The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 285

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 285

The situation at the Steel Fortress was dire.
Relentless assaults had left the fortress in ruins, its structures crumbling in countless places.
The defensive installations had collapsed, and many of the soldiers defending the City Walls had been annihilated.

“The western City Walls have fallen! Send reinforcements!”
“We must create an opening! Have the soldiers absorb the enemy’s assault, then target the War Covenant Members! We must kill the Oath-takers!”
“The mad swordsman has abandoned his post. Follow me!”

The forces attacking the War Covenant Members were not merely one or two.
What began as a single faction soon drew others, and as word spread, even more forces joined the assault.
Their Lords shared the same conviction.

[We must eliminate the Lord of War first.]
[We cannot allow them to claim the Trial’s rewards. Now that the Lord of War and Han Yu-sung have left their posts, we destroy their Wreckage.]
[The banner! Have you still not found their banner? If we could absorb it, we could enslave Han Yu-sung!]

This was not the time for internal conflict.
They had to strike at the War faction first—the one that had claimed victory after victory in the Trial. Ever since Han Yu-sung’s emergence, had they not monopolized the Trial’s rewards?
This could not be tolerated any longer.
The Lords had made their judgment.

[….]

They converged under Achiros, the Lord of Justice, as their rallying point.
They would pursue Han Yu-sung while seizing the rewards he sought. Simultaneously, they would destroy the Wreckage and eliminate the remaining War Covenant Members.
No matter how formidable Han Yu-sung was, he would be weakened beyond recovery.
Ideally, both objectives would succeed, but even one would suffice.

[Commit all forces to that fortress. Mobilize everything at your disposal to destroy the fortress and kill the War Covenant Members. Now.]
“Pardon? Is that truly necessary… No, understood, my Lord.”

A bewildering command had been issued to the Oath Keepers of Justice.
The Steel Fortress was already crumbling. At the current rate, it would collapse within moments.
To commit full strength to such a place—
It was an incomprehensible order, yet the Oath-takers obeyed faithfully.
Of course, Achiros had her reasons for issuing such a command.

[Useless, worthless things.]

I had witnessed the crushing defeat at the Seal Point.
Han Yu-sung would return victorious with his Oath-takers in tow.
Before that happened, I had to finish the Steel Fortress decisively.
Achiros’s judgment was absolutely sound.

“This is maddening! The City Walls have collapsed!”
“The Fortress’s ‘Barracks’ has been destroyed! The soldiers won’t be summoned anymore! If the ‘Spirit Mausoleum’ is destroyed too…!”
“More enemies are pouring in! The assault is intensifying!”

The War Covenant Members felt a profound sense of crisis.
Ahn Jung-hyuk clicked his tongue as he blocked the enemies’ attacks with the Unbreakable Shield.
This would never end at this rate.

“…Lee Ye-eun! Sung Ha-yan!”
“She’s being treated! She says she can fight, but…!”
“Then restrain her so she can’t move! Her life is more important!”
“But, is this really the situation we can afford to do that in?!”

Of course not.
There was no room for complacency. The situation could collapse at any moment.
The City Walls had fallen, and the enemies were pushing through the offensive, attempting to breach into the Fortress.
If they succeeded in entering, it would be over.
We would be overwhelmed by their numbers.

“At this rate, we won’t be able to hold… huh?”

Ahn Jung-hyuk, holding his shield, furrowed his brow.
He could see Baek Min-jun, who had been commanding our forces at the front, turning back.

“Baek Min-jun? Where are you going?”
“The Lord’s orders. I need you to hold this position.”
“Orders?”

Ahn Jung-hyuk watched Baek Min-jun’s face as he passed by.
His expression was bright—as if he had found a way to turn the tide. Seeing that, Ahn Jung-hyuk gripped his shield and charged forward without hesitation.

CRASH!

Baek Min-jun walked toward the Wreckage.
A torrent of gunfire swept around him. He staggered but did not stop, and soon reached the Wreckage.
Before his eyes, a mana core gleamed brilliantly.

“Should I call this fortunate?”

From battling the endless tide of enemies, I had accumulated vast resources.
Enough to strengthen the mana core and construct Unique Facilities with plenty to spare.
Baek Min-jun recalled the command he had just received.

[Injecting 3,000 Mana Ore, 1,000 Steel Ingots, 600 Twisted Wood, and 400 Viscous Sap into the ‘Mana Core’.]
[The Mana Core, having absorbed sufficient resources, begins its recovery.]
[The ‘Mana Core’ has risen one level.]
[The number of installable Unique Facilities has increased.]
[‘Lord’s Banner: War’ is strengthened one level. Absorbing the banner of a mighty transcendent being adds new effects.]

Consume resources to strengthen the Mana Core.
And.

[Unique Facility ‘Colossus Forge’ has been constructed.]
[The effects of this Unique Facility are adjusted to suit the Trial.]

[Unique Facility: Colossus Forge.]
[Once a forge that created perfect ‘Colossus Soldiers’. But now, with the facility deteriorated, it manufactures ‘Degraded Colossus Soldiers’ that fall short of that standard.]
[Effect 1. By consuming resources, you can summon up to 5 ‘Degraded Colossus Soldiers’. The number increases according to the Mana Core’s level.]
[Effect 2. You can bestow ‘Lord’s Blessing’ upon the Colossus Soldiers. The characteristics of the Colossus Soldiers vary greatly depending on the Lord’s traits.]
[Effect 3. By consuming all currently owned resources, you can summon the ‘Guardian of the Wall’. The summoning time of the ‘Guardian of the Wall’ increases according to the amount of resources consumed.]

Install the newly acquired Unique Facility, the ‘Colossus Forge’.
Fierce flames swept the surroundings. Soon the flames converged in one place, transforming into the shape of a colossal building that radiated sanctity.

“This is… a Unique Facility?”
“It doesn’t seem to be one of the Unique Facilities we had before?”
“Wait, the Unique Facility is…”

There was no time for hesitation.
Baek Min-jun poured all remaining resources into the Colossus Forge.
The forge blazed with brilliant light, and the sound of machinery rumbled to life.
A smile played at the corners of Baek Min-jun’s lips as he watched.

[‘The Forge of Colossal Giants’ has completed its preparations.]
[You may now summon the ‘Colossal Giant Warriors’.]

It was a smile brimming with certainty of victory.
And moments later.

A thunderous boom echoed across the heavens!

“Gaaahhhhh?!”

The earth trembled violently beneath the colossal roar.
Simultaneously, a piercing scream tore through the air—a desperate cry that forced the enemies advancing over the crumbled City Walls to freeze in their tracks and turn.
What met their eyes was.

“…What?”
“What is… this….”

Giants.
Monsters towering well over thirty feet tall.
Five armored colossi, their plating etched with countless ancient runes that sprawled like nervous systems, loomed over the enemy forces.
Radiant discs floated behind each of their backs, blazing with brilliant light.
The moment someone sensed the ominous power radiating from that luminescence and rushed to cry out a warning.

A deafening explosion erupted!

Countless projectiles of pure light cascaded down upon them.
There was no time to react. The radiant discs unleashed a torrent of luminous fire that swept across the Battlefield, and in an instant, a catastrophic explosion shook the entire surrounding area.
When the dust settled, only the lifeless bodies of the fallen enemies remained.

– Grrrrr, uuuuuh….
– Kuuuuuh….

The giants—the Colossal Giant Warriors—raised their heads.
Their emotionless eyes fixed upon the enemy forces. The Colossal Giant Warriors moved with mechanical precision, and combat erupted.

“Kyaaahhhhh!”
“M-monsters… Cough! Hack!”
“No, no! They’re coming this way! Attack! Stop them! Don’t let them through!”

To the enemies, it was nothing short of a massacre.
The Colossal Soldiers transformed their grotesquely elongated arms into weapons, cutting down their foes, while simultaneously unleashing a barrage of cannon fire that swept across the battlefield.
The enemies retaliated fiercely against the Colossal Soldiers.
But then.

Whoooosh!

“F-Fire?”

Flames erupted from the Colossal Soldiers, rendering the enemies’ counterattack utterly futile.
And as if that weren’t enough, an even fiercer inferno consumed the enemies in turn.
Agonized screams pierced the Battlefield.

“What—what is that monster!”
“C-Could it be a Lord’s soldier? No, that’s impossible. A soldier like that….”

The enemies who witnessed the suddenly appearing monster were aghast.
The ‘Colossal Soldier’ was an existence that could only inspire such terror—a monster possessing both devastating killing power and the strength to withstand enemy attacks.
Could such a creature truly be summoned as a soldier?

“Now is our chance!”
“The Lord’s command! Drive back the enemies while the ‘Colossal Soldier’ draws their attention! Eliminate every last one trying to breach the Fortress!”
“【Battle Command】, advance!”

The sudden turn of events plunged the enemies into chaos.
Baek Min-jun and the War Covenant Members seized the opportunity without hesitation.
Behind them, the Colossal Soldier; before them, the War Covenant Members.
Attacks pouring from both sides drove the enemies into a corner.

[The Lord of War…!]

Achiros, observing the situation, erupted in fury.
There was no need to deliberate. This had to be a reward that the Lord of War and Han Yu-sung obtained from the Seal Point. They must have acquired a special Unique Facility.
And that was what had triggered this catastrophe.
But.

[Do not retreat. Hunt down the isolated Colossal Soldiers first!]

The tide of battle had not yet turned in their favor.
Achiros assessed the situation with cold precision.
These colossal war machines were weaker than the specimens he had witnessed at the Seal Point.
The divine blessing that had once dwelt within them had vanished. In its place, the blessing of war now resided—but it fell far short of what they had possessed before.

[Concentrate your firepower. There are merely five of these war machines. With the strength you possess, they are entirely manageable!]
“Y-yes! Follow the Lord’s command! Send in the soldiers!”
“These are enemies we can hunt down! Concentrate all firepower!”

Those who heard Achiros’s command regained their composure.
His judgment was precise. The war machines had grown weaker compared to those at the Seal Point, and their numbers amounted to merely five.
Meanwhile, their own forces vastly outnumbered the enemy.
With concentrated firepower, they could certainly eliminate them.

‘Han Yu-sung. We must finish this before he returns.’

Han Yu-sung had gained dominion over the war machines.
If the war machines within the Dungeon could emerge to the surface, if Han Yu-sung were to lead them and begin attacking other factions—
An unmanageable catastrophe would surely unfold.
This had to end before that moment came.
That was Achiros’s assessment.

[The Divine Forgemaster has consumed all available resources.]

As if mocking that very judgment.
Light converged before the war machine enduring the relentless barrage, and a colossal monstrosity emerged from the radiance.
A creature whose frame dwarfed all the other war machines.

[Guardian of the Wall has been summoned to the Battlefield.]

The boss monster of the Seal Point—the Guardian of the Wall.
The enemy forces froze the moment they beheld it, and even the Lords observing from afar could not conceal their shock.

– GUOOOOOOOOOO…!
“W-wait! The Wall—!”

The Guardian of the Wall unleashed a deafening roar.
Walls of pure magical force erupted skyward from the Steel Fortress.
Achiros, witnessing this spectacle, felt cold fury rise within him.

[…Did that bastard gain the authority to summon him as well?]

I knew what had caused this entire situation.
The failure at the Seal Point had twisted everything.
And.

CRAAAAAACK!

“Ugh, uaaaaaahhh!”
“G-giants…!”

Resolving this before Han Yu-sung arrived would not be easy.
I had sensed that truth instinctively.

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