Do Your Own Revolution

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What unfolded before my eyes the next moment was hell itself.

“Aaaagh?!”

“Monsters, the monsters-!”

“Hold the line! If this breaks, the third defense line will…! Argh?!”

An endless sea of monsters pushing in from the west.

The Republic’s forces firing wildly to stop them, and the screams of soldiers fleeing in defeat.

At a glance, the battle situation was utterly hopeless.

‘When the Great Rupture revealed itself, countless monsters devoured the entire continent.’

‘The magic nobles and knights who should have fought against these creatures were eliminated by the Revolutionary Army’s hand, and the ‘Red Wings’ created solely based on the Wings of Crimson… didn’t have the potential to stop all these monsters.’

Revolutionary Army mages firing magic between the Republic’s forces.

But seeing them, I frowned.

‘Even the method of using magic bullets has been lost.’

‘Thanks to Keiren, who was called the Empire’s ghost, for prolonging the civil war. In that process, all the powerful mages hiding across the continent disappeared too.’

As if reflecting on his past, the protagonist ‘Eugene’ continued his explanation.

‘The Republic government, which was barely functioning normally, hurriedly conscripted Imperial mages wherever they could find them and drove them to the battlefield, but they lacked mages with important five stroke imprints and above.’

As he spoke, like a flickering screen, the scene before my eyes changed.

“Coordinates set! Hit them!”

“Kraaaa–!”

BOOM–!

Eugene, who had belatedly joined the monster frontline, and beside him the Republic’s hero, Georgi Petrenko.

The two reunited men initiated an all-out monster subjugation operation using everything humanity had left, and after countless sacrifices, they were able to enter the Great Rupture, the source of the monsters.

The location where the Great Rupture opened was none other than the western edge of the continent.

It was the fortress that the former secretary general had built.

“First time since the infiltration operation.”

“Yeah. We should have completely destroyed it then.”

The revolutionary hero Eugene and the Republic’s hero Petrenko.

The two heading toward the fortress’s core began to dig into the ruined castle’s interior.

After pushing through contamination and slime for who knows how long.

Upon reaching the depths, both men frowned as if something seemed suspicious.

“I thought the secretary general’s hideout would be much more luxurious…”

“This is… rather the opposite?”

The secretary general who monopolized all the Republic’s power and accumulated immense wealth, building his fortress at the western edge.

The secretary general’s private domain, which they expected to be full of luxurious decorations, was instead filled with unfamiliar mechanical devices.

“No, more than that, this……”

Though covered in monster slime and broken, both men could easily recognize what they saw.

Numerous fixed gun emplacements, the corpses of Armored Infantry, and the remains of more than five Colossus units.

These, buried deep in the fortress, showed signs of having been destroyed in battle against something.

Step- step-

And so, when Eugene and Petrenko, pushing through the ruins, reached the Great Rupture.

“…!”

“That’s…!”

What greeted them was an army of pure-breed monsters led by Alexander.

And commanding them was the monster queen, Arachne.

‘That’s… Arachne?’

The monster queen Arachne whom I’d seen in the Korhonen seabed.

However, seeing that form, I felt something was strange.

The tentacles extending everywhere and the black shadows.

It was almost like…

‘…Similar to what Irene uses?’

While I was thinking this.

“What a pathetic sight. You foolish humans.”

Arachne laughed lowly and mocked Eugene and Petrenko, saying everything was already too late.

“The king of the east and the king of the west. The very ones who caused their own downfall trying to stop us have finally shown themselves before me.”

“What?”

“And in that process, the Queen’s Factor fell into my hands… I can’t thank you enough for that. Isn’t that right?”

The two men were puzzled, not understanding what she meant.

‘Emperor Friedrich and Secretary General Vladimir were descendants of prophets with the same ability.’

The protagonist, looking at his past, explained quietly.

‘The two rulers who witnessed the future of destruction each tried to prevent the continent’s doom from their respective positions…’

‘And they failed because of Eugene and Petrenko, the heroes of the Empire and Republic.’

Eugene nodded heavily and continued speaking.

‘Just as the Emperor was broken by the Empire’s internal affairs, the secretary general too was destined to fall by the reformists who checked his power.’

This was familiar information.

The power structure extremely concentrated in the secretary general alone, and the numerous irregularities that arose from it.

Unable to endure this, the Republic ousted the secretary general, and a new Republic was established by the reformists.

The Republic achieved transformation, and the Empire was destined to fall under their control and be exploited.

However, his tyranny was driven by the cause of preventing destruction, and the reformists who drove out the secretary general had no information about this impending doom.

‘The secretary general mobilized all the wealth he had accumulated to build defense facilities and suppress the rupture as much as possible.’

‘……’

‘Ironically, the research on monsters and all sorts of inhumane experiments were desperate attempts to prevent the coming destruction.’

As the semi-transparent ‘Eugene’s words ended, pure-breed monsters appeared behind Arachne.

Monsters each possessing power comparable to seven stroke imprint mages.

Thwack–!

Without any warning, the monsters who raised their weapons surged toward Eugene and Petrenko.

It was impossible for the severely weakened Eugene and Petrenko to stop them.

***

In the interrogation room at the southern front base.

Dr. Lavrenti, looking emaciated, revealed all the information he knew.

The location of the Republic’s supreme leader and the size of the remaining Republic forces.

And even what the secretary general was doing at the western edge.

“He’s creating a rupture?”

At the words that flowed from Dr. Lavrenti’s mouth, I narrowed my eyes.

But looking at me, Dr. Lavrenti opened his mouth with a sardonic smile.

“Just as you heard. His Excellency the secretary general is opening the Great Rupture… to conquer that place.”

Before the armies of approaching doom grow stronger, we must stamp out their sprouts.

Adding this, Lavrenti looked at the coffee cup placed before him.

A shabby cup containing supply coffee.

Though it was incomparably inferior to what he usually used, he savored the aroma of that coffee without concern.

“And that plan progressed more smoothly than expected.”

“…”

“Thanks to the Empire… no, Eugene. Thanks to your invasion of the Republic.”

Having said that, Dr. Lavrenti suddenly asked me.

“Do you perhaps know how ruptures occur?”

“Don’t monsters open them?”

“That’s correct, but not the complete answer. As expected, the Empire’s research level is abysmal.”

It was much better when Count Elcryer was alive.

Saying this, Dr. Lavrenti continued.

“It’s true that the ‘queens,’ the command entities of monster groups, have the ability to open ruptures. However, conversely, there’s also a way for us humans to open ruptures.”

“……”

“And we humans have opened such a rupture once before.”

A case where humans opened a rupture.

Though it happened during Elcryer’s time too, that wasn’t what the doctor was referring to.

“The Great War.”

“Correct.”

Smiling proudly as if praising an excellent student, Dr. Lavrenti said.

“The first use of weapons of mass destruction and millions of casualties. The Great Rupture was born from that mountain of corpses.”

“……”

“The Republic, which has long researched monsters, succeeded in identifying the cause of that phenomenon.”

The Empire’s coffee tastes terrible. Like muddy water.

Muttering this while sipping his coffee, he continued speaking.

“The simplest way to open a rupture is through the death of living beings. The immense negative emotions released when intelligent beings die form a gate to another world.”

“Wait.”

Hearing this, I immediately asked back.

“If that’s the case, why haven’t ruptures occurred in this war? The casualties in this war…”

“Have already exceeded millions. However, simply having many deaths isn’t enough.”

Saying this, Dr. Lavrenti held up his empty coffee cup and spoke.

“A limited space within the smallest possible area. Only when you pack hundreds of thousands or millions of intelligent beings into that space can you open a rupture.”

…If that’s the case, perhaps.

“Is that why in this photo?”

With those words, I put down the photo I received from Erich.

Hundreds of thousands of Republic citizens being transported to the western Republic.

Seeing this, Dr. Lavrenti voiced his surprise.

“Ah, you found out that much? Impressive. The checkpoints were thorough, I wonder where the information leaked…”

Saying this, Dr. Lavrenti slowly nodded and spoke.

“They are sacrifices to open the rupture. By now, all procedures should be complete.”

“……..!”

As if unable to find words, everyone who heard Dr. Lavrenti’s words stood still with their mouths open.

But only for a moment.

“You crazy bastard.”

I glared at Dr. Lavrenti with all the contempt I could muster and spoke.

“You’re going to massacre hundreds of thousands of your own citizens? Just for that single purpose of opening a rupture?”

“We must. You know it too, don’t you? Eugene.”

Between hundreds of thousands of Republic citizens and the tens or hundreds of millions of humans across the continent.

Which should be chosen?

Dr. Lavrenti, his expression turning cold, looked at me and slowly opened his mouth.

“His Excellency witnessed the future of destruction. And tried to prevent it.”

“……”

“Before the ‘greater cause’ of the world’s fate, human ethics and morals are mere obstacles. You know this fact too, don’t you?”

Dr. Lavrenti’s face was reflected in the empty coffee cup.

A sight that might even appear noble at first glance.

But I could tell.

That this was madness wrapped in the guise of a greater cause.

“I understand the secretary general’s objective well. But at the same time, there’s something you haven’t said until the end.”

Opening a rupture isn’t the end.

Even weakened, the opponent is still an army of monsters.

How could the secretary general, who had used up his cards of the Black Star corps and Colossus, possibly subjugate those monsters?

“I told you. The secretary general’s plan doesn’t matter.”

“……”

“What I want to know is how far his plan has progressed.”

Right.

In other words.

“Vladimir Medvedev. What exactly has your secretary general become?”

Dr. Lavrenti’s stiff expression gradually changed.

A smile slowly blooming, as if removing a mask worn on his face.

“He is approaching awakening.”

Along with a laugh steeped in madness, the doctor spoke with a giggle.

“The pinnacle of magic. He’s preparing to become an omnipotent god.”

Hearing those words, I recalled the conversation we had in Korhonen.

‘The imprint amplifies a mage’s magical power, allowing them to exceed human limits. But Eugene. That’s not the true purpose of magic imprints.’

Count Kassel, speaking to me while sitting in the reception room.

His eyes as he looked at me with a serious face.

‘A completed seven strokes magic imprint is merely a cradle for creating a perfect being. However, if you were to break free from that cradle…’

If you break through the imprint and move to the next stage.

If the potential held within the wings breaks through the wall of limitations and achieves ‘awakening’.

‘That’s when you can obtain the power to distort the continent’s laws, the truth that the ancient ‘magicians’ searched for.’

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