Episode 122-Kingdom (2)
“It’s a bug! “It’s a monster!”
A monster that suddenly appeared in the middle of a peaceful city. This monster, which resembles a large beetle, is the size of a van and pops into reality along with glitches of a slightly smaller size.
As soon as it crawled out of the crack, it lunged at the terrified people nearby with its strong jaws.
The target, a young man, threw himself in a hurry and missed the jaw, but the jaw, which could cut through a thick car plate in one go, came towards the victim once again.
“Ugh! person! “Save people!!!”
Instead of stopping there, it stretched out the tentacles that erupted from its body and wrapped itself around the victim, this time holding it tightly so that it could not escape.
It was best for the victim to be tied up by the strong tentacles and scream, but other people were too busy running away from the glitches to help him.
‘dead.’
The victim, who made eye contact with the mysterious pupil inside the carapace, knew that this was his end. In a split second, his body would be cut open by the monster’s jaws.
“Hey you bastard!”
At that time, bullets were fired one after another with a loud sound. A nearby police officer mustered up the courage to pull the revolver he was wearing towards Berg.
“die! porridge..”
However, the police officer who had been firing his gun furiously flinched when he saw the empty cylinder.
Luckily, the bullet hit the area between the stomach and the shell that was not covered by the carapace, spraying bodily fluids and becoming lodged in the bug’s body, but this large monster looked back at the police without any sign of pain, as if it would not die from such wounds. That was all.
“ah.”
Immediately afterwards, the police stumbled upon seeing a tentacle piercing his stomach. Unless the military arrived armed with various firearms and live ammunition, there was no one around here who could stop the bugs.
“Huh!”
The victim, who froze at the sight of the police officer’s death, squeezed his eyes shut when he saw the jaws of the charging bug. This is because no matter where I look now, there is no hole to survive.
‘Are you late?’
Just that moment. Someone burst in, revealed themselves at once, and swung a huge cold sword and cut off the bug’s tentacles.
He fell to the floor and wriggled, holding his throbbing body, but Bug could no longer pay attention to him. That’s because the person who broke in immediately threw away his sword and attacked him.
‘Just leave it to yourself.’
He was a person who had trouble using a kitchen knife, let alone kendo. But he freely wielded an attitude whose blade was wider than his palm.
This is because he was able to use the swordsmanship of a mature knight using Riena’s characteristics obtained as a reward. In this case, Junyoung has already learned that the important thing is mindset.
This is because I knew that the most important thing for residents who acquired a skill to use that skill was how to put their mind to it.
If you do not reject it but accept it naturally, the traits you have acquired will naturally lead you down the path.
“It’s only on the screen, why are you crawling out, you dirty bugs?”
Swinging his sword, he parried the attack of a wildly resisting bug, cutting off its tentacles and legs one by one in the process. He gritted his teeth and slashed his sword towards the head of the charging bug.
Then, the cold air emitted from the sword that broke his jaw and cut his face in half instantly froze Bug’s lifeless body.
As the large body fell to the floor, the frozen body was so severe that it broke into pieces.
“…”
As he began to catch his breath inside the hood of his cloak, he took a quick look at his surroundings.
On the street where people quickly ran away due to the glitches, the only people left were people looking at him with surprised faces from nearby buildings.
‘If you step forward, you have to see the end.’
He grabbed his sword and ran to where the glitches were. So many emotions and anguish right now. Everything was suppressed. Because it was something I had expected when I already decided to move.
‘It’s not difficult. The residents did it.’
As expected, what helped hold his shaky heart were the residents on screen who had the same experience as him and showed solutions.
***
“They are coming!”
“Don’t panic. “Looking at the numbers, they are within the expected range.”
While he was fighting with bugs that appeared at an intersection near his neighborhood. The Arin tribe also entered the battle. The unit led by Riena was the first to arrive at the enemy nest.
The bugs’ nest was completely empty due to the withdrawal of troops, and in order to somehow prevent the Arin tribe’s counterattack, troops were used to guard the nest entrance.
“It penetrates!”
Liena, wearing armor and drawing a sword, took the lead in attacking the enemies and cutting them through. A golden flash flashed, and as the sword burned, the bugs that were running towards it all rolled on the floor with their bodies cut in half.
Even mutants were no match.
The simply enlarged variant was a good target for Arin wizards and archers, and those who shot thorns or pushed with her large jaws also had all means of attack sealed by her sword and were counterattacked and killed.
In the process, she also suffered injuries, but Riena just gritted her teeth and endured the pain. Then, the divine power she possessed consumed her mana and instantly restored her.
“Inside the nest.”
Liena became a living tank and entered deeper into the nest. Inside, a nest much larger than the nests located on the outskirts was writhing.
‘It’s the last time.’
All you have to do is clean up here. Both sides thought about that and prepared for the final battle. But the bugs are taking their toll now.
If you tried to go on the offensive but failed, you must be prepared for a counterattack. Of course, the residents were on alert in all directions to prepare for any unexpected situation, but nothing happened, and the nest was eventually completely destroyed by their hands.
“Are you okay?”
“Our mission is over. But I can’t relax. “The central and right forces may be in danger, so I’ll take a breath and head back.”
Her fellow warriors and soldiers were worried when they saw Riena’s face turn a little pale, but she shook her head. I couldn’t relax until all the battles were over.
“Look over there. “The right army has finished its mission like us, but the middle army has not yet…”
And Riena’s anxious feelings became a reality as soon as the troops were collected and brought to the ground.
Thanks to the clean air and excellent eyesight, they could see the flags hoisted on distant forts.
When the mission was completed and the fact was reported to the fortress, the fortress decided to raise flags of different colors, but only one of the three flags was raised. Of course, it could have come out now like they did, but Riena decided to trust her intuition.
“Something may have happened in the center, so I need to go.”
“yes?”
“Let’s just go to a few. The rest quickly return to the fort.”
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Liena took over the horse from those who were waiting outside and guarding the surroundings, got on the horse, and brought the troops back, and she and a small group of people ran to where the central troops led by Racoum were.
‘The smell of blood.’
As she rode her horse on a rough road, she soon detected an alien smell and bit her lip. A fairly strong smell of blood was blowing in from the front on the wind.
“Faster!”
Her intuition-based anxiety turned into confidence, and she urged her colleagues and horses. They ran along a forest road made by bugs, which was different from the open grassland, and soon gritted their teeth when they saw the chaotic battle scene in front of them.
‘Could it be that there were a lot of them left? Otherwise, what the hell.’
Riena guessed how the nest of enemies, who had already exhausted their strength while attempting an unreasonable siege, had blocked them, but could not easily come up with an answer.
Then there was only one option left. An unexpected and unreasonable variable arose.
***
“Their resistance is fierce!”
“Even so, it’s not much. “Drill it!”
When Riena was leading her troops to attack the depths of the nest. The troops moving with Rakum were also engaged in a fierce battle within the nest.
They led their exhausted bodies and used their desperate strength to kill the resisting bugs and clear the path.
“Oh, Daejeon Commander. That guy…”
That’s how I discovered ‘the guy’. Riena’s prediction was half right and half wrong, so it was true that something had changed, but it was not unexpected or unreasonable.
“It’s a variant. “Everyone be careful.”
Rakum saw the ‘bastard’ standing in front of him, in the middle of the nest, and grabbed his spear.
Although I was surprised, I wasn’t more agitated than necessary. Because they all already knew about the new variant.
Unlike other ants, this black-shelled ant stands upright on two legs. The one guarding the nest once again blocked the Arin tribe.
“The operation begins as scheduled. “I’ll take charge of that guy.”
Racoum, who had already fought and even defeated the mutant once, decided to take charge of the mutant and commanded the troops.
In a dark cavity, two forces who wanted to kill each other faced off. Due to space constraints, they were only a few hundred in size, but unlike the Arins, the bugs failed to defend themselves and gave up even the deepest part. They were now preparing the final strike against the bugs.
‘It’s the same as that guy…or is it a little different?’
Rakum looked at the enemy he would face. The shape, which looked like an ant jumping up on its hind legs, was similar to the object I had seen before, but the details were slightly different.
‘I’m becoming more and more like a human being.’
Rakum, with goosebumps, aimed his spear and grabbed it. The belly, which was big like an ant, got smaller and smaller, and shoulders that didn’t exist began to appear and it started to widen.
As hard as the back shell was, the breastplate on the chest was becoming harder as well, and the slender limbs were also gradually becoming thicker with thicker carapace attached.
A being created by imitating an Arin warrior gradually increases its accuracy.
“Hit!” “That guy must be killed here!”
After making his decision, Lakum ordered his soldiers to attack. Then, the advancing soldiers formed a wall with shields and spears, and archers and wizards with bows attacked from a distance.
‘Has it been a while since you were born? Don’t bother going out and die here.’
Seeing the piece of cocoon at his feet, Rakum moved slowly with his soldiers and focused all his attention on that mutant.
Perhaps knowing his intentions, bugs consisting of a few variants and many glitches also began to approach, preparing for the final battle.
“This guy!?”
However, when the mutant jumped up at once and started swinging the long spear held in each of its four arms.
Rakum was astonished by the cloudy flash of light pouring towards him as he stepped forward.
‘Fire dragon attack!’
Rakum saw that and instinctively thought so.
To be precise, it was just a clumsy imitation, but in any case, it showed that bugs that had not shown any special skills were using mana for the first time.
“Tsk!”
Their spears collided in the air. Rakum responded to the attacks coming from all directions by firing his skills wildly.
However, the bug was not easily pushed aside. A strong throbbing power was radiating from the bug’s body.
‘Thank goodness it’s just this guy!?’
Each variant is different. There were some who attacked Rakum fiercely, but the larger ones could be easily caught with the skills of the mana-clad warriors.
Racoum looked around and saw that there were no mutants like the one he was dealing with, and he sensed that the one he was fighting now was a slightly more special individual.
“okay. “If people like you are massacred, is there any point in fighting?”
After confirming that everything was at stake in this duel, he grinned and swung his spear. Although I was embarrassed, I didn’t think I would lose.