Episode 115
115. Elf Top
[Escorting the Dwarf Merchant Marine has ended.]
[Current personnel status]
└Participants: 190 people
└Traitors: 5
Escorting the dwarven top ended with only 40 casualties.
Although 24 of them were a group of traitors who died at the hands of the same humans, not monsters.
‘I survived.’
Five people, including Ryu Min, were able to survive without being detected until the end.
Of course, there were even more difficulties waiting for him to survive.
<Traitor Group Quest Failed>
[Because you were unable to disturb the upper level to the destination, all stats will drop by 20% until the end of the round.]
[After a while, you will be moved to the traitor group’s waiting area.]
Although it was something to be happy about not being caught in the search operation, the failure of the group mission was grim.
Not to Ryumin, but to other traitors.
‘I can’t believe I reached level 70 at the top of Dwarf. The experience was unexpectedly good.’
I think I might be able to get past level 80 this round.
“It’s over now. “Black Scythe.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
Min-ri Min and Seo-rin came and said goodbye.
Somehow, they looked like they were sad to part ways.
“Good work. See you in the next round.”
After Ryu Min’s words, the background changed.
When I came to my senses, I found myself standing in a gray space.
[Kyahaha, you’re back? Traitors? what?]
Angel Ariel frowns.
[Are there only five left? Haha. There are far fewer left than expected.]
“expectation? “Did you expect everyone to die like this?”
[sure. I expected that if it was a dwarven top with a small number of people, it would be quickly filtered out through the search for traitors. Were you relieved that the difficulty level was low?]
“… … .”
As if he had hit the nail on the head, the traitor who had spoken remained silent.
[Kyahaha, then you are really naive. No, am I stupid? Isn’t it natural that it’s difficult to hide your identity when there are few people?]
In fact, for the traitor group, the Dwarf difficulty level was the most difficult.
When I said it was easy, I was speaking purely from the standard of the general group.
[But the good news is that there is still hope for you. There are two opportunities left.]
If only one of the elf and human merchants can be prevented from reaching their destination, the traitor group can survive.
That is, if you can stop it.
[Open your expression. The next level of Elf will not be as difficult as this one. There are 700 people.]
The traitors except Ryu Min were surprised at the number being more than three times that.
Clearly, beautiful elves are more popular than ugly dwarves.
[This time, the five of you should band together and attack the enemy well. Instead, you will have to take a stat penalty. Kihihi.]
The five traitors looked at each other.
I had no desire to shake hands in this situation.
I just keep an eye on them with the intention of finding out who is an ally or not.
“There are only five left, so let’s do better this time.”
“is it so. “If we want to survive, we have to come together.”
“Shall we come up with some plan? Black Scythe?”
The four eyes turned to Ryu Min.
Although asking for permission was a natural way to be promoted as a leader.
“Do it yourself.”
Ryumin had no intention of hanging out with them.
Even if there is a common goal, being solo is being solo.
You can’t trust people outside your party.
“Don’t you have any plans to attack Black Scythe?”
“Iknow, right. I’ve never seen them attack the dwarves before… … .”
One of the traitors stopped speaking before closing his lips.
Ryumin’s murderous look naturally made me keep my mouth shut.
“What should I believe in you? “We’re not even members of the same party?”
“But we are in the same group…” … .”
“The goal is the same, but it’s the same for each individual. That’s why experience points come in separately.”
Ryu Min coldly refused and turned his back.
“It would be better to stop thinking nonsense and go hunting.”
When they declared solo play, the traitors’ expressions darkened as if they had been betrayed.
It looks like he doesn’t have the confidence to hit the top without a black scythe.
Ariel, who was watching this, burst into laughter.
[It looks like there is no consensus on this even within the group. Well, I don’t care about that, so you can take care of it yourself. All I have to do is move it to the top of Elf.]
“But angel. If we go to the top of Elf, will the players there have been waiting for 5 hours because of us?”
[Oh, didn’t I tell you? While the traitor group proceeds with the mission, time is frozen for the other humans at the top. The same goes for humans who finished the Dwarf raid a little while ago.]
It was said that only the upper level where the traitor group participated was allowed to pass while the rest stopped.
[If you don’t do this, the other tops will have to spend a boring time while you interact with the three tops. You may have unnecessary doubts. So don’t worry about other humans. Self is more important than anything else right now, right? Kyahahaha.]
I waited for the traitors to move, listening to a more unlucky voice than ever before.
[Then shall we go to the top of the elf? I hope you succeed this time.]
* * *
Changing places can also help change your mood.
The person who realized those words was none other than a group of traitors.
‘here… … .’
‘Elf upper quest location?’
Unlike the gloomy rocky area where the Dwarf Tower was, it is full of green trees and scents.
Moreover, the biggest difference is, of course, the players.
“Oh, is this where you start escorting?”
“I chose the elf upper level, so it looks like I start in an elf village or something?”
“But why are there so many people?”
“I chose it because I wanted to see all the elves, right?”
As the angel mentioned, about 700 people were filling the forest.
‘Surely if there are this many people… … .’
‘It won’t be easy to check by stabbing like last time.’
On the one hand, the traitors felt fortunate that there was no fear of being discovered in advance.
but.
[All stats drop by 20% as a traitor group failure penalty.]
The message that surfaced on one side only made me feel frustrated.
Ryumin didn’t even care about the message.
‘It will start in the same way this time too. ‘I was surprised by the nickname and the number of traitors.’
As Ryumin expected, the players were surprised that they didn’t have nicknames for each other, and were surprised again by the message that popped up.
[Escort the top of the elves]
└Escort the elf van safely to its destination.
└If the escort is successful, everyone will receive experience rewards.
└One person who contributes greatly to punishing the traitor will receive a sub-quest reward.
└If you kill every traitor, you will receive additional rewards.
[Current personnel status]
└Participants: 740 people
└Traitors: 5
“Look at this. “There are five traitors among us!”
“How do we find these guys?”
“How about like this? Let’s attack each other!”
The players, who were worried, decided to attack each other from the beginning.
However, after a while, he realized that it was impossible to stab 700 people one by one, so he quit.
“Ha, we need to catch those traitors.”
“How do we find those five people?”
“It feels like there’s a bug in my mouth, really.”
That’s when people sigh in frustration and the traitor group sighs in relief.
Tap-dag-dag-dak-
A carriage procession appeared without fail.
It was a long procession with no end in sight.
“Oh, it’s an elf, an elf.”
“Really. “It’s just like the elf from the game.”
“She’s just like the female elf I raised.”
Point-eared elves, regardless of gender, were characterized by pure white skin and beautiful appearance.
He is completely different from dwarves like uncles and grandfathers.
Above all, the wheelless carriage that was levitating with magic attracted attention.
Let alone the aristocratic ethos of the elves.
“Hello, warriors of this world. “You were waiting here as you promised.”
A tall, handsome elf man stepped forward and bowed his head politely.
“My name is Yugrito, and I run the magic business under Elsorium. “I couldn’t help but feel more reassured when the temple’s warriors come out to meet me like this.”
That grinning smile was enough to shake the hearts of female players.
It was a very sweet smile for men.
‘As expected, this time they are called warriors from another world.’
When aliens deal with players, they always call them that.
Although it was a familiar experience to Ryumin, players who were talking to a foreigner for the first time were amazed at just being an interpreter.
“Wow, elves really exist?”
“Or is it a created life form?”
“You can just ask. “Are you really an elf?”
“yes? “What does that mean?”
Yugrito tilted his head.
I asked back because I thought there was a hidden meaning, but in Ryu Min’s opinion, it couldn’t be anything other than a stupid question.
To humans, are you really human? It was at the level of asking.
‘The important thing is not whether elves exist. ‘How much profit can you make by using elves?’
Just as you obtained durability runes by increasing your reputation with the Dwarf race, there is something to gain from the Elves as well.
‘An elixir that elves only serve to really important guests. That’s what I need to gain from this escort mission.’
So how can you be treated like a VIP?
The answer was simple.
‘You can just save my life like I did with the last dwarf.’
But for that to happen, traitors need to take action, and there doesn’t seem to be a strong enough platform to do so.
‘Even if we attack anyway, it will be in vain because the elf knights disguised as merchants and the earth and wind spirits surrounding the carriage will protect us.’
Then, in the end, the only way is to wait for the monster to attack and save it from danger.
However, even if you save the elf merchants, you will only receive a thank you.
‘As I said, these guys are elf knights from Elsorium disguised as merchants.’
You don’t have to read his thoughts to know why the driver disguised himself as a merchant.
‘Because I have something to protect.’
What if you manage to protect that precious thing?
He will most likely treat Ryu Min not only as an honored guest but also as his lifelong benefactor.
‘Where that precious thing is… … .’
Ryumin’s eyes scanned the parade of carriages.
Among a total of 30 carriages, only the 15th carriage in the middle has a uniquely different design and pattern.
‘There it is. There, the elf princess is hiding.’
Eufinelcia, princess of the elves.
If you protect her from monster attacks, Ryumin will be able to get what he wants from the elves.
At that time, there was someone who pretended to know Ryu Min.
“uh? Black Scythe?”
It was none other than Heo Tae-seok.
“Old people, no gays. “You were here.”
“How could Black Scythe be here…” … .”
“How dare you? Of course, I chose the elf upper level, so I’m here.”
After speaking and reading his thoughts, I realized that that was not what Heo Tae-seok meant by his question.
The question was how he knew and chose where he was.
‘This bastard thinks I’m following him.’
It was a ridiculous mistake, but there was no need to correct it.
Because Heo Tae-seok himself shook his head and corrected his thoughts.
-There is no way Black Scythe knows that I chose the elf tier. So is this fate? A fateful meeting to party with Black Scythe once again?
It was Heo Tae-seok who was trying to somehow connect himself with the black scythe.
“… … “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Oh, no. lol… … .”
Heo Tae-seok, who was staring at Ryu Min, looked embarrassed and turned his head as if he had never done that before.
‘Perhaps because I know his intention, the look in his eyes is very burdensome.’
Ryu Min held his tongue inwardly, but there was another person who put pressure on him.
“Black Scythe?”
“hmm? you… … ?”
An unexpected person approached Ryu Min.
