Episode 207 [ Checkmate – 1 ]
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Zeus.
The god of Greek mythology and the most famous thunder god in the world.
The titanic soldier named after him, Zeus Ex Machina.
It proved as soon as it appeared that giving it such a grandiose name was not an exaggeration.
The moment it opened its hand, a truly destructive flash of light and wind pressure exploded, as if a hydrogen bomb exploded in the air.
However, strangely enough, the powerful wave did not form a sphere, but only moved in one direction towards the monster army.
Pa—ja—ja—ja——!
The entire battlefield was instantly covered with electric current, and the sky and ground were temporarily dyed the same blue color.
And a few seconds later, when the light faded and visibility was secured, the spectacle of thousands of monsters falling down like marionettes with a broken string unfolded.
Thump—thump—thump—thump——
But not even a single animal could scream.
The electric shock literally made my entire body as hard as stone, so it was impossible to open my mouth or even make my vocal cords vibrate.
They were the Titans who stood firm in front of the storm-like wind called ‘Enlil’s Frenzy’ and were even able to move forward little by little.
However, the electric current that paralyzed the muscles and nerves completely stopped them and passed them off like rotten old wood.
Chijijiji…
Electricity bounced through their bodies, giving off a burning smell.
But that was the end.
“How dare you use electricity to treat this body like this…”
As if the electric current that was pounding that large body had lost interest, it came out of the skin and flowed down into the air to the ground…
“Tsk—”
“It’s troublesome.”
One or two words One by one, they started to stand up.
“Everyone, wake up! If your body becomes heavy, move again with greater strength, titan warriors!”
And then began to move forward again.
Boom—Thump—
There seemed to be virtually no dead titans.
Because electricity is discharged quickly due to its nature, its power is bound to weaken as the distance from the original source increases.
In other words, if you attack a large area rather than concentrating your power on one point, it was natural that the power would be significantly reduced.
Still, the monsters that were relatively close to Zeus Ex Deus radiated heat from their entire bodies and cooked… but that wasn’t enough to change the situation.
It was just a very short time, about five minutes.
“—Shit! “Why am I so surprised all of a sudden!”
Meanwhile, Rachel Hardy, the Devil’s vassal who led the advance team, looked down at her forearm. Although her magic shield was disturbed for a moment as she was swept away by the electric current, she also did not receive direct damage. This is probably because all of his abilities have greatly increased since he became a vassal of the Demon King.
She raised her head and looked at the bluish metal giant floating in the sky. It had a bundle of cables attached to its back and was spreading electric current in all directions.
“I thought you were really screwed, but hu—you’re not that strong, are you?”
Of course, that was not a level that could be ignored.
What kind of wide-area magic could cover the entire battlefield? She clicked her tongue as she looked at the messed up battle lines. “…If you think about it,
this is a complete loss of balance.”
If both sides had a similar level of power, the game would have been completely tilted and destroyed unilaterally due to that single ‘wide-area abnormal status spell’. ‘
Blacking out’ entire troops was a very great weapon in war
. If Steele had been here, hundreds of them would have been wiped out in just a few seconds.
Recalling that scene, Rachel Hardy stuck her tongue out.
“Well, it’s a good thing they don’t have the strength to do that.”
There was no movement from the camp to counterattack.
It seemed like the strategy itself was not prepared in the first place.
It meant that separating them from Steele Lane was very important.
At that time, someone came up behind her.
“Rachel, are you okay?”
A large man holding a war hammer over 2 meters long approached with a chuckle.
“Ugh—this is the first time I’ve seen such an area-wide attack since the Flower of Death spread the Breath of the Abyss in this neighborhood and took down the Drakes. . As expected, Steele Rain is formidable.”
“Anton.”
Anton Blachowicz.
He was a devil worshiper from Poland who was originally an average C-rank tank player, but gained power after selling his soul to the devil.
And it was known that he received greater compensation and greater power by handing over all of his colleagues who had been with him for over ten years, life and death, to the devil.
Moreover, since he was now a vassal of the Demon King, his power was no longer comparable to that of most A-class warriors.
“They say they are defenseless without Steele Rain, but the resistance is stronger than I thought? But if you’ve done this, there’s nothing more to do on the other side, right? “There are about 23 minutes left, so that’s enough.”
They raised their heads and looked at the blue-white giant god soldier floating in the sky.
It was still floating in the sky and dispersing electricity as if reenacting the descent of God, so it was no joke.
“…By the way, that current attack only has one hit, right?”
Rachel Hardy nodded to his question.
“If you can keep using crazy attacks like that, it’s a complete scam. “It’s normal for the cooldown to be at least 24 hours.”
But at that moment—
“—huh?”
The sky began to turn blue once again.
When I looked up, I saw the blue-white giant god soldier raising both hands as if he was trying to release a large amount of electricity again.
“Shit! After all, you shouldn’t speak carelessly!”
Rachel Hardy let out a curse and poured mana into the magic shield. If you were even a little late, you would be roasted in the blink of an eye.
Soon a flash of light engulfed the whole world, and then I felt the magic shield being torn apart.
“Shit! Shit!”
Let’s go!
And the smell of something burning and stinging lingered in her nostrils. It was the smell of scorched skin and fur of monsters.
Rachel found the stench more annoying than being covered in electricity.
She got angry. He shouted,
“Ah—! I’m so annoyed, I’m dying, fuck! I don’t think that was a one-off? “How many times is this possible?”
And Anton Blachowicz also shook off the electric current flowing through his body and woke up with a groan.
He was able to withstand the current without any defensive spells.
He put his tongue to the blue current flowing through his fingers, tasted it, and commented.
“Wow! Still, seeing as it’s clearly weaker than the first time, it doesn’t seem like it can be used indefinitely. I guess I can slowly move forward.”
“No, Anton. Doesn’t that sound too convenient? We need to get through it as quickly as possible before Steele Rain comes! “What will the devil think of us if we make porridge again this time?”
These were people who had already been caught by Steele Lane several times. I couldn’t stay idle any longer. And Rachel Hardy knew very well that the devil was not very benevolent.
Didn’t they often turn players into lichs or death knights? They say it’s better to have a subordinate who doesn’t think than a subordinate who’s stupid…
‘There’s no way I won’t be like that too!’
But Anton Blachowicz smiled with a truly at ease expression.
“are you okay. “It will break through soon.”
“huh? “On what basis are you saying that?”
“I’m not saying I will do it, but the old orcs came forward.”
“what?”
Old Orc. It was referring to Stonox, the king of the now-vanished Shanghai Black Orc Kingdom.
And that fearsome named boss monster was also under the Demon King’s command.
“That bastard was originally set up as the pinnacle of a race that would not bend to anyone. “You said that you rarely go directly to the battlefield, so even if a battle breaks out, you will most likely just control the troops, right?”
Anton Blachowicz received command of the Black Orcs from the Demon King, so he had conversations with Stonnox, the King of the Black Orcs, several times, and there was a fight between the two.
“Well, the situation has come to this, so what if you are the king? If you have sworn allegiance to His Majesty the Demon King, you should go out and fight like an assault leader.”
At that time, they felt a strong deadly force coming from behind, and the two people turned their heads at the same time.
Hung——
Some black smoke was coming down the mountain.
– Caution! [The Devil’s Shadow] is scheduled to arrive in the area!
“And I heard it. That bastard also received the blessings of His Majesty the Demon King and rose to a whopping level of 235. Ugh—let’s see how great it is.”
It swirled and shot like a harpoon towards the blue-and-white giant soldier.
***
Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook and his party were indirectly hearing about what was happening at the camp on the other side of the mountain through Mana communication.
– The enemies got electrocuted and stopped moving forward! It works!
The moment I was only worried, the good news I had been waiting for arrived.
“…….”
However, no one was as happy as the leader players who were isolated here.
It was still impossible to do anything. Just like a listener listening to a sports broadcast, I just listen to the news, sweat my hands, and hope for victory.
“…Can you still last 30 minutes? “There are now 21 minutes left, but it’s still too long.”
There was still so much time left until the heavens opened that it was natural to still feel pessimistic.
“That’s right. I’m really worried too. Even if it’s a titan, you can’t retire it with normal lightning magic.”
“Ha… how many players can kill a titan in one hit in the first place? What comes to mind right now is Steele Rain… It was designed so that even the lowest Titans can be raided and captured.”
Pa—ji—ji—ji——!
Once again, I saw a blue light flashing across the mountain range.
That is Zeus Ex Deus, a magical engineering weapon that will maximize Park Jun-mo’s abilities that Lee Hyun-wook mentioned. It was indirect evidence that it was active… so as long as that phenomenon continued, we could have hope. This means that they continue to resist.
“Please…”
So everyone raised their heads and looked at that point. I hoped that the light would never stop…
But…
Lee Hyun-wook saw something else in his eyes.
‘What is that?’
The place where his gaze was directed was the top of the raised mountain.
The place was covered with pale volcanic ash, so it was difficult to see properly, but Lee Hyun-wook was able to see through the volcanic ash through the perspective effect of ‘One-Eyed King’s Insight’, a synergy effect between Hugin and Munin.
Thus, I clearly recognized the strange appearance of the mountain, which had a wall about 1.1km high and lava was still flowing out.
No, to be exact, the sky near the top of the mountain. The spot was now covered with a red chain woven net. It was a sign that the necromancer had sealed the sky with ‘Squitte’…
Chi—ji—ji—ji——
Isn’t that part of the place strangely distorted and twisted as if part of the chain was about to break?
The symptom is….
‘The sealing spell is being disturbed. ‘Why?’
There are still about 20 minutes left before the scheduled release time.
But why do these symptoms occur?
In Lee Hyun-wook’s experience, such noticeable visual changes do not usually simply show the passage of time.
In other words, a very large state change occurred in that sealing magic.
‘…Could there be a way to break the seal?’
Lee Hyun-wook wondered what the reason might be.
‘This terrible death struggle takes the form of a game.’
In other words, no monster or skill is ‘invincible’.
‘Everyone has their own strategy. Of course, it just takes a lot of trial and error to figure it out.’
But for some reason, the hint suddenly appeared.
In other words, it meant that the variable that Hyunwook Lee was worried about occurred in a positive way.
‘But we have to find out what it is.’
Hyunwook Lee used all his senses to focus on observation while quickly moving his mind to simulate all possibilities.
Meanwhile, the blue energy that had colored the sky began to subside.
Zeus of Machina’s current discharge had passed by one point.
And….
Chi—ji—ji—ji——
Lee Hyun-wook saw.
A scene where one of the red chains that sealed the sky suddenly breaks.
The reason is….
‘Because of Zeus of Machina.’
And then I realized.
‘Okay, that’s the answer?’
***
Tung——!
Black smoke flew from somewhere and hit Zeus Ex Machina wherever it was floating in the sky. The giant soldier was protected by multiple magic shields, but even those melted in an instant.
“Ugh! What kind of damage is this!”
Park Jun-mo, the pilot of the Giant God Soldier, screamed.
A huge figure weighing more than a thousand tons spun around in the air, and the cables connected to its back were cut.
In other words, the current supply was cut off.
If this continued, the current discharge could only be limited.
And time was running out. The plan to turn it off also fails.
“No!”
Bang——!
Then, another attack was allowed.
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
A red light came on in the cockpit and a warning sound sounded. When I
turned my head, black smoke was wrapped around Zeus Ex-Maki’s left arm. That was the beast. It changed to look like a paw, and then rotated the left arm counterclockwise and ripped it off.
Quad Deed——
The arm was cut off so vainly as if it were a cotton doll.
Perhaps it was natural. Zeus Ex Machina only creates and emits powerful electric currents. It is a giant god soldier made.
For this purpose, it was made of ‘Cheoncheol’, a magic metal that emits electric current when it absorbs mana.
And Cheoncheol was not that hard compared to Orihalcon or Adamant. It is a
material item that is not used in armor in the first place . Isn’t that so?
Don’t hold it——!
Still, I thought it would be impossible to get close to it if it emitted so much current and destroyed the surrounding area indiscriminately.
However, that unidentifiable black smoke flew in, ignoring the current to some extent as an intangible form. .
‘Ah! That Black Orc is also the king!’
Park Jun-mo realized the identity of the enemy attacking him,
but
could not think of a way to respond.
A part of the black smoke turned into a mace and flew towards Zeus Ex Machina’s side. It hit the body with a sound. A crack appeared.
‘If I get hit with a few more hits like this, it will be over.’
In the end, it completely lost its previous majesty and fell to the ground ungainly.
Then, Stonox was glimpsed in the black smoke.
Following the gesture of the old black orc, black spears were created in the air and—
bang—! Bang—!
It hit Zeus Ex Machina’s arms and legs like stuffed insects.
“Damn it! “I can’t move!”
Park Jun-mo opened a communication channel and quickly sent an SOS.
However, since he was able to control the electric current independently of moving, he woven the electric current like a net and flew it towards Stonox.
However, Stonox’s body turned into smoke again, minimizing the damage caused by the electric current, and slowly escaped.
‘He’s the complete opposite of me!’
No, in the first place, it was bound to be difficult to respond to that type of movement and attack, no matter what attributes it had.
As it was a being that reigned as the final boss monster of a race, it had truly deceptive abilities.
Then—
hoo—hu——!
A gust of wind blew and blew away the black smoke.
Then a whirlwind was created and began to blow the black smoke around.
“You’re bothering me. “Human bitch.”
Eventually, Stonox, who had turned into smoke, also began to return to her true form.
At that moment, a ray of light flew towards the guy’s neck.
“Got caught!”
Tong—!
However, it petrified its right arm and blocked the attack.
“The baby has gained a lot of weight, but it’s faster than it looks!”
Sehee Kim She swung her dagger again and simultaneously created a dozen blades of wind, aiming at the top of the guy’s head, sides, and legs at once. All
four shots hit the mark. But soon,
Stonox
‘s body turned blurry. It disappeared in a puff of smoke.
“Huh fake?”
It seemed like he had probably created an alter ego out of black smoke.
‘Then the main body…’
The moment she turned her head.
Jump!
Something hit her side.
I felt the bones in my side being crushed into dozens of pieces.
And my intestines exploded and twisted.
“Oops!”
Blood burst from her mouth.
For a moment, my vision became blurry and I lost consciousness.
Completely defenseless.
A few wisps of black smoke turned into blades and flew towards her to tear her apart.
However, her body naturally caught the wind and narrowly avoided the blade attacks. Hani created the wind and moved her.
Kim Se-hee quickly came to her senses when a heavy wind struck her cheek.
“Cough! I’m going crazy…”
Then, ignoring the pain in my side, I turned my body and regained my balance.
Behind my back, black smoke turned into a dragon and flew away.
Stonox.
A being once known as the strongest monster in Asia. …
The Black Orc Army’s invasion of the Korean Peninsula ended with Lee Hyun-wook’s complete victory.
However, the moment it appeared during Lee Hyun-wook’s preemptive attack on Shanghai, even Lee Hyun-wook had to retreat quickly.
‘But how can we stop it!’
Immediately, Kim Se-hee started to fall backwards through the wind path opened by Hani.
Black smoke in the shape of a dragon opened its mouth towards her.
Then, a black sphere flew in like a guided missile.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
It exploded. Every time, acidic liquid and gas came out.
“Ugh!”
Although she was doused with acidic liquid, she escaped fatal wounds by wrapping herself in the black dragon’s cloak. Still, she
had to cut off part of her flesh with the blade of wind as the exposed flesh was bubbling and melting. At
the same time , she I created a gust of wind and sent it towards the black smoke in the shape of a dragon.
Whoa.
This time, it seemed to have come together properly, so it only wavered for a moment.
“—Hey! Park Jun-mo! Try to do something!”
– Uh… uh…
“Don’t get carried away! Damn boss are you listening? “If we continue like this, we won’t be able to last even 5 minutes, let alone 20 minutes. Can I leave a will?”
Although she spoke cynically, she was looking for a way to overcome the situation.
And her gaze was directed at the giant airships floating in the air, or ‘Elil’s Frenzy.’ If I activated it and created a storm, I might be able to suppress Stonox.
‘At least it will prevent it from turning into that annoying black smoke.’
But…
boom! bang!
A black sphere flew in and hit the airship.
“…You’re quick to notice.”
She suppressed her despair.
But I felt my mind turning white.
I wondered if I really had to make a will now.
At that time, Lee Hyun-wook’s voice came out through their Mana Messenger.
– Park Jun-mo. Shoot the current towards the mountain.
“yes?”
– To be exact, shoot towards the sky above the mountain.
Park Jun-mo didn’t think for long.
As always, Lee Hyun-wook’s calm voice held the answer.
Park Jun-mo raised his remaining arm, the right arm of Zeus Ex Machina.
Bwa——!
At that time, the right arm It was even cut off.
The area around the smoke dragon’s tail turned into an ax and flew in.
But…
“I’m sorry, but I don’t control the electric current with my hands! Aaaaa—!”
With Park Jun-mo’s shout, an electric current was created writhing in the air.
Although the current supply was cut off, the amount of current that Park Jun-mo himself could store was considerable. Besides that, there was still some electricity left around. He drew them together and squeezed them into a huge bundle of electric current.
Pa—ja—ja—ja——!
It was blue and took the form of a huge window.
And it shot out at the speed of light and
hit the sky above the
T-T-T-T-I Mountains.
Then, some of the red chains that were sealing the sky shook violently and eventually began to snap.
“Uh… has the seal been broken?”
In other words, a passage to go over to the other side of the mountain was opened.
Everyone reflexively looked at it.
Players such as Park Jun-mo and Kim Se-hee.
And even the demon king’s vassals.
“Isn’t that a bad sign?”
Rachel Hardy asked and Anton Blachowicz nodded,
“He’s… coming.”
Soon, a figure appeared from there.
As always, a being appears with four giant swords hanging in the air. Steele Rain had returned to the battlefield.
Lee Hyun-wook looked at the broken red chain.
“As expected, it was right.”
Squite The item is based on Greek mythology as a motif.
Kronos castrated Uranus, the god of the sky.
That’s why he sealed the sky with Kronos’ weapon.
So what can subdue Kronos’ power?
‘Lightning.’
Zeus. The god of lightning and the god of lightning in Greek mythology who defeated his father Cronus and opened the era of Olympus.
In other words, he was able to open the sealed heavens with very powerful electricity.
‘The name Zeus Ex Machina is very appropriate.’
Of course, I didn’t expect this situation to happen.
It was just a coincidence. A pleasant coincidence.
Lee Hyun-wook immediately took out the ‘World Bridge’ item from his pocket and used it.
Soon, a huge portal wight hole was created in the hole in the sky.
And From there…….
Woo—woo—woo—woo——
Tremendous divine power began to flow out.
Soon, along with a cloud of light, the floating city of ‘Laputa’ appeared, carrying the sacred tree ‘Sindansu’.
Around it . About a dozen airships and even more helicopter magic drones followed.
Then, a mechanical dragon came over the mountain range, circled Laputa once, and then hovered while looking down at the ground.
The main force of humanity arrived.
Lee Hyun-wook said He looked down at the Demon King’s legions and opened his mouth,
“You have been captured.”
