Chapter 219

Episode 219 Ruler (3)

A common area in the center widened like a square.

Before ending [Gigantification], look around one more time.

‘That’s why it looks like Gwanghwamun Square.’

Thousands of explorers are staring at this place while standing tightly.

Exactly how many will there be?

I don’t even dare to count.

Because of the crowds in the center, if you add those who are still on the other side of the aisle, it will be a truly far-fetched number.

I feel it all over again.

There is such a difference between the numbers heard or read in words and the numbers seen with your own eyes.

‘Would he have made a different decision if he had seen this?’

I thought about it, but I quickly erased it.

It was a pointless assumption.

It wasn’t something I had to worry about right now.

“Behel—laaaaaaa!!”

“…I asked you to talk, but why are you screaming all of a sudden?”

“Somehow I felt like doing that!”

To be precise, when we get together at this point, I get nervous too.

Still, I screamed and it got a little better.

I am a barbarian

Yes, so…

There is nothing in this world that I cannot do.

“Listen up everyone!”

Attention is drawn to me in the silence that is difficult to believe that so many people have gathered.

shame on you

“Let’s all put our heads together! There are so many people, but there must be someone smart!”

I put on my iron face and continued talking.

Although he had already made plans from one to ten, he decided that it would look suspicious if he showed them all in front of so many people.

“to?”

“Is that the end…?”

Those who listened while holding their breath gave a blank expression.

Disappointment is etched on some faces.

“What did I expect? From a barbarian?”

This is the Barbarian’s only downside.

Shows the appearance of an intelligent character and cannot lead the situation. Well, if it wasn’t for the barbarian, it would have been impossible to stop the fight like before.

“Then why were you shouting so hard earlier!”

“A wise warrior vents his anger in the right place. This is not where we have to shed our blood.”

“No, I know what you want to say…”

Explorers who don’t know what to say.

I was completely ignorant.

Because the goal of saving the article was accomplished.

no where is that?

It was also successful in creating an environment where everyone could gather and talk, and left a deep impression on people.

The first goal has been achieved.

“I’m not wrong. Each one has their own role, doesn’t it? By preventing the flow of meaningless blood and allowing us to gather like this, with that alone, this friend has done a greater job than anyone else.”

The middle-aged man who introduced me as a war wizard changed the atmosphere by defending me.

Apparently, he looked good on me.

“Role……. Hearing that reminds me of a phrase from The Theory of the Monarch. The role of a monarch is not to fight, but to have the will to fight.”

“Haha I thought there would be a friend who read that book. Nice to meet you. Nartel Clan’s Melter Pend, right?”

“Yes, Kyle.”

“Hey, do you know me?”

“Because you’re so famous.”

The two have a short conversation and exchange friendly glances.

It was a bad phenomenon.

Aren’t they explorers who don’t have enough time to socialize and who were once abandoned by the leadership?

It is clear that you will have uneasy thoughts first when you see a bond of our own.

“Okay, let’s talk about it! Does anyone have any information that we don’t know about?”

I pretended not to notice and induced the conversation not to leak elsewhere.

For my plan, they must discuss.

And I have to approach the conclusion I made earlier.

Even if it’s a bit cumbersome for me.

“First of all, we have to find out. Why did the royal family abandon us for some reason?”

When no one came forward, Melter Fend opened his mouth and raised a topic. S~eaʀᴄh the novёlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“That’s right! There’s been no problem with holding on so far, but why are they…….”

The biggest contradiction in the current situation.

Those who were angry at being abandoned regain their reason and express their doubts.

As many people gathered, the answer came quickly.

“It’s probably because of the hierarchical lord.”

These were the words that came out of the mouth of the war wizard Kyle.

“… Hierarchical Lord?”

“But if you’re a Hierarchical Lord, you haven’t been able to stop it until now!”

“It has been like that until now. Perhaps the leader was afraid of what would appear when the ninth tier lord was defeated.”

“……that?”

“The Lord of the Abyss, Belzak. Another layer lord called by that name.”

Most of them were confused because it was a name they had never heard before, and Kyle gave them a brief explanation about the Lord of the Abyss.

“Before defeating the Lord of Terror, you must report to the guild and get approval because of this guy. He’s such a disaster.”

“To the extent that even hundreds of knights and large clans could not defeat it even if they worked together?”

“No, not to that extent. But…”

Kyle blurted out his words and stared into the distance.

“Aren’t we the only ones in this cave?”

Noark and Lapdonia.

And even the Lord of Abyss, Berzak.

“The command has judged. If the battle with Berzak takes place, it’s clear that Noark’s side will interfere with us.”

“Come to think of it, there hasn’t been any raids like this since the first day…

”

It’s a kind of ellipsis.

A strategy of quantum destruction that inflicts enormous damage on each other using Berzak.

So the knight commander chose to retreat.

High-ranking explorers and knights are valuable forces that are difficult to replenish in a short period of time.

That’s what I was trying to make sure of.

For that goddamn royal family.

“Wait! Isn’t that a little strange? If you knew something so dangerous was coming out, why didn’t you try to go upstairs before then?”

An explorer pointed out the contradiction.

This was also a question I had been thinking deeply about.

But the answer was really simple.

“I think I can answer that.”

This time, it was the Heindel Church’s goddess building.

“On the first day of entering the labyrinth, a search party was set up through the second floor portal. And this is the information I heard while treating the knight of the search party who returned alive.”

“Tell me quickly!”

“Unfortunately, the portal leading to the Western Rock Desert is no longer usable.”

“Isn’t it in a usable condition?”

“The Annihilator. They say the cursed mage broke the portal.”

A criminal who could be said to be an Orculis executive level.

A commotion erupted at the mention of the Annihilator’s name.

In the midst of it, I quietly captured my thoughts.

‘It’s in the west……’

Then the probability is 1/3?

I got valuable information.

“If the west side is blocked, you can go to another portal!”

Someone in the crowd shouted, but few responded.

That’s because it’s a natural cause.

“I couldn’t confirm the other portals, but the knight told me. It’s highly likely that the ruin scholar has already visited.”

“Then…….”

“Yes, it means completely trapped here.”

After the priestess spoke, there was a moment of heavy silence.

Nonetheless, the discussion continued.

“The Noarks really made up their minds.”

“Then what are you going to do now?”

“Even if it’s not the monster called Berzac, they’ll definitely attack if they find out that the core force is gone.”

Rather, the explorers are participating in the conversation much more actively than before.

But there was no income.

That’s because we haven’t been given enough clues yet to come up with a countermeasure.

“Isn’t everyone looking at it too narrowly? A skilled warrior always anticipates the enemy’s next move and acts.”

Whenever that happened, I intermittently intervened and gave clues.

“Didn’t the guys who prepared for this day for months really expect us to open the portal and run away?”

“…Honestly, I think it’s even weirder that I expected it.”

well that’s right

Certainly, it’s crazy that the average person wouldn’t even think about it.

But…

“That makes sense. Maybe the whole thing that got us into a corner was to get us to use the portal. Some, including warlord Kyle, didn’t take what I said lightly

. “Yes .

Then the real war may not be this time, but the next one. There won’t be many wizards who can use portal magic in cities anymore.” ”

It could be a strategy aimed at internal turmoil between the royal family and explorers. If this spreads through the city, it is obvious that the distrust towards the royal family that was already there will explode. Well, that will only be meaningful if we return alive.”

All of these were questions I had once in a while.

It would make sense to attach any of them.

“I don’t know what the heck they’re aiming for.

” War Wizard Kyle asked me,

“What do you think? It seems to me that your thoughts are important.”

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you point out the point just now? I’m curious about your intuition as a warrior.”

I pondered for a while.

After a lot of questions and guesses, I came to one conclusion.

Of course, I wasn’t sure if this was right.

But…

” I think we were the target from the beginning.”

“Hoo-Knights and big clans?”

Kyle chimed in intriguedly, but not everyone was like that.

“That’s ridiculous. If he knew he was going to use the portal, why would he use this strategy? It would be a loss for them if they co-destroyed us while all the real ones had fled.” These were

the words of a guy who, throughout the discussion, was friendly only to other talented people and gave me a particularly hostile look. I do

n’t know why he’s doing that to me.

Is it because I don’t have hair?

I smiled and opened my mouth,

“Why do you think you want to die together? From their point of view, it’s enough to go upstairs.”

“As I said before—”

“Isn’t it just a matter of leaving one portal and running through it?”

This was the conclusion I came to. Isn’t

it a world where efficiency bugs are everywhere?

When I thought about what I would have done if I was the leader of the enemy side, there was only this

.

Once you consume the portals of over a hundred high-ranking wizards, you can prepare for the next one.

Not only that, but you can also lower the influence of the royal family in the city…

Above all, you can avoid 10,000 explorers, even if the kernel is missing. It’s possible to wipe it out without spilling a drop.

As long as the core power is drained, we can’t defeat ‘Berzak’ even after waking up from death.

But was it difficult to admit that?

“It couldn’t be that simple—”

The guy was speechless for a moment. I’ve been ignorantly refuting it since I woke up.

No, it was exactly the moment

I was about to do it. ”

As expected, you thought so too.” Kyle, a war wizard,

nodded.

It’s kind of embarrassing, but I kept my words.

It’s like this,

so I didn’t want to stand out too much. But, rather than doubting me, it was comforting that it was a nuance that I was testing my abilities—

“…?”

Then a commotion came from outside.

We couldn’t hear it because it was far away… but

it didn’t take long for the news to reach us.

“Captain!”

“What’s going on?

” ”

Kyle smiled bitterly at me.

“You and I seem to agree.”

Now

we really need

to hurry .

If not,

it became clear what had to be done.

“We also have to go up to the second floor.” “But

do you know where?”

Divide the group into three and find them.”

Divide the group into three and run to the second-floor portal.

Of course, that doesn’t end there

. There must be them there…!”

It’s a mountain beyond a mountain.

Adversity awaits us even after that.

But what do we mean?

“Isn’t it better than dying here. Now, it’s each individual’s choice from now on.”

Kyle said calmly, and no one said they would stay.

At least around us.

“Then, how will we share forces?”

An explorer asked for a detailed strategy.

At some point, he led the conversation and felt like a leader. Before I could say anything, Kyle, who was

ostentatious, chimed

in. ” I think it

would be better to divide it into 300 people.

” Isn’t it a difficult terrain to fight together? It’s better that way.”

In technical terms, it means to wage guerrilla warfare.

I didn’t bother to say it, but everyone understood the meaning of it well.

“Hmm, there is a point. Battles are battles, but the more people are scattered, the more people will survive. After all, the monster’s nerves will be distracted.”

“If you meet him, most of them will die anyway, so it means that each one survives while serving as each other’s bait.”

Truly a heartless strategy.

But everyone agreed without disagreement. ”

Explorers are a good part of the industry.

No time is wasted discussing recognition or anything like that.

“So how do you organize it?”

“Let’s take care of that.” I don’t intend to go under anyone.”

“Yes, I don’t have time.”

When the plan was roughly arranged, an explorer was the first to finish the conversation and left . He was the

leader of an unknown small and medium-sized clan.

”

The Red Light Clan. Looking for someone to get out of this damn place with me! Any number of people are fine as long as they are level 6 or higher!”

Someone recruited a teammate to join them.

“One of the team members is level 7. But how can it be?”

Someone found a nest they could fit into.

And in the midst of that turmoil.

“I know Kyle is single, so would you like to join our clan?”

Melter Fend, the leader of Clan Nartel, recruited the wizard immediately. I was going to

go ahead and take a look.

Seeing the two of them flirting and talking well, I don’t think that guy would refuse

.

“Then I’ll go too. I’ll see you live.”

After a brief greeting, I turned my back.

I was thinking of going back to my colleagues in the crowd and then hastily recruiting talent.

It would be quite a difficult task to gather 300 people with the barbarians

that suck . ” Wait

a minute, what are you going to do?”

Kyle, the War Wizard, grabbed me.

“If it were you, you would be the one who wants to be the head, right?” ”

Of course.”

“Then take me too.”

Huh?

” Why?”

“I’m just following my gut. I think people will gather around you.”

“……You follow your senses in a situation where your life is at stake?”

When asked with a glance at Melter Fend, who had previously offered him a recruit, Kyle replied with a smile.

“I wanted this myself, so this mess There’s no way the remaining wizards are sane, right?”

Oh, that’s true too.

“Good. I’ll take good care of you in the future.”

I have a high-ranking mage.

It’s a very positive indicator.

Using this, I can gather better members—

“Take us with you.”

Before I could take a step, a group of knights came towards me.

When I looked at the face of the knight standing in the front, I saw that he had been beaten with a resigned expression when he first came.

“Four regular knights and six apprentice knights. No matter where you go, there will be no grabbing your ankles.”

Are you saying you

want to repay the favor ?

Follow me.”

A group of knights stood behind me.

However, before I could take another step, someone called me.

“Wait.”

It was Melter Fend, the leader of the Nartel Clan

.

I didn’t look like a moth like that…

“Which direction are you going?”

“East.”

The west is blocked, so the east is good

. Because I can

. How about going with you?”

“I have no intention of coming under you.”

“Don’t worry. I follow your instructions.”

“What?”

This was also unexpected.

I didn’t think he would be someone who would go under someone else.

What is it? A funny hidden camera?

“So what’s the answer?

” If you’ll follow my orders properly.”

“Then, a decision has been made.”

Soon after, Melter Fend and his clanmates stood behind me.

To be honest, I was dumbfounded.

I haven’t made a recruitment offer yet, how many have you gathered already?

“Behel— Raaaa Ah !!! ” ” Follow the

chasdae chief !! ”

Barbarians

ran to me before a few steps

.

Where is your clan going?”

“My sister thinks it’s safer this way! Will you take the two of us with you?”

“Of course.”

The fairy sisters joined as well, as if they were watching from nearby.

And that wasn’t the end.

“If it’s okay, I’d like to go under you.”

The 4th level team that was active on the 6th floor.

“I think you can save the most people.”

The goddess who remained to save people .

Take us too.”

Even a dwarf clan, which is quite famous in the city.

I’m just walking, and a lot of people come to me and ask me to go with them.

“Look at this, didn’t I tell you

. ”

“The wizard’s intuition tends to match.”

Kyle looked at me and smiled meaningfully.