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< The Rock of Sisyphus >
Rain began to fall from the reddened sky.
Knock, knock knock-.
The raindrops that started to fall one by one soon grew larger and soon turned into a heavy downpour.
Swaaaaaaah-
“Why is it raining all of a sudden?”
The superhumans who were hunting monsters frowned at the sudden rain. The raindrops poured down as if there was a hole in the sky, sticking to their skin.
“Let’s hurry up and clean up and go back!”
The other superhumans nodded at the team leader’s words. The hunt was almost over anyway. If we just push a little harder…
Wow! Wow!
Kiyaaaaah!
Suddenly, the monsters started screaming and running wild. Those who were dying suddenly got up, brandishing their claws, and rushed at me without caring if weapons were stuck in their bodies.
Like rabid dogs, the monsters rolled their eyes and foamed at the mouth.
“What, what is it!”
“Are these guys crazy!”
Wounds appeared one by one on the bodies of the panicked superhumans. Red rainwater seeped into the wounds.
“Uh, why is this···?”
Suddenly, their vision became dizzy. The superhumans staggered. The maddened monsters attacked them.
Crunch, crunch!
“Kwaaaaak!”
In an instant, the tables were turned. The monsters were tearing at human flesh, breaking bones, and turning faces into mush.
It all started after the red rain started to fall.
“Ugh, ugh···.”
The surviving superhumans slowly backed away.
My vision was blurry, my body was losing strength, and I was in no condition to fight properly.
On the other hand, the monsters became more energetic and ran wild.
“Retreat, retreat for now!”
The leader of the superhuman team on the scene made a decision. If they ran away, the civilians would be attacked, but now was not the time to worry about that.
It was when the superhumans were all trying to get out.
-Pfft!
A white beam of light flew from behind and blew off the monster’s head. Then, flames flew in, not caring about the rain, and burned the monsters.
A moment later, a vehicle with the [WH-7] logo appeared in front of them.
“White House?”
The man standing on top of the vehicle looked at the superhumans with blank expressions and spoke.
“Everyone, from now on, please wear waterproof suits and gas masks. So that you don’t expose your body to the rain.”
The body of the man speaking like that was covered with a layer of something translucent, repelling the raindrops.
“Thank you for your help.”
The superhuman team leader bowed his head to him. The adult answered curtly.
“If you’re grateful, don’t just run away. Evacuate the civilians as well. I won’t tell you to fight any longer.”
In that moment, the superhuman team leader’s face turned bright red.
“···Yes. I understand···”
He couldn’t finish his answer. The vehicle carrying the man had already gone somewhere else.
The superhumans remaining at the scene looked in the direction they were heading.
In the west, the sky suddenly began to turn red.
Wooooow!
At the place where the change began, a huge gate was opening.
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Swaaaaaaah-!
Looking out at the city in pouring rain, the man frowned.
“They say it’s like adding insult to injury···.”
It was disconcerting that the disaster had suddenly started, but the fact that it started raining on top of that was the worst part.
The man looked at the western sky and thought.
‘Why has the red fog started already?’
The Second Disaster
Right now, it floats in the sky in the form of red clouds, but as time passes, the clouds gradually descend and turn into a thick fog that envelops the city.
Fog that is hundreds of times more harmful to the human body than yellow dust or fine dust.
In just one month, people won’t be able to leave their homes without wearing gas masks.
Moreover, that fog contains an ingredient that causes monsters to go crazy, making battles several times more difficult.
[Team Leader! As you said, I have requested the government to declare a national disaster. I have also relayed instructions on how to respond to the current situation to each guild!]
Daein nodded at Operator Chae Su-min’s report.
“great job.”
The reason rainy days are the worst is because the components in that fog condense into the rainwater and pour down.
Monsters that get hit by rain become excited and run wild as if they were on drugs, while superhumans, on the other hand, become weak when hit by rain.
The man looked around and said.
“So you guys, don’t ever take that off.”
There stood Lily, Wang Guho, and Shiru Tteok, wearing full body tights and motorcycle helmets.
[This is embarrassing···.]
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Lily, wearing yellow tights, fiddled with her helmet and grumbled, her voice coming through the ear mic.
“Even if it’s embarrassing, bear it. It’s better than getting caught in the rain on a day like this.”
[But why aren’t you wearing it, sir?!]
The man smiled brightly and raised his palm.
Slowly.
A translucent spirit from the continent of Gaia was wrapping itself thinly around its entire body, repelling raindrops.
“I have this. And honestly···.”
Not even a Power Ranger, but tight tights and a helmet. It was an absolute no-no.
[Alone, lethally.]
Lily opened her eyes wide and glared at the man. The man lightly patted the kid’s helmet and turned his head again to look at the western sky.
Woof woof woof!
An unusual magical reaction. And its scale continued to grow.
The man was guessing what would come out of that gate in a moment.
‘I wish you had given me something else…’
In my life, this wish has never come true.
This time was no exception.
Puhwaaaaah!
The gate split open and something huge fell out from inside.
-Kwaaaaaaaang!
A huge black rock measuring 100 meters in diameter.
The moment he saw that sight, the man’s expression hardened.
It was because the nightmare I had experienced in the past came back to me.
‘Sojaeang’ came with red fog
“The Rock of Sisyphus···.”
A monster rock named after a myth began to roll towards the city.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The rolling of such a huge rock was a disaster in itself. The rock advanced forward, crushing everything in its path.
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
The building exploded, sending debris flying in all directions, flattening smaller buildings without leaving a trace.
And those who couldn’t escape from it,
“Eww!”
“Save me, save me!”
Kwajijik! Kwajijijik!
It was buried under a rock and its shape was not completely preserved. The only trace was a little bit of blood on the rock.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!
Blood-soaked rainwater sprayed in all directions. Even after crushing hundreds of lives in an instant, the rock showed no intention of stopping.
“Team Leader···!”
Wang Guho, who saw the sight, muttered in a voice that was out of his mind. Ordinary people would not be able to see it, but the superhuman’s excellent eyesight did not miss a single bit of the horrific sight.
“······.”
Rather, the person had an indifferent expression.
That doesn’t mean I wasn’t angry though.
‘We have to catch that first.’
A growing monster that never stops rolling, crushing and absorbing living things and gradually increasing in size.
Its hardness was such that it was difficult to break even with a weapon that had been wrapped in steel.
-Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!
It is already a large one, reaching 100 meters, but if you fail to enter early, it becomes much larger.
In fact, in the past, the rock grew up to 300 meters and was only stopped after many lives were lost.
So the man and his party came straight here.
‘Even if I hadn’t lost weight, I would have brought all the superhumans I met along the way…’
All the superhumans around here right now were in bad shape. The only ones who could fight right now were himself and his teammates.
The man looked back at Wang Guho and said.
“Wang Gu-ho. Can you stop that?”
Wang Guho nodded with a solemn expression.
Wang Guho gritted his teeth as he watched the city falling apart and the citizens running away screaming.
“I will stop even if my body breaks!”
“No, what, there’s no need to go that far···.”
Kuung!
Wang Guho jumped out of the vehicle and started running towards Sisyphus’ rock.
Dddddddddd!
Wang Guho’s body began to petrify and grow larger.
3 meters, 4 meters, 5 meters… Wang Guho’s body grew to 6 meters and shone with a brilliant golden light.
“It’s the golden giant!”
In the crowd of people running away, someone shouted, which was either a scream or a cheer.
Wang Gu-ho ran through the pouring rain, raising his spirits.
“Ugh···Ahh···Ah-ap!”
A huge rock like a mountain was rolling in front of me. It suddenly felt like the sky had disappeared.
The rock and the giant collided.
-Kwaaaaaaaah!!!
With a tremendous roar, a massive shock wave spread out in all directions.
Crackle! The ground that Wang Gu-ho was standing on split like a spider web.
“The golden giant stopped it!”
“Wow!!”
A superman who stood alone against a giant rock. His appearance was worthy of being called a hero.
but,
“Ugh···ugh···ugh···!”
As if offended by anyone daring to block his path, the rock of Sisyphus began to spin even more violently.
Cheeeeeeek!
The friction generated heat, and all the rainwater around it turned into steam, rising like mist.
“Ugh···Ugh···Ah···!”
Although he mustered all his strength, Wang Guho felt himself being pushed back further and further. His back felt like it was going to break, and the rocks all over his body felt like they were going to shatter.
Bam.
It was then that the man approached him and put his hand on his back.
“Hold on a little longer.”
The Great Man poured his internal energy into Wang Guho’s dantian.
Woof woof woof!
The ‘Geumgangdaeryukong’ that Wang Guho learned was a martial art created by Geomhwang. Therefore, the internal energy of Pacheonsingong was also easily incorporated into it.
Knock, knock, knock!
Wang Guho’s body began to grow larger. 7 meters, 8 meters, 9 meters… and soon it grew to 10 meters.
“Eww···Ahh···Ahhh···!!”
Cheeeeeeek!
After a while, Sisyphus’s rock stopped in its tracks, still spinning furiously, but it was just a meaningless idle spin.
‘I guess I can hold out for at least a few minutes.’
The man, who had confirmed the scene, looked back at Lily and said.
“Little one. Let’s go upstairs.”
“huh!”
The two flew up into the sky together.
“I think this will suffice.”
The man stopped in the air, overlooking Sisyphus’ rock. Then he took out one of the javelins he had on his back.
“Huh-.”
I took a deep breath and pulled my shoulders back. Every muscle in my body was tense.
‘Wait a minute. Rather than just throwing it…’
The man stopped his posture and looked at Lily.
“See that window at the end? Heat it up with fire.”
“how much?”
“Hot enough not to melt.”
As Lily’s fingertips lightly brushed against it, the spearhead turned bright red as if it had been put in a furnace.
Cheeeeek!
A layer of blue steel was added over it.
“This should be enough.”
The man looked at the sight with satisfaction for a moment, then threw the javelin he was holding with all his might towards Sisyphus’ rock.
Kyaaang!
The spear bounced off the rock, unable to penetrate it.
But the man was not disappointed, for he still had plenty of spears he had brought.
Kyaang!
The great man throws a javelin,
Kyaang!
Throw it again,
Kagak River!
I kept throwing it.
After throwing more than 10 javelins, a response started to come.
That’s so so so…
As the rotation of Sisyphus’ rock slowed down, gray areas began to appear here and there on the once black thing.
At that moment, a smile spread across the man’s lips.
“It’s just popping out now.”
The 100-meter-tall black rock is not the entity itself. The real entity is hidden deep inside the rock, and when the moment of crisis comes, the entity blows up the rock and escapes.
Those gray parts were the guy’s eyes. He was checking out his surroundings before running away.
In the past, countless superhumans felt so empty after losing him.
‘And you’re missing out on all that good stuff, too.’
This time, the man had no intention of letting the bastard go.
“Little guy. Go down.”
Holding Lily’s waist in one hand, the man jumped down.
WHEEK!
For a moment, the eyes of the rock expanded greatly, then quickly contracted and tried to close again.
But before that, the man had already arrived on the snow. He had thrust the spirit-filled Shalit into the bastard’s eye.
Crunch! Crunch!
It had tremendous physical resistance, but its eyes were an exception. The stone was chipped away in all directions, and after a while, an entrance into the rock was revealed.
The man jumped into it without hesitation.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
