Chapter 289

Chapter 289

As the blue light all over his vision went away, his feet touched the ground . Sungyoon felt something crumble beneath his feet, so he looked down . He confirmed that he was standing atop the debris of a broken building, and it had collapsed further because of his landing .

‘As expected, there"s no sound . ’

If he were on Earth, he would have heard a crunch . This situation meant that the air was completely gone from Armstrong city .

Sungyoon looked forward . The city had lost its owners; with no one to turn on the lights, it was dark everywhere . The light leaking through the holes and deep wounds in the outer wall wasn’t enough to illuminate the inner city .

However, since the city was overflowing with magical energy, Sungyoon"s vision wasn"t obstructed . In fact, he clearly saw that a fierce battle was ongoing around him .

It was unclear whether a lot of monsters were left behind in Armstrong city or the monsters had returned after being baited outside . Whatever the reason was, it couldn"t change the fact that right now, a sea of monsters had engulfed the city hall .

Among them, one particular monster caught Sungyoon"s eyes .

‘Is that Glaia?’

In terms of outer appearance, she was a ten out of ten . One had to show admiration for her beauty . This was especially true for her upper body, which was exposed for the world to see . However, all the admiration would disappear if one saw Glaia"s lower body of a snake .

‘It’ swung its long nails . The Connectors worked in tandem to block her attacks, but it was clear that they were in a difficult situation .

A mountain of corpses lay near them . Most of them were monsters, but some were corpses of Connectors . The number of Connectors" corpses was very small compared to the number of dead monsters, but it was plenty enough .

The Connectors were barely maintaining their battle line, and it was clear that the monsters had the overwhelming advantage . The Connector who had returned through the portal had been right .

Wasting no more time, Sungyoon jumped into the battle line .

The blow felt very heavy . Sungyoon had pushed his s.h.i.+eld forward, and he let out a silent groan on feeling the impact when his s.h.i.+eld stopped the long snake tail .

As the Connectors looked at him with surprise in their eyes, Sungyoon gestured to them .

Fortunately, one of the Connectors understood his intent . He quickly jumped into the large hole where the safe was present .

‘I have to hold on for a short amount of time!’

Sungyoon checked his body .

‘There"s no fear . ’

He had felt fear in front of Kevil . If he felt a similar type of fear from Glaia, he wouldn’t be able to fight . Thankfully for Sungyoon, this time, that brand of fear didn"t emerge inside him .

Was he immune to it now? Or was there a delta to the manifestation of the fear like when he had fought against Kevil?

The reason didn"t matter right now . He would have to a.n.a.lyze the difference at a later time .

‘I can’t feel the power either . ’

Sungyoon had felt strength surge inside him when he had chased away Kevil . Not experiencing the same sensation now made him a bit disappointed .

‘It"s fine . I don’t have to hold out for long . ’

Sungyoon raised his s.h.i.+eld and took a firmer grip on his ax .

Glaia’s eyes landed on Sungyoon, and "it" let out a grin . The corners of her mouth rose in a broad smile .

‘It"s a monster . That’s for sure . ’

Glaia’s face had changed in a frightening manner . When Sungyoon saw that, he inwardly muttered those words .

He could feel the shock pa.s.s through the s.h.i.+eld once again .

‘Koo-oohk!’

Even his overclocked Gems couldn"t deal with the shock from the impact .

He felt surreal since he couldn’t hear the sound of the attacks, but the heavy damage from the tail rooted him in reality .

‘I won’t be able to last long!’

In fact, Sungyoon was already close to his limits . His hand, which was holding the s.h.i.+eld, was shaking . Sungyoon had increased his weight with gravity magic, so at the very least, he wouldn’t be sent flying backward .

However, he wasn’t alone in the fight .

An arrow flew past Sungyoon and went forward to hit Glaia’s shoulder .

Flinch!

The arrow burrowed into Glaia’s shoulder . The tip of the arrow didn’t go in deep; Glaia"s soft skin was harder than it looked . However, the attack had stopped Glaia for a brief moment .

‘This is my chance!’

Sungyoon hadn’t let go of his ax even though his other hand had been throbbing from holding the s.h.i.+eld .

Throb!

His hand stung . He had aimed for Glaia’s side, but she had dodged the blow . His ax had hit her lower body, which was shaped like a snake, and bounced off Its hard scales . But, he didn’t stop .

Sungyoon shoved his s.h.i.+eld forward, and Glaia’s body budged because of the low gravity of the Moon .

Glaia’s eyebrows twitched . Her face became more distorted as she became angrier . She raised her hand to attack, but several arrows flew in toward her . Glaia deflected them and looked toward the source of the arrow attacks .

Aruwen calmly pulled back on his bow once again .

While Glaia was distracted, Sungyoon once again attacked its lower body .

Sungyoon"s appearance had given the other Connectors some time to recuperate, and they now swarmed Glaia .

‘b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!’

Rage appeared in her eyes .

She hadn’t been putting too much effort into fighting these weak opponents as she considered them trash . However, things had changed with the involvement of Sungyoon and Aruwen . At the very least, Sungyoon and Aruwen got on her nerves .

In her irritation, Glaia swung her lower body in a large arc .

The Connectors quickly retreated .

Glaia had been bitten by the bugs around her . She raised her body into the air .

‘Danger!’

Before Sungyoon had arrived at the battlefield, Aruwen had given him a basic rundown of Glaia’s abilities . The information crossed his mind .

[First, her body is very powerful . It"s to be expected since she"s an officer amongst the monsters . However, the thing to look out for the most is her attribute . Like Kevil, who has the fire attribute, Glaia also has an attribute . It"s weaker than Kevil’s fire, but more troublesome . ]

Right now, Glaia was about to use that very troublesome attribute .

‘Poison!’

As expected of a monster shaped like a snake, its attributes were also similar to a snake"s . Glaia’s mouth started to move, and a green liquid squirted out of the mouth .

The green liquid came out with a considerable force behind it and covered a good amount of distance .

All the Connectors knew that nothing good would happen if they came into contact with the green liquid, so they quickly dodged .

Monsters were hit in the crossfire, and some of the liquid fell to the surface of the Moon . The liquid looked like saliva, and it was a very dirty attack .

However, the effect of the liquid was frightening .

The monsters and the part of the Moon"s surface hit by the poison started melting . Then, the monsters" flesh started bubbling . If there had been air, smoke would have risen from the wounds . The monsters let out soundless cries as they rolled on the ground .

They were trying to get rid of the poison by rolling, but it wouldn"t work . The monsters died, suffering great pain till the end .

‘What the h.e.l.l!’

Sungyoon and the nearby Connectors became horrified at the sight . They were already afraid of dying, yet they had to now worry about dying in extreme pain too . Everyone made a note: dodge the poison at all costs .

Glaia once again spat out her poison . However, the poison attack wasn’t a concentrated stream like before . Now, she spat them in a manner that resembled the flow of a garden hose covered with fingers . Glaia kept spitting out her poison with greater speed and spread .

The Connectors quickly dodged the poison .

However, the poison had a wide spray pattern, so it couldn’t be easily dodged or blocked .

The poison hit some of the Connectors, and they writhed in pain . Even if they wore strong armor, these armors had gaps, and the poison inevitably seeped in through the gaps . The poison would then slowly melt away their bodies .

The Connectors who possessed lesser ranked Gems saw that their armors had started to melt .

The poison was powerful . Moreover, it didn’t discriminate between allies and foes . In fact, the number of monsters. .h.i.t by the poison was much greater than the number of Connectors . However, the death of these monsters didn"t even put a dent in the sea of monsters crowding the city hall .

‘The battle line…!’

The Connectors barely held on as they maintained a disciplined battle line . The tactic was quite effective against the monsters .

This time, Glaia shot her poison to disperse the battle line . The collapse of the battle line would be a much bigger problem than the death of a lot of Connectors .

Thankfully, the battle line didn’t immediately fall thanks to the enormous number of monsters in front of Glaia that were being killed by the poison . They created a buffer to the battle line, but it was only a matter of time before Glaia would breach the battle line .

Small cracks had already appeared in the battle line, and monsters were trying to push through them .

‘Even if we make a line once again, we’ll inevitably disperse if the poison is sent our way again . ’

Sungyoon made a fist .

‘Just a little more! We have to hold on!’

The Connector who had gone to retrieve the safe from the bas.e.m.e.nt would be coming up soon .

Sungyoon unfurled his wings and suddenly accelerated forward . Since the poison had killed all the monsters in front of Glaia, a direct path to her had opened up . Glaia was looking toward a different location in a bid to hit an escaping Connector . She shot her poison as if she were playing a game .

Sungyoon instantly arrived in front of Glaia and used the momentum to swing his halberd .

Glaia’s body flinched .

Sungyoon injured her a little bit, and the stream of poison weakened . Before his feet could touch the floor, Sungyoon spun his body and swung his hammer up toward her head .

The hammer struck Glaia’s chin . Thankfully, the power generated by Sungyoon’s hammer was greater than the strength Glaia needed to open her mouth, and the blow forcefully closed the mouth . The poison had nowhere to go now, so it splashed into the surroundings .

Sungyoon once again unfurled his wings and immediately put some distance away from Glaia .

‘I hope the poison works on its body . ’

He looked at Glaia, who held her face that was drenched with her own poison .

However, things were never that easy .

Glaia glared at Sungyoon . It was a terrifying sight .

‘s.h.i.+t! I should"ve known it wouldn’t work . ’

Just when Sungyoon again got into his fighting stance—

Flas.h.!.+

A bright light exploded above Armstrong city . Even normal humans would be able to see this light .

A Connector stood in front of the portal with a steel box in his hands .

‘Success!’

Sungyoon made a fist . The Connector pa.s.sed through the portal with the box, and the others, who had been maintaining the battle line, started to retreat too . It had all happened in the blink of an eye .

Portals started to appear all over Armstrong city . All the Connector units sent to the city activated their Flesh Gems containing the copied portal ability . The Connectors blocking the monsters all over Armstrong city quickly returned to the designated locations of the portals .

The battle had lasted a long time, but the retreat was instant .

In a flash, all the Connectors within Armstrong city disappeared .

Hoo-oohk!

The portal near the city hall closed as soon as the last Connector pa.s.sed through . The monsters rushed toward the portal, but it was futile .

Glaia stared at the location where the portal had been with a dumbfounded expression . A forlorn expression appeared on her face as she realized that her actions had been an exercise in futility .

Sungyoon smirked at the sight .

Glaia glared at him, who was the last one left here . She wanted to dish out her frustration on Sungyoon, but Sungyoon had no plans of being her punching bag .

Sssk!

A portal appeared next to Sungyoon .

Glaia glared and charged at him at an incredible speed .

However, there was still some distance between them, and on top of that, Sungyoon was too close to the portal . Without any hesitation, Sungyoon jumped into the portal, and the portal disappeared at the same time .

Glaia had missed Sungyoon by mere seconds . Her claws pa.s.sed through s.p.a.ce instead of the portal . Sungyoon was gone, and Glaia could only tear apart the ground in her rage .