episode_0045

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“What… … What is it?”

“Something falls from the sky!!!”

“What?!”

Julian, who was at the vanguard of Serpina’s army, looked at the sky in embarrassment and froze.

A rock… … It was falling.

A burning stone.

It’s a huge stone block that can easily be said to be the divine punishment that religious people refer to.

And that rock-

The sky began to slowly obscure Julian, who was currently looking at the sky.

‘… … !!!!’

At that point, Julian quickly realized how dangerous a situation he was in, put all his thoughts aside and pulled strongly on the rope in his hand.

At the same time, the horse he was riding began to run at full speed.

Must be avoided!

It’s a commanding position, and if you don’t dodge now, you’ll die!

death!

Even if he was a general who took the lives of countless people on the battlefield, how could death be nothing to him?

Moreover, if he had died while fighting bravely on the battlefield, he would have been able to boast that his death was at least meaningful.

but.

Suddenly, you get crushed to death by something like a rock falling from the sky?

Your name will remain in history. I will become a general who is crushed to death by a rock that falls from the sky.

Not a general who fought valiantly until the end in an impossible battle.

At least he wasn’t a general who died in an unfortunate accident while preparing for departure.

As a general who was crushed by a rock that suddenly fell from the sky!

“Absolutely not!!!!”

Julian shouted and ran to somehow escape the range.

Because the commander was momentarily scared, the command system became a mess.

What would it have been like if he had given an order to ‘Make sure everyone can escape as much as possible!’

However, the water had already spilled.

and.

“Ugh!!!”

“Help me!!!!”

The giant meteorite doesn’t seem to have any intention of looking into Serpina-kun’s situation.

As it was, it landed in a place where many soldiers and siege weapons were gathered.

bang——-!!!

What you hear is a roar that seems like it will tear the earth apart.

And, Serpina’s horrendous screams leak out through them.

As soon as the sound of fire spreading was heard, intense smoke soon obscured everyone’s vision… … .

Soon, one or two raindrops fell – and a shower began to fall with enough force to moisten the ground.

How much time has passed?

Yulian, realizing that the rain was hitting his forehead harshly, slowly raised his head.

“K… … Ugh.”

Due to the shock wave from the meteorite hitting the ground, he fell off his horse and was thrown to the side. He fell to the ground, barely wiping the blood from his head.

Even though I was in a very ugly situation, the fact that I was still breathing meant a lot.

I feel pain. I can breathe. A loud, ear-piercing sound continued to buzz around my eardrums.

All of this proves only one fact.

‘I lived… … !!’

Because of that fact, he was able to smile with relief even though the pain was quickly taking over his body.

It’s okay to be sick. I was able to let the pain go somehow.

But death cannot be passed away. When you die, everything ends.

Because everything I have lived so far is meaningless.

but.

Julian couldn’t bear that sense of relief for long.

‘Now, wait a minute…’ … Oh, what happened?!’

Only then did the tragedy unfold before his eyes.

A huge boulder that fell in the middle of our troops.

The land has been dug up as is.

… … The remains of soldiers who were crushed without being able to escape.

‘Hee, hee… … !!’

He decapitated countless soldiers on the battlefield.

I knew better than anyone that if I didn’t kill him, my life and the lives of my colleagues would be in danger.

I thought I was well aware that in a battlefield like this – my life and the lives of those who were breathing together just a moment ago were treated like the lives of flies.

but.

unknown power.

Something fundamental, something completely incomprehensible.

Suddenly, a huge rock falls from the sky and crushes you.

In the face of unknown fear that you can’t control no matter what you do, including changing your behavior… …

Even Julian, who had a lot of experience on the battlefield, had no choice but to be scared.

Well, he’s just a commander who’s good at fighting. Because it wasn’t some kind of superhuman or something.

at that time.

“… … !!”

Julian, who felt a subtle gaze, slowly turned his head and looked back.

rampart.

The not-so-high walls of the fortress are visible.

Because I rode on horseback and rushed forward, the location got a little closer.

and.

On the wall-

A white-haired man stood with his hands outstretched.

He was looking at a rock.

I couldn’t see his expression clearly because he was far away… … At least he didn’t seem agitated.

Because he was just looking at this place calmly, without any sign of surprise.

‘big… … ‘What the hell?!’

If a rock like this were to fall from the sky, an ordinary person would naturally be surprised.

But why… … Is it possible to be so aloof like that?

As if he knew it would be like this from the beginning… … ?

Come to think of it, that guy.

They were building strange altars on the castle walls and doing strange things.

Don’t you beat the drum and scream?

It was still noticeable that he was carrying out some kind of ritual.

At first I thought I was just crazy.

Unless something happened that couldn’t happen without going out of your mind… … I felt like I couldn’t just ignore the man’s behavior.

‘no way… … ?!’

Magic… … ?

Is it magic?

That consciousness… … Was it some kind of magic?

There is no such thing as magic. Because wizards only existed in legends.

Moreover, the magic described in the legend was not this absurd.

But, if it’s not magic, how on earth can this situation be explained?

This is not something I heard from anyone, but something I saw with my own eyes!

Does it make sense for such a boulder to suddenly fall from the sky in the first place?

Wouldn’t it be more plausible that what that man did was to summon a boulder?

And then.

The man on the wall… … I slowly lowered my head and looked down at myself.

Then, I looked down at where Julian was.

“No… … what… … !”

Julian was overwhelmed by the man’s expression and stepped back, waving his arms without realizing it.

I felt like I was being eaten by those cold gray eyes.

And that moment.

The man looked at himself and made a very unhappy expression.

As if to say, ‘Why are you still alive?’

“Hee, hee Iik… … !!”

He was sure.

It was this man who dropped the stone from the sky!

Whether it was magic or not, it didn’t matter.

As long as the results were out, things like the process didn’t really matter.

Then, the identity of the man who did this is-

‘city… … god… … ??’

Just now, he was ignoring the very act of performing a ritual by praying to something that doesn’t exist, saying that religion is weak and all.

Looking at the man’s cold eyes, I thought of a god that could not exist.

That moment.

“General Julian!!!”

From behind, a soldier rode a horse and approached where Julian was.

It seemed that he was a soldier who was at the last line of the troops and had avoided any damage.

He quickly approached Julian and said while supporting him.

“Are you okay, General?!”

“I… … … I am.”

I want to stand up.

Because of those cold eyes, my feet didn’t fall as if I was being forced to sit down.

This was horror.

Also, a very fundamental fear of unknown power.

The reason humans are afraid of death is because they cannot even anticipate what lies beyond death.

I couldn’t ask anyone in this area. Because it was impossible to raise a dead person and ask questions.

That’s why humans try to overcome that fear by using the power of religion.

This fear I felt now was very similar to the fear I felt about death.

“Sa, please save me… … !”

“General Julian… … ?”

Julian then realized again that there was a soldier next to him and spoke.

“Do, Do… … Run away! Full army! We must retreat! God… … God, God has appeared… … !! We have to run away!!!”

“Yes? What… … !”

“Can’t you hear me? hurry! I need to run away!”

The soldier was also at a loss as to what to do, as rocks had already fallen from the sky.

Therefore, there was nothing else to do now other than simply follow the commander’s orders.

“Okay… … !”

The soldier supported Julian and handed him the horse he was riding.

Julian, who had somehow managed to climb onto the horse’s saddle, began to run, swallowing down the pain he felt in his body.

Must be avoided!

That thought was the only driving force that allowed him to move his body in the current situation.

Thus, Julian rode on horseback to save his life without even trying to recover his collapsed troops.

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‘… … ‘I can’t see very well.’

There was a man near the castle wall who looked like an enemy soldier, so I thought I’d check his face.

Even if I frown, I can’t see it clearly.

I thought about getting closer to check, but gave up on that idea. Because I had no strength in my body.

Still, as I expected, it seemed that Serpina’s army had begun a full-scale retreat.

They seemed to be quite frightened as they ran away, throwing away all the siege weapons they had brought with them.

Well, it would be strange if you didn’t get scared when a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky.

“… … After.”

I’m glad things worked out well, I was actually really scared.

Because there was absolutely no sign of lightning striking.

Although the sky was cloudy, there was no rain or wind. In this game, lightning strikes only when it rains, so I was very confused when it didn’t rain even when the enemies arrived in front of the fortress.

It was a bit scary when the siege engine came right in front of us… … Still, I wasn’t terribly anxious.

‘Sit-in’ was the right answer, so something would have happened.

Even so, I could never have imagined that a meteorite would fall.

In the 10,000 hours I played this game, I saw only a handful of meteorites.

I can’t believe I saw a meteorite in a world where I was possessed.

Calculating it in terms of probability, how slim a figure would greet me?

In fact, when the meteorite was about to hit, I was worried that the shock wave would cause the entire fortress to collapse.

Fortunately, it seemed that the damage was only limited to the amount set in the game.

Looking at the aspects of the battle, it was within a predictable range, but it was still very fortunate that this world faithfully followed the rules of the game.

For reference, if you are hit by a meteorite, approximately 90% of the entire force will melt, regardless of the number of soldiers.

I sighed softly.

Even if the results turned out exactly as I had predicted, I still couldn’t control the tension.

Now that the tension was gone, my body felt very drowsy.

If you feel a slight gaze here and turn your head… …

There, Irene was staring at me, her eyes wide open.

“Swen… … What are you… … What on earth… … What did you do… … ?”

okay.

In Irene’s view, this situation is that I built an altar and talked nonsense about ‘communicating with the sky’ and all that, and then I cried out to the sky and did all sorts of strange things-

It must have been a situation where a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky.

After wondering how to explain this, I decided to give a simple answer.

“… … Fortunately, we succeeded in bringing out the distortion of the sky… … Is it the same… … all… … .”

what?

For some reason, the words didn’t come out well.

My vision was getting blurry, and I felt like I was going to lose my mind at any moment.

Ah, I see.

Low strength means low base physical strength.

No matter how well I knew things would go well, my body must have been incredibly tense as I was going through a grotesque act while witnessing death right in front of my eyes.

Now that it has all been resolved… … It seemed like there was an overload.

“Swen!”

I stumbled and looked like I was going to fall, but Irene quickly ran over and caught me.

I couldn’t help but feel fortunate to have her by my side.

If you had fallen, you could have gotten hurt.

“Irene… … As I said… … Irene… … .”

Having said that, I muttered some more words and then-

I soon lost consciousness.