LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 8 - National Power Level VS National Disaster Level
Chapter 8: National Power Level VS National Disaster Level
As soon as the entity named Angel was attacked, it responded immediately.
Instead of the small wings on its arms, it spread the large wings that had grown from its back and leapt into the air.
‘That guy…’
‘Is he planning to continue the battle in the air!?’
Seeing the angel take a stance for the first time, both the inside of the aircraft carrier and the naval base headquarters were in shock.
The time it takes for a fighter jet to start up and break the sound barrier in the sky is about two minutes.
In contrast, the angel took only three seconds to soar into the sky, causing a sonic boom.
It was overwhelming.
Thanks to its movement, the high-power detectors at the naval base successfully calculated the angel’s abilities.
“Admiral! The agility stat of the entity named Angel has just been measured!”
“The agility stat is 1, 13!”
“What?! Did you say 13?”
“…! Rolling…!”
I, who was also listening to the news, held my breath.
The maximum stat in
That was the common consensus in various game-related communities, as it was nearly impossible for either monsters or humans to reach double-digit stats in
Even the final stats I achieved with all my effort and luck were only 14.
“But an agility of 13…?”
What kind of monstrous bastard is this?
This was a level of stat that would be sufficient to appear in the very final stages of the original work.
Just as predicted.
Shwoom. Shoom.
Rolling, who had been standing on the deck, was nowhere to be seen. She was scanning everywhere to chase the angel, who was now creating airwaves as it broke the sound barrier.
But she would soon be defeated.
Agility stat of 13.
That fact alone plunged the entire naval base, which had measured it, into the depths of despair as if a death sentence had been pronounced.
How on earth could anyone defeat such a creature?
However.
‘He’s quite fast.’
Only Uncle Seok-gyu, who held his daughter Sophia against his chest, remained unfazed in this situation.
No, it was more of a reaction of trust in his wife than of indifference.
Swaaaang.
And as if responding to her husband’s trust.
Crash!
“Wha, whaaat, whaaaattt?!”
“Got him.”
The equipment that had been set aside for the sake of a harmonious family life.
The armament, Baekho, which had once granted her a national power level at the cost of her life.
It took only 0.2 seconds to break the sound barrier.
The angel, who had aimed at Rolling while flying in the sky, was countered instead, its solar plexus completely pierced by a heavy lance.
“Im, impossible…!”
Even the USFK soldiers in the cafeteria were shocked by the scene.
“This, this can’t be…”
“How can a Commander Hunter have such power?”
All the personnel observing from the naval base were utterly astonished.
Only Lee Seok-gyu, who knew Rolling as she was in the past, as the ‘Assassin Hunter Rolling’ once known as Swift (迅速), smirked.
“We suspect that the entity named Angel has sustained a fatal injury!”
“The agility stat of Rolling, displayed momentarily… it’s 1, 14?!”
“An agility stat of 14! In terms of speed, she ranks among the top five in current humanity!”
“Of course. Who do you think is her wife and mother!”
Uncle Seok-gyu laughed heartily, watching the panicked personnel at the base.
An agility stat of 14?
I was just as dumbfounded as everyone else at the base.
The sailors inside the aircraft carrier likely had the same reaction.
“Mom’s amazing! She’s so cool! Just like Superman!”
“Haha. Is that so?”
So, is the situation over?
The entity named Angel, visible on the monitor, had a gaping hole in its solar plexus.
Even a national disaster-level monster couldn’t survive such a fatal wound.
It seemed there was no need for me to transform.
…At least, that’s what I thought at the time.
I had no idea why this incident would later be called the worst event since the establishment of South Korea.
Or why it would come to be known as the ‘Laughing Monster Incident.’
“It’s not over yet!”
Just as everyone on the naval base and inside the aircraft carrier began to relax, shaking hands and hugging their colleagues in relief, they all froze in place.
Simultaneously.
“Kya, kyahahaha…”
“Ugh?!”
Despite the obvious fatal wound.
Instinctively sensing that it wasn’t over, Rolling pulled the lance from the creature’s solar plexus.
“Kyaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha-!!”
Just as recorded after its defeat, the monster began to laugh.
The creature, which had appeared to be an elegant woman, now had its mouth split wide open, revealing black, pupil-less eyes and producing a chilling laughter.
At the same time, white flesh sprouted from the gaping hole in its solar plexus, starting to close the wound on its own.
“That’s…”
“Regeneration?!”
A national disaster-level monster with regenerative abilities.
Everyone on the aircraft carrier and at the naval base swallowed their fear.
All except Rolling, who stood boldly before the creature.
“Have you finished laughing?”
“Kya?”
“Then let’s go.”
“Rolling!!”
Lee Seok-gyu, watching his wife through the monitor, shouted, feeling a bad premonition.
However, his wife, who turned to look back, simply smiled.
“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely win and come back.”
Turning to face forward again, she began her 0.2-second sonic breakthrough.
As the angel gradually widened the distance, a single powerful strike from Rolling’s lance flew straight at its head.
However.
A truth was revealed here.
“Kya-ha!”
“Huh?”
“Th-that’s…!”
This time, the first to shout while watching from the monitor was Brigadier General Talisman, the admiral of the USFK aircraft carrier.
He focused his gaze on the ‘ring of light’ that stopped the White Knight’s lance in mid-air.
At the same time, he realized.
“Is that the true identity of the force that stopped our aircraft carrier…!”
Just as he said, the bottom of the carrier submerged in the sea was firmly encircled and fixed by that gigantic ring of light.
“What is this! It’s not moving at all?!”
“Kya-haha?”
No matter how much strength was applied, the lance fixed by the ring of light remained suspended in the air.
Meanwhile, Rolling, who was momentarily distracted by the weapon, became directly immobilized by the ring of light itself.
“M-my body…?!”
“Rolling!!”
“Mom…?”
Everyone watching beyond the monitor fell silent.
Only her husband shouted with a trembling voice, and the voice of her daughter, soon to be injured, echoed faintly.
The next moment, a pain akin to bones breaking and organs bursting was felt.
“Kya-ha!”
“Ugh?!”
The ring of light summoned right next to the angel projected a fist that struck Rolling’s abdomen with precision.
The restrained ring of light shattered, sending Rolling flying backward, crashing into several parked fighter jets on the ship before finally coming to a halt.
She stood up immediately, but her condition was visibly dire.
“Rolling! That’s enough! I’ll go now! Hide somewhere!”
“N-no, Senior! You’re vulnerable to aerial combat!”
“Shut up. I’m going. I have to go!!”
“Chief of Staff, please calm down!”
“Someone help stop him, quickly!”
The naval base was bustling with activity, trying to stop Lee Seok-gyu, who was about to dive into the sea after setting his daughter down.
“Huff, huff…!”
“Hunter!”
“We’ve come to fight too!”
USFK soldiers, unable to bear it any longer, armed themselves and emerged onto the deck, ready to act as human shields.
“Kya-haha?”
“Ugh?!”
Buzz.
None of the hundreds of soldiers emerging onto the deck could fire a single shot of the loaded anti-monster bullets.
They were all instantly immobilized by the ring of light.
“Kya-hahahahahaha.”
“You bastard…! Guh?!”
If only one could avoid that immobilizing ring of light…
If it came down to a mere battle of specs, there might be a chance to win.
However, just as Rolling thought this and prepared to break through the speed barrier again, she coughed up blood and fell to one knee.
[Overheat! Overheat! Disarm immediately!]
“Over… heat?”
“Rolling! Stay still! Please! Don’t push any further!!”
The “Weapon – Baekho” was a treasure that awakened Rolling’s new talents as a Commander Hunter, but it was also a deadly tumor that consumed her life.
Power without a price was always like that.
Although she had an overwhelmingly high synchronization rate with the weapon, making her the rightful owner of Baekho, the warning she received from the Association when she first got it suddenly resurfaced.
“Ms. Rolling, let me be clear: do not use the Weapon – Baekho for more than five minutes.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Because your body won’t be able to withstand it. Well, unless you want to die, you can keep using it.”
…But why were these old memories coming back now?
“Is this what they call life flashing before your eyes?”
It felt like all the bones inside her skin were creaking.
Her vision was blurry, and the veins protruding from her skin seemed about to burst at any moment.
Indeed, blood tears were flowing from her left eye where a blood vessel had burst.
But.
Even so.
There was something she had to do.
“Darling! Shin-woo! And Sophia!”
For better or worse, this would probably be her last and final charge.
Before making the sonic breakthrough again, Rolling turned her head to look at her family watching her.
Enduring the pain, she smiled as always and spoke her final words to them.
“I love you all. You know that, right?”
“Rolling! No! Rolling! Please! Don’t do it!! I’ll do it! I’ll go, so don’t do it!!”
Lee Seok-gyu, held back by soldiers as he tried to stop his wife, cried out, his voice shaking.
Sophia, who had been watching her mother on the screen, began to curl up and tremble as she saw her father in such distress.
Had she raised her head again,
Sophia would have had to witness her mother’s intestines spilling out.
But in that terrified moment, a person came to mind.
“Shin-woo, huh?”
Wanting to see that person who always made her feel warm, she suddenly called his name.
“Waaahhhhhhh-!!”
A massive roar echoed from beyond the monitor.
At the same time, the radar at the naval base detected new monster activity.
“A new monster is approaching the vicinity of the aircraft carrier!!”
“…What?”
“Another monster, after the angel?”
“Yes! According to the readings, the monster is running across the sea…?”
“It’s estimated to be humanoid in shape! But its data… huh?”
Boom!
Before the soldiers could finish their briefing, a figure leaped from the sea and landed in front of Rolling, who was ready to charge.
“…! You are…”
At that moment, the strength drained from Rolling’s body, and the soldiers on the deck held their breath.
Lee Seok-gyu and the other soldiers watching beyond the monitor had the same reaction.
Only Sophia looked at the pitch-black monster, reminiscent of the Grim Reaper, with bright eyes.
“This response matches the humanoid monster that went missing in Jamsil!”
The humanoid monster thought to have disappeared from Jamsil.
The same one that had saved two of her subordinates.
“Kya, ha…?”
For the first time, upon its appearance,
The angel’s smile vanished completely.