Chapter 87 – The Outbreak (2)

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“They say a gate has been activated on the 151st floor as well.”

The defense war was actually flowing in a similar pattern to the original story.

After a taste of invasion, a full-scale offensive begins. Probably all the time and energy will have to be poured into stopping the enemies attacking the 152nd and 151st floors today.

“This place still needs finishing. I’ll take care of it, so the second team moves to the 151st floor as planned.”

And Jung Chan-soo’s response to the report was the same as in the original story.

He keeps the strongest force, including himself, as the first team and organizes the rest of the force as the second team to defend two places at the same time.

“…If an unexpected situation arises, retreat immediately.”

He said, looking at me trying to move with my guild members belonging to the second team.

The biggest difference from the original is one thing: me and my guild members.

With our existence, which did not exist in the original story, a big change occurred in the power chart Jung Chan-soo made.

Originally, in order to further strengthen the power of the second team, it was inevitable to weaken Jung Chan-soo himself and those around him.

However, with the appearance of our new force, there was a little leeway.

First of all, Kim Dong-soo and Lee Se-jin, Jung Chan-soo’s right-hand men, remained by his side, unlike in the original story, instead of being assigned to the second team.

That alone would be an incomparable help to Jung Chan-soo.

‘We’ll have to see what the result will be.’

Of course, being blindly optimistic can be poisonous.

The future that has started to change because of me, you never know how it will flow.

“Let’s move. We can minimize losses if we secure our positions first.”

The support forces attached to our guild were none other than Diana and Sylvia.

Diana, who had the highest ranking, took charge of the external command.

“Reina, they say the gate appeared near the residential area. The residential area on the 151st floor is virtually abandoned, so I was wondering if we should defend it with the city in mind.”

“Let’s do that. It’s better to have a few buildings destroyed than people dying.”

However, Diana did not command on her own but looked at me and asked for my opinion.

It was an indirect admission that my commanding abilities were better than hers.

Having become accustomed to such behavior while performing missions with Diana, I nodded without much thought.

“…”

Sylvia didn’t seem to like that, and she had a sulky expression, but due to her personality that was obsessed with the hierarchy, she did not open her mouth, probably because she had already been dealt with by me in the past, as well as Diana, who was higher in the hierarchy than her.

“Abyss Union…!”

“Set up protection spells! If you come into contact with the energy they emit, you will be infected with a curse!”

The enemies that opened the gate on the 151st floor and appeared were the same enemies that the second team faced in the original story. Abyss Union, the Alliance of the Abyss.

They are a group carrying the energy of corruption, and they succeeded in diverting most of the firepower that the allies poured into the entrance with the magicians’ shields.

‘In the original story, Lee Se-jin eventually played an active role to overcome the crisis. After a bloody battle.’

It was a brief description, but I clearly remember it.

And this time, I was going to take on that role.

But unlike Lee Se-jin in the original story, I didn’t intend to suffer that desperately.

“I told you to leave one shot just in case, right? I’ll break their shield, so shoot it right away then.”

“Th-Then Reina-nim will get caught up in it too!”

“I’m confident I can get out of the way.”

With even Diana and Sylvia flustered by the enemies’ defensive capabilities, I instructed Kim Ji-eun, who had left the strongest magic she could cast, to attack as I had told her in advance.

At the same time, I drew my sword and ran forward.

The shield must be broken before the enemies approach the allies in order for Kim Ji-eun’s great magic to be cast.

“—!”

When I ran up, the enemies who were rushing towards the city where we were holding out also began to resist by holding weapons and shooting magic.

I fended off the flying arrows and cut through the magic.

If you only look at the shape, it looks like I’m rushing alone towards hundreds of enemies alone.

But in the meantime, I didn’t choose means and methods to become faster and stronger.

As if the efforts had paid off, I was able to reach the front of the enemies in just a few steps.

‘The tip of my foot, no, if I can even imitate it, that’s enough.’

The moment the countless eyes of the enemies, with their eyes blazing, were fixed on me.

My sword, which had pulled up its power, split into several strands in an instant and was wrapped in intense light.

[Retavis Anima, activate]

In addition, I borrowed the power of the equipment.

Serpina showed her signature technique, the Thousand Sword Meteor Dance. The power of the goddess who alone deals with the many with countless sword strikes.

I completely put that power, which momentarily accelerates the whole body, into the sword and tried to imitate the realm that I had directly seen and been beaten by.

“—!!!”

Feeling Kim Ji-eun’s huge and intense magic power blazing behind my back, dozens of consecutive volleys of my sword strikes, enhanced to the limit with radiance, poured out all at once and struck the enemies’ bodies.

I clearly saw in my eyes that the shields that the enemies’ magicians were surrounding were breaking all at once due to the strong shock that echoed in succession.

‘This is magic.’

After all, I broke all the enemies’ shields, and I immediately pulled my body back with all my might.

The moment Kim Ji-eun’s magic flew in and the enemies failed to create a shield again,

I raised the corners of my mouth at the hot magic power I felt all over my body with the same quick movements as when I rushed in.

***

“That was too dangerous of a method…!”

“It’s enough if it was successful.”

After neutralizing the defense and smashing the enemy vanguard with a textbook method of sweeping away with great magic.

When I returned to the allies, Diana, who had turned pale, and Kim Ji-eun, who was sweating profusely due to extreme magic consumption, ran up.

They all couldn’t hide their surprise.

Well, even I am now thrilled because I just succeeded in implementing my thoughts in reality.

“Why are you all looking at me with those eyes? It’s not over yet. It’s just the beginning.”

However, what we have defeated is only the enemy’s vanguard.

There’s no time to look at me with admiring eyes.

Even now, enemy units are continuing to cross over from the gate.

We have to face enemies that seem 10 times more numerous than us until the end.

“The enemies also seem to have concentrated their magical forces on the vanguard to block the firepower of the allies. Let’s take a break for a while. I’ll block them.”

Sylvia, who was leaning against the wall, stepped forward with an expression that her pride was a little hurt.

Originally, it is textbook for ranker-level powerhouses to take turns. I didn’t bother to object to that.

Anyway, as far as I know, today, we will be able to fight until we get tired and fall off.

‘…I can’t lose a single one. As long as I’m here.’

I glanced at the guild members with tense faces as I took a breather.

Naturally, the hand holding the sword gained strength.

I am now the one who knows the future that Jung Chan-soo doesn’t know and even knows the existence of the Fate Road that ordinary transmigrators wouldn’t know.

Leaving aside the many achievements that gallery users expect, I couldn’t stand still.

I ‘had to’ create a better result than Jung Chan-soo in the original story.

“Retreat to the next defense line! Don’t be obsessed and retreat!”

“Ugh!”

Even in the original story, many people who were below the rankers or quasi-rankers, those who could be commonly called extras, died or were injured in the battle.

Ensuring that there is not a single death is something that neither Jung Chan-soo nor Lee Se-jin could do.

Of course, in order for me to achieve that ridiculous achievement, I had to run around until my body was broken.

“Cough.”

“You stupid bastard. Didn’t you hear me say pull back without delay?!”

I hurriedly ran up, grabbed the nape of one of the guild members, Lance, and threw him back.

The Abyss Knight who was trying to kill him was immediately split in half by my swinging sword.

‘When is it going to end!?’

I gasped for breath and barely straightened my trembling legs.

Eventually, the enemies rushed to the defense line we made in the city.

Explosions and loud noises were heard everywhere, and only the sound of allies retreating was heard.

“Let go of me!”

“Please calm down, Guild Master! It’s over! The last remaining enemy just died from the arrow of the 7th ranker!”

From some point on, I seemed to have been half out of my mind.

I tried to roughly let go of Mark’s hand, but I widened my eyes in an instant when I heard his words.

Only my rough breathing can be heard.

The noise of battle that was clearly heard from all directions is no longer heard now.

“No one died. There are injured, but they can be treated. It’s all thanks to wiping out the enemy magicians included in the vanguard at once.”

“Ha…”

After hearing Mark’s words, I slumped down without realizing it. And I lay down on the ground as it was.

I saw the murky sky unique to Alternative World.

Now only the first day is over.

I had no choice but to pour out everything I had, regardless of calculations or anything.

‘Was it greed?’

It’s not that I didn’t have the experience of losing something.

I can’t even count on one hand the number of times I’ve held funerals for deceased guild members.

Even if I have knowledge of the original story and can peek at the Fate Road and borrow the knowledge of the constellations, there will inevitably be a division between possible and impossible things.

-“Even while fighting together in this defense war, saving everyone, in my view, is an achievement that you are capable of enough now.”

“…!”

At that moment, someone’s voice rang in my ear along with noise.

The first voice I’ve heard since that day when I was disturbed by the disruptive corrupted constellations and was in a desperate crisis.

It was my third constellation, Agna.

Author Note

A/N (Author’s note):
Thank you for reading.

Translator Note

T/N (Translator’s note):
Hmm, I definitely made mistakes didn’t I? Well, I tried rereading it again but I just can’t find anything, yet still cannot shake this feeling off…

Ugh…