Chapter 114. A Trap Within a Trap (3)
Yukgap approached the Abraxas ship again and quickly surveyed the area.
Fortunately, aside from several piles of cargo, there did not seem to be anyone waiting to interfere with him.
“Good. No one’s here.”
“Then let’s get this over with.”
Yukgap took a breath, kicked off the ground, and accelerated.
If he wasted any more time, there was no telling what else might happen.
He needed to finish this as quickly as possible.
“Where do you think you’re going?!”
At that moment, No. 10 burst out from one of the nearby cargo piles with a roar.
He had wrapped himself in old cloth, apparently using it to conceal his scent.
“Whoa!”
Yukgap stopped abruptly in surprise.
No. 10 spoke triumphantly.
“I knew you would come back.”
“Alpha told me so.”
So he had been sitting there dressed like that the entire time, waiting for Yukgap to return?
The sight of one of the mighty Twelve Archons reduced to something so ridiculous was absurd.
But now was not the time to dwell on it.
Yukgap quickly reversed his grip on his dagger.
“Is that so?”
“Then I’m curious what your precious prophecy says is going to happen to you.”
“Do you intend to continue our previous fight?”
No. 10 asked.
“If so, I’ll gladly oblige.”
He immediately activated his overtechnology weapon, the carbon-fiber reinforced armor.
Thick, pitch-black reinforcement flowed over his body and covered him completely.
No. 10 growled.
“I’m still furious that a deserter like you nearly defeated me last time!”
As though eager to erase that humiliation, he opened his enormous jaws and charged straight at Yukgap.
If those jaws caught him, his body would probably be torn in half instantly.
“You still only know how to charge straight ahead!”
Yukgap quickly dodged the attack.
He slipped past No. 10 by a hair and immediately sprinted toward the ship.
“H-Hey! Where are you going?”
No. 10 looked bewildered when Yukgap avoided him instead of engaging directly.
Yukgap openly mocked him.
“Are you stupid?”
“My objective was to infiltrate the ship from the beginning.”
“I don’t need to beat you in a fight.”
His destination was right in front of him.
Why waste time fighting an opponent whose entire specialty was being absurdly difficult to damage?
Realizing Yukgap’s intention, No. 10 flew into a rage.
“You coward!”
“If that bothers you, come stop me yourself.”
Yukgap laughed.
“Though with that slow body of yours, I doubt you can!”
No. 10 immediately shouted,
“Come out!”
“Stop No. 6 by any means necessary!”
At his command, Abraxas soldiers hidden around the area sprang out.
Yukgap quickly counted them and muttered in disbelief,
“You’re planning to stop me with this few people?”
“I know I’m a deserter, but I’m still one of the Twelve Archons.”
“That’s pretty insulting.”
He tightened his grip on his dagger and accelerated.
His body became one enormous streak that swept across the area.
The armed soldiers caught in his path could do little more than scream.
“Ghk!”
“Aaagh!”
“Ugh!”
They had no time to react.
To Yukgap, who could break the sound barrier, they were far too slow.
By the time most of them even realized they were under attack, they had already collapsed.
Yukgap casually flicked the blood from his blade.
“I avoided the vital points.”
“You won’t die.”
Seeing even the soldiers defeated so one-sidedly, No. 10 thundered after him in fury.
“Stop right there!”
“If you were me, would you stop?”
Yukgap snorted and quickly reached the ship’s entrance.
He hurriedly used the key No. 5 had given him.
Fortunately, he could not sense anyone inside.
“Good.”
“If I just open this door and get insi... Huh?”
Something suddenly seized his leg with tremendous force.
Then it dragged him into the ship.
Yukgap was caught completely off guard and slid inside.
“Ghk!”
Cold water enveloped his entire body.
He tried to speak, but only bubbles escaped his mouth.
Only then did Yukgap realize that the inside of the ship was completely filled with seawater.
“Long time no see, Zeta.”
The one who had dragged him inside slowly emerged through the water.
Sharp teeth.
A pointed dorsal fin.
Eyes filled with hunger.
No. 9.
He was smiling at Yukgap in a deeply unsettling way.
“I reaaaaally missed you.”
No. 9 licked his lips and moved closer.
“Alpha told us that if an attack occurred, everyone should evacuate and we should fill the ship with seawater.”
“This ship can also function as a submersible, so that wasn’t difficult.”
Only then did Yukgap understand why the soldiers had been waiting outside instead of inside the ship.
The interior had been flooded specifically to turn it into No. 9’s territory.
There was nowhere else for them to stay.
“Still, this is pretty unfair.”
No. 9 slowly circled him, pushing Yukgap toward a corner.
“Ambushing people is supposed to be my job, but you stole it from me.”
“Hm?”
He looked almost as though he intended to play with Yukgap before killing him.
“Damn it!”
Yukgap gritted his teeth and struggled desperately toward the surface.
No matter how powerful his acceleration ability was, he was underwater.
And the water belonged to No. 9.
With no backup nearby, fighting him here was impossible.
“Slow.”
“Slow, slow, sloooooow!”
“You’re way too slow!”
Underwater, No. 9 was faster.
He shot toward Yukgap in an instant and sank his sharp teeth into his body.
A chunk of flesh was ripped away, and blood bloomed through the water.
