Sky Whale-1

1.

Ever since humanity coexisted with the mog, humanity learned that the types of mog were endless.

Among those countless Mogs, two terrified humanity the most.

One was the behemoth.

In the face of that entity that devoured planets, humanity felt a profound terror they had never experienced before.

And the terror that came right after the behemoth was the Sky Whale.

Hearing this explanation, some would say:

“Then that means the Sky Whale is weaker than the behemoth, right?”

Naturally, that was a mistaken thought.

There was only one reason why the Sky Whale was less terrifying than the behemoth.

“It’s not that, it’s just because it has only been discovered twice so far.”

Fortunately, humanity had rarely seen a Sky Whale since the war against mog.

In other words, with just two appearances, the Sky Whale had delivered such devastating consequences to humanity that it instilled a terror on par with the behemoth.

“The behemoth at least gives humanity a chance to run away. Because humanity can use the sky. But the Sky Whale, as its name suggests, can fly in the sky.”

First of all, the reason for the terror was its flight capability.

The Sky Whale could fly in the sky, and it could move at an incredibly fast speed.

“It can even fly up into space. It has a record of destroying a space battleship that fled into space.”

To the point where even space was the Sky Whale’s domain!

“Think about it. What it means for a massive thing with a body length of 5 kilometers to fly in the sky. Just by landing on the ground from that state, it can turn a decent planet’s headquarters base into a crushed can.”

The destructive power created by those two elements - its massiveness and flight - was nothing short of superhuman strength.

“What’s even scarier is inside its belly.”

However, what made the Sky Whale a terror was what was inside its massive body.

“There’s a hatchery inside its belly.”

That meant the Sky Whale carried a massive hatchery inside its belly, and it would scatter the Mogs inside it just like that.

A creature with a completely different level of defense, just like the behemoth, carrying Mogs inside it?

Furthermore, it wasn’t just a means of transport; the Sky Whale produced them.

It didn’t just end with vomiting them out once; given time, it could vomit them out repeatedly.

“Still, don’t worry too much.”

Of course, when the explanation reached this point, most would say that.

“As I said, the Sky Whale has only been discovered twice. The chances of seeing it are lower than winning the Spaceball.”

That there would be no chance of seeing it.

Kim Seojun was the same.

Even during his ridiculous days as a Space Marine, there were no episodes regarding the Sky Whale.

So, as a joke, Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun, who was the battalion commander at the time, had said:

“It’d be a jackpot if you even saw a Sky Whale before you get discharged. Don’t you think you’ll see one at least once?”

“That’s nonsense, sir.”

Of course, no one had said those words seriously.

Neither Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun nor Kim Seojun, who answered, thought they would ever see a Sky Whale in person during their military life.

But now, that Sky Whale had appeared right before their eyes.

At that moment, Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun, who was piloting the attack helicopter, spoke into the mic to everyone.

“Staff Sergeant Kim, remember what I said back then?”

“Yes, I remember.”

“Something nonsensical has happened.”

“Yes.”

The moment that conversation ended, everyone closed their mouths again.

In the presence of the Sky Whale they were seeing for the first time, everyone’s thoughts froze.

And the moment the Sky Whale’s presence drew closer, everyone became unable to think of anything.

That was how overwhelming the Sky Whale’s presence was.

First of all, its size was massive.

The Sky Whale, which had an appearance similar to a whale, had a body length reaching a staggering 4.45 kilometers from head to tail.

Its width was also incredible.

Even excluding its wings, the width of its torso alone reached 1 kilometer.

Its height also seemed to be at least 500 meters.

It was a dizzying size.

If it was filled with mog eggs inside, it was impossible to fathom just how many Mogs there would be.

And that fact, that dizzying scale, spurred Kim Seojun’s thoughts forward.

At the moment when everyone was distracted by the Sky Whale and couldn’t take their eyes off it, only Kim Seojun turned his gaze away.

He turned his gaze and looked at Busan Port.

And he remembered.

His family.

His younger sister, his oldest brother, his nephew, and his sister-in-law.

At that moment, there was only one thought in Kim Seojun’s head.

“We have to stop it.”

Only then did his comrades' frozen thoughts begin to turn again.

Of course, not everyone was capable of making proper judgments.

“Stop it?”

It couldn’t be helped.

“How?”

Doing something against that nonsensical entity was unimaginable in itself.

Kim Seojun was the same.

So, stopping or blocking the Sky Whale here was impossible.

There was only one thing they could do.

“Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun.”

“…I know for sure some nonsensical, crazy operation is going to come out, but I’ll just say this for now. Just tell me what to do.”

To Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun’s words, Kim Seojun answered.

“I will go inside the Sky Whale’s mouth.”

2.

There were a few standards Kim Seojun had kept while serving on active duty as a Space Marine.

One of them was to only do what could be done.

Racking your brain trying to somehow do the impossible rarely ever worked out.

To be exact, if it was an issue that could be solved by agonizing over it for a few hours, the answer would have already emerged long ago.

It was the same now.

Stop the Sky Whale? Impossible.

Provoking it from the front to lure it away also had an extremely low probability.

Then what could be done?

“Go inside its mouth? And if you go in?”

“I will eliminate the Mogs inside.”

Catching the Mogs before the Sky Whale vomited them out.

Of course, that was a nonsensical act, by common sense.

“Seojun.”

It was a crazy act.

“There should be at least hundreds of thousands of Mogs inside there right now, you know?”

As Noah Winston said, it would be filled with an enormous number of Mogs inside.

“Yes, it will be in the hundreds of thousands.”

To that, Kim Seojun said:

“There won’t be any more than that.”

If anyone else had said it, they would have been suspected of mental illness, but when Kim Seojun said those words, this thought entered everyone’s minds.

'Come to think of it, it’s only a hundred thousand at most, right?'

Given Kim Seojun’s reputation and presence, it was merely a hundred thousand or so at most.

Of course, there could be more than that.

Also, Mogs weren’t just Mogdogs.

There could be tank beetles, and there could be special individuals.

If they were unlucky, something like a Ghost Bat could come out.

“If push comes to shove.”

However, here, Kim Seojun had one absolute advantage, one strength.

“I will run away.”

The moment they heard that, no one hesitated anymore.

“Alright, hold on tight.”

Brigadier General Lee Yeong-jun said.

“Because we’re going to start the Sky Whale internal viewing tour.”

3.

The appearance of the Sky Whale was also grasped by General Gu Byeong-seop and the resistance stationed at Busan Port.

They couldn’t help but know.

Because unless they were blind, they couldn’t help but see that incredibly massive entity flying and moving through the sky.

And among such massive entities, the Sky Whale was the only one among the Mog Species that flew in the sky.

Of course, that was all.

All that humanity at Busan Port could do was perceive the Sky Whale, and that was it.

There was no one who could advance their thoughts beyond that.

Even standing perfectly still was a relief.

Thud!

Faced with this superhuman strength shock, not a few people suddenly lost consciousness and fainted.

General Gu Byeong-seop was the same.

He felt like he was going to lose his mind.

- This is Staff Sergeant Kim Seojun.

'Ah!'

Kim Seojun’s voice snapped General Gu Byeong-seop back to his senses.

Of course, just because he regained his senses didn’t mean the situation had improved.

- General Gu Byeong-seop, a Sky Whale has appeared ahead.

“I’ve confirmed it.”

Even as he answered, General Gu Byeong-seop’s face was still filled with despair.

To General Gu Byeong-seop, Kim Seojun said:

- I will approach the Sky Whale from now on. In the meantime, please reduce the number of Mogdogs as much as possible.

“What?”

The moment he heard those words, General Gu Byeong-seop spoke without realizing it.

“Are you crazy?”

He spat out harsh words.

However, that surprise didn’t last long.

- Bringing down the Sky Whale is impossible right now. But we can eliminate the Mogs inside the Sky Whale’s belly. Currently, stopping even that is the way to minimize the damage.

Because an even crazier statement came out.

In the face of those words, General Gu Byeong-seop was left speechless.

- general.

Kim Seojun also knew General Gu Byeong-seop’s situation, so he said:

- Think about the time you were chased by the behemoth. Compared to then, this isn’t a bad situation.

The moment he heard those words, General Gu Byeong-seop’s eyes changed.

It was exactly as he said.

Thinking about that time, everything happening right now was, bluntly speaking, nothing more than a mere happening.

Above all, what was important here right now was that someone was risking their life to carry out an operation.

“What do you need me to do?”

In that situation, there was only one thing a commander should do: provide support!

To those words, Kim Seojun answered.

- Whatever happens, just accept it and continue the battle.

Telling him not to even think about doing something unnecessarily since there was nothing he could do.

“What?”

At that point, General Gu Byeong-seop couldn’t just let it slide.

Because just watching a soldier head into a death trap for everyone’s sake wasn’t in his dictionary.

Because it was only right to do something, whatever it was.

Let alone the fact that they were about to do something nonsensical right now, weren’t they?

It was a time when support, even a speck of it, was desperately needed.

“Wait a moment!”

So he tried to stop Kim Seojun’s Group’s operation.

- I cannot wait.

To General Gu Byeong-seop, Kim Seojun answered.

- I have just entered its mouth.

4.

“I have just entered its mouth.”

The moment he finished those words, what unfolded before Kim Seojun’s eyes was none other than a vast space.

No, it didn’t even feel like a space.

Just like an ant wouldn’t think, “Wow, this house is spacious!” after entering a house where humans lived.

And there was no time to look at such things.

Because the moment he entered, what unfolded before Kim Seojun’s eyes was a Mogdog Group that had already hatched from their eggs.

And it wasn’t just one or two.

A dizzying number could be seen.

Furthermore, that number of Mogdogs were poised like bullets, ready to spring out whenever the situation arose.

If Kim Seojun hadn’t used stealth, this massive number would have swarmed him like a pack of dogs.

Of course, Kim Seojun wasn’t frightened by that fact.

There was no way he would be.

Because he had come here to see that very sight.

“Inventory.”

Therefore, Kim Seojun opened his inventory without hesitation.

And immediately, an entity emerged out of the inventory.

Thud!

The Psycher wearing the red Goblin Suit, Major Lee Hyena, appeared.

The moment that overwhelming presence appeared, the heads of the waiting Mogdogs simultaneously turned toward Major Lee Hyena.

A bizarre atmosphere emanated amidst the silence.

In that atmosphere, the first to let out a shout was Major Lee Hyena.

“Come!”

She shouted with all her might.

Thus, she showed them.

Her resolve to willingly face and block the wave that would come crashing in.

Kieeeek!

Toward that resolve, the Mogdogs began to swarm.

There, Major Lee Hyena did not back down.

Far from backing down, she instead charged forward herself.

And then, swinging the axe in her hand, she split a Mogdog’s head in half in a single breath.

Weaving through the swarming Mogdogs, she began to smash them to pieces.

In the face of that momentum, the Mogdogs were helplessly slaughtered.

It was around then.

Splat!

Some of the Mogdogs chasing Major Lee Hyena began to burst.

An invisible entity began to eliminate the Mogdogs.

Kasaknat!

It was the result created by the Xeno Warrior, and that result was naturally on an even more astonishing level.

Because the one who had played with Major Lee Hyena like a toy was none other than Kasaknat.

Like that, at the appearance of the two powerful entities, the Mogdog Group began to burst like eggs flying into a grinder.

Of course, it seemed impossible to wipe out this massive number with just the two of them.

Kim Seojun knew that too.

So Kim Seojun brought it out.

Clank, clank!

The Battle Tank Uroe emerged out of the inventory.

Equipped not with a railgun, but with the cannon barrel that a standard Battle Tank mounted.

BOOM!

Uroe, having appeared like that, immediately began to spew out its powerful shells.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

And at the same time, the machine gun mounted on top of the cannon barrel began to spew ammunition without rest.

Kieeeek!

Under that powerful firepower, the Mogdogs began to dwindle rapidly.

Of course, there was no room to relax.

Kim Seojun didn’t relax his expression in the slightest as he launched shells and fired the machine gun without rest.

In a situation where he had to catch even one more no matter what, there was no time for leisure.

There was no time to spit out jokes.

At this moment, there was only one phrase Kim Seojun could utter.

“Purchase platinum ticket.”

So, the moment Kim Seojun intuitively felt that points had accumulated, the moment he thought 30,000 points had been reached, he purchased a ticket.

To strengthen their combat power even a little bit.

Of course, Kim Seojun also knew.

That luck wouldn’t come so easily.

This was merely a symbol of desperation.

It certainly was.

[Congratulations! A diamond-Rank reward has appeared.]

[Blessing of Ares (55 days) has appeared!]

However, the moment he heard that notification, Kim Seojun’s expression couldn’t help but change.

And this time, it wasn’t just Kim Seojun.

“Huh?”

Everyone who had now become his legion could hear it.

[The ranks of physical and Psycher Performance for everyone belonging to the legion will increase by one stage!]