Chapter 128
Chapter 128
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 128
Chapter Title: Kaisha's Explosive Turnaround
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In the same instant that Gilgamesh startled and whipped his head around, shadowy figures buffed with assassin speed buffs streaked past at blinding velocity.
Countless green mana bullets loaded in a flash.
[Gunfire that Tears Through the Darkness]
Rat-a-tat-tat—!!
A torrent of mana bullets poured down desperately onto the European Union's dense shields.
Gilgamesh, who had nearly lost his wits for a split second, snapped back to attention and flicked on his mic in the voice chat with the Chinese coalition.
"Everyone, fall back!!"
The motion of pulling both arms back with full force before thrusting them forward while channeling lightning energy through his entire body was something Dart had used first, but Kaisha employed it quite often too.
An application of the ultra-wide lightning skill.
Concentrating lightning energy with both senses and gestures, then unleashing it in an instant as an enormous wide-area electron cannon.
Kwaaaaaang—!!!
The insane-scale electron cannon detonated, bathing everyone there in green light.
The European Union's thick shields and formations shattered in a heartbeat, a straight path of devastating width punched clean through.
As the hunters gaped in shock, Gilgamesh let out a roar of triumph.
"Kaisha, nice shooot!! All ranged DPS, full deployment now—unload everything!! Bound heroes, if you have any ults left, slam 'em all!! Charge!!!"
Gilgamesh shouted that while checking his own bound heroes' skill windows, but his quick-witted bound heroes had just unleashed all their remaining ults, putting them on long cooldowns.
Amid the explosive booms of skills detonating, flashy effects erupted in a chaotic explosion beyond recognition.
Even though they'd formed a coalition, Goldbunker—who had been cowardly using Chinese hunters as shields while staying safe—now mobilized fully with their heroes, kicking off all-out war.
Through the gap Kaisha had torn open, Abyss and Helcannon, who had charged in after her, unleashed their ults.
Kuboom!
Kwa-kwa-kwa-boom!!
Abyss shook the ground with her ult, and Helcannon's ult—which rivaled most Midgard guild members in power—ripped through the coalition forces' vulnerabilities.
Still inexperienced, but using lightning energy had boosted her skill power to top-ranker levels.
The battlefield, where the European Union had been pressing hard, went paralyzed like a nuke had dropped, turning into utter pandemonium in seconds.
Gilgamesh muttered with a face mixed of shock and excitement.
"What the hell happened to that girl."
["Kaisha got an upgrade. Catching three error codes? Max level's a given at that point."]
"Can't let this slide."
Unable to hide his excitement at Kaisha's explosive performance, Gilgamesh finally drew his sword and charged into the battlefield where the reversal had begun.
The European Union's stable front lines didn't just crumble—they were utterly demolished, and the Korean-Chinese coalition, who had been on the back foot, swarmed in with desperate fury, racking up countless deaths on the European side.
Above all, every time Kaisha swung her sword, at least one enemy dropped dead for sure.
With her lethality peaked from the one-versus-three error code fight, Kaisha mowed down foes endlessly, unleashing untelegraphed ults via sensory casting, turning it into a near-massacre.
In normal games, even if players set skill windows transparent during PvP, the motion of reaching for them still puts enemies on guard.
But Kaisha's 'sensory casting'—the first one she'd mastered and taught to Korean hunters—made that impossible.
Though hard to pull off perfectly, with few mastering it, casting skills in combat without touching the window threw off enemies' timing for heals or shields.
At that moment,
Kaisha's mana flooded out in an incredibly dense wave.
"!"
Those with exceptional mana sense picked it up sharply, but average rankers didn't notice right away.
Mana slipped through too fast to react even if spotted.
To amplify skill power, massive lightning energy seized the space. The moment rankers—who couldn't miss the enormous scale even without sensing mana—looked up.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-boom—!!!
It was Dynamite's explosion, literally developed to pierce mountains.
Dynamite racing through the sky.
With allies behind, targeting the densely packed enemy front, the slickly laid mana detonated.
Human ranks shattered, carving out a massive tunnel.
"?!!"
The shocking sight stunned allies and enemies alike into freezing.
Even King, the European Union's supreme commander watching tensely from the rear, stared at Kaisha in dumbfounded surprise.
Amid the universal standstill, Kaisha's eyes flashed brilliantly from the skill's aftershock.
Despite pouring everything into the ult. With war raging and this sudden gap opening, Kaisha frowned slightly and said to her allied hunters.
"Finish them quick."
Goldbunker and Chinese hunters jolted to attention at Kaisha's order, swarming the battered coalition forces.
They'd killed quite a few in seconds, but plenty more enemies remained.
Snapping to at the enemies' movements, the European Union unleashed heals, buffs, and attacks in a frenzy, diving back into war.
Kaisha glanced around.
"......"
As Kaisha threw up a shield and turned her back, a few enemy hunters lunged, but Abyss shielded and sliced them down swiftly.
Notifications had been popping nonstop in voice chat.
Likely avoiding forced 'emergency' contact mid-battle, but Hyunwoo spamming like this was basically intentional summoning.
Kaisha topped off her mana with a top-grade potion, touched her skill window lightly, and swung her sword.
Slash—!!
Hunters scrambled back.
Whether from command or not, European Union hunters started focusing fire on Kaisha.
Boom! Kwa-boom!
Elite from HQ? Their skills were impressive.
Kaisha clashed swords twice with a melee DPS whose swordsmanship was freakishly good, then cast the mage skill Lightning Guided Missile.
A few startled hunters dodged nimbly with assassin skills.
Ta—ang!
Kwa-kwa-kwa-boom!!
Assassins lurking amid the fighting hunters, waiting to kill Kaisha, dodged fast.
European Union threw up shields in haste, but they pierced through everywhere.
With many deaths, the ironclad shield density plummeted.
Kaisha opened her message window in the gap.
[Hyunwoo: Looks like Lenox has gone fully berserk. Central nation's on the verge of total collapse.]
[Hyunwoo: Occupied central nation's internal territory system. Mobility unlocked.]
From Hyunwoo's repeated messages, Kaisha had guessed urgent news—and it matched perfectly.
Kwa-boom!!
Kaisha dodged an attack, leaped high into the air, then cast Lightning Flash to zip backward sharply.
"Messiah."
["Huh?"]
Gilgamesh, who had been commanding from the rear while fretting over guildmates, was finally fighting with gusto.
Mid-dodge from a near-miss sword clash with a skill blast.
Kaisha said.
"I'm heading out now."
["What? Already? We're not done yet?"]
Kaisha's support had slashed European numbers in a blink.
Korea and China together had whittled down the 200-strong equivalent to barely 10%, but Kaisha's arrival let the Korean-Chinese coalition wipe 50 enemies in moments.
Of course, European complacency made it easy; if they'd focused on blocking Kaisha, that dramatic pace wouldn't have held from the start.
Before descending to ground, Kaisha glanced toward the forest interior and said.
"They say occupying the center lets you control the machine soldiers. And mechs with tanks are incoming from 2 o'clock."
["......What?!"]
"Already tilting your way, but warn your guild about the direction."
As Gilgamesh reeled in shock, Kaisha force-summoned Helcannon and checked territory port locations on the world map.
"Abyss, let's go."
She'd ordered Abyss to withdraw, but Gilgamesh's voice rang through an immediate emergency call.
["W-wait! Occupy center and the mechs support us?!"]
Considering Hyunwoo's nuance, Ophen had said occupying center would 'stop' the android soldiers.
But there was a chance of gaining control rights if played right.
Kaisha pondered briefly, then—to reassure Gilgamesh clinging to her—decided to sell the hype despite uncertainty.
Confirming Abyss's battlefield exit, Kaisha bolted toward the nearest territory port and said.
"How else do that many mechs move in perfect sync? Someone in central issues commands with the gear. Grab control, and the rest follows."
["Go, Kaisha. I believe in you."]
"......"
Suddenly feeling like Gilgamesh's Kaisha simp, her eyes narrowed suspiciously, but his voice brimmed with such genuine faith she brushed it off.
"Near tank laser cannons, there's some shield generator or whatever—eye-catching device. Destroy it, attacks land faster. Heads up."
["Got it."]
Kaisha messaged King the same info while moving.
Repayment for his earlier tips on countering mechs.
'Still enemies in the end.'
VFA old-timer wouldn't assume brief goodwill lasts.
Whatever King's intent, UK hadn't left the Union, and current signs said Europe wouldn't disintegrate.
Thus, Europe's coalition tactics had successfully cornered China and Korea.
But right now, android soldiers were common foes to both coalitions—sharing intel benefited all.
Kaisha sent the message and sped on.
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[Kaisha: European Union's numbers are way too high. Support really impossible?]
[Kaisha: Came to see myself—nothing we can do fine, but if any spare forces, sending some would be huge.]
Dart read Kaisha's messages and glanced at the fierce Korea-US clash.
Ranged DPS specialist heroes hitting Spaceking's rear from his faction? All Fullminak reinforcements.
Deep in the forest here.
And Dart had just heard, before shifting to forest, that Spaceking's guildmates left behind had mopped up remaining US hunters.
A few slipped away though.
The escapees likely ported via territory system to join other US guilds here.
Fullminak scouts had joined Spaceking too.
Current Korea-US: 37 vs 52 total forces. Korea numerically disadvantaged, but combat power evenly matched—an intriguing deadlock.
Regrettably, just holding, no thrill of breaking or pushing enemies.
Still, Dart found the situation riveting.
Power-obsessed America learning this? Shockwaves galore.
Real-world Korea-US military gap? Noob vs max level.
But here on this ground—at least in manpower-capped guild wars—being able to crush America felt electric.
[Dart: Enemy forces?]
[Kaisha: Killed a ton rushing in, still over 120.]
Decent drop.
Suspiciously low—wondered if they hid reserves somewhere.
If not, for their size, how stupidly did they fight to lose so many?
Still, survivors outnumbered this side combined.
Infuriating bastards. Probably planned mass swarm to claim land, then divvy it up.
Dart chuckled coldly inwardly.
'Can't let that happen.'