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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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– Screech—!
The monsters, staining the gray earth black, charged towards us, roaring ferociously.
Like a black wave crashing down.
And facing this overwhelming wave were a mere 32 individuals.
Or rather, two humans and 30 golems.
Honestly, it was a ridiculous battle.
The difference in power was so vast that it seemed impossible for us to win.
It was like facing a natural disaster, a truly hopeless situation.
But despite facing such insurmountable odds, I didn’t even consider the possibility of defeat.
Because of the cheats.
The powers of those who were once outsiders like me, but became usurpers.
And then, Outer Gods.
Powers that had been taken from them by Gaia through some unknown means, and were now mine.
With such extraordinary abilities, what was there to fear?
The cheats I possessed were so powerful that if this were a game, I would be banned immediately.
And they were especially effective in situations like this, where I was outnumbered.
Rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat—!!
21 object shredders – the turret miniguns on the defensive golems and the minigun in my hand – spun furiously, spitting out a storm of white and blue flashes.
Boom, boom, boom—!
The flashes collided with the approaching wave, causing explosions.
The turret miniguns on the golems, the special explosive rounds (B+) inherent to Angel of Death…
…and the holy bullets (7.62×51mm) I had crafted specifically for miniguns…
– Screech, screech!
– Aaaaaaaaagh!
…not only obliterated the monsters directly hit by the flashes, but also inflicted massive damage to those nearby with the resulting holy explosions.
Moreover, the minigun in my hand, thanks to Astra’s Transformation, also had Thunderbolt’s lightning (B) effect.
Boom, crackle—!
– Gah!
– Kree, kree!
Not only did it cause holy explosions, but it also unleashed lightning bolts within a 10-meter radius.
And within the black wave, bombarded by the flashes of light…
– Eliminating target.
– Eliminating target.
– Eliminating target.
– Eliminating…
…20 Iron Golems, their cameras glowing red, swung their chain swords and shields relentlessly.
Slice, slice!
With each swing of their chain sword-whips, they sliced through 10 to 20 monsters.
Boom, crash!
And with each swing, bash, and slam of their shields, they crushed 3 to 5 monsters.
It was like watching a pack of wolves descend upon a flock of sheep.
Of course, the monsters weren’t sheep, but ferocious beasts.
Crunch, crunch, crunch!
Countless monsters clung to the Iron Golems, sinking their sharp teeth into their metallic bodies.
Slash, slash!
They clawed and struck with their demonic energy-enhanced talons, damaging the golems’ bodies.
Metal shards flew everywhere, but…
…as if demonstrating why golems were considered difficult opponents…
…they absorbed the detached fragments with their self-repair ability, restoring their damaged bodies.
But that only worked if their core wasn’t damaged.
Crackle, crackle…!
– Core damaged… Self-repair impossible.
– Body damage rate 52%… 67%… 78%…
Golems with damaged cores couldn’t self-repair and quickly crumbled.
Of course, I had a countermeasure for such situations.
– …85%.
– Determining combat continuation impossible.
– Executing inputted command.
And that countermeasure was…
– Self-destruct sequence initiated.
Self-destruction.
Detonating the golem’s core.
And based on my experience at the 1st Extermination Unit outpost…
– Ally detected within blast radius.
– Focusing remaining energy on defense and movement.
– Moving to a viable self-destruct location.
…I had implemented measures to prevent chain explosions and minimize damage to allies.
Hum!
A mana barrier materialized around the damaged golem.
The monsters clinging to the golem were sliced apart by the mana barrier.
Jet engines emerged from various parts of the golem’s body, lifting it into the air. Its red cameras blinked repeatedly, and then…
Whoosh!
…it flew towards a location densely packed with monsters, away from allies.
And the moment it collided with the cluster of monsters…
Boom—!!
…it exploded, obliterating all the monsters in the vicinity.
And following that golem…
– Self-destruct sequence initiated.
– Self-destruct sequence initiated.
– Self-destruct sequence initiated.
– Self-destruct…
…more golems with damaged cores appeared.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The golems soared into the sky, their red cameras zooming in and out, searching for viable self-destruct locations.
And once they found a suitable spot…
Boom—! Boom—!! Boom—!!!
…they crashed into the monster hordes, causing massive explosions.
As a significant number of monsters were annihilated with each explosion…
「…Lee Yu-jin, I want to see your limits, not a golem self-destruct show.」
…Greed, who had been watching the spectacle with growing displeasure, raised his hand.
And giant weapons, similar to the ones I had seen at the outpost, appeared above him.
「So, no more tricks.」
He said, lowering his hand.
Whoosh!
The giant weapons, floating in the air, plummeted towards the ground like meteors.
As he said, no more tricks. His targets were the golems.
Giant swords, axes, maces… various types of giant weapons rained down upon the Iron Golems and the defensive golems firing turret miniguns.
But before they could reach the golems…
Boom, crash! Bang!
…I transferred Aegis shields and manipulated them with telekinesis, changing the trajectories of the falling weapons.
Thud, thud! Boom!
The giant weapons missed their targets and embedded themselves in the ground.
Greed, who had been resting his chin on his hand, let out a short gasp of admiration.
「Lee Yu-jin, your shield deflection skills are quite impressive.」
But what about this? He added, waving the hand he had been using to support his chin.
The space above him ripped open.
A space filled with darkness.
And from within that darkness, weapons poured out.
Not just the same giant weapons that had been embedded in the ground…
…but also ordinary-sized melee weapons, firearms, siege weapons…
…all kinds of weapons filled the sky beneath the red sky.
「Can you block these too?」
Curiosity flickered in Greed’s avaricious eyes.
But like a true Fallen, his curiosity wasn’t pure, but filled with malice.
I answered him by firing my minigun.
────────!!
The blue flashes of light, which had been shredding monsters, now flew towards Greed.
The shields floating around him blocked the attack.
Poof, poof, poof…!
The shields disintegrated rapidly.
And as if realizing that the shields alone weren’t enough…
Whoosh!
…crystal balls appeared in front of the shields.
As expected of the crystal balls that absorbed lethal damage, unlike the shields, which crumbled easily, they held their ground.
But only for a moment.
Crack.
Cracks appeared on the crystal balls.
Even though they absorbed lethal damage, the continuous barrage was pushing them to their limit.
‘About ten seconds of concentrated fire should do it.’
But I didn’t do that.
It would be too inefficient.
It would take ten seconds of concentrated fire to destroy something that could be shattered with a single Speed Limit Removal enhanced shot.
It was a waste of time.
And Greed wasn’t my only enemy.
– Screech—!
The monster horde had almost reached us.
I had only looked away for a moment, and they had closed the distance significantly.
And judging by the absence of golems in the black wave, they had all self-destructed.
‘Their numbers have decreased considerably.’
Just a moment ago, I couldn’t even count them.
Now, there seemed to be only a few hundred thousand.
Still a large number, but…
‘I think it’s time.’
– Yes, Greed should be letting his guard down by now.
As soon as Terra and I had that thought…
「I’ll take that as a yes.」
…Greed, regaining his composure, raised his hand.
The weapons, which had been floating motionless in the sky, now pointed towards the ground.
「Now… Lee Yu-jin.」
He wore an expression like a child burning ants with a magnifying glass.
He smirked and said,
「Try and block this.」
He lowered his hand.
Whoosh!
The weapons began to fall.
Sharp, heavy weapons, shrouded in demonic energy, hurtled towards Arthur and me at breakneck speed.
Projectiles from ranged weapons, bows, guns, cannons, whizzed through the air.
It was as if the world itself was against us.
‘Well, that’s not entirely wrong.’
We were in an alternate world.
And since Greed was the core of this world, it was only natural that it would be hostile towards us.
I transformed Astra from minigun to Thunderbolt.
And I transferred 32 Aegis shields around Arthur and me, lifting them with telekinesis.
Then, I spoke to Arthur, who had been bombarding the monsters and Greed’s weapons with a storm of sword energy.
“Arthur, I need a barrier.”
“Alright.”
She stopped her attack at my request for “Natural Fortress.”
Without hesitation, she embedded her sword in the ground and unleashed a vast amount of mana.
A dome-shaped barrier, formed from golden mana, materialized around us.
She had readily agreed to my sudden request, without a shred of doubt.
I felt a deep sense of trust in her.
‘So, I’ll repay that trust.’
I recalled the defensive golems.
And I transferred a grenade box above Greed’s head.
「…Hmm?」
He tilted his head.
And he stole the grenade box with “Steal.”
I transferred another one.
This time, one above his head and one below.
「…What are you doing?」
He tilted his head again, his puzzlement turning to suspicion.
And he stole both grenade boxes with “Steal.”
‘Transfer.’
This time, I transferred a stealable grenade box below him…
…and a non-stealable Aegis shield above him.
「…Lee Yu-jin, what are you doing?」
Greed frowned, his suspicion turning to annoyance.
He stole the grenade box and swatted the Aegis shield away with his weapon.
‘Almost there.’
Seeing his dwindling patience, I chuckled inwardly and activated the Potion Injector containing mana potions.
As my mana replenished, I used Transfer again.
This time, a grenade box above him…
…and an Aegis shield below him.
「…Stop this foolishness, Lee Yu-jin.」
Greed finally lost his patience and shouted.
And as soon as I saw that, I put my plan into action.
‘Transfer!’
My replenished mana depleted instantly.
‘…Ugh!’
A crushing pain gripped my chest, and I quickly activated the Potion Injector.
Click, click!
Two clicks, and I felt my mana rapidly replenishing.
The pain in my chest subsided.
And Greed, unable to contain his frustration any longer, jumped up from his throne.
「Lee Yu-jin—!」
He launched his weapon upwards.
And I said, my voice dripping with mockery,
“Idiot, you fell for it.”
「…What?」
He looked at me, momentarily confused.
But only for a moment.
「……!」
His eyes widened in alarm as he looked up.
But it was too late.
The tip of his weapon…
Crack.
…had pierced the grenade box, or rather, the grenades within.
「How…?!」
Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t finish his sentence.
Boom—!
The grenade box, pierced by his weapon, exploded.
And…
– Self-destruct sequence initiated.
– Ally detected within blast radius.
– Moving to a viable self-destruct location… Impossible.
– Command: Self-destruct here.
…the explosion triggered the Iron Golem I had transferred above him, its body covered in grenade boxes.
And of course, triggering it meant…
Flash.
…an explosion.
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A blinding white light, and a massive explosion.
The explosion spread like a shockwave, engulfing everything.
It reached the remaining nine Iron Golems I had transferred amongst the monster horde.
Golems covered in grenade boxes, just like the one that had just exploded.
And as the golems detonated simultaneously…
───────!! ─────────!!! ───────────!!!!
…a devastating shockwave, as if the world itself was collapsing, filled the alternate world.
Amidst the chaos, I opened my inventory and desperately transferred Aegis shields, both inside and outside the barrier, prioritizing my and Arthur’s survival.
Poof, poof, poof—!!
The Aegis shields transferred outside the barrier disintegrated rapidly.
I activated the Potion Injector and poured mana potions into my mouth, crunching and swallowing them continuously, trying to keep up with the disintegration rate.
Each time, a searing pain, caused by the excessive mana replenishment, shot through my nerves, but…
‘Transfer, transfer, transfer!’
…I didn’t stop transferring Aegis shields.
I couldn’t.
If I stopped, Arthur and I would be obliterated.
An eternity passed.
Of course, it only felt like an eternity, the actual time elapsed was probably short.
But the pain I felt was so intense that it felt like an eternity.
And as I endured the excruciating pain…
…the explosions, the devastating shockwave, began to subside.
The disintegration rate of the Aegis shields slowed.
And soon…
‘…We’re alive.’
Thud.
The explosions ceased.
And everything, except for the small patch of ground where Arthur and I stood, vanished.
The red sky.
The gray wasteland.
Everything that sustained this alternate world disappeared without a trace.
But the alternate world itself didn’t collapse. Only a dark void remained.
‘So, we can’t leave unless we destroy the core.’
I sighed deeply and stood up.
And at that moment…
“…Lee Yu-jin.”
Arthur, beside me, her face pale, her breath ragged, called my name, her expression grim.
She raised her trembling hand, pointing her sword at something.
“…There’s something there.”
Seeing her fear and tension, I reverted Astra to its default form.
I prepared to activate its Imitation, transferring a large number of Aegis shields in front of me.
And as I was making preparations…
Rumble…
…a deep, resonant sound, unique to giant creatures, echoed from the void.
「L-l-l-lee Y-y-yu-j-j-jin…」
A drawn-out, grating voice, like scraping metal, reached my ears.
And then…
Flash.
…a pair of vertical pupils, glowing red with avarice and killing intent, appeared.
Roll.
The pupils moved erratically.
As if struggling to control unfamiliar muscles.
But only for a moment.
The pupils stabilized. They moved slowly, and then…
「F-f-f-found y-y-you…」
…fixed on me, accompanied by the words, “Found you.”
And something began to materialize from the void.
“…Holy shit.”
Arthur cursed, her face filled with shock.
It was the first time.
The first time she had ever uttered a curse word, she who always maintained a composed demeanor.
But the situation warranted it.
Because what had emerged from the void…
…what Arthur and I saw before us…
…was…
…massive.
Covered in dark red scales.
And a creature believed to be extinct on Earth.
“A dragon…”
…an apex predator.
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