Life Mission Chapter 258:
Volume 9 / Chapter 256
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
10 years have passed since it had been brought into realization .
The numbers going into missions decreased a lot . Of course the numbers go down when Lifers are being killed every day .
There is still no difficulty in levels D and E, that are configured with lower level mutants by nature, but levels B and C are slowly reaching their end . This is because Lifers prefer levels B and C missions most .
Life Mission artificially manipulates genes to create that rating, but they halted creation because there is no more information to get .
Even level A missions that had reached 50 to 60, now didn’t have many left . This was caused by the majority configuration of level A Lifers .
Level 8s are rare . They could create missions with the information they gathered over 5 years, but they didn’t get involved because there were more losses than gains . Standard level A Lifers took the missions below 3 billion points, and the World Federation and Bloody Kingdom swept through them . All that is left are the higher levels .
Because of that, the new inflow of level A Lifers got stuck at a wall they couldn’t get over from the start . The two powers took these in . The two powers could increase their influence, and the rookies could follow along with the leaders .
The level of skill was distinguished by body modification and battlesuit combination numbers .
No Lifer has a 10 combination battlesuit yet, other than Cha Jun Sung who stopped activity as a Lifer 5 years ago .
Not even the five level S Lifers .
Level A advancement has the contribution system, so Lifers cannot advance just with completion . Only 5 Lifers succeeded in reaching level S over the past 5 years .
Weapon Master and Chamma Sword from World Federation, and Blood King and Dark Side from Bloody Kingdom . Lastly, Empress of Light from Cha Jun Sung’s party .
They don’t know how the two from Bloody Kingdom advanced, but the two from World Federation and Empress of Light went through a fierce advancement mission .
It was last year .
10,000 entering personnel; the majority level A Lifers . It was configured with the rookies who are weak in body and battlesuit modifications but stronger than level B Lifers, and Rankers – the strongest force .
Mission title, Three Evil Bones
It was carried out in the Amazon, where they caught the Seven Color Beetle King Amazon in mission Catching Seven 4 years ago .
They took on 3 level 8 mutants, the three brothers born from Evil Queen and Bon Load . 8,295 out of the 10,000 Lifers died .
Of those who died, there were 5 Rankers . Puppet, Black Leopard, Boom Buster, Dual Blade, Longines .
There were many who didn’t die, but were brought to the brink of death . There were 6 Rankers who fought until the end .
Of them were Weapon Master who would rather die than retreat, Chamma Sword who enjoys battling stronger opponents, and Empress of Light who was blind with madness .
They met contribution requirements and completed level A advancement . After they became level S Lifers, all level A missions became smooth . World Federation tried their best to advance a few more, but it was no use . The ferocity was gone . They did not advance .
They completed all of the advancement missions in that process . Nothing is left .
All that is left are level S missions because there is no opportunity to advance .
5 level S: Asia’s Black Lord, Europe’s White Queen, South America’s Bon Load, Africa’s Parasite King, the ocean’s Sea God .
There were six Disasters, but two are out . North America’s Evil Queen and Africa’s Cruel King . And an unfamiliar addition . It is possible to understand why it was added from reading the description .
It is surprising that Disasters were taken out and added in, but they have also experienced Life Mission for 10 years . They know well that the missions are not perfect .
It isn’t important anyway, so they just let it be .
The key is whether they have the ability to complete the missions or not . Strategist thought that they were lacking .
They invested a tremendous amount of points in completing the Albatrus, so he is deciding between whether they should go into the Sea God mission or a different mission .
But it didn’t take long to make that decision .
In an absence of advancement missions and with stagnant growth, the only decision left to make is whether to stay at a halt or to move forward .
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There is only one spear but because of the ability of the person wielding it, it is split into dozens that go forward like meteors .
They penetrate the atmosphere at the speed of sound . The air is pushed by the spear and it whistles like sharp arrows shot from a bow, but the opponent is also tough . He pulls a sword from a scabbard and flings away the jabs . Then the sword is swung around to block the hundreds of spears .
Violet’s booster emits energy and closes the distance between herself and her opponent .
She holds the spear in the middle, turns it like a windmill, and creates a tornado . Her body dances brilliantly . She is on offense and defense simultaneously .
Cha Jun Sung didn’t avoid that attack . Violet likes close encounters . She is confident in them . That goes for Cha Jun Sung as well .
Woong .
Inside the battlesuit .
Cha Jun Sung’s face momentarily becomes demonic .
Partial awakening .
One pair of eyes become 9, and there is a sudden increase in vision . This vision exerts synergy with battlesuit capabilities, and plays back Violet’s windmill in slow motion .
He sees a weak spot .
Cha Jun Sung boldly stuck his hand in . Before the blade of the spear reached him, his fist hit Violet’s stomach .
Boom!
Kyak!
Violet screams with the sound of leather bursting . She is pushed back on impact . The powerful whirlwind is forcefully wound down .
Papat!
The flow is reversed . Cha Jun Sung went at her as if seeking to end it . His Overbooster explodes and slides like rollerblades . The Overbooster switches direction freely and Hades roars with energy from bisection .
Violet was dizzy .
Hades comes down on the blade between her hand holding the spear and her hand without stopping . She feels it in every joint in her body each time she blocks a blow .
Violet clenches her teeth and pushes her spear with all of her strength .
Cha Jun Sung is surprised for a moment, and creates distance between them .
He can’t get close to her when she is using that technique .
“Crazy Spear Dance!”
The booster on Violet’s elbow accelerates her outstretched arm .
He has seen a lot of jabs, but this is completely different .
The booster on her elbow has superior output to Cha Jun Sung’s Overbooster . The shame is that it is only on her elbow .
Violet’s 9 combination battlesuit . Crazy Spear Dance is purely offense .
It’s also called Infinite Stabbing . If left like this, she keeps stabbing until the battlesuit’s energy is gone . It boasts power that sees an end .
Violet followed as much as Cha Jun Sung quickly retreated .
Is the reversed flow being reversed again?
Of course not .
Cha Jun Sung has never lost to Violet in a spar .
Bang!
He avoided all attacks with a paper thin margin . The spear leaves afterimage as it stabs Cha Jun Sung, and his body also leaves an afterimage as he disappears .
‘I would have to have been prepared to die if it hadn’t been for my level 9 amplified vision . ’
Violet is strong . She was one of the top five Rankers in the virtual version, and this isn’t very different in reality .
She is a level S Lifer .
If Cha Jun Sung had been a normal human, the only difference between Violet and himself is 1 battlesuit combination . The boundaries between male and female bodies are meaningless due to body modifications .
There are definite boundaries until stages 5 and 6 .
But after that, bodies of both men and women become strengthened to the highest level .
Cha Jun Sung is level 9 .
He can hide the truth inside his battlesuit and human shell, but this doesn’t hide his physical ability .
“Eek! How! It’s just 1 battlesuit combination!”
Violet yells as she sees Cha Jun Sung avoid her attacks .
Weapon Master and Chamma Sword sparred with him as well .
They were all similar .
They couldn’t use their strength against Cha Jun Sung .
Weapon Master and Chamma Sword looked similar to Violet when they fought him .
They tried going at him two-to-one and three-to-one out of obstinacy . It hurt their pride, but they wanted to see the extent of Cha Jun Sung’s abilities .
The results were surprising . Two-to-one was similar, and they needed to be three against one to win . Cha Jun Sung is doing two or three level S Lifers’ worth .
The three of them don’t know that he is a mutant .
The only difference is 1 battlesuit combination . Though their combinations fall short, this is too much .
They can’t understand it, but they accept the results .
Strategist was outraged . If Cha Jun Sung hadn’t been disqualified from entering missions, they would have completed level S missions with him in the lead .
Cha Jun Sung hadn’t expected his disqualification to go for 5 years either .
He is fighting with Violet not in a training room, but in a level C mission . He can enter until level B, so they sparred as practice .
As long as it isn’t instant death, they can live even if their arms and legs get cut off .
That is why they are bolder .
‘Jab and retreat, jab and retreat . Now . ’
Cha Jun Sung took one step forward when Violet pulled her spear back, and grabbed the spear with one hand .
His body follows the pulling strength . He followed without resisting .
Cha Jun Sung suddenly ended up in Violet’s embrace and hit her chest hard with his shoulder .
Bang!
Violet goes flying and rolls on the ground .
Cha Jun Sung is holding her spear .
Not only is there a difference in ability, she also had her weapon taken away .
“I – I lost . ”
“Hah!”
Cha Jun Sung lets out a bright laugh at Violet’s declaration of defeat . Violet in a rage looks cute to him .
Cha Jun Sung puts Hades away . He tossed the spear to Violet, who was getting up .
They are both perfectly fine other than slight damages to their battlesuits and energy consumption .
It was a spar .
It is better to end it at an appropriate line .
“To think that you can only watch when you have abilities like this…”
“Haha . I was really mad at first, but I’ve just accepted it . ”
Jigneon called Cha Jun Sung not long after his fight with Gabenu . It was to formally notify him of Life Mission’s decision .
It was different from his encounter with Gabenu .
It wasn’t in the middle of a mission, and it had been discussed with the supervisors . They could have a conversation because they had plenty of time .
Jigneon explained in detail why they needed to block his entry . He had been angry even after hearing that explanation .
It was as if he had suffered all kinds of troubles to climb a mountain, but was being told to go back with the peak right in front of him .
But what could he do?
The decision to disqualify him had been unanimous .
Though Cha Jun Sung is special, he is just one Lifer .
He can’t fight over Life Mission with the supervisors who created it .
‘I’m sure they have something in mind . ’
If they don’t want him near missions, they could have just completely taken away his qualifications as a Lifer .
But they hadn’t done that .
Cha Jun Sung thought that he had been left as insurance in Life Mission for anything that might happen .
They are scientists before they are supervisors . Scientists can’t discard possibility, though they might pretend to .
“Living like this isn’t so bad . It’s more comfortable too . ”
He hid his true feelings and gave a formal answer .
Liberated from missions by force .
He just lazed around in a peaceful life .
The most he did was to warm up in lower level missions .
But Cha Jun Sung wasn’t satisfied with this life . He is a being that humans would call a devil or a monster in both appearance and ability . But this unique being is living among ordinary humans in a human shell . It feels as though he is wearing a mask .
It is like a tiger pretending to be a dog among dogs .
“You topped all the records on your own . Why now when all you had left was level S!”
Violet didn’t finish her thought .
Cha Jun Sung didn’t ask either . He knows what she is trying to say . What can’t be done can’t be helped . He needs to give in .
“But didn’t you say that you have something to tell me?”
“Oh! Right . ”
Violet didn’t come to him to spar .
She had urgent business . Very important business .
She had just forgotten because they ended up in a spar .
“Help us explore a mission area . ”