Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 141
Sand Mage Of The Burnt Desert Chapter 141
Episode 141
: Zeon stood on the rooftop of the tallest building in the slums and looked out at the desert.
The harsh desert wind blew so hard that it seemed as if it would blow Zeon away at any moment, but his body did not move, as if it had been driven into iron nails.
bang! Quang!
In the distance, I could see the awakened people fighting fiercely in the fortress.
“Scavengers and fanatics from Dongdaemun. And those who support fanatics. “That’s bullshit!”
The awakened people of Dongdaemun wore masks and changed weapons to hide their identities. But there was something that could never be hidden.
It was their skill.
One of the skills commonly used by Dongdaemun awakeners was God’s Light.
It was a kind of barrier-like skill.
It was an essential skill to learn if you were a paladin or berserker.
When faced with a crisis, the Dongdaemun awakened people unknowingly spread the divine curtain to protect their entire bodies.
As the grand name suggests, it does not block all attacks. Still, it had enough power to save one’s life in an emergency.
When faced with the threat of death, everyone would use their most confident method, and the Dongdaemun Awakenings were no exception.
Thanks to that, I was able to easily distinguish them.
Zeon’s gaze turned to a tall building on the outskirts of the slums.
After supplying power to the railgun, exhausted mechanized awakeners were seen.
‘The mechanized awakeners must have come from the west area…’
That was not all.
Suspicious movements were felt throughout the slums.
Confusion inevitably leads to greater confusion.
In the midst of extreme chaos, someone who is greedy for the Spirit King’s crown moves.
‘It’s just what Damian wanted.’
Zeon frowned.
Due to this incident, the firmly maintained order of Neo Seoul was greatly shaken.
That doesn’t mean the system will collapse, but great chaos will be inevitable.
Zeon did not want Neo Seoul to fall into chaos.
Regardless of my personal feelings, I know very well that Neo Seoul is humanity’s last bastion.
Neo Seoul was the only place where so many people lived together and achieved a high level of civilization.
At least among the places Zeon has been to.
If this place collapses, human civilization will regress to at least two generations ago.
Therefore, if possible, Zeon tried to avoid causing problems that would shake Neo Seoul’s system.
But Damian was different from Xeon.
I don’t care if Neo Seoul shakes or collapses because of this.
To him, revenge for his father was more important than anything else, and he was ready to make any sacrifice for it.
Because of this, he caused chaos in Neo Seoul without hesitation.
By putting in all the items that were so difficult to obtain.
Quang!
At that moment, an explosion of alcohol on a completely different level than before erupted.
The explosion was so powerful that the aftereffects reached where Zeon was.
The glass windows of the building were broken and the items on the roof were broken and scattered like corn cans.
‘What about that?’
A deep furrow appeared between Zeon’s eyebrows.
What emerged after one side of the fortress burst open was a huge mammoth.
Woooooo!
The mammoth snorted and attacked the awakeners who attacked the caravan.
“The mammoth runs wild.”
“Fuck! “Try to do something about that.”
“Shit!”
A look of confusion was evident on the faces of the Scavengers and the Dongdaemun Awakenings.
No matter how gentle the mammoth was, it was a large C-class monster.
Because of its weak attack power, it was considered a C-level beast, but in terms of defense alone, it was safe to consider it a B-level magic beast.
The mammoth ran wild and attacked the awakened people with its tusks and four legs. Because of this, the damage to the awakened people became increasingly greater.
As the chaos reached its peak due to the mammoth’s rampage, those who were looking for opportunities in the slums began to move in earnest.
Zeon also decided to make his move around this time.
Pot!
Zeon kicked off the rooftop and flew up.
Zeon’s new model flew tens of meters and fell to the ground in a parabola.
Good!
Zeon landed lightly on the road and started walking towards the desert.
“Xeon!”
“Right?”
Suddenly there were people blocking his path.
They were twin sisters with identical faces, as if they had been cut out of a bread mold.
“It’s true that I am Zeon, but who are you?”
“That’s right!”
“Welcome to the right place.”
The twin sisters did not answer Zeon’s question and talked among themselves.
Zeon felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he had seen them somewhere.
‘If they were twins, did you see them in the square?’
I couldn’t see it clearly because of the barrier, but I knew that there were two girls with one old man.
The twins blocking their path felt similar to theirs.
“Were you the ones watching from the square?”
“Did you know?”
“how?”
The twin sisters opened their eyes wide, as if they were very surprised.
They started talking like larks.
“Amazing? “You can really see through my grandfather’s barrier.”
“Aren’t your skills rusty?”
“The wrinkles have increased, but your skills are still outstanding, right?”
“But how did you know?”
“I guess he’s really A-level.”
The twin sisters do not know that only S-class or higher awakened people can see through the barrier.
This is because the old man kept it a secret from even them. So I thought of Xeon as simply an A-class awakened person.
“If it’s grade A, it’s great.”
“Amazing. “Because we are also class A.”
“But it doesn’t work for us. Because we are more than that.”
“That’s right!”
Zeon felt dizzy from their conversation. First, I had to stop chatting with them.
“Did you come to me on purpose?”
“huh!”
“why?”
“To stop it.”
“me? why?”
“Aren’t you planning to go to the desert?”
“that’s right!”
“That’s why I won’t let you go.”
“why?”
“Grandpa asked me to do it. “Please hold my ankle for a moment so I can’t intervene.”
“So why are you preventing me from intervening?”
“We judged Xeon to be a risk factor.”
“Risk factors?”
“huh! They say that the board we worked so hard to create may be broken because of Xeon. “That’s not possible.”
The twin sisters answered obediently with bright expressions.
“If it’s your grandfather, is there a barrier magician who was with you?”
“how did you know?”
“Because I saw you guys next to me.”
“As expected, it’s amazing. That’s why it’s more dangerous.”
“Prevents the plate from breaking? “Are you guys affiliated with City Hall?”
“Wow!”
The twins gaped.
Few people knew that they belonged to City Hall.
At most, it was just old man Ko and a few other people who were accompanying him.
“You guys are the number called the execution unit directly under the mayor.”
Zeon was convinced after seeing their reactions.
“You’re really smart.”
“I wonder what’s going on in your head.”
“curious!”
“Then let’s figure it out.”
“Is that so?”
“OK. “Grandpa also gave permission.”
In an instant, the smile disappeared from the twin sisters’ faces.
It was at that moment that Zeon’s eyes became heavy.
Ji-ing!
Suddenly, I felt a terrible headache along with tinnitus.
It felt like my brain was being stabbed with a sharp awl.
Even in pain, Zeon recognized his twin sisters’ abilities.
“You guys are telepaths.”
“As expected, he’s smart.”
“I hate people who are too smart.”
As Zeon guessed, the twin sisters were awakened telepaths.
Eun Soo-jin and Eun Soo-young.
I developed telepathic abilities at a young age.
Not only could he read the inner thoughts of others, but he could also directly intervene in their thoughts.
Because of that, he was abandoned by his parents.
I read my parents’ thoughts and said it without thinking, but they were scared.
-Do not appear before me again. Monsters!
Those were the last words their parents said as they abandoned them.
Their words deeply hurt the twin sisters.
Fortunately, they were taken in by Jin Geum-ho, who highly valued their abilities, and they were raised at City Hall and eventually became members of Numbers.
Due to the shock of being abandoned by their parents, they did not deeply trust anyone.
The only ones who trust and follow are Jin Geum-ho and the old man.
This is because Jin Geum-ho took in these women who had nowhere else to go, and because Old Man Ko cherished them purely without any desire.
Being able to read other people’s thoughts was both a blessing and a curse.
Their talent grew as time went by.
Now you can go beyond simply interfering with other people’s thoughts and manipulate them in the direction you want.
Even so-called mental manipulation has become possible.
If you want, you can show someone else a hallucination or make them unable to escape from the dream forever.
The ability to play with other people’s brains at will, like kneading clay. So those who knew their true nature were very afraid.
“I won’t kill you.”
“We hate killing people.”
“Just a sneak peek.”
“I’m curious.”
Eun Soo-jin and Eun Soo-young held hands. Then their abilities exploded.
As twins, they created a synergy that amplified each other’s abilities.
The human brain was like a secret room with a completely sealed entrance.
In order to penetrate inside, you first had to make a small hole with a sharp awl.
This task was the most difficult.
In particular, the higher-ranked awakened people had a stronger mental barrier, making it difficult to break through.
It wasn’t an easy task to do alone.
But they were twins, and they knew all too well how to use and amplify each other’s powers.
Eun Soo-jin said.
“I’ll dig a hole. “Concentrate your strength.”
“huh!”
Eun Soo-young gave her mana to Eun Su-jin along with her answer. Then, Eun Soo-jin’s telepathic abilities were greatly amplified.
Beads of sweat formed on Eun Soo-jin’s forehead.
This is because it was difficult to make a hole in Xeon’s mental barrier even with abilities that were more than doubled.
“Sii! it’s hard.”
“cheer up!”
“huh!”
Thanks to Eun Soo-young’s support, Eun Soo-jin further increased her output. Still, not even the slightest hole appeared in Xeon’s mental barrier.
“crazy…. “I think this is much stronger than Captain or Grain.”
Seong Ho-yeon, the leader of Numbers.
Grain, Injain Lee.
They were all S-class awakened people and possessed tremendously strong mental power.
Because of that, the twin sisters also had to expend enormous amounts of concentration and time mana to read their thoughts.
The mayor, Jin Geum-ho, could not read thoughts at all, and Old Man Go had no need to read them.
Excluding the two, Seong Ho-yeon and Grain had the hardest time reading thoughts, but Zeon had a stronger mental barrier than them.
“profit!”
Eun Soo-jin gritted her teeth and increased her output.
Eun Soo-young gave her strength.
After much effort, I was finally able to pierce a needle-sized hole in Zeon’s mental barrier.
“done.”
Eun Soo-jin cheered.
Drilling the hole was difficult, but the rest wasn’t difficult.
He infiltrates his mind into Xeon’s brain, like injecting water into a small hole.
Eun Soo-jin immediately began the work of taking control of Jeon’s brain, and Eun Soo-young helped.
She infiltrated Xeon’s brainstem in an instant.
It was to obtain the neural network of the brainstem.
The brainstem was an important passage connecting various centers of the cerebrum and cerebellum with the spinal cord.
Once we take control of this place, we can say that more than 90 percent of the work has been completed.
Therefore, when infiltrating another person’s mind, the first thing to do was to take over the nerves of the brainstem. And understand the other person’s state of mind.
The image contains everything about the other person.
If you just grasp the image, you can understand the other person’s past actions and desires, and you can manipulate them at will.
Because it was work that was done like eating, Eun Su-jin had no hesitation.
After taking complete control of the brainstem, she infiltrated Zeon’s brain through a neural network and peeked into his images.
This is because I was curious about what kind of past a person with such a strong mental barrier had.
It was the moment when the curtain of darkness in Zeon’s mind was gently opened.
“What is this?”
Eun Soo-jin’s new voice burst out.