WeTried Translations
Translator/Editor: Hydrogen B.
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Chapter 151
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“It’s the Halo!”
“The Halo! The Halo has appeared!”
“The Angel has returned!”
“Ooooooh!!!”
Thud. Flop. Thud.
People on the ground began prostrating themselves in droves.
The people atop the wagons bowed down.
The soldiers threw down their spears and swords and fell to their knees.
The mounted knights hurriedly dismounted.
A strange sight unfolded in the canyon.
Flash, flash, flash, flash, flash!
The Extreme Lunatic Hell Heaven Angel Rescue Helicopter, hovering nobly in the sky and flaunting its golden rotor.
The ordinary people below, prostrated before it and looking up with reverent eyes.
And...
“Holy fuck. Every time I see this ridiculous scene, I’m dumbfounded.”
“It’s me.”
“Jiho, you look happy.”
“Of course I am!”
Perhaps they had gotten half-used to it by now. The bus freeloaders watched the situation with strange expressions.
Anyway, being revered by people felt good.
This was the joy of being an Angel!
Anyway.
“Extreme Lunatic Hell Rescue Helicopter! Deploy!”
“Iing!”
The rescue operation began in earnest.
* * *
The rescue helicopter with its golden rotor flew through the sky.
We headed east first.
“Iing!”
Iing Iing raced forward while using her search ability.
She pointed somewhere with her fingertip.
It was a half-destroyed village.
Roofs had been blown away, and walls had collapsed.
Fences and doors, scorched by fire, lay fallen.
People were holding their breath amid the wreckage of those utterly ruined buildings.
When I looked up at the sky, I saw a flock of Wyverns.
There were dozens of them.
It seemed the village had been attacked and destroyed by the Wyvern flock, while the people barely held on by sheltering in the half-collapsed buildings.
Rage surged inside me.
“You evil little sparrow bastards! Birds really are harmful creatures!!!”
Those wicked things ruined crops and destroyed buildings!
Mao Zedong, you were right!
The Four Pests Campaign was humanity’s long-cherished mission!
Anyway.
Railgun. Click.
Kra-kra-kra-kra-kra-kra-boom!
Countless trails tore through the air alongside a blue flash.
Dozens of Wyverns had their heads and chests pierced at once, then fell from the sky.
Thud. Splat. Boom. Crash!
Wyvern corpses fell throughout the village.
“Eek!”
“W-what was that sound...?”
“The Wyverns... all at once...?!”
The people stared in shock as the flock of sky sparrows suddenly fell.
I slowly descended to the ground and spoke quietly.
“Do not be afraid.”
“...!”
The people stared in shock at my noble and holy appearance.
Their gazes moved to the space above my head.
One by one, they murmured quietly.
“That is... a Halo? Proof of a saint...?”
“It is the Angel. The Angel from the legends has truly returned!”
“Am I dreaming?!”
They were confused and panicked, but I had no intention of giving a long explanation.
“Walk west for about three hours. You will find a rescue team there. Do not worry about monsters on the way. This great one has completely kimchi’d them all.”
“A-a rescue team...?”
“That is right. It is a rescue team from my city, Extreme Lunatic Hell City, sent to save people like you.”
“Extreme... what?”
“Get moving. I must go save more Chimpis!”
Pop!
After saying what I needed to say, I left.
I had sniped and killed every monster I encountered on the way here, so it should be safe enough.
Iing Iing and I headed to another place.
Next was a shabby village by the northern cliffs.
“Uuugh...”
“Grrrgh...”
“...”
Was there an epidemic?
The village was full of people with unhealthy complexions.
All several dozen residents had dark circles under their eyes, weak limbs, and strange fluids and rash-like welts on their skin.
‘...It isn’t contagious, right?’
I slightly hunched my shoulders.
It wasn’t as if an Extreme Lunatic Hell Wizard Hunter like me would be brought down by some epidemic.
Still, unpleasant was unpleasant.
I slowly examined the village.
There were no signs of monsters or an attack.
Yet the entire village was sick.
Then the cause had to be something else.
I turned my gaze toward the center of the village.
An old well stood there.
The water inside was a murky, earthy brown.
I nodded.
“As expected, the water was the problem. Water is always the problem, wherever you go! This makes me praise the water quality of King Korea, where clear, clean water pours forth, once again...!”
The cause was rotten water.
Poison seeping through the polluted ground had flowed into the well.
Even if they knew the water was foul, it was their only source of drinking water. They must have had no choice but to drink it.
I looked over the villagers again.
People lay groaning throughout the streets.
They did not even have the strength to rise, only breathing faintly.
They looked as if they had given up and accepted their approaching deaths.
As I looked over the village...
“...Is it time for me to die? To think I see an Angel. Heh heh... I must have lived a decent life, at least. An Angel has come down to guide me to Heaven.”
“Do not be afraid.”
An old person looking at me muttered those words.
Seeing me while dying, they seemed to have mistaken me for an Angel of Death.
What a rude misunderstanding.
This great one was a Salvation Angel, not an Angel of Death.
Anyway.
I did not like it.
The sight of them giving up on everything.
The sight of them lying on the ground with despair and regret on their faces.
So I raised my staff and quietly recited,
“Heroes never die!”
Area Heal. Click.
Fwoooooosh!
Brilliant golden radiance burst from the tip of my staff.
Golden energy instantly covered the entire village.
The bright light swept away the village’s darkness in an instant.
Then, a change occurred.
“...Huh?”
“?!”
“What is this light...?”
As the splendid golden radiance swept over the village, people began opening their eyes one by one.
They stood up with bewildered expressions, touched their bodies, and cried out in shock.
“M-my body?!”
“My body is fine again?! What in the world happened...?”
“Mom! Get up! Mom!”
“I-I’m alive!”
The revolting fluid and welts on their skin vanished, and their pale complexions had already regained a healthy color.
The villagers had recovered in an instant from one Area Heal.
When they spotted me, each of them spoke.
“That unbelievable miracle, and a Halo too...?”
“We were healed in an instant.”
“Could it be an Angel...?”
“It is the Angel! The Angel has saved us!”
“Waaaaah!”
The people cheered with reverence and praise in their eyes.
I looked down at them and said,
“Walk south for about four hours. There is a rescue team from my city, Extreme Lunatic Hell City, there! They will save you!”
“The Angel is guiding us!”
“Long live the Angel! Long live the Angel! Long live the Angel!”
Pop.
Listening to the praise of the people who had recovered their health, I left.
I moved on in search of another village.
This time, it was a village to the west.
“Trolls! Ogres!”
“Run!”
“Eeeeeek!”
A village was being attacked by monsters.
Dozens of Trolls and Ogres were attacking a medium-sized village with several hundred residents.
Its crude wooden fence was breaking like dried stalks.
Hundreds of people were about to become the monsters’ lunchboxes.
Of course, I was not about to stand by and watch.
“Danmaku is all about power!”
Magic artillery. Click.
A moment later, a massive flash swept across the ground.
Kwoooooooom!
Majestic light literally vaporized the Trolls and Ogres.
It even split part of the mountain range behind them.
A long, straight path had been carved through it.
“...!”
“What?!”
“What was that light?!”
Fssssssss...
The light faded.
The people stared blankly at the empty wasteland beyond their village, and at me in the sky.
As I descended, I spoke quietly.
“Do not be afraid.”
“Eeeeeek!”
“It is the Angel of the Apocalypse! Everyone, run!”
“...”
What?
Why were they running away after I saved them?
And what was this Angel of the Apocalypse nonsense, you anime freaks?
It suddenly made me want to blow a trumpet...!
Anyway, I still had to do my job.
“...Walk east for five hours. There is a rescue team from my city, Extreme Lunatic Hell City, there! Once you arrive, you will be able to head somewhere safe.”
“The Angel of the Apocalypse said he’d kill us all if we didn’t go there!!!”
“Move! Hurry!”
“...”
What did they think I was?
The locals moved swiftly, their faces full of fear.
I saved them, so why was this their reaction?
Anyway, like that, Iing Iing and I rapidly traveled all over the wasteland.
Boom!
“Do not be afraid.”
Boom!
“Do not be afraid.”
Kra-kra-kra-kra-boom!
“Do not be afraid. Head west.”
Fwoooooosh!
“Do not be afraid. Head south.”
Rumble!
“Do not be afraid. Head east.”
Kwooooooom!
“Do not be afraid. Just head that way.”
There were so many Chimpis in trouble.
Some were being attacked by monsters, some suffered from epidemics, and some had been cut off from the outside world after the terrain collapsed.
I saved every last Chimpy!
In other words, I kept clicking magic.
How much time passed like that?
“Hmm. I think I’ve done enough! Iing Iing! Let us return!”
“Iing Iing!”
Pop.
After finishing my salvation work, I returned to the starting point where my companions were.
By now, the refugees should be arriving.
* * *
When I returned to the starting point, complete chaos was underway.
“This way! Come this way!”
“Are there any injured people?!”
“No! Everyone is fine! The Angel healed us...!”
“Water! Bring more water! More people have arrived!”
People were arriving one after another from every direction.
From the north.
From the east.
From the west.
Groups of ragged people walked in.
Soldiers and knights went out to greet them, helping them along.
They handed out food and water, loaded people into wagons, and ran around in a frenzy.
And amid all that...
“The Angel of the Apocalypse said he’d kill us all if we didn’t come here!!!”
“Excuse me? The Angel of what?”
“The Angel of the Apocalypse! The one who split a mountain range!”
There were a few insolent ordinary people too.
Those ungrateful bastards!
I saved them, and they called me the Angel of the Apocalypse!
But honestly, it was a pretty cool title, so I decided to forgive them.
Anyway, I looked over the camp.
“You have all worked hard. Give us some work too. Let me lend a hand!”
“Anyone who has not received food, come this way!”
“Another group is coming from the west! There are thirty this time!”
“...Send the cavalry! Escort them here safely!”
People walked in from every direction.
The rescue team rushed out to welcome them.
Faces sighed in relief as they drank water.
It was a fine sight, people cooperating and helping one another.
And most importantly.
They were all future labor for my city!
What excellent results for a mayor!
As I watched them with a satisfied expression...
“Hey, Baek Jiho! Where did you go, coming back only now?”
“Jiho, what exactly did you do? People have been arriving nonstop for a while now. There is no end to them.”
“I just saved some people.”
“Some?”
“Some.”
“Is this what you call some, you crazy bastard?”
Yejin gestured with her chin toward the procession as if she could not believe it.
There was no end in sight.
Well, I had saved rather a lot.
Then two people pushed their way through the rescue team and approached.
They were the knight and soldier from earlier.
“Angel! We are sorry!”
“We did not recognize one who descended from Heaven...!”
Thud. Flop.
The two stood before me and fell to their knees at the same time.
The soldier even pressed their forehead to the ground.
What were they suddenly doing?
“To utter such blasphemy...! I am truly sorry! If you wish, I will repay this disrespect with my life...”
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, that knight and soldier had said my mind was not right and taken shots at me earlier.
Why were they making such a fuss over that?
An attention seeker like me lived on other people’s anger.
“Do not be afraid.”
I said that with a kind expression.
The knight and soldier looked deeply moved.
I first looked down at the knight and continued.
“Ordinary knight. Without knowing this great one’s identity, you tried to save me simply because you thought I was a pitiful person. That attitude is truly admirable.”
“Angel...!”
“And you there, Longinus ordinary person. You should improve your ability to judge people.”
“Yes! I will keep that in mind! But... what does Longinus mean?”
“It is your new name.”
“?”
The soldier looked confused.
Hyeji asked from beside me,
“Jiho, Longinus?”
“That soldier dared point a spear at the body of this great one, an Extreme Lunatic Hell Angel and representative of Heaven. Does not the name Longinus fit perfectly?”
“...Jiho, do you know the Bible well too?”
No. To be honest, I did not know the Bible very well.
But when you watched Evangelion, you picked up bits and pieces on the surface, you know?
I wanted the Spear of Longinus!
Anyway, as I chatted with my companions...
“Um... Angel. Exactly how many people did you save?”
“Hm?”
The knight, who had been bowed down the whole time, slowly straightened up and asked.
People kept pouring in, so they must have become curious about the total number.
I counted on my fingers.
“Several dozen from the Wyvern village, several dozen from the epidemic village, several hundred from the Troll village, and the ones where I went boom, boom, boom...”
Oh no.
I had run out of fingers.
“Hmm... I’m not sure, but... I think I saved around a thousand?”
“...?”
I had visited dozens of villages, so it should be around that many.
When I said a thousand...
“...A thousand?! No, how...?”
The knight’s mouth fell open.
They seemed shocked that I had saved a thousand people in only a few hours.
The knight stood frozen for a while.
Then they opened their mouth with a serious expression.
“...With this many people, we cannot remain in the wasteland any longer. We will return to the city. We must also tell Deputy Mayor Valdemar that the Angel has returned.”
The city.
Valdemar.
One place came to mind.
A position left vacant for three years.
The place the deputy mayor personally swept and cleaned every day.
My Extreme Lunatic Hell mayor’s office!
I nodded.
“Come to think of it, even if this great one is a mayor with an iron rice bowl, leaving for three years is going a little too far. I should pay it a visit.”
“Really?!”
“Of course.”
While the mayor was away on a long vacation, the deputy mayor had struggled alone for three years.
Now it was time for the mayor to step in personally!
“What is that person saying, Jiho?”
“They say they are going to the city now. I am going to see the city too.”
“Suddenly? Why?”
“I have to go to work.”
“...What?”
My first day at work as mayor in three years (one day).
My chest was already swelling with grandeur!
As I nodded with satisfaction...
“...But something is strange.”
The knight looking at the endless procession muttered quietly.
“What is strange?”
“This year, there has been a noticeable increase in people wandering the wasteland. They are all people who abandoned the places where they lived and fled. It is the same with the monsters. There were not normally this many Wyverns around here.”
The knight looked toward the northern sky.
Then they continued quietly.
“It is as if... they were driven here while fleeing from something.”
Fleeing from something.
The monsters were fleeing from another monster?
I followed the knight’s gaze toward the northern sky.
The sky was empty.
...It was not a Dragon or something, right?
No.
No way.
That could not be it! Surely not!
Footnotes:
Longinus is associated with the spear said to have pierced Jesus in Christian tradition. Jiho also references Evangelion, which features the Spear of Longinus.
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