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< Don't misunderstand >
The rock of Sisyphus began to roll at a furious pace.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
Those who saw the rock screamed and ran in all directions. The rock rolled at a tremendous speed and crushed and trampled their ground.
Crunch, crunch! Crunch!
Bursting houses, buildings, crude altars and statues.
The rock of Sisyphus, crushing everything, fell upon the fleeing creatures in its gigantic shadow.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Flesh and blood were thickly smeared on the shiny black surface. Screams and cries played as background music.
The soldiers following me cheered enthusiastically.
“Wow!”
“It’s the best!”
Because the blood and flesh on the rock originally belonged to the monster they were supposed to be fighting.
I checked the outside situation with a monitor from inside the rock.
“Orc colony. Cleared.”
In the colony of orcs that once numbered over a thousand, not a single living orc was seen any longer.
I heard an answer from the commander of the military unit following me.
[Thank you for your hard work. Please take a short break. We will move on after we have cleaned up the scene.]
I answered that I understood, then turned the steering wheel to the side to give way to the soldiers.
The cockpit chair, monitor, and steering wheel inside the rock were the ones that Jang Young-shin had added a few days ago while remodeling the rock.
That guy. He was having so much fun working as Abraxas’ assistant.
The little boy sitting in the passenger seat eating popcorn pointed to the left monitor with his finger.
“Look over there, mister. The clouds are···”
A total of 16 monitors were installed in the cockpit, allowing for a view of all directions.
I looked in the direction the kid was pointing and frowned slightly.
“···It’s gotten redder in the meantime.”
The clouds, which had become redder than before, were getting lower and lower.
– A week has passed since the second disaster,
A lot has happened in the meantime.
On the first day, the city suffered considerable damage due to the suddenly reddened sky, pouring rain, and crazy monsters.
Still, it was a small amount compared to my previous life.
Because I blocked the rock of Sisyphus, which caused the most damage, with little damage.
Is it just that they blocked it?
I never imagined that recycling could be used as such a great labor force.
[Team Leader, I think it’s okay to start over again.]
“Where should I go?”
[If you go west, there is a slime colony. We plan to subdue them there today.]
“All right.”
I set off on the rock right away.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The Rock of Sisyphus, which had grown to 200 meters in diameter in just a few days, was now visible from tens of kilometers away.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Everywhere a rock passed, it became a path.
Now, small and medium-sized monsters don’t even come near here. I’ve seen my allies who attacked first end up like tomatoes at a tomato festival many times.
You don’t have to worry about large or monster-level monsters, since you’ll have to go much deeper to encounter them.
A few days ago, when I said I would control this giant rock, almost every guild stood up and opposed me.
“It’s too dangerous!”
“Is it morally right to tame a monster that has killed hundreds of people?”
“It is also for the advancement of science to dismantle such large monsters and study them all together…”
Of course, it was all bullshit. They just didn’t want a huge weapon in my hands.
So I also put some thought into it.
They contacted the government and said they would participate in the ‘National Land Recovery Project’, and dragged the Sisyphus’ rock out and showed off their crazy activities outside the restricted area.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The achievement of slaughtering thousands of monsters and destroying dozens of monster villages in a single day was enough to fascinate government officials.
in result,
“You’re saying that you’ve obtained the first state-licensed large monster driver’s license?”
I looked proudly at the picture frame on one side of the cockpit, my driver’s license inside.
Dude. You’re so unconventionally handsome.
“Oh my. There’s too much Photoshop.”
I looked back at the kid with a dumbfounded expression. What?
“Photoshop? Who taught you that?”
“It was the same with Hogu and Sirutteok. They said that they wouldn’t even pass the ID check with that.”
Those kids. Looks like they’re about to get some training.
Slime habitats are starting to appear.
Slime is a squishy, amorphous liquid monster that is one of the monsters that both superhumans and soldiers hate to face.
It doesn’t die easily, and its body contains acid, which corrodes weapons and armor. In addition, it turns the area around its habitat into a swamp.
Of course, such characteristics are of no use in the face of this ‘Sojaeang’-class giant weapon.
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“Let’s finish this quickly and go back.”
I started increasing the rock output to push the slime habitat away.
-Crack, crack, crackle!
Green, yellow, and red jellies burst out from all directions, looking like multi-colored fireworks.
“Can I try it too?”
I handed the steering wheel over to the rambunctious brat, placed my feet on the empty seat above the cockpit, placed my head on my hands, yawned, and sunk deeper into the seat.
“It’s good. This feeling of taking life easy….”
It would be perfect, if not for the red fog that’s creeping in.
I stared blankly at the approaching red fog and thought.
‘The second disaster came sooner… Could it be because of me?’
The second disaster,
I’ve been thinking about why for the past week, and I’ve come up with a hypothesis.
-Gate Chain Reaction-
This was something that a scholar announced in the past and caused controversy, but in short, ‘when a strong gate occurs, it also affects other gates that occur later.’
That is, my recent visit to the continent of Gaia may have influenced the current situation.
‘I forcibly opened a dimension that shouldn’t have been open in the first place and came back… and on top of that, I even brought a dragon with me when I came.’
Of course, this is just a hypothesis. It is quite possible that other variables that I am not aware of have occurred.
As of now, nothing is certain.
“Sir, it’s all over!”
“···Oh, really?”
I patted the little one’s head for wanting praise and grabbed the handle again.
The voice of a military commander came from the speaker.
[Thank you for your hard work. Now we will clean up this place.]
I moved the rock aside and watched the soldiers work.
As it was a habitat for acidic monsters, they sprayed a large amount of neutralizer and quickly built a base.
From the orc colony I just organized to here.
It will take more time, but this land will now be incorporated into the national territory.
of course,
“What should I build here···.”
I already bought all the land around here.
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“Please send an elite team from each guild to investigate the fog.”
That was the conclusion reached by President Kim Soo-ho after five emergency response meetings.
As for
The government evacuated citizens from western regions where the fog was approaching, and factories began mass-producing gas masks.
But that was the bare minimum.
If the red fog cannot be fundamentally eliminated, all other measures are just stopgap measures.
In just a month, people won’t be able to leave their homes without wearing gas masks.
In the fog, it will become increasingly difficult for superhumans to fight monsters, and conversely, monsters will become stronger in the fog.
So, the investigation team was decided.
I must venture beyond the restricted area to the west, where the red fog is rolling in, and find a way to solve the problem.
“I will go.”
I volunteered for the investigation team. No one knows more about this fog and the unknown areas that have not yet been explored than I do.
‘We need to find out the exact reason. There is no way to prevent other disasters from coming sooner.’
What if disasters strike all at once?
I couldn’t imagine anything more horrible.
Departure is tomorrow.
I’ve been preparing to walk into disaster for the past week. I’ve had most of the necessary preparations done.
‘The monsters we encounter along the way aren’t a big problem. I know the general path to where the fog is coming from. The problem is…’
Without realizing it, a sigh and a soliloquy escaped my lips.
“···The timing was off.”
In conclusion, the second disaster,
Luna, the saint of the continent of Gaia.
A girl chosen by ‘Lu’, the god of life and the state religion of the empire.
To ‘completely remove’ the
Once the two dimensions were naturally connected, I planned to go back to the Gaia continent and bring the saintess back.
how?
It was simple, just go to the Lu Church with a suitable treasure and use Abraxas’ connections.
By doing so, the complex political and religious processes that had been carried out by past governments, empires, and the Lu sect could be skipped in one fell swoop.
‘It was a perfect plan···.’
Why can’t we just go to the Gaia continent and bring them over right now?
It’s no use going.
Right now, Luna has not yet been chosen as a saint. We have to wait at least 5 more months.
It’s hard to imagine how much this city’s population will shrink in five months.
“It’s annoying, but I have to find out for myself. What can I do?”
It was while I was packing my bags in a hesitant manner.
-Bang!
The door to my room opened as if it was going to burst open, and Abraxas, his black hair billowing, rushed in and stopped right in front of me. Our faces almost touched.
“I opened my eyes!”
“···Don’t cut it off, tell me the subject first. What is it?”
Looking at those bright eyes, it seems like something exciting has happened again.
“That green alien. He opened his eyes! I was just talking to him a moment ago.”
“Oh really? That’s good.”
In fact, I had completely forgotten about it until Abraxas spoke again.
A green alien inside the devil’s body.
I don’t know which dimension he came from, but I haven’t had any business with him since I removed the black stone embedded in his chest.
Oh, Blackstone was left in the lab. Thanks to that, Jang Young-shin said she’s been cooped up in the lab these days, not even sleeping.
Child, you will grow up to be great.
Abraxas said.
“But that otherworldly person said he had something he wanted to talk to you about.”
“Me? I have nothing to say.”
There was nothing pleasant about meeting him. It was annoying when he asked me to give him the Black Stone again.
Abraxas nodded, as if he had expected that.
“I thought and talked about it too. I’m much more capable than you when it comes to having an intellectual conversation. But I still have something to tell you.”
Are you secretly criticizing me right now?
Anyway, I started to dislike meeting him more and more because he said that I had to meet him.
“I’m busy right now. Can’t you see I’m packing?”
“They said it was a story about red fog.”
“···what?”
A while later, I met a green alien lying on the bed and heard an amazing story.
The otherworlder introduced himself as Kiri from the Kingdom of Lorou. Thanks to the interpretation magic cast by Abraxas, we were able to have a direct conversation.
“Thank you for saving me.”
“I didn’t come here to hear that kind of story. Do you have something to say about the red fog?”
Kiri shook her head vigorously from side to side.
It was after a bit of yelling—”Is this kid kidding me!”—that I realized that it was a nod to the Earth.
“···Ahem. So what do you want to say?”
“I know how to clear the fog.”
“······.”
There was silence in the room for a while. I looked at Kiri with suspicious eyes.
“Is it true?”
“Yes. I have heard from Abraxas that the fog poses a threat to your lives.”
“So? You’re going to tell me how to do it?”
Kiri nodded. It was the opposite of what I knew.
“If you would grant me a favor.”
“See this? He’s asking me to hand over my bundle after I pulled him out of the water. He said thank you for saving him earlier.”
“I don’t know what you meant before, but… instead of saving me, you took my ‘Ron’. It’s like a second heart to our species. Isn’t that a draw?”
‘Ron’ seems to be referring to Blackstone. I remained silent for a moment and glared at Kiri.
“How can I trust you? How do I know if you can really clear that fog?”
“You can trust me because…”
Ssssssssut.
As Kiri waved his hand in the air, fog began to appear in front of him.
The color was lighter, but I could tell it was some kind of red fog.
“Because I created that fog.”
“······.”
“You believe me now, right? Then please do me a favor…”
“wait for a sec.”
I got up from my seat and stretched my body. I started by stretching my neck, and then I worked especially hard on my shoulders, waist, and wrists.
Kiri tilted her head and looked at me, as if she couldn’t understand such behavior during the conversation.
“Is that also a custom on Earth?”
“Oh. Right.”
I nodded. Then I reached out and grabbed Kiri by the collar.
“We always do this before we hear a request from the other person. So don’t misunderstand?”
< Don't misunderstand > End
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