Episode 170 [Rome, Giant Slayer – 2]
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[3rd Shelter] in the center of Rome 13,211 civilians were evacuated.
Thump, thud, thump,
they couldn’t sleep at night due to the sound of huge footsteps echoing above their heads.
As long as I knew that the noise was the hungry pacing of predators trying to eat me, there was no way I could shake off my anxiety… “……
Ooh, we’re all going to die.”
As if there were only one or two people who felt that such an obvious complaint was valid, tears soon broke out here and there. It has
already been 44 hours since we were stranded here… While news of the arrival of the rescue team is rarely reported, sad news is pouring in. They were coming in.
“…They say [Shelter 6] right next to this was also hit.”
The attention of the surrounding refugees all focused on what a man seemed to be muttering to himself while looking into space.
“Ugh! “Is that real?”
Shelter 6 This place was only 4 to 5 km away from Shelter 3, so it was natural that the expressions on the faces of the refugees became even darker when they heard those words.
“Yes, I heard the security guards talking among themselves in the bathroom upstairs earlier. They all… are dead.”
Those terrible words could be seen as being somewhat purified, since ‘eaten’ was expressed as ‘dead.’ “
Ha… the shelter is not safe, so what do we do now?”
“Damn, wouldn’t it be better to go outside and disperse? If we keep doing this, we’ll be setting the table for those kids.”
“Hey, anyway, that’s a really ridiculous story, so don’t even say it out loud. “If someone who hears those words and does something like that for no reason, we will all die together.”
“…I know, I’m just saying this because I’m so frustrated with the current situation. Damn it, you can’t just wait in a situation where you don’t know when you might be rescued, right?”
As despair deepened among civilians, the shelter management office was busier than anywhere else.
“Fuck, are you saying that now?”
The large man in the center shouting at the top of his voice was the ‘Shelter Director’, the person in charge of this [Shelter 3]. “Do you think you say such a thing about how
many civilians are here right now? Why are you waiting quietly? If you were here now, do you think you could say something like that? yes?”
He protested, but the voice coming from the other side of the Mana Messenger was still heartless.
– Chik: Even if you get angry like that, nothing will change. As I said before, first minimize noise and wait. That’s the answer we can give.
Like this, the answer given from the higher authorities was extremely disappointing, but it was the consistent answer since yesterday.
A rescue team cannot be dispatched yet.
I can’t even promise a date.
“Damn it, the government is planning to kill all the citizens…”
– Chik I Shelter Director, calm down. You know better than anyone else, right? There is nothing we can do yet at this point.
“Ah, no matter what, I’m here now…”
– Yes, I know very well that millions of people are stranded in our country alone.
“…….”
– Chik 一 However, if you hastily dispatch troops to a place where level 110 titans are lurking, you are only sending your precious troops to their deaths. That’s not what you want, is it? It’s not just that shelter that’s in crisis right now. The thing is, the whole of Europe is in the same situation.
Considering that this explanation was all true, the shelter director felt even more despair and held his forehead.
‘…In fact, it’s not enough to push away those terrible giants, so who can lead more than 10,000 civilians to a safe area?’
Maybe it would only be possible to gather all the heroes from around the world.
And since there were dozens of such shelters in the city of Rome alone… the shelter director was not unaware that rescue operations were realistically impossible.
‘But still, not doing anything…’
– Shelter Leader I’ll say it again, the titan hoplites that have appeared now are a whopping level 110. This means that just to catch one fish, we would have to mobilize 10% of our national defense power!
“Ha…”
– So… you’ll have no choice but to hold out for quite some time. The rule is, you should use your stockpiled supplies as sparingly as possible.
But then,
“Shelter director, Shelter Director!”
This voice urgently calling him was the security captain in charge of security at Shelter 3.
And when he raises his voice, it usually means that something bad has happened.
“…What’s going on, Guard Captain?”
“You need to come to the control room right now!”
The control room was a place where various security facilities were installed, and the two people hurriedly headed there.
“Look at CCTV number 8 over there.”
As he gestured, one of the security guards operated the computer, and soon one side of the screen was filled with CCTV screen number 8.
“uh?”
The moment the shelter director looked at the screen, he felt his legs relax for an instant.
“Oh, no, that is…” CCTV number 8 It was an outdoor CCTV filming the city
center near the entrance to the 3rd Shelter.
In other words, it was used to monitor the outside of the shelter… 4 Titan Hoplites were currently being filmed there.
Guard Captain, what are those bastards doing now?”
“…I don’t know, but it’s sitting on top of our heads.”
Yes, it seemed like they were sitting right on top of the shelter and having a conversation. However, I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable when he gestured to the floor with his hand from time to time.
‘Why the fuck are you here? Could it be that they have sensed our location? That can’t be… the silence magic generator must be operating…’
But suddenly, a report came to mind that the 6th Shelter was discovered and destroyed by those guys even though it didn’t make any noise.
‘So that means it’s not the noise that you need to be careful about… Are you possibly detecting the flow of mana?’
At level 110, it was not strange to have such a sensitive mana perception.
‘Damn, I used mana communication too carelessly.’
But it seemed like it was already too late to regret it.
In the screen, the titan hoplites who were sitting on the floor seemed to have finished their conversation, stood up, grabbed a whopping 20m long pole with the point pointed towards the floor, and started slamming down with all their
might
. did.
“Gasp—”
“Damn it!”
Bang—— Bang—— Bang——
Like a drill attached to heavy equipment, a blow of destructive power rains down on the ceiling of the shelter.
The impact penetrates deep into the shelter, and the refugees’ agitated mutterings come out. As soon as it started, the shelter leader felt a creeping sense of fear running up his spine.
The worst he had feared had come.
“Everyone, prepare for battle!”
At that time, the guard commander shouted, pulled out his sword and shield, and jumped towards the ‘first defense shield position’ on the top floor.
Then, a total of 29 security guards scattered throughout the area followed him.
They are practically running to death to fulfill their duty.
But the shelter director thought that it might be meaningless resistance.
“Now… it’s over.”
There are a whopping 4 super-sized monsters of level 110.
No matter how hard you try, no matter how lucky you are, you can never stop them.
That was so self-evident that even the children taking refuge in this shelter knew it.
But the shelter director changed his mind . ‘ But
… even if everyone dies, we have to hold on as long as we can.’
The third shelter here had an underground passage leading to the Roman subway, and it was designed to open and escape as soon as the shelter was attacked. ‘So
we have to hold out until as many civilians as possible escape. That’s all I can do. ‘It’s my last role.’
He ordered his adjutant to lead the escape, then drew his wand and started climbing the stairs.
“…We will never back down!”
In the section closest to the ground, the so-called first defense shield camp, guards were gathered there, staring at the ceiling where cracks were spreading. However,
their average level was at most 28, so they were like a plate of eggs in front of a rolling rock. There was no.
Quad-dude——
Soon the ceiling was completely torn away, and the early morning sunlight poured into the shelter like a waterfall.
“Ugh!”
It was dazzling for a moment… Four heads wearing huge helmets turned their backs to the sunlight as guards. He looked down at the field and exposed his yellow teeth.
Between the teeth, there was clearly human flesh, so the guards felt instinctive fear and hesitated to take a step back.
“Ugh, living, writhing things gathered together like this… What a windfall this is.” ?」
「Look at these. Isn’t it so cute that they are glaring at us with weapons the
size of toothpicks?」 「Friends, I’m going to eat that big guy over there, so I don’t want anyone to touch it.」
They were having such a terrible conversation. Soon, they stretched out their vicious hands as if competing.
“Ugh, come here.”
Even though those huge hands were right in front of us, no one was ready to start a counterattack. They were just frozen like chicks cornered in a chicken coop… “Ah…”
“Black.”
This is because they sensed that no matter how hard they tried, they would not be able to inflict any damage, so they were seized with a desperate sense of helplessness. Perhaps a
small
animal facing a large beast could hear infrasound waves. It might have been the same as the body stiffening.
At that moment, when everyone had met their end as mere prey…
A
black object fell vertically from the distant sky, and it was a titan hoplite. It was stuck in his neck.
“Kaaaa——”
The guy let out a scream, spattering red blood, and stretched out his hand to try to pull it out from the nape of his neck.
Blah blah blah——
A shock wave was generated from that black object. The creature’s body swelled to its fullest extent, and soon red blood flowed out from all the pores of its face like lava,
meaning it died instantly.
“What the hell!”
“What?!”
The shelter guards who were watching the scene couldn’t help but be dumbfounded. Someone had just attacked the titan hoplites. In other words, they had saved them! ‘Does that make sense? Who on earth could do
that
? ‘You know?’
That scene left the shelter director in awe.
Just a little while ago, didn’t the higher-ups even say they couldn’t send a rescue team?
But who on earth could go beyond attacking them… and kill them with a single blow?
‘Is that crazy ? Did you do it? I heard that you need to mobilize 10% of our country’s national power to catch just one animal, but to kill it with one hit like that…’ Just as the
shelter director’s mind was becoming confused, a tremendous roar rang out from somewhere. .
Boom 一 Boom 一 Boom 一 Boom 一
A violent roar as if the entire ground was turning over… Maybe it was because I had been suffering from the sound of giant footsteps for the past 48 hours, but I thought that the pattern of the roar somehow resembled ‘steps.
‘ What else is coming?’
“Huh, look over there! What the heck is that?!」
「Damn it, some kind of giant is running towards us!」
「Everyone raises their shields to block it!」
The giants are even so shocked that they call it a “giant”, so it means that something really big is coming towards us. Could know.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
With each step, the half-collapsed ceiling split open and all kinds of stone fragments rained down, causing the guards to cover their heads with shields and step back.
“Ugh, everyone be careful of falling rocks!”
“Look at the damn magic shield!”
At that moment, the shelter director witnessed the soles of a huge being passing by beyond the collapsed ceiling.
As it jumped up, it blocked out the entire sun as if there had been a solar eclipse, and immediately after, it attacked the three titan hoplites and threw out its right fist. I saw it.
Wow!
The scene where the fist, almost like a car, shot out and crushed the chin of the titan hoplite, causing it to rise vertically and land on top of a building… was so unrealistic.
“A billion——”
Gurgling…
A Roman building with a long history of hundreds of years collapsed like a cardboard box.
“What is this… situation now?”
“Is there a civil war between titans?”
Yes, at first glance, it seemed like that.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
The giants who had disappeared out of sight before I knew it started making all kinds of noise and smashing the surrounding buildings. It
was clear that a fight was going on, so the shrimp’s backs exploded in the whale fight. I felt like I had to stay far away to avoid getting in trouble.
“Uh—uh— Shelter Director, it’s dangerous!”
However, without realizing it, the shelter director climbed over the collapsed ceiling and stood on the messed up pavement.
For some reason, the thought of witnessing this scene with my own eyes soared.
‘…I’ve seen that black giant somewhere before! And for some reason, I am confident that you are on our side without even knowing it!’
As soon as I got up to the ground, I could see its appearance at a glance.
Boom! Boom!
A metal giant sparkling with a magical dark blue color under the early morning sunlight… It was lifting a blunt weapon made from the skull of some gigantic animal. He slashed at the titan hoplite.
Kwa-a-ang!
He raised his shield to block it, but he couldn’t withstand the impact coming through the shield and bent down on one knee.
The shock wave that erupted from the collision caused the windows of the surrounding buildings to shatter. Not only did it break, but the bricks on the upper floors collapsed completely.
And the body of the shelter director, who was standing about a hundred meters away, was lifted into the air.
“Ugh—”
Quan——!
The subsequent blow destroyed his shield. It collapsed and fell to the floor.
It was completely defenseless, and the third hammer hit broke its bone like a watermelon.
With a thud, one side of the building was stained with red brains.
“You monster!” 」
Meanwhile, the last titan hoplite threw away his shield, grabbed a 20m long polearm with both hands, and hurled it with all his might towards the side of the metal giant. T—-! But there was only a little bit of damage to that shiny metal
body
. The end was to engrave a scratch.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuring us us, we don’t make any sense!”
In the end, the titan hoplite who was left alone dropped the spear and began to back away.
Looking at that frightened expression, the shelter director felt some kind of joy. It was like me. It was the pleasure I felt when my older cousin beat up the big bully who was bullying me.
‘Huh, they can make that kind of expression too…’
Then suddenly I turned my head and looked at the metal giant standing on the other side. The moment he saw it… The shelter director felt a sense of absurdity this time.
“You want to play hard with this sleazy guy? Yes, come here!”
It was because there was a funny emoticon on its face.
It was soon in his hand . He threw away the skull hammer he was holding and lunged at the last titan hoplite with his arms outstretched. “Aaah—get away from me, you monster!” Then he picked it up, as if wrestling, and slammed it to the floor
. He immediately applied a headlock.
The
two giants were stuck together and exerted all their strength, so much so that the ground they stood on was ready to collapse.
But that power struggle lasted only a few seconds.
The weight difference between 15m and 26.5m is too big.
Suddenly,
with a bloody sound, all the strength left his body, and it seemed like his cervical spine was broken.
Just like that, the battle ended, and a dark blue metal giant rose from the pale, acrid dust that covered the area.
Meanwhile, four giant swords were floating in the air on either side of it.
The shelter leader was not aware of it, but even while the metal giant was fighting, those four giant swords were flying like wasps and attacking other titan hoplites.
Go one oh one oh——
“Ah, I see…”
Looking at the scene, the shelter director finally remembered where he had seen that metal giant.
The battle against the black dragon ‘Azi Dahaka’, a big event that made the world buzz not long ago… It
was the very being who threw the Moghlay javelin, the final blow that took away Aji Dahaka’s life at that time.
‘And the fact that it’s here…’
He slowly raised his head and looked towards the sky behind the 26.5 meter tall dark blue metal giant, and saw the morning sun rising in the east and something flying in the dawn. did.
“Oh, of course.”
It was a huge cube-shaped aircraft called ‘War Box’ and a group of small-sized ‘AD-2’s scattered around it, reflecting the sunlight rising from the east and looking like the Milky Way blooming in broad daylight
. Looking up at the magnificent scene, the shelter director muttered without realizing it,
“…he has come.”
Soon, steel rain began falling towards another group of titan hoplites in the distance.
