"Phew... Back at last..."
As Rinne's seal ended, the boss was judged as defeated, the dungeon collapsed, and I returned to the place before entering the dungeon.
[Ugh... Where is this? Yuseong-ssi... Where exactly is this place?....]
Rinne, having safely entered the wall without any issues, spoke to me.
"That place is—"
At the moment I was about to explain the wall to Rinne, the voice of an intermediate dokkaebi echoed from the void.
[The incarnations of Seoul are really impatient, aren't they? While other planets are struggling to avoid the calamity, you're so eager to wake it up this quickly....... Well, then prepare to face the calamity.]
With that voice, it snapped its fingers, and at the same time, a scenario window popped up.
[A new main scenario has arrived.]
[Due to probability, the difficulty of the main scenario has drastically changed.]
Category: Main
Difficulty: SSS
Clear Condition: Defeat the even more powerful Flood Calamity 'Shin Yuseung'.
Time Limit: ―
Reward: 300,000 coins, ???
Upon Failure: Seoul Dome's Destruction
At the same time, a sinister wave of magical power overflowed from afar.
['Flood Calamity's' magical power begins to flood.]
[*Incarnations whose magical power level does not exceed a certain threshold will die instantly.]
Simultaneously with that message, consecutive sounds of something exploding were heard from nearby.
"....Ask Maiuri for the details later, I have something to do right now."
Saying that, I immediately activated Wind Path at full power and rushed towards the battlefield.
Shin Yuseung ordered the Grade 6 monster species Sulfur Mummy to bind Yoo Joonghyuk's limbs, then pondered over Yoo Joonghyuk's earlier words with a shaken expression as she walked on Nodeul Island.
'Comrades? How is that possible? Of all people, Yoo Joonghyuk calling someone a comrade? But if those words are sincere, perhaps this round's Yoo Joonghyuk...'
'Maybe I too...'
Kwaaaaang!
Shin Yuseung, startled by the thought that arose unbidden, stomped her foot hard.
Grrind...!
'Calling an incarnation I've never seen in the 41st round a 'comrade'? Don't make me laugh. I can't accept it. Then what am I? What about the time I've lived? How can my rounds be compensated?'
Shin Yuseung of the 41st round, who wandered the labyrinth of worldlines for 1000 years.
For the first two hundred years, she endured for humanity; for the next two hundred years, she endured with the promise to protect the world; and after that, she endured by recalling her comrades and Yoo Joonghyuk.
However, as time passed... as she wandered the worldlines, she lost meaning, began to give up on everything, and ultimately became the current Calamity Shin Yuseung.
'Why... why can't I, but why that incarnation...'
Shin Yuseung felt emptiness, betrayal, jealousy, and anger from the depths of her heart at Yoo Joonghyuk's actions, who never called her a comrade during the 41st round, yet called an incarnation she hadn't even seen in the 41st round a comrade.
"Kill it! That's the calamity!"
As if to vent even a bit of this anger, Shin Yuseung twisted her lips into a smile at the sight of Seoul Dome's incarnations charging in without knowing anything.
To Shin Yuseung, who had become even stronger than before due to the calamity buff, they were so weak that she could turn them into mincemeat with just a wave of her hand.
"Die...."
At the moment Shin Yuseung was about to swing her hand to kill the incarnations charging at her,
"Kuh... what is this?"
Several thin threads that flew from somewhere restrained Shin Yuseung's arms and legs,
"Ah.. ah.. Kyaaaak!!!!"
Other threads restrained the incarnations that were attacking Shin Yuseung and then quickly disappeared beyond the forest.
Seeing this, Shin Yuseung carefully examined the threads binding her limbs.
'.…These threads aren't ordinary threads?.... Each of these thin threads is filled with vast magical power that shouldn't be present in the early scenarios.....'
It was clear that the incarnation who made threads imbued with this level of magical power was a top-tier powerhouse that even she couldn't afford to underestimate.
'But who on earth made them?'
As far as she remembered, the strongest in Seoul Dome was her captain, Yoo Joonghyuk. There couldn't be an incarnation stronger than him.
Soon, Shin Yuseung broke the threads with force and looked around, but not only was there no sign of the owner of the magical power, she couldn't sense any presence with similar magical power at all.
'A presence-blocking ability that even I can't detect.... Unbelievable.... Does an incarnation stronger than the captain exist?'
Pat!
Then, someone from the forest behind her charged towards her at high speed, and Shin Yuseung turned her head.
"Where do you think you're going?"
In Lee Jihye's eyes, who held a gleaming long sword, killing intent was rising.
"How dare you make my master look like that?!"
Seeing Lee Jihye radiating killing intent towards her, Shin Yuseung muttered "Jihye unni....." with an eerie smile.
"...To the gods."
Then, as Lee Jihye chanted an incantation, water streams rose from various parts of the Han River, and transparent ships appeared.
"There are still twelve ships left...!"
Soon, the fully summoned 12 ghost ships emitted a powerful momentum and aimed at Shin Yuseung.
However, Shin Yuseung, even in such a situation, spoke to Lee Jihye with an expression as if she missed her.
"'…Right, this was how it was. Naval battles were your specialty, unni.'"
Lee Jihye, hearing Shin Yuseung's words and seeing her expression of missing her rather than being afraid of the ghost fleet, tilted her head and frowned.
"...Unni? You look older than me, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Despite Lee Jihye's words, Shin Yuseung ignored her and continued with what she wanted to say.
"'But you're still far off. A captain should be on the ship. What are you doing in a place like this?'"
With those words, a large whirlpool formed in the Han River, and from within, the giant sea dragon King Masswood revealed itself.
"Cry, King Masswood."
King Masswood, receiving its master's command, flashed its eyes. It quietly rose its body and began to open its mouth wide.
The 'Frost Breath' of King Masswood, the king of sea dragons that ravage the seas, began to attack the ghost fleet floating on the Han River.
With one breath, the bottom of the Han River instantly froze, and Lee Jihye's ghost fleet floating on the water also had their hulls rapidly frozen due to King Masswood's frost breath.
"......How am I supposed to win against this?"
Lee Jihye muttered in a voice mixed with shock upon seeing her trump card, the ghost fleet, being helplessly defeated, and then Shin Yuseung, who had closed the distance to Lee Jihye in an instant, said,
"'Goodbye, unni. At least I'll send you off without pain.'"
At the moment Shin Yuseung's swung fist was about to hit Lee Jihye's face,
Kwaaaaang!!!!
Someone with powerful magical power fell from the sky precisely towards Shin Yuseung and soon collided with her.