You Went Too Far

Though there was no time to rest, his whole body was drained of strength and he could no longer stand.

“…Status Window.”

Name: K-14

Class: Test Subject

Level: 8

Title: Unresistant

Strength: 1

Agility: 1

Wisdom: 1

Constitution: 1

Magic Power: 1

Skills: –

“What the hell is this crap… With stats like these, why is this a C+ rank difficulty!”

He instinctively cursed.

Though he had met all sorts of clients until now, this was the first time seeing such pathetic stats.

Setting aside having no skills, but all stats being 1 point?

No joke, this was a level that would lose even fighting a child.

Moreover, that wasn’t the only problem.

‘Hey. K-14. Can you perhaps not hear me?’

If your body starts moving on its own and someone starts speaking in your head, showing some kind of reaction would be normal.

However, this client hadn’t said a single word from the moment synchronization was complete until now.

Instead, all he could feel were vague emotions that couldn’t be called language, like confusion, curiosity, and fear.

As Yuseong was bewildered by this first-time experience, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

“Don’t tell me, it lacks the intelligence for conversation?”

The name K-14, something you’d give to an object rather than a person.

The class of Test Subject.

Wisdom of only 1 point.

Above all, decisively, the line in the quest information saying it knew nothing.

From these facts, only one conclusion could be drawn.

‘…If I knew it would be like this, I should have kept one alive to get information.’

Yuseong grumbled internally while pressing his temples.

First, the most urgent thing to resolve was the pathetically low stats.

Though he didn’t know what dangers existed in this facility, judging by the C+ rank difficulty, it definitely wasn’t a level that could be handled with 1 point stats.

There were limits to utilizing items too.

He needed stats that would at least allow basic movement.

Thump!

Yuseong took out a finger-sized bottle from subspace and drank its contents in one gulp after opening the lid.

The moment the silver liquid disappeared without leaving a single drop, a new message appeared before his eyes.

[You have consumed Stat Increase Elixir.]

[Wisdom stat increases by 3 points.]

The headache that had been so severe it was hard to even think properly decreased to a tolerable level.

After consecutively consuming Stat Increase Elixirs, Yuseong got up once his overall stats exceeded 10 points.

“That solves the stats issue, next is getting out but…”

Yuseong looked around and down at his body.

Though no one had come in despite that commotion, suggesting it was cut off from the outside, spaces like this were likely to operate strictly according to schedule, so staying here was dangerous.

The problem was that what he was currently wearing was a blood-stained patient gown.

Going out in clothes like this would get him caught immediately.

Fortunately, there was an item perfectly suited for this situation.

[Spending 10,000 karma points to withdraw Experimental Nano Clothing(D+).]

An item that could freely change its appearance.

After changing the Experimental Nano Clothing’s form to match the clothes the dead doctors were wearing and putting on a hat and shoes taken from the corpses, an instant convincing doctor was born.

Next, after retrieving the axe embedded in the doctor’s head, Yuseong confirmed no one was outside and pulled the door handle.

Creak.

A pure white corridor reminiscent of a hospital.

Yuseong stepped out without hesitation.

“…The required amount has increased too much, shouldn’t we make a suggestion?”

“Stop it. Why try something you’ve never done before? Just do what we’ve been doing.”

“I want to do that too, but this isn’t the situation for it. At this rate, we’ll run out of test subjects within a month.”

People in white coats appeared from around the corner.

Turning back here or showing any hesitation would arouse suspicion.

Yuseong walked with his shoulders and chest held high.

“Hey, you there.”

Just as he was about to pass by, someone called out to him.

“I haven’t seen your face before, are you new?”

“Yes.”

Yuseong maintained a calm expression while giving a short answer.

The man who had been tilting his head suspiciously turned away at his colleagues’ urging while scratching his head.

‘That was lucky.’

If the man had noticed something was off and kept pressing, an unspeakable tragedy would have unfolded.

Fortunately, though he encountered many people after the first group, none showed any interest.

Well, no one would think a test subject lacking intelligence would be calmly moving around disguised as staff.

After wandering around various places without any interference, Yuseong was able to get a rough sense of what this place was.

A human farm.

Just like livestock are raised for meat or milk, this facility was raising humans to obtain something.

‘Are they extracting brain cells?’

Drilling holes in heads and inserting needles to extract grayish brain fluid.

Yuseong, who had been watching the surgery scene through a slightly open door, carefully closed it and entered an empty room.

“What kind of messed up world is this.”

Though he had seen countless worlds and countless incidents, this was the first time seeing human dignity being so thoroughly ignored.

The Great Witch Alice who created numerous chimeras and clones as test subjects was barely comparable.

No, Alice’s actions were committed by an individual, but this was worse because multiple people were committing it.

Weeeeeee!

As a loud siren blared, the white lights changed to red and started flashing.

“They sure found out fast.”

Yuseong muttered quietly while stroking his chin in thought.

‘Casually slipping out among people… will probably be difficult.’

If it was an accident like a fire or power outage, maybe.

But a test subject had killed staff and disappeared.

All paths leading outside would be blocked, and they would send guards or soldiers or whatever to thoroughly check identities and try to eliminate him.

“…Attacking first would be somewhat better.”

As time passed, people would regain their composure and reinforcements sent from outside would arrive.

If fighting was inevitable anyway, better to strike first.

Only tens of seconds had passed since the siren started.

Though he didn’t know how well-trained this facility’s security was, with just this much time, even situation reporting might not be complete.

Having made his decision, Yuseong immediately kicked open the door and started running.

“Stop. Stop. Stop right there!”

As he turned the corner, a guard appeared.

Whether they weren’t taking the situation seriously or were confident they could subdue a mere test subject barehanded, Yuseong confirmed they weren’t holding guns and didn’t hesitate to use Flash Step.

“Huh?!”

The guard, startled by Yuseong suddenly appearing right in front of him, hurriedly reached for the holster at his waist.

And just as the guard grasped his gun, a silver flash flickered from Yuseong’s hand.

Thud!

After briefly glancing at the guard’s head that had fallen to the floor, Yuseong turned his gaze to the axe he was holding.

It had grown over 1.5 times larger and the handle’s material had changed to an unknown dark metal.

Above all, the biggest change was the plasma mass.

The color had become much deeper but the noise had decreased by more than half.

Though it had only been in Sophia’s hands for half a day, the plasma axe had become a completely different weapon from before.

“M-murder! There’s been a mur…”

Slash!

After cleanly cutting off the shouting man’s neck, Yuseong moved to the central corridor.

“Do you know who I am? Open the door right now!”

-According to security procedures, the door cannot be opened until suppression forces arrive.

“Just open it briefly and close it again! There’s a crazy test subject here who’s killed two people!”

-That’s exactly why we can’t open the door.

“The test subject isn’t here right now!”

An elderly man who looked quite old was screaming into the intercom with his face pressed against it, and behind him about forty people were whimpering like dogs that needed to pee.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

“Who’s making all this noise! I clearly told everyone to be qui…et?”

The old man who had been wearing an irritated expression froze the moment his eyes met Yuseong’s.

“T-test subject!”

“Guards! Guards move forward!”

“D-don’t push! I said don’t push!”

“Everyone stay calm! It’s just one person! If we work together we can definitely catch it!”

“Oho.”

At someone’s shout, Yuseong unconsciously nodded.

It wasn’t wrong.

No matter how excellent a weapon the plasma axe was, with stats of barely 10 points, fighting over forty people in such a narrow corridor meant victory was nearly impossible.

Even more so if there were guards with guns among them.

Looking at the people who were starting to calm down from their excitement and stare at him with hostile eyes, Yuseong smiled faintly and opened his mouth.

“Think you can win if we fight?”

“T-the test subject spoke!”

“Why? Is there some law saying test subjects can’t speak?”

Yuseong firmly gripped the axe with both hands and lunged at the people who were making faces like they’d seen a ghost.

Slash!

A long wound appeared on the young man at the front’s chest.

The middle-aged man beside him thrust forward with a drill, but Yuseong slightly twisted his body to dodge the attack and swung his axe upward to cut off both his elbows.

“Ugh, uwaaa…”

The middle-aged man’s scream didn’t continue to the end.

Because the axe that had gone up immediately came down and split his crown.

People who had surrounded him in that gap swung their weapons but…

“Kyaaaa!”

“M-my arm! My arm!”

“Kuk! Kheuk!”

Yuseong activated Asura Perception Way and barely squeezed his body into the gaps between attacks, managing to inflict fatal wounds on those who had attacked him without receiving a single scratch.

The number of people was forty.

Of those, Yuseong had only dealt with five.

In terms of ratio, it barely exceeded 10%.

However, the effect was clear.

“Heek?!”

“Open the door! You bastards! I said open the door quickly!”

“I-I was wrong! Please spare me!”

If they had been trained soldiers, or even people who could muster courage for just a moment, they could have subdued Yuseong by simply rushing in to grab his limbs or crushing him with their bodies.

However, these were just ordinary humans that could be found anywhere.

Whether you could call people who drill holes in innocent people’s heads and extract their brain fluid to kill them ordinary was uncertain, but at least it was clear they lacked the courage to charge in prepared for death.

Bang!

Hiss!

A guard hidden in the crowd secretly pulled the trigger, but Yuseong, who had been thoroughly watching for people with guns from the start, easily vaporized the bullet aimed at his head by slightly tilting the plasma axe.

That was the decisive blow.

The people lost their will to resist.

Though he was familiar with killing, he didn’t have a taste for killing people who didn’t resist.

If these had been ordinary people, he would have restrained them or left after just inflicting wounds severe enough to prevent combat.

But these weren’t ordinary people.

Crackle!

Yuseong raised the plasma axe over his head with increased output and said.

“You went too far.”

Crunch!