Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game

379. Demon Extermination (2)

[ KRAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! ]

On the screen, a large man with red eyes bared his teeth and laughed.

[ These so-called demon exterminators hunted us? They say they instilled fear in us!? ]

[ What a joke! I’ve never even heard of, let alone seen, such fools!!! ]

[ If they really existed, how could *I* still be alive right now!!! ]

[ Tomorrow at 3 PM! I will unleash terror upon Buenos Aires!!! ]

[ If you really exist, come try to kill me!!!! ]

Piso Yoon was staring intently at the video, replaying it for the tenth time.

‘…Terror warning. Tomorrow at 3 PM. Is this real? Where was the video posted from?’

*Static*

A signal crackled through the radio on her shoulder.

*Beep.*

– Meow! Did you see that demon b*stard’s broadcast!? Is that Venom? That guy who got smacked by us before and ran away crying!?

– ······Analyzing.

– I’m finishing up here in Romania, so get a lock on their location and blast it now!

– ······Understood.

She gave a short reply and cut the comm.

Then she turned her gaze back to the feed.

[ We are stronger and more numerous than you b*tches think! If you’ve been hunting us in the shadows until now, now we’re going to hunt YOU!!! ]

– Holy shit, the world’s gone to hell······. What, some mindspawn is going live, announcing a terror attack.

– Looks like it’s just some B-grade mind venom punk······.

– But if these guys swarm out at once, isn’t that a problem too······?

– Yeah, didn’t we just kick a hornet’s nest? Wouldn’t hunting in the shadows, like we’ve been doing, be more efficient······?

– ······Something about this feels off.

The chat window over the mind’s broadcast started to churn.

‘Yeah.’

Piso-yun bit her lip.

B-grade or not, if a large number of mindspawn carried out simultaneous attacks, it would cause significant damage.

Therefore, pinpointing the location of the mindspawn responsible for these terror threats and taking them out before an attack occurs is paramount.

But it’s not easy.

This was already the seventh mindspawn that’s broadcasted terror threats.

‘I could use a cat’s paw right now.’

But, code name Cat was her.

Three doppelgangers were already hammering away at keyboards beside her.

Each doppelganger focused on a different screen simultaneously. News feeds, social media, CCTV footage catching the Minds’ activities.

Even so, keeping pace was no easy feat.

‘Amateurish.’

The Mind Extermination Squad she’d joined through Jinyuha’s introduction.

This place perfectly aligned with her goal.

Revenge for the Mind that killed her family, and a vow to eliminate all Minds from this world.

She’d thought she could do anything for it, but…

Reality was harsher than she’d imagined.

Every member of the Mind Extermination Squad was a monster, while she herself hadn’t even taken her first steps.

That’s why she was still just doing surveillance and hadn’t been allowed out into the field.

‘They said, even doing *this* is doing well….’

As if those words could offer any real comfort.

Haa───

Pisoun pressed hard on the bridge of her nose and focused again on tracking the Minds’ locations.

She didn’t disagree with the Commander’s decision to reveal the existence of the Mind Extermination Squad to the world.

‘Like a nuclear weapon, just the knowledge of its existence will bring safety to the world.’

She agreed with that sentiment.

However, they were at the point where that existence had just been revealed.

Until that deterrent power was actually proven, confusion and backlash were bound to erupt from every corner.

This was, of course, a risk she had to bear.

But,

‘If I make even one mistake here, if even the smallest gap appears in that suppression…’

The initial damage might be unavoidable.

Piso-yoon was tormented by her own powerlessness.

Suddenly, a new demon appeared on the screen, broadcasting. This time, it was in the heart of Tokyo.

[Heh heh heh… Fear us… In 30 minutes, we’ll obliterate the Aozora Department Store completely.]

‘Another terror threat!? And this time, it’s only 30 minutes…!?’

Somehow, it felt like showing their faces on broadcasts had become a trend among the demons.

A shallow ploy meant to instill fear.

But there was no way to stop it.

‘No…’

Her senior exterminators were already dispatched to various locations. Even if they dealt with the demons in their area and moved on, it would be cutting it close.

‘…Do I have to step in?’

But if she acted here, she might be too late to respond if another terror attack occurred.

‘Just what should I do…’

Her mind went blank.

~♬

Suddenly, soft piano music flowed into her earphones.

“Wha, what the hell?!”

[Heh heh, Ms. Pi Soyoon. You look like you’re having a rough time?]

“Wh-who is it!!!!”

[It’s me, Shin Sehee from Utopia.]

“······Shin Sehee?”

[Yes, we received help from the Demon Extermination Squad at the last Demon Gate, didn’t we? So, we’re here to help this time.]

Ah.

For a moment, Pi Soyoon was speechless, her mouth agape.

[Just going to use the server for a sec, okay?]

The screens before her eyes were instantly organized, summarized, and simultaneous work began.

And Shin Sehee’s face appeared on the hologram screen.

[Well then, shall we begin?]

A bright smile stretched across Shin Sehee’s lips.

[The cooperative operation of Utopia and the Demon Extermination Squad.]

* * *

*Swish—!*

“FUCK!!! Did these damn demons take something today!? They’re all pouring out!!!”

The fox-masked sword roughly sliced through a demon’s neck.

The sweat trickling down his spine in the frigid Russian winter turned cold.

“Fox! We need to move on to Japan right after this! Clean this up quick!”

“No, you gotta be kidding. How long has it even been since we arrived in Russia!!”

“That psycho just announced he’s blowing up the department store in 30 minutes!!!”

The news crackled over the comm, and Fox gritted her teeth.

They’d already scrambled through three terror sites, and now this spatial jump again?

The three-person elimination squad quickly wrapped up the scene and headed straight for the spatial transfer device. A blizzard swallowed their footprints.

*

Teleported and thrust into the scene with no break, they were met with Japan’s humid air and the throng gathered before the Aozora Department Store.

And a hologram of an old woman floating in the air.

The old woman looked down at the Anti-Mage Unit and cackled grotesquely.

[ Heh heh heh… So you really did come. But you’re too late now. We’ve already planted the bombs inside the department store, and made sure the civilians can’t get out. ]

The Mage’s provocation made the Anti-Mage Unit bite their lips.

‘Shit.’

They were warned this was coming, but facing it head-on felt suffocating. This was a different beast than the mage-hunting they’d done before.

*Huuu*─

Fox, wearing her mask, let out a short breath and asked Bear, the hulking figure next to her.

“Bear, your stamina?”

“30%.”

“You think you can save them all?”

“Gotta save them.”

“We’re fucked.”

Not ‘I can save them,’ but ‘I gotta save them.’

The difference was just a few letters, but the meaning was worlds apart. A conversation that starkly showed how desperate the situation was.

*Click. Click.*

“Yeah, it’s do or die. It won’t be long before these damn b*stards quiet down.”

That was the moment they were pulling out all the stops, even from the dregs.

“Accelerate—!!!”

Along with the woman’s voice suddenly booming from above, a surge of power coursed through their bodies.

“Huh?”

“What’s this?”

“Eh?”

The execution squad members’ gazes shot upwards in unison.

And there, was a woman with jade-green hair and seemingly perpetually smiling squinted eyes. Soft-looking body and features that seemed gentle to the touch.

Utopia’s supporter, Lim Gaeul, was waving from the rooftop.

“Seniors, backup’s here-!”

Her sudden appearance caused the fox mask to ask, dumbfounded.

*Thud—*

Lim Gaeul leaped off the building rooftop and landed lightly behind them.

“Utopia… came to help us?”

“Yup, that’s right!”

“Then, the others?”

“They all went to different places! There’s chaos all over, isn’t there?”

Ha.

The fox let out a dry laugh beneath his mask.

‘Well, I’ll be damned. Never once thought someone might actually help us.’

“Looks like things are turning out like this again.”

*Grin.*

Their lips curled upwards.

For them, used to fighting alone in the darkness, it was the first time a light had shone upon them.

“Alright, rookie. You gonna give us proper support, yeah?”

“It’s so refreshing being with seniors after only hanging out with juniors every day. Yes, just leave it to me!”

And, these kinds of scenes were unfolding all across the globe.

*

[ Hahahaha! Mind-slayers! Are you afraid of us!? ]

It was the exact moment when a Chinese Mind was about to shout maniacally in front of the camera.

*Thwack!*

Something struck the back of his head.

[ *Guh*!? ]

The Mind stumbled and fell to the ground.

The appearance of the figure behind him made viewers around the world erupt in cheers.

“…Pathetic. This is the guy who was yapping so much on air?”

– WAAhhhAHAHAHAHA

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Dog fight!

– Unnie, what are *you* doing here?!

– This is hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋ That Mine b*stard was yapping

– KYYaaa!

– Utopia! Utopia! Utopia! Utopia! Utopia! Utopia! Utopia!

*

[Alright, now I shall hurl this enormous rock towards that orphanage! Mine extermination squad, try and stop it if you can!!!]

Whooosh─!!

Mine hurled a house-sized boulder, and the extermination squad, arriving late to the orphanage, wore troubled expressions.

They could stop a rock like that, but if they messed up, fragments could fly towards the children at the orphanage.

Then.

Kaaahhh-!!!

The sound of metal filling the air.

Immediately, the boulder flying towards the orphanage, which the extermination squad was guarding, suddenly veered and slammed into the ground.

“Not on my watch.”

Crackle, crackle─!

*Smash!*

Lee Yuri, who had blocked the boulder with her shield, turned her head.

“Sunbaenims, are you all alright?! I’m here with reinforcements!”