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Chapter 29. Sand Drawing Group (3)
6.
“boss!”
The El Palm Party gathered again, and they were all safe.
“Everyone is fine.”
El Palm left a short comment on the sight.
It was a different reaction from El Palm’s usual behavior.
But no one was surprised by the reaction.
“Yes, I’m fine.”
‘Thanks to the boss.’
Because no one knew how amazing it was that they were meeting and talking normally now.
That would be the case, since they were originally destined to be killed by the Sand Drawing Group.
If you’re lucky, your limbs will be crushed.
Even after that, it was a situation that was difficult to see in a good light.
It was no exaggeration.
The Sand Drawing Group was that kind of organization. An organization that would do anything to stop the tyranny of the Ariant Kingdom.
And El Palm Party was being misunderstood as a dog of the Ariant Kingdom.
But El Palm went beyond all that.
‘I told you, you’re really amazing. I didn’t know you’d even prepare the poison for the sergeant.’
A passage that is admirable in many ways.
Naturally, faith in El Palm has become stronger than before.
“I accepted the Sand Figures’ offer. I’m sorry I made the decision without consulting you.”
“No. The boss must have done well! Isn’t that right? What’s there to be afraid of when you go with the boss? So what’s your suggestion?”
“This is the Mystic Gate strategy.”
“Hey, then there won’t be any problems. We’ve already conquered the prince’s tomb!”
That’s why no one was worried about El Palm’s words.
“This is where thirty people died.”
“Thirty people? So the maximum number of people allowed to enter is thirty?”
“The maximum number of people allowed to enter is 55.”
The tension also eased in the following words.
From the perspective of someone who has conquered the Prince’s Tomb, which has an entry limit of over 200 people, a limit of 55 people is laughable.
“No problem. If it’s where thirty adventurers died.”
“I am not an adventurer.”
“yes?”
“The ones who died were the Knights of Signus.”
“yes?”
But the moment the Knights of Signus were mentioned, everyone’s reaction changed.
“Hey, the Knights of Signus?”
Because there was not a single person who did not know the value of the name of the Knights of Signus.
Among them, the one with the most stern expression was Kiri.
For her, who is a member of the Knights of Signus, this is bound to be even more shocking in many ways.
Of course, no one said, “I can’t do it at this moment.”
Once El Palm makes a decision, the rest of us just follow suit.
Above all, there was faith.
‘If it’s the boss, there must be something.’
The belief that El Palm could not have received such an offer without any reason or method.
“There is something you must keep in mind as you proceed with this task.”
Everyone’s faith became stronger after El Palm’s words.
‘As expected from the boss!’
‘You’re ready!’
‘You are truly trustworthy!’
El Palm said to his colleagues who were expecting so much.
“Pretend to be tired.”
“yes?”
El Palm said to his colleagues who looked dumbfounded at his brief warning.
“Then let’s move right away.”
“Yes? Right now?”
Everyone looked surprised at what he said next.
“No, aren’t you rushing too much?”
“That’s right, this isn’t child’s play!”
It was only two days ago that the prince emerged from his tomb.
Moreover, during those two days, instead of resting, I was caught by the Sand Drawing Group and interrogated.
That means I haven’t gotten any proper rest at all.
El Palm knew it too.
“know.”
Still, the reason I wanted to move right now was simple.
“But now is the best time to move.”
“Now?”
“Because the Nihal Desert would have been a battlefield.”
7.
“It’s a mess.”
A tent located in the middle of the Nihal Desert.
Inside, where it was obvious to anyone that someone had abandoned them, there were four men and women gathered.
It was a strange thing. Four people gathered in such a cramped space in an abandoned tent in the middle of the desert?
But when you hear their true identities, the story changes.
“Enough for the four of us to gather in one place.”
Their true identities are none other than the executives of the Sand Drawing Group.
Originally, they did not gather in one place.
That shouldn’t have happened.
If they were gathered in one place and attacked by the Kingdom of Ariant, the Sand Knights would virtually collapse.
So, up until now, the executives have been operating in various places in the Nihal Desert without knowing each other’s location.
And yet they gathered together.
“The Kingdom of Ariant is now in chaos. We must make a decision in the face of this chaos.”
“resolve?”
“I will take advantage of this confusion to assassinate King Abdullah VIII. That is my judgment.”
That’s how serious the matter they were discussing right now was.
“If necessary, I will carry out the assassination by myself.”
“Eresca.”
To be exact, it was a meeting to prevent Ereska, one of the executives of the Sand Drawing Group, from making her decision.
“If Abdullah VIII dies, the Ariant Kingdom will fall into chaos. Our goal is to save the people of the Ariant Kingdom from chaos.”
“So are you just going to leave it like this?”
In fact, Ereska had been planning to assassinate Abdullah VIII for a long time, and other officials repeatedly tried to stop him.
But it is impossible to stop a collapsing dam forever.
“Rather than the princes keeping Queen Areda in check, the princes are being eliminated one by one by Queen Areda. What if all the princes die? In reality, the only ones left are the first prince Harun and the third prince Kashan. If even these two die, Queen Areda will take control of everything.”
Also, the sand drawing group was not given much time.
“This is your chance. Word is spreading among adventurers that the event that King Abdullah VIII staged regarding the prince’s tomb was a hoax.”
This time, more than ever, a better opportunity has come.
Currently, the Kingdom of Ariant is crowded with adventurers due to the event that King Abdullah VIII is holding regarding the prince’s tomb.
And the adventurers now thought that Abdullah VIII had played a fraud, had deceived them.
“Thanks to that, most of the troops are being deployed to manage the adventurers.”
The power of the Kingdom of Ariant was being mobilized to deal with these adventurers, who could explode at any moment.
“The escort force is smaller than ever.”
In other words, it means that the security forces of King Abdullah VIII and Queen Areda have been reduced.
“The royal road is more noisy than ever.”
The situation in the Ariant Kingdom, where the king resides, was chaotic and order had collapsed due to the gathered adventurers.
This means that there is no better stage for the Sand Drawing Group to infiltrate the palace.
This is truly the best opportunity ever.
Of course, Eresca wasn’t a stubborn person who blindly pushed forward her own thoughts.
The fact that she never put her assassination plans into action was proof of that.
“Convince me.”
Up until now, she had listened to her colleagues, and they had persuaded her.
That’s why.
The expressions on everyone’s faces now are stiff.
As I said before, it would be hard to come up with a better opportunity to assassinate King Abdullah VIII.
That was when.
“once.”
Sejan, a man wearing a turban and carrying a bow on his back who had been observing the situation until now, opened his mouth.
“I wish you would give me just one more chance.”
“Sejan, what opportunity are you talking about?”
“Queen Areda will go to conquer the Mystic Gate where the Knights of Signus were killed. If the conquest is successful, and you bring the will of the Knights of Signus, the Knights of Signus will move.”
Ereska laughed at those words.
It wasn’t just her.
Adin the Hammer and Sirin the Dancer, they both showed stern expressions towards Sejeon.
It had to be that way.
“You’re trying to attack a place where you’ve already failed so many times?”
Clearly, the tomb of the Knights of Signus that Sejan had mentioned was of indescribable value when conquered.
It wasn’t just because there was a Knights of Signus.
The Signus Knights there were those who had made a pact with the Sand Drawings, so they would have definitely written a will.
To be exact, he already had a will.
If he were to die, it would be for no one else but Queen Areda, he wrote in his will.
So, many members of the Sand Drawing Group risked their lives and entered the Mystic Gate to find that place, but none of them returned alive.
“The place where I failed a hundred times?”
And when the number of wounds on the tomb reached a hundred, the Sand Figures gave up on it.
And now you’re giving me another chance?
This is ridiculous.
“I will send El Palm Party.”
“who?”
“They are the ones who returned alive from the prince’s tomb. They are adventurers hired by Prince Kashan.”
Aresca was silent for a moment at the following words, but that was it.
If he came back alive from the prince’s tomb, it wouldn’t be ordinary.
But the tomb of the Knights of Signus was a different story.
“Are you just buying time?”
In the end, it all seems like Sejeon is just wasting his time.
To that question, Sejan said:
“You could think of it that way. That’s why I proposed to the El Palm Party.”
8.
“Boss, wait a minute! What did you just say? How many days?”
Dibo, riding on a black camel across the Nihal Desert, turned his head in fright and looked at El Palm.
“It’s been five days.”
“No, so you’re saying we have to conquer the Mystic Gate that even the Knights of Signus couldn’t break within 5 days?”
At the following words, Debo, who was in the lead, looked at his fellow comrades.
All of his colleagues had the same expression as Devo.
“This is driving me crazy. They want me to conquer it in 5 days.”
“You’re not going to give me more money if I wake up sooner, are you? Why did you make that contract?”
Everyone was terrified.
“You don’t have to do it in 5 days. You can just get extra rewards if you do it in 5 days.”
Everyone tilted their heads at El Palm’s explanation that followed.
“Is there a reason it has to be 5 days?”
El Palm gave a brief explanation about it.
“There are two factions within the Sand Figures. The pro-life faction, which wants to change the Ariant Kingdom in accordance with natural law, and the pro-death faction, which wants to organize a suicide squad to assassinate King Abdullah VIII.”
“Oh, assassination?”
“The faction of the sect has a justification now. The current chaos is the best opportunity to kill Abdullah VIII. So the faction of the sect has made a proposal to the faction of the sect. Give them a chance for five days.”
Only after hearing that brief explanation did El Palm’s colleagues understand.
“Boss, what happens if we don’t conquer it within 5 days?”
“If we fail to attack the Mystic Gate within five days, the Sand Figures will attempt to assassinate King Abdullah VIII.”
And the moment they understood, everyone fell silent.
‘If we don’t wake up, the assassination will begin? Then what will happen?’
‘Whether we succeed or fail, the Kingdom of Ariant will be thrown into chaos.’
I realized what El Palm meant by the five days.
“I have to finish it somehow within 5 days.”
The fate of the Ariant Kingdom rests on your shoulders.
While everyone was preparing themselves for that fact, the black camel crossed the desert even faster and soon reached its destination.
“It’s a cactus field.”
It was a dry desert, covered with giant cacti, also known as the cactus desert.
It was hell.
“Half of them are Catus.”
Doing something in a cactus forest is terrifying enough, but among those cacti, there is a monster called Catus that looks like a cactus hiding.
In addition, Katus was an extremely powerful monster.
It has a strong life force like a mushroom, but has a strength that cannot be compared to a mushroom!
The destination of the El Palm Party was in the cactus desert.
A distant memory.
But there was no longer any hesitation on El Palmar Fathi’s face as he looked out over the cactus desert.
“It’s Katusgo and Nabal.”
Because I have already reconsidered my determination countless times.
“Nothing is more difficult than the Knights of Signus.”
El Palm smiled faintly at the sight of his colleagues.
Okay, I got it.
The determination they have now is by no means an easy one.
“Okay, boss! Let’s go! Isn’t time golden?”
“Okay, let’s go quickly. Don’t waste time. I don’t want to get caught up in a war.”
And it is even more difficult to show this kind of composure while holding that determination.
That was when.
“I have one question.”
Kiri, who had remained silent until now when told that she was going to the tomb of the Knights of Signus, asked El Palm a question for the first time.
“what?”
“Can you tell me the name of the dead knight?”
El Palm readily answered that question without the slightest hesitation.
“I don’t know everyone’s names. I just know that the leader’s name is Bayos.”
Kiri’s expression hardened at that answer.
More than any expression I’ve ever seen.
“uh?”
Divo tilted his head at that expression.
“Kiri, what’s wrong with your face? It looks like you’ve chewed shit three times.”
Meanwhile, Miner’s expression hardened.
“Wait, is that a name you know?”
If Kiri, a member of the Knights of Signus, had such a stern expression on his face, there must be a reason.
The answer to that question came from El Palm’s mouth, not Miner’s.
“Bayos, disciple of Oz.”
“Oz? No way?”
“That’s right. Oz, the commander of the Knights of Fire, is her disciple.”
fantasy,
