I Became A Part Time Employee For Gods Chapter 150
#150. War of the Gods (2)
A loud noise filled the hall.
“You want to go alone? “Are you serious?”
Cheongunak asked in a slightly surprised voice.
Namgung Do-eok, who had been gaping for a moment with his mouth open, also waved his hand to dissuade Damdeok.
“No, no. That’s not possible. I can’t believe I’m going alone! Then why did they gather so many troops? The forces are meant to come together. “There’s no need to push yourself too hard.”
Namgung Do-eok did not want Damdeok to shoulder the dangerous task alone.
Isn’t that what everyone came together to avoid?
But the rest of the people just looked at each other and started talking amongst themselves.
Baekgureum and Alui, who were behind, also asked Damdeok in surprised voices, perhaps because the answer was unexpected.
“What do you mean bro? “You’re going alone?”
“It doesn’t make sense for a teacher to leave his student and go alone.”
Damdeok raised his hand to stop the two guys from asking questions and opened his mouth once again.
“Everyone, please calm down and listen to me carefully from now on.”
Damdeok, with a rare serious expression, spread three fingers and continued speaking.
“There are three main reasons. The First War of the Gods is likely to last longer than expected. So, if we convert some of our defensive forces into offensive forces from the first day after the gate opens, there is a high probability that our side will be at a disadvantage as time goes by.”
“hmm.”
“That’s right.”
“Indeed...”
Several people nodded at Damdeok’s words.
This was an unprecedented situation in history that concentrated all of the nation’s troops on the east coast. Nevertheless, the reason why I still did not think that the troops were sufficiently reassuring was because the intimidation of the Pacific Gate, which we faced directly, was much more terrifying than expected.
In a situation like this, losing even just a portion of the troops could feel hopeless, so most people seemed to agree with Damdeok’s words.
“...but but but.”
One of the young guild leaders, who was thinking deeply for a moment, expressed a question.
“Didn’t you initially plan a deployment strategy of 80% defense power and 20% attack power? If this was going to happen, why did they deploy a separate attack unit in the first place?...” The
question was, why did they say they would go scout alone now, when they had previously said that they would attack immediately when the gate opened?
Damdeok answered the question calmly.
“The 20% attack force was not deployed to be deployed quickly in the event of a war.”
“then...?”
“The Pacific Gate will be the battlefield of the gods. “They are just troops deployed to actively attack the various monsters and forgotten gods that emerged from there and washed up on our coastline.”
“No, what you’re saying is... you didn’t intend to go attack the gate itself in the first place...” “
Of course. The gate opened in the Pacific Ocean is not a target of attack, but is simply a battlefield stage created by the gods. Nothing more, nothing less. Our goal is to minimize damage to our world, not to fight the gods head on. “I hope everyone knows that.”
Everyone fell silent at Damdeok’s words.
Do you want humans to survive in a place where countless gods fight for each other’s lives? Of course, they knew better than anyone else that it was absurd.
“Well sir.”
“Please keep talking.”
Everyone waited for Damdeok’s next words.
The commander-in-chief is standing alone, but everyone is only looking at Damdeok.
Damdeok leisurely continued his next words.
“The second reason is that it is a very dangerous strategy to move troops hastily when we do not know how the gods’ offensive will unfold in the future. One scout would be fine, but anything more would just be a useless sacrifice.”
“hmm.”
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
This time there were more heads nodding.
As if he was very uncomfortable with the situation going like this, Namgung Do-eok slightly raised his hand and asked a question.
“So, Damdeok-gun, you will go alone as a scout. Is this what you mean? “Because even if others go, they will only end up being sacrificed?”
“That’s right.”
Namgung Do-eok quietly closed his eyes at Damdeok’s seemingly obvious answer.
I wanted to refute something, but I couldn’t come up with an opinion.
The rest of the people were also buzzing, but most of them seemed to welcome Damdeok going on a scouting trip alone.
“But then, there’s no need to go into the middle of a dangerous place alone. With a strategy of defending the coastline like us....”
Namgung Do-eok opened his mouth to dissuade him once more, but Damdeok cut him off resolutely.
“no. “I will tell you the third and final reason.”
Damdeok quickly got up from his seat.
“Really, you’re not doing this... We’re still going to fight together with you, huh!? “I followed you!”
“that’s right. “Master, I really don’t like it when you do this.”
Damdeok smiled and looked at the two guys.
“So what are we going to do?”
“Let’s go together! “They say we are guardians.”
“okay. Let’s go together. “Because we are guardians.”
Damdeok burst into laughter at the two guys’ persistent courtship.
“Hey, I think you guys are misunderstanding something. In the first place, the role of a guardian is focused on protecting something. “The goal is not to attack the enemy together, cut, stab, and wreak havoc.”
There was a reason why Damdeok said this.
‘There is no need to go with these guys.’
There is no need for everyone to go into a place where it is clear what kind of danger lurks.
Moreover, the fact that they couldn’t run wild if they went together also played a role.
‘I almost caused serious injury before I came here.’
I am still unskilled in handling the intangible sword.
Now, Damdeok feels more comfortable going alone rather than moving together.
“So, you all just have to act as guardians in your own way.”
Baekgureum, confused by Damdeok’s plausible words, opened his eyes and asked,
“Our own role as guardian? “What does that mean?”
Alui sighed and answered instead.
“I’m telling you to stay here and not follow me.”
Only then did Baekgureum’s face distort.
“Oh really bro!”
“Kkekeu, I think Alui is a little smarter. “You better work hard, okay?”
“Oh, you’re really pissing me off again! “Let’s just go together!”
“Why do you keep talking about something that’s already been done?”
“We can talk again! You’re coming with us! No, you can just leave without talking! Now I listen to everything my brother says, why? “What’s the problem!”
“Oh, it’s really noisy.”
It was a time when Damdeok was tolerating Baekgureum’s rampage to some extent.
Sssss.
Suddenly, I felt like my surroundings were getting dark.
There was no noise.
Just stay still.
At some point, the sky and the surrounding space became dark.
“huh?”
Damdeok, who was the first to notice something strange, turned his head.
“uh?”
“what?”
And soon, Allui and Baekgureum’s gaze turned backwards.
A
sea that was no different from usual.
On the beach in front of him, a soldier in military uniform was standing blankly, muttering swear words.
“...What is that?”
“...You’re crazy.”
The same was true for White Cloud and Alui.
The Pacific Gate, which covered the entire sea, was spewing out energy in all directions as if it were stretching out its magical arms.
Let’s go!
The energy form was very threatening, as if it were alive.
A shape like a lightning bolt extending horizontally.
They were hitting the East Sea at the same time.
Puzzle!
Let’s go!
I’m going to go to the middle of the day!!
Seeing that threatening energy, Sergeant Kim hesitated and walked backwards, eventually collapsing.
“Uh... Uh....”
Damdeok’s steps slowly began to speed up as he looked at Sergeant Kim, who was shaking and clutching the sand, as if he was so scared that he couldn’t move.