I Became a Foreign Worker Loved by Transcendents

The uprising that began with the system, followed by the imperial decree of martial law.

The casualties caused by this and the execution of the instigators as a warning instilled fear in the populace, ultimately leading many to flee the empire.

However, not everyone could choose that path.

No matter how much the Imperial family oppressed the public, this land, protected under their patronage, remained the only safe haven.

“O, great heir of the Empire! Please save us!”

Indeed, those gathered before the Imperial Palace at this moment were the weak who could not even muster the courage to leave this land.

Now that even the soldiers who were suppressing them had withdrawn, those gathered in the empty streets were pleading toward the tightly shut gates of the Imperial Palace.

“Prince Seis! We all recognize you as the next heir! So please give us your orders! Teach us the way!”

“We were all wrong. We were all foolish. From now on, we will absolutely obey your words!”

“So please open the gates of the Imperial Palace and send the army! If we stay like this, everyone will die!”

Even though the soldiers who had been suppressing them had disappeared from the streets, they could not muster the strength to raise their weapons.

It was not just because they were starving and ill.

The news that the Demon King’s army was approaching this place even now was enough to clear their minds clouded by madness and anger.

“If we stay like this, we will all die!”

“Please save us! Save us!!”

Indeed, they were foolish.

Even if there had been oppression and tyranny directed at them before, everyone on this land had to realize that if they could not endure it, hell would unfold.

“Th-the Demon King’s army… The Demon King’s army has already advanced to the edge of the system!”

“Please… please, anyone, help us!”

Thus, they pleaded.

They believed that was the only resistance allowed to them.

If they could exert their will even in their starving and sick bodies, they hoped someone who heard their voices would take their hands.

“O God!!!”

The prayer that burst forth at the end signified that their attention had been withdrawn from the Imperial family.

Following the first person to look up at the sky, the crowd began to scream as if vomiting blood toward the crimson sky.

“O God! Please… please save us!”

“Your poor lambs are suffering like this! Without your salvation, our lives will fade, and we will no longer be able to maintain our faith in you!”

“But why do you not fulfill our expectations?! Why do you leave us to suffer?!”

Ultimately, that, too, was merely a desperate struggle to protect their own safety.

It was just the urgency born out of the pressing situation.

To hope that a truly transcendent being would come to their aid with only that was surely a vain expectation.

“O God, please…!”

“Wait a moment. Everyone, look over there!”

But could it be that the sky truly heard their voices?

Before long, as the anomaly approached them, the crowd’s gaze began to turn one by one toward the sky above the Imperial Palace.

The light spilling from the high palace was none other than the sight descending toward the place where they stood.

“Light…?”

“Yes, it’s light.”

In such endlessly dark circumstances, the light was sufficient to make them forget that darkness and was seen as hope.

As everyone focused on that light, the source of the light began to close in, making its presence intensely felt.

Approaching, bathed in radiant light, was a human figure.

-Flap!

And fluttering from its back…

Were massive wings that contained the very brilliance of light itself.

“…It’s an angel.”

“The angel has come here to save us.”

Those who confronted the shadow hidden in the light began to utter what had come to their minds one by one.

Truly, that the heavens had taken pity on them and extended a hand of salvation.

That the gods did not wish for them to perish, hence the hand of salvation was reaching out to them now.

“Ah, ah… Angel.”

Having firmly established such faith, they prepared to welcome the light that was closing in.

Unaware that such faith was merely their wish.

“Angel. You have come to save us…”

-Kieeeeek!!!

A deafening sound erupted as the body of the one who had reached out was crushed.

Blood sprayed in all directions, and the faces of those facing him changed one by one to expressions of horror.

Before they could comprehend it with their minds, they instinctively understood what the droplets of blood staining their bodies meant.

-Crunch, crack.

Yes, the angel crushed the first person it encountered upon descending to the ground.

And it was tearing away at the flesh, bringing it to its own mouth.

Not with its head, but with its belly…

Through a massive mouth located on the body part that humans distinctly call the belly.

-Crunch, crunch.

Yet, among those who witnessed that gruesome sight, none screamed.

In their minds, still yearning for hope, they insisted that the being before them was an angel.

In such a desperate situation, they had to think that way; they sought to accept the situation before them by any means.

Why was the angel devouring its followers the moment it appeared?

Why did the holy, shining figure behind it appear in such a gruesome form, entangled in flesh and entrails?

-Whooosh!

Before an answer could be given, a torrent of light descended upon them.

It was an attack that could rightly be called an air raid; blood sprayed in all directions, staining the bodies of survivors facing it in a horrific manner.

And then came the sound of tearing flesh.

Riiiiiip.

Only then did the crowd, regaining their senses, properly see the form of the being they had defined as ‘the angel’ standing before them.

“Ugh, aaah…”

The groans escaping from the contorted body and gaping mouth.

Just facing that caused the faith that had been firmly entrenched in their hearts to crumble rapidly.

“Ugh, aaah…”

No, it wasn’t an angel.

They believed it was an angel simply because it shone and had wings.

They were simply terrified and engrossed in the unfounded belief that the heavens would not abandon them.

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!”

With the scream of someone awakening from such a nightmare, the crowd gathered before the Imperial Palace began to flee from the tragedy.

And the monsters, stimulated by the commotion, began to spread their wings.

Monsters that looked like angels, bearing the name of angels, charged at them to satisfy their hunger.

“AAAAH! Save me!!!”

In an instant, the street was covered in blood and screams.

Only questions arose in the minds of the survivors who escaped the scene.

Why do those monsters take the form of angels, and why have they begun to fly from the Imperial Palace to slaughter people…?

-Boom!!

Before they could find answers to such questions, another anomaly descended upon the path they were taking.

What broke through the barriers surrounding the system were the external dangers they feared so much.

“Hahaha! There are so many humans here!”

“Didn’t the other squads come? Lucky us! We can monopolize everything here!”

The Demon King’s army.

The advance party of the military force that reigned as the greatest calamity in this world had now broken through the barriers and entered the system.

“AAAAH! Save me!!!”

As the Demon King’s army began to slaughter those who fled before them, those who followed started to scatter and run in all directions.

But it wasn’t easy to shake off the pursuit of demons, who were inherently superior to humans.

“Hehehe! I wonder what kind of scream they’ll make… What is that?”

A demon that succeeded in cornering someone in an alley began to express its curiosity upon seeing the light approaching from above.

Unaware that that fleeting moment was enough time to end its life.

-Crush!

Yes, to the angels, demons were merely prey.

A survivor witnessing a demon being crushed to death by their hands began to exclaim in ecstasy, almost losing their mind.

“Ah, ah!! You truly have come to save us! Angel! It’s an angel!”

If they killed the calamity threatening them, then they rightfully should be called saviors.

As those who clung to such belief as a painkiller were mercilessly torn apart, a man who managed to regain his senses fled the scene of tragedy, running toward the square.

An open space all around.

Thus, he could see the surroundings clearly, yet he ultimately decided to abandon the thought of fleeing.

Above, angels were glaring down at the ground, and outside, the demon horde was breaking through the walls and approaching him.

“…H-hahaha.”

Realizing that he was isolated in this reality, the man let out a hollow laugh and muttered his realization.

“In this world… there is no salvation.”

In the end, everything that existed in the world was filled with sadism toward humans.

Even that realization was crushed by the subsequent waves of despair, ultimately vanishing without a trace from this world.

-Thud. Thud.

As time passed and it entered a state of lull.

The angels who annihilated the advance party of the Demon King’s army began to roam the streets of the devastated system, faithful to their instincts.

Leading their bodies that had become even larger through gluttony, they sought a place to unleash their uncontrollable power.

-Thud. Thud.

As the steps of such bodies stirred tremors, those hiding in the ruins could only wait for this nightmarish moment to end.

That was all they could do.

They wished for those brutal predators who had even annihilated the demons to simply give up and retreat.

-I need… power.

However, despite such wishes, they did not leave the scene.

Their instincts urged them to protect this place and devour everything that approached.

-More… blood… must eat flesh…

-Only then can we become gods…

-We will become the masters of the era…

They did not understand what those words, faithful to their instincts, meant.

Survivors desired only one thing: if those creatures did not retreat, then at the very least, to pass by without discovering them, waiting in silence.

-I found…

However, despite such desperate wishes, the angels ultimately found the survivors and aimed to tear their bodies apart and devour them without mercy.

In the end, it was just a matter of whether they were fast or slow.

If they remained in this city, they would surely be devoured by them.

“Ugh, ah! Save me, please!”

As they could no longer endure such moments, people tried to flee, but even their last desperate will was soon swallowed by despair.

What awaited them after fleeing this place?

They thought of the future that awaited them after fleeing the angels and entering the demons’ lair, a world where calamities would continuously exist, feeling it was too far away.

-Come here…!

With even the reaching hands extending towards them feeling too much to escape, they ultimately closed their eyes and resigned themselves to their fate.

Merely considering this as the fate allowed to them.

Desperately hoping that even this painful time would come to an end.

-Bang!!

At that moment, the sound of gunfire echoed.

Something crashing in from beyond the crumbled walls struck the pursuing angels, tearing their bodies apart and sending them tumbling onto the ruins.

Yes, it was a cannonball.

The light bursting from the shadow seen far away was firing cannonballs toward this place.

“Wh-what the….?!”

“Who on earth is attacking us…?!”

At that moment, the monsters that mercilessly devoured humans finally let out voices soaked in pain.

What approached those who were raging to retaliate was the sharp tip of a spear that followed the gunfire.

-Bang!!

A head was pierced by the thrown spear, and an explosion followed.

As the fallen corpse writhed on the ground, one by one, presences began to reveal themselves behind those who were blankly staring at the scene.

Could they be hope?

“Are… you all… gods?”

Or, like before, are you merely a prelude to even greater despair?

“Or are you demons?”

If it is despair, I would rather wish for it to end here.

As those bearing such desperation began to reveal themselves one by one, the man at the forefront formed a weapon in his hand and spoke in a firm voice.

“…Humans.“

In a paradise where waves of despair crashed.

Finally, the Ark of salvation had arrived.