Chapter 932 – #203_Intersection
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One.
“The southeast side of the residential area. A total of 21 monsters in the form of familiars have appeared.”
“Change from Code Orange to Code Red as of this time.”
“Activate all waiting angels.”
Daejeon’s mascot, Angel, exists to protect Daejeon Metropolitan City.
Even if the intruder was not a witch but a human being, it was no different even if it was actually a strange creature that used magic for the first time.
Angels flew all at once from hangars located throughout the city.
– Crow, wow, wow!
A giant snake with nine heads swallows Angel.
As he sprayed a powerful acidic breath that could corrode even alloys in seconds, several angels rained down like bugs hit by insecticide.
A huge beastman with a lion’s head was hit by a beam-type abrasion and fell down, breaking the outer wall.
Su-in, who jumped up from the wreckage, responded to the angel by blowing a long wind with movements like a martial artist.
Zow, a beautiful humanoid combat weapon with the same appearance as a monster crawling over a concrete barrier that exudes a near-futuristic feel.
It is a landscape that feels ridiculous beyond feeling like a B-grade movie.
Advances in magical engineering did not only benefit humans.
In a world where witches and humans interacted, the average hierarchy was much higher.
It means that it is not particularly surprising that there are witchroids in one city that can deal with 16 witches of the 22nd hierarchy at the same time.
However, homunculus are different from witches even though they use magic.
A large weight class and an enormous amount of magical power.
A normal medium-large homunculus has several times more magical power than a normal archwitch.
If it grows to the size of the Kraken, it can soar dozens of times.
The reason archwitches today can easily hunt large homunculuses is not because they have more magical power or because they can crush them in a head-on fight.
This is because the skills and magic that hunters use like hunting animals are more outstanding.
Just like if there were sixteen 22nd-tier witches, that amount of homunculus could be easily wiped out.
In that sense, the homunculus was the opposite of a witchroid.
A witchroid who hunts witches using extreme efficiency and persistence as weapons rather than individual specialties.
Angel’s main strategy is to bite, hold, and stretch like an ant, causing the enemy to fall off in exhaustion.
However, the homunculus, which is of a different weight class from the witch, broke the angel’s encirclement too easily and did not know how to tire.
“Under… Haha… ! Wormy bastards… !”
Priscilla smiled broadly as she watched the city crumble under the monster’s feet.
Even under the pole-like rain, the roaring flames gave the city a thrill of disgust.
“Everybody die! More, more, die more!!!”
Unlike Priscilla, who cheered and clapped her hands, Urshira spoke in a disapproving tone.
“If there was such a thing, I should have used it a long time ago.”
“Since the flood started, they don’t listen to the ‘king”s orders. It took a little while because I didn’t expect it either.”
“Wasn’t he a great person who expected everything?”
“Not quite like that.”
Taking the form of the cowardly witch, Paola Xochitl, Lilith stands tall and gazes at the King of Monsters who commands the Legion.
It was a well-labored test subject made using Paola Xochitl’s magnetic magic and further developing it.
To be able to summon the homunculus that are dormant all over the world and build an army.
Lilith also appreciated the strategic value of the King of Monsters.
I was planning to use it in the future, but in the end it became meaningless.
It is because of the existence of the ‘lock gate’.
An artifact that allows the homunculus to be given a higher order than the King of Monsters.
In fact, since the inundation began, the amount of troops the King of Monsters can command has rapidly decreased, and it is still gradually decreasing.
Lilith decided to use the King of Monsters as a throwaway card without regret.
Ursira doesn’t know how to deal with such a situation, but now she needs Lilith’s help.
“Are you guiding me to the lock gate now?”
“No way. My help ends here. The rest is up to you to figure out. I think the legion will hold out for at least three hours.”
It means to take advantage of the chaos and obtain the lock.
It was such a good story that Urshira couldn’t easily let go of her doubts.
Lilith, who came to me right away and gave me tempting information.
When faced with the Angel Corps and in danger, I thought I had fallen into a trap.
But now, he is obediently helping and telling him to get his hands on the lock.
“What the hell are you up to?”
“If you keep suspecting my innocent good will as something of an insidious scheme… Maybe it’s because your insides are too dark?”
“Damn it.”
I didn’t expect you to tell me anyway.
But nothing in this world comes without a price.
Even more so, if the trade partner is Lilith, no matter how appetizing the fruit is, one should be suspicious of it.
How does this really benefit Lilith?
Also, what danger does it imply for Urshira and Priscilla?
Why do you make suggestions over and over again instead of moving directly?
Nothing is clear, but the time to choose comes without delay.
“Do you know where the lock is?”
“It’s in the tallest tower in the center of the city.”
“I can’t go there.”
Angel’s vigilance against the homunculus is a force that cannot be ignored.
Even if he tried to break through head-on, he would only end up getting caught in a spider’s web like a struggling homunculus, being attacked by angels from all directions.
“I knew it and prepared for it.”
Lilith pointed with her finger somewhere.
“There is a subway in this city that was closed a long time ago. You can go to Central Tower Station. There’s an entrance near me. If it were there, even a watchful eye wouldn’t work.”
“That’s a pretty unique name.”
Following Lilith’s words, she will join her risky plan.
Or will she abandon her original purpose and run away.
“I’ll hang out with you one last time.”
“You know what? That there are no other options.”
Lilith smiled, half of her face twisted.
2.
Things got twisted.
A homunculus added a ladle to her dizzy situation with only an angel.
It was obvious that the hideout where Siwoo and his party were staying would soon be embroiled in this chaos.
Angel could not subdue the homunculus more than expected, and the homunculus honestly moved forward while burning the city.
“Lilith’s cheating again.”
Since it was Lilith who commanded the King of Monsters, it was not difficult to imagine.
Wasn’t the root of all this situation connected to Lilith in the first place?
“The opportunity may be only now.”
But twisted circumstances don’t always mean the road is gone.
Rather, it is the first and last chance to make a move for Siwoo and his party, who have been unable to move under Angel’s strict surveillance system.
“It could be dangerous.”
“I don’t know if hardliners and Lilith joined hands, but… Even if not, we won’t be the only ones taking advantage of this chaos. If the lock goes through, then it will be too late.”
That judgment was not out of hopeless optimism or self-righteousness.
It is the determination that Siwoo has accumulated in his own way through countless crises.
“Okay, then I’ll give you the information.”
Lydia, who had been listening to her words, added a word.
“I didn’t just come into the city and play. I looked around and searched. I found something pretty interesting.”
“What is it?”
“Underpass. To be more precise, there is a line 3 that is now closed. If it were there, wouldn’t it be possible to escape attention and break through?”
“Why did you come to us when you knew that information?”
“Oh, are you interrogated again? You said it seemed like a shortcut, but you never know what awaits you at the end.”
Lydia shook her head in response.
The underground passage to the Devil Castle is a common cliché.
If Lydia’s words are true, she will be able to avoid the angels flying through the air and get to the central tower as a shortcut.
“Where is the entrance?”
“It’s not far from here. I saw a maintenance staircase about 2km away. It’s locked, but that’s about it.”
The direction Lydia was pointing at was a point slightly off the point where the homunculus had just engaged in a melee with Angel.
“It seems too close. Is there any other place?”
“Would you care if I moved quietly in this chaos?”
It is still unknown how much Lydia can be trusted.
But she has no time to hesitate.
Whether it be porridge or rice, it is true that you have to move.
You can’t just rob the locks blankly like this.
“First of all, move and worry.”
Elroa took the lead by washing her face to get rid of the fatigue caused by lack of sleep and entering her battle mode.
The four people jumped through the railing because the elevator was broken.
Then, wearing Rinne’s stealth magic, she ran like the wind through the passage Lydia guided her to.
The closer you get to her battlefield, the more you feel the waves of her magical power tingle on her skin.
Fortunately, Angel was distracted by the opponent of the homunculus and did not notice Siu and his friends moving quietly into her alley.
“It’s an abandoned building over there.”
Lydia raised her hand and pointed to an abandoned building that was lonely among the cyberpunk high-rise buildings.
As she twisted open the locked door and went down the stairs, a damp stench wafted through the basement.
As if to show how an unmanaged facility is dying, there is rust and black mold growing everywhere.
“It’s not managed at all.”
“So wouldn’t that be better? That’s why I was so out of touch.”
The stairs finally reached the end of the basement.
As she opened the door, she realized she was in the middle of a subway tunnel.
Is it because of the heavy rain, or is it because the drain pump is not working properly?
Although the rainwater that flowed in from all over the city collected like a swimming pool and was up to the waist.
No problem.
The four of them could fly using magic, walk on water, and even when submerged in water, they could keep their clothes from getting wet.
“Since we came in there… The direction to the center of the city must be over there.”
Siu lit up a decorative light and looked at one side of the half-submerged tunnel with his mouth open in the dark.
As Lydia said, there are no separate monitoring equipment or angels to be seen, probably because it has been neglected for too long and forgotten.
“Thank you.”
Ignoring Lydia, who straightened his shoulders, Puggi and Siu and the others quickly ran towards the end of the tunnel.
