The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion - Chapter 63



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Episode 63

I didn’t go anywhere to save people, I just sent them to the apartment because they asked me to take them.

I didn’t think it was necessary to explain all that in detail, so I asked Director Park.

“How is the apartment?”

– Okay, I’ll report back to you on the progress.

The things I had directed and planned were progressing as scheduled.

– And then there was the naval attack.

“Navy?”

I asked in surprise.

– Yes. The warship approached the apartment.

– It was a destroyer. It was a Gwanggaeto the Great class, 3,200 tons and 134.4 meters long.

Hoyoung, a fan of Mildew, intervened.

If it’s not a coast guard ship, but a destroyer, it would be equipped with not only guns, but also guided missiles and torpedoes.

Wasn’t this pretty dangerous?

But looking at the atmosphere between the two, it seems like nothing happened.

“So what happened, Chief Park?”

– They threatened to seize apartment supplies, saying they were the South Korean Navy. But they couldn’t get in because of the shield. Then they demanded that the shield be opened. Of course, I refused, as instructed by Detective Kim. Then they started attacking South Korean citizens without mercy. From cannons to missiles and torpedoes. How can attacking citizens be South Korean soldiers? But none of them could penetrate the shield. Haha.

Director Park burst into a proud laugh.

It was good.

I clenched my fist.

The shield shrank from Elder Kim’s bloody shell and then was restored.

So I was worried that there might be a problem with the shield’s durability, but it was completely revived.

But if there’s a destroyer, the Viking can’t go.

“What happened to the destroyer?”

“That’s haha. Funny enough, the missile bounced off the shield, and it was a guided missile, so it returned to the destroyer and exploded. Luckily, it didn’t sink, but it had to retreat like crazy.”

Then there should be no problem with the Viking ship going.

I made a few remarks to the new recruits and tried to end the call.

At that moment, Hoyoung intervened as if he had been waiting.

– Sir, are you going to Trash Island now?

“Uh. If there’s nothing special, I’ll go right away. Why?”

– I got a call from Hyunwoo, and he said something happened on Trash Island.

“Day?”

– Yes. It seems like the Ark Church is trying to monopolize Trash Island.

Garbage Island was located in a special geographical location in the middle of rough currents and was a habitat for mermaids.

So, forces such as the Navy and the Ark Church were unable to invade Trash Island, and instead used the southern part where people gathered as a free trade city.

Trash Island was filled with all sorts of trash, so there were quite a few useful items.

They even said that if we collected enough trash, we could even create an artificial satellite.

However, the pitfall is that since the satellite’s parts were submerged in water, we need to check whether they can be used after drying them.

As a result, various powers became more wary of someone other than themselves monopolizing the trash island.

But the Ark Church is going to eat the trash island that’s like a free city?

“What does that mean? Are you saying that the Ark Church staged a coup or an invasion?”

– No, that’s not it. It seems like the tyrant and the committee members have been taken over by the Archdiocese.

“Wow! The Ark guys are using their brains.”

Trash Island, like the countries of the previous world, elected a tyrant equivalent to a president and a parliamentary equivalent to members of the National Assembly.

When I first heard about the political structure of Trash Island from Hyunwoo, I thought that there would be problems at some point.

Democracy is a familiar and excellent political system, but like all political systems, democracy also has its blind spots.

We have seen that blind spot countless times in previous worlds.

So I figured it was only a matter of time before someone took advantage of that blind spot.

The Ark Church was also involved in politics, so they would have been more aware of this blind spot.

But the system called democracy is not that easy.

There must have been some internal backlash, of course.

– I think the opposition protested against the dictatorship of the Bangju Church.

“Hyunwoo’s father must have participated too.”

Hyunwoo’s father was a member of the committee and the big shot of the island.

According to Hyunwoo, he used to run a junk shop in Pyeongtaek before the world went underwater.

By using his skills to sort out and recycle valuable waste, he became a powerful figure on the island.

Hyunwoo said that the world submerged in water was better than the world on land in the past.

Although it is a shame that he cannot eat his favorite eggs, he can play with expensive toys and novel things like satellite communication equipment, and he said that the house he currently lives in, although it is tilted, is much more comfortable than the previous vinyl greenhouse.

He said that above all, it is best not to be hounded by debt collectors.

Listening to Hyunwoo’s story, I thought that the disaster of humanity could be an opportunity for someone.

Hyunwoo’s father was a divorced single dad, but how proud must he have been of himself for rising to the ranks of a big shot and political leader in a world that was drowning in water?

Perhaps that is why they strongly opposed the Ark Church’s attempts to overturn the current system.

Now that I think about it, I’ve had greater success.

He is the owner of the only apartment complex left standing in a flooded world, and he has quite a following.

Moreover, they even had armed ships.

Still, my goal was clear.

The goal is to save Delay, destroy the Ark, and if possible, drain the water from the flooded world.

– Yes. So I guess they were captured by the vigilantes. I thought they would be released soon since it was just a protest where they were just shouting slogans, but there are dangerous rumors going around. They say the captured members are plotting a rebellion and could face the death penalty. Hyunwoo was crying and asking if he could help them. Sir, can you help me?

The situation on Trash Island was changing more rapidly than expected.

Although the expansion of the Ark Church’s power seemed dangerous, in some ways this chaos was a good opportunity to save Jiyeon.

– Sir! I have a favor to ask too. Please save Hyunwoo’s father.

“okay.”

Hyunwoo’s father is a member of the Trash Island Committee, so he knows Trash Island well and has influence on the Trash Island society, so he could help fight against the Ark Church.

Besides, since you’re the big shot on Trash Island, wouldn’t you be able to get the supplies you need?

I was farming in the flooded Seoul, but there were a lot of things I couldn’t get, so I needed his help.

– They say there are opposition members who were not caught this time. If you contact them, they will help you.

Hoyoung told me how to contact them.

Okay, now that we have a connection to Trash Island, we should be on our way.

If Hyunwoo’s father gets executed or Jiyeon leaves, it’ll be a big problem.

We were planning to set off right away, but it took another day to show them how to use the Viking’s sails and get things sorted out.

I gave Jeong Ji-hoon the seeds I had collected from the fruit of the sea lotus pistil.

“Raising it is similar to raising a water hyacinth. One thing to be careful of is that there are whiskers growing under the water, so you have to pluck out the white hairs. Otherwise, the narcotic component will enter the surgery.”

“Oh! I see. I’ll make sure to take care of it.”

It will be as muddy as rain, but you will now be able to walk between apartment buildings.

And there was a way to get water other than wells.

Finally, we set off after burning the sea lotus so that the Ark Church could not use it.

* * *

We picked up speed and ran to find a shortcut to the current.

As they continued to ride the rough current, Bomi and Nurse Jang became corpses from seasickness.

Jinman seemed to have adapted to the waves and began to move little by little.

“It’s an island. An island! Woof.”

Jinman, who was watching the front with a telescope from the watchtower installed at the top of the mast, shouted while vomiting.

I took out my telescope and looked ahead.

A tilted tower was visible through a round field of vision.

Wow! It’s really Namsan Tower.

Hyunwoo said that he was washed up on the trash island all the way to Namsan Tower.

But they said that Namsan Tower had completely collapsed.

Tower cranes could be seen rising around Namsan Tower.

The tower crane was tilted like Namsan Tower, but the crane seemed to be working as it moved around.

Are you planning to build Namsan Tower right away?

It is a house of cards with no foundation, and it can never be put right because it is swayed by the current.

It was absurd, but I had an idea of ​​what was going on.

Wasn’t the campaign slogan of the Bangju Church ‘Let’s rebuild Namsan Tower and rebuild Trash Island’?

Wasting money on useless things to get votes was something we had seen countless times in the previous world.

The world was underwater, but people didn’t seem to change.

Now that Namsan Tower is in sight, there isn’t much trash island left.

From now on, it was important.

I first scooped up the water from the algae and then soaked the ignorant ones.

Then I went up to the bridge and compared it with the copy of the ignorance I had written earlier.

It was necessary to check the flow, speed, and current of the tide because they changed from moment to moment.

The area around the garbage island was particularly rough and the currents were as complex as those in downtown Seoul.

There was also a tornado section, so if you entered it wrong, you could get caught in the tornado and break or flip over.

Because of these adverse conditions, external forces could not invade recklessly.

As expected, the currents around Trash Island had changed.

The main stream of the current has not changed, but the east side, where we plan to land, has become a bit more complicated.

Jungwoo, who was looking at the updated map, looked visibly nervous.

“Wow! This is going to be harder than passing through the center of the typhoon.”

“I trust Jungwoo.”

He patted Jungwoo on the shoulder to boost his confidence.

“Hey! Hey!”

As we sailed along, I thought I heard a voice among the crashing waves.

You can see Namsan Tower in the distance, but the surrounding area is vast.

That’s why at first I thought I heard wrong.

“Hey! Hey!”

But then the voice was heard again.

Bomi must have heard it too, she got up from where she was lying and crawled towards the railing.

I held onto the railing and looked outside, then screamed in surprise.

“Hey! What the heck? Those guys!”