My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 33.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟑: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 (3)

Fear by Number.

A biological catastrophe.

Could it be described by any other means?

“Requesting artillery, bombing! Detonate all the mines!”

“The number is too large . . . !”

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘮!!

Legion-class. A catastrophic creature capable of menacing an army corps or a continent.

The Cust pack, currently the only one considered to be Legion-class in the chimeraz collective, charged at the troops with the thunderous roar of its wingbeats.

From the sky, hot steel rain poured down as automatically set mines exploded in succession. Combat helicopters, drone fighters, and ground-attack aircraft added their firepower to the mix. The target was to stop the rampaging creatures with overwhelming firepower.

𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 . . . !

The explosions were so fierce, they piled up flesh instead of corpses. The Custs, however, kept charging as long as they were alive, even with their wings on fire and legs blown off.

“Grrrraaaaagh!!!”

Whether they aimed at them or not, they were hit. Humanoids were crushed by the Custs, which swarmed over them, and vanished from sight. Infantrymen in combat suits were either swallowed alive or torn apart by their clover-shaped snouts.

Multi-legged tanks maneuvered through the rugged terrain, crushing Custs and ceaselessly firing their cannons, but it wasn’t enough. War machines mobilized all their available weapons, but it wasn’t enough. Orbital bombardment and shelling from the rear landing site were not enough.

“What the hell is the fleet doing?!”

This wave was endless. It could only be stopped with a massive orbital bombardment that scorched the very ground, or by detonating several nuclear weapons.

“I don’t care if we lose a few; give the monsters a taste of nuclear shower!!”

“All missiles are being shot down! A, and 17 more Lemegetons have appeared and are scrambling chimeraz aircraft . . . !”

“Kreion and Elite packs have appeared on the eastern front! A small number of them have breached the defensive line and are attacking the fire support battalion!”

Behind the wave of rampaging Custs, something could be vaguely seen.

Hounz, Tritulas, and Kabanas, who hadn’t participated in the battle, were standing around absent-mindedly. Just thinking about the reason sent chills down their spines.

They were waiting.

For this side’s firepower, energy, lives, bullets, and shells to run out.

“Dammit . . . ! Fall back! Fall back!”

Kreion, who heard the voice via Cust, gave orders during the battle.

‘𝘕𝘰𝘸. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵.’

𝘒𝘶𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘨!!!!

The sound of the earth collapsing and rising. Those among them who were facing the Cust pack, with their ears perked up, unconsciously turned their heads.

“. . . What the hell . . .”

Dozens of Skeletunnel’s crocodile-like jaws pierced through the ground behind them. When had they dug the tunnel? It was such a meticulous surprise attack that they hadn’t even detected the seismic waves underground.

𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬!

As the Skeletunnels opened their jaws, chimeraz poured out of the empty, damp exoskeleton passage along with the tar-like Xenotera.

Countless Custs coming from the front, and all sorts of chimeraz from behind. There was no way to escape either way. Their retreat route had been cut off.

So, they suddenly looked up to the sky in search of hope and dimly saw huge Lemegetons engaging in a bizarre space battle with the allied ships.

The answer to why their fleet couldn’t provide strong support was up there in space.

“Fighting like that makes their firepower and shields meaningless . . .”

Who would’ve imagined it?

The Lemegetons, the chimeraz ships, were literally chewing on the Darwin Foundation ships.

In the process of being chewed, the chimeraz pack inside the Lemegetons must be turning the allied ships’ interiors into a mess.

🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹

Kreion was fighting and commanding at the same time.

━𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 . . . 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 . . .

‘𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵.’

━𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 . . .

𝘒𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘨!

A humanoid sniper targeting Kreion was shot down by the Elites.

‘𝘕𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳.’

━𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦.’

━𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝.

Kreion extended his black wings forward, shielding himself.

𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 . . . !

At the same time, plasma buckshot aimed at Kreion blew up his wings. Gats immediately charged at the war machine that had fired the plasma buckshot.

‘𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘴.’

“Yes! I hear you!”

‘𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.’

𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘮. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘮. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘮. . .

Heavy tremors in the ground could be heard from beyond the high hill of corpses, 150m away.

Sensing the danger, Gats jumped back as ordered and stopped in front of Kreion.

“Never seen a multi-legged tank of that kind.”

The source of the tremors was a quadrupedal tank. It was about 20 meters tall and must have weighed over a thousand tons.

“I thought it was some kind of anti-aircraft structure . . .”

The huge multi-legged tank announced its judgment to its enemies in an intimidating mechanical voice.

“Target acquired. Preparing Carmine System.”

An incredibly thick barrel was aimed at Kreion. It was huge, as if a ship cannon had been removed attach to it as it was.

“Target locked. Activating Carmine System.”

As the muzzle flashed, the surrounding air rippled. Kreion had an immediate intuition.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵.’

Kreion dodged to the side to avoid the muzzle aimed at him. However, the muzzle slowly turned, following Kreion. It was a system that could track the target even after deciding to fire. It was a do-or-die situation.

𝘒𝘶𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢!!!!!!!