So rather, it was even more doable.
“……?”
Seeing my actions, Demon Pamel tilted his head.
And no wonder.
Gurglegurglegurgle!
…… Because I was lifting the holy grail and soaking myself from head to toe in holy water.
***
Kwa-roong!
Kwarururung!
Kuaaaaaaaang!
Lightning crashed down without rest.
A raging typhoon swallowed everything, and a tidal wave surged in, flooding everything around.
“After the ‘Red Warp’ appeared in Jeju Island, abnormal phenomena have been continuing!”
“The warp is getting bigger! The ‘Hero Alliance’ has given no clear answer to this situation.”
“The government has raised the ‘Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters’ from Level 1 to Level 3.”
“All residents of Seogwipo City have currently evacuated……”
Every public broadcast channel was urgently reporting related news.
But everyone instinctively felt this was not a normal weather phenomenon.
The red warp, growing in real time.
Now that it had expanded to the height of a ten-story building, it could no longer be hidden.
“··· What on earth is trying to come out of that?”
“The end! It’s the end! At last, doomsday is upon us!”
“Hallelujah!”
Not only terrestrial broadcasting.
Ground-wave channels and countless media outlets joined the frenzy.
Compared to other warps that appeared worldwide, its size was beyond comparison—overwhelming.
And even now, it continued expanding.
As everyone grew desperate to know what was inside, the endless pressure finally forced Alliance Leader Park Tae-woo to personally step up and declare the seriousness of the situation.
“Currently, an existence called ‘Baal’ from the ‘Otherworld’ is invading. The warp that opened in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, is presumed to be the place where Baal will personally open the door and emerge……”
“Mr. Park Tae-woo! What is Baal?”
“The ancient Syrian sun god? Are you talking about that Baal?”
“Do you mean the Baal among Solomon’s 72 demons?”
“Or the Baal from video games?”
The press conference room.
Before Park Tae-woo even finished speaking, reporters barraged him with questions.
Damn it. Park Tae-woo inwardly sighed.
He wasn’t sure whether to speak plainly or soften the explanation.
“··· Baal is one of the ‘Four Evils’, the four most dreadful ancient monsters that existed in the Otherworld. Numerous ‘Dimension Warriors’ attempted to stop Baal’s invasion, but failed.”
In the end, Alliance Leader Park Tae-woo told the truth.
The meaning of ‘Cartel’s Fall’ was that Baal was invading.
If they wanted to minimize casualties, he had no choice but to speak plainly and awaken people’s sense of danger.
“Was Gracia included among them?”
“··· Most likely, yes.”
“Gr-Gracia is dead?!”
“…… That is what we believe.”
A city fell and sank into the abyss.
If someone survived and returned, it would be a miracle.
Hoping for something with near-zero probability was foolish.
Reporters were also struck with shock.
Gracia, dead?!
Gracia—the hero who radiated overwhelming majesty, who unleashed hundreds of swords and slaughtered monsters kilometers away.
—If Gracia died, then just how strong is Baal?
No one could even grasp it.
Humanity on Earth had never encountered monsters of this level.
Thus, Park Tae-woo continued.
“Not only Gracia. Tens of thousands of warriors died trying to stop Baal. Many powerful ‘Dimension Warriors’ were among them.”
“……!”
“Alliance Leader! Then is there no countermeasure?”
A countermeasure.
…… A countermeasure.
How could there be?
Players in South Korea barely numbered a thousand.
There was no way they could do what tens of thousands of warriors had failed to do.
They lacked power, and they lacked fragments.
If there was any solution at all…
“…… We must abandon Jeju Island.”
They had to cut it off.
Cut it away before the rot spread further.
Otherwise the damage would only grow.
“Abandon… Jeju Island?”
“Abandon it, what do you mean?”
Reporters murmured in shock.
Too drastic a statement to stay quiet.
Park Tae-woo drew a deep breath and spoke reality.
“Literally, abandon it. ‘Baal’ is an existence that disappears after devouring space. If it devours Jeju Island, it will vanish.”
…… Of course, not a 100% certainty.
But the ‘possibility’ was high.
The possibility that after sinking Jeju Island into the abyss, Baal would move toward another warp connected to it.
The problem was, unlike Pangaenia, this was Earth.
Pangaenia’s spaces were not connected to one another, so warp was the only means of travel—but Earth’s spaces were all connected.
By sea, by land.
‘Still, seeing how warps have appeared all over the world, it’s possible.’
It was a wish.
A desperate hope.
Because Baal was truly a ‘catastrophe’.
“What about the residents who couldn’t evacuate?”
“They say the storm is too severe to launch aircraft!”
“And ships are impossible as well.”
The problem was the remaining residents.
Those who lived in Jeju.
He was telling them to abandon all of them?
“…….”
Park Tae-woo could not open his mouth.
He had no words even if he had ten mouths.
He could not bring himself to say that they must abandon everyone.
Jeju Island had a population of 680,000.
Only a small portion escaped.
Hundreds of thousands would die.
Earthlings who were not players wouldn’t even have time to resist. They would simply vanish instantly.
“What about the Master? Isn’t the Master alive?”
“We requested help, but…… we were rejected.”
Rejected instantly.
He clearly believed Jeju had no hope.
“There isn’t much time. The government must make a decision, quickly……”
“Is that the Alliance’s official stance? To abandon Jeju Island?”
“…….”
“Then the Alliance has no intention of stepping in?”
“That is……”
He was right.
This was exactly as the reporter said.
Abandon Jeju Island, then analyze Baal and fight afterward.
That was the Alliance’s conclusion.
And reaching such a conclusion had not been easy.
But even if they were cursed and criticized, they had no choice.
If they were annihilated in Jeju, there would truly be no future.
However—they had far less time than expected.
《The evolution of ‘Evil God Baal’ is complete.》
《‘Evil God Baal’ has completed its transformation into ‘the One Who Is the Abyss Itself’.》
“Ah……”
Park Tae-woo forget he was at a press conference and dragged a hand across his face, sighing deeply.
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