How to Survive as a Player Chapter 200

#200

The monsters let out cries and roars as they tore through the vast battlefield, tearing and crushing people as they rushed towards the fortress. Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of monsters large and small were approaching us, forming a line like a ridge with their eyes glaring.

It was a battlefield that could only be described as slaughter. With a single wave of the monster’s hand, dozens of soldiers were torn apart and helplessly scattered across the floor. With no time to do anything, he was trampled and trampled to death.

Sehyeon held her trembling fingertips tightly and moved her gaze around to find the place where the monsters appeared. And he discovered a place where monsters were particularly crowded. It was a place where red ash clumped together like tar.

Monsters were being born in the ashes.

“… “Where are Fen, Ruhak, and the others?”

“Currently, the Grand Duke and the leader are suppressing the monsters flocking to the castle walls, and Muan has moved to the right side of the battlefield to prevent landslides caused by heavy rain.”

Finding Ruhak and Euncheong in the chaotic battlefield was not easy. Sehyeon stopped wandering aimlessly and moved to the place where the dam was.

It wasn’t until I got to the edge of the castle wall that I could see the dam’s river flowing wildly through the rain. The water level was now dangerously high. It’s to the point where it’s a relief that the dam didn’t collapse.

There wasn’t much left to reach the ‘acceptance range’ that Fan had mentioned. Yet, no one showed up. Kwak Jeong-han, Fan, and even Baek Do-hyeon.

“Pen, what happened to the weapons you were preparing in the Empire?”

The outcome of the battlefield will depend on what happens to the harpoon-shaped weapon the empire was preparing. Pen looked at Sehyun’s gaze with a somewhat dark look.

The answer was found in the silence. That something was wrong.

Rumbling!

Suddenly, a thunderous sound cut through the air. The sound of the rain got stronger, and my body became wet from the rain. Sehyeon blocked the rain with his hand and looked up into the empty sky. In the dark sky, there was a red moon so large that it could swallow the world.

And next to it-

“What are you guys doing so foolishly? hurry… .”

Kwasik-!

Someone’s urgent cry rang out from behind me. But those words were drowned out by a terrible sound that interrupted them.

Where I reflexively turned my head, there was a knight falling over as if he was collapsing. But the only thing that collapsed was the body. The knight’s head was being chewed by the hand of a monster whose eyes were wide open.

It was a flying monster. Sehyeon immediately took out the bow on his back and grabbed it. But before that, Pen’s dagger slit the monster’s throat.

“Lord, you need to get to a safe place.”

Fen brushed off the rainwater from his sword and spoke while being wary of his surroundings. Already in the sky, flying monsters were lowering themselves as if descending towards the castle wall. Monsters were swarming not only in the sky, but also under the walls, trampling on each other to climb the walls.

The number of monsters that had multiplied had already exceeded the number of private soldiers.

I had no idea what to do or what to do.

“Since when… Was it like this?”

“It started raining about three hours ago. Before that, the red ash caught fire and the surrounding area was a sea of ​​fire. Then the rain fell, the monster’s hand materialized, and monsters began to be born from the red ash accumulated on the floor. “This is the situation from then until now.”

“The weapon is.”

“… The Eastern Empire stationed across from us used weapons first, but it has currently failed. Even though all the wizards were used to adjust the weight using gravity, the catapult’s propulsion was not enough for the weapon to reach the monster’s hand. So… .”

Pen’s gaze was focused on a certain section of the battlefield. Sehyeon’s gaze also followed this. The far end of the battlefield, its shape blurred by the rain. In a place where monsters were especially piled up, a huge harpoon was left stuck in the ground at an angle. It was a weapon that fell after the failure of the Eastern Empire.

Not only was it stuck so deep that it could not be removed, but there were too many monsters on the battlefield to retrieve the harpoon. The situation itself was not favorable. Now that I had failed, I had to assume that the opportunity was already gone.

“So this side isn’t even trying at all?”

“… yes.”

Pen conveyed the reality in a heavy voice. Yes, to throw such a huge harpoon, equivalent strength was needed. Moreover, isn’t the target the hand of a monster floating in the dark sky?

If you could succeed in covering an uncalculated distance in one go without even trying, it was pure luck. It was natural that it would fail.

What should I do? What should I do… .

I was so anxious that my fingertips naturally tightened. Currently, in the sky, the hand of a perfectly materialized monster was moving dully. Every time his blunt hand bent, a huge thunderclap came from the sky, and corroded remains rained down onto the battlefield.

It was sticky tar from which monsters were born.

To stop the monsters from appearing, the giant monster’s hand had to be destroyed. Even though I fully understand this fact, my mind went blank due to confusion.

Even more so, if there was a way to lift the harpoon-

“… Mr. Owl.”

Suddenly, Owl’s image came to mind. Perhaps, if it’s an Owl with the <Giant Steel Fire> skill, wouldn’t it be possible for him to hold a harpoon and throw it? As soon as that thought came to mind, Sehyun jumped out of his seat and moved again. The location was in the center of the fortress.

“Pen, do your best to protect the castle. “You have to hold on until Kwak Jeong-han comes.”

“yes.”

It was at that time that a huge explosion was heard.

Kwaaang-!!

Sehyeon stopped in his tracks and looked down the castle wall. As far as Sehyeon knew, there was only one person who could maintain that level of firepower even in the pouring rain. Ruhak.

Almost before she realized it, a familiar hand came out through the smoke covering her vision, brushed Sehyun’s cheek, and caressed her ear. The smoke soon disappeared as if drowned out by the sound of heavy rain.

Standing in front of Sehyun was Ruhak, whose wet body showed traces of a desperate struggle.

“Why did you come out?”

Sharp eyes turned to the long scar on Sehyun’s cheek. The eyes immediately turned to Fen standing next to him.

“Don’t stare at the pen. “It’s because I broke the door and scratched it to come out.”

“Good job.”

Insensitive, no. It was a sarcastic tone. Ruhak gently brushed away Sehyun’s blonde hair that was drooping from the rain. It was as if Nelus knew exactly where and how he had touched it. The hand fell after caressing all the areas where Nelus’ hand had burned.

“Ruhak, did you see anything in your dream? “I don’t know what to do.”

“Dreams show very fragmentary things, so they cannot become a perfect one. Unfortunately, all I have seen are scenes from the beginning and end of destruction.”

They said there was no process. Sehyeon’s gaze turned towards the cruel battlefield. There were monsters rushing towards the castle wall.

As a result of what we have seen so far, the areas that the monsters are targeting are limited. They usually rush towards one place and show a clear purpose. It was on the side where the catapult with the weapon was placed.

What the monsters were aiming for in the first place might have been weapons.

“Let’s go to the fortress.”

Sehyeon picked up where he had stopped and ran up the castle wall again. In the center of the fortress, which we reached without stopping, there was a weapon wrapped in cloth left on a catapult. Beneath the armor, a man who appeared to be a wizard was crouching and trembling.

“all… Ugh, everyone is going to die… going to be… . If I knew it would be like this… I am also following the elder… .”

The wizard’s hand covering his head was trembling convulsively. It wasn’t just the wizards, but also the soldiers and mercenaries crouching around them. Everyone was scared and trembling.

Keweeeeek-!

“Aaaah! Please, save me! “Please save me!”

The wizard, who was crouching on the floor trembling at the sound of the monster’s cries, grabbed Sehyeon’s legs and began to hang on to them. I could feel the fear and despair as he was crying and crying.

The monster, which was descending with its wings spread, was swept away by the explosion with a clicking sound. Next to it, the movement of a pen was seen slitting the throat of a monster climbing up the castle wall.

“Everyone prepare for Mugu’s catapult! This is your Majesty’s command! Prepare for dialysis!”

Someone’s loud voice rang out through the sound of rain. The people who were screaming raised their heads one by one and stared blankly at the middle-aged knight who opened the gate and came out. But soon, everyone became thoughtful and refuted.

“W-what are you talking about! “Didn’t you see that the Eastern Empire’s military failed?!”

“This is ridiculous! “Didn’t the Eastern Empire fail even though it had more magicians than us?”

“Even if we let it fly, we’ll all die for sure… !”

“I told you to get ready right away.”

A low voice came out of the knight’s mouth like a growl. At those words, the surroundings fell silent. The shaking eyes kept moving from knight to catapult as if they were lost.

Regardless of whether the weapon flew or not, in the current situation, it was no different from death. The use of weapons was like a kind of justification. It is a moral pledge that the Western Empire, like the Eastern Empire, worked hard until the end and fought against disaster without retreating an inch.

However, if he loses his weapon now, all of Sehyeon’s plans will come to naught.