#202
202. Black Seed (10)
[Slide the LCD left and right!]
[Show the hero the support of the Master!]
Flash!
The glowing rod began to sway in front of my eyes.
It was the Master’s support that only I could see, so I prepared to run out with a smile on my face.
“Looks like you’re pretty injured, but can you wield a sword properly?”
Persene put a sneer on her lips.
Magic spheres were swirling near the robe.
“You don’t know, but I am the pinnacle of all mages in Taonier.”
Faaaaang!
The magic spheres rotated vigorously.
On the day I even slightly brushed against that magic ball, my flesh would be torn apart like it was ground in a blender.
‘It’s the peak.’
I caught my breath.
<Han! Remember my words.>
Sparrow whispered in my head.
know. I’ve heard this guy’s specs are boring.
The head of a family of wizards that has been passed down since the beginning of time, called the Devil’s Stenberg.
<That woman has become many times stronger than before. She’s constantly draining her magic.>
It doesn’t get tired even after pouring hundreds of rounds of magic.
Persene was the owner of near-infinite magical power.
In contrast, I… … .
throbbing.
The beating of the heart intensified.
My body was warning me. It’s dangerous to move any further.
‘Sounds funny.’
Killing the woman in front of him was the end.
But now I can’t come.
Stop talking nonsense.
“die.”
Persene’s eyes sank.
At the same time, the magic spheres scattered leaving behind afterimages.
I forced my motionless body to move.
Wow!
The ground where I had been stepping on just now had a hollow.
“Whoop whoop.”
Persene’s body floated into the air.
Fire and ice, wind and lightning. The magic orbs containing the four attributes were scattered in all directions and then shot at me.
I dodged the magic orb by digging between pillars.
“Smart? But as for the pillars, it’s enough if you destroy them all!”
Kwareung!
Lightning streaks erupted in intense light and began to break through the pillars.
‘There is no time.’
Going into a long-term battle, it was my defeat.
While that guy’s magic power is infinite, my physical strength is limited.
Before coming here, his body was in a state of disrepair. It seemed like it would be difficult to hold on for the next five minutes.
<Do not use the sword soul. Absolutely die.>
I know that too.
If you use the sword soul, you should be able to kill the woman in front of you. However, as her physical strength has weakened considerably, I too could not bear the recoil and died.
I came not to die with you, but to win.
<You only get one chance!>
Hwaaak!
Flames reminiscent of inferno unfolded before my eyes.
I climbed up the broken pillar, stepped on the ceiling, and escaped far away. As soon as I came down, lightning followed me, and when I lowered my head, an ice spear passed over my head.
‘It’s a complete weapon of mass destruction.’
It seems that he can easily wipe out thousands of people on the battlefield alone.
“How long are you going to just run away? Then you can’t kill me.”
“Do you fight with your mouth?”
I took the dagger from my belt and threw it.
Ting. The dagger blade bounced off Persene’s barrier with a shabby sound.
there is too
If I hadn’t caught it, I would have seen blood.
I hid behind a splintered pillar.
bang! Kwaaang! Kwak!
That woman seems to be trying to bring down the entire cave.
Magic was pouring in all directions.
<Even if the cave collapses, you will die.>
“This way you die, you die that way. What are you going to do?”
<Kill before killing!>
not disadvantageous
I have a clear chance of winning.
Otherwise I wouldn’t have come.
‘I don’t know that woman.’
What power resides in my left arm.
What skills do I use and how much explosive power can I produce?
digging into that part.
It was the only way to victory.
I rolled over on the floor.
A rock blade pierced the place where I was like a fang.
It seems that magic has finally reached this place.
“Come to think of it, you seem to have had a special relationship with my student.”
It’s no use trying to provoke.
My mind was in a very cold state.
Myriad possibilities and cases flashed through my mind like lightning.
‘It’s over soon.’
It doesn’t last long.
I can’t move any more.
My left leg won’t listen to me from a while ago.
‘… … .’
Beyond Persene, a rod of light rippled violently.
Amkena is shaking the lightstick with all her might.
‘Look Carefully.’
It’s just one time.
I turned the hilt of my sword.
There were cracks all over the blade,
Magic bombardments were about to rain down overhead.
“Goodbye. Petty hero.”
Persene aimed her magic orb at me.
At the same time, dozens of magic spheres attacked from left and right, from top to bottom.
<Go.>
I flipped the switch in my head.
[‘Han (★★★★)’ has entered Exceed state!]
Crying.
At that moment, clots of blood gushed out of his mouth and his eyes went white.
I bit my tongue hard until it bled. Only then did the sight come back.
Fireballs are shooting right in front of you.
I turned to the right and hit the floor.
bang! My body jumped out like an arrow.
“……?!”
Persene’s eyes narrowed.
indeed. Is it possible to move this fast?
“joy.”
Persene, who had snorted, waved her hand.
Kwajijik! A wall of thunderbolt rose right in front of me.
I held out my left hand.
[Inherent skill, ‘Black Dragon Rin’ activated!]
[This hero is immune to magic!]
When the lightning hit his left hand, the wall of lightning disappeared as if it had been washed.
I sped up even more.
“…!”
Persene put on a bewildered expression, but
He waved his hand again.
‘He’s quick to judge the situation.’
Beams of light shot from the sides and from behind.
where the left arm cannot reach. That woman instantly grasped the weakness of the Black Dragon Lin.
‘This much… … .’
I twisted myself.
Arrows of light pierced his forearms and thighs.
If you can’t avoid it, somewhere you won’t die.
[‘Han (★★★★)’ has fallen into a dying state. Your life is in danger!]
are you okay.
I have a battle follow-up.
I pulled my right arm holding the sword all the way.
to kill in one shot.
“It can’t be.”
Persene twisted her lips up.
Then the woman’s lips parted.
“I command.”
Persene pointed at me with her right hand.
‘It’s here.’
An unknown technique that crushed Delphine, who was said to be the strongest in the empire, and White Feather, the leader of the Join tribe, in one shot.
The sparrow said it was an ancient power that had been lost long ago.
‘The dead eye.’
Just by the caster’s look, by pointing and speaking.
A technique that instantly kills one target.
When I first heard it, I thought, what kind of crazy technology is this? … .
No, it’s not really a scam.
<Die.>
Persene’s pupils split left and right, revealing the dragon’s eyes.
Black Dragon Rin doesn’t work. Because that’s not magic.
so.
<Repay the favor!>
“Jjae ae ae ae!”
Dark red lightning exploded from my outstretched left arm, and a sparrow jumped out.
“……?!”
‘This is not just one person.’
Kwajik.
The sparrow that flew up turned to blood and scattered.
The body here is dead, but the pigeon in the waiting room is probably not dead.
I grinned.
The dragon’s scaly left hand touched the magic barrier.
[This hero is immune to magic!]
and.
“bye.”
Kwajik.
The blade plunged into the woman’s heart.
That was it.
The magic that was rampaging in all directions subsided in an instant.
Persene staggered back with a knife stuck in her left chest.
In the two eyes of the woman who was swollen, I was reflecting in my blood.
“how.”
“like this.”
I put down the hilt of my sword.
fluff.
Persene fell to the floor.
And never moved again.
‘ha… … .’
I caught my breath.
Activate the second Exceed.
Even I, who had trained my body to the limit, had to take unimaginable risks to use Exceed continuously. It wouldn’t be strange if he suddenly stopped breathing in the middle of a fight.
but.
It seems to have survived somehow.
The whole body was covered in blood.
Me and that woman too.
If there was a beast king like him, he wouldn’t have won even if he died and woke up.
Maybe I buried my bones here.
The idea that this woman would be alone was a gamble.
The sparrow had said that since the monsters hadn’t completely gone beyond the standard yet, even the bosses who had left the floor wouldn’t be able to stay away for long.
That prediction seems to have worked out.
I walked to the altar, barely supporting my body that was on the verge of collapsing.
It was embarrassing to even call this place an altar. All the marble pillars standing on the left and right were split and smashed, and the walls and ceiling were dented or collapsed. It looked as if the entire cave would collapse at any moment.
‘The last key.’
I snatched the orb from the altar and put it in my pocket.
[Floor 45.]
[Mission Type – Delivery]
[Goal – Deliver the ‘key’ to a special NPC!]
The objective window of the mission has been updated.
relay. The difficult section on the 45th floor was over just by handing this to Freea.
Now you can go back to the waiting room.
‘also.’
Tak tok tok.
Faint footsteps echoed across the aisle.
It seems that the pursuers have already entered the cave.
I’ll probably get there in about 10 minutes.
“…”
Freea is waiting for me in the cave outside the fortress.
The entrance to the cave was carefully concealed using the surrounding landmarks, and there is no fear that I died because I played a game here, but getting there was a problem. There was only one passageway to the outside, the one I had entered.
In an instant, my vision went dark.
I almost fell, but I managed to keep my balance.
Pain as if the whole body was being torn to shreds. I clench my molars and move on.
don’t have to die
If his whole body becomes a rag and his limbs are cut off, as long as he can deliver the key to Fria, his body will soon return to normal.
Now, the final gateway remains.
To evade the pursuers, escape the fort and return to the lair.
‘That’ll work.’
I grabbed my left stomach.
Blood was constantly leaking out.
As if all the strength to run away had been exhausted, now both legs could not move freely.
If it were me now, I couldn’t guarantee a win with even a single soldier.
“…”
Hundreds of soldiers are waiting for me outside.
If they find out that I killed the captain, they’ll run in with their eyes wide open.
‘Damn it.’
At first, I decided to move.
The odds aren’t even one in a thousand or one in ten thousand, but you won’t know until you try.
I’m trying to get out of here stumbling like that.
Took.
someone touched my foot
When I looked down, the members of the Join tribe, with only their heads and parts of their upper bodies remaining, were staring at me.
“Piik….”
Along with blood, a whistling sound flowed from her mouth.
It was the join people who were white feathers or something.
were you alive
I shook off Joein’s arm and tried to move on.
But Joeyin grabbed my feet again.
“Let go.”
“Save… save…”
Took.
Joe’s head fell off.
It is dead.
Holding my foot with my left hand, pointing my right hand at the wall.
“…?”
what do you mean
I looked at the wall Joeyin pointed to.
It was messed up by Persene’s magic bombardment.
‘Did I say that?’
Light leaked through cracks in the collapsed walls.
‘… … .’
Suddenly the sky darkened.
I was walking through a forest in the dim moonlight.
It was the east side of the fortress and the corner of Buyeo Island.
Here was the hideout where I hid for a week.
‘I didn’t even manage to die.’
I must have been there once or twice before I died.
This was not surprising.
I grabbed the marble in my left hand.
The key, which was originally sparkling white, lost its luster as it was soaked in blood.
Rather than being targeted by the enemy because of the glowing orb, this side is much better.
After walking for some time like that, a thicket of overgrown bushes was revealed. I identified three cuts in the base of the tree. It was a pre-engraved sign so that I could recognize this place.
I hit the large rock lying around in the grass three times with the sheath. The undergrowth parted left and right, revealing the entrance to the cave.
and.
“one……!”
I pushed Fria, who was about to jump out, into the cave and covered the entrance.
There were still many seekers outside, so I had to be careful until the end.
‘Fortunately, I didn’t get caught.’
A bonfire was burning inside the cave.
Seeing that nothing has changed from when I left, it seems that Freea has not moved here.
“What the hell… what is that wound?”
“Sit down. Take this first.”
I seated Fria, who was at a loss for what to do, and put a marble in her hand.
“This…….”
“Don’t you know it when you see it? It’s what you were looking for.”
dump.
I collapsed on a pile of straw by the campfire.
If you close your eyes, you might die. Her eyes were flickering. Barely holding on to the strings of my mind, I examined the wounds on my body.
The whole body was at the level of being swollen.
I’ve never been so injured before.
Amkena’s screen already had a red light indicating my dying state.
“I-Shouldn’t we start with treatment first? Wait a minute! I…”
“It’s better to go back.”
A glowing bubble was boiling in the corner of the cave.
Blurry, but recognizable. It was the end of the mission and a signal to return to the waiting room.
‘What happened?’
I put my back on the rock wall.
The first goal was achievable.
Killing the wizard and returning to the waiting room for maintenance. At least from next time, you can bring members from the waiting room. That alone was a huge achievement.
“…”
I looked back at Freea.
This kid hadn’t been with me for a day or two, so he knew something about the mission.
Freea put down the earthen bowl of herbs and laid her eyes down.
“I see. Are you going back?”
I’ll see you on the 46th floor.
Will see you often in the future.
to the point of being boring.
‘What will happen.’
When I go back to the waiting room, Freea is left here alone.
Collecting the keys is not the end. In order to go down to the ground and get rid of the debris eggs, you had to escape floating islands.
‘Is the 46th floor the mission?’
I have to come up with a strategy to some extent.
Well, whatever mission comes out, it will be much more comfortable than digging alone.
That was fortunate.
“Why are you so gloomy? I’ve collected all the keys.”
“but…….”
Freea shook her head.
“I was only a horse princess, so it’s useless.”
I didn’t agree, but I didn’t shake my head either.
Because it wasn’t wrong.
Freea has rarely been of any help on missions thus far.
He trained hard, but his swordsmanship and stamina were insignificant, and he did not possess special skills such as magic or healing. It’s not like there’s a special force behind it. As far as I can see, the Assinis family only took advantage of her princess, and they did not swear allegiance to her out of absolute respect for her.
“…”
In front of my eyes, there was only one helpless human being, helpless in a given situation.
‘Is he an ordinary kid?’
It was different from the extraordinary prince.
If the prince had been the main character of the Taonier story, as Tell said, the difficulty might have gone down a few levels. The difference between the two siblings was so extreme.
“……sorry.”
Both of Freea’s cheeks were red.
It’s not because I’m ashamed
It must be because of shame.
“I wanted to be like my older brother. I envied his strong convictions… his steely will, his charisma that led everyone.”
“…”
“But no matter how hard I try, I can’t catch up with my brother.”
I stayed still.
Then, suddenly, a guy who was still wielding a spear came to mind.
The two seem oddly alike.
‘That must be some kind of talent.’
Because not everyone can have the qualities of a leader just by working hard.
The majority end up as ordinary members of society.
‘Let’s see.’
Light was filling the cave.
When that light covers my body, I will return to the waiting room.
However, the flow of light was very slow.
Is it the aftermath of the strange mission status?
‘I’ll have to go down to the ground first.’
Finding the key isn’t the end.
Before the eggs awoke, they had to be dealt with somehow.
I scouted the floating island before entering the fortress, and I was able to witness a large army of monsters gathered near the eggs. Thousands of monsters were swarming near the eggs.
It seems that the goal of the 50th floor mission has been roughly determined.
The light slowly began to envelop her body.
‘The thing that should have disappeared.’
I remembered what the sparrow said.
that’s right.
Asinis family.
NPC support forces, which were supposed to help fight on the ground, disappeared.
Bona Mana, the difficulty of the 50th floor must have risen significantly.
Perhaps, without any support forces, you may have to fight an army of thousands of monsters with your own strength.
‘It’s not the end just by going back to the tower.’
If you wait too long, the egg will hatch.
If the status of the account is normal, I will hold out as much as I can and raise my power… … It doesn’t seem like there’s much room for it either. On the day when larvae pop out of eggs while relaxing, the difficulty of the mission will soar to the point of impossibility.
‘Is it an all-out war with the monsters?’
As has always been the case, breaking through with a small number or cheating doesn’t work.
If the opponent presses down with an overwhelming amount, this side has no choice but to use a similar method.
It’s not enough with dozens of fighters.
Hundreds were needed.
The same goes for unfairness.
A second airship is being built following the Capitalism, but this is not enough to roll heroes on a large scale. At least five were needed.
Five airships and hundreds of fighter heroes.
Non-combatants and various equipment and facilities to support this.
not enough
Resources are scarce.
Gold, gems, and other materials.
The amount obtained from daily dungeons was far from enough.
[Stage cleared!]
[‘Han (★★★★)’, level up!]
[Reward – 10,000G]
[MVP – ‘Han(★★★★)’]
Along with the clear message, the light wrapped around his whole body.
I saw Freea crouching down. It’s not this guy’s fault.
Things just went badly.
‘Boss stage rewards are terrifyingly tight.’
I closed my eyes.
