How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 130
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Episode 130. Disaster vs. Human vs. Monster (1).
Kael, who had disappeared from the garden of the Damier family, reappeared in the sky high above, overlooking the capital city.
He stood in the void where he could not step as if he were standing on the ground and looked down. He saw the buildings that looked very small like miniatures and the countless people on the paths between the buildings.
People wearing pure white uniforms made their way on both sides, and people wearing clothes of different colors moved along the road.
– Taaak!
He raised his hand, snapped his fingers together, and six magically transparent screens, like those he had used in the port town of Lwen, appeared, showing him a view of the capital.
The four screens show the entrances to the four corners of the capital. The remaining two screens show the remains of the central fountain and the central plaza, where the temporary shelters have been cleared away, and the gardens inside the palace that will be used as shelters.
The Idea Response Team, the Imperial Knights, and the Holy Knights were assigned positions by the Emperor.
?Let Sir Eden take charge of the east, Sir Tariq of the west, Lars of the south, and Sir Adrina of the north. On the square where the central fountain was, let Lady Flora protect the people of the empire with the knights assigned to each position.? And Kael… .
?Count Damier, I have received a report from the village of Lwen that your magic was able to reveal various locations in Lwen and capture those who impersonated Idea. Please use that magic to check their assigned locations in real time.? ?You are the one who can move the fastest among them, so I would like you to lend your strength to any place that needs support.? Kael, who recalled Emperor Bastian’s order and scanned the screen once, opened his other space, took out a chair, and sat down in it.
As if unaffected by gravity, the chair Kael was sitting on firmly supported his body in the floorless air, and as Kael moved his hand, the screens that had been hanging down indiscriminately were aligned in two rows of three each.
Kael snapped his fingers again as he looked at the screen that had become much more comfortable to look at, and sounds around him began to be heard on the screen.
People’s voices could gradually be heard above the sound of the ground rumbling, as if it were background music.
[Is the evacuation of the people finished? Check to see if there are any people left!!!]
[Please make sure everyone nearby has evacuated.]
[My name is Tariq and I am conducting today.]
[Okay, let’s not let our guard down! Got it?]
The voices of Eden and Lars were heard first, followed by those of Tariq and Adrina.
[Wizards, please prepare for the building collapsing! Priests, please ask for the names of those coming here and check if everyone on the list that was distributed in advance has gathered!]
[Please put on your helmet and sit down.]
In the central fountain shelter, the voice of Cloris was heard for the last time, and in the palace, Bastian himself came out and comforted the anxious people.
Kael carefully looked at the people on the screen.
There were those who were crouching with their bodies shaking, and there were children who were crying in vague fear, unable to understand the situation they were in, and the parents who were holding the children in their arms and trying to smile.
Meanwhile, the ground continued to shake, with several buildings shaking together and small debris like dust falling like snow.
“Phew… .”
He held his breath.
The current situation is not as bad as I thought.
It wouldn’t be long before the main force would crash into the empire, into the entire world. You would think that a few minutes ago, a few seconds ago, was better than it was now.
“By the way, it’s a shame that all the wizards are stationed in the shelter. I understand that, though.”
As if he was mumbling slowly while blinking his eyes, knights were waiting at the entrance to the capital city on the screen. Palace magicians and priests were waiting in the central square and the palace.
The reason for this distribution of personnel was simple.
The number of knights was three times greater than the number of wizards and priests combined… no, the difference was even greater.
During the forward tremors when the shaking was not so strong, the buildings would have held up, but when the main tremors came, some buildings would certainly collapse, and the only people who could block the debris from falling on people were magicians.
It was unfortunate that there were only a few of them, but given the current situation, it was unavoidable, so the wizards were deployed to places where people had evacuated.
“I wonder if I can stop it.”
When the main force arrived, most of the building would collapse. Thinking about the number of wizards deployed, Kael took out a pocket watch the size of a palm from his bosom, hoping that they would be able to block the debris well.
Kael muttered softly as he checked the hour and minute hands on the open clock with a clicking sound.
“It’s almost time to get moving.”
The advance takes place 20 minutes later.
It was enough time for those living near each entrance to distance themselves enough to avoid being caught up in the fighting, and enough time for the monsters to reveal themselves before those at the entrance.
[Monsters…! Monsters are coming!!! The number is six… no, eight! I guess there are five low-level monsters and three mid-level monsters!!!]
[There are goblins, orcs, ogres, and winged monsters you’ve never seen before!]
The voices of the knights who had identified the monsters poured out simultaneously from the screen. To the east and west, Jack, to the south, Raisa, and to the north, Lina began to move the monster dolls.
[Fortunately, there are fewer of them than expected!!!]
[It seems like we can block it easily with our current personnel.]
On the screen, voices continued to flow, and as if responding to the hopeful voices, Kael muttered to himself.
“I wonder if that’s true.”
Of course, in normal times, it would have been a monster that could easily be stopped with the personnel deployed as I said, but the current situation was different than usual.
He stared blankly at those who were preparing to fight the monsters they would soon encounter on the screen. In an instant, their calm expressions changed to confusion as they took out their swords from their scabbards, loaded their bows with arrows, and pulled back the bowstrings to attack the winged monster gargoyles.
They were knights, not ordinary people.
These were people who had been holding swords their entire lives and who still never neglected their training. Kael never underestimated their strength.
However, the reason he sent fewer monsters than they could normally subdue was because of the ground shaking.
How many of them have ever fought with a sword on a land that is constantly shaking? Even the Empire of Tius was an empire that experienced an earthquake weaker than the one shaking the ground now, perhaps once a year.
Those who had always trained and fought on unshakable ground would not be able to easily keep their balance on ground that was shaking so much and would shake even more in the future.
They were physically trained, so they would be faster than the average person, but at least not right now when facing a monster.
[Adjust to the shaking of the ground! Put more strength into your legs than usual so that your body’s balance is not lost!!!]
[Don’t let go of your sword! You must quickly deal with the monsters before a bigger earthquake comes!]
Even though Tariq had already told him about this matter in advance, Kael could understand why the two were able to assume the position of commanders of the Imperial Knights, seeing that Eden and Adrina were not wavering at all and were carefully leading the knights.
“By the way, Lars’ side….”
His gaze moved to the eastern entrance where Lars, who had been the most worrisome part, was, and Kael’s eyebrows moved slightly as he confirmed his appearance.
His calm emerald eyes were silently staring at the monsters. His posture was so steady that it almost felt like the ground around him was not shaking.
“…why?”
Kael’s lips parted and a question escaped him quietly.
In the original, when the second disaster came.
Lars was now facing salty ideas, not monsters, the exact opposite of what he was facing now, and he was unable to keep his balance on the shaking ground.
“Unusually, Lars had difficulty keeping his balance on the endlessly shaking ground. He chewed the inside of his mouth as the earthquake shook his posture, even making him lose his sword-holding posture.
‘It’s so hard to keep your balance.’
The pungent scent of blood filled my mouth.
“Lars!!! Aside from the shaking, it’s no different from the ground you usually stand on, so put strength into your legs and focus!!!”
Adriana’s voice flew clearly into Lars’s ears through the rumbling of the ground, and he took a deep breath, gripping his sword tightly so as not to lose it, and exhaled. With Adriana’s help, he succeeded in regaining his balance. He was a sword master who had encountered a second disaster, but he had not been able to grasp the unfamiliar situation.
The current Lars is significantly weaker than the original Lars. It was only natural, since the most suitable sacrificial lambs with the abilities he needed were right by his side.
But what was he like now? He looked like he had experienced an earthquake, like he had been through this situation before.
For a moment, the ground stopped rumbling. Silence fell as the seemingly endless sound coming from the screen stopped.
In that silence, hope and relief passed across people’s faces, and as if mocking it, the ground began to shake and rumble louder and more violently.
– Thud, kooguguguguung? KWAANG?!!!!!
The earth shook. The trembling ground rose and fell, causing people to lose their balance and causing buildings to sway.
There were so many screams that they could be heard even from high up in the sky, even on the screen. Some were gasping for breath in fear, others were lying flat on the ground, and others were crawling, holding onto the hem of the clothes of those stronger than them.
It was such a chaotic scene that you could almost say that even the scene just a moment ago was peaceful.
[Kik, kkk- kik-!!!]
The monster’s roar echoed loudly across the gap. As if it were a signal, the monsters facing each other at the entrance rushed in all at once.
The fight between humans and monsters in the midst of a disaster has begun.
And Kael, who was watching the whole scene, slowly opened his mouth.
“It’s almost as if… you’ve regressed.”
His gaze, as he spoke softly in a lowered voice, was directed at the blindingly bright white sword energy surrounding the holy sword that Lars was holding on the screen.
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