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“Team Leader. Is something good happening?”
Cheon Seol-ah, who was putting on my armor, tilted her head and asked. It seemed like she was curious about my snickering behavior from earlier.
“That’s…. Pfft….”
I tried to suppress my laughter, but every time I looked towards Shelter 4 to the west, a giggle escaped my lips.
“I got some of the overdue bonus yesterday.”
The fourth shelter was defended by the Black Hound Guild.
“Bonus?”
I was afraid that Cheon Seol-ah might misunderstand, so I explained it a little more specifically.
“Oh, not here, but at the company I used to work for. But I think the boss there was stingy with the bonus he gave me.”
How pitiful it was, [darkness] had been rising up from the direction of the 4th shelter since morning.
Just then, darkness burst forth again from the direction of Shelter 4.
-Poohwaaaaak!
I [Darkness] is the personality of Kim Tae-jin, who is called the Demon King among the first awakened ones.
It also showed his current mood.
“Foot···.”
“···I don’t know why you’re laughing, but it’s all over for now.”
Finally, Cheon Seol-ah, who had put the helmet on me, stepped back and said.
“Could you please check if the ear mic is working properly inside the helmet?”
“Ah. Can you hear the support team?”
Cheon Il-nam and Cheon In-nam, who were waiting in the vehicle, answered.
[I can hear you clearly.]
[Yes! I can hear you!]
Looking around, the equipment support team was also there to help the little boy and Wang Guho put on their armor.
The three of us wore different types of equipment depending on our positions.
I wore partial armor to protect my major parts over my basic combat uniform to minimize any inconvenience in my movements.
“I’m fat and it makes me uncomfortable…”
The little one, who didn’t have much to do with his own body, wore a spacesuit-like armor with excellent defensive capabilities.
And the king’s relief is,
“T, these clothes are so embarrassing···.”
I wore a full-body suit with excellent elasticity. It was the only material that could maintain its shape even if my body grew larger by petrifying.
I clicked my tongue as I looked at Wang Gu-ho, who was covering his private parts with both hands.
“Do you want to fight like that even in the middle of battle?”
“Well, then it’ll be okay if you petrify me.”
It’s even more disgusting that you petrified him, you little punk…
Anyway, we were waiting, fully prepared for disaster.
A faint purple band remained across the sky.
A situation where it wouldn’t be strange if that line were to break at any time.
I looked back at the Seoul 3rd Shelter behind me.
“To that extent···.”
The 3rd shelter, which accommodated one-tenth of Seoul’s citizens, was garrisoned with a division-sized force and three superhuman guilds, including White House.
“I think I can stop it.”
Baek Young-hee, who was walking toward me, smiled as if she heard those words.
“Of course. The White House is where the operation is commanded.”
“Isn’t the operations commander here the division commander?”
Baek Young-hee said this as if she knew everything I said and was still doing it.
“Officially, yes. But you know who the real boss here is.”
As you know.
That guy who’s been standing on top of the air defense tower like a god since last night.
Baek Chang-su raised his Blue Dragon Sword high into the sky and roared like a lion toward the sky.
“Disaster! Come as you please! I, Baek Chang-soo, will stop you!”
I haven’t counted, but it must have been over 100 times already.
Ordinary citizens were moved by Baek Chang-soo’s sacrifice all night long, and they said it was a ‘hero’s spirit of sacrifice’.
In fact, everyone who should have known already knew.
Why has Baek Chang-soo been acting like that since yesterday?
“Are you so excited that you can’t sleep?”
Baek Young-hee let out a deep sigh at my words.
“Yes. Sometimes I feel like I’m raising a son…”
Baek Chang-soo’s thunderous roar drowned out her words.
“Disaster! Come quickly!”
“···That’s what I said.”
As someone who raises similar single-celled organisms, I understand to some extent.
“By the way, what happened to what I asked you to do? Those three people···”
A few days ago, I asked Baek Yeong-hee to bring her old friends to this shelter.
Status. Heavy. Performance.
Friends who celebrated my retirement with me.
Since all three of them had not yet awakened as superhumans, I wanted to protect them here.
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Because it’s safer here than anywhere else.
Baek Young-hee said with a smile.
“Everyone is inside. I brought my family with me.”
“···That went well.”
I smiled as I thought about my friends who had lost their families in the first disaster.
“But you don’t have to meet them? Judging from the way you take care of them, they seem to be the team leader’s friends…”
“It’s okay now.”
After all, my situation is very different now than it was in the past.
The leader of a large guild’s superhuman team. It was obvious that he would be a burden to his friends who were still civilians, and even after they became superhumans in the future, there might not be much contact between them and me.
Maybe, in this life, those three and I can’t be friends.
Well, then I guess there’s nothing we can do.
I looked up at the sky and said.
“Team 7. Everyone, relax. This is my gut feeling, I feel like a disaster is about to begin.”
[[yes!]]
As I watched the team moving busily, I also stretched my body slightly.
It was then that something huge walked out of the shelter.
Kwung! Kwung! Boom!
“What the heck, it’s a monster!”
“A monster has appeared!”
“Prepare to fire!”
Behind the voices of surprised citizens and soldiers, the workshop workers of the White House Guild ran out and shouted.
“Don’t shoot! They’re friendly!”
“It’s not a monster! It’s an ally’s weapon!”
The identity of the giant thing that had thrown the area into chaos was the iron golem that I had previously retrieved from the bottom of the lake.
It also had a name.
“Nununmon?”
According to Baek Young-hee’s report yesterday, I heard that it would be difficult to restart by today…
A big smile spread across my lips.
“That guy Jang Young-shin. Did he succeed?”
Kwah! Kwah! Kwah!
An iron golem walked towards me. A voice flowed out of the Snowmon’s speaker.
[···The zoo. Don’t forget.]
But somehow the voice is a bit strange. It’s not the hard, mechanical sound I’m used to, but rather…
At that moment, the engineers of the workshop who had followed the blindfolded man shouted.
“Youngshin!”
“Get out of there right now!”
No way…
Snowmon ignored the engineers’ words and walked past me to the kid.
[···hi.]
The little boy who was chewing on the rice cake I gave him as a snack tilted his head and said.
“who is this?”
[···It’s me. Youngshin oppa.]
The chest of the Snowmon opened left and right, revealing the face of a boy with a pale expression.
The moment his mouth opened wide, a piece of rice cake fell out of the mouth of the little boy.
“-That’s amazing!”
Jang Yeong-shin muttered, turning her head to the side. Her cheeks were already red.
“···It’s nothing.”
“It’s amazing! It’s amazing! I want to ride it too!”
I grabbed the back of the kid’s neck as he tried to get into the golem.
Then he sighed and said to Jang Yeong-shin.
“Could it be that this was modified for boarding?”
Jang Young-shin nodded. Then she looked at the little boy struggling in my hands and said.
“···I’ll go with you too.”
“With us?”
“···yes.”
“Did you get your mother’s permission?”
I expected Jang Young-shin to nod, but she nodded.
“···yes.”
“Really?”
“······.”
Judging by the way he avoided my gaze, it was clear that he had left without telling his mother.
I said with a sigh.
“Go back. Leave the golem here.”
“···No one can control it except me.”
I asked back with a puzzled expression.
“There’s an automatic system, right?”
“···I haven’t recovered. Not yet.”
So, you’re saying that this golem can’t be used unless Jang Yeong-shin rides it?
What is this···.
“You come down from there first.”
“···no, I do not want.”
Jang Yeong-shin closed the golem’s chest area, as if she thought I would pull it out by force.
The golem’s face looked at the boy.
[···I will protect you.]
Then he turned his head to the side as if embarrassed.
It was so absurd that I shook my head.
“You, Inma. Love also has its time and place···.”
My words were buried in Baek Yeong-hee’s screams.
“Team Leader! The sky!”
Ss …
The last boundary in the sky was disappearing.
A purple band that disperses like a mirage.
at the same time,
Woof woof woof!
The sky was painted in a rainbow of colors and the air vibrated.
A sudden feeling of difficulty breathing, as if the air had become thinner with oxygen.
I looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.
“It’s started.”
How should I describe what happened after that?
If the world were suddenly torn into hundreds of pieces, this would be exactly what it would look like.
Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing! Jieeeeing!
Gates that spread like stains, covering the ground and the sky.
They grew rapidly, vibrated, and soon began to vomit out countless monsters like an anorexic.
Wow! Wow!
Krrrrrrrr!
Kiyaaaaaaaah!
Soldiers, police officers, and even veteran superhumans were instantly frozen like stone by the roar of a monster that was over a thousand years old.
“oh my god···.”
“You have too many···.”
They won’t know that this is only the first wave.
Maybe it was because I saw it for the second time. I came to my senses before anyone else.
I stomped my feet hard to wake up the frozen people.
Kwaaang―!
A strong vibration spread out from around me.
At the same time, I fired a shotgun blast at the people who were standing there blankly.
“Team 7! Prepare for battle-!!”
My mana-infused scream spread far and wide. Not only to the nearby Team 7, but to everyone guarding the shelter.
“I’m ready for battle!”
“Standby for fire!”
“f*ck! Let’s give it a try!”
I nodded to the voices coming from all directions.
That’s it. They can hold their own here.
Wow! Wow!
Krrrrrrrr!
Kiyaaaaaaaah!
The monsters that covered the sky and the ground in pitch black began to rush in after hearing our cries.
The first to open the attack were self-propelled guns of the South Korean Army.
Pbubububububububu!
As dozens of cannons opened fire, hundreds of monsters running towards them were blown up.
President Kim Soo-ho declared a state of emergency and authorized the bombardment of all areas except key city facilities.
It was an extreme choice, but at the same time a wise one.
Pbubububububububu!
Pbubububububububu!
Every time the cannon spewed fire, the monsters exploded.
However, there were quite a few monsters that broke through the barrage.
Soldiers and policemen who climbed up the defensive tower opened fire with machine guns at those guys.
“Commence firing!”
Tutatatatatata!
Tutatatatatata!
At the same time, the superhumans also stepped forward.
“attack-!”
“Sweep it away!”
They took up arms themselves and rushed into the battlefield.
“You’re finally here!”
Baek Chang-soo, who ran out before anyone else, cut off the head of a monster as big as a three-story building and ran towards a giant blue gate that appeared not far away.
That was the Core Gate ‘Steel Prison’ that Baek Chang-soo was supposed to deal with.
I muttered as I looked at the sight.
“We should start moving soon too.”
And he spoke to the Iron Golem, still standing in its place, and to Jang Yeong-shin inside it.
“Go back to your mother right now.”
This was a battlefield. A place filled with screams, shouts, and the smell of blood. It was not an environment that a normal child could endure.
But even after seeing this chaos, Jang Yeong-shin’s voice did not change.
Rather, he shouted more resolutely than before.
[···I’ll follow you!]
“Oh my···.”
Well, this guy is no ordinary kid.
I gave up arguing with Jang Young-shin.
There’s no time for that anymore, and it’s true that iron golems are helpful for power.
“Follow from behind and back me up.”
Jang Young-shin answered in a happy voice.
[···yes!]
After that, I immediately climbed onto the roof of the equipment support team vehicle.
“To your positions!”
As they had practiced in advance, the boy climbed on top of the medical team’s vehicle, and Wang Gu-ho climbed on top of the filming team’s vehicle.
The large one is a tripod shape centered on me.
The plan was to break through the enemy lines and reach the core gate.
I said, pulling down my helmet’s goggles.
“White House Team 7. We are now commencing our own operation.”
As soon as I finished speaking, the drivers stepped hard on the accelerator.
The combat vehicles modified for today blared out loud.
-Buaaaaaaah!
We left the shelter and raced through the city filled with monsters.
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