Chapter 139
Translator: uly
Chapter: 139
Chapter Title: Central Seizure Success
The European Union, suddenly under concentrated fire from the android soldiers, panicked and scattered in chaos.
Zziiing, shwoooosh!
Tudududu—!!
The mechanical soldiers' attacks were now completely bypassing Goldbunker.
With their numbers dwindling, the Goldbunker guild members—who had been sporadically holding on while awaiting death—saw their group chat explode in an instant.
[“What the hell is going on?!”]
[“Whoa, no way! Whoa! Whoa—!”]
[“Hahaha! Oh my god!”]
[“Kaisha-nim succeeded in hijacking the central system, right?!”]
[“Kaisha-nim is the real deal……”]
[“The Church of Kaisha was right after all.”]
[“Anyone in bad shape, fall back behind the mechanical soldiers now!”]
[“Heals incoming!”]
Gilgamesh stared blankly at the battlefield, which was flipping in an instant.
Right on cue, the guild masters' chat lit up, delivering exactly the news everyone had anticipated.
[“Central system occupation successful.”]
At Kaisha's flat voice, Gilgamesh felt chills run down his spine.
“……Insane.”
[“Sent in reinforcements, so they'll arrive soon. You guys have too few survivors left, so I manually removed you from the attack targets. It'll prioritize aiming at the enemy, but just in case, stay sharp and dodge.”]
[“Goldbunker was the most urgent, right? Wouldn't splitting support between us dilute the focus?”]
The follow-up question came from Dart.
Dart seemed to think that since Kaisha was 'aiming' at the enemies, concentrating on one side would be better.
Kaisha replied.
[“Currently providing simultaneous support to Spaceking at 3 o'clock, Goldbunker at 9 o'clock, and Fullminak at 12 o'clock.”]
[“!”]
“Whoa.”
No idea how she was manipulating all that, but with the endgame approaching, it was undeniably fantastic news for the Korean team.
The Goldbunker guild members caught their breath behind the mechanical soldiers for a moment.
Gilgamesh shouted.
“This isn't the time to rest! From now on, hammer the enemy lines with the heroes and focus on seizing the territory system!”
Time was short.
Having been cornered the whole time, the Goldbunker members took a quick breather to regroup and unleashed a full barrage.
The joint assault of the mechanical troops and Goldbunker began.
Kaisha spoke.
[“Lure them out of the forest to test that special mana bomb they custom-made.”]
[“Why? Just drop it.”]
“Sigh. Dart, you idiot, this is a forest. Civilian residential area.”
[“……Got it.”]
Dart replied in a voice thick with irritation at Gilgamesh's scolding, and Gilgamesh tried to push the European Union out of the forest as Kaisha instructed.
Gilgamesh said.
“You seeing this?”
As the European hunters, flustered by the mechanical soldiers' focused attacks, began retreating, things got easier.
“They're heading out of the forest on their own? Instead of wasting time fighting the mech alliance at the last second, they're all bolting to grab land.”
[“They're pushing south right now. You guys hold position for a bit.”]
The European Union was rapidly gobbling up Chinese territory. A little further down, and they'd hit Korea's occupied zones.
As the European Union fully cleared the forest, a single bomb descended from the sky.
Shwoooom!
It wasn't just any bomb.
The moment the bombs hit the ground, intricately engraved mana runes spread out to nearly 1km in radius, erupting in light.
Paaat!
Kwaaaang—!!
Kukukukukuku—!!
The European hunters hurriedly raised shields, but it wasn't enough.
The explosion's immense pressure gouged deep into the earth, sweeping everything in the area outward in an instant.
Then the secondary runes activated, filling the expanding cloud with lightning.
Kururung—
Kwakwakwakwaquaaang!!!
Countless European hunters, desperately shielding and fleeing, were tossed like ragdolls by the fierce storm, flying through the air until their HP fully depleted and they vanished.
Deaths were piling up.
Gilgamesh scoped out the devastated enemy lines with his telescope skill, eyes wide.
“Whoa, what the hell is that…….”
[“Lenox personally inputted the runes at the planning stage—it's a special bomb, and there aren't many. But they said they scrambled special fighters loaded with mana shells.”]
Rune-input special bombs and mana-shell-equipped special fighters.
“You two get along now?”
Gilgamesh's eyes gleamed with greed and possessiveness. And honestly, Kaisha felt much the same.
[“Bring him home with us? Fighters don't just pop out of thin air, though. Thinking about urban warfare, it might be too risky……”]
“I'm all for it.”
Dart, overhearing their exchange, muttered under his breath.
[“You crazy bastards.”]
“Why? No way to bind them like with Midgard? Dart's clueless about what just went down here.”
[“You blew up a bomb.”]
“That bomb's power was straight-up nuts. You'd be losing your mind the most if you saw it.”
[“Shut up.”]
The on-site Goldbunker group chat was abuzz with awe and shock, but Gilgamesh turned down the volume and focused on Kaisha's voice.
Kaisha said.
[“Mana-shell fighters inbound.”]
“……This is nuts.”
Gilgamesh muttered.
Ominously shaped unmanned fighters appeared in the sky, ramping up the tension.
Having thrown their queen at the center, Europe realized Kaisha had succeeded in 'central occupation' and was turning the central nation's weapons against them—they began fleeing fast.
In the end, the time and effort the Korean team poured into the central push hadn't been wasted.
Kaisha said.
[“Wipe them out.”]
The fighters dove immediately, and an enormous wave of reinforcements from the rear pursued the European Union.
The endgame reversal was underway.
* * *
Friday evening in Korea—now a top-three contender in the World Hunter League—wasn't just heating up; it was blazing.
[“Let's go! Let's go! Republic of Korea!”]
The casters, hoarse from cheering Goldbungker's reversal, jumped from their seats, linked arms, and kicked out their legs like they were playing soccer.
Pure joy overload.
[Those casters are straight-up insane lolololololololololololol]
[They on drugs? lololol]
[No but why they kicking so perfectly lololol did they rehearse? lolololol]
[Aaah lololololololol]
Thwack!
[“Aaaack?!”]
One overexcited caster accidentally kicked the desk too hard and rolled on the floor in pain, flooding the chat with laughter.
[lolololololololololololol]
[lololololololololololololololololololololololol]
[Oof... that’s gotta hurtㅠㅠlolol]
[Physical comedy gold lolololol]
[Too damn funny lololol Goldsoo hyung chug that potion quick lolololololololololol]
With Korean hunters dominating Friday evening prime time, GotGold's viewership was skyrocketing exponentially.
Kaisha's central occupation success revived Goldbunker from the brink of annihilation, and Spaceking diverted some forces to aid their territory grabs.
Fullminak guild members were sprinting through the forest interior and the map's north, rapidly expanding territory.
[“Ow! It hurts so bad! Hey, you think my bone’s broken?!”]
Ignoring the guy rolling on the floor digging through his inventory for a potion, the uninjured caster moved his mouse to pull up the map.
Red was spreading across Channel 1004's world map at breakneck speed.
[“Whoa, insane. Now it's a shame about the time limit. The countdown was the balance patch, huh.”]
Korea had seized the center, but mission end was right around the corner.
Mana-shell fighters focused on Goldbunker, which had been getting crushed by Europe, while Spaceking reversed the tide the moment the mechs switched sides, rapidly pushing back the American hunters.
American hunters scattered through the forest had seized territory spots, but Fullminak packs attacked and stole them on sight.
The potion-downed caster sprang up and bellowed.
[“Gazua! 21st Century Isekai Conquest!!”]
The central mech army, remotely piloted by Kaisha from the control room, backed Korean hunters and utterly crushed the enemy.
* * *
It wasn't just people watching the Babel Tower interior.
On the screen everyone was glued to, Kaisha appeared manipulating Channel 1004's neural drive via the central admin system.
[“Goddamn Babel Tower.”]
[“A human first time on the system pulling off triple control……”]
[“Picked a channel with decent tech, and they actually reached it.”]
[“What the hell is that human's deal?”]
[“Who cares, kill it quick.”]
[“Third forces' origin zones are drifting farther, so probably not from nearby either.”]
[“Has plenty of incarnation experience and neural chops. Must've wrecked their home turf.”]
[“War God lineage maybe.”]
The dark faction's incarnated constellations spotlighted Kaisha, chattering over comms.
One piped up out of nowhere.
[“By the way, shouldn't we have left the one with divinity alone? Why kill the white-haired girl and awaken Kaisha?”]
[“That was truly regrettable, Ashin.”]
[“Heard Ashin met Kaisha before—is that true?”]
[“What? Kaisha's still kicking. You telling me you lost to some fresh awakener?”]
[“Got careless or something.”]
[“You're insane. Suicide for the honor of us all.”]
The incarnated constellations chewed out Ashin—who had infiltrated Babel Tower only to get beaten by Kaisha—giggling mercilessly.
Soon Ashin's voice boiled with venom.
[“Shut your mouths before I skin you alive and dump you in the ocean. Unlike treaty-protected humans, killing you lot has zero restrictions—don't forget that.”]
Everyone went quiet.
This kind of talk among them was never a joke; casualties could pop up in days.
And Ashin was a top-tier powerhouse among the incarnated constellations.
Someone changed the subject.
[“Enough chit-chat. Find a way to kill that bitch quick.”]
[“Three of us who fight well even in restriction-light Babel got wrecked. How?”]
[“Why not? Human protection period's almost up.”]
[“That's the problem, idiot—the monster fully awakens before that damn restriction ends.”]
[“Still just stage 1 awakening. Miles from stage 7. She's weak for now, so Ashin—you're Korea lead, handle it.”]
[“Damn right I will!”]
Ashin exploded.
Just then, Kaisha on-screen smiled darkly as if staring right at them, silencing the chatting constellations.
Her eyes—commanding the world with neural power—flashed with sharp light.
The incarnated constellations nearly fell into rapture at the intoxicating scent of power, but someone broke the silence.
[“No matter how well she wields it, she's still human. Born and raised human, she can't shed human traits till full awakening.”]
Another replied.
[“Kill her like a human, then.”]
[“Bribe won't work?”]
[“You forget why Babel opened this channel? That human won't lack 'money' for life.”]
The world map was solid red.
The red blaze racing across the map accelerated.
Intense green light surged in Kaisha's eyes. Incredibly, she perfectly controlled the central system for the first time, devouring the map.
The incarnated constellations watching via screen sank into deep thought.