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Chapter 545 of 704

Chapter 544

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Assuming the context is a fantasy novel:

She takes on the role of supporting large-scale bombardment with magic where needed while surveying the battlefield. The ability to judge whether or not to support a particular location is left to her autonomous judgment. The situation on the battlefield is always variable, so Roudina must always make autonomous judgments. She must always make a decision whether to help or not. She uses telescope magic to understand and analyze the situation on the battlefield and help where it is most needed. Helping the most needed place means that she does not help some places. She must judge important and unimportant units. Some units are left to be annihilated and then support more important locations and units. Roudina's job is to make the choice of saving someone but also making the choice to watch someone die every minute and every second due to her decision. The basis of her judgment is intuition, not the kind of decision that can be made through meetings and reviews. The fact that her judgment may sometimes be wrong is the biggest fear for Roudina, and she cannot afford to make a wrong decision. The power of the Arc Crystal is not infinite. Therefore, there are countless situations where someone must be ignored. When she chooses to save someone but excludes someone else according to the needs of the battlefield, Roudina can only think of those who are dying because of her decision rather than those she saved. She had to watch soldiers die under the debris of the falling flying monsters while unleashing dozens of shockwaves to neutralize them heading towards the rear base. If she had left those monsters alone, the artillery weapons would have been neutralized, causing even greater damage. It was a battlefield full of death and slaughter. Ludwig also had no choice but to be in that death and slaughter. He was killing monsters with blue mana all over his body. The time when mana reinforcement was barely possible and now are very different. Thanks to Moonshine, Ludwig has optimized mana reinforcement like other Royal Class members. Although he did not reach the Master Class, Ludwig is also a presence that belongs to the ranks of the superhuman. He stabs with a sword, slashes with a formello, and kicks. The monsters that were not so big could not help but be neutralized by Ludwig's gestures. In this battlefield, Ludwig's talent can only shine. He does not get tired. Ludwig, who had only one talent, which was his stamina, did not neglect to train that talent. Translation: However, Ludwig is not capable of facing all the monsters.

"Ahhhh!"

"Please, save me!"

Throughout the battlefield, the sounds of monsters' cries and humans' screams mix together in a frenzy of noise. Of course, not everyone on the battlefield is fighting. There are those who have dropped their weapons and are cowering on the ground in fear. There are those who are slowly dying from fatal injuries without receiving any healing. In this hellish environment where so many are dying horribly, Ludwig fights against the waves of monsters that come at him, using the spears and swords of the fallen to fend them off. Why must this happen? Why must they die so brutally? Ludwig grits his teeth and focuses on the one thing he can do: kill monsters. That is the only good left in this world. The other good will be the death of the demon king. But unfortunately, Ludwig cannot face the powerful demon king. That is the job of a hero. So he kills the monsters, as many as he can handle. Those who are still holding their weapons and not losing their minds are likely thinking the same thing as Ludwig. They fight against the disaster, unable to bear the thought of falling without a fight. From afar, Ludwig sees something flying through the waves of monsters. "Hweeeeek!" It's a black sphere that lands in the middle of the soldiers. "Kwoong!" It's not a bullet or a shell, it's a monster. The monster, which had been floating like a ball, spreads out like a scorpion. Instead of a face, there is a dark hole with wriggling tentacles. "Kiiiiiaaaaa!" "Grrr!" The soldiers around the hole collapse at the fierce and eerie scream that comes from the abyss. Even Ludwig, who is relatively far away, loses his balance. The monsters are all different. Some breathe fire and lightning, while others attack the mind. It's impossible to know what the enemy will use to attack, and some monsters attack in completely irrational ways. Even if they cover their ears, the soldiers cannot escape the screams of terror that seep through, and Ludwig is no exception. Those who are cowering on the ground are trampled and crushed by the monsters that swarm around them. Thousands of people are about to be killed by this irrational attack, and Ludwig is no exception. In that moment... "Ahhhh!"

Someone with rough red hair rushed towards the center of the terrifying scream.

Despite those who heard the scream up close pouring blood and dying without exception, the red-haired person rushed towards the center of the scream as if not affected by it at all.

"Whoosh!"

They twisted the sword into the abyssal mouth and wriggled it.

"Squish! Crack!"

The monster was dismantled and fell in an instant.

The girl who dealt with the monster ran towards Ludwig, covered in blue magic.

"Are you okay?"

"Scarlet...."

"Get up. We don't have time for this."

"Okay."

Ludwig stood up, feeling the remnants of the screaming in his head.

Immunity, a talent that even monsters do not have.

For some reason, the strange power that monsters exert cannot affect Scarlet at all.

Not even flames, lightning, or fear that suppresses the mind.

Scarlet was free from all the power of those monsters.

That's why Scarlet sought out and killed monsters that exercised excessively irrational power.

If it weren't for Scarlet, even Ludwig would have succumbed to death.

She saved not only countless soldiers but also Ludwig's life.

But they had to fight more to avoid the next crisis.

Before Ludwig could stand up properly, Scarlet had already jumped into the battlefield.

Monsters were everywhere.

Scarlet's immunity was safe from the strange power of the monsters, but she couldn't stop the physical strength of the monsters that she caught, tore, and bit.

"Thud, thud, thud."

The ground was crying.

"An earthquake?"

Are monsters now appearing that cause earthquakes?

No.

"Thud, thud, thud, thud!"

Ludwig realized that the tremors of the growing ground and its vibrations were not caused by any special power.

In situations where you don't know what kind of enemy will appear, intuition is the most important.

Intuitive and immediate situational judgment, and coping.

When Ludwig realized that the huge ground tremors were not an earthquake but something approaching from underground.

And when he saw the huge tremors approaching Scarlet's feet.

"Scarlet! Get out of there!"

"....!"

"Boom!"

Ludwig saw a giant worm with a huge and ominous mouth burst out of the ground, swallowing dozens of monsters and soldiers along with Scarlet.