87 Episodes – Chaos and Heroes (5)
“this…”
Cha Ji-yeon, who was in the lead, bit her lip. I already instinctively felt it.
The storm that is coming now will be tougher and tougher than the previous blow.
“The land…”
“The earth shakes!”
The Allied Forces, who did not dare to anticipate this situation, fell into a panic.
The enemies they initially assumed were gnolls and kobolds.
People who had no idea what the demon realm was like or what history it had could not have predicted such a situation.
“Hold on tight!”
[The player has demonstrated his ability. Pay the price, gain strength and fight]
After a vibration reminiscent of an earthquake, the ground where the vehicle Cha Ji-yeon and Chris were riding on exploded.
Cha Ji-yeon bounced up to the sky and at the same time drew her hand with the dagger she took out of her arms.
It is one of the features that players have used frequently in the early and middle school years. By receiving blood, her powers have been strengthened.
“Ahhh…”
Ignoring Chris falling to the ground, she smashed the car with electric shocks all over her body and flew into the air.
With his blue eyes flashing, he sent a flash of lightning towards the monster that had pierced the ground.
An ancient, ancient creature that protruded from the ground together with the demon land puppies and attacked the main unit, living underground in this land.
The guy hit by her lightning twisted his body, only a few tens of meters thick, and opened his mouth towards her.
With only a mouth on its face, this death worm roared with its mouth wide open that would swallow a gigantic tank or self-propelled gun in one bite.
‘Is it possible?’
Cha Ji-yeon broke out in a cold sweat. Those dense, huge teeth.
Even if he spit out the maximum output, he cannot guarantee that he will be able to counter him.
[Write it. The player decided to save the right to kill]
“ね…”
Having barely avoided its bite, she looked at the potion bottle she had pulled out. Chris, who was fighting on the ground, was the same.
A potion received as a bounty in the past that instantly maximizes the string.
She drank it in one breath.
[The basis of celestial magic is one’s own soul. And now your soul is strongly connected with your 121 fellows. That is strength, fight.]
After staggering for a moment, she opened her eyes with a flash of lightning.
And the storm of lightning that rushed around him exploded as it was.
A gigantic lightning that splits into thousands and tens of thousands cut through the air and pierced the ground. Hundreds of enemies, regardless of size, were electrocuted, exploded and burned to death.
From the ground, Chris’ earthquake, equally empowered towards those who survived her attack, shook the ground, knocking them down and crushing them.
[Soul Resonance. You can gain enormous power, but in the end, the connected souls become a single mass, and you lose your self]
[Of course, that is not a consideration.]
[The enemy has survived]
In the brains of Cha Ji-yeon and Chris, who are now unconscious, empty voices that they cannot hear echo in succession.
Deathworm survived lightning storms and earthquakes, even though its outer armor was half broken and body fluids spilled here and there.
Death Worm opened his mouth again and pushed his mouth towards Cha Ji-yeon.
“Calm down.”
Then a red flame went out once.
The death worm’s huge neck slowly fell to the ground, and Ji Chang-hyeon, who fired the slash, ignored the lightning and returned to the ground with Cha Ji-yeon.
“People need you.”
“Jeong, come to your senses, let go of this hand.”
Ji Chang-hyun grabbed her by the neck and shook her until she came to her senses. Shortly disconnected, she gasped and pushed his hand away.
“He was strong. Thanks to the two of us, the worst was avoided.”
“…Honestly, I don’t want to do it again.”
He lost consciousness, so he didn’t know the truth about the resonance of the soul, but he knew that it wasn’t a very pleasant experience.
“But, we have to keep fighting.”
Ji Chang-hyeon took the sword and stepped forward. The death worms were dead, but something stronger and faster than them landed in front of them.
“Let the humans die!”
Gartine, Lord of the Demonic Beasts. After he roared in words that humans could not understand, he wielded a spear in his hand, and poured out waves of monsters.
The main force, whose formation had already collapsed due to a sudden attack in the ground, was bombarded and could not resist properly.
“You seem to be the strongest.”
“…a unit?”
Ji Chang-hyun and Gartine met each other.
Of course, they didn’t understand each other. They can only feel the intent to kill each other.
“Spirit of the Demon Realm…”
Gartine slammed the ground at once, and tried to wield a spear with burning magical power towards Ji Chang-hyeon.
However, the spear could not be closed even at the tip of his toe, who was ultimately defending with his sword.
Gartine ran, crashing into the ground as he ran and rolling on the floor horribly. There was no movement in that state.
“Maybe this.”
“The player has used it. The right to kill.”
Chris, who was supporting Cha Ji-yeon, grinned.
Ji Chang-hyun, who was about to swing the sword, was also surprised. He also opened his eyes wide and saw only Gartine’s corpse lying on the floor.
But he quickly regained his composure and looked around.
“It’s not over yet. If we’re going to fix it, we have to hurry up and rescue people…”
“Careful!”
When Ji Chang-hyun turned to move again.
The lightning bolt fired by Cha Ji-yeon, who became contemplative, was stuck in the back.
“Heh, heh heh… Glory to the demon realm.”
His white beak hardened, and the light in his skull flashed blue.
Gartine, who had turned into a pure white skeleton and stood up, raised the spear again and swung it towards Ji Chang-hyeon.
*
“Hey, I can’t do this. This time it’s real.”
Robert muttered blankly.
The situation was not so good that even veteran mercenaries who had gone through everything before giving birth could not give an answer now.
The heat has collapsed. Jeon-yeol, the three strong men, Cha Ji-yeon, Chris, and Ji Chang-hyun, was holding out.
The only creatures from the demon realm that are approaching now are charge. The monsters leaping through the rain of bullets became fear in themselves, lowering the morale of the soldiers and coloring them with despair.
I have seen similar sights many times already.
If you see the corps through the eyes of the enemies facing the corps, how would you feel?
“Keep… Retreat! Retreat!!”
An urgent retreat order was issued from the radio, wondering if the person in charge was properly delivered.
However, there was no such thing as an orderly retreat in the yard that had already been covered. It was just running away.
In the meantime, I took a picture with my cell phone of a gang that was about to attack a machine gunner. There are now 9 samples left.
There was no sign of leveling up, so there were only 9 chances left.
“Come on, get on! Jump!”
Robert, who was shooting, grabbed my arm and pulled me out. The command system has completely collapsed. Evolution officials, including us, and the Allied Forces soldiers also broke out of the ranks and started to escape.
Taking a breath, I looked back. There were less than thirty cars heading in the same direction as us.
It was a blow, no, it was a crushing blow.
The devastation that I had only heard of as a news had suffered at the place where I had participated in the war. No, rather than that, what the heck did the creatures of the demon realm that used to act like ordinary animals and plants attack us?
“There is a canyon over there. Take shelter in that canyon and go to your garrison.”
Robert grabbed the walkie-talkie, communicated with others, and set directions.
The destination is a narrow canyon made up of strange rocks and bizarre stones in front of you.
[Can I escape?]
But I looked at the sky through the sunroof.
The sky was already the domain of those monsters. I don’t know if there are friendly scouts, but at least we’re sure we can’t escape their eyes.
“Oh my gosh… Those bastards are chasing after us!”
“Go to the canyon first. Defend there or whatever you do. You can’t win in the open!”
Angry at Cox’s cry, Robert ordered harsher. In the state of panic, the Allied leadership may have had a brain arrest, and the Allied vehicles that are now escaping with us were running with their tails following us.
“Hey, how about now. I can’t stop it for long!”
“Why are you asking me for that?! I’m just a PMC!”
Even when they reached the inside of the canyon, there were no sharp numbers.
They succeeded in repulsing the men who were pursuing them by pouring all their firearms through the narrow entrance. But that’s for a while. If the main force of them comes, they will eventually be caught.
Neither the Allied officer, nor Robert, could come up with an answer.
“Mr. Antonif. What is that?”
“Look at this, Shin-woo.”
When impatient people only raise their voices.
I got out of the vehicle and approached Researcher Antonif, who was investigating the canyon.
“Looks like a slab…”
“Yes. Look at this uniform wall. It’s clear where the ruins were. I’m very excited right now. These must be relics. But think about it. It’s not a group that lives together.”
He and his colleagues carefully picked up the slabs, inspected and filmed them, and gathered data. And I loaded it into the car with care.
“These are clues. Studying them will help us learn more about what we thought was just a terrifying monster nest. Then it wouldn’t happen today.”
Even in this situation, he was looking into the future. In this situation in which it would not be strange to die right away, only for hope and victory. It was the people who volunteered for it in the first place.
However, in order for the pioneering plan to work, it was necessary to overcome the current crisis situation.
You have to survive here, there is a tomorrow.
So I decided to run it here.
“Everyone, get in the car right now.”
“…Yes?”
“What crazy are you talking about now?”
I approached those who were still angry and quietly spoke my mind.
Naturally, they reacted absurdly.
“I’ll block the way here, in the meantime, get out of the canyon and return to your garrison.”
“Are you really crazy?”
Robert waved his finger against his temple.
There was nothing to say about it. Pulling out his sword, he headed towards the entrance of the canyon.
“I admit your skills! You learned a bit about that sword and became stronger! But…”
“Leave all the explosives and shells left behind.”
One ammunition car that came with it could be a good excuse for me, who can’t tell the truth.
Of course, what I’m going to do is not destroy this canyon when they come with explosives, but believe in the only shot I have right now.
[The legion is waiting for you. to be with you]
Blurred letters appeared on top of the huge, foggy dust that was approaching this place.