Chapter 78 (1/2)
Episode 5: Citizens.h.i.+p / Chapter 78: Musical Chairs (1)
TL: emptycube
ED: Obelisk
That day, the sun had momentarily lost its light. As if a light switch had been flipped, the sun suddenly turned off. Instead, an aurora was cast over the entire Earth. It was as if the clothes of G.o.d or the dance of spirits had been cast on the sky. It was as if spirits were showering.
The aurora, which was Latin for dawn, swayed and shone above the heads of people who were celebrating the fifth advancement evaluation victory.
“I never thought there would be a day where I’d see an aurora in Seoul.”
The aurora, which started off green, shortly changed its color. It gradually became redder, and from red, it changed to pink before turning yellow at its ends. The morning aurora changed into the color of a sunset, and the 63 Building and Han River s.h.i.+ned alongside it.
This ridiculous combination in the sky made even those who shut themselves at home come out and look up at the sky.
Even people in windowless study rooms were pulled by an unknown premonition and stood below the aurora-splashed sky.
The aurora swayed as it slowly began to form letters. Letters which didn’t exist on Earth. However, for some reason, even children, who had yet to learn to read, were able to read the letters.
{We sincerely welcome you on joining the Flaming Wing Alliance. Let us fight together until the day of eternal victory. We hope that peace and prosperity will cover the entire universe.}
{A notice from the Alliance’s 103rd Barred Spiral Galaxy Administration Bureau.}
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Currently, Earth is in the process of extinction. That is to say, this was an inevitable decision so earthlings could carry out the alliance’s monster-fighting missions, and using your obtainment of alliance members.h.i.+p as an opportunity to look back, this will not be repeated.
The karma extracted from Earth will be prioritized for the awakening of earthlings and the dimensional teleportations used to carry out missions. The rest will be used as necessary resources to investigate other karmalings and to have them take part in this sacred war.
There are 1,197 days until the complete extinction of Earth, and due to the fact that after 900 days Earth will become a land uninhabitable by living beings, we hope that you will hasten your colonization and migration to the planet ‘Dragonic’.
However, if the migration is taking longer than expected, you can file a claim to the alliance, asking for the postponement of Earth’s extinction.
As alliance members, all earthlings have the right to be respected and protected according to alliance law. However, following the decision of the top legislative organization of the alliance, the ‘Brain’, the earthling’s exercisable rights will be limited. All rights of earthlings will be entrusted to seven sovereigns. Those who do not have the approval of the selected sovereigns will not be able to, among others, exercise their rights of using the supply store, entering other planets, picking missions, establishment and suggestion of tactics.
Because earthlings need to choose the seven sovereigns whom they will entrust their rights to by themselves, this will be done through a self-application process. Any earthling, who possesses an occupation as a sovereign, will be able to apply to be one of the seven sovereigns. The list of applicants and their current locations will be revealed and constantly updated. Anyone will be able to read the current list of a
pplicants simply by thinking of it in their minds. In the case there are more than seven sovereigns, no sovereign applications will be accepted. Also, as it is expected that there will be many applicants during this first time, we hope that you understand we will only record the seven chosen sovereigns once a 24-hour-period has pa.s.sed without any additional applicants.
Hostile actions between alliance members are absolutely forbidden. In fact, as the laws that apply to you are now different from when you were outside the law as consumables, from now on, we hope that you will pay special attention so that there are no clashes between other alliance members. However, the alliance will not interfere in conflicts between earthlings as we consider them internal affairs.
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That was what was written.
People absentmindedly looked up at the sky which contained the s.h.i.+ning aurora. Soon, the aurora disappeared, and the sky returned to its normal hue. However, as if those sentences had been engraved in their minds, they didn’t forget them.
The advancement evaluation which had s.n.a.t.c.hed away almost half the total population…caution spread between the joy of surviving through this ordeal.
“I think I can smell the stench of blood already?”
Alexei sniffed his nose.
“Don’t say such unlucky things,”
Criticized Lee Jinhee as she jumped over a gap between two tall buildings.
“But, this is no joke. I really think that tons of people are going to die this time. The moment the announcement appeared, all 40 existing sovereigns applied. Although some came to an agreement nicely amongst themselves… From the start, the announcement stated, ‘We will not interfere in disputes between earthlings.’ Then there will undoubtedly be sovereigns who fight with their all. Also, our leader will definitely be on the side of fighting with his all.”
“… Yeah, you go ahead and kill a lot.”
“Ah… That…”
Alexei, who knew Lee Jinhee’s hate in killing humans, showed an uneasy expression. He had misspoken. Although it couldn’t be helped, there was no need to remind her of it.
“It’s fine. Alexei. Don’t follow me. I have somewhere to go.”
Lee Jinhee didn’t even call him by his nickname, ‘Lyosha’. She was upset. Then-
Thump!
She stomped on the roof banisters as she began to jump over three to four buildings at a time. This wasn’t a speed Alexei could follow.
“Euack! I’m sorry!”
He shouted as he tried to catch up, but Lee Jinhee didn’t turn back as she went further away.
Alexei mumbled,
“Ah… d.a.m.n it.”
However, he didn’t stop running. Since he already knew where she was going and-
“I need to help her as best as I can today.”
Since he knew better than anyone that she didn’t have a harsh personality.
A fast pace. It felt good as the wind brushed past his ear. Then, at some point, the stench of blood permeated in the wind.
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The moment he thought he heard the screams of patients, who had been sliced and ripped apart, they filled his vision.
The number of casualties after every advancement evaluation was incredible. The survival rate hung at 1/3 each time. The third advancement evaluation the Camilla clan partic.i.p.ated in was known to be especially fierce, and the rate of beginner warriors who returned alive was only 10%. It was the same during the fourth advancement evaluation Choi Hyuk partic.i.p.ated in. The reason why they said that the survival rate was high for that evaluation was not because the survival rate was actually high, but because they had expected for them to all have died, yet a lot more than expected had actually returned alive. Even if they had wasp-hunting items, there were still many casualties, and the majority of survivors were wounded because civilians, who have never fought a monster in their lives before, suddenly had to fight 1-star monsters and above.