Black Badger - Chapter 389



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389. Code Red (2)

There was no way to know how long the makeshift trench would last.

Martin’s shield was also broken along the way. So there was no peace of mind. There was a spare shield device, but it was not a fundamental solution.

Yehyun tilted her head back and looked at the sky.

[Core creation 30% complete]

“Air support. Block the west and north.”

[yes.]

Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles flying in the western and northern skies.

As soon as the trenches were dug, air support arrived, giving us a breath of relief.

The drones that had flown in quickly stopped the creature wave once. Before they reached the trenches, dead creatures formed a mountain.

The mountain of corpses became an unintentional barrier.

But it wasn’t enough. Flying creatures were rising into the sky one after another. The drone wouldn’t hold out for long.

[Core creation 35% complete]

And once core creation is complete, additional air support becomes impossible.

With the skies clear, we had to utilize air support as much as we could.

[Core creation 38% complete]

“Mobilize everything that can be mobilized to block the route.”

Forcing the enemy’s path was now of the utmost importance.

“The fall is also on the west and north paths!”

The isolation ward was located in the northwest of the headquarters site.

Above the isolation ward, there were houses for the general staff and badgers, and on the west side there was a wall. There would be a space corridor right under the wall, and the idea was to block off the space between the trenches from the west and north space corridors with something.

It doesn’t matter what you block it with.

Whether it’s being blocked by creature corpses, airplane fuselages, or turret parts.

Anything that could limit the creature’s path to south and east would be fine.

It would be best to block it with a mountain of creature corpses… .

Kwakwaaang!

A drone crashed.

The Badgers, who were preparing for battle inside their makeshift trenches, jumped back in surprise.

A drone crashed on the western floor, crushing creatures.

At the same time, a voice echoed through the makeshift trench.

[Shield damage rate 30%]

[Shield damage rate 25%]

[Shield damage rate 17%]

“What the fuck! This is so shoddy!”

“What? What did you do to get a damage rating of 30? What did you get hit with? Did a pig come and hit you or something?”

“The shield was damaged three times because it was hit by a corpse?”

“It seems like they are thinner than us.”

“Jake, you just stand there and do the meat shield thing. That’ll be better.”

“Hurry up, hurry up! Don’t move!”

Richard Greene made a speech after the death of the lion.

“How long do you think that will last!”

Badgers dragged their heavy bodies and built a defensive wall in front of the damaged shield.

Ye-Hyeon stood in the center and assessed the situation. The number of general staff remaining at headquarters was continuously reported. The arrival time of the drone provided by the military unit was also continuously heard.

The drone pilot’s report continues.

[The western and northern paths are nearly blocked. The creatures appear to be turning to the southeast and attacking.]

“Arrange spare shields on the east and south shield sides!”

“yes!”

It won’t last long, but for now, the shield and silver wall will keep you free from creature attacks.

We must make good use of this gap.

[We will transport small core products for trenches from headquarters.]

The drone pilot reported.

Ye-Hyeon answered, following the badgers running east and south of the trench with her eyes.

“Assist with one drone as escort.”

[Commander.]

Scar interrupted the communication.

[The entity witch has appeared.]

Yehyun raised her head.

The night sky seen beyond the collapsed rooftop.

The crashed drone fuselage caught fire, and the flames lit up the sky.

A gigantic entity floated leisurely in the night sky, illuminated by the lights of drones, combat drones, and the lights coming from the buildings on the premises.

The leader of the creature ‘Witch’ horde.

The reason why the Black Badgers don’t chase down and eliminate the group of worthless witches.

The ‘Great Witch’ was classified as a level 9 creature.

The Archdemon’s only countermeasure was to escape within its range.

Yehyun swallowed a sigh.

“Have you ever struck anything significant on it?”

[…doesn’t exist.]

Scar answered darkly.

[No badge has ever succeeded.]

But Hilde might know.

Yehyun looked up at the Great Witch who was helplessly loading her energy cannon.

Jack Black too, obviously.

They didn’t classify the ‘Great Witch’ as ​​a higher level monster. When they were sorting out the Wasteland and Ice Dragon a few months ago, they didn’t even include that thing that every Black Badger fears on the list.

So, it must mean that they have their own hunting method.

I should have asked that in advance.

“Shoot.”

Yoon, who had come next to Ye-Hyeon, said.

There was fatigue in his voice.

“All of that seems to be true.”

Pbubububububububububu!

The Great Witch fired an energy cannon.

Hundreds of yellow light droplets bloomed from the body and spread out in all directions. The surroundings suddenly brightened as if the night sky had been lit up.

An energy cannon that slices through the air, leaving behind dozens of trajectories.

They flew in parabolic arcs and intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles and drones.

Hit all the Black Badger side equipment floating in the air.

Kwaaaaang!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! KWAANG!

A loud noise that would burst your eardrums.

The amount of light is so bright that it is difficult to keep your eyes open.

The sound of objects hitting the ground.

Kuuung

Kwaaang!

The crashed drones exploded.

Rising fire and smoke.

There was nothing left in the air.

The sky is empty.

“Fuck!”

Giacomo Lo, who had tested positive but had no fever, cried out in good spirits.

“You’re done!”

“What about a small core drone for trenches?”

Yehyun asked urgently.

Scar answered.

[Fortunately, it hasn’t set off yet. However, as long as the Arch-Witch is floating in the sky, it will be intercepted as soon as it sets off.]

“I suppose so. Have you been able to contact Hilde or Jack? They might know how to handle it.”

“I know that too.”

Yehyun turned her head sharply.

A woman with short black hair stood beside him. She was one of the Titans who had gone to rescue Hildebert when he was kidnapped by Kyle’s side.

A person who was brought by Hildebert as a fighter, but does not really know how to fight.

The woman Hildebert had clearly called ‘Rose’ smiled broadly.

“I’ll clean it up.”

“how?”

Yehyun asked urgently.

“Should I use magic or divine powers?”

“no.”

The woman took out her colored contact lenses.

Red irises appeared. Eyes that were so intense and unfamiliar that I couldn’t stop looking at them.

Long, black eyelashes covered the large eyes.

“You must use a sword made from a sacred tree.”

Rose pulled a dagger out from somewhere.

She smiled elegantly as she removed the scabbard.

“Luckily, I have one too.”

“dagger?”

Ye-Hyeon looked at her opponent blankly.

But then I remembered the story of Hildebert that Yoon had told me. The reason why Hildebert became the ‘child of the World Tree.’

It is said that there were things in the empire that were no match for them unless you used a sword made from a sacred tree. If you cut down a sacred tree, you would be cursed by the sacred tree, but some people still cut down the sacred tree.

Because of things like that.

To counter the fact that Hilde’s attacks were not working, she cut down a sacred tree and embedded its core into her sword.

So this is the reason why I haven’t been able to hit the Arch-Witch until now.

Ye-Hyeon asked, pushing the small realization to a corner of her head.

“How are you going to stab that with a dagger?”

“Could you open the trench for a moment?”

Rose looked up at the translucent trench cover.

The shield device placed in the center was creating a shield in the air like a mushroom cap.

“And please lend me a rifle.”

[Shield damage rate 57%]

[Shield damage rate 63%]

[Shield damage rate 72%]

“With 50 caliber.”

“… You can’t fly through the sky, right?”

Yehyun asked cautiously.

“It’s floating about three stories high.”

Rose smiled broadly.

“I have a plan.”

First, he asked for the trenches to be opened so that he could go outside and attack.

He also requested a gun that would fit the bullets he was holding.

Luckily, the rifle somehow falls into her hands.

Ye-Hyeon quickly listed the people who would provide covering fire.

Those who stood with guns at his command looked at Rose with bewildered expressions.

Rose held the rifle in one hand and tapped her boots.

“You’re not going to send him away, are you?”

Lee Ho asked blankly.

“Are you a civilian?”

“The second one from the left of the southern shield is damaged, so don’t activate the spare shield right away.”

Yehyun didn’t answer the question.

Instead, he looked at those sitting next to the spare shield and gave instructions.

“Once the power goes out, we will begin covering fire.”

“yes.”

The one who answered without hesitation was Ruta Ayer.

“Prepare for covering fire.”

[Shield damage rate 92%]

[Shield damage rate 87%]

[Shield damage rate 95%]

“I’m going to activate the second heat shield!”

“…Shall we move the wall…?”

The one standing in front of the high damage shield shouted, and Ricardo, who was leaning against the remains of the drawer, asked a question.

Ye-Hyeon glanced down at the green-eyed subordinate sitting nearby.

“No. Just send it through the shield. Rest.”

A noisy AI voice rang out.

[Shield damage rate 100%]

[Shield damage rate 100%]

[Shield damage rate 100%]

[Operating, Support, Middle, Short]

Three shields were taken out of service.

Woof!

At Yehyeon’s command, the two shields placed right behind him immediately activated.

But one of them delayed the operation.

[Core creation 75% complete]

Rose jumped out of the trench through the gap.

The medical staff and a reporter held their breath. At that moment, she was already on the ground.

Rose jumped up, grabbing the claws of a flying creature that approached her as if trying to snatch its prey.

“crazy!”

People were screaming.

“Oh. That crow was also riding a human.”

Roga muttered.

“Do you know each other?”

Tadadadadadadang!

Badgers fire through open trenches.

The creatures burst into pieces.

Meanwhile, the flying creature Rose was riding quickly soared into the sky.

The short hair of the person who had now settled securely on the creature’s back fluttered in the wind.

Red eyes see the enemy. The badgers watched her skillfully load her rifle, sniping flying creatures flying towards her.

Taang!

A flying insect that falls and is crushed.

Ta-da-da-da!

Rose hit all the flying bugs.

“Oh.”

Lee Ho made a foolish sound.

“You shoot well.”

Isn’t that just a little too much of a shot?

Some thought that her marksmanship was amazing, even though the drone squadron that had just poured in was drawing the creatures’ attention.

You can never miss a step on a moving creature.

The rapid-fire bullets all pierced through the other creatures that were rushing at me.

Even the power of each shot was extraordinary, as if they were specially made bullets.

“Aren’t you a civilian?”

Lee Ho muttered.

“Are you a soldier?”

[Commander.]

Rose’s calm voice came to Yehyun’s ears.

[A one-eyed creature that sprays corrosive liquid has been attached to the eastern shape-shifting weapon.]

The woman who served the flying object said.

[I’ll be dealing with the Arch-Witch, so deploy the small core-loading drones for trench warfare.]

Yehyun spat.

It would be a deadly Cyclops to the shape-shifting weapon.

He quickly relayed Rose’s words to Scar.

An aide who answers in the affirmative.

As soon as she heard that the drone had taken off, Yehyun turned her gaze to the wall.

Scan for spare shield machines.

There wasn’t much left.

Once the silver wall collapses, the remaining shield machines will not be able to recover it.

“Green. Form battle formation.”

He gave instructions to the seasoned soldier.

Richard Greene assembles a line of movable badgers.

The commander in chief turned his gaze.

He checked to see if it was possible to reinforce the eastern wall using his shape-shifting weapon blocking the west.

Since it’s blocked by debris anyway, wouldn’t it be okay to just remove the wall?

I turned my head while thinking, but things were not easily resolved.

In the west, a fire was burning.

If you clear the wall, the fire will warm your back.

Ye-Hyeon turned her head, swallowing her guilt.

“Sordi. Put a thorn in the wall.”

If we leave it like this, the wall will collapse.

I had to try to pull out the thorns from the wall and stab the enemy to death.

Before it melts and falls apart… .

Ye-Hyeon saw the green-eyed subordinate leaning his upper body forward with difficulty.

We also see Jonathan Kudo desperately grabbing his opponent.

Green eyes narrowed in concentration… .

The wall shook.

It was hard to see clearly because it was inside, but I could see the upper thorns melting outward.

It’s about gathering materials to attack.

The wall is getting lower and lower.

At some point the wall began to collapse inward.

Is it okay?

“Cluck!”

“Rick.”

Jonathan accepted the motive that was falling forward.

“Rick!”

ah.

It collapsed.

The wobbling wall stopped.

Because the owner of the weapon couldn’t hold out.

The shape-shifting weapon that couldn’t finish its attack collapsed.

If the corrosive liquid hadn’t come into contact with it, it would have held up a little longer.

But now the wall has been worn away at its weakest points due to corrosion.

It’s been pierced.

Ye-Hyeon took out the dagger she had stored in her shoe.

Now it’s hand-to-hand combat.

Taking subordinates who were sick and couldn’t even aim properly… .

“Prepare for battle!”

Kwaaang!

The moment I shouted, the wall completely collapsed.

A horde of creatures rush in, crushing it.

At the same time, Scar’s voice was heard.

It was a clear report.

[Hildebert Taleb has arrived at headquarters.]