Chapter 259: Reverse City (11)
-Hackphysical's expression is absolutely hilarious lmaooo
-???: Even after being told, he just ran off like that···?
-You'd think it was natural to be dumbfounded when you told him he could use a teleportation portal and he ran instead
-Remarkably, he rembered once he was already outside the building
'Well, they can manage on their own.'
Baek Woohyun shrugged his shoulders, just as Kang Soyul had. He figured there was no need to concern himself beyond that.
According to the ssages Jeong Nayeon had been sending him earlier, the Hero Association had already finished dividing up territories and deploying personnel.
Even if the Villain Alliance was a bit late, as long as those with more broadcasters held their ground, they would sohow be able to hold the Steel Legion at bay.
Having assessed it that way, Baek Woohyun used Kang Soyul's supernatural ability to exit the Villain Alliance building, and spotted a crack that had appeared in the sky far in the distance.
From the eerily shimring violet crack, the Steel Legion was pouring down in a torrent, as though a waterfall. As if to lay bare their insane numbers without reservation.
The deploynt continued without end, even as units were already out fighting in 'Reverse City.'
Kwaaaa—!
"They're coming from above! From the side too! The other direction!"
"There are just too many of them!"
"I had no idea it would be this brutal!"
-We're so screwed lmaooo
-Just how many of them are even coming out lmaooo
-anwhile the Villain Alliance being late, is that for real??
-Going on about 'the protagonist always shows up late' is about to blow up in their faces lol
"Gyaak! Soone save !"
"Fruits Crew! Two years later! At Sabaody Archipelago!"
"No, what the hell, just co with us! Why are you leaving everyone behind, Boss?!"
'···What a ss.'
That was Baek Woohyun's impression as he glanced over 'Reverse City,' which was deep in the throes of a defensive battle.
The Hero Association side had managed to hold their ground well against the Steel Legion, having set up and prepared without being too late. The problem was the Villain Alliance, which had arrived sowhat behind schedule.
Before they could even reach their assigned positions, they were being hit by the Steel Legion descending from the sky, turning the entire city into an absolute disaster.
Those who sohow fought back and tried to drive the Steel Legion away were the decent ones, comparatively.
In a manner thoroughly befitting villains—though it was impossible to understand why they were showing it off against their own allies—there were those who abandoned all their comrades and fled.
It had even gotten to the point where so were swept away, unable to dodge the screaming citizens running in every direction.
"Aaagh! Please get out of the way! Please!"
-lmaooo this is hilarious
-What is this guy doing here all by himself?
-Showing us with his whole body what happens when you get swept up in a crowd at a festival
-Is this really the ti for thatㅋㅋ
There were no viewers with the question of 'Can't he just kill them all with his supernatural ability and push them back?' Anyone who had seen 'Reverse City' would be the sa.
Because the NPCs of 'Reverse City,' equipped with Fully Responsive AI, were so genuinely lifelike, there were many who were reluctant to kill them indiscriminately.
In fact, there were even those who had switched their affiliation to Hero because they disliked having to commit cris against them as Villains.
This was evident from the mont the Villain Alliance's individual broadcasters rushed to stop them when they saw civilian NPCs being targeted by the Steel Legion.
Under normal circumstances, individual broadcasters would prioritize eliminating the Steel Legion rather than caring whether those NPCs died. Viewers would have considered that perfectly natural, too.
It was a scene that showed just how great an influence the Fully Responsive AI had. Perhaps Isaac had hoped for a sight like this.
"······."
In any case, left as-is, the situation would only continue descending into chaos. Even the Hero Association side, which had properly taken position and was holding, was at risk of being adversely affected.
Which ant there was a chance they would witness 'Reverse City' falling entirely under the control of the Steel Legion, all because of the Villain Alliance's tardiness.
If that ca to pass, he couldn't even begin to predict what kind of change would co over the server. Deus or Isaac might have thought that far ahead, but.
"Hiyaaa!"
-Hero Star Rain, deploying!ㅋㅋ
-Sㅋㅋtar ㅋㅋRainㅋㅋㅋ
-She's funny every ti I see her, seriously lmaooo
-And the actual person goes beet red whenever she says her hero na, that's genuinely hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Jeong Nayeon, who had been leading the Hero Association side, seed to have realized the sa thing Baek Woohyun had surmised, and went on a rampage trying sohow to help the Villain Alliance.
According to the original plan, she had intended to step back and only assist those who were struggling—but instead, she began unleashing a brilliant radiance exactly as she had in the trailer video.
True to her hero na of Star Rain, the starlight she emitted rained down like a downpour, destroying the ordinary units of the Steel Legion one by one.
The problem was.
Kiiing—
"Too—many!"
-The sheer numbers are insane
-This feels like soone entered the wrong values
-Maybe the event started based on all the invited players being present
-Oh, that actually sounds plausible?
That even with all that rampage, the situation was still difficult.
No matter how high her output was compared to other individual broadcasters, assigned to play the role of Hero Association president—she was still one person, and her limits were clear.
Let alone the fact that Jeong Nayeon was not transcendently strong the way Baek Woohyun was. She could comfortably handle the equivalent of two or three people on her own, but that was exactly where it ended.
It was also unfortunate for her that by rampaging so visibly in such a short ti, she had been designated the Steel Legion's top priority target.
Not just ordinary units, but even the higher-ranking units had joined forces to bring her down, which ant she couldn't even think about helping anyone else.
The expression on her face as she was chased by dozens of Steel Legion units beca extrely frantic.
-Jeong Nayeon: Wooohyeoooona!
-Jeong Nayeon: Help ee—!
"···Heh."
The person Jeong Nayeon would ultimately cling to as her last resort in a crisis was Baek Woohyun. The ssage she had sohow managed to send while fighting on the run proved that fact.
Receiving the two typo-ridden ssages—a testant to just how frantic she had been—Baek Woohyun let out a quiet chuckle. To him, it was simply amusing.
The only minor question was exactly who she was asking him to help. He couldn't tell whether she was asking him to help the Villain Alliance, or to help her as she was being chased.
Kiiing—
'Either way, it doesn't matter.'
Perhaps it was that Baek Woohyun and Kang Soyul, standing so unhurriedly on the rooftop of the Villain Alliance building, had irked them.
One higher-ranking unit of the Steel Legion and five ordinary units ca flying in with a sound similar to Etinel, yet clearly duller in quality.
Their redly glowing main sensors locked precisely onto Baek Woohyun, plainly declaring that they had marked him as their target.
Seeing the enemies who had the gall to target him, Baek Woohyun felt no anger. They weren't even worth the expenditure of emotion.
Still bearing the form of a boy, he erased the smile that Jeong Nayeon had brought about and fixed his expressionless gaze on the enemies—and that was all it took.
Because the instant the ash-gray irises that signaled his supernatural ability flared, the enemies were all crushed and compressed.
Kwadeuk!
"As expected."
-That 'I knew it would happen' expression is so annoying lol
-Ahㅋㅋ Hackphysical's right next to , so why would I do anythingㅋㅋ
-The fact that she didn't even attempt to defend herself is the real deal, honestly;
-Hackphysical's shield is invincible~~
Kang Soyul, who had been completely relaxed even as enemies suddenly appeared, nodded as though she had fully expected it. Her deanor showed she hadn't considered for even a mont that she might be hard.
Far from attempting to defend herself, she hadn't even manifested her supernatural ability—and viewers were cackling, comnting 'This is what a relationship of trust looks like!'
And so, whether Kang Soyul and the viewers beside him treated him as so sort of absolute protection device or not, Baek Woohyun couldn't care less.
Anyone looking at his eyes—glowing ash-gray and burning as though on fire—would understand: right now, he was exerting extre concentration.
Gooooo—!
"······."
The transparent fla that rose from Baek Woohyun's entire body reached a critical threshold at so point, blooming gloriously into a single flower.
It was the return of the phenonon that 'that side's' research facility had once nad the Flower of Annihilation—the flower that brings annihilation—and had feared to the utmost.
Unlike during the story, the flower ford entirely through the power of the pure supernatural ability build covered not only the entire rooftop, but the space beyond it as well.
Yet the visible range of the flower was nothing. The unseen senses had already reached even farther than that.
A domain extending from dozens of ters to hundreds of ters in radius had co entirely under his control. Even a sensation akin to omnipotence was welling up.
Everything within it was truly, perfectly felt. Not to ntion the distinction between enemy and ally—that went without saying.
Wooooong—!
"Wh—what?!"
"Is this coming from the Steel Legion's side?!"
"It seems like it's from up there!"
-Nope, it's Hackphysical
-What is he even trying to do
-'To hackphysical' = anyway, to do sothing impressive
-anwhile his supposed rival Star Rain is busy running awayㅋㅋ
The tremor born from his massive supernatural ability output agitated the surroundings. Even those who had been too busy fighting were startled and turned their full attention to it.
Not only the individual broadcasters affiliated with the Hero Association and Villain Alliance—even the Steel Legion had halted their battle. What more needed to be said.
Their red main sensors stared unblinkingly at the rooftop of the Villain Alliance building where Baek Woohyun stood. As if they would not miss a single mont.
'All of you.'
And then.
Baek Woohyun's eyes were dyed a complete ash-gray.
As though he possessed eyes made of light.
'Crumble.'
Kwadeudeudeuk—!
The instant that bone-chilling sound rang out, hundreds of Steel Legion units flying through the sky crashed to the ground all at once. Every last one of them, without exception.
A heavy stillness descended over the vicinity of the Villain Alliance building—which had been engulfed in chaotic combat—for one brief mont. It truly could be called a perfect elimination.
Afterward, only the intermittent thud thud of scrap tal pieces colliding with the ground echoed outward.
"Huh?" "What on—" "Whoa!"
"They've all been eliminated···?"
-What the hell is this
-How?? How?? How?? How?? How?? How?? How??
-Is this actually possible even with however high the output is??
-FYI: Star Rain and The End have the sa supernatural ability output
'ㅇㅇ' has donated 10,000 won!
[Sa output? Don't lie; but then why is one of them getting chased like crazy and the other one just wiping everyone out!]
Saying that Baek Woohyun had the sa output as Jeong Nayeon ant that he, too, had only the supernatural ability output of roughly three or four other individual broadcasters combined.
Therefore, eliminating hundreds of Steel Legion units simultaneously, in a single instant, the way he had just done was, by all logic, absolutely impossible.
If that had been possible, Jeong Nayeon would not have been getting chased by the Steel Legion—she would have wiped them all out and turned the situation around.
"Huuuu···."
Yet, remarkably, it was the truth.
Baek Woohyun's supernatural ability output was exactly the sa as Jeong Nayeon's.
It had been set that way, since the head of the Hero Association and the leader of the Villain Alliance ought to possess equal power.
Even so, the reason Baek Woohyun had been able to achieve a feat like this was very simple.
Even with the sa power, it's different depending on how you use it!
'Used my head for the first ti in a while.'
The Telekinesis Baek Woohyun had manifested could not completely shatter hundreds of Steel Legion units into scrap tal. Of course it couldn't—he didn't have that kind of output.
Instead, he had precisely crushed only the core internal circuits within each Steel Legion unit. Think of it as destroying the heart protected by the steel exterior.
That was the secret behind how he had been able to annihilate every last one of the Steel Legion within a radius of hundreds of ters.
"This is··· possible?"
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