Chapter 393: Galaxy (12)
“Guys, roll up your sleeves too. Let's plug in LAN cables.”
―LAN cable?
“Ah wait, before that…….”
Kim Minwoo looked at the tattooist and issued a command.
“Let's engrave my arm first.”
Previously, by awakening the EX-rank skill Maestro of the Underworld, he had obtained absolute command and control authority to bind the entire legion into one.
However, that was merely a spiritual and magical connection through authority.
It was advantageous for macroscopic control, grabbing the entire army and ordering them to charge forward, but it lacked detail.
However, what Kim Minwoo was trying to build right now was different.
The massive processing power unique to cyberpunk.
It was a Mana Neural Network based on that.
A system capable of instantaneous data transmission.
The cyborgs of that world had it easy.
They just had to plug a chip into their nape and connect to the server wirelessly and they were done.
But it was different on this side.
A legion forged down to the bone with magic and undead.
There was no way such a convenient wireless network existed.
In the end, the answer was one.
‘I have to make the main server first.’
Just as there is a central server overseeing the massive neural network in the cyberpunk world, it was the same here.
The backbone to tie thousands and tens of thousands of undead together in real-time.
A core node where all data gathers and scatters was needed first.
And there was only one physical body to serve as that main server.
Kim Minwoo himself.
Using the EX-rank skill Maestro of the Underworld as a medium, he threads his physical body and the Mana Neural Network into a single line.
The process of overlaying a cyberpunk-style calculation circuit onto the spiritual connection of authority. Finding the point of contact where those two mesh was the first step.
Seueuk―.
As Kim Minwoo rolled up his shirt sleeve, the Dragon Tooth Soldier tattooist holding a bizarre tattoo machine made of bone fragments approached carefully.
Dark blue ink imbued with the souls of wraiths dripped from the tip of the needle.
“Start.”
Jiiing―!
Paaaat!
The moment the dark blue mana circuit was engraved along his forearm in geometric shapes along with the pain of his skin burning.
Kung―!
Kung―!
The authority of the Maestro of the Underworld engraved in Kim Minwoo's soul fiercely fluctuated and began to fuse into one with the Mana Neural Network engraved on his forearm.
“Keuk……!”
Momentarily, Kim Minwoo's vision blinked white.
A distant and overwhelming sensation of a legion of tens of thousands of undead tied into a single massive neural network struck his mind like a tsunami.
Ttiring―!
[The new magitech skill Mana Neural Network perfectly synchronizes with the EX-rank skill Maestro of the Underworld!]
[A main server has been constructed in the Master's (Kim Minwoo) physical body!]
The feeling as if the summons' nerves were connected from head to toe with dense threads of mana, and Kim Minwoo himself was reigning at the apex of a massive spiderweb.
The vision of a single lowest-rank skeleton soldier standing far away on the periphery, the minute trembling of a finger joint gripping a sword, and even the sensation of a grain of sand stepped on by a sole were collected by his cerebral cortex and perfectly controlled.
The chillingly meticulous mechanical processing power unique to cyberpunk was overlaid on top of the Death Lord's absolute magical dominance.
Processing that terrible amount of information, Kim Minwoo could intuitively feel it deep in his bones.
Why the top predators of this worldview could so mercilessly press down those below them.
The hierarchy of a network is absolute.
The moment a command drops from the center of the spiderweb, the lower nodes, let alone having the right to refuse, are completely stripped of the initiative of their physical bodies without even the realization of being controlled.
A suffocatingly meticulous and violent vertical domination system where the upper class holds and shakes every single bone joint and even the power over life and death of the lower class.
‘So this was the reason that Control Bureau Director guy shut down 30,000 cyborgs on the spot with a single word.’
However, this network created by Kim Minwoo was qualitatively different from the existing system run by Zenith Corporation.
An unknown neural network running based solely on the heart and mana of the Death Lord, not electric power or electronic data.
In other words, it was a perfectly independent necromancy intranet where even if the guys of that world thrust in no matter how outstanding hacking skills or EMPs, interference was fundamentally impossible.
Within this perfectly closed ecosystem, Kim Minwoo had come to reign as the sole god and absolute monarch whom no one could hack.
“Haha……. This really feels killer?”
Looking down at the dark blue circuits engraved on his forearm, Kim Minwoo turned his eyes gleaming with joy and gestured with his chin toward the Legion Commanders standing behind him.
“Now, my setting is done, so it's your turn next.”
―Minwoo, is it that amazing?
To Merhen, who was tilting her head, Kim Minwoo answered with a smile.
“I'm telling you it's really awesome? You'll know once you try it.”
Cedric silently approached first and unequipped the armor on his wrist.
After him, Merhen, Olivia, and Vulcan approached with curious expressions.
The work of the Dragon Tooth Soldier tattooist continued at lightning speed.
The moment Kim Minwoo's command dropped and the Mana Neural Network was directly connected to the four Legion Commanders.
Ttiring―!
[The Mana Neural Network has been engraved onto the Legion Commander-class entities!]
[The network hierarchy of the legion is perfectly reorganized!]
[Main Server (Master): Death Lord Kim Minwoo.]
[Sub-Routers (Managers): 4 Legion Commanders.]
[Terminals (Nodes): Dragon Tooth Soldiers and lower undead legion]
[Effect 1. Tactical Download — The Legion Commander's combat experience and tactical calculations are synchronized to the lower Dragon Tooth Soldiers in real-time!]
[Effect 2. Ultra-Broadband Hive Mind — Legion Commanders can very finely control the troops assigned to them just by thinking!]
[Special Effect. Direct Royal Guard Synchronization — The effect activates when Dragon Tooth Soldier entities are assigned as direct troops to each Legion Commander's network! The entities in question share a portion of the Legion Commander's authority and can manifest limit-breaking maneuvers premised on the collapse of their physical bodies for a certain period of time.]
Checking the effects, a hollow breath leaked out of Kim Minwoo's mouth.
‘They share the authority?’
This was a massive option.
Cedric's tactical vision and spearmanship.
Merhen's ultra-high-speed magical calculation.
Vulcan's overwhelming destructive power and hellfire.
Even Olivia's perfect stealth and assassination ability.
It meant that the unique authority possessed by each Legion Commander would ride the network and be passively overlaid onto their lower direct troops.
In short, it was like forcefully overwriting the combat data of an ace pilot onto mass-produced frames.
He hurriedly shouted.
“Since Cedric and Merhen are seniors with seniority, 8 units each. Vulcan and Olivia are late bloomers who joined the legion late, so 7 units are assigned to each.”
Simultaneously with Kim Minwoo's command dropping, the main server's calculations went through the Legion Commanders' Mana Neural Networks and were directly allocated to the lower Dragon Tooth Soldiers.
Paaaat―!
Ttiring―!
[Legion Commander Cedric's Royal Guards have been designated! The special effect activates!]
[Legion Commander Merhen's Royal Guards have been designated! The special effect activates!]
[Legion Commander Vulcan's Royal Guards have been designated! The special effect activates!]
[Legion Commander Olivia's Royal Guards have been designated! The special effect activates!]
Along with the system notifications, dense runes symbolizing the Legion Commanders dug into the bones of the thirty Dragon Tooth Soldiers assigned as Royal Guards and began to glow fiercely.
The eye glints of the guys who had been simple skeleton soldiers transformed into red, blue, and pitch-black matching the characteristics of each Legion Commander, spewing terrifying mana.
Checking the eight Royal Guards assigned to her, Merhen let out a chilling eye smile as if she was in a good mood.
―Aha, so it was this kind of feeling. But Cedric and I have one more unit each?
“Because there are exactly 30 Dragon Tooth Soldiers. If I assign 7 each, two are left over. Then well, it should go in order of seniority.”
At those words, Cedric nodded satisfyingly as if it was extremely natural.
―In any legion, treating those who stood at the vanguard and rolled around with respect is definitely necessary. It is the Lord's proper arrangement.
―Keureureuk! Is it my fault I joined late! Unfair!
On the other hand, Vulcan, who received one unit less, expressed dissatisfaction as if displeased.
However, Olivia lightly ignored Vulcan's grumbling and merely nodded silently while looking at her Dragon Tooth Soldiers perfectly seeping into the shadow as if they had been one body from the start.
Watching the different reactions of the four Legion Commanders, Kim Minwoo let out a pishik laugh and flashed his eyes.
“Now, then since all the LAN cables are plugged in. Shall we test the performance in actual combat now?”
It was that time.
Ppiiiiik―!
Ppiiiiik―!
[Warning! Multiple unidentified drop pods approaching the airspace over the Control Bureau!]
[High-energy reaction detected! Evacuate immediately!]
Along with the loud red siren sound, the ceiling of the Control Bureau Headquarters shattered entirely with a terrible roar.
Kuaaaaaaang―!
The middle where cement fragments and dust clouds poured down like a waterfall.
Hundreds of massive cyborg troops armed entirely with heavy special alloy kicked the doors of the drop pods open and walked out.
‘Zenith Corporation.’
The logo engraved on their chests.
They were the most elite cleaners dispatched directly from the headquarters to physically erase the unidentified malicious hackers who took over the entire lower system of 30,000 people and killed even the Director.
Jiiing―!
The cold mechanical eye glints of the guys simultaneously spewed red light and were fixed murderously on Kim Minwoo and the undead legion standing inside the command room.
The acrid smell of dust piercing the nose.
An overwhelming murderous intent that seemed as if it would grind all organic impurities before its eyes into lumps of meat right this instant began to crush all directions.
Cheolkeok!
Wiiiing―!
The high-output heavy firearms mounted on the guys' backs and the missile pods on their shoulders made threatening electronic sounds and finished preheating in unison.
However, a thick and ferocious arc was rather drawn on the corners of the mouth of Kim Minwoo standing in the middle of it all.
“Oh?”
Kim Minwoo gripped the hilt of Hell Rhapsody and cracked his neck bones udeudeuk.
His gaze headed toward the Legion Commanders lined up behind him and the newly reorganized 30 Dragon Tooth Soldier Royal Guards.
“Right on time, guests have walked right in exactly when it's perfect to test them?”
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