Attack on Heaven – Raging Waves (5)

There is one thing in common among cyber warriors who are actively participating in various communities today.

That is, they have a steel-like heart that doesn’t get hurt no matter what kind of insults they receive.

Should we say they have a mentality opposite to that of an archer somewhere with a glass-like heart?

In fact, this was close to a passive skill that not only cyber warriors playing in the internet space but also people who are active in communities generally should have.

This was because the internet communities of Korea in the 2020s were close to a form of ‘hell’.

Drawing various aggro to increase the view count of one’s post by even 1 was just a very basic qualification.

If a keyboard battle broke out in the comment section, a heartwarming scene would unfold where people would insist that their words were absolutely correct, starting from asking about each other’s parents’ well-being to the location of the orphanage where the opponent was born and raised.

There were even frequent incidents of mindlessly dropping photos commonly called ‘nuclear bombs’ just for fun.

As such, 21st century Koreans gained such strong immunity that they wouldn’t even react to ordinary aggro.

They reached a level where they wouldn’t even blink unless it was aggro at least on the level of ‘Perisic Conte sentenced to death, public execution in London.’

And sadly, as the internet didn’t exist in the fantasy world yet, people here inevitably had significantly lower ability to cope with aggro than Koreans, and.

[The animation “Attack on Heaven” that has been repeatedly depressing recently, is there no responsibility of the viewers here?]

“…?”

Therefore, this world couldn’t help but be turned upside down by the large-scale aggro dropped by a reincarnator from Earth.

Although it wasn’t quite at the level of ‘Perisic execution’, it was an article with considerable aggro power even by 21st century standards, and.

The content of the article was also quite spectacular, no less than the title.

[…Recently, “Attack on Heaven”, which defeated the ‘Demon King’ and is progressing with Part 2, is being shunned by viewers by repeatedly having quite depressing developments compared to Part 1.]

[But regarding this reality, this writer wants to ask one question. Is this really the right thing?]

[Perhaps the director of “Attack on Heaven”, Count Ragna Tercion, is making these developments because he wanted to sound an alarm to today’s imperial citizens who only pursue momentary pleasure?]

“…?”

“…?”

It was an article that could be called nothing short of a magician of language.

Especially considering that it was hard to even grasp where to start refuting, it was even more so.

The content of the newspaper article was quite long, but the point it wanted to make was very simple.

‘There’s nothing wrong with the work called “Attack on Heaven”. It’s the fault of the imperial citizens who couldn’t endure the depressing developments that they could have easily endured in the past!’

‘Tsk, this is why young people these days… This didn’t happen when I was young…’

It had an effect similar to writing ‘The cause of the IMF crisis was due to the indiscriminate overseas travel and luxury of citizens’ in a social studies textbook once.

In other words, it was a great success in causing people’s bewilderment.

“What is that nonsense? Did I make the anime? Or did someone send a 5700-character long letter asking for such developments?”

And in step with that, the story of “Attack on Heaven” was also flowing into developments that were more gloomy than ever.

“…The enemy of humanity was the moon?”

“That’s right. That thing floating in the sky was not Earth’s satellite, but apparently the enemy’s base. And… from a thousand years ago.”

“…”

After it was revealed in episode 19 of “Attack on Heaven” that the enemy humanity had to defeat was none other than the ‘moon’, not only the characters in the work but also the viewers watching it couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

“So… actually the moon floating above Earth was the enemy of humanity…?”

“How on earth can we win against that…? No, before that, how do we even get there to attack?”

In fact, there had been several times in the animations Ragna had produced so far where enemies appeared that seemed impossible for the protagonist to defeat.

First of all, in “Machine God Chronicles”, numerous grotesque enemies including foreign gods appeared, and.

In “Sky of Destiny”, didn’t an enemy with natural disaster-level strength that even Yuri and the Knight King couldn’t dare approach, called the Hero King, appear?

But even considering that, this was a bit too much.

At this point, humanity was already struggling greatly to deal with the countless fighters sent by the mastermind, but.

The headquarters of the enemy sending those was the moon, and they couldn’t win the battle unless they ultimately destroyed the moon?

Of course, there was a case in a work like “Machine God Chronicles” where the protagonist Kai borrowed the authority of Machine God Zero to rewind the ‘time’ of Earth itself.

So if we force it a bit, it’s not completely impossible to defeat a planet itself.

However, in reverse, doesn’t this mean that it’s almost impossible to interfere with a planet itself unless it’s Machine God Zero that has reached the realm of gods?

“I heard some magicians talking in a bar the other day, and they said it’s nearly impossible to interfere with the moon itself even with the current level of magic.”

“Didn’t they say the size of the mech piloted by the protagonist Cyan is only about 20 meters? And they say he fights against and wins against a planet? That’s nonsense.”

Eventually, even magicians came to conclude that it was ‘absolutely’ impossible for Cyan to win against the moon.

In terms of the plausibility of the work, and even in terms of the laws of physics and magic in reality.

The conclusion was drawn that the possibility of Cyan winning the fight against the moon was 0%.

In the end, those who were still firmly watching the live broadcast of “Attack on Heaven” at this point were only people whose heads were already cracked and bleeding profusely.

They were only those who decided to bury their bones here because they couldn’t forget the taste of the “My brother is dead!” scene from episode 11 of “Attack on Heaven”.

Leaving behind the impressions of such people, the day finally came for episode 21 of “Attack on Heaven” to air.

The development of the work was, as always since entering Part 2, extremely frustrating.

“…Were we not even allowed simple survival?”

Lucian, who realized that everything was a trap after trying to escape on an ark carrying only 200,000 humans, abandoning 800,000.

Despair.

Yes.

It was as if the outcome had been determined from the beginning.

The odds were so slim that there was no room to even discuss hope.

No matter where you look, there is only despair everywhere.

Just as what ultimately blocked the protagonist Kai in “Machine God Chronicles” was not foreign gods but fellow humans.

No, even further, as if it was fate itself.

The gloomy fate called defeat came to weigh heavily on Lucian, and all of humanity.

“Was I… wrong?”

Just when everyone had given up in frustration and was about to give up everything.

“Don’t give up!”

At that moment when humanity had fallen into despair, there was one person who proudly sang of victory.

“I should have taught you from before, Lucian! The moment you give up everything is the moment everything ends!”

“…Cyan?”

“Have you already forgotten? Our drill is a drill that will pierce the heavens!”

And.

“…Ah.”

Thump.

Seeing Cyan speak of hope in a deadly serious tone rather than being caught up in despair and discussing defeat.

The viewers inexplicably felt their hearts pounding.

That’s right.

Originally, the animation called “Attack on Heaven” was an animation that gave viewers this kind of feeling.

Like when he pierced through the demons’ mechs with a small drill in episode 1.

Like when Cyan stepped forward after overcoming his brother’s death in episode 11.

The essence of the work called “Attack on Heaven” was an animation depicting the story of men advancing towards the impossible.

“…But Cyan. Our enemy is the moon! How can mere human power defeat the moon-“

“I told you, Lucian!”

Therefore, Cyan moves forward.

Firmly believing that there is no impossibility for himself, he puts strength into the drill in his hand with the momentum to pierce the sky.

“My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!”

And.

Whirr-!

At that moment, as if responding to Cyan’s will, the mech he was riding and the ark humanity was riding began to resonate.

Crimson Flame and the ark.

The two began to fuse together as if they should have been like that from the beginning, and.

At the end, a mech of incomparable size to ordinary mechs appears.

“…C-Combination?”

“The ark and the mech Cyan was riding, they combined?”

Leaving behind the viewers’ surprise, the size of the drill held in Cyan’s mech’s hand also begins to expand rapidly.

Cyan expanded the drill to a size comparable to almost a mountain range, beyond the level of a simple building.

Meanwhile, a magician watching that scene scoffed at Cyan.

“Tsk, completely futile struggling.”

“…Pardon?”

“It’s impressive that he fused his mech with the ark and expanded the drill to the size of a mountain range using unknown energy, but at the same time, that’s all. According to our magic tower’s calculations, that level of power is far from enough to destroy the moon with a drill. In other words, scientifically speaking, it’s impossible for Cyan to destroy the moon.”

“…Hmm.”

People listening around nodded at the magician’s words.

Certainly, his words were not wrong.

Because even if they combined, the mech was still tiny compared to the moon, comparable to a toy.

But Cyan charged forward with his drill that was no different from a toothpick compared to the moon, regardless of the size difference-

“…Huh?”

A moment later, viewers watching the television unconsciously opened their mouths wide.

No one was speaking.

“Um… Mr. Magician?”

After a long silence, someone quietly opened their mouth.

It was a completely dazed voice.

“The moon… it split in half?”