080. strike back (1)

I felt as if burning meteors were pouring from the sky. Of course, those meteor-looking guys were all dogs from hell.

The group of gatekeepers of hell who settled on Nemesis in this way spewed terrifying flames of sulfur while spinning from their three-headed heads towards the legion of spiders that attacked them.

“Well… … Are the numbers smaller than you think?”

Apostle Jeong Seong-cheol, who was observing the enemy using his unmanned machine, tilted his head and broke the heavy silence in the room.

“What can we do with that?”

He had no choice but to think like this, once the army’s backbone, Nemesis, was teeming with tens of billions of spider troops.

In contrast, the forces sent by the Lord of Destruction were only about 10,000.

They were soon buried in the massive army of the Legion, which had gathered under the order of the ruler, and became invisible, and with such a large difference in head count, anyone could think that the dogs were not a threat to the Legion at all.

But the manager thought differently.

“Seongcheol-ah. That is a monster.”

“… … Yes? Woo Jae hyung, what do you mean by that?”

Scared to finish his words, the gatekeepers of hell, despite their meager numbers, began to melt away the army of spiders in an instant with amazing firepower.

“what… … ?”

Flash-!!!

While the party was in a panic, a tremendous amount of flames that completely paralyzed the sight of the observation machine in an instant spread all over the place.

The dogs of hell spewed out flames at the same time, like a skilled artillery unit firing a salvo, and the resulting huge flames swept all over the place like a tidal wave.

“… … !!!”

It reminded me of a scene in the past where a demon god used his incarnation to purify the [Demon Castle] with flames.

In the land where a tidal wave of flames swept through, only the ghastly corpses of the spiders, which melted red like ketchup spread on the floor, remained.

Chee-ik-!

Due to the terrifying heat emitted by the molten bodies of the Legion, even the slime that had been completely covered in the Nemesis was evaporating violently with steam.

The members of the alliance who witnessed this scene felt that their heads turned really white like the flames.

Only about 10,000 Cerberus fired all at once, and it annihilated all the Legion troops in the sight of the observation machine in a single shot.

“Oh my gosh… … .”

“It’s crazy.”

“Wow… … How do you deal with that?”

Those who were well aware of the strength of the corps, each vomited words of despair to themselves at the sight of a terrible sight, as if they had filled a brush with red paint and painted over the surrounding landscape.

“How to… … Even snow crabs are dead… … .”

Things were going worse than expected.

Among the targets melted by the flames of the dogs of hell, there were also several generals who boasted invincible force by making countless contributions on the front lines.

“This is a bit difficult… … .”

Looking at the sight of snow crab, which was currently the strongest force in the corps, becoming steamed and steamed, Han Ji-woo, the ruler of the corps, also frowned.

Only a few dogs were killed in the brief siege, but their counterattack wiped the legion’s power clean, which was a terrible exchange rate.

“Are you charging power?”

Cerberus, who was caught on the screen again, seemed to have clearly weakened the flames around their bodies, probably because they used a lot of power in one fell swoop.

But as they gobbled up the remnants of the Molten Legion that lay scattered around them, the weakened flame quickly flared up.

“It’s like pouring water into a broken dock.”

The troops of the re-supplemented Legion were rushing towards them, but the situation that was about to happen again was too obvious.

I could really forcefully kill a few of them, but instead, millions of legions would melt away in vain and become their food.

“Fuck… … .”

The manager who was watching Cerberus spat out a curse.

“Those bastards remind me of the old days. But not one or two… … .”

“Old man. Do you know anything about that bastard?”

“… … yes. I know to some extent.”

In this situation, the power of jjambab was properly revealed.

The manager had some information about hell, albeit shallowly, and he was the only member of the alliance who had experience directly dealing with the gatekeeper of hell when he was an apostle in the past.

Occasionally, there were lunatics who made direct contracts with demons, and it often happened that low-level demons escaped hell because of them.

The Administrator had been tasked with catching the Gatekeeper of Hell who brought one dimension to the brink of destruction during his days as an apostle, so he knew very well how terrifying these guys were.

“At the time, the world was almost ruined because of that one bastard.”

“… … Seeing that he is still alive, he must have caught it.”

“내가 죽을 뻔했던 몇 안 되는 경험을 선사해 준 게 바로 저 개새끼였어.”

At the manager’s words, everyone in the party put on a nervous expression.

They know how strong their manager is, and the story of a manager who has been through death in the past is not a story to be easily overlooked.

“So how did you get hold of that?”

“Well… … As long as I can neutralize that damn Hellfire, I can catch it.”

The brimstone flame spewed out by the Gatekeeper of Hell was the purest flame of hell known to exist in the world that could not be melted.

The flame used by the demons also had similar characteristics and was called the same name, but it was a kind of deteriorated version imitated using magic.

“It’s not a big deal for demons to use. The real thing is those bastards.”

Hell is a place where only those who really deserve it go. The place was filled with never-extinguishing flames originating from the pain of the world, and the ancient demons, including the gatekeeper of hell, were the ones who ate the flames as their own food.

“Everyone be careful… … Just brush that and you’re done.”

“No, old man. So how the hell did you catch that bastard? Can you tell me how to neutralize the flames?”

The ruler of the corps, who had been listening to him closely to find a solution to capture the gatekeeper of hell, asked in a voice mixed with irritation, characteristic of the administrator, who continued to explain without bringing up the main topic.

“This is how to catch Cerberus… … .”

Everyone’s eyes questioned his question turned to the manager, and he looked back at them and let out a big sigh unlike usual.

“… … Shit, I just caught it with nogada while being resurrected by the saintess… … .”

“… … Are you a saint?”

“As you can see, after shooting so much power, these guys need to be recharged. So if you keep searching and resurrecting and beating it to death, you will be able to catch it someday, even if it takes a long time. At that time, if the saintess had lost her divine power, I would have died too.”

Han Ji-woo, who heard the method, shook his head.

Unfortunately, in the Legion’s alliance, there were no saints who could use the skill called Resurrection. Even the player system used by the manager didn’t even have that kind of job itself.

“Even if you have a job like a saintess… … That’s only possible when you catch them one by one… … .”

In fact, even if there was a member of the alliance with such a job, it didn’t seem to be of much help unless they could resurrect Legion troops on a large scale at once.

The method the manager used in the past was only to beat one animal to death, and the situation itself was different from the current large-scale clash of troops.

“After all, you’re going to have to put your body down and drain them all.”

“right. There’s really nothing else to do other than that. Besides, those guys won’t die even if you hit them if you don’t fully release their strength. If you have even a little bit of strength left, you will recover quickly.”

All the members of the alliance bowed their heads at the sound that even the trustworthy manager couldn’t catch that dog alone in the prime of his life.

Stalin Castro, who was examining the situation, bit his lip and grabbed the crystal of prophecy so tightly that his hand bled.

Flash-!

Stalin Castro, who looked at the present and future again through revision, thought that this war would be impossible.

The race of demons had already collapsed beyond recovery, losing power and magical power except for a few who fought against the demons, and those who had lost their power in this way were being slaughtered at random by the dogs of destruction.

‘Is this really our destiny… … What the prophecy crystal showed us was just an illusion we dreamed of… … ?’

The revision of the prophecy was drawing a new picture of the future whenever the minds of important people changed.

However, this gloomy future, where all plans have already gone awry, has not changed at all no matter how many pictures I draw.

The crystal of the prophecy continued to show him ‘the world after destruction’.

“… … I guess I was the problem.”

He blamed himself for his actions. I don’t know the exact development of events, but there was only one thing that could have turned the future so suddenly and so suddenly.

He showed the modification of this prophecy to the core members of the Legion, who could create big variables in the future, and this must have caused a problem.

“No wait… … ?”

However, as this crystal shone brightly, it began to show a momentarily changed future.

“I will give it a try.”

“… … Well?”

There was a man who took out the holy relic of Horus from his bosom.

“Here, I have an undying army of immortals.”

“… … what?”

Han Ji-woo looked at the Holy Relic of Horus and Kang Jin-hyeok alternately with a blank expression, then hit her head roughly as if blaming herself.

“Ha, it’s like an asshole. How can you not even think of this, no matter how far away your brain is?”

Hearing his self-blame, Kang Jin-hyeok tilted his head.

“I think I took out my brain… … ?”

“No, no. Hey, Nitrogen Mouth.”

Han Ji-woo looked at the man with sparkling golden eyes.

“Never fall behind.”

* * *

In a situation where the colony was burning and the spider legion melted in vain, barely buying time, a man armed with a powerful, state-of-the-art suit provided by the Elders of Horus appeared directly on the battlefield with the ruler of the legion.

“Summon me.”

The man who heard Han Ji-woo’s words nodded with a determined expression.

[Horus’ holy relic is activated.]

[Necropolis, the city of those waiting for the return of God, is manifesting in the world.]

The City of the Dead, where those who had given up their rest to serve Horus, who would return with a flashing light, gathered, and an army of 40,000 immortals with the heads of beasts guarding the city appeared on the battlefield.

As long as the core of the temple is not stolen, the courageous beast warriors who constantly regenerate and cut down the enemy.

“let’s go.”

An army capable of infinite resurrection, they began a heavy march towards the gatekeepers of hell.

“I will not allow even one of them to go to Earth.”

After a while, those who refused to go to hell and those who returned from hell collided head-on.