Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 261

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Episode 261

The decisive battle with the Union, a few days prior.

We had no intention of retreating, but we couldn’t just charge recklessly either.

“I have a plan.”

I devised a plan.

What bothered the Soongmoo Yi family the most was none other than the mobile fortress, the Sky Whale.

If it came down to actual combat, I was confident we could win no matter how much the numbers differed, but we had to figure out a way to attack the mobile fortress.

So, how could we strike the mobile fortress?

There were several obstacles.

The fortress possessed wide-ranging detection magic, cannons that could be used in national-level battles, and even a barrier that could defend against a Sword Heart [a powerful technique or state of being in martial arts].

“So, what I’m thinking is a feint. Make a feint attack. It’s basic strategy.”

I saw two conditions to overcome those obstacles.

Deceive the enemies and get close to the mobile fortress.

Break through the thick barrier and inflict damage on the main body.

So, I called in one person who was most specialized in ‘deceiving people’ among the cards I had.

“So, you’re saying I should use magic to act like you?”

“Yes, and incidentally, the Mountain Keeper needs to float the weapons I’ve made into the sky.”

“You’re not asking me to fight, are you? No matter how much wind I can create, I can’t float all this in the sky and fight like you.”

“It’s okay. Just pretend to be ‘Lee Cheol.’ Isn’t tricking people your specialty?”

“Hehe, that’s true.”

The Mountain Keeper, Goblin Chiwoo.

He arrived here in less than a day after my call.

I had a hard time explaining to the surprised brothers, but I managed to make excuses somehow.

“Lee Seo-hyun, you act as the Second Sister.”

“What? How?”

“You wear this mask. I’ll make a weapon similar to the Second Sister’s Geosan [likely a specific weapon or fighting style]. You’re the only one with the strength to act as the Second Sister.”

Ironclad Mask.

It was the first time in a long time that I used that power.

In the past, I couldn’t hide the strange sense of incongruity, but now the Ironclad Mask was made with the operation of the Riverscale Hard Qi Art [a technique to enhance physical defense], allowing me to deceive even detailed traits.

And the moment the First Brother saw that, he realized the outline of the operation.

“A feint… to make them think that the feint is being done by you and the Second Sister, not Seo-hyun?”

“Exactly, First Brother.”

The power of the Ironclad Mask I created, the Mountain Keeper’s magic, and the main force of the Soongmoo Yi family to draw attention.

Even with those things, the enemies wouldn’t be fools, so they would notice it was a feint.

No, rather, I wanted them to notice.

“Then, maknae [youngest brother]. How will we infiltrate? How will we avoid the detection magic?”

“We’ll infiltrate from the sky.”

“Huh? From the sky?”

“We’ll freefall from high altitude. The main force will draw attention while we fall.”

“High altitude? Freefall? Uh, how high are you planning to jump?”

“I’m thinking about 9,000 meters [approximately 29,500 feet]. Is that okay?”

“…….”

Lee Cheol was nonchalantly talking about a height that would cause decompression sickness and death to anyone who wasn’t a trained magic user.

“How are you going to do it? Are you going to bring an airplane?”

“No. Then we’ll get caught. We need something that can hide its energy and is reasonably small.”

The guy who could do that peeked out from Eunhan’s pocket.

-Bbyak!

That’s how the Second Sister and I were able to infiltrate close to the mobile fortress, riding on a black bird that had increased in size.

* * *

If they hadn’t noticed the feint, things would have been a little easier, but the enemies weren’t that stupid.

They noticed the feint and strengthened the ratio of detection magic and barriers.

We were discovered earlier than expected, and the strength of the defensive magic was beyond expectations.

‘The results will be a little less than planned, but it doesn’t matter.’

That would inevitably reduce the amount of magic power going to the cannons.

That meant the main force that had stopped advancing would move.

Of course, if the Second Sister and I failed to break through the barrier and attack, everything would be in vain… but that couldn’t happen.

Sword Heart, Shatter.

The strike of someone who could be called the best in destruction among the Soongmoo Yi family exploded.

‘It’s your defeat, Cabala.’

I watched the collapsing mobile fortress and smirked.

* * *

It felt like being a rat stuck in a small box.

A tremendous shock, as if swept away by a typhoon, swept through the mobile fortress.

“Kkyaaaak!”

“Euaaaah!”

Bang! Crackle!

The screen in the bridge flickered on and off, and sparks flew from the severed wires due to the violent impact.

Some of the mages and executives couldn’t keep their balance and flew up to hit the ceiling, and various pieces of equipment repeatedly hit the walls and fell to the ground.

Bumping around and shaking again and again.

Eventually, the magic power and electricity entering the bridge went down, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

Wooong!

And when all the vibrations stopped, the executives of the Union asked in trembling voices at the same time as the emergency power came on.

“T, Tower Lord. What’s going on?”

“What on earth just happened!”

Still, as they were of high level, the executives, including Michael, maintained their balance in the midst of the chaos without a scratch.

However, the shock etched on their faces was no different from that of the others.

“…Quiet.”

Michael said that, looking at the executives of the Union.

Everyone who made up the Union’s leadership doubted their ears for a moment.

Silence fell.

Apart from the crackling sparks and the shouts of the mages working frantically on the restoration, no one among the executives opened their mouths.

“I was going to use it a little more, but is this how it ends up being?”

Michael said that and cast magic.

It wasn’t magic aimed at them.

Like turning the power on and off, some light magic flickered.

“……!”

“……Ah.”

Starting with that, the executives slumped down like dolls with their strings cut.

“W, what on earth is this…”

Only one person, a Spanish knight, looked around in confusion.

“I feel sorry for you. Even though you joined the Union, you never touched the food at all. The same goes for brainwashing. Is it a knight’s vigilance… but that has caused more pain.”

“What is this!”

The knight, noticing the strangeness, drew his sword.

No, he tried to draw it, but soon he felt an unpleasant energy constricting his whole body.

“You will serve for the transmitted truth and wisdom. For the enlightened one.”

“Cabala…? How can you be one of them…”

That was all the knight could remember.

He muttered in vain and slumped to the ground, overwhelmed by the unidentified radiance pushed right in front of his nose.

Michael strode unhurriedly across the slightly tilted ground.

And soon, the scenery of the entire fortress came into Michael’s eyes.

“…….”

He couldn’t help but deny the sight that unfolded before his eyes.

Ggggeuk! Kwaaaang!

This huge fortress was collapsing.

Rather than being cut by something sharp, it was a scar as if it had been smashed by something heavy.

The leading part of this huge fortress, which could be said to be the essence of magic engineering, was slowly tilting towards the ground.

Kuuuuuung!

The sound of the fortress collapsing slowly echoed like the scream of a huge creature.

Michael silently watched the friction of all kinds of accessories and wires like blood vessels under the newly rising sun.

‘How could you do this?’

Michael felt like denying reality as he watched the mobile fortress… no, the ark for Cabala’s great plan collapsing.

One-third of this huge structure was destroyed.

That was thanks to the fact that the barrier was urgently concentrated.

‘How could this be possible?’

Michael retraced his mistakes and at the same time retraced the plan carried out by Soongmoo Yi.

His eyes swept around with a cloudy light.

As the mobile fortress fell silent, the main force of Soongmoo Yi, which had been far away, began to approach.

Soon Michael’s gaze went down.

Down there.

Lee Cheol’s gaze, holding a bitter smile in the corner, and his gaze intertwined in the air.

‘It’s you.’

The one who planned all this.

This was not the way of Lee Myung-jung or Soongmoo Yi.

Reckless, deviating from reason, and even the power to put it into practice…….

Kuuuuuung!

The leading part of the mobile fortress, tilting with another loud roar.

Kwaddeuk!

With the sound of the organs that were barely holding on breaking, the leading part finally crashed completely to the ground.

Michael closed his eyes tightly.

The moment his eyes opened, everything, including the qualities of magic power, had changed in an instant.

And in his upturned eyes, no pupils could be seen.

The eyes, with only the whites emitting a hazy light, looked up at the sky.

“Did you think this was my defeat? Foolish. In the end, you will be in my hands. Successor…….”

Michael… no, the leader of Cabala, who was possessed by his body, opened his mouth.

Kwaddeudeuk!

The next moment, a part of the collapsing mobile fortress began to wriggle.

The broken parts were not fixed.

Something was just rising from a part of the shattered debris.

What rose from among the numerous debris was a single cannon.

The main cannon of the mobile fortress, Longinus.

A weapon named after the spear known to have pierced the side of the Saint (聖子) [referring to the Spear of Longinus, traditionally believed to have pierced Jesus Christ] to confirm his life or death.

Even though all the mechanisms fixing the main cannon were broken, it was floating in the air at the gesture of the apostle.

Wuuuung-!

And the next moment, heavy magic began to dwell in it.

* * *

The mobile fortress was silent, and Lee Myung-jung was defeating the forces of the Union.

‘A disorganized rabble.’

Was it because they blindly believed in the mobile fortress?

They had only formed a very simple formation and were not even properly prepared for battle.

The Union forces, who had been waiting near the mobile fortress, began to be suppressed by Soongmoo Yi without even putting up a proper resistance.

‘Now the Union is finished.’

Even if Soongmoo Yi stopped here and returned, the Union would no longer be able to interfere with Soongmoo Yi’s events.

The Eiffel Magic Tower’s mobile fortress was half-destroyed, and even the troops had lost their strength.

Heumchit!

At that moment, Lee Myung-jung suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

It was towards the mobile fortress far away.

Something was soaring into the air from among the wreckage.

‘The main cannon of the mobile fortress? Who can use that much telekinesis?’

The size of the mobile fortress’s main cannon is so large that it is reminiscent of a small warship.

I couldn’t even guess how much magic power would be needed to float that in the air with pure magic alone.

Wuuuung!

The next moment, magic power began to condense on the main cannon floating in the air.

I couldn’t believe it.

Even though all the mechanisms supplying magic power were broken and cut off, how could it work?

‘Besides… something’s wrong. It wasn’t supposed to emit such ominous magic power.’

As if looking into a deep abyss.

The magic power that began to condense inside the main cannon was so ominous and bizarre that it was beyond description.

-Kiiiiiek!

The sound of magic power condensing was like the cry of a monster.

Soongmoo Yi’s intuition was sounding the alarm.

Lee Myung-jung stopped suppressing the enemies and focused all his attention on the main cannon.

Jijijik!

Around that time, a noise like rubbing straw was heard through the communicator worn on his ear.

-First Brother… get out of here right now…! That’s dan….

It was the maknae’s communication.

It was so cut off that I couldn’t understand what it meant, but I could understand the meaning.

Because there was someone right next to me who said similar words.

“You must avoid it. Soongmoo Yi’s brat.”

The Mountain Keeper stopped wielding the goblin club and looked at the mobile fortress’s main cannon with a very nervous face.

“That’s not the kind to destroy. How far has it deviated from the path of humans? Even if you walk the wrong path, there is a limit. Unless you’re really crazy……!”

Lee Myung-jung could also tell that it was out of the ordinary.

But surely, they’re not going to shoot that here, are they?

The number of enemy troops is several times greater than the number of Soongmoo Yi’s troops?

“Everyone! Retreat!”

The decision was quick.

Acting before doubting and hesitating was Soongmoo Yi’s way.

And above all, I had a feeling that getting out of here was a hundred times right.

And at the same time as that shout, all of Soongmoo Yi’s troops immediately sheathed their swords and began to leave their positions.

Kwaaaaaaa!

Too late, the main cannon spewed fire.

No, that wasn’t fire.

Something like a poisonous liquid in the form of a black, purple, and dark blue mixture began to sweep around as a shell.

Lee Myung-jung, the Mountain Keeper, and Soongmoo Yi’s troops.

Everyone focused on escaping from the scene, consuming magic power with all their might.

“Mountain Keeper!”

“Yes! I know!”

Lee Myung-jung and the Mountain Keeper turned around at the same time.

They had to buy time for the troops to escape.

The speed at which the energy spewed from the main cannon was spreading was too fast.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

Lee Myung-jung and the Mountain Keeper indiscriminately attacked the rear, buying time for the troops to escape.

“What… on earth…”

Unlike Soongmoo Yi’s troops who succeeded in escaping, Lee Myung-jung saw the 모습 [Korean word for “appearance” or “state”] of the Union army who had accepted the main cannon’s attack as it was.

It was an unbelievable, no, an unacceptable sight.