Episode 186 [Fortress (1)]
‘You can’t believe you’re attacking your own people! Don’t you know that if you absorb the mana of your own people, your rank will drop?’
As their compatriots died, they poured out angry messages. But the monster had no intelligence left to understand the message.
The monster only greedily extracted mana from the mana stones of its dead compatriots and ate it.
One, two, three, the number of corpses of the compatriots increased, and the monster’s appearance gradually changed.
As the monster’s level fell, its body changed and became simpler.
‘The race that fell into the abyss will eventually destroy everyone!’
The moment the last of its kind disappeared screaming, there was nothing left of the monster that could be called a body.
The land of the extinct clan was filled with only green fog.
thud!
The fog drifted. A loud sound came from far above.
thud!
I heard the sound again.
The monster woke up from its sleep.
It felt like I had had a long dream.
A dream before it became like this. But the monster did not understand the dream itself. There is no such intelligence left anymore.
The monster that woke up only felt extremely hungry.
The monster woke up to its senses. I could feel delicious mana from afar.
Fortunately, the mana was felt within the area the monster was supposed to protect.
It’s been a long time since I ate the last mana. It seemed like the hungry monster could eat anything as long as it had mana.
Moreover, the mana I felt now was a mana that contained a very beautiful and powerful energy.
Srurr.
The monster began to spread its tentacles.
The prey was caught. It’s hunting time.
Inside a dark item warehouse. The green fog slowly spread outward.
*
Boom!
A large cut ceiling fell down.
thud!
The dust that had accumulated for a long time rose up.
chin.
Kyung-hoon got down on the floor and waved his hand to blow away the dust.
The place where he got off was a large passageway surrounded by concrete walls. One side of the passage led underground, and the other side was blocked by a huge iron door.
He looked at the iron gate and shook his head.
“There is a weak point in a place like this…”
The fortress gate was made of several meters thick iron plates that were difficult to penetrate even with Gyeonghun’s sword.
However, the exterior wall around the door was only covered with concrete. Of course, this concrete wall was thick enough to be difficult for most bombs to penetrate, but for Kyung-hoon, it only took a little more time.
Kyung-hoon dug some ground above the iron gate and came down through the concrete with his sword.
-It is difficult to see it as a weakness. It would not have been easy to break through with regular equipment.
It was just a fortress built before the Awakened and monsters appeared. It may have been a powerful fortress at the time, but now it is just an unsafe underground fortress.
“It’s dark. “Wasn’t there a mana stone generator here?”
-It could simply be that the electricity went out.
Anyway, it wasn’t a very good situation.
The electronic equipment inside the fortress had to be kept alive. If electronic equipment was damaged, satellites and nuclear weapons were just useless items.
Kyung-hoon adjusted his sword and walked into the tunnel.
*
I guessed the size of the tunnel with the railroad and road, but the fortress carved out of the mountain was truly huge.
After going down the tunnel for a while, Gyeonghoon was greeted by a large square.
Inside the square, numerous tanks, armored vehicles, and various military equipment were lying covered in dust.
Drones were flying around the square and Kyung-hoon was impressed when he saw the equipment.
“I don’t think it’s stockpiled equipment…”
The equipment lined up in the square looked like it could be moved right away if it wasn’t dusty.
Drones identified armored vehicles and tanks.
-There are traces of remains around the equipment and on armored vehicles and tanks. It looks like they were wiped out while waiting for battle.
Kyung-hoon also saw the remains scattered on the floor. The bones were stained green.
“Has this place been poisoned too?”
-It appears to be the same type of poison as the poison seen in the ruins of the White House.
Looking at the clothes and rifles scattered on the floor, it was clear that they had been attacked at about the same time.
“If it happened at the same time, would it have spread through the air? However, in a fortress like this, the air would have been purified…”
– As the owner said, it would have been a human-standard purification device. It would have been difficult to block the mana. A
long time has passed. The poison in the air no longer remains. “But I guess I should say it’s fortunate…” I feel sorry for the dead soldiers
,
but the necessary weapons remained in perfect condition. The
main US tank, the Abrams tank, the Bradley armored car, and Apache helicopters were filling the square.
-Hansae Although it is somewhat outdated, the parts compatibility seems to be no problem. And with a little maintenance, it seems like it can be used as is.
“This is good, but the more important thing is the airplane. I wish it could be connected to the satellite….”
Other places are also surprised like this one. It was clear that there would be intact military planes left at the airfields.
However, Kyung-hoon could not travel to all the airfields scattered across the United States alone. A
satellite had to do the job instead. If the military satellite could be moved, it would be able to find intact planes. There was a good chance.
They had to search further. Kyung-hoon went down past Mugi’s grave.
The lower floors were the soldiers’ quarters, cafeteria, and strategic headquarters.
-The lower floors are the warehouse area.
White House If the documents discovered were correct, it was clear that the warehouse was full of human heritage stored by the U.S.
“That’s important, but we have to move it first.”
The place Kyung-hoon entered was a huge control room covered in dust.
Under the Strategic Command . ‘s satellite control center. It was the place Kyung-hoon was looking for.
-The probability of it being operational is not high.
The satellites had to be alive and the communication antennas had to be intact. The abandoned equipment had to be safe, and finally, the reason for the power outage had to be found.
But Kyung-hoon did not give up his hopes.
“Should we check the power source first?”
Fortunately, the power generation facility was located on this floor.
Kyung-hoon headed to the machine room where the generator was located. On the path to the machine room were other facilities of the Strategic Command:
Space and Missile Defense Command,
Fleet Strategic Command,
and the Mass Casualty Management Center. It was a place in charge of nuclear weapons.
Gyeonghoon glanced at the tightly closed iron door and entered the machine room.
-Mana stone generator.
Mana stone generators were placed in the center of the machine room. Fortunately, the power of this fortress was supplied by the mana stone generator.
“But why did it stop? Is it broken?”
Kyung-hoon approached the generator.
-Let’s check.
Eve started moving the drone to look at the generator, but she didn’t even need to check.
The moment he looked at the top of the generator, Kyung-hoon could tell why the generator had stopped.
The center of the top of the generator. There. Like other generators, there was a mana stone surrounded by a pattern.
However, the mana stone did not sparkle at all. The mana stone had lost its shine and turned into a cloudy bead.
“Could it have reached the end of its life?”
-Was there a power leak? The fortress was huge, so a lot of power was consumed, but the mana stones were consumed too quickly.
Eve also didn’t know the exact reason why the mana stones lost their light.
Kyung-hoon’s expression brightened.
“Still, I’m lucky . “All you have to do is change the mana stone!”
-You have to change it to a mana stone that matches your grade, but… yes, I think you just need to change it.
Kyung-hoon took out a mana stone from the subspace of the mana ring.
As the generator supplies power to the huge fortress, mana stones of knight grade or higher are used. It was necessary.
However, Kyung-Hoon also had a large number of mana stones of a higher grade.
Following Eve’s instructions, Kyung-Hoon changed the mana stones in the generators one by one.
After a while, Kyung-Hoon changed the mana stones of all three generators and turned on the switch.
Ta-dak.
The emergency lights came on with a clicking sound.
Light filled the machine room.
-The generator is safe. If the power grid is okay, power will be supplied to the entire fortress.
“Good! Now all we have to do is communicate with the satellite, right?”
-There are still many challenges ahead.
“It will be okay.”
Kyung-hoon headed back to the satellite control center with an expression full of anticipation.
Although there were a few broken lights, the hallways were bright and even the doors that had been locked due to a power outage had green lights.
“Thank goodness. I don’t have to break down the doors.”
-The doors are secured so no one can enter.
But Kyung-hoon was not worried. There was a security card next to the remains, and he had Eve, a hacking expert.
Kyung-hoon entered the satellite control center again.
Wow.
Control center. It was different from before.
Ding ding ding
The lights on the control panel were coming on one after another. The large cathode ray tube screens were also turning on one after another.
Continents on the world map appeared on the screen, and after a while, several waveforms appeared on the screen.
-The orbits of artificial satellites. Fortunately, it seems that communication has been established with the satellites.
Kyung-hoon sighed in relief. To be honest, he was more nervous than expected. The
drones passed over the control panel and confirmed. After a while, Eve said:
-Now I It’s time to act. Please connect your cell phone to the terminal on the central control panel.
Kyung-hoon took out his cell phone and connected it to the terminal that Eve mentioned.
-After confirming the structure, we will take over the control. It will take a while.
Kyung-hoon responded to Eve’s words . He grinned,
“It doesn’t matter if it takes a lot.”
There was no reason to rush anyway. The power problem was solved and the satellite could be moved, so all we had to do was check the nuclear weapons and go look at the relics. While Eve was hacking the computer
in the control center, Kyung-hoon looked into the control room. There
were remains scattered in the control room as well. . The remains collapsed on the control panel, the remains scattered on the floor, and even the remains with their arms outstretched towards the door. The
images of the remains showed the horrors of that day.
“It was green poison…”
All the remains here were also green. It was stained..
“Huh? Isn’t it just the remains?”
Kyung-hoon blinked.
Not only the bones looked green. The floor and the machine were also dyed green.
No, it wasn’t the floor and the machine that turned green. The color of the air had changed. The air was dyed green.
Suddenly . I was dizzy.
‘No way?’
Kyung-hoon immediately generated mana. Mana spread throughout his body, and suddenly a shield spread over his skin.
Papa-pa-pa-pak!
Green flames sprang up on the shield.
Flames were also rising inside Kyung-hoon’s body. Kyung-hoon’s mana invaded his body. A poison was burning.
All the poison that had invaded his body was burned and the shield was blocking the external poison, but Kyung-hoon’s expression was serious. The
shield was not able to block all the poison. The poison that had invaded inside was also burning with mana, but the mana The cost was too great. It could be prevented now, but there was no guarantee that it would be possible if the poison became stronger.
Kyung-hoon ran towards the cell phone and shouted,
“It’s poison! Stop the work!”
-Ah… I understand!
Kyung-hoon snatched the cell phone and ran out of the control room.
Flames continued to rise above Kyung-hoon’s shield.
“Where does the poison come from?”
-The lower concentration is higher. It is thought to come up from underground.
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As Eve said, the poison fog started in the underground warehouse.
But this poisonous fog was no ordinary fog.
The monster could feel its prey fleeing. However, like other prey, it was too late to recognize this prey.
This basement was already full of monster mana.
The monster moved its tentacles. A thick green fog moved along the passageway, blocking the exit and filling the square with tentacles.
Now there was nowhere for the prey to escape.
The monster stood up.
The mana stone, surrounded by green fog, rose into the air.
The green mana stones piled up in the fog left the item warehouse, where only the mana stones had lost their light, and began to move towards the prey.
