41. Hellgate

“History? It’s nothing.”

“That’s a pretty audacious statement, -ssi.”

“Forget that, I think the key is what level our civilization is at in the universe.”

 

 

Venturing into space is good. But space is qualitatively different from this place that we’ve been sweeping clean until now. First of all, finding a planet with life is difficult, and even if we find one, the chances of them having intelligence are low.

Even if we somehow find intelligent life, there’s no guarantee they’ll be less advanced than Hansarang Civilization.

 

 

In the end, space looting requires a considerable amount of time, cost, and luck.

 

 

 

“That’s right. It would be a disaster if there was another Varcana.”

“If we fought Varcana now, who would win?”

“Why are you asking when you already know?”

“Hmm.”

 

 

Currently, Hansarang’s civilization is in the early stages of space exploration.

It’s far superior to Earth, excluding the Galactic Empire, but it’s far short of Varcana.

 

 

What if there are Varcana-like civilizations all over the universe?

It might be better not to venture out at all. We might unnecessarily draw aggro.

 

 

 

 

“But you can’t give up on looting, can you?”

“Aren’t you just wanting to do it? Why have you become so corrupt?”

“Corrupt, to your superior? First, upgrade the troop tiersㅡ,”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Commander-nim, request for a call from the Blue House.]

 

A voice interrupts the conversation that was in full swing.

Hansarang’s face twisted slightly.

 

 

For her, who had betrayed them in a big way, the Blue House was not a pleasant name.

Normally, her subordinates would cut it off on their own, but the fact that it came up to her means it’s something important. Did they come crawling and begging?

 

 

“Okay. Put it through.”

[Number 2.]

 

 

As Hansarang answered the phone with a sigh, the main point flew in from the other side. It seemed they were worried she might hang up without listening to a few words.

 

 

-We have a new proposal. Colonel Hansarang… or what should I call you now?

“…You can call me whatever you want, Mr. President. More importantly, a new proposal? Do you have anything more to say after what happened?”

 

 

Her voice was quite cold.

In fact, if we were to determine who was at fault, she would be at a disadvantage for betraying them first, but she was already far from justice or anything like that.

She had long since buried the greatest happiness for the greatest number and utilitarianism, which she had been shouting about so much, in a corner of her heart.

Besides, the President, who called first, is the one who’s desperate now.

 

-It seems too long to do just over the phone, would it be possible to meet you once?

“…”

 

 

An uncomfortable proposal.

She’s a little reluctant to face him directly now.

But because she had a history of betraying them without a word, her conscience pricks her a little to reject him outright.

 

More than anything, she was curious about what he had to say, making a proposal again after being treated like that.

 

 

-There are many restrictions on me going, so I hope you can come here, -ssi. And see his face while you’re here.

“Hmm.”

 

 

She was a little tempted.

After all, the continental conquest is almost over, and the remaining tasks won’t be a problem for the time being, even without her.

 

 

“Okay, then. I’ll let you know the date when I get there.”

 

 

In the end, she accepted the uncomfortable meeting with the President.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Could it be a trap?”

 

 

Shirley’s worry after the call.

 

“No way. There’s nothing to gain from messing with me.”

“That human is a crazy bastard who’s prepared to die anyway. He might do a suicide bombing out of spite.”

“…It’s not that extreme. And even if it were, my stats aren’t so insignificant that I’d be hurt by mere modern weapons.”

“That’s true.”

 

Although she didn’t join Yoo-eun’s Family, she herself is a boss with a Family. Yoo-eun’s ‘Adjustment’, Agnes’ ‘Noblesse’, and Hansarang’s ‘Legion’.

The bosses with Families receive huge stat bonuses the stronger their Family is, and this was the same for Hansarang.

 

Currently, her Family covers an entire planet. It’s not as much as Yoo-eun, but she’s receiving a huge stat bonus. The weapons that the President of South Korea can prepare can’t even make a scratch on her.

 

 

“Let’s at least hear what he has to say.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A gloomy energy lingered on Earth.

The joy that the zombie apocalypse, which seemed like it would wipe out all of humanity, had been resolved was short-lived, and the Galactic Empire, which revealed its monstrous weapons built on the moon, finally showed its teeth.

 

For now, they didn’t release the information externally and subtly proposed surrender through diplomatic channels with each country, but if they threw out such a large-scale proposal all at once, and out of the blue, there’s no way rumors wouldn’t spread.

Eventually, most Earthlings found out about this within a few days, and the majority despaired.

 

 

Among them, there were people who burned with anger and actively advocated resistance, but their number was small, perhaps because they had tasted the power of the Earth-destroying weapon Gargantua.

 

 

 

 

 

“The attitude of intimidating and ridiculing neighboring countries just because they have a little power is extremely immature, and trying to cause such a conflict again even after knowing the horrors of the World Wars is an extremely inhumane act.”

 

 

 

 

In the midst of this, the first to express a diplomatic statement was Vietnam, which had no presence. It showed the dignity of openly sniping through the media, not even through diplomatic channels that went back and forth behind the scenes.

 

 

For reference, Vietnam is a newly formed (?) country that started a democracy through the aid of South Korea, which relatively quickly suppressed the dungeon crisis, after the country collapsed once after the dungeon crisis occurred.

 

If a country collapses due to dungeons and is rebuilt by the power of another country, it can be said that it has almost no global influence. However, its pride was very strong, not befitting the power it possessed.

This seems to be due to the experience of being a kind of boss in a limited area (Southeast Asia), but from the outside, it just looked pathetic.

 

 

 

Anyway, Vietnam boldly criticizes the Galactic Empire. It didn’t express it in diplomatic language, but used quite direct words.

Of course, the world was shocked.

 

 

What confidence do they have to do that? Even the United States, the hegemonic power of Earth, is agonizing over it.

 

 

 

 

The Galactic Empire’s response was immediate.

1 million Bojinia from the 10th State of the Bojinia Federal Empire gathered at the border with Vietnam.

 

They could have attacked right away or used Gargantua, but the fact that they stopped in front of the border was already a big favor. It’s like giving them another chance.

 

 

Of course, if it was a country that could take advantage of that opportunity, it wouldn’t have provoked them in the first place.

 

 

 

 

“There is no reflection or awareness at all.”

 

 

 

 

When the second announcement from the Vietnamese government of that kind came out, the 10th State of Bojinia marched 1 million troops.

And in an instant, they occupied Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, wiped out all political forces starting with the president, and at the same time, executed Bojiniazation on all Vietnamese citizens.

 

A terrible massacre that turned everyone except the beautiful women who met the standards into Bojinia. What had already been implemented in China and remained a trauma for all Earthlings was reproduced in Vietnam.

 

 

A truly unhesitating act.

It took less than two days for a little over 100 million people to be replaced by Bojinia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Through the last zombie apocalypse, humanity showed an extreme level of incompetence that was disappointing. No one stepped forward first, and while there were such difficulties, they even revealed the inhumane idea of how to inflict damage on enemy countries through this situation while continuing the war. And as things got bigger, they put on a mask as if nothing had happened and started responding late.

 

 

However, the situation had already progressed rapidly, and after the walls built to isolate the zombies collapsed, it had virtually left the hands of humanity.

 

This is due to the extreme incompetence of existing humanity and the selfishness of only caring about themselves and their power. If appropriate measures are not taken, this kind of thing will happen again at any time.

 

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor of this Federation (Galactic Empire Federation) has decided to bestow the very generous grace of affiliating all countries with the Galactic Empire for the permanent protection from all future threats with a heart that willingly cherishes humanity.

 

However, the ungrateful small country of Vietnam in Asia rejected this and accompanied it with insults to this country in the process. This is a grave crime of despising the Emperor’s grace and ignorance of not realizing their incompetence and worthlessness.

 

 

Humanity, which has become unable to protect itself, has only two choices. Will they realize themselves and be protected as ‘humanity’ by upholding the Emperor’s grace, or will they despise the Emperor’s grace with ignorance and vain pride and eliminate their own existence value? This is entirely your choice, everyone in humanity.”