Chapter 279: Earth (2)

An army from Earth had crossed over.

Thousands of Russian soldiers. Defeating them was easy, but the situation was extremely serious.

“So they opened a dimensional gate from Earth?”

According to what I heard, on Earth they had discovered some kind of technology to cross into this world.

‘Well, if Park Sihoo—no, Park Sirin also managed to cross.’

Considering that Park Sirin returned to Earth, there is only one possible assumption.

The multiple Park Sihoos—players of the 99 rounds—died and returned to Earth with all the power they had accumulated.

That means they also found a method to cross dimensions, just like Park Sirin.

And since it wasn’t an individual that came through, but an army, the government had probably already discovered the existence of this world.

“Ah, shit…”

Stories about modern armies invading fantasy worlds have existed for a long time.

And normally, the fantasy side is crushed without resistance. When a modern nation faces a medieval-level civilization, the result is obvious.

‘Though this time, they were the ones crushed.’

Nearly ten thousand modern soldiers were wiped out unilaterally by five people—including me.

Considering each one of us is at least semi–high-level in combat power, it was natural. Honestly, I could have handled it alone.

“They were weaklings, but still…”

We were able to withstand a battle against division-level units by carefully regulating our strength to avoid deaths.

But what exactly was happening on Earth? I was curious, but my Russian was too limited to ask in detail.

Hwa communicated better, but even then there were gaps.

“Ah, right. You there, soldier.”

“W-what is it?”

“Do you know Misha Chizhikov? A gymnast. She graduated from the Moscow Sports Institute…”

“Don’t mention that Western bitch’s name!”

“Huh?”

I slapped him on reflex.

“Idiot, you scared me. Why are you insulting my friend?”

“Ugh, s-sorry.”

Russian men—always filled with that ridiculous machismo. They never know when to shut up.

“What are you saying? She was a national team athlete. I’m sure she already won a gold medal.”

“That… that bit— I mean, that lady became a naturalized Korean after the war started. She got citizenship with her gold medal…”

“Huh? War?”

I interpreted as best as I could with my mediocre Russian.

“War with Ukraine?”

“Ukraine was Nazi? Weren’t you the former Soviet Union? Is that even possible?”

“Did the Ukrainian Park Sihoo cause a snowstorm?”

“You say you withdrew after a strategic victory? Why are you circling around the word ‘defeat’?”

I came to a conclusion.

These guys are idiots.

They mentioned absurd things like the Unified Korean Empire hanging the Kim family as fireworks during the “liberation celebration,” or magical wars across the continent, but in the end the message was simple:

Earth’s history had been altered by the Park Sihoos who returned.

“So there are more planning to cross over besides you?”

After their defeat, Russia fell into disgrace, and someone called “Vladimir Park” dedicated everything to developing dimensional gates.

To cross over here and plunder resources and manpower.

‘I don’t know the details, but Earth is looking at this world with dangerous intentions.’

A world of gods, magic, and knights.

A typical “fantasy world.” Of course they would drool at the idea of colonizing it.

‘We have no problem, but ordinary people could never withstand a modern army.’

A strategy was needed. I approached Marie.

“Senior, you didn’t get hurt anywhere, right?”

“Not at all! I was surprised when something went boom! boom boom! like that.”

Missiles and tank shells can easily be stopped by someone at Marie’s level. They’d see her as some kind of immortal undead.

“Corin, are these the humans from the other world you talked about?”

While I was pulling aggro like the sun itself, Erin handled the enemy command. She was also baffled.

“That tank cannon was rather sharp.”

“They hit you?”

I ran over to Erin and checked her body. Her shoulder was slightly red.

“Those damn Russians…”

“It bounced off my aura, so I’m fine.”

“Even so… injuring such beautiful skin…”

“C—Corin, you’re exaggerating.”

Blushing. I was worried. Tonight I’d check her thoroughly.

“C-Corin, little brother?”

“Estelle noona?”

“They hit my thigh. It hurts~ take care of me too~”

“Of course. Let’s go to a tent or somewhere—”

“Ahem!”

I was only joking, but Josephine immediately started making uncomfortable noises.

“Student Corin, we can’t leave these men here. We must investigate the dimensional gate.”

“Yes… first we need to deal with them…”

There weren’t many casualties. But I had no intention of mercy.

‘They came to invade another world.’

“Senior Marie, please start preparing coagulated blood.”

“Ah! Really?”

“Manpower is always useful.”

The chunshik will have new companions.

***

For a while, the analysis and the control of the dimensional gate continued.

Josephine and Marie studied the portal, and we prepared a small elite group in case it opened again.

“We’ve finished the analysis. The dimensional gate definitely connects worlds, but…”

Josephine, master of spatial magic, analyzed the portal the Russians used in a short time.

“It’s crude.”

“Crude?”

“Yes. The spatial fixation is dangerously unstable, and the temporal fixation between worlds is also poor. It’s practically random.”

In other words they want to arrive from Earth in the year 2020 to the year 1032 of the Kingdom but they might end up in 1033, or 1031.

The temporal and spatial points aren’t fixed.

In a modern war, where supply is everything, this is lethal.

You could send ammunition and have it arrive a year later. Completely useless.

Even if food can be acquired here, without bullets, a modern army is just a group with bayonets.

“If time leaps into the past have never been detected, does that mean they can’t travel into this world’s past?”

“Yes. The same applies to us.”

“To us as well?”

“Does that mean we can cross from this side too?”

“Yes. And unlike those clumsy mages, I can fix a dimensional portal perfectly.”

“Well, if there really is a method, we had considered a plan to cross from here too.”

Looks like I’ll have to talk about it with my wives first.

That same night, in the office of the Corin Guardians in the city of Merkabah.

By now it wasn’t really a Guardian office anymore, but almost a temporary home for newlyweds. Marie, Alisha, Lunia, Hwaran, Estelle, Miruam, Erin, and Josephine were all there.

“Senior, I brought something to drink.”

“Good. Did you finish your homework?”

The wolf siblings, Ren and Ron, were also present. We had to leave instructions in case something happened.

“Do you think I’m a child? We’re only two years apart.”

“Corin hyung, I have a hard problem—help me later?”

“Sure. And you, our dear Ron.”

“Yes?”

“That hyung… I don’t know. Maybe I’m overthinking.”

“Eh?”

Ron tilted his head. Unlike Ren, who had zero cuteness, Ron had an innocent and adorable stupidity. Though I still couldn’t imagine him turning into a muscular macho when he grew up.

“Well, you two sit down.”

And so, the ten of us sat.

Marie was distributing boiled potatoes and peeling mine for me. Hwaran was curled up on my lap, nodding off.

Alisha and Lunia were wearing daring lingerie… tonight will be intense.

Estelle puffed her cheeks at Hwaran, and Miruam smiled at me while sensually flicking her tongue. Alright, I’ll go with the twins tonight.

Erin looked like she wanted to say something, but when she felt everyone’s eyes, she gave up.

Maybe she wanted to show affection, but was embarrassed to do it in front of everyone.

“Ahem. Alright, concentrate.”

Josephine pointed at a large board with her riding crop.

“I believe everyone already understands in enough detail that during this past week, there were invaders from another world.”

Although Marie, Erin, Estelle, Josephine, and I pulverized them completely, those who hadn’t seen them raised their hands.

“I’ve heard their weapons are nothing like anything from our world.”

Lunia was the first.

“They are troops from an otherworldly country called Russia, and their weaponry was extremely dangerous. So much so that no ordinary army of this world could face them.”

“Hm… not even if I or the Arden family intervened?”

“At the level of rifles, which ordinary soldiers use, a knight could advance while taking the shots. But from cannons upward, I can’t say they wouldn’t be wounded.”

And that’s considering our bodies were absurd.

During the battle against the Russians, we took rifle shots, shells, mortars, missiles, and multiple rockets directly. And even so, nobody suffered anything that could be called a “serious” injury.

Of course, we were extreme monsters above special rank.

“Knights and mages are few. If eight thousand soldiers equipped like that invaded without knights, the kingdom would fall.”

That was the problem—average power levels were too far apart.

Unlike this world, which depends on special forces like knights and mages, modern Earth has high-power weaponry as standard.

If there were a full-scale war, the kingdom would suffer enormous losses.

I stood up.

“That’s why my proposal is—we go to Earth.”

“??”

My wives tilted their heads. Lunia and Erin grasped it immediately.

“You want to go destroy their dimensional gate technologies and collapse the foundation of their magic?”

“And at the same time, it would be a show of force. To them, beings like us would be untouchable.”

All of us here were the strongest in this world, with guaranteed divine authority.

War survivors, absolute superhumans. For us, modern weaponry wasn’t a real threat.

“We’ll go to Earth, destroy all their portals, and intimidate them. If they cross into our world, we wouldn’t be able to contain them.”

Just look at human history.

When two civilizations meet, there is war and plunder. And they clearly have malicious intent.

“So we’ll choose who will cross. And meanwhile, we’ll prepare in case another portal appears.”

That’s why I had called Ren and Ron.

They now belonged to the leadership of Mound, the demon alliance. As heirs of the Gold Wolf lineage, they could command werewolves and request cooperation from vampires.

Werewolves and vampires were an army that even modern Earth couldn’t handle without a clear strategy.

“Lady Josephine must stay to prepare for any unexpected portal.”

Estelle and Miruam were princesses of a kingdom, with political authority. They had to stay.

“I can go! I also have Duggu, and if something happens I can use familiar magic. I can operate in any world!”

Marie had the greatest destructive power among my wives. She was indispensable if a large-scale battle occurred.

Though if she threw a sun and killed thousands, that would be a disaster. Better avoid it if possible.

“I want to go.”

Hwaran raised her hand. She would be the safest there—even I couldn’t break her Diamond Body.

“Then the others…”

I looked at my master, at Lunia, and at Alisha. Lunia shook her head.

“I’ll stay. I’m worried they might open more portals. If something happens, I’ll lead the Arden family’s elite swordsmen.”

“I… think I’ll be alright. The world where Corin was born… I want to see it once.”

Erin agreed. And Alisha:

“I’m going too! It’s your birthplace, right? I’m dying to see it!”

Good, decided.

Three days later, in the morning, we stood before the dimensional portal that Josephine had analyzed and dismantled.

During those three days I gave basic education on Earth’s common sense, and we prepared clothing that wouldn’t draw attention.

“These are markers. Keep them. If you break them, we’ll summon you back immediately from here.”

Impressive—Josephine had created spatial markers functional even in another world.

She really deserves a divine rank like the Danann.

“Huff, I’m so nervous…”

Alisha swallowed and tightened her grip on her sword.

Hwaran was as calm as always. Marie held my hand tightly.

“Uf~ Corin, did you bring the treasures?”

“Yes, master. Don’t you need to bring anything?”

“Manannan oppa gave the riches to you.”

We weren’t going unarmed.

I carried all the treasures given to me by Manannan mac Lir and the other Danann.

With just that, there would be no problems on Earth.

“Hold my hands. Russia is cold.”

If we got separated it would be a problem. I could speak some Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and English thanks to my friends, but the other four knew none.

“Proceeding with the jump.”

Josephine checked the portal coordinates and adjusted something. When the light enveloped us—

— What? Suddenly the space is destabilizing. What horribly clumsy spatial magic!

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— Spasiba!

A cold tundra.

Hundreds of soldiers aimed rifles at me, shouting something.

“Did everyone arrive safely… huh?”

They weren’t there.

Marie, Alisha, Hwaran, Erin… where were they?

In the blizzard of Siberia, the ones who greeted me were the freshly formed and nearly annihilated Russian army.

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“Hm.”

Marie frowned as she looked around.

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Something was buzzing loudly. Seeing that no one was around, she realized something was wrong.

“Hmmm… Corin said I just had to go to Hanguk… Korea…”

She approached some people wearing frog-like suits. Marie spoke in her usual soft voice:

“I’m go. Korea. Welcome?”

She pronounced it a little wrong, but communication worked. The “frog men” screamed:

— Demon lord!

— The amount of energy is absurd! How can a human like that exist? Bring Park Sihoo!

“Hm?”

Marie tilted her head cutely.

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A familiar smell.

Sulfur and fire. Hwaran realized she had fallen in the middle of a battlefield.

— Aaaaah!

— Down with the oppressive government…!

— Tibet is an independent country!

— Destroy the portal that sacrifices people!

— They’re counterrevolutionaries! Kill them all!

— Anyone who defies President Park Sihoo will be executed!

Soldiers were killing civilians. It was a massacre.

Hwaran looked at the portal behind her. She immediately understood how it had been created.

‘Hwa, what do you want to do?’

“Hm…”

Ran asked for her opinion. Hwaran thought for one second and decided.

“If it were Corin, he would do this.”

Hwaran threw a punch.

A tank was launched into the sky.