Chapter 8: Yandere Rising

The mad monster wearing the mask of a saint was slowly coming down south, following the traces of the old lover it had just killed with its own hands.

At that moment, strange phenomena were occurring in the other world.

On the outside, it looked like an ordinary, everyday dimensional rift, but in fact, compared to the majority of beings who had come over, they possessed incomparably powerful abilities, and they had gone mad for just one person…

Just like the saint, they were coming over to this Earth…!!

Saint Elasia Celestia was the person who had a connection with Ryu Zion in the nightmare he had.

So, how many nightmares did Ryu Zion have?

I don’t know the details.

There probably aren’t many people who count the number of dreams they have had while living in the world…

However, if there’s one thing I can know for sure…

it’s that the nightmare Ryu Zion had was definitely not just one.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Earth, which was already in shambles.

Why is that?

Because those with monstrous strength like Elasia were coming to Earth right now…!!

It was no different from a natural disaster that no one could stop.

And now, at this moment when Elasia had started, the person who had initiated this chaos was advancing in search of her beloved!

Such beings were coming from other worlds, other dimensions.

“Your Majesty, the activation of the dimensional gate has been completed.”

In a horrific field where an enormous army of corpses and skeletons was lined up so thickly that it was impossible to see the end, a woman sat on the highest and most splendid platform and throne, leaning back and smiling as she listened to the report of the wizard who was nothing but bones.

The woman, who had been smiling pleasantly while touching a small glass bottle filled with cremated bone powder, soon stood up from her seat and muttered, “After trampling countless countries, I have finally reached you, Your Majesty.”

A splendid crown, pitch-black, yet more majestic and luxurious than anything else.

A being who had gained eternal and unchanging loyalty by turning everyone into undead under her control, and with that power, had seized the throne, trampling and conquering countless countries.

You could tell just by looking at her.

She was the one and only emperor, an absolute and cruel conqueror, and at the same time, a tyrant who could not leave without putting everything in her hands!

“How cute and lovely, Your Majesty. Did you really think that you could leave without my permission?”

As she reached out, a magnificent staff was placed in her hand.

Boom!

Then, as she tapped the floor with her staff, as if that were a signal, the soldiers who had been lined up in front of her without a single noise began to act all at once.

Boom!

Without a single error, everyone simultaneously slammed their weapons into the ground.

Boom!!

The sound of countless soldiers striking their weapons in an orderly and synchronized manner resonated strongly, echoing endlessly across the plains.

Boom!!!

As if it were going to shatter the continent, the sound of them striking the ground echoed endlessly, proving that alone was enough to shatter the continent.

Boom!!!!…

And then she said, “This is war, this is conquest! So soldiers—[March.]”

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The lined-up troops began to storm Earth through the giant opened dimensional gate.

“This time, I will get my hands on you and never let you go again.

You will be with me forever, until the day you grow tired of life!”

Within a few minutes, the emperor rode in a magnificent palanquin drawn by dead giants and crossed the dimensional gate to Earth.

And that day, the impregnable land of Manmama Kyung Pandemonium, which occupied half of Africa and was expanding its territory without allowing human invasion, began to be trampled by the endless influx of undead.

And that wasn’t all.

“…Shut up…you disgusting human race…”

On one of the two new continents that had been created on Earth due to dimensional fusion, which had become noticeably larger than before, an unidentified being wearing a human skull appeared from a dimensional rift that was obviously artificially created as space melted away. It instantly destroyed a city and sat in the silence that followed, caressing the skull that adorned its head as if lovingly stroking it.

“If we get rid of all the seething human races, you won’t get hurt in the peace and quiet that will come, right…?”

A woman carrying two swords, who seemed abnormal at first glance, sat down on a chair in the street and whispered sweet words of love to a skeleton that had turned over her head.

“…Zion, my love… I won’t be late this time….”

Around the same time that the emperor arrived, a swordsman with twin swords wearing the skull of her dead lover began to sweep across the second new continent.

“Zion, Zion…!! Where are you…!! Where are you… Aah, ahh…”

As if the first saint had been the trigger, monsters from other dimensions and other worlds were constantly coming to Earth.

What’s even more terrifying is that this might or might not be the end.

Of course, this might be the end…

Anyway, with the appearance of these crazy monsters, the Earth, which was already suffering from the dimensional fusion, was further destroyed and became even more painful, and the creatures living on Earth were having a harder time than ever.

The cause of all these disasters was actually resting peacefully at home, unaware of who was coming for them…

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The appearance of a monster in the Northern Reconstruction Zone was already terrifying enough, but that monster not only destroyed the Elf City but also advanced through the Reconstruction Zone, turning it into a wasteland, and now even killed the ruler of the Northern Reconstruction Zone, Elder Drake, by cutting him in half like a piece of meat.

It would have been nice if it had ended with just the change of ruler in the North, but the monster had no intention of stopping there. It grabbed the team members sent to investigate and demanded information before heading south.

“Where the hell is that crazy monster…!!”

From the perspective of the Korean government, it was both crazy and exciting.

Although the investigation team was not seriously harmed, considering its past actions, the monster was definitely not friendly.

Among the creatures that the monster easily killed, there were quite a few people.

The problem was that the monster was incredibly strong.

On the way from the Reconstruction Zone to Korea, in the area formerly called the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), there was a powerful creature that came over due to the dimensional rift.

Considering that the creature was friendly with humans, they negotiated with it and made it an ally so that Korea could have a little more peace during the chaos in the Northern Reconstruction Zone.

However, even that creature was scared and gave way right away.

Fortunately, it didn’t die… but according to the information the creature sent, it was so terrified that it could be called a monster of an unimaginable level.

“I’ve been refraining from killing since I encountered the investigation team that day and heard something.

However… It’s strange to believe in such a crazy type of person.

The problem is that there’s no proper way to respond.

If we leave it alone, it’ll obviously be a disaster, but if we respond… at least half of the best forces protecting Korea would have to be prepared to die.

That’s what the information we received indicated.

However, if you look at the information the investigation team sent, or the message the creature directly delivered as the monster’s message…

‘Cooperate in finding the human named Zion. If you cooperate, you won’t be punished…’

It was a crazy threat, but it was effective for someone so powerful.

If we only consider the level of danger, it’s a monster that Korea wouldn’t be surprised to see destroy….

“Damn it! Why on earth are you looking for a retired Awakened person!! And that guy who just came over from the dimensional rift!!!”

So, rather than provoke the government and ruin the country, for some reason, the government chose to hand over information about the human the monster was looking for.

“…Share the information. It can’t be helped…”

They decided to throw away the small things in order to save the bigger things.

And because of that… the monster in the guise of a saint was moving across Korea toward Zion without any obstruction.

The time left until Zion and Saint Elathia’s encounter was running out.