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Chapter 20. Cheryl’s Request (1)
One.
“No, but that’s not right. After all, I have a debt, and it’s up to me to decide how much of that debt I’ll pay back.”
“no.”
“Ralph, you get out of here.”
“It’s not?”
“Geumnun, would you please be quiet?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Kiri, you too!”
The El Palm party is busier than ever with a 100 million meso check.
But El Palm was not there in the commotion.
El Palm couldn’t even hear his comrades breathing at this moment.
That was about it.
‘It is certainly.’
The silk that El Palm was holding now, and the bracelets neatly placed inside, were items of that level.
‘It’s definitely Apollo’s Bracelet. It’s legendary grade.’
Because it was a legendary grade item that surpassed unique grade.
No, it wasn’t just legendary grade either.
‘Rivaling myth.’
It was an item that was ranked among the top legendary grade items.
And it was worth it.
‘Because it allows me to use Apollo’s Fire Arrow skill.’
The magic Apollo’s Fire Arrow, which can be used the moment you put on this Apollo Bracelet, is one of the most powerful fire attribute magic.
‘It’s also a 4-circle magic.’
In particular, the greatest strength of Apollo’s fire arrow was that it was a 4-circle magic.
This was a huge deal.
The more powerful the skill, the more circles and magic power it usually requires.
‘Usually legendary skills are 6 circles or higher.’
So, usually only 6th circle adventurers could use legendary grade items.
It can be used to some extent, but it requires even greater magical power to use it properly.
7 circles!
It is usually evaluated that only at that level can one properly use legendary grade skills.
And at this point, there are less than a hundred adventurers in the entire Maple World who have reached the 7th Circle.
Anyway, it was a great thing.
‘It’s not at the gift level.’
Even if a gold rich person is a tycoon, it is an item that is beyond what one can give as a gift.
‘He’s going to use it as a tool for revenge.’
The intentions of such gold riches were eerie.
‘If a tool doesn’t do its job, then it’s time to take it back.’
If El Palm doesn’t live up to Gold Rich’s expectations, then they will definitely take care of it.
Apollo’s bracelet was a worthy object.
In a sense, for El Palm, it is not a bracelet, but a gallows rope that could strangle him at any time.
Of course, El Palm had no intention of giving up.
‘I guess it’s good, but.’
From his point of view, he was rather grateful.
That was it.
“boss.”
Divo, who had been bickering with his colleagues, approached El Palm and spoke.
“So when are you leaving?”
“Is everyone joining this adventure?”
“Of course! If you follow the boss, money will roll in!”
It seems like everyone has made up their minds while they are bickering.
“You can go right now!”
El Palm responded to Divo’s determination.
“Then go right now.”
“yes?”
“We leave tonight.”
2.
“We leave tonight.”
The moment El Palm said those words, the El Palm party fell into chaos.
You’ve only been to the port city of Reese for a day, and you’re heading straight to the next Mystic Gate?
Even if it’s El Palm Party, it’s not an easy task.
El Palm has an answer for that.
“Rest is taken while you are on the go.”
An answer that is absurd the moment you hear it.
“Hey boss, didn’t you say we were going to Perion?”
That’s understandable, because the destination was none other than Perion.
Perion, the wasteland, was literally a wasteland.
Unlike the forests of Lisna, Ellinia, and Henesys, there weren’t many places where one could properly hide and take cover.
A place where you just have to fight monsters you encounter along the way.
Moreover, the monsters that appear in Perion are different from ordinary monsters.
“There are a lot of Stumps and Wild Boars… … .”
In particular, the herds of Wild Boars, giant boars that appear in the Perion region, are very troublesome.
Once they find their prey, they rush at it like crazy and only feel satisfied when they kill it!
“Can I take a break?”
Taking a break in Perion, where such monsters are swarming?
Something that is beyond imagination, let alone impossible.
El Palm showed it to those colleagues.
“… … Is it possible?”
That is entirely possible.
It was literal.
“No, how on earth can you move around without having a single proper battle with a monster?”
During the long journey from the port of Lys to Perion, which lasted a full twenty days, El Pam Party did not fight a single battle.
Of course, it was El Palm that made it possible.
Actually, it wasn’t difficult for El Palm.
“Unlike Mystic Gate, there is a map. And there is a monster ecosystem here.”
Unlike the Mystic Gate where one cannot know what will happen, the world where there is maps and other information is like a problem sheet with answers to El Palm.
“Artemis has clairvoyance and telekinesis.”
Even El Palm had various talents, including the Eye of Artemis, which allowed him to see far into the distance, and to avoid battles with monsters.
Of course, it wasn’t something that could be done with talent alone.
“Only the boss can do that.”
This was only possible because it was El Palm.
“I guess so.”
‘Because everyone who couldn’t do this is dead.’
This is possible because El Palm was the last one to survive before returning to the past.
Anyway, thanks to El Palm, the El Palm party was able to take repeated breaks even after reaching Perion.
For a whole 20 days.
“Boss, I’m starting to feel a little sick.”
Rest is now excessive.
But there was no need to worry about that.
“From now on, it is an excavation site.”
The moment El Palm Party entered the excavation site located in the northernmost region of Perion, they were greeted by the guys.
Clunk clunk!
Skull dogs, wild dogs made of bones.
It was quite a troublesome monster.
First of all, all skeleton type monsters could be dealt with by destroying the magic stone in their heads without exception.
It means that destroying the body of Baeknal is meaningless.
The problem was that the skulls of skeleton monsters were harder to break than expected.
First of all, the firmness was on a different level.
Another headache was that it was slippery. The smooth surface of the bone was easily slippery when sharpened.
On the one hand, those strong bones also led to offensive power.
The fragmented bones of the skeleton were much sharper and more powerful than any sword.
It was a troublesome monster in many ways.
That was the most troublesome part of it all.
“You shouldn’t fight like a normal monster.”
The experience that adventurers have accumulated while hunting monsters is not working well in many ways.
That would be the case, as the basics of monster hunting is to drain their power rather than destroy magic stones.
For example, by inducing bleeding, causing the victim to bleed and then collapse from exhaustion.
But that didn’t work for the skeleton type.
This was surprisingly important.
“Keep that in mind.”
In fierce battles, adventurers actually followed their instincts rather than their reason, and their accumulated experience rather than calculations.
Of course, it didn’t matter when it wasn’t a fierce battle.
Break!
The El Palm party, facing a dozen or so Skulldogs, all acted rationally.
“It’s simple!”
I aimed for the head and smashed it, destroying the magic stone fragments.
El Palm Party was able to reach its destination without any major crisis.
“Are you here?”
In front of the wasteland.
“There’s nothing?”
But nowhere in that wasteland was there anything that looked like a Mystic Gate.
Then El Palm took out five amulets from his bosom and gave one to each of his companions.
“What is this?”
Those who tilted their heads at the talisman they were seeing for the first time, that was the moment.
“uh?”
“uh!”
The moment they held the talisman, the scenery they saw changed.
A Mystic Gate that had not been seen before appeared above the wasteland.
“Hey, what is this?”
“It’s sorcery.”
“Is it magic?”
While everyone was surprised by the magic they were seeing for the first time, El Palm approached the Mystic Gate.
And I looked at the bottom of the Mystic Gate.
‘317362459.’
Then I saw numbers written on the dirt.
‘There are no intruders.’
It was a precautionary measure taken in case there were additional intruders.
It was also an important measure.
If someone else enters the Mystic Gate, the number of people who can enter will decrease.
What if that number is less than 1?
Only El Palm can enter.
What was more troublesome was that you couldn’t tell if the person entering was an enemy or an ally.
To be more precise, it was likely the enemy.
The Cross Hunters are those who pursue the followers of the Black Mage, and the followers of the Black Mage also pursue the Cross Hunters.
That was also the reason why the Mystic Gate was hidden using sorcery.
Anyway, there was no problem.
Then there’s only one thing left.
“Now let’s enter.”
3.
The moment you pass through the Mystic Gate, the stage that greets you at the El Palm Party is none other than the forest.
It was an ordinary forest, densely populated with trees.
For adventurers, it was the most familiar and welcome stage.
Because it was incomparably advantageous to adventurers compared to deserts, swamps, or snow-covered worlds.
“this.”
But none of the El Palm party members who looked at the scenery could welcome the forest.
It was because I knew.
“It looks like I can’t get to the next floor even though it’s a place like this.”
That they came here to rescue us.
In other words, from the perspective of the person receiving the structure, there is a clear reason why they cannot leave this place.
And it was obvious why.
“It looks like the monster is not ordinary?”
That was when.
Clunk clunk!
At the sound of bones crashing, all the El Palm party members turned their heads and they could see.
A skeleton holding a bone club in its right hand.
At his appearance, the tension at El Palm Party eased slightly.
“It’s a skeleton soldier.”
It wasn’t that I was ignoring the skeleton.
Compared to the ridiculous monsters he had encountered so far, the skeleton soldiers were laughable.
There was only one exception.
“Everyone, be careful.”
“Yes, I know. I won’t let my guard down.”
El Palm, he warned.
“That’s not it. Be careful.”
“yes?”
And the reason for that warning soon became apparent.
Skeleton soldiers began to appear around the El Palm Party.
Brrrrrr!
The number is so large that it is impossible to estimate, and it must be in the hundreds, or even over a thousand.
“……crazy.”
In front of that vast number, no one, including Divo, showed any signs of composure.
There is only one thing you can do, tighten the tension.
Besides, there was only one thought that could be had at this moment.
“I will clear the way.”
Getting out of here.
It was a natural thought.
If you try to capture all the visible skeleton soldiers, you’ll be fighting all day.
The problem was that there was no guarantee that the fighting would end after that.
On the contrary, there was a high possibility that other monsters would flock to the commotion.
“It’s a forest, so it won’t be difficult to shake it off.”
Meanwhile, this stage, this forest filled with trees, was clearly a stage that was advantageous to adventurers.
Escape, that’s obviously the best option.
El Palm also agreed with that fact.
In a normal situation, he would have already told Devo to prepare to run away before he could even say that.
But that’s not the case now.
“The battle continues.”
“yes?”
Everyone was surprised by El Palm’s words.
That was it.
There were doubts, but no one expressed them.
“yes.”
The leader of this party is El Palm.
Because it was the role of the party members to follow what he said.
“Let’s just give it a try.”
El Palm showed it to the party members who were determined to fight rather than run away.
“Apollo’s fiery arrows.”
El Palm, the reason he continued fighting.
fantasy,
