Chapter 91
3.
Even before arriving at Kakom City, Kim Seojun’s Group could tell that the number of Mogs heading toward Kakom City was far from ordinary.
“It’s at least in the millions.”
Honestly, it wasn’t a number that could be brushed off with a “Wow, there are a lot of Mogs today, guess we’ll have to work overtime!'
From humanity’s perspective, the moment that kind of number appeared, the threat level of the planet itself changed.
“The bigger problem is that this is just the beginning.”
What was even more headache-inducing was that Planet Pora had a hundred times this number of Mogs.
“You know it, right? The mog method.”
“Yes. If we stop this, three times as many will come.”
And if the Mogs judged that the force they sent wasn’t working, they would send three times that number.
On a normal planet, sending a million of them would make sending more impossible, but right now on Planet Pora, it is possible.
It was a despair-inducing place in many ways.
Even so, no one in Kim Seojun’s Group said, “We can’t do this.'
[It is too dangerous.]
Rather, the one trying to stop everyone was Kasaknat.
[There is no need for everyone to take this risk! There is no need to volunteer to go to a dangerous place.]
From his perspective, there was no reason for them to risk entering Kakom City when they didn’t even know if his son was there.
To that, Kim Seojun gave a short reply.
“That is what I do best.”
This was what he had been doing as a Space Marine all along.
Going to ridiculous places and finding someone.
And bringing the person he found back.
Above all, Kim Seojun said.
“There is no need to wage a war of annihilation. We just need to rescue the key figure if they are there, and if not, we just get out.”
Compared to the missions Kim Seojun had experienced so far, this case wouldn’t even be that difficult.
Anyway, moving with that thought in mind, Kim Seojun’s Group soon found him.
[Priest Babamut!]
They found Priest Babamut fending off the Mogs alone in Kakom City, and from that moment, the operation began.
First, Kasaknat moved alone to help Priest Babamut.
It was a natural measure.
From Priest Babamut’s perspective, he had never even seen a human before, but humans suddenly come and say they will help?
It was highly likely that he would view humans as mutant Mogs and attack them instead.
It was better for Kasaknat to step forward.
“Once you approach and have a conversation, then we will begin shooting.”
After that, once Kasaknat spoke with Priest Babamut and grasped the situation, they intended to step in.
Of course, even here, they had no intention of fighting for a long time.
“We will only rescue the key figure and leave this place immediately.”
They had absolutely no intention of fighting a meaningless battle amidst the swarming Mogs.
And then, the time came.
[I request support!]
Kasaknat gave the signal, and at that moment, Kim Seojun sent a telepathic message to everyone, and they all began to move.
Of course, the first to move was Kim Seojun.
Dudududu!
Kim Seojun, who had boarded the attack helicopter that Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun brought out from the inventory, immediately aimed his muzzle.
He aimed the Philastergun.
After that, he pulled the trigger.
There was nothing difficult about it.
Apollo’s Blessing was still in effect, and the moment he aimed the Philastergun, that Red Line welcomed Kim Seojun.
From there, Kim Seojun squeezed the trigger without hesitation.
'This can’t be.'
At that moment, Kim Seojun was surprised.
'There’s almost no recoil.'
What was most surprising was that, compared to the weapons he had used previously, the Philastergun’s recoil was so faint that it could practically be considered nonexistent.
And it went without saying, but the less recoil there was, the higher the accuracy became, and the delay required for a follow-up shot was also reduced.
For ordinary people, it wouldn’t be enough to affect a battle, but Kim Seojun’s case was different.
Because the world where he fought his battles was a world calculated in split seconds.
[You have eliminated a Mogdog!]
The next thing that surprised him was that the moment he pulled the trigger, the laser bullet had already reached its target.
He couldn’t even see the laser flying, even with Kim Seojun’s eyes.
Of course, this too was natural.
No matter how fast a bullet was, even if it was several times faster than the speed of sound, it was still in the realm of sound speed, but the realm of light, the speed of light, was on a different dimension.
It was not a realm that could be perceived.
Naturally, concepts like dodging were impossible.
But what truly surprised Kim Seojun was this.
“Brigadier general.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“I will go down for a moment.”
“Go down?”
At Kim Seojun’s sudden words, Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun his eyes widened for a moment before speaking in shock.
“What? You’re going down here? To the ground?”
“Yes.”
“Can’t you see the Mogdogs on the ground right now?”
At that question, Kim Seojun said.
“There is something I need to check.”
Finishing his words, Kim Seojun leapt right out of the helicopter.
Then, he landed.
Kkieee!
Naturally, as Kim Seojun appeared on the ground, the surrounding Mogdogs saw their target and lunged.
There, Kim Seojun raised the Philastergun.
“As expected.”
There, Kim Seojun could now be certain.
“The Red Line pierces through the target.”
The Red Line emitted from the Philastergun didn’t stop at the target, but continued beyond it.
At that moment, Kim Seojun’s eyes moved, and he soon pulled the trigger while standing still.
Then, Kim Seojun heard it.
[You have Eliminated a Mogdog.]
An alert notifying him that he had Eliminated five Mogdogs at once.
The moment he saw that, Kim Seojun’s expression changed.
It couldn’t be helped.
This wasn’t just just about having strong destructive power.
Weapons with strong destructive power, meaning weapons that could easily pierce through a Mogdog, had existed before.
From rifles to the Gauss Gun, there were an abundance of weapons with immense piercing power among the weapons Kim Seojun used.
Even the piercing power of the railgun mounted on the Battle Tank was incomparable to most weapons.
However, for any of the weapons mentioned above, the Red Line only targeted one thing.
There had never been a single instance where it pierced the target and continued to the next one.
But now, the Philastergun showed what lay beyond.
It meant that the level of strategy and tactics Kim Seojun could now display would be on a different dimension!
[Staff Sergeant Kim! What on earth is going on?]
Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun urgently sent a telepathic message to Kim Seojun, but an answer was unnecessary.
Riding the attack helicopter, Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun could see it.
[What is this?]
Kim Seojun had begun to sweep away the Mogs.
4.
When the Xeno species realized that the greed of the civilization they had built went beyond the extinction of their species and affected the balance of the universe, they established one absolute rule.
However, not all of the Xeno species followed that rule.
Rather, quite a few of them rebelled against that rule.
And that was a very dangerous thing.
First of all, the existence of the Xeno species itself was very powerful.
Even without doing anything in particular, they possessed powerful physical abilities.
At the same time, all over space, there were things left behind by the Xeno species, filled with what were to them the legacies of an ancient civilization.
Even so, for a long time, the Xeno species had never caused a problem significant enough to collapse the balance of the universe.
What made that possible was precisely thanks to the existence of the priests.
They were just such strong beings.
At the same time, when a crisis came to the Xeno species, the priests were also the ones who stepped forward and acted as a last resort.
In other words, for the priests of the Xeno species, receiving someone’s help was something that could not happen.
Priest Babamut was the same.
[Support?]
When he heard that support had arrived, it took Priest Babamut a long time to understand the concept itself.
Because it truly was an awkward expression.
[Did they come from the Holy land?]
There was only one exception; from the planet that had become the spiritual home of all Xeno species, support would sometimes come in the worst of situations.
Of course, that was something that could not happen.
Kasaknat was an excellent warrior, but he could not enter the Holy land.
Moving together with the Knights of the Holy Land was impossible.
[No.]
Kasaknat said to such a Priest Babamut.
[It is the human race.]
[human?]
[They are a newly encountered alien race. Currently, they are waging a war against the Mogs.]
He told him about humans.
Of course, he knew.
That it was a dangerous thing.
Telling a priest who wasn’t even familiar with the word 'support' about the support of another race?
Furthermore, priests were beings more sensitive to the balance of the universe than anyone else.
They argued that one must approach other developed alien civilizations very carefully.
Meeting such an alien race was dangerous enough, but he had even brought them here, to one of the Xeno planets?
This was no simple matter.
It was an extremely atrocious criminal act, one that could cause Kasaknat’s name to be erased from the Holy land of the Xeno species.
Kasaknat knew it too.
Even so, there was a reason he spoke of the existence of Kim Seojun’s Group.
First of all, he could not lie. It was also a characteristic of the Xeno species. If one lied, the signs would show.
The second was trust.
[Priest, they came here to help us. To help us, they willingly gave up what was precious to them and sacrificed themselves. Just as you sacrifice to protect the children beneath your feet, they too have come to sacrifice for us.]
Furthermore, Kasaknat knew that Priest Babamut was not someone who only cried out for discipline like the other priests.
That was also why he had given up the path of a High Priest.
His abilities were sufficient to become a High Priest, but his heart was different.
Becoming a High Priest meant having to be stricter with the rules than any other Xeno.
However, Priest Babamut wanted to be a warm presence rather than a strict one.
Rather than becoming a spear and sword that enforced discipline, he wanted to become a shield and armor that blocked things.
That was also why he had come to Planet Pora, a faraway place where the fewest Xeno species gathered to live among the many planets.
It was to protect those in the farthest place.
[Priest Babamut, that is what I learned from you.]
And from such a Priest Babamut, Kasaknat had learned what sacrifice was.
Above all, Kasaknat was confident.
[Above all, they will help us. I have seen it. Those who have come here are greater warriors than anyone else.]
The belief that Kim Seojun’s Group would go beyond just helping them and change the fate of this place, Planet Pora.
[Kasaknat.]
Of course, Priest Babamut’s thoughts were different.
Whatever else might be true, the crisis that had come here was not simply a crisis on the scale of a mog invasion.
It was something more than that.
Something that might bring a massive impact, something bad, not just to Planet Pora but to the entire Xeno civilization!
And would an existence from an alien civilization whose existence was unknown solve such a thing?
Priest Babamut simply could not believe that.
[Leave.]
So he said.
[Take the children of this place along with those called humans, and leave. I will buy time for that.]
He was thankful if they just ran away.
He told him to focus on that.
[Go!]
With those words, Priest Babamut focused on the Mogdogs again.
At that point, Priest Babamut felt something strange.
It was only natural, as the place where Kasaknat and Priest Babamut were right now was a place where Mogdogs were lunging at them without rest.
Normally, the two of them would not be in a situation where they could converse so leisurely like this.
Yet, the two of them were conversing surprisingly easily.
That meant the number of Mogdogs swarming toward them had drastically decreased!
At that point, Priest Babamut raised his head and looked around broadly.
Then, he could see it.
Kkieee!
The Mogs that had been coming toward them were now lunging toward another place.
The Mogs' instinct to eliminate the more dangerous thing first was now perceiving another existence, not Priest Babamut, as a threat.
Of course, it wasn’t a good thing.
That meant the humans who had come to help them were facing a powerful crisis, and it meant he had to help them.
So Priest Babamut looked at the place surrounded by Mogdogs, and at that moment, he could see it.
Those Mogdogs were turning into corpses at an incredible speed.
[Oh, Jumara!]
At that sight, Priest Babamut unconsciously called out to Jumara, and as he did, he spoke to Kasaknat.
[How is that possible?]
To that question, Kasaknat did not answer anything.
He couldn’t.
He knew that Kim Seojun’s Group, especially Kim Seojun, was a very powerful being, but what he was showing now was on a different dimension.
He was blocking the waves swarming in from all directions.
And doing so using only a single gun.
Step, step, step!
Even there, Kim Seojun began to advance.
He stepped on the piled-up corpses of the Mogdogs, which formed a wall, and climbed up, advancing while shooting the Mogdogs swarming from high places.
[Wh-what is that?]
At that sight, Priest Babamut asked again in shock, and there was only one thing Kasaknat could say to that question.
[I do not know either.]
Kasaknat showed his amazement.
However, that marvel did not last long.
[Kasaknat! Kasaknat!]
[No-ah!]
Noah Winston’s telepathy reached Kasaknat’s mind.
[This isn’t the time to be distracted! Boseop is going to bring the truck, so get the kids on board immediately!]
[What do you mean?]
[The detection is moving right now!]
[Detector? Do you mean a special individual?]
And at the content that came out, Kasaknat’s eyes changed.
It seemed this wasn’t all, and that there was a very powerful individual, a special individual, among this swarm.
But here, Kasaknat didn’t simply think of the option to run away.
At first, he did.
But now, the situation was different.
Kim Seojun was in the middle of eliminating Mogdogs incredibly fast, unleashing ridiculous firepower.
If so, a special individual could also be fully dealt with!
[You were thinking of fighting, right? Don’t do that! I did too!]
Noah Winston said to such a Kasaknat.
[Until the detection exploded!]
[Exploded?]
[Yeah, exploded!]
[What does that mean?]
It was that moment.
R-r-r-rumble!
The ground shook, and soon a single Mogdog emerged from beneath the ground.
Gwooooh!
A Mogdog that was incomparably massive, the size of a Tank Beetle, unlike a regular Mogdog.
The moment that Mogdog appeared, Noah Winston finished transmitting the telepathic message she had been trying to send.
[…It means it’s a heavyweight.]