Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 322: Return of the Half-Demon Song and Intercept Battle

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[Story mode]

[Great Yokai side]

The banquet of consumption was a success.

Though it had occurred earlier than planned, hundreds of thousands of demons had been sacrificed, making the Great Yokai’s strength unrivaled.

The path to domination over the spirit realm had just taken another step forward.

[The ominous light blooms, and the day of harvest has finally come.]

[The time has arrived to reap the lives of all beings granted life upon this land.]

[True paradise exists only for the absolute strongest.]

In the Great Yokai’s paradise, there is no paradise for all.

What waits is only growing malice, destruction, and death beneath the ominous light.

[Boogeyman. You are no exception.]

[Even if you have escaped the fate of becoming the vessel for the Pillar of Ascension, haven’t you led a life of misery, living only for survival as a fugitive, the one who was once a companion?]

[I shall end that wretched survival. Become the offering to test the power of this avatar as I draw closer to becoming the Demon King!]

The Great Yokai floated in the sky.

Right after darkness swirled around him, his shadowy form lifted its head, and his blood-red eyes gleamed.

 [Warning. Warning.]

[An immense threat is approaching.]

[The battle has begun due to an ambush.]

[There are strategists among our forces.]

[The strategists are voicing their opinions.]

[Dootta: "The Great Yokai’s avatar is launching an ambush! Even the discarded burden must be sacrificed to escape from the Great Yokai!"]

[Ya Cheonmyeongrang: "Night operations are my specialty. The Great Yokai will not retreat; please focus on intercepting this avatar. I will not disappoint you, Mistress."]

[If you accept Dootta’s opinion, you can sacrifice the remaining forces to ensure the safe arrival of the next turn.]

[However, if the avatar finishes its feast, it will come after you again.]

[If you accept Ya Cheonmyeongrang’s opinion, you will engage in battle in player mode. However, your action count for the next turn will be reduced from 2 to 1.]

[However, if the strategy fails, the damage from the repeated pursuit by the avatar will significantly increase.]

【Interaction Options】

Accept Dootta’s opinion.Accept Ya Cheonmyeongrang’s opinion.

The first choice that appeared after reconnecting.

For Ha Eung Eung, who was eager to destroy everything, this was a welcome notification.

How strong the enemy was, and how unfavorable the situation had become, were all things of the past.

‘If you’ve grown strong through the banquet of consumption, I too have grown strong by consuming the resources of Gladiator Growth.’

On the game board, beyond the world, there is a special privilege only allowed to players to grow and return, stepping into another realm.

While the enemy on the board is strong, the player, the Silent Swordsman, is also strong.

[▶2. Accept Ya Cheonmyeongrang’s opinion.]

[Distribute your forces. The forces involved in the interception cannot be used in the next turn.]

【Interaction Options】

[To prepare for the next turn, you must leave some forces behind from the interception. The forces you wish to preserve are... (multiple selections possible)]

Preserve the enemy knights and the Demon Legion.Preserve strategist Dootta and the Dutta-tzu Engineering Corps.Preserve the wandering merchants and merchant corps.Preserve the laborers.Preserve the Boogeyman.Preserve the capital defense forces.Preserve the survivors of the descent zone.Preserve Ya Cheonmyeongrang and the Ghost Corps. (Cannot preserve)

[▶1. Preserve the enemy knights and the Demon Legion.]

[▶2. Preserve strategist Dootta and the Dutta-tzu Engineering Corps.]

[▶3. Preserve the wandering merchants and merchant corps.]

[▶4. Preserve the laborers.]

[▶5. Preserve the Boogeyman.]

[▶6. Preserve the capital defense forces.]

[▶7. Preserve the survivors of the descent zone.]

Full preservation of all forces.

A bold decision to face the Great Yokai’s avatar in a one-on-one showdown!

[Hooah!!]

[This crazy person is mad!!]

[My lord, this is an opponent we cannot handle alone. Please allow us to assist!]

There was no fear.

Confidence in her skills overflowed.

Reaching the pinnacle.

Recovering more than 60 years of internal energy.

This alone was a monumental achievement.

[▶Reject the enemy knight’s request for participation.]

[Do not worry, enemy knight. My lord, I shall serve you with all my might.]

Whether it was the reality viewers or the in-game subordinates, people who didn’t listen to orders were the same everywhere.

After rejecting the request, the enemy knight was passed off to Ya Cheonmyeongrang.

[Night operations are Ya Cheonmyeongrang’s specialty. Ya Cheonmyeongrang cannot be excluded from night operations.]

[Ya Cheonmyeongrang and the Ghost Corps are forced to participate in the interception.]

No matter.

Even if they participated, it didn’t matter—she would wipe them out before they even had the chance to act.

[The interception begins.]

Ha Eung Eung’s supply fortress.

The refuge of the remnants who fled from the fallen capital.

As the fortress fell and many soldiers died, a great crisis loomed.

Ya Cheonmyeongrang, leading the 60,000 Ghost Corps, along with Ha Eung Eung, prepared to engage.

 [Intercept Phase]

[Player mode]

It was night.

A dark, moonless night.

The heavy pressure and eerie atmosphere of an approaching storm silenced even the insects.

Everyone was trembling in fear.

The enemy they faced was an entity close to the ruler of the world, the <Great Yokai>’s avatar.

“Before the battle begins, it’s time to designate the key objective for this interception.”

【Interaction Options】

[Ya Cheonmyeongrang requests action instructions, and you...]

All-out war: Complete annihilation (Extreme loss of troops)Force: Temporary retreat (High troop loss)Strategy: Delay (Normal troop loss)

[The Great Yokai’s avatar will recover its strength and track you down unless completely destroyed.]

[You can temporarily halt its pursuit with a forceful retreat or delay its pursuit for the next large-scale operation using a strategy.]

She understood.

The avatar had a gimmick.

‘It’s large, but ultimately a puzzle-like gimmick.’

Until the annihilation trigger is found, complete annihilation of the avatar is impossible.

A countermeasure must be found over several turns.

A temporary retreat through force or delaying it with strategy is just a temporary solution.

Choosing the former would mean heavy troop losses, and the latter would lead to even greater damage if the strategy fails.

Even if they recklessly launched an all-out war, failure would result in an immense disaster.

‘That’s just how I like it.’

Her horns were part of her body.

Viewers who had previously asked to see her and touch her horns—those who treated her as a rare animal in a zoo—were pure stress.

Even though they kept within limits, they still didn’t realize the humiliation they caused her.

‘If it’s not an opponent of this level, I wouldn’t have anyone to unleash this anger on.’

[▶“1. All-out war: Complete annihilation” selected.]

Seeing her burning rage, Ya Cheonmyeongrang truly admired her.

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After the heavy losses in the last battle, those who were scared fell back, while the remaining forces stood strong to face the Great Yokai.

Even though they were with her, they knew that facing the Great Yokai directly was not something to do without courage.

[Your past bosses’ defeat prevents the enemy from spreading fear.]

[The territories you’ve conquered prevent the enemy from submitting to them.]

[Your achievements prevent the Ghost Corps’ morale from dropping.]

[The Ghost Corps is prepared to die here today.]

[Their morale is at its peak.]

[Ghost Corps]

[Commander - Ya Cheonmyeongrang]

[Forces - 60,151 Ghosts]

[Status - Determined, life-or-death struggle, no fear of death]

However, compared to the enemy, Ya Cheonmyeongrang and the Ghost Corps were pitifully weak.

As they prepared to make their move, the ground beneath them suddenly rumbled and an ominous sign appeared.

“Shoot the fire arrows!”

Ya Cheonmyeongrang’s Ghost Corps, stationed beyond the optimized fort for intercepting, shot their fire arrows.

The sky lit up, and the approaching threat was captured.

It was an army.

An army formed from shadows, with no clear form.

These were the beings who had lost their lives to the Great Yokai and were now consumed by shadows.

[The Great Yokai’s avatar raises an army of shadow-like figures.]

[Be careful. The avatar can raise the demons it consumed in the form of shadows and control them forcibly!]

The ground shook as tens of thousands of demons surged forward.

Though not at 100% power, even the avatar’s strength was formidable enough to wipe out regular players or armies.

This army, though, was no more than pawns in the hands of the avatar.

To succeed in the interception, they would have to face the largest shadow—the avatar itself.

“......”

Are you afraid?

No.

The Malice Blade screamed as it shook in her hand.

‘The return of the Half-Demon Song begins now.’

The first battle that would announce the return of the Malice Swordsman had begun.