◈ 260. [STAGE 10] Humans
Crossroads. western outskirts. back street.
Creeper!
A werewolf is chasing after a fleeing citizen.
“Aww! save me save me! It’s a monster! someone please help… … !”
The werewolf almost caught up with the citizen who was desperately shouting.
The monster’s claws flashed viciously and scratched the citizens’ backs-
“… Soooaaaaan-!”
I rushed in and threw the magic core in my hand with all my might.
A shield turret was summoned from the air. A provocation shell was fired from the first muzzle and hit the werewolf in the head. Fuck!
Big?!
Taunted, the werewolf removed its claws from the citizen and looked towards the shield turret. yes!
“Look around! You motherfucker!”
I swung my staff and summoned three magical blades and stuck them into the werewolf’s body.
The werewolf, which fell out with a scream, crashed into the wall of the alley and sat down, bleeding.
“Whoop whoop whoop!”
I gasped, wiping the corners of my sweet mouth with the back of my hand. Fuck, I haven’t been able to take a break since before, and I keep running around, but it’s really fucking hard.
‘But I can’t help it!’
I am the commander of this place, and it is ultimately my responsibility that the monsters enter the city.
If I can reduce the damage even a little by running, then of course I should run.
I barely caught my breath and looked back at the citizen attacked by the werewolf and asked.
“Hey, it’s okay… .”
“Hey hee hee hee! Save people!”
Citizens were already running across the alley and running away.
I tasted it awkwardly. I’m glad to see you’re okay though.
“majesty!”
Then the skirmisher who was following me with a telescope on the roof of the building shouted.
“I see another werewolf over there!”
“good! let’s go!”
I immediately started running in the direction the skirmisher indicated.
Currently, scouts were spread all over the city in all directions.
A clumsy information network was formed, and I was in the process of repelling the werewolves while collecting information across the city.
Currently, the front line of the Crossroads is divided into three places.
The southern wall that blocks the Werewolf Corps’ main force.
The northern wall that blocks the werewolf corps leader Lunared.
And a street fight with dozens of werewolves who have invaded the city.
‘I have no choice but to believe that the South and the North will endure!’
In the next alley, I encountered a Werewolf who was searching for a victim.
I fired a magical blade, but he avoided it. The one who rushed at me teased me with his teeth, but I ducked to avoid it.
I grit my teeth as I engage in a desperate hand-to-hand fight with this wolf monster.
‘We have to take down the guys hiding in the city first!’
If these monsters invade the city and spread their demonic powers to ordinary citizens. Huge damage occurs.
The damage to soldiers and the damage to civilians are of a completely different nature. No matter what happens, citizens must be protected.
Fu-wook!
Krukreuk… … !
“Ha ha ha ha!”
I struggled to suffocate the werewolf and staggered to my feet.
All the while, skirmishers were bringing information from rooftops on all sides.
Other heroes and soldiers from all over the city started a search to deal with the werewolves that had infiltrated into the city.
I instructed the skirmishers to spread the information to others as well.
I ran through the alleys of the city, hoping for as little damage as possible and hoping that the southern and northern fronts would overcome me.
***
Barracks.
Kureha stood at the entrance of this place, which was empty after all the soldiers had escaped.
I was worried about my brother. The situation in the city was also worried.
But what can you do?
Kureha looked at her bony left leg and at her withered right arm.
In order to curb the wolf’s curse, Kureha received a sorcery to mummify herself.
‘I can’t fight with a body like this… … .’
No matter how much knowledge of the clan’s martial arts overflows in my head. It was useless because I couldn’t use it.
All you can do is wait and see. He sighed and looked up at the sky. The bright moon was bright enough to be ominous.
It was then.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Ah ah ah ah ah!”
“Monsters are monsters!”
“Stop-!”
“We have to stop here!”
Screams and fighting could be heard from not far away.
Surprised, Kureha unknowingly moved her limp leg and headed there.
In the clearing, two elderly people hugged each other and shivered, and soldiers fought the monster as if protecting them.
There were dozens of soldiers and only one monster.
Pooh!
Tsukaak-!
did not become opponents.
The monster was a werewolf with white fur.
A white werewolf that succeeded in invading through the west gate dug into this place faster than any other wolves.
The monster’s hideous claws slaughtered the soldiers in an instant.
One of the soldiers who stood in front of the elderly until the end fell face down and vomited blood.
“Come on, run away… tooth… .”
The soldier died soon after. The two old men covered their mouths and swallowed their tears.
Kreur… … Quit-quick.
A strange laugh escaped from the monster’s mouth. The White Werewolf strode to the next victim.
chuck!
Meanwhile, Kureha intervened.
big?
The White Werewolf, who glared at Kureha who was blocking his way, noticed something strange before long.
Sniff.
sniff sniff.
The White Werewolf’s mouth slowly opened when he smelled Kureha.
《… What are you?”
A questionable voice escaped from the monster’s mouth.
《Are they of the same race?》
“… no.”
The next moment, Kureha’s left fist, which had been shot like a thunderbolt, was stuck in the wolf’s jaw.
Pooh-!
《-?!》
The monster’s body, hit by the perfect blow, flew through the air and landed loudly on the other side of the alley. Kudangtangtang-!
Excellence… … .
Muscles and flesh fell from Kureha’s left arm as dust.
Like his right arm, Kureha raised his mummified fist straight forward, gnashing his teeth and spitting it out.
“I am a human monster.”
***
West of the city. close.
“Hee hee hee hee!”
“Please save me, wizards! Even our children, please!”
With a family consisting of a married couple and two children between them, Raina and Junior glared at their surroundings while casting magic.
They were surrounded by dozens of werewolves.
“Chit… .”
Junior salivated.
On the plains or on the walls, when dealing with werewolves, the terrain was not a big challenge.
In the plain, you just have to fight honestly, and in the castle wall, on the contrary, this side had the advantage.
But this is a city.
Werewolves jumped freely from the roofs of buildings and from the semi-basement windows of abandoned houses, and attacked from all sides in three dimensions.
The two wizards had great firepower, but they couldn’t fully unleash their firepower in the city.
The city will be reduced to ashes. In addition, Reina’s injuries from being pierced by the sword were in lesser condition.
It would be nice to be able to focus and precisely fire magic sniping, but the wolves attacked from all sides without giving them a chance.
Perong!
As Werewolf dodged the water bombs fired by Pinpoint, the poor street lamp collapsed with a loud sound. Junior gnashed his teeth.
‘There are too many restrictions… … !’
Tsukaak!
When the werewolf evaded the blade of wind Rayna shot, it only dug up the roof of the building next to it. Reina clicked her tongue briefly.
Even if someone took over the front line and protected this family, he would be able to stably concentrate and snipe the wolves with magic— at
that moment.
Fu-wook!
There was the sound of metal digging into flesh, and a werewolf collapsed on the other side of the alley, vomiting blood.
Surprised, the two wizards looked that way.
It was a familiar middle-aged man who appeared silently and stabbed a werewolf to death.
Camus.
He was an SR-ranked mercenary and a prisoner sentenced to death for trying to kill Reina.
“… .”
“… .”
A strange silence passed.
Camus and Raina stared at each other.
To Camus, Rayna was a mortal enemy, and to Rayna, Camus was a criminal who attacked himself and his men.
In the strange air flowing through, Junior looked at the two of them alternately, at a loss for what to do.
and.
that buck that buck
Camus, who strode forward without saying anything, straightened the longsword in his hand and grabbed it.
chuck!
stood at the forefront
Standing in a position where he could protect Reina, Junior, and the citizens’ families, he glared at the werewolves.
There were no conversations or glances during this process.
As if it was only natural, the swordsman raised his sword in front of the two wizards.
Krrrrr!
Craaaaaaa!
And in the next moment, a group of werewolves fell from all sides.
Camus swung his sword, and Rayna and Junior fired wind and thunderbolts.
***
Downtown. smithy.
Krrrrr! Craaaa!
A werewolf dug into the blacksmith’s entrance and gnashed its teeth fiercely.
The blacksmiths who surrounded him broke into a cold sweat, holding their red-hot weapons in their hands.
These are the makers of weapons, not the ones who use them.
Although they were confronting each other with their blades, they had neither the skill nor the courage to catch this huge wolf monster.
Craaaaaagh!
The werewolf let out a ferocious scream and jumped forward. The startled blacksmiths screamed and crouched down. Back
then-
!
The stocky old dwarf jumped forward and slammed the huge hammer in his hand.
Crack!
The werewolf, who had been properly hit in the forehead, fell head first onto the floor, bleeding from his nose.
“Where is the damn bastard… .”
The dwarf who fixed the hammer in her hand – Kelly Bay burst into a roar.
“Spray the smell of blood in the sacred forge, damn it!”
Fuck! Fuck!
In the two subsequent hammerings, the werewolf was completely mash and died. After wiping the sweat from her brow, Kelly Bay looked around.
“What are you guys watching? Everyone, get your extensions! I have to go outside!”
“Yes yes?”
“Can’t you see that the monster has come this far? The city is in jeopardy. Aren’t you going to help?”
“Ha but… what do we… … .”
The bewildered blacksmiths exchanged glances. Kelly Bay clicked her tongue.
“So you’re just going to squat and hide?”
“… .”
“Are you going to sit still and say, ‘Sewol, Sewol,’ and if a monster attacks, catch me and kill me, and die quietly?”
“But father-in-law, we did not come to this city to fight here!”
“Such a jerk. Then am I here to fight? I went out and came to the sanatorium, you guys!”
Kelly Bay yelled.
“Those of you who used to touch weapons in front of the fire will fight better than other citizens who are sleeping snoring without knowing the world! Then we must fight!”
“But we are not soldiers! We are just citizens too!”
“Do you think monsters will kill you for covering that up? In their eyes, you are all human!”
Kelly Bay led the way out of the smithy.
“Killing monsters and saving people. Isn’t that what your lord always talks about? Isn’t this the city’s number one banner?”
“… .”
“Then save yourselves you bastards. A guy who can fight shouldn’t fight when he has to!”
While the other blacksmiths were still frozen, Kellibey’s assistant, Hannibal, burried himself to Kellybey’s side.
In the young assistant’s hand was the cutlery she had made today.
“Song artisan!”
“You see how bold you are. The youngest bastard’s son.”
Kelly Bay laughed.
Belatedly, the blacksmiths followed behind Kelly Bay one by one.
The union leader, who had been arguing with Kelly Bay a while ago, shouted urgently.
“What can I bring?!”
“What are you making at the forge in the fortified city?”
Kelly Bay turned around and answered briefly.
“weapon!”
added a word.
“A lot of fucking!”
