Chapter 338: ROAR WITH ME! [1/2]
The scene in front of me was something I could not understand. How could the {Portals} still be open when the girls had already passed through them? This was an inherent limitation of {Portal}. While you could open an entrance and an exit, the path itself disappeared after the caster passed.
The Sirens, however, somehow got around this limitation, allowing six fallen zones to converge on this area. The scene was similar to the enlistment. We were a small group of people gathered for the coming stampede of the undead.
The ground shook as hundreds of bodies stamped towards us. Their snarling and grunting gave an idea of how hungry these fuckers were. Though I had killed thousands of these zombies, this was perhaps the largest number I had ever seen.
Everywhere I looked there was a sea of undead, all running at full speed. Even without using my superior senses, I could hear the terrified whispers of the people behind me. No matter how brave a person was. The incoming tsunami of the living dead was enough to make us all tremble.
If even I felt a shiver run down my spine, what more could those who saw such numbers for the first time. Looking at Bella, I noticed that she was clenching her fist behind her back.
It didn't take a genius to figure out that my spouse was shaking with fear.
Although Hellsend had over 500 members, there were less than a hundred who could fight. Ignoring the Sirens, everyone else, including the 2nd Amendment, were anxious.
Still, they all remained in formation, waiting for my words.
'I see.'
This was another burden I had been given. While the Sirens could handle everything from logistics to planning, this was one thing they couldn't.
This group was originally the oppressed and the broken. Bella's words came to mind again.
"Honey, because you showed that people like us could fly, thousands now wish to soar to skies. And with the NA continent as your ground zero, the Formless from all over are coming here to meet you."
The reason they all called me their Lord. The reason I was treated like their king. I was the one who showed them the way. My path was the one they all followed.
It didn't matter how powerful the Sirens were. Without me, they couldn't move forward.
The stage prepared by my harem. My debut in front of all Hellsend. Except for my own soldiers, no one understood how I battled. From the dismantling teams to the newly joined members, all they knew was hearsay.
My annihilation rank was just a number, and they never saw me in action.
None of them knew how violent I could be.
None of them knew why I was chosen to be king.
A king was not the most powerful. Nor was he the wisest. A king was chosen because he was the one who stood at the front of every battle. A leader was one who showed the way.
"[Inventory] HCAR."
I summoned the Ohio Ordinance HCAR and raised it into the air. The sounds of the incoming zombie horde drowned out all other sounds. So I invoked death resonance as I commanded with {Announce}.
{CALM DOWN!}
Noticeably, the entire group relaxed. Militaries around the world had often used hypnotism to either excite or calm their soldiers. The mind was as powerful as the body in most cases, if not more so.
"THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL FAIL TO SEE EVERY DAY! THESE MONSTERS ARE THE CHAINS THAT BIND YOU! EVEN WHEN YOU RETURNED FROM THE DEAD, YOU ARE NO MORE THAN SHEEP FOR SLAUGHTER!"
I beckoned to my harem using our pseudo-Kindred link.
'Sirens, come to me.'
At the same moment, six new portals opened behind me. The rest of my girls emerged. With my entire family safely accounted for, I continued my address to Hellsend.
"HOW MUCH LONGER WILL YOU COWER! HOW MUCH LONGER WILL YOU SUFFER!"
Then I turned to point the HCAR at the approaching horde.
"EVERYTHING YOU LOVE IS IN DANGER! YOUR FAMILY! YOUR DIGNITY! YOUR VERY WAY OF LIFE! THERE IS NO COMPROMISE! THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN!
THERE IS ONLY SURVIVAL OR DEATH!"
As I spoke, the hordes continued to pour into the gaps. The originally empty fields were now trampled underfoot by a massive army of over a thousand undead.
"THIS IS WHY I FIGHT! I FIGHT TO END THIS NIGHTMARE! I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE LAST MOTHERFUCKER FALLS! BUT I WILL NOT FIGHT FOR YOU!" Only on m v|le|mp|yr
The faces of the people began to grow fearful at my last comment. Most people who elect a king just want to throw their responsibilities on him. After all, if there was a king, any bad thing that happened would be the king's fault.
Such thinking was incredibly childish. By giving away all authority, the people basically gave up all their power to change the situation for the better. I did not need sheep. What I needed were reapers.
Reapers in essence were monsters hiding in human skin. A will so great that even death could not break it. Inside every reaper laid the potential of a Revenant. Inside every reaper was a desire so strong it allowed them to break the laws of this world.
"YOU ARE NOT FUCKING SHEEP! YOU ARE REAPERS! YOU ARE THE FUCKING BASTARDS EVEN DEATH COULD NOT KILL! AND YOU MOTHERFUCKERS ARE AFRAID OF ZOMBIES? FUCK YOU ALL! GROW A PAIR YOU SNIVELING COWARDS!"
The ones who knew of how much I sucked at speeches began snickering. However, the vast majority was confused. I faced the coming undead horde and shouldered the HCAR.
"IF YOU ARE ALL SO TERRIFIED THEN JUST FOLLOW ME! TAKE UP YOUR GUNS AND PULL THE TRIGGER! SO LONG AS I AM ALIVE I WILL KEEP ON MURDERING THESE SICK FUCKS! I DONT EVEN NEED YOU BASTARDS AT ALL!"
The Sirens, all armed themselves and lined up beside me.
"BUT IF YOU ARE ALL FED UP WITH BEING WEAK! IF YOU ARE ALL FED UP WITH SUFFERING THEN PICK UP A GUN AND FIGHT! THIS IS OUR MAIDEN BATTLE! ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SEND THESE FUCKERS BACK TO THEIR GRAVES ROAR WITH ME!"
"Argggghhhhh!!!!!!"
"THAT WAS PATHETIC YOU FUCKING BASTARDS! EVEN MY GIRLS HAVE BIGGER BALLS THAT YOU SHITS! AGAIN! ROAR LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!"
"HUOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!"
With the 2nd Amendment and Vela's Wolves leading, our screams slowly increased in intensity. The bystanders to the sides similarly began to shout. Hopefully they were not attacked. The right group had Adventurer parties to defend it. While the left had a Eva Baker a fucking Specter.
As the sounds of a hundred footfalls made the ground quake. I turned back to Hellsend and praised them. The zombies were now within 800 yards of us, closing in at an unimaginable speed.
"Well done you bastards. Do not forget this feeling. This is what it means to fight under my banner. ENOUGH TALK YOU SHITS! TAKE YOUR FATE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS!"
I then faced Lilly as I added. "Commander Ishtar. If you please."
"I thought you would never ask dear," She replied.
Fixing her cap, Lilly shoulder the M60 and turned to Jo.
"Vela, give them a pep talk."
My Italian made a dazzling smile and turned to the army.
"{IN THE NAME OF LIMITLESS, I VELA COMMAND YOU ALL, SLAY EVERY LAST ONE OF THE UNDEAD WITHOUT MERCY!}"