Chapter 279: Earth (2)
8PWrLAn army from Earth had crossed over.bKebsdE
r0VThousands of Russian soldiers. Defeating them was easy, but the situation was extremely serious.gnAc2
zunn4j“So they opened a dimensional gate from Earth?”2g6
IUdQIpAccording to what I heard, on Earth they had discovered some kind of technology to cross into this world.pnxn6a
GJv‘Well, if Park Sihoo—no, Park Sirin also managed to cross.’MShnSK
i4PYBConsidering that Park Sirin returned to Earth, there is only one possible assumption.oLK97J
yJ9jYThe multiple Park Sihoos—players of the 99 rounds—died and returned to Earth with all the power they had accumulated.UQ6x6
vC858oIThat means they also found a method to cross dimensions, just like Park Sirin.Csf7E4N
phpEAnd since it wasn’t an individual that came through, but an army, the government had probably already discovered the existence of this world.8hV
z87iS“Ah, shit…”ZTU8
8ORNoDStories about modern armies invading fantasy worlds have existed for a long time.ufb
UHV2LAnd normally, the fantasy side is crushed without resistance. When a modern nation faces a medieval-level civilization, the result is obvious.r9a
YDVMzed‘Though this time, they were the ones crushed.’VnMf
FwEWb7bNearly ten thousand modern soldiers were wiped out unilaterally by five people—including me.VtWp
wF14Considering each one of us is at least semi–high-level in combat power, it was natural. Honestly, I could have handled it alone.JWxWcNp
W9U“They were weaklings, but still…”GEfoxwc
x30G6We were able to withstand a battle against division-level units by carefully regulating our strength to avoid deaths.MdDZD
oRS43fBut what exactly was happening on Earth? I was curious, but my Russian was too limited to ask in detail.xgYkgyX
jsn2vHwa communicated better, but even then there were gaps.99bPmO
unN3CdM“Ah, right. You there, soldier.”MsP4ZPP
U8b8zwF“W-what is it?”JY49
Nr2DS“Do you know Misha Chizhikov? A gymnast. She graduated from the Moscow Sports Institute…”PAg
4KzxkXa“Don’t mention that Western bitch’s name!”TVbMw
lgn“Huh?”D1dNT
w6PRFI slapped him on reflex.CHXv8D
6NJp“Idiot, you scared me. Why are you insulting my friend?”M8EuDfQ
E9sYE“Ugh, s-sorry.”Mwf0U
CDpv7ERussian men—always filled with that ridiculous machismo. They never know when to shut up.qNKn
F8gn“What are you saying? She was a national team athlete. I’m sure she already won a gold medal.”CPj
pBHhM9p“That… that bit— I mean, that lady became a naturalized Korean after the war started. She got citizenship with her gold medal…”PR6bUSk
LDg6K0u“Huh? War?”CHYN
9G0GlJKI interpreted as best as I could with my mediocre Russian.Ufd6
SBznA“War with Ukraine?”GmnpLNr
4D1cx4“Ukraine was Nazi? Weren’t you the former Soviet Union? Is that even possible?”AS6l
lJrlpEg“Did the Ukrainian Park Sihoo cause a snowstorm?”wd1tK
otxQlAL“You say you withdrew after a strategic victory? Why are you circling around the word ‘defeat’?”GZUlME
dSGcI came to a conclusion.ubDqdss
nARBRY9These guys are idiots.roa
wkErThey 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:GxS5
sOwjtwuEarth’s history had been altered by the Park Sihoos who returned.3Be
ilgj6jl“So there are more planning to cross over besides you?”kRbv
zzq0LZAfter their defeat, Russia fell into disgrace, and someone called “Vladimir Park” dedicated everything to developing dimensional gates.ibCwt1C
dXUfOdTo cross over here and plunder resources and manpower.HR3
WVJYGF‘I don’t know the details, but Earth is looking at this world with dangerous intentions.’d7O
LMeQA world of gods, magic, and knights.YwJA
aFtwcwA typical “fantasy world.” Of course they would drool at the idea of colonizing it.1d6N5q
DYLx‘We have no problem, but ordinary people could never withstand a modern army.’KPl6nSD
A08A strategy was needed. I approached Marie.o3c
BO4k“Senior, you didn’t get hurt anywhere, right?”1Hb19
FOD“Not at all! I was surprised when something went boom! boom boom! like that.”gwg
NPYXVMissiles and tank shells can easily be stopped by someone at Marie’s level. They’d see her as some kind of immortal undead.n4LnG
QRFo“Corin, are these the humans from the other world you talked about?”C18sgn
qyuoJKWhile I was pulling aggro like the sun itself, Erin handled the enemy command. She was also baffled.gM1GCB
mqnGy5“That tank cannon was rather sharp.”ZFCCI
ClkYk“They hit you?”1XZAWsM
vKaI ran over to Erin and checked her body. Her shoulder was slightly red.fKBW
6Qy72ti“Those damn Russians…”LBa
q1HCn“It bounced off my aura, so I’m fine.”TvwKBo
VQepAS“Even so… injuring such beautiful skin…”yzuck
d2AP1“C—Corin, you’re exaggerating.”HYI4s
myhU14xBlushing. I was worried. Tonight I’d check her thoroughly.9rco
k12tUq“C-Corin, little brother?”20DB
BZyH“Estelle noona?”Cjn
ZQZhA“They hit my thigh. It hurts~ take care of me too~”yz8Vxum
SWsg“Of course. Let’s go to a tent or somewhere—”uzos0sw
pt1I“Ahem!”kJQ
G7ozZI was only joking, but Josephine immediately started making uncomfortable noises.nhv
2si“Student Corin, we can’t leave these men here. We must investigate the dimensional gate.”OJFp
clY2“Yes… first we need to deal with them…”vwuTjW
kOHHPtThere weren’t many casualties. But I had no intention of mercy.cw9W
O1V‘They came to invade another world.’DnS
nPVlx“Senior Marie, please start preparing coagulated blood.”KQfW
aB702ER“Ah! Really?”nATCjZk
5N5SRs“Manpower is always useful.”fjVgOw
9mJIThe chunshik will have new companions.ZljxA8
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Fmokw8For a while, the analysis and the control of the dimensional gate continued.Rk7
Ao6dhRJosephine and Marie studied the portal, and we prepared a small elite group in case it opened again.0J9
P07Onh6“We’ve finished the analysis. The dimensional gate definitely connects worlds, but…”cicUbFI
YkQxGJosephine, master of spatial magic, analyzed the portal the Russians used in a short time.Cnedd
DvLjoNJ“It’s crude.”gUOPs6
84ydTUb“Crude?”pMaGrB
OLZjf“Yes. The spatial fixation is dangerously unstable, and the temporal fixation between worlds is also poor. It’s practically random.”2xJ
U0JQIn 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 1031.872MgNS
tYKEbNThe temporal and spatial points aren’t fixed.ZSJJLZ
7kpoFIn a modern war, where supply is everything, this is lethal.ST7
be7eYou could send ammunition and have it arrive a year later. Completely useless.ZpRU
dyuqEven if food can be acquired here, without bullets, a modern army is just a group with bayonets.Zz3
xi9Aa4R“If time leaps into the past have never been detected, does that mean they can’t travel into this world’s past?”jYYL2r
IQ7“Yes. The same applies to us.”CuO
Iof01“To us as well?”p3RHYm
SCDsvoA“Does that mean we can cross from this side too?”AOF8dqL
JOh“Yes. And unlike those clumsy mages, I can fix a dimensional portal perfectly.”X9c
pTDXpx“Well, if there really is a method, we had considered a plan to cross from here too.”Grpg
msynp9Looks like I’ll have to talk about it with my wives first.n0cHXLw
4gXof7That same night, in the office of the Corin Guardians in the city of Merkabah.rTkJ3
uK8CzlUBy 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.r2c3akx
2hk1vJ“Senior, I brought something to drink.”pKQHu
vQa“Good. Did you finish your homework?”pGfOSmx
JdsvMQThe wolf siblings, Ren and Ron, were also present. We had to leave instructions in case something happened.OAPaiy
hlD0A“Do you think I’m a child? We’re only two years apart.”frAO
dE1“Corin hyung, I have a hard problem—help me later?”bmACDn
LObdy“Sure. And you, our dear Ron.”jT1cqKu
Ka1t2“Yes?”aGC
oOjcqc“That hyung… I don’t know. Maybe I’m overthinking.”0tGSj
ZMOfH“Eh?”rUr
TJsRRon 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.GeT
vgM“Well, you two sit down.”TuwRjIv
3oM5And so, the ten of us sat.1GLElX
MyFjwHMarie was distributing boiled potatoes and peeling mine for me. Hwaran was curled up on my lap, nodding off.4W9RA7
RoUYAlisha and Lunia were wearing daring lingerie… tonight will be intense.tja
s4EtWKYEstelle puffed her cheeks at Hwaran, and Miruam smiled at me while sensually flicking her tongue. Alright, I’ll go with the twins tonight.p807
4yZLeyErin looked like she wanted to say something, but when she felt everyone’s eyes, she gave up.KPOB
uLLfEMaybe she wanted to show affection, but was embarrassed to do it in front of everyone.3ezU2ua
4Gf5“Ahem. Alright, concentrate.”EldCEcr
Xz9QuJosephine pointed at a large board with her riding crop.lYvD
ZWcdFG“I believe everyone already understands in enough detail that during this past week, there were invaders from another world.”SRB
wSI6KETAlthough Marie, Erin, Estelle, Josephine, and I pulverized them completely, those who hadn’t seen them raised their hands.5gEdR
CYytIx“I’ve heard their weapons are nothing like anything from our world.”rUUz
wEjLunia was the first.KYAGp
M7CAYn“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.”gZDQ
Sylka“Hm… not even if I or the Arden family intervened?”GuCl
dbnm2A“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.”Qq9TQmM
2rhfAnd that’s considering our bodies were absurd.RTI
dumk2During 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.9pDR
pVabGqOf course, we were extreme monsters above special rank.yFmuugT
luF“Knights and mages are few. If eight thousand soldiers equipped like that invaded without knights, the kingdom would fall.”iY2
z8IRThat was the problem—average power levels were too far apart.Brrtw
r59TkUVUnlike this world, which depends on special forces like knights and mages, modern Earth has high-power weaponry as standard.3aK4UYX
ixpioYIf there were a full-scale war, the kingdom would suffer enormous losses.P1PDlJ
mZEytKTI stood up.YwakUs
CRgud0“That’s why my proposal is—we go to Earth.”BBQiVe
84AVCT“??”W7T
BCd89TBMy wives tilted their heads. Lunia and Erin grasped it immediately.uh1I
UhX“You want to go destroy their dimensional gate technologies and collapse the foundation of their magic?”8NUZ
mdj“And at the same time, it would be a show of force. To them, beings like us would be untouchable.”wxadtq8
gfJRAll of us here were the strongest in this world, with guaranteed divine authority.aHwkB67
j7jWar survivors, absolute superhumans. For us, modern weaponry wasn’t a real threat.EyEE
1PzyNF3“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.”sUhZ
ugVG9mJust look at human history.MoM5nhu
fhwrWhen two civilizations meet, there is war and plunder. And they clearly have malicious intent.7WGSSg
1kAlN“So we’ll choose who will cross. And meanwhile, we’ll prepare in case another portal appears.”b0hsrDe
gStzfThat’s why I had called Ren and Ron.n8zz
UtgUgFThey 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.kpKtw
eSJYWerewolves and vampires were an army that even modern Earth couldn’t handle without a clear strategy.vuzZbc
DRSsx“Lady Josephine must stay to prepare for any unexpected portal.”xic6
eVUSg0qEstelle and Miruam were princesses of a kingdom, with political authority. They had to stay.a1u
pyPOZ0“I can go! I also have Duggu, and if something happens I can use familiar magic. I can operate in any world!”Fbs
OvlXcMarie had the greatest destructive power among my wives. She was indispensable if a large-scale battle occurred.nHUc
e904Though if she threw a sun and killed thousands, that would be a disaster. Better avoid it if possible.YFTT
ea664“I want to go.”a47LFL3
cqbTSfHwaran raised her hand. She would be the safest there—even I couldn’t break her Diamond Body.ZVp0u8
0Xw5M“Then the others…”xqFU
3ZM2I looked at my master, at Lunia, and at Alisha. Lunia shook her head.NU0P
moy“I’ll stay. I’m worried they might open more portals. If something happens, I’ll lead the Arden family’s elite swordsmen.”gK2G3B
ykHo“I… think I’ll be alright. The world where Corin was born… I want to see it once.”FwRSrl
XW8Erin agreed. And Alisha:fZX8Zv
GDsrN5i“I’m going too! It’s your birthplace, right? I’m dying to see it!”mWmMXTe
G7MpwvFGood, decided.4WSE2x4
aJLThree days later, in the morning, we stood before the dimensional portal that Josephine had analyzed and dismantled.p8MHE
LGcY6kKDuring those three days I gave basic education on Earth’s common sense, and we prepared clothing that wouldn’t draw attention.m6lgex
6gA“These are markers. Keep them. If you break them, we’ll summon you back immediately from here.”pWAc0
un0rImpressive—Josephine had created spatial markers functional even in another world.r6fRo5g
0x5She really deserves a divine rank like the Danann.l69b
WXB1“Huff, I’m so nervous…”RuK
YfsAlisha swallowed and tightened her grip on her sword.kjYqC6H
6oLIWMHwaran was as calm as always. Marie held my hand tightly.zUAjXv
DjU“Uf~ Corin, did you bring the treasures?”Jfg
i63“Yes, master. Don’t you need to bring anything?”OdCz
f2W2T9c“Manannan oppa gave the riches to you.”HhY9KJb
ej3We weren’t going unarmed.ALUUb
DmiI carried all the treasures given to me by Manannan mac Lir and the other Danann.N9F
cg9EWith just that, there would be no problems on Earth.FVf
gTdYT“Hold my hands. Russia is cold.”i3Mxxm
DQI5If 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.uwFTG
uyX“Proceeding with the jump.”UrzI1
UxmJosephine checked the portal coordinates and adjusted something. When the light enveloped us—ajqV
fsguJ— What? Suddenly the space is destabilizing. What horribly clumsy spatial magic!d2LY
CdLr······NVgznJJ
kWcG····XI3G
VNro···kJylQs
g02— Spasiba!vem86o
KLIcWA cold tundra.H31adRc
osaZHundreds of soldiers aimed rifles at me, shouting something.ddPLYSu
Orrvca“Did everyone arrive safely… huh?”cnSCj
iQ5W2CyThey weren’t there.dbDZ
PeaiNMarie, Alisha, Hwaran, Erin… where were they?gRbKW
mpTrIvIn the blizzard of Siberia, the ones who greeted me were the freshly formed and nearly annihilated Russian army.DV2s
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cv07mR····kv8t
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n3Pw“Hm.”npCiEb
0UygMarie frowned as she looked around.HP2gRU1
618MTf────!!pHh
gh5────!!5RLpTaH
YQbUSomething was buzzing loudly. Seeing that no one was around, she realized something was wrong.X88j
Nva5Ug“Hmmm… Corin said I just had to go to Hanguk… Korea…”44HQx
eiJS4RShe approached some people wearing frog-like suits. Marie spoke in her usual soft voice:UCOQ7h
3geGh“I’m go. Korea. Welcome?”fEwLP6
4WuShe pronounced it a little wrong, but communication worked. The “frog men” screamed:DlF3x
n0CD— Demon lord!nnqlDW
Ann— The amount of energy is absurd! How can a human like that exist? Bring Park Sihoo!9kx4
AoJllo“Hm?”cFpnBA
ieOSFCMarie tilted her head cutely.VaPIWzi
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UYMd7xu····ijDPrpS
iqb0ie···R5CaCnx
PZyn9yA familiar smell.U0HuLz7
10a9Sulfur and fire. Hwaran realized she had fallen in the middle of a battlefield.06y
BCfvqi— Aaaaah!zZz
dDd— Down with the oppressive government…!SP85
qOf6JPn— Tibet is an independent country!dmGFVFE
bVSQ— Destroy the portal that sacrifices people!anzGz
hVG— They’re counterrevolutionaries! Kill them all!bLI
AfAe— Anyone who defies President Park Sihoo will be executed!2Dz9GI
jqgdxDTSoldiers were killing civilians. It was a massacre.yUT
S9rd1Hwaran looked at the portal behind her. She immediately understood how it had been created.yLJVD6p
UQ1pe‘Hwa, what do you want to do?’Mw3J
HjT0bLM“Hm…”3e7zFOG
xFRNb4Ran asked for her opinion. Hwaran thought for one second and decided.yjtII
allRE“If it were Corin, he would do this.”98VwQ6E
z4aPIUHwaran threw a punch.3o6U
UnOFa0A tank was launched into the sky.6Hh
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