'Did you run away?'

Before the ice falls, his body glows. I felt like I was moving in the light of that pride.

'As expected, that technique is annoying.'

But I was prepared.

Kuc!

Arongo's ear catches a small rupture. I triggered a conditionally reflexive ability without a thought.

“Aah!”

You hear a short scream.

[Gotcha!]

Hearing Einz's cheer, Arongo starts running to the place where he heard the screams. A small chunk of ice protrudes from above the ground beneath his feet.

The pandemic was just a few miles away. I was wearing an impression with an arm in my hand. However, no other injuries were seen.

'You got rid of it.'

You see a frozen arm detached from the foot of the plague. It seemed to have taken advantage of his other ability, regeneration.

[It's not like cutting a lizard's tail off.]

'I agree.'

However, there is no denying that it is a truly annoying ability. No matter how much you attack, most of the damage will go back to zero. Abdulla Sarafi, an original superpower with regenerative abilities, said that Charles Lemington's lightning bolt was able to withstand and penetrate head-on. Of course, the regenerative capacity of the pandemic is not that high.

But the trouble was the same with the pandemic.

'Why did you freeze everything around you?'

Move your feet a little. A small ice shatters and makes a sound. No matter how far you go into the light, you have to make a sound on this ice. Arongo's hearing will never be missed. Nevertheless, this land of ice cannot be moved far enough at once.

'You have to fight.'

It seemed like I had no choice but to prepare myself. The distraction caught my mind.