Episode 295 [I’ve been there (2)]
Quarrrrrrr!
Flames spouting from the dragon’s mouth swept through the half-destroyed city.
Roads melted and buildings collapsed.
The awakened people who were looking for opportunities inside the building were also engulfed in flames.
The shield was useless. In an instant, dozens of awakened people were reduced to ashes.
“retreat! “Retreat to the second cordon!”
Jinhyuk shouted with a distorted face.
Buying a little time was too much for an ordinary awakened person.
I felt it when fighting monarch-level monsters on Mt. Baekdu, but ordinary awakened people were no different from ordinary people when it came to fighting monsters other than the standard.
Anyway, both of them were just dust that was swept away with one hand.
The attacks of the high-ranking awakeners had some effect on the monarch-level monsters, but only the executioners’ attacks were effective against the dragon-like monster.
But the executioners’ attacks were only barely effective.
Pajijijik.
With its wings spread wide, the space around the dragon’s body split apart.
A crack appeared in the space, and the dragon scales caught in between burst out.
Red blood shined through the broken scales and countless gold rushed towards the dragon.
But the gold could not reach the dragon.
Wow!
As the dragon roared, the space itself shook and the cutting lines scattered. The space cut was neutralized by a roar mixed with mana.
“Oops!”
Isabelle, who was riding on Bailey’s back, vomited blood into the air.
The mana that had been pouring in had flowed back.
Quarrrrrrr!
The dragon breathed fire again.
There was no time to escape. Flames covered the flying lion and girl.
The whole area was on fire.
Phew!
Bailey popped out of the flames. The fire was visible behind the two who emerged from the flames.
The two’s appearances had become translucent. She avoided the dragon’s flames using Isabel’s characteristic, half-dimensional movement.
However, the translucent appearance did not last long.
Isabel coughed up blood once again and the two returned to normal.
Bailey flapped his wings and flew up.
Flames followed after it.
500m, 1km, 2km…
It was impossible to tell what the range of the flames was.
The flames got closer and closer. And the moment when they were about to cover the two again.
Puhak.
The flames staggered and broke off.
Isabel wiped away the flowing blood and looked down at the ground.
“Shane…”
The robot was knocking down the dragon shooting flames with a hand-to-hand attack. The
robot poured all the weapons it had at the fallen dragon.
Although the launchers were broken and not even half open, all the launchers were opened. Missiles and shells poured in.
Missiles and shells with emblems on them rained down on the fallen dragon.
Kwagwagwagwang!
The explosion soared into the sky with an explosion. Missiles and shells were poured in front of the nose, and the robot’s body was shattered into pieces. It was completely shattered after being hit.
[We must retreat quickly! The shield is not broken!]
Despite Eve’s words, Shane was thinking of retreating.
In any case, it was an attack to buy Isabelle time to escape.
Meanwhile, the monster was playing with his opponent . Thanks to Hae-jun, it was still alive, but the robot’s performance had already been reduced by more than half.
Moreover, the aftereffects of this attack had damaged the hydraulic system of its legs.
Ugh!
The robot, which had been retreating, stumbled and fell.
In the flames, the suspect My head popped out.
“Are you really angry this time?”
The dragon’s mouth opened.
The huge mouth bit the fallen robot’s arm and pushed its head away.
Kwasik!
The arm was torn off.
Kwasik!
The same was true for the other arm.
The dragon, which had disabled both arms in an instant, raised both claws.
The claws pierced the robot’s body.
[Die. How dare you play with God.] A
powerful image spread. Those who had not yet escaped fell down with foam at the mouth. The dragon that
had blown away the image of anger spread its wings wide and roared loudly. I hit it.
Kuang!
The remaining flames and dust spread everywhere, and the dragon holding the robot soared into the sky.
[Escape! Only the module part will be able to escape!]
Eve’s urgent voice was heard.
[Shane! Just wait a moment. Now. I’ll go!] I
also heard Isabel yelling,
“Don’t come. I’ll escape on my own.”
But Shane calmly refused her help.
[Left arm cut, right arm cut]
[Active defense system disabled.]
[Full missile system disabled.]
Red-colored messages continued to pass by. Among them were messages about escape equipment. [Escape equipment connection failed.]
Contrary
to what he said, escape was impossible. This robot’s core module escape equipment had been damaged before. There was
no way the escape equipment would be safe when it was broken to this extent. Eve hurriedly repaired it. Even though we supplied supplies, it was a miracle that we were able
to move so far. And we had no intention of escaping from the module.
We had no intention of staying in this huge body for long anyway.
We tried to butter it up until Kyung-hoon came back, but it seemed like it was impossible.
[No, why? You don’t listen! You have to save Shane! Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?]
Isabelle’s voice was heard again.
As expected, Isabelle didn’t listen to him. It was fortunate that Bailey was smart. Bailey was
a little different from her usual self, but she still did what she did. He obeyed me well.
I tried to save him, but if he came back, his work would have been in vain.
The dragon. The ‘dragon’ gradually climbed into the sky.
As the dragon got closer, clouds scattered in all directions. Clouds
filled with mana where monsters live. However, when the dragon approached, it retreated on its own.
The dragon continued to soar upward. It
passed through the clouds and reached a place where the air was thin.
Now its wings were not even flapping. The dragon was using mana to pull itself up. The
air was breaking through the clouds. To a pale place.
The sky became increasingly dark.
The sky was tens of kilometers away from the ground.
The dragon lowered his head and looked down at the robot that had lost both arms.
[The joke ends here. There is no need to wait any longer. Now, starting with you as a human toy, you become a human. will become extinct in this dimension.]
The dragon released both claws that were holding the robot.
Boom.
The robot began to fall down.
The speed of the robot falling became faster and faster and it began to burn red with frictional heat.
It was pouring out warnings . The system was no longer spitting out any messages: the main system was shutting down.
‘I never thought I’d end up spending my last days in a place like this…’
Shane clicked his tongue inwardly.
I wanted to have a comfortable death on earth.
‘Well, it’s still possible to have a spectacular ending.’
Fortunately, the dragon was following the falling robot.
Looking at the flames flowing from the dragon’s open mouth, it looked like it would see the end before it fell to the ground.
Thanks to this, I was able to give him a gift on his way to the end.
I don’t know how effective it will be, but Shane gave orders to a system that was coming to a halt.
[Self-destruct sequence activated. The mana stone begins to explode.]
Excessive pressure began to be applied to the mana stone.
[Escape module inoperable. Please prepare for shock.]
It was a witty system message to say that the mana stone explosion was shocking.
The surface of the robot began to become more red.
Steam came out from the crack.
Soon.
It was the last time.
That moment.
The gaze of the dragon that was following the robot changed.
The dragon seemed to be laughing at him.
Faaah!
Mana spurted out from the body of the dragon that followed.
And
[runaway failure. The mana stone returns to normal.]
The steam that was spewing out stopped.
The heated surface due to frictional heat remained the same, but the boiling interior returned to its original state.
The heavy rain has stopped.
“shit!”
Shane swore loudly.
Unfortunately, the last shot failed.
The dragon with mocking eyes opened its mouth.
Flames filled with mana began to spew out.
Grrrrrrr.
Flames approaching.
A flame was approaching, much hotter than the light burning due to frictional heat.
Just before the flames covered the robot. The dragon’s expression changed.
The dragon’s eyes, which had been laughing, frowned.
Shane, who was puzzled, felt himself falling into a silvery hole the moment flames covered him.
The flame that was chasing him could not pass through the hole he passed through.
The next moment he popped out of the silver hole again.
After falling vertically from several kilometers in the air, he absurdly jumped out of a door that opened horizontally just above the ground.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwa!
The robot was pushed back as it plowed the ground.
The asphalt was cracking and sidewalk blocks were falling apart.
The asphalt glowed and melted in the heat, and the street trees that hit it burned.
Kwakwakwak!
The robot, which had been pushed for a while, stopped after collapsing the half-destroyed apartment.
The robot’s red-hot body radiated heat.
I couldn’t see clearly because of the steam.
But robots. Shane looked around intently.
And he was able to find it.
A man standing with his feet in the sky.
“It was not easy to help because they were fighting in the wrong place.”
It was a man who disappeared some time ago.
He had changed a lot in the short time he had been gone.
There was a big scar on his face and he looked older than before.
But he was right.
[Crackling this time. It took some time… crackling. But fortunately, it wasn’t too late…]
Kyung-hoon shook his head at the sound coming from the robot speaker.
“no. “It took a long time.”
It took a long time to come back.
But as Shane said, it seemed like it wasn’t too late.
Seoul in the south was still safe.
And Shane was still safe… but he was still alive.
The robot’s arms were blown off, its surface was melted, and there were holes all over it.
The speakers must have worn off and I couldn’t hear very well anymore.
Kyung-hoon put the headset back in his ears for the first time in several years.
It was a headset that even had its own charger developed and was charged every day.
‘Is it going to happen yet?’
The moment he touched the headset to turn it on, he almost took it off.
[Master!!]
Eve’s shout struck my ears.
[What on earth happened? Are you hurt anywhere? Why is your face like that? You feel like you’re several years older! Where on earth did you go? Are you feeling okay?]
Questions poured out like a waterfall. I was asking the same questions again.
“ha ha ha.”
Kyunghoon burst out laughing.
It was a voice I really wanted to hear.
I finally felt like I was back.
Kyunghoon put his hand on the headset and opened his mouth.
“I’ve been there.”
[…Welcome.]
The voices that had been talking for a while stopped and Eve’s answer was heard.
for a moment. The two said nothing.
[Kyung-hoon!]
At that time, another voice broke the silence.
It was the voice of a girl flying on a winged lion.
Kyung-hoon smiled as he looked at the girl and the lion.
The feeling was new. I can’t believe the baby grew up like that. I knew it, but seeing it in person felt completely different.
‘great job.’
Kyung-hoon threw an image at Bailey.
Cry.
The lion answered him.
It was Kyung-hoon who had bitten Bailey back just now.
Although I couldn’t send the image to all the monsters yet, I was able to send the image to Bailey, who inherited Kyung-hoon’s mana.
[Oh right. First, we need to take our people and retreat! It’s a stronger monster than the ones we fought on Mt. Baekdu. It was difficult for us to stop them. But since the master has come, we will be able to find a way!]
Kyung-hoon looked up at the sky while listening to Eve’s words that continued quickly.
The dragon, which had turned red from frictional heat, was falling to the ground.
It looked completely different from what he knew, but the mana flowing out was the mana he knew all too well.
It was the same monster I had fought just moments ago.
It seemed like he was much stronger than before, but not to the point where he retreated, leaving behind the comrades he had barely met.
“We met again so soon? “I guess it won’t be too soon for you?”
Although he muttered his words softly, the dragon seemed to be able to hear him.
[You! Was he alive?]
The startled image spread everywhere. And the image kept changing.
[It went well! It is time to avenge that humiliation! How dare you make me stay in the volcano for that long!]
Anger, satisfaction, and joy all intersected in the image.
Kyung-hoon smiled as he watched the falling dragon.
“Okay, it’s time to end it.”
Kyunghoon kicked the air.
He soared towards the dragon.
