Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 344

Weapon-Devouring Bastard – Chapter 344

Northern Unexplored Territory of South Korea.

This place has been the largest unexplored territory in the world since ancient times, and the quantity and quality of monsters are extremely dangerous. From here, the monsters’ southward migration began.

“Hoo! So many are coming out, it’s disgusting!”

“Fire! Clear the path for the warriors!”

-Kieeeeeeeek!

Rushing in, the monsters.

It was like watching a swarm of locusts.

Everywhere the eye could see was covered with monsters.

And the troops opposing those monsters were filling the ramparts.

Warriors of the Soongmoo Lee family, and the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

The Soongmoo Lee family had been preparing for the upcoming war for a long time, and they had been working with the government from a very long time ago.

Besides.

Kwarururururung!

Up in the sky, a bombardment that shook the world poured down on the ground.

A mobile fortress.

That strategic weapon, sweeping away flying and ground monsters, was spewing fire.

“Soongmoo Lee! Do not back down! This is just the beginning!”

I, who had become the head of the Soongmoo Lee family, was also standing there.

“Yes!”

I gathered Black Qi [a type of dark energy] and created a spear.

The Sacred Relic, Gyeongcheon.

As soon as the preparation for throwing was over, I threw the spear.

Kuuuuuuuuung!

The terrain and the rushing monsters were ground away.

The front line turned into an empty space for a moment.

But in the meantime, monsters filled it again.

I bit my lip and created Gyeongcheon again.

Bang! Kwaaaang!

Monsters, monsters, monsters.

Everywhere I looked was full of monsters.

The air I breathed was filled with the salty smell of blood, and every step I took was filled with flesh and spent cartridges.

“Lord! Request for support from the Yeonhaeju Wall! A Class 3 monster has appeared!”

“Send Lee Seo-hyun! That guy is enough!”

“Lord! The west…….”

“Second Sister! I’m counting on you!”

“Okay! Lord!”

The weapons of Cheonra floated in the air.

The place where I was standing was the most frontal and protruding battlefield.

There was no time to even take a breath.

It had already been 6 hours since the battle began. I couldn’t stop Cheonra for a single moment.

“Keuak!”

Chwaak!

At that moment, a stray attack from somewhere blew the head off a regular soldier standing right next to me.

No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t prevent casualties.

“Keuk.”

“Lord! A Class 4 monster has invaded the west coast of Gangwon-do!”

“Coordinate with the government! Send the main family’s reserves!”

Answering the endless radio calls, directing the scene, and even distributing people for battle.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

-Kyaaaaeuk! Keaek!

Nevertheless, the number of monsters did not decrease.

Three mobile fortresses, all kinds of thermal weapons located on the ramparts, warriors of the Soongmoo Lee family widely distributed on the front lines, and even warriors who had reached Simgeom [a high level of martial arts mastery], including my Second Sister and I.

Even with an unprecedentedly strong force gathered, it was like this.

‘Yes, it seems like they really woke up.’

Looking at the rushing monsters, I felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

I couldn’t help but feel it.

Because it was a scene I had seen in the Aerial Fortress.

Monsters rushing in endlessly.

Humans blocking them.

Destruction had just begun.

It was at that moment.

-Boooooooooooo!

A strange cry shook the ground and rushed in.

I immediately raised my head and looked at the other side of the ruined front line.

‘A large monster.’

My gaze turned beyond the horizon.

There.

A huge black figure in the shape of a dragon was standing.

The giant monster, with wings spread wide enough to cover the sky, was so huge that the mountain next to it looked smaller.

Flash!

The monster’s gaze was directed precisely at the ramparts.

No, was it really looking at the ramparts?

Or was it me?

A presence that was different from the monsters rushing in here was felt.

“W-What the hell is that.”

“Weren’t the kings all gone? What the hell is that? Damn it.”

The regular soldiers and warriors on the ramparts seemed to have discovered the monster and were whispering.

-Keureureureureu…….

A low, mocking cry echoed.

And the next moment.

“L-Lord! The enemies are retreating!”

With the appearance of that large monster, the movements of the monsters that had been going on all day changed.

With the setting sun spreading in the background, the monsters turned their heads and retreated as if they had made a promise.

“……Sound the victory. The monsters did not break through us.”

I clicked my tongue and gave a low voice command to the Yeonggeomdan [a special forces unit] who followed behind.

“Yes, Lord.”

The Yeonggeomdan member bowed his head without saying a word.

Everyone knows.

This victory was not a victory to anyone.

But the troops who sacrificed their lives on this rampart now would need the fact that they had won.

I turned away, looking at the horizon where the monsters had retreated.

* * *

A calamity swept the world.

The monsters in the unexplored territories rushed into the safe zones as if they had made a promise, and the monsters in the dungeons and gates broke out of their territories and poured out.

The number of monsters released into the world was on a different level than before.

Southern Northern Europe.

On the European Union forces’ defense line, two men and women swallowed dry saliva and looked at the front line.

“……This is really.”

The Iron-Blooded Knight, Sword Saint Ron Russell, who had hurriedly led the Knights to support, widened his eyes.

Serena, the vice-commander of the Paladins next to him, also looked ahead with a firm expression.

-Kyaaaaaaak!

“Fire! Fire! Don’t let them cross the defense line! There are civilian houses behind this!”

“Kuaaaaak! The enemy is co, coming over…… Uaaaaaak!”

Bouncing magic bullets, losing power of the latest weapons, screams and cries bursting out.

People are dying.

The defense line was on the verge of collapsing, and a flood of monsters, as if painted with black ink, was rushing in.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

The monsters were going crazy.

A dragon monster with one leg torn off bit the leg with its mouth and threw it at the ramparts.

A large monster with its intestines flowing out stepped on its own intestines and threw itself into the pouring shells as if it didn’t matter.

No matter how alien they were, monsters were still living things.

They each had their own ecosystems, and the guys with behaviors and even intelligence were rushing in like crazy.

Could there be anything more suitable than the expression ‘going crazy’ for that?

“Serena. There is no time for this. If the defense line collapses, it’s over!”

“Yes! We will go to the left wing! Please hold on until reinforcements arrive!”

“Yes!”

Teoong!

The two young knights hurriedly kicked the ground.

‘If it hadn’t been for Lee Cheol’s warning, even this weak defense line would not have been created.’

Serena gripped her mace and led the Holy Knights.

A calamity had come to the world.

Perhaps that calamity would kill as many humans and sicken the land as much as the Great War.

In the records, the ancient times that Serena had seen had perished like that.

But…… this time it’s different from then.

Because there was someone who prepared.

Like a lamp, there was someone who went ahead and led people.

Soongmoo Lee, Lee Cheol.

There were people who gathered their will following him, and there were those who doubted but followed him outwardly.

‘The problem is…….’

Kwaaaang!

The opposite side of the battlefield where Serena was.

Ron, who had broken the front with Simgeom [a high level of swordsmanship], gritted his teeth and looked into the distance.

‘……Was that preparation really enough?’

Ron and Serena simultaneously captured the shape of a certain monster that appeared far away on the front line.

A monster appeared there.

Ron, Serena, and everyone else tensed up.

The flames of war rise.

It was the beginning of a terrible war that would engulf the world.

* * *

Northeast Unexplored Territory of China.

Jang Han scoffed at the rising report.

“Are you saying the Eastern Army Group was annihilated?”

“Yes, Chaeju [Warlord]. The front line in the northeast has been pushed back.”

It was news of the annihilation of the Chinese military, which had been guarding the Asian Unexplored Territory.

“If it’s the Eastern Army Group…… there must have been at least 60,000 people.”

Jang Han felt dumbfounded.

The Guryongchae [Nine Dragons Company], which was in charge of the lower front line, succeeded in defending, but this side was also in a precarious situation.

“No matter what, how can they be pushed back so quickly? What happened?”

“……A certain monster has appeared.”

Jang Han’s expression twisted at the subordinate’s report.

After thinking for a while, Jang Han clicked his tongue and said.

“What about Soongmoo Lee?”

“They succeeded in defending, but the situation there is not said to be very good either.”

Jang Han tapped the table.

And sighed deeply.

‘Pulling out to reorganize the ranks? And even showing up as if to give a scare. Are they imitating humans? Those monsters.’

If the Eastern Army Group collapses, troops will come up from the south.

But, will that really happen?

There is a sea in the south of the Chinese continent. It meant that marine monsters were pushing in.

Even if that wasn’t the case, the military would not think of maintaining the front line by risking their lives, but would think of saving their strength.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

At that moment, the screams of monsters echoed from the distant front line.

The advance of those that had stopped for a while had begun again.

“I have no choice.”

Jang Han drew his sword.

Now was not the time to save strength.

This battle is a battle for the survival of mankind.

Perhaps the last moment.

He couldn’t expect help from stupid allies.

Now he had to risk his life too.

* * *

Exactly one day had passed since the occurrence of the abnormal phenomenon.

One hour after the cry of ‘it’ that echoed around 4 p.m.

All the monsters in various parts of the world covered the world like a tsunami.

The countries that were slow to respond were simply swept away.

The time it took for the front lines of 43 of the approximately 200 countries around the world to collapse was only 1 hour.

3 hours after the situation occurred.

The Chinese Eastern Army Group, the vicinity of the Balkan Peninsula, the Allied Forces in the northern United States, central Australia, and parts of South America collapsed in the monster wave.

8 hours after the situation occurred.

About 70 countries with relatively weak national defense capabilities or unpreparedness were annihilated.

It was literally annihilation.

They failed to stop the monsters’ advance and were invaded by the monsters’ muddy feet.

18 hours had passed.

The only ones who succeeded in holding out were those who accepted my warning and prepared in advance.

The European Union, the American Continental Union, the Russian military, China, and South Korea.

They will be fighting at this very moment.

“……That’s all.”

It was Jung Jin-soo and Anastasia who reported.

It was Jung Jin-soo who organized the information that Black Turtle had brought.

“The United States and France even used tactical nuclear weapons. Judging from the fact that mushroom clouds have been confirmed in the Indian Ocean…… it seems that we have really reached the end.”

Silence fell inside the command post at Jung Jin-soo’s report.

One day. Just one day.

In the meantime, hundreds of countries had perished.

“More than I thought…….”

I said, looking at the map that was spread out and the war situation that was being updated in real time.

“It’s not the worst.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

At my words, Jung Jin-soo nodded.

“Not the worst, what do you mean? Lord.”

“Our country’s damage is not insignificant either. Not only civilians but also the warriors of the main family…….”

Cutting off the words of the executives who asked back in succession, I said firmly.

“You seem to be seeing this as some kind of disaster or natural disaster.”

“……!”

The executives of Soongmoo Lee who were seated widened their eyes.

That’s right.

When I think about it, they were really treating this fight like a natural disaster.

“I don’t think so. This is war.”

War.

The elders and warrior chiefs of Soongmoo Lee looked puzzled at the words of the Lord, Lee Cheol.

“How is this a war?”

“It’s easy to think about.”

I said, pointing to the world map.

“The enemy is the monster itself, which is at odds with humanity. Whether there is a commander or not, they are the ones who imitate what humans do.”

Was it asleep like Jormungandr [a mythical sea serpent], or was it a vanguard sent by the primordial monster?

According to the reports that came in one after another, they appeared not only on our battlefield but also on battlefields around the world.

Northern Unexplored Territory of Northern Europe, Unexplored Territory of Eastern China, Unexplored Territory of the Great Falls, Unexplored Territory of the Great Desert, and even the battlefield of Northern South Korea.

A total of five.

This is excluding countries where communication has been completely cut off. It means there may be more than that.

“Conversely, the ally is humanity itself. The meaning of each country is of course great, but that is only a part when viewed as the whole of humanity. Look bigger.”

Although, it’s a cold word.

When humanity is viewed as one huge country, the collapsed places are just cities.

So what we have to do is not collapse completely.

Jung Jin-soo continued.

“The European Union is sounding the victory in the Northern Unexplored Territory of Northern Europe.”

The land of knights and wizards.

They, led by the Church State, England, and the Magic Tower Alliance, are becoming the bulwark of mankind.

“Guryongchae is firmly holding on to eastern China.”

Jang Han’s command, the largest organization in the world, is there.

They are in charge of half of the Asian Unexplored Territory, the largest Unexplored Territory in the world.

“The Russian military, which took Black Turtle’s warning seriously, is also fighting hard.”

Although the number of warriors is small, they have a large number of magic engineering thermal weapons, including magic bullets.

“The American continent is a bit precarious, but they have started using tactical weapons, so they will be able to hold on.”

In each continent, each region, and each different land, mankind is repeatedly fighting hard.

“So it’s not the worst. That’s what the Lord is saying.”

The warriors of the main family sighed at Jung Jin-soo’s summary.

“But…… it’s just the beginning.”

Lee Jin-yoon suddenly muttered.

As she said, the primordial monster had not even moved yet. Only the monsters, which could be said to be its children, had moved.

Mankind had shed too much blood just from that.

Lee Jin-yoon tilted her head towards the head seat and continued.

“So please stop talking now. No, please tell me.”

My Second Sister’s eyes seemed to be burning.

“It can’t be the Lord’s idea to just hold on like this. So please tell us now how we can win.”

I nodded at those words.

“As I said, this is war. It’s also a war with a high chance of defeat.”

We have a lot to protect, but the monsters are just focused on killing.

Holding on and winning moment by moment may be possible, but in the end, holding on is the best.

“As my Second Sister said, if we go over to a holding-on fight, it’s over.”

“Then?”

“So I’m going to attack. Because the moment we sound the victory, it will be of great help to the war situation.”

Everyone widened their eyes.

He said he would attack.

But where should we attack?

This is not a fight between countries.

“Where…… are you going to attack?”

“I’m going to strike the enemy commander.”

“Enemy commander?”

Everyone’s eyes widened.

If you see this as a war…….

That’s right. There was an enemy commander.

“The Class 1 monster that has revealed itself. Before the primordial monster is completely resurrected, let’s subdue that one first.”

I declared with strength.