Episode 217 [World War (1)]
Youngcheol left the Awakened Association barracks.
As Yeongcheol wanted, he was able to participate in the battle right away instead of going to the rear.
He was bare-handed when he arrived, but he was holding a sword with a pattern engraved on it.
It was the equipment he chose among the items provided to awakeners.
Jinhyeok, the president of the association, recommended a spear, but having used a sword in the past, he was more comfortable with a sword.
Youngcheol’s expression as he headed to his new unit was not very bright.
The bruises on his face were quickly disappearing thanks to the potion he had obtained, but he had not yet recovered from the shock of the confrontation.
At the Awakened Association barracks, Jinhyeok and Seolyeon were watching Yeongcheol grow further and further away.
“Is that strange use of mana a trait? “For something like that, it was a skill I learned systematically.”
“Did he learn it somewhere else before? I haven’t heard of any training centers or guilds that teach mana exercises or mana martial arts to the general public…”
Jinhyeok was tilting his head while looking at Yeongcheol’s back.
-If you have any doubts, why don’t you just use the excuse of education?
Seol-yeon asked Jin-hyuk through telepathy.
It was much easier for her to talk telepathically to someone she was connected to telepathically.
“We can’t turn back useful manpower to the point of doubt. What was it like than that?”
Seol-yeon tilted her head at the association president’s words.
-What?
-You must have looked into it.
It was an awkward thing to say on the surface. Jinhyuk also thought about it in his head.
“I didn’t see it. “What are you thinking!”
Seol-yeon lost her temper.
For her, who suffered from telepathy, seeing other people’s thoughts was almost painful.
Ever since she was able to block out her senses, she had stopped seeing other people’s thoughts.
“Oh sorry.”
-That’s Okay.
Jinhyuk quickly apologized, but Seolyeon just turned her head and looked away.
After a while, Seol-yeon seemed to have calmed down and sent a message.
-I only felt a few emotions flowing out. At first, confidence and superiority. And I felt degraded towards others. It’s a feeling that comes out a lot in people who have become awakened, but that person was much stronger.
Even though I didn’t look at it on purpose, I still felt like I figured something out.
-And confusion and anger while fighting with the president of the association. And I felt a doubt.
Jinhyuk scratched his head.
Although it was a bit excessive, what Seolyeon was saying was an emotion that could also be felt by other awakened people.
It was difficult to investigate anything at this level.
-Oh right. The mana management was really great. I heard that he tried to prevent me from approaching by wrapping mana around his head. If it had been before, I probably wouldn’t have even been able to tell you.
Jinhyuk frowned at Seolyeon’s message.
“You tried to block telepathy by using mana?”
In this case, the story was different.
I heard you tried to block Seolyeon’s telepathy with mana. There were only a few people in the world who knew this method.
Those were the only ones who learned directly from Kyung-Hoon.
“As expected, I need to hire someone.”
Seol-yeon nodded at Jin-hyuk’s words. She thought the same thing.
-Can I not say anything?
“I’m thinking of leaving an email for my brother’s secretary.”
-That would be fine.
Secretary Kay, also known as Eve, was well-respected by everyone who knew her for how she handled her work.
-Did your job go well?
Jinhyuk shook his head.
“It’s difficult for everyone. We’re close to the rear, so this is it. It would be difficult for Russia or the independent Manchurian state to stop it. Not to mention other countries…”
The Eurasian Allied Powers also had an absurd shortage of awakened people.
The EV helicopters currently flying into the sky were helicopters headed to the front lines with awakened support. -The
damage must be significant.
“The damage will be significant.” “That’s not the problem. The problem is whether you can block it.”
Jinhyeok stopped talking and looked towards the west. Seolyeon followed suit and turned his head.
Weeeeee!
At that moment, the entire camp alarm went off.
It was time to fight. Monsters had finally appeared here in Manchuria as well.
***
Unlike the African continent, which lost the continent to monsters, the European continent has thrived despite the hardships of the past two years. Although it
did not grow based on the Mana Revolution like the Eurasian Union, it still came together based on the European Union to prevent the worst. But that was just a moment.
The
new wave that suddenly began terrified the European continent.
The monsters coming down from the cold northern lands again threw the Nordic countries into a panic, and the monsters pouring down from the Alps and other mountain ranges terrified the countries of Central Europe. It caused chaos.
But what was more frightening than the monsters that appeared around was the enormous legion of monsters that had departed from Africa. The legions
of African monsters marched in two directions toward Europe.
To the west, they penetrated the Arab desert and entered Turkey. They turned it into a sagebrush field and marched towards Eastern Europe. They crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to the east, landed in Spain, and moved north.
European countries, who had never thought that monsters could cross the Mediterranean, were terrified when they saw the monsters that suddenly appeared in Spain. The Spanish
army and The awakened people tried to stop the monsters, but it was impossible to stop the monsters that came from unexpected places. The
Spanish army collapsed and the awakened people fell. The monsters quickly occupied Spain and Portugal next to it.
The capital of Spain . Madrid burned down and Portugal’s entire country, including Lisbon, was taken over by monsters.
People desperately fled north.
The southernmost part of France, facing the Atlantic Ocean.
The border town of Ende.
Cars were packed on the small bridge connecting Spain and France. All north. There were cars heading toward.
There were so many cars that they were stuck on the bridge.
And there were countless people walking next to the stopped cars carrying their luggage.
It was a crowd that filled not only the sidewalks but also the driveways.
These were refugees from Spain and Portugal.
At the end of the bridge on the French side, soldiers and awakened people were gathered and looking towards Spain with worried eyes.
“The queue will not decrease. “It’s already past time to blow it up.”
The French military officer bit his lip at his subordinate’s words.
To prevent monsters from entering France, this bridge had to be destroyed.
However, there were too many refugees flooding in to just destroy it.
The officer turned his head and looked at the awakened people. They were awakened people who came to support them from all over Europe.
An awakened person from England, representing those awakened people, answered his gaze.
“Let’s wait a little longer. If a monster appears, we will stop it. “It won’t be too late to blow it up then.”
Tanks and cannons were also deployed along the riverside, but it was impossible to use them now that there were so many refugees.
I had no choice but to trust the awakened ones.
The French military officer nodded at the words of the Awakened representative.
They were people running away from monsters. I had to accept at least one more person.
Louis, the youngest prince beloved by the British and representative of the awakened people gathered here, opened his mouth as he looked at the Spanish land across the river.
“Did he give up on Africa and only last two more years?…”
The woman next to him spoke as he muttered.
“How about you return to England, Prince? “Everyone is waiting.”
It was Ingrid who served her father, Wales, who was now king.
When Wales became king, Ingrid decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and serve Louis and stayed by his side for two years.
“I’ll be going soon anyway. In the meantime, we need to slow down as much as possible. “That way, many people will survive.”
Even if we cut off the bridge here, it would only buy us some time. The awakened people and armies of Europe were too insufficient to stop the oncoming monsters.
EVs have been calling for increased power for two years, but European countries have found it difficult to maintain the status quo, let alone strengthen power.
“Of course, you should have listened to EV.”
The Eurasian Union, made up of Russia, South Korea, and parts of China, has grown its power tremendously over the past two years.
In the meantime, countries around the world were looking at the union with mixed eyes, but looking at the results now, their preparations were right.
But I couldn’t sit down like this. As many people as possible had to be evacuated to England.
“The sea is blocked, but there is still the Channel Tunnel. “The longer we last, the more people we will be able to save.”
Even now, a huge number of refugees were evacuating through the undersea tunnel connecting England and France.
Ingrid’s expression darkened at the prince’s words.
“…but not many refugees can escape to England anyway. Even now, censorship is severe and demonstrations are extreme.”
Naturally, it was difficult for Britain to accept all the refugees. Moreover, as Britain had been in trouble with refugees in the past, public sentiment was even worse.
The prince also had nothing to say. His presence here now may have been an apology on behalf of the British people.
After a while, the prince spoke again.
He looked south with a gloomy expression and gave Ingrid an unexpected command.
“Evacuate immediately.”
“yes?”
“The monsters are coming. You promised, right? “If it got dangerous, we decided to take shelter first.”
It was a promise for her, an unawakened person, to be by the prince’s side.
Ingrid’s expression hardened at the prince’s words.
He was a prince who had never told her to avoid monsters while fighting them.
“If we knock down the bridge, we can buy time…”
“It’s no use. There are too many of them.”
The other awakened people next to the prince also began to grab weapons one by one,
and screams and the smell of blood began to mix in the blowing wind.
Bang! Bang!
Gaaaaaaa!
The evacuation procession was collapsing from afar.
People got stuck and fell as they ran, and stopped cars crashed into the car in front to escape. The
evacuation procession quickly turned into chaos.
Monsters covered in red blood began to appear beyond the buildings in the distance.
One, two, three. … There were countless monsters.
Prince Louis looked back at the awakened people. They were all tense, but there was no fear on their faces.
The prince looked at Ingrid one last time.
“Good job. Let’s go right away. Survive.” “When that happens, I will also return to England.”
“Can’t we go together?”
Ingrid showed weakness for the first time, but the prince shook his head:
“I must fulfill my responsibilities as a member of the royal family.”
Two years ago, he was barely able to save people using the royal family’s privileges, not his own power. Now it was time to save people with his own power.
“Let’s go.”
The prince and the awakened people stepped on the railings of the bridge and the cars and started running against the refugees.
Boom!
Kuaaak!
Kaaaaa!
After crossing the bridge and avoiding the refugees, the smell of blood and screams got worse as they went south.
And he The awakened people saw hell.
The road that should have been full of refugees was covered in blood. Monsters covered in blood were following the refugees and killing people.
Cars were exploding and people were dying.
“Stop!”
Louis shouted and ran towards the monster. The other awakeners followed him.
“Run quickly! “The legs are in front!”
The awakened people shouted to the people to stop the monster, but their words soon lost their power.
Kwaaaaang!
An explosion was heard from behind.
The French sappers could not hold out any longer and blew up the bridge.
“damn!”
“The French army, you lazy frogs!”
As the awakened people blocked the monsters, they cursed at the soldiers who blew up the bridge.
But it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand. Just holding on until now might have been great.
Even if I thought about it that way, I couldn’t help but curse.
The equipment provided by EV broke through the monsters’ defense shield.
A bullet filled with mana exploded the head of a monster resembling a scorpion, and a sword cut off the legs of a monster resembling a leopard.
But in the meantime, the awakened people also died.
It was different from the past when several awakened people gathered together to hunt monsters.
The awakened people died in vain due to the monsters attacking from a blind spot. The head was chewed off and the body was dismembered.
It took only a few minutes for the awakeners to stop the monsters’ advance.
It was an opponent I couldn’t defeat. However, the awakened people did not escape even when they died.
This was because the refugees who could not escape because the bridge collapsed were behind them.
Everyone died, and in the end only Louis remained.
One arm was already cut off and only one eye was visible.
Was it because the refugees knew they couldn’t escape? The monsters were watching him, the last remaining one, as if they were holding a fair.
Louis turned his head and looked across the river. And I ended up laughing helplessly.
Thanks to the outstanding awakened eyes, Ingrid was visible across the river. She was holding her phone and looking at where he was.
As expected, she didn’t listen.
“Should I have proposed?”
It seemed like he missed a good opportunity because he wasn’t sure why she stayed with him.
He again grabbed the sword with his free hand. It was a sword with a mana stone that Kay gave as a gift.
Thanks to this, I was able to demonstrate my skills better than others, but in the end, I felt like this was the end.
He grabbed his sword and shouted at the monsters.
“come!”
But the monsters didn’t rush at him.
He also had to rub his eyes with his hands.
Something strange was seen between him and the monsters.
It was a hole shining silver.
And a person jumped out of it.
“The coordinates are really strange. Are all the monsters jumping out and your mana is messed up? “It’s a little different from the expected location.”
The person who popped out of the hole was looking around and talking calmly.
The prince looked at the man with an absurd expression.
“K?”
At the prince’s words, Gyeonghoon took out a potion from his arms and threw it to him.
“Ingrid called me for an emergency and I came here. “I came in a hurry because I was crying and begging, but fortunately it doesn’t seem to be too late.”
Kyung-hoon took out his sword from subspace and looked at the monsters.
“Quickly take the people and escape. I won’t be able to stay for long either.”
It was impossible for Kyung-hoon to handle all of this alone. Fortunately, he still had time to come back.
That day, all the refugees left in Spain were able to escape to France, and the monsters were held back for more than four hours down the river. The
refugees there. They all told the world about the prince’s devotion and talked about the man who had single-handedly stopped the monsters for four hours.
