Episode 237 [ EV Declare (1) ]
A city with a population of 10 million.
Sao Paulo was wet with rain all day. However, even the rain could not stop the smoke rising from all over the city.
It was a trace of an air raid that had taken place the previous day.
Fortunately, the dedicated defense of the awakened people and soldiers was able to stop the advance of the U.S. military the day before, but it only bought time.
The U.S. military was already advancing into southern Brazil past Sao Paulo, and communication with the capital, Brasilia, as well as other cities, was cut off.
In a desperate situation, there was talk that only the leadership could escape, but Sonya persuaded people to wait until the end.
And today, the person she had been waiting for appeared in Sao Paulo through a portal.
Only one person showed up.
Everyone who was watching was disappointed. But Sonya did not give up hope.
He was a man who had appeared alone in a hellish city with no contact with the outside world before.
“Kay is here.”
But Sonya’s voice was not bright.
“But I came too late.”
Kyung-hoon’s expression when he appeared from the portal was also very grim.
Whoa!
Kyunghoon’s clothes were fluttering. The momentum contained in the mana spread naturally.
“Explain what happened right now!”
Everyone working in the basement of the association was shocked by the energy Kyung-hoon was giving off. If they weren’t all awakened people, there might have been an accident.
-master. Calm down….
Eve’s words finally helped Kyung-hoon lower his momentum.
“Follow me. “Let me explain.”
Sonya did not tremble at Kyung-hoon’s momentum. The sadness was too great to feel fear.
She took Kyung-Hoon and left the Awakened Association building.
As if showing the status of the Brazilian Awakening Association, the association was located in the center of Sao Paulo.
Unlike Seoul, the widely spaced high-rise buildings looked very gloomy.
Broken windows and charred walls. White surrender flags and American flags hung here and there.
The sight was compared to the situation where barricades and armored vehicles were deployed in each building to prepare for battle.
There was a sense of defeat in the city.
There were several times more vehicles and soldiers deployed at the front gate of the Awakened Association building than other buildings, but there was no hope on the faces of the deployed soldiers.
Sonya ignored the soldiers’ salute and grabbed one of the tactical vehicles stationed at the main gate.
She took the wheel herself, but no soldier said anything.
Kyung-hoon also got into the seat next to her and the tactical vehicle began moving toward the outskirts of the city.
Occasionally, refugees heading toward the sea were seen, but most residents seemed to be hiding inside buildings.
All the cars passing on the road were military vehicles or cars requisitioned from the military. The car was full of wounded soldiers on and inside.
The Pinheiros River, which flows on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, was no longer as clear as before.
Bodies were floating on the red-colored stagnant water and tanks were stuck.
The South American Allied Forces with frightened expressions were hiding behind the buildings lined up along the riverside, looking across the river.
Squeak.
Sonya parked her car behind a building that was still intact and headed up to the building.
Soldiers were also camped on the rooftop.
The soldiers all recognized Sonya.
She stood in front of the railing and looked out across the river.
“The area beyond that river has been occupied by the U.S. military since two days.”
White flags and American flags were waving on almost every building from the riverside to the distance.
“These are people who couldn’t even evacuate. “I have to survive this way.”
“More than 20% of the city has been occupied. Honestly, if the front line had been breached in yesterday’s battle, the entire city would have been occupied.”
It is difficult to get help from aircraft now. The defensive line along the Pinheirus River was of great help.
It was thanks to the river that 80% of the city was protected while it was under siege, and half of it was thanks to the Pinheirus River that prevented yesterday’s attack.
“More than that, tell me what happened yesterday. “Why did Marcelo become like that?”
Normally, Kyung-hoon would have listened intently to her explanation, but right now, it didn’t feel important at all.
Sonya raised her hand and pointed towards the river. A broken leg came into view.
“Until yesterday, that leg was fine. “It was the last intact bridge on the Pinheiros River.”
Sonya’s eyes became blurred as she looked at the bridge.
*
The evening before.
“Retreat quickly! “Don’t stop!”
Now the sun has set and it is dark night. A group of people were running towards the river.
bang! bang! bang!
Huge explosions continued to follow them as they ran.
“and! “It’s a success!”
One of the awakened people who was running looked behind him and cheered,
but then he shouted!
His head was blown off by a bullet that came from somewhere.
omg!
Marcelo shouted as the awakened person following him tried to stop in surprise.
“Never stop! Everyone, don’t even turn your head! “Don’t even say anything!”
When the man running behind shouted, this time a bullet flew at him.
Shoooooo! Empty!
Fortunately, the bullet did not completely penetrate the shield and bounced off.
The Awakened who had just died was a low-grade Awakened who could not block bullets with a shield, but he was an Awakened who could survive under a machine gun as long as he had enough mana.
He was just grateful if the snipers targeted him.
But it wasn’t just snipers targeting them.
Suddenly.
The sounds of tanks and armored vehicles could be heard from far behind. Then the sound of a gun firing was heard.
Sigh. Quang!
The upper part of the building next to the running party exploded. It was blown away by tank fire.
Fortunately, the falling debris bounced off the shield, and the dust that covered the street obscured the sniper’s view, but the fear of the running awakeners only increased.
Crying and cursing erupted from among the awakened people who were running quietly.
“Huh huh mom.”
“Sibeol Sibeol. “I don’t want to die.”
“Ugh!”
Marcelo’s command was useless as fear overtook his mind.
At least his feet were still moving, so Marcelo just hoped that the dust wouldn’t settle quickly.
The success of the operation today with these awakened people was almost a miracle.
Although they were all courageous people who risked death and participated in the operation, they were only low-level awakened people who did not know how to fight properly.
Many awakened people have died, and now only these awakened people are left in battle.
I wonder if Sonya, the president of the association, even came forward to participate in this operation.
Of course, she couldn’t participate because everyone blocked it, but it clearly showed the current situation of the Brazilian association.
Not all awakened people died.
Awakenings from other countries in South America and EV’s support team had all withdrawn to Paraguay.
Although Brazil was dangerous, there were still countries left behind. We couldn’t sacrifice everything just for Brazil.
But like Sonya, he was unable to leave Brazil.
This was his country. My family, wife, and colleagues were sleeping here.
He also decided to protect this city with Sonya.
To take such awakened people and jump into the middle of the enemy army, explode a powder keg and set fire to the headquarters.
There was no success like this.
It was clear that the success of this operation would be able to block the advance for at least a few days.
Just then, news arrived that the operation in Manchuria was successful.
It was clear that if we held on just a little longer, reinforcements would come.
I didn’t know if I would make it in time, but there was still hope.
I saw a bridge ahead. It was a bridge that was left until the end for the evacuation of refugees.
The U.S. military also did not destroy the bridge to advance, and the bridge remained alone over the river.
“I survived!”
The soldiers’ faces brightened when they saw the bridge, but Marcelo didn’t know that his expression would improve.
Blood was flowing out of his arms and legs.
‘It looks like it was damaged in the last battle as expected.’
Due to the massive bombing while escaping Rio de Janeiro, his mana and characteristics were not working to their full potential.
Since he was swept away by the bomb and escaped in a non-human state, there was no way he would get better anytime soon.
After barely blocking a few bullets, the shield was shattered and the body hit by the fragments was unable to recover.
The awakened people climbed onto the bridge.
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
At that moment, a loud gunshot was heard from across the river.
It was a support fire to protect the awakened people crossing the bridge.
The armored vehicle that was following could no longer approach, and the tank stopped.
The tank could not fire for fear of destroying the bridge, but the armored car and the tank’s autocannon spewed fire.
Shuuuuk.
However, anti-tank weapons could be used across the river.
A personal anti-tank gun flew from the roof of the building and destroyed the armored vehicle.
pop! pop! Drurr.
The tank retreated, smoking a smoke bomb.
Meanwhile, the awakened people were almost crossing the bridge.
But Marcelo was stopped in the middle of the bridge.
Rumbling.
The phone rang loudly. Marcelo answered the phone.
-Why did you stop? Come over now!
Marcelo looked across the river. Sonya was seen beyond the railing on the roof of the building where the anti-tank gun came from.
I told him not to come, but he ended up coming to meet me.
Marcelo smiled at her. If I had seen it before my wife, I might have proposed to her.
“But you probably got scolded.”
Now that I think about it, it seems like I’ve had a really wonderful life recently.
Travel around the world, meet good people and save the world.
It was truly too much time for a man who was looking for a place to die.
But now it seemed like it had found its place.
He looked down.
Only one leg remained. The remaining leg also had exposed bone.
My back was pierced and one of my arms was shaking.
It was the remains of the last shots from tanks and armored vehicles.
He couldn’t move anymore. No, if it weren’t for the awakened person, he would have already died.
He continued speaking while leaning on the bridge railing.
“It’s become more difficult to move.”
-yes?
A startled voice came from the other end of the phone.
Gigigigigeek.
The sound of a tank was heard again from behind.
He turned his head.
Several tanks appeared between the smoke bombs. It seemed like a tank battalion had rushed out.
At this scale, it could have crossed the bridge and swept through the city.
“The injury is serious. Blow up the bridge right now. “If you do something wrong, your defense line will be breached.”
-You need recovery time! It can wait! I’ll wait!
She didn’t know that he had lost his regenerative abilities.
“I can’t recover. “The ability to regenerate is gone.”
-That can’t be… Wait. I’ll go save you.
Next, the sound of an argument was heard through the receiver.
-Don’t stop me!
-It’s not possible. The tanks are coming!
It seemed that the tanks were already approaching the bridge.
“They make you work until the end.”
Marcelo shook his head and sat down on the floor. And I found the explosive wire installed beyond the railing.
It was he who planted the explosives on this bridge.
If you couldn’t detonate it remotely, you could just detonate it yourself.
He cut the lines leading to the detonator. Now just connect these two lines and you’re done.
Doo doo doo doo.
The leader of the tank climbed onto the bridge.
Marcelo took the pendant from around his neck.
When I opened the pendant, I saw two photos.
On one side, a photo of his deceased wife and former colleagues gathered at home,
and on the other, a photo of awakened colleagues taken in Korea.
“It was a good life.”
Marcelo smiled at the photo, and the lead tank fired a machine gun at Marcelo.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!
The sound of machine guns echoed through the river,
followed by
Quaaaaaaaang!
An explosion occurred where Marcelo was.
Kugugugugugugung.
Flames rose and the bridge collapsed.
The tanks retreated like crazy, but
the tanks on the bridge fell into the river one after another.
After a while, the bridge disappeared and all that was visible was the broken bridge fragments and the tanks half submerged in the river.
And Sonya, who shook off the people and ran out, cried out as she saw the collapsed bridge.
*
“Marcelo died on that bridge just last night.”
Sonya’s explanation has ended.
The soldiers who were listening next to him also made the sign of the cross with solemn faces. They also saw that scene yesterday.
Even after Sonya finished speaking, Kyung-hoon quietly looked at the river.
Swish.
At some point, Kyung-hoon jumped over the railing. He jumped right down to the bottom of the building.
“Where are you going?”
Surprised Sonya followed him.
The soldiers tried to stop it, but they could not stop the awakened man.
Unlike Kyung-hoon, she could not jump in one go, so she climbed down the wall.
When she went down to the bottom of the building, Kyung-hoon was already down to the river.
He gave me something from the riverside.
“Whoa, what’s going on? “It’s dangerous here!”
Sonya rushed over and asked Kyung-hoon, but Kyung-hoon just looked down at the item he had just given her.
It was a dirty, scorched old pendant.
“Ah… no way…”
Inside, there was a photo that had been burned and the contents were unknown, as well as a photo that was still intact.
Omar Jin Shawei and the EV Awakenings.
And Gyeonghoon.
Gyeonghoon looked at the photo in silence. There was.
But Gyeonghoon couldn’t look at the picture for long.
Doo doo doo.
A loud noise was heard from across the river.
Dozens of combat helicopters appeared above the building, and tanks were seen moving on the road in the distance. It
was an attack by enemy American forces. .
“That doesn’t make sense. They destroyed the headquarters and the powder keg… How could they attack in one day…”
Sonya’s surprised voice was heard, but Kyung-hoon just opened a sub-space without saying a word.
“Kay, we have to retreat first! We need to get out of here first.” “I can’t compete with you!”
Sonya grabbed Kyung-hoon’s arm, but Kyung-hoon didn’t even flinch.
He pulled out a rail gun from subspace. He said to Sonya,
“Sonya stay back. And I’m Kyung-hoon, not Kay. I’m the owner of EV and the U.S. “The enemy of.”
He mounted the mana stone on the rail gun and aimed it at the flying helicopter.
“Today, EV declares war on the United States. Any country that sides with the United States is also our enemy.”
-Okay, I’ll announce it to the whole world now.
With Eve’s answer, Kyung-hoon pulled the trigger.
Kwaaaaang!
A huge explosion engulfed the helicopter unit and tank unit.
