Seeing that much confidence Kang Jin-sung gave him a sly glance.
"Is that so?"
"Well, the old seniors should help me out."
Chen Jin-soo suddenly appeared. He looked terrifying, covered in black ink, his sword slung over his shoulder.
"Don't fall behind, I can't take care of everything."
"Speaking of people."
Before he could finish his sentence, Chun Jin-soo charged, followed by Kang Jin-sung.
-Kaaaaaah!
The tentacle sensed the approach and swung its giant tentacle, but Chun Jin-soo's super-large greatsword cut it down without a second thought.
-Kwajik! Kwajik! Kwajik!
The tentacles were sliced off in bunches with each swing, and Koo Dae-sung and Kim Dohan felt like they were about to be crushed to death on the battlefield as the severed tentacles fluttered about.
"Uh, sir, monsters up ahead!"
But the tentacles weren't the only enemies. Countless ink monsters poured out from the blood spilled by the tentacles. There were thousands in front of them.
"Stay close."
The swords that followed Kang Jin-sung rained down on the leader. Like a wave, the swords sliced through the monsters faster than they could fall.
"They're not as strong as I thought, are they──!"
It was then that a medium-sized monster attacked from the side. From a side that was hard to see in the darkness, its fist slammed into Kang Jin-sung.
"Old man!"
Koo Dae-sung and Kim Dohan froze for a moment, but a stern rebuke came from the front.
"Run! Look ahead when you fight!"
Gritting their teeth at Chun Jin-soo's words, the two ran forward, ignoring the monster, and were relieved to hear the dancing of demonic swords behind them.
"Hurry up, the tentacles are getting too much for me!"
"Ah, yes, sir!"
"Coming now, old man!"
The two of them clung to Chun Jin-soo's back. Chun Jin-soo was slashing at the tentacles with his enlarged sword, but he was getting tired.
"Damn, I'm getting tired, I'm going for the big one!"
Chun Jin-soo raised his broadsword high and struck down vertically with a giant light saber. It sliced through the tentacles in bunches, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.
"Ugh------"
At the same time, the Star Iron Sword returned to its original size but even with such a blow, Merguiola was quickly regenerating.
"Get into position, both of you!"
"Eh?"
"Eh, old man!"
Chun Jin-soo grabbed them by the nape of the neck and started spinning them around...
"Uh, old man, that's not what I think it is, is it?!"
"Chun Jin-soo, wait---!"
"Come back strong, young people!"
The man toss, reminiscent of a centrifugal shot put, begins. The two men were thrown like shot-putters toward the gap Chun Jin-soo had cut.
"Ugh, ouch, ouch, ouch---!"
"That crazy old man!"
Flying in the air, the two of them formed a parabola and immediately fell into the gap in the tentacles.
* * * * *
"Uffu!"
"Kwak---!"
Although it couldn't be called stable, the two successfully made it to the center.
They whispered while holding their aching jaws and hips.
"Uh, how did we get here?"
"Should I use a lighter?"
"No, no, I don't think he's noticed, let's not risk it."
Outside, the sounds of a fierce battle could be heard as Chun Jin-soo and Kang Jin-sung were making a lot of noise to cover for them.
"Let's get up and get out of here."
"I think it would be most effective if we put it exactly in the center...!
"What's wrong?"
Puzzled by Koo Dae-sung's speechlessness, Kim Dohan turned to the end of his line of sight. Now that I think about it, it was strangely bright earlier──
"Crazy."
After discovering the cause, the two were speechless.
They arrived at the center. It was familiar to them that the center was luminous.
A gate.
A giant gate that looked like it could fit through a building, and the area around it was bright thanks to its own glow. And──
'The main body hasn't even entered yet?!'
The gate was slowly letting in an unimaginably huge thing with tentacles extending outward.
In other words, the demon that the Hunters had been fighting to the death wasn't even the main body.
'What an absurd monster.'
Are all the Great Demons monsters like this? What about Leon, who caught these monsters like rats...?
Realizing that the world they were in was bigger than they had ever imagined, the two moved toward the gate.
"Let's get it installed!"
"Yeah, let's hope it works!"
What they pulled out was a large mechanical device. No, not a bomb. A mere bomb would not kill the Great Old One.
This is a 'coordinate'.
The launch coordinates of the Yakt Spinner's most powerful satellite weapon, a space armament platform created with the resources of the entire universe.
A massive space weapon that fires and falls at a speed of Mach 134, a super-large stardust warhead made from blessed stardust.
The two men who installed the coordinates were about to escape when──
──■■■■
Their gazes met as several dozen eyeballs peeked out of the gate and stared at them.
-Creepy.
"Run!!!"
"Ugh!"
The tentacles moved with their screams, and it was only a matter of time before they were caught in the cavity of the giant tentacle.
"Seconds! I set it for seconds!"
"Shi, ten minutes, I think I set it for ten minutes!"
-Begin counting down. 10--- 9--- 8---
"No, no, no!"
"Oh, I pressed the wrong number──!"
-7--- 6--- 5---
The tentacles approached, wanting to squeeze the two of them to death.
-4---3---2---
Just as the two men were about to be killed by the tentacles-──
-1--- Shot.
The stellar iron bullets struck the atmosphere in an instant, guided by precise coordinates and──
-Kujik!
It pierced the mountain peak and plunged vertically through the hollow.
-Kwajik!
It plummeted through the bundle of tentacles toward the gate. Instead of the expected explosion of the crash, a subtle rumble could be heard from beyond the gate.
As they ducked to avoid the oncoming tentacles, they heard the creature's great scream, which they realized was the scream of a Merguiola struck by a stardust bolt as they narrowly avoided the glowing tentacles.
-Uh-oh! They're getting away!
-The tentacles are getting away!
At the same time as the cheers from outside, a seemingly endless stream of tentacles wriggled through the gate.
The gate disappeared as the giant body of the Great Old One disappeared from view.
"------did we win?"
" ------"
The two were dumbfounded by the unrealistic outcome.
* * * * *
The stardust shells that fell from the sky literally pierced through the mountain and into Merguiola.
The shockwave from the fall alone was supposed to send out a shockwave that would have surpassed a nuclear bomb, but thankfully, it didn't.
"Wow, man. That was lucky."
"I agree------"
The shell went straight through Merguiola and into the gate. That's why the final impact point was not here, but the demon realm beyond the gate.
They were sure the Demon Realm is in an uproar by now.
"Hey, you guys!"
Just then, Chun Jin-soo approached, his ears dripping with blood, like a vicious beast. But despite that, he had a smile on his face.
"What a bunch of jerks. If you have such a thing, you should have told me long ago!"
"That---military secrets------"
"What! Me and Leon don't hide anything from each other!"
"No, then why are you calling his majesty brother from earlier?"
Chun Jin-soo shrugged at Kim Dohan's words.
"Because we decided to be brothers!"
It was true. Leon had granted him the title because he was inwardly impressed by his demeanor, which was far too bubbly and hobgoblin-like for a modern Earthling.
His own skills are so impressive that Leon even considers him a candidate for the Holy Knights. His only flaw is his lack of faith.
"It took a lot of luck to drive him away."
Kang Jin-sung chimed in, and there was no disagreeing with him.
"Yes, it was a terrifying foe."
That was just an Archdemon. What kind of monsters were the Demon Archdukes and the Demon Lord?
"But we'll win."
"Hmph?"
The two old men's gazes focused on his confident demeanor but Koo Dae-sung spoke in an unwavering voice.
"Because we have the king and the gods."
Koo Dae-sung only hoped that he would contribute a little to the great victory.
* * * * *
The Hunters, who had driven Merguiola away with the help of the satellite's stellar artillery barrage, led their exhausted bodies to the entrance.
"Woohoo--- Where are you two elders going?"
"We're going back to the Resistance to let them know we succeeded."
"Speaking of which, you said resistance, who are they?"
"The cause of this war."
"What?"
Koo Dae-sung's eyes widened at Chun Jin-soo's words and Kang Jin-sung explained.
"They're the ones who fired the missiles at the TTG Temple Chartered Aircraft to start the war. Thanks to them, the demons were forced to hurry."
Koo Dae-sung's mind spun, albeit slowly.
Demons and their followers had swept across South Korea.
It all started with the mass return of North Korean pilots and the shooting down of the TTG Temple charter plane.
It was a series of strangely timed, ineffective attacks. It was almost as if they had no choice.
"Since the North Korean military made a preemptive strike, the South has no choice but to declare war------"
"It will be revealed that there are demons lurking in North Korea."
"The resistance has done something to expose the demons for what they really are!"
As a result, the demons were unable to start a war at the time they wanted.
Koo Dae-sung was impressed and grateful for the resistance's determination.
Even though Leon and the Knights of the Ten Thousand Gods had been hit, the demons' true nature had been quickly revealed.
"First---we must inform His Majesty of this."
"What will he do with them?"
"I don't know--- they were certainly guilty of attacking his Jade Body, but------"
Leon was a fair and just man, surely he wouldn't be too crude?
With that expectation, Koo Dae-sung continued to walk toward the entrance.
"By the way, what are you guys going to do now?"
Kang Jin-sung asked.
"I'm going to head toward Pyongyang to join the main army."
Koo Dae-sung was proud of this incredible victory, but he was also beginning to fear.
If a monster of that size was only one Archdemon, how many other Archdemons were summoned in the land?
In response to his worries, Chun Jin-soo patted him on the shoulder.
"Well, don't worry too much, they didn't summon all of them because it was an unexpected war."
This wasn't a war that even the demons wanted to start, at least not at this time.
In that regard, the two old men agreed that the 'resistance' should be commended for their efforts.
"Anyway, it's a great weapon. If you have that, couldn't you deal with the demons?"
"It has its limitations, but it has proven to be effective enough against the Archdemons."
When Yappy advanced weaponry was combined with divine power, they created some truly terrifying weapons. And since most of them were in space, they were beyond the reach of demons.
"I must inform Lord Yappy of this──"
As he spoke, he reached the entrance. While frowning at the sunlight, he suddenly saw shooting stars falling from the blue sky.
"Wow, I can see shooting stars in broad daylight. Can I make a wish?"
It's beautiful. The stars were falling one after another, as if it was a meteor shower.
A star feast in the sky. It was a spectacular sight, so beautiful that it took their breath away.
"Should we make a video of this?"
Someone was thinking about taking a video of the event.
"Something's wrong------"
Kang Jin-sung whispered and they checked the sky again.
The stars are still falling. Now there are more of them, yes, more---unnaturally more.
"What the hell, why are there so many?"
The number of falling stars--- too many. Hundreds--- no, thousands. Tens of thousands?
As if all the stars in the universe are falling.
"They're not shooting stars."
Someone said and it didn't take long to prove it.
-Kaaaaaaaah!!!
They're not stars, burning up through the atmosphere, but──
"Satellites?"
It was the crash of all the world's satellites.