IBSSSCEA Chapter 77

Chapter 77

 

“That’s…”

Those at the front swallowed hard, their faces overwhelmed.

Enormous golems, at least 10 meters long, were advancing at incredible speed.

The golems’ bodies, made entirely of rock, looked so hard that ordinary weapons couldn’t even scratch them.

“…Damn. Was today the second doomsday?”

“How on earth are we supposed to fight those things?”

The damage dealers who had to rush in and fight these brute monsters one-on-one expressed their dismay.

Morale shouldn’t be broken before it even starts.

Seo Jae-hyun, making a quick decision, took a deep breath and roared so loudly it made skin tingle.

Then, he was the first to dash out, running towards the giant-like monsters.

Inspired by their leader taking the initiative, others began to charge forward with battle cries.

Towards the massive group of golems covering the plains in darkness.

Ganghwa Island.

June 12th.

It was the beginning of what would later be called “The First Battle of Ganghwa.”

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Yi-heon leaped high into the air.

The rock golems were surprisingly swift for their enormous size.

It felt like they were defying the laws of physics.

Whoosh.

The golem’s massive arm barely missed where Yi-heon’s head had been a moment ago.

Yi-heon drove the dragon’s fang into the exposed joint of the golem’s body.

Then, using the strength of his muscular arms and body, he swung the mana-imbued sword widely.

The huge, solid golem fell to the ground, cleanly cut in two.

But that was only momentary.

The broken rock pieces began to writhe and gather together again.

“…Damn it.”

Finally, Yi-heon decided to abandon his strategy of using mana as efficiently as possible.

He exploded blue mana, shattering the remaining rocks to pieces.

Only then did the rock pieces turn to black ash and scatter in the wind.

That was just the twentieth one.

With over three hundred individuals swarming in, the plain was still filled with enormous golems.

Before going to take down another one, Yi-heon quickly surveyed the battlefield.

If he was struggling this much, it was needless to say how the other dealers were faring.

Many scenes showed multiple people barely managing to face one golem.

As expected, Lee Yu was performing the most impressively on this battlefield.

Being the type to smash things with her hands and strength rather than weapons, she was optimized for this brute-force combat.

Perhaps because she was surrounded by monsters.

Gone was her usual gentle demeanor.

Seeing her rampaging to the point where it was hard to tell who the monster was, Yi-heon swallowed a sigh.

No matter how much strength she had, she couldn’t last long in that state.

In the sky, remote attack spells cast by magicians were flying like shooting stars.

Effective in blocking the endlessly pouring monsters, but not enough to deliver fatal blows.

Scenes of golems collapsing from magic attacks, then regenerating on the ground could be seen.

‘This is hopeless.’

The formation was gradually crumbling.

Clearly, they, the humans, were being pushed back.

‘We need to think of another way.’

Giant, fast, and with ridiculous regenerative abilities.

In this world, there’s something called causality that balances things.

So, these creatures must also have a weakness.

We need to figure it out.

What could it be?

As this unfavorable battle dragged on, casualties and injuries were mounting everywhere.

Amidst the pouring screams and bursting sounds, as Yi-heon was trying to concentrate on finding a way out of this crisis, that’s when it happened.

Yi-heon thought for a moment, ‘Am I dreaming…?’

In the blue sky, brilliant magic attacks were raining down.

The sight of a woman flying over it, her dark flowing hair streaming behind her, was that unrealistic.

“…Noah.”

Yi-heon muttered her name in a low, hoarse voice, as if groaning.

Her face, beautiful and serene like an ink painting, was before his eyes again.

She flew gracefully through the air like a spring fairy, scattering small pearl-sized green crystals over the plain.

Wherever these crystals touched the ground, tree vines with beautiful flowers began to grow.

These vines, as if possessing will, instantly entwined the enormous golems.

Some even burrowed into the joints, destroying the rock like wedges.

Thus, wherever she passed, scattering crystals gracefully, trees bloomed and rampaging giants were subdued.

The battlefield, once filled with despair and groans, had completely transformed.

It was as if not a spring fairy, but a goddess of the earth had descended upon this land.

At this miraculous sight, everyone on the battlefield held their breath.

The scene of early summer plains completely covered by flowering tree vines was overwhelmingly beautiful.

Fairy, goddess, or angel.

The woman, who was difficult to define, gently alighted on the shoulder of a vine-wrapped golem.

Her voice descended upon those who were staring at her in dazed worship.

“These oversized bastards have a weak spot between their eyebrows! While they can’t move, quickly stab and kill them!”

The crude language was somewhat at odds with her delicate, pure appearance.

Seeing people blinking in surprise at this discrepancy, she shouted again:

“What are you waiting for! Snap out of it, everyone!”

Startled, people hurriedly began attacking the foreheads of the golems that had collapsed, wrapped in vines.

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I inwardly mocked Yoo Hyun-min, the man who must have created these golems.

What a ridiculous name he gave them.

The giant Goliath in the Bible died instantly from a stone to the forehead.

The reason that huge giant died so absurdly was because the spot between his eyebrows was his fatal weakness.

“You don’t need to destroy the whole golem!”

I flew around, continuously shouting at people.

“Just find and destroy the magic stone between their eyebrows!”

All monsters move through magic stones as a medium, so destroying it prevents them from functioning in this world.

Though I’m not sure why, after a brief daze, people began earnestly attacking the foreheads of the vine-bound golems.

Golems with destroyed magic stones disappeared, scattering into ash.

The tide of battle had already turned.

In favor of human victory.

As I was observing the plains while feeling the whipping wind, it happened.

“Noah!”

I flinched at the familiar voice calling me.

Then, mustering courage, I turned around and awkwardly looked at Baek Yi-heon as he approached me.

For a moment, he seemed unsure what to say first, his lips moving silently. Then he pointed to the plains and asked,

“That, how…”

“Oh, this.”

I showed him the pearl-like magic stones remaining in my hand.

“They’re magic stones.”

“…This?”

“I cut them into small pieces. Um… I can now exert great power even with tiny fragments.”

I rolled my eyes awkwardly and rambled on.

“So I split them to use sparingly. Ah, that’s possible now too. Something about divine privileges. Waste isn’t good, right? Haha.”

I got the magic stones from Choi Kkang-kang in the rear.

 

“Hey! You, you…”

“Explanations later. Just give me some magic stones for now! I left them all behind and don’t have any!”

 

I suddenly appeared in mid-air and took the magic stones without explanation.

So, at this point…

“Hey! How could you just leave like that!”

“Nunim!”

I could see Choi Kkang-kang running from afar.

Yu, who had noticed me and approached, was the same.

“Noah…”

And so, all my companions gathered.

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