Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 353

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Chapter 353

How could one describe it?

Human language was far too inadequate to depict the spectacle unfolding before my eyes.

If I had to put it into words… it was a scene that could only be described as a nightmare.

-Kieeeeeeeeeeek!

-Oooooooooh!

-Kueeeeeeeeeee!

What appeared before the Soongmoo Lee family was a horde of monsters numbering in the tens of millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions.

The sheer number of monsters, filling every direction, made counting them seem pointless. They appeared suddenly before our eyes.

And at its center.

Destruction was alive and breathing.

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It emitted a bizarre cry.

The primeval monster’s form was utterly grotesque.

Its appearance was unlike any creature I had ever seen, as if the characteristics of all living things had been thrown into a giant container and mercilessly mixed together.

Its massive body, seemingly reaching the end of the sky, resembled an endlessly swirling mass of bubbles.

The glistening black flesh, like a mass of meat, writhed, expanding and contracting.

Each of those bubbles had gruesome claws sprouting from them, wings extending, goat horns, and even human torsos jutting out.

Swoooooosh! Kwaaaang!

In an instant.

Enormous tentacles, like mountain ranges, stretched out from the gaps in that fleshy mass and slammed into the water’s surface.

Merely slamming into it, and yet.

The seawater vanished.

No one could quite grasp whether a tsunami had swept it away or if it had evaporated into thin air.

The water simply disappeared.

And what was revealed was the bottom of the deep sea and the 모습 [moseup – appearance/form] of marine life writhing below, gasping for water.

-Uhhhhhhh!

-Oooooooo!

Amidst those countless tentacles, the forms of countless humans and creatures, as if drenched in oil, were entangled and swaying.

No, even these numerous descriptions were meaningless.

Its appearance changed every time one blinked, appearing differently depending on who was looking at it and their level of understanding.

‘This… is unavoidable.’

The warriors of the Soongmoo Lee family.

Even they, the indomitable warriors who never ceased fighting, thought so.

‘This is not an existence that can be fought.’

From the start, thinking that we could stop it was a product of ignorance and arrogance.

This was nothing short of a natural disaster.

Or a divine punishment from the heavens, or the devil himself crawling up from hell.

Humans.

Every powerful creature on this earth could only accept the fear and madness that it offered.

Despair soaked into people’s minds like water.

In the midst of it all.

A man raised his sword.

* * *

The primeval monster.

I knew it the moment I saw it.

More powerful than any being I had faced so far, more powerful than the 모습 I had seen in the records of the aerial fortress, it appeared before me.

‘Already? Why? Here?’

My thoughts were disjointed, and I couldn’t make proper judgments.

It felt like someone was grabbing my head and shaking it.

Why, how did that monster, which should still be in the Blue Hole, tear through the sun and appear here?

At that moment.

The primeval monster’s grotesque torso turned towards me.

Jjeoooooeok─!

A part of its flesh split open, and another nauseating form appeared from within.

It was an eye.

An indescribable eye, as if human pupils, goat pupils, and reptile pupils were all mixed together, stared directly at me.

Like some kind of telepathic wave, I felt ‘it’s’ will penetrate my mind.

‘Could it be.’

I felt my eyelids twitch.

It knew that humans were gathering their strength.

The adversary who would stop the destruction.

It had realized that I was here.

Even though it had not yet achieved a perfect resurrection, it crossed space and time to strike me at this moment, before all preparations were complete.

[…….]

It looked at me.

I realized then.

Just as I was sensing its existence, it was sensing mine.

Crack!

I bit my lip.

Perhaps I bit too hard, as my canine teeth pierced my lip, tearing the flesh.

Thank goodness. The blood that flowed out helped me regain my senses.

‘…Why did you come so hastily?’

I focused on the facts of the phenomenon unfolding before my eyes.

The monster did not wait for its scheduled resurrection, nor did it wait for its power to fully recover before coming here.

What did that mean?

‘It was wary of me. The primeval monster.’

Woo woowoowoong!

The black energy within my body stretched out and enveloped my entire being.

The haze in my head cleared.

My thoughts became clear, and I distinctly felt the texture of Black Night, which was stuck in my belt.

──Sreureureung!

I drew Black Night.

I felt the gazes of the main family warriors behind me focusing on me.

‘So, you came to find me yourself.’

I let out a sneer.

Before my eyes was a situation where only hopeless despair blocked the way.

What did it matter?

Wasn’t it always like this?

Even when I was born a bastard and fought in the Soongmoo Lee family, even when I cut down the six demonic beasts of the night that were targeting me, and even in the countless other trials.

I had never stopped.

All I had done when faced with countless despairs was one thing.

Fight.

Draw my sword and confront it.

“Soongmoo Lee.”

And I opened my mouth.

“The moment of 決戰 [ketsudan – decisive battle] has arrived.”

Hwaaaaaaaak!

The drawn sword, the surging will.

My magic power, which stretched out like a tidal wave, swept away the main family warriors who were being consumed by fear and madness.

The Choi family’s power, which had been passed down to me through thousands of years, surged forth.

The warriors’ eyes regained their vigor.

“This is the end.”

Kiiiiiiiiing!

A sword forged solely to cut down that monster wailed.

“So fight.”

And I recited the old family motto of the main house.

“And be victorious.”

If we do that…….

“In the end, we will revel.”

The fight, the victory, and all the glory that follows.

Sreureung! Chaeengkang!

The sound of countless weapons being drawn rang out.

It was that moment.

Kuuuuuuuuuuu…….

The primeval monster’s tentacle-like leg floated into the air and pointed straight ahead.

Towards the pier where we were standing.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

-Kyaaak! Kyaaaaak!

The monsters’ cries rang out, and the monsters surrounding the primeval monster began to advance.

“Soongmoo Lee!”

In an even louder voice, I shouted once more.

“Yes!”

쿵 [Kung]!

The earth seemed to tremble at the sound of my stomping foot.

There were no longer disorganized rabble consumed by fear here.

As the head of the Soongmoo Lee family.

As the last descendant of the Soongjeong Choi family.

As a singularity carrying countless causes and destinies.

I gathered all my energy.

“Fight──!”

Kwaaaaaaaaang!

With a swing of my sword.

The final fight began.

* * *

Leaving his young sibling behind.

The first person to rush out was none other than Lee Jin-yoon.

Lee Jin-yoon raised his cherished weapon.

The celestial greatsword, Geosan.

The sacred artifact, which had the legend of collapsing mountains, spewed out sword energy like a tidal wave.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!

The onrushing monsters were swept away.

However, the densely packed monsters filled the space again.

“Death Squad!”

“Yes!”

“Protect Lee Cheol! Block the monsters’ advance!”

Lee Jin-yoon began to command them from the vanguard of the Death Squad.

Everyone knew the conditions for victory.

Only Lee Cheol here resisted the primeval monster, and only his power could reach it.

Therefore, what they had to do was not to fight the primeval monster, but to break through the forest of monsters and send Lee Cheol to the front of the primeval monster.

“Directly affiliated warrior squad! Follow me! Protect the Death Squad!”

The owner of the shout was Lee Seo-hyun.

The light of the cloudy ivory sword bloomed in the sky.

The Soongmoo Lee family’s renowned upper warrior squads, including the Cheollyeong Squad, the 쌍룡 [ssangyong – twin dragon] Squad, and the 청검 [cheonggeom – blue sword] Squad, supported the Death Squad from behind.

“Awl formation! The Iron Cavalry leads the way! The 귀수 [gwisu – ghost hand] Squad supports from behind!”

Choi In-ha, Kim Bo-sung, and Kim Han.

The three warriors swung their swords.

The dense sword energy became an awl, racing across the pier that had now become flat.

“Follow me! Family head! We’ll clear the way!”

“Hurry!”

Lee Jin-yoon and Lee Seo-hyun’s shouts.

Following them, the main family’s warriors ran out, and others followed behind them.

“Cheol, I’ll protect your back. I’m counting on you!”

“Contact is complete! The shelling will begin! A path will be opened, so trust my magic and run!!”

Even my aunt and Valerie.

All sorts of sword energy spread brilliantly into the dark world, and I kicked off the ground.

And the next moment.

Whoooooooooo!

Something cut through the sky and plunged into the ground at an incredible speed.

It was a ballistic missile.

Whether the support request had been delivered, the government’s firepower support had arrived.

-Kieeeeeeeek!

-Keeeeeeek!

Scattering pieces of flesh and soaring blood.

And through that, I saw the path created in front of me.

‘Yes.’

Adding strength to my firmly planted forefoot.

I kicked off the ground.

Teooooooong!

The pier’s concrete was shattered and scattered behind me due to the tremendous leg strength.

At that moment, a tremendous heat wave rushed right in front of me.

A dragon race. An attack from an existence that seemed to be at least a 2nd-class monster.

“Do not stop your feet.”

In the midst of the constant roar.

A very low voice penetrated my ears.

Kwaaang! Pusyuk!

At that moment, a streak of sword energy swept past from top to bottom, as if dividing the world.

Seogeok!

Sword energy drawn from top to bottom.

A straight line was drawn on the front.

And a path was created in front. The forest of thousands, tens of thousands of monsters was separated in a straight line.

In reality, only the dragon race’s breath had touched the sword. However, all the existences in the range where the end of the sword was directed were divided.

“Go.”

Whoooooooooo!

Lowering his sword, my father’s eyes shone.

Undoubtedly, the strongest of the era.

Perhaps, even at this moment, the sword saint who might be getting stronger was only protecting me.

I ran out with only the primeval monster, which seemed to fill the world, in my eyes.

Kwang! Kwaaaang!

All the attacks rushing at me were shot down and exploded in the middle.

I no longer paid attention to them.

As long as the Soongmoo Lee family and my father were protecting me, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!

While the Republic of Korea Armed Forces’ artillery support was pouring in from all directions, and the sword energy of the Soongmoo Lee family’s warriors was tearing through the air.

I experienced the disappearance of all the noise in the world.

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Thud!

I finally arrived in front of it.

On the ground in front, where destruction was looking down.

In front of it, I raised Black Night.

“Here I come. You damn monster.”

I swung my sword as it was.

* * *

It thought.

About some ominous object approaching ahead.

So it looked down.