Chapter 185
185Hwa: Traveler Koo Dae-seong(4)
-Quack quack!
Lightning pours down from the giant's body. There was no way to avoid the shock wave that felt like an EMP explosion..
"Wow···!"
He is swept away by the waves and falls from his horse. A terrible pain went up his spine..
"Mr. Gu···!!"
Team leader Kim Do-han focused his railgun fire on the giant..
-Kakak!
"Damn, all I got was a scratch.!"
But the giant's skin was hard. The output has been reduced to reduce noise, and instead of expensive star steel bullets, it is processed magicite bullets..
In the end, Kim Do-han decided that defending with his body would be much more likely to attract the giant's attention, so he threw the spear with all his might and raised his shield..
"4article! 5 trillion! Get his attention!"
"Yes, captain.!"
The two groups follow Kim Do-han's instructions without fail. The burden will increase on the rest of the group to fend off the giant's hounds, but they cannot afford to lose their knight..
-Hahahaha···!
The giant swung a huge iron club. The shield soldiers tried to block it, but it was not enough to offset the impact..
Every time the hammer is swung, three or three Man-At-Arms flies into the sky, and yet they rise up again and again, attracting the giant's attention..
"Spread out! A close formation is at a disadvantage against him.!"
While the two dogs were desperately trying to get the giant's attention, Kim Do-han brought out Koo Dae-seong from a dead horse..
"Hey, Mr. Gu! are you okay?!"
"Wow···!"
Koo Dae-seong lets out a breath and opens his eyes. He supplied oxygen as if to push out the blood vessels in his heart that had just been clogged..
"Heo-eok, heo-eok···!"
It was just a moment, but my heart stopped. If there was no Star Iron Armor······.
"Crazy, the Star Iron Armor was shattered, right? This is my first time doing something like this······."
Hearing Kim Do-han's words, Koo Dae-seong opened his eyes wide and looked down at his empty chest..
"The armor······."
Broken. It was shocking to both Koo Dae-sung and Kim Do-han..
Although the armor of the Knight and Man at Arms uses the same star iron, the content is completely different..
The star iron 'Hamyang' armor, intended for mass production, has only a thin coating of star iron on the inside..
That alone makes it a very strong unique grade, but it is not comparable to the knight's high-purity star iron armor..
Until now, the star iron armor provided for knights has never been broken, and this is the first time that Koo Dae-seong has done so..
'It's because of me······.'
And Koo Dae-seong guessed the reason..
'Because I have not received the holy law or the blessings of any of the gods.······.'
Star iron armor does not become special simply because of its material. The reason it is an invincible armor is because the knight wearing it can strengthen his armor by receiving blessings from God..
But Koo Dae-seong did not receive any god's blessing..
The annihilation and strong defenses protected by the Goddess of Light and Justice, and the flames of battle protected by the God of War and Flame..
Because Mojiri did not receive any divine protection that could prevent evil,.
-Graaaaa···!
At that moment, Koo Dae-seong’s eyes opened urgently. When a threat approaches you, your defensive instinct is broken and you raise a shield..
-thud!
Koo Dae-seong catches the giant's club with a dizzying impact sound and bounces to the ground..
"Gu, Mr. Gu!"
Captain Kim Do-han shouted from the ground far away with his body in disarray..
"shit···!"
Koo Dae-seong got up immediately..
I felt like my whole body was crumbling, and I also felt an overwhelming power gap..
But even at this moment, he remembered the teachings of only one person..
[You should never hesitate when fighting.]
Even during practical training, your mindset changes once you get into the actual game..
When I was taking a knight's class while feeling intimidated among the young cadets, one of the cadets boldly asked Leon, who was discussing a courageous charge..
[What should I do if my strength and speed are lower than my opponent??]
What should a knight do when he meets an opponent who is bound to lose? If you're as experienced as the Lionheart King, wouldn't there be a way??
Leon's answer was different from what I expected..
[just fight.]
[······.]
[Throw away distracting thoughts. What is the point of having such concerns at that moment? If you choose to run away, you will just end up with a knife in your back. If you're going to die, cut your chest and die..]
There is no trick or fluke..
A knight is someone who fights from the front.
A person who charges on horseback and does not back down no matter what enemy he faces..
'fight!'
just fight.
Koo Dae-seong has neither outstanding talent nor the quickness to use his wits..
There's only one thing he's good at.
"You damn bastard! i am still alive!!"
not giving up.
-Yeah···!
The giant who was swinging his club at Kim Do-han looks back. He accepted Koo Dae-seong's existence as an insult, constantly rising like a fly..
thud! thud!
The sound of rough footsteps echoes on the ground. The aural intimidation it gave gradually cast a shadow, blocking Koo Dae-seong from the moonlight..
Koo Dae-seong's faltering face and the might of the giant approaching with great strides were like a cornered rat or a cornered cat..
-Gulp!
I swallow my saliva. Cold sweat due to tension.
"Wow!···!!"
All Koo Dae-seong can do is bark loudly as if trying to hide his fear, proving the idiom that a cornered rat bites a cat..
-Yeah!
A black iron club is swung. The moment you hit it directly, Koo Dae-seong dies instantly. But something strange happened.
-Kak──!
With a sharp noise, the supersonic bullet hits the giant's finger..
"Oh, you got it right!"
The person who brought joy was North Korean defector Jo Mal-soon. He grabbed the rail gun of a fallen Man at Arms member and fired by chance, hitting the giant's finger..
-That's it!
You cannot kill monsters simply with weapons with high firepower. Moreover, if you are a giant, you are resistant to most scientific weapons..
The element that makes them up is the magic stone, a magical power that forms the body with their own ‘soul’..
However, when it comes to railguns that fly at 40 times the speed of sound, it's like pricking your finger with a toothpick..
-thud!
The iron club that was thrown away in pain falls to the floor. Koo Dae-seong did not miss that moment..
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa···!"
Koo Dae-seong jumped off the ground as if he were flying and jumped into the giant's arms..
-Draw it···?!
A moment's carelessness, a third party's fluke, and an honest frontal assault..
The giant gave up his empty chest without any time to react, and Koo Dae-seong's sword penetrated the giant's chest..
-Draw it···!
"I'm going to go to the middle of the day.!"
The giant falls down with the force of the stabbing without even having time to clean up his mouth, which was thick with blood spattering from his chest where he was stabbed by the star iron sword..
Koo Dae-seong, who fell forward along with the fallen giant, was pulled by gravity and stabbed the star iron sword even deeper..
-Kwadang!
Dust is blown up by the giant who fell backwards..
"Uh, uhh! Mr. Gu! are you okay!"
Kim Do-han hurriedly ran over and looked at Koo Dae-seong. He was breathing hard in the dust as if he couldn't believe what he had done..
"Huh! Huh...! I, I... caught the giant?"
"Ugh, yes! I was very lucky, but I managed to catch it! Hehehe···!"
Kim Do-han helped Koo Dae-seong up from his dazed state and patted his shoulder..
"Hehehe...! Now you can call me Giant Slayer!"
"Well, don't do that.."
"Now, aside from being happy, let's take care of the rest of the monsters first! Since I made a loud noise, more monsters might come around.!"
Gu Dae-seong, who came to his senses after hearing those words, grabbed the sword stuck in the giant's chest and charged towards the remaining monsters..
* * * *
"thank you! thank you!"
After that, it was all smooth sailing..
Hundreds of people were still imprisoned inside the Hoeryeong camp, and they were relieved that they lived, thanking Koo Dae-seong over and over again..
Gu Dae-seong took charge of the rear line to protect them and saw the horse that had fallen in the fight with the giant..
'sorry. Because of the ugly owner······.'
The moment the lightning struck, Mal and Koo Dae-seong were hit with an impact that could shatter star iron armor. Of course, the horse died instantly..
'What on earth was that lightning??'
There was something strange about it that could be considered magic. Something doesn't seem right... The giant has never used magic or struck lightning since then..
"uh? Where did the giant's body go??"
what someone said.
And everyone looked for the giant's corpse, which had been lying in the middle of the camp just moments before..
"What on earth···?"
That big corpse disappears in the blink of an eye? An incomprehensible situation continued, but no one could care more about it..
"Come on, let’s hurry! Other monsters may come, so we need to cross the Duman River quickly.!"
Even if we couldn't do it, we had to take more than 300 camp people across the Duman River. If more monsters come, casualties are inevitable with 50 or so Men at Arms..
"Let's go!"
Leaving behind the disappeared giant, Koo Dae-seong and fifty Men at Arms led the people and left the camp..
-······.
The eyes watching the scene remained silent until the end..
-Crying···!
"Shit, the drone hounds are back!"
Before the battle with the giant, about a dozen hunting dogs were removed by drone. They chased people trying to escape Hoeryeong City..
-Oooooh···!
-Oh oh oh oh···!
And the unique crying sound of the canine family. Howling, as if calling for a companion, actually brought out monsters from the entire city..
-Crying···!
"Three o'clock! stop it!"
-Kak!
-Kaaaaak!
The rail gun with maximum output is fired and blocks the approach of monsters..
Koo Dae-seong and Men at Arms stopped the monsters as best they could, catching and killing several, but they did not back down and continued the chase as if they were going to avenge their master..
"shit···! It's soon the Duman River.!"
"If things continue like this, the damage will be severe.!"
The monsters that flocked from all over the city had enough power to annihilate the convoy. I couldn't lose people at the end..
A desperate crisis. At that very moment, a loud noise came from across the Duman River..
"Uh oh?"
"That is?"
Something that travels across the frozen Duman River. Unmanned drone carrying support packages delivered to Men at Arms crossing into North Korea.
It changes into the shape of a motorcycle and charges towards us..
"Hey Sir Yappy! here! here!"
Koo Dae-seong, who sensed that it was Yapi who was controlling it, hurriedly waved his hand. The drone motorcycle, traveling at 600 km/h, quickly passed the convoy and headed towards the monsters..
-Full set of built-in weapons. Emergency 3 minutes and 37 seconds limited battle begins.
The built-in armament of the drone carrying the support package was revealed and began firing machine guns and rail guns indiscriminately..
-Tukwakwakwakwa···!
A high-power rail gun and large-scale light cannon that are intended to be used not by humans, but by a body of steel..
Armed drones, supported by generously scattering limited bullets and bullets, overwhelm the monsters in this moment..
"Lord Yapi provides protection! Let’s take this opportunity to cross the Duman River.!"
They hurriedly ran across the frozen Duman River. Although I was able to shake off the monsters' pursuit by providing support fire with a small rail gun from time to time, the monsters' will to chase is still strong..
"Persistent guys! Is battle inevitable?!"
Captain Kim Do-han is tired of his opponent's cruelty. It was then.
-Emergency evacuation. Self-destruct sequence begins.
"Ex?"
"yes?"
For a moment, I thought I had heard wrong. But the cold mechanical sound never jokes.
-countdown. 10··· 9··· 8──
"Oh wow···!"
"Run away!!"
Drone motorcycles charging towards monsters and Men at Arms running across the Duman River in panic. The moment they barely crossed the river──
-Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa···!
A huge explosion exploded in the middle of the Duman River, creating a mushroom cloud..
-Wow!!!
"Ahhhhh!"
"Yappy crazy piece of scrap metal──!?"
The oppression was strong enough to blow the Men at Arms across the Duman River into the air..
* * * *
"Yeah, that job went well.."
-Kikluk! The injured are scheduled to be transported to Korea..
Leon, who received Yappy's report last night, sighed lightly and praised the knight and Koo Dae-seong for their record..
"Send them meat and wine of the highest quality. Of course, new weapons are also included.."
-Order received.
"By the way... what does Lord Spinner think??"
A camp in North Korea has been taken over by monsters. If you look at this, it's not that unusual..
- It is believed that the accident was caused by an underdeveloped country's inadequate response to the gate. Several overlaps with existing cases.
"What is there to say from President Ahn??"
- He said he spoke with Chairman Kim through the hotline as usual. There is nothing wrong with the North Korean leadership in Pyongyang..
"Is this simply a disturbance on the border?."
Something is at stake. Leon felt a sense of déjà vu from what happened in North Korea..
A sixth sense that goes beyond the five senses. If you think about the intuition of the King of Lion Hearts, it is a magical phenomenon..
"I would like you to dispatch your drone to North Korea. I really want to know what's going on there."
-Order received. I will implement it immediately.
After giving orders to Yappy, Leon immediately checked the following documents..
"······."
The document was officially handed down to Pantheon through the government of the Republic of Korea. Leon has received a document like this once before..
From the Japanese government when forming a joint force to subdue the Wandering Demon Sword..
"Is it American?."
Official dispatch request from the United States Hunter Bureau.
There is even a personal letter from the U.S. President expressing his hope that Leon and Pantheon will participate in the joint attack on the 'Black Gate' that occurred in the middle of New York..
I heard that it was delivered in half a day using America's latest stealth fighter jet in order to deliver it urgently while maintaining formality..
[At the end of the cold winter, the head of government of a distant country across the sea offers greetings to the Lionheart King of the great Lionheart Kingdom. I am Anthony Hobson, President of the United States──]
It was a formal letter written in an old-fashioned style. It was a letter written with such care and attention that it was hard to imagine how many professors of paleography must have been attached to Leon, a member of the royal family..
"Hmm, this President Anthony Hobson is a man of formalities.."
Even Leon, an authority on native royal culture, was impressed by the earnest content. After reading and savoring each and every word, he folded up the letter and opened the next ‘unofficial letter.’.
An unofficial letter from the U.S. administration, delivered after the president's letter, lists the name of a goddess I recently learned as the sender..
[Have you been healthy so far? King Leon. I have blessed your future and promised to meet you next time, but I have something urgent to tell you..]
Meriel, the goddess of fate. Her content, which she conveyed to Leon in her letters, surprised even Leon. That's right too──
"Sir Spinner. I need to urgently organize a unit and head to the United States.."
-Departure immediately without negotiation process?
"Yeah, the goddess won't lie."
After reading the letter, Leon put the goddess's letter into his arms with trembling hands. Leon's expression was so noticeably bright that anyone who knew him was surprised..
"Karina······."
Saying the name of the child he thought he would never call again... Leon prepared to leave for America..
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