Chapter 209
< Captured Gunlar Seedling >
"Sorry, Your Majesty! It's our mistake!"
Naju Pantheon. Men at Arms and residents, including Manager Jinsoo Kim, prostrated themselves and reported their mistake to Leon..
The battle was a complete victory. The Man-at-Arms and the residents resisted 10,000 anti-demon troops, and the battle ended in victory with earl-level war weapons mobilized..
The number of half-horses captured in this battle reached 3,000, and the rest either died or ran away, so it could be said to be a great victory. but──
"Gunlar's seedlings were stolen.······."
Chief Kim Jin-su, who returned from the battle, realized that the seedlings that had been planted and growing in the courtyard of Manshinjeon had disappeared..
And that this is the devil's work to steal the seedlings..
"Sir Spinner."
-Kikluk······.
Yappy responded to Leon's name in a weak voice, as if he was drooping..
-The relic management system of this unit was perfect..
"However, the seedlings were stolen.."
-······.
Yappy couldn't answer. While Leon planted the seedlings of Gunlar and let them sprout, he ordered Yapi to take care and protect these seedlings..
Yapi prepared the best management system he could. There was a perfect defense system here that did not let down the organism's guard..
Although limited, it has a count-level entity that can deal with even the greatest evil, and a drone surveillance system that is fully operational 24 hours a day. If necessary, satellite weapons could be mobilized to bombard approaching hostile forces..
"Come to think of it, after the Hoeryeong incident of Koo Dae-seong, North Korea's surveillance did not find anything unusual.?"
-Whispering······.
Yapi launched a number of stealthy unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect North Korea. However, no abnormalities were found. That must have been the case, but what do the countless monsters that came out of North Korea mean??
Leon had no doubt about Yappy's abilities. In the first place, there is no such thing as carelessness or mistake for Yappy, a strong artificial intelligence..
Then we have no choice but to think differently..
"They must have a way to trick the machine's eyes.."
The devils easily avoided the perfect surveillance and defense system of Yapi's cutting-edge future century technology..
Although easy to overlook due to their immortality, demons' technological prowess never declines..
They just didn't feel the need to develop, but they would have already destroyed many worlds with advanced scientific power like Yapi..
"Your Majesty, is the situation serious??"
In response to Beatrice's question, Carina and Vulcan instead sighed. This is because the pureblood Holy Grail Knights from the Kingdom of Lionheart know what it will be used for..
"It's probably to recreate the branches of destruction.."
Carina and Vulcan both had the same thing in mind..
"Yeah, their goals are probably the same as back then.."
The first war between Lionheart and the Demon Legion. Malus, the Lord of Chaos summoned to the imperial capital, burned down the Sage's Forest located on the imperial border..
"If the Empire's situation were to repeat itself, the current Earth's power would not be able to stop it.."
The two of them realized that this included the Lionheart King himself..
When the previous Branch of Destruction was completed, the Lionheart King was barely able to defeat the monarch with the sacrifice of five Grail Knights..
"But it's not that big of a deal at this point.."
At Leon's words, Beatrice and Yapi's eyes turned to him..
"The World Tree received from Gunlar is still only a ‘seedling’. It's a seedling that hasn't even grown properly. With that, you can't recreate the tree branches from back then. It was unreasonable for them to expend this much military power to steal something like that.."
If Leon had been in the devil's position, he would have attempted to take over the World Tree when it had grown to a certain level..
But the devils didn't do that. He wasted too much force and stole seedlings that were not even fully grown..
"Looks like there was an accident that forced them to hurry.."
Anyway, there was a time limit, but Leon didn't care..
Now that the existence of devils has been confirmed in North Korea, Leon will set aside any urgent matters and head north to punish them..
"The world tree grows in the hands of demons and strikes them before they grow into branches of destruction. Sir Spinner. What is the situation at the ceasefire line??"
-Kikluk! The enemy is advancing south in overwhelming numbers. It is estimated that it will be difficult for the ROK military to advance to the ceasefire line..
The Second Korean War is always seen as a unilateral victory and economic loss for South Korea..
The difference in military power between North and South Korea is already overwhelming, comparable to that between an adult and a child..
However, the current North Korea is a mixed army teeming with demons and monsters. Modern weapons are ineffective against those two..
"Lord Vulcan."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"The vanguard of this war. I'll leave it to Sir and the Knights of the Burning Sword. First, push out the sluggish front line.."
"GRARARARA──! It's a given, Your Majesty.!"
Since ancient times, when Lionheart went to war, the riders of the God of War and Flame always took the lead..
Their overwhelming fighting power always brought victory to the kingdom, and Leon felt reassured that the kingdom's strongest Holy Grail Knights were by his side..
* * * *
"······."
"······."
After getting off at the airport, the delegates were taken somewhere by the North Korean military. Luxury limousines are not suitable for military use, but in this neighborhood, high-ranking officers' ceremonial vehicles are German cars..
"South Korean old man. eye patch."
The place we are going from now on is a confidential location. It was a natural measure, but Cheon Jin-soo slapped the People's Army's palm and shouted at him..
"How dare a young laborer! You bastard, you don’t even have a mother or father.?!"
"Uh, uhh?"
The soldier also looks embarrassed by Cheon Jin-su's attitude of yelling in front of a soldier holding a gun. But Cheon Jin-soo's braiding didn't end here..
"It's so dark. Ever since I was young, I've only eaten meat and no vegetables, so I look like a dwarf! I understand that you received a shitty home education.!"
"And, I’ve never even tried meat soup.······."
"Why are you blaming me for being a den of beggars! Are you bragging?! If you wanted to eat meat soup, you should have worked hard! Oh oh oh my strength!!"
A true old man who doesn't consider things like reverse massage! Chen Jin-soo was merciless towards the arrogant young man who tried to cover his face by pushing the gun towards me..
"Leave it at that. What can I do because I grew up without it?."
And Kang Jin-seong stopped Cheon Jin-soo without any sympathy, simply because he didn't want to cause trouble..
When it comes to Korean legendary hunters, it is easy to think of images of age and noble immortality, but both Cheon Jin-soo and Kang Jin-seong are in positions no different from those of the chairman of a fairly large conglomerate in Korea..
Social, economic, and military influence gave them huge wings along with capital, and naturally their perspectives were different from 'ordinary people'..
Rather, these two people treat even the chairman of conglomerates as 'ordinary people' who will die if they touch them with a finger..
"Don't you have any courage? Where are the bright young kids?──"
"I'm contemplating whether to kill them all and invade Pyongyang. Even though these guys don't know, the commander knows the obvious outcome, so I'm thinking about why he's doing this.."
""······!!""
At those words, the People's Army was horrified by the looming threat..
Cheon Jin-soo is just a bratty old man, but this old man truly had the will and power to kill them all..
And Korea's representative light swordsman Cheon Jin-su and infinite swordsman Kang Jin-seong. These two alone can annihilate clumsy North Korean awakeners..
"Please do that, you two elders.."
An official from the Reconnaissance General Bureau said as he removed the soldier's blindfold..
"I'm sorry to see you like this, elders.."
"joy! That’s it! Where on earth are you going now??"
"It doesn't seem to be downtown Pyongyang.."
He smiled bitterly at the words of the two old hunters..
"Pyongyang is now in a dark place. Probably by now······."
Second Director Park Sang-kyo’s words were shocking. The two old hunters understood why they had dragged them away from the airport as if kidnapping them..
That's how we arrived at the tunnel base under a mountain. There, the South Korean delegation encountered unexpected giants..
"I ordered you to fire a missile at the pantheon.."
Ri Cheol-woong, deputy commander of the North Korean Guard General Bureau, is awarded a certificate. He was the leader of the 'resistance' who fired the first gunshot in this incident..
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34 hours since the outbreak of the Second Korean War. The battlefield was already mired in mud..
The advanced forces of the two countries were at a ridiculous level to compare, and less than a day after the start of the war, the North Korean air force disappeared from the map..
It was thought that the war would proceed smoothly as the South Korean Air Force, which had such overwhelming air superiority, unilaterally bombed North Korean artillery pieces.······.
"Fuck, I came here for war, but there are no North Koreans in sight, just a bunch of monsters.!"
The Armed Forces faced an unexpected challenge..
It was good to advance while blowing away North Korean artillery pieces, but as soon as we crossed the ceasefire line, we clashed with tens of thousands of monsters..
The firepower of the Korean Army is the strongest among Asian army groups, but it is only a weapon used to deal with fellow humans..
Considering the monster's unique resistance to modern weapons, this was very incompatible..
'Why don't the North Korean soldiers come out and only monsters like that appear??'
Lieutenant Kim recalled that even the North Korean artillerymen he faced were extremely small in number. To the extent that it feels as if this war is not a war with North Korea, but a war against monsters or demons..
"Company commander...! There's a gargoyle on the front! There are crazy statues flying around.!"
"Fuck you···!"
Lieutenant Kim requested fire support from the artillery unit, but even with the powerful artillery firepower, it was difficult to stop the human-sized, fast-moving gargoyles..
In an instant, the gargoyles broke through the fire net, overturned the tank, and tore up the armored vehicle. Lieutenant Kim's voice became urgent at the unbelievable reality before his eyes..
"The front line is being breached here! At least a lot of B-level monsters! Hunter support is needed!"
[This is Headquarters Company. Hunters soon arrive. Hang in there just a little while longer.]
"How can I survive what is right in front of me! All our kids are going to die!"
K2 tank flying into the sky again. The tank looked like that, and it was obvious what would happen to the infantry..
"backup! backup! Hunter! Please send me a hunter!"
-Kuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
It was then. Something falling from the sky with a tearing noise, as if responding to Lieutenant Kim's desperate scream..
Upon realizing that it was a missile, Lieutenant Kim and the soldiers' faces turned into despair..
Dealing with monsters is not a matter of firepower. This is because human weapons, whether tank guns or missiles, do not work properly against them..
Just when they thought it was a waste of money, the faces of the South Korean soldiers turned pale when they saw the missile falling towards them..
"Ah, friend first.?!"
No matter how much the ROK military values the human rights of its soldiers, it still launches missile bombings in such a reckless manner.?
I couldn't believe it, but just when everyone was looking at the falling missile and shouting that the country had abandoned us,──
-Landing mitigation device activated. Thrust deflecting nozzle max..
The falling missile slows down just before impact, accompanied by a mechanical sound that sounds inside the missile and cannot be heard by the soldiers..
And a stable supersonic landing that is simply impossible with modern technology..
Lieutenant Kim thought that the thing that landed raising a cloud of dust was too thick to be a missile. As if it were a ‘transport missile’.
-Slam! Clap!
And that imagination was surprisingly true. This is because the missile's cover opened and knights wearing pre-modern heavy armor poured out from there..
"Ma, the pantheon?!"
The three knights who jumped out on horseback charged straight at the gargoyles..
""atrocity!""
""cruelty!""
""cruel!""
Knights who spark flames even with their breath.
""a merciless death···!!""
Every time they swing their flaming swords, the monsters' bodies split apart, and when they come into contact with the flames, they burn uncontrollably and are incinerated..
-Key, key······.
Even the most ferocious monsters cringe when they realize that the creature in front of them is a wild beast that far surpasses them..
However, despite their submission to nature's hierarchy, wild beasts only use brutal violence to satisfy their hunger..
The animals attacked the knights as if they were struggling because they could not avoid death whether they fought or submitted..
-Kaang! Caen!
-kacang!
However, neither the mighty power that overturned the tank nor the vicious claws that tore apart the armored vehicle could break the star-iron armor blessed by the God of War..
Rather, his entire body was burned by the flames rising from his armor as a result of the shameful crime of trying to harm God's knights..
-tup!
In the blazing flames of divinity, the knight grabbed the gargoyle's face..
-Kiyi! Kiyi···!
A struggling gargoyle. It flapped its wings and tried to escape from the knight's grasp, but as soon as the knight gave him strength, his face was crushed..
"weaklings."
Pieces of stone falling from rainwater. The bodies of the limp gargoyles pile up like a mountain..
Just 5 minutes. After three knights were dropped with missiles, hundreds of monsters were wiped out in just 5 minutes of fighting..
"Knights of the gods······."
Perhaps there were pantheon believers among the soldiers, and when one soldier knelt on one knee and bowed his head in respect, the soldiers gathered together and knelt one by one..
They looked with longing eyes at these glorious knights who had been blessed by God and claimed to be the guardians of mankind..
-Quaaaaaaa──!
-Quaaaaaaa──!
Missiles were raining down from all over the sky on the battlefield..
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