Storm(2)

A world of vast wilderness beneath a dark red sky.

The foremost dimension, ‘Laurasia’.

A fierce battleground between the Allied Forces and the Demonic Beast Forces, flashes of light and explosions never cease.

Numerous hunters belonging to the military scatter their supernatural powers to hunt demons, but there is no end to the swarming army, dyeing the entire wilderness pitch black.

“Damn it! The wires are at stake! We can’t stand this!”

A Hunter shouted while holding his head.

Hunters complaining of headaches or fainting were numerous all over the battlefield.

It was a horror created by the new weapon of the ghosts.

After hearing the report, Hunter swallowed his saliva.

“Kuh…! Inherit the Hunters! Don’t let them touch the mental waves!”

Currently, the front is retreating after retreat.

Even high-ranking hunters could not withstand the mental waves emitted by the new weapons of the ghosts, and the front line that formed the Baekje Middle Ages collapsed in an instant.

Balthazar’s army was close to the corner, but nothing could be done.

The current front line was also on the verge of being swallowed up by the army of ghosts.

“Reinforcements! Is there no response from the military!?”

“No response!”

S-class Hunter Peter bit his lip until it bleeds.

Recently, as the war has intensified, manpower has been running too fast.

A large number of support personnel were also sent to other fronts, including many of Helios’ faculty.

Except for Skadi, who remained to defend Helios, the other three professors headed to the battlefield early.

This place also wired support to Helios, but a proper response hadn’t come back, perhaps because the war situation had intensified.

“Should I give up here too…”

If you give up here, other wires are now dangerous.

It is likely to lead to a massive retreat.

How much will this become a domino and the realm of mankind will be reduced.

It was too painful a future to contemplate.

“It can’t be helped… Let’s retreat for now…!”

cooong-

In an instant, before Peter could finish his words, the sky parted.

A ray of light poured in, and a person descended from there.

It was a hunter in an old black coat.

A man who covers the battlefield with a mask and a hat, with eyes shining red.

Yujin Kang rose from the battlefield.

“”Stop””

Mind control swept the area.

The demonic beasts that were rushing stopped all at once, and the ones that collided with each other due to inertia became entangled and a frenzy ensued.

Cheekyong-

He took out a huge black weapon from his weapon case.

Heavy weapon with 6 barrels.

The gatling gun started to rotate, and a ring was formed, and magic power began to boil.

Peter immediately recognized the spell engraved there.

「Erosion」「Diffusion」「Penetration」

The ring engraved with the three spells rotated, and the muzzle fired fire.

Kwagwagwagwang—!!

The bullets fired with fierce force swept away the motionless monster.

The bullets “eroded” and “spread” the bodies of the ghosts without substance, burned them, and “penetrated” them, penetrating those in the back row.

Such magic was imbued with each bullet, and it was as if ‘thousands’ of magic swept across the battlefield.

Kkeek! Kerr!!

The fan-shaped ghosts screamed and collapsed.

“They couldn’t let go of the attack…?”

Ghosts are spiritual bodies, so they lose a certain amount of physical power.

However, Kang Yoo-jin’s bullet spills and sleeps, and as soon as it is pierced, it burns and disappears.

It is because in the process of reading the intention of the attack with ‘Search’, Kang Yu-jin read the magical structure that forms the spiritual body of the ghost tribe together.

“What are you all doing standing around stupidly?”

he said in a heavy voice.

The battlefield, which had been torn apart by bullets, was already empty and transformed into an ideal place to attack.

Having wiped out the battlefield in one fell swoop, he looked at the Hunters standing blankly and said with a light click.

“「Reorganization of Lines」”

command goes down

Mind control has crept into their brains and manipulated their will.

The hunters who were suffering from mental waves rose up and straightened the broken battle lines.

The eyes of the hunters lined up in a row saw the monster in front.

“Engrave it. You do not know fear.”

And, the power of seizing the mind washes away the mind.

Fear and nervousness disappear, and calmness fills the void.

When the aftermath of the mental attack was removed in one fell swoop, the guns were once again in the eyes of the hunters.

“「Sing it again」”

“”We don’t know fear!!””

Voices like cheers erupted from all directions.

Peter, who was nearby, was startled.

Because he was a commander, he was not subject to mental control, and he was embarrassed by the sudden transformation of the battlefield.

“”charge””

Numerous Hunters shouted and headed for the battlefield.

The forces of the Allied Forces rush into the demonic beasts that were still standing still, and begin to push up in a wavelike fashion.

“Like this…simply…?”

Even 10 minutes ago, it was a battlefield where retreat after retreat was repeated.

Kang Yoo-jin changes the battlefield naturally as if breathing.

“This is… the one who ended the war…”

His achievements are already known.

The Hunter who ended the Earth-wide war.

With that history, I vaguely thought it was great.

However, the power he actually witnessed far exceeded the expression ‘great’.

“you.”

“Oh, old!”

“What’s your name?”

“Yes! I am Peter Glowyn, an S-class Hunter belonging to the 1st Army of Laurasia!”

He shouted like a private in full military discipline.

“Peter. When the military is in order and the troops return, give this to them.”

He lightly kicked the weapon case that had been set on the floor.

Then, the lid opened, and boxes larger than the weapons box popped out one after another.

“This···?”

“It’s a rotating body kit.”

“Is this all you mean?”

When I opened the box, it was full of ‘Maria’ brand rotating body kits.

A rotating body kit that has recently become famous among hunters, and is said to be selling like hot cakes.

It was in front of my eyes.

Items that would be worth an astronomical shilling even at the price alone.

Peter involuntarily swallowed his dry saliva.

“After returning the troops, exchange all of them and reintroduce them.”

“This, this is…”

“Repeat.”

“After returning the troops, we will reintroduce them after all exchanges!”

“Let it run.”

“Yes!”

There was charisma in the voice that was conveyed bluntly without emotion.

Kang Yoo-jin on the actual battlefield, as he did on Earth, did not show any gaps.

While Peter called for the supply, Yujin Kang put the gatling gun in and drew a revolver and headed forward.

“Uh, where are you going?”

He walked ahead and turned his head to look behind him.

“To kill the command object here.”

*

An army of hundreds of thousands of monsters covered the horizon.

If this is the number, there must be a commanding entity of a higher rank or higher in command of the unit.

“Where are you?”

It penetrated the sympathetic nervous system of the ghosts at once.

He scanned each location of the synapse sharply.

Eventually, among the many magical beasts, he discovered a synapse that emitted strong waves.

“This way.”

The exact location is still unknown.

I pierced the battlefield in the direction the signal came from.

It stopped all monsters that came within range and induced the hunters there.

If I had colleagues, I would have ignored them, but now I am alone.

The strategy of penetrating into the middle of the battlefield could not be used.

“”Secure this place””

“Yes!”

I made the hunters block the path I drilled.

No problem.

It was because all of the low-level or lower-middle-class small talkers were stopped by ‘disruption’.

All the hunters have to do is cut the throats of those who can’t move.

“Tsk. It’s taking me all day to find it.”

If it was a dragon, I would have found it and killed it in an instant.

The speed of penetration of the ghosts was too slow, perhaps because the interpretation of the sympathetic nervous system was less than 5%.

Of course, it was much faster than the students, but considering the speed that took less than a second against the Balaur, it was slow enough to make me sigh.

wheei-

But it took less effort to find.

The enemy must have noticed my existence when I openly stirred up the sympathetic nervous system.

The guy took the bait and came directly to this place.

coo coo-

The ground and mana vibrated, and the monsters who were not affected by mind control quietly retreated.

The jet-black classification soared.

Dense demonic energy covers all sides, and a pair of white ogre fires burn in the middle.

While fluttering the hem of a black rag like a blackout.

A skeleton holding a staff appeared.

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

The skeleton spoke in the blazing darkness.

He looked at me, lowered his staff and respectfully bowed his head.

“To the great enemy of the Witchbeast, I, Reaper, salute you.”

“·······.”

Are the monsters taking liberal arts classes these days?

For some reason, everyone I met had good manners, so I felt very embarrassed.

“Even the enemy said something like that.”

“You, the ‘preparing god of death’, deserve our reverence.”

The scraping voice spoke without hesitation, as if it had nothing to think about.

“Do you think you’ll beat me?”

“no.”

The skeleton with burning white eyes shook its head.

“I can’t beat you.”

“Is it suicide?”

“Cluck… But, ‘we’ will be able to win.”

Us.

The guy who said that smiled mischievously and pointed his cane at me.

“My role is to bring you here.”

“·······.”

“You should know our strategy well…”

Witchcraft tactics.

A desperate measure to reduce the number of sacrifices and trample on the future of the battlefield by hitting the empty back row.

I know the devil’s fucking tactics.

And they would have known.

If I belong to Helios, I cannot refuse the military’s request for assistance.

“You made a mistake. Reaper.”

“·······.”

I quietly loaded my gun.

I’ve been thinking about it for a while.

It was hard to listen to that bastard talking.

“Do you think I really made a mistake?”

“Well···?”

“Then it must be at your level.”

After reloading, the Hunters spread to the left and right.

There is no time to stop the small fish.

In order not to get in the way of fighting, the hunters were ordered to blockade this place.

“·······.”

Skeleton’s gaze looked this way with a question.

You must be wondering what kind of confidence you have.

“I’m curious.”

“·······.”

“Come on if you want to know.”

The chamber rotates.

The two pairs of rings began to pulsate with magical energy.

“If you beat me, let me know.”

“… Take it as a glorious battle.”

The demonic energy boils and the staff points at me.

The gun pointed at it spewed fire.

*

Helios and Capella’s correctional center was unusually peaceful.

Originally, it was supposed to be a lecture on Mathematics, but it was suddenly canceled due to an unexpected business trip by Professor Kang Yu-jin, the professor in charge.

“To say that anti-magic science is closed… the situation on the frontlines is not good.”

“yes.”

Encia and Estelle had heard early that Kang Yu-jin was heading to the front.

I heard that not only Yujin Kang, but Professor Lafless and Roshua also went to the battlefield early.

Currently, the core subject professors remaining in Helios were all left for the academy’s defense.

“Is Helios okay…?”

“Professor Skadi is there. He’s also a 9th circle mage, so it’ll be fine.”

“Yes···.”

Cynthia, who was very timid, felt uneasy just by the fact that Yujin Kang was not at school.

Ensia smiled brightly and comforted Cynthia.

“…!”

At that time, Estelle’s gaze suddenly turned to the sky.

A strange sensation that transcends the senses.

Estelle’s sharp senses warned her that something was approaching.

“Magpie. Are you sure Helios’ defense barrier is safe?”

“Of course! Vega designed it.”

Although it relies on Laniakea for maintenance, the barrier rescue technique itself was created by the Vega family.

Encia was also proud of the technology that could isolate even one dimension.

“I heard there’s no problem as long as the Commander-level Witchbeast doesn’t pretend to be crazy and attack.”

“…even if it’s not the commander, I think something similar came.”

“yes?”

Estelle pointed to the sky.

“···uh?”

“What is that?”

The eyes of the two people who looked up at the same time widened.

There was a black speck in the sky that was supposed to be blue.

As if water leaking from a broken dam, darkness spreads throughout the sky where the cracks spread out.

The once clear sky turns black in an instant, and the cracks that have spread out come into unity.

The moment she looked at the pitch-black sky, Cynthia’s heart skipped a beat.

“Wait… is that-“

Not Maggie-

I tried to shout like that.

But before he could even open his mouth, everyone across Helios saw it.

A pair of huge red eyes that glowed beyond the darkness.

And the moment the light burst there.

The consciousness of everyone who looked at the sky went dark.

*

darkness.

Darkness is everywhere.

It is a strange world where everything is immersed in darkness.

In a pitch-black world, ‘I’ opened my eyes.

“Since when have I been here…?”

What did you come here for?

Before that, who was I…?

“Estel.”

My name is Estelle.

Altair’s only daughter.

A person with talent closest to the Constellation.

Those memories came to me in my hazy, dim consciousness.

– Is it really so?

And, a voice was heard.

A cold, disappointed voice.

It was a voice that made my heart ache just by hearing it.

– I had high expectations from you.

He raised his head.

‘He’ was looking at him.

From the face covered by the mask and hat, black eyes like ink were looking at him.

And I realized

that I was sitting

-It’s disappointing, Estelle.

“Ah… no. I can do better.”

I reflexively excused myself in a cold voice.

Did I have any talent?

Apparently it was.

But here I had no power.

It was a dull-jae who could not perform even a simple magic properly.

“No. This is…”

-You only disappoint me.

“No, professor… I can do more… better.”

Do not go.

don’t abandon me

Even if he begged so much, his back turned away only to go farther away.

I want to chase after him, but my two legs have collapsed and I can’t move.

I couldn’t even think of moving.

It felt like my body didn’t belong to me.

“Don’t abandon me…”

So I had no choice but to sit down and cry.

Left alone in the dark, crying was all I could do.

My heart is burning.

Her heart, which had been cut open as if cut with a knife, was charred like a lump of charcoal.

“professor···!”

In an instant, someone’s voice grabbed my shoulder.

-Would you be surprised to know how much he cares for you?

– He’s a very kind person than I thought. that professor.

someone else’s voice.

It is distant as if it was heard in the distant past, but the memory is as close as if it was heard not long ago.

And.

-Your noblest will can be devoted to the most precious one.

And his, Yujin Kang’s voice followed and came to mind.

Break through the barriers of darkness and dreams.

The voice I heard one day rises to the surface of the water.

-But… if I don’t stand in front, that empty seat will be…

An immaturely asked question.

There, he replied:

-I will be in front of you guys.

I remembered.

“···yes.”

The eyes that met then were warm.

It was not the kind of eye that would throw someone away for lack of talent.

Maybe that’s what I want to believe, though.

“You’re not going to turn around like that.”

Only then did I realize

That this world dotted with darkness is not real.

“This is not real.”

The one who turned his back was not Kang Yu-jin.

It is an illusion created by dreams.

awesome-

The vast darkness parted.

Light pours from the sky split with the letter 一.

It was just a light outside the dream that I encountered when I opened my closed eyes.

“Ugh···!”

He raised his upper body.

My whole body was drenched in a cold sweat.

I hurriedly checked my body condition, but fortunately there seemed to be no injuries.

“I did it.”

It was clearly the trauma caused by a mental attack.

Estelle succeeded in escaping from trauma through her own will, not escape.

Although, the process did not come to mind very well.

“The sky is…”

The sky I looked up at was swallowed up in darkness.

After that, while gigantic eyes stared at the ground, flames and screams were intertwined in all directions.

“This is… what the hell…”

“Uh! Are you awake?”

A voice was heard from behind.

When I turned my head, there was a small woman running towards me.

A large cone hat and a shiny, fluffy tail.

It was Professor Skadi.

“Wow. Did you student break the hallucination of ‘Omen’?”

“Omen…?”

“That guy.”

Skadi pointed to the huge red eyes in the sky.

“Omen, the highest-ranking demon. One of Balthazar’s henchmen.”

“Why is that in Helios…?”

“Well? Maybe they’re here to do what they’re good at?”

double operation.

When all eyes are focused on the forefront, the monster’s desperate plan to attack the empty rear.

To eliminate the greatest threat of the future, Helios.

The commander, the confidant of ‘Shadow King Baltazar’, personally made the trip.

“But Helios is safe…”

“It was safe. But it looks like they pulled out a new weapon.”

glass tube.

It is a new weapon of the ghosts that reinterprets and amplifies and spreads demonic energy.

They broke the thick barrier by pouring the power of the glass tube into Helios’ defense barrier.

“Well, the cracks aren’t big, but the situation isn’t so good.

The highest level witch beast is an individual with power equal to that of a constellation in the outer dimension.

It is self-evident that even if it descends to the inner dimension, its power will exceed imagination.

Skadi softly bit her lip.

“First, wake up your friends and run away.”

“Where are you?”

“Eh… Where are you going?”

In fact, it was something Skadi had just done.

Since the highest-level monsters are holding out in the sky, there’s no way they can escape.

Still, it was good to avoid the seat for now.

Although the other professors were blocking the demonic beasts from pouring down, the outdoors was not a very safe place.

“Then I’ll go. Seeing that you’re awake, you’re still a bit reassured~”

“Yeah.”

“Oh, and.”

Skadi, who stroked Estelle, pointed at her watch.

“Your notifications kept ringing from before?”

“…?”

“Then I’ll ask you guys~”

Skadi flew straight into the sky.

Estelle checked her distance and hurriedly checked the notification.

It was a lecture announcement that popped up as a notification.

And, there was only one lecture announcement that Estelle had set a reminder for.

[Urgent Notice of Mathematics]

“professor···!”

It was a notice left by Yujin Kang.

It was clear that he foresaw the current situation.

Estelle’s eyes quickly scanned the notice.

-To all students majoring in Mathematics.

-This is an urgent notice in preparation for a monster invasion, so be familiar with it.

The notice in a blunt tone continued concisely.

-Leave the witchcraft to the professor. If you fight prematurely, you will die.

-Go to my lab as soon as you see the notice.

-When you arrive at the lab, go in front of the ‘Glass Tube’ placed in the center.

Estelle’s eyes read the last paragraph.

-Immediately, wake up the ‘Glass Coffin’.