Episode 183 [Second Clash – 1]
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People around the world are watching and cheering for humanity’s counterattack taking place on Mount Othris. there was.
– …It is truly an amazing sight.
The MCs of [Kill the Monster] also repeatedly expressed their admiration while broadcasting the scene live.
– This time, he did it again, Steele.
– Yes, I don’t know what number it is. This scene, this situation, this feeling happens so often, but strangely enough, it continues to shock me.
About ten minutes ago, in the first battlefield, the magic shield of the giant fortress was broken by Lee Hyeon-wook’s Moglei drop.
Immediately after that, Choi Jeong-cheol’s ‘Semi-Armageddon’ was so hot that the Titans with their legs tied were swept away like bowling balls.
With that alone, dozens of Titans fell to the brink of death, and the ‘Green Wave’ controlled by Weingard completely engulfed their bodies.
In other words, we were completely defenseless…
“—Now! All troops charge!”
The players who had been suffering so far advanced furiously and poured out all kinds of skills as if to vent their anger at the half-dead titans. One by one, the 15m long titans collapsed like
dead trees from the edge.
Then, about 10 kilometers from there, the second titan fell down. The battlefield also followed a similar structure.
– Ah! Now, let’s move on to battlefield 2. Can you hear special correspondent Josh Paul, who is in battlefield 2?
[Kill the Monster] In response to the MC’s question, the screen pans to battlefield 2 and the sunglasses go down. An image of Josh Paul, the man who wrote:
“Ah okay — this is the second battlefield where I am now.”
– Now, the first battlefield seems to have ensured victory. What is the situation there?
“Hahaha—it’s going very interestingly. “Just a minute ago, we were preparing to retreat because we had lost our minds, but after Steele Rain appeared there, those damn vines even bound the giants here!”
As he was not a professional reporter, he was unable to process gazes and looked around distractedly.
“…But unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to break through the magic shield here. Hey, Steele Rain—please finish there and come here as soon as possible!”
But that was then.
– Caution! ‘The Power of Hecatoncheires—Meteo’ begins in that area!
“Huh? What is this?”
– Josh What’s going on?
“Uh… shit I don’t know how to explain it, so just see for yourself.”
At that time, the camera’s focus went up to the sky.
– Uh… is there a hole in the sky?
As the MC asked, several holes were popping up in the sky.
Go—oh—oh—oh——
They were black portals.
“Oh, it looks like someone is about to do something big… I’ve never seen anything like that before.”
Soon, huge black rocks started pouring down like rain from within.
Whoo-woo-woo-woo-woo!
It could be seen as a meteorite or a meteor shower.
Qua-and-and-and-and-and!
Those were the giant castle. As he fell and hit the magic shield, strange black smoke rose as if a chemical reaction was taking place, and the magic shield began to melt like cheese.
“Damn—I don’t know what it is, but it’s amazing!”
“Alright, let’s go and sweep it up—!”
The players waiting at the second battlefield cheered at the scene and began charging.
But that wasn’t the end.
“Ah! Those meteorites are starting to fly again!”
On the hill behind, a tall wizard was swinging a huge staff.
And under his command, weren’t black meteorites soaring into the air again?
“Oh—it seems like the gravity wizard who adheres to mysticism has been exercising his powers lately? Hahaha—it’s truly a day full of things to see!”
Seongyoon Lee He reversed the gravity of a specific area and caused the ‘meteorites’ to rise again.
And what went up was bound to fall.
“There’s another meteor shower!”
He even adjusted the trajectory of the meteorites through detailed gravity control to hit each titan’s head.
Burr! Burr!
“…You’re a gravity wizard after all!”
“Damn, I had forgotten about his performance, but he is the best!”
In this way, the flag of humanity was able to be planted on the second battlefield, the Giant Citadel.
– …It is said that 145 animals were hunted in the first battlefield and 131 were hunted in the second battlefield! It was easier to handle numbers that were twice the number caught in the giant slalom earlier. I think it’s safe to say that these are all Steele’s achievements!
At that time, Lee Hyun-wook had already occupied the giant fortress and was standing on top of it, looking down at the corpses of the giants.
One of them had Lee Hyun-wook’s mogley stuck in its neck. It was the most powerful elite monster in this fortress, and like other titans, half of its body was entangled in green waves.
Thanks to that restraint, even though it was a level 209 elite monster, it was able to suffocate in an instant.
‘The boss monsters, the named Titans Atlas and Kronos, will be in the deepest part of the Giant Fortress.’
They couldn’t be defeated as easily as they are now, so they would have to join Lee Seong-yoon’s side and attack them together.
At that time, Hyunwook Lee’s Mana Messenger rang.
– Chick— ah — can you hear me?
This voice was Emilia Müller.
“Say yes.”
– Now that the ‘valve installation’ has been completed, please signal at any time.
Before leaving for the Dark Elf Kingdom, Lee Hyun-wook had asked her for a few things to prepare for what would happen in the future.
She is now in a completely different place, and only she can do this. I was working on something.
“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”
– Okay, Peter is always on standby in front of Mana Messenger, so call him anytime.
“But just in case, please raise your divinity concentration to the maximum even if it is a little difficult.”
– Don’t worry, I’m the more expert on that.
Boom—
Then, the last Titan Hoplite fell, and shouts of victory erupted from everywhere.
“—We won!”
The shout soon turned into a voice chanting Stillane’s name.
“K-I always believed in Stillane—!”
“I doubted it, but now I believe it unconditionally!”
“As expected, if we have him, we will definitely win!”
But Lee Hyun-wook was not yet relieved.
‘…You never know when and where a bomb will fall.’
He lifted Hugin into the sky and looked closely at the battlefield where the Titan’s corpses were strewn about.
Tsutsutsutsu——
Sand was flowing like water between the green waves on the floor.
The one controlling it was the villain Connor O’Neill, known as the Sandcastle Ruler.
He was a player on the Omega team and the same [Grand Pinette] team as Alain Giam.
But strangely, he did not follow Alain Giam and was still participating in the battle.
Some media outlets said that there would be discord between the two, but the truth is…
‘The reason is to target me.’
Lee Hyun-wook may not have any justification for not dealing with him yet, but his intention was to target the moment he attacked and make the world aware of the existence of the ‘villain’.
In any case, all superficial danger elements have appeared so far, including the Titan Army, Dark Elf Army, and Black Orc Army.
However, only one villain was still not at the forefront.
‘Even though I ruined their plans by conquering the Dark Elf Kingdom, I will never give up.’
They probably knew that if they didn’t stop him now, they wouldn’t be able to stop Lee Hyun-wook… so they were going to pull out the final card from within this [Titanomachia].
That’s—
‘—Necromancer….’
Lee Hyun-wook was preparing for his second meeting with the guy.
***
About 5km away from the Othrys Mountain battlefield, a camp was set up for players who had deserted from the United Human Army.
A simple studio for a broadcasting station was set up there, and some famous players, including Alain Giam, were sitting in the studio and broadcasting live.
They had been discussing and explaining the [Titanomachia] situation since yesterday…
“……”
Now, there was a rather long silence.
The reason was the appearance of Steele Rain.
The moment he appeared, the panelists, including Alain Gidam, closed their mouths and had no intention of opening them.
“…….”
The stance of this broadcast so far has been focused on criticizing Steele Lane.
Therefore, the moment he appeared and changed the situation in an instant, they had no choice but to become mute, and the MC had to do the commentary alone throughout the battle.
Finally, the MC couldn’t stand it anymore and opened his mouth, glaring at Alain Giam.
“Hmm… Monsieur Jiam, so… how can I explain this? The reason Steelaine hasn’t appeared until now is because they were conquering the Dark Elf Kingdom… Is this true?”
“…….”
“…Please tell me something, Monsieur Giam.”
Alain Giam couldn’t answer the MC’s question.
“…….”
It was because he didn’t know how obscene it would look to hang out here with steel rain in his mouth until the end.
And the viewers who were watching this broadcast right now. As expected, he suddenly turned around and started criticizing Alain Giam.
He eventually got up and said,
“…I’ll stop here.”
“yes?”
Excessive envy and jealousy cloud rational judgment.
However, the reason he has kept Stillane in check until now was not because of such personal feelings, but rather a strategic choice based on solid evidence.
‘This was a structure that Steele Lane could never pull off.’
That’s why he actively played a media role in order to control the situation…
“But who would have thought that the fucking Dark Elf army would take his side… This is a variable that is completely outside of common sense!”
Unable to suppress the anger rising inside him, he swore out loud words and walked out of the studio tent.
While he was walking with a sigh, he suddenly stopped and slowly looked back.
“Huh? “Who called me now?”
But there was no one in sight. The moment my fever rose and I thought I was hallucinating—
– Monsieur —
it wasn’t an auditory hallucination.
A voice came from far away between two tents. But the owner of that voice was nowhere to be seen.
He felt ominous and let mana flow into both hands.
If you apply a little force like this, dozens of magic missiles will be sprayed.
– Monsieur, there is no need to be cautious. Now, I have something to tell you. Would you please come inside the tent for a moment?
Now that I think about it, I can’t hear that voice. In other words, it was not a sound wave moving through air.
This was ‘telepathy’, a magic that allows only a specific target to hear their voice.
“Who are you, sneaking up on me?”
– Monsieur Meeting secretly is very important and beneficial to both parties.
After a moment of thought, he opened the tent where the telepathy was coming from and went in.
This is a space connected to the studio and seemed to be a place to store broadcasting equipment, but now no one is there. There wasn’t.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh—
In one corner, a man wearing a purple mask appeared.
He slowly approached.
“Monsieur, please take this.”
What he held out was some kind of letter.
– You have obtained the ‘Black Invitation’.
“…What is this?”
[Item Information]
– Name: Black Invitation
– Effect: Unknown
“Monsieur, we would like to invite you to our organization. If you infuse mana there, you will receive an invitation.”
“…what? “What organization are you talking about?”
However, the other person did not readily answer, and at that moment, Alain Giam realized the identity of the organization.
“Could it be… this is the organization that Steele Rain exposed?”
“Yes, that’s right. But it’s a little different from his argument. “If Monsieur Giam hears about our cause and what we are doing, he will never think negatively about us.”
At those words, Alain Giam felt an instinctive repulsion and took a step back.
“What kind of nonsense is this?…”
No matter how much I hated Steele Lane, or even if I hated it, I couldn’t carelessly get involved with such unidentifiable crazy people.
Then the masked man took a step closer and stuck his head in.
“Monsieur—We are trying to complete a world led by players… rather than a society with an unstable structure like now.”
At that moment, Alain Giam’s eyebrows twitched.
Because that was his goal too.
The reason he ran a private organization called [Pouture] was to create a player-led world.
Today’s players were in fact a new class, but the vast majority were still ‘ordinary people’, so laws and policies that limited and checked player rule were taken for granted.
He often argued that such a trend was ruining human security and hindering progress.
“But these goals require a bit of violence. That’s what all system changes do in the first place, don’t you think, Monsieur?”
“Hmm… That sounds kind of interesting.”
“I expected that Monsieur Ye would agree with this opinion.”
Yes, Alain Giam strongly sympathized with the words of this masked man, but he did not show it. But I couldn’t help but notice that my aversion to him gradually began to turn into curiosity.
“But the biggest obstacle to that ideal view of the future is definitely Steele Rain.”
“So you tried to remove it several times but failed? “Like in Dresden a few days ago.”
At those words, the masked man took a step closer.
“Yes, but I won’t fail this time.”
“what? “If this is the time, when will you… Of course, you’re planning to attack from behind during the battle?”
A strange laughter came out from behind the mask.
“…So Monsieur, would you please help us? We will do everything possible to create a net so that he cannot escape in any way. Now, if you agree with me, please infuse the invitation with mana.”
Alain Giam thought about those words for a moment, then gave mana to the invitation.
“Villain Quest….”
***
– Victory Flag No. 1 has been captured!
* All stats are temporarily increased. (+10%)
– Victory Flag No. 2 has been captured!
* All stats are temporarily increased. (+10%) After the victory
flag capture of the 1st and 2nd battlefields was completed, a buff effect was granted to all players participating in Titanomachia.
Commanders from each group gathered on a fortress in the 1st battlefield to conduct future operations. “…it would be best to first join the players on the second battlefield at
this point and then attack the third battlefield step by step.”
And the design of the operation was definitely led by Lee Hyun-wook.
“Now we have the ‘Weingard’, the elite unit of the Dark Elves. And since we can use the item neutralization chain that blocked my Mogley drop, we will be able to block the Titans’ javelin bombardment as well.”
At his explanation, the commanders nodded without saying a word.
“It would be perfect if it worked out that way.”
“…Steelane, I will only trust you.”
Lee Hyun-wook looked at the commanders one by one. Their eyes contained more courage than ever before.
They must have doubted Lee Hyun-wook even for a moment.
However, when confidence is gained again after doubt, faith is bound to become stronger. .
These were now Lee Hyun-wook’s weapons.
“Now, let’s go.”
The commanders nodded at Lee Hyun-wook’s words and took out their Mana Messengers to issue orders to their respective groups.
But then—
“…no, you can’t go anywhere.”
A voice intervened and poured cold water, making everyone turn their heads towards it.
“-huh?”
“What do you mean?”
It was Connor O’Neill, a young white guy with a ginger style, who said,
“Ugh—you should all be buried here together.”
He stretched out his hands to the sky, opened his palms, and smiled:
“I’ll make that grave—!”
At that moment—the giant castle they were standing on collapsed and everyone lost their balance and scattered.
“Phew!”
“Damn it—”
Soon, sand rose up from all directions, formed a huge hand… and fell on Lee Hyun-wook’s head.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu——!
“Gasp! Steele Lane…”
They all realized what this scene meant.
Another assassination attempt by an evil organization took place.
“Oh no! We have to save him!”
Kwagwagwagwagwa——!
However, they had no choice but to survive individually as pillars of sand rose up from all directions and hit like drills.
“Damn it, boss—!”
Kim Se-hee created a wind and chased after Lee Hyun-wook, pushing the sand away, but he was out of sight. Because of the sand and dust that filled the area, visibility was not secured properly. “
Hahaha
” I finally caught Steele! “I took out that moglai and caught it so tightly that you didn’t even have time to swing it, so you’re finished!”
Only Connor O’Neill’s fishy voice rang out.
The guy was floating in the air with dozens of layers of sand wrapped around his body. Kim Se-hee threw a blade of wind at it, but was unable to pierce a few of them.
“You can never break through this ‘sand armor’ like that, so don’t lose your strength!”
Then, the guy opened both his hands and put them together, and two huge sand hands were formed….
Kwa-ang–!
He slammed his palms together as if catching an insect, and as expected, it was an attack directed at Lee Hyun-wook.
That’s as many as 3. The dog’s sandy grip was grasping Lee Hyun-wook.
“Huh—did I do something that no one else could do, subdue Steele? Ugh, this is what caused that great necromancer to go astray, right?”
And every time he waved both hands, sand spewed out from the jar on his back and wrapped around the three hands that grabbed Lee Hyun-wook.
“You know that not even a titan could break my sand bindings, right? Ugh—I’ll never be able to escape.”
He smiled arrogantly.
But then—
pop—
“…Huh?”
He felt a strange sensation, and it was a mysterious pain.
At that moment, blood poured out of his mouth.
“Boo—”
He slowly lowered his head. When he got off… there was a stick stuck in his heart on the left side of his chest.
It was a silver arrow.
“How…”
This was a phenomenon he couldn’t understand.
A ‘sand armor’ that surrounds the body with thousands of layers of sand. ‘ couldn’t be pierced by most attacks.
Of course, no one would have the talent to block a reckless blow like a Mowglai, but even if you shot a hundred or thousand arrows, they wouldn’t be able to remove even a single layer of sand. “Uh
… “A gap?”
Only then did he see that there was a hole in his sand armor, as if it had been drilled.
“Huh? Why on earth…”
But I still couldn’t understand.
His sand control ability absolutely cannot tolerate such a gap.
I have never made this mistake before.
Sisishishish——
He looked around with red, bloodshot eyes and noticed that some of his sand was moving against his will.
That was towards the three grips where Steele Lane was being held…
Sisishishish——
He was naturally passing through the sand restraints.
“Don’t say anything… I don’t…”
With every step he took, the sand under Connor O’Neill’s control scattered up, down, left and right, opening a path.
“How could you, you, my sand…”
And the power that moved the sand was flowing from a sphere floating behind Lee Hyun-wook’s back.
That’s……
“Damn it, it’s an earth spirit…”
A grade or higher earth spirit was following Lee Hyun-wook.
“Tsk tsk—You’re such a piece of shit, are you? Is it possible to build a sand castle without that much detail?”
That’s right. Hyunwook Lee was hiding Maru’s identity for this time in order to catch Connor O’Neill off guard.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu of!”
Connor O’Neil let out a diatribe and tried to sweep away Hyunwook Lee, who controlled the sand, but was unable to do so due to Maru’s obstruction. If his
body was fine, he would have demonstrated a sand control ability stronger than that of an A-class earth spirit, but now his heart There was an arrow stuck in the…
It was not possible to stop the flow of sand from creating holes in various places, and Lee Hyun-wook’s steel weapons passed through them all along the length and breadth of the sand.
And all
over the guy’s body. “Ugh—”
In
the end, the sand curtain that had covered the entire world fell in the direction of gravity.
When Lee Hyun-wook gestured, the metal embedded in Connor O’Neill’s body turned into a ring and wrapped around his limbs, and when he gestured again, the bastard fell. He was dragged in like a dog.
“So…”
He whispered in a low voice while grabbing Connor O’Neill by the back of his neck.
“…Where is the real one other than a bridesmaid like you?”
“what? What is that…”
At that time—
– Caution! A ‘death destination’ has been declared in the area!
“…You’ve come at the right time.”
After discovering such a system message, I looked at the surroundings from Hugin’s point of view.
Before I knew it, the ground in the area had turned into black slush and was bubbling up.
Creep! Creep!
What that meant was simple.
‘…The controller of death . It’s an appearance.’
Lee Hyun-wook broke Connor O’Neill’s neck, lifted his body into the air, and looked down at the ground.
Knock! Knock!
Several kilometers around the area were throbbing with the power of death, and the corpses of titans lying on top of them began to wriggle.
” “Okay, welcome…”
This was the moment he had been looking forward to.
“I have prepared a gift for you… I hope you don’t go back empty-handed this time.”
