To the Depth of Abyss

Chapter 164: Release that girl

"Gaaaaaaaahh!"

Rob comes out of the gray and the building pieces that fall on him. 

His condition when he fell at that time was not that severe, seeing that many buildings were destroyed due to emergency landings.

He looked at the jet screen panel instrument that had died from the fall earlier.

"Jarvis, talk to me!"

Rob hits the jet's instrument panel, which at that point stopped functioning, calling out the pilot's AI.

After being hit. The instrument panel functioning again, and the AI pilot responds: "[We are alive, Sir Great Mad Scientist]"

"Yeah, I know! Calculate the damage received!"

The AI pilot performs data calculations in an instant.

"[Damage taken: 12% to jet's armor. Does not affect engines but weakens the plane's defenses.]"

Rob could breathe a sigh of relief. "Okay, good! Now, rebooting and start the engin-"

A rumbling sound coming from behind, close to his position.

Rob looked back and found someone coming out of the rubble. Someone who had fallen with him, or rather, who was pulling him down to fall.

"Robert, Yu-zen!"

That someone is the red-haired Bounty Hunter. He called Rob by his full name.

In Abyssal Terra, there is only one person who really knows Rob's full name. But at that time, the red-haired Bounty Hunter, whom Rob didn't recognize, knew his full name.

'Whose name is that?"

Rob is playing dumb. He expects there will be an argument between them.

"Don't try to play dumb on me, you insolent man!"

The red-haired Bounty Hunter walked up to Rob with a cynical face. Ignoring all the wounds he got.

Rob quick look at the instrument panel screen and the jet is still rebooting. It will take a while for it to work again. Rob turned back to the red-haired Bounty Hunter to give the rebooting some time.

"Hey-hey, let's talk about it! I know you guys are mad at the experiment I did! But listen, I'm doing this experiment to save all of us, mankind, who trapped in this trash world!"

The red-haired Bounty Hunter stopped right in front of Rob. His eyes looked to Rob deeply, when Rob is so nervous.

"What do you know about this world? When you never tried to see this world with your own eyes."

It wasn't an angry sentence, but a sentence filled with questions and facts, which were quite difficult for Rob to understand.

"What do you know about humanity? When you don't value the life of a little girl."

The red-haired Bounty Hunter grabbed Rob by the collar and lifted Rob up.

"Hey-hey-hey! No violence!"

"No violence if you release that girl."

"Alright-alright! You can take her out if you press the only button in the box!"

The red-haired Bounty Hunter looked at the package box and found a button on top of the package box. Rob didn't lie.

Rob got released and falls to the cockpit. 

The red-haired Bounty Hunter -Arlene is next to the package box, a metal box that locked a little girl in it.

"I'll get you out of there."

Arlene pressed the button on the top of the box, but nothing happened. She immediately realized that it was a trick.

"Robert!"

When she looked back at Robert, the mad scientist was already in the pilot's seat with the jet system back in action. 

Rob stepped on the gas that immediately runs the jet plane.

"You bastard!"

Arlene got thrown back because she had no grip to hold.

"Hahaha! Don't think you can win easily from the Great Mad Scientist!"

Rob was back in the air. That time, there really isn't anyone who is chasing him or being able to stop him. He is in the air at high speed.

"Hahaha! I win! See ya in the surface, bitchiest!"

That's what Rob hoped for. Until there was an arrow shot which hit the jet engine and made him fall.

"What the!"

Before hitting the ground, Rob took time to look back, and found that the big tree belonging to the Green Sky Shield was already in the Ruins of Ancient Cognity, finally catch up.

"F*ck you!"

Rob and his jet crashed to the ground.

At the same time, in the distance, above the Green Boy.

"Take that, you mad scientist!"

Hwang is one of the party members who are happy they got the Mad Scientist down.

"Did you see that, Seonbae? Our Archer is so great!"

"Yeah, I know."

Jade nodded at Hwang's question, but she wasn't happy. She feels the atmosphere is off and she is curious of it. 

"This place, is so quiet."

Hwang also feels the atmosphere of the Ruins of Ancient Cognity, one of the chaotic hunting areas on Floor 2.

"Where is the monsters?" asked Hwang. 

Jade finally realized what is strange about the region. When they got inside, they should have been greeted by many android monsters that would attack them. 

Despite riding the Green Boy, not a single android came to them.

"Archers! Use your eyes and observe the perimeter! See if there is any monster on the ground!"

The members fell silent at Jade's serious command. The entire Archers immediately carried out the command and observed the surrounding perimeter.

The atmosphere in the party became quiet because the Archers took a long time to find one monster in the monster region.

"I get a vis -!"

When one Archer finally found something, he stopped for some reason.

"There is..."

Finally, there is someone who got a vision of what happening.

"..something moving really fast!"

Jade frowned. "Something moving really fast? A new type monster?"

"No, that thing has one wing and a tail and ugly form."

The Archer is trying to keep up with the speed of the moving-fast creature. Then finally figured what it is.

"That is, a demon! And he is killing all the monsters!"

A crippled demon that dashed rapidly within the Ruins of Ancient Cognity.

"He is killing all the monster, but why tho?" asked Hwang.

Nobody could answer that question, except for Jade, who is sensitive to the situation.

"He is trying to trigger a catastrophe." Jade faced all her members and shouted, "Archer! Caster! Fire all you've got! Warrior! Get down and stop that damn thing!"

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On the ground, Jared, who had lost the right side of his body, is running fast through the ruins, aiming to kill all the monsters to trigger a catastrophe.

Why he does that? Of course, the monster from the catastrophe would become a block, or if possible, a killer of the disturber of their plan.

But suddenly, there was an attack that shattered the surrounding ruin, stopping his movement.

Jared looked up and found several Vanguards jumping at him with their swords and shields.

"All of you are so annoying!"

Jared opened his mouth and fired several dark mana balls.

To block Jared's attack, the Tank who jumped in front performed an Arts.

"[Aelous Arts: Lion's Barrier]!"

All of Jared's attacks got repelled by the golden lion-shaped barrier.

"Damn it! If that bastard doesn't take my Devil Seed!"

Losing his main Devil Seed had seriously cost Jared a lot. Before losing it, several Platinum Hunters were not a problem for him.

"F*ck it! I have no time dealing with you shi-!"

Jared was about to run, but he got blocked by a log which was suddenly thrown into his exit.

Too late, the Abyssal Hunters had landed and surrounded him.

"Stop right there, you filthy demon!"

All the Vanguards are pointing their swords at him. In all likelihood, the Casters and Archers who are on top of the big tree were also ready to shoot him if he moved.

Having received an attack from the Black Sky Spine before, Jared didn't have much way to escape.

"Don't try to do anything stupid, Jared."

Someone talks to him from above. A green-haired woman who rides a wooden trunk that grows lengthwise.

"You, Jade the Green."

Jade smirked at Jared's call. "I'm happy that you are familiar with me."

"Who is not? You are the most troublesome Seven Color Weapon holder of the seven."

"Yeah, I am. Because I'm using my power for the greater good. Unlike my colleagues who prefer to control a region or earn money easily."

Like she said, Jade doesn't have a region to rule. She will only make money for necessities of life and a little for fun. 

Then how can the Green Tree Family be formed without a place to rule? 

Because all the places on Floor 2 are their homes. Jade put the name 'Abyssal Terra: 2nd Floor' into the Family formation paper. Uniquely, the Guild accepted that and legalized the formation of their family.

Of course that raises pros and cons. Because Jade is like owning the Floor 2. But that's what Jade wanted. That she used as a reason to protect Floor 2 from harm.

[Green Tree Family is not a place, it is the people.] 

That is the family's motive for them to become Floor 2 guards.

"That's why we have to stop you. Plus, your crime will not only hurt the people of Floor 2, but the entire Abyssal Terra."

Jared being surrounded by swords and magic that can kill him at any moment. But he smiled instead and processed a happy maniac laugh.

"Stop what?! It's already happening!"

At Jared's statement, Jade goosebumps, having a really bad feeling.

Suddenly from behind them, there was a violent vibration from the ground. Then a terrifying cry like godzilla could be heard.