Chapter 18 – Entry
4 a.M.
The unit commander’s long speech flowed in one ear, and after completing preparations for battle, all the hunting team members boarded the two-and-a-half trucks under the command of each leader.
After confirming that the crew had boarded properly, I opened the passenger door and went in, and No. 1, who was behind the wheel, spoke to me.
“Did something go wrong?
Unusually, you put on a poop-chewed expression…”
“Just like you cursed, I’ll stick my nose into the ground. Start the engine.”
“Honorable name!”
No. 1 smiled and poured magic power into the car and started it.
“Did you check the magic power battery?”
“It’s full. You’ll be fine if you run for two days and nights.”
“Okay. Let’s go.”
Dozens of trucks started to run down the road with a dull murmur.
Although the road was only a space made by clearing the remains of a beast’s hatchery before.
I looked out the passenger window at the piles of rubble that swept by quickly.
It’s just wreckage, wreckage, wreckage.
Even the wreckage was so dark that almost nothing could be seen except where the light was shining.
There was no need to use magical powers on the eyes for no reason, and it was a sight that was hardly worth seeing.
When I turned my head to the front, No. 1 opened its mouth.
“But Captain, there are no Ancient Beasts anymore, so why do we have to deal with the remaining ones?
After all, wild beasts are often seen outside, aren’t they?”
“Hey, No. 1. Didn’t you hear anything the unit commander said earlier?”
“Honestly, who hears that?
It’s just sleepy… And idiots like me don’t need to know why we fight.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be the one who gives money?”
Hmm… I thought about it the other day, but No. 1 sometimes has a sharp corner.
You’re right.
But if you say you don’t need to know why, why ask?
When I looked at him with a puzzled expression, No. 1 smiled shyly.
“Aren’t you bored until you go?”
“This is gone…
Even though I couldn’t tell you to be nervous, I told you not to be vigilant.
Who knows if the self-defense weapons in the ruins will remain intact?”
Number 1 giggled.
“Why is that coming out now?
I haven’t seen anyone in the last 5 years.
Even if you stayed, wouldn’t the headquarters staff warn you with reconnaissance magic?
I’ll bet my little finger that we won’t meet.”
“I kept laying down strange double lines and falling asleep.
If it comes out, it’s your responsibility as #1.”
“Yep!”
No. 1 solemnly nodded his head.
Well, what the guy said was right.
“Special explanation. No. 1, do you know how elephants were born and ate?”
“I know that much. Aren’t you ignoring it too much?”
“If you don’t know that, I just wanted to give up on explaining it.
Anyway, I also saw it in a book, and a thousand years ago, elephants had only one trunk.”
At my explanation, No. 1 raised one eyebrow.
He seemed to be imagining an elephant with only one trunk.
Just take out two noses.
What are you thinking so intently?
Eventually, Number 1 spoke seriously.
“If an elephant had only one nose… The ears would look like that, would it really look like a dick?”
“…”
Did you hear it?
Well, it still looks like he’s carrying three cocks on his mug.
No, that’s not the point.
I almost got confused for a moment.
“Inventing…
It means that there has been a big change in the ecosystem compared to a thousand years ago.
Not only elephants, but most wild animals that have not been touched by humans have changed from before.”
“Uh… Then maybe.”
“It’s rare, but when beasts lose the means to reproduce, they interbreed with existing animals, greatly increasing their population and destroying the ecosystem.
That’s why we’re getting up early in the morning and going to fight.
Perhaps for the simple reason that it is dangerous to leave the beasts alone.”
After the explanation, No. 1 nodded in admiration.
As No. 1 continued to ask me miscellaneous questions and answer them appropriately, I saw the trucks ahead of us stop one by one.
Hundreds of transport vehicles were parked in the vacant lot right in front of the last remaining hatchery.
The main unit that arrived first was preparing to activate the magic focus group.
The main body of 10,000 people is lined up in a geometric pattern in the place where 50 magic circles are installed.
It was spectacular every time I saw it.
“Put in the designated place and wait.”
“Yep!”
When I instructed, No. 1 turned the steering wheel.
After applying the side brake and turning off the engine, I got into the passenger seat.
I said, tapping the back of the truck the rest of the crew were riding in with my palm.
“Attention! After a while, the commander will destroy the remaining hatchery at once.
There may be additional collapsing buildings after that, so wait for 20 minutes before entering!
Of course, I can’t go all the way inside by car, so I’ll just run on my feet as usual, but if you have any difficulties, report them now.”
“No problems!”
The guys said loudly.
There must have been beasts swarming in a place only about 200m away, but this was no problem because they blocked the noise with magic.
“I’ve said it many times, but this time things are relatively simple.
The only thing is to clear out those who didn’t die from the Commander’s attack.
We have done even more difficult things so far.
Let’s make sure that everyone can return without incident until the end!”
“Yes, captain!”
The voices of the members answering are just right.
It’s a sound that’s neither too tense nor too lax.
They look like veterans.
Satisfied, I went into the passenger seat and sat down.
As the hunting team arrived at the clearing one after another, I saw the commander standing in the center of the main unit.
The transport vehicle’s headlights revealed her location.
I could see her pink hair waving in the strong wind.
It’s already started.
It had been windless until five minutes ago, but at some point the air started to flow wildly.
The lack of stars made it clear that there were dark clouds over her head.
The commander raised her hands to the sky.
At that moment, the air around them shook.
The truck’s glass trembled violently, uh-uh-huh, as in a hurricane.
Suddenly, a strong gust of wind hit the truck, causing the entire truck to jolt and stop.
“Wow, it wasn’t usually like this until where we were.
It seems that the Commander is really doing his best.”
“I see. It’s an area of more than several kilometers even if you measure it in diameter.
Destroying them all at once would be a daunting task no matter how much magic power is used for 10,000 people.”
As she spoke, she slightly turned her eyes to look at her commander.
Standing upright, holding her hands up, the area around her body glowed with a cool blue light.
The magic power of 10,000 of her main squad gathered in her magic concentration camps that have fallen everywhere is being concentrated on her.
It’s amazing every time I see it.
To be able to control ten thousand mana at such a young age.
It was something that even a tolerable noble would stick out their tongue.
It’s also the reason why the Commander got the title of Mansinjang.
“I always feel it, but at that level, it’s almost like a strategic weapon, not a person.”
No. 1 said.
The words, “Don’t show off your ignorance,” Went up and down my throat.
Anyone with even the slightest interest in history knows this, but it was the strategic magic using magic clusters that put a wedge in the struggle for survival between humans and beasts that had not progressed much for 800 years.
A tactic that delivers a lethal blow by concentrating a large number of mana into one person with high-efficiency unique magic.
It was immediately proven that this tactic was dozens of times more effective than the conventional method of fighting with individual combatant magic.
Because everyone who doesn’t believe it is dead.
Either to beasts or to other humans.
Of course, those with powerful unique magic suitable for use as ‘Strategic Magic’ emerged as the protagonists of the war, and the emperor bestowed titles on the magic of especially powerful ones and made them be treated as nobles.
So, strictly speaking, the commander who inherited the Count’s magic is not ‘the same thing’ as a strategic weapon, but a strategic weapon itself.
“…! …, …! …!”
The roar of the wind was too loud to be heard, but the commander was shouting something with his mouth wide open.
Probably youngchang
Simply put, it is memorizing an order.
Inherent magic aptitude is the same as how seriously you can do concept quality.
Maybe that’s why there are more types than you think among powerful wizards who use magic while chanting spirit-uplifting chanting or even chanting the name of a special move.
I can’t do that because I’m embarrassed.
Anyway, the effect of the magic was certain.
At the place where the main unit and the hunting unit were waiting, the wind stopped shaking the car, but a terrifyingly strong storm was blowing even if we were only 100M away from where we were.
I could see the wreckage of buildings the size of a pile flying around and crashing into each other, or seeing unbelievably huge lightning bolts wriggling in the dark clouds.
Every time the commander swung his hand or clenched his fist, the beast’s hatchery was crushed by wind, set ablaze by lightning, and shattered by rubble.
A high-rise building covered in flesh collapsed powerlessly, and a wild beast jumped out on all fours without knowing why, and died after being pierced by a steel frame that flew like a javelin.
Even those figures were no longer visible, covered by fist-sized hailstones that soon began to fall.
Thanks to the noise-cancelling magic, we were fortunate to hear nothing but the howling of the wind all around us.
Hearing the screams of the dying city, it was clear that the dream would be ferocious.
After watching the scene of destruction for a while, the commander lowered his hands.
Then, like a lie, the wind calmed down.
The weather changed so unnaturally that it made me feel uncomfortable.
Looking at the clock, it was about 15 minutes after using the magic.
It only took about fifteen minutes for the entire remaining hatchery to turn to mush.
It is too powerful for a single person to wield.
Even if it was the power of God, I could not believe it.
Well, if it wasn’t for that kind of power, I wouldn’t have been able to kill the ancient beast.
The scene where the commander made a giant made of dark clouds and wind tore a tortoise-like beast well over 500m in size was still vivid in my eyes.
Even though the storm called by the Commander stopped the destruction, the buildings that were still intact in the hatchery could be seen collapsing one by one.
It may be because of the unstable ground and the accumulated shocks.
Taking advantage of that gap, the hunting team started the car.
A hunting party of 50, including ours, surrounded the remains of the hatchery at sufficient intervals, as previously agreed.
Stop about 50 meters away from the hatchery and wait quietly in line.
Now, when the time comes, use the detection-type magic belonging to one person in each group to search for and destroy all the surviving beasts and the hatchery that is not completely destroyed, and enter.
Our group of five was supposed to enter right from our current location, so we didn’t have to move.
Looking to the right, Kang Ji-ah’s truck in Group 27, assigned right next to Group 5, looked as small as a pea.
For a moment, I remembered what happened yesterday and frowned, but I soon made up my mind.
You should focus on fighting.
If I’m not careful, not only me, but also the members of the crew could die.
I wasn’t stupid enough to make that mistake.
I shook my head and looked at the clock, there were still about 5 minutes left.
The commander, who had fulfilled his role, entered the operation room looking exhausted.
Finally, I checked to see if anything was not ready.
Clear.
As I waited silently, the ruins of the hatchery with their mouths wide open looked creepy.
A few minutes for all eleven to wait with bated breath.
A signal dropped from the magic tool for communication given to the leader.
[Enter!]
