Chapter 158
Chapter 158.
Tang! Tang!
The golden gun spitting fire along with the firing sound.
However.
"Uh......?"
The black energy that spread from Quiene somehow enveloped the Kobold.
And absorbed the bullets directly.
'Since vitality is enhanced, Quiene protects others too?'
No, in the first place.
This is the first time I've seen black energy rippling like that.
Is that how the increased defense effect manifests?
'Well, anyway, the Kobold won't die.'
No matter how close the gun barrel is pressed to its head.
If Quiene protects it like that, how could it die?
"Wh, what did you do......?!"
Lee Ganghan smiled wickedly at the Kobold who couldn't die and was panicking.
"Finally, I can conduct some interrogation."
"Kuk...... Do you think I'll open my mouth?"
"Really? You don't seem to handle pain very well though. Cerberus, would you like to bite?"
At Lee Ganghan's words.
"Woof! Woof!"
Cerberus approached the Kobold again and bit his body with its teeth.
Although the Kobold was under Quiene's protection.
At the spot where Cerberus was about to bite, the black energy smoothly disappeared.
Creating space for the teeth to pierce.
Puuk!
"Aaaahhh!!!"
The Kobold screamed tearfully as soon as Cerberus's teeth pierced.
Chik, Chiik......!
Hearing the sound of skin burning, I looked at where Cerberus had bitten.
The teeth had turned yellowish.
And were burning the Kobold's skin from the inside.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts......!!!"
-Kobold's being overly dramatic
-But that does look painful lol
-As expected, even if it looks cute on the outside, it's still hellhound class
-Do the teeth have heat imbued? The skin burning is intense;
While watching the Kobold shed tears and snot.
When viewers were saying that it couldn't be dismissed as acting.
"Wh, what are you curious about......! Pl, please let go of this damn dog!"
The Kobold couldn't endure the pain and quickly surrendered.
'Cerberus seemed to be quite dramatic whenever caught before, but I didn't expect him to give in this quickly.'
Cerberus's tooth torture does look quite painful.
But isn't he giving up too easily?
Lee Ganghan thought so and opened his mouth.
"First...... right, why do you all commit suicide as soon as you're caught?"
"Th, that's our race' policy......!"
"Hmm. Is it because you can't handle pain well?"
"Kuk...... This is unavoidable because our senses are sensitive......! So, please let me go for now!"
Sensitive senses.
So that's why they were all so dramatic.
Lee Ganghan saw the Kobold not only shedding tears and snot.
But his face turned pale, and gave instructions to Cerberus.
"Well, fine. Cerberus, pull out your teeth for now."
"Woof!"
As Cerberus pulled out its teeth.
"Ah...... I...... couldn't even endure this......"
The Kobold quickly fell into self-reproach.
He had answered the question while unable to endure the pain with teeth pierced.
But now that the teeth were removed, was his mind returning?
'I should continue questioning.'
Lee Ganghan thought he should resolve his curiosity.
Before the opponent completely came to his senses.
"Hey, what's that robot? It seems like your race's ability."
"Th, that's......"
Without answering Lee Ganghan's question.
The Kobold closed its mouth again.
This won't work.
"Want to get bitten again?"
"Grrrr......!"
At those words, Cerberus bared its teeth.
"Il, Illusion Implementation ability!"
The Kobold automatically and reflexively talked about the ability.
"Illusion Implementation?"
"Ah. I shouldn't have said that......"
"Since you've already said it, why don't you reveal it cleanly?"
As Lee Ganghan pointed at Cerberus.
The trembling Kobold stammered.
"Illusion Implementation, Real Phantasm is...... an ability exactly as the name suggests. We implement illusions as reality in the tower to face enemies."
"Then that robot was also an implemented illusion. But among all the illusions, why did you implement robots and firearms?"
"Firearms are...... because you feel the most primal fear toward guns. The weapon that has killed the most humans in history is undoubtedly guns. Humans felt a particularly instinctive threat to that weapon above any other."
The weapon that massacred humanity the most.
And the weapon they instinctively fear is guns.
So they implemented this illusion as reality and fired it?
-So the robot shooting guns was implementing illusion as reality;
-But how do they know guns killed the most humans?
-Right?
-Then why did robots appear lol Just shooting guns would be enough
-Are robots also because humans feel fear?
-Maybe in the distant future, but we're not at that level yet, right?
Chat flowing after hearing the Kobold's words.
Lee Ganghan organized questions worth asking among them.
"Where did you get such information? And guns aside, what about robots?"
"That's......"
The Kobold bit his lips tightly at Lee Ganghan's question.
"Grrr......"
As Cerberus approached and bared its teeth.
"I, I'll talk! I'll talk, so please get this guy away!"
He immediately showed weakness.
-Really weak to torture, Kobold lol
-Does implementing illusions also amplify senses? He seems unable to handle pain severely
-Hiding behind robots dealing damage one-sidedly, but can't endure when the main body gets hit?
-Has he actually rarely been hit lol
Looking at the will to commit suicide immediately upon capture.
The interrogation time should have been long actually.
Whether it's because the Kobold's senses are so sensitive, the time it took for him to spill information was much shorter than expected.
'Then I can get more information.'
I should definitely learn about the 9th-ranked race Kobold this time.
As Lee Ganghan tried to extract information from the mole human in front of him.
Jiing......
In front of the captured Kobold's eyes.
Suddenly a screen appeared.
***
'What's this.'
A screen that suddenly appeared when I should be extracting information.
'Hmm...... can't I turn this off?'
With an unpleasant feeling.
Lee Ganghan tried to grab the screen to see if he could turn it off.
Susus......
Rather, the more he did so, the clearer the hologram-like screen became.
And.
[It's unfortunate, Kingdom Citizen 7534518.]
A cold voice mixed with mechanical sound was heard.
Inside the screen, completely bound to an iron chair.
A small Kobold wearing a blindfold appeared.
Its size was only half.
Compared to the Kobolds seen at the Simple Fortress.
"Ah......?! Su, surely my son......?"
The Kobold in front of him was greatly surprised seeing this.
"My, My King! I, I......! I tried to die many times!"
He desperately appealed while looking at the screen.
[Yes. I know too.]
Then the cold voice was heard again.
[You were a courageous soldier. Also a family head who devoted himself sacrificing his body for his family.]
"Th, then......"
[Even if excessive sensory amplification broke your pride, this is never your fault.]
Then.
The voice brought up the main point.
[But I cannot overlook leaking classified information.]
"Pl, please......! I will die! I will die somehow! Th, human, please kill me! Isn't talking this much enough!!!"
The captured Kobold even appealed to Lee Ganghan to kill him.
[Blame it all on my inadequacy as king.]
The voice from the screen was cold to the end.
Then.
"Ahhhhh! Please!!! Kill me......!"
Before the Kobold's plea could even finish.
The small Kobold's body in the screen instantly swelled.
And soon.
Boom!
The small Kobold completely exploded along with the bound iron chair.
"Ah...... uh......"
As the captured Kobold couldn't finish his words seeing this.
Shuuuu......!
His body also began to swell like a balloon.
Puhpung!
Like the small Kobold in the screen.
The prisoner Kobold also exploded exactly the same way.
"Huh......"
What's this?
Were the child Kobold and parent connected?
How could they explode identically?
As Lee Ganghan couldn't believe his own eyes watching from the side.
[I announce to all Kobolds, do not face this human.]
[If you meet him, rather commit suicide. No, if you see him, commit suicide immediately on that spot.]
[Don't forget you are all soldiers who have 'children'.]
The 'King' whose voice could only be heard from the screen.
Was giving orders to Kobolds to die immediately upon encountering Lee Ganghan.
And mentioning children at the end.
'......It seems like a warning that they can kill you by killing your children like this time.'
I couldn't understand how this was possible.
What a vicious method.
As Lee Ganghan listened to the Kobold King's orders and thought so.
[7534518...... I'm sorry once again. This is due to my lack of virtue.]
The King's voice, which had been consistently cold, shook slightly.
And apologized to the dead.
-What's with apologizing after exploding them himself???
-His personality is insane...
-Wow... but Kobold Kingdom soldiers enter towers with their children held hostage?
-Really evil ㄷㄷㄷ
-But the idea of linking parent-child explosions is truly wicked from the start...
-There was a reason Kobolds tried to commit suicide somehow when captured;
As viewers were shocked seeing the Kobold King's actions.
[The King does not wish for such tragic endings to occur again. Everyone, act wisely.]
With this statement as the last.
The screen that had been clearly floating disappeared at once.
"Wow...... I didn't know the opponent would die like this."
-When the young Kobold appeared on screen, I thought it would just be a threat to kill your kid if you don't comply and end...
-Really never expected them to explode together
-But it's interesting how they're connected like that; how does it work?
-Seeing that Illusion Implementation is a race trait, they probably did something before the soldiers entered the tower
The chat room that had been laughing cheerfully when the microphone was passed around.
It became serious due to the explosion of the Kobold father and son just now.
They realized that one of the races was invading humanity.
Had prepared more than usual before attacking.
"Let's go to the next floor."
"Yes......"
"Understood, Heavenly Demon!"
Lee Ganghan, who went to the 3rd floor with his party members.
Seeing that no robots appeared even when they reached near the Simple Fortress.
Looked at Cerberus.
"Want to look for Kobolds?"
"Woof! Woof!"
Cerberus, who ran forward at Lee Ganghan's instruction.
Soon brought back a dead Kobold corpse with a hole in its head.
"It was already dead when you found it?"
Cerberus nodded at Lee Ganghan's question.
The message the Kobold King spoke about in the screen earlier.
Did they hear it too?
'Then aren't all the Kobolds on the next floors dead too?'
As Lee Ganghan expected.
"Woof woof......"
"Kiiing......"
Every time they went up to the next floor.
Cerberus brought back dead Kobolds.
-They're faithfully following the King's orders ㄷㄷ
-But why did the upper floor guys commit suicide when they didn't even see Heavenly Demon?
-Did the Kobold King send another message separately;
-Then other Simple Fortresses are also free pass like this?
-ㄴㄴㄴ Other places are shooting guns like crazy lol
-What Illusion Implementation, they're dying saying it hurts like hell
Looking at the chat, only here was a free pass.
Other players climbing 'Simple Fortress' towers still seemed to boast iron fortress-like difficulty.
'At this rate, I'll just go to the 10th floor?'
As Lee Ganghan expected.
Until reaching the 10th floor, no resistance appeared from the Simple Fortress.
And only after entering the last 10th floor portal.
[A different race is intruding.]
The different race intrusion message appeared.