Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 133

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 133

Operation ‘Crevasse’ (3)

 

 

 

Ping Xin’s headquarters command room.

Red lights were rapidly going out on the massive tactical map.

Ping Xin’s deputy director, Tian Hengwei, trembled while clutching a radio item.

“South gate outpost, respond! Respond! Damn it, all I hear is static!!”

Just then, a scream-filled report burst through another channel.

Crackle.

『This is 3rd platoon! Request support! This is 3rd platoon! Request support! The eastern barrier has been breached. Qinglei is…!』

Gunfire and explosions tore through like a knife cutting paper.

Then the radio went dead.

Tian Hengwei’s hands trembled even more violently.

Soon another channel followed.

『Western hangar annihilated! Enemy has seized the runway!』

『East gate breached! Sniper has… Gah!!』

『Commander, this is headquarters direct. South gate has fallen!』

『…All the tank depots are on fire…!』

『ASTRA! ASTRA has also been spotted! Orders! Please give us orders!!』

Only screams cutting off one after another and static remained in the radio.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Heavy air settled down.

Not only Tian Hengwei, but even the surrounding adjutants couldn’t breathe.

“This can’t be happening… How could mere Qinglei move so fast…!”

Even when they first received intelligence that White Burn’s Z Team, which had inherited the Thunder Unit, was targeting them,

the command was confident.

No matter how much their operation in Korea had failed, surely they wouldn’t come directly to attack them in China.

And with less than twenty people?

Ping Xin thought Z Team had gone insane.

No matter how much ASTRA supported them, attacking a base with hundreds of stationed personnel with just that much was like throwing eggs at rocks.

So the command judged that the intelligence shared by the MSS (Chinese Intelligence Agency) about ‘large-scale secret movement of over ten domestic teams from White Burn’ was ‘real’.

That Z Team was just making empty boasts on the surface, but in reality White Burn was using all their strength to attack them.

So they were preparing defensive systems in preparation for their movements…

They really kept their bold promises.

They had caught them off guard.

The problem was that the attack was so sharp it became a fatal wound that pierced straight to the throat in one strike.

There was absolutely no way to handle the situation in sight.

‘Is there something that only elite small forces can accomplish that only elite small forces can do…? But the power gap is far too large. What kind of place are they exactly?’

It was completely incomprehensible by his common sense.

Especially their commander felt too frightening.

‘I-if this was going to happen, I should have properly listened to the commander’s words…!’

Just as Tian Hengwei squeezed his eyes shut,

“So when we told you long ago to hand over operational command to us, you should have handed it over instead of holding out and causing this mess, right?”

A sarcastic tone was heard from the direction of the command room door.

Pronunciation that was heavily slurred as if still clumsy with Chinese.

Tian Hengwei opened his eyes and glared in that direction.

Five Hunters stood there with bitter smiles on their lips.

Their styling, which differed greatly from the Chinese, indicated they were Korean.

“The blitzkrieg that Qinglei is conducting right now is one type of decapitation operation. From the looks of it, it seems Twin Shot is in command rather than Jet, but moving troops that way leads to ruin.”

They were talents that Xu Changyou had specially recruited from Korea.

Former executives who had commanded Qinglei before Jet took over Qinglei.

They had also been very helpful in creating Ping Xin.

“In your eyes, do you see how to deal with this?”

“Well, somewhat?”

The woman who had been Qinglei’s sub-leader replied coldly with a laugh.

“So what do you intend to do?”

“…I’ll return operational command to you.”

Tian Hengwei, who had been part of Feng Jinghao’s faction in the past, didn’t like seeing these small country Gaoli bangzi (derogatory term for Koreans) gaining power,

but he knew well that if he let Ping Xin be destroyed like this because of pride, his fate afterward wouldn’t end with just a simple purge.

“You made the right choice even now. I’ll make sure you don’t regret it.”

The woman smiled slyly.

 

* * *

 

Crackle.

『East and west gate capture complete. Moving to next target.』

『Tank depot demolition complete.』

『Infiltrating from the east toward the command control room. Current resistance is weakening.』

Even amid the continuous stream of reports, Kim Min-jeong occasionally checked enemy movements through her infrared scope.

In fact, she was frantically busy handling too many things at once.

But conversely, her mind was incredibly clear.

How to move, how the enemy would react – it was amazing how clearly she could see everything.

Lee Hyeon was right.

Command suited her like perfectly fitted clothes.

‘How did Senior Lee know about my talent that even I didn’t know?’

The enemies couldn’t get their bearings at all. They couldn’t utilize either the advantage of it being their base or having far superior numbers.

She found this situation incredibly fun.

Being able to manipulate the battlefield at will while holding it in the palm of her hand.

‘But don’t get carried away, Kim Min-jeong. This is also partly due to the fortune created by Senior Lee directly striking the central base.’

Kim Min-jeong’s eyes sank deeply.

‘Actually, the enemies’ atmosphere has been subtly changing since a little while ago.’

Lee Hyeon always described this kind of thing as the ‘scent’ changing.

He always said counterattacks occurred at times like this.

‘The commander has changed. Who is it?’

Several facts she had heard during the pre-mission briefing flashed through Kim Min-jeong’s mind.

Among Blue Thunder’s former executives and non-commissioned officers, there were quite a few who had switched to Ping Xin’s side at Xu Changyou’s suggestion…

Among them was someone Kim Min-jeong had idolized like a hero during her rookie days.

‘Senior Seo. It’s not really you, is it?’

Just then it happened.

Crackle.

“This is Bolt 1, do you copy, Cloud 1?”

It was Oh Su-heon.

Her voice was much heavier than before.

Kim Min-jeong instantly felt that something was wrong.

“This is Cloud 1. Go ahead.”

They were currently in the middle of an operation.

All formalities were omitted.

Crackle.

“Something’s been strange for a while now.”

“Explain in detail.”

“The enemy has started reading our tactical signals.”

“……!?”

Kim Min-jeong hurriedly turned her scope toward where Oh Su-heon would be.

But her figure was barely visible, obscured by the camouflage screen.

“They even seem to be clearly reading our operational patterns. Cutting off passages, preempting routes.”

“……Those bastards.”

Kim Min-jeong suppressed the chill running down her spine.

How should they deal with this?

As her mind raced,

After some time passed, Oh Su-heon’s radio transmission came through again.

Crackle.

“This is Bolt 1, engagement initiated. The skill of the ability user blocking the path is familiar.”

Before Kim Min-jeong could ask who it was, Oh Su-heon continued.

“Presumed to be Howl. Bolt 1, attempting elimination.”

Howl.

The codename of Park Do-hoon, who had long served as a non-commissioned officer in Blue Thunder.

He originally had good natural combat sense, but after going to China, he received various support and became a Ranker?

Oh Su-heon’s voice was also filled with tension.

Boom.

Along with a faint explosion, similar radio transmissions followed in succession.

“This is Cloud 3, here there’s……”

“This is Storm 2, the enemy is……”

Crackle. Crackle.

A massive counterattack had begun.

Responses that could only be shown by knowing Blue Thunder to the bone.

And,

Rumble rumble rumble!!

A tremendous earthquake followed, enough to shake the entire base’s foundation.

 

[Horse Killing Intent detects danger!]

 

Kim Min-jeong jerked her head up.

There was no need to look through the scope.

The cause of the violent tremor… was too clearly visible even from a distance.

The center of the base.

As the control room collapsed, something massive began to ‘rise up.’

It had the form of a tremendous giant with a height exceeding 20 meters……!

Crackle.

“That’s a mob giant!”

“Damn it! I hoped it wouldn’t be true!”

“No matter what ‘that incident’ they went through, to actually sell out the country like this!?”

Through the radio came voices mixed with bewilderment, doubt, and a sense of betrayal.

That giant was someone’s skill that anyone from Blue Thunder could never fail to recognize.

Seo Yoon-ah.

Codename Despair.

As much as the meaning of ‘despair’ suggested, she brought despair to enemies and hope to allies,

And served as a mental pillar for the members,

Kim Min-jeong’s former idol.

Blue Thunder’s psychological warfare officer. Former sub-leader.

“This is Cloud 1, announcing to all members.”

Crackle.

“Everyone maintain your positions. I’ll handle Despair.”

“Order confirmed.”

“Order confirmed.”

“Order confirmed.”

Tense responses.

But there was no resistance or desertion.

Kim Min-jeong put her eye back to the scope.

If that summoning skill hadn’t changed from before, what would happen next was obvious.

Sure enough.

The giant magnified in the scope began to slowly move its massive body.

It looked different from typical giant monsters.

It was in the form of a cluster where thousands upon thousands of small monsters were crushed together.

Therefore, it lacked unified thought, and its limbs moved independently. So its movements were very sluggish.

Despair, the summoner, would summon small monsters in large quantities like this and shape them into giant form.

There were two reasons.

One was that it could give enemies a sense of intimidation,

And the other was,

‘Regardless of location or environment, it could spread the monsters as widely as possible to attempt bombardment.’

At that moment, the giant roughly tore off its left arm, then turned its upper body greatly and threw the left arm forcefully into the air.

A precise posture like a pitcher throwing a baseball.

Crackle.

“It’s been a while, everyone. Meeting my juniors in a foreign country brings back new feelings.”

A voice that had penetrated Z Team’s entire channel.

It was Seo Yoon-ah.

“In that spirit, I’ll give you a gift.”

Contrary to the giant’s sluggish movements, the left arm raced through the sky at tremendous speed,

Whiiiiish-

“I’m not sure if you’ll all like it though.”

Crash!

The left arm exploded in mid-air.

Thud thud thud!

Screech! Screeeeech!!

Monsters split into hundreds and thousands of pieces poured down like a downpour.

If they fell like this, they would try to destroy and devour everything regardless of friend or foe.

There was clear malice to turn both the base and the intruders into scorched earth.

Meanwhile, the giant was trying to tear off its newly regrown left arm again.

“We don’t need that kind of gift,”

Kim Min-jeong had already firmly braced her gun barrel aimed at the sky. She muttered, thinking her former idol would be listening.

And,

When his breathing calmed, he pulled the trigger.

“I’ll return it to you.”

 

[Killing Intent has been charged.]

[Firing Bull Demon Great Killing Intent!]

 

* * *

 

Lee Hyeon sensed the turbulent currents of several high-level inheritances clashing outside the central base.

Park Do-hoon and Oh Su-heon had collided, and Seo Yoon-ah and Kim Min-jeong were pointing guns at each other.

Eom Gi-seon had also been blocked by someone and began crossing swords.

Even ASTRA, who had only been providing backup, realized the tide of battle was changing and slowly began attempting to interfere.

And right here,

was the protagonist who had changed the tide of the battlefield.

“So even Lieutenant Colonel Han has stepped forward? I had hoped you wouldn’t intervene.”

Han Cheol-woo.

Codename Omen Wing.

It was a name given because his inheritance was the human-faced bird, which could be called an ominous bird.

“Well, we’re still part of Ping Xin after all. Though we’re being treated like mercenaries here.”

Han Cheol-woo smiled slyly as he adjusted the insulated gloves on his hands.

Combat uniform identical to what the Blue Thunder unit members wore.

As if they were proclaiming themselves to be the real Blue Thunder, Lee Hyeon felt very unpleasant.

Crackle!!

 

[Dueoksini’s Deep Breath (SS) boasts maximum output!]

 

Blue-white lightning instantly painted the entire corridor white.

His opponent was originally one of the few High Rankers in Korea.

Since the match might not be easily decided, he intended to determine victory and defeat quickly.

Smirk.

Han Cheol-woo smiled while looking at Lee Hyeon like that.

As if he found it admirable.

“You’re not asking why we’re here?”

“There must be a reason. But I’m not curious. I absolutely hate sob stories. So,”

Boom!!

“Go die.”

Screech-

With those words, Lee Hyeon kicked off the ground violently. The chain followed like a tail.

Whoosh!!

 

[Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder activates!]

 

Han Cheol-woo spread two wings made of yellow flames wide behind his back and smiled.

“I really did well to have such a junior, didn’t I? Yes. That’s right. On the battlefield, there’s only life and death.”

Han Cheol-woo wrapped his wing around his right arm and struck the side wall violently instead of Lee Hyeon.

“So let’s all die together.”

Rumble!!

Crack!

With tremendous monstrous strength, cracks instantly spread throughout the entire base, which had already worn down to its limits,

『Self-destruct system has been activated. Everyone evacuate.』

Along with the base’s computer announcement, explosives installed throughout the central base detonated all at once.

Boom!!

Rumble-

A high-temperature typhoon created by yellow flames and blue lightning swept through the area.

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