Episode 221
221. Two archangels
Ryu Min joined a mercenary group and received a subjugation quest.
Because he was a veteran mercenary, he was given a more difficult quest than others.
“This is the Forest of Demonic Beasts at the end of the Lutus Mountains. “The Hormos Merchants’ Union is having a hard time because of the demonic beasts that occasionally pop out and attack the roads.”
1 Punishment leader Kaltz continued his briefing while looking around at the mercenaries.
“Our mission is to eliminate the blood orcs, the largest population in the Forest of Demonic Beasts. When they see blood, they get excited and their fighting power becomes stronger, so try not to get hurt as much as possible. “Then let’s go.”
“yes!”
While the punitive force was moving, Ryu Min was looking into space.
<Subquest – Subdue the Blood Orcs>
└Conditions ▶ Defeat 100 Blood Orcs
└Reward ▶ Small increase in mercenary level experience, 30,000 gold and experience points paid
└Currently defeated Blood Orcs (0/100)
The reward wasn’t anything to pay attention to.
Because I was no longer greedy for gold or experience points.
‘The purpose is to raise the level of the mercenary group.’
Presumably, if you complete these quests 20 times, you will be able to reach master level.
Sabak- Sabak-
Numerous mercenaries advanced, stepping through the bushes.
When I counted the number of people, there were 40 people in total.
According to the setting, the party was made up of veteran mercenaries, but except for Ryumin, they were all NPCs.
‘I’ll have to quickly kill 100 of them and receive the next subjugation quest.’
There are a total of ten subjugation quests in the Forest of Beasts, so once you complete the quest, you can immediately receive the next one.
This linking method could be said to be an advantage of the subjugation quest.
[The location of the target ‘Blood Orc’ has been discovered.]
[It is currently 210 meters away.]
Ryumin used tracking to find the location of the monster.
When I used the surrounding search skill, I saw several red dots at the expected location.
“Quick! Quiik!”
The mercenaries who discovered the Blood Orcs raised their weapons and began preparing for battle.
But before that, Ryumin’s scythe moved.
Flutter-!
Puzzle-!
Sigh! Sigh!
He cut off his head with a sickle and burned his body with lightning.
He scattered swords of darkness one after another and once again cut his body in two with a scythe.
[Blood Orcs have been defeated!]
[Experience points increase by 1.5 times due to the title effect.]
[Experience +0.24%]
[Gold+800]
[Additional Gold+400]
[Current kill count: 10/100]
[All stats increase by 10% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
[There are 44 enemies in a 100m radius.]
[All stats increase by 44% due to the 100 per day rune effect.]
I took care of 5 of them in an instant and killed the 5 more that appeared after them.
This happened while the mercenaries blinked five times.
“No, what happened?”
“There was a flash of light and then suddenly they all died.”
“A warrior from another world, is this something you did?”
Ryumin nodded to the mercenaries’ question.
There was no reason to hide it, so I planned to quickly complete the quest by revealing my skills without hesitation.
The next steps were, well, solid.
[You have completed the sub-quest!]
[Experience +4.8%]
[Gold+30,000]
[Mercenary level experience increases slightly.]
[Forest of Demonic Beast quests remain. Would you like to receive the next subjugation quest? Y/N]
After killing 100 blood orcs in less than 20 minutes, a notification for a linked quest appeared.
If you press Y here, another subjugation quest that can be completed in the Forest of Demonic Beasts will appear, and if you press N, you will return to the mercenary group.
‘Of course yes.’
After accepting the linked quest, I immediately moved on to ‘Catch 100 Trolls’.
As expected, I finished it easily, and after dealing with various monsters such as poison slime, ancient tree, and corrupted vampire, two hours passed by.
[The blood golem has been defeated!]
[Experience points increase by 1.5 times due to the title effect.]
[Experience +0.21%]
[Gold+700]
[Additional Gold+350]
[Your level has risen!]
[Current kill count: 503/100]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
[There are 28 enemies in a 100m radius.]
[All stats increase by 28% due to the rune effect of 100 Per Day.]
‘I’ve been doing a lot of quests, so my level has risen.’
Ryu Min, who had reached level 92, looked at the time and decided that he should go back soon.
With that in mind, I cleared the surroundings and the mercenaries suddenly opened their mouths.
“Hehe, whenever I see you, your skills are amazing. “A really great talent has come in!”
The subjugation leader Kaltz and the mercenaries praised him until their mouths were dry.
It was worth it since he had killed the monsters in the Forest of Demonic Beasts to the point of drying them out.
However, Ryumin was not the kind of person who would be flattered by the NPCs’ praise.
‘I have to finish the Blood Golem quest and quickly go see Russell…’ … .’
It was then.
I saw two red dots added to the surrounding search skill I had turned on.
‘Has the monster regenerated?’
I was skeptical about that.
Because it was approaching this way faster than I expected.
‘That… … ‘It’s not a monster.’
Soon, when the two dots came within 100m, the message also changed.
[There are 30 enemies in a 100m radius.]
[All stats increase by 30% due to the rune effect of 100 Per Day.]
2 objects were added from 28 objects.
I don’t know what it was, but two enemies were approaching at high speed.
Exactly in the direction you are in.
‘It came within 60m.’
Once within the presence detection range, the opponent’s movements were read.
‘It is the sky.’
Ryumin’s gaze turned upward.
A winged creature is seen flying above the trees.
It was none other than the Archangel.
“Look at that! “There’s something up there!”
“I look at your wings and you’re an angel!”
“Oh my god!”
The mercenaries couldn’t hide their surprise at the sacred aura that could be felt from afar and had expressions soaked in ecstasy, but Ryumin was expressionless.
Because I knew why they appeared.
‘Now are you sending these two to kill me?’
The angels who came down to earth as lightly as feathers looked directly at Ryumin.
[found. Black scythe.]
[You were here, you bug.]
Seeing that it has many wings and is huge, it looks like they sent some formidable guys.
Ryumin peered into their inner thoughts from a distance of 20 meters.
‘One is Uriel, the archangel of light and flame and fourth in rank, and next to him is Raguel, the archangel of justice, fairness, and harmony and fifth in rank.’
Fortunately, stronger guys didn’t show up, but I was a little nervous when two of them showed up.
‘You mean you killed an archangel? ‘You’re dealing with an angel in a way that’s incomparable to previous episodes.’
I looked at the two as if searching, thinking that if things continued like this, they might actually show up at the top of the rankings.
Unlike Ryumin, who was nervous, the Archangels’ atmosphere was relaxed.
[Uriel. As promised, will I deal with you first? Please do not intervene.]
[I know, I know. Be careful not to let me get in the way.]
[Don’t worry about trivial things. Who am I? Isn’t he the judge of justice that makes even the devils tremble?]
[Okay, if you’re that good, try subduing him without getting hurt. That would be good to save the faces of the higher-ups.]
[Just leave it to me. I will show you what justice is.]
Raguel, who was smiling confidently, folded his wings and pulled out the sword from his belt.
It was a long sword with an impressive golden sword body, but what was unusual was that it had two swords, one on each side.
‘Is he an angel who uses dual swords?’
Normally, a one-handed sword would have a basic shield, but seeing that he was using dual swords, I could infer that it was an aggressive style.
‘I’ll have to check what level of skill you have.’
Ryumin, who had decided to engage in a search battle, secretly laughed as he saw Uriel with his arms crossed behind him, unlike Raguel who was approaching.
‘It looks like they’re going to attack each of them one by one, but it turns out it’s a good thing.’
As I was preparing to use the Death God Painting, Raguel approached me and spoke to me.
[Did you say black scythe? No, there’s no need to call bugs by their names. I’m going to judge you from now on, so I don’t need to tell you about the crime, right?]
“A sin? “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
[You trash human being. Does he not even know what he did?]
“You better say it so they understand what you mean, you devil angel bitch.”
[This, this, stupid human trash… … .]
Even without much provocation, Raguel’s cheeks trembled and blood vessels appeared on his forehead.
‘I can’t believe there was such an enthusiastic response to just this much provocation.’
I feel like I know why it is called the Archangel of Justice.
‘An archangel without composure. ‘He’s a good opponent to shake.’
Ryu Min, recalling the strategy, immediately burst into laughter.
“Puhup. Hehehe.”
As expected, the reaction was immediate.
[What’s funny? human?]
“No, I just had an interesting idea. Phew.”
Raguel’s face heated up like an active volcano as he let out a mocking laugh.
[…] … How dare a person who doesn’t even know the topic laugh in front of me?]
“Sorry sorry. “But what should I do about something that’s funny?”
[What is so funny!!]
“I suddenly remembered the time when Remiel and Sariel died. “It was so funny to see him begging for his life.”
Were those words the catalyst?
Raguel rushed forward like a beam of light.
Looking at the expression on the face, it looks like it has completely turned upside down, distorted like a corpse.
Kaan-!
Ryumin blocked the attack aimed at his head with a sickle and immediately twisted his waist to avoid the sword stabbing at his side.
[I’ll just kill you right here, you bastard!!!]
Kaan-! Kang! Kang!
Ryumin, who had been attacked several times, was inwardly embarrassed.
‘This is the level of 5th place?’
It was because it was weaker than expected.
‘No, have I become ridiculously strong?’
Can-can-can-can!
They were attacking at random, but perhaps because they were excited, their accuracy was poor.
There were a lot of gaps here and there.
If I wanted to, I could stab him to death in an instant.
‘I’m disappointed. Its strength is stronger than that of Sariel, but it lacks sharpness. ‘Not a threat.’
Ryumin, who was just on the defensive, suddenly saw Uriel with his arms uncrossed.
He seemed surprised that he was able to block better than expected.
‘If 5th place is this good, 4th place won’t be much different.’
Not knowing that he was disappointed with his ability being below expectations, Raguel gave an expression that said he was quite good.
[You seem to take my attacks a bit on the topic of bugs. Honestly, I was surprised.]
‘I was surprised too. ‘Because I’m weaker than I thought.’
[Let’s see if we can stop this too.]
Raguel, who had been clashing his swords for a while, took a step back and crossed his swords.
Ugh-
The golden sword trembled and trembled, and its brilliance became even darker.
-Tsk tsk, what a stupid person you are. If you don’t avoid it, you are dead.
I could hear the guy’s inner thoughts, and even predicted what would happen 7 seconds later with my future vision.
‘I’m planning to turn this area into a wasteland.’
I knew I was going to use big techniques, but I wasn’t that worried.
Because it was enough to just avoid it.
‘But if we leave it like this, the subjugation leader and mercenaries will get caught up.’
Thoughts were short and actions were quick.
“Avoid!”
He quickly used Death Grip to push away the mercenaries who were in range, then launched himself and pushed Caltz.
As soon as he did that, the blade flashed and a fountain of light rose from the ground.
Kuhwaaaa!
In an instant, the tree turned into ashes and a dark X-shaped hole formed in the floor.
“Ahhh… … .”
Caltz and the other mercenaries, who had barely escaped thanks to Ryumin, were heartbroken as they looked at the endless pit.
If it had been too late, it would have disappeared from existence.
“Thank you. “Warrior of another world.”
Ryumin did not respond to Caltz’s thank you.
I just keep my eyes on the message floating in the air.
[Hero’s Rune Stack: 73/100]
[All stats increase by 73 due to the hero’s rune effect.]
‘I saved 3 people and the stack went up 3.’
There was no other reason why Ryumin saved the mercenaries.
It was to build up the hero’s rune stack.
‘If I save all the mercenaries here, I’ll be able to fill 100.’
To do that, you need Raguel’s help.
At that moment, the guy was looking at him with strange eyes.
He seems more surprised by the fact that he saved the mercenary than by the fact that he avoided the skill.
[What are you doing? You, the player, are saving people from another world that you have nothing to do with.]
“Because these people have done nothing wrong.”
If someone else heard it, it might sound like a righteous statement, but the other person was an angel.
In his eyes, it was no different from a criminal who mercilessly murdered people and was pampering his pet dog.
[Ha, this is ridiculous. The trash that killed the archangel saves other lives.]
I was shocked for a moment.
[Thanks to you, an interesting idea occurred to me.]
A cruel smile appeared on Raguel’s face.
[I will kill all the humans here except you. Please take a look.]
At those words, Ryumin was internally delighted.
‘He’s a simple guy.’
We received help from the archangel as planned.
