Chapter 280: Earth (3)
rYHdTWhen Alisha opened her eyes, she was in a place full of strange people.kez
7hcijfPeople in white coats, others in weird suits like frog outfits. But when she saw the dimensional portal behind her, she understood what she had to do.OnCxy
COcKArden Style, First Sword.inuiSvB
X5JvA8Z— Domain Slash.9x5
cGWAlisha Arden, the Demonic Sword, the swordswoman who devoured her nemesis and completed the Heavenly Sword, cut the dimensional portal in two in an instant—an instant that hundreds of people couldn’t even perceive.h99X
NYB‘This is going to get annoying. I should leave now.’AAUxL
GJrShe simultaneously escaped inside her Domain. Inside the Domain, the prodigious genius capable of even surpassing Corin Loch appeared and disappeared in the blink of an eye.Cx58Sx8
SQIh3C“W-what? What just happened?”wq6U0i6
Gtk8fOe“The dimensional portal was destroyed. H-how is that possible?”ouJK
aeov“A moment ago, a woman came out of the portal…”Vc81xr
0noZeWhile watching people fall into panic, Alisha left the place and jumped into the sky.EvOJJv
KWJoSMThe world called “Earth,” where Corin was born, was so immense that even for her, climbing skyscrapers barefoot—this jungle of buildings—was a little exhausting.R0o76
XZLFc— Kyaa! There was someone in the window!EAea23
qHgh— Miko-san, wake up already.9XNAz
X07k61z— I’m telling you it’s true!cioh
HULAdApologizing mentally to the startled Miko, Alisha reached the rooftop of a skyscraper.6644xO
0IH“Wooow… it’s so big.”CNI
UpvxCHChiyoda District, Tokyo, East Asia. Buildings like matchboxes crowded the streets, signs of every color lit up the city, and an endless crowd moved intertwined like bean sprouts.a8pq5PK
oY7t4yIt was an incredible sight. Alisha thought about what she should do.wNh9Fb
Pgg“I already destroyed the portal… and I don’t really understand the language here… huh?”pd43Hl
e6WZyGJust a moment ago… did I understand what they said?JPbG
s3uAlisha tilted her head and sharpened her hearing.jjyjh
SfJBCvy— Ah~ what should we eat for lunch?nXH
OlT2kL— Idiot! You can’t do anything right!XFT
MVgZ— I believe in you, and you believe in the me who believes in you.0fuG
xxOShe hears it. She understands it. The language of this world—a different language—was starting to become understandable to her.xTS
jLN“How strange…”KbwOQkG
DqvIf you think about it, it was strange.I446
NUnIn reality, humans on Earth do not know the language of the world of Legend of the Hero Arhan.gAIE5d
5XfdNR0However, there people use that language naturally and even take school exams in it every semester.mWqn
rwE3jWhy couldn’t the opposite also happen?jvBoAle
aI4The silent will of the world is kinder to visitors from other worlds than one might imagine.VXhqP0N
5dhtKind enough even to send home those who caused the world to be destroyed.rE8J
6767e— You bastard, do you want to die!?uTiX
xkkBdeC— Try it, asshole! Today I’ll kill you for real!01HkP
19DomhWSurprised that she understood the language, Alisha suddenly heard aggressive voices.jKuyU
CrtSomeone was fighting. And quite violently.FTmG1k4
QHPVAlisha, though not as much as Corin, had a kind personality. She wasn’t indifferent enough to ignore something that could lead to someone dying.e6DHk
JNIR5“Let’s go.”fRKm
ECAEhdfAlisha jumped off the skyscraper, zigzagging between buildings, and arrived in an instant at the group that was arguing.3KdZiC
x6wKz“Bakayaro! I’m going to kill you!”wLQZ6u
8lBjZL5“Try it, kusoyaro!”LbhZu
tmUOwTwo bald men were fighting. Alisha felt a small fright at their fierce faces.9wfpG7
r1PDIt wasn’t just those two. Even for Alisha, who came from another world, these men wearing leopard-print clothes or yankee-style clothes were waving knives less than 40 cm long and shouting at each other.Uw6TISF
d3tP7This was going to turn into a group fight with serious injuries. Alisha decided to intervene.RCNyhv4
HAwz“E-excuse me…”JlS5V
CbKdMgN“Haaah?”HVyR
Yew“What’s with this brat? Go to school.”UjHpW
D7fzFAlisha raised her hand with a smile.9bw4
nfuB1Sk“Please don’t fight. Get along, okay?”4OjaMPP
md9“What is she saying?”y4EVARK
SUC“Is she crazy?”CloYD
j8eJFIi“What is this? This chick has a sword!”K6nt3
FMZ1haK“Is she from kendo?”lC68j
2whn“Wahahahaha!”0mnFu
l9dGWXOne of the men—Wakayama Genjiro, who fancied himself quite good at kendo—found the girl in front of him adorable.ZcIe
Yeqz0JnBut a fight between the Heisei gang and the Jonan gang was about to break out. She shouldn’t get involved.lgVPBTG
IyJz4H6“Hey, miss. You better leav—”Eta
sSvOHGenjiro stepped back without realizing it.KtfKWoP
qjunJUHer stance was strange. Or rather, too perfect.MrFl0S
zpuTwenty years of yakuza life, constant fights, and the girl in front of him emanated the bloodthirsty aura of someone who had survived hundreds of duels.rxlaX
AVbHdy‘Am I imagining things?’Ltmp
U7RkGenjiro was about to gesture for her to back off when—imUu
Xq7mGqR— Swoosh!w6ezLJK
Ec4xj2J“Huh?”q7O
PNmx9Z— Clang!vkRP
2bZKtIt was so fast. Genjiro instinctively looked at his knife. It was intact. As if he didn’t even realize it had been cut.f2j
TjG— Clatter!FOkM
d2SkuThe sashimi knife fell to the ground. When Genjiro was about to ask what happened—Euo9lJV
ih1aIuy────!!Qjh
3iqCtylIn a time no one could perceive, Alisha was already among them.TpA
bul— Clang!vte1
lSv— Clang!Bgb
y39S— Clatter!WB9h
piHHEVy1.3 seconds.kgaPat
XOrThat was the time it took for more than 20 sashimi knives to be cut through the handle and fall like rain.KPYM
BVqr4QWhen they finally understood the girl had done all of that, she simply scolded them with a serious face.ynd1shk
iG0qu“You can’t fight with such dangerous weapons. These don’t kill well and will only end up hurting you.”hru
Ko3SD“M-monster…”KdEAu
1gFOne pulled out a gun. A Chinese copy of a Russian pistol.VzAupNZ
oqG6One of the men pointed it at the Demonic Sword and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered Alisha Arden’s sensory domain.1fhqGm
fVa‘So slow. Is this what Corin-ssi called a firearm?’ThmL
aSeNH0KA ball of lead metal flew from the barrel wrapped in fire.QtXD
XBFTikAlisha was about to split it in two, but if the divided lead injured someone behind her, that would be a problem.vIgDcv
DI1GShe sheathed the sword.EqmOerY
dt6N0ZShe decided to catch it with her fingers.XfWWx
gzHt— Tap!qBSRCa
AQibMNV“…”TqeyB
gfQ“…”Y4rDvS
srI“Hah?”gB2B
CvZOVThe trigger was pulled, but no one was hurt.Z1W7
9IOgbnfThe yakuzas were stunned—Alisha was holding the intact bullet between her fingers.YGJPQ
7ANsTCould she be… Park Sihoo?fwpzWyU
cpbV6VOnly a “returnee” from the videogame could do that. Everyone thought of the same name.QLt2
2VUhyxuThen—k1n
fxkw— Clap! Clap! Clap!B9VG
O5VWith applause, a man jumped down from the roof of a five-story building.Omg
R7t0ZDO“Incredible, Alisha Arden. You’re quite strong.”VRmeGUr
3mkntfHe was a man with sunglasses and a sword at his waist. Early thirties. A handsome man with a gentle temperament, known by everyone in Japan.SVqBz
6U5t2nh“S-Swordsman Sudo Kenichi!”umx
6lj2GSB“It’s the real Sudo Kenichi!”mw0U8
smw7rThe pride of Japan. The Yamato Samurai. Japan’s number one swordsman, a returnee from the alternate world.ryHIdN
XkYFGOne of the heroes who managed to survive the infamous Hwaran arc in the real version of Legend of the Hero Arhan.ZG1
e8rRanker 26, Park Sihoo, a powerful warrior, was in front of Alisha.qZ8b
Ar3X0“Alisha Arden. You will have to come with me.”osyD
YhdZ5***5Pps
vPHKai21st century, Earth.yG8uXh
DIqaThe end of the Cold War.93j
lFOuThe appearance of smartphones.qtZe
tlNUZFGlobal warming.qbcz2L
wb6CvQMany things changed and continued changing people’s lives, but if you asked what the turning point was—the one that changed the history of humanity and the planet Earth in the 21st century—most people would point without hesitation to “that incident.”gjuwDU
WI5The Park Sihoo Incident.NVv5
BqhAt some point, starting from one specific moment, superhumans began appearing all over the world, suddenly and inexplicably.K9Ibycp
pBVSome used magic—an ability that had previously been considered mere technology or fantasy—while others possessed physical strength capable of toying with a world champion boxer using just one finger.7p5b
RGJyKnights.ftWVGdc
ixnpOr mages.55Vv
osiQW1jNinety-nine individuals wielding such fantasy-like powers appeared in the world.Gy8
XGIeqZLAnd they all had one thing in common.kOfbLWa
n1WACEvery one of these “Park Sihoo” had played a game called Arhan Heroic Legend.W4v
4i1cPTAlthough it wasn’t the full group of 99 players, everyone who appeared showed one undeniable fact.WUuv1
nGpyThey had all been in the world of Arhan Heroic Legend.nnD9G1C
gIMIt was impossible to believe, but superhumans now existed—superhumans using knight techniques and magic.Z5P3h
Mf7Oq5Governments around the world tried running tests, searching for and attempting to operate Arhan Heroic Legend, but the game no longer existed anywhere.PGc
veHTF9xEven on the computers of players who swore they had played it, the game had vanished as if it had never existed at all.k9h5z
5YGOAfter that, countries began searching for and securing every Park Sihoo they could find.1JH9
hkI1More precisely, every player who—like Park Sihoo—had lived a “second life” inside the game, died, and returned to the moment of their death.nRutY
IvvThe country with the most Park Sihoo was Korea.nNBlXN
7UQSince the game had been released disguised as a title from an unknown Korean company, it was natural that more players appeared in Korea.fdjFRIZ
qcHBut Park Sihoo appeared also in China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and other countries—changing world history.TYtlrT
fwSKZKt***6H40
AiUCsgZExamples of “returned” players.6j5m
EKSReal name: Kim Taewon.5elQ
GEIProgressed to middle of the Fermac Damanjeon episode.NnCA9yo
WhBGMYLevel 70 fire mage.yZm
nWILThe flames he spread had the destructive power of an artillery battery.J1pN
ran2HBReal name: Isaac Hamsterd.nU1
XFcO3xProgressed to the festival at the start of the game.Sk9
DiUdLevel 55 druid.DoFWcXX
B7cWith just a snap of his fingers, any plant would grow to adulthood and form small forests.qjBp
pgU2Q2Real name: Sudo Kenichi.Trqpxm
CN1Progressed to the Bicheon Yacha Hwaran episode.jc7E3k
8WILevel 67 swordsman.7uPh
hyPpHis iaido could slice buildings with a single strike.Xeuc
GisNk2The players’ strength varied.GmxZ
Gl3Most died early—against Marie Dunaleff or during the Mountain King battle.1VpGK6
aLSBut even they were superhumans far beyond normal humans.NId6y
djUQThose who advanced farther, especially after the Bicheon Yacha Hwaran episode—which eliminated 70% of all survivors—were true monsters.ZwPnA
MBlWJQhThe most famous.Kpq
nGKl87EVladimir Horowitz, Russia.62RHR
brr5aDied against Tates Valtazar.pvWtz
3iuwLevel 88 axe warrior.EjiJ
bWA4rLeft a permanent mark on a mountain with a single swing; with that same power he split the head of Russian president Vladimir Putin and became the first Tsar of the new Russia.XVS3
fS1DQNorman Stansfield, USA.9ptcU
dQB48BlDied against Tates Valtazar.OmsGN
IjWLevel 93 lightning sorcerer.E8MwEp
Rgxa6YJCould call down lightning from the clear skies of Afghanistan by simply pointing a finger.IS5Z
aCgMaha Kali, India.X7O
jgJDied against Tates Valtazar.M2wAh
RrktLevel 91 ice mage.2bna4s
Fw2wAfter a three-day ritual, froze Chinese troops fighting in Kashmir in a single night.hXiL
ElCwunPlayers who surpassed the Hwaran episode were all monsters equivalent to entire armies.Xg5RYFJ
SpI0In addition, some progressed to the final stages.FZ2itAZ
lI03JPLThe Lord of the Golden Tower, the Endless Serpent Miriam, the god of beauty Ohad Breas, etc.1eY2f6
w6oHdNearly twenty reached the end, but only ten survived long afterward.znbfC
CcokThree in Korea, two in China, one in France, one in the United Kingdom, etc.elM
KHGOnZThese ten were called The Ten Strongest in the World.tkV4r2F
8L9It took them less than three years to earn that title.MMKU
KVGwswVAnd they abused their privileges without restraint.0SjPlPd
3A1jOnKExcept for Norman, who believed in democracy, all of them tried to become kings of their regions.kv9mb
ANFMi***M6Jk
6hPBut that balance ended.PVgY
alwoThe Ten soon dwindled—because an absolute being appeared and crushed them as if they were children.3AZZ9Cu
9ZTThe only player who reached the final battle against Tates Valtazar.NMj07
hCuZSLevel 99.nK3sxC
QlqpXIIShe could do everything.v2IVJad
L7ODvJUShe could not be measured.f4GtL
iVOAn absolute force.TB9AZ
uSe84B8The Demon God, Park Sirin.oYrDLHP
FBZi5A Korean university student who had stayed hidden for three years without showing herself to the world.agQUBIa
uItThen she suddenly descended upon North Korea, obliterated the North Korean leadership, and hung Kim Jong-un and Kim Yo-jong from missiles like fireworks.Ca8I
CGRShe became the sole leader of North Korea.mkRg
siDD44EPromoted unification with South Korea.jJjmxH
UCotRan for president.cUn7ap
pjRrRestored entire mountains with magic and multiplied agricultural output.PzJ6
FA5Korea saw her as a savior.dme
Pe5ksPChina, underestimating Park Sirin, mobilized its own Park Sihoo under a mutual defense pact.pi5L4F
avV6And then the world understood.HfMT
RkCThere existed a “god” capable of annihilating a million soldiers alone.1mcup
Pgu9Nuclear missile bases were ripped into the sky.rMOUbT
aAkkCjrArmored divisions melted under infernal flames.kW3DV3l
HXXChinese aircraft carrier groups were lifted into the air and torn apart by magical tornadoes.f6FMxJi
8Se5lYEHundreds of fighter jets were suspended in midair like decorations.R8r4I3o
FOpEFPEven on Earth, she was called the Demon God.IIiPhc
glPzsaPark Sirin destroyed China, seized all of Manchuria, and became president of the Unified Kingdom of Korea.cGuqJ
VCcFeTwo years later, she declared the founding of the Magical Empire of Korea.FIHi
UxCPolitical parties attempted to impeach her.R7dqv
OFhG2The other high-level Park Sihoo united against her.MCWQtb
jNjResult.81Tyy
a3nheThe three Korean members of the Ten Strongest were turned into living mana batteries.8OmMV
4PVrTMCongress members were turned into zombie laborers working 24 hours a day.EzzVi3S
8G5Q9aThus began the era of the Great Leader of the Magical Empire, Park Sirin.7Zw88A
Wr0hj15 years later.4wvgSm
65gq5She succeeded in developing dimensional portals connected to Arhan Heroic Legend.DNS
4Ay8After crossing one, she disappeared.k00
FhDk7cODuring the following year and a half, countries began developing their own portals, dreaming of conquering alternate worlds.SLZ7
AEIppEThat was the world situation in 2036.9hy
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dKGPa0J“…Shit, what the hell did I just watch?”LZERp
jSLnRCorin Loch, after reviewing the last 16 years of world history, stared blankly at his smartphone.ARk6
7WKggIn the middle of the Siberian steppe.4Ac9
no1tWith the portal destroyed and the Russian army torn to pieces.faplo
kSRs1CXCorin sighed again and again.E7p
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