My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 83

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟑: 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 (4)

January 12, 2621.

The capital metropolis called Obsidia became a battleground.

In the sky, Drop Cysts endlessly fell, and the Asotus hordes flew around. Amidst them, Cresecter is in a chaotic and complex aerial battle with Drake’s aircraft.

The objects in the sky are so many that at a glance, it is impossible to distinguish what is getting shot down and falling, what is fighting in the sky, and what is trying to descend to the ground.

‘Make sure that the manufactured enemies do not enter the city center.’

Jiannettera’s horde fought, securing their position on the eastern side of Obsidia. Outside the eastern part of the city center, there was a large-scale military factory zone that automatically produced troops at this moment.

The latest war machines, humanoids, tanks, ground carriers, Chaintroopers, Drone Hives, and more produced in numerous military factories showed collective movements trying to support the city center.

Jiannettera blocked the roads here and there to prevent them from entering the city center and went inside to attack the military factory area instead.

Other leaders also performed their respective roles.

‘Nothing should be allowed to disturb the master! Block the sky!’

Phlegeth, located north of the city center, is leading its horde, spewing hot flames. To the north were Obsidia’s largest military base, military airstrips, landing strips, airports, and more, and the Phlegeth horde made the area its battlefield and carried out the fiercest battles.

As their aircraft, including combat helicopters, drones, drone fighters, fighters, bombers, and fighter-bombers, headed towards the city center, Phlegeth’s Grounsecter horde shot plasma into the air, and the Cresecters covered the area with the sky, intercepting the aircraft.

At the same time, Phlegeth directly collided with the large-scale machine ground forces advancing from the north, and did not hesitate to engage in a very fierce and dangerous war of attrition.

‘Find resources. Our numbers must be maintained until the master finishes his work.’

Equillocke, who had a colony and a horde in the south, used everything organic as a resource, from trees and buildings in the city center, to food in the buildings, to even a single earthworm hidden under a flower pot. The living tissue of the spontaneously proliferating bio-bombs was also torn off and supplied to the colony without hesitation.

The southern area, with many nature-friendly facilities such as gardens, parks, and eco-complexes, was the most suitable place to spread the colony. Equillocke thus replenished the Chimeraz forces on the battlefield and spread the horde widely, regardless of location.

At that moment, on the stable west side of the Chimeraz territory, Kreion’s legion fought deeper into the city center.

Kreion’s body, armed with heavy full-body bio-armor from head to toe, walks with Gats floating a Levitation Weapon. In addition, the best Elites move together with Gats’ control, front and back.

➖That tower is too strong. It seems difficult to bring it down.

Asilomar Ziggurat.

The Asotus and Cresecter endlessly rush towards the hyper tower that pierces the clouds. However, there are too many enemy aircraft around the tower.

Since there are enemy forces even on the footholds such as the tower’s numerous windows or opening and closing balconies, it seems almost impossible to approach by flying to the middle or upper floors of the tower.

And sometimes, when a chunk of plasma is about to hit the tower directly, the tower itself deploys a partial shield and even defends itself.

Even now, Fractal is resisting with ridiculous output in the fleet battle, and it is said that there is no damage except for the infection spreading inside.

However, that Asilomar Ziggurat may be a structure that supplies power to the entire Obsidia, perhaps even to the entire planet. Therefore, the shield output it possesses may be greater than that of Fractal.

‘I’ve already given up on bringing down that tower, as I told Ludwig.’

Smoke from the flames and the bio-barrier pretending to be smoke are blooming around. Cust crawls by clinging to the high building wall, and Cresecter crosses between buildings. Skeletunnels with crocodile-like snouts protrude above the road, spewing out the Chimeraz forces and Xenotera.

From a few blocks ahead, the sound of fierce fighting is heard.

‘It’ll take a long time to reach Lopez by pushing the front line in an orthodox manner.’

➖Yes. Because the dimensional passageway could be restored at any moment and the UNF could intervene.

Even if the dimensional passageway is not restored, the UNF fleet’s anti-matter squadron will be able to find this star system within a week.

The only reason they haven’t arrived yet is because they don’t know. The Chimeraz are invading the Drake stellar nation like this.

Moreover, with the Crolr invasion, the possibility of external forces coming here right away is even slimmer. But that’s just a possibility. The events that take place everywhere in this vast space do not always go as expected.

‘Gats. We need to break through by raiding the battlefield.’

➖How about going underground? Don’t human rulers and those in power like to hide underground in such a situation?

‘No. Lopez will be on the top floor.’

➖Why is that?

‘If they are underground, they will be too close to the Skeletunnels. And underground, there’s not even space to deploy a shield or operate an aircraft, so it’s rather dangerous to hide underground against our race.’

In other words, Lopez would not be hiding in a tactically inefficient and obvious location.

‘And above all. . . . The Hyper Mind server is at the top of Asilomar Ziggurat.’

The upper floor, where a huge number of aircraft are flying around like two colonies fighting over a beehive.

Among them, Lopez will be at the top, closest to the Hyper Mind server.

➖I understand. So we’ll infiltrate from the 1st floor and go through the process of climbing the Babel Tower.

‘I believe we can break through with you.’

Gats, who came to the battlefield after a long time, showed his will.

➖The brave Phlegeth-nim is in charge of the north, the wise Jiannettera-nim is in charge of the east, the cold-blooded Equillocke-nim is in charge of the south, and the noble Ludwig-nim is in charge of the fleet battle.

➖If I am with Agele-nim, who boasts the highest power of our race as a single entity on such a battlefield, I can defeat anything.

‘Good.’

On the spacious grounds of Asilomar Ziggurat, regular roads are laid between the buildings that serve as various facilities and the lawns.

The parked vehicles became obstacles and the buildings on the site became bunkers.

Dozens of Drone Hives and hundreds of war machines are fighting all over the Asilomar Ziggurat site. Humanoids of various arms are using various firearms, and anti-gravity tanks and drones are crossing the site. And there seem to be quite a few soldiers fighting alongside the machine army on this site.

‘Are they gathering human forces here out of concern that their bodies will become resources?’

The power of the Chimeraz legion flocking from all over the city is disastrous, but the army defending Asilomar Ziggurat seems to be responding with its original combat power even in front of that power.

When Mindrocker bursts the bio-barrier, the Drone Hive injects plasma and pushes it away. When Skeletunnel sticks its snout out from underfoot, it is designated as the highest priority target by the Drake army and is subjected to concentrated fire in an instant. When Cust makes waves, numerous Chaintroopers break through the waves, and when Cresecter carries out a low-altitude bombing, a swarm of robobugs swarming in black intercepts Cresecter.

Therefore, it seems that the Chimeraz legion is not breaking through the Asilomar Ziggurat site, but both sides are continuing a war that seems to never end on the site as production and deployment continue.

The Drake army and the Chimeraz also know.

If time passes like this, the Chimeraz legion will eventually overwhelm the site, but they know that there is a possibility that other human forces will intervene from outside before that moment comes.

In such a situation where the defending side and the attacking side were somehow decided, the Chimeraz side added a variable.

➖Troops! Break through the enemy lines!

Gats and a horde of 40 Elites appeared. Gats’ Elites wield Levitation Weapons, living sniper rifles, rifles, plasma weapons, and the like, and operate in arms like human infantry.

The Chimeraz fighting all over the site fought more aggressively than before, intensifying the battle. In such a situation, the Elite horde broke through, aiming for the area with the least concentration of enemy forces per unit area.

Elites with long-range attack methods support the Elites in front by moving quickly in the rear. The Elites in front swing tentacles and cutters, slashing enemy soldiers and machines.

The Elite horde shared their minds with collective consciousness, and the improved thrusters attached to their joints showed off their uncontrollable mobility.

➖The main gate is just ahead!

The war machines guarding the main gate with their huge shields must have witnessed it. An Elite boasting excellent fighting power, an Elite horde organized with various weapons, and heavily armored bio-armor moving with them as their escort.

Kreion looked at the main gate and gave an order.

‘Equillocke! Support the bio-barrier on the main gate!’

Immediately, the Mindrocker horde hiding in the buildings around the site reacted all at once. They spit out all the bio-barriers they had been saving.

The bio-barrier, which seemed to be covered in darkness, surged like a living shadow and reached the main gate in one breath. Then, the war machines at the main gate radiated plasma, explosively expanding the shield, and erased the huge bio-barrier.

Kwaang! Kwa-jik!

However, Gats and the outstanding Elite horde are already swooping down on the war machines. It was a short moment to close the distance.

‘Be careful. The war machines guarding the main gate won’t be easy.’

The giant war machines with shields crushed the distant Elites with plasma cannons. And they responded to the Elites swinging cutters at close range with shields.

Jiiiiiing!

It was the shield that the giant war machine kept its output on. It is not simply a solid shield, but a device that defends against any attack from enemies with artificial particles called shields.

Kieeeeeek. . . !

The Elite horde flew low to face them. And Gats skillfully helped the Elite horde, knocking down several war machines, and broke through the foremost.

That was the moment.

“Stop. Kemet Agele Kreion.”

The war machine standing firmly in front of the main gate spoke in a low voice.

Kreion, whose name was called out exactly, stopped for a moment, and Gats stopped next to him.

“Our administrator has requested a conversation.”

The administrator that the artificial intelligence is talking about must be referring to Lopez.

“It’s disgusting to come out and talk now.”

“If you cooperate, I will let you go up alone.”

‘You mentioned going up. As expected, Lopez is on the top floor, not underground.’

Then Gats informs with a wave.

➖Agele-nim. The energy flow of that war machine is unusual. Like. . . .

➖It’s like I’m looking at a fusion generator.

It is a 21-meter-tall bipedal war machine. The huge metal shield held in the left hand seems to be able to reach the second floor of a decent building, and the double-edged ax-like cutter in the right hand seems to be splitting the earth.

That level of output is felt in that body.

➖It seems like a really strong machine.

‘That’s Teslafortress.’

➖What is that?

‘It is the second most famous weapon in the Drake Stellar Nation after Fractal. The detailed specifications have not been disclosed, but it is said to be a fortress that defends against any enemy attack and Drake’s shield.’

Teslafortress raised the volume of his voice.

“Choose. Will you disarm and meet our administrator, or will you die here?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Your suggestion to go up the tower unarmed is not credible.”

The war broke out, relations between races deteriorated, many people died, many children died, planets were broken and occupied, and now their city is starting to burn, only to offer a conversation.

Kreion felt anger boiling at that mean attitude.

Of course, Teslafortress speaks calmly regardless.

“It’s not a matter of trust or not. This is a kind of ‘mercy’. Our long-range sniper can blow your head off right now.”

“Long-range sniper?”

A different place at the same moment.

On a mountain far away from the city, there were war machines with heads that looked like telescopes.

The war machines saw a wave of tentacles pouring in from below the mountain.

Zzeo-jeojeong. . . !

The tentacles expanded at a very strange speed and covered the war machines on the mountain. And an unseen being among the tentacles galloped between the war machines, cutting off their legs.

“Are those machines that Vatory is destroying?”

“. . . .”

“The machines on other continents must be in a similar situation. Do you think I came here directly without any basis?”

“If you do not cooperate, you will be removed from this place.”

“That’s not a suggestion or an attitude asking for cooperation. And it’s too late. It’s too late.”

“I’ll check one thing. What is your purpose? Kreion.”

“I’ll take out Lopez’s brain.”

“. . .Monster has become.”

Monster.

The disgusting word seems to be stabbing the heart.

At that time, Gats shrank without realizing it.

For the first time in his life, he felt the killing intent of his master.

“I’m saying I don’t feel like talking to you because of what you f*cking guys did. You f*cking bastards.”

“Then die.”

At that moment, the plasma cannon attached to Teslafortress’ shoulder moved. 

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