The Villain Alliance Revealed, Georgius's Declaration
"Can the 'Equipment' be operated?" Kang Yerin asked the mechanic while preparing for deployment. He wore a troubled expression.
"The synchronization rate is still... These items were prototypes even for the U.S. military. I suppose testing is possible for some of the parts, but..."
"Wear as much as is possible. Yookyung, Sehwa."
Ji Sehwa nodded and began her transformation on the spot.
"Yookyung, what about the new switch?"
"It's ready. I won't need Excalibur anymore. Yerin, will you hold onto it?"
"I will. I'm currently keeping Minseo's Clarent as well."
"But where did Minseo go? ...There's no response?"
"What was that?" Kang Yerin thought it was strange. The deployment order should have gone out a long time ago. Kang Yerin contacted the Association President.
"She's gone, she's gone! I've searched the entire Association building, but Minseo is nowhere to be found!"
Kang Yerin clicked her tongue. She made a quick decision. "The three of us will deploy. Please handle the settings."
Kang Yerin transformed into Yellow Clocker. Mechanics swarmed around her.
"Um, what should I do? Heh... hehe." New Red, Arkshi, poked his head out. Kang Yerin frowned at him.
"Can't you read the situation when there's a swarm of combatant monsters dropped at the scene? Go and fight on your own."
"Oh, u-uh." Arkshi disappeared, scratching his head. Kang Yerin sighed. After completing the equipment setup, she boarded the mecha. The three mechas cut through the sky in an instant.
"Is there no possibility of villains intervening? There have been many reports recently of heroes clashing with villain organizations at monster attack sites." Shin Yookyung's communication.
Kang Yerin was also aware of that danger. "That's right. I don't know what they're thinking, but Vengeance, in particular, has been running wild like that."
"It seems they attack without distinguishing between monsters and heroes. And according to the latest information, the leader of Vengeance isn't Dark Matter."
"It was the name Georgius, a B-class villain."
"B-class? I've never seen a guy like that. Where did he pop out from?" Ji Sehwa asked.
"If he had been disguised as a regular combatant, he might have been designated as B-class during the batch assessment process. He’s been at every terror site."
"Could it be the demon that attacked Arkshi?"
"Hmph. If he's a guy who hides so tightly, he won't be much. Just let him come out. I'll tear his whole body to pieces, not just his arms, and kill him." Ji Sehwa ground her teeth. The phantom pain in her left arm was still tormenting her.
"But what does Georgius mean?" Kang Yerin answered slowly.
"...Dragon Slayer."
"Is the warrior the Emperor desires not here yet? It doesn't matter. All that awaits the ignorant, sooner or later, is death." Cancer, sitting in his chair, muttered. I am watching him from the airship. Part of the Yeouido scene has entered his barrier. The barrier is shaped like a dome, making it easy to distinguish. Inside the barrier stand six high-rise buildings. These are the headquarters of the six largest financial corporations in the country, commonly known as 'The Hexagon'. At the top of the barrier, a giant path of light branches out in a five-pointed star shape, and Cancer sits in the center. The path of light is filled with combatant monsters. Most are common, but quite a few high-ranking ones are visible.
Knowing that this would be the stage for Archbishop Cancer, I had prepared a counter-operation. Since I didn't know when the schedule would be, I made sure we could respond at any time.
"Save me!"
"Please! I can't die here!"
It is a weekday in broad daylight. Employees who were working are sending out distress calls through the windows. However, the barrier cannot be entered until Cancer is defeated, and they cannot move from one floor to another inside the building. In short, it's a hostage situation. A time attack.
"Dragon King Squadron, descending!"
Led by Kang Yerin, Shin Yookyung and Ji Sehwa jump down from the mechas. They can't use the mechas' bombardment because of the hostages.
Dragon King Squadron has arrived!
Dozens of heroes are already battling monsters at the scene!
The number of hostages taken by the monster executives is estimated at an average of 800 per building, totaling about 5,000...
The Dragon King Squadron aims directly for Cancer. They seem to intend to attack simultaneously with their descent, but...
"It is so primitive it makes me sigh."
Cancer does not move an inch. The three who attempted the attack are repelled by an invisible force. They are pushed to the outskirts of the path of light, the position furthest from Cancer. The three are divided. Each stands on a different path. They are each 500 meters from Cancer. The path of light is full of combatant monsters. Every path is chaotic as other heroes and monsters are in battle.
"Ugh! What happened!"
"Don't you have to follow the rules? To lack even intelligence. Tsk tsk. It's a penalty."
Cancer waves his hand briefly. Then, the top floor of one of the buildings is cleanly sliced off and falls to the ground.
BOOM!
Flesh and bloodstains are visible among the shattered concrete that fell. "AAAAAAHHH!!" "Ugh! Save me!!" The screams of the hostages watching the scene grow louder.
"Rules?" Ji Sehwa still doesn't seem to understand the rules. I strongly agree with Cancer's remark that she lacks intelligence.
"It's a simple rule that even you primitives can understand. From now on, I will drop one floor every 10 seconds. If you break through the path and reach me during that time, I will stop the collapse and give you the right to fight me."
It was a simple rule, just as he said. Cancer is not a martial artist like Pegasus, but an intellectual. His profession is also Archbishop. He is an executive specialized in handling subordinates and healing.
"Ugh. Let's see about that...!" Kang Yerin started running. She dove into the dense crowd of monsters. "Haaah!" Kang Yerin's roundhouse kick exploded into the monster crowd. Monsters burst in a single blow. Hoho. This is a little fun.
"Geo, didn't they get stronger for some reason?" Lua seems to have noticed too.
"It seems they haven't just been playing around. Look at the equipment attached to their legs."
"Equipment? They have some metal chunks attached."
"That can be considered over-technology. It's a powerful weapon. Since it's hard to get stronger on their own, they've borrowed external power."
That equipment is not an item originally worn by heroes. Originally, it is an android itself, a weapon equipped with AI. In other words, not only the legs but all parts of the whole body exist. Its purpose is a weapon to kill ability users. It certainly has significant variables. This was technology that was scheduled to be used for mass-produced units appearing in the third scenario. The third scenario's main enemy is not an evil organization. Well, shall I sort that out later? Because I made the strategist Kang Yerin a hero, has this technology, which should have been used to kill ability users, been used for hero suits instead?
"Hup! Hraaaah!" Kang Yerin clears the path, defeating monsters with gusto. The A-class and lower heroes following her are also gaining momentum. Ji Sehwa and Shin Yookyung also seem to be quite active, though not as much as Kang Yerin.
"Ugh—?!"
POOF!
Kang Yerin's equipment overheats and explodes. Kang Yerin disengages the equipment. Well, that's about it. Even in the third scenario, it took time for those mass-produced units to be completed, and the DNA of a specific ability user was needed.
"You aren't even entertainment."
Cancer raises his staff and casts a skill. Then, the regular combatants Kang Yerin had defeated revive and surround her in an instant.
"This can't be!"
That's the problem with Cancer. You have to block his skills, and if you don't wipe out the subordinate monsters at once with an area-of-effect attack, it's inefficient. Even if the main body isn't strong, he's a tricky executive. He's invincible as long as his subordinates exist. The Dragon King Squadron is pushed into a disadvantage again.
"Ugh! But if it's this!" Shin Yookyung attached an additional switch to her transformation device. Judging by the shape, it wasn't Excalibur. Is it a new model developed recently?
"Haaah!" Flames erupt from Shin Yookyung's mirror. She seems to gain the upper hand again, but a high-ranking combatant stands in front of her. The high-ranking combatant rushes in, ignoring the flames. When he body-checked her, Shin Yookyung fell down ungracefully.
"Ugh...! Even though it's a new model, why!" Shin Yookyung punched the floor in frustration.
BOOM! BOOM!
Even while that's happening, the buildings are collapsing, and hostages are dying. The first building, which reached 80 floors, has only about 30 floors left.
I made a call. "Deep Dive. Are there any children observed in the six buildings?"
"Uh...? Under 7 years old? There aren't any... It's a business district, so..."
"Good." Shall we start?
"Let's go. Lua, Rena."
"Yeah."
"You've waited a long time."
The airship door opens. A strong wind greets us.
"Transform."
[Up a blind alley]
Lua puts on her mask, and Rena activates her perception-jamming equipment. In front of them stands me, a red dragon-man. WHOOSH! We jumped down onto one of the paths of light.
No! It's an intervention here! Villains! It's a villain organization!
That's El Rena?! Holy Water! The #1 ranked villain organization, Holy Water, is here!!
Dark Matter! It's the #2 ranked villain organization, Vengeance!!
What is that mysterious red monster?!
The media is broadcasting our appearance.
"The red of war."
"'Explode'."
Me and Rena wipe out the monsters in an instant. Lua sees that and makes a complaint. "Only I don't have a technique name." Still, she blows them away well with dark matter. A commendable girl.
"A villain organization?!"
"Holy Water, and Vengeance...!"
Shin Yookyung and Ji Sehwa look this way and keep us in check. They are on different paths, so they have no means to intervene.
"Rena." I called her. "Would you like to experience high-dimensional incantation here?"
I handed her the preparation items. One is a palm-sized device. The other is the Supernova switch I acquired from Pegasus. "If it's you, you can handle it."
"That sounds fun."
Rena knew what the device she received from me was. There are two ways for a villain to use a switch. One is to destroy the switch using an extractor and absorb the power to convert it into stats. The other is to use this to use the skill directly. When Rena brought the device to her belly dance, a belt appeared and wrapped around her waist. Rena pressed the left button of the switch with her thumb.
[S■PERN■VA]
CLICK! Rena attaches the switch to her belt. When she presses the top part forcefully, the power of a supernova envelops her. Sparkling light pours from the galaxy. Nebulae and red clouds wrap around Rena's entire body. Rena closes her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering as she enjoys the power for a moment, then she instinctively realized the words she had to recite after stretching both arms above her head and crossing them.
"'Here, the stars meet their end'."
⟨ Supernova ⟩
At that moment, the sky opened. A comet is generated. Countless stars meet their death and are fired as a supernova. KABOOM!! The explosion of stars sweeps across the path of light. Wherever you look, there is only light, light, and light. A chain of countless explosions. What remained at the end was only the corpses of all the slaughtered monsters.
...My god.
What on earth is this.
The media broadcasting the scene were also stunned and lost for words. Rapture, along with a flush, filled the face of Rena, who had experienced the power of the Supernova. Now, shall I make the declaration? Lua snatches one of the media's microphones with her ability. The microphone is held in my hand. I shouted without a moment to wait.