Since Jae In-gyu wasn't asking about his mutant status, identity didn't seem important.
The next moment.
Lee Kang instantly grabbed Jae In-gyu's left hand and pulled it out of his pocket.
Then, as expected, it wasn't a normal hand but a tentacle-like transformed left hand that wriggled.
"A system that can make this kind of power stronger? A system for monstrification, you mean?"
At that moment, Jae In-gyu's expression twisted. He simultaneously raised his hand. It was a signal sent to Ho Gwang-young and Han Su-bin.
Ho Gwang-young immediately started running toward Kim Jae-hee upon seeing the signal, and Han Su-bin stuck close to Lee Kang.
Very briefly.
Kim Jae-hee was able to meet eyes with Lee Kang.
And seeing Jae In-gyu's tentacle-transformed hand, Ho Gwang-young's instantly changed body, and Han Su-bin's blackened face, he realized.
'There were enemies so close by that we hated and despised so much. All the friends and adults who died until now were all played by those bastards...'
While lamenting, his mind stayed clear. Kim Jae-hee activated the Hideout Gate Stone, designating Seosin The Charmant.
The time needed for movement was 10 seconds.
He just had to endure 10 seconds from Ho Gwang-young's pursuit. Kim Jae-hee ran straight away from Ho Gwang-young.
'Lee Kang hyung, please! You have to survive!'
He ran and ran again, hoping nothing terrible would happen to Lee Kang.
Right then.
BANG!
"...?"
A gunshot was heard.
Was there someone who could use guns inside Jeonju Sports Complex now? As far as Kim Jae-hee knew, there wasn't.
Startled, he turned his head and saw Han Su-bin's body float up with the gunshot and then tumble on the ground.
And not long after, something circular instantly appeared on her head.
Pop...!
Soon her head disappeared.
It wasn't a mistake—literally her head cleanly vanished and no longer existed in the world.
During this, Han Su-bin's healing sphere attack aimed at Lee Kang did activate.
A posthumous attack carried out as the body reacted according to set mechanisms even though the person was already dead.
It could have been an unexpected variable.
BOOM!
Lee Kang easily blocked the attack with Black Yaksha beside him. As if he hadn't even considered it a variable.
Shurrrrr.
Seeing dead Han Su-bin's appearance dry up and wither like an old tree, Kim Jae-hee definitively confirmed she was a mutant, not human.
Just as Lee Kang had said, the people here had been foolishly trusting five mutants and getting killed.
No matter how he mulled it over, it was a dizzying, highly infuriating scene.
At the same time.
Jae In-gyu was shocked by the fact that he'd lost Han Su-bin in an instant without time to do anything.
'What's this magic bullet usage, and what's this decomposition ability? Fuck, just how many abilities does this bastard have...?'
It was utterly unbelievable.
Lee Kang hadn't even targeted him as the first target at the start of combat.
Though he could have taken him out immediately if he'd wanted, he'd aimed for Han Su-bin who was much farther away.
'Then was Ham Un-hyuk's death also Lee Kang's doing? Same with the Wang Jin-ho incident—just how much interference has he been running?'
Rage surged up.
Though Han Su-bin had died, the rest were still intact.
Ho Gwang-young was chasing Kim Jae-hee, and the distance was rapidly closing.
Moreover, having identified Lee Kang's other abilities through Han Su-bin's death meant fewer variables, in a good way.
Whirrrr!
Jae In-gyu habitually spun the dagger in his right hand while simultaneously extending his left hand's tentacle toward Lee Kang.
Rather than a tentacle attack, he planned to target Lee Kang with the energy emanating from that tentacle.
The energy of isolation techniques.
It consumed tremendous magical power, but was an isolation ability that could temporarily separate targets from reality.
'Once caught in isolation, I can kill him from an advantageous position when he returns to reality. I've had plenty of fun that way. Lee Kang, you're not the only one with fun abilities.'
Jae In-gyu was certain of victory.
Han Su-bin's death was regrettable, but that was all. Rather, with one less mouth to feed, it might even be profitable.
But something was strange.
Anyway, if an opaque sphere came flying at you, you'd normally feel crisis and dodge.
Lee Kang seemed to have no intention of avoiding the sphere flying straight at him.
Instead, he was throwing a bug he'd taken from his pocket right at himself.
It was so small he couldn't see clearly, but it looked like a baby bug at most.
The next moment.
Whoosh!
The energy of isolation techniques that Jae In-gyu had launched enveloped Lee Kang's entire body, but Lee Kang remained as he was.
"...!"
Jae In-gyu turned pale.
He'd put dodging or deflecting the isolation sphere within the realm of predictable variables...
But he hadn't thought the isolation itself wouldn't work at all.
'Isolation doesn't work? Immunity? Does that make sense? Why does a Death ability user have so many different abilities?'
The tentacle tip trembled.
Jae In-gyu also had the concept of 'immunity' that perfectly resisted specific abilities.
Knowing it well made it all the more shocking.
Right now, Lee Kang possessed both offensive and defensive abilities that were difficult to concentrate in one human.
He had far too many abilities that even higher-grade mutants or higher-grade humans couldn't easily possess.
His emission ability using magic bullets also looked more outstanding than Ho Gwang-young's ability.
The next moment.
Plop!
A 'baby cockroach' that gently landed on Jae In-gyu's forearm separated him from reality upon contact.
Until this point, Jae In-gyu, who hadn't realized the isolation, teleported right next to Lee Kang.
And he continuously swung not only tentacles but also his dagger, slashing Lee Kang again and again.
But after realizing that none of his attacks worked, he immediately grasped the current situation.
"Damn it, you want me to admit you even have isolation techniques...?"
Lee Kang also had the isolation ability that he possessed. Could it be the influence of the bug that just made contact?
Whether it was Lee Kang's ability or means didn't matter. What mattered was that he could do it.
"Lee Kang, what the hell are you!"
Jae In-gyu shouted.
Why was such a 'cheat character' coming all the way to Jeonju Wansan-gu to ruin his and the leadership's plans?
They had no particular enmity, but things had gotten thoroughly tangled. This meant everything had been wrong from the start.
'Was taking over here the goal from the beginning? Was pushing us out the objective?'
He got goosebumps.
Thinking that all conversations and responses until now had been Lee Kang's design made him feel humiliated at being toyed with.
Meanwhile.
As soon as Lee Kang confirmed Jae In-gyu's isolation, he opened subspace wide and summoned all minions.
The few goblins he'd brought out earlier for show were just the tip of the iceberg—now was the real thing.
The goblin legion that poured out as soon as subspace opened instantly became a massive military force.
They marched forward in orderly fashion, densely filling the area around the space where Jae In-gyu was isolated.
It was visible.
Jae In-gyu shouting with lip movements saying 'No!' inside the isolated space.
What was he thinking while seeing endless goblins emerging? Would he even have time to realize their majesty?
The next moment.
"AAAAAH! No...!"
Jae In-gyu's scream burst out as the isolation was released.
And before he could even use his spatial movement ability.
Kehe!
"Kuhek!"
His body overlapped with one goblin and he was crushed to death.
As if a goblin had been attached to Jae In-gyu's body, they were fused in a diagonal X shape.
Since they overlapped not just externally but internally too, naturally Jae In-gyu's life couldn't survive.
BOOM!
Soon Jae In-gyu, who'd become one body with the goblin, collapsed with bulging eyes. Instant death.
Like Han Su-bin before, Jae In-gyu wasn't given time to leave even a single last word.
Thus he'd dealt with two of the three leadership members. Only one person chasing Kim Jae-hee remained.
"Ho Gwang-young."
Lee Kang turned his gaze.
He could see Kim Jae-hee, who'd been confident about running, diligently fleeing along the stadium's perimeter.
If he'd activated the Hideout Gate Stone at the start of combat, it should be time for teleportation to occur.
"Heh."
A pleased smile emerged.
Right, if you just do what you're told well, plans proceed smoothly without problems.
At the same time.
"Annoying fly."
Ho Gwang-young was accelerating his body's transformation even more to chase Kim Jae-hee, who seemed about to be caught but wasn't.
Drawing out his muscle power made him faster, and the distance to Kim Jae-hee began closing.
He'd seen Han Su-bin die from an unexpected attack, but seeing Jae In-gyu use isolation techniques afterward, he stopped caring about that side.
No human had survived after being caught by Jae In-gyu's isolation techniques. It was that nasty an ability.
So he was chasing only Kim Jae-hee without worry about Lee Kang.
Flash!
"Huh?"
With a small streak of light, Kim Jae-hee's figure completely disappeared.
Kim Jae-hee had cleanly vanished from sight in a way that 'evaporated' perfectly described. It wasn't hallucination or illusion.
He'd never heard Kim Jae-hee had spatial movement ability. There was no possibility of that either.
It was obvious what items he had, so how had he disappeared from the scene?
Since there was no way to forcibly summon someone who wasn't there, he thought he'd have to give up on Kim Jae-hee for now.
Kim Jae-hee was small fry anyway.
The important prey was Lee Kang, and with just him, today's purpose for coming to Jeonju Sports Complex would be achieved.
Neutralize Lee Kang.
Call Go Jun and Go Yoon to absorb all the achievements Lee Kang had accumulated...
If things went well, today might become a festival day where all leadership members rose one grade in mutant rank.
But right then.
"What's that..."
What greeted Ho Gwang-young when he turned his gaze toward the stadium was an endlessly continuing goblin military force.
Not only that, but Jae In-gyu and Han Su-bin's corpses were being trampled as if violated by goblins.
Some crushed and sat on Jae In-gyu's face, others spat on it.
Making a head from dirt brought from somewhere for headless Han Su-bin's corpse was a bonus.
In a brief moment, both had been dealt with.
Moreover, the number of Lee Kang's minion legion, which hadn't seemed so numerous even when entering the stadium, had increased.
By rough estimate, easily over 600 goblins and orcs, plus Spider Humans, Black Yaksha, and even Oyacha...
Ho Gwang-young saw a massive wall in the entire legion's appearance. A wall of limits that absolutely couldn't be overcome alone.
'Was that chilling feeling we had from our first meeting intuition announcing our deaths? Completely screwed.'
He scratched the back of his head roughly.
Overwhelmed by the military force, Ho Gwang-young's mind had no picture of confronting them.
Even if he luckily overcame the goblins and orcs, could he handle the Spider Humans and Black Yaksha?
Even if heaven's luck followed and he surpassed these guys, could he target Lee Kang? Oyacha was behind him.
He'd even learned from Han Su-bin's death that Lee Kang could handle magic bullets and use decomposition abilities.
Realizing the risks he'd have to bear to reach Lee Kang were at an unbearable level, Ho Gwang-young said:
"Ah, shit...!"
He started running straight toward Jeonju Sports Complex's entrance.
He'd hoped the Gluttonous Orc Lord might help by keeping Lee Kang in check.
But Lee Kang was already 'dribbling' the Gluttonous Orc Lord by controlling several goblins and orcs.
Drawing aggro then releasing it while leading it around was called dribbling.
Lee Kang was skillfully handling the Gluttonous Orc Lord. Like a very experienced expert.
What would happen if he succeeded in escaping?
Kim Jae-hee had witnessed everything and fled, so he'd become a living witness.
Moreover, the leadership smashed by Lee Kang had no room for counterattack. Go Jun and Go Yoon's skills were severely lacking.
Everything the group had built up at Sangyeon High over the past 19 days was on the verge of being entirely offered to Lee Kang.
Even though he'd lose everything with his eyes open, Ho Gwang-young could do nothing more.
Just preserving his life!
He was convinced that giving up everything he had and leaving this Jeonju area was the only way to survive.