Chapter 236: The Burning Human Farm (3)


    At that moment, near Phuket City Hall, in themand center.


    “What do you mean by that?! A missile?!”


    “What’s wrong with firing a missile at a viin?”


    Two middle-aged men were arguing in themand center, established to respond to two viins who had appeared on the Ind of Divine Rest.


    “Chairman, don’t get so worked up. You might just keel over from high blood pressure one of these days. Heh.”


    The old general, sporting a white mustache and wearing a red beret—known as ‘Jeokrang’ughed heartily while pointing at therge screen set up at the site.


    “Of course, missiles mean nothing to a viin. But if used correctly, they can pose a psychological threat to them.”


    “But what if the Goblin dodges it?! If he dodges the missile, it will hit the ind directly!”


    “As if there were any people on the ind.”“General!”


    Stillughing, Jeokrang pulled up another document.


    “It’s GPS. ording to ThaiWatch, there’s no GPS activity on the Ind of Divine Rest. If ThaiWatch isn’t reacting, then there mustn’t be anyone on that ind, right?”


    “That’s your response?!”


    “If there are people, they’d be illegal immigrants. Heh, why not blow them all up together? They must be sneaking into this peaceful country, probably from Southeast Asia or Africa, nning to smuggle themselves into Korea. Hehe.”


    Jeokrang twiddled his mustache, chuckling.


    “If there are any humans on that ind, they aren’t really people. Remember, I didn’tunch the missile to kill people, but to kill the viins. Oh well, what can you do if the viin dodges? Haha.”


    “Chairman! The missile!”


    “!!”


    Before the chairman could respond, something arced through the sky towards the ind from afar.


    The missile, clearly visible from Phuket City Hall, was unmistakably targeting the ind.


    “General! Why is it falling downward?!”


    “Because it’s a bombardment missile. Don’t you even know that basic fact?”


    “This guy…!!”


    “Heh. This friend. Who do you think got you to this position?”


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion was heard.


    The vibration reached even themand center, causing some people there to involuntarily cover their ears due to the intense sound.


    Thrumming.


    An orange mushroom cloud began to rise in the direction of the ind.


    It wasn’t a nuclear missile, but the explosion was overwhelmingly powerful, almost akin to that of a nuclear missile.


    “Hehehe. Even in the era of ability users, nothing beats the firepower of conventional weapons. Even if that Goblin and someone named Gunggi create illusions over the whole ind, before a missile…”


    “They’re still intact!!”


    An employee of the association pointed at the screen and shouted. Jeokrang frowned and approached the screen.


    “This is insane….”


    As the orange smoke cleared, the unyielding barrier of mes boldly held its ground.


    It seemed even more robust than before, as if the explosion had intensified the mes burning fiercely.


    “Launch more missiles! Either cause a tsunami by dropping them into the surrounding sea or douse it with seawater, just break that barrier and smash a missile into it!”


    AIIIIIEEEEE—


    The viin rm ovepped with the air raid siren, but no one could stop Jeokrang.


    “Not even a single ant shoulde out alive from that ind! Understand?!”


    “”“Yes!!!”““


    The country’s Hero Association had long been overtaken by the military.


    “And…!”


    Jeokrang hesitated, then quietly called his aide.


    “…Contact the Ind of Subus. Clear it out as quickly as possible and sink the ind.”


    “Understood.”


    As various agents bustled about themand center, Jeokrang pulled a cigarette from his pocket and ced it in his mouth.


    “…Yes, there are no people there.”


    There was not a hint of hesitation in Jeokrang’s eyes.


    “If anything, there are only bugs.”<hr>


    Thud, thud-thud, thud.


    The bombardments continued, one after another.


    The barrier, sustained by Gunggi’s magical power, grew increasingly hot, absorbing the firepower from the initial missile bombardment.


    However, Jeokrang seemed to have a countermeasure; rather than directly hitting the fire curtain with a missile, heunched missiles near the ind’s coast to generate waves.


    ‘It’s effective.’


    The resulting tidal waves inevitably weakened the fire curtain.


    Even if it was made of magic, it was still fire, and it could not easily defy thews of nature.


    While continuously fueling it with firepower might work, I didn’t extend the fire curtain to protect the ind but to prevent those on the ind from leaving.


    To save those on the ind for now.


    [Go inside the building.]


    Uponnding, I gestured towards the building with my bat, and those outside screamed and hurried in.


    It was unavoidable.


    With bodies, their heads blown apart, scattered around, how could anyone dare to venture outside?


    [It’s the residual magic power. This is an ability. The principle is…indeed.]


    It’s somewhat bitter to realize how viinous I appeared, instantly understanding the principle behind the malevolent actsmitted by viins in such scenarios.


    There was once a movie like that.


    A movie where a microchip was imnted behind people’s ears, and when a certain frequency was received, the chip would overheat and explode.


    Naturally, that method was a tactic of viins, and the corpses lying before me met their end in a manner simr to those victims.


    [I hope it’s not a physical electronic chip.]


    I entered the building, baseball bat in hand.


    Inside, the musty-smelling building was filled with frenzied ves, and I approached one who seemed somewhat coherent.


    [Do you want to live?]


    “Ah…”


    [Will you sit still until your head explodes, or will you seize a chance to survive?]


    “Please save me! Goblin sir!”


    The man knelt before me, his hands sped together.


    His broken Korean suggested he might be Chinese.


    That would make sense.


    The ves brought here were likely impersonating Koreans.


    Aftering to Thand and attempting to enjoy a night out pretending to be Korean, most were caught with fake passports and imprisoned here as ves.


    [Don’t make a fuss and stay still.]


    I warned him, then ced the bat over the man’s head.


    I extended magical power downwards and swept over the man’s head. Fortunately, I was able to identify the bomb imnted in him.


    [It’s good that it’s not a physical SIM card-like thing.]


    “Yes?”


    [Grow.]


    I lightly tapped the man’s head with the bat.


    At the same time, a crimson me ignited on the man’s head, and he rolled his eyes back, falling forward.


    Slowly.


    Along with the crimson me, something resembling purple fluid flowed from the man’s ears.


    In reality, it wasn’t fluid but a magic-lifeform simr to a bug that had burrowed into the brain’s crevices.


    [Ah. I now convey this to all those on this ind. I am the Goblin.]


    I spoke towards the speaker’s wires.


    Soon, my voice echoed in all directions.


    [There are bomb bugs sleeping in your heads. Come to the entrance right now. I will kill the bomb bugs imnted in your heads. Don’t worry. You will not die.]


    As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the sound of many running from inside.


    Whoosh!


    I swung the bat infused with Gunggi’s mes at those approaching.


    I was concerned about burning their hair, but the ves trapped on this ind had no hair to begin with.


    Fwoosh, fwoosh.


    With each swing, I set fire to ten, twenty heads at a time, and the ves, burning like candles, all fell down, purple fluid leaking from their ears, eyes, and mouths.


    The magic flowed out from the closest openings in their heads.


    After boiling the bomb bugs inside the ves’ heads with heat, I kicked open a door inside the prison-like corridor.


    “Oh, don’te!!”


    [Were these born here?]


    A quick scan of the children’s physiques gave me a sense of how long this facility had been in operation.


    [Have you all been taught that all outsiders are monsters?]


    “How could you…?”


    [There is nothing more terrifying than growing up in an isted environment. Don’t worry. Now, your world is going to change.]


    I stamped the baseball bat down, igniting mes throughout the building.


    “Uaaahhh!”


    The children couldn’t avoid the mes.


    As the sudden crimson mes engulfed them, the children started panicking, but soon they felt something unusual and gradually calmed down.


    “Uh, uh…?”


    [I guess they didn’t imnt them in the children. Oh well.]


    No bomb bugs flowed out of the children.


    It seemed that the bomb bugs had only been imnted in the ves imprisoned forbor.


    [Are you curious about the outside world?]


    “……!!”


    [If so, follow me. I will now open the way to a new world for you.]


    Hundreds of children were visible before me.


    Including those peeking out from the corridor beyond and those watching from a distance, there might be thousands.


    There could be even more.


    But for now, the priority is to take care of those immediately in front of me.


    Thrumming.


    The missile bombardment had stopped.


    Sensing the time was right, I turned around and headed back towards the entrance I hade through.


    [Have you arrived?]


    “…….”


    [Heroes are alwayste, it seems.]


    Nguyen, among about a dozen heroes, scanned the surroundings warily.


    [They say human trafficking and personality abuse were conducted here, and it’s clear just by looking.]


    I rested my bat at the entrance and lightly pped my hands towards the heroes who had arrived, each wielding their weapons.


    [Well, this time both you and I arete. There are only victims on this ind; the viins who caused this are not here. They’re very organized. Surely, they noticed the attack the moment they crossed onto the ind and escaped in the meantime.]


    Indeed, they had escaped.


    Before the fire curtain spread, they likely escaped through an emergency passage that connected underground inside the ind, leading to the sea.


    [I will pursue them. Will you hinder me?]


    “…….”


    The heroes’ gazes turned towards Nguyen.


    Nguyen clenched his fist and raised his hand to the wireless earphone in his ear, then began to speak.


    “Chairman. This is Nguyen. We will now begin the rescue operations.”


    [A good choice, hero.]


    p.


    I spread my wings again.


    “Goblin…! Where are you nning to go?!”


    [Anywhere.]


    pping my fiery wings, I soared into the sky, heading towards the main ind of Phuket.


    [To a ce where there is someone I must kill.]


    “!!”


    I soared up in an instant.


    The heroes, regretting their hesitation, tried to jump up, but I had already flown high towards the main ind.


    The trace was a very faintvender magic residue.


    The trail of the magic signal sent to detonate the bomb bugs imnted in the brains of those on the ind.


    At full speed, the end of my journey was…


    Crash———!


    “……Huh?”


    At the top floor of the Hero Association headquarters.


    “No, why are you here already—”


    [You.]


    I ran towards a man withvender hair standing in front of arge screen, Lace.


    [I came to kill you.]


    First.


    The conversation began, already half-killing him.


    To prevent him from escaping.


    Thud.


    [I’ve gained an insight.]


    Thump.


    [Even if there are a ton of questions, one must first break the legs to prevent any escape.]


    Thunk, thud.


    [If you want to argue.]


    Blood sttered.


    [Take it up with Duoexini in hell.]


    Red blood.