episode_0105

“Kraaaah!!”

The massive dinosaur roared.

As big as a building, the gigantic dinosaur opened its mouth wide and thundered towards me.

“This is impossible with just a handgun.”

Right from the start, what is this? Shouldn’t we start with an easier level?

I bit my tongue and switched weapons through a brief meditation. A powerful weapon to face a large enemy.

“Shotgun.”

Of course, if you’re a woman, it’s a shotgun.

A flash of light. In an instant, a shiny black pump-action shotgun was gleaming in my hands.

After loading the gun and aiming the shotgun, the red roof of the approaching creature’s mouth and its tongue were clearly visible.

Even if you chewed me up in that mouth, I wouldn’t die. But even knowing that, it’s still terrifying. Pain is felt vividly.

So, today’s goal is.

“To get out of here alive.”

Tuaquaah!!

With a loud noise, the gun recoiled as it raised up.

Flames spewed from the barrel.

At the same time, the dinosaur’s mouth and head, which had been wide open, were torn apart like rags as blood vessels scattered in all directions.

That was the end of it.

The creature stumbled a few steps and then lost its strength, falling to the side with a thud.

Like a collapsing model, it fell to the ground.

“Did I take it down?”

I shouldn’t have said that.

“Kwaaaah!”

Just then, several huge dinosaurs, as well as ones the size of humans, rushed in at a terrifying speed.

“Alright, let’s do this.”

I quickly used the fallen dinosaur’s body as cover and summoned another type of firearm.

“Machine gun.”

In an instant, a familiar machine gun from the military, prone to jamming and barrel warping after a few rounds, appeared in front of me.

“Kieeeek!”

But this gun and that one were completely different.

Show them how terrifying a machine gun without reloading, jamming, or overheating can be.

“Fire.”

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Mana condensed heavily, the bullets surpassing the destructive power of a regular shotgun, tore through the ankle of the giant dinosaur. Climbing up the falling body without losing balance, I reloaded.

“Headshot.”

Bang!!

With a heavy sound, blood splattered in all directions as the head of the giant dinosaur exploded.

Jumping off the falling dinosaur’s body and landing, I finished off the rest of them in a similar fashion.

“Phew.”

Looking around and confirming that there were no more enemies.

“Dismiss summon.”

All the guns were returned to meditation at once.

At the same time, a portal opened leading outside.

I didn’t know I could leave like this until I fought until all my limbs were cut off inside and died. I strode out of the test site with a dignified gait like a general.

In front of the portal, inside the gym, a familiar male instructor was waiting for me.

“What was that, Chicken Instructor?”

“Pride C. Gunter.”

“Oh, yes.”

The instructor who had temporarily regenerated my severed arm using the power of my tail last time smiled and handed me a new diploma.

“Congratulations.”

The neck strap of the diploma he handed me was black.

“And welcome.”

“Tier Black, Ale Cloi.”

*

Even after returning home, my shoulders continued to tremble for a while.

“Look, Lager! Isn’t this color killer?”

“Oh, it’s awesome. My wife has a Black-tier girlfriend.”

Now that I looked at it, this black strap had a luxurious texture that exuded a slightly upscale feeling, not just plain black.

“I put quite a bit of effort into this, didn’t I?”

“I guess so. There are over a thousand academy students from Tier White to Gray, but there are less than 30 instructors. Besides, it’s not like you can get everything just by working hard to Tier Black.”

It was a sense of achievement that was incomparable to when I got my black belt in Taekwondo.

The more I touched it, the more my pride in myself intensified, a strange item that amplified my self-esteem.

“But Ale, wasn’t there a demotion penalty for Tier Black? What happens with that?”

“Oh, that’s right. Even within Tier Black, there are grades. They say you start from ‘Tier Black-Alpha’ and gradually move up as you get stronger.”

“So you were demoted within Tier Black?”

“That’s right. I should have been placed in ‘Tier Black-Beta’ if I had survived without dying, but unfortunately, I started from Alpha.”

I thought I would end up at Gray at best due to the demotion penalty, but I didn’t know I would be able to rise to Tier Black so quickly.

“Ale, since you’ve also renewed the highest tier, should we have a celebration party?”

“Sounds good. Since the New Year is coming up.”

Today, I’ll have a light drink with Lager, and a few days later, I’ll invite everyone to my house to spend some time. Is there anything like that among the authorities of Tier Black? It would be nice if there were some tricks like calling the soldiers to the officers’ bachelor quarters and secretly treating them to chicken.

However.

“Ah!!!!!!!!!”

Yeongchang was ahead of me!

I thought I would at least get a break during the year-end season and go to Yeongchang, but what is this!

I asked if I could adjust the date of my leave, but there was no way. The answer was that I was going to receive punishment, not a vacation.

Well, that’s true.

“How harsh.”

Before Lager dropped me off at the subway to go to Yeongchang, he sighed deeply with cigarette smoke and lamented his regret.

I felt the same way, but since complaining wouldn’t change anything, I decided not to say anything.

“Still, thanks to you going first, I was able to know exactly what was needed and take care of it. Thank you.”

“We’re not even a Yeongchang couple, what’s this?”

“It’s unique and nice, isn’t it?”

“You’re quite positive.”

Lago and I faced each other and chuckled.

It’s only been 15 days, so what. There will be a visit in the middle too.

Let’s do New Year’s greetings then.

“Go, don’t get caught while masturbating thinking about me.”

“Who would recognize you as a monkey for real.”

“Who was the one who got excited while missing me while I was in Yeongchang?”

“Hey, you came back addicted to masturbation, don’t emit the scent of night flowers.”

While exchanging such silly jokes, I suddenly felt a creepy feeling and let out a sigh.

“Even if you masturbate, just think of me.”

“What are you talking about.”

“Try masturbating while thinking about Dakota. Don’t stop.”

“Are you crazy? No, and even if so, how do you expect me to do that?”

“Through a woman’s intuition.”

“What? Absolutely, I won’t think of any other woman, so don’t worry.”

Humph. Ignorant.

At that time, when we were playfully wrestling.

A notification sound came from Lago’s phone.

“Who is it?”

“I don’t know.”

Lago raised his head with a smirk and checked the contents on his phone.

At the same time, Lago’s expression turned ashen in an instant.

The content was as follows.

[If you do not achieve a score of 1,000 points or higher]

[You will not qualify for the finals.]

[Congratulations! The 1,937th Earth has selected your work as ‘Guardian World.’]

[The finals of the ‘Universe’s Strongest Contest’ will now begin.]

[You can invade and destroy the ‘Guardian World’ of other Earths.]

Countless unknown texts poured out.

I couldn’t understand everything, but there was no need to.

The sentences necessary to know the reason for Lago’s contemplative expression were listed very intuitively next.

[The 17th Earth’s guardian has become a humanoid monster and is invading your world.]

[The 387th Earth’s guardian has become a humanoid monster and is invading your world.]

[The 64th Earth’s guardian]

[The 962nd Earth’s guardian]

[The 1,639th Earth’s guardian]

[The 713th Earth’s guardian]

[The 494th Earth’s guardian]

[The 81st Earth’s guardian]

[The 5th Earth’s guardian]

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Something.

Something big had begun to happen.