Moon's Labyrinths

Chapter 358

Chapter 358


Chapter 358


‘Meteors?’


The items falling from the sky looked like big rocks with propulsion systems attached to them . Since the rocks had fallen from s.p.a.ce, they could technically be called meteors .


- Didn’t I tell you before? The scientists were also busy working on something .


‘She did say that . ’


A few days ago, Sungyoon had encountered a group of scientists, including Chelsea, looking up at s.p.a.ce . He remembered her saying something similar .


- We put propulsion devices inside chunks of Mana Knight, then shot them into the Moon’s...o...b..t . This allowed us to control their trajectories . We can hit whatever we want!


‘This is why she said she was mimicking a meteorite fall . ’


An orbital bombardment from s.p.a.ce, the scientists were executing a tactic mainly shown or described in sci-fi movies and books .


Chelsea excitedly described the attack, but Sungyoon didn’t feel that excitement . He had almost died when a meteorite had whizzed past him .


“That"s amazing . However, you should"ve told me about this plan beforehand . ”


- I’m sorry, Mr . Sungyoon .


The one to apologize was the Mayor .


- The scientists had a.s.sured me that it would work, but I had considered it to be a highly uncertain plan . That was why I hadn’t included it as an a.s.set for our attack .


Sungyoon heard Chelsea grumble . She got offended when she heard that the Mayor hadn’t believed in scientists .


A large number of these meteors were on standby near the tower, so rocks continued to fall in ma.s.sive numbers . The wounds these meteors left on Grenoid healed almost instantly, but they were enough to make him retreat .


Puh-uhng! Puh-uhng!


A couple of meteorites shattered on impact with Grenoid’s magical cannon, but they successfully pushed Grenoid below the tower .


“Now! Shoot!”


Russell yelled, and the mages shot their spells toward Grenoid all at once .


Unlike before, this wasn’t an attempt to push back Grenoid . It was a fully offensive attack . It seemed as though the spells contained all the rage the mages had been suppressing until now . These spells had specific aims: smash, mince, and disintegrate the opponent .


Kwahhhhhhhhhng!


Fire, electricity, rock, explosions, gale, etc, all kinds of violent attacks. .h.i.t Grenoid . As a heap of wounds appeared on his body, Grenoid started to resemble swiss cheese .


When they saw what happened to Grenoid, the Connectors felt as if all of their stress had disappeared .


“I never expected our attacks to work so well against it . ”


Grace spoke as she looked at her hand, which had directed her spell .


“I’m sure Grenoid isn’t in its normal state . The ambient magical energy is way too low . ”


“Ah . I forgot about that . ”


Sungyoon reminded Grace .


Grenoid had the power to completely control ambient magical energy . Planote"s mages had created the stake to drain the magical energy of the Moon, and their arrangement was paying off right now .


Koo-ooh-oong!


As Grenoid’s enormous body toppled backward, blue smoke emanated from his wounds . The tentacle-like structure of the Great Labyrinth, which was supporting the tower, got damaged .


Woooooooooohng!


At that moment, the Great Labyrinth shook . It became like a sponge sucking in water, a vampire that was greedy for blood . The Great Labyrinth started sucking in the blue smoke, which was Grenoid"s blood .


Ggool-luhng! Ggool-luhng!


“Ooh-ahhhhh! What the h.e.l.l! That’s creepier than Grenoid!”


This sight unsettled Tim . The other Connectors showed similar reactions . Many of them even dry heaved . The Great Labyrinth was crawling, and it gave them the w.i.l.l.i.e.s .


Hairworms were a phylum of parasites that was universally hated for being gross, and right now, the Great Labyrinth looked like a ma.s.s of hairworms crawling over each other . However, the Great Labyrinth didn"t care what others thought about it . It wouldn"t give up on a source that was providing it pure magical energy .


The Great Labyrinth followed the system Hyunwoo created as it continued to move and suck in Grenoid’s magical energy .


Ssssssk!


More tentacles appeared out of the complicated structures of the Great Labyrinth . Such a ridiculous sight was hard to describe in words .


The Great Labyrinth grew like a living organism and created a wall around Grenoid . The tentacle-like structure acted as worms trying to crawl through an empty tunnel . The tentacles dug into Grenoid’s wounds .


Kwah-jeek! Kwah-jeek! Kwah-jeek!


They started to suck in the magical energy within Grenoid’s body . The amount of magical energy being drained into the Great Labyrinth couldn’t be compared to before .


The Great Labyrinth had fully surrounded Grenoid, and the several thousand tentacles looked like hungry snakes attacking their prey .


Kwahhhhk!


A light appeared from the tower .


Kwahhhhhhhng!


It had seemed like the Great Labyrinth would swallow Grenoid whole, but in the end, Grenoid escaped the constraints . The Great Labyrinth broke apart like an empty pile of bamboo .


Despite losing its support, the tower continued hovering in the air and letting out a light . It meant the preparation was done .


“Did you finish evacuating everyone, Mayor?”


- Yes . Everyone is heading to Earth on the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps . The only ones still on the Moon are you guys .


“That"s good to hear . I think it"s about to start . ”


Kwah-jee-jee-jee-jeek!


Cracks started to appear on the Moon"s surface .


***


Jimin was sitting in her backyard, looking up at the Moon . The Moon was clearer than ever as it had been growing bigger in the sky in recent days . It shone its bright light on Earth .


Since the Moon was approaching Earth, Earth was suffering from numerous natural disasters . The whole world was desperately working together to minimize the damage, but at a certain point, they reached a limit . The damage to Earth grew worse as the Moon moved closer . If this continued, it would probably drive humanity into extinction .


‘I guess it won’t matter if the Moon collides with Earth . That’ll be the end of everything . ’


Her husband and his comrades were desperately fighting on the Moon to avoid such an outcome .


“Mom . ”


“Why are you awake, s.h.i.+nhae?”


s.h.i.+nhae hugged Jimin from behind, and Jimin held s.h.i.+nhae’s warm hand .


“I can’t fall asleep . ”


s.h.i.+nhae had recently started to act more childish . It was unlike her normally mature self .


‘She’s worried . ’


As always, children quickly picked up on something wrong . Right now, a cloud of uncertainty was hanging around humanity, and it was starting to affect s.h.i.+nhae . It didn’t matter if s.h.i.+nhae was quick on the uptake or not . At this point, everyone knew the world was in a precarious situation .


“Really? Do you want to watch the Moon here with Mom?”


“Yes!”


s.h.i.+nhae moved deeper into Jimin’s embrace . She dug her face into Jimin’s bosom when she smelled her gentle scent . It was something s.h.i.+nhae had never experienced before with Miyun, her birth mother .


Jimin patted s.h.i.+nhae on the back .


Although they weren"t related by blood, the similar wounds they had suffered in their childhood had created a bond stronger than the one between most mothers and daughters .


The two of them hugged each other for a long time . When her anxiety subsided, s.h.i.+nhae wiggled to turn herself around . She sat on Jimin’s knee, and Jimin encircled her arms around the little girl . s.h.i.+nhae smiled when Jimin"s arms enveloped her . Jimin knew why s.h.i.+nhae was doing this, so she hugged s.h.i.+nhae harder .


“Mom! Moon! The Moon!”


It seemed she had finally noticed the Moon . s.h.i.+nhae’s eyes twinkled .


“Wow! It’s so big!”


“Yes . It"s big, right?”


“Is Dad up there?”


“Yes . ”


The mother and daughter affectionately conversed with each other . Sungyoon was fighting a fierce battle on the Moon with the fate of the world on the line . However, Jimin didn’t show any of her concerns on her face .


“Uh? Look over there, Mom!”


s.h.i.+nhae suddenly pointed up toward the Moon, and Jimin lifted her head .


‘That’s . . . !’


“Wow! It"s so pretty! The Moon looks pretty like glitter!”


The bright full Moon sparkled in the air as it started to disintegrate .


***


Kwahhhhhhng!


It was an incredible sight that looked as if G.o.d were trying to punish humanity for its sins . The ground churned and went under as the earth from below surged to the top . However, this lasted only a moment, then it churned in reverse .


All the Great Labyrinths and the other labyrinths on the Moon shared magical energy as they spurred on this chain of destruction .


“Mr . Sungyoon! We have to go!”


It really looked like the apocalypse . Tim urged Sungyoon, who had been watching everything unfold, into action .


“Understood . ”


The only ones left there were Sungyoon and Tim . Sungyoon looked at the roaring Grenoid and the tower letting out light in the air for the last time . Then, he pa.s.sed through the portal with Tim . They arrived at the capital of Planote .


“Everyone is here now . ”


Grace, who had pa.s.sed through the portal earlier, greeted Sungyoon and Tim . Emily stood next to Grace .


“Where’s everyone?”


“They exited the palace . ”


“Let’s head out too . ”


Sungyoon and his party members moved to search out the others . Since the capital was located in the Moon, the vibrations were also affecting it . The palace shook so hard that it felt as if it would collapse . Of course, none of the Connectors would die from the palace collapsing on top of them, but it also wasn’t wise to stay inside a building right now .


When the party exited the palace, they caught sight of the other Connectors staring up at the ceiling .


“Ah! The Knight is here . ’


Russell, who was with Bruce, Plu-El, and Aruwen, greeted Sungyoon .


“Hey . Are you sure we’ll be fine here?”


Bruce kept looking at his surroundings as he asked the question . Even they wouldn’t survive if the capital got buried deep underground .


Plu-El answered him .


“Our cities survived even when they were ejected into s.p.a.ce . They are fully awakened now, so they’ll survive . ”


“I really hope that’s true . ”


It seemed Bruce felt endangered by the development . Aruwen frowned when Bruce didn’t put much faith in the cities built by his ancestors . However, he didn’t say anything .


Kwha-jeek! Kwha-jee-jeek!


The vibrations started affecting the walls surrounding the capital city . The walls cracked, and debris started to fall .


“Everyone, get down and grab something!”


Sungyoon yelled as he grabbed the pillar of a nearby building . All the Connectors quickly moved to anchor themselves to nearby buildings . Some grabbed a pillar, like Sungyoon, some grabbed onto the buildings" walls, while others went inside the houses and grabbed onto the sills of windows .


Kwahhhhhng!


As if a bomb had gone off nearby, the ceiling exploded outward with a loud sound .


Too-hwahhhhhk!


At the same time, a force pressed down on the Connectors .


‘We are flying upwards!’


Sungyoon could feel it . The capital and the bedrock supporting the city were accelerating upward toward the sky . The city that had been buried deep underground was now exposed to the light .


The Connectors tightly held on to the nearby structures as they looked toward the light .


“Ah!”


Someone exclaimed . The scene in front of them overwhelmed their senses . An enormous amount of rocks still obstructed their view, but the light from the Sun and the beautiful Earth was too beautiful . Then, they saw the Moon crack and send an enormous amount of rocks into s.p.a.ce .


The Moon was disintegrating . A large satellite was breaking apart as dust and debris dispersed into s.p.a.ce . It was a shocking and majestic sight . The jaws of these battle-tested Connectors fell to the ground as they looked at the sight unfolding in front of them .


Hoooohng!


Something flew past the capital . Naturally, the Connectors chased after this item with their eyes . They saw a structure letting out a light as bright as the sun . It was the tower .

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