Ch.62Ep.62: Protect

“All Guardian Spirits! Move to South Ret!”

Upon receiving Radios’ contact, Tiaran headed to South Ret with the entire Guardian Spirit force.

Needless to say, it was a distance that would take ages to travel on foot.

Mages had to provide support with teleportation spells along the way.

North Ret had long since broken free from the control of the Outer God cult.

The people of Kadinant who had been living in hellish conditions gathered in North Ret.

Though the quality of the Guardian Spirits had declined compared to the past, their numbers were no less than before.

The problem was the power of the enemy they were going to face.

The power of the beasts called Great Old Ones was equivalent to the beasts of the Demonic Prison.

A power that would be difficult to handle even with 10 Guardian Spirit soldiers attacking at once.

Although the still disorganized Guardian Spirits couldn’t stand against them yet.

“All preparations are complete. Teleport is now available.”

“I’m counting on you, Jirva.”

Tiaran looked at Jirva D’Black, the leader of a group that called themselves the Silver Wolf Group, who had joined the Guardian Spirits about a month ago with around 40 followers, and reminisced.

When Radios was actively operating in North Ret.

Jirva D’Black and other slaves were able to escape from slavery thanks to him.

Some returned to their hometowns, but others wanted to repay Radios.

After months of endless training, they succeeded in becoming skilled fighters.

Most members of the Silver Wolf Group had abilities comparable to the Guardian Spirits’ captains.

Their leader Jirva could be compared to Tiaran, a corps commander.

From the perspective of the Guardian Spirits, whose command structure was unstable, their enlistment was a welcome addition.

“Guardian Spirits, our chance to march has finally come! For our eternal leader Radios Magnum!!”

“Hurrah!!!”

“Charge!!!”

With Tiaran’s shout, approximately 100,000 Guardian Spirits.

All began advancing south toward South Ret.

***

Rumble…

Meanwhile, a hellish scene was unfolding in South Ret.

The arrival of millions of Great Old Ones had an impact like a mass bomb.

Hundreds of villages had all life forms instantly erased by their appearance.

[Destroy everything! Let humans feel the power of the Great Old Ones! Crush them!]

Under Cthulhu’s command, all Great Old Ones began destroying everything humans had built.

As if they were trying to completely erase Kadinant itself.

After causing havoc for about 30 minutes.

Ithaqua, known as the White Silence, noticed something unusual.

“…Swords?”

Hundreds of enormous swords were falling toward the group of Great Old Ones.

CRASH!!!

“Ugh, urk!”

“AAAAARGH!”

Ithaqua managed to duck and avoid the swords, but unfortunately, the other Great Old Ones weren’t so lucky.

Just being grazed or cut by the blade caused them to cry out in pain.

Some even died from the wounds.

Only then did Ithaqua realize who had thrown these swords.

“The singularity…!”

The being watched by the Dweller at the Threshold, found interesting by the Witch of Dreams, and causing the boundary of Crawling Chaos.

The human called Radios Magnum.

“I must alert—”

“That won’t be happening.”

SPLAT!

Before Ithaqua could send a telepathic message.

Radios, who had appeared out of nowhere, ripped out his heart in one swift motion.

As consciousness rapidly faded and eternal darkness covered his eyes.

[Wandering spirit of the nine heavens, the Devourer of Death calls you. Rise from the shadows and answer my call.]

A mysterious voice tickled his ears, and the darkness that seemed eternal disappeared, replaced by light.

[Ahhh…]

Only then did Ithaqua understand.

Radios Magnum had broken the eternal pain that bound him.

He was a supreme being who must be followed.

[God Ithaqua… follows Lord Radios Magnum.]

“Let’s go.”

Ah, why had he tried to fight such a being?

Ithaqua, captured by the now perfected Subduing Dead spell, began to recognize Radios as his true master.

He then began to command numerous Great Old Ones, but.

They had no sense of self.

According to Rin, the more dead spirits one commands, the greater the burden on the master.

The only way to reduce this burden was to delete their consciousness.

So Radios erased the consciousness of all the dead except Namgung Ihyun.

What he needed were undead tools to command, not Great Old Ones.

[You’re really something, aren’t you? How can you be so cautious?]

“Once betrayed, there’s no guarantee it won’t happen again.”

But he couldn’t do anything about Namgung Ihyun.

He had no desire to erase her consciousness, and there was no way to do it anyway.

When he first commanded her, he had used unstable magic, so it couldn’t be helped.

Still, having Namgung Ihyun with her consciousness intact would be much more helpful.

BOOM! RUMBLE!!

From the opposite direction came a series of massive explosions.

Kraud was undoubtedly leading the goblins in a drive hunt against the Great Old Ones.

“Elysse.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Circle the outskirts of South Ret and make sure no Great Old Ones escape.”

“Understood.”

“I’ll provide you with undead. Not even a single one must get out.”

Elysse nodded and left with about 100 undead.

With most of South Ret already reduced to ashes.

The Great Old Ones would try to spread out somehow.

Of course, they wouldn’t go to Mid Ret.

For the first time since his reincarnation, Radios had begun fighting to protect.

“Cthulhu and Hastur…? They’re called the three leaders of the Great Old Ones along with Cthugha, right?”

[More precisely, Cthugha is included. Cthulhu and Hastur are strong enough to be compared to Outer Gods.]

“What are my chances of winning against both of them now?”

[72%]

When Namgung Ihyun answered casually with her arms crossed, Radios asked differently.

“What are my chances of winning if I fight alongside you?”

She smirked and answered.

[100%]

“Good, let’s go.”

Radios, who had slaughtered Great Old Ones with thousands of twilight swords.

“Goblin mask.”

Headed at full speed toward where massive magical power was concentrated.

Meanwhile, on Kraud’s side.

“Woohoo!! These bastards would taste amazing if we grilled them!”

“Great Old Ones are goats… g.o.a.t! Fun to chew and tear apart!”

“Yeehaw~ Yeehaw~”

“Why did these Great Old One gays even bother attacking when they’re so weak? Hahaha”

“Victory is ours!”

The unleashed goblins were massacring the Great Old Ones.

Kraud just stood watching them run wild.

Knowing that the situation would end quickly if he moved, he began to wonder why the Outer Gods had used such a tactic.

“Father. May I go wild too?”

“…Hmm? When have you ever asked me for permission for such things?”

“Never. But seeing you so deep in thought, it seemed like something important.”

“It doesn’t matter. You can kill them all as you please.”

Grin.

At Kraud’s confirmation, Brina revealed her fangs with a ferocious smile.

‘I’ve been waiting for this…’

The Great Old Ones were enemies she had never encountered before.

When Radios was fighting Cthugha, Brina had wondered.

She thought she might find a clue to awakening her Divine Order by facing Cthugha.

At the same time, another thought occurred to her.

If Radios returned alive from Cthugha…

That would be nothing short of amazing.

So she held back and waited patiently until the Great Old Ones appeared in Kadinant again.

And now, finally, the Great Old Ones had descended upon Kadinant.

“Hahahahahahaha!!”

Brina could no longer hold back.

She fully deployed her Order, Blood Mist, and began using Blood Mist Style.

BOOM!

When her body moved, Great Old Ones fell like a tsunami.

Behind her were only unidentifiable pieces of flesh.

Although the Great Old Ones had come down in the name of a quantity offensive.

They were being swept away too easily.

From Brina’s perspective, who had been full of expectations, it was like having cold water poured on her.

But for the Great Old Ones, she was a symbol of terror.

“Cthulhu! And where is Hastur!!”

Already excited by the thought of gaining a catalyst for Divine Order awakening.

She couldn’t see anything with her eyes.

She advanced, killing and killing everything in front of her, spraying blood.

No one can stop an unbridled filly.

“Come at me all of you!!”

Brina shouted loudly.

There was someone watching her.

‘Damn Yog-Sothoth… you sent us down here even though such monsters exist?’

It was Hastur.

He was observing the battlefield while concealing his existence with magic, but.

On one side were Radios and Namgung Ihyun.

On another side was Brina.

On yet another side was the goblin army.

And at the edges, Elysse and the undead were conducting a drive hunt.

‘Then I have no choice but to…’

Aldebaran, classified as an alpha star in the constellation Taurus.

Crashing that star into Kadinant.

That was the only way to resolve this mass suicide situation.