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Chapter 546
"...What?"
No, what was with this sudden talk of being a king?
Seong Jihan looked at the three heads resembling him with bewildered eyes.
'Did I kill that elf too quickly earlier?'
He had instantly incinerated her because she kept saying, "Jihan, Jihan."
He should have listened to how she made this thing.
The heads that withstood the Red fire.
Started speaking again.
"I am the king of humans..."
"Must... spread... my seed..."
"Save me... save me..."
King of humans, and spreading seed?
Seong Jihan frowned.
'This is Gilgamesh's signature line.'
But there was no way he could have come back to life, right?
He recalled Gilgamesh's final moments.
Just before the final battle with the Martial God.
-Gilgamesh. What's my name?
-Your name? Seong Jihun... no, Han? Se, Seong Jihan? Wait. Wait!
Seong Jihan, who had made a contract to save Gilgamesh after thoroughly using him, temporarily changed his name using administrator privileges.
Then, he pierced Gilgamesh's chest with the Phoenix Flag, burning him completely.
Knowing Gilgamesh's tenacious regenerative ability.
He made sure not to leave even ashes to prevent future troubles...
At that moment.
Swish...
Red eyes appeared from the blue-red floating behind Seong Jihan's back.
[This one... is a fragment of Gilgamesh.]
"How do you know him?"
[He is the Red Vessel. Initially, I was planning to use him to create the hell.]
"The Red Vessel..."
[Hooh. Seems you know about it too.]
"That's why I burned this guy without leaving a trace."
The main reason he decided to kill Gilgamesh for certain in the first place.
It was because of his gift, the 'Red Vessel.'
Just hearing the name made it seem like it would greatly help the Red Administrator.
So, he cut off the problem before it could become one.
[So that's why he didn't have the Red Vessel gift when I revived him.]
"...So you were the culprit?"
[It seems so. I just blew him up and left since he was of no interest without the gift.]
Unlike Seong Jihan, who was concerned about Gilgamesh's regeneration.
The Red Administrator just stopped at blowing him up and killing him.
Then fragments of his body would remain.
Gilgamesh must have regenerated through those.
'But why is he here as my head? This guy.'
Seong Jihan looked at the three heads, mumbling while resisting the fire.
"Save... me..."
"Spread... seed..."
"I am... king..."
The other party speaking of survival instinct, reproductive urge, and being king like a parrot.
Somehow, he didn't seem to be in his right mind at all.
[It seems he was captured in the process of the World Tree Alliance taking control of humanity. And now he's undergoing biological experiments.]
"Looks like it."
Killed by the Blue Administrator, then revived by Red, then killed again.
Somehow surviving, then Green came and captured him?
He was getting beaten up by the three administrators in turns.
'That guy, he really has bad luck.'
Seong Jihan thought this as he looked down at the three heads.
The other party, completely unaware of the current situation, kept mumbling about Gilgamesh's desires.
Judging by his significantly lowered cognitive abilities, this didn't seem to be the complete Gilgamesh.
Maybe they were experimenting with just a fragment?
'But why put that guy in me?'
Until now, looking at the Seong Jihan chimera, he thought it was just another crazy elf doing a bizarre experiment.
But the moment Gilgamesh's fragment appeared, the story changed.
There might be some intention behind this experiment.
[I recommend a detailed examination of that head. You can recharge Stat Red with this planet's World Tree anyway, right?]
"True."
Red was currently an overflowing ability stat anyway.
It wouldn't be a loss even if he wasted some on a detailed examination here.
[10 Stat Red is consumed.]
Zing...
A red laser emerged from Seong Jihan's sword and scanned the three heads.
Then, starting from the tissue composition of the body.
Numerous data points were derived.
And among these.
[Fragment of Constellation 'Gilgamesh']
[Main material for 'Gift - Blue Vessel' creation project]
There was something that clearly caught his eye.
* * *
'Blue Vessel...'
Seong Jihan knew of two Vessel gifts.
The Void Vessel possessed by Yoon Seah and Gilgamesh's Red Vessel.
However, in the project, the World Tree Alliance was conducting,
Were they researching how to create a new Blue Vessel?
[Are they trying to create a Blue Vessel in Gilgamesh, who once possessed a Vessel gift? Certainly easier than creating something from nothing.]
The Red Administrator, seeing this attempt, continued with interest.
[Yggdrasil... it seems she wants to steal your ability by any means necessary. Gilgamesh's fragments are probably being used to create the Blue Vessel in this lab and other places.]
"Are chimeras like this being mass-produced elsewhere?"
[That's unknown. That chimera crudely resembling you might just be this lab owner's taste.]
"Hmm..."
To be honest, he didn't care what happened to Gilgamesh.
The problem was that the Blue Vessel was being created using him as a medium.
'This. To find out more details, I'll need to raid more places with laboratories.'
Thinking this, Seong Jihan brought his hand to the three heads.
He had extracted all the data he could from there.
Now, he was planning to directly burn the heads resisting the fire.
Thud.
As he placed his hand on the heads like that.
Whirrr...
A faint blue light flickered there.
[Gift - Blue Vessel (Incomplete) detected...]
[You can acquire an incomplete gift. Do you want to acquire the gift?]
A message appeared asking if he wanted to obtain the Blue Vessel.
'Let's see how far they've developed it.'
Even if it was incomplete, it was developed enough to be added as a gift, so it should have some substance.
Seong Jihan acquired the Blue Vessel gift.
Then.
[Player is completely integrated with Stat 'Blue.']
['Gift - Blue Vessel' is upgraded.]
Perhaps because Seong Jihan was the Blue Administrator.
The gift was quickly upgraded, and the incomplete label disappeared.
He opened the gift description.
Gift - Blue Vessel (Grade C)
-A gift that can contain Stat 'Blue'.
-The upper limit increases beyond the existing limit, allowing for greater utilization of abilities.
-However, due to a lack of base material for the vessel, the role of containing Stat 'Blue' is limited.
The Blue Vessel raised the upper limit of Stat Blue.
This was an essential gift for Seong Jihan, whose current ability was stuck at 999.
But, while it could contain Blue.
Due to a lack of 'material' to make the vessel, the gift couldn't be utilized appropriately.
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'Is that why it's only C grade?'
This was like being able to put in water, but not having a water bottle.
"What a waste..."
As Seong Jihan swallowed his disappointment, the Red Administrator spoke.
[If the material is lacking, can't you just obtain it?]
"Where would I get that from?"
[Try dismantling Gilgamesh's fragment.]
"Ah, right."
Crunch!
As Seong Jihan clenched his fist, the heads disappeared and.
Whoosh...
Something was sucked into his hand.
Along with that.
[Gift - Blue Vessel is upgraded to B grade.]
[Stat Blue's upper limit increases by 30.]
As the Blue Vessel rose to B grade, Blue's upper limit also increased.
'30?'
Seong Jihan quickly checked his status window.
There, he saw,
The Stat Blue that had been stuck at 999 had now risen to 1029.
'Oh... this is quite useful?'
Because Stat Blue was SS rank, its ability score had been stuck at 999.
Until now, Seong Jihan's growth had essentially stopped.
In this situation, the Blue Vessel was the gift he needed most right now.
'Even that Gilgamesh guy can be helpful sometimes.'
Right now, he had only absorbed a part of his fragment for +30.
But if he went around other labs and found more of Gilgamesh's fragments, he could further increase the limit.
This would automatically increase the amount of Stat Red he could handle as well.
'From now on, I should focus on invading research labs.'
There was nothing much to gain from raiding D-rank World Trees anymore.
Rather, completing the Vessel using Gilgamesh's fragments would be more efficient.
Having made this judgment, Seong Jihan left the completely incinerated laboratory.
Now, his target was this planet's World Tree.
"The, the Red Administrator is here...!"
"Prepare for battle!"
"Reinforcements will arrive soon...!"
As Seong Jihan approached.
A large number of elf legions were waiting for him in defensive positions.
'Maybe because I spent more time than expected in the lab. Quite a few reinforcements have already arrived.'
Recently, he had been destroying World Trees within 5 minutes and leaving, so situations were over before elf legions could arrive.
But on this planet, with the research lab, he had spent a lot of time because of the 'Blue Vessel', so the other side had finished their preparations.
Still.
'Unless Yggdrasil intervenes directly, this level won't be enough.'
Whoosh!
As Seong Jihan waved his hand once.
A massive wave of fire rose up and engulfed the elf legions.
"It's coming."
"The barrier...!"
"Resonate with the World Tree. We need to draw out all our power to withstand the Red Administrator...!"
Zing...!
Green barriers rose up simultaneously to protect the legions.
However, the wave of fire swallowed them whole and.
Incinerated most of the elves in the front at once.
No matter how elite the unit led by Ancient Elves was.
They weren't much of a threat to Seong Jihan, who was freely using the Red Administrator's power.
'Hmm... a new elf will be coming soon, so I'll have to go to the junkyard next time.'
When she left, Governor Mia said that a new elf would come within a few hours.
So he needed to finish things here quickly and return home.
Once the new elf was dispatched, he couldn't leave it in drama-watching mode.
'Today I'll just eliminate this planet's World Tree and return to Kim Jihun's body.'
Deciding to wrap up today's schedule like that, Seong Jihan continued advancing.
The defense line crumbled rapidly as he approached.
"As, as expected of an Administrator..."
"This... only Yggdrasil herself descending could stop this."
"Is there any meaning in other reinforcements... coming?"
The elf legion's leadership despaired seeing the Red Administrator approaching leisurely.
No matter how much power they used, the opponent was an unstoppable disaster.
The wave of fire created with a single gesture.
No matter how much the elves put up barriers or tried to block it by throwing their bodies.
It was engulfing the legions without any damage.
At this rate, it wouldn't be long before it reached where the World Tree was.
"This... is absolutely unstoppable. I'll have to propose a strategy revision at the next Council meeting."
"I agree with that opinion, but... will there be a next time for us?"
"Ah, right. We can't even retreat anyway..."
In front of the wave of flames.
Even the Ancient Elf was waiting for death, and the situation was already grim.
Perhaps that was why.
Zing...!
When a green portal appeared in the sky.
'No... reinforcements are meaningless now.'
'More coming to die...'
'I don't know where they're dispatched from, but they'll meet a pitiful end.'
The elf legions felt more pity than joy for the reinforcements.
They would just die uselessly in front of that wave of fire anyway.
However.
The elf unit that arrived this time differed from the previous ones.
"Ah..."
"Those black..."
This group of 100.
They were all holding Blue Swords.
And.
Swish...!
They all stood at the front and pointed their sword tips towards the wave of fire.
Whoosh...
For the first time, the flames started to weaken.
"Ooh..."
"The, the Blue Swords. They're effective!"
As the wave of fire weakened, the elf elders' faces lit up.
'What should I order to eat today... Huh?'
Seong Jihan, who was pondering what to order for delivery when he got home.
He saw the wave of fire weakening, and his eyes gleamed with interest.
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