episode_0141

It’s been a while.

It is said that it is located again in the explosion of this battlefield.

Dark fog.

An area that paralyzes electronic equipment and hinders internal exploration, denying entry to anyone, and is essentially a portal to another world.

Therefore, since it is impossible to understand the fog-covered interior, humanity has no way of knowing what is happening inside unless someone enters it and informs it of the internal situation.

In fact, the inside and outside of the Dark Fog were so disconnected that it was safe to say that they were blocked by another world, and therefore humanity had previously given up on recovering Africa.

“Wow! That’s cool! Yes fuck! Throw it all away!”

“Hwi~yu! Wipe out all those bastards! Let’s make humans pay for trespassing on their land!”

A huge explosion resounds from afar and the cries of monsters can be heard.

Although the explosions most likely occurred dozens of kilometers away, the force of the explosions was so great that the aftereffects of the explosions could be heard all the way here.

For some reason, even the sweltering heat unique to Africa and the humidity of the savannah did not feel as bad as today.

The deathly whispers of the remaining monsters mixed with the oppressive heat were incredibly refreshing, as if they were the voice of a girlfriend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

They were probably panicking.

Even though the dark fog has cleared, Africa has been the home of monsters for the past few years.

In other words, it was their heart and their home base that they laid down in this world.

In this area, they would sit back and relax, then open the gate and invade other areas of humanity.

─Keeek!

─Kwaaa, kueeek!

It took only an instant for the space they thought to be the safest to turn into their grave.

Since the fog had already cleared and the area was revealed, the monsters were defenseless against the bombardment of humans flying from unseen places.

No matter how sharp their nails are and the strength to tear even thick steel like a piece of tissue paper.

You can’t stop lightning that suddenly falls from the sky. Isn’t that a natural disaster?

“Dirty bastards! How do humans taste, you bastards!”

And now, a man-made natural disaster was tearing them apart.

The countless storms of steel falling from the air left behind fiery lights rising high into the sky and numerous craters in what was once their territory.

For today, the sword of humanity was able to serve as a dagger to catch them off guard.

“You guys may not have known it because it always appears in cities, etc., but in places like this, there is no need to conserve firepower. Ha, I feel refreshed inside.”

The soldiers jeer and mock the area where the fire is breaking out.

It’s as they say. Rather than recapturing any important objective, all we have to do now is clear the area.

Therefore, there is no need to conserve firepower or engage in timid operations by deploying troops while being careful of the civilians inside.

All I had to do was throw humanity’s mace at Mt. Muju, which was full of monsters.

“Uh, wait. I think they found us!”

” is coming this way! uh… Fuck, there’s more than I thought! Power battle! Ready for battle!”

The monsters, who had been embarrassed by the bombing, gradually noticed the human squad here, adjusted their battle lines, and began to charge.

The soldiers’ reaction was very quick.

After all, hasn’t this pattern continued every time?

The area is detected by satellite, and when monsters are discovered, their numbers are reduced through pre-bombing, and the remaining monsters that survive are dealt with by the expeditionary force.

“Fore! Get in line! To the shooting ranks!”

With the command, the soldiers flocked and formed a firing line.

If someone saw that, they might think it was an anachronistic strategy.

Because while I was watching it, I was also muttering this to myself.

‘It’s a wonderful sight, it’s like a human wall.’

That’s right, it was like a line battle between modern-era line infantry holding muskets.

No, to give a more similar explanation, it was like a shooting formation from the time of the Arquebus, which went back further and was called a rifle or arquebus.

It was a strange sight: the front row was lying down on the ground, the row behind them was kneeling, the next row was bowing, and the row behind that was standing and pointing their guns towards the front.

It looked like a phalanx with short spears extending forward.

“Start shooting!”

“Everyone fire!”

At that moment, with the permission to pull the trigger, numerous red rays begin to pour down towards the monsters.

Before the monsters can even swing their famously sharp claws, they are turned into a honeycomb by the soldiers’ magic rifles and are crushed to pieces on the spot.

It was truly a fleeting moment.

The monsters were literally being torn apart by light cannons that felt like optical weapons from the future.

The mid-level monsters that could not be killed by a single blow of the magical ray had their skin burning black.

Is this a vicious prank like the one at the playground where young children burn ants to death with magnifying glasses?

Numerous rays of light are focused on the large Brut, and the light burns it black and screams in pain.

‘Taesung is really amazing too. I never thought they would make something like this. Even though it is an item that did not exist in the original work.’

Monsters are weak to attacks mixed with magic.

And what is fired from the magic rifle are lumps of concentrated magic power extracted from magic stones.

So the monsters couldn’t accept it. No, it shouldn’t have been accepted.

This ridiculous, anachronistic-looking lineup of soldiers was also a lineup that maximized firepower to control monsters.

“I can’t lose either.”

I created dozens of large fireballs and floated them in the air while muttering that.

As the monsters’ screams become increasingly clearer, my eyes gradually come back into focus.

I felt a sense of accomplishment and pride that humanity was no longer like a child that I had to protect, but that I could stand up to monsters with such confidence.

When I wave my hand, the fireballs floating in the air fly forward and blow them away with a huge explosion.

“Hwiyu~ You can’t even approach your children? Did it get hit by a bomb and die? Tsk tsk tsk.”

In a situation where they could not use their strongest weapon, their claws, their defeat was already a foregone conclusion.

Resistance was futile. They had no choice but to be blown to pieces by the beams of magic rifles that rained down countless times without the need to reload.

Historically, there have often been instances where people armed with firearms were confronted with blades such as swords and spears.

And it usually ends with the side with the guns winning.

Because in a collision between a close-range and a long-distance flow, the winner is obvious.

─Kwaaa!

Another Brute’s body is torn apart and he cries out in despair.

The three slashers who were hiding behind it and approaching this direction also soon became shaped like Emmental cheese with holes in the pouring rays, and fell to the floor, leaving only a cloudy and disgusting black magic stone.

The same was true for the dark-type monsters that humanity found so difficult to deal with.

─Guwiiing!

The Moss that approached swinging their black tentacles also let out comical screams.

Unlike before, when the inner core was aligned, the magic cannon simply grazed the dark marimo-like exterior, and the huge eyes on the body distorted in pain.

And when the distortion of the expression exceeds the limit, Abyss Water returns to its original state and crumbles.

Every time the soldiers’ eyes scanned the distant horizon where the sun was setting, the only thing blowing in with the hot wind dampened by humidity were the screams of monsters and the putrid stench.

“Kk, it tastes like this too. Fuck! Yes, this is how humans are the lord of all creation. Humans are also the best… .”

“Hey! Be careful what you say… .”

“Ah.”

One soldier, immersed in the pleasure of a battlefield where victory is being won, shouts out something excited, and another soldier is startled and warns him.

And when the soldier discovers that I am at the end of his gaze, he turns his gaze elsewhere with a stinging expression.

In fact, I didn’t really have any intention of saying anything because I said it without much thought.

“… Hmm?”

And above all, because I was preoccupied with something else.

Returning to Yongin’s form, something was detected by my five senses, which are almost like extra-senses.

A faint shaking of the ground that ordinary people who cannot handle mana cannot even feel.

I could have suspected that it was an aftershock from a bombing or something, but the sensation I felt in the soles of my feet told me that was not the case.

“The big guy is coming. If the vibration is this much… Hmm, is it a trampler?”

To me, it is a monster that can be said to be an evil relationship.

A dark-type monster with a huge body reaching a height of 40 meters.

Of course, to me, each person was nothing special, like a professional boxer fighting a kindergartener wearing a yellow hat, but for some reason, I often lost battles when this guy appeared.

Yes, isn’t this the guy we met in the battle to recapture Suez?

That’s why he doesn’t have very good feelings.

“Huh? Oh, that!”

“What size is that? It’s a trampler! It’s a mid-level monster!”

In fact, it occurred to me that the Burt they were dealing with was also classified as a mid-level guy, so I shrugged.

A figure comparable in size to the giant mammoth that ruled this world during the Paleozoic Era was approaching us, making the ground rumble.

It is said that the body is mostly made of abyssal water, but in terms of its mass, it would still be about the size of a building.

He’s probably the one who survived the bombardment earlier.

It seemed like the missile’s explosion luckily avoided the core magic stone inside it.

I snorted at the sight of that trampler.

After all, if you want to intimidate someone, be it a human or a monster, you have to do it with their colleagues, not as a one-man show on your own.

It was a trampler the size of a special effects monster that had to be looked up with one’s head raised high, but the one that approached alone without the escort of the surrounding low-level monsters looked so weak that I laughed out loud.

‘Should I kill him right away?’

As I was thinking that, I glanced around at the other soldiers and stopped holding my staff.

Dealing with the monster in the current situation, not in a situation where mana confusion occurs with countless monsters flooding the horizon, is easier than blowing your nose.

But first, I wanted to take a look at how the human army fights.

This is because I wanted to know whether this new concept SF weapon called TS-11 invented by Taesung would work on him.

“Fire, fire!”

“Fire! Shoot it! Turn him into a beehive!”

Red rays point towards a trampler approaching from afar.

It was definitely more effective than the previous physical bullet attack. This is because a hissing sound was heard from the black body of the trampler that was hit by the beam of light, as if it were being scorched by something hot.

“Uh, huh?”

“Fuck! They keep coming! Inner core, shoot the magic stone inside your body!”

Even if it was the same dark-type monster, the big guy was still a big guy.

In the case of Morse, even if the central core was not hit, it would make a painful expression and then explode and disappear.

This huge trampler also felt pain, but it seemed to make him even more angry at the pain.

After all, is it impossible to destroy it with a magic bullet of this magnitude?

In that case, it doesn’t seem to be of much help in the fight against high-level monsters, that is, entities at the level called demons.

As I was thinking like that, the speed of the guy coming towards me gradually increased.

“Artillery, bombing support!”

“Are you crazy! What can I do with this guy approaching so quickly now?”

“If you have time to talk, shoot first! We need to hit the core inside!”

“Well, how on earth are you supposed to find the magic stone inside something that big! It’s impossible!”

I clicked my tongue and said, “Tsk.”

If they were a ragtag group, they were a ragtag group. Jang Taesan certainly provided a number of weapons and manpower that far exceeded my expectations, but in fact, they were not very skilled or trained soldiers.

They were not soldiers of the defense organization who had been called into battle and experienced hardships since the beginning of the invasion, but most of them were conscripted through conscription, and to exaggerate a little, they were just civilians until a few days ago.

They have been able to hold out well so far thanks to the power of the new magic rifle, but as soon as they encounter a monster that is difficult to deal with, they panic and their formation collapses.

Someone was even trying to sneak away and run away, so I couldn’t help but sigh.

“Ugh! Coming!”

“Bar, get stepped on! help me! Mommy!”

Spreading a stench like burning sewage after being hit by countless pouring red rays, the trampler approached in front of the soldiers and raised its foot greatly.

A heavy attack, like a huge excavator breaking rocks, is aimed at them.

─Guooo?

But the recoil from that attack does not return.

It would most likely hit the ground, causing a huge explosion and a large cloud of dust.

The mass of a large building falling down would turn the landscape of this area upside down.

It was an attack that was enough to turn the ground upside down, but there was no follow-up hit to that strike.

The only thing that can be heard is the bastard’s suspicious-sounding screams.

“What? what? What happened?”

You can hear the idiotic voices of soldiers who lost their guns, which were their lifelines, and were lying on the ground trembling.

“Hey, look over there! sky! Some kind of protective shield!”

Trampler seems angry and hits the transparent shield blocking his feet several times.

Every time the guy put his foot down, what appeared to be a protective shield was cracking little by little, but overall it still seemed fine.

It looks like he can block his kicks at least ten times.

“… Is it Northmund’s magic?”

When the correct answer came out of someone’s mouth, I laughed and looked at the angry trampler.

This is the shield magic I used.

And the moment the shield magic was withdrawn was the end of the giant monster in front of my eyes.

─Guaaagh! Hehehe!

A stream of lightning extends from the fingertips, swirls around the person’s body, seeps inside, and inflicts an irreversible blow.

─Bake… Uh oh

Perhaps the Chain Lightning’s chain eventually burned the magic stone inside the guy, and the guy’s screaming gradually decreased.

Fuuu!

It shattered and disappeared with a large black explosion.

All the soldiers watching the scene broke into a cold sweat.

In fact, they suffered no damage at all, and they were just looking ahead, but that’s it.

For some reason, it seemed like it took a huge amount of mental strength to keep from losing control.

And I look back at them and shake my hands.

“It’s terrible. I’m disappointed.”

He clicked his tongue.

“Ah… Sorry, Northmund.”

Are you ashamed of your own indecency? A look of shame is evident not only on the faces of the soldiers but also on the faces of the field commanders standing at the front together.

“There are many people who are not even properly prepared yet. I hope there is some awareness that you have entered the deepest part of enemy territory.”

“… I apologize.”

I shrugged my head and spoke next.

“The sun is slowly setting, so let’s set up camp here today. Those who can communicate should inform the expeditionary force headquarters of their current location and spread the word to other units.”

“Yes! Okay!”

At my command, the soldiers who were sitting down move in perfect order. They move even faster, perhaps because they are embarrassed by their indecent behavior just moments ago.

In fact, it is a sight I have seen countless times.

The same goes for both the organization’s soldiers and new recruits. In fact, wouldn’t it be an unreasonable request to not be scared in this situation?

In the end, by experiencing these things one by one, you gradually become a skilled soldier.

‘Africa is big. ‘It’s still a long way to the center where Alexstras resides.’

Where we are is still just the outskirts of Africa, and as we gradually move towards the center, stronger enemies will appear.

So, everyone had to become an elite soldier before arriving there.

Because it is necessary for them to survive.

I exhaled very slowly as I watched the engineers setting up a large field tent.

It was an exhalation that looked like a long sigh.