Chapter 283
#
“You want us to just be your sidekicks?”
Shin Jiun was not pleased.
Even so, they were a guild, and famous hunters of the Yu Jinseok Generation.
This kind of treatment was unacceptable.
“I have nothing to say if that’s how it sounds to you. But in the first place, what those guys are targeting is our Baekhwa Cult. Like I said, we don’t know how Lucius will react if a guild shows up.”
With Yu Eunha absent right now, they had to catch him themselves somehow.
They had to catch as many enemies as possible at once.
“And you guys can catch the Sin?”
At Shin Jiun’s words, Choi Siwoo pondered for a moment.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t face him.
However, in his past life, he hadn’t been able to subdue the Sins all at once.
If it were just Lucius alone, it might somehow be possible.
Right now he was strong enough to smash even the Yellow Dragon, but still, one never knew.
Therefore, he had to catch him carefully this time.
“So please help us catch the Sin in the middle of the fight.”
“Wait. Can’t Jiyeon-i just catch him? By trapping him in a photo.”
Jiyeon had also thought so at first.
Because doing that would definitely make it possible to trap him.
However, not only could a one-on-one victory not be guaranteed, but the people who could go to the imaginary world were limited. There were many problems in various ways.
“Not sure if I can catch him.”
It was unknown whether he could be caught.
“The rest of us just need to catch the monsters that enter the city streets and the ones in the sea. Is that what you’re saying?”
That was exactly it.
The monsters that entered the city would be eliminated by the ambushing hunters and the Mutant Legion one by one.
“Sounds plausible. But when exactly is he coming?”
He would probably come soon.
Choi Siwoo was feeling it instinctively.
“I think he’ll be coming right about now.”
“The sea is definitely looking unusual.”
“Yes.”
Songdo faced the sea.
But today of all days, the sea was unusual.
It was as if there was something in the sea, and the waves were strange today, with strange and unpleasant sounds seemingly heard.
That meant they had already arrived.
“Let’s get ready. The Mutants of the Baekhwa Cult will prepare places to ambush the hunters, including you three.”
“This is for communication and operation command.”
Seo Jiyeon gave the magic gear she had prepared in advance to Cha Jieun, Shin Jiun, and No-ah.
“Are you seriously telling us to follow the Baekhwa Cult’s orders?”
“Then what do you plan to do when you don’t even know anything about Songdo?”
“Ngh.”
Shin Jiun had a highly dissatisfied expression, but he nodded.
“Right. Well, it’s your front yard, so it’s better to follow your words.”
It was exactly as Choi Siwoo expected.
Not even thirty minutes after the guild hunters joined, an alarm announcing the enemy’s invasion rang out in downtown Songdo.
Shortly after the alarm rang, monsters with the appearance of half-human, half-fish began to land from the sea.
Because that was the only point where a large-scale army could land.
The Mutants, who originally would have ridden the Han River up to Seoul, were now being pushed into the trap called Songdo due to the changed history.
“To think that fishmen would be the first to come up to the place Eunha made into a tourist attraction.”
Yujeong-i, who had been making Songdo into a tourist city alongside Yu Eunha, sighed.
It was truly terrible beyond compare, watching it from the penthouse.
They had been building it with the ambitious intention of reviving the destroyed Songdo after the Cataclysm, but to think Mutants would be the first to use it.
Still, it was a relief that they could at least use it now.
“They’re coming in slowly for now.”
“Won’t we be lacking in numbers?”
The number of the Mutant Legion in Songdo was 10,000.
The main forces of the Baekhwa Cult were overseas.
Even that was barely scraped together.
Of course, this Mutant Legion of 10,000 was also quite powerful.
Plus, there were the guild hunters too.
“The weapons are so good and the hunter lineup is great, so the 10,000-strong Mutant Legion will be enough here right now.”
The Baekhwa Cult’s legion could not be ignored.
However, there was an entity floating in the air far above the fishmen.
A white man with weed-like hair.
Choi Siwoo knew who that person was.
The Sin of Pride, Lucius.
[“Mutants of Songdo. Today is your memorial day!”]
He talked like that, but he was the figure with the lowest intelligence.
“He’s showing himself way too openly. Is he originally that stupid?”
“Hmm. Looks like it.”
Since Yu Eunha had vacated her seat, Lucius, who had become as arrogant as possible, looked down on everything in Songdo.
A figure who was still arrogant beyond compare.
That too would end before long.
The fishmen gradually began to cover the coast of Songdo.
At that endless number, some Mutants even felt fear.
“Then let’s begin now.”
#
The operation began.
The Baekhwa Cult’s Mutant Legion, which had been defending the coast, fought back by firing coastal guns or installing machine guns before starting to flee toward the city center.
The number of landing fishmen began to swell even more, and a filthy smile was spreading across the lips of the Sin of Pride.
[“Heheheh. Stupid Baekhwa Cult bastards.”]
It was hard to tell who was the stupid one.
The die had already been cast.
The landing continued.
Lucius’s Mutants had already crossed the coast and begun to encroach upon the city.
“Then it’s about time to start.”
Choi Siwoo, who was watching this sight from the penthouse, contacted everyone through the magic gear.
The first step was for the Ice Empress to freeze the sea off Songdo.
The ice of the Ice Empress, which had once erected a massive fence in Seoul, froze the sea off Songdo.
CRACK -
As the sea froze, the movements of the landing Mutants gradually began to stiffen.
And, not long after, as the sea completely froze over, the Mutants froze as well.
Even Lucius, who initially thought it was nothing much, frowned.
[“What on earth is going on?”]
Not only had the sea off Songdo frozen, but his own subordinates had frozen too, so what more could be said?
And problems arose in the city streets of Songdo as well.
The Mutants that had landed and entered the city were ravaged by magic bullets pouring from the surrounding buildings, as if they had been waiting for them.
Bang-tatatatatang!
Lucius’s subordinates were massacred by the autocannons installed in the windows.
The Baekhwa Cult’s Mutant legions, densely packed in the buildings and on the rooftops, poured out the magic power they had prepared in advance.
They threw bombs and launched all kinds of weapons.
BOOM! BAAANG!
They were essentially caught in an ambush, with the entire army being attacked.
Lucius’s incredibly stupid Mutants were frantically beaten from all directions.
[“What is this. What exactly is going on. Did they know? I definitely heard the news that Yu Eunha went to india!”]
The information was definitely leaked that way.
Si-ah Anyway, his news was that slow.
As expected, having lived through the first playthrough made them look too ridiculous.
Because it was like starting while knowing all the future.
To think he had been pushed back by guys like that. Just how much of a fool had he been.
“But it’s different now.”
Now, he could do something about it.
He could kill all those damn bastards and achieve the World Peace he hadn’t been able to accomplish before.
This was all thanks to Yu Eunha.
Just imagining it made his insides feel hot.
“Haa. Haaaa. Haa.”
It wouldn’t be bad to quickly end this battle and receive a reward from Eunha.
The battle was more anticlimactic than expected.
That stupid Lucius had ultimately walked into the path of death on his own.
[“Are you saying it was a trap?”]
He was too late to realize it.
Now it was all over.
His subordinates continuously froze and died at the hands of the Baekhwa Cult’s Mutant Legion.
Lucius himself also joined in, destroying buildings or starting to subjugate the Baekhwa Cult’s Mutants, but that was his limit.
Ice froze the enemies.
Flowers put the enemies to sleep.
Steel tore the bodies of the Mutants apart.
In an instant, the battlefield overwhelmingly became a victory for Songdo’s side.
It was too simple, even simpler than expected.
“Isn’t this too simple?”
Yujeong-i, who was watching the battlefield from the penthouse, made a surprised expression.
Really. This was exactly why there was a saying that people should be prepared.
“Our preparations were perfect.”
In the past, there was no way to know that the enemies were invading.
Moreover, there was no Great Overflow this time, so there were only powerful Mutants in Songdo.
So there was no way the Sin could win.
He was even just watching right now.
Of course he had to go out and fight, but Choi Siwoo was currently looking for an opportunity.
Solely to kill the Sin.
He intended to achieve victory by killing the Sin.
[“Just you wait!”]
Finally, the guy was trying to run away.
How could he spout such nonsense even when running away.
Who would let him go when he announced his escape in such an unusual way.
He couldn’t just leave him be. Impotent Man Even though he had already given him every humiliation possible, thinking about the previous playthrough made anger surge up.
“Choi Siwoo of the Divine Sword. Even if you defeated me, will humanity truly be able to endure?”
Your Excellency Even so, Lucius had laughed.
Because he had dealt enough damage with the forces he had.
Because he had further increased the possibility of humanity being defeated by the Sins.
But now it was the exact opposite.
Choi Siwoo drew his Sabokgeom.
“I will catch him.”
He intended to see the end of it here. He absolutely had to catch him.
He wanted to catch him and feel the sense of victory he hadn’t felt before.
“Is it possible?”
“Of course.”
Choi Siwoo jumped down from the penthouse.
And he climbed onto a small building and aimed his Sabokgeom at Lucius.
Right now, it would be strange to lose.
Lucius’s face, which had been quietly observing the battlefield from the air, distorted.
He must have realized that his body was gradually getting weaker.
He would probably try to return quickly.
Before long, the guy created a black space in the air.
It seemed he was thinking of running away. That absolutely couldn’t happen.
“For now, a tactical retreat like this. Keugh?”
Choi Siwoo took advantage of the moment he tried to enter that black space.
The Sabokgeom stretched out into the air and instantly wrapped tightly around the Sin’s body.
Chwarararararak!
No matter if he was a Sin, it would be difficult to escape this.
As the Sabokgeom grazed Lucius’s body, and he had already lost all his soldiers, blood burst out.
Choi Siwoo’s Divine Sword had been granted various abilities as it became a magic sword. If the sword touched a hard body, it would inflict a wound.
Lucius was swept up by the Sabokgeom and couldn’t even run away.
“Kuhuk?”
“How hilarious, trying to run away?”
It seemed it really did hurt.
“What do you mean run away. It’s just a strategic retreat!”
The guy named Lucius definitely hated losing.
He was probably calling running away after being defeated like that a strategic retreat.
But now, he was relaxed.
The Baekhwa Cult raised by Yu Eunha would thoroughly trample the Sins.
“Bullshit. In the first place, you’re dancing in one’s palm. You’re nothing without your subordinates. Isn’t that right?”
Even without his subordinates, he had the basic power of a Sin, so it was enough.
“How did you know that?”
It was simply a difference in commanders.
Would the Sins, who weren’t even properly united, be the same as the Baekhwa Cult united under Yu Eunha?
No. They were completely different.
Yu Eunha was Dahaka.
He himself had already regressed once.
So how could the likes of you dare to win?