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Boom—!
The continued assault of the Crash Birds smashed the wall with reckless force.
Their sheer numbers caused the wall to begin collapsing.
Boom boom boom boom—!
“Hold the line!”
“Don’t panic — hold your position!”
The glass wreckage from the collapsed wall sections was threatening.
But the forces that had already taken a safe distance held their ground.
Making use of the wall being abandoned from the start and positioning people accordingly had been part of the plan.
The deliberate spacing between units also had clear meaning.
“What in the——!”
Just then, the person responsible for the city came rushing to the plaza.
Mayor Pirnen, eyes wide, was faced with the calamity.
“What happened? Was the report that wall repairs were complete a lie?”
She approached Gorik, standing armed and ready, and confronted him.
The dwarf prince, looking at her, let out a sigh and said:
“It’s becoming pitiful now. How narrow-sighted a blindly blundering person becomes.”
“Don’t try to sidestep the issue! And the soldiers and adventurers just standing there — what are they doing? Shouldn’t they go and stop it right now!”
-Tch……
-Seems like the time has come to draw the execution sword.
-Go block it yourself. Lol.
-She gets cut off by a goblin.
Pirnen beginning to lose her composure.
But not a single person paid attention to that voice.
Turning her head frantically in confusion, she met eyes with Hanbit.
“You!”
Pirnen, having completely driven the memory of Black Dragon’s gold bracelet out of her mind, strode up to him.
“You think I didn’t know you were stirring things up like this inside the city? And after all that, the result is that gathering of fools over there! On top of that, bringing in adventurers from outside — what is all this?”
“That you could also spot the ones from outside so readily — with that sharp eye of yours, why not look around you. There’s no longer a place for you to step forward. Unless you intend to throw your body against the wall.”
“That kind of impertinence——!”
Boom—!
In that instant, a thunderous sound burying her voice.
The sound of the collapsing wall finally coming down completely.
“Mo, the monsters are coming!”
Simultaneously, an urgent voice reaching them.
The cry of a sentry stationed on a makeshift watchtower.
Everyone naturally turned their heads toward the gap where the wall had been.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble—!
The ground immediately beginning to shake.
Trees could be seen toppling from the forest spread at the edge of their vision.
And then.
Crash—!
An enormous horde of monsters revealed itself.
“They’re out!”
“Everyone, brace!”
With the wave starting in earnest, immense tension descended.
Hanbit looked at Pirnen and said:
“Even if you have no wish to die, watch closely. You abandoned the city to the end — but others did not.”
“I abandoned the city? This Pirnen de Artua? Wait — where are you going? Stand still! Black Dragon!”
As Hanbit turned and moved away, she reached out and tried to challenge him.
But Pirnen’s feet froze at the sight of the surging monster horde.
‘Frightened to an extreme.’
A fear so excessive it was almost comical given her dismissal of the monster wave.
Natural for an ordinary person — but for the one responsible for ruining the city, nothing but pathetic.
Hum—
As though to mock those worries, the city’s defense was proceeding well.
A man with an expressionless face standing atop the watchtower.
Levius, director of the magic research institute.
Shhk—
Several magic stones installed around him.
The origin of the barrier spread within the city wall boundary — a collaborative work by Levius and Gorik.
For protecting the city from the monster attacks and the explosion that was to follow.
“Hmm…….”
As he made his way toward the commanders, Isis furrowed her brow and sank into thought.
Under normal circumstances she should have been excitedly showing off the wave.
“What’s wrong?”
“Those children seem more agitated than anticipated. Did something go wrong with the test tubes at the end?”
“……?”
-What?
-Out of nowhere?
-Variables in experiments — it’s practically a law.
-Why now of all times;
It was not only the viewers who were taken aback by the unexpected situation.
Hanbit immediately threw a question at Isis.
“What happens if something goes wrong with the test tubes?”
“The enhancement drug was probably administered abnormally. They’ll be stronger than planned. The Yeti side in particular will be more affected — what do we do? What about my spirit research opportunity? Ifrit is going to fall!”
Her consciousness had slipped back into the hunger for research once again.
Ignoring that, Hanbit deliberated briefly.
‘Come to think of it, the Crash Birds were a little unusual.’
The birds smashing the wall had also been ones under the enhancement drug’s influence.
The destructive power and speed were higher than he remembered, and he had been somewhat uneasy — to think a variable like this had emerged.
The cause was unknown, but it was not something to take lightly.
Boom—!
Boom boom boom—!
Just then, the approaching monsters began stepping on traps laid near the wall.
Some monsters dying instantly as their bodies burst.
But most weathered them and kept coming.
The fortunate thing was that their approach had been slowed.
“I have something to tell you.”
Immediately approaching the commanders, Hanbit quickly conveyed the situation.
The enemy had become stronger than expected.
That conclusion alone was enough for the explanation to be complete.
“Hmm, worse news than anticipated.”
“If they’ve grown stronger, isn’t handling this as we stand more difficult?”
“There’s no way to bring in more strength now.”
Those watching the situation made serious expressions of concern.
But Jinuk asked back quietly.
“What do you think? Can we stop them?”
A question put forward with eyes carrying trust.
A difficult situation — but it was sufficient to meet expectations.
Hanbit, gripping the sword at his waist, gave a nod.
“I’ll change the plan a little. So come outside the wall with me — you and Kevin.”
“Got it.”
“Seems you have a method in mind.”
The two A-rank adventurers gave nods without hesitation.
Jinuk harbored trust, but Kevin was a slightly different case.
His purpose was to gauge just how remarkable an adventurer Black Dragon was.
If no potential was visible, he was a man who would act independently on the spot.
Rumble rumble rumble—!
No attacks were flying toward the approaching monster horde.
The turrets and medium-scale subjugation equipment and magical devices were simply ready to attack monsters at any moment.
Crash—!
The surging monster horde reached the rubble of the collapsed wall.
Peculiarly, scattered throughout the floor covered in glass and structural debris were dozens of large holes.
The monsters, naturally identifying them as pathways, each crowded toward the nearest position.
Thud—!
Crash—!
Monsters packed in far beyond what the hole sizes could accommodate pushed and pressed against each other trying to advance.
Adding the horde following from behind — the situation turned to utter chaos.
Some stepped on the bodies of other monsters and climbed upward.
The endless bottleneck reaching its limit was swift.
Flash—!
Just then, light suddenly burst from all dozens of holes simultaneously.
Screech—!
“Ugh!”
An immense brilliance filling the entire field of vision.
The intense stimulation striking their eyes — monsters and people alike cried out in pain.
And the moment that light was sucked back inward—
Boom boom boom boom—!
An enormous explosion erupted from the holes.
Whoosh—!
The gale generated by the force swept through the city interior.
Those who had been watching the situation were immediately pushed backward.
“Whoa!”
“Uaaagh!”
Everyone lowered their stances at the shock that nearly sent them flying.
“Wow! I didn’t think it would be this much……!”
Isis, letting out an admiration-filled cry, had literally been lifted off the ground.
Hanbit, gripping her arm, fixed his gaze on what lay ahead.
‘The effect is fine.’
The monster horde that had crowded into the holes had met their end without even a scream.
The killing power born from the explosion and the countless glass fragments.
The mixture of ice spider legs, magic stones, iron powder and the like into the glass fragments — that was the dwarves’ handiwork.
The improvement over past results — was it because of Gorik’s change of heart?
“All barriers have been destroyed!”
Just then, Levius’s voice came from above the watchtower.
That was the signal that the wall bomb had worked successfully.
The barrier that had broken while absorbing the shockwave had now fulfilled its role.
“Ooooooh!”
“Everyone take up arms!”
The people who had been pushed back by the gale’s force quickly gathered their resolve and moved.
The successful triumph of a plan shared by all.
The sight of so many monsters that had crowded into the holes vanishing without leaving a trace naturally set hearts ablaze.
“We move too!”
“Help with the loading over there!”
The trained citizens began operating medium-range equipment like catapults and repeating crossbows.
Those unable to operate the machinery took on their individual roles — channeling mana, transporting loading ammunition and the like.
“We go first!”
With Gorik at the head, the dwarves charged out in full battle gear.
The weapons held in each of their hands were ingenious in countless ways.
“Jaeha-hyung, please keep an eye on Isis — Avantgarde, please make sure there are no casualties. You two, come with me.”
Thump—!
Having delivered the brief request, Hanbit kicked off alongside the two A-rank adventurers.
The dwarves in the lead were already locked in battle with monsters.
Even having blown away enormous numbers with the explosion, the remaining creatures were still blanketed in black.
Thud—!
Whoosh—!
A blue-gleaming axe cleaving through the head of a kobold.
Another dwarf was incinerating monsters with a flamethrower.
-Wow.
-The technology is insane;
-A flamethrower.
-Ifrit reset please.
-For real, I want to see it once in person.
-Mewantshoot! Mewantshoot! Mewantshoot!……
The viewers showed admiring reactions at the dwarves’ activity.
Whoosh—!
Whoosh—!
Flames and a gale surging from Hanbit’s sword as he surveyed the situation.
The purpose this time was solely killing.
“I’ll clear the front.”
Thump—!
Kicking off once more, Hanbit plunged forward.
Then, twisting his waist, he swept the sword in a wide arc.
Whoosh—!
A sharp flaming gale extending along the trajectory.
It pierced through the bodies of monsters filling the entire field of vision.
Screech—!
Grrrk—!
The cleanly severed cross-sections of felled enemies blazed in hellfire.
Power visibly different from before.
The effect of the sword strengthened by the reverse scale fragment.
Even for spirit techniques, effects including skill efficiency clearly applied.
“Ha! An impossible level of power.”
Kevin, following behind, let out a short breath of admiration.
The strength to kill that many monsters in a single blow was not ordinary.
At least, it was something impossible for him.
“…You’re stronger, aren’t you?”
Even Jinuk, who knew Hanbit’s strength, was equally surprised.
The elevated power from the sword had made that clear a difference.
Thud—!
Grrk—!
Just then, at the edge of the forest where even trees had been cut through, massive monsters revealed themselves.
[Twisted Ironscale Lizard (Lv.90)]
[Enhanced Mutant White Bear (Lv.92)]
[Berserk Enhanced Hellhound (Lv.96)]
-Huh?
-Why do they look like that?
-Look at those faces;
-Play…… with me……
-Get lost.
-Scary.
-Those levels are absurd. Lol.
The appearance of the monsters, altered along with their descriptors.
Drooling with throats rumbling, they looked as though they had come from hell.
The original forms of the monsters were impossible to recall.
Hanbit gripped his sword and looked at them.
“Let’s deal with the big ones first.”
