WeTried Translations
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Chapter 155
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“Iing Iing! Hurry! Let’s get to the city! Hurry!”
“Iing!”
Poroong.
We hurried toward the city with Psychokinetic Flight.
Maybe Iing Iing understood that this was urgent too.
“Iiiing...!”
Iing Iing seemed to be gritting her teeth and giving it everything she had.
She flew incredibly fast.
The city walls beyond the horizon were upon us in an instant.
And up close, the city was a complete mess.
Fwoooosh!
Flames surged everywhere.
The city was burning.
“Put out the fires first!”
“Hurry and bring water from the canal!”
Citizens rushed about with buckets and basins, hauling water to put out the flames.
“Monsters! More monsters keep coming!”
“The wheat fields outside the walls are burning!”
“Wyverns!”
And then there were the countless monsters swarming in from the north.
Soldiers and knights atop the walls fired arrows like mad to stop them.
I gritted my teeth.
They dared ruin my carefully cultivated city like this?
Those fucking monster bastards!
“I’ll kill every last one of them!”
I would leave none alive.
I would kill them all!
Hummmmmm...!
I drew up the Blue Motes in my heart.
By Floor 47, my mana pool had enough mana for roughly 7,500 Fireballs.
A sea-like amount of mana rested within my heart.
And with that much mana...
I could fire off my ultimate attack, Mana Cannon, «Final Spark», as much as I wanted without any concern.
So I gave it a try.
“Mana Cannon, «Final Spark», Multiple Manifestation.”
Rumble rumble rumble...
The air trembled.
Blue mana radiance surged in every direction.
The surrounding mana had reacted to the mana I drew out and begun to resonate.
Blue light rippled everywhere.
That was when the people on the ground noticed me.
“Huh? The sky suddenly got brighter...?”
“What is this all of a sudden?”
“The air is shaking! Something isn’t right...!”
They were shocked by the sudden phenomenon.
I hoped they would not be too surprised.
This was all to save them.
Then, at that very moment.
Flash!
Golden radiance shone above my head.
Flash flash flash flash flash!
A Halo even larger than yesterday appeared above my head.
It had to be around five meters in radius, scattering bright light everywhere.
And I felt that strange gaze again after so long.
I looked up at the sky and muttered quietly.
“What the fuck are you looking at? I’m in a bad mood, so quit peeping, you bastard.”
The annoying gaze disappeared.
I looked down at the ground.
“That golden ring...! An Angel! It’s the Angel!”
“The Angel came to save us!”
“The Angel has not abandoned us yet!”
“Waaaaaaaaah!”
The people cheered.
It seemed they had finally realized it was me after seeing the golden ring.
I pointed my staff.
First, those insolent sparrows in the sky.
I turned to the northern sky.
“Skreeeeech!”
A flock of Wyverns filled the sky.
They were spewing flames down from above, burning the city’s northern district.
I aimed my staff and activated my magic.
“That bird is a harmful bird.”
I fired one cannon shot.
Bwoooooom!
A massive blue beam shot forth in a brilliant blaze.
It swept across the smoke-filled sky.
I drew it diagonally from left to right.
The flock of Wyverns in the air was caught in the blue pillar of light and vanished.
“Skreeeeech!”
“Keeeeeeek!”
“Screeaaaach!”
Bwoooooom!
Not even a single sparrow remained in the sky after the pillar of light passed through.
They had been caught in my magic artillery and vaporized without leaving even a bone fragment behind.
Now that I had dealt with the sparrows cluttering the sky...
It was time to clean up the ground.
I aimed my staff again.
“Those monsters are harmful monsters.”
My targets were the land monsters trampling the wheat fields outside the walls.
Ogres, Trolls, Cyclopes, and other creatures were rampaging across the ground.
They had to go too.
I fired another cannon shot.
Bwoooooom!
A grand blue trail swept across the ground.
It wiped them out in one strike.
The Ogres were caught in the radiance and vaporized.
The Trolls vanished without even getting the chance to use their prized regeneration.
The Cyclopes’ magic eyes could not stop the rushing light.
In an instant, around a thousand large monsters outside the walls disappeared.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
A blue beam of destruction swept across the ground.
The terrifying heat turned the earth to glass.
Nothing could survive where my magic artillery passed.
It truly was an eraser that wiped away everything.
The Wyverns in the city sky were gone.
So were the large monsters near the walls.
But it was not over yet.
I glanced north.
“Rooooar!”
“Grrrrrr!”
More monsters were still coming from the north.
Hundreds of Ogres, Trolls, Cyclopes, and other creatures were swarming toward us.
Even after I swept away the monsters with overwhelming force, they kept coming.
Something was strange.
It was as if they had no choice but to flee south to survive.
I clicked my tongue.
“What the hell is up north?”
Was there really a Dragon there?
Monster waves caused by Dragons were a cliché in novels.
Anyway.
“You’re dying too.”
I fired the magic artillery again.
Bwoooooom!
The blue beam swept beyond the horizon and vaporized the hundreds of approaching monsters.
After that, I could no longer sense any monsters.
I looked back at the city.
“The Angel! The Angel has saved us with the judgment of light!”
“We’re alive! We survived!”
“Oh heavens...!”
The people of the city looked at me with relief and awe after I killed all the monsters.
But it was still too early to relax.
Fwoooosh!
I had killed all the annoying monster bastards.
But the city fire was still raging.
My beautiful city... Extreme Lunatic Hell Heaven Ark Humanity’s Last City Big City...
Was burning in real time!
I had to put out the fire right now!
“Iing Iing. Firefighting helicopter mode!”
“Iing!”
Poroong.
Iing Iing carried me to the northern district through Psychokinetic Flight.
The fires were especially severe there, probably because the Wyverns had concentrated their attacks there.
“Water! Bring water!”
“We don’t have enough people...”
“There’s someone trapped under the rubble here!”
The people were working hard to put out the fires and rescue those trapped in collapsed buildings.
I aimed my staff.
“Air Manipulation.”
I had done this enough times in the High Floors.
Putting out massive fires by cutting off the air without causing a sudden pressure difference was easy for me.
One click of air manipulation magic.
Fssssss...
The blazing flames gradually died down.
Acrid smoke rose in their wake.
The inferno that had engulfed the northern district vanished in an instant.
The people looked around in confusion.
“Just now, it felt like I suddenly couldn’t breathe...”
“The fire... It’s all out?!”
“What happened...?”
“Wait. Everyone, look over there!”
The confused people gradually raised their heads toward the sky.
And there I was.
With a massive golden ring above my head.
Emotion filled their faces one after another.
“The Angel...! It’s the Angel! The Angel has quelled the flames!”
“Oh heavens!”
“The Angel has descended!!!”
I slowly descended into the burned and ruined center of the city.
Countless eyes turned toward me.
The people knelt and bowed their heads in awe.
Step.
I set foot on the ground and spoke quietly.
“Do not be afraid.”
They had been attacked by monsters.
Their city had burned and been wrecked.
But they had no reason to fear.
“For I shall save you.”
I would save them all!
The Extreme Lunatic Hell Heaven Angel had descended upon this place!
* * *
After that, recovery work began.
My party members helped too.
“Iing!”
Poroong.
Rumble!
Iing Iing flew around with Psychokinetic Flight, lifting the rubble from collapsed buildings.
Her overwhelming detection ability and powerful telekinesis were a huge help.
“People! There are survivors here!”
“Hurry, bring stretchers!”
Whenever Iing Iing lifted rubble, people rescued those trapped beneath it.
Thanks to her, we could quickly save those buried under the wreckage.
Of course, Iing Iing was not the only one helping.
“Angel’s Apostle! Over here! Please open this door! The building has been crushed, so it won’t open!”
“Fuck, I can’t understand what they’re saying. Anyway, you want me to open this door, right? I’ll open it?”
“Angel’s Apostle! Please bring this food to the people at the relief station!”
“You want us to move the food, right? Put it in the Spatial Bag.”
Na Hyeji and Choi Yejin helped out however they could.
Ms. Yejin opened locked doors and cleared away rubble.
Ms. Hyeji ran around with the Spatial Bag, distributing food, bandages, and other supplies.
They were not as impressive as Iing Iing, but they were helping in their own ways.
And I...
“One click of Heal.”
Was the heal shuttle.
Flaaash!
Golden radiance spread through the relief station.
Golden energy seeped among the people groaning from burns, fractures, bleeding, and pain.
Then something miraculous happened.
Fssss...
The raw skin of burn victims began to heal.
Broken bones returned to their proper places.
The faces of those groaning from bleeding and pain relaxed.
The people looked at me with grateful eyes.
“A-Angel! Thank you so much...”
“Quit making a fuss. If you’re healed, get out already! Bring in the next patient!”
I stayed holed up in the relief station, spamming Heal nonstop.
Many people left my hands completely healed.
Anyway, the recovery of Extreme Lunatic Hell City proceeded smoothly.
How long had we been focused on the work?
The chaos in the city gradually subsided.
The fires had been completely extinguished.
Most of those trapped under rubble had been rescued.
All the injured at the relief station had been treated.
The situation was mostly under control.
“Now I can finally breathe easy.”
Just as I was looking over the ruined city...
“...Angel.”
Someone approached with weak, dragging steps.
I turned toward him.
“I am... I am deeply sorry, Angel...”
It was Valdemar.
His hair had become patchily gray.
His official attire was covered in soot.
His left arm was wrapped in a bandage soaked in blood.
The middle-aged man with slicked-back hair from yesterday was nowhere to be found.
In his place stood a shabby man, worn down by countless gray hairs and extreme exhaustion.
Valdemar looked like he had aged terribly during that time.
Thud.
He fell to his knees before me.
Tears dripped onto the ground.
“The city the Angel entrusted to me... I... I failed to protect it properly... I’m sorry...”
Valdemar started going on with his pathetic act.
“Stand tall, Hassan!”
Grab!
I grabbed his shoulders and forced him to stand.
Then, one click of Heal.
The blood stopped seeping through his bandage.
I looked at him and spoke quietly.
“Deputy mayor.”
“...Yes, Angel.”
“Give me your report.”
“...Right now?”
Valdemar made an awkward expression at my sudden words.
Well, he had been kneeling and setting the mood, so he was probably confused by my demand for a work report.
I continued.
“The mayor is back at work after a long time. Of course I need a report, right? My dependable deputy mayor.”
“...!”
Maybe he was moved by me saying I trusted him.
His eyes widened.
Then he nodded with a resolute expression.
“...Understood. I will begin my report!”
Valdemar had finally regained his spirit.
He began his detailed report.
“Four years have passed since the Angel left. During that time, the city developed. Refugees kept flowing in endlessly from the north. Thanks to that, our city has grown into a massive city with a population of three hundred thousand...”
First of all...
Floor 47 seemed to be four years after Floor 46.
Four years had passed, and the city had become a super-sized metropolis with three hundred thousand residents.
No wonder there were more multistory buildings and far more people than before.
The population had tripled.
Valdemar continued.
“The city’s expansion was not a problem. The land purified by the Angel was unbelievably fertile, and our well-trained soldiers and knights hunted and drove out monsters in an organized manner. We were able to protect our territory... Until recently.”
“Did the situation change recently?”
“Yes.”
Valdemar turned to the north.
The part of the city that had suffered the most damage.
“A strange phenomenon has occurred in the north. Perhaps because of it, monsters have continuously been coming toward us. Today was the worst it has ever been.”
“A strange phenomenon? What is it?”
“The north has become a fiery hell where neither people nor monsters can survive.”
“...?”
According to Valdemar, the north was gradually turning into a volcanic region.
Normal land was splitting apart.
Lava and flames were surging forth.
Blazing heat was spreading over a wide area.
The monsters had begun fleeing south all at once.
It was ridiculous.
“A volcanic region out of nowhere? What the...”
“I know it is hard to believe... but it is true. We learned it after countless expeditions. The terrain in the north is changing. This hot wind blowing from the north is proof.”
I raised my head and felt the wind.
He was right.
The wind blowing from the north.
It carried far too much heat to be natural.
It felt like I had stuck my face in front of a massive furnace.
I would have suffered badly without my temperature-and-humidity-control coat.
I muttered quietly.
“The wind grows hot, and the beasts flee... Is it really a Dragon?”
“Pardon?”
“It’s nothing.”
Anyway, it sounded like a difficult situation in many ways.
The Chimpis fleeing down from the north, along with the monsters tagging along with them, had wrecked my city.
I did not know who it was, but they were causing one hell of a nuisance.
As if draining the mana veins was not enough, they had opened a nice Inferno Field too.
Just let me catch you.
I’ll crack your skull open!
Just as I was gritting my teeth...
“Once again, I am sorry, Angel.”
Valdemar bowed deeply.
This time, it was more than a ninety-degree bow.
It was practically a low-angle bow.
Maybe because he had once been a knight, he was very flexible.
“The city the Angel trusted me to manage... I could not keep it safe.”
“...”
“The deputy mayor position is too much for me. Please find someone more dependable and appoint them instead. I, Valdemar von Rosenberg, cannot bear this position!”
It seemed my deputy mayor had lost a lot of confidence after this incident.
I smirked.
“You ordinary deputy mayor. What do you mean you failed to protect it?”
“But Angel! The city...”
“Quit whining and look over there.”
I turned toward the outside of the relief station.
Then I saw them.
“Iing!”
“Angel’s Apostle! The rubble is blocking the path!”
“I’ll just have to break this one. Hey! You fucking primitive local! Step back. You might get hurt by the debris.”
“Those who are exhausted should rest first! Don’t push yourselves too hard!”
“Where should I put the food and bandages? Ah, it’s so frustrating that we can’t communicate...”
“The injured, go to the relief station over there!”
“The Angel watches over us! Everyone, have hope!”
The locals were working together on recovery efforts.
My party members were helping them.
Iing Iing’s telekinesis cleared away the rubble.
The locals reached out to those injured beneath it.
Choi Yejin and Na Hyeji endured the inconvenient communication barrier to help as well.
The city had certainly suffered a lot of damage.
Quite a few people had died or been hurt.
Many buildings that must have once stood tall had burned down or collapsed.
A large portion of the fields outside the walls had been ruined too.
For Valdemar, who had personally worked so hard to develop this city, it probably felt like the sky was falling.
But still.
“The people survived, didn’t they?”
“...”
“Then you protected it.”
Burned and collapsed buildings could be rebuilt.
Ruined fields could be cultivated again.
The injured could be healed.
But human lives could not be replaced.
There had been some chaos, but many people had survived.
That alone was enough.
I patted Valdemar on the shoulder.
“You did more than well enough, deputy mayor. Continue developing Extreme Lunatic Hell City under me. I trust only you, Valdemar von Rosenberg!”
“Ahh...! Angel!!!”
Thud.
The deputy mayor collapsed where he stood and burst into tears.
He cried intensely, tears and snot streaming down his face.
For a former knight, he sure cried a lot.
Maybe he had reached male menopause with age.
Anyway.
I looked north.
The hot wind blowing from the north.
The wavering heat haze annoyed me terribly.
I muttered quietly.
“It’s a duel, Dragon. Let’s see which is stronger, your volcano or my Tactical Fireball.”
Dragon or not, one Tactical Fireball and it would not be able to move!
TFB, and you’re done!
Footnotes:
“Stand tall, Hassan!” invokes a Korean online meme involving Hassan, used here as an exaggerated command to pull oneself together.
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