SFRW-Chapter 60

Ch. 60 Sword God From The Ruined World 

November 28, 2025.  

News of a monster wave emerging from a rift zone 75 kilometers from Phoenix, Arizona spread worldwide instantly.  

No – they had begun a global live broadcast using pre-positioned drones.  

While there was controversy about why the U.S. Hero Association and government would broadcast a monster wave live, the key point was this being the world’s first live monster wave broadcast.  

Internet streaming channels with live chat functions were all on the verge of crashing their servers.  

We’re actually seeing a monster wave live!  

Look at all those monsters pouring out! Insane! Absolutely insane!  

Don’t be shocked yet! This is just the beginning!  

Exactly. Monster waves spew monsters nonstop for ten days – being surprised at this level just shows you’re a noob about waves.  

Isn’t it weird how many survive even under concentrated firepower?  

If modern weapons worked, why do you think so many countries got wrecked by monster waves? Even kindergarteners know modern weapons are useless against monsters.  

But nearly half seem dead already? Isn’t that decent?  

What about the remaining half going berserk? It just creates chaos! Monster waves are battles between Heroes and monsters from the start! Modern weapons just get in the way!  

Too many monsters remained unharmed despite the U.S. military’s concentrated firepower using tanks and helicopters.  

As the chats said, the modern weapons merely created debris and obstructed vision without meaningful results – more hindrance than help.  

After this pathetic withdrawal, Heroes prepared by the U.S. Hero Association began hunting monsters in earnest.  

America truly is a Hero powerhouse. They’re melting those monsters! Melting!  

┖Is this the Magician Guild’s real firepower?  

┖They’re vaporizing monsters the moment they emerge from the rift!  

This confirms it – the broadcast’s purpose is blatantly showing off American greatness, right?  

┖Well, the Magician Guild does represent America’s face.  

┖All thanks to Cain Lester. To magic-awakened Heroes, he’s practically a god!  

┖Seeing this, magic-awakened Heroes will be booking flights to America! So that’s why America is broadcasting this live!  

It’s flashy…but are monster waves always this lacking in intensity?  

┖Intensity my ass! Lives are at stake here!  

┖You want to hear coffin nails while chasing thrills?  

The drone cameras only showed American Heroes’ overwhelming dominance.  

Over 100 drone cameras cycled through views, all showing similar scenes:  

The famed Magician Guild Heroes maintain formation while bombarding monsters with dazzlingly powerful magic attacks.  

After about an hour of this, absurd comments appeared:  

I’ll get called trash for this but…monsters need to step up. I’m feeling secondhand embarrassment.  

┖Trash confirmed. Cheering for monsters? Are you even human?  

┖Put these guys among monsters and no one could tell who’s who!  

┖Glad I’m not alone pitying the monsters lol  

Are we really getting ten days of this melting-monsters broadcast? So boring.  

┖Discussing fun while lives hang in the balance?  

┖Feed these bastards to the monsters!  

┖Same guy asking about intensity earlier!  

From monster cheerers to those treating this as entertainment – insults and vitriol flooded the chat nonstop.  

Another hour passed when:  

Huh? Something strange is coming out!  

┖A rock giant!  

┖Isn’t that basically a golem from games and books?  

See that? Fireballs didn’t even scratch it!  

┖The real deal’s here! Now the true monster wave begins!  

┖That was just the warm-up? Jesus!  

Look at the Magician Guild Heroes panicking!  

The appearance of just one 6-meter tall boulder-like Deambsi – found only in new American rifts – shifted the atmosphere.  

Magician Guild Heroes, who had been effortlessly melting monsters, froze when their magic failed against the Deambsi’s abnormal defenses.  

The Deambsi was just the beginning.  

What are those black things?  

Living shadows moving!  

It’s Sandman from Spider-Man!  

┖More like dirt than sand?  

┖Sand or dirt – same difference, dumbass!  

Utidum – shadowy forms shifting shapes.  

Herutun – earth giants twice Deambsi’s size.  

Three new monster types designated as threats by the U.S. Hero Association emerged one by one.  

Though few in number, their appearance instantly overturned the American Heroes’ dominance.  

The monster wave, which had been collapsing pathetically against American firepower, began changing rapidly.  

With the Magician Guild’s attacks ineffective, other waiting Heroes charged in weapons drawn.  

The true melee began.  

Now this! A proper fight’s starting!  

┖Popcorn time!  

┖Real fights need give-and-take!  

┖So many moral trash here!  

Brian Lim! His spear dances at his fingertips!  

┖But China’s Jin Harim is the true spear master, no? That Shaolin monk.  

Ooh! Gael Ruakani the fist fighter! One punch shattered that boulder!  

┖Real men use fists! A different league from weapon-reliant cowards!  

┖Shaolin master Guo Zhiquan! Ruakani’s brute force can’t compare!  

Chris Twelman’s swordplay is art! Pure art! He’s shredding them!  

┖China’s Zhang Yang is the true swordmaster! Even before awakening…  

┖Chinese shill! Why keep dickriding China? Nations that won’t help others even in danger have rotten morals! Who cares how strong they are? Stay in your sandstorms forever, cockroaches!  

The battle scenes exploded with primal ferocity and blazing combat spirit previously hidden beneath flashiness – amping viewers’ tension.  

The massive Deambsi, unscathed by magic, now split, crumbled and shattered.  

Shadowy Utidum – whether humanoid, bestial or grotesque – fell screaming to spears and blades.  

The colossal Herutun likewise collapsed into dirt heaps under dozens of Heroes’ assault.  

The evenly-matched, relentless clashes created palpable tension leaving viewers palms sweaty.  

But gradually, the situation turned against the American Heroes.  

While monsters poured endlessly from the rift, Heroes’ stamina dwindled, their accumulating wounds increasingly life-threatening.  

This…feels ominous.  

┖Will this become another Britain situation?  

┖Nah! They’re confident – that’s why they’re broadcasting live.  

┖Look at their faces – does that look like confidence?  

Reinforcements!  

┖Heroes from other nations are joining!  

┖See? They had backup! We can just enjoy the show!  

The U.S. Hero Association’s strategy was simple:  

1. Test modern weapons’ effectiveness  

2. Magician Guild provides ranged bombardment  

3. Engage new monsters in melee  

4. Call allied reinforcements if overwhelmed  

5. Rotate four Hero squads allowing recovery time  

Basic but universally applicable.  

When allied reinforcements joined the struggling Americans, the tide turned again.  

Foreign Heroes, already uncomfortable watching Americans shine globally, now fought with extra vigor to enthral viewers.  

The chat exploded accordingly, especially when national Heroes performed well.  

See that? Our Vento bisected that shadow bastard! This is Portuguese Hero standards!  

┖That Vento who got knocked around earlier? Just stealing kills on weakened shadows?  

┖Vento’s a finisher! Footballer turned last-hit Hero lol  

Chakrit’s elbows shatter boulders! Muay Thai reigns!  

Bastian’s power! The German tank reborn!  

Talk art after seeing Navri fight! That’s true art – French Heroes make combat art!  

Yamaguchi Hiro! Japan’s Hero! World-recognized true S-rank!  

┖Ex-yakuza from an island nation? lol  

┖Look at him fight – clearly yakuza with those sashimi knife skills! Disgusting!  

┖Knife or not, he’s frontline slaughtering! What’s South Korea doing? Especially Seo Do-jun – who does he think he is just standing there posing?  

┖South Korean Heroes are all hype!  

┖Bullshit! You island monkeys forget your darling Takashi got wrecked?  

┖Must’ve used dirty tricks! Or conspired with Kang Young-pyo! No way a rookie beats Takashi fair!  

┖Exactly! In a fair fight, Takashi would’ve crushed Seo Do-jun!  

┖Who’s more despicable than you Japs?  

┖Arrogant Chosun bastards!  

┖Fuck off! Japs!  

Japanese viewers flooded chats celebrating Yamaguchi Hiro’s monster-slaying.  

South Korean viewers obviously wouldn’t take this lying down.  

Instantly, the chat became a South Korea-Japan flame war.  

Meanwhile, drone cameras occasionally showed Heroes waiting in back – always catching Seo Do-jun standing expressionless with folded arms.  

Japanese viewers mocked him while South Koreans brought up Takashi, but the Japanese only doubled down, linking Seo Do-jun to Kang Young-pyo to South Korean viewers’ fury.  

After two hours of one-sided Japanese taunts, a drone captured a fallen Japanese Hero about to be pulverized by a Deambsi’s descending fists.  

No other Heroes were nearby to help.  

At the moment the Hero was about to become meat paste – someone lightning-fast entered the frame and obliterated the Deambsi’s head.  

Not stopping there, one punch impossibly shattered the massive body into dust.  

From the settling debris emerged Seo Do-jun – who had been standing idle in the back – having saved the Japanese Hero.  

The live broadcast of this froze the chat instantly.  

No Hero had one-punched a Deambsi to dust before.  

After 10 seconds of silence, someone typed:  

This! Protagonists always enter last!  

South Korean viewers erupted in cathartic celebration.  

Where are the island monkeys calling South Korean Heroes hype? Enjoying bananas? lol  

Why save those Japanese monkeys…they repay kindness with spite!  

Seo Do-jun about to show them South Korean spice!  

Whoa! See other nations’ Heroes freezing up? Total domination!  

As South Koreans excitedly spammed chat, someone shut everything down with:  

Kneel, bastards! This zone’s king is Seo Do-jun!  

The cry pierced through all.  

With Seo Do-jun’s dramatic entrance, the U.S. monster wave broadcast began achieving unprecedented global viewership.