Episode 182. [Rebellion, Counterattack – 3]
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At that time, the United Human Army of Othris Mountain was attacking two ‘Giant Mountain Houses’ at the same time. Rather, they were being counterattacked.
“Something is flying from 11 o’clock!”
At the shout of a guard, the wizard players who were preparing wide-area attack spells stopped casting and raised their heads. At
that moment, something heavy crashed down between the players and a pile of dirt bounced up.
“Ugh!”
It was a titan’s spear, and fortunately no one was directly hit by
it
…….
About 2 seconds later, a mana explosion occurred around the geochang, and a blue air current swept through the area.
Players within the range fell, floating into the air like leaves being swept away by a gust of wind, and desperate screams for a healer rang out everywhere.
And….
“Oh… it’s coming again! Avoid it quickly!”
Like a barrage of missiles, giant spears filled the sky, forming a parabolic curve, and began plowing mercilessly down on the lines of the United Human Race.
Bur—bur—bur—bur——!
“Damn, they couldn’t attack, right?”
“I guess it was just our imagination, but uh— avoid!”
In this way, it was proven that the Titans also had a weapon capable of crossing a distance of more than 3 km. I
didn’t know why they didn’t use it until now, but it seemed like they were planning to attack from there.
That was a bad sign.
“Damn it! Everyone, stop panicking and quickly prepare a large-scale magic shield!”
Soon, the wizard players joined forces to form a dome-shaped magic shield.
Thump— thump— thump— thump—
The large spears were blocked by the dome and bounced off, but it was very unsettling to see tiny cracks created every time they hit.
“How long can you last like this?”
“…it will take effect in 4 minutes.”
Those words were met with sighs from everywhere.
“What? “It’s only 4 minutes?”
“Fuck, their magic shield doesn’t break even if you hit them all day, so this is completely unfair!”
After 4 minutes, I would be defenselessly exposed to Geochang’s baptism again, so if I did this… I had no choice but to retreat.
“That guy, Alain Giam, was right…”
“Yes, it was a meaningless operation in the end, right?”
It would be strange if I didn’t feel pessimistic in this situation.
“Ha—what on earth is Steele doing in a situation like this?”
“…Didn’t you run away alone?”
Steele’s name, which was just a few hours ago, has now become an object of hatred.
And it wasn’t just the javelins falling from above their heads that were targeting them.
Kugugugu…
“Uh oh— why is the floor suddenly moving?”
Kukduddudd——
The ground nearby trembled and quickly flipped over, causing green vines to spurt out like a geyser.
“Uh, what is that?”
“…It’s a plant, right?”
Since almost no one knew about the existence of the Green Wave, we had no choice but to be slow to respond,
meaning we were left helpless.
“Oops!”
“evil!”
In the blink of an eye, dozens of people were caught by the green wave and dragged into the pile of vines.
I couldn’t confirm what happened above, but a terrible scream came out.
Gulp—gulp—
after a while, I could roughly guess what happened to them when I saw red-soaked vines crawling out.
“Hi! “Stay away from those tentacles!”
“What kind of situation is this again?”
Massive bombardments rained down dozens of meters above our heads, and man-eating vines of inestimable size sprouted from beneath our feet. At this rate, it would have been
difficult to even avoid annihilation, let alone capture the ‘Victory Flag’ within the time limit.
“—Commander, how much? “It won’t last!”
Colonel Kim Kang-seok, deputy commander of ROK AMT, shouted.
Upon hearing those words, commander Lieutenant General Choi Jeong-cheol held his forehead with an expression of headache.
“This is such a dilemma, Colonel Kim. Do you think I should use semi-Armageddon even now?”
The cooldown of Archmage Choi Jeong-cheol’s ultimate magic, ‘Semi Armageddon’, is a whopping 24 hours.
Lee Hyun-wook had disappeared somewhere after telling me to save it, so I wasn’t planning on using it until he came.
However, 14 hours had already passed since he disappeared, and there was still no news.
“I think those green tentacles are below the ground, so even the strongest attacks won’t be able to make a full impact.”
“Hmm, I guess that’s it again. To stop them… the answer is to neutralize the spell casters, but it won’t be possible with semi-Armageddon alone.”
In other words, even if semi-Armageddon was used, this crisis could not be avoided. The
United Human Forces camp, which was on the defensive, began to defect one after another. “—fuck it, we’re done !
“Hurry and escape!”
Some players opened short-distance portals and began escaping.
This was a kind of desertion, but since the United Human Army’s chain of command was unclear in the first place, there was no one in command who could stop them.
Those who had not yet left the camp were gathered in one place and mainly used fire magic to block the approach of the green wave.
However, they were literally just ‘blocking’ it, but the siege was gradually narrowing and the number of victims was increasing.
“The magic shield will soon be broken!”
No one could deny that if things continued like this, hundreds of elite players would be massacred without being able to do anything.
“I can’t do this, Colonel Kim…”
Even Commander Choi Jeong-cheol decided that it would be more difficult to endure.
“If I give up on Semi-Armageddon and use all my mana to teleport, we will all be able to escape together.”
“Yes, I think it would be impossible to hold out any longer than this—”
But then a small surprise occurred.
“…Huh? They’ve stopped!”
Tsutsutsutsu……
Green Wave Aren’t those vines that used to come in like angry waves now sagging like dried seaweed?
“Huh?”
As if someone had turned off the power, countless vines stopped moving in an instant, and even the players who were responding stopped doing the same.
There was silence for a very brief moment.
Soon one player shouted.
“-What are you doing! “Right now, gather all your remaining mana and focus it on the magic shield!”
“Okay, I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s stop the Geochang bombing first!”
I don’t know what kind of change occurred, but it couldn’t have been anything other than fortunate.
And the reason why the Green Wave suddenly stopped was captured by the reconnaissance team’s magic drone.
– Chic – According to the current observation of the Giant Citadel, the Dark Elf forces have suddenly stopped. “
…What does it mean to stop?”
Commander Choi Jeong-cheol, who heard the report, asked:
– Yes, like a disabled robot, it suddenly lowered its head and did nothing, but the exact cause is not yet known. What is certain is that it appears to be incapable of combat. That
scene I couldn’t determine the exact cause of one, but I was certain that that was why those green vines stopped.
And…
“Don’t you think that’s what Hyunwook Lee did?”
“Yes, I think so too.”
It was a scene where we could be sure that he was not just playing around after disappearing without telling us for some reason.
However, apart from that, the morale of the United Human Army had completely dropped to the bottom, and there was no one who knew that Lee Hyun-wook was up to something. There were almost none, so it was natural.
“What are you doing? “Let’s get out now!”
“Yeah, you can never win this.”
A greater number of players left the battlefield, and as they gathered voluntarily, the disbandment was also quick.
And Alain Giamt also played a part in the disbandment.
He was still appearing on various broadcasts and expressing his opinion that siege warfare was crazy.
Even. …
– Ah— Players, I am Alain Giam.
His voice rang out from above the heads of the players who were engaged in battle for a while.
When I looked up and checked, a drone was flying with a high-performance magic speaker attached.
– It is not too late. So, please get out of that hellish scene quickly! That operation was nonsense in the first place! And Steelein abandoned you! “
Okay, now I admit that!”
“Ugh, I really believed in Stillein…”
Until this morning, even players who supported Stillein, considering Alain Giam’s claims to be a political maneuver, couldn’t help but feel that his voice was right in this situation.
There were even voices calling for a retreat from within ROK AMT.
“…Sergeant Ahn Min-tae, shouldn’t our unit also leave?”
A private asked that, and Ahn Min-tae, now a non-commissioned officer, boldly shook his head.
“No, don’t listen to me.”
“No matter what, the current situation…”
“I have been in this situation countless times. “Trust me, there will be a twist soon.”
“Is that… really?”
In fact, even for Ahn Min-tae, it was just a groundless belief.
However, from his experience, he knew that Lee Hyun-wook would not allow his team to be pushed back like this.
And no matter how many players were sacrificed, there was a good reason for it, so it would be the foundation for a decisive blow. “…there must
be a reason to stay here.”
– …Everyone, where are Steelaine now? If they keep holding on, they will be annihilated!
“Damn, it’s not helpful and it’s so noisy…”
He felt like shooting down that magic drone that was making noise above his head.
But then—
– Chic— Commander—
A voice flowed through Choi Jeong-cheol’s mana messenger.
– The time I was talking about has now arrived.
This voice… was none other than Lee Hyun-wook.
Choi Jeong-cheol sighed and spoke to the mana messenger without realizing it. “ Damn it
, this is the first time I feel like talking harshly to you.”
– ………
“So when on earth are you coming?”
At that moment—
– Caution! An ultra-wide teleport ‘Wight Hall’ will open in the area.
Such a system message flashed before the eyes of every player nearby.
– …Now.
Soon, a huge white ring formed in the sky, and the space inside the ring began to tremble as if crumpled and—
blah blah——!
The sky opened with an explosion and everyone raised their heads.
Woouuu——
“…Huh? “Who’s coming now?”
“That looks like a forest?”
The world beyond Wight Hall, seen from here, was filled with nothing but greenery.
Few people recognized that it was the ‘Green Hell’, an erosion area in Berlin.
But at least everyone knew what the two giant swords coming down from there were. “ Is
n’t that a Mogley on the left?”
It was the most famous and powerful sword in the world today.
With them on both sides, Steele Rain was slowly descending towards the battlefield.
“—Here he comes! Steele, he’s finally here!”
Although the players were deeply dissatisfied with his absence, they couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of anticipation just by his appearance.
But behind him was a huge swarm of bees… When I looked closely, I saw that there were dark elves riding on top of that bee.
As a result, most players could not help but feel doubt and shock.
As far as they knew, dark elves were unconditionally enemies.
At that time, Stillane’s voice rang out through ‘loudness’ magic.
– Ah— Inform the dark elves in the giant’s fortress.
The entire battlefield and the world paid attention to his voice.
What he said next was truly shocking and something no one expected.
– I am now on my way to conquer your dark elf kingdom.
“what?”
“Does that… make sense?”
The reason he hasn’t appeared until now is because he went to conquer the Dark Elf Kingdom, and that he succeeded? These
were words that were hard to believe, even for an ally.
– This is the proof . .
When Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his left hand, an iron plate moved forward. A dark elf wearing armor was tied there. The
players who did not know who it was just blinked their eyes, but except for ‘Weingard’ who would be inside the giant fortress. The dark elves were in shock,
because the dark elf was the boss monster, ‘General.’
Two silver arrows were stuck in his nape, and the ‘Spear of Achilles’ was stuck near his heart. In other words,
he was dead. Didn’t that
mean you captured an enemy general before a full-fledged battle had even begun?
– And you would also know that Weinggard had stopped. In other words, you were finished. But the royal family, who had taken power again, asked me to tell them on their behalf. He said that he would forgive his sins if he could atone now and make a contribution in this war.
Lee Hyun-wook spoke softly and flew Hugin to inspect the giant fortress.
Most of the dark elves there were ‘Weingard’ and the second prince currently sitting on the throne. It will move according to the will of.
However, a significant number of dark elves still had free will, and they were the ones who followed the ‘Great General.’
‘And they are spreading a net to neutralize the item.’
Only by limiting that would it be possible to drop the Mowglai and neutralize the magic shield of the giant fortress once and for all.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
When Lee Hyunwook was silent for a moment, the sound of the eerie wind swept across the battlefield.
– So. .. It would be better not to make a choice that would block my attack.
After Lee Hyun-wook finished speaking, he extended his left hand forward and a 100-ton giant sword began to slowly rise with its tip hanging on the floor. What
that meant was clear.
“Colonel Kim, order the entire army to prepare for march!”
In response to General Choi Jeong-cheol’s shout, Kim Kang-seok raised the Mana Messenger, and soon the ROK AMT troops scattered throughout the area, as well as all the player troops, raised their weapons in triumph.
Huwoo — —
In the meantime, Mogley soared to the right altitude.
And Lee Hyun-wook sensed that the ‘item neutralization net’ had disappeared.
“Go—”
His left hand fell to the ground and Mowglei began a high-speed fall.
Sh—i—i—i——!
Although there was no time to raise it to a low altitude, the ‘Hani’ attached to the giant sword, giving it acceleration as a whirlwind, and in just a few seconds, it entered the speed of sound with a boom sound and struck the defense shield of the giant fortress like a thunderbolt.
Uh—uh—uh—uh—uh——!
The magic shield of the giant fortress, which had not broken even after being pounded with all kinds of magic for 21 hours, stretched like plastic and then collapsed.
C’mon—c’mon—c’mon—c’mon!”
And now, the Green Wave controlled by Weingard, following the will of the Second Prince, moved in reverse and entangled the giant castle, and cracks began to form in the castle wall the size of an apartment due to the overwhelming pressure.
Then, it dug into the floor, soared up from inside the castle, and began tying up the limbs of the Titans lined up there.
They began to struggle and resist, but no matter how titan they were, they could not shake off the green wave that had been ‘cultivated’ for 21 hours.
‘Okay, if you tie your legs, you’ll be a much easier opponent.’
Hyunwook Lee lifted up the Mana Messenger.
“Commander Choi, now prepare for a semi-Armageddon. … We will wipe out all at once.”
At that moment, the world could not help but feel wonder once again at Steelein’s name. An
unbelievable thing happened: the giant’s fortress, which had not budged even after being pounded for 21 hours, fell in just a few minutes after his appearance. That is how humanity lost its power
. A counterattack has begun.
