Murim Login - Chapter 572

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Chapter 572
What in the world was happening?
It blinked slowly, a question surfacing in its consciousness.
Having lived my entire existence enslaved to instinct, suddenly possessing such advanced intelligence felt utterly disorienting.
Yet I could comprehend the situation unfolding around me.
– A human.
Yes. That human, precisely.
A peculiar species, small and strange in appearance. Cursed creatures who occasionally invaded and ravaged the Black Sea where I dwelled.
Throughout countless ages, I had battled these humans, driven by innate instinct and fury—and today proved no different.
But….
– What was that human?
Dozens of humans had breached the Black Sea.
Beneath their weapons and magic, even the Merman with his magnificent fins and the Siren with her enchanting song fell, spraying blood across the waters.
And when I, sensing defeat, desperately resisted them, one human stepped forward.
‘Let us end this.’
An ordinary-looking human. Smaller in frame than the Merman, lacking the beauty of the Siren.
Yet I understood instinctively—this human alone possessed the power to kill me in this moment.
The other humans, however, disagreed.
‘Dong-seok. Sorry, but what are you saying?’
‘What do you mean during a Raid Team operation? You mad bastard. Get out of the way.’
‘That’s rather difficult. I have something I must do.’
‘Something you must do? Dong-seok. What are you talking about?’
‘I told you. I will see it through.’
‘Wait. Dong-seok. I simply don’t understand this situation….’
Whoosh.
‘D-Dong-seok?’
‘W-wait, Driver Kim’s team! That thing there…!’
Slash, crunch!
Confusion became chaos. Chaos became conflict. Conflict became battle. Battle spawned death.
Crack!
‘Ugh, grrgh…!’
One against many. Yet the disparity in power was absolute.
In moments, the human slaughtered every ally who stood against him, then approached me where I lay wounded on the ground.
And he offered something utterly mesmerizing, radiating overwhelming power. Along with words I could not comprehend.
‘Absorb it. It is a gift from That Person to you.’
There was no choice. Exhausted from the prolonged battle, I lacked the strength or will to strike down the human before me.
Only the intoxicating aroma emanating from that object consumed my awareness.
Mana.
It was pure mana.
The primordial force I had possessed since birth—an irresistible, delectable sustenance.
Whoooosh.
At last, when the brief meal concluded, ‘it’ became aware of its transformed self.
A frame grown incomparably vaster than before, and within it, a torrent of formidable mana surging without restraint.
The sprawling landscape of the Black Sea where it had dwelled until now suddenly felt profoundly alien.
This was as if….
‘It would feel cramped, wouldn’t it?’
At the human’s words drifting up from the distant depths below, ‘it’ nodded absently.
Yes. It was cramped. The Black Sea that had once felt so boundlessly vast was now far too small and pathetic for its residence.
Then what should I do now?
‘Venture outward. There exists a vaster sea.’
Truly, a crystalline answer. The newly reborn ‘it’ gazed down upon the human who had so thoroughly resolved its dilemma.
– Thank. You.
‘…!’
And that was the end.
Crack! Crunch!
Even the human who had felt so formidable could not stand as an opponent to this completely reborn existence.
‘It’ coiled around the pitiful, diminutive form and crushed it in a single motion, then awakened the latent power dwelling within its body.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!
Simultaneously, the space where ‘it’ had dwelled—the Black Sea itself—trembled.
Mana-infused waves swallowed the corpses of humans and roused countless Mermaids and Sirens slumbering in the abyssal depths.
Beyond the ominous roars and the enchanting songs, mana transcending all limits surged violently. A dozen whirlwinds erupted around ‘it’, engulfing all directions.
Roooar!
A tempest tore through the once-tranquil Black Sea, rending the very space asunder.
Beyond the fissure, a dazzling light never before glimpsed and a new world revealed themselves.
Crash!
Nothing remained that could contain mana transcending all limits.
Recognizing at last that the moment had arrived, ‘it’ transformed itself into a colossal wave and surged toward the new sea.
Leading countless Mermaids and Sirens clinging to its body.
Crack! Roooar!
The sunlight it experienced for the first time was painfully scorching, the endless expanse of azure sea was breathtakingly vast, and the frozen forms of humans were sufficient to awaken the ferocity ‘it’ had momentarily forgotten.
– Death. To. All.
Monster Wave. The beginning of another calamity.
– Ahhh, ahhhhh!
Humans who had been fleeing turned back as if bewitched by the Siren’s enchanting melody, and they swiftly became prey for the Mermaids.
Splurt! Splurt, splurt, splurt!
In moments, screams and death blanketed the sandy shore. Humans possessed of special abilities rushed forth, yet they could not stand against ‘it’.
Whoosh, crack!
A single blow.
With one leg swung with full force, a dozen humans were pulverized to dust. Humans were truly contemptible and fragile creatures.
– To. Wider. Places.
With the vast blue sea in its grasp, ‘that thing’ knew no restraint. After systematically landing a thousand subordinates upon the shore, it swam deeper into the abyss.
Shwooooosh.
Easy. Everything was astonishingly easy.
Humans were weak, and I was strong. I needed to imprint this truth upon those insignificant creatures.
‘That thing’ stirred the mana coiled within its body to life. Simultaneously, its limbs—multiplied from the original eight to dozens—churned the water’s surface.
Roooaaarrr!
Waves dozens of meters high surged forth.
Nothing could withstand waves infused with such formidable mana. Everything humanity had built with their own hands shattered and sank.
And the same fate befell that which stood long and vast upon the sea.
Kuuuuung!
The waves struck the suspension bridge known as Gwangandaegyo Bridge.
The expansive defensive magic installed as a precaution crumbled beneath waves carrying immeasurable mana, severing the bridge’s central span with precision.
“Kyaaahhh!”
“S-save us…!”
Bang! Baaaang!
‘That thing’ beheld the spectacle it had wrought.
The collapsing bridge and the screams of terrified humans. Even the deafening noise spewing from the unidentified object. Everything was satisfying.
Or at least, it was—until that moment came.
Shiiing! Pwooom!
It happened in an instant.
Two hundred Mermen turned to pools of blood beneath the relentless flashes of light descending from the void.
And in that same moment, I noticed the presence of a human suspended in the distant sky.
– Wh… what?
Could humans fly?
As that single question flickered through ‘that thing’s’ mind, the human descended gracefully, its feet touching the ground.
Squelch.
The human, stepping upon pools of green blood, stared directly at me. Sunlight caught the angled spear blade, scattering into brilliant fragments.
– Th… th… th…
Before the painfully blinding light, ‘that thing’ groaned. And made a decision.
– D… d… die.
In that moment when a malevolent crimson glow flickered in the two eyes set upon its head, dozens of legs lashed the water’s surface with tremendous mana.
Guuuung! Roooaaarrr!
Another colossal wave surged forth. ‘That thing,’ having summoned a calamity that now obscured the sunlight, launched itself forward with a deafening roar.
– Grrrooooowwwwlll!
And there, where the terror of the sea—the Kraken—was headed, stood a single human.
* * *
It was perhaps inevitable that the waves engulfing Gwangandaegyo Bridge had not arisen naturally.
After the great upheaval, countless structures were reborn by combining the advantages of magic and science, and the Gwangandaegyo Bridge, counted among Busan’s landmarks, was no exception.
‘But the fact that the powerful defensive magic woven into Gwangandaegyo Bridge was shattered by the waves…’
The answer was already clear. What the waves carried was far more than salt and seaweed.
It was because of some entity that had torn through the boundaries of the world and revealed itself in this realm.
I exhaled sharply and gripped the spear shaft with all my strength.
“Come in. You squid bastard.”
And it—the Kraken—did not refuse my invitation.
Whoooosh!
Dozens of tentacles came hurtling down with tremendous piercing force. The suckers positioned at regular intervals were so massive they resembled black holes.
‘Damn it.’
Who the hell said an octopus had eight legs?
Inwardly clicking my tongue at the greater number of tentacles than expected, I channeled my energy through them.
Crack. Boom!
Spider-web fractures spread across the solid ground before exploding outward in a violent burst.
The recoil launched me through the spaces between the Kraken’s massive tentacles.
Accompanied by the trajectory of white flames that descended like lightning.
Slash!
Several tentacles, each as thick as a log, were severed cleanly.
Though they were relatively thin at the tips, pain was something anyone could feel.
The Kraken’s tentacle, which had been about to strike the Gwangandaegyo Bridge where I’d been standing moments before, trembled and lashed at the water’s surface.
Crash!
I’d evaded the attack, but it wasn’t over.
‘The location isn’t ideal.’
Though the Gwangandaegyo Bridge had already collapsed nearly in half, survivors still crowded the surrounding area. The screams echoing from behind me were proof of that.
Fighting the Kraken in these conditions would likely result in unexpected casualties.
‘If this continues….’
Considering the battlefield, the surrounding environment, and my objective, there was only one answer left.
Whoosh. Step.
My feet touched empty air with a gentle stride.
Void Step. Though it consumed energy at an extreme rate and couldn’t be maintained long, I had no intention of prolonging this fight anyway.
Whoooosh!
There was nothing easier to attack than a target suspended in midair.
Toward the Kraken’s tentacles that flailed as if dancing, I brought my spear down at an angle.
Crack, shhhhhh!
Dozens of streams of blue flame split through the air and shot forward.
No matter how powerful the Kraken was, it couldn’t withstand qi force.
Slash! Crash!
The tentacles that had been aimed at every part of my body were severed in an instant.
Sizzle. As the heat carried by the qi force cauterized the severed sections, the Kraken let out a roar of agony.
– Gwaaaahhhhh!
Among all forms of pain, burns were known to be the most intense.
And I didn’t miss the moment it faltered.
Boom!
Compressed air erupted from my feet. The upright spear blade tore through the fierce wind as it plunged downward.
At its tip lay the massive face of the Kraken.
Shrieeeeeek!

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