Chapter 208
< Battle of Naju >
Naju Pantheon.
Men at Arms and local residents fought valiantly against the attacking demon and anti-demon troops..
The priests of the goddess Demera, who use sacred laws, and the scarecrows who protect the farmland under the goddess's protection were mass-produced by believers who were fanatical to the point of being somewhat useless..
"Frostman is dead.!"
The demons didn't specifically come to rob the crops, but at that point the demons were already frostbiters who had come to rob the precious crops..
Moreover, the power is not limited to the scarecrow alone..
"Chunsik, what did you ask?!"
"Ahhhhh···!"
The serf soldiers who remained in the pantheon. They were being forced to charge by the most senior Demera priest, Old Man Choi..
Wearing the shackles of Tartar, the god of heaven and judgment, they cannot disobey the instructions of their senior commander. It allows them to display semi-compulsory bravery. Above all──
[Grail Knight Gratas' 'How to Kill a Giant with Serfs' grants a buff to serf soldiers..]
-Attack power against half-demon increases by 157.777%.
-Attack power against demons increases by 101.666%.
The Bible of Lord Gratas, the Holy Grail Knight, kept in the Pantheon. ‘How to catch a giant with a serf’ sprays an attack power increase buff on all serfs on the field..
1,576,660 people to hunt half-demon.
1,017,770 people to hunt the devil.
A Bible that has been handed down from generation to generation since the time of Lord Gratas, the Holy Grail Knight, and has accompanied the history of consumption of serfs in the Lionheart Kingdom, including the Serf Festival..
That holy and noble power makes the trashy Meatshield serfs active as quite useful one-hit limited attackers..
"It's like giving each guy one hit! You bastard devil seeds! When you fall, leave it to me with my permission! Otherwise, you will die prematurely by my own hands.!"
"Hehehehe...! These guys are more devilish than the devil!"
The serf soldiers howled and charged towards their compatriots..
They left a cruel will as they died from the spears of their fellow demons..
"absoluteness···! absoluteness! don't get caught by them!"
"Ugh, ugh···!"
Even as the half-horses slaughtered the serf soldiers, they could not shake off their discomfort and regret. But that's just a very fragmentary part..
-Wow!!
-stop! Don’t worry! let me go!
-no! No way!!
At the moment of death, their souls emit a light so vivid that they can be seen from their bodies and are taken somewhere..
The sight of him struggling to not be dragged away looked so pitiful..
-Three, oh my god······.
-what is that.
-My soul... was sucked in?
wherever?
But they had no shortage of imagining the worst..
"Ugh, ugh······."
Moral bread that occurs in real time. They fell into chaos, fear and confusion..
If it had been this far, they would still have been able to attempt a tense power struggle with Men at Arms..
But the bottom of the deep Pacific Ocean. Communication was restored and Yapi, aware of the situation in South Korea, responded immediately..
-Risk posture. Emergency response. Compatible Pilot Call.
-Kikluk! Kikilook (McDelough Hashimura Ogent's response)!)
-Kikluk! Reply to Glaster Basilisk All for One!)
A very small number of knight-level Kikiruk people still remained in South Korea..
When they responded, serving Yakht Spinner as their savior and being his loyal subordinates, Yapi immediately ejected weapons from the Space Integrated Arms Platform Stealth Strategic Satellite..
It entered the atmosphere in an instant and arrived in front of the two great warriors of the Kikkiruk tribe.──
-Count-level war armament support for Yacht Spinner. Confirmation of Pilot No. 13 McDelough and Pilot No. 19 Glaster..
This is custom equipment developed for the original Yacht Spinner..
Although it is not the largest decisive battle weapon of the Marquis class, as the emphasis was on compatibility, it was also considered that reinforcements other than Yaphy could be equipped with it..
-Kikluk!
-Look, look!
The latest star iron armament that can be installed in an instant. Unmanned weapons launched simultaneously follow the two pilots..
-Two Baron-class squads of Count-class support sub-escort aircraft. Under the command of the pilot.
The Baron-class all-purpose battle escort aircraft followed the two great warriors equipped with Count-class war armament. They quickly identified the half-demon army fighting in front of the Pantheon..
-Kikluk! (Maximum firepower projection begins)
-Let’s go! (Overwhelm)
Baron-class unmanned robots poured out their firepower all at once..
A star iron warhead made from star iron. And the Star Iron Grenade Launcher. The Baron-level joint operation, which borrows some of Yappy's cutting-edge strong artificial intelligence computing power, demonstrates knight-level potential..
-Quaaaaaaa!!
I am overwhelmed by the pouring firepower. Half-demons who can't even become demons can't stand in front of this Holy Grenade..
-Wow! Sal! My weight is melting!
-My soul is burning! Someone, someone please help me···!
A terrible scream echoes among the people. But no one can preserve their souls.
The death of the soul is the most basic punishment that this Holy Legion gives to evil..
"These guys···!"
Helheart, a high-ranking demon of wisdom and exploration, sharpened his teeth against the advanced weapons of his pesky enemy..
Familiar high-level scientific weapons. If only that were the case, it would have been just a slightly annoying toy..
For those whose very existence is magical, high-tech weapons are not compatible with them..
However, most of the legions here are half-demons with enemies in the flesh, and the weapons they use are not just high-tech weapons..
"Combining hateful sacred technology with cumbersome science?···!"
Having destroyed many worlds with high-level scientific civilizations before, he knew how annoying a combination this could be..
"But the output is weak! You're not even a high-ranking knight. Do you think you can properly handle a sergeant like that?!"
That's right. Unlike the Baron class, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle, and the Viscount class, which is an elite aircraft for special operations, the Count class is a war armament for Yakt spinners..
The energy source of these enormous armaments comes from the sacred reactor of Yapi, the Holy Grail Knight..
Unless the pilot Kikiruk warriors had such an energy source, the Count class could not reach its maximum potential..
-Kikluk! (Heto anchor launch)
Streams of light pouring from a Count-class aircraft. It suddenly hit the serf soldiers in the middle of the battlefield..
"uh?"
"What is this??"
Suddenly, a beam of light connected to the nape of their necks. The serfs' anxiety was very justified..
These Lionheart guys are like angels who will dismantle the serf soldiers and even recycle the iron powder..
-Look! (Temporary energy source requisition)
At the same time as those words were spoken, something was absorbed from the serf soldiers connected to the beam of light..
-dump!
-dump!
Peasant soldiers falling down. As if the soul had disappeared from the body.······.
-Grumpy! (Soul drain transmission activated. Temporary power supply of 1.5%)
""······Eh?""
Purify evil and use it as energy. This itself was a method often used in Lionheart..
That's because it's terribly inefficient..
of course.
The system of serfdom itself does not think about efficiency..
If they were thinking about efficiency, they would have given the serf soldiers proper armor and weapons. Don't bother stripping yourself and charging with a dagger..
"This guy is more evil than this devil···!"
"What color is your blood?!!"
The serf soldiers screamed and became angry at the Count-class aircraft that had taken their souls. But they couldn't run away.
"Chunsiks, pay attention! I quietly offer up my soul! practice!"
Under Old Man Choi's instructions, the serf soldiers could not escape and had to have their souls sucked out..
The Kikkiruk pilots, who stopped the high-ranking demons with Baron-class unmanned combat robots, entered the battle once they had sufficient energy..
-Let’s go! (Meets 2.7% energy.)
-Siege artillery star iron projectile SET.
What was fired at the same time as the set was a pure star bullet. The so-called money-making Super Young and Rich Bullet for sniping high-level demons..
Count level players take damage just by firing this one shot..
-Quang!
Siege artillery fire from the air. The high-ranking devil reacted as the Count class, unable to secure its fuselage, was fired with such a huge recoil that it was thrown out of the sky..
'High-speed siege artillery?!'
Indeed, an ordinary high-ranking devil would have been reduced to a pulp with just one hit from this. However, if you are the devil of wisdom and exploration, especially yourself, a candidate for the next great devil,──
A number of protective spells block the siege bombs' path. In that moment, a thousand half-demon souls from the legion were pulled out to unleash such a protective spell, but Hellheart didn't care one bit..
-Kyaang!
Siege shells bouncing off. That was when Hellheart smiled in victory..
-puck! puffer puck!
The sound of something blunt colliding with a meatball disintegrating. By the time Hellheart noticed, it was already too late..
-Kikluk! Wow!!
(Plasma Crab Holy Cutter Consumes the souls of 87 serfs to operate)
-KIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
-Me, I'm disappearing!
A huge robot claw that resembles the claws unique to the Kikiruk tribe. The serfs' screams were shining and holding Helheart's waist..
"Now, wait a minute──"
-snip!
Hellheart's body was cut in half, and a terrible scream rang out as his soul was destroyed as he was killed instantly by the Star Iron Armor..
The screams and cries of a high-ranking demon were enough to sow moral bread to the entire anti-demonic army..
-Hey, Helheart is dead.!
-Oh, the soul... the soul is screaming!
Immortality. Seeing the demon, the object of all anti-demons' admiration, disappearing so easily, they no longer had the strength to continue the fight..
-Ha, surrender!
-Surrender!
Old Man Choi and the residents smiled wryly as they looked at them..
"New Chunsik is always welcome!"
* * * *
As the battle in Naju was ending, there was a mysterious man leaving the temple..
As soon as the battle began, he escaped from the crowd of tourists who had been pushed into the Pantheon to protect the civilians, and clicked his tongue as he saw the Men at Arms working hard to acquire prisoners..
"The Pantheon created an amazing weapon.."
[He's a veteran knight who can deal with even high-ranking demons! If the numbers come together, even the Great Devil will be worth dealing with..]
"Is it to that extent??"
[At least if there are two more like that, you won't be a match.!]
The man who heard Jewel's voice... Archmage Raynald Shellman couldn't believe it at all..
Even at that level, he is quite capable in the human world. A magical favorite that not even a high-ranking devil can rub against..
That he would be attacked by a few mass-produced weapons.?
"Really, everything about the pantheon is amazing.."
[The real thing, more than anything like that, is the Holy Grail Knight. I never want to face those monsters!]
"······I agree.."
Raynald hoped that the day would never come when he would face the Holy Grail Knight. That's why he accepted the request from the 'Chaos' side at a time when the Lion Heart King and the Holy Grail Knights were not around..
"Will this... really help? It looks like a simple piece of wood?"
Raynald looked at the 'Gunlar Seedling' of the pantheon stored in the subspace inventory..
The goal of this attack on the pantheon. Thousands of anti-demons and high-ranking demons were just bait for this purpose..
[Hehehe... The history of the war between us and Lionheart is deeper than you can imagine..]
And this was the hidden piece that pushed Lionheart, which was swarming with monster scabs, to the brink of destruction..
[It seems that the Lionheart King was also planning to use this to destroy us... but we wouldn't have known if the new Lord of Chaos hadn't already taken over the same land as the Lionheart King.!]
This Lord of Chaos is definitely bold. The reason for choosing North Korea, where it is easy to be detected at any time, was the logic that if this place is easy to be attacked, it would be quicker to attack first..
"But... will you be okay? It seems that Lion Heart King has regained most of his main strength, although he is not at his prime.······."
Raynald learned of the Lionheart King's military history from the Jewel of Wisdom..
Isn’t this a monster that killed three monarchs? Among them was the former Lord of Chaos..
It seems like he can't even compete with the Great Supply Demon in terms of force, so will he be able to deal with the Lionheart King just by raising his level by one level??
Besides, weren't there already three monstrous Holy Grail Knights down there?.
[You foolish thing. You can say that because you have not witnessed the power of the monarch..]
They are guns of evil. Cluster of malignancy. It is not a being that can be confronted with imperfect power..
The Demon Lord is the pinnacle of pinnacles that holds the fate of the stars in his hands. The Great Demon of Wisdom beyond the Jewel of Wisdom was convinced that the fallen Lionheart King was not a being that could be defeated..
"So... are you going to join them and fight together as they requested? This time, the great being has descended in person...──"
"Am I crazy! I'm not going?!"
"······."
It was a truly consistent great evil..
* * * *
A whopping 130,000.
13The massive raid involving over 10,000 monsters and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Headquarters and Pantheon headquarters began to be organized, starting with the Vulcan that fell in Seoul..
"I···! It's Vulcan!!"
A huge flame wielded by the mighty Holy Grail Knight. Monsters and demon minions are mere crumbs swept away by natural disasters..
They were swept away in front of Vulcan and the Yapi warlords who made an emergency sortie, and when the Pantheon Knights who appeared aboard the Dominator-class aircraft carrier landed, the remaining troops were quickly liquidated..
However, even after the remaining troops were liquidated, the war clouds inside Korea did not disappear..
Large-scale defection and death of North Korean pilots. Terrorism and attacks that struck the country.
This is because it has become clear that the devil and North Korea are behind the shooting down of the Air Force plane with Pantheon on board and the attempt to assassinate the president..
Although the damage was minimized through a quick subjugation, numerous property damage and deaths occurred, and it was too large to be dismissed as a simple provocation..
The South Korean government immediately retaliated against North Korea with air force fighter jets and army artillery, and President Ahn Dong-gil immediately appeared in front of reporters and declared:.
"December 28, 2032 will be remembered as the day of terrible national violence. The Republic of Korea was subjected to a dastardly surprise attack by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.."
The President told various stories and explained how unfair North Korea's attack was and how atrocious they committed it..
And the most terrible thing remained at the end.
"They committed the most terrible and inhumane act of betrayal by collaborating with the devil to attack their own people. This must be a betrayal and deception against all mankind.."
"We must never tolerate this. Just as the blood of countless good people was shed due to their preemptive strike 82 years ago, blood has been shed again due to their ruthless actions today.."
"We believe that we must not only do our best to defend ourselves, but also make them pay for their inhumane acts.."
And at the end of President Ahn Dong-gil’s gaze was Leon. A very strong and trustworthy ally. The Republic of Korea will be with Lionheart until the end..
"With our resolute will, our army and our people will surely achieve victory! May the gods protect us!"
December 29, 2032, amidst applause. Before the new year dawned, an official declaration of war was declared..
It was the beginning of the Second Korean War.
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