Chapter 540

Untranslatable noise strikes the ground.

The monsters, unable to maintain balance on the shaking ground, were also affected. A tornado was occurring in the distance, but a storm that felt like it would tear off the skin was also happening. The shockwaves and earthquakes from falling meteors, as well as the storms, made it difficult for both the monsters and the protagonist to move properly. The reason for traveling with Heriot was to avoid meteors that could directly harm them by sending them to another place through the dimensional portal created by Heriot. The monsters were immune to physical attacks, flames, lightning, and magic. However, close combat was always the best means of combat and would be useful until the end of the fight. Despite the monsters being overwhelmed, they continued to scream and approach the protagonist and Heriot. They try to destroy the warp gate and clear the hellish world, but even if they succeed, it will not bring paradise. The world will never be the same, but they will still try to rescue themselves from this hell. Despite the fierce winds, monsters with flying bodies begin to spew flames towards Heriot. Heriot's barrier protects us from the flames. The monsters that approach us are burned to death, even those that are not within the range of the barrier. The monsters are immune to physical attacks, flames, lightning, and magic, but close combat is still the best means of combat. The monsters continue to scream and approach the protagonist and Heriot. They are trying to destroy the warp gate and clear the hellish world, but even if they succeed, it will not bring paradise. The world will never be the same, but they will still try to rescue themselves from this hell. Compressing and compressing magical power to its limit, concentrating it into one point and releasing it in one direction. There is no name for this magic. It is simply an attack based on Heriot's understanding and control of mana, which is refined and compressed to be focused and released. It is an honest magical attack, nothing more. But the magical power released from Heriot's fingertips is a storm of energy in itself. Even monsters with anti-magic abilities are destroyed by the storm's power. In an instant, a path opened up and the warp gate that was hit was intact, wrapped in a red barrier. Is it safe even in this level of energy storm? They know that the reinforced warp gate cannot be destroyed by long-range sniping, but is it impossible even with this level of power? If so, would a meteor strike be of no use? There is no time to despair. If the first method doesn't work, then the second, and if the second doesn't work, then the third, fourth. They will keep trying until it breaks. There is no time to hesitate. The protagonist runs towards the open path instinctively. Running and jumping, they pour mana into Alspringer to the limit, towards the warp gate that spits out monsters again. They pierce Alspringer towards the warp gate's barrier and command, "Break...!" That's one. * * * Outskirts of Serandia. "What is this...?" Kono Lint couldn't help but close their mouth at the sight before them. Three tornadoes of unimaginable size were raging near Serandia, and hundreds of lightning flashes were killing monsters in the sky every second, while meteors were pouring down from the sky. If someone saw this sight, it would be a catastrophic sight that would finally signal the end of the world. Fixed in the high sky, Kono Lint was watching Serandia's disaster in real-time. Kono Lint was not here for reconnaissance. They were here because of their own judgment. The central command did not explain anything about the strange events happening here. Kono Lint did go on reconnaissance for some of the strange situations at first, but since then, only a few units have been deployed for the front-line reconnaissance mission. Kono Lint knew that some of the allies knew that something strange was happening, and Kono Lint, who confirmed the phenomenon with their own eyes, was no exception. Something too huge and incomprehensible to be called the power of the Empire is helping. Kono Lint wondered if they could see that something with their own eyes now that they were facing the Serandia campaign. The sky opened up and meteors poured down. Lightning struck. "Huuuuung!" Even though they were fixed in the sky, they felt like their eardrums were about to burst from the gusts that felt like they would tear them apart. In the storm that was hard to even open their eyes, Kono Lint tried to see everything that came into their sight. On the ground, there was a battle going on. A small dot stood against the waves of monsters. They were clearly in battle, although they were insignificant compared to the Allied forces. Kono Lint observed the chaos near Serandia, wondering if the Empire was behind the massive power at play. They saw a warp gate being destroyed by a flash of light and wondered why the gate crisis caused by the demon king's subordinates was happening in Serandia. Kono Lint thought that if the power here belonged to the demon king's forces, they could destroy the warp gate and annihilate humanity. They wondered if there was something different from what people knew and if there was a truth that people should know but didn't. Kono Lint was interrupted by an old man who appeared out of nowhere. Meanwhile, the protagonist Heriot and his team managed to destroy several warp gates, but they had to retreat due to Heriot's objections. They were relieved that they managed to do what they could without causing harm to their own forces. The text ends with a vampire clan mage reporting to someone about capturing an investigator. "Antirianus has secured a strange loot called Kono Lint. He has captured Kono Lint who was observing the situation. How did he discover and catch him in that situation? Kono Lint definitely saw the scene. He probably realized that our forces, including me, were in Serandia. We don't know what Kono Lint was thinking when he saw it, but he saw something he shouldn't have. We can't send him back to the Allied Forces' base like this because if he says something wrong, it could cause a major accident. So... I was looking at Kono Lint, who had just woken up and was frozen with his mouth wide open. He didn't say anything and just rolled his eyes. 'Are you trying to escape?' He seems like a guy who can escape with his ability. 'It's good to escape, but do you know where you are?' However, he doesn't know that this place is Lazark on the Edina Island, located at the southernmost tip of the continent. It would take years to wander around the continent and find the Allied Forces' base through space travel. It may have been a long time for him to see me, but it hasn't been that long for me. So I'm not that unfamiliar with Kono Lint. On the other hand, he was just rolling his eyes as if he didn't know what was going on. 'If you run away recklessly, you'll probably be found as a missing person and end up as a skeleton. Do you understand what I mean?' 'Uh... yeah.' 'I don't plan to handle you roughly, and there's no reason to. Let's talk for a bit. After a few words, I'll send you quietly to the Allied Forces' base.'"