A Legion Grows From My Smartphone - A legion grows on my phone - Episode 98
Episode 98 – Evolution, not decadence (6)
“…”
An urgently convened council, including executives from Menas and the Wizarding Society.
The atmosphere itself was heartbreaking. Chairman Dark, Rose who was watching from the side, and other lawmakers and academic presidents were unable to open their mouths.
There is only one cause. This was because a monster infiltrated Menas, causing as many as 356 civilian casualties, killing 46 knights and 12 wizards, and escaping, and in less than two days, the entire southwestern region lost contact.
“I can’t believe it. Do you know how many urgent calls for help were made last night? The communication channels are overloaded. More than 3,000 cases have been reported so far! That’s how many cities and villages in the southwestern region were attacked.”
“Does this make sense?! What kind of people are they that can attack more than 3,000 places simultaneously?!”
Some lawmakers eventually protested. Most of their eyes were focused on one place.
Rose flinched under that gaze. Austin, who was recognized due to the seriousness of the situation, once again provided information and exposed all of Roses’ mistakes.
“Stealing magic, only tens of millions of people?! Their strength cannot be compared to the demons of destruction that ruled this world in the past. All of this could have been prevented early, but you blew that opportunity, Rose! It was your fault. Is it true?!”
“Si, it’s noisy! I just…”
“Everyone, be quiet. Don’t you know that’s not what’s important right now?”
Chairman Darc covered the mouth of Roses, who was furious. Of course, the intention was to protect Roses, but the other members flinched at Darc’s unconcealed attitude.
He was originally famous as a genius, but recently the intimidating feeling he implicitly exudes has become more than twice as strong.
“This current situation, even though I was born after that time, some of you may know. Those fierce days when we fought for the world with the successor of Yongjong. And I dare say that the situation we are in now is better than then. “You won’t be able to tell.”
“That is 100% correct.”
Austin nodded with a dark look on his face. They fought desperately and eventually had to leave their hometown and pioneer a new world.
But it’s different now. It was almost a miracle that we settled here in the first place. I no longer had the energy to go somewhere else.
“Fight. We must survive.”
Above all, Chairman Darc could never back down. The enemies are units, and the purpose of the units is to stand at the top of the world.
There were cases where units cooperated with other units to kill each other, but the problem was that Dark, who had tightly held the hegemony of the continent from the beginning, found the other units early and killed them all.
Even if there were units that escaped his notice and survived, it was unlikely that they would receive any meaningful help.
“Then what do we do now? If more than a billion monsters pour in at the same time, we won’t be able to hold out!”
“That’s why we’re going to sit back and let it happen. We must mobilize all our capabilities to stop it! First of all, we must further expand and urge the evacuation order that is still in place!”
Fortunately, the people decided to unite and fight even without Darc urging them to do so. As if hitting Bae Su-jin.
Because the opponent was so overwhelming, there was no time to entertain foolish thoughts.
‘If only it could be prevented.’
Both the sky and the ground were playgrounds for enemies. It would take an astronomical amount of effort to defend them all.
Darc just looked at the other members talking about defense plans with cold eyes.
When the excitement of the meeting subsides for a moment. Dark secretly called someone.
“Chairman. What happened…”
“We need to open the gate.”
“The gate? Uh, where should I open it?”
Marcus, the president of the Ados Society, which deals with gates. He flinched at Darc’s words that he should open the gate.
“Redrium.”
“…yes?”
And I was shocked to hear the words that came out of Dark’s mouth.
Redrium, their home, but now a hell they cannot return to.
“If those terrible lizards and those monsters of the abyss die fighting each other, wouldn’t it be our victory?”
“Well, that’s not allowed!”
Marcus, horrified, shook his head violently. Marcus, who had been tired of hearing from his teacher, knew what that place was like.
One of the biggest missions of the Ados Society is to thoroughly manage it so that no rift occurs with Redrium, with which it has already been connected. That was their mission.
“Never. Absolutely not.”
The will of the young academic president Marcus was resolute. After that, Dark didn’t say anything and just stared at him.
“Well, that’s good.”
And then he turned around neatly.
Of course, when he turned back, his face was wrinkled grimly.
“Roses. Let’s see for a moment.”
So I called Roses right after that. Rose, whose weakness was firmly grasped by this incident, had no choice but to groan and follow his words.
“What do you mean? Gather 1,000 healthy people.”
“There is no need to know the details. Just do it as is.”
“Tsk…”
Dark, who had dragged Roses to a corner, openly flashed his eyes. Rose’s eyes wavered when she saw his prominent fangs.
“Please don’t be frustrated. You know that, right?! This is a competition for survival. It’s a vicious competition where only one peak survives! Am I doing this because of power? I’m going to struggle to survive. In the process, you guys will also get a bonus. “You said you’d save your life! If you can’t help, then don’t interfere!”
“Oh, I understand…”
In an instant, Dark exploded with emotion, grabbed the hesitant Rose by the collar and shook him roughly.
The extreme stress he was currently experiencing as a member of the unit was clearly revealed in his harsh words and actions.
Although he was usually an arrogant and conniving person, he looked very different from the past, when he did not cross the line.
“Why, use your right to kill, Vice President. Unfortunately, it is of no use to me.”
“Well, I didn’t even mean to do that.”
“Then go and gather people as I say. Since the President of the Ados Academy won’t cooperate, there is nothing we can do. I have no choice but to consume that ability.”
Now, without hiding his murderous intent, he left his seat and returned to the meeting room.
Rose, left alone, slipped on the floor. Cheon Oecheon, this was something he was feeling keenly these days.
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“What’s going on!”
“Councilor! We’re flying over the city… ugh!”
The moment when Dark grabbed Rose by the collar and shook him.
The conference hall, no, the entire city of Menas was shaken.
Austin, who hurried along with other lawmakers, was mesmerized by the sky.
The shield cracked as if it would break at any moment, sending out a huge shock wave.
“Ha, another one is flying in!”
“Magic howitzer?! But how can it be so powerful!”
Meanwhile, another flash of light fell across the sky and struck the city once again.
The president of the academy, a stooped old man named Seidel, who was next to Austin, gaped in astonishment at the power of the magic.
“Response… we need to respond…”
Seidel, the elder who always maintained his composure, stuttered. He instinctively thought about a response, but he had no idea where the shot was coming from.
“Everyone, calm down! First, the wizard’s eyes!”
Austin, who came to his senses quickly, took command of the wizards.
The wizards quickly gathered together and cast the Wizard’s Eye, a spell that allows them to see everything in the distance.
Austin also helped out.
“That’s…”
However, what I could see after casting this spell was a group of black creatures floating in the distant sky.
Its appearance was similar to the monsters that are currently pushing the entire continent into crisis.
Among them, a prominent figure floating with blond hair holding a staff, removed the magic circle and this time began to approach this place.
Austin, who realized that the intention was to fire a direct gun, gritted his teeth. It was clear that he intended to shoot at zero range.
They all raised their staffs in a sword-like motion, and at the same time, a magic circle appeared.
“That insolent…!”
“How dare these guys!”
When the wizards saw the black dot visible to the naked eye in the sky, they became angry and started screaming.
Because it was an act that completely trampled on my already crumpled pride.
“Strengthen the defense wall further!”
“Hurry! If we amplify it instantly, we will be able to stop it!”
They hurriedly communicated with the defense tower and urged them to raise the defense even further, even if it meant putting too much effort into it.
However, the limit of the defense system, which had not been invaded by any intruders so far, was not very high no matter how much it was raised.
“Ugh!”
In the end, the defense of Menas, the capital of the sacred continent, was shattered by the power of the long-distance direct fire cannon, which doubled its power, and the wizards who maintained the defenses fell, hemorrhaging blood due to reflux of magical power.
“…who are you.”
When others are panicking and not knowing what to do. Austin looked ‘it’ in the face.
It saw him too. Austin’s heart ached as he sensed something in his blonde hair blowing in the wind.
“It’s artillery fire! Fire in response!”
“It’s too far away to shoot directly… wow.”
The enemies cast magic once again and began a large-scale bombing.
Response was impossible. The opponent was too far away to shoot directly. There was no time to calculate how to shoot.
There is no mercy or recognition in the bombings that randomly explode all over the city, so people’s only options are to scream and escape somehow, or to burn to death.
Austin closed his eyes tightly. For some reason, he felt deep resentment from the cannonballs flying towards him.