〈 Chapter 280 〉 Chapter 274 – The King of the Floor.
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The grammar villain researchers have already been subdued.
The science researchers have also been neutralized due to Ayeon’s Three-Phase Evolution.
At that moment, the researcher who first pointed out that Ayeon was a martial artist grit his teeth and growled.
“A martial artist using summoning magic! Do you think that’s even acceptable?”
“She’s the Cheonma, at the pinnacle of the Demonic Society. What’s wrong with the Cheonma using magic arts?”
In contrast, Ayeon calmly and gently countered the researcher’s words.
“And if you think about it, you all use magic arts too.”
“What do you mean?”
A trace of confusion appeared on the face of the enraged researcher.
Suddenly, he wondered why there was any magic involved.
However, the moment he heard Ayeon’s next words.
“Hardcoding.”
“Ah…”
He couldn’t help but accept that.
Because it was true.
Coding is a kind of martial art.
Sometimes enlightenment strikes suddenly.
And in an instant, it can be forgotten.
Besides that, there are caffeine drinks that severely increase martial arts temporarily.
You could lose your mind and end up with a problem.
There are retired masters who open chicken shops and return to a normal life.
And there’s also Stack Overflow, the library of the Martial Arts Alliance.
And unique abilities that can be found in anonymous websites or blogs.
Above all, there are three factions in coding.
Justice Faction, Heterodox Faction, and the Demonic Society.
The Justice Faction, which strives for optimization using only the most common code.
The Heterodox Faction, each using their own code that fits their hands.
And the Demonic Society, which ignores optimization and just sticks to hardcoding.
And the researcher who questioned Ayeon a moment ago seemed to belong to the Demonic Society.
“That bastard earlier was told to create a conditional statement for a barrier, but he just printed the output!”
“Anyway, the barrier worked, you dog bastard!”
“The barrier got broken because of that, you fucker!!!”
“It was actually best to hardcode the bricks there! Half-assed optimization is poison!”
“Those bastards caused a bug last time, and I had to work overtime!”
Soon, the researchers split into factions and began to grab each other by the collars and fight.
Even with their fur on fire, it didn’t seem to matter at all.
If they had any thoughts, they should have used that energy solely to mess with Ayeon.
Unfortunately, they didn’t do that.
In a way, it was only natural.
If they were wise enough, they wouldn’t have even gone to graduate school or engaged in gay stuff.
They wouldn’t fight over who’s right among themselves.
“To be honest, you all couldn’t live without working overtime now! So you should be thankful!”
“Doesn’t mean I want to work until Friday, fuck!!!”
“It’s nice not to be stuck in traffic because I get off late!!!”
“Even so, it’s crazy to start the next job right after getting off!!!”
Now the researchers were starting to fight over trivial things.
Their fight, ignited by picking on one little detail after another, showed no signs of stopping.
It was truly a ridiculous scene.
Why worry about commuting times? Just sleep at the company.
Such worries are all in vain.
‘There’s one more crazy bastard here.’
While the science researchers were fiercely fighting amongst themselves, a grammar villain researcher watched with bloodshot eyes and shouted.
“This is just arson! You arsonist fuck!”
“How is this arson?”
Ayeon shook her head and calmly muttered.
“I, Ayeon, have captured this true sword with my Three-Phase Evolution, so from now on, call it the Three-Phase Disease.”
“What the fuck is that nonsense about Three-Phase Evolution! You just subcontracted it to a spirit!”
The still unconvinced researcher was strongly asserting that it was not Three-Phase Evolution.
Other researchers around him glared at Ayeon, silently agreeing with him with wide eyes.
Perhaps out of fear, they couldn’t open their mouths.
However, from Ayeon’s perspective, it was unfair.
They too could certainly use Three-Phase Evolution.
“Moreover, you could already use Three-Phase Evolution, right?”
“What? There are no fire ability users among us!”
Just to check, they struggled to exchange glances even while lying on the ground.
However, no one was saying they were a fire ability user.
To help their understanding, Ayeon spoke again.
“You have buried your parents’ hearts in despair while wasting time, so isn’t that exactly Three-Phase Evolution?”
“You slut!!!”
“Not a slut, but a Succubus.”
One researcher quickly twisted his body and tried to pounce on Ayeon.
But the summoned beast pinning him down knocked him out cold instead.
Ayeon looked down at the squirming researchers with a look of disdain.
“Not having children at your age—aren’t you ashamed in this low-birthrate era?”
“Humph! Don’t make me laugh! We will directly create our descendants with our own hands!”
At this point, one could deduce why they were inventing cyborgs.
The Beastman Kingdom filled with furry gays.
Gays can’t create children together.
At this rate, the population of the Beastman Kingdom would surely decline.
The invention of cyborgs was a secret weapon to counter the low birthrate aging society.
Additionally, securing the body of the Boy’s Love was a bonus.
“Our Boy’s Love making project will surely succeed!!!”
“Hmm, we’ll see if you can do that.”
With those words, Ayeon commanded the spirits of fire once again.
This time, she would unleash a 9th circle martial art.
“Fire Punishment!!!”
An overwhelming flame engulfed everything in the research building compared to just a moment ago.
Machines. Papers. Various equipment and experimental tools. And the researchers too.
The only thing unscathed within was Ayeon herself.
Still, the fact that the researchers didn’t turn to ashes in an instant was probably Ayeon’s last mercy.
Of course, their fur had all vanished.
Amidst this turmoil, someone sorrowfully screamed desperately.
“No!!! Our…!!!”
“Isn’t it funny? You all worked overtime so much.”
Watching everything swallowed by flames, Ayeon commented disdainfully.
At that moment, one researcher who hadn’t lost consciousness yet cried tears of blood and shouted.
“Is it wrong to create people with our own hands!!!”
“Do you want to create new people that much?”
“Yes!!!!!”
His desperation was evident in his expression.
So, Ayeon calmly spoke to the wailing researcher.
“In that case, go get married and shake your waist every day.”
With Ayeon’s remark, the researcher momentarily went silent.
And Ayeon decisively punctuated his defeat.
“Just like me.”
“You crazy Great Demon bitch…”
The researcher could no longer find words to respond, merely throwing the slur of Great Demon at Ayeon.
However, perhaps unable to stand by, Ayeon rebutted that word.
“I’m not a Great Demon, but an unlucky fate.”
“Who dares compare to fate!!!”
“Were you a fan? I thought that species became extinct long ago.”
“That’s not important! You insulted fate!!!”
The researcher rushed at Ayeon as if he felt no pain from the fire.
Of course, the Spirit King of Fire, Elquinas, prevented him from coming closer.
Watching him being restrained, Ayeon spoke.
“What’s wrong with getting along well when you’re from the same shady background?”
“Shut it! Fate is on a whole different level!!!”
His struggles just before losing consciousness made him look quite pitiful.
Though Ayeon wouldn’t understand that at all.
“You’re still just a Lucky Great Demon, though.”
As soon as Ayeon spoke those words, the researcher was about to frantically counter, but he drooped as if all his strength had left him.
It seemed that being in contact with the Spirit King of Fire, Elquinas, for a long time was the issue.
Just before losing consciousness, the researcher began to murmur in frustration.
“…being compared to Great Demons whose images crawl on the ground…”
With those final words, he passed out.
Meanwhile, Ayeon looked up and surveyed her surroundings.
Everything was engulfed in flames, roaring fiercely.
The smell of burning fur and thick smoke filled the air.
If there was a hell’s floor, it might look something like this.
Yet, Ayeon could only smile faintly.
As if nothing mattered.
“What does it matter if it’s the floor? If there’s no floor, there’s nowhere to step up.”
The researcher who had just been refuting Ayeon had already fainted, but Ayeon boldly stated to him.
“And even if you’re crawling on the floor, it won’t matter if you become the king of the crawling floor, right?”
Ayeon unleashed flames into every corner of the research building one last time, then slowly exited.
Yet, worried about the cyborgs being forcibly released due to a slim chance, she decided to guard the research building.
Ayeon pressed the operation button at the research building’s entrance to fully lock the door.
Then she looked towards the direction she had parted ways with Kim Shinwoo and softly spoke.
“Just like Nobelpia.”
Certainly, that was true.
What does it matter if you can’t go to the sunny side?
Just keep crawling up from the shade.
No, you drag the sunlight down into the shade.
The Great Demon did it.
Nobelpia did it.
And this novel is doing it.
Someday, it will be adapted into a webtoon, then there will be crowdfunding for goods.
Ultimately, it will be animated as well.
Anyway, that’s how it is.
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