Episode 211 [ Final Battle – 3 ]
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– [Breaking News] An unidentified giant creature appears over Seoul. At this moment, Seoul is in the worst crisis of all time.
– [Breaking News] UFO that appeared in Seoul confirmed to be ‘Demon King’s Castle
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A tentacled creature with huge eyes that makes a strange sound….. Legions of undead poured down from the Devil’s Castle, which had such a bizarre appearance, and fell into the city center of Seoul. began to occupy.
But
the good news was that a large-scale evacuation took place immediately after the battle in the California erosion zone to prepare for an unexpected situation.
Therefore, civilian casualties could be minimized.
But in the end, it was just a matter of buying time…
They formed a group and started moving towards the shelter!”
At that time, the AMT Seoul Operation Command was put on emergency alert, and the Operation Command at the garrison installed at Seoul City Hall Plaza responded.
“omg! “Approximately 4,000 or 6,000 monsters… That number of monsters cannot be stopped by a regular shelter!”
“—The shelter’s defenses are expected to be breached in just 8 minutes!”
Voices reporting analysis results were heard here and there.
If this continues, hundreds of thousands of people will soon become victims.
Accordingly, all eyes focused on the mouth of Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol, commander of the Seoul Operations Command, who was standing in front of the situation board, and he turned to the head of the Operations Directorate and asked:
“How many troops are currently deployed around there?”
“…The 1st Battalion of the 3rd Port Horse Brigade is nearby!”
This was the very unit that Lee Hyun-wook was in.
The current unit commander, Colonel Kim Kang-seok, was without a commander as he was leading his elite troops to the California battlefield for support, but it was still evaluated as the best unit among the AMT units currently deployed in Seoul. However, no matter what,
AMT Dedicating one battalion of troops to fight… no one said it, but it was actually a suicide order. In other words, it
meant making sacrifices to buy time.
“…”
Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol also knew that fact . He gave the order again with a bitter expression.
“Great— Our mission is to protect the people, so what can we do? From now on, we will mobilize all of our forces and do whatever it takes to stall the time. If it becomes really dangerous, I will step in and try to incinerate them completely.” ..”
The only thing they could do with all their troops was to waste time… All they could do was hold out with all their might and wait for the appearance of just one person.
The name, of course, is Stillane Lee Hyun-wook.
I believed that he would put a stop to this huge disaster, as he always did, and that was the courage that gave them the courage to endure.
But…
– Chic— It looks like the return of the Iron Fleet will be delayed.
“…this thing really went wrong.”
Lee Hyun-wook’s joining was delayed due to the devil’s scheme.
If things continued like this, it would be impossible to prevent Seoul from falling into the devil’s victim.
But that was then.
A red shimmer appeared beyond and between the north buildings.
Fu—wa—ah—ah——!
The fire was so huge that half of the city was lit up with orange light, as if it were the setting sun.
Someone was moving the flames and cleaning up the city.
Everyone looked mesmerized at that sight.
Only Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol had a strange smile on his face.
“Oh, that’s… Hahaha—the fire was bigger than mine!”
A truly overwhelming fire that even he, the owner of the formidable firepower of Semi-Armageddon, had to overcome.
Qua—and—and—and——!
Multiple pillars of fire moved like dragons and penetrated downtown Seoul, and the undead army that had smelled the living and was marching towards the shelter was instantly burned and turned into ashes.
“oh my god. “Did I have that level of fire-related skill?”
“I think I’ve seen that somewhere… Ah, Inferno!”
Inferno.
A name that has been indispensable to players with the strongest firepower ever since the world turned into a game.
However, he has been confined to Busan and never comes out even when the world is looking for him.
The reason why they started hiding was not properly known, so the image of mysticism was becoming stronger than the image of overwhelming firepower.
That person is at this moment. Since he appeared without warning and began defending Seoul against the Demon King… many people could not help but be surprised and cheer.
And the people with Lee Hyun-wook were the same.
“…Could it be that Inferno has come out?”
Seongyoon Lee could not hide his surprise.
And the same was true for Kang Seo-yoon.
“…No, we visited him four times, but he ignored us all, right?”
Those two people were close enough to Inferno that they could be said to be colleagues. So, whenever there was a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, they went to Inferno during the Guardian’s operation and persuaded him to help them again and again.
However, the inferno never came out outside Busan.
But this time, Steele Rain solved the long-standing problem. Given the circumstances, it was clear that he had secretly placed Inferno on standby in Seoul.
“How on earth… what’s the secret?”
Finally, Seo-yoon Kang, who couldn’t bear it anymore, asked as if it were absurd, and Hyun-wook Lee shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal,
“Well, when he left Busan, I solved the reason for my inconvenience.”
“…Do you have a counseling license or something? He’s mentally unstable and has a stubborn personality, so it’s not easy to handle him, so how did you manage to bring him out?”
And as Kang Seo-yoon said, Inferno’s confinement in Busan could be seen as a psychological problem, or trauma: ‘
…even in my previous life, I barely managed to get Inferno out.’
Targets using Lee Hyun-wook’s future knowledge were not only monsters and villains, but also friendly players. For example, he
captured Kim Kang-seok’s heart in the early stages of his return, and not long ago, he was able to persuade Lee Seong-yoon because he knew his psychology.
And this time, he was the target. This was Inferno.
‘Inferno’s mental problems started after the Prophet died.’
There was once a player in this world called a prophetess.
She predicted big events to come, and the Guardian used that information to prevent several terrible disasters.
‘But she was assassinated by a villain.’
And Inferno had a very close relationship with the Prophet, and happened to be right next to her at the moment she was assassinated.
‘Inferno responded very appropriately, but… he lacked a little bit of power and was unable to protect the Prophet in the end.’
After that, Inferno, who was filled with guilt, did not even take a single step out of Busan, the place where his abilities as the city’s savior could be demonstrated to their fullest potential. Because he lacked a single strand of power and was unable to prevent something terrible from happening, he could not exert any of the power he could exert
. He developed a compulsion to maintain his maximum ability.
‘In other words, if he can achieve the feat of being the savior of Busan and further gain a way to strengthen his power… he can erase the trauma of Inferno. .’
And Lee Hyun-wook prepared them and made the powerful weapon called Inferno operate normally.
But…
– Chick—The situation on Seoul’s side is starting to get worse.
“…Even Inferno. “It would be impossible to stop the Demon King alone.”
Seongyoon Lee said. His judgment was cool and accurate.
As he said, no matter how good Inferno was, it was impossible to stop the Necromancer and the Demon King who came 8 years later with all their might.
But…
“It would have been like that in the old Inferno. It will be different now.”
“yes? “What kind of support did you provide to Inferno?”
“Yes. I gave him a perfectly suitable weapon… no, two.”
It was definitely a pretty big investment.
‘They did a good job of applying the extreme replica that Alain Giam gave to that item.’
It was a painful waste.
‘So, while carrying out Operation Fire Dome to protect Seoul, it was planned to be brought in as a third reinforcement force at critical moments.’
Lee Hyun-wook said as if he were confident,
“Inferno will hold up well.”
***
Sergeant Ahn Min-tae (Jin), deputy leader of the 1st attack strategy team of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Port Horse Brigade.
He was running down an empty four-lane road between a forest of buildings, holding a shield and a sword.
“Run—! Faster—!”
He looked behind him and shouted.
Six AMT soldiers were running after him.
And what was coming behind them
in pitch black…
was a whole army of undead. All kinds of walking corpses. They came tangled here and there like a huge wave.
Their number was roughly in the thousands… Considering that they were continuously being supplied, that would not be the end.
Even if it was the ‘Namsan Unit’, the most powerful unit in the Seoul Operation Command, there was no way to stop it. It was close to impossible.
“Gas— gasp— Team leader, where is this inferno? If this continues, we…”
asked a soldier.
About ten minutes ago, news came that Inferno had appeared and was wiping out the undead army.
But there was only one Inferno.
The undead army was spreading out in all directions, destroying many shelters. It was not possible to cover everything that was being targeted at the same time.
“Shut up and stick to your mission! Run! We’ll solve this problem!”
Ahn Min-tae was now active as the team leader of a strategy team.
While Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo were traveling around the world and accumulating activities, although his abilities were remarkable compared to them, he did his best and grew. So, for an AMT non-commissioned
officer of 48, he was at a high level. He was able to achieve this and became an exception case in carrying out the mission of a strategy team leader even though he was a non-commissioned officer.
“Rather than just hoping for support, we look for all the methods we can and use all the resources we can mobilize. That’s raiding!”
He still did not forget the teachings of Lee Hyun-wook, his predecessor a long time ago.
So, even in the midst of an unbearable crisis, he devised a way to block the undead army coming towards the shelter and received approval from his superiors.
The strategy was…
Chic—
” ah! This is Vole 3 Vole 3 checkpoint reached—blast immediately—!”
The moment his report ended—
Qua—ang——!
A big explosion occurred.
Kwa—ang——!
Another explosion.
Red smoke was rising from the bottom of the buildings on both sides of the back.
It was an explosion scroll installed by Ahn Min-tae’s team.
Ku—gu—gu—gu….
Soon, the 18-story building to the left and the 14th floor to the right shook, quickly tilted toward the road, crossed over, and fell.
Thump—— Thump——
When they succeeded in completely blocking the four-lane road, the waves of death that were rushing like crazy had no choice but to stop as they hit the breakwater.
In this way, Ahn Min-tae’s operation was a great success.
“…Team leader, it was a perfect operation!”
“K-Sergeant Ahn, as expected, Steelein’s right hand man!”
“I heard Park Jun-mo, the god of lightning, also had a left arm back in the day, right?”
He smiled slightly at the praise coming from all directions, but soon returned to a solemn expression and raised his voice.
“Don’t let down your guard and prepare for battle! They’ll climb over the building! Fireteam. Where’s the fireteam!”
Soon, a fireteam waiting nearby approached and began setting up hextech machine gun cannons.
Kkeeeee——
“…it’s coming.”
Soon, a group of undead began to climb over the remains of the building little by little.
“Shoot—!”
At Min-tae Ahn’s command, magical engineering weapons spewed fire and all kinds of magic exploded, blowing away the undead climbing on the remains of the building.
“Okay, opponent . It’s worth it! “Keep pouring!”
In effect, it was much easier to deal with a castle wall.
If we continued like this, we would be able to save a lot of time.
Until someone comes, whether it’s Inferno or Steele Rain.
But…
boom——! bang–!
Suddenly. Aren’t the undead on top of the remains of the building causing the explosion? Ahn Min-tae and his teammates stepped back in surprise.
bang–! bang–!
Continued explosions.
That was a corpse explosion skill.
In other words, it had a very bad meaning that the necromancer had started to take care of this place himself.
“Uh… if this happens…”
Then dozens and hundreds of explosions of corpses occurred in succession…
and then… wow!
“Uh—uh—”
A large gap appeared in the remains of the building. I created a .
Kueeee——
As the undead army passed through the gap created like a canyon, the undead army began to gather again…
“—I’m retreating again!”
I had no choice but to run away again.
I had to run like crazy without even having time to retrieve the magic engineering machine gun or magic engineering cannon that I had installed.
“—This is the shelter entrance!”
The subway exit was visible about twenty meters ahead. There was a shelter there and tens of thousands of civilians inside it.
In other words, there was no longer any place to retreat to.
The order given to them was to defend this place at all costs.
“Fuck! Damn! Damn!”
Ahn Min-tae quickly turned on the Mana Messenger after going behind the barricade in front of Exit 2.
“Now, Chief of Operations… It’s a failure! It’s breached!”
But there was no answer. Perhaps the head of the operations division, who was acting as the battalion commander
, was also turning white before his eyes and hesitating about what order to give.
– Chic— Uh…
All he could do was make a sound like that.
The conclusion is…
– I’m sorry. Good luck.
At those words, the soldiers looked at Ahn Min-tae with blank expressions rather than being angry or frustrated.
This was because the situation was so critical that there was no time to feel any emotion.
“…Team leader . Sir, will Steele Rain come again this time?”
It was Private Kang Min-seok who asked that question.
When Kang Min-seok had just moved in, the Black Orcs invaded the Korean Peninsula. At that time, Ahn Min-tae told him, who was filled with fear, that Steelaine would come. And he did come. A similar thing happened during the Titanomachy Gongseonjeon
. A situation arose. Steele Rain appeared at a desperate moment.
How many times have Steele Lane appeared at the right time even if they had not experienced it themselves? It
was natural to expect a hero to appear in the face of crisis.
But this time, Steele Lane would not come.
‘The seal of heaven. It cannot be broken through.’
Ahn Min-tae couldn’t answer Kang Min-seok’s question, and he let out a small sigh as he looked at the sky blocked by red chains.
Kwae-e— The roaring sound
was getting closer and closer.
Ahn Min-tae grabbed his shield and slowly stood up.
“.. “I didn’t learn how to die in a solemn way.”
From Lee Hyun-wook, he always learned how to win.
But there was one thing he didn’t learn…
“I can’t help it…”
That was not giving up.
“All troops are ready for battle!”
At Ahn Min-tae’s command, 19 AMT soldiers raised their weapons.
Although they were all filled with unbearable fear, they were still elite troops assigned to the most elite unit within the AMT. And many of them were people who volunteered for this unit in pursuit of the legend of a hero named Lee Hyun-wook.
“Whew… I didn’t know it would end like this.”
“But shouldn’t we hold on as long as we can? “Whose descendants are we?”
Therefore, he did not become indifferent in the face of approaching death and did not avoid the final battle.
But then—
“Huh?”
Suddenly, the sky turned orange.
They all raised their heads unconsciously.
At that moment—
kwa—ang——!
Something surrounded by flames crashed down from the sky, like a meteorite.
Pu—sh—ee——!
“Ugh! It’s hot!”
And as the tremendous heat wafted out, Ahn Min-tae’s team members, who had not backed away even when the undead army approached, stepped back without realizing it. In front of them, they
saw a blazing blue flame.
The asphalt had melted under its feet, creating a large puddle.
‘ ‘It’s dazzling!’
Ahn Min-tae half-covered his eyes and tried to see beyond the flames. Then he saw something. It
was a person.
A woman with long red hair wearing red armor…
She turned her head and looked at Ahn Min-tae.
“Back.”
“yes?”
“Step back. “If you don’t want to burn to death.”
A bundle of flames began to rise from her body.
***
“Oh— Inferno… He must still be stuck in Busan, so how did he get out?”
Demon King.
He evaluated the appearance of Inferno as interesting.
He had now come out of the Necromancer’s body, rooted himself in the center of the Demon King’s Castle, and was manipulating the Demon King’s Castle.
“Inferno’s fire would be annoying.”
The player who was the biggest obstacle to conquering the world in the last dimension was definitely Inferno. After that, Steele Rain appeared.
“…But you can still win.”
It was the necromancer who said that.
“That’s natural. After 8 years, Inferno, who was much more powerful than now, was eventually killed by us. And this isn’t Busan, so the inferno is actually half-sized.”
But……
“…Hmm, how did they make that?”
His gaze zoomed in on one point like a camera.
Inferno was standing there, and a fire spirit could be seen moving next to her.
But I saw that the spirit was holding a flag.
“It’s ‘Empire of the Nomads.’”
“…If you’re already developing that thing, it will have to be created 6 years later because the combination method is difficult.”
Nomad’s Kingdom.
It was an object that contained the characteristics of an area and could apply its effects to the entire area.
And it was obviously a ‘copy’ of Busan.
This meant that Inferno was now receiving the effect of the achievement ‘Savior of Busan’—that is, a 100% increase in all abilities.
That wasn’t all.
Grrr——!
Next, flames erupted from her right hand, and before she knew it, she was holding a huge red sword that was emitting overwhelming heat as if it had been sculpted from lava.
“That… I’m already holding that too!”
Levateinn,
also known as the Sword of Surtur.
It was a legendary weapon used by Inferno even in the dimension where the Demon King and Necromancer came from.
“…But it’s no use.”
The necromancer spoke again, but frowned as if remembering the power of that sword.
One of the skills of that great sword, ‘Hell Line’, was the skill that reduced the largest number of undead to ashes, so it was a very annoying scene for him.
「 Yes, that’s true. But… Stillein really made preparations so annoying that I couldn’t understand them.”
But no matter how nimbly I moved and responded, I couldn’t narrow the gap of eight years.
But…
“—Uh. ?”
「…….」
Flames soared from Inferno’s left hand, and the moment another Levitain appeared, the Demon King and Necromancer were left speechless.
“If there are two Levitains… what should we do?”
The story has changed.
A red woman with flames all over her body held a large sword in both hands and began walking towards the undead army.
