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Chapter 632
KIIIIIIIIK!
Thousands, or, tens of thousands of outer being monsters revealed themselves in the sky above Atlas, letting out horrific screams.
Seeing the monsters blackening the sky right above the city, the faces of Atlas's citizens and the knights and soldiers defending the city were painted with despair.
"Oh God..."
"Why have you abandoned us…?"
Laments echoed throughout the city.
Kali, who was on the city wall, also let out a distressed cry.
But she couldn't stay that way. She shouted toward the mage division.
"Activate the aerial magic barrier immediately!"
Following Kali's order, when the mages infused mana into the crystal orbs installed throughout the defensive wall, the aerial magic barrier activated.
WOOOOOONG!
The entire Atlas was surrounded by a translucent membrane.
Simultaneously, the artillery batteries on the defensive wall aimed their magic cannons toward the sky.
Kali shouted toward the mage division.
"Fire!"
WOOOOOONG!
As mana concentrated in the crystal orbs embedded in front of the batteries, magic shells flew toward the monsters floating in the air.
KWAKWAKWAKWA!
The monsters hit by the compressed magic shells shattered instantly.
THUDUDUDUDUDU!
Monster debris fragments and viscous body fluids fell onto the translucent barrier.
BZZZZZZZZT!
Electric currents sparked across the barrier, burning and dissolving the monster fluids and debris.
The problem was that there were far too many monster fragments falling onto the barrier.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The fragments of monsters killed by magic shells pounded the barrier like hailstones.
BZZZZZZZZT!
Electric currents surged everywhere, burning the debris.
Then one of the mages managing the barrier shouted while breaking into a cold sweat.
"Th-there's too much falling debris! At this rate, the barrier won't hold!"
And at that moment, a large explosion occurred, and countless fragments fell and pierced into the barrier.
Cracks began to form in one area of the barrier where many fragments had concentrated their hits.
BZZZZZZZZT!
As if sensing the cracked area instinctively, the monsters rushed toward it.
Seeing this, Kali shouted again.
"Barbarian unit!"
At her cry, the waiting barbarians lined up on the city wall with their spears.
They took position and aimed their spears toward where the monsters were gathering.
"Throw!"
In sync with the command, the barbarians hurled their spears into the air with all their might.
The spears of the barbarians, who possessed powerful strength, flew toward the sky where the monsters were, like cannonballs fired from artillery.
SHWEEEEEEEK!
Dozens of spears passed through the barrier and struck the monsters rushing toward the cracked area.
The moment they hit the monsters, the spearheads caused massive explosions.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!
The magic bombs installed in the spearheads had hit the monsters and exploded simultaneously.
THUDUDUDUDUDU!
The monster fragments that scattered in all directions damaged other nearby monsters, resulting in a successful chain attack.
However, even so, the number of monsters floating in the air had barely decreased.
Seeing this, Kali drew her sword and said to the knights.
"When the barrier breaks and the monsters descend here, all knights will fight them to the death."
At those words, the Silver Knights standing beside Kali wore determined expressions.
Draker's main knight divisions were currently outside Atlas, carrying out other missions.
In the meantime, with monsters rushing in, Atlas's fighting force was significantly depleted.
Kali had been holding out until now by building a defense line centered around the Silver Knights she led and the Draker knights who remained in the Four Seasons Castle.
The knights sensed that this battle would be their last.
The Silver Knights all removed their helmets and bowed to Kali.
Then they raised their swords again and glared at the monsters attacking the barrier in the sky with grave expressions.
The barbarians threw several more rounds of spears to eliminate monsters, but the absolute numbers were too overwhelming.
That's when it happened.
GOOOOOOO!
Another bizarre sound echoed, and more monsters emerged from the black hole.
That wasn't all.
An outer being monster so massive it could be mistaken for a whale floating in the air revealed itself.
KAAAAARK!
The surface of the enormous outer being monster was covered with countless protrusions, which soon began to writhe and then opened wide into mouths with sharp teeth.
From those mouths, countless small bat-like monsters began to spring forth.
KIIIIIIIIK!
The small monsters spread in all directions and began ramming themselves into Atlas's barrier.
As they collided, explosions occurred on the barrier.
KWAKWAKWAKWANG!
Explosions erupted everywhere, creating cracks in the barrier.
Kali gripped her sword while clenching her molars as she watched the barrier slowly breaking apart.
'Has God truly decided to abandon Atlas?'
Despair tried to consume her mind, but she steadied her wavering heart and regulated her breathing.
Meanwhile, the small monsters flew in again to attack the barrier.
After another round of explosions, even more cracks than before were visible to the naked eye.
And shortly after, the monsters waiting behind thrust forward their grotesque teeth, flapping their wings as they charged toward the barrier.
KAAAAARK!
As the monsters rammed their bodies directly into the barrier, the cracks accelerated.
Though they tried to somehow stop the monsters with magic cannons, throwing spears, and anti-air magic, there was no way to handle the overwhelming numbers.
Soon, one of the most intensely attacked sections of the barrier shattered.
CRAAAACK-
With a sharp sound, one section of the barrier shattered like glass.
KAAAAARK!
The monsters succeeded in entering Atlas's airspace through the broken barrier.
Then Draker's magic corps, who had been waiting, initiated the large-scale magic they had prepared.
"Activate!"
WOOOOOONG!
When the large-scale magic formation installed in Atlas's plaza activated, thousands of arrows of light were fired into the sky.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The light arrows shot upward and pierced the bodies of the monsters that had invaded Atlas's airspace.
KAAAAARK!
Monsters whose wings were torn by the penetrating light arrows lost control of their bodies and fell throughout the city.
THUDUDUDU!
The waiting knights and soldiers immediately rushed toward the monsters that had fallen in the city.
SCHWAAAAAK!
While the soldiers restrained the fallen monsters with anti-monster snares provided by Nemesis, the knights beheaded the creatures with their swords.
SCHWAAAAAK!
The monster's head fell to the ground as it was severed by a sword imbued with aura.
For ordinary monsters, this would have been enough to kill them.
However, outer being monsters were creatures that could regenerate into different forms even when their bodies were completely destroyed.
KAAAAARK!
Despite having its head cut off, the monster thrashed about trying to break free from the soldiers' snares.
Then its belly suddenly split open and tentacles whipped out from inside.
SCHWAAAAAK!
The emerging tentacles wrapped around the bodies of the soldiers holding the snares and began sucking their bodily fluids.
"AAAAARGH!"
The soldiers screamed in agony, and the knights hurriedly raised their aura to cut off the tentacles.
SCHWAAAAAK!
Even when the tentacles were cut, the monsters quickly regenerated, and the knights had to be satisfied with barely managing to pull back the injured soldiers.
The knights who had evaded the attack shouted toward the rear.
"Archers!"
The waiting archers fired their crossbows at the approaching monsters extending their tentacles.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The arrows firmly embedded themselves in the monsters, and simultaneously, the magic bombs installed in the arrowheads exploded.
KWAKWAKWAKWANG!
With the explosion, the monsters' bodies scattered in all directions.
The citizens who had volunteered to protect Atlas sprayed oil on the scattered monster remains and set them on fire.
CHIIIIIIK!
While this couldn't perfectly prevent their regeneration, it could buy some time.
Throughout the city, knights, soldiers, and citizens worked together to hold back the fallen monsters.
However, it was still insufficient to deal with all the incoming monsters.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Then, the monsters that had broken through the barrier flew toward the city walls, trying to destroy the defensive wall.
Kali and the Silver Knights behind her raised their swords high and shouted.
"For Atlas!"
"For the honor of Silver!"
Brilliant aura blades arose from their swords.
At the forefront, Kali unleashed her dragon-slaying technique, toward the incoming monsters.
KUGUGUGUGU!
As her powerful sword strike flew through the air, dozens of monsters were shattered into fragments in a single blow.
SCHWAAAAAK!
The Silver Knights swung their swords wrapped in aura blades to prevent more flying monsters from approaching the defensive wall.
Kali, standing at the very front, climbed the wall, jumped into the air, and swung her sword with a battle cry.
"HAAAAP!"
Like a giant swinging a sword, hundreds of monsters flying toward the defensive wall were instantly crushed and fell below the city wall.
Kali changed direction in mid-air and swung her sword again at the monsters flying toward her.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
The monsters hit by the powerful sword strike were squashed like flies and bounced away.
KUGUGUGUGU!
Sword in hand, Kali defended the defensive wall more firmly than anyone else.
The Silver Knights raised their morale watching Kali.
"Follow the lord!"
They charged at the monsters, not just as knights but as guardians of Atlas, swinging their swords and sacrificing their lives in the process.
THUDUDUDUDUDUK!
Before long, crushed monster corpses and fragments piled up like mountains beneath the city wall.
The monsters realized that Kali was responsible for this outcome and temporarily retreated.
It was obvious that if they rushed in carelessly, they too would be scattered into pieces by her sword.
That's when it happened.
KUGUGUGUGUGUGU!
The giant monster floating in the airspace began to move.
The monster dragged its massive body and slowly descended toward Atlas's barrier.
KWAKWAKWAKWA!
When the weighty monster's body collided with the barrier, powerful electrical currents sparked between them.
The mages managing the barrier felt the mana backflow and shouted.
"The-the barrier can't hold any longer!"
The crystal orbs of the control device managing the barrier turned red hot and emitted smoke.
BZZZZZZZZT!
The backflowing mana poured toward the mages managing it.
"Run away!"
Just as the mages escaped from the control device, the mana went out of control and exploded.
KIIIIIIIING!
Simultaneously, the barrier protecting Atlas's airspace was completely dispelled.
KUGUGUGUGU!
When the barrier disappeared, the massive floating monster now poured out bizarre insect-like monsters from inside its body.
CHIRURURURURURU!
Insect monsters with poison stingers and dozens of legs flew up in a black swarm and descended toward Atlas.
Seeing this, the mages clenched their molars and concentrated their mana.
"Fire!"
Magic cannons were fired at the insect-type monsters, and arrows of light shot up from the large-scale magic formations.
DUDUDUDUDUDU!
The monsters hit by the magic cannons and light arrows scattered into ashes, but it was useless.
There were simply too many of them.
CHICHICHICHICHI!
The insects spread throughout Atlas while making bizarre sounds.
The scattered insect monsters first tried to attack the weaker citizens.
Knights and soldiers spread throughout the city tried to stop the monsters to protect the citizens, but there were too many.
That's when black-clad figures sprang out from Atlas's alleys.
SCHWAAAAAK!
Nemesis's assassins revealed themselves in the light and cut down the monsters attacking the citizens.
Instead of escaping Atlas, Boris had signaled Shadia and the assassins to stop the monsters attacking the city.
Simultaneously, Boris led Nemesis's intelligence agents to the top of Atlas's high-rise buildings and installed new equipment.
It was a giant cylindrical tube, and after installing it, he signaled to Six's personnel who were standing by.
"Activate it!"
With his command, ultrasonic waves began to spread from the cylindrical tube.
WOOOOOONG!
The ultrasonic waves flowing from the cylindrical tubes installed throughout the high-rise buildings resonated with each other, and soon the vibrations amplified.
WOOOOOONG!
And as those vibrations spread in all directions, surprisingly, the insect-type monsters lost their strength and fell to the ground.
While outer being monsters had no fixed type making them difficult to counter, they knew that ultrasonic waves were universally effective against insect-type monsters, so they had hurriedly brought and installed the equipment.
THUDUDUDUDUDUK!
People who had been hesitating quickly sprayed oil on the monsters that had fallen to the ground powerless and set them on fire.
Thanks to Nemesis's efforts, they had managed to put out the urgent fire, so to speak.
That's when changes occurred in the giant monster floating in the air.
KUDRDRDRDRDRDK!
The back of the whale-like monster split open and spread to both sides.
Inside the monster's opened body was a giant cocoon pulsating like a heart.
It was none other than that very cocoon containing an Angel, the Guardian of the apocalypse.