Episode 494 The day after the end (1)
…Pat!
A star twinkled in the sky and then quickly disappeared.
It was a starlight that flickered for a very brief moment, so most people didn’t see it.
However, whether it was coincidence or because of good eyesight, or perhaps it was because he was staring at the night sky with sad eyes tired of the miserable reality, only one defeated soldier saw the star.
Major Janet of the 1st Battalion of the 207th Regiment of the Human Alliance.
She pursed her lips stained with burns and cuts.
“The guide star is strange today.”
Sergeant Mir Yamu, who was grilling insects and lizards next to him, asked.
“Battalion commander. What did you just say?”
“Ah no. The guide star is a little…”
“Yes? Why is the guide star? It’s the same as usual.”
Then some soldiers raised their heads to the night sky.
The constellation of seven guide stars can be seen shining brightly.
But only Major Janet tilted her head.
“It’s strange. There were definitely eight of them just before.”
“Hahaha- Aren’t there seven guiding stars? Even a seven-year-old child can understand that. …… Well, now finding a seven-year-old child is picking stars in the sky.”
At Sergeant Miryamu’s words, Major Janet opened her eyes to the night sky with a bitter smile.
era of destruction.
As the river of blood dried up, the decades-long war between the human world and the demon world seemed to be over.
However, the day when the surviving humans celebrated their victory and engraved their glory on the rock.
The true end has begun.
Frightful things appeared one after another, enough to turn the disasters so far into childish whining.
There are as many as 62 demons with power and wickedness that far transcends ten times.
They turned the human world, which had been devastated by the long-lasting monsoon season and the great flood that swept the world for 150 days after that, into hell once again.
‘……I was rather happy when I was a soldier.’
When Major Janet is reminiscent of the past.
“Captain! It’s an air raid! The monsters are coming!”
I heard Captain Saladin hurriedly running and shouting.
The orders shouted by superiors in the distance also echo loudly.
Lieutenant General Circe Hayal, Brigadier General, Colonel Kuberin, etc… Countless veterans who crossed the line of fire gathered the survivors of the last remaining Human Union and were preparing for the final fight.
“Commander! Come on!”
“If this line of defense is breached, it’s the end! Behind us, the last remaining human beings… children…”
Captain Saladin and Sergeant Mir Yamu scrambled to follow.
“Come. I know. To each position!”
Major Janet also wore a helmet and carried a sword and shield.
Sergeant Miryamu stood behind him holding a spear.
She opened her mouth with a trembling voice.
“This will really be my last battle.”
“…Maybe everyone here is like that.”
The two soldiers chatted while watching the swarm of monsters coloring the horizon dark red.
It was like real sisters talking before going to bed.
Suddenly, Sergeant Miryamu asked.
“Commander. But how can you be so calm all the time?”
“hmm?”
“Aren’t you always calm and not panicked? As if you are receiving some protection.”
Now that most of the priests have disappeared, the divine protection has become an epic in a dream.
But Major Janet just grinned.
“God bless you. God bless you. Shouldn’t you have at least one corner to believe in to live courageously in this harsh world?”
“Eh!? Did you have a corner to believe in? What is that!?”
Major Janet laughed at Sergeant Mir Yamu, who stayed until the end and became friendly with him.
And now, he opened his mouth while keeping an eye on the swarm of monsters that had come right in front of him.
“letter.”
“……yes?”
“It’s a letter. I got it from my old boss.”
Major Janet.
Using the contents of a letter in her heart as a talisman, she was able to endure.
It was a memory of a young junior officer whom she had met a long time ago, when she had just enlisted in the army, unable to overcome the hardships of life.
“His last name was probably Baskerville, right?”
“Huh? Baskerville? You mean those mad dogs on the front lines?”
“Yes. Unlike the other Baskervilles, he was a wonderful man. He was an excellent and trustworthy hunter. Although he was falsely accused and executed in the middle of the war…” Major Janet recalled the old memories, now that her face was vague
.
Sergeant Mir Yamu opened his mouth as he faced the hordes of monsters rushing in front of him.
“You seem to be a very romantic person. You left all the letters.”
“No, he wasn’t the type to write letters… Come to think of it, that’s really strange too.”
“Which one?”
“The letter. It arrived after he died.”
“Is that so, maybe the postman was lazy or something?”
“Hmm. The past years have been too long for that? The letter came a long time after he was executed…”
However, the conversation between the two soldiers could not continue.
…kwak!
It was because of the gigantic body that appeared on the front line.
It was different from the other monsters around it in the momentum itself.
Two arms, two legs, four wings and a long tail.
Curved horns, eyes burning like the sun, and dense muscles all over the body.
Major Janet had no choice but to swallow her saliva.
“……Dragon Demon.”
A cursed hybrid born between a dragon and a demon.
Eternal Diaspora.
It is a nasty, evil creature that takes out its resentment on all other living things for not being treated properly by dragons and demons.
[Ku-aaaaaagh!]
It roared like a demon and ran toward the human camp.
Even the last humans were nervous in front of overwhelming fighting power that could tear thousands of humans apart even with a single body.
“Damn it. What’s the matter with a guy who usually lives in the pit? Did he crawl out because it’s the final battle?”
Major Janet gritted her teeth.
can’t get out of here Humanity is already driven to a corner.
If I was pushed back even one step, then it was truly the end.
“Stop it! If the barrier is breached, the refugees behind will be annihilated!”
Major Janet radiated an aura and confronted the dragon.
As an absurdly strong opponent, there is only one chance.
A blow that disregarded life!
Major Janet’s sword, which she swung with all her might, aimed for an opening after the dragon demon’s fist had been swung.
however.
…daang!
The once-only opportunity was lost in vain.
Major Janet’s sword broke in half as soon as it touched the scales on the dragon’s body.
“…”
A shadow of despair fell on Major Janet’s face.
When I looked up, I could see the face of the Yongmain, who was smiling with the corners of his mouth torn.
yet. The big fist of the dragon demon falls like a meteorite.
If you get hit by that, you’ll die instantly, or at least tens of meters behind you will be devastated.
And again many will die.
‘……This is it.’
The moment Major Janet is about to give up on life.
“The battalion commander!”
There was a hand grabbing her waist.
Sergeant Miryamu. She risked her life and jumped in, pushing Major Janet over.
Kwak Kwa Kwak!
Major Janet flew over there.
She couldn’t help but jump up and scream.
“Mi Mir Yamu!?”
But no answer can be heard in the thick dust.
It was natural.
“Ahhh…”
Tears flowed from Major Janet’s eyes.
He was surprised even to himself that his eyes, which he thought had dried up and turned into completely hard solids, still contained so much moisture.
Mir Yamu. A guy who followed himself exceptionally well from his days as a private soldier.
We walked the battlefield together to make him become a sergeant.
It was easy to get promoted because many of his seniors died so quickly, but he was only able to wear a sergeant while all those years passed.
It was because I was so scared that I always ran away.
“…That coward saved me.”
Major Janet gritted her teeth.
You must avenge your subordinates.
He bit his chapped lips once again.
I raised the depleted mana to the maximum.
I grabbed the broken knife once more.
“Even if I die, I will take at least one of you.”
Major Janet squeezed out all her strength at the end of her life and stared straight ahead.
Soon the thick dust settled and a huge shadow was revealed.
The Dragon Demon was looking this way.
For some reason, I just stood there without any defense.
‘It’s an opportunity!’
Major Janet intuited that this moment was the last chance given like a miracle.
And before I even realized it, my body reacted first.
“Aaaaaaaaaa!”
She charged with all her might, imbuing her sword with mana.
Heart is the goal. Insert it with a single knife!
Even the moment Major Janet jumped with all her might, the dust cleared and the shadow of the dragon horse, which slowly began to emerge, stood still.
As if showing generosity to an insignificant insect.
“That arrogance is your signature!”
Eventually, Major Janet threw the broken blade into the dragon’s heart with all her might.
and that moment. She had to intuit failure once again.
…pop! Paksak-
The broken sword broke once again.
In the first place, there were too many cracks, so all the power was not received.
There was a fairly large wound on the chest of the yongmain, but it did not hit the heart at all.
“……ah.”
Major Janet really, really felt the end.
Now he had no mana or strength.
Even if you were to be caught in the hands of that dragon demon right now and your head crushed, you would not be able to offer any excuses or resistance.
‘sorry.’
He was unable to avenge Sergeant Miryamu.
As well as the revenge of other comrades who died miserably.
Major Janet closed her eyes tightly.
And waited for death to come.
If possible, hoping for a pain-free shot.
…
…… BUT.
No matter how long I wait, the death I thought never comes.
‘what? Could it be that it’s over already?’
Originally, death comes without any feeling like this?
Or did he die instantly, before he even felt shock or pain?
“……?”
Major Janet slightly opened her eyes, which had been closed in wonder.
Then, an amazing landscape appeared in front of me.
“……!”
Beyond the completely cleared dust, the dragon horse still stood tall in front of Major Janet.
She stretched out her chest as if she were showing off her body, which was so strong and strong that even a knife could not be stabbed in her chest.
……The problem is that the top of the shoulder of such a dragon horse was empty.
Push! Push shook!
Dark red blood gushed from the severed surface of the severed neck.
Currently, Yongmain was being held captive by someone with his head missing.
And at someone’s feet, Sergeant Mir Yamu is seen sitting with a dazed expression.
Major Janet did not realize for a moment what had happened.
1 sec. 2 seconds. 3 seconds. 4 seconds. 5 seconds. 6 seconds. 7 seconds. and 8 seconds.
The second hand moved as much as the number of guide stars he was confused about.
Only after that, Major Janet could dare to look at the face of ‘someone’ who killed the dragon demon and saved Sergeant Mir Yamu.
He… He…
“They’re all alive, yeah.”
A voice that speaks in a very feminine tone.
It was as if he had gone for a walk or even a tour somewhere far away.
Like a soldier returning from a long vacation, ‘he’ looked around the battlefield, which was no different than his quarters.
“Captain Circe Hayal, Lieutenant Kuberin, Sergeant Janet, Corporal Saladin, Private Mir Yamu… All are alive. 207th Regiment 4th Company 1st Platoon is still alive.”
‘He’ was definitely the face in Major Janet’s memory. But at the same time, it was a completely different face from Major Janet’s memory.
It’s a contradictory explanation, but it was so anyway.
The burns and knife marks covering his face were nowhere to be seen, and he looked dozens of years younger.
however.
“Great job. You did a good job.”
The momentum he gave off was still overwhelming, or even more reliable and trustworthy than before.
Meanwhile.
“This man. He fell from the sky. He came from the guiding star.”
Sergeant Mir Yamu, who was lying on the floor, pointed at ‘him’ as ‘you who came from the stars’ with a bewildered expression.
Then, he smiled faintly.
“I see. Private Miryamu. I was too lazy at that time to remember my face.”
“What what? Chamchi? Me? It’s that sergeant…”
Sergeant Miryamu puts on a bewildered expression.
But Major Janet’s expression was completely different.
She cried out in a tone full of tears.
“Squadron commander! You’re alive!”
“……Do you recognize me?”
“Of course! I thought you were still alive! Where were you until now! Why did you change your appearance like that…?”
“Are you still alive? Did you not see my throat cut?”
“Yes? Oh, I saw it… Didn’t you send me a letter after that?”
Major Janet, with a bewildered expression, soon took out the protection she had kept in her arms.
It was a letter written on parchment that had yellowed after so many years.
– I miss you comrade. Are you comfortable there?
‘He’ who saw it put on a blank expression for a while and muttered to himself.
“…I see. The letter at that time was real. I don’t know what it is.”
At that time, some soldiers from the Human Union side, who saw that the dragon horse was dead, rushed this way.
After looking at Major Janet’s face and ‘his’ face, they shouted in amazement.
“Squadron commander? Are you the company commander?”
“Are you alive?”
“Where are you! Everyone was waiting for the company commander!”
“As expected, I thought he was still alive! Everyone on the frontlines agreed that there was no way the company commander could have died…!”
but. The joy of reunion was short-lived. No, it had to be short.
Kwak Kwa Kwak! Woojijijik!
It was because there was a huge leg that appeared while crushing the corpse of the dragon horse like tofu.
A beast-type demon with huge hooves and a long mane appeared, crushing the corpse of the Dragon Demon.
[Puhhahahaha- I’m ‘Orobas’, the horseman of the polar hell! He is the 55th ranked nobleman! Who is this who continues to resist ephemeral!?]
The appearance of a gigantic demon turns the faces of all humans into despair.
“It’s over! Rank 55 appears!”
“Why is this guy here!”
“Wrong. As long as the demon lord class demon descends, everything is over…”
But. There was no time for humans to despair.
…Sparkle! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Five pillars of light fell from the sky.
A flaming iron skewer, a mighty sniper, a pillar of holy light, a golden fist, and a sharp slash struck the ground with a terrifying explosion.
[Aaaa Aak-]
The devil that just appeared before was shattered and scattered.
“Oh my back. I get motion sickness, but yuck-”
“It’s been noisy since debut.”
“This is the first declaration ceremony in another world.”
“I thought I was going to die of noise because of the ticking of the clock.”
“The next day after the end is nothing special.”
Five women walk out of the pit created by the demon crushing them to death.
All the demons and humans who had been fighting fiercely on the battlefield just before had stopped fighting.
Then, with their mouths wide open, they all turned around in unison.
yet.
Ku-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The aura storm raged black and swept away dozens of meters around.
A huge nine-toothed black dog looms in the middle of the battlefield.
…
Demons and humans, everyone gathered on the battlefield stood still and swallowed dry saliva.
and.
Ahead of all these gazes, ‘he’ said.
“The devil kills.”
