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Chapter 17. Goldrich (3)
6.
“The El Palm Party at the top of Gapor entered Jack Leach’s grave!”
The news quickly reached the port city of Leith and reached the ears of the top 10 officials.
And the expressions on the faces of the people involved who heard that news all hardened.
There was only one exception.
“Mr. Ivok.”
Beiju, the executive at the top of Kania, smiled at this news.
“The rat got into the trap by itself.”
Because the El Palm Party that was trying to kill him went to hell on its own.
Besides, it wasn’t just hell.
“This is where the curse was spread to kill Jack Leach.”
A place where the followers of the Black Mage used powerful tricks to kill the second son of Goldrich.
In some ways, it was the most difficult orange-grade Mystic Gate.
But only five people went in there?
Something that has to happen.
“He came back to life again.”
“yes?”
But Evoque was not satisfied with that fact.
Rather, Evoque thought.
“This time, too, you must have prepared something.”
“If you say ready… … .”
“The Gapor top can deploy a rescue team under the pretext of rescuing the El Palm Party. That could be El Palm Party’s ploy.”
“ah!”
Beiju’s expression hardened at that thought.
If that’s the case, it means that Gapor’s top can fill the party with only their own people.
In fact, the justification was clear.
In a situation where the El Palm Party entered the Mystic Gate without permission, there was no reason for other adventurers to enter.
In other words, other adventurers belonging to the upper ranks had no reason to enter.
Even if that’s the top of Kania.
Of course, Evoque had no intention of just sitting there and letting it go.
“It’ll take quite some time for the rescue team to gather, so we’ll move before then.”
He moved.
“Send the martyrs.”
martyr.
The moment those words came out, Beiju’s face hardened.
They were beings that the followers of the Black Wizard had raised with great care.
The noble ones who are willing to give their lives to make the Mystic Gate and beyond a hell.
Deploying them like that means that Evoque really wants to drive a wedge in.
In other words, it meant that exceptions would no longer be tolerated.
“How long will it take for the martyrs to reach us?”
“One day is enough.”
“Finish it within half a day.”
“Yes, I will finish it within half a day.”
That was why Beiju’s face, as she spoke, looked more determined than ever.
‘If El Palm doesn’t die, I will die.’
If I fail here, then Beiju, of all people, will be responsible for my life.
A situation that is bound to make your mind complicated in many ways.
Fortunately, Beiju didn’t have to risk his life.
“Be, Beiju-sama.”
“What’s going on?”
Because I got a call less than an hour after hearing the news from El Palm, let alone half a day.
“Oh, the door is closed.”
“what?”
7.
There were several abilities required of adventurers at Mystic Gate.
But the ability most needed among them was not combat ability.
“No matter how well an adventurer fights, if he can’t find the exit, he’ll die. Either from starvation or exhaustion.”
The ability to find an exit.
That was the most important ability for an adventurer adventuring through the Mystic Gate.
So the adventurers developed the ability to find the Mystic Gate.
Of course, it wasn’t as easy to build as it sounds.
First of all, talent was needed.
A talent to quickly find hidden pictures, a talent to find hints or clues of the Mystic Gate in any situation, even in passing scenes.
Experience was also needed.
Beyond the Mystic Gate, there were various environments, and even though it was the same forest, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a completely different space because the monsters that appeared and the trees that made up the forest were different.
That was why.
“It’s the second floor.”
El Palm, he was able to find the exit to the second floor in less than an hour.
In that regard, El Palm had the greatest talent and incomparable experience.
‘The Eye of Artemis is much more useful than you think.’
There, El Palm had an item in his possession that he had never had before, even before he returned to the past.
As soon as he found the exit, El Palm went up to the second floor.
“It’s a swamp.”
What the El Palm Party encountered was the same swamp as the first floor.
It was a dire situation.
Instead of escaping the swamp, the same swamp appears.
Moreover, since it is the second floor, the difficulty of the monsters that appear will be incomparable to that of the first floor.
“From now on, no one will be allowed to enter this Mystic Gate.”
Crucially, now El Palm Party had to get out of there on its own, without anyone’s help.
But when faced with the disaster, El Palm Party did not show any expression of despair.
Couldn’t build it.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had a real boss, and I’m always surprised. Always surprised.”
El Palm, the sense of crisis meant nothing in the face of the abilities he displayed.
I am confident that with him by my side, we can find an exit from any Mystic Gate.
It was the same now.
It was the worst of times, but there was one thing that was there at the El Palm party.
“Now, let’s quickly find Jack Leach’s party, get the items, and then head out the exit.”
Just looking forward to getting Jack Leach’s legacy.
And I thought that expectation would soon be fulfilled.
With El Palm’s exploration skills, finding Jack Leach’s party or finding the exit shouldn’t be difficult.
Qyuu!
“Yes, Manoya.”
No, apart from El Palm’s abilities, the El Palm party had another comrade, the snail Mano.
“Where is the item? Does it smell unique?”
Qyuu!
“there?”
That snail Mano that tracks items.
There is no more certain combination for finding a legacy.
Q!
“Yeah, that’s it, boss! Looks like he found something!”
Even Mano reacted violently as if he had found something.
Everyone was excited by the reaction.
“Is he really that good at finding items?”
“He’s the best.”
“Is that all?”
“Miner, if I had to save one of you and this guy, I would save this guy.”
“… … Even if I say it, I have to.”
In particular, the look in Miner’s and Ralph’s eyes changed.
A pirate with his eyes set on treasure and a monstrous appearance who would kill even the Commander of the Signus Knights for money.
El Palm spoke to them, who were excited in many ways.
“It’s up to you, Divo and Kiri, to get us out of the Mystic Gate.”
“yes?”
“What do you mean?”
Divo and Kiri turn their heads and look at El Palm at the sudden words.
El Palm said to them both.
“You two won’t leave until you open the 3rd circle.”
At those words, Divo, Kiri, and everyone else looked dumbfounded.
It was such a sudden remark.
“Hey boss.”
“This doesn’t make sense.”
At the same time, it was nonsense.
“If you wanted to open the 3rd circle, you should have done it a long time ago!”
“Yes. It’s not that I didn’t do it because I didn’t want to.”
Circle Up is every adventurer’s dream!
But you do that as you please?
Of course, El Palm thought differently.
First of all, the two of them have consumed a lot of magic stones while hunting monsters at Mystic Gate.
The circle had become somewhat thicker.
‘Divo has talent.’
Also, if it was the Devo that El Palm knew, it wouldn’t be that difficult to circle up in three circles.
‘Kiri is also quite possible.’
It was the same with Kirido.
El Palm doesn’t know what Kiri’s future holds, but from what he’s seen from the side, he knows she has plenty of talent.
“There is no one else here but us.”
So I prepared this stage.
El Palm had no interest in Jack Leach’s legacy in the first place.
“We can monopolize all the monsters.”
The goal of El Palm was to circle up in this place overflowing with monsters without any disturbance.
“Boss! That’s not easy!”
Of course El Palm knew.
“That’s right. Even if you catch all the monsters, you may still fail to circle up.”
That the monsters here are not infinite.
“If you can’t circle up until you’ve annihilated all the monsters.”
So I prepared.
“I can’t play party anymore.”
In case of failure.
At those words, Divo and Kiri’s expressions hardened.
But El Palm was not shaken by that expression. Rather, El Palm’s decision was for the sake of the two.
El Palm didn’t have much time left, so he had to move forward as quickly as possible.
‘Now we have to go to yellow level.’
I had to go to a more dangerous place.
‘Fighting against the followers of the Black Mage.’
With more dangerous ones.
It was extremely dangerous to remain in the second circle next to El Palm.
And Divo and Kiri also knew that fact.
I had a gut feeling the moment El Palm said those words.
‘If you can’t circle up here, it’s really over. Even if you want to follow, you can’t.’
‘El Palm, he never tells you twice.’
This is not up for negotiation.
“great.”
Upon hearing that fact, Divo picked up the polearm.
“Let’s give it a try.”
It was the same with Kirido.
She also showed her resolve by taking up her sword.
That was the moment when everyone made up their minds.
Woof woof!
A swamp began to move with a strange howling sound.
Finally, the owner of the crying sound revealed himself.
Woof woof!
“It’s a swamp monster.”
The identity of the monster that appeared was a swamp mud monster, a monster covered in mud that appears from a swamp, as the expression suggests.
It was a very troublesome monster.
Because it was made of mud, most attacks didn’t work properly. The same goes for magic.
Lightning and poison attributes were virtually incapable of causing damage.
Above all, it was quite large.
The small ones were two meters long, while the large ones were over four meters long.
That huge mass alone is scary enough, but that mass is filled with mud? Getting hit by that huge lump of mud? The physical impact was beyond anything you could imagine.
It was a monster that was like a nightmare to adventurers.
However, when Divo and Kiri saw the monster, their eyes burned.
“come!”
“come!”
They both shouted at the same time, and the swamp monster readily complied.
Oh my!
The swamp monster let out a squelching sound as it approached Divo and Kiri, and the two moved.
“I’m ahead!”
While Divo faced the swamp mud monster head-on, Kiri quickly moved behind the swamp mud monster.
At that moment, the swamp monster turned its gaze towards Kiri.
“Wire Leaf!”
At that moment, Devo activated his 2nd circle warrior leaf skill.
Divo, who had been stuck in the swamp, jumped up high enough to look down on the swamp monster’s head in one breath.
“Slash Blust!”
In that state, Devo swung his polearm down with his skill, and the attack landed directly on the swamp mud monster’s head.
Phew!
Deeply, as if chopping firewood, he smashed the swamp monster’s head in one breath.
Of course, that alone didn’t kill the swamp monster.
He is a monster that must be destroyed to die.
But the effect of breaking the skull was certain.
“He can’t see us anymore!”
Phew!
Because the swamp monster, which had lost its eyes, nose, and ears, could only swing its limbs.
Phew!
Kiri’s sword began to move towards the swamp monster that was swinging its arms as if dancing randomly.
Kiri’s sword also danced.
Hurrr!
Kiri’s sword, soaked in the heat of the hot sun, easily cut through and pierced the swamp mud monster’s body.
But the wound was not light.
The body of the black swamp mud monster of Kiri, which was heated to a fever pitch, was baked into a body made of mud.
Like porcelain.
Naturally, the part that became porcelain was so weak that it could not even be compared to when it was clay.
“Kiri, good job!”
Without missing a beat, he struck the area with his polearm.
Kwajik!
In front of the party play of these two, the swamp mud monster began to collapse faster than expected.
At that sight, El Palm and the rest also moved.
“I will help you.”
Ralph joined Debo and Kiri.
Taang!
Meanwhile, Miner’s pistol spewed out flames.
Towards the gap, the wound that Kiri created.
The swamp mud monsters started to fall apart too easily in that four-person party play.
At the same time, Divo and Kiri’s concentration began to increase.
‘You have to grow up to keep up with the boss.’
‘I don’t want to get left behind here.’
Because there was a sense of urgency.
Kookung!
In front of such concentration of Divo and Kiri, the swamp mud monster could not hold out for long and collapsed.
Of course, the two were not satisfied with that.
“Boss! Let’s go catch that other guy quickly!”
“There is no time to rest.”
Now that it’s on fire.
Looking at those two, El Palm said.
“It’s unexpected.”
Debo smiled at that answer.
“That’s right, Boss, you probably didn’t expect me to fight this well, right?”
It seems he took El Palm’s words as a compliment.
But that wasn’t a compliment.
“I never thought I’d be doing a circle up right away.”
“Huh? Huh?”
What El Palm said was unexpected was that he opened up 3 circles in just one battle.
“What’s happening?”
“I got it too.”
It was the same for not only Divo, but also Kiri.
The two opened the 3rd circle.
Sudden opening.
Of course, the basis was clear.
“Circle ups are done when you are mentally awakened.”
Because Circle Up is made up of talent and the awakening that unleashes that talent.
And it was obvious what had awakened them both.
“Haha, I told you that I could do it! Isn’t it amazing? Yes? Even the boss can see how amazing it is? Did you see that I was able to circle up in one go?”
Desperation.
“It looks like you’ve been comfortable so far.”
In other words, it meant that I hadn’t felt it until then.
“Huh? No, boss, is that so?”
“If you can do circle up just by changing your mindset, it means you’ve been comfortable so far.”
“Ini, so that’s… … .”
In fact, in some ways it was natural.
Because they had El Palm. Because El Palm made the crisis and desperation they felt pale in comparison.
‘This was unexpected.’
This situation was beyond El Palm’s expectations.
Of course, it wasn’t a big deal.
Now, you will have to have the feeling of urgency even if you don’t want it.
What was most important was the results.
‘With this, there are now three circles.’
That I am fully ready to move on to the next stage.
‘There is no reason to stay here.’
Then all you have to do now is go.
That was the moment.
thud!
“Huh? What is it?”
A shaking so intense that it was incomparable to anything they had ever felt before swept over El Palm Party.
thud!
“earthquake?”
The impact was like a giant hitting the ground with his foot.
thud!
“… … Oh my god, is that a swamp monster?”
At the starting point of such shock was the swamp mud monster.
A swamp mud monster that is as tall as 10 meters.
“The swamp monster would only be about 4 meters tall, right?”
“I’ve never heard of anything that big.”
“I’m going crazy, what the hell is going on here?”
Everyone was taken aback by that fact. Common sense dictated that a ten-meter-tall swamp monster should not exist.
But El Palm was an exception.
He knew.
‘You wrote Martyr to kill Jack Leach.’
That there is a way for the followers of the Black Mage to break that common sense.
fantasy,
