Round 2 Starts With 990,000 Points

104 – Breaking the Egg (3)

B9 moved as if he was running, and then when there was a suitable distance, he started walking. The monkey was still standing in the same place, far away. B9 realized that and felt a sense of relief.

As expected, you can’t read my movements.

If you can read even the slightest movement, you’re a monster.

Still, just in case, I have to be careful.

B9 walked forward while thinking. He was wondering if he should tell the other Bronzes about this fact, but then suddenly it occurred to him that he might be able to use this opportunity.

I didn’t know monkeys could be that strong…

B10 is the lowest rank in the Bronze. However, a subordinate is a subordinate, so even a B9 himself cannot deal with a B10 so overwhelmingly.

Who would have thought that a monkey could be that strong?

No one would have thought it. Even he himself would not have believed it if he had not seen the scene where B10 was in a mess.

The other guys must be letting their guard down too.

B9 didn’t like his rank. He should have been a better person. But when God created them, he gave them power in order. There was no special reason for that. He just gave them power in the order they stood.

If these thorns in my side disappear now, I can become B1.

He decided not to share this information he had just learned. If he did, the Bronzes guarding the egg would let their guard down and the monkeys would kill them.

Okay, let’s do that.

As I thought about that and turned around, I felt the monkey’s movements. It seemed like it was finally moving again.

Uh uh.

But the direction of movement is strange. At first, I thought it was coincidence that they were going in the same direction, but when I read the feeling, I realized that they were coming in the same direction as me.

Did you read my movements?

In this place where there is a veil of darkness, only those with power can hear each other’s presence. It is impossible for a monkey to read the presence.

Besides, if you can read the signs, why didn’t you come after me earlier and why did you come after me now?

this.

It seems that he was letting his guard down. While he was thinking, the distance between them became closer. B9 moved using his power, fluidization. Using fluidization, he could move dozens of times faster than usual. Normally, he felt sad that he had gained a utility power unlike others, but now he thought it was fortunate.

Which way to go?

At that moment, a good idea occurred to me. There is a place near here where B8 is. If I can lure the monkey there, I can easily deal with B8.

* * *

I moved towards where I felt a presence, and the guy read my movements and moved again.

Look at this guy.

I walked towards him and we moved as if we were playing tag. The distance seemed to be closing, but it didn’t. Every time I picked up speed, he would disappear and reappear like a flashing light bulb.

He’s a peculiar guy.

Is it ability?

It is most likely a special ability.

It would be easy to kill it using tentacles or ranged attacks, but I was purely curious about its abilities. To be exact, I wanted to compare it with my movement speed. I wanted to compare my speed with its speed and see how fast I was.

Whistle, whistle.

The guy’s body moved in a different direction each time it disappeared and appeared. That made it hard to predict his movements. However, if you keep repeating difficult things, you get used to it. I predicted his movements and got ahead of him.

“Ugh!”

The guy I was overtaking turned around, causing a fight. Only then could I see him properly. I wondered what kind of guy he was, but he was exactly like the demon I killed earlier. The only difference was the shape of the horns.

“You look so unique.”

The guy lit up again and moved in another direction. I was following him with such pure movement, when at that moment I felt a strange energy nearby.

Oh, this energy.

I know!

The energy of the egg was clear. I could feel other energies near the egg as well. Through my experience just now, I realized that the energy I felt near the egg was the energy of the devil.

“hmm.”

The guy who was playing tag could be killed at any time. So there was no pressure. I turned around and headed towards where the eggs were. When I got there, there was indeed a guy who looked like a devil lying there, sniffing his nose.

“Hey!”

The guy found me and sat up in surprise. I didn’t give him a chance to prepare.

puck!

There was a popping sound and the guy’s body split in half.

“As expected, you’re weak.”

I broke the egg the guy was guarding and ate his corpse. Then, this time, the power appeared again.

[You have gained power.]

[Power: Reach Bronze 8 rank.]

I thought Bronze 9 would come after Bronze 10, but it’s Bronze 8. Maybe the guy I killed was Bronze 8.

I turned around after checking my abilities, abilities, and points. The guy who had been playing tag with me was watching me. He saw me move and started moving again.

I followed the guy and was able to find the egg and the devil again.

* * *

B1 was sitting leisurely in front of the egg, yawning.

“Hwaaam.”

Even though it is a command from God, it is inevitable that one’s motivation will decline because this is not one’s primary mission.

If I’m lucky, they’ll come to me first.

While I was killing time leisurely like that, a problem arose.

“Uh huh.”

The bronze statues near the egg began to disappear one by one.

“What? What happened?”

He stood up from his seat with a start. The sound continued to disappear. At the same time, a familiar yet alien energy continued to grow.

While the other Bronzes were immature and did not feel a sense of crisis from that energy, B1 instinctively felt a sense of crisis as a being on the threshold of Silver.

He’s a dangerous guy!

Even the aura of the closest B2 has disappeared. Now, the only ones who can feel the aura are B9 and himself.

B1 realized that B9 was running away through the location of the newly felt energy with B9.

If B9 is an opponent that runs away without even fighting, then it means that he himself is in danger.

How on earth does this happen···?

It was absurd and ridiculous, but it was certain that the Bronzes’ energy had disappeared. It was also certain that B9 was running away. Perhaps the reason B9 was the only one to succeed in running away was because of his ability to become a fluid. B1 was creeped out.

It’s not a threat I can afford.

B1 moved quickly and headed towards where Silver 4 was.

Silver 4 was one of the few Silvers who was particularly kind to him.

* * *

I followed the tagger, broke the eggs, and killed the demon. Then I absorbed the demon right after.

Every time I absorbed a demon, my power continued to increase, and I gained ability points and abilities each time. There were a lot of minor abilities, so I didn’t really care about them. Thunderbolt, Ice Bolt, Fire Bolt, things like that.

I kept repeating this and broke the egg again. But this time, there was no demon guarding the egg.

Where did it go?

There was only one instance where there wasn’t a guard guarding an egg on the way. That was probably the egg guarded by the guy I was playing tag with.

I killed the demon that was playing tag and absorbed it, and thought as I digested its abilities.

Now that I think about it, I’ve been able to read their movements since I gained power.

Using this ability, you will be able to read their locations easily.

I focused on the unknown energy I felt inside my body and started reading the surroundings again. Then I could feel the demons’ energy much more clearly than before. Perhaps, as my power increased to Bronze 2, my ability to read the demons’ energy also improved.

There’s a guy not far from here.

But I felt a stronger energy near the guy. It was similar to the guys, but had a stickier feel.

Is he stronger than those guys?

They didn’t seem like much of a threat to me. Besides, based on my experience so far, they’ve always been near the eggs. So if I move to where they are, I can destroy the eggs. I started walking.

* * *

Silver 4 is the only female among the Silvers. She frowned as she saw Bronze 1 running towards her.

“What’s going on?”

“The monkey has invaded.”

Silver 4 was shocked. He came to him with a problem like a monkey. Thinking it was a joke, he looked at B1’s face, but his expression was completely serious.

You really came here because of the monkey.

He used to come and go, but now he was trying to climb up. Silver 4 was angry, but held back.

“You guys should be the ones taking care of the monkeys outside. Is that all you came to see me for?”

“From Bronze 2 to Bronze 10, I can’t feel any of the Bronzes.”

“What does that mean? Are you saying that they were all wiped out?”

“yes.”

Silver 4 expanded the senses he had been suppressing. Then, just as Bronze 1 had said, Bronze 2 through Bronze 10 could not sense any of their presence at all.

“What is this···.”

In addition, a foreign energy was approaching this place. In terms of power, it was clearly similar to Bronze 2, but in terms of the level of threat felt from the energy, it seemed to far surpass him.