Chapter 219
First, catching the boss of this destroyed world is the priority.
“First of all, this world is smaller than earth, but there’s no reason to travel all over it. Just catching the one spreading demonic energy from the center will make the demonic energy disappear.”
Seeing how much he has polluted the world, I’m curious what that guy looks like.
“The dead will find peace too.”
“I suppose so.”
It’s truly a pity, but the dead should stay dead; do they really have to become zombies like that?
People who are meant to die should just die instead of being a nuisance.
“But will the magic gear be okay?”
“It would explode if we just left it lying around, but as long as you or I are holding it, Superior.”
How could the gear break down when we’re holding it in our arms?
This is a place that Elise and Mari can endure anyway.
Of course, low-quality guys would have died long ago, but at least we are perfectly fine in the demonic energy.
“Then is it okay if I record a video here? I have to report to the Association.”
“Hmm, then I’ll turn on Baekhwa TV for the first time in a while too.”
I haven’t appeared often lately, so my popularity must be at its peak, right?
I took out a drone and started the live broadcast.
As expected, Cheonsan’s magic skill is the best in the world.
To think it can connect even with an other world like this via communication!
-Oh fuck, it’s Baekhwa.
-Crazy bitch… Come on more often.
-Fr, only Choi Si-ah has been appearing lately.
-I saw a trending search on N-portal saying she went to the United States. What is she doing there?
-Is she hanging out with her friend?
-Crazy, don’t you know this bitch is a scissor-lover? Boyfriend, my ass.
I think I saw a disgusting comment mentioning a friend.
“Hi, nice to meet ya! It’s your Idol, Baekhwa!”
I gave a cute wink.
-Where is this? It’s so gloomy.
Ah, does the screen still only show darkness?
Since only our immediate surroundings, where we cleared the demonic energy, are bright, maybe that’s to be expected.
“Today, I have come to a haunted house!”
Of course, I’m the one who laid the groundwork for this house to make this happen!
-What’s a haunted house?
-You know, a house in an amusement park with ghosts. You fucking loner.
-Fuck. I don’t know because I’ve never been!
“It is none other than the world of the dead! Look at those ghosts!”
I pointed at the things squirming in the darkness far away.
That’s right. You could say those are grudges polluted by demonic energy.
In short, you know those weird ghost-like monsters that often appear in fantasy.
-Crazy, is this real?
-So how did you do it? It’s CG, right?
-It’s CG in a world where Elves exist lol
Tell me about it.
Where in the world would there be something like CG here?
If there is, tell it to come out.
“Just who am I? Am I not everyone’s Idol, Baekhwa?”
I made a V-sign with my fingers.
“Guooooooo!”
“I’ll hit it in a super kawaii way, okay?”
I swung my fist at the ghost.
Ba-bang!
The ghost disappeared on the spot.
It was just a formless mass of demonic energy, so I merely pretended to hit it while bursting the demonic energy. But the effect was greater than expected.
The clumped specters around it vanished without a trace.
-Crazy, she’s beating ghosts to death with her bare hands
-Isn’t she a true physical Saintess?
-She probably just wrapped it in magic power, physical Saintess lmaoooo
“Now then, let’s start exploring!”
I decided to continue the exploration for now.
Things made of demonic energy occasionally appeared around us.
As we dealt with them and moved forward, skeletons gradually came into view.
Moving skeletons, that is.
Creaaak, creak.
The occasional sound of joints snapping was truly the sound of the dead moving, making it gross.
Guys wandering around with bodies that are now nothing but bones, consumed by grudges.
It’s pitiful. But thanks to you guys, Baekhwa TV is going to hit the jackpot.
I already have overflowing amounts of money, but to maintain the image of Idol Baekhwa, broadcast content is also important.
-But there’s no way it’s a haunted house, is it an other world? Or an otherworld.
“Oh, you’re quick to catch on, StandardFriedRice-nim. This is a Gate we entered upon receiving a request from the United States Hunter Association for subjugation!”
There are many Gates connected to the otherworld.
Looking at it this way, it might seem like what I told Amy earlier is contradictory, but the otherworld connected to a Gate was always just a part of a world.
In other words, it was only connected on the level of the Dungeon where I ate the Akashic Record, or something similar. Surprisingly, it was never a world itself.
-The atmosphere is weird for something like that, though?
Hmm, as expected, my viewers are built differently. They’re quick-witted.
“That’s because it’s not a normal Gate, but a connected world.”
At my words, there was a commotion in the chat window.
People were telling me not to lie since only a part of the otherworld is connected.
Or others were saying it’s too big to be just a part. Such words went back and forth.
Without paying it any mind, I strolled through this destroyed world.
“Wow, there are a ton of skeletons here.”
-But what kind of world is that where there are only skeletons?
Hmm, I haven’t mentioned it yet.
“It’s a place where the undead are basically a given. Since all that are left are corpses, the ratio of undead will be quite high.”
Even on earth, there was a time when billions died and undead-type monsters were everywhere.
That was exactly the focus of the prequel.
For a while after the Cataclysm, undead-type monsters increased, and that was the reason.
Yu Jinseok smashed countless skeletons.
And now it’s time for me, his younger sister, to inherit that will!
“Grrr. Kkireuk. Grrrk.”
“Grrrrrrrk!”
Hmm, but there are a lot. Way too many.
“There are way too many.”
I guess it’s fitting for a shattered world.
An absolute swarm is rushing in. An almost ocean-like number of skeletons is holding various weapons.
Unlike traditional skeletons, they look way too cyberpunk?
“Uh, Eun. No, Baekhwa. Look at that. They’re holding weird guns.”
“They even have exoskeletons or something.”
“Wow, is this real life?”
Those skeletons weren’t just ordinary skeletons.
Some skeletons even had chunks of metal visible at every joint, as if they had undergone some bone-cutting surgery while alive.
Right. Now I get it.
The civilization of the ancients was the best in the woooorld!!, and naturally, even now as skeletons, they are on a different level from normal skeletons.
Why is that, you ask?
-Wow fuck. What kind of world is that
-Didn’t we have that too? There were ROK Armed Forces skeletons holding machine guns
-Are ray guns and machine guns the same, fuck lol
Pew! Pew! Pew!
That’s right. Those crazy skeletons started firing ray guns.
Wow, it connected to an amazing world, maybe because this is America?
Fortunately, there was a cooldown on the skeletons' guns.
In that gap, we gathered a pile of ruins to set up a barricade.
We wouldn’t die even if we got hit, but with so many of them, I panicked for a moment.
“Aren’t there too many?”
They’re swarming in droves, like a tidal wave.
Even so, being a pile of skeletons, it’s less magnificent and more just like a haunted house. Tearing down guys like that isn’t even difficult.
“Don’t worry. One finger is all it takes.”
I raised my finger.
With just one God-Finger used by everyone’s Idol Baekhwa-chan, those skeletons will come tumbling down~!
“A finger? Ah, the one I saw in that video.”
“Hmm, shall I give it a try?”
It’s a simple matter. If I snap my fingers, they’ll die on their own.
Snap!
If I snap my finger like this. Huh?
“Uh, they’re not dying?”
“Eunha. It looks like it’s useless against them?”
It’s true. Huh? Why aren’t they dying?
The bastards are running at us diligently while firing their ray guns.
As if trying to vent their anger over being dead.
They ran and ran, pouncing on us as if to explode with the Wrath of the dead.
“Grrrrrrrrrrrk!”
“No, this is crazy.”
Then with White Flame. No, fuck. If I use White Flame, I’ll be exposed as Eunha.
Then what do I do? Yongyong’s greatest crisis?
Should I just turn off the broadcast, use White Flame, and then appropriately trick Amy? That’s the answer, right?
No. I have my reliable mother and daughter pet/bitch.
“Now, go, my females. Vigorously smash those swarming skeletons!”
“No, isn’t that a bit weird?”
“Anyway, don’t nitpick and hurry up. Crush them!”
At my words, the mother and daughter, Mari and Elise, started fighting the skeleton army.
Mari’s doll legion blocked the skeletons all at once.
Above the skeleton legion, Elise, who had turned into lightning, swept them away just like that.
“How many of them are there? You don’t think it’s all of them, since you said it’s a world?”
Man, she sure says such scary things easily.
That’s a bit much.
“Surely they haven’t all swarmed just to this place.”
Would they really be waiting just to catch us?
This is probably just a part of them. All the dead of this world wouldn’t come just to catch me.
Hmm. Still, you never know.
At worst, I’ll have to turn off the broadcast and use White Flame or something.
“Grrrrrrrk!”
“Kkyarrrrrk!”
The ray guns fired by the skeletons were meaningless against my females' dolls and lightning attacks.
However, perhaps due to those flashing effects, the skeleton legion showed no signs of stopping.
As if drawing aggro, the bastards continued to be drawn to the mother and daughter’s attacks.
Is it because it’s too flashy?
This seems a bit dangerous. Should I step back for a moment?
-Fuck. There’s a disgustingly huge amount of them.
-Shouldn’t she request backup for this?
-She’s still relaxed though. The terrain advantage is insane.
When will this wave end?
Well, they’re blocking them diligently by utilizing the terrain advantage, but it’s not like Elise and Mari have overflowing magic power either.
Isn’t it time for some special countermeasure? Request backup?
“What should we do?”
As for a method, there is none. We just have to smash them as they come.
The entire world is truly a thick mass of demonic energy, so there’s no way to know where the center is.
But charging in blindly, we don’t even know what is where.
“Akashic Record. How is the situation here right now? Any areas where the boss might be?”
[Originally, the ancients had a highly developed civilization and a very large population. The place where the Master is currently located is a particularly densely populated area. Therefore, quite a few moving skeletons remain. Areas where the boss might be located have not been identified.]
Then does that mean it’s just city-level? It’s a shame we can’t find the boss.
“Then it’s not all of them, right?”
[Yes. It is merely the scale of a city. The current number of remaining skeletons is around 120,000.]
It is good, not bad.
“For now, let’s smash them all as they come. Everyone, recharge with demonic energy.”
“Yes.”
Those skeletons are incredibly weak.
They just have good equipment, but ultimately, they’re just piles of bones.
They’re useless guys that collapse after just a few hits.
In fact, right now I am smashing the skeletons to pieces with my fists.
“Die!”
Craaack!
I swing the God-Mace made of Yongyong’s scales to smash the skeletons.
Given their numbers, we have to deal with them as quickly as possible, because it’ll get annoying if they swarm us.
It seems we need to utilize the terrain advantage for now.
Moving to a higher area, we were out of reach of the ray guns fired from below by the skeletons.
Pew! Pew-pew!
Even so, the way they keep firing their ray guns as if compelled seems like they’re supporting the guys charging from the front.
“What kind of crazy bastards are those?”
I shouldn’t expect intelligence from them, but seeing that does give me the creeps.
Ah, I really want to use a White Flame Bomb on that.