He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 119

I continued to secure the external systems of the base, but I faced increasingly strong resistance.

Koo-oong! Koong!

-Kwooooaaaaah!

Ka-aang!

“You violent bastard!”

Rat Ogres, wearing sturdy armor despite being haphazardly modified, unleashed destructive blows with their fists.

I nimbly dodged, and though they only struck the ground, the force was so powerful that the area cracked.

“But you’re too slow.”

Weeeeeng-

As I somersaulted, I got behind the Rat Ogre and ground its head with the Silver Holy Sword in ‘Automatic Saw Blade’ mode.

Kaga-ga-ga-gak.

-Gueeeeeeeck!

It wore a sturdy helmet, but the Holy Sword, like an electric saw, easily ground through even steel armor.

By infusing it with Aura, there was virtually nothing it couldn’t cut.

The automatic saw blade alone was worth the cost of the modification.

“Squeak! Fire, fire!”

“Shoot them all! Squeak!”

Tutatatatatatata!

But the Ratmen’s resistance continued.

They now possessed not just ‘muskets’ but also ‘repeating rifles,’ and they began to fire wildly.

Of course, the power of the bullets was only at the musket level, and because they weren’t gunpowder-ignited, the number of rounds didn’t exceed ten, but when multiple Ratmen started shooting, it was quite threatening.

“Don’t be hasty!”

[Electromagnetic Field Deployed]

Chijijijijijik!

I had already modified the Holy Sword while attacking several Ratmen.

Immediately, Aura with electromagnetic properties formed a field from the Holy Sword, blocking the bullets.

The bullets fired by the Ratmen couldn’t penetrate the field and fell to the ground or bounced off.

“Now it’s my turn!”

[High-Speed Movement Deployed]

Tadadadadad!

Immediately after their firing was neutralized, I rushed towards the Ratmen shooters with high-speed movement.

Chwaak! Seokeok! Shyukak!

And then, a one-sided massacre unfolded.

The Ratmen, whose basic stats were weaker than even Goblins and who weren’t properly armed for close combat, were sliced down without being able to resist.

“Squeak! Now’s the time!”

“Come out, assassins! Squeak!”

But the Ratmen were also using their brains.

As I charged into their midst, Ratmen assassins who had been hiding nearby rushed in with poison-coated daggers.

Holding daggers in both hands and even on their long rat tails, they wielded dazzling and deadly assassination swordsmanship.

Wheeik! Hweeik! Chaeng!

The level was so high that even I had to evade their attacks for a moment.

Originally, I would have avoided them altogether and dealt with them with ranged attacks, but I deliberately didn’t.

“Impressive, but that’s as far as it goes!”

[Transforms Holy Sword Silver Rose into a Blade Whip.]

Cheolkeok- Cheolkeok-

The form of Silver Rose this time transformed into a long whip made of blades.

After completing the transformation with mechanical noise, I wielded it like a storm.

Hwiririk, Chaltssak! Chwaak! Seokeok!

I showed them what a storm of blades was like.

The Ratmen assassins, who had crawled right into it, instantly turned into mincemeat.

I was reaping the rewards of modifying various things with the spoils I had collected while hunting Ratmen until now.

Seokeok!

-Keeeek!

“Hmm, is this the last one? The sub-system area.”

-Beep, scan results indicate that all sub-system areas have been purified.

At Kissil’s answer, I even felt a sense of disappointment.

I had enjoyed modifying things with the relics of the Ratmen while hunting them, but now that was over.

Of course, there were still many things left behind by the guys I just killed…

[Silver Rose]

[Modification Level: 3]

[Automatic Saw Blade]

[Electromagnetic Field]

[Blade Whip]

[To perform additional modifications, you need a relic with more valuable technology than before.]

“Investing more in weapons would be overinvestment.”

I thought I had enough technology to do about one more modification, but I had other uses in mind.

“We’ve cleared this area as well, Shadow Lord.”

I joined up with the troops in charge of the other area and listened to the report of the Captain of the Guard.

Since the mercenaries were nearby, the Captain of the Guard referred to me as Shadow Lord.

“Good. Now we’ll attack the main system area. Kissil, what’s the enemy’s strength there?”

-Beep, scan results indicate that they are all armed with relics of level 2 or higher. Strong resistance is expected.

Kissil showed the appearance of the main system area in a hologram, and the Ratmen’s armaments visible there were at a considerably grim level.

Even the weakest ordinary Ratmen were armed with repeating magic-ignition guns and all sorts of other weapons, and the special individuals were even more heavily armed.

“It would be dangerous to attack like this.”

“The Legions are ready to crush any enemies.”

“I don’t doubt that. But-”

I said, looking at the ‘relics’ scattered everywhere as spoils.

“Let’s not just go, let’s properly reinforce ourselves before we go.”

I suddenly wondered what would happen if I plastered the Legions’ weapons and armor with enhancements.

* * *

“Squeak, the humans are coming! Be thoroughly vigilant!”

Meanwhile, in the main system area inside Prospera, Crazytail, the chief engineer leading the Ratman expedition, urged his subordinates.

“You incompetent fools! To be breached in the external system!”

As the external area was taken, the expedition’s remaining forces were isolated in the internal area.

Of course, the Ratmen could dig out even if they were isolated underground, but the problem was that the humans who had seized the system would soon open the seal and enter.

The chief engineer, who didn’t know about the existence of Kissil, couldn’t understand how the humans, who had lost their technology long ago, were operating the system.

“But it doesn’t matter if we get our hands on the extermination weapon!”

Crazytail didn’t give up hope. He was already contaminating the main system with the ‘Hungry God’s magic.’

Even if it was difficult to contaminate the entire main system, it seemed possible to seize the extermination weapon in time.

Chiiiiik-

Kwooooooong-

“Squeak! They’re here!”

“Fire!”

But soon, the internal bulkhead was opening.

The Ratmen, who had already set up a defensive line, began to fire their guns as soon as they saw a figure.

Unlike the outside, the Ratmen were confident that they could block attacks from the inside.

The magic guns they were using were also more powerful, so they could easily penetrate thick armor.

They thought that the enemies coming in would be riddled with bullets, thinking only of the firepower they had so far, and began to fire indiscriminately.

“Kehehehehehe! How do you like th- huh?”

Titing! Titing!

But what they saw were Legions charging forward with shields creating force fields.

The wide force field was preventing the Legions from being exposed to that powerful firepower.

“Fire!”

“Exterminate the enemies of the Empire!”

Tututututututu!

Twukwang!

-Kkeueeeeeck!

-Squeak! I don’t want to die! Keek!

The Ratmen who were first exposed to the counterattack were turned into mincemeat by the firepower.

Fortunately, they didn’t have many bullets, so the firing stopped quickly.

On the other hand, the bad thing was that firing wasn’t all they had.

“Charge!”

“For the Empire!”

When the bullets ran out, the Legions charged without hesitation.

The Ratmen had already had their vanguard devastated, so they had no firepower to stop them.

“Squeak! Reserves! Reserves! Deploy everyone!”

But as Crazytail urged the reserves, the elite reserves who had been waiting behind blocked the Legions.

“Squeak! Fire the cannons quickly!”

“Squeak! There are allies too!”

“It doesn’t matter! Anyone who gets hit isn’t an ally!”

“That’s right!”

In the meantime, they intended to snipe the Legions using cannons.

There was a chance that allies would be hit, but that wasn’t a problem for the Ratmen.

Seokeok.

“Keeek?”

“You shouldn’t try to shoot such ominous things.”

Chwajak! Chwajajajajak!

But then, the Emperor who had broken in massacred all the gunners of the battery.

A few swings of the blade whip were enough to finish off the weak Ratmen.

Chiiiiiiiiik-

But they had already lit the fuse of the cannon.

If it was fired as it was, there would be damage to the allies.

“I can’t let that happen.”

Peok!

I hit the cannon as it was, turning the direction of the muzzle elsewhere.

It was exactly in the direction of another cannon.

Twukwaaaaang!

Peoooeeong!

The cannonball that exploded there silenced the battery.

“Show no mercy.”

“Keep breaking through!”

In the meantime, the Legions were mowing down the Ratmen in a sweeping victory.

Special individuals such as the Rat Ogres or Ratmen Assassins that they had faced before also aimed at them, but the Legions, who had reinforced their armor and applied thick layers of protection, were unshaken by their attacks.

On the other hand, I smiled contentedly as I watched the Ratmen falling like autumn leaves.

“You’re doing well, then I just need to keep neutralizing the cannons-”

-Beep! Warning! The enemy has released a special weapon!

“Huh?”

But then, one of the sealed relic warehouses in the base opened, and something began to appear.

“Khehehehehehehehehet! You’re all dead!”

“…What is that?”

What appeared there was a giant tank that felt unrealistic.

It was the state in which Crazytail, the chief engineer of the Ratman technology exploration team, was riding.

-A-class special weapon Steam-Magic Tank! Warning, it is a weapon that cannot be easily countered!

“Is that thing trying to shoot us?”

Twukwaaaang!

No sooner had I spoken than it was firing a large main gun.

[Neural Acceleration Amplification!]

[Neural Acceleration Exceeds 400%!]

I immediately raised my neural acceleration sharply and watched the flying cannonball.

Seokeok!

I ran towards the cannonball, which seemed to be flying slowly due to neural acceleration, and cut it in half.

Kwakwang!

The cannonball, split in half, was diverted elsewhere and killed the Ratmen standing there.

“Destroy that mechanical monster!”

“Hahahaha! It’s useless! Super-Voltage Electric Shock Launch!”

Ppajijijijijijik!

“Kueeeuk!”

In the meantime, several Legions charged towards the steam tank, but a powerful electric shock attack covered the Legions.

It was such a powerful electric shock that it temporarily incapacitated even the mighty Legions.

“Die!”

Cheolkeong-

Immediately, the main gun began to turn towards the Legions, who were temporarily paralyzed.

“Hey, over here!”

Kaga-ga-gang!

Immediately, I rushed to that place and tried to cut the barrel, but surprisingly, I couldn’t cut it even with a sword imbued with Aura.

“Haha! It’s useless! Because it’s a special metal with anti-Aura resistance!”

“…Oh, you didn’t have to explain it so kindly.”

“Shut up and die! Auxiliary weapon simultaneous launch!”

Wiiing- Tutututututut!

Peopeopeong! Peopeong!

As the attack was nullified, the steam tank began to resist by throwing machine guns, grenades, and scattering electric shocks in all directions.

I couldn’t be safe if I was hit by that attack, so I quickly spread my wings of light and distanced myself.

-Normal attacks cannot disable that!

“Then what should I do?”

I wasn’t sure if I could cut it even if I unleashed the Empire’s Soul, so I asked Kissil for a way.

Then Kissil simply answered.

-You must obtain the extermination weapon.

“Then guide me!”

From the word extermination, I felt something ominous, so I immediately followed the direction Kissil was flying.