Terrestrial Savior Archetype - T.S.A Chapter 6 (part 1): Choice and Focus (Part 4)

In response to Jeong-woo’s statement to get straight to the point, the evaluator provided an open-ended response.

“What do you desire?”

‘…’

Jeong-woo felt his patience rapidly depleting, but he asked again as politely as possible.

“How do I deal with that thing? Even if I have the essence, I don’t know how to use it.”

Although this being only revealed its existence through its voice, it held the position of an “evaluator.”

Jeong-woo wasn’t sure how the system worked, but it was clear that this being was currently in a position to evaluate him.

Therefore, he thought it wouldn’t be beneficial to appear hostile to the evaluator.

He couldn’t know if this creature harbored the emotion of “dislike” like a human does…

However, the response that soon came back made Jeong-woo resent the evaluator even more.

“Currently, Mr. Park Jeong-woo possesses a sufficient amount of essence to eliminate the ‘cleaner.’ Furthermore, the basic instructions for using the essence are already embedded.”

“…?”

The response was strangely off-point to the extent that it made him wonder if the translation was incorrect.

“So, where is this embedded instruction for using the essence? There’s no subject in your answer…!”

Jeong-woo’s protest was interrupted at this point.

It was because the creature named “cleaner,” referred to as such by the evaluator, swooped down, casting a massive shadow.

Gasp!

“Ah!”

Even though it was just leaping toward him, Jeong-woo felt as if he was standing right in front of a rapidly spinning roller coaster.

A heavy and threatening presence.

Simultaneously, a fear so intense that it sent shivers down his spine surged along with an instinct for survival of the same magnitude.

It was at this moment that Jeong-woo experienced the chilling sensation he felt during the sensitivity test.

Shivers…

This time, the chill didn’t start from his toes but spread outward from within his body.

And he realized.

What the evaluator referred to as “embedded instruction” meant.

‘It wasn’t entirely wrong…’

It was a survival instinct that most humans, or rather, organisms possess.

That was the method to activate the essence.

Ssshhhh!

The cleaner, hovering above Jeong-woo’s head, began descending.

If it toyed with his massive body, his spine would break and words would fail.

‘Can I activate this energy just by releasing it?’

Though the situation became urgent, Jeong-woo could feel the essence inside his body boiling, but he didn’t know how to “weaponize” it.

He briefly considered extending his arms forward without a plan, but the cleaner’s pitch-black skin was already approaching before his eyes.

“Ugh!”

Instinctively, Jeong-woo raised his arms to protect his head.

Soon, his body, lying underneath the cleaner, was kicked backward.

“Park…!”

The team leader Jo, who had been watching this scene from the other side, inadvertently tried to call Park but stopped himself.

Then, tightly clutching the car key in his right hand, he started running toward the direction where he had parked his car.

Initially, he had intended to escape.

However, once he took a step, an overwhelming rage surged within him.

It wasn’t because he felt sorry for the Assistant Manager Park, who told him to escape.

Nor was it a result of a sense of justice that it wouldn’t do to leave the monster, who had already devoured several people, alone.

“Damn it…”

The reason he was angry was none other than himself.

Although he was running away out of a vague survival instinct, he didn’t have a definite “purpose.”

Like escaping from here to find his wife or pick up his children.

At the very least, at this age, you should have a heart of love for your parents. But team leader Jo was alone early on, so those feelings were castrated.

Until now, what had anchored his daily life was only the small leisure time that awaited him after work.

A glass of beer and an unfinished SF drama.

But now, with the world turned like this, even his small hobby was shattered.

He had nothing more to pursue. No, he had lost the ability to pursue anything.

He had hoped to become a “predator” to the Earth and change his situation, but nothing had happened so far.

On the contrary, he seemed to be a deserter.

Giving up two colleagues to the monster and running away. Just an ordinary human being.

“Aaah!”

His own scream that reached his ears was embarrassingly feeble.

Because he had rarely expressed anger in his life.

Even while screaming like this, that monster didn’t even consider rushing toward him.

Perhaps it was too busy devouring Assistant Manager Park.

“Hoo.”

The exhausted feeling stuck beneath his collarbone didn’t disappear.

As Sun-woong’s car came into view, he pressed the key to unlock the doors.

Beep!

The face reflected on the driver’s side window was extremely pale.

If he succeeded in getting behind the wheel, he might somehow escape from the building.

However, Sun-woong had no intention of seeing sunlight right now.

“I’m going to kill you…!”

Driven to madness, he swung the driver’s seat door wide open and immediately started the engine.

The vibration of the engine was vividly transmitted through his thigh resting against the seat.

This car was a 1.8-ton, 7-seater SUV.

If it crashed into something at high speed, it could easily crush a person like a paper doll, as well as most animals.

Sun-woong recalled the sight of the monster clinging to the ceiling.

Clearly, the vertebrate structure of animals and humans was identical.

In other words, receiving a strong impact could damage the spinal nerves, turning one into a “vegetable.”

Of course, it wasn’t entirely impossible for the car to simply get crumpled.

After all, that thing wasn’t an earthly creature.

Vroom…

Pressing on without hesitation, Sun-woong shifted gears and stepped on the accelerator.

The car slid forward with a low engine sound.

And he made a sharp turn in the direction where the creature was.

Kaah!

A tremendous noise engulfed the parking lot.

“What the…?”

Surprised, Sun-woong leaned forward, pressing his upper body against the steering wheel, and peered through the window.

His dilated pupils reflected beyond the glass.

The Assistant Manager Park Jeong-woo was still alive!

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