I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 86

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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『Everyone, follow me! I’ll break through…, kyaaagh…!!』

『Wait, why can’t I block…?』

The Fallen, who had thought they would be fine with various enhancement skills and demonic energy barriers protecting them vanished, turned to dust by the white flashes of light.

The Fallen who had been following the enhancement-type Fallen quickly turned around and fled or rather, they tried to, but white flashes of light were already piercing their bodies.

As their bodies turned to dust alongside those who had charged…

Thud, thud, thud!

…he heard the sound of heavy objects stomping on the ground behind him.

He turned around and saw the golems who had jumped into the black wave with him, cutting down the Fallen with their chainsaws, rushing towards him.

『No! Stop them, stop them!』

『Damn it! Why are their mana barriers so thick?!』

『Hey, you idiots! Focus your fire on the golems… no, don’t run away!』

As expected… Fallen were Fallen.

Even though there were hundreds of thousands of them they couldn’t overcome their survival instincts.

『Uwaaagh! I don’t want to die!』

『I can’t die here! I can’t!』

『You high-ranked bastards, you block them! We’re getting out of here!』

All the lower-rank Fallen, from low to mid-high rank, all those below high-rank, fled towards the demonic energy bridges.

Chaos ensued as those crossing the bridges collided with those fleeing.

– It’s a shame.

‘What is?’

– It’s a shame that I can no longer control the drones; my processing power is depleted.

‘…Wait, you can’t control machines infinitely?’

No wonder drones weren’t coming out of his inventory, even though it was open.

– Unfortunately, no. Just like Master consumes mana, a resource, to use skills, I also consume processing power, a resource, to hack and control machines.

‘Processing power… I’ve never heard of that before.’

– That’s understandable. Processing power isn’t a resource native to this world; it’s unique to the System you use.

‘…What? A System resource?’

Was it okay to use it so freely?

– Don’t worry. The processing power used for hacking and control is allocated separately, so there won’t be any incidents like the System emergency maintenance we had before.

‘That’s a relief.’

He breathed a sigh of relief and obliterated the high-rank Fallen charging towards the golems with his minigun and Thunderbolts.

Even though most of the lower-rank Fallen had fled, there were still many high-rank Fallenbso he couldn’t prevent all of them from reaching the golems.

『…Damn it! Whether we die here or while running… it’s all the same!』

Some of the Fallen cursed…

…clung to the golems’ bodies…

…and unleashed all their demonic energy, self-destructing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

Explosions of black and white erupted.

The grenade boxes inside the golems detonated along with the Fallen’s self-destruction.

– Master! Use the Aegis!

At Terra’s urgent shout he threw away the miniguns and the Thunderbolts he had been holding with telekinesis and took out a pile of Aegises from his inventory.

He transformed all 35 Aegises into shields and held them out towards the explosions.

At the same time, the golems caught in the blasts began to explode in a chain reaction.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

A deafening roar, like the world collapsing, echoed, and a white explosion engulfed him.

Crack, crack, crack, crack…!!

One, three, five, seven… the Aegises that came into contact with the explosions rapidly disintegrated.

He continuously took out more Aegises, desperately trying to withstand the onslaught.

And when 72 Aegises had been destroyed, surpassing the initial 35 the explosions finally stopped.

“Wow… I almost died.”

He let out a long sigh of relief and discarded the Aegis he was holding.

The Aegis, which had turned from red to grey, crumbled to ash.

He felt exhausted, even though ‘Infinite Stamina’ was still activated.

Of course, it was just a feeling; he could still move without any problems.

“…Did all the golems explode?”

– Yes. However, a significant number of Fallen were also wiped out when the golems exploded.

As Terra said, the swarming Fallen were gone.

“…They can restore this place, right?”

The once-flat earth was now riddled with craters, as if struck by meteors.

It was a complete wasteland.

– That’s a job for superhumans with restoration abilities. You don’t need to worry about it, Master.

But he was the one who caused this!

– Master, you were trying to protect this place. And there were no civilian or superhuman casualties, so it’s fine.

He tilted his head at Terra’s assurance.

– Master, if you’re still worried, talk to Kali later.

“Ah, that’s a good idea.”

He nodded at Terra’s suggestion and kicked off the ground.

He landed on solid ground outside the crater zone and asked,

“So the only Fallen left are those crossing the demonic energy bridges?”

– Yes.

“Terra, controlling the golems also consumes processing power, right?”

– Yes, unfortunately.

“Then there’s only one way.”

He took a deep breath and approached the demonic energy bridges.

When he was within 50 meters, the maximum range for Transfer, he transferred five boxes of grenades onto each bridge.

And at the same time, he activated ‘Live Focus’, a derived skill of ‘Sniper’s Sharp Sense (A+)’.

The grenade boxes falling from the sky…

…the Fallen fighting each other on the bridges…

…even the dust blowing in the wind…

…everything began to slow down.

Of course, his movements also slowed; only his perception remained the same.

He then put his plan into action.

Speed Limit Removal [ON / OFF]

Ding-dong.

Speed Limit Removal [ON / OFF]

He activated Speed Limit Removal while Live Focus was active.

And as he expected…

Step.

…he regained his normal speed in the slowed-down world.

But there was a price to pay.

Throb!

His mana consumption rate increased dramatically; he could feel the strain in his heart.

And just from walking, not even running…

Crack!

…one of the Aegises he had taken out as a precaution turned grey and crumbled, unable to withstand the strain on his body.

He activated an injector containing a mana recovery potion and took out a new Aegis.

He slowly raised his arm… wait, even that simple movement caused it to break?

‘Is it because Live Focus is activated?’

There was no other reason for him to be taking damage from such a simple action.

After all, during his previous training session he hadn’t suffered any damage even when moving his arms with Speed Limit Removal activated.

He quickly deactivated the cheat, realizing he could die if he wasn’t careful.

He took out 10 Aegises from his inventory and wore one on each finger.

He couldn’t wear any more than that; only one effect was applied per finger, so wearing multiple Aegises on the same finger was pointless.

Ding-dong.

He switched Speed Limit Removal back to ‘ON’…

…slowly raised his arm towards the slowly falling grenade box…

…transferred a training pistol to his hand…

…and fired it, consuming two Aegises in the process.

BAAANG…

The gunshot echoed slowly.

But the bullet, enhanced by Super Accuracy and Speed Limit Removal, flew towards the grenade box at its usual high speed… no, even faster.

Crack…

The pistol disintegrated.

And at the same time the grenade box on the bridge began to explode in slow motion.

Seeing that, he moved towards the next bridge.

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After a while, consuming a massive number of Aegises and mana recovery potions he had managed to transfer grenade boxes onto all five bridges and detonate them.

Now all he had to do was get out of the blast radius.

Stab.

He activated an injector containing a mana recovery potion…

…transferred 10 Aegises to his hands and put them on…

…and as he repeated his actions and moved away from the bridges…

Ding.

…he switched Speed Limit Removal to ‘OFF’ and deactivated Live Focus.

The world returned to its normal speed…

…and…

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

…the bombs on the five bridges exploded simultaneously with a deafening roar.

The bridges, along with all the Fallen on them, were instantly obliterated.

A powerful gust of wind, the shockwave from the explosions, rushed towards him but he had already transformed the Aegises into shields and held them in front of him the moment he deactivated Live Focus… so he wasn’t thrown back or injured.

After a while…

– Situation resolved.

Terra informed him that the situation was over.

It was true. The five bridges connecting to the Land of Death, along with hundreds of thousands of Fallen, were all gone.

But… why was he still feeling uneasy?

He took out Thunderbolt from his inventory, driven by a lingering sense of foreboding.

And the moment he held it…

…his name was called from above, in the distinctive voice of a Fallen.

He looked up…

…and saw a red-haired Fallen.

And… he knew that Fallen very well.

He immediately aimed his gun at him, switching Speed Limit Removal to ‘ON’…

…and pulled the trigger, firing at Greed, who was leisurely introducing himself.

Rumble, BANG!!

Thunderbolt disintegrated and vanished with a thunderclap.

At the same time, a blinding blue light flashed…

…CRACKLE, CRACKLE, CRACKLE!!

…and a massive energy beam, made of pure lightning, pierced Greed.

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[this concludes both parts of cognition 2 and now we can move onto the next chapter]