14. Human (5)
14. Human (5)
Another world.
Transmigration to another world, something anyone who likes manga or novels dreams of.
I received an overwhelming ability called a Status Window, and not long after transmigrating, I became an A-Rank Adventurer, something rare even for a nation.
It felt like the world was made just for me.
I faced life-threatening crises at first. But I overcame them all.
With a Status Window, I could overcome any hardship or adversity.
This mission is very important.
I'm currently getting close to S-Rank.
An S-Rank Adventurer isn't just a city-level adventurer, but a national-level one; S-Rank is exactly what receives respect and cheers from many people.
The Adventurer Guild is currently reviewing whether I'm suitable for S-Rank.
If I wrap up this mission well, it will surely have a positive impact on the review. That's why I must succeed.
Over 20 missing persons. The disappearance of a B-Rank Adventurer party.
I knew it was a quest that wouldn't end easily, but I never expected new monsters to appear.
But as long as I have the Status Window ability that allowed me to survive in this unknown world, there's no problem.
Honestly, I thought the numerous new monsters called Ners could be handled by A-Rank Adventurer parties. The problem is the monster called Gluttony.
<Target Information>
Name: Gluttony
Age: ???
Race: Creature
Unique Ability: Gluttony (Devouring)
<Stats>
Health: LV.83
Strength: LV.78
Agility: LV.55
Mana: LV.0
I was flustered by the monstrous stats, but I gained hope from the fact that its Mana level was 0.
On top of that, one of the reasons this Status Window is so broken is that the target information includes the target's weaknesses and strategies.
Using the information obtained from the Status Window, I pushed Gluttony back with my adventurer colleagues.
Or so I thought.
The problem occurred not long after.
It was definitely difficult to deal with, but the battle continued without any major issues.
Cracks began to form in the front line that had been barely holding on.
It started with the death of one adventurer.
Even if it was close, the power gap wasn't enough for someone to die.
But as one adventurer died, a huge crack formed in the front line.
Once one person started dying, casualties began to pile up continuously.
Once the front line started to collapse, it was impossible to stop it, like a dam breaking and holding back a raging torrent.
"Gyaaaaaaah!"
"He, help meeeee!"
Puuk.
Kwajik. Kwajik. Kwajik. Kwajik. Kwajik.
Chwaak!
Screams began to be heard from all directions.
Only then did I realize something was wrong.
'I have to run.'
Suddenly, the monsters became strange.
It was clearly a fight we were winning. But suddenly, the monsters became stronger.
Unable to adapt to the strengthened monsters, the adventurers started dying.
Quickly grasping the situation, I slowly retreated so the other adventurers wouldn't notice.
After checking my surroundings, I gathered mana in my legs and ran away backward.
'I have to survive. I need to inform the city about this monster right now.'
Chwaak!
"Huh?"
My vision shook violently.
Kung.
I fell to the ground.
I don't have time to be doing this.
Get back up.
"Huh?"
I can't feel it.
I lifted my head and looked at my legs.
My legs are gone.
The legs that should be there are gone.
My legs had disappeared as if torn off by something.
The moment I realized that.
Pain flooded my entire body.
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!"
I grabbed my legs with both hands to stop the bleeding and screamed.
'It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!'
Pain I had never experienced before filled my brain.
'Po, potion. Potion...!'
I urgently reached into my Inventory and pulled out a potion.
Dalgeurak.
Because of the extreme pain, I couldn't put any strength into my hand and dropped the potion on the floor.
I tried to grab the potion and open the lid, but it wouldn't open.
I couldn't put any strength into it, and my hands kept slipping because of the blood.
I can't hear anything.
The place that was full of screams until just a moment ago is now silent.
"Ah..."
The surroundings went dark.
I lifted my head, and Gluttony was looking down at me.
==
Overwhelming.
All the adventurers are dead.
It's a completely different result from what I initially thought, but that doesn't matter at all.
Right now, I only need that human.
Amber, Yui, and Erina, three humans, have come to me, but my heart is pounding more than ever.
Came from the same Korea? I don't need that. This isn't Earth; it's a completely different other world.
Right now, I can eat powers like Mana and Holy Power. If so, wouldn't a Status Window be possible too?
Status Window.
The ability that Korean has is definitely a Status Window. Otherwise, there's no way he could know Gluttony's name and weakness unless he was a creature that entered my Hive Mind.
Perhaps knowing I was waiting, Gluttony hurried over to me.
Maybe because he lost too much blood, he's unconscious. But that doesn't matter.
I don't need this man anyway. I just need the ability inside him.
Earth? Korea? A way back?
I don't need it.
Going back to Korea would just be the same commute, same company, same work, same daily routine every day.
It's all useless.
I'd rather be not human now; I like this other world.
My goal is to protect my children, explore this other world, experience fun things, and heal.
Puuk.
I shoved my hand into the man's chest.
It went through the man's skin, flesh, and ribs as smoothly as poking a finger into tofu.
I grabbed his heart with my hand.
I absorbed all the energy I felt from the heart.
Delicious. It's definitely delicious.
There's no doubt that the existence called Mana is delicious enough to make the cells in my whole body rejoice.
And maybe because he's a transmigrator from Earth, he had a lot of Mana, so it felt even more delicious.
However.
'Hmm...'
'I gained the man's Mana, but I don't feel like I gained anything else at all.'
'Can't I eat Unique Abilities? That's a shame.'
Ah. It's such a shame.
Status Window. I wanted it so badly.
Right now, I have too little information.
The other world's nations, adventurers, Knights Order, magic, divinity, Unique Abilities, monsters, etc.
I've been learning from Amber, but it's not like it's stuck in my head and remembered.
How convenient would it have been if I could just click a Status Window whenever I didn't know something.
This man must have become this strong because of the Status Window.
The fact that he became an A-Rank Adventurer despite being a regular person from Earth, not an Otherworlder, means the Status Window is that broken of an ability.
I needed the Status Window so much. Though, if I could even eat Unique Abilities, that would be too game-breaking.
But it's not a game, so who cares if the balance is broken?
Though, saying that, my children alone are already game-breaking.
If I just made up my mind and woke them all up, this world would probably be eaten by them just like that. But if that happens, all the food will eventually disappear, and my children will end up eating each other and perish.
To prevent that, I have to control them with appropriate force.
No matter how many Breeding Farms we make, there will eventually be more humans produced by the humans in the rest of the world.
I have to maintain the human population appropriately to keep them producing humans.
"Tsk."
Now that I know I can't eat Unique Abilities, the man is useless.
I lifted the man, who had died with his heart crushed, and threw him to Gluttony, who was next to me.
Teopseok.
I briefly considered using Moss to save him, but Moss isn't infinite. Moss, who stores the Cell Activator, is finite, and I don't want to use it on the man.
It's true that the Status Window is broken, but I don't want to keep the man with me just for that.
No matter how much I'm a Queen, I was ultimately a human male.
I patted the head of Gluttony, who was happy to eat the man, and headed to my bedroom.
==
As soon as I entered the bedroom, the human women inside were startled when they saw me.
It seems Amber, Yui, and Erina were all gathered and talking.
But why are they surprised to see me? Unpleasant? As soon as I thought that, I noticed the state of my body.
Half of my body was covered in blood from the blood that splattered while killing the man.
Well, anyone would be surprised in this state.
"Amber."
As soon as I spoke, Amber, who understood my order through the Hive Mind, urgently handed me a pipe tobacco.
The pipe tobacco, neatly filled.
Hoo...
Not getting the Status Window keeps lingering in my mind.
"Lea-nim. How about taking a bath first?"
I nodded at Amber's suggestion, who spoke without trembling, perhaps because she's gotten used to me now.
"If you want to take a bath, follow me."
I said to the women in front of me and headed to the Bathhouse.
==
There's no need to stay still in the Colony anymore.
Anyway, by now, not only Mederun City but the Padix Kingdom itself must know of our existence.
All the A-Rank Adventurers were wiped out. If they don't know this, then that country is truly doomed.
Now, it won't be the city moving, but the country. However, no matter how excellent a country is, it will eventually take time for the country as a whole to move.
During that time, I plan to first occupy all the villages a little far from Mederun City.
I've already grasped all the terrain around Mederun City, starting from the Forbidden Forest, with my children who are scouting.
Dagos has already left with the children to start building the Breeding Farm in earnest.
I can just relax here, melting my body in the warm water, and let the auto-hunting run. Plus, I can watch it too.
Amber, Yui, and Erina are all in the Bathhouse, watching me nervously.
On top of that, Erina, who had Holy Power, was still full of it even though I had taken all of her Holy Power.
It's so full that her breasts are floating in the water. Of course, my breasts are the same.
They were all trembling just a while ago, but maybe it's because they put their bodies in the warm water, their tension has eased to some extent.
Hmm...
I looked at Erina, whose breasts were floating in the water.
"...!"
Erina made eye contact with me, then slightly turned her head to avoid my gaze.
Come to think of it, Erina has no Holy Power or Mana now.
'I should quickly learn how to handle Holy Power.'
To use her for the Breeding Farm.
Because it's good to have as many women as possible.