The Civil Servant Who Concealed Their True Strength Turns Out to be a Master of Possession - Chapter 254

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A Civil Servant Who Hides His Strength Is Exceptionally Good at Possession – Episode 254
This episode contains descriptions that may cause discomfort or fear to some readers, as well as depictions involving ‘creatures with many legs.’
Readers sensitive to such content are advised to exercise caution while enjoying this episode.
I… I want to lay eggs…
I… to lay eggs, I need to eat…
Eggs…
Eggs…
‘Damn it! Stop thinking about eggs!’
I barely regained my senses and gazed at the ants surrounding me.
That’s right.
I am currently…
‘A Queen Ant.’
And my true body is currently back there inside Kang Si-bang’s stomach along with him, Imalra, and Baek Hee-ryeong, among others.
Time Remaining: 09:30
My plan was simple.
If I cannot move the people, I will move the monsters.
When the Queen Ant moves, the Worker Ants will move along with her.
They believe they must protect the Queen Ant.
So even now, the Worker Ants keep approaching my massive body and hovering around it.
They seemed to be trying to control me with something like pheromones without saying anything.
-What are you doing?
-You should return to the eggs.
-Are you lacking food?
-There’s no shortage of food.
Or not.
Rather than control…
‘It feels as if all the Worker Ants and eggs attached here are fragments of my own body, and I’m trying to move those body fragments as I please…?’
In other words, it felt like having one leg pinned under a scissors while trying to move with the other leg.
In short, it was disgusting.
‘Damn it.’
I forcibly moved my sluggish body, and each time I did, the Worker Ants followed me.
It was half a success just that the Worker Ants weren’t bringing other prey wandering somewhere in the dungeon.
It was at that moment.
Upright.
I lifted my antennae in an instant.
Hmm…?
‘That looks delicious.’
Suddenly, such a thought consumed me.
But I couldn’t tell if this thought was simply my own, or if it came from the Worker Ants surrounding me.
We were moving like a single body tissue.
-Food!
-Food!
My mind grew chaotic.
The thought that I needed to consume food to lay eggs, and lay eggs to sustain our colony.
It was the moment that thought struck me with overwhelming intensity.
The worker ants detached from my body and headed somewhere.
Three o’clock direction.
I saw the people gathered there.
I gazed upon trembling young children, Gu Jae-yong, and those equipped with hunter-grade items.
“Get to the back for now. Everyone.”
I could tell.
They were presidential security guards. Those over there must be hunters.
What they were most vigilant about wasn’t the worker ants rushing toward them.
-Food will come soon.
-We need to eat the food and lay eggs prolifically.
-The ‘colony’ must persist.
-That is our survival.
-We will hunt for you.
Me.
It was unmistakably a Queen Giant Ant that looked like a boss monster.
Ugh…!
I watched the worker ants moving against my will and thought.
They outnumber me.
It’s true I’m S-rank, but if I eliminate these worker ants one by one—all at least B-rank—while reducing civilian casualties over there?
There’s no way.
Which means physical methods won’t work—
‘But there’s another method, isn’t there.’
I’ve learned something through countless possessions.
Possession isn’t simply about my body changing.
I can access that person’s thoughts, emotions, and even deeper—their memories.
Didn’t I experience this with Imalra?
‘A truly deep possession can even penetrate that person’s memories.’
But can I access the unconscious mind of my possession target?
I haven’t tested that yet.
But just because I haven’t tested it—
‘Doesn’t mean I can’t do it.’
My skill isn’t even S-rank; it’s EX-rank.
‘Hungry.’
I slowly sent a signal through my mind.
The same way the worker ants had signaled me.
It was as though the worker ants were an extension of my limbs, and I had become the mind controlling them.
‘I’m so hungry.’
At my thought, the antennae of the worker ants began to rise one by one.
They froze in their tracks.
‘I need food.’
‘Not something this small.’
I sent a stronger signal to the worker ants, my consciousness pressing against theirs.
‘Food that can be absorbed quickly.’
As my signal reached them, the worker ants turned toward me in unison.
‘I’m so hungry.’
‘I think I’m dying.’
The worker ants rushed toward me.
They weren’t attacking me.
They were offering their limbs and bodies to my mouth.
They were sacrificing themselves to me.
-Eat me.
-Hurry.
-You need to satisfy your hunger.
The worker ants urgently fed themselves to me.
-The ‘colony’ must survive.
I began consuming them one by one.
Without hesitation, for the sake of the ‘colony’.

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“What are they doing?”
The security guards stood frozen before this bizarre spectacle.
Security personnel who had been escorting the President only to be caught in a sudden dungeon break.
Their ranks were merely C and D at best.
Of course, they possessed abilities far superior to ordinary civilians, but before these colossal monsters, their strength was utterly powerless.
While they barely managed to report the President’s disappearance and searched for countermeasures, they encountered students who had come on a museum field trip.
Gu Jae-yong found himself conflicted.
‘Should I evacuate the students first?’
For now, keeping the children here while prioritizing the search for the President was the most urgent matter.
But if he voiced that decision aloud right now…
‘The morale of the already demoralized security guards would plummet even further.’
With that thought, he observed the renewed spark of determination in the security guards’ eyes at the prospect of rescuing the children.
For that reason, while searching for an exit with the children, they encountered ‘it’.
A far more colossal Queen Ant, surrounded by B-rank massive creatures.
‘It’s roughly the size of the National Assembly Building.’
We’re finished.
Gu Jae-yong laughed bitterly at that thought.
This is where my life ends.
Gu Jae-yong had his own dreams.
Through his work as a human rights lawyer and his involvement with civic organizations, he harbored a very ‘modest’ dream—to prevent large guilds from manipulating the world through their tyranny.
It wasn’t merely because his parents had squandered their entire fortune falling into the Hunter Church during his childhood.
It wasn’t only because those parents had subsequently dragged his younger sister and older brother into the Hunter Church as well.
It was because he understood all too well that humanity’s faith in Hunters, their reliance on overwhelming power for their security, could ultimately lead the entire world toward ruin.
But if he perished here, it wouldn’t simply mean the end of his own life.
With the President now missing, consumed by monsters that had even occupied the National Assembly Building, the Hunters’ influence would only grow stronger.
Since it had come to this, he had to at least find the President and preserve his life.
To do that—
‘I should buy time here instead.’
Even if devoured, he had to resist to the end and buy precious time.
With that resolve, he gripped a weapon item in his hand—one that would prove ineffective against ordinary people.
Then he turned his gaze toward the security guards.
He wondered what he would say if he told them to scatter and each become bait one by one.
Would any sane person agree to become food filling the ants’ bellies for the President’s sake?
It was at that moment.
Something strange occurred.
The Queen Ant was devouring the worker ants.
Or more precisely—
‘The worker ants were offering their own bodies to be consumed…!’
Watching the worker ants gather near the Queen Ant’s mouth and be ground away by her mandibles, Gu Jae-yong furrowed his brow.
What is that?
But that was when it happened.
The communication equipment of the security guards, whom I thought had been completely neutralized, suddenly sprang to life.
Their communication devices were designed to operate only within a certain range.
Which meant….
[Team A entering. If anyone has spotted Number One, please respond.]
It meant the Special Forces had entered the dungeon.
“W-what do we do?”
The security guards tensed, their eyes still fixed on the Queen Ant.
Gu Jae-yong spoke to the guards.
“There’s nothing to do about it.”
Gu Jae-yong gestured with his chin toward the trembling children and spoke.
“Get the kids out of here first. They’ll be torn in half.”
There was no need for anyone to become ant food anymore.
Color gradually returned to the children’s faces.
And then another transmission cut through.
[Heonsu National Intelligence Service is also entering. Number One is unknown, but….]
Heonsu National Intelligence Service?
It shouldn’t be their turn yet…!
[If anyone has spotted Lee Yu-ji, raise your hand.]
A cold voice flowed through the communication device, and the Queen Ant continued eagerly….
Crunch, crunch.
devouring the Worker Ants.

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