Chapter 271: Counterattack

Chapter 271: Counterattack

Korean villain Egostic was broadcasting before the battle with Moonlight Church. It was a live broadcast of him and the Korean hero Stardus facing off against the Moonlight Lord.

And it would have begun with him updating the Korean people on the progress of the battle against the Moonlight Church, but...

"Hey, Chris."

"Fuck... We're all going to die..."

"For fuck's sake, watch this video!"

"What the... Uh, is that the old guy from earlier?"

*

[Egostick! Egostick! Egostick! Egostick! Egostick!]

[Please win like a dog]

[He really looks like the final black screen of death, that bastard]

[What is this place? Is it Korea?]

[Isn't he that fucking hard to stop with just Stardus and Moonlight Maiden? I'm so fucking nervous]

[Isn't he that fucking moonlight boomer? Go kill him man]

[Please defeat him!] (jp)

[Come on, Mangostick] (cn)

[Asian man you can do it!] (hindi)

[What is it, why are there so many foreigners all of a sudden?]

[Overseas they say satellite internet is the national rule, so they have better internet than us...]

[Long live K-stick, show everyone you're saving the world]

*

Actually, contrary to what he thought his broadcast had already garnered worldwide attention.

[BREAKING! Demons are tearing apart the Kremlin Palace, forcing the President to evacuate...]

The world is in turmoil, with monsters bursting out of the Gate.

The attack wasn't as fast as in South Korea, where the gate originated, but it was still enough to paralyze the country's systems.

People hid in various places to survive, all clinging to their cell phones to know what was going on.

In areas where communications networks were destroyed, satellite internet was the only way they could get information and it turned out to be worse than they thought.

The international organization's headquarters was gated and trashed, and the prime minister was missing.

Most of the country is now under attack, too busy trying to defend themselves. As a result, no one has been able to get to South Korea, where Moonlight Lord, the mastermind of the current events, is located.

It's said that gates leading to monsters are more likely to appear in densely populated areas, so the bigger the city, the worse the damage to all the heroes.

Even some high-ranking villains are working together with the heroes to prevent the monsters from killing everyone. Apparently, they have a problem with the world ending.

With no idea what was going on, and little hope in sight the news spread quickly.

-In South Korea, the epicenter of the catastrophe, a villain is broadcasting that he's going to kill the man who caused it, Moonlight Lord.

And everyone who had access to the network entered the site, breathless and shaking.

Despite the crackling voice and the low resolution, they could see the villain named Egostic, fighting against an old man named Moonlight Lord, the man who had caused the catastrophe and with that, everyone who heard the news was glued to the broadcast.

It was their only hope in the face of the unknown.

While Egostic was distracted by the fight the viewership numbers were now climbing steeply as millions of people around the world watched his broadcast with clenched fists, unable to understand the language.

Fighting on the rooftops of a black tower, a man in a black hat named Egostic, a blonde-haired heroine, and a woman in a shrine maiden's outfit, all battling the Lord, therefore everyone watched with great anticipation.

*

[Oops]

[While watching Stardus and Egostic, why can't I see that it's a serious situation where my life is also on the line?]

*

They were all surprised when the Lord suddenly swooped in and then a dark-haired woman in a shrine maiden's robe did something, creating a magic circle.

The gates in the livestream, and the gates around them, disappeared, one by one.

*

[Kya-kya-kya-kya-kya]

[Moonlight Maiden Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo, Baek Eun-woo]

[How the hell did she delete fucking portals?]

[Let's just go like this~]

*

They all had hope.

Yes, they did.

"...Shit. What the hell is that?"

After the leader had laughed maniacally and disappeared a gate so large that it blocks out the sky appeared and beyond it

[Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah-]

an indescribable, grotesquely huge beast appeared.

*

[?]

[Wait what the hell is that]

[No why are we suddenly on phase 2, please don't do this]

[Fucked]

*

The beast stood in front of a dark night sky with a white moon.

With wings large enough to dwarf any skyscraper and impossibly large enough to block out the entire sky, a head so large that you have to turn at a right angle to see it, a face that resembles a dragon, but doesn't look like one, and a head that seems to be encrusted with jewels.

Its bizarre black-and-purple color scheme and ferocious appearance as it loomed over the city made everyone watching the broadcast to literally freeze.

"...How do we beat that?"

The words came out of their mouths.

It was clear that the only way to put an end to this gate situation was to defeat it.

People were rapidly losing hope in the overwhelming visuals of a creature that looked like it could bring down a city with just a few swipes of its tail.

Twinkle.

"...Huh?"

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Kaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

"....!"

Suddenly, a small yellow light flashed in the sky.

Something glowing yellow was hurtling toward its body like a comet, slamming into it like a cannonball.

Actually, the yellow glow was unusual.

In fact, there was such a disparity in size that it didn't seem to matter but...

[Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- !]

Surprisingly, the attack shook the beast, which seemed to be impervious to anything.

Spitting out a pained roar, it took a few steps back and shook its neck, writhing in agony.

Then it went on a rampage, smashing buildings and creating a circle of magic around its dragon-like form and yet, calmly dodging, glowing yellow and flying, the hero of Korea, Stardus, continued to fight back.

They thought that she might have a chance.

***

"Haaaaaaaah!"

[ chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

Dark sky, cold winter night air and an overwhelmingly sized monster standing in front of her, hundreds, perhaps thousands of times larger than she was.

Stardus gritted her teeth and stood alone against it.

Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

-fubberfubberfubberfubberfubberfubberfubber.

The creature's attacks were death-filled, each blow carrying her away with only the wind from its flailing arms and unlike its appearance, which seems to have no sense of reason, it somehow manages to use magic to put pressure on her.

Even though a single blow like that would kill her instantly, Stardus was fighting it with all the strength she had accumulated so far.

Stardus, listen to me, if you can stop it, this will all be over.

Gritting her teeth, she slammed into the ground, dodging the creature as it lunged for her at breakneck speed.

Then she darted in and out as fast as she could, punching him in the side of the head with a fist that glowed with the power of yellow starlight.

Stardus, you're the only one who can take it down.

Only you will be able to deal with it.

"Haaaaaah!"

Kaaaaaaaah!

Her fist collided with its hard flesh, and there was a yellow flash, like a bomb going off as the beast howled again, writhing in agony.

And just like that, she was airborne once more, now dodging its magical attacks as they came at her again without even a moment to catch her breath.

He was stronger than any foe she had ever faced, stronger than she knew, and she doubted she could defeat him.

Certainly, he seems unbeatable. But...

-Aaaaahhhhhhhh.

With another earth-shattering howl, Stardus dodged again as the creature slammed his massive frame into her, her hands glowing yellow once more.

You'll do it, you always have.

-Kaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

And just like that, her fist, once again, glowed yellow against the dark sky.

"What...?

[Kwah ah ah ah ah ah ah ]

The beast that had naturally deployed its magic circle to block her attack was now opening its gigantic mouth in front of her, as if to swallow her whole.

Before she could even dodge. In that brief moment when she was about to launch her attack.

Just like that.

[We'll help you, too.]

Kwajii-ii-ii.

The moment his mouth fell open,

"...Phew. That almost got me in trouble."

"...Ha, ha, ha. Hmm. I could have avoided it myself, haha."

"Yeah, yeah. Of course you did."

Someone had teleported in and was laughing and saying so from a good distance away from the beast.

"I apologize for being late Stardus, I came to help."

And behind her as he said that.

"Hey, Stardus, long time no see."

[Kahahaha! Stardus, it's been a while, and we're here to help!]

"Hmm... just this once. We can't all die."

Electra, Death Knight, the hacker girl, and the rest of the team.

"Stardus...!"

"At ease, Stardus. Now that I'm here, I'm sure your power is multiplied by a factor of ten."

"Stardus, we're here too!"

Stardus allies, including Icicle, Shadow Walker, and the PMC members of the Meteor Group, were all here.

They had one purpose, to help Stardus defeat this seemingly unbeatable beast.

"I realize we can only serve as a distraction, and you'll be the only one who can actually attack... but still. We'll do our best to create a gap."

He smirked as he explained and Stardus nodded silently, still in his arms.

"Yeah..."

[Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ]

Just like that, the final fight, the one that would end it all began.