Side Story Earth (6)
16 years ago, Vladimir Horowitz, who returned from [The Legend of the Arhan Heroes], conquered Russia.
In order to save Russia from sinking under the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions, he simply acted like a Russian because it was a country where it was taken for granted that the powerful had power and authority.
The strong can do anything. Horowitz was willing to overthrow the weak Russian government.
At one point, he thought of using his power to conquer the West, but the returnees were not limited to Russia.
There were countries all over the West… even Ukraine, which was at war, and when we turned our eyes to Asia, China, Korea, and Japan were all formidable.
Is it really necessary to advance?
As long as you stay in Russia, you can live comfortably.
He became complacent.
The world is too wide and big for him to run around in.
In his own country, he was an invincible ax warrior and a czar with no one to check.
Twenty-three years old.
A young man steeped in luxury and pleasure imitated the former president.
It shows off its power, moderately stimulates the outside world, and presents a strong Russia through propaganda and agitation.
Excluding those outside the rankings, such as Masin Park Sirin, Vladimir Horowitz was a super powerhouse ranked 3rd.
12 years like that.
Park Sirin, the Grand President of the Korean Magic Empire, has disappeared.
Through the portal they developed.
“That’s it!”
Dimensional door.
Horowitz was delighted with the discovery of a portal to the other world.
In Russia, he met all kinds of women and lived extravagantly, but there were people who kept coming to mind whenever he had time.
From Marie Alicia Hwaran to Erin Danua and Estelle.
The beauty is the women. Goddesses with heavenly beauty and strength that cannot be compared to women on Earth!
Of course, it doesn’t mean that Horowitz hasn’t worked in that world. He was confident in his own strength and was proud of his growing reputation.
Marie was said to have been imprisoned, but the others had enough to seduce.
-Uh… I’ve never seen Sihoo as a romantic partner… We’re just good friends. sorry.
-You smell like alcohol. I’m going to take a shower.
-Shihu? Hmm… you seem relaxed. Start again with the ax 10,000 times.
-Shifu junior? If you want to date, juniors must first learn how to be considerate of a woman’s feelings. To be honest, when I see a girl who is a junior… I almost start to hate men.
Everything was covered.
The main heroines did not become lovers by pressing the gift button and selecting the dialogue to increase friendliness like in the game.
Above all, Horowitz was a man who proudly boasted of his masculine machoism while showing off his power. There’s no way I could be your lover just because you’re strong. They weren’t particularly disappointed in their powerlessness.
In any case, memories tend to be glorified and it is a pity to miss out. Even more so for those in power who enjoyed all luxuries and pleasures.
So, we attempted to develop a dimensional gate.
Was I lucky? No, was that too reckless?
Russia was the first to develop and commercialize dimensional gates and was able to send the first conquest army.
– You are so reckless, Tsar! Development isn’t even complete yet!
-That’s right! The space was so unstable that the time axis couldn’t be fixed properly!
-No matter how successful the small scouting party was, such a large-scale movement…!
There were some girlish complaints from stupid scholars, but Mother Russia’s handsome men are not afraid of such petty dangers.
He pushed 8,000 Russian troops into a portal where they could all die.
And the result?
“What? The Siberian garrison is annihilated?”
If the military entered through a portal, I understand. Although this world was underdeveloped compared to modern Earth, there were quite a few strong people who were first-class or semi-special.
But why was the garrison guarding the portal suddenly destroyed?
“Tsar…! Please check the satellite observation image!”
As soon as he saw the video, Horowitz felt chills.
The window is flying out.
The light spear, emitting light like a flash, was bending at an impossible angle at an impossible speed, destroying everything, regardless of whether it was a tank, a helicopter, or a fighter jet.
He knows this window.
“Spear of Light… Aradwa?”
Tates Balthazar is here?
For the first time since the appearance of the demon, Horowitz felt cold sweat run down his spine.
Tates Balthazar, the master of the light spear.
He is someone you can only meet twice while playing [The Legend of Arhan Heroes].
The first is the finale of the second year episode. [Autumn Harvest Festival].
When killing Erin Danua, Queen of Paradise, in the Academy Collapse episode, where he invades the Academy with Shadow Demons on the last day of the Harvest Festival.
And only after clearing the Northern Barbarian Subjugation and the Infinite Serpent Mirham Frost Giant Battle and the Three Spring Battles, you will finally encounter Tates Balthazar.
Horowitz recalled the first time he encountered Balthazar.
-you. I’ll just let you go, so go.
Wouldn’t it be possible to win if we fight together with Erin Danua? Her strength was also at an absurd level, so I judged it that way and made every effort.
However, the result was an overwhelming defeat. The moment the spear plunged into Erin’s heart, Horowitz realized that he wasn’t even an obstacle.
-Ha… Is this the only one who is better?
I don’t understand why, but Tates let him go. And a year later, in the final battle, he──
-Tsk.
He died without being able to block the lightly launched light spear. Even though I brought the red spear Ge Derg to attack the light spear, the spear that I was not familiar with slipped and could not even graze the light spear that pierced my heart.
-Nonsense! It’s different from the fall harvest festival! I conquered two precepts! That thing has been greatly weakened? How can you beat something like that!
Although the world spoke of him as having fought with Tates for three days and nights and died a heroic death, Horowitz was unable to cut off even a single beard of Tates.
And now.
Someone who came in from the other side through the portal used a light spear.
It’s definitely true.
Tates Balthazar.
He returned through a portal.
“Shoot him!”
“Cha Char?”
A female secretary casts a puzzled look toward Horowitz, who is having a seizure due to trauma. It was the first time she had seen him, who had always been so confident to the point of madness, look so frightened.
“Nuclear! Nuclear! Never let that guy get close! Shoot them all!”
I pressed the nuclear launch button with an almost maniacal sound.
The great magic hypersonic nuclear missile Avantgarde II,
the ultimate weapon of destruction, was launched all at once towards the Siberian snow fields.
* * * *
– Surrender!
Thousands of guns and hundreds of muzzles. Dozens of helicopters equipped with air-to-ground missiles are staring at us.
The spearman who shattered the Russian portal as soon as he entered the portal is simply staring at the total firepower aimed at him as if he were looking at a toy.
How arrogant.
Russian officer Borisov thought that people from another world who came from another world were foolish.
There were many individuals who transcended humanity due to the Park Si-hoo incident, but most of them were ultimately human.
Except for the demon god Park Sirin, he is an individual who can eventually be subdued by the military.
The reason why Horowitz and other high-rankers easily took power in the early stages of the incident was because their ability to respond was poor.
However, it has been 16 years since the Park Si-hoo incident. The military established a tactical strategy to deal with superhumans and knew very well their limitations.
‘It looks like it’s a bit strong, but that’s okay. ‘An individual can no longer defeat an army.’
Maha Kali of India, one of the ten powers excluding the demon god, was exactly like that.
Although he was one of the three strongest people in the 90s, he took advantage of China’s weakened state to invade Western China and melted to death after being showered with firepower from the collective army.
He was so overconfident in his personal power that he acted recklessly and fell.
– Surrender! Surrender or we will fire!
Overwhelming firepower wipes out individuals. That textbook standard remains the same even in modern times.
-They said everyone was dying, so it looks like there was an army to use for this.
I thought that the shining spear was not an ordinary object, but it was only a spear. Numerous gun barrels clank and fingers point to the trigger.
-Kill him!
As soon as the order was given, hundreds of thousands of bullets were fired at once.
A volley of fire that is likely to cause a landslide even with a 7.62mm bullet net.
The commander chuckled, saying that he would increase his record of killing the first person from another world.
『 ᛇ 』 ── Awaz’s
finger traced the air before the first barrage arrived.
Rune of defense.
The defensive text engraved by the rune master became a shield that blocked hundreds of thousands of bullets.
-Is this a defensive magic?
-It’s quite blocking! But there are a lot of wizards who can do that!
Next, 155mm artillery shells and air-to-ground missiles from attack helicopters rained down.
The rune barrier splits and crumbles. The moment everything is destroyed is the end of this guy!
However, rune master Corin Locke was leaning against the wall, peeling away the MREs of the Russian troops stationed at the portal.
“What the fuck, production in 2022? The Korean military is no different!”
Corin, who was carrying the American military canteen used in Normandy, was also astonished by this. Shouldn’t we at least adhere to the expiration date?
Regardless of that margin, the runes of defense are gradually breaking down. Should we praise our rune skills, which remain unbreakable despite being hit with firepower equivalent to devastating an area?
‘I feel like my runes have also strengthened since I became the God King.’
As a simpleton rune magician, I never thought I could defend myself this far with my own runes.
“MREs are inedible… and we can’t kill them all…”
Corin held up a light spear. As far as I can tell, there are more than 5,000 people around here. To kill without harm, you have to do it in moderation.
“What is your crime? You are all the ones who were dragged in.”
He was projecting the joys and sorrows of being a conscripted soldier onto Russian soldiers.
“Aradwa.”
The window of automatic pilcheon of pilcheon. The light spear emits light in response to his will.
This light spear, which was acquired after defeating Danan Tates Balthazar of the Light, recognizes Corin Locke as its owner.
He goes so far as to actively follow his orders, as if to chase out the sun, Klau Solas, and use only him.
“Just enough so that no one gets killed. Smash guns and cut off only the barrels of tanks. Helicopters… are armed and only blow up the engines to prevent explosions.”
If I’m lucky, I’ll live.
The next moment, a light spear flew.
Aradwa, the Spear of Light. That speed is truly light itself.
Aradwa receives the master’s abundant magical power and carries out given orders without fail.
The soldiers screamed and the tank was cut down.
Armored vehicles with their tracks shattered were buried in the middle of a snowy field.
The helicopter operators who were watching the soldiers’ screams erupted here and there with their mouths open, speechless.
-Kagak!
Something with speed beyond recognition flies into the helicopter formation. All the pilots noticed was that something was passing overhead.
-What the fuck!
-Fall!
They perceived it as 0.8 seconds. Meanwhile, all 16 attack helicopters crash.
Feudalism began after the Park Si-hoo incident.
In a destroyed democracy where a superman had to be appointed as president, czar, or grand president.
Humanity has finally reversed the symmetry between superhumans and the military.
In the end, an individual cannot defeat an army or a nation.
But for now.
An era of humiliation in human history has arrived.
It was a result brought about by the nations of Earth themselves.
* * * *
After the defeat in Ukraine, Russia neglected its economy and began rebuilding its military.
Among them, Russia could be said to be second only to the United States in the battle against superhumans against returnees.
Although they were not well trained, their numbers were acceptable, and the Red Team’s unique disregard for human life made the soldiers willing to risk their lives.
The logic is that even if all 10,000 soldiers die, it is beneficial to capture just one Park Si-hoo.
If you make your opponent submit, it’s okay to lose anything else. Whether it’s soldiers, equipment, economy… In any case, you can achieve a mental victory by achieving the results at the end and winning.
However, Russia lost game after game against the knight who appeared beyond their portal.
Corin Locke was immovable, and all the firepower poured at him could not hurt him, and a spear of light appeared from nowhere and neutralized the Russian army like a hand.
Meanwhile, the horror was that the only people who died were pilots who could not escape from destroyed fighter planes or infantrymen who died due to a mistake made by our troops.
Even the infantrymen could feel with their own skin that something in that other world was looking at us so mercifully.
Apart from that, infantrymen who had been pushed to a terrible extent lost their weapons, tanks and armored vehicles were cut down mercilessly, and helicopters and fighter planes crashed one after another.
I see no way to resist. Even the barrage of bombs couldn’t make that monster take a single step.
A Siberian snowfield covered in heavy rain and dust. It was eight hours after the start of the battle that the Tsar, who witnessed the satellite photo of Gwangchang Aradwa, suffered a seizure of trauma and after six divisions had been destroyed.
-All troops retreat!
-Each person must survive on their own!
The time when I was protecting a scared 17-year-old Russian boy soldier from a baptism of carpet bombing.
As the moonlight illuminated the snowy field, something flew from the sky. Korin saw something Mach 27 in his field of vision and knew it was an ICBM.
“Shooting a nuke into your own country?”
The hypersonic nuclear missile manufactured in preparation for the Battle of Daimashin directly hit Corin Locke.
The night lights up and the roaring sound is swallowed up by an explosion.
The overwhelming heat that blows away the snow on the snowy field. The terrible shock wave created by dozens of 3-megaton nuclear missiles instantly melted the ground.
The impact of Mach 27. The heat and shock waves of a direct explosion. In addition, there is radioactivity that contaminates living things.
It was only for a moment, but Corin lost his eyesight.
When I came to my senses, I found myself engulfed in red heat covering all directions.
Only when he sees that the child soldier who had been patting his shoulder a moment ago has disappeared without a trace does Corin feel that Russia has endured the sacrifices of its own soldiers without any hesitation.
“You crazy bastards.”
No matter how much it seems like they can’t win, does that mean they’re going to rain a barrage of nuclear missiles on their own soldiers?
What about the soldiers who will melt? What about nearby cities? What is the damage from fallout?
Are you so panicked that you can’t even make the slightest rational decision? Is there a leader who despises human life that much?
Would you rather send your country into a nuclear shower than surrender or negotiate? Does this mean that the world has become ruled by such crazy people?
Corinne examines her body.
The concept of Cloud Solas, a sun that is resistant to all heat, even blocked the heat of a nuclear explosion. The power to purify evil also quickly destroyed the radioactivity seeping into the body.
What hurt him was the waves created in the aftermath of the shock. But even that is minor.
For him, who has surpassed the status of a human and attained godhood, the effects of firearms in human history are greatly reduced. It is not for nothing that the gods claim to be immortal.
To defeat them, you must fight them on equal footing with auras, magical treasures, and superhuman strength.
Because the heroes of the Goidel people were such strong men, they were able to overthrow the gods.
“All your clothes are burned…”
He opens the treasure trove of Mananan Mak Liir and Lu that was given to me.
Hidden in subspace, this warehouse is the God King’s own inventory. Corinne had put miscellaneous daily necessities there.
Take out the same clothes from the treasure trove and wear them. Corinne remembers the Russian child soldier who was crying and looking for his mother.
“You poor bastards.”
I was planning on making a moderate show of force and negotiating. The idea was to define a line to be followed and warn that anyone who crosses it will be punished.
Corin Locke was ultimately a small citizen who grew up with the roots of democracy, so he saw no need to undermine the authority of a leader elected by the people.
But the world of 2036… at least Russia does not seem worthy of such warmth.
The God King walks.
The sun and light are captured together.
They cannot stop the god of the other world from approaching the Moscow Kremlin.
– Tsar! Tsar! It’s the sun! Siberian snow fields…! The sun is melting!
-Ugh! What’s this! The squadron is annihilated! The squadron is going down in less than 3 seconds!
-Abnormal electromagnetic field occurs! Radar not working! All units that approached had lost communication! That sun is blocking electromagnetic waves!
-That special structure is eating the missile! Even nuclear weapons won’t work! No amount of firepower can even hit that thing!
“The Tsar! The Tsar must step forward!”
“My me?”
Chairman of the military staff meeting. While viewing the unbelievable video, everyone’s eyes naturally turn to one person.
There is only one way.
Russia’s strongest power.
A superhuman who transcends the human body.
The ax warrior who broke through the Russian army of the time and split the head of dictator Vladimir Putin.
He felt embarrassed in front of the expectations placed on him.
I? why?
What should I do with that monster?
It is a monster that even nuclear weapons cannot work on. No, if it were me, I would have been defeated a long time ago with just the firepower I used before launching the nuclear weapon.
But now that he has stepped forward, what can he do?
He also saw a huge double-edged ax being carried ostentatiously in diplomatic settings.
When was the last time you swung that thing? Was it when you cut the swimming pool in half to brag to your lover?
He stood up, looking for an excuse, and saw his lower body waddling around.
16 years. 16 years immersed in comfort and luxury is enough time to turn a warrior into a fat pig.
When did you gain so much weight? Where on earth did the mighty body that could split mountains go?
With such a miserable body… facing such a monster?
“I can’t…” This
is impossible, even if it means letting go of the throne of the Russian Tsar. Just when I was thinking about running away abroad and trying to come up with an excuse for the moment──
– Boom!
Something fell, shattering the roof of the Kremlin Palace.
“Hehe, I know this is a cultural asset, but it’s a bit of a waste.”
Corin Locke.
He descended before Horowitz.
The spearman’s gaze turns to the miserable pig.
“I came right away because there were the most aurors… What are you?”
Corinne came to visit the mighty Ax Warrior she had seen on her smartphone. But what you see in front of you is a pig.
“How rude! I am the Tsar of the Russian Empire…”
He could not finish his sentence. A light kick sent him flying all the way to the outer wall of the Kremlin Palace.
Corrin ran up to Horowitz, who was thrown off the wall and threw out a spear.
“You’re holding an axe. Swing it.”
In that split second, I instinctively grabbed the ax. He managed to block Corrin’s spear with it. His body cannot bear the weight of the spear and falls to the floor.
“Off…!”
“Ha……”
That sucks. Even blocking it.
It couldn’t even withstand a blow from a light swing and fell to the floor.
“That guy, Park Sirin, his magic has become sharper than before.”
Can someone who has neglected himself for 16 years really be called a warrior?
Corin was disappointed by the indolence and laziness of the Earthlings, and black energy began to bloom on the spear.
“There’s nothing more to see.”
In a moment. A dark area that Horowitz does not recognize. In it, he was unable to block a single blow and was pierced through the heart.
“If only the nuclear weapon had not been launched, the position would have been maintained.”
Anyway, this guy and that guy, what do they think about human life?
May 2036.
Ardri Corin Locke.
He destroyed 15 divisions of the Russian Empire and killed Tsar Vladimir Horowitz.
He was the only person killed of his own volition, and the Russian command, seeing him being overwhelmed, lost its will to fight and called for unconditional surrender.
“I announce this to the whole world,”
he declared in front of all foreign reporters after surrendering the Russian Empire in just one day.
At that time, the news that Blood God Li Chao had died in West China, all Park Si-hoo dispatched by the Japanese government had been destroyed, and the U.S. Pentagon had been occupied had been confirmed to be true.
“Stop developing the portal and stop being ambitious about this world. But whatever…if you want to try it, go for it.”
Park Si-hoo and others have returned from the other world.
Their powers were all superhuman and greatly changed human history.
The world recognized their power and honored some as presidents, others as tsars, and others as presidents.
So…
what kind of attitude should we take towards the gods in front of us?
None of the reporters could open their mouths in front of the Sun God’s maniacal smile.
Side Story Episode 4
Earth Complete