I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 83

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Following the sudden bombardment, barriers materialized.

And atop the barriers stood a mysterious, monstrous figure clad in matte black and grey.

『What the hell is that?』

『Is he seriously trying to stop us all by himself?』

『Kekeke, what a lunatic! He’s completely lost it!』

Fallen who had willingly transformed…

…Fallen who had succumbed to their talents and transformed…

…Fallen who had been corrupted by demonic energy, directly or indirectly…

A wave of mockery erupted from the black wave, a horde of Fallen.

It was only natural. The Fallen gathered here numbered at least in the hundreds of thousands, and their numbers were still growing.

Across the Yalu River, in the Land of Death, thousands upon thousands, millions upon millions of Fallen were marching towards the Korean peninsula under the command of the Named.

Of course, they couldn’t all march at once; the demonic energy bridges connecting the Land of Death and the Korean peninsula were limited.

But to think a single person would try to stop them? A superhuman who only emanated a mid-high rank aura at that?

『Hey, you arrogant prick! Just wait there! We’ll rip your head off…!』

『You presumptuous fool! Do you think a mere mid-high ranker can stop our advance?!』

『He’s even more arrogant than Pride!』

The Fallen marching towards the outpost were enraged by the figure’s audacity; they found it both laughable and infuriating.

The Fallen at the front charged, intent on tearing the figure to shreds.

And when they were about 100 meters away from the barriers…

『…M-my strength…』

『My… my strength is draining…』

…the mid-high to high-rank Fallen were bewildered by their sudden loss of strength…

『…U-uwaaagh! M-monster…!』

『Kyaaagh! Kyaaaaagh─!』

…and the low- to mid-rank Fallen screamed in terror, panicking and deserting their ranks.

Of course, those who tried to flee were either caught and executed by the high-rank Fallen…

…or trampled to death by the Fallen surging from behind.

But even as their numbers were replenished, the lower-ranked Fallen continued to panic.

As chaos spread through the black wave…

“You shall not—!”

…a deep, modulated, and menacing shout came from the figure atop the barriers.

At the same time…

…the figure’s hands, along with 11 miniguns that had appeared seemingly out of nowhere, began to spin with a deafening roar.

The Fallen charging at the front, sensing danger, tried to retreat…

『What are you doing, standing there?!』

『Do you want to be trampled to death?!』

『Hey, you idiots! Keep running!』

…but they couldn’t; the Fallen behind them were surging forward.

They had no choice but to keep running with all their might…

“—PASS!”

『…Ah.』

…when 11 white flashes of light, erupting from the miniguns, engulfed them.

And before they could even react…

『…Kyaaagh─!』

『I don’t want to… !』

『Mons…!』

…they vanished without a trace, obliterated by the white light.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

11 flashes of light, accompanied by a ferocious roar, were unleashed towards the black wave.

『…Kyaaagh─!』

『S-save me…!』

『I don’t want to die… !』

The Fallen, struck by the light, screamed their last words as they turned to ash and disappeared.

And the Fallen running behind them…

KABOOM, KABOOM, KABOOM, KABOOM, KABOOM!!

『…Uwaaagh!』

『Hey, you bastards! What the hell are you doing?!』

『Don’t fly at me! Don’t… uwaaagh!』

…were knocked back, as if in a game, by the ‘Special Explosive Rounds (B+)’ – one of the effects of the ‘(Special Modification) Angel of Death (A)’ – and suffered flame damage (enhanced with holy power).

As he mowed down the Fallen with the minigun, moving it like a laser, holding back their advance…

“Oh… my god…”

“He’s holding back hundreds of thousands by himself…”

“But he’s just an intern…”

…he heard the astonished voices of the members behind him.

‘…What? Why are they still here?’

He had said, “You’re in the way,” because of the forced speech conversion(?), but honestly, it wasn’t entirely wrong.

The members of the 1st Extermination Unit standing beneath the barriers were only mid-rank.

And there were only about ten of them. Even if they tried to help…

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

…they wouldn’t be as helpful as the 10 miniguns he was controlling with telekinesis.

And there was another reason he couldn’t accept their help.

Crackle…!

‘Acknowledged.’

He could just take out a new minigun if it was destroyed…

“…Shouldn’t we go up to the barrier?!”

“That intern said we were in the way.”

“But… we can’t just let him fight alone like that.”

…but they only had one life.

Therefore, there was only one way they could help him.

‘Terra, tell them to get out of here.’

To retreat from this outpost.

That was the only help they could provide.

As soon as he gave the order…

…the drone he had taken out using Transfer flew into the air.

And after a while…

…Terra’s voice came from the drone as it returned after descending beneath the barrier.

He extended his senses and confirmed that the mana signatures of the members who had been huddled beneath the barrier were gone.

‘Good job. But how did you convince them? They looked like they were about to jump onto the barrier to help me.’

The drone Terra was controlling approached him.

As Terra said that…

…the bottom of the drone opened…

…revealing a Holy Grenade.

‘….’

Wow, he came here to support them…

…but it seemed like he was only gaining infamy.

‘…Still, Terra’s threats are definitely effective.’

The situation wasn’t good enough to try and persuade them with kind words.

So it was the right choice to force them to retreat, even if it meant resorting to threats, like Terra.

As he thought this, he heard Terra’s voice, as if seeking praise.

‘…Yes, you did well.’

But just this once.

Don’t threaten anyone without his permission next time.

After hearing Terra’s assurance, he sighed briefly and replaced the miniguns, whose barrels were starting to melt, with new ones.

He continued firing, taking the full brunt of the various magic attacks and ranged attacks flying towards him.

He didn’t feel any pain even when hit; the Aegis and the Atlas Armor’s ‘Damage Absorption’ negated all damage. So instead of dodging, it was more efficient to stay put and fire like a turret.

But it seemed like he had to change tactics.

『Our high-rankers will lead the charge!』

『Everyone, surround yourselves with demonic energy barriers!』

『Unleash your demonic energy with all your might!』

He didn’t know if it was due to orders from the Named…

…but high-rank Fallen began appearing at the front.

They blocked his bullets with demonic energy barriers, unleashed with all their might…

…and slowly, steadily advanced.

Of course, ‘Super Accuracy’ pierced the barriers, and the Fallen’s bodies exploded…

…but the damage he could inflict was rapidly decreasing as the barriers and the Fallen’s bodies acted as shields.

‘It’s time to jump into the wave.’

‘Okay, then let’s do some warm-up exercises before jumping into the wave.’

As he said that, he activated ‘Clairvoyance (A)’.

Whoosh!

His vision soared into the sky. He immediately focused on the massive number of Fallen marching towards the outpost.

He then ‘Transferred’ all his mana, except for a small amount to prevent himself from collapsing.

The area above the black wave, about 100 meters in radius, turned white.

White grenades, created with holy power, materialized above the Fallen’s heads.

『…! ……!!』

『……!!』

『…!』

He could see the Fallen shouting in shock.

He took out the Aegis from his inventory, transformed it into a shield, held it in front of him…

…and ordered Terra,

‘Terra, detonate them.’

As soon as he heard Terra’s reply, his vision returned to normal.

Clairvoyance deactivated due to mana depletion.

Whir!

The drone next to him flew towards the falling grenades, defying gravity, its motors whining.

And the moment the drone collided with the grenades…

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

…all the grenades within a 100-meter radius exploded simultaneously with a deafening roar, taking the drone with them.

A massive shockwave slammed into him before Terra’s warning could even register…

…and the barrier, along with all the buildings in the outpost, vanished, reduced to dust.

Bang! Bang! Boom!

His body, propelled by the shockwave, bounced off the ground repeatedly like a rubber ball, pulverizing the earth with each impact.

He didn’t feel any pain; the Aegis and Atlas Armor’s ‘Damage Absorption’ protected him.

But he could still feel the impact, and it wasn’t pleasant.

It was nauseating.

To calm his stomach, he decided to stop bouncing first.

“…Haa!”

KABOOM!

He punched the ground.

Crack!

The ground cracked as his fist sank into the earth.

And like a car slamming on its brakes…

…he gradually slowed down.

And after dragging a long furrow across the ground…

…he stopped.

“Phew… I finally stopped.”

He pulled his fist out of the ground, got up and discarded the Aegis, which had turned grey. He activated the 4th injector of his ‘Potion Auto-Injector (A)’, located inside his armor at his waist.

Stab.

He felt something like a needle piercing his side and his nearly depleted mana was rapidly replenished.

“Yeah, I can see them.”

It seemed like the grenade barrage had wiped out about 50% of the black wave but it was being replenished; the Fallen were continuously crossing over from the Land of Death.

“Hey, Terra.”

“Can I destroy the demonic energy bridges with the firearms I have?”

“So five boxes of grenades per bridge?”

“Hmm… so that’s how it is.”

Five boxes of grenades to destroy a bridge.

‘Then I’ll need twenty-five boxes in total.’

He quickly formulated a plan to destroy the bridges and wipe out the Fallen, transferring ‘(Special Modification) Thunderbolt (A)’ to both his hands.

He then ran towards the black wave at full speed erecting barriers along the way to prevent the Fallen from escaping.

He arrived at what used to be the ‘outpost’, creating a barricade like a fish farm.

He looked at the Fallen swarming towards him like cockroaches and shared his completed plan.

“Terra, I think I’ll need your help to blow up the bridges.”

“Okay, then let’s create our own army first.”

He opened his inventory.

Whir!

Drones poured out of his inventory, their motors buzzing.

And following them…

Thud, thud, thump!

…cars from the parking lot on the 3rd basement floor of the Association crashed to the ground as he expanded his open inventory.

“Okay, I’ll have to Transfer these myself.”

He couldn’t just watch as cars landed on top of other cars, so he activated the 3rd injector on his belt, the one containing mana recovery potions.

As soon as his mana was replenished, he ‘Transferred’ 20 cars in total – two that were already out and 18 more from his inventory – parking 10 to his left and 10 to his right.

After taking out all the devices Terra could currently control…

Whir! Click, click!

…the golems under Terra’s control began transforming from their car forms into humanoid forms.

And after a while…

…the ‘duplicated’ golems announced their readiness in unison, assuming combat stances.

“Wait a moment.”

He transferred miniguns, loaded with Holy Bullets, to the wrists of each Iron Mk. 83.

He then transferred five boxes of grenades – the amount needed to destroy a bridge – into each golem.

Of course, he made sure the golems could still move without any issues under Terra’s control.

After creating the bomb golems and replacing his Aegis and armor…

…Terra asked if he was ready.

He responded by loading both Thunderbolts…

Rumble, bang, bang─!

…and firing a bolt of lightning.

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[ I put terra messages in the system windows cuz she’s talking to him inside the suit like iron man]