Chapter 798

Chapter 798

The First and Last Fortress of Humanity, Crossroad.

The southern plains stretched out before it.

The Kill Zone — a barrier area surrounded by countless wooden fences.

“Enemy monster corps, vanguard!”

A scout observing the area shouted urgently.

“Entering the Kill Zone-!”

“...!”

The ground rumbled faintly.

Rustle...

The winter forest spread across the southern plains seemed to shudder, and then the next moment.

Crash-!

Monsters poured out of the entrance to the plains.

Like an overflowing muddy stream, black monsters endlessly surged forth, filling the southern plains.

Lucas, aboard the airship Blue Pearl, took a small breath as he looked down at this scene.

“They’ve come this far.”

Earlier, the operation to topple the ultra-giant monsters — ‘Titan Fall’ — had succeeded.

They were able to devastate both the ground and air completely. The ground, in particular, was split and shattered, effectively hindering the advance of the monsters following behind. Moreover, an enormous number of monsters had died and fallen in this process.

Nevertheless, they were infinite.

Nevertheless, they advanced.

Clinging to the collapsed land and sky, the endless horde of monsters crawled northward over several days. And they finally succeeded in reaching this southern plain where Crossroad was clearly visible.

Throughout this process, delaying tactics were continuously deployed, but it was literally just a delay. Complete blockade was impossible from the start.

The vanguard of the monster horde that had stubbornly advanced finally arrived here.

‘In the end, we must defend from the main fortress.’

In the ‘Lightning and Tidal Wave’ operation, the lightning had ultimately been pierced through.

But the final barrier, the tidal wave — the main fortress of Crossroad — remains.

‘We’ll try to hold them off.’

Lucas took a breath, steeling his resolve to fight.

‘Because it’s what my lord ordered, and also...’

His bright blue eyes stared directly at the incoming monsters.

‘Because I, too, want to protect this world...!’

Bang! Boom boom boom...!

A distant sound of artillery fire rang out from Crossroad’s main fortress, and the next moment.

Kwa-gwang-gwang-gwang-!

Artillery shells rained down on the Kill Zone.

Lucas was in charge of commanding the guerrilla forces aboard the airship Blue Pearl.

Evangeline was in charge of commanding Crossroad’s main fortress defense line.

Evangeline had also become thoroughly experienced as the captain of the infantry unit, and she was the rightful heir to Crossroad. The defense command of the future lord was flawless, without a single gap.

“It seems we don’t need to worry about the defense of the main fortress.”

Lucas looked around at everyone on the bridge.

“Let’s do what we need to do.”

The heroes organized into the guerrilla unit all nodded in unison.

The ‘Lightning and Tidal Wave’ operation is still ongoing.

And the heroes on this ship are the final lightning.

The defense battle of the southern plains began in the same manner as previous defensive battles.

The monsters that had advanced northward crashed their forces into the entrance of the southern plains — the Kill Zone. While they were caught in a bottleneck, tangled in obstacles, cross-fire from Crossroad rained down, grinding them to pieces.

But soon, everyone realized.

It was different.

This battle was different from before.

Bubble bubble bubble...

The monsters, tangled and clumped together, continued to pour out like a seething swamp mixing from within.

Endlessly, continuously, without stopping, they crawled out from the south, filling the plains.

They had faced terrifyingly large numbers of monsters during the previous zombie march, but this was on a different scale.

Literally infinite.

It was a truly enormous scale befitting the monsters’ final all-out offensive.

“There’s no end to them, really...”

Evangeline, directing the artillery while looking through a telescope, groaned as if appalled.

By now, the entire area south of the plains was completely covered with monsters, to the point where there was no space that wasn’t black.

A massive black wave, a black tsunami, no...

A black world itself was pushing towards Crossroad.

However.

“We’re fully prepared for this...!”

Junior carefully coordinated the mages lined up in formation.

Humanity’s strongest tactical weapon. Mages.

They had not yet exerted their full power. To conserve mana for a prolonged battle, they formed ranks and fired even the smallest spells in resonance with each other.

And that was enough.

When the basic elemental magic shot by the mages, who were now completely skilled in joint magic, intercepted the large monsters, the large monsters collapsed and perished without much resistance.

Arrows of flame, rain of ice, and blades of wind flew alternately, and the large monsters that had broken through the barrage all fell to the ground with screams.

Additionally...

“Activating anti-air artifacts!”

Lily and the alchemist team activated all the artifacts they had prepared.

The artifacts took effect across the entire airspace of Crossroad. The flying monsters that had been pouring down, blackening the sky, all flinched at once.

Speed reduction, defense reduction, disorientation...

Though the effects were minor, they were applied to an overwhelming range. All the flying monsters were afflicted with harmful effects at once.

And towards these flying monsters, humanity’s strongest aerial force rushed in.

“Let’s go!”

The Sky Knight Division led by Mikhail launched from the airship ‘Blue Pearl’, plunging into the front of the pouring flying monsters.

“The sky belongs to all of us! Don’t let the monsters violate it-!”

Behind Mikhail was the healing priest Zenis, riding along. This was to heal the knights and griffins on the spot.

The entire Sky Knight Division was equipped with holy power armor on their bodies and various elemental enchantments on their weapons.

They had showered beneficial effects on the griffin riders, who already possessed combat power far beyond ordinary flying monsters.

Conversely, they had showered harmful effects on the flying monsters.

The difference in combat power became overwhelming.

Kwang-!

Like lions leaping into a flock of sheep, the Sky Knight Division tore through the flying monsters as they dove in.

‘We are strong.’

Evangeline unconsciously clenched her fist.

‘We are... strong!’

Pouring six-shift cross-fire to completely block passage through the Kill Zone.

Enemies that break through are crushed by snipers, mages, artifacts, and air forces.

The movements of the first-rate troops working in perfect coordination were beautiful to behold. As a knight and an officer, Evangeline was moved almost to tears for a moment.

Humanity’s efforts honed on the monster front over the past 3 years were not in vain. They had blossomed so magnificently.

It was then.

“Reporting-!”

A scout’s shout that completely dispelled that emotion pierced Evangeline’s ears.

“The ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ has appeared-!”

“...!”

Evangeline hurriedly raised her telescope.

Saa-aa-aa...

Far away at the southern end.

Scattering thick darkness, fluttering the ends of a white dress burned at the edges... the incarnation of nightmares appeared.

A burned veil fluttered in the wind, revealing the face behind it.

The pale face was expressionless.

So much so that it was hard to believe it was once the woman they had shared joys and sorrows with.

“...”

Finally.

The worst enemy commander had arrived at Crossroad.

After quietly observing Nameless, who had completely become an enemy.

Evangeline slowly raised her telescope upwards.

The threads of darkness connected to the body of the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ crossed the world vertically... reaching the end of the split sky far away.

Beyond the grotesquely torn sky were countless glistening eyes.

The greedy gazes of Outer Gods watching the final battle unfolding on this earth.

‘Senior.’

Evangeline lowered her telescope with a resolute expression.

‘We’ll keep their attention well, so...’

She smiled with all her might.

“Go all out, as much as you want...!”

With the rebellion Ash had incited, and the opening of the Spirit Realm Showdown.

Here in the human world too, the great monster invasion had entered its final stage.

–TL Notes–

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