< Final Chapter-012. >
What the… what is that…
A human? Did a person just erge from the monster’s biological tissue?
Murmurs could be heard from so of the soldiers at the front line.
The deepest part of the monster’s nest.
The reason for their unrest was the sudden appearance of a girl who seed out of place in such a location.
“Hey Eugene. Don’t tell
that’s……”
Irene was slowly descending towards them.
And the monsters were moving carefully, as if assisting her movents.
Upon recognizing her face, Ortega’s expression at the front line contorted.
“Enemy forces still remain. That giant flower will resu activity soon.”
“That’s not the issue right now! The one walking towards us is……”
“I’ll handle the enemy queen monster. The rest of you break through the concentrated monster forces and destroy the core at their center. Once we destroy the queen maintaining the rift and the power source, the mission is complete.”
“Queen? No, I an, what’s there right now is……”
Seemingly unable to organize his thoughts, Ortega kept trailing off.
Well, that’s to be expected.
After all, Irene, who he thought was just a girl following , had erged from within a monster’s mbrane.
And then there was , acting as if I had known about all of this from the start.
Nothing about this situation made any sense.
But at that mont.
“The mission objective remains unchanged, Ortega. Maintain formation and prepare for battle. We charge on Eugene’s signal.”
Guille’s voice ca from behind.
After approaching us and confirming Irene’s face, he turned to look at .
“You can demand explanations from this guy after we make it back alive.”
“……”
“Right? Eugene.”
So he’s not going to let this slide.
“Yeah. I promise you everything.”
After hearing my confirmation, Guille nodded once and walked forward.
“What are you all doing-!”
Guille’s thunderous shout rang out.
As if snapped back to attention by his voice, the soldiers’ gazes shifted to Guille.
“The Supre Commander has destroyed the enemy’s central organ! This is our chance to strike! It’s now or never!”
What mattered now wasn’t the origin of the monsters or the identity of the mysterious girl, but surviving and breaking through those monsters.
Seeming to understand Guille’s aning, the Special Magical Power Unit mbers readied their equipnt.
Whir–!
The formula generation devices on their chests were at maximum output.
Magic bullets were fired to fill the magic circuits.
The magic imprint embedded in their right arms activated, beginning to shape the overflowing magical power into formulas.
Imprints emitting different lights, weapons heated with majestic magical power.
As if responding to this display, the monsters also ford ranks and prepared for battle.
“The Red King has broken the flower. The Queen herself enters the battle.”
“Ti is needed for the rose to recover. Blooming is not far off.”
“Protect the rose. It is the Queen’s command.”
Crunch, crunch-!
The precisely assembled biological organs spewed magical power, and the magic imprints at their core rapidly generated formulas.
Magical power filled the muscles positioned inside the exoskeletons, and their extrely enhanced bodies were radiating heat as if ready to burst forth at any mont.
Like bombs about to detonate.
At the mont when the tension between the two groups reached its peak.
“All forces charge forward! Send these damn monster bastards straight to hell!”
“Uwaaaaah–!”
With Guille’s cry, hundreds of spells deployed at maximum output painted the entire sky.
Monsters were sent flying, unable to withstand the pressure of the explosion formulas.
A monster’s blade pierced through a barrier and impaled a mage’s shoulder.
Heavy monsters erged from various locations to block the battle line.
Heavy-armored enhanced infantry moved to the front line to break through them by force.
Explosions, light, smoke, flas.
It was enough to disorient all five senses and make one forget where they were.
In the midst of this trendous heat.
In the center of the battlefield where cannon fire and death rained down like a storm, Irene and I faced each other.
“They’re strong. Even though I spent 5 years ticulously preparing this army, they might break through if we make even a small mistake.”
“Is that so.”
As I watched Irene speak with a smile, I slowly channeled magical power into my imprint.
“Let
ask you sothing, just in case.”
Speaking in a low voice.
Looking at Irene’s blackened eyes, I asked.
“Are you being controlled?”
“No.”
An imdiate answer without a mont’s hesitation.
Finding my stern expression quite amusing, Irene gave
a slight smile.
“If I said I was, would you forgive ?”
“No.”
My answer was just as imdiate.
The reason Irene could function in human society was because she hid the fact that she was the monster queen.
Because she chose to suppress her monster instincts and appetite to live alongside humans.
But with this invasion, she had crossed a line.
She opened the rift, sent out her army, and even attacked human cities.
This couldn’t be overlooked.
Neither by Irene. Nor by .
“I secretly concealed and harbored a being no different from a monster, let it move freely in human society, and the queen that grew up that way invaded the entire continent. I should get down on my knees and thank them if this ends with just impeachnt.”
Perhaps I’ll have to personally sign my own death warrant.
Moreover, the most crucial issue was what Irene had shown during this process…
“The monsters growing behind the petals. That’s the biggest problem, isn’t it?”
“……What?”
An unexpected response ca.
Had she read my mind sohow?
Seeing my wide-eyed expression, Irene cheerfully pointed behind herself.
“The Secretary General, the Emperor… The existence prophesied by those who saw the future, the swarm of monsters covering the continent’s skies.”
“……”
“The true ending of this ga… that Eugene, who only aid to survive, tried to prevent even by engaging in politics that didn’t suit him…”
Unbelievable words continued to flow from Irene’s mouth.
“How about that? I know quite a lot, don’t I?”
“How do you know about……”
“Surprising, right? I know lots of other things too. For example……”
Irene paused briefly, then looked at
with a hardened expression.
“Where Eugene ca from.”
“What kind of person you were, and how you ca here.”
“What my original self was, and what fate I t in the ‘original work’.”
Information she couldn’t possibly know.
Facts she shouldn’t know kept pouring out.
“The ‘voice’ told . The rift is a passage connecting world to world. And the queen is a being who can open and close that passage.”
“……!”
“That’s how I learned. The mont the queen accepts the factor and opens the rift herself, she becos a being who can traverse worlds.”
Told her?
Voice?
My mind couldn’t keep up with the situation.
“But well… this honestly doesn’t matter much.”
What matters is Eugene.
Saying that, Irene continued speaking while directing her empty black eyes at .
“To change the predetermined destruction, Eugene has been constantly burning himself up, right?”
“……”
“But now, there’s no need for that.”
As Irene continued speaking, the tentacles sprouting from her back gradually took shape.
The biological tissue that had wrapped around her body and served as stairs.
Grotesque wings made of black shadows and red muscle.
“The future won’t change. Just like Eugene sees it”
The mont those words were heard, Irene’s tentacles were stretching toward my face.
“Kugh?!”
Bang–!
There wasn’t ti to deploy a barrier.
Defense using the pressure of explosion formulas.
The massive explosion deflected Irene’s tentacles, but there was no ti to feel relieved.
– Grrrooowl–!
Imdiately, tentacles with enormous teeth lunged at .
They charged forward roaring like separate living beings.
And simultaneously, shadows crept along the ground trying to ensnare my body.
The shadows, which had completely dissolved the magical power field I had set up around , were blocking my escape routes.
‘Damn it……!’
Black Witch Irene, a boss monster appearing in [Revolution Empire].
In the original work, protagonist Eugene encounters her one week after the outbreak of the ‘Black Witch Incident’.
Margrave Gloucester, a seven stroke mage who maintained his strength despite his age.
The battle-hardened Gloucester Knight Order under his direct command.
Count Elcryer who plotted to control the rift through her, along with thousands of his ‘disciples’ serving as his guards.
Having only recently awakened as queen, she single-handedly pushed back that trendous force.
There was only one reason the protagonist could capture Irene.
Because she was in a critical condition, exhausted from continuous battles.
‘However, the situation now is even more serious.’
Gritting my teeth, I drove the ‘Spear of Mithra’ into the center of the gaping maw.
The shadow disappeared without a trace.
No, it hadn’t disappeared.
It had rely dispersed temporarily.
Unless I could attack Irene herself, it would be impossible to stop those shadows.
“Hehe!”
With a short laugh, the shadows spread around suddenly shot forward.
Like a cage trying to trap .
However, there was no way I wouldn’t have noticed such an encirclent strategy.
If infinite regeneration was Irene’s greatest advantage, there was only one way to counter it.
Simply burn her until she dies.
Screech–!
“Hey, over there……”
“Primal imprint at maximum output……”
“All units disperse! If you get caught in that, you’ll lt right through your enhancent suit!”
Matt skillfully dispersed the troops after detecting my formula.
Wide-area incineration formula, [Heliosphere]
Initially, it was just a formula that covered an area in flas, but things change when deployed with a primal imprint.
A furnace that literally vaporizes everything within range.
If there was one drawback, it would be that it lts even the ground you need to stand on.
Sizzle–!
Along with the sound of burning flesh, blackened shadows and tentacles were strewn about.
Crunch… Crunch……
Irene’s tentacles staggered across the ground with intermittent groans.
As the shadows covering the biological tissue cleared away, the main body made of muscle and teeth was revealed.
Crack-!
Without delay, I stepped on it to crush its windpipe.
But there were still plenty of problems.
Thinking this, I raised Heresy in my right hand and aid straight ahead.
Formula activated at maximum output.
Even after taking that head-on, Irene was unscathed.
“Wow, that’s super hot!”
As she exclaid in amazent, black shadows flickered around her.
Crunch-!
The mont she tore off her charred wings, monster biological tissue spread throughout Westraine rushed toward her.
Wings gradually regenerating.
And tentacles sprouting around them, baring their teeth at .
‘So the entire city of Westraine is essentially Irene’s body.’
Then the most effective strategy would be to burn down the whole city. However……’
“You can’t burn down a city where Mari might be. Right, Eugene?”
This is really driving
crazy.
Answering my thoughts like that.
It feels like eting the Emperor who died 5 years ago all over again.
“Just accept it already, Eugene.”
Not content with just regenerating tentacles and wings, new things began forming around her.
Dozens of spears made of shadows.
Undulating vines.
Even shadows creeping up while quickly repairing the lted ground.
“From the mont you ca down here, you had no chance of winning.”
“……Ha.”
Perhaps she was right.
While the opponent’s resources were infinite, our options were limited.
Even without Mari, it would be impossible to burn down the entire city while fighting hundreds of pure-breed monsters.
Breaking through the deadlocked frontline was also unrealistic, and considering the monsters that would be produced even at this very mont… the numbers just didn’t add up.
However.
“If I had co down alone, then of course I would have had no chance.”
“……?”
Saying this, I pointed my finger at Irene’s face.
“But at least, I could buy ti, couldn’t I?”
My finger pointed to the sky.
The gloomy sky that hadn’t yet been taken by the monsters.
“Ti for the airship fleets that departed from each region to arrive here.”
“?!”
And the mont my words ended.
Boom-!
The sky opened up, revealing a fleet of hundreds of aircraft.
Gloucester, Korhonen, Nachtval, Buckenheim.
A swarm of airships filling the sky, bearing the crests of the houses that survived the war.
The real operation was just beginning.
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