I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius chapter 60

60 – Dagran and Reina (4)

The monsters came at an earlier time than expected.

But it wasn’t to the point of being unstoppable.

In preparation for this day, he had been training a lot, and he was able to hold out for a long time because he made the defense tower and defense weapon his top priority.

“Light a beacon!”

In short, it was a race against time.

As long as they held out until the capital’s relief army arrived, they could stop the monsters without much damage.

‘It must be stopped!’

However, if this place is pierced, the nearby town and the city 15 minutes away will become a mess.

The scale of damage increases exponentially.

So Dagran mobilized all manpower and began a desperate struggle.

Oil, Fire, Crossbow, Megalith, Trap Spell, Explosives.

I poured out everything I could.

As a result, even though tens of thousands of monsters attacked, they were able to block them all without exception.

No monsters could cross the walls he had built.

“Kurururuk… Kruk…”

But that was only for a moment.

When ‘Ekayan’, a monster who grew up sucking the darkest yin energy of the Shadow Forest, appeared, the war situation rapidly became unfavorable.

Moreover, the guy was one of the variants combined with evil spirits.

The worst witchcraft born from the devil’s experiments had arrived.

-Chwaaagh!

The guy spewed acid.

The flight distance alone was well over 10m.

“aaagh! aaagh!!!”

However, the real scary thing about it wasn’t that it simply spit out acid.

contagious.

Parasites in the acid burrowed into the molten flesh, turning the victim into a zombie.

As a result, those infected with parasites were taken over by the parasites after 3 minutes and became aggressive.

It is to bite and open wounds of the same kind so that it can transmit the parasites that have multiplied in its own body.

“aaa!! Dae, why the hell!!”

This was the first variant of this type, so there was no choice but to add to the confusion within the walls.

While treating a dwarf who had been poisoned by acid, the patient suddenly started attacking the paramedics, and the paramedics started attacking other soldiers again, and the parasites began to spread in an instant.

“Retreat!”

Because of this, the wall had no choice but to break through quickly.

As for those who had trained Mana, ordinary people who did not know how to handle Mana could not stop the parasites from entering their bodies.

“I have to go!”

Meanwhile, Reina, who was resting at the nearby inn, got up.

Because the terrible screams reached here.

“It’s not possible! Lord, the master said you need to rest…!”

But the servants stopped her.

Raina is 4 months pregnant.

Dagran, who cherishes Reina and her child more than anything else, asked Shinto to rest in the inn.

I promise that I will solve this situation myself.

“But… there was a scream outside…”

Because of this, Reina couldn’t do this either.

She was also worried about the child in her belly, but she was also very worried about her husband, who would be struggling outside, so she couldn’t make hasty decisions.

Meanwhile, Dagran made a crucial decision.

It was decided to kill the infected soldier.

In order to quell this situation, sacrifices had to be made.

“Shoot the flamethrower at the infected.”

So, Dagran retreated to the second barrier and ordered the monsters and the infected to be killed.

Among them, there were friends who drank with him, and there were subordinates he cared about.

It felt like my heart would be torn, but the catastrophe when this place was pierced was so obvious that I had no choice but to kill them with tears in my eyes.

“Keee!”

But hell was from now on.

The mutant Ekayan, born as a result of the devil’s experiments, gathered the infected and began to retrieve the parasite.

Then the backs of the infected’s heads were crushed, and piles of parasites began to protrude and enter Ekayan’s gooey mouth.

As he did so, Ekayan gradually grew in size and began to spew more terrifying acid.

It was an acid on a different level from before.

“I must prepare for death.”

The worst strain created by demons.

He had no choice but to die in order to prevent that catastrophe.

As time passed, the number of infected people increased, and as the number of infected people increased, that monster would become stronger, so I had to kill that guy even if I had to die.

“Gather all the explosives.”

So Dagran came up with a plan.

The plan was to bury dozens of tons of gunpowder and then lure him there and blow it up.

Although the explosion would cause dozens of meters of land to collapse and cause numerous casualties, that was the only way.

“Give an evacuation order. And withdraw all troops to the third line of defense.”

Dagran, who was prepared to die, retreated all troops to the third line of defense.

And he delivered a powerful yet short speech of about two minutes.

If we let them pass, there would be enormous casualties due to parasitic infection, and the aftermath might reach our wives and children, so we decided to bury our bones here with the determination to die.

“I will follow your orders.”

“I’m going to go hot at the end.”

“Keukguk… ending life with a huge explosion, this is romantic.”

And all the Dwarves joined Dagran’s will with their eyes shining.

Dagran is a leader who is emerging as the next king of the dwarves.

Most of the Dwarves respected him for making the ‘Holy Sword’.

So, burning his heart hotly, he began to prepare for a desperate struggle.

“Fuck it, it’s fucked up.”

However, it was not Croto, Eguwa, or Argie.

They had no intention of burying their bones here.

“Evacuate all women and children!”

At that time, Dagran gave the evacuation order.

In preparation for this situation, a safe route was prepared to evacuate through an underground tunnel.

As soon as Kroto heard Dagran’s evacuation order, he hurriedly ran to him and told him to join the evacuation procession.

Aren’t you a member of the Empire?

“… aren’t you guys knights?”

But Dagran couldn’t let them go.

Because I can’t let that disgusting crowd go with my wife.

It was possible for those who had a grudge against their wives to do harm to their pregnant wives.

“Sir baaar!! I am an Imperial Knight!! Why am I protecting your kingdom!?”

“…you swore when you came here. It’s your job to protect us. Fight to the end.”

“…”

However, Dagran did not allow it until the end.

Rather, he threatened that if he did not obey his orders, he could be imprisoned according to the Dwarven military law.

Being imprisoned is the end, so Croto and the others decided to pretend to follow Dagran’s orders.

“The enemy!”

After such a short speech.

The monsters that broke through the second line of defense began pouring in.

Following Dagran’s orders, some of the soldiers guarded the defensive line, while others piled up explosives and prepared to activate the spell line.

“The evacuation order has been issued! Evacuate everyone!”

and that time.

Civilians were ordered to evacuate.

A soldier told them to evacuate through the underground passage.

“Dah, what about Dagran? What about my husband?”

However, it was news like thunder from the blue sky for Reina.

It is an emergency situation to the extent that an evacuation order has to be issued, because her husband has not been seen.

The soldier said with a face as if he was trying hard to hold back his tears.

“Dagran-sama… decided to stay here. ”

“·····what?”

It was unacceptable.

Reina took her holy sword on the cradle and came out in a hurry.

Her attendants hurriedly followed her to dissuade her, but to no avail.

“Oh, no… Dagran… My Dagran… I’m without you— Woo-wook!”

Then morning sickness came up.

Vomit poured out onto the white snowfield.

Her own ship came into her field of vision.

4th month pregnant.

I was already somewhat full.

“lady! It’s not possible! Fighting with that body is impossible!”

Tears flowed.

Reina looked at the defense line, screaming with a face filled with sadness.

I want to run there right now, but there was a child in my stomach.

At that time, the soldier said with a crying face.

“Laina. Watch the evacuation procession! Aren’t most of them girls? Dagran-nim… requested. Become their knight, not your own.”

The soldier said so and handed out the letter.

It was full of Dagran’s hastily scrawled handwriting.

It was written with a wish that I am sorry, I love you, and that I wish you to survive and be happy.

“Uhhhhh”

Reina was sobbing.

Holding the crumpled letter in her hand, she thumped her chest.

But that was only for a moment, and soon the expression was captured.

He stood up and sang quietly.

“I can’t tarnish my husband’s honor…”

The reason why Dagran has been a disabled person for a long time.

It was because he was accused of being a liar.

She could not ruin her husband’s cause because of her own greed.

and that time.

Dagran gave the order to blow up.

Ekayan was drawn into the center of explosives.

“Activate the order line!”

······

But nothing happened.

The explosives were piled up, but there was no explosion.

It was because of Croto and the others.

They took advantage of the confusion and killed the dwarf in charge of operating the order column, then scattered the order column.

“Fuck! Bounce quickly!”

So while Dagran’s troops panicked, Croto’s party started to run away.

They did not hesitate to block the entrance to the retreat so that they could not pursue them.

“Lord, Jumunjin! It works…!”

In the meantime, the monsters were coming like a tidal wave.

At the same time, Ekayan absorbed the parasites of the infected and began to grow bigger.

Inevitably, Dagran had to choose the next best option.

Since the order line did not activate, he threw a bomb with the wick on fire.

aaa!

A series of massive explosions.

However, compared to the explosion triggered by the spell, it was terrible.

Instead of sinking, the ground shook a little and the 3rd line of defense collapsed a little.

“Eh eh-!”

Therefore, Ekayan was alive.

The operation to blow up the whole area with that monster had failed.

“Each family…! Protect your family!”

The defense line was breached.

Monsters were running towards the family.

Dagran and several surviving dwarves ran to the underground passage with all their might.

However, at that time, it was Croto and the others who arrived at the underground passage first.

While Rayna gathered the refugees together and led them, they sprinted and arrived first, killing the sentry and opening the door.

“Close it! Shut it up, damn it!”

And they broke the control device that could open and close the door from the outside and entered the underground passage.

And I used the control device in the passage to close the door.

Before the refugees could evacuate, they took over the underground passage.

“Fuck! Croto! Are you stuck here?”

However, there was one problem.

This underground passage is also divided into sections by making several entrances.

In other words, Croto and the others were completely trapped in front and back.

Even if I opened the door again and went outside, there would be no way out because monsters would be infested with it.

“Laina! A doorway!”

And then, Reina arrived just in time.

After checking the smashed entrance controller and the dead sentinel’s cuts, Reina gritted her teeth.

Because I guessed who did it.

“These scumbags!”

A red haze rose from her body.

Feelings of pure hatred and anger.

Those who should have been guarding the defense line killed the sentry and brazenly hid here.

She dishonored her husband’s noble sacrifice.

“Kurrr!!”

However, the situation was not good enough to punish them.

The monsters broke through the defense line and began to invade this place.

“Fiore!”

“Correct!”

However, it wasn’t just monsters.

The surviving troops were also joining in to protect their families.

And among them was Dagran.

“Dagran!”