Chapter 97
8.
When they heard Kim Seojun’s scenario, everyone stopped drawing up various scenarios in their heads.
They all had an intuition.
“The Mogs will come to the Akbasua Ruins!”
The scenario Kim Seojun spoke of would become reality.
Naturally, everyone here flew toward the Akbasua Ruins at maximum speed.
“Brigadier general, how long do you think it will take?”
“Well, I can’t guarantee anything.”
It was a harder task than expected.
“We don’t know what will appear, and we don’t know the climate.”
They had brought an airship in preparation for such a situation, but they lacked much information about Planet Pora.
“It’s too big.”
The biggest problem was that the size of Planet Pora was incomparably massive next to earth.
“Because it’s about five times the size of earth.”
According to the calculations Jo I-hyeon provided, its size was massive enough to make earth look like the moon.
Naturally, the travel distance was bound to be immense.
“It’s also a problem after we arrive.”
However, the most headache-inducing point was that even if they arrived on time, encountering the Xeno species gathered at the Akbasua Ruins wouldn’t be easy.
Kasaknat had also said it.
The Xeno species was highly exclusive toward alien civilizations.
They were even more exclusive, especially toward advanced alien civilizations.
“Because it will be hard for them to look kindly upon us.”
It couldn’t be helped, as the Xeno species was a race that had personally experienced the development of civilization destroying the balance of the universe.
But at the most important moment, the moment they were waiting for the rescue ship to escape, humanity appeared and helped?
[Priest Babamut is a special person.]
Even so, Priest Babamut was not only special among the priests, but he also accepted their cooperation thanks to his absolute sense of duty to save the children.
[The order of knights protecting the ruin will be different.]
However, the order of knights protecting the Akbasua Ruins had a fundamentally different role from that of Priest Babamut.
The significance of their existence was to protect the ruin.
[Our ancestors were far too mighty. We remain wary of that, and it is the knights who guard that boundary.]
Protecting that ruin was far more important than anything else, even the lives of their own kin.
In many ways, there was a high chance that Kim Seojun’s Group appearing would backfire.
In the end, there were two answers that came out of this.
One was to just ignore it and use the warp skill to return to earth.
“When the Mog Legion comes.”
The other was to support them during a chaotic situation, an urgent situation where the Xenos of the Akbasua Ruins wouldn’t be able to pay attention to Kim Seojun’s Group.
“We will enter then.”
Of course, Kim Seojun and everyone else didn’t agonize over which option to choose.
They merely prayed.
“I hope that I was just having delusions.”
But unfortunately, that prayer didn’t work.
Kim Seojun’s thought didn’t become a delusion, but a perfect prediction.
“The Mogs are coming!”
Around the time Kim Seojun’s Group arrived at the Akbasua Ruins, matching the time the rescue ship was supposed to come, the Mog Legion revealed itself.
An incredibly massive legion whose numbers couldn’t be estimated!
A legion of at least ten million!
That wasn’t all.
“The special individuals are… uncountable.”
The special individual detection moved restlessly, informing them that the special individuals numbered at least in the dozens here.
An overwhelming situation in many ways.
“We will begin support.”
So Kim Seojun moved to help the Xenos of the Akbasua Ruins with even less hesitation.
Kim Seojun’s comrades also didn’t raise any questions about this entire process.
However, those words were different.
“There is something beneath that ruin.”
It was an obvious statement, but Kim Seojun’s saying such a thing didn’t mean something like, “I see a new ruin!”
[I’m asking out of courtesy, but you don’t mean there’s some kind of statue or temple, right?]
“No.”
Kim Seojun had no intention of placing meaning on such architectural structures.
“It has six long legs, and there is a tower-like structure on top of it. It’s hard to be certain, but anyone can see it’s a weapon.”
He said this because it looked like a weapon.
“Kasaknat, do you know what it is?”
[We do not know. Nor should we know.]
To Kim Seojun’s explanation, Kasaknat only gave that answer.
One must not take any interest in the relics of one’s ancestors; that was the rule of the Xenos.
Knowing that, Kim Seojun and everyone else didn’t ask any questions.
They merely thought.
'It won’t be an ordinary object.'
According to what they heard from Kasaknat, the achievements the Xeno civilization had accomplished before its destruction were so profound that they made humanity facing the space age look utterly ridiculous.
There was no need to compare various things.
The Xeno civilization could even destroy a planet.
It was a level of technology of a completely different dimension than humanity merely tapping the surface of a planet using nuclear bombs.
“It would be nice to have even one.”
And naturally, in this urgent situation, the ancestor’s relic would definitely be a huge help.
Of course, they didn’t immediately move to pull that thing out right here.
For one, if they did that, they would really have to think about fighting the knights of the Akbasua Ruins with their lives on the line.
They came to save them, so it was meaningless to end up in a deadly conflict with them.
Crucially, Kim Seojun knew.
'But right now, even if we have it, we can’t use it.'
Even if they secured that ancestor’s relic, using it as a weapon was a separate matter.
Even with a gun right now, if one does not know how to release a very simple device called a lock, it is just a very inconvenient lump of iron.
When he reached that answer, there was now only one thing Kim Seojun had to think about.
“Commence shooting.”
9.
The moment they perceived the appearance of the Mog Legion, the Xenos gathered at the Akbasua Ruins didn’t hesitate.
They prepared for battle without hesitation.
There was no reason to hesitate.
[We shall become star dust!]
Those who were willing to do anything for the balance of the universe, that was exactly what the Xenos were.
Apart from that, their situation wasn’t good.
First of all, there weren’t many who could fight.
Fundamentally, on the Xenos' planet, those with the talent to become priests, those who could handle Akar, went to the temple to train.
Those who couldn’t and became warriors wandered space the moment they finished their training to maintain the balance of the universe.
The only proper forces left on the planet were the priests who took care of the remaining people and the order of knights protecting the ruin.
The rest were only those receiving warrior training.
[Advance!]
But surprisingly, even with just that much, the swarming Mogs couldn’t properly approach the Akbasua Ruins.
[Wall!]
First, the gathered priests, those who handled Akar, created a wall to block the Mogs.
Kkieeeek!
The Mogdogs that crashed into that invisible wall let out screams, and in the meantime, the Mogs swarming together crashed into each other, crushing each other to death and getting tangled up.
The thorns of the flying Thorn Snakes were also blocked by that wall.
They had established a perfect defense.
[For the balance.]
And outside the wall of Akar created like that, the Knights of Akbasua Ruins stepped forward.
The knights of the Akbasua Ruins numbered only twenty-seven, but their momentum was different.
They were overwhelmingly stronger than the Xeno warriors.
Above all, unlike the Xeno warriors who fought bare-handed, the knights had swords made of black stone in their hands.
It was a weapon used by the Xeno ancestors, a sword made to be handled solely by the knights, the Salaba, and its sharpness made things like Mogdogs no different from air.
Swish!
In front of the sword strikes of the knights holding the Salaba, the Mogdogs were cut down, rendering their numbers meaningless.
Honestly, the moment anyone saw that sight, they couldn’t help but think such a thing.
That even if not a million, but ten million Mogdogs came, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to the Xeno knights and priests.
It was actually like that.
It was impossible to break through the Xeno knights and priests who had begun a fight to the death with mere Mogdogs.
And if push came to shove, they just had to run away.
That was all the Mogdogs could do, merely grabbing their ankles.
The problem was that for the species called mog, the role of the Mogdog was that.
The Mog Species didn’t expect anything more from the Mogdog than grabbing the ankles of their prey.
Because bringing down the prey was the role of other species.
First of all, the thorns of the Thorn Snakes were like that.
The thorn attack of the Thorn Snakes, once they planted their tails, didn’t stop at a single shot.
It poured down like rain.
Kkuoooooh!
And among the Mogs, there was a terrifying existence called the Tank Beetle, and the power of the bomb beetles coming out of the Tank Beetle’s body was more than enough to turn the Xeno knights and priests into the star dust they spoke of.
Especially the sturdy wall made of Akar couldn’t hold up in front of the explosion of those bomb beetles.
In other words, from the Xeno’s perspective, the most important mission was to eliminate the Tank Beetle, and the Sirakakl Knight Commander took charge of that mission.
Dududududu!
The Sirakakl Knight Commander charged toward the Tank Beetle, going against the swarming Mogdogs.
Puuuuk!
After that, he clung to the Tank Beetle and thrust the Salaba into it.
He did a crazy thing, tearing through the battlefield alone.
However, the Sirakakl Knight Commander carried out that crazy act.
There was no hesitation.
[For the balance!]
Because that was the reason he became a knight.
Of course, that didn’t mean the Sirakakl Knight Commander was unaware of reality.
[There are far too many!]
The number of Mogs swarming here was in the tens of millions, and the worst part was that this wasn’t the end, but the beginning.
Handling all of this was an impossible task, and there was only one thing he could hope for.
For the rescue ship to arrive even a moment sooner.
[Jumara.]
In the midst of such an earnest prayer, something caught the eye of the Sirakakl Knight Commander as he looked up at the sky.
Dudududu!
He saw something moving in the sky above.
Seeing that, the Sirakakl Knight Commander’s eyes changed.
Vigilance welled up.
It was then.
[What is that?]
Something that came out of that thing in the sky above pierced a Tank Beetle in the distance.
Kkeueoeoeo!
The moment he saw the Tank Beetle collapsing while letting out such a bizarre shriek, the Sirakakl Knight Commander’s eyes changed.
It wasn’t that he felt joy or anything like that.
Rather, it was the opposite.
He was the commander of the knights protecting the ancestor’s ruin, and to such a knight commander, the most important thing was to reject anything unknown.
It was the same even if they were helping them.
Because the duty of the ruin’s knights was not the protection of the Xenos, but preventing ruin caused by the ancestor’s relics.
He had a duty to protect the ruin even if it meant leading everyone here to their deaths.
And he was fully prepared to willingly carry out that duty.
[Knight commander!]
[Priest Babamut!]
What moved such a Sirakakl Knight Commander was none other than the appearance of Priest Babamut.
Priest Babamut dropped down from the sky above.
[Have you arrived?]
The Sirakakl Knight Commander rejoiced at Priest Babamut’s appearance.
Priest Babamut was an existence with abilities outstanding enough to have the path of a High Priest ahead of him!
The joining of such an existence was a joyful matter.
Of course, apart from that, the Sirakakl Knight Commander still hadn’t discarded his vigilance toward the thing above.
[Reinforcements have arrived!]
[Reinforcements?]
[That is correct.]
However, at Priest Babamut’s subsequent words, his vigilance softened.
Of course, his suspicion remained.
To the Xenos, the word reinforcements was a very awkward term.
[Jumara has sent them for us. Kasaknat, that warrior has led them here!]
However, the moment he heard the subsequent words, the moment he heard Kasaknat’s name, the Sirakakl Knight Commander folded his suspicion.
The knights never looked down on the warriors.
Rather, it was the opposite.
The knights respected the resolve and sacrifice of the warriors who abandoned their families to protect the balance of the universe and willingly sought to become dust in space.
And Kasaknat was also a renowned warrior on Planet Pora.
[This is no time for this.]
Of course, the biggest reason the Sirakakl Knight Commander folded his suspicion was that.
[We must hold out! Until the rescue ship arrives!]
That doubting something was a luxury!
Furthermore, if he put aside his suspicion, the current situation was a very joyful matter.
The reinforcements that had just appeared were eliminating the Tank Beetles and Thorn Snakes surprisingly excellently.
They were handling the most headache-inducing things from the Xeno’s perspective.
Because of that, the Sirakakl Knight Commander no longer raised any questions, and since he didn’t step forward, the other knights didn’t step forward either.
Everyone faced the swarming Mog Legion with one mind.
The result was surprising.
[Seojun, it’s a bit weird to say this now, but this seems doable?]
Just as Noah Winston said, they were able to predict a chance of winning in front of this ridiculous legion.
Kim Seojun was the same.
“If it goes like this, there is no problem.”
The goal was to hold out until the rescue ship arrived anyway, and at the current level, that didn’t seem to be a problem.
“That is why I am worried.”
Because of that, Kim Seojun was concerned.
[Worried?]
“There is no way the Mog Legion doesn’t know that fact.”
In Kim Seojun’s eyes, the Mog Legion of Planet Pora was beyond the level of being clever; they were wicked.
If so, there was no way that Mog Legion wouldn’t know that they couldn’t achieve what they wanted with their current forces.
“And yet, no additional forces are visible.”
When Kim Seojun spoke up to that point, everyone had an intuition.
That something was going to come.
At that point, Kim Seojun said.
“The king might come.”
[What?]
That the King of Mogs would come to this battlefield.
The moment he reached that thought, Kim Seojun’s mind moved quickly.
He began to weigh the options, and he said.
“Ms. Jo I-hyeon.”
[Yes! Just tell me to do anything!]
To Jo I-hyeon, who immediately sent telepathy, Kim Seojun said.
“Please analyze the Xeno Relic.”