The Red Gate (5)

After the red lightning strike passed, the Gorangsha and Tongel species became busy grasping the situation.

attacks were indeed beyond the monster properties they were aware of.

What about the casualties?

Quite a few were found scorched to death.

Most of them hadnt mastered SSS-Class personal defense skills.

Several Awakened had cast wide-area defenses, but they could not protect everyone equally.

In the end, the one factor that separated the survivors from the dead was the presence of reliable skills.

In other words, the monsters recent attack was so powerful that it couldnt be stopped without using the best defensive artifacts and the best defensive skills at the same time.

Damn it, how is this quest worth only two million points?!

Screams burst out across the place.

The systems reward was two million experience points in return for stopping the Red Gate in that place.

After confirming it, the Union called in reinforcements in accordance with the expected difficulty.

However, if such an atypical species were expected, the quests difficulty wouldve increased. Naturally, the rewards would increase as well, and the Union would have sent more reinforcements.

The reason why everything went south was simple.

Even the system failed to predict the situation correctly.

It was circumstantial evidence based on the fact that the Red Gate was out of the systems control.

Damn! Attack again!

The surviving Tongels resumed firing from the cliff.

Their commander shouted to the Gorangsha species.

Ask Union Headquarters for reinforcements! We cant deal with that using the troops here. We need to request for the Elite warriors to be dispatched!

He meant to summon the Elite Awakened beings hired by the Union Headquarters instead of being tied to an individual dimension.

The beings who exercised superior combat capabilities and abilities only took on critical and essential missions as determined by the Union.

The terms of the contract were kept strictly confidential, especially what extraordinary price the Union offered to hire those who didnt lack.

Its impossible to keep up in this way! Come on!

He made judged that they needed an Elite-warrior-level Awakened to fight the rare

The Gorangshas, who were trying to move the metal sand giant again somehow, eventually gave up and sent an emergency request to the Union headquarters.

Then each of them took out a gun-type artifact from their arms.

It was a weapon that worked in no different principle from what the Tongels fought with.

At that moment

Ugh, what are they-?!

Their eyes turned toward Earths Awakened.

While they were distracted by the sudden situation, they had already launched a full-fledged counterattack.

[Duplication!]

[Meteor Strike!]

Rumblee!

A portal appeared in the sky above the plain.

A colossal meteorite fell from the dark space.

Thats-!

A violent shock struck them before they could finish their words.

Boo-boom!

Ugh!

The ground fluctuated as if it was convulsing, and the place where the monster stood turned into lava, sending heat and dust into the sky.

Subsequently, a giant mushroom cloud rose, and the surrounding landscape was distorted.

A terrible heat could be felt even above the cliff.

Isnt that magic only possible by learning the SSS-Class Summon Mastery?

The longer the Main Quest was conducted in a world, the higher the value of the skill card.

Currently, the percentage of Awakened beings compared to non-Awakened on Earth was 0.5%, and the price for a magic card of S-Class or higher was already tremendous. Then, what would happen if that percentage reached 50% or more?

Additionally, the increase in dungeons where cards could be obtained was not always proportional to the rate of Awakened beings increasing.

In the early days of entering the Main Quest, many dungeons opened. Hence, there was enough supply, but the story would change over time. It had reached the point where doubts were raised if whether it wasnt guiding them to carry out the Main Quest instead of continuing to cling on to the dungeon exploration once the number of warriors was secure to a certain extent.

As a result, supply became limited as it led to the second half, while demand increased explosively.

I mean, did the Awakened beings that just started the Main Quest learn such an expensive skill? Thats worth 1.5 million points!

Magic card prices, with a close-to-no chance of securing, were bound to jump even more exponentially.

1.5 million was also for a story only when there was stock; the price tags often meant meaningless according to the market trends.

Furthermore, due to the nature of cards being randomly given, the difficulty increased beyond measure without the same ability as I did.

The moment when everyone was frightened by unexpected scenes

The situation that made their mouths impossible to shut continued.

The magic didnt end after being used once.

[Meteor Strike!]

I-its coming again!

The second meteorite fell with almost no time difference.

Another blow was delivered to the red lava-filled land!

Boo-boom! Rumble!

Thanks to my and Hibikis overlapping use of the [Duplication] skill, it was possible to repeat it four times without additional consumption of Mana.

The result was four consecutive hits of meteorites summoned against the monster.

The ground beneath the cliff turned into hell.

Dust, black smoke, and flames thickly covered the scene, but I quickly grasped the situation inside.

So, at least that much damage should be dealt for the shield to be shaken

However, it was already aware of the attack pattern and changing the composition of the shield.

No more meteorites!

As soon as my words fell, Nate, who was waiting, initiated his multi-calibered cannon.

The bullets weakness, wherein the power dropped sharply outside 10 meters, was offset by Hibikis spell.

Beyond the distorted space, blue rain fell on the monsters body.

The power of each shot easily leaped beyond the weapons used by the Tongel.

Another wave of surprise was released by the aliens who looked at the massive metal structure that rose above Nates head.

Thats an Imperial relic, too!

Another relic appeared following my usage of the flute.

Imperial Heritages Collector? Why would such wealthy beings not buy the summon exemption ticket and be here

Say something that makes sense! Would they have the points to collect those when they had just partnered with the Union??!

Ignoring the murmur, I observed the shield with a sharp gaze.

The blue membrane seemed to be pushed back for a while and quickly regained its form.

No matter how powerful it is, if the same kind of attack repeats for a certain amount of duration, more than a certain number of times, no further damage is applied.

I raised my hand to stop Nates attack.

Since the zombie corps wasnt in a situation to intervene, the remaining means he had left were the Dragon Breath and Photon shells, but those types were too limited.

Instead, I gave the Genograche species and Hibiki an instruction.

Attack in as many different ways as possible! Dont repeat the same sword movement or skill for too long!

Yes!

Got it!

Then, the devil in the golden armor poured like fish in the water.

He unfolded the secret movements of his past masters in quick succession.

The movement of the sword changed every time he swung. The rampant sword energy became soft while heavy and tough while lightthe extremes were of numerous races.

Not even I could count how many sword movements were unleashed.

Okay, its working!

The monster was also unable to adapt to the fast and hectic changes.

While the shield was shaking, Hibikis spell was also activated.

It exploded in unison, and it exploded in a row.

An ice storm passed, an electric current zapped through, and a tidal wave of flames rushed in. The aliens who saw it screamed again.

Those are all SSS-Class magic!

They even thought she could buy a planet with the points she used to purchase the cards of the skills she displayed in battle.

Alright, I see it now.

I, who responded by mixing my own sword movements in moderation between my teammates attacks, finished analyzing the shields properties.

The Mana movements were visible only to my eyes.

As my colleagues shook it, it began to crack gradually.

The condition was utterly different from the one-patterned attack, like when the metal giant brawled and punched, and bolting shots poured from afar.

As the result of calmly observing it over and over again

It finally became visible to my eyes.

Whoooong!

I stopped the sporadic attacks and re-composed myself.

I held up my sword and aimed.

A high level of concentration soon followed.

As it was wondered if the blade was changing its trajectory in the air

Huh?

A sound was heard.

It sounded like a bolt of lightning bursting or the air even splitting.

In the fierce battle, everyone turned their heads towards the source without realizing it.

The scene was observed by Tongel, Gorangsha, and the other Earthlings as well.

After Genograche gained a body, I learned how much sword movements existed in the world by watching how the devil fought.

Beyond simple movements, how the Mana could be played and tampered with to be unleashed All the secrets remained engraved in my head.

However, remembering and using them were different levels of work, so I had to make constant efforts to evolve my knowledge into learning.

The first step in the growth gained by the training took place at that moment.

!

It was a single stroke made out of sword energy.

If Genograche held a trick one at a time and continued in a row without a break, I placed all the secrets movements in one swing.

Some regarded it as a sharp line stroke, but others saw the attack as thousands of strands of meteor shower pouring down from the sky.

Thats!

Everyone who saw the attack had a strong hunch.

That cant be blocked!

The light flashed.

Kwaaaaaah!

Everyone heard a creepy shriek.

The first terrible roar they had heard since the battle began.

Ah!

The ash-colored skin of the monster, which had been attacked so far but had never been scarred

was horribly cut out and cracked.

In human terms, the part where it would correspond to the jaw was wholly cut and fell off, and two and a half of the six eyes were gone.

A more disastrous scene unfolded beneath what was considered half of an eyes dangling optic nerve.

Body fluids and intestines flowed out of the long diagonal line that cut the body!

Whooong!

I didnt stop there.

I shook the sword without hesitation and thrust it in.

The monster screamed and struggled.

That one time, with one swing, my Mana was consumed in a lump. Euclids recharge would not be enough.

I telepathically shouted to the Gorangsha species.

Is it impossible to charge for long distances?!

It was because I saw the scene where they drove the Mana to Gorangsha sitting in the center.

The commander replied.

I-its possible!

My words took the format of a question, but they were close to instructions.

The Gorangshas stopped wasting Mana on gun-type artifacts and sat back on metal plates.

In an instant, Mana was transmitted to me.

Compared to when the opponent entity was in the center of the artifact, it was less efficient, but it was enough for me to use it as a force.

Hooraaaah!

Crrrrrr!

As the attack continued, the monsters movement to avoid it gradually slowed down.

And finally

Crush!

The last blow was dealt.

The top of the head that the monster was desperately protecting-

At the very moment when my sword was stabbed into it

Thump!

The monster knelt.

Swoosh!

The body slowly decomposed and disappeared, turning into dark gray ashes.

Its fingertips were crushed, the forearms, the chest, then the decomposition changed its direction to below the belly, and at the same time, it diverged to create a boundary over the neck, causing it to collapse.

After a while, only the red-melted Earth remained in the place.

The monster had been destroyed.

!

In an instant, the surrounding was devoured by silence.

Gorangsha and Tongel couldnt believe the scene they just witnessed.

That was the case even though it remained as clear as if it was branded in the brain.

It was so intense that it rather felt unrealistic.

I slowly turned my head toward them.

At that moment-

QUEST COMPLETE!

The systems message echoed through everyones ears.

Through telepathy, the aliens realized that what they had just seen was real and that the time for the system to reward them because the monster died and disappeared had come.

Error! Error! Found a critical discrepancy between system prediction and monster entity appeared in reality! Recalculating rewards

The original experience point of the quest was 2 million.

The system took a moment to admit that its prediction was wrong.

Soon, its telepathy rang again.

Recalculated rewards based on difficulty have been completed! Distributing 20 million Experience Points based on contribution to all users who participated in this quest!

And the following message was only heard by my ears.

My eyes got a little bigger.

Hmm?!

There was a story that every being that had already entered the Main Quest often said:

The easiest way to get experience points was the screening quest in the tutorial phase.

That there was no quest in the Main Quest that gave 1 million experience points in return for clearing a simple quest such as targeting SS-Class dungeons.

Upon starting the Main Quest, they said that the level of difficulty became much higher, and there were fewer points in return. Hence, dimensions had to try as hard as possible during the tutorial to collect as many points after being selected.

But

The common knowledge that no point-mine surpassed the screening quest also did not seem to apply to the current situation.

The user is rewarded with 16 million experience points!

In terms of points received after completing a quest, it was a new record.

When I smiled satisfactorily

Paht!

Three new aliens appeared when a flash broke out on the cliff where they were standing.

Huh?

And a strange voice leaked out.

What? Wheres the monster? Did we miss it?!