Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 108

퓨쳐나이트 108화

The Zvezda crew couldn’t help but marvel at the sight.

They paid close attention to the blue energy swirling around his sword.

If it was sharp enough to cut through even high-frequency blades that could easily slice through steel, it would certainly be a formidable force in close combat.

That wasn’t all.

There were people flying in the sky, and others emitting fire or electricity from their hands.

These were things that could never be explained scientifically.

How could a person breathe fire with their bare hands and fly in the air?

Moreover, in the recent large-scale war, even more miraculous things were seen.

Among them, the Gigantes [giant, humanoid war machines] were the most eye-catching.

The Zvezda crew, who were watching the war, were so surprised when hundreds of mechs like Zaid began pouring out of the sky that they jumped up from their seats.

However, these were different from Zaid.

They were primitive mechs that couldn’t fly and were only capable of close combat.

So, they didn’t pay much attention to the Gigantes, believing that their Zaids could easily take care of them in the air.

The giant firebird that appeared afterward was also enough to amaze them.

A burning bird—how could that be?

This strange place, which they couldn’t understand at all, was truly a world full of wonders the more they looked into it.

But today was different.

They were horrified.

-Beep! Warning! High-energy reaction detected on the ground. A powerful mass of energy is flying towards this ship.

“What, what? High energy?”

-Evasive maneuvers impossible. Impact imminent. Deploy energy shields, prepare for impact.

“Could it be the Red Mas bastards?”

Benzilla, the leader of Zvezda, thought that only the Red Mas could attack their battleship in space.

In the meantime, the energy mass struck the Zvezda directly.

Kugugugugugung!

“Ugh!”

“Kugh!”

“Heup!”

The powerful blow that shook the battleship made the Zvezda crew feel as if they had been punched in the face.

What on earth had attacked the Zvezda?

“Damage report!”

-Lower left section, energy shield efficiency 50 percent, no damage to the ship itself.

“The energy shield of this ship can withstand a direct hit from a quantum cannon five times, and it’s been halved in one shot? Who attacked us?”

-Displaying on the main screen.

The Zvezda crew widened their eyes as the target that had attacked them appeared.

“N-no, is that a dragon?”

The large screen showed a giant reptile in the shape of what was called a dragon in the past on Earth, glaring at them.

“No! Does that mean what attacked us just now was a living creature?”

They couldn’t believe it.

The power of the energy mass that had just attacked their battleship was equal to or greater than that of their ship’s most powerful weapon, the Garipja Cannon.

Benzilla couldn’t understand how a living creature could generate battleship-level power.

But that was why they couldn’t let it live even more.

“How dare it attack us! Computer, turn that monster into a beehive!”

-Acknowledged. Garipja Cannon energy recharging, large-caliber railgun targeting, ready to fire.

“Fire!”

-Firing.

The giant Zvezda, which was twice the length of the Red Mas at 600 meters, unleashed its fury.

The ten gunports of the Zvezda began to fire at the strange creature.

The breath that Zikyon fired exploded, hitting something in the sky, and the sound of thunder echoed.

Kugugugugugugung…

‘Did it get destroyed?’

Zikyon looked up at the sky with an uneasy feeling.

She had never felt this uneasy before, so this feeling was very unfamiliar to her.

However, she felt a strange sense of unease about the being lurking in the sky above.

Zikyon hoped that the unsettling thing had been destroyed by her breath.

But as expected, the opponent that had caused her unease was not easily defeated.

Dozens of somethings that poured down from the sky struck Zikyon accurately.

“Shield!”

Kwagwagwagwang! Kwagwagwagwagwang!!

The massive explosions swept through the Allied forces’ camp.

Although its power was less than the previous burst of light, it was still powerful enough to wipe out a small mountain in an instant.

Zikyon, who was blocking such a fierce attack, couldn’t help but widen her eyes.

Because her shield was about to break.

Her shield, which wouldn’t budge even if five Wyvern-class dragons breathed on it.

‘Kugh! Unbelievable!’

The large-caliber railgun fired from the battleship was already a powerful ship-to-ship weapon in itself, but its power was further amplified when used to attack the ground from space as a mass weapon.

This was because the projectile, protected by a small energy shield, gained an unimaginable amount of kinetic energy as it pierced through the atmosphere and fell to the ground.

However, Zikyon, who was taking dozens of shots from such a railgun, was clearly an amazing being.

Kwagwagwagwang! Kwagwagwagwang!!

Kang Chan, who had been knocked unconscious by the Garipja Cannon’s attack, opened his eyes.

Then, he saw a giant green dragon being bombarded by railgun fire.

Kang Chan instinctively knew that it was Zikyon.

He was seeing Zikyon’s dragon form for the first time, so he should have been a little surprised, but he had no time for that now.

His mind was filled with worry for his friend.

The moment Zikyon’s shield was about to break, she used Blink [a short-range teleportation ability] with all her might.

“Blink!”

Zikyon’s massive body disappeared in an instant, and the spot where she had been was instantly engulfed in a massive explosion due to the railgun fire.

A huge crater was created as if a meteorite had fallen.

-Target lost. Re-searching for target…

Suddenly, the target disappeared, and the computer stopped firing and began to scan the surrounding area thoroughly with various sensors.

Soon, it detected Zikyon, who had reappeared several kilometers away.

-Target reacquired. Garipja Cannon firing.

This time, the fully charged Garipja Cannon fired at Zikyon.

Unlike the railgun, the Garipja Cannon was a beam weapon without a projectile, so its speed was like light, and the devilish light mercilessly struck Zikyon, who was taking a breather.

Ziiiiiiiiing!

“Kuaaaaak! Damn it…”

Zikyon left those words behind and was directly hit by the Garipja Cannon, and soon buried in a massive explosion.

It was such a massive explosion that even Zikyon, who was 200 meters long, became a small dot.

Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuung!!

“No!”

Kang Chan let out a desperate scream.

He couldn’t see clearly because he was too far away, but he vaguely guessed that the Garipja Cannon had hit Zikyon.

Kang Chan ran towards the place where Zikyon had been hit by the Garipja Cannon at the fastest speed he could muster.

However, the closer he got, the more he couldn’t see an inch ahead due to the yellow dust that covered the area from the explosion, and he couldn’t get any closer due to the hot wind blowing from all directions.

“Zikyon!!!”

-Restoring video.

Lebedev shouted with joy as the screen, which had been temporarily cut off due to the impact of the Garipja Cannon, was restored.

This was because the ground where the Garipja Cannon had directly hit was nothing but a crater of several kilometers and red lava.

“That monster! It’s melted away without a trace!”

“He was amazing… To have the stamina to withstand 30 shots from a battleship-class large-caliber railgun.”

Honghakmae trembled slightly.

No matter how she thought about it, the monster from before was far beyond the realm of living creatures.

Sensing the fearful emotions of his subordinates, Benzilla calmly reassured the crew.

“I don’t know how many of those guys are in this world, but they are the biggest threat to us in the future. So, conduct a thorough investigation into that monster.”

“Understood.”

The Allied forces’ camp, which had missed the Dark Elves due to the continuous bizarre events, was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

The sudden massive attack from the sky.

It was almost a disaster.

The soldiers who witnessed the attack described it as the wrath of God.

Moreover, to make matters worse, a dragon had appeared, so what more could be said?

The soldiers were only filled with anxiety, forgetting even today’s victory.

Kang Chan and Elrika, who returned to the Allied forces’ camp amidst such a cold atmosphere, were in a state of mental shock, and Loki was guarding their side.

“No way. That guy died…”

“Zikyon-nim…”

Kang Chan’s condition was now almost catatonic.

First Jeina, and now Zikyon had died—it was a trial that was too much for him to accept.

Even now, it felt like Zikyon would walk in, pushing open the door of that tent.

However, Kang Chan, who knew the power of the Garipja Cannon better than anyone else, knew that there was no chance that Zikyon was alive.

The Garipja Cannon, the strongest beam weapon in existence, could destroy most spaceships with a single shot.

It was unreasonable to hope that Zikyon would be alive after being directly hit by such an attack.

Kang Chan wiped away his tears with his sleeve, thinking about who the guys who killed Zikyon were.

And he wondered if he could really avenge Zikyon on them.

But even thinking about it was despairing.

No matter how much he had become a Sword Master, it was impossible to take revenge on a space battleship.

The enemy was in space, so how could he even approach them?

This was completely different from trying to risk his life to avenge Jeina.

Moreover, there was no way to know if they were allies or enemies.

If they were allies, Kang Chan had no idea how he should accept the situation.

But this much was certain.

Even if the person who killed Zikyon was the commander-in-chief of the Space Federation Fleet, he would be a dead man if he was in front of his eyes right now.

Blood flowed from Kang Chan’s fist.

“Kang Chan-nim…”

Elrika grabbed Kang Chan’s hand and comforted him.

Of course, she was sad too, but she knew that Kang Chan was having the hardest time of all.

At that moment, someone opened the tent and said.

“What’s this? Is it a funeral or something?”

“Heut!”

“Ah!”

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the person who had entered the tent, their eyes all swollen from crying.

“Why are you all crying?”

“Zikyon!”

“Zikyon-nim!”

Kang Chan jumped up in disbelief and ran to Zikyon.

And he hugged Zikyon and cried his eyes out.

Elrika and Loki also grabbed Zikyon’s hands, which were held by Kang Chan, and shed tears of joy.

“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”

Zikyon didn’t understand this strange situation, but she didn’t dislike the way they were so happy to see her.

However, it wasn’t good that Kang Chan, who was a big guy, was burying his face in her chest and crying, so Zikyon grabbed his ear and said.

“You… you’re subtly hitting on me, aren’t you?”

Kang Chan, who was so happy to see Zikyon alive that he unintentionally hugged her voluptuous chest, turned bright red to his ears and said.