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Ubermensch – Chapter 69

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Chapter 69

Seoul was divided into monster territory and human territory with the Han River as the boundary. The deep and abundant Han River served as an excellent defensive wall. Conversely, it meant that if the Han River froze over and crossing became possible… that defensive wall would be rendered useless.

Rather than holding a defensive battle because it was winter, it felt more like they were holding a large-scale defensive battle because it was winter anyway.

“Okay, I get it. So what do we need to do?”

“Power check and, if possible, reinforcement.”

“Hmm…”

Thinking about it, it had been a busy year. It was true that they needed some time to regroup.

“Why don’t you at least go and meet the other attack teams?”

“Other attack teams…”

“Seven attack teams will participate in this winter defense, and three reserve teams will remain. Like it or not, we have to work with all the attack teams.”

“Hmm…”

She was right.

“Alright, let’s go since we’re talking about it.”

“Yes.”

There was no need to go greet the Heavenly King’s three attack teams. They knew each other through acquaintances, and they worked well together.

The same went for the Holy Knights.

That left five attack teams.

“First, let’s go to the 5th ranked attack team, the ‘Over Armor’ attack team.”

“Shall we?”

The Over Armor attack team’s building wasn’t far away. It was close enough to walk to.

“…This is it?”

“Yes.”

“…”

Mason made a subtle expression.

He hadn’t been to many other attack teams, but the Over Armor attack team’s building was particularly noticeable.

“…Isn’t this a gym?”

Structures shaped like muscular arms gripping dumbbells stood on either side of the entrance, and statues of muscular figures striking poses were scattered everywhere.

<Physical strength is national power. Endurance is sexual power.>

<Sufficient strength guarantees persuasive power.>

<Financial loss can be recovered, but muscle loss is irreversible.>

The statues were holding signs with such slogans.

“…Or maybe it’s a bodybuilding association building.”

Seo Yeonhee smiled wryly as she watched Mason with a subtle expression.

“Well… Korea’s attack teams have a bit of an experimental nature…”

“You mean they’re crazy?”

“I think you’ll get along well with them, Mason.”

It was at that moment when they were about to enter the building while chatting.

A security guard with massive arms and trapezius muscles blocked their way with his arms crossed.

“What brings you here?”

“We came to say hello.”

The security guard then pointed to a sign next to him with sharp eyes.

<Entry through the main gate prohibited for those with a 3 Big Lifts total under 500kg.>

<Women, minors, and those with a 3 Big Lifts total under 500kg, please use the back entrance.>

Mason made a sullen expression.

“…”

Seo Yeonhee headed towards the back entrance as if it were natural.

“See you inside.”

The security guard then looked at Mason.

“Can you lift 500kg in the 3 Big Lifts?”

“Haa…”

Mason sighed deeply and flexed his arm.

Rip!

His bulging biceps ripped his sleeve.

Magnificent muscles like rising mountain ranges and cuts drawn with a brush.

The security guard, seeing the arm muscles that had reached the limit of human, no, humanoid beings, stepped aside with an impressed look.

“Ooh… biceps… ooh…”

“…”

Mason entered the building with a subtle sense of fatigue.

Seo Yeonhee, who entered through the back door, said,

“See you in the conference room on the 8th floor.”

“…Why are we separating again?”

Seo Yeonhee pointed to the elevator.

<Elevator use prohibited except for women, minors, and those with a 3 Big Lifts total under 500kg.>

“…”

Seo Yeonhee got on the elevator.

Mason sighed.

On the 8th floor, burly figures were waiting.

Strongman types with bear-like physiques, bodybuilder types with cut fat, fatman types who looked like they did wrestling or sumo, and so on.

Their appearances, races, and body types were all different, but there didn’t seem to be anyone who weighed less than 100kg.

Among the people with sweaty appearances, a man with a bear-like physique and a beard walked forward.

“I’m Jang Geun-uk. Nice to meet you.”

He extended his hand to Mason. It was a gesture of handshake.

Mason casually took his hand.

“Mason, Mason Park.”

At that moment, Jang Geun-uk’s face contorted.

Mason made a bewildered expression.

“…What did you do?”

“…I put some strength in my hand. Don’t you feel anything?”

“I don’t feel anything…”

“…”

As Mason made a puzzled expression, people looked impressed.

“Geun-uk hyung, who has a grip strength of 130kg…!”

“As expected of a modified human…”

Jang Geun-uk, with his hand still clasped, gritted his teeth and said,

“Don’t be impressed, you idiots! Does that look like a natural body?”

“Why wouldn’t it be natural! He doesn’t even have a belly!”

“If he’s modified, he’s not natural!”

“And so what if he’s not natural? As long as he has good athletic ability!”

People started arguing with each other, and Mason felt tired.

“…What’s natural and what’s not natural?”

“They’re arguing about whether you’ve taken steroids or not.”

Mason, a modified human, made a bewildered expression.

He hadn’t taken steroids…

‘…Isn’t that beside the point?’

Barbarian was a culmination of human enhancement technologies that were stronger and more profound than steroids.

After arguing for a while, they finally seemed to have reached an agreement and looked at Mason.

“Commander Mason, can we ask you just one thing?”

“Ask away…”

“Dude, does your d*ck work?”

“It works…”

They looked at each other.

“Natural…?”

“Natural!”

They hugged each other and shouted.

“Natural!”

It was a festive atmosphere.

Mason made a fed-up expression.

“Haa…”

He looked at Seo Yeonhee.

“Let’s go somewhere else…”

“…Yes.”

Mason trudged towards the stairs.

Unlike Seo Yeonhee, who took the elevator.

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“They’re a bit… unique, aren’t they?”

Seo Yeonhee spoke to Mason after they came out of the building.

“That’s putting it nicely, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Yeah, they’re a bit unique…”

Mason said with a tired expression. Seo Yeonhee smiled wryly.

“Korea’s attack teams have a strong experimental nature…”

“Their way of thinking doesn’t have to be experimental, does it?”

“Over Armor, despite their appearance, is a very solid attack team.”

“…Really?”

“Yes, excluding the healers belonging to the Inner Circle, the physical abilities of the regular attack team members are at the top level in Korea.”

The 3 Big Lifts 500kg was the Korean version of America’s 1000 Pound Club, and with those specs, it had to be seen that they had physical abilities at the level of professional athletes.

Strength didn’t necessarily translate to durability and stamina, but someone who did strength training at the level of a professional athlete was highly likely to have strong durability and stamina.

“They all wear heavy armor, so their survivability is high, and especially the ranged dealers are equipped with experimental heavy equipment like beam gatlings and armor-piercing beam cannons as personal firearms, so their firepower is excellent.”

“…If that’s the case, shouldn’t their ranking be higher than 5th?”

Seo Yeonhee smiled wryly and said,

“They don’t have any mages or rogues.”

“Do they have a small number?”

“No, they don’t have any.”

“Not even one?”

“Not even one.”

Mason shook his head.

“Let’s go to the next attack team…”

“The next attack team is 6th ranked, ‘Engineering Engineering Engineering’.”

Mason made a dubious expression.

“You’re kidding, right?”

“That’s right. The official name is ‘Joint Representative Attack Team of Engineering Universities’, and the abbreviation is Engineering Engineering Engineering.”

“Did they make that name as a joke?”

“It’s called engineering humor…”

“Come on, no way…”

Seo Yeonhee coughed as she saw Mason with a subtle expression.

“Well… as I said, Korea’s attack teams have a bit of an experimental nature…”

“…You mean they’re crazy too?”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Haa…”

Mason sighed.

“So, where do they live?”

Seo Yeonhee pointed across the street.

It was right across from the Over Armor attack team’s building.

There, as if to rival the Over Armor attack team, various objects and statues were erected.

There were various molecular models and statues of famous scholars.

“At least it’s a bit more decent than Over Armor.”

Someone blocked Mason’s way as he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was an elderly security guard with an intellectual appearance.

He pointed to a sign posted next to the door.

<Pets, cult members, and humanities majors prohibited.>

Mason felt speechless.

“…”

These guys were the same.

Seo Yeonhee headed towards the back door as if it were nothing.

“I’ll go in first.”

“…Why are you going through the back door?”

“I majored in political science and diplomacy. I didn’t graduate though.”

“Is political science and diplomacy a humanities major?”

“It is.”

Mason made a bewildered expression.

The security guard asked with sharp eyes.

“…Humanities?”

Mason said with an awkward expression.

“I’ve never been to school…”

“Then… you may pass, young man.”

Mason entered the building with a subtle expression.

“Isn’t a humanities major better than being uneducated?”

“It’s better to have someone who doesn’t say anything than someone who talks about hexagonal water and negative ions…”

“…”

Seo Yeonhee, who was inside the building, greeted Mason.

“Now, let’s go to the conference room.”

“What floor is the conference room on?”

“Basement level 1.”

“Why there?”

“They say going down is more efficient than going up.”

“…What about when we leave?”

“There’s an elevator.”

Mason sighed and went down to the basement.

In the basement, men in checkered robes and glasses were waiting.

One of them walked forward.

It was a woman, also wearing a checkered robe.

“I’m Han Areum, the raid leader of Engineering Engineering Engineering.”

“Mason, Mason Park.”

Mason decided to ask the most curious question first.

“…Why the checkered pattern?”

“People have a prejudice that engineering students wear checkered clothes. We actually don’t.”

“Then you shouldn’t wear them…?”

“That’s why we should wear checkered clothes!”

“…?!”

Mason was confused.

Seeing that, Seo Yeonhee said,

“Don’t try to understand engineers. If monsters hadn’t appeared, those people would have gone to graduate school on their own.”

“Yeah.”

Mason said with a tired expression.

“It seems so…”

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They left after a brief greeting and a promise of cooperation with Engineering Engineering Engineering.

“They’re a bit… unique, aren’t they?”

Seo Yeonhee spoke to Mason after they came out of the building.

“That’s putting it nicely, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Yeah, they’re a bit unique…”

Mason said with a tired expression. Seo Yeonhee smiled wryly.

“Korea’s attack teams have a strong experimental nature…”

“I think I’m hearing that a lot today.”

Seo Yeonhee said to the grumbling Mason,

“Well, Engineering Engineering Engineering is a pretty solid attack team. Since they’re all educated people, they have a good understanding and adaptability to advanced equipment, and they’re good at field maintenance. You can think of them as the ones who usually handle the field testing of new weapons.”

“Then what are their weaknesses…?”

“…Their physical abilities are a bit weak for players.”

“Hmm…”


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(🇰🇷)Ubermensch

🇰🇷)Ubermensch

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Status: Ongoing Released: 2023 Native Language: Korean
Mason Park, a "Barbarian" bioengineered for space exploration, is sent back in time from a decimated 28th century to find hope for humanity. He lands in a war-torn Seoul where monsters roam freely and the remnants of society cling to survival through the Player System, a program that empowers soldiers with monster cores. Gifted with extraordinary strength, regenerative abilities, and the advanced technology of his time, Mason becomes a beacon of hope against the monstrous threats. He joins the Holy Knights, a band of players dedicated to selfless service, and quickly rises to prominence. However, Mason's idealism clashes with the reality of human conflict as he gets caught in the struggle between the benevolent but struggling Holy Knights and the ambitious, power-hungry Heavenly King Yekaterina who controls the Player System. Torn between the conflicting ideologies, Mason forms his own raid team, the Revengers, determined to carve his own path. He faces increasingly powerful monsters, including the Lich and the Ghost Dragon, battling not only for humanity's survival but also for his own sanity as he grapples with the darkness within him. His past trauma and his monstrous strength threaten to consume him, but he finds solace and support in the Healer Eun Yuri and the enigmatic Seo Yeonhee, both women drawn to his unique power and burdened by their own past. As Mason's fame grows and the world's eyes turn to him, he faces a choice: to be a tool of power used by others, or to be a symbol of hope that transcends human limitations and unites humanity against a common enemy. His journey is one of self-discovery, where he confronts the complexities of human nature and the meaning of true heroism in a world teetering on the edge of oblivion.

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