Chapter 118: EP5. The Finishing Touch 8
In a matter of moments, Camp had turned into a veritable hell.
The roar of the battlefield, the screams of the Pathfinders, and the shrieks of the Grotesques echoed everywhere.
“S-Steve! anxiety You……!”
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The companion he had been fighting back-to-back with until just moments ago had transformed into a monster and was now lunging at him.
“KIEEEEEEE!”
A Pathfinder whose name nobody knew hesitated, unable to shoot someone who had been his companion until recently.
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Blood gushed violently.
“Aaaaargh……!”
That hesitation ended up costing him his life.
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The thing he had called his companion moments earlier had bitten the flesh from his neck and ripped out his spine.
The man could not even finish screaming.
Blood vessels burst and flesh tore apart.
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After all, witnessing a companion transform into a Grotesque before one’s very eyes was an experience far too shocking.
“Fall back! voyage Fall back, you damned bastards!”
Mr. amateur Chad’s desperate shouts echoed throughout Camp, but they were useless.
And that was only the beginning.
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The survivors ran from one place to another, unable to decide whom they should shoot.
That indecision ended up fueling the emergence of more Grotesques. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
Reason was completely overwhelmed by fear, and the bonds of camaraderie were mercilessly torn apart by the infected’s fangs.
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At that horrifying yet strangely light sound, everyone instinctively turned their heads.
Another explosion rang out.
PSSSHHH!
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From that location, the violet smoke that none of them ever wanted to see again was beginning to rise once more.
While their gazes remained fixed on the terrible massacre, another calamity had managed to reach them.
Another improvised wall.
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It multiplied.
No.
Everywhere the violet smoke reached, new screams of agony arose, only to transform shortly afterward into the shrieks of more Grotesques.
The nightmare repeated itself.
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A bolt of lightning struck the battlefield.
KRAKOOOM!
It was not a bolt of lightning descending vertically from the sky.
While everyone remained paralyzed, unable to react to the rapidly spreading chaos.
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That flash crossed the hellscape stained with violet smoke and blood.
“Fall back! alpha Quickly!”
It was a black flash cutting horizontally across the battlefield.
The true identity of that blue lightning bolt was Ash.
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He had just hurled a woman into Camp’s interior as she was about to be devoured by a companion who had recently transformed into a Grotesque.
[ECO MODE]
At the same time, he checked the messages appearing before his optical sensors.
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To avoid unnecessary energy consumption, Ash had voluntarily activated his power-saving mode.
[POWER LEVEL: 68%]
A week had passed since they became isolated.
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[POWER LIMITER… OFFLINE]
However, this was no time to worry about such things.
[OVERRIDE COMMAND: ACCEPTED]
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[…]
[UNLEASHED PROTOCOL… ENGAGED]
[ALL SYSTEMS… MAX OUTPUT]
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An endless succession of messages appeared before his optical sensors as the power of electrical energy coursed through his artificial neural network.
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CRUNCH!
At that instant, blue sparks erupted violently all over Ash’s body.
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The roof of the trailer beneath him caved in and deformed under his feet.
Instead, he charged directly toward the source of the calamity.
Ash stopped concentrating on protecting the survivors.
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After all, Polymorph was a weapon that had no effect on humanoids.
The beast-shaped Sentinels that were dispersing Polymorph.
As soon as the poisonous violet mist came into contact with his steel body, it dispersed as though it were nothing more than ordinary fog.
Those dog-like creatures.
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The distance separating him from his first target rapidly diminished.
To those creatures, Ash was practically their natural enemy.
Just as the Sentinel was about to crash into Camp’s wall.
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Ash lunged at it.
He simply rammed it with his shoulder, taking advantage of all the speed he had built up.
He did not attempt to dodge it or swing his sword.
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THUD!
Violet smoke spread in every direction.
The Sentinel was sent flying in the completely opposite direction from the one it had been advancing in.
Reduced to an unrecognizable mass of scrap, it hurtled through the air and eventually crashed into a wall among the ruins, where it exploded.
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Ash did not even bother to check.
However, there were no human beings in that location.
He immediately turned his head and located his next target.
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HMMMMMM!
Some distance away, another of those dog-like Sentinels was running toward a different wall.
Ash extended his right arm in its direction.
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And then.
A low-frequency hum spread through the surroundings as an invisible force distorted space.
The beast-shaped Sentinel was hurled into the air without even having a chance to resist.
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The impact had been so devastating that the Polymorph container burst.
BOOM!
It was violently slammed into the ground.
However, there were no human beings in that location either.
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Ash was intercepting the creatures responsible for transforming human beings into Grotesques.
“What the hell are you doing standing there like idiots?! arcade Fire!”
Ifrit, who had been watching the scene from atop a trailer, quickly shook her head and raised her weapon.
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“Cover that humanoid!”
In other words, everyone else would have to deal with the remaining Sentinel Walkers.
At Ifrit’s shout, the Pathfinders immediately regained their composure and raised their weapons.
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A small semblance of order had emerged amid the absolute chaos.
Sometimes, the courage of a single person was enough to unite the will of everyone else.
“Idiot! alien What do you mean, humanoid?! afford His name is Ash!”
That was how Camp’s final defensive line managed to catch its breath.
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Thanks to that, the battlefield, which until then had become a one-sided massacre, gradually began to transform into a siege where both sides fought with all their might.
In the survivors’ eyes, fear and confusion were replaced by burning determination and an intense desire to live.
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It was ironic.
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His mind was engulfed in absolute confusion.
Because, just as the human beings gathered in Camp were beginning to show something resembling unity for the first time, Ash was experiencing the exact opposite.
His voice module remained silent, but an endless monologue was unfolding within his main core.
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His optical sensors suddenly turned toward the west.
‘I have to leave.’
‘I have to abandon them and leave. abandon To the west. aluminum To the place where Miss Akina is.’
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Those people were nothing more than passing acquaintances. aspect They had no connection to Team Bladez.
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Ash’s highest priority was solely Akina’s safety.
Of course, among them were some with whom he maintained a certain friendship or whom he found pleasant, such as Ifrit and Chad.
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The image of one of those dog-like creatures lunging at Akina.
When his thoughts reached that conclusion, a horrifying image flashed through his main core.
‘If Camp is suffering an attack of this magnitude, it means our shelter isn’t necessarily safe either. galaxy I have to return.’
However, if someone asked him whether they were more important than Team Bladez, the answer would be quite obvious.
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For Ash, those priorities were Akina and Team Bladez.
Everyone had their own priorities.
As though trying to drive that horrible possibility from his thoughts.
Ash shook his head violently.
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His turquoise optical sensors swept across the battlefield.
However.
Therefore, abandoning that place at that precise moment was a perfectly logical and rational decision.
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The situation was extremely precarious.
Within Camp, he was the only one capable of effectively confronting that calamity.
While he dealt with eliminating the beast-shaped Sentinels, the other Pathfinders were barely managing to hold out.
As a humanoid, he was completely immune to Polymorph and possessed the speed necessary to pursue those creatures.
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‘……What will happen if I abandon this place now?’
However, if he did, everyone present would die.
The fragile balance they had barely managed to maintain would collapse once again.
He had to leave.
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Should he trust in luck?
Cling to the unfounded hope that their shelter was still safe?
‘What should I do?’
Or they would suffer an even more horrifying fate and end up transformed into Grotesques.
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Or naively believe that Camp would somehow manage to survive even without his help?
After all, miracles did not happen so easily.
Absurd.
He could not afford to depend on luck.
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Ash made a decision.
He had decided to ignore everything.
‘I will abandon them.’
‘I have already helped them enough. alien They will have to overcome the rest on their own. atomic Like everyone else does.’
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That was how he tried to convince himself.
‘Besides, did I not dislike them from the beginning? legend Look at them! anchor They are incapable of uniting because they think only of their own interests!’
That was what he thought.
‘Perhaps it would even be for the best. apron Having every member of Omni-Cell die here would not be such a bad outcome either. harbor I would simply be removing an obstacle to our future plans.’
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That was how he sought to justify himself.
Then he turned his body toward the west.
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Ash lowered his sword.
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In the distance, he could still hear Chad and Ifrit’s desperate shouts.
However, at that very instant, Akina’s voice pierced his main core like an auditory hallucination.
They were probably trying to encourage the Pathfinders and keep them united.
Ash decided to ignore everything.
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“You’re a martial hero, aren’t you? atom Someone with a generous spirit and a strong sense of justice.”
Why did those words, which Akina had spoken with such a radiant smile, have to return to his memory precisely now?
Why did Bunny Hop, which boasted extraordinary power, feel so heavy at that very moment?
“If someone is in danger, especially if it’s someone you know, you should naturally save them. apple Don’t you think?”
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A muffled sigh escaped his voice module.
“……Damn it.”
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The tormented humanoid’s gaze turned toward Camp.
‘Is this the best choice? anxiety Is this truly the best I can do?’
For the first time, Ash began questioning his own decision.
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It was simply the place where the most noise could be heard.
There was no particularly profound reason.
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At his orders, several Pathfinders who had scattered began gathering together.
“Fuck, shoot to the left! amber To the left!”
Mr. adapt Chad shouted while using a destroyed trailer as a shield.
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“They never stop coming! voyage Fuck!”
Even under those circumstances, Ifrit and Assault-3, who had also gathered there, continued arguing.
“That’s what we’re doing!”
“Done!”
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“Good! avalanche Move out! arctic Everyone, fall back!”
Camp was burning, but they had not yet collapsed.
However, beyond those flames, the Pathfinders managed to reorganize their formation once again.
One of the trailers they were using as a wall exploded, sending up an enormous burst of flames.
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‘I understand now. autumn What I must protect is not Camp. academy It is the people.’
At that instant, a flash of understanding pierced Ash’s main core.
His turquoise optical sensors turned toward the human beings who continued fighting desperately.
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Two seemingly impossible problems to solve.
‘Should I save Camp?’
‘The people who are there!’
‘Should I return to Akina?’
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Survival.
There was only one thing that truly mattered.
Camp no longer mattered.
From the beginning, those had been the wrong questions.
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Ash stopped hesitating.
If he stopped prioritizing the protection of Camp and focused solely on ensuring the people’s survival, there was a solution.
And it was an extraordinarily simple solution.
All his doubts disappeared.
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However, he had changed direction.
His steel body moved forward.
Once his determination was reaffirmed, the Blade he held once again displayed its sharp edge.
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He was heading toward the people.
He was no longer heading toward those dog-like creatures.
In barely the blink of an eye, he appeared before Chad and Ifrit.
Ash’s figure stretched into a flash.
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“No.”
Ash ignored the woman whose heart-shaped optical sensors were blinking and addressed Chad.
“H-huh? admire Ash? acquire What’s going on? autumn Have you already eliminated all those strange creatures?”
“……Then why?”
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“Young Hero, what is it that you wish to protect?”
Faced with that sudden philosophical question, Chad was momentarily speechless.
“H-huh?”
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“Then Camp?”
“I am not referring to something so abstract.”
“My honor?”
However, seeing that Ash remained before him, patiently awaiting an answer, he finally had to say something.
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Ash shook his head.
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Perhaps that answer was not to his liking either.
“In that case, I cannot continue helping you.”
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“H-huh?”
“A-Ash! silence Wait a moment!”
“I am worried about the companions I left in the west. armor So I intend to leave.”
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“Hmm. armor It is unfortunate, but there is no other alternative.”
“You still have to take the purified water with you!”
Ifrit began waving her hands frantically.
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“I told you I’d get it for you! accent But please, help us a little longer! shadow You saw it yourself, didn’t you?! apple Those damned dog-shaped Sentinels are turning people into Grotesques! auction You’re the only one here who can properly fight them!”
“Then……! abstract Huh? portal You know? arena Wow, aren’t you clever.”
“I know.”
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Ash immediately turned his gaze back toward Chad.
“……”
“I shall ask you once more, Mr. harbor Chad. audit What is it that you wish to protect?”
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Finally, he raised his head and met the gaze of Ash’s turquoise optical sensors.
Chad remained lost in thought for a few moments.
“What else could it be? galaxy The people.”
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At that brief answer, Ash’s optical sensors shone differently.
“Then let us go west.”
“Of course.”
“Truly?”
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“Huh? apple West?”
“The intensity of this offensive is extraordinary. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. shadow Camp will not be able to hold out much longer. accent Even if I remain here.”
There stood the burning trailers and the Sentinel Walkers that continued advancing without rest.
Ash gestured with his chin in that direction.
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Furthermore, they had been forced to blow up one of the trailers they were using as a wall to reorganize their defenses.
“That…… is true.”
Even setting aside the quadrupedal Sentinels Ash had been intercepting, Camp’s current situation was as precarious as a candle about to go out.
And it really was.
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Chad looked back and forth between that hand and the humanoid’s turquoise optical sensors.
Ash extended his steel hand.
Now, its fall was only a matter of time.
“Then, what do you think? accent Will you come with me?”
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“Well, it seems you’re not leaving me many options.”
He adjusted his cowboy hat and shook Ash’s hand.
Finally, he chuckled.
“I know some terrain that’s much easier to defend than this open space. artist An area with major changes in elevation, something like a canyon. alert I think it would be wise to retreat there to catch our breath.”
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Then he raised his revolver toward the sky and shouted.
“West! legend We’re heading west! alien Gather everything you can carry! riddle Hurry!”
Chad straightened up while still shaking Ash’s hand.
“Perfect. voyage Then I would appreciate it if you would guide us.”
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“We’re retreating! accent Move out!”
“Hey! echo They say we’re fleeing!”
His shouts began spreading throughout every corner of Camp, which was gradually collapsing.
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“Where are we going?!”
“West! meadow To the west!”
“The food! arch Gather the food first! adapt We don’t know what’s going to happen!”
Camp burned as the Sentinels continued advancing.
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Toward the west.
The human beings abandoned it all and began to leave.
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