Ch.184This Place is Safe! (4)

# Chapter 184: It’s Safe Here! (4)

“We are the true guardians of the Holy Sebelli Empire’s religion, and the only ones who will make the empire sacred!”

“What kind of nonsense is that?!”

Fanatics.

The self-proclaimed Papal Guard’s firepower was simply too much for ordinary security personnel to handle.

“This is the security office, they’re about to break through!”

“Abandon the security office and fortify around the central staircase on the second floor. Bring all the ammunition and weapons you can carry!”

With machine guns, grenades, and high-powered weapons like multi-beam launchers, the security personnel were forced to abandon the first floor of the Diplomatic Executive Building.

They retreated to the second floor, building barricades at limited entry points, but…

“Kyahahahaa!”

“T-these lunatics!”

The lower-class citizens and gang members mixed among the fanatics, having collectively consumed drugs, charged bare-bodied toward the barricades.

“Die, die!”

“Mommy, I’m so happyyy!”

*Bang! Bang!*

No matter how many bullets pierced their bodies, their adrenaline-filled flesh ignored all pain as they began dismantling the security personnel’s barricades one by one.

And through the gaps they created…

“Fire, burn everything.”

The Papal Guard’s machine guns and flamethrowers poured through, or…

“If we have these, can’t we just blast away like this?!”

Some of the Papal Guard’s surprise forces carried rare heavy machine guns, recklessly firing at the ceiling, and due to the drug-intoxicated gang members’ actions…

“Argh!”

“Guh!”

“This is insane, how are we supposed to block bullets coming from the floor…!”

The security personnel preparing defenses suddenly became skewered by bullets, causing a catastrophe.

In an instant, even the second-floor defenses were chaotically breached, and the security personnel were pushed back to the third floor where Arto’s office was located.

The Diplomatic Executive Building seemed to be in a truly desperate crisis, but…

Just then.

“Domo, fanatic=target, fanatic slayer reporting.”

“Aieeeee! Fanatic slayer, why fanatic slayer?!”

“Death to all papal loyalists, hiyah!”

Upon hearing that the Diplomatic Executive Building was under attack and security personnel were being swept away, the enraged Arto had…

“R-retreat, we should fall back and plan our next move…”

*Crunch!*

“Eh.”

“””Domo, fanatic=target, fanatic slayer reporting.”””

As the Purge Squad members serving as guards joined the fray, the Papal Guard’s attack on the Diplomatic Executive Building descended into utter chaos.

Of course, with the appearance of the Purge Squad, known as the empire’s strongest special forces, the Papal Guard also brought out their best forces that they had been saving.

“Grrrr… those Purge Squad bastards…”

“That uniform… clearly the Sacred Realm Knights.”

“But they hardly look like the same ones from back then.”

Those who were thought to have been completely annihilated by the Purge Squad, the reformed Papal Office, and the Imperial Army.

When the Sacred Realm Knights—who had served as the personal guard and vanguard of Pope Alexander—appeared with their bodies twisted by all kinds of forbidden drugs…

Even the Purge Squad members showed tense expressions and prepared for battle…

Soon after, both inside and outside the Diplomatic Executive Building, a dazzling spectacle of supersonic combat between superhuman beings began to unfold.

“Kyeeeeeek!!! Die, Arto!”

“Kill all the Emperor’s loyalists!”

Of course, the Papal Guard’s mindless troops, who had lost their sanity to drugs and fanaticism, simply charged forward mindlessly, trying to break through the barricades on the third floor.

*Crunch!*

*Splatter!*

The former Sacred Realm Knights didn’t even care about the lives of these common troops.

And the Purge Squad members who dealt with them.

Due to the combat between these two living natural blenders, the attackers were turned into minced meat scattered across the floor before even reaching the barricades.

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Meanwhile, among some attackers who still retained their rationality…

“I’ll tear this place apart! Cover me!”

Those with psionic abilities tried to create new routes for the attack by going outside and concentrating their telekinetic powers, but…

*Honk honk!*

*Crunch!*

“Guhk?!”

They were flattened like dried fish by Prosnack Marine armored vehicles that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, or…

“These damn Prosnack bastards dare to…”

“You… fighting spirit!”

“Welcome to voluntary enlistment, aye sir!”

“Wait, what?”

*Grab!*

A psionic user trying to escape was somehow caught by a mechanical arm attached to the armored vehicle and dragged inside…

Thus began a miserable yet spirited marine life—truly, misfortune can sometimes be a blessing in disguise.

“AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!”

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Of course, the Prosnack Marines only had two of these spirited armored vehicles.

And the number of attacking fanatics exceeded hundreds of thousands.

Those who had joined the attack without taking drugs, merely swayed by propaganda…

Left behind the Papal Guard officers who were being “voluntarily enlisted,” they desperately tried to escape from the Diplomatic Executive Building grounds.

However, how dangerous it was to wander around the vast, obstacle-free grounds (reportedly recently expanded by force of the Emperor).

Before long, they would learn this lesson “personally.”

*Woooooosh…*

“What’s with this sudden cloud… urgh!”

“L-Leviathan! The Leviathan is here!”

Perhaps because it descended directly from orbit.

The sight of the super dreadnought, so massive it covered the entire expansive grounds of the Diplomatic Executive Building, hovering in the air with its glowing underside…

It was a spectacle that initially stunned the attackers wandering the grounds, but…

Because of this, they were spread out across the grounds and had no time to avoid the tens of thousands of beam bombardments raining down from Leviathan.

No, from Levia.

They literally “evaporated,” leaving not even ashes in this world.

“R-run! Hurry!”

“We need to get inside!”

“Get out of my way, you bastards!”

Even those who managed to survive the beam bombardment…

“Gurk!”

“Guh!”

“Aaaaargh! P-please spare me! Please—”

*Gurgle…*

As soon as Levia’s small laser “sprinkle” ended, they were dissolved alive by Ash’s nanomachine swamp that flowed down, beginning a new life as fertilizer for the Diplomatic Executive Building grounds.

But the truly ironic point was that those being decomposed by Ash…

Due to Ash’s nature, they were decomposed without any pain, giving them the most comfortable death among all the attackers.

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How much time had passed since I summoned the Purge Squad, Ash, and Levia?

With all sorts of vibrations coming from the ceiling, worried about dust falling…

I was waiting for the situation to end while drinking delicious fruit juice under a parasol brought by the remaining Purge Squad and Marine Corps members.

“…Is it really okay to just sit here like this?”

“Well, we’ve been through worse in the past.”

The reason I was annoyed by the attack in the first place was simply because it happened in front of a foreign country.

And of all people, it had to be in front of the Prosnack ambassador, which made me lose face.

When I was first shoved into the position of minister at the Executive Building, I had to rely solely on the Purge Squad guys.

Compared to then, now is, well, as good as it gets, I thought.

“Riel, how much time has passed?”

I asked Riel to check how much time had elapsed.

“Um… about 5 minutes.”

The moment Riel answered my question.

*Ding!♬*

[Pause]

[Quest Clear!]

[As a reward, the player’s fatigue is recovered, and during the subsequent linked events, when a random event occurs, it will be converted into a positive event once!]

‘Oh, it’s already over.’

Feeling pleased that the quest ended faster than expected, I released the pause.

[Pause Released]

“Really? Then it should be over soon… Ambassador, let’s go up together.”

“Pardon?”

“…”

I decided to take Ambassador Samiya and the others on a picnic.

Although I could sense a strange feeling in the ambassador’s gaze at my behavior…

After we went up to the surface.

“…”

“It seems to have ended perfectly this time as well.”

Even though my dignity was a bit damaged when the attack happened right after I had made bold claims…

At least our experts have handled everything, so what more problems could there be?

“Impressive. The Sebelli Empire is more capable than I thought.”

I was so surprised that he would say something like that, so I didn’t point out that particular part.

But perhaps I came up too quickly, trusting only the event message.

“Minister, you’re here?”

“Boss, the cleanup isn’t quite finished yet, so please wait a moment.”

“Hmm.”

As the Purge Squad members approached me with this reasonable request, I nodded in agreement, but at that moment…

*Whoosh!*

*Thud!*

“…Huh?”

As I nodded and tilted my head back.

I felt a hot and chilling sensation brush past my cheek and ear.

“Minister, danger!”

I was suddenly tackled and pinned down by dozens of Purge Squad members rushing toward me.