Chapter 12

Chapter 12

12. Special Grade (3)

Nano Biotech Co., Ltd.

A small small-medium enterprise with 40 employees.

The business done on the surface is ‘mana biological research’ and ‘mana pharmaceutical development’.

But their scale was small.

Things from small companies don’t sell well.

In other words, the company had to be grown.

So what they chose was subcontract work from ‘Future City Construction’.

A very secret and illegal matter.

‘It can’t be helped.’

The president, Kim Gicheol rationalized himself.

The amount to receive when succeeding in the research they proposed was enormous. An amount that absolutely could not be received with his company scale.

If he receives that?

Of course he can grow the company scale right away, and using the genius of his niece Jeong Hana he could even go to a conglomerate.

‘Fortunate. Because my niece is a genius in this field.’

Hana is the daughter of his eldest sister.

The eldest sister was a case of suffering from meeting a bad husband.

Because businesses failed repeatedly the family situation declined greatly, and it was himself who helped such a sister.

But what is this?

Hana who became an adult had quite a good head.

No, she particularly stood out in this field.

This matter being possible was also thanks to Hana.

‘Yeah. If only Hana is there···.’

From the start accepting Future City Construction’s proposal was also a matter progressed trusting Hana. Gicheol briefly does dirty work, but consoled himself that this is work for the future.

And that fruit will soon be seen.

With the experiment success of experimental subject 14 his dream came one step closer.

The problem is that that experimental subject escaped due to an accident···.

Knock knock.

“President, the mage has arrived.”

At that time, the niece’s voice was heard from outside.

“Oh, come in.”

“Right now most employees have all left work, and only core employees remain. I’m showing the laboratory to the mage.”

“Yeah? You did well. You didn’t tell the content about the experiment in detail, right?”

Nod, nod.

Hana nodded her head firmly.

“Yes. Among the parts related to No. 14 that we missed, I only explained the parts that wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Understood. Then I’ll also remain here until the work ends so you take care of it instead.”

Gicheol trusted Hana completely.

* * *

10 PM at night.

He came to the request location.

“Have you looked around the laboratory all?”

The woman who consulted the request came.

The name was Jeong Hana, right?

“Yes. Then it escaped to the mountain surrounding the company right now, right? But there is a company even in a place like this.”

“That’s right. Because we also do experiments, we deliberately built the company in a remote place in preparation for unexpected matters. Then I’ll take you to the destination.”

After a simple explanation they moved again.

···They seem to earn money well.

They rode a quite good car.

Screech!

“It’s here. If you go up this way. I’ll wait here so if the work finishes come this way. Ah for reference···.”

Just as he was about to get out of the car, Jeong Hana trailed off.

“There is a part I couldn’t tell. That child’s intelligence is very high. This is also a change due to the experiment, so you shouldn’t think of it as an ordinary beast or monster level.”

“···Intelligence?”

How high is it in total.

Anyway he has to do the work.

He got out of the car.

Swoosh.

As soon as he got out he looked around the surroundings.

A place blocked with barbed wire.

The name they tentatively gave the guy is ‘Mana Lynx’.

If it’s the guy he would be able to cut barbed wire like this without problem, but they say there is no place cut yet.

In other words, it’s inside here.

Step, step.

He slowly climbed the mountain.

But not long after climbing something was visible.

‘Is this it?’

Peculiar footprints were visible.

Marks that looked similar to a beast’s footprints.

A faint blue light came out from such marks.

···Anyone could see it was that guy’s footprints.

‘Is this why they said to progress at night?’

At first he thought it was to progress after employees left work. It seems they set the time considering this characteristic.

First he followed the footprints.

Thanks to shining here and there it was also easy to find.

And while doing so he learned something.

‘Really the mana is no joke···.’

Certainly mana overflows here.

Just came to the mountain, to the point of feeling mana recovery clearly different from before.

‘It is amazing.’

To leak this much mana.

What kind of guy is it in total?

He wondered how far he went.

“······.”

Some guy was visible in front.

As seen in the photo a feline monster.

Similar appearance to a lynx and body five times.

Even the body became semi-transparent to the point the mana flow inside was all visible, and there were three eyes. Two eyes and one eye on the forehead.

‘Two tails too.’

Moreover two tails and sharp fangs, claws.

Such a guy slowly sauntered and glared at him.

‘It doesn’t get excited or anything.’

The guy looked quite calm.

As if examining him.

Wooong, wooong—.

The amazing thing was the mana recovery speed.

When he approached the guy it filled insanely.

To what extent···.

[Leveled up.]

“······.”

Just climbed the mountain and leveled up.

Even now still filling.

‘···Insane.’

The word insane came out on its own.

Mana battery, what.

‘First let’s clean up the guy. I can’t stay like this forever.’

It would be a bit good if it stays quietly like now.

But that won’t be the case.

He quietly prepared one magic.

What to try first.

Not too strong, something appropriate···.

Crrrack!

Precisely [Ice Ball].

Giant ice spikes are generated with the [Magic Residue] effect, but those can also be controlled by him. Anyway that is also magic he created.

So what he aims for is the basic effect ‘slow’.

Starting from making the guy slow.

Next he also had something thought of separately.

Like that just as he was about to throw the instantly cast [Ice Ball], the eye on the guy’s forehead opened. Three eyes. He felt something like piercing through him.

Whoosh!

“······?”

At that time, the guy quickly widened the distance.

And it wasn’t just moving.

A guy who skillfully hid his body behind a tree.

Of course, insufficient to hide all that body but···.

‘The angle doesn’t come out?’

A position ambiguous to throw [Ice Ball].

Swoosh, swoosh.

He moved position.

Then the guy also changed the same.

···Does this guy know this and do it?

Tap tap! Tap tap!

A guy widening the distance even more.

Even went up on the tree.

“······.”

What is it?

It seems to react according to my magic?

···First let’s throw.

Whoosh. Crrrack!

He aimed at the place the guy was.

The ice chunk broke and giant ice spikes were generated.

‘Let’s see how it reacts with this.’

Shaaaaaaaak!!

Large ice spikes rushed to the place the guy was.

At that moment.

The guy instantly jumped and completely left the point.

Bang, bang, bang!

Numerous ice spikes hit the empty place.

The guy very simply avoided the attack.

‘This guy’s intelligence is really no joke?’

Just by looking it’s not an ordinary guy.

Without even doing a single attack it saw through all his magic and avoided.

Even.

-Grrr···.

A guy roaring low as if telling him not to approach anymore. Soon the guy’s third eye slowly closed.

Then whoosh! completely turned its body.

···As if telling not to touch anymore.

‘That’s troublesome.’

Crrrrack!

He prepared another ice magic.

Precisely the newly learned [Cooling].

In an instant cold flowed from his body. And.

Fwoosh! Crrrrrrack!!

Circular cold spreading around his body.

The surroundings froze solid.

However, the distance with the guy was quite a bit.

Even so the reason he used this···.

‘They said the [Magic Residue] effect causes a secondary circular wave, right?’

Because it doesn’t end in one go.

Crrrrrack!!

Circular cold wave that started again from the end of the place that had spread once.

As if swallowing the surroundings, the cold approached the guy.

Crrrrrrack!

-G-guek! Gueeeek!

This time whether flustered.

Or because that eye on the forehead was closed.

The guy couldn’t avoid and was caught as is.

-Guek! Gueeeek!

The guy whose ankles were completely frozen struggled to escape. Of course, it’s not magic that will easily come undone like that.

Step, step.

“Hmm.”

He approached such a guy.

As expected mana fills steadily.

The mana consumed so far filled quickly.

This guy is really good···.

‘Regrettable, regrettable.’

Smack.

It would be good to take a guy like this around.

But what can be done.

-Gueeeeeee!!

But at that moment.

Whoosh—.

Among the guy’s two tails, the left tail shook.

Then whoosh! stuck into the floor.

Wooooooooooooooong!!

[Leveled up.] [Leveled up.]

“······!!”

In an instant a peculiar wave swept the surroundings.

As soon as that mana filled insanely.

To the point of leveling up twice in an instant.

But it didn’t last long.

It filled as if temporarily amplified and stopped.

However, the problem···.

Creak creak! Hop, kuuung! Ddadadadadak!

Trees covered in mana came alive and moved, small earthworms that had been roaming the ground became huge, and a giant wild boar that appeared from somewhere flashed red eyes.

Moreover that appearance···.

‘Aberrant?’

It had skin similar to the appearance of an Aberrant.

Skin hardened hard like a mana stone.

‘One, five, ten···.’

Moreover the guys appeared from all directions.

The number of such bizarre guys continued to increase.

···What on earth did it do with that tail?

-G-guek? Gueeeek!

But the guy also doesn’t seem to have intended it.

Even at a glance the flustered signs were clear.

‘First I need to prepare.’

He can’t just be done in.

He immediately activated [Mana Absorption].

A faint blue membrane draped over the body.

Crackle, crackle!!

Moreover.

It wasn’t only the guys who had overflowing mana.

He also had overflowing mana. Really completely gushing!

Bang!! Crackle crackle crackle!!

[Lightning Strike] cast.

Lightning that came down from the sky slammed strongly.

And a circular lightning wave swept the surroundings.

-Kreeeeek!!

-Guuuuuh!!

The bodies of the guys hit by such lightning burst, fire caught on the tree guys’ bodies, and the body of the giant earthworm that had popped out was cut.

However, it wasn’t that he processed everyone.

Because the number was that many.

Whirrrrr!

“······!”

A tree trunk flew like a whip.

A tree trunk approaching quickly before he could even react somehow.

Fortunately there was no particular problem.

Whirrrrr! Tong, tong, tong!

Because it bounced off [Mana Absorption].

And thanks to that filling mana.

‘Usable, as expected.’

Hit but mana fills.

Of course protecting his body.

He immediately fed [Flame Spear] to the guy.

Thwuck!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!! Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!

-Sh-shaaaaaak! -Shaaaaaak!!

Brand engraved on one guy.

That brand naturally spread to the surroundings, and chain explosions burst here and there.

There, refreshing!

-Kya-kyaaaang!!

At that time.

The guy’s scream was heard.

The guys also rushed at the Mana Lynx.

-Kya-kyagaeng!

‘Why to that guy?’

Some guys were rushing at the Mana Lynx.

Among them a rabbit guy bit the guy’s hind leg ang! and sucked steadily.

This appearance is exactly···.

‘The same as aberrated guys wanting mana.’

It seems this is not the direction the guy wanted. Because the ankles were frozen it seems it did something to escape, but that wouldn’t be the direction it wanted.

-Kyaaang···!

The guy continued to scream.

At this rate it will die to the guys.

He has to clean up the guys around that guy too.

However, the problem is that there are too many aberrant monsters around him and also around the guy.

But it’s different from before.

Thanks to the grandfather he learned that these gloves are a Special Grade artifact, and also learned abilities he didn’t know.

‘Let’s use the mana recovery combo.’

So he conceived a method to supplement his problem using this.

That is precisely ‘mana recovery combo’.

Now, let’s start.

Snap!

He raised the gloves.

Immediately aiming at the Mana Lynx [Mana Robbery].

Wooong!

Mana filled, and immediately activated [Cooling].

Crrrack! Crrrack!

Cold stretching out refreshingly.

Froze the ankles of the surrounding guys.

This time [Mana Circulation].

Wooooong!

Mana again steadily.

[Leveled up.]

Bonus one more level up!

He has to use mana again.

Activated [Lightning Strike] toward the bound guys.

Bang! Crackle crackle!!

-Kya-kyaeeek!

Ah, mana dropped again.

Just in time a tree trunk comes again.

He deliberately got hit.

Wooong! Wooooong!

Okay filled again.

Fwoosh!

This time [Flame Spear] barrage.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!! Kwaaaaaaaaaaaang!!

Now, the last.

Released the charged mana of the T-shirt.

Wooooooong!!

Mana filled steadily.

[Fireball], [Flame Spear], [Ice Ball], [Lightning Strike].

He poured all the magic he can use.

Explosions and noise ran rampant here and there.

“Huff, huff···.”

He wondered how much he poured like that.

The surroundings were all burned, and monster corpses were lined up.

-Kya-kyaaaang···.

Thud!

However, except that guy.

But that guy’s state···.

“Hey!”

Was it severely sucked of mana?

It suddenly collapsed.

* * *

Jeong Hana waited inside the car.

Quietly looked at the mountain covered in darkness.

‘There should be no particular problem···.’

It has already been ten days since the Mana Lynx holding mana escaped.

Even though time has passed as much as it has, it was difficult to catch.

At this rate it might actually have died.

‘That···.’

At least that must be prevented.

The Mana Lynx was not just a simple experimental subject to her.

For herself too, for the Mana Lynx too she couldn’t leave it to die here.

Wooooong! Kuuung!

“Kyaak!”

At that time.

Some wave strongly covered the vehicle.

-Kyaeeeeeeek!

-Kreeeeeeek!

And the screams heard.

Hana’s gaze naturally headed to the mountain.

Kugugung. Flash───!

“······!”

At that time.

Lightning striking from the sky!

‘Wh-what on earth is this···?’

After that it flashed a few more times.

At the scenery seen for the first time Hana’s eyes widened.

But what was surprising was after that.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaang!! Kwagwang! Kwagwang! Kwagwagwang!!

Suddenly bursting explosions.

Flames soared from the mountain.

What is it? Are they waging a war?

The explosions from the mountain didn’t stop.

‘Wh-who on earth did I bring?’

Of course she can know who did it.

It would be the mage she brought.

But the degree is too severe.

‘···Was he a mage of this level?’

Strangely he was just drooling?

Ring ring ring ring!

At that time.

The phone rang.

It was that person.

“Yes, yes!”

-It’s all done. Can you send some people to move this guy? If where this is···.

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