episode_0057

Los Angeles is usually the capital of California, with huge buildings such as skyscrapers that are always illuminated and wide roads with nearly 10 lanes.

I often imagine a city like a melting pot of races, with Koreatown, Little Tokyo, and Chinatown all coming together.

However, like all places where people live, it is actually an area divided into downtown LA City and LA County.

Our image of LA is that of a rural county with a western downtown and mostly single-family homes.

A city full of life where you can live happily even if you make a living by earning a living, where the mild climate unique to the West always persists, is almost a fantasy.

Is there any area where there is no darkness where there are humans? And that darkness has settled down on this city more thickly and thickly today.

─Aaaah!

─Help me! Monster, monster!!

─Kate! Oh, no! Henry! Oh my god!

When the teleportation was completed and LA stepped out of the thick iron door, it was in chaos. A gate suddenly appeared and rampaging monsters.

The entire city was heavily submerged by the sorrowful cries of civilians fleeing from the monsters.

“… Hehe.”

“Hey, hey!”

The guys following me let out groans. Could it be that the sound that comes out of their tightly closed lips without realizing it represents their feelings?

That too. During Tbilisi, there were no citizens in the city. Because everyone sacrificed themselves to create the barrier, the only thing that filled the streets were monsters.

But it’s different now. I probably shouldn’t put it this way, but it would be their first time seeing a scene as bloody as a horror splatter movie.

Monsters protruding from a gate like crafted obsidian wrapped in darkness. Every time the monsters’ claws are swung, the flesh bounces.

The rich scent of blood, as if it came straight from a slaughterhouse. The smell of death causes the hunters to momentarily lose their will to fight.

My hands are shaking and my clenched teeth are hitting against themselves and making a clicking sound. The hands were gripped so tightly that the handle was crushed, and they were pure white without any blood.

It’s a sight I’m already familiar with. Now, about three years have passed and I have seen this scene countless times.

But for the chick hunters behind me, this will be their first time. This will be a sight they will see every day from now on.

I looked back and shouted loudly after shattering the two slashers that were running towards the citizens who were running away like crazy, their bodies covered in blood, with magic missiles.

“Then let’s enter! The combat team should follow me, and the lifesaving team should follow the instructions of that rescue team!”

“Eh, yes! Yes!”

“Yes! Professor!”

The guys finally came to their senses after hearing my loudly shouting instructions.

When I saw the fire brigade dressed in red, who had discovered us through teleportation, come towards us, I led the fighting team towards the city.

The rest of the rescue team will follow their instructions.

Each person’s sword was shining in a different color. For some it is red, for others it is blue, and for others it is a blazing white light.

Citizens cheered as they saw us crossing a road crowded with refugees, clutching swords.

─Hey, that! The sword is shining! I saw this on the internet!

─Mana Weapon! So they have finally arrived! I’m from Elada! Ugh, hahahaha! The heroes have arrived!

─Hurray! The advent of superheroes! We won!

Everyone on the street, citizens, police officers, firefighters, and soldiers, let out an exclamation of joy at our appearance. A hat with the LA Angels logo flew into the sky.

‘It’s been less than 10 minutes since the gate opened. The damage won’t be that big yet.’

I lightly ignore them and run down the street towards the center. When I glanced around, I saw some people smiling and waving to the citizens.

“Ugh… Uh, what!?”

One Toad, which was trying to attack an office man-type citizen wearing a suit, had its head shattered by Jang Ah-hyeon’s light bullet and flew through the air.

The man, who was screaming and covering his face with his arms, looked puzzled as his upper body disappeared in an instant.

“Wow! What’s going on? When did you get so strong? In the past, I couldn’t even land a single punch.”

“It’s noisy.”

Jimmy sees her talent and whistles in admiration. It seemed clear that her skills had improved by more than one level after drinking the elixir.

Is it due to her psychological growth that broke the dimensional anchor, or is it the effectiveness of the elixir?

The elixir itself has no other functions other than mass recovery, so I think it’s probably the former.

As you get closer to the city center, you can hear gunshots and explosions. Are the armed batteries installed within the city resisting?

Even though it is a long distance away, the distinctive ear-splitting sound of large-diameter bullets is heard.

” Divide the group into 3 people and work individually. Although it is a small gate, it is wide so it is not good for crowds.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Yes, I understand. uh… By the way.”

Han Se-jun looks awkwardly at the people before answering. I wonder if he is counting numbers as he scribbles them with his fingers.

Now that I think about it, it was not a number divisible by 3.

“The battle team consists of 13 people, so there is only one person left. What should he do?”

“I see. In that case, the one person left will go with me.”

“Well, then I.”

“I will go.”

I looked at them both silently. Two voices came out almost simultaneously.

A woman with short brown hair takes her hands out of her pockets, narrows her eyes, and makes eye contact with the other person.

“… .”

With that disapproving expression, the long-haired person with the horns slightly twisted the corner of his mouth.

In an instant, I began to feel a surge of mana coming from her.

She has permanent mutant powers.

Therefore, although mana waves were constantly occurring, the waves felt from her now gave off a very violent and harsh feeling, as if threatening.

When her rough waves touch his skin, Han Sejun gasps and takes a step back from her.

‘What am I really doing?’

I don’t know why these two girls are like this. Anyway, my priority was to quickly take someone with me, so that was the moment I was about to speak out.

“I am better suited to assisting the professor. Because we already have a record of working together.”

“… What?”

I heard the sound of teeth grinding. Its torn vertical pupils and sharpened fangs growl as if they are going to bite her.

Li Jiyuan opened her closed eyes in a spirit of speculation that could not even be considered the most gloomy woman in the academy, who had been quiet and depressed by herself before, and said, “Oh!” I let out an exclamation.

However, despite receiving an aura that borders on murderous intent, Jang Ah-hyun confidently makes eye contact with her and pushes forward with her will.

“Isn’t it obvious? Even so, you’re not good enough to get along with the professor. Besides, you have mental problems… .”

“Ugh! for a moment! Wait!”

Han Se-jun, who had been keeping quiet while watching the girls, was startled and stepped between them, waving his hand.

His hand was flapping as if he was very surprised and trying to interrupt.

As I squinted at the sheath of the longsword shaking in his hand, Han Sejun sighed heavily and shook his head to both sides, saying, “Oh my.”

“Ahyeon Jang. You are the leader and must lead us. First of all, I want to be on a team with you, how could I not?”

“Yes? Sejun… .”

I couldn’t understand what the women were talking about, so I responded with a blank expression, but I was also very embarrassed. Was my choice right?

I was planning on taking Jang A-Hyeon with me if I had to. Because it is a long-distance ability, it matches well with me, and we have already been together once.

“It would be better to do as Han said. Jang.”

Gideon opens his mouth by striking the floor with his huge sword.

At the same time, when he saw that all eyes were focused on him, he suddenly pounded his chest.

“You are always ranked among the elite, but Yoon has only recently moved up from the bottom. Therefore, I think it would be much better to move together with Northmund. You are recognized as one person, but Yoon is not yet.”

“That… Like that.”

“Do as Gray says. I don’t have time, so I’ll leave right away.”

Leaving behind her, who was very disappointed, I started running forward. I felt like there was some trouble, but it was definitely not something worth fighting over now that the gate was open.

“It disperses here. Yoon Shia and I will go to the center.”

“Yes! Then let’s go too!”

“Good luck!”

With a loud answer, they too gather in groups of twos and threes and scatter in all directions. Jimmy’s fireball was seen flying into the air and shooting down a wyvern.

I also started crossing the main street and eliminating monsters with low-level magic.

The sound of another pair of shoes hitting the floor comes in between my clattering footsteps.

I glance to the side and see that she is chasing me, clutching a bastard sword.

When I glance at his face, I see that he has the happiest face in the world, which makes me smile bitterly.

Are you that happy that you won the battle of pride? I am truly a woman. That’s what I thought.

*

“Hiyaaap”

She moves unrealistically in the air and tears the monsters to pieces.

She only kicked the air with a single lunge, but after jumping about 3 meters, she went around the back of the Brute’s neck and plunged her sword into his neck.

Gray light was flowing from that sword. It was gray in color.

Usually, the colors of mana weapons are natural colors such as red, blue, white, and yellow.

But her mana weapon is a dull gray. I felt sad that the color itself spoke of her turbulent mood.

─Big!!

The Brute, who received a large cut on the back of his neck but was not killed, came swinging his huge arm.

It is a brut of great strength that can throw stones weighing several tons. A hand containing an enormous amount of physical force is struck towards her.

however.

Wow!

A pleasant sound, like something you would hear in a game, rings out, and the arm that was swinging towards her splits into two pieces.

Soon, she raised her body using the sword stuck in the monster’s arm as leverage and struck the monster’s head with her heel.

Push!

There was a sound of a ripe pomegranate bursting, and red pomegranate seeds flew in all directions. Brain fluid mixed with red blood swells.

When Yoon Shia kicks the guy hard while floating in the air, the monster that lost its head falls backwards like an Ottogi that lost its weight.

The car crashes under the Brute’s large body and sounds a loud emergency warning sound.

I looked a little embarrassed at the sight, which was more like a brawl rather than a battle between people with special abilities.

In fact, the person who was in trouble was rummaging through the monster’s corpse, found the magic stone, and was holding it out to me.

As she is a mid-level monster, she holds the heavy Brute Magic Stone and proudly presents it to me, making a proud expression as if she is asking for praise.

The sight of a dog panting and grabbing a disc thrown by its owner comes to mind. Her slightly opened eyes seemed to be hoping for a compliment.

She actually has quite a beautiful appearance. Although some feelings of cuteness arose at that puppy-like behavior, opposing feelings also rose up at the same time.

The contrast between the pale face with completely torn vertical pupils and the sight drenched in the monster’s blood sent a chill down my spine.

‘Yoon Sia. This kid is probably.”

I thought he was becoming a dragon like me because he wanted to be like me, but that wasn’t the case. Not a dragon, but a real dragon, he was becoming a dragon.

She would often sit on the sofa in the main hall and stare blankly at the Northmund statue, which was now being transformed into a Western-style statue.

Just looking at the large, protruding horns was like that. Perhaps the appearance of the statue was what left a big impression on me.

‘If you think about it, I’m a deteriorated version of a dragon. ‘Is she really a dragon?’

In a way, a racial hierarchical relationship may be emerging with her.

As I was thinking that, I clicked my tongue loudly and opened my mouth to her. Anyway, I was in the middle of a battle right now, so there was no need to think about useless things.

“There is no need to bring magic stones. All you have to do is collect it after handling everything.”

“Ah… Sorry, sorry. I guess I was too excited.”

“And don’t overact too much when killing monsters. Take your breath away quickly and accurately. Showy behavior like yours makes cooperation between colleagues difficult.”

To set a good example for her, I kicked the floor.

The sword in my hand was not the usual great sword, but a short arming sword.

When he is polymorphed into a human rather than his original dragon, he shows physical abilities that are not much different from humans. That is why he was holding a suitable sword in his hand, not a great sword.

This battle was made to bring back the spirit of students who had lost their will to fight.

Although we will see shocking scenes of several unfortunate citizens dying, the intention was to remind students of their individual duties by saving people with their own hands.

That’s why he intentionally competed in human form rather than his original form, Yongin. My body had an appearance that caught people’s attention too much. I am not the main character in this operation.

New liquid—!

The sword is swung. A sword imbued with an innocent white energy passes by, and the monsters in its path fall without even screaming.

Seeing the slasher’s decapitated head and eyeballs wiggling around on the floor, it seemed like he hadn’t even realized that he was being decapitated.

Sungdung—!

He moves at a speed that is neither too fast nor too slow, cutting down monsters in his path.

I gently cut off Moss’ tentacles swinging towards me and slowly headed towards him.

As the sound of my footsteps got closer, the huge eyes on the fuselage seemed to be confused and were shaking like an aspen tree.

Eventually, my sword sinks into its core, and its abyssal body explodes, vaporizes, and disappears.

I, who had the body of a dragon, was literally a monster. The heavy great sword crushes the monsters in a crude manner, and the magic burns the monsters to pitch black.

A monster that crushes the resistance with greater force no matter how much the monsters resist. In other words, it was a monster hunting a monster.

But today I was different. He was literally a hunter. A hunter had landed in the monsters’ home.

An all-round style that allows you to fight politely and cooperate with anyone around you. I was now showing her what I thought was the ultimate swordsmanship of hunters.

Eventually, my sword cuts through the gate, and the space closes, making a small sound.

After confirming that the gate had disappeared, I disarmed my mana weapon, sheathed my sword, and quietly turned around.

“Did you see it well?”

Dozens of monsters are seen dead on a major street in downtown LA. Most of them remained in their original state and some parts were dead, so much so that it was easy to mistake them for sleeping.

But what denies it is the monsters’ blood leaking out from under the cross section. The strong fishy taste at the tip of your nose reminds you that this is reality.

─Who, who is that man?

─Elada’s student? No, I’m too old to be a student… .

─Oh, it’s huge. It makes me wonder if what I just saw is real. Was there a person like that in the world?

─No way. I just moved forward and swung my sword… .

The dumbfounded voices of citizens who saw this scene can be heard from the buildings of the city. Only about 10 minutes have passed since the gate outbreak, and most citizens have not yet been harmed.

The citizens inside the building must have seen this clearly.

And she wanted to show this side of herself… .

He was staring blankly in my direction.

‘You’re not offended, are you? Did I speak too coldly?’

He said that he thought I looked good on him, but he may have been very hurt because he only heard a compliment instead of a compliment. Isn’t this a child with a polycentric disorder?

When I thought about it carefully, I realized that it was natural for her to feel sorry.

I felt like I had drawn too many boundaries from the beginning, so I cleared my throat and spoke to her as gently as possible.

“Of course, since it is your first battlefield, you may have been somewhat excited and swept up in the atmosphere. However, my intention is not to disparage you, just—”

“Awesome.”

“─Just trying to tell you the direction you should go… What?”

I was startled by a voice suddenly coming from right in front of me and let out a dumb sound. Only now did I realize that there was suddenly a sweet peach scent.

At some point, she came in front of me, clasping both hands and looking at me intently.

“As expected, you are a professor. It’s the same as then.”

Embarrassed and dizzy from the peach scent mixed with the fishiness of the monster’s blood, I took two steps back.

Not keeping up with my steps moving away from her, she takes two steps forward again. The distance between us was so close that it felt like her horns would stab me.

“As expected, I like you… .”

I wasn’t looking at her. They say people get embarrassed when they encounter situations that are different from usual.

This applied to me as a Yongin person as well, making it impossible to guess what she was trying to say.

Her lips were smiling slightly, but her vertically slit eyes were not smiling at all. It wasn’t an unpleasant gaze, but I bit my lip slightly as the gaze seemed to be digging into my roots.

‘What the hell is this?’

I gathered my fading spirit, placed my hand on her shoulder and lightly pushed her away.

“Now is not the time. And who do you mean by uncle?”

I click my tongue and force my gaze away from her. She took a deep breath with an expression of regret as her gaze changed.

For a moment, I felt a little flattered, so I cleared my throat and tried to look at the current situation as objectively as possible.

What should I do now?

My brain, which had been calculating over and over again, eventually came up with an answer and I had no choice but to immediately follow the command.

“Let’s keep going. All gates must be closed.”

As soon as the command in my head is installed in my body, my steps hit the road again.

Even in the distance, a gate is open. Yes, you should not forget your priority goal.

As he lightly ran down the main street, clutching the white shining Arming Sword, the citizens let out a small exclamation upon seeing him.

As I run down the road with an expressionless expression, the sound of her footsteps follows me again.

Is this also a disadvantage of permanent supernatural abilities? I sighed lightly as the waves flowing from her seemed to contain deep and rich emotions.

─Keeek!

The monsters blocking the two people were breaking into pieces and screaming.