Murim Login - Chapter 379

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Chapter 379
Thud-thud-thud!
A tremendous roar echoed through the earth, its vibrations transmitted through the ground itself.
A twenty-year-old young man gazed toward the horizon. Shao Shen could not fathom the situation unfolding before him.
‘How could monsters that should be thousands of kilometers away be here…!’
This question was not one that Shao Shen alone had conceived.
A thousand hunters from the Public Security Armed Force and five thousand soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army dispatched to maintain order—everyone stationed at Chengdu International Airport harbored the same bewilderment, and all were seized by horror at the reality descending upon them.
– Shriek!
– Roooaarrr!
From low-tier monsters like goblins and orcs to high-tier ones such as trolls, ogres, and lycanthropes.
A vast horde of monsters filled the horizon, charging forward with bestial shrieks.
As the distance of one kilometer rapidly narrowed with each passing second, screams tore from countless throats.
“Form ranks by unit! Assemble! Assemble now!”
“Fire! Fire! I said fire!”
Rat-a-tat-tat! Boom!
The People’s Liberation Army hastily formed their lines and unleashed their firepower at their commanders’ orders, yet the effect was negligible at best.
An unexpected assault by a colossal monster army.
The soldiers, mere ordinary humans without any supernatural abilities, were paralyzed by terror, and the weapons they fired were scarcely effective against anything but the lowest-tier monsters.
“There are so many monsters!”
“Pilots!”
“Get those fighter jets in the air! Bomb them from above…!”
The desperate cries of the commanders were swallowed in the next instant by a savage roar that tore through the sky.
– Kyaaaaaahhh!
“That, that is!”
“A Wyvern! It’s a Wyvern!”
A colossal silhouette descended against the backdrop of the setting sun.
Led by the Wyvern—known as the terror of the heavens—dozens of griffons and gargoyles followed in its wake.
The A-rank monsters descended with their massive wings angled sharply, overwhelming the fighter jets that had not yet managed to take off.
Crash-boom! Kaboom!
The powerful wingbeats sent tons of metal lurching upward, and talons infused with mana tore through the aircraft’s fuselage like paper.
Metal shards, propelled by the explosion with tremendous force, rained down upon the pilots who were fleeing in panic.
Splatter! Crack!
Death without even a final scream.
Following the commander’s orders as he regained his senses, gunfire erupted, yet skin and hide imbued with potent mana sustained only superficial wounds from hundreds, even thousands of bullets.
– Kee-kee-kee-kee.
At the mocking laughter of the monsters ridiculing helpless humans, people felt their entire bodies seized by a shock and terror that made their hair stand on end.
“This, this cannot be.”
A colossal horde of monsters filled both earth and sky. These creatures, against whom even firearms proved ineffective, were true monsters indeed.
“Monsters….”
“I, I have to survive. I refuse to die a meaningless death in a place like this!”
Fear of death spread faster than any plague.
As the People’s Liberation Army soldiers retreated one by one, there was one person who instead advanced forward.
“Do not fall back!”
Shao Shen, a young man whose youthful vigor had not yet faded, cried out with blazing eyes.
On the chest of his armor was emblazoned the Five-Star Red Flag, the national flag of the People’s Republic of China.
“Who are we!”
At the young man’s question, those who had been fleeing halted their steps.
Shao Shen glared at the horde of monsters charging from hundreds of meters away. From between the brim of his lowered helmet, a thunderous voice erupted once more.
“Who are we!”
A cry as if blood itself were boiling.
Before all eyes, Shao Shen raised his spear point skyward.
“We are descendants of China, brothers of the People’s Liberation Army and the Public Security Armed Force!”
From the spear point thrust high enough to pierce the heavens, an aura reminiscent of the setting sun blazed forth.
Zzzzzt!
“Forward! Let us sweep away every last one of those beasts!”
“Raaaaaaah!”
A deafening roar shook the very earth.
Led by Shao Shen, the hunters of the Public Security Armed Force charged toward the monster army like fierce tigers, weapons in hand.
“Do not retreat! Show the strength of China!”
“Uaaaah!”
– Grrroooowwwl!
– Screeeech!
The cries of humans steeled with resolve to face death mingled with the shrieks of monsters. The two masses became one, entangling with each other.
Boom-crash-crash-crash!
A collision that shook heaven and earth. And from all sides, death rained down.
“Kyaaaagh!”
– Screeeech!
Splurt! Crack!!
Screams and thunderous sounds echoed across the battlefield.
An A-rank hunter’s aura-clad blade slashed across a Lycanthrope’s neck, while an Ogre’s iron club sent several hunters flying as bloody corpses.
Two hunters who had combined their strength to fell one monster and were about to swing their weapons at the next enemy found a massive shadow falling over their heads.
– Kiiiiieeeee!
Rip!
The talons of the diving Griffin tore the hunters’ bodies to shreds along with their armor.
A massive sphere of fire flew toward the Griffin as it searched for its next prey.
“Fire Ball!”
Boom-whoosh!
The Griffin’s body wavered amid acrid smoke as it glided through the air. The ranged unit on the ground, which had been waiting for this opportunity, did not miss their chance.
“Now!”
Boom! Boom-boom-boom!
Arrows infused with countless varieties of magic and mana pierced through the griffin.
As the griffin plummeted with its death cry, the flying monsters unleashed savage shrieks.
— Kyaaaaaaah!
What intercepted the flying monsters diving toward the ranged units were modern weapons forged from lead and steel.
“Volley fire, commence!”
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat! Boom!
Countless rifles and heavy weapons. Dozens of tanks erupted in unison, spewing fire.
Though their firepower could not compare to the force of Mana, which stood in opposition to the monsters’ magical essence, concentrating such overwhelming firepower at once forced even the flying monsters to hesitate.
— Screech!
“It works!”
“Everywhere else is useless! Target the eyes!”
The hides of monsters born infused with magical power easily ignored most physical force. Yet there was one exception—the eyes.
The eyeballs, wrapped in shallow membranes, could sustain sufficient damage if heavy weapons were deployed.
Witnessing the monsters’ hesitation, the Division Commander observing the entire battlefield swung his baton with enthusiasm.
“More! Pour it on! Keep those beasts completely immobilized….”
Boom!
His voice did not continue.
The Poison Breath unleashed by the green Wyvern engulfed a radius of over a hundred meters, and the Division Commander along with the command staff dissolved, drenched in potent acidic venom.
“D-Division Commander!”
“The command staff…!”
In the blink of an eye, having lost hundreds of soldiers and senior commanders, the People’s Liberation Army descended into panic.
Officers, non-commissioned officers, and enlisted men alike—all stared at the horrific scene unfolding before them, their voices trembling with shock.
“This cannot be….”
“N-No. This isn’t right. This can’t be happening! This isn’t my mission!”
Someone’s scream spoke for them all.
Though they had brought their full strength as a precaution, their primary mission was to rendezvous with foreign Hunters arriving at Chengdu International Airport, provide escort, and move according to orders from above.
No one had ever mentioned that a monster army thousands of kilometers away would launch an assault.
“What in the world….”
“We’re going to die. We’re all going to die.”
Fear, momentarily forgotten, descended upon the People’s Liberation Army.
They were not Hunters of the Public Security Armed Force fighting at the front lines of battle, but merely ordinary people wielding modern firearms.
And their ominous premonition soon became reality. A nightmare far worse than they had imagined.
— Om. Ne. Ha. So. Yu.
A disjointed voice. Eerie noise resembling the static of an unstable radio transmission echoed across the battlefield.
Black fog descended from somewhere, engulfing the soldiers’ heads.
— Yen. Wei. Ga. Ji. Ke!
That was when it happened. The horrific transformation began.
Whoooosh!
Dark magical power, like storm clouds, spread like a spider’s web through blood and corpses.
New strength and souls were breathed into the cooling corpses, bound by chains and enslaved.
Thud-thud, thud-thud-thud.
A legion of bleached bones, granted new life and slowly rising from the pool of death.
Those entities, who had bound countless departed souls with invisible chains and made them servants, laughed with satisfaction.
– Kee, kee-kee-kee.
– Kek. Kee-hee-hee.
* * *
– Grrrrgh.
With a sound like boiling water, the man rose to his feet.
Clad in armor bearing the five-starred red flag and wielding a massive axe, he appeared exactly as Shao Shen remembered the A-rank hunter.
‘…Yao Wei.’
Yet Shao Shen could not speak his name aloud, dared not speak it.
Because I knew that the man before me was no longer someone I recognized.
‘Ah, ahhh.’
Had I not witnessed his decapitation mere minutes before, had I not risen with my own severed head tucked against my ribs, I would have regarded him as a comrade and friend.
But Yao Wei no longer exists. A new name flowed from between Shao Shen’s lips.
“Dullahan….”
The headless knight. A Dullahan.
Shao Shen bit his lip at the sight of his comrade reborn as a superior undead monster. Something hot streamed down his cheek.
“I’m sorry. Truly.”
– Grrrraaagh!
As the Dullahan charged forward with a howl, Shao Shen shot toward him like the wind.
In the past, the two of us had often sparred like this. What began as simple competitive spirit continued daily, and after each match, I had to endure Yao Wei’s complaints.
‘You lack manners, you know. Does losing once really bother you so much?’
‘Ha. Shall we grab some food? We agreed the loser pays, so you’re treating again today.’
‘Rich boy showing off. One day I’ll get you to buy me a meal.’
But such a day would never come, neither in the past nor in the future. I was always the victor.
‘Farewell. Thank you for everything.’
Whoosh! Screech!
The swung axe tore through empty air, while the aura erupting from Shao Shen’s spear blade carved through the Dullahan’s upper body.
A line drawn from the waist. The headless knight’s form slowly crumbled.
Thud, collapse.
As Shao Shen gazed down at the fallen Dullahan—at Yao Wei—his eyes burned with heat.
“How dare you. How dare you do such a thing….”
Friends and comrades who had laughed and joked together just half a day ago had become undead monsters.
The hunters of the Public Security Armed Force were renowned for their strict discipline, but they were not heartless automatons devoid of blood.
For the first time, hunters who had faced battle with resolve to die confronted a fear called human emotion.
“Get a hold of yourself! It’s me, Liu Ren-chin! Liu Ren-chin!”
“B-brother…!”
– Grrrrgh!
Crack! Boom-crash!
Screams and death rained down from all directions. Unlike the Public Security Armed Force, which had suffered nearly fifty percent casualties, the monster horde continued to surge forward in ever-increasing numbers.
‘Is this where I die? Like this?’
Shao Shen contemplated death for the first time in his life. The situation had grown so desperate that even his perpetually bright and cheerful spirit could not ignore it.
‘No distress signal received, so communications must be down. No reinforcements will come… This truly is the end.’
Shing!
Shao Shen slashed through the charging undead monsters one after another, then laughed hollowly as he gazed upward at the sky.
The sunset glow was breathtakingly beautiful. Once the sun set and darkness fell, he would never witness such a sight again.
‘At least it’s fortunate. For a final glimpse of the heavens, this is quite acceptable…’
Wait?
Shao Shen’s thoughts scattered as his eyes blinked in confusion.
Something impossibly massive was descending rapidly from the sky toward the battlefield.
‘An airplane?’
ROOOAAARRR!
A colossal aircraft wreathed in flames. And a voice crying out across the vast expanse of sky.
“Yaaaah! Monsters!”
“…?”
– …?
Had he just heard an illusion?
Not only Shao Shen but everyone on the battlefield looked up at the sky.
A voice tinged with madness thundered across the heavens.
“Ramming!”
Ramming? What?
Shao Shen quickly grasped the meaning of those words.
CRUUUUUNCH!
The massive fuselage of the aircraft swept directly across the battlefield.

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