Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 276

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The Destruction God bit its tail to form a ring, and a vortex possessing suction force akin to a black hole shot toward me.
When I fought Cagron, I couldn’t see that vortex. But because my body had learned to recognize that ability through our battle, I could now perceive it with my eyes.
“If I can see it, I can dodge it!”
I zigzagged to evade the vortex, drawing closer to the Administrator’s Dimension.
Since returning to Earth from Cagron, my abilities had grown stronger, and even my enemies’ attacks became visible. However, a vortex from a being called a god was far from simple.
The vortex, magnified dozens of times in size, accelerated further, closing the distance to me in an instant.
“Damn it!”
The vortex caught my foot.
Without a moment’s hesitation, I severed my leg and changed direction, but the suction force exceeded my propulsive power.
My entire body was caught in the vortex.
Even as I expelled my life force as fuel, the distance between me and the Destruction God only grew closer.

“Ah… It’s truly hopeless?”
My opponent was a monster that devoured the branches of the World Tree containing dimensions. There was no escape.
“Well, I’ve brought it this far. That’s enough.”
The Administrator’s Dimension clinging to the withered branch was now extremely close.
I was sucked into the vortex and absorbed by the Destruction God.
As the only light that had shone in the Void vanished, darkness descended once more.
The Destruction Gods stared at the tumor containing the Destruction God’s Dimension, but that black mass didn’t appear particularly appetizing to them. Moreover, the branch beneath it—they instinctively knew it was dangerous.
The Destruction Gods began to dissolve back into the darkness.
Then, directly above the tumor, a red light spread once more.
“Come… Hurry now. Your belly isn’t full yet, is it?”
Green, my other body, released life force from atop the tumor, radiating brilliant light.
Green had dealt with Earth’s Gate and arrived through the Gate that Gaff had opened belatedly.
Even now that the Administrator had isolated his own Dimension, the Administrator’s Gate continued to open from within Earth.
Normally, the Hunters who would slay monsters had all been petrified, so Green had swept through the interior to prevent a break.
It was a blessing that the number of Gates hadn’t increased, suggesting that the unconscious Gaia was still providing her strength.
While I drew the Destruction God closer, Green attacked the shell of the Administrator’s Dimension from below.
As expected, the shell remained unbroken. For the next phase of my plan, Green spread roots in all directions and connected itself to the withered World Tree branch as well.
And now Green burned its life force to become another beacon. There were no more clones left.
The Destruction Gods merely gazed at the light of my life force radiating from atop the tumor, not moving immediately.
That prey appeared more delicious than what they’d just consumed, but the World Tree branch beneath terrified them. Even a withered branch could extend thin tendrils that would seize and kill them if they ventured too close.
“Come here! You stupid beasts!”
I burned my life force to brighten the light further. Drawing power from the World Tree branch I’d connected to beforehand, my life force’s radiance expanded dozens of times over. The branch beneath became invisible beneath the immense luminescence.
These Destruction Gods were naturally drawn to the life force within branches. They had never witnessed such abundance of life force in the Void.
Though the Destruction Gods’ abilities were worthy of the title “divine,” in truth they were merely beings driven by instinct.
With the branch hidden by the light of life force, the Destruction Gods could no longer resist the allure of that prey.
They crawled through the dark space like water snakes.
“Yes… Come… Come…”
“Damn it! What have you done?!”
The Manager’s astral form burst through the tumor wall that had been blocking the way.
“Exactly what you tried to do to our world.”
The newly emerged Manager’s astral form had a different face, but Ji-seok recognized him instantly. There was no one else who could appear in this space.
“You plan to die here with me?”
“That works too.”
The Destruction God’s approach visibly accelerated. While Ji-seok remained composed, the Manager couldn’t hide his anxiety.
“Damn!”
The approaching Destruction God bit its tail, forming a ring. It was preparing to create an absorption vortex.
“Don’t think you’ll die peacefully! Even if my ambitions fail, I’ll make sure you die in the most agonizing way possible!”
The Manager’s avatar, who had been locked in a staring contest with Ji-seok, retreated back into the tumor and vanished, while the Destruction God began its absorption.
The branches Ji-seok had scattered throughout the tumor, along with their vital force, were sucked into the Destruction God’s vortex.
“Ugh… At this rate, I’ll really die with it.”
Most of Ji-seok’s branches were torn away and absorbed by the Destruction God, and even the tumor’s shell—which Ji-seok had been unable to break—crumbled and was pulled in.
Ji-seok extended his branches, pouring out vital force to make the tumor’s surface glow even more brilliantly.
“Come on! Delicious prey! Consume it!”
Though weakened, Ji-seok remained connected to the World Tree’s original branches, so vital force overflowed through his body.
The tumor’s shell was nearly torn open, and the universe within became slightly visible. At this rate, the Manager’s universe would be destroyed completely.
“Hmm?”
When Ji-seok sensed something and turned around, the World Tree’s branches were growing extremely thin.
“No!”
The World Tree had detected the Destruction God and was attempting to save it. If the smaller branches grew in earnest, they could devour the Destruction God.
Ji-seok fired an aura blast, sweeping away the smaller branches. The Destruction Gods couldn’t be consumed before the tumor was completely absorbed.
At that moment, a Gate opened outside the tumor, and countless black masses poured forth from within it.
The black masses offered no resistance to the Destruction God’s absorption and were sucked in obediently.
One of the black masses, being pulled in listlessly, shattered just before disappearing, and with a brilliant flash of light, everything around it froze in place. Even the Destruction God.
“So there was a hidden card after all.”
Ji-seok had anticipated this situation too. A being who constructed lighthouses and sacrificed other dimensions to protect his own would surely have one final trump card.
The World Tree’s smaller branches, judging that the threat had vanished, crumbled of their own accord and soon disappeared entirely.
“This wasn’t supposed to be used now… It was prepared for a worst-case scenario!”
The Manager burst out again, shouting.
“Where… where are you?!”
But Ji-seok was already gone from that spot.
“I’m here.”
Ji-seok hurled himself into the interior of the tumor through the crack in its broken shell.
“You dare attack my dimension, my planet directly? Even if you’re abnormal, do you really think a mere human can withstand the power of my true form?”
“Just me?”
Ji-seok grinned wickedly. Then he hurled a device he’d kept in his pocket into the cosmic space.
The device spun through the air before detonating, creating a spatial rift.
Ji-seok enlarged himself, approached the rift, and tore the space apart with both hands.
A small vessel emerged first from the forcibly opened Gate, followed by larger warships bursting through in succession.
The Ark—Rigen’s fleet, assembled from all of Earth’s technology.
“How?! The humans should have been immobilized?!”
“True, the main force of Earth humans are all frozen solid. But I happen to have quite a few friends.”
The deck was packed with warriors and mages from Luna City, Metalim from Mars, and Tellus.
“Damn it!”
The Manager’s avatar, who had been acting leisurely, belatedly rushed into the tumor. Behind him, the gap in the tumor was closing.
“Main cannon. Fire!”
At Jae-in’s command from her wheelchair, the main cannon discharged, and a white beam struck the Manager’s avatar directly, scattering it to pieces.
“Hmph. Did you think I’d keep taking this?”
The power of the main cannon, which had gathered the heightened resolve of all the Survivor Alliance Fleet, was more than enough to push back the Manager, a being of pure spirit.
And the tumor sealed completely.
“Everything’s gone according to plan so far.”
“Was this a good idea? This….”
Ji-seok felt uneasy about pouring every available combat force into this operation. He would have preferred to evacuate everyone to another dimension instead.
“I cannot be recorded in Metalim’s history as a king who abandoned his benefactor and fled.”
Ban Adamant, King of Metalim, approached. Having completely shed his boyish appearance, he now bore the resolute face befitting a monarch. Behind him stood Ridi, Ban’s wife and a warrior.
“All the children and non-combatants have been evacuated to safety, so please do not worry.”
“Hmm….”
“I am weary of this life of running. I will fight at your side.”
The delegation from Luna City also stepped forward.
“If the King were to fall, would my workload not increase considerably?”
Alex, the Minister of Newus and its de facto ruler, joined them as well. Grand Masters stood behind him.
“How is the situation in Tellus?”
“Eres is holding back the monsters by casting darkness upon the world, but the war situation remains grim. Because of this, only Newus forces are able to participate, and I am deeply sorry for it.”
“No. It’s a blessing in disguise that we don’t have to defend Tellus thanks to Eres.”
Despite Earth’s suffering, seeing so many stand behind him filled Ji-seok with reassurance.
All eyes turned toward Ji-seok.
“My trusted allies! Today, let us end this long and arduous struggle! Let us protect our families! Our homes! Our future!!”
Ji-seok’s words echoed through each vessel.
“Uuuaaahhh!!!”
The roar of the allied forces thundered forth.
“Forward!”
Gates opened before each vessel.
They had entered the Administrator’s Dimension, but the distance to the Administrator’s Planet was vast, requiring another Gate transit.
The flagship carrying Ji-seok and Jae-in passed through the Gate first, followed by the other vessels one by one.
The Gate transported the fleet to a location not far from the Administrator’s Planet.
The sun of the solar system containing the Administrator’s Planet had already exceeded its lifespan, and having been severed from the World Tree, it no longer received the Spirit Realm’s power, its light dimming further.
“That’s it, right?”
Jae-in asked, having only seen the Administrator’s Planet in Ji-seok’s memories.
“That’s right.”
“Shall we start with a light greeting first?”
Jae-in turned around, and soon a Newus Warrior handed her a steel briefcase.
Jae-in opened the case, and inside lay a red switch covered with a transparent protective cover.
“That… what is it?”
Ji-seok sensed an ominous aura emanating from the briefcase resting on Jae-in’s lap.
“What else? It’s a missile launch button.”
Jae-in flicked the transparent cover open with her thumb.
“A mana core?”
“We’ve mixed nuclear warheads in there too. Why? Should we not fire it?”
“No. Fire it.”
Had it been any other planet, neither Ji-seok nor Jae-in would have ever resorted to such inhumane weapons, but the Manager was a different matter entirely.
“Those are the words I’ve been waiting to hear! Battleship missile launch sequence initiated! All hands, brace for impact!”
At Jae-in’s command, countless hatches along the hulls of each vessel opened, and missile warheads emerged, their tips gleaming.

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