Chapter 350 – Chapter 36

Artemis was allowed to participate in this war 10 minutes before the destruction of the Kingdom of Lucy Arkenel.

However, the story changes when an enemy invades her territory.

“Who are you!”
-Now this is a ‘warning’. A moment of inattention leads directly to death, so be careful.
“Come out!”
-From now on, we will test the performance of the new aircraft. Please, hold out for a long time.-

Ali Tarn kept shouting to find out where her opponent was, but she couldn’t locate the voice.

She turned her gaze to the knights, but they too were perplexed, not knowing where the voice came from.

-Start testing.-

Chunk!

For the first time I heard a directional noise.

The knights raised their weapons toward the source of the sound as if an iron door had been opened, concentrating all their senses.

Jerk-jerk-jerk-

Something light is walking at regular intervals.

‘Coriander.’

On a steep mountain road where you have to lift your knees with each step forward, such a stable and regular step is only possible for Go Soo.

But what came out of the shadows of the forest,

“What… Is… That…?”
“I don’t think it’s a golem…”

It was a machine with four arms holding an axe, a sword, a spear, and a shield, and did not feel the energy of life.

It seems to be armed with armor, but with a much thinner body than a slender adult woman, the machine looks grotesque and fragile to the humans of this world.

‘I don’t know how strong it is. Then!’

Being a machine, Alitarn, unable to comprehend how strong his opponent was, decided to take the risk himself.

Because you are the strongest here.

“Everyone be surrounded! Sup!”

Alitarn charged forward brandishing his sword with orders.

Suck!

The machine opened the gap by stabbing the spear at high speed towards Alitarn, who was running at high speed.

“Haha!”

Heterogeneous enemies with 4 types of weapons are difficult to deal with.

If so, reduce the number of weapons and pull them into human fights!

Tung-

“!?”

As he swung his sword loaded with magic to cut through the spearhead, a sound that could never be heard when metal collided resonated.

‘The window… I’m waving… ?’

Ali Tarn was more horrified at the wave of her spear than her own sword failed to cut it.

‘What is this metal… Ugh!’

Wow! Poof!

Digging inward to cut the spear shaft, he distanced himself to avoid the ax and sword swinging from above and below.

“Attack!”
“Don’t rush into it!”

In the meantime, the knights who finished the siege started attacking from all sides.

Because of the danger of having to strike near the enemy capital without the support of allies, knights with a lot of practical experience were convened, so no one rushed with blood.

Empty, empty, empty!

The machine reliably blocked the offensive of the knights attacking from various directions while rotating his shoulders.

In addition, he moves little by little and takes a position that is advantageous to himself, inducing him to be attacked only from two directions at the same time.

‘What kind of material is it!?’
‘It seems to be absorbing attacks from this side!’

Even if you attack intensively to destroy weapons and arms, you will not be able to deliver a proper blow.

“Attack at the same time! Close the gap even if it’s somewhat overworked!”

Aware that they were being played, Ali Tarn closed the gap so as not to give his opponent even a chance to move.

As if his plan had worked, the machine was unable to move and concentrated on repelling attacks from all directions.

Hey hey hey—-

A machine that rotates its waist and shoulders to knock out attacks from all directions at a speed enough to leave afterimages.

Zooooo—-

At that time, a strange sound echoed from inside the upper body of the machine, and a translucent film was spread in a circle.

The curtain spread about 5m wide, and the knights retreated out of the curtain, but half of them ended up inside the curtain.

“Eh, Mana!?”
“It doesn’t move!”

The knights who touched the membrane were astonished at the strange phenomenon of mana being frozen.

Puck puck puck!

“Ouch…!”
“Evil…!”

The machine stunned the fallen knights by striking them in the head with the side of the weapon.

“That bastard!”
“Stop! Don’t rush in!”

Ali Tarn, who was prevented from jumping out at the sight of his fellow knights falling out.

‘A strange metal that absorbs the impact of a sword wrapped in mana. In addition, he has a reaction speed that surpasses mine. I don’t know the identity of the strange membrane that binds mana, but it’s impossible to use it continuously.’

If you can bind your opponent’s mana, you can win by simply charging while spreading the shield.

If not, it means that certain conditions are required to use it.

I don’t know what it is, but it’s clear that I shouldn’t give my opponent time.

-Listen everyone.-

Alitarn secretly gave orders to the knights who safely retreated.

– If we attack normally, we must first collapse from exhaustion or continuously receive attacks that freeze mana. I will use all my strength to strike, so block me during that time.-

The knights also nodded their heads, judging that Ali Tarn’s proposal was the most realistic.

“Attack!”

When Alitarn’s order was given, the knights launched an offensive to stop the movement of the machine.

Some of the knights tried to attack again with mana, but they couldn’t penetrate the metal that made up the machine.

“Whoa- whoa- whoa-“

While the knights were tying their feet, Ali Tarn, concentrating all his mana on the sword, began to look for gaps in the machine.

‘I don’t know what principle it is or what kind of metal it is, but when that metal gets an impact, it creates a wave and absorbs it. There is no answer other than strengthening the cutting power to the maximum and cutting it all at once.’

“Oooh!”

Perhaps because half of the knights were incapacitated, the machine penetrated the shoulder of the knight who had a gap with the spear.

“Die!”

Another knight aimed at the gap where the spear had been lodged in his shoulder, but the machine slightly swayed sideways to avoid it, then lifted his foot.

“Aaaaagh!”

The thick tongs, set in a triangular shape, gripped the knight’s face strongly and swung at the nearby knights, spinning in a direction that living creatures could not turn.

The knights who could not cut off their comrades’ bodies had no choice but to widen the distance, and the machine that created the gap knocked the soles of their feet down on the floor and stunned the knight whose face was caught.

“I…Damn it…! What the hell is it…! What the hell…!”
“I’m going crazy…”

If it was a strong monster, he would have blamed himself for being the wise men of the past who constantly warned of the dangers of the Calak Mountains.

However, no matter how you look at it, the situation in which the knights with excellent practical experience in the Western Army were being unilaterally attacked by an artificial artifact made by someone was frustrating.

“Die! Die!”
“Kuaaaaa!”

Recognizing that Alitarn was looking for an opportunity, the knights charged again.

However, as the number of knights gradually decreased and the rate of injuries increased,

‘Now!’

Finding a gap, Alitarn’s body disappeared with a short afterimage.

The master’s knight, who squeezed everything into cutting power and speed, cut off the waist, which could be said to be the thinnest part of the machine.

Chae Kaang! Woojijik–

The sword made of rare metal, which can easily contain magical power, is destroyed, and at the same time, the back of the machine breaks and collapses.

“Heo-eok-heuk-huu-wook-“
“All right, all right!”
“That monster is finally!”

The knights cheered at the sight of the machine that had troubled them being broken in half, but Alitarn looked down at his shaking hand with the impact that shattered his sword.

‘If I didn’t give strength at the end, if I didn’t want the sword to be destroyed, I couldn’t cut it.’

An artifact that can barely be destroyed unless you use your full power to get to Origin.

‘Who is it? Who the hell could make such a ridiculous weapon?’

– End of test. Thank you for your effort.-
“Keueueueu! Come out! Don’t just raise your voice, come out!”

The red-haired knight, who was friendly with the black-haired knight, vented his anger toward the owner of the voice.

-Thanks to all of you, we were able to obtain the improvement data for mass-produced soldiers. So.-

Chunk! Chunk! Chunk! Chunk!

Again, a mechanical sound is heard from inside the forest. Several of them too.

-Let’s reward you.-
“Uh…Uh…”
“Ah…”

After a while, dozens of machines appeared in the forest.

Although more than half of the 20 knights were killed in defeating one, and the Master’s master, who left one level to Origin, had to pour all his strength to destroy it.

“This… Mass production type…? That’s also a soldier…?”

Until now, fighting against all kinds of strong people, I have suffered injuries that left me one step away from death.

As the emotion of fear wears away, he comes to feel fear beyond the fear of death.

It is fear as a species.

It was the fear of non-standard beings that could easily destroy the human species.

-Then, let’s take a break.-

The mechanical soldiers created by Artemis attacked the knights.

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“Uh… Uh…?”
“Hey, what’s wrong? Did you have a strange dream?”
“Huh!? You, you!? You must have died…!”

The red-haired knight, Dylan Magnus, was stunned to see the dark-haired knight dead with an arrow lodged in his head.

“Puha. I’m dead?”
“Hey, did this guy have a nightmare?”
“Puhahaha. It’s cute. It’s only new recruits who have nightmares during important missions.”
“A dream…? That was a dream…?”

Scratching his head at the teasing of his teammates, Dylan looked around and sighed in relief.

‘Yeah, that doesn’t make sense. It’s impossible for Lord Alitarn to be a mass-produced soldier who can destroy even one weapon if he puts all his strength into it.’

Besides, it doesn’t make sense that a being with such power could be silent in the Calak Mountains.

If that kind of weapon could be mass-produced, this world would have been dominated by a being who created mechanical soldiers a long time ago.

“That’s all for chatting. Eat breakfast quickly and move. No matter how late it is, within three days, we must arrive at Isilid, the capital of Lucy Arkenel.”

Dylan consumed the food in the magic pouch at Alitarn’s instructions.

He dismissed his nightmare as a dream and succeeded in breaking through in three days by defeating the monsters in the Calak Mountains with his colleagues.

“Oh, I think this will be worth doing more than I thought?”
“That’s right. The walls are less repaired and there are fewer troops.”

The detached unit that arrived in Isilid decided to be greedy because it was not properly maintained.

Instead of attacking the vicinity of the capital, we decided to attack the capital directly.

“Strike the palace at once! Destroy all the enemy leaders!”

After simply crossing the wall, the detached unit rushed straight into the palace.

“Wow! The saviors have finally arrived!”
“Saviors! Please help us!”

The people of the Lucy Arkenel Kingdom looked lax as if they hadn’t eaten properly because of the royal family’s decision to prioritize different species.

“Damn it! I just had to hold on a little longer…!”

After arriving at the palace, the detached unit succeeded in defeating the vampires and alien species who tried to turn the people into undead and rescuing the oppressed people.

“Victory! We’ve succeeded in killing all the enemy leaders, including the Queen!”

A few weeks later, when the capital was attacked, Queen Lillian, unable to hide her embarrassment, was annihilated by her allies for failing to command properly.

“You guys are the ones who made the biggest contribution in this war!”

The commanders of the Western Army congratulated the detached unit and all of them were given a part of the territory of Lucy Arkenel, which was nothing but a crystal and a blank space.

Dylan, who became the lord of a region from a knight, became friendly with his neighboring black-haired knight, and cooperated with him on various issues, such as dealing with monsters and the remnants of Lucy Arkenel, to grow the territory.

It’s a bad relationship between lords who are close to each other, but the two maintained their friendship.

Five years after the fall of the Lucy Arkenel Kingdom. This time, a territorial dispute between the Western Army and the Southern Army occurred, and he led a soldier to participate in the war for the Western Army Union.

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“Heh… Heh heh… Hee hee…”

Fixed on life support, Dylan had long wires connected to his brain, spine and nervous system.

Now he was becoming a war hero, overwhelming the Confederates with his ally, the Dark-Haired Knight.

In the illusion of the machine.

– Heung hee hee~ Finally, I got clean, refined mana permanently. You have no idea how grateful I am for coming.-

Artemis was constantly draining mana from their bodies.

-Monsters are big and strong, but they have unrefined mana, so they couldn’t operate generators. Really, you guys are lucky.-

Using clean and refined mana as fuel, activates a mana generator that generates more mana.

This allowed her to procure mana on her own without Kaicent’s support.

-I activated the mana generator, so it doesn’t matter if I kill you, but I’m familiar with the word grace. We promise you a comfortable and enjoyable life until the end of your lifespan.

They will live a rewarding life in the virtual world created by Artemis, overcoming appropriate crises and difficulties to achieve success.

Until the end of life, forever.