Chapter 585

Chapter 585

‘They've planned this thoroughly. I have to run no matter what!’ Siegfried knew that he was in a dire situation. His enemies had created a plan against him.

What was going to happen if he ended up dying? He would be unable to participate in the group stages of the Super Rookie Tournament. How was he supposed to participate in the tournament when his character was dead?

To make matters worse, the developer and distributor of BNW, Hive Games Entertainment, had already informed through the mail that any participant who failed to show up for the group stages would be banned from the game for six months.

In other words, the mastermind behind this attack wanted to stop Siegfried from stepping foot onto this continent for the next six months. Thus, Siegfried chose to run instead of fighting them.

‘I can’t get caught up in this!’

There was a high chance he would die at the hands of the three Mercenary Kings and Vladimir if he acted tough and tried to stand his ground. Therefore, he chose the best option available to him, which was running away.

Unfortunately, running away from them proved to be much more difficult than he thought it would be.

Right as he was about to reach the warp gate that would bring him to the Proatine Kingdom...

“He’s coming!”

There were thirty assassins lined up in front of the warp gate, and every single one of them was carrying a high-powered musket rifle.

“Fire!” the leader of the assassins exclaimed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Dozens of bullets zipped through the air toward Siegfried.

‘Damn it!’ Siegfried cursed inwardly and used his Black Crow Wingsuit to shield himself from the bullets.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The Black Crow Wingsuit blocked every single one of the bullets with ease. Then, he swung his Black Crow Wingsuit, shooting out projectiles toward the assassins.

Shwik!

The projectiles flew as fast as the bullets and penetrated cleanly through the necks of the assassins before returning back to Siegfried’s Black Crow Wingsuit.

‘Alright, the way is open,’ Siegfried paid the fee and infused his mana to activate the warp gate.

Flash!

A flash of light engulfed him.

[Outskirts of Berke: Traveler’s Crossroad]

There was no warp gate leading directly to the Proatine Kingdom. He had to first warp to the Traveler’s Crossroad located outside Berke and walk five hundred meters to another warp gate.

‘The coast is clear.’ Siegfried ran as fast as he could toward the warp gate that would bring him to the Proatine Kingdom.

The warp gate was just five hundred meters away.

The Mercenary Kings, assassins, and Vladimir just emerged from the warp gate behind him and were running toward him.

Siegfried made a quick calculation in his head and concluded that he could outrun them to the warp gate with his title, Pesky Brat.

‘But just in case...’ Siegfried suddenly turned around and placed down Blaze Field and Shadow Hell to block the narrow passage. He even used Splitting Heaven and Earth to stop them from chasing after him.

He was on the outskirts of the city, so there were not that many people here, which allowed him to use his most powerful area of effect skill.

‘Alright!’ Siegfried smiled.

Clink!

He threw a gold coin into the warp gate and infused his mana to activate it.

Flash!

The warp gate leading to the Proatine Kingdom shot out a blinding light that enveloped him.

Exactly one second later, a message popped up in front of Siegfried’s eyes.

[Nurburg Continent Northwest Region: Tundra Forest]

Siegfried doubted his eyes for a second.

“W-What the hell?!”

He was certain that he had jumped into the warp gate leading to the Proatine Kingdom, but he was whisked away to a place that was definitely not the Proatine Kingdom.

The surroundings were covered in snow, and the sun looked dim. There were tall trees around him, and the temperature was so low that it felt like he'd freeze stiff at any moment now.

“T-Tundra Forest...? Why the hell am I here?”

It was then...

“Long time no see, Han Tae-Sung.”

Chae Hyung-Seok received five hundred million won from the gamer and went to meet the NPCs who could help him kill Siegfried. Then, he somehow ended up joining them.

“I am the one who will save this world. I hereby appoint you, Adventurer Desire, as the Gray Cardinal.”

Chae Hyung-Seok was baptized by the mysterious being who claimed to be the Savior and was appointed as the Church of Osric’s Gray Cardinal.

The offer from the Church of Osric was simply irresistible to Chae Hyung-Seok. The offer was a sweet temptation disguised as a ray of light to him, who was exhausted from hiding to avoid Siegfried’s eyes.

***

Siegfried was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He bit his lower lips while looking at Chae Hyung-Seok, the Adventurers, and the zealots coming at him.

However, that was not the end of his problems.

Flash!

The warp gate he had used just now unleashed a flash of blinding light, and the three Mercenary Kings, as well as the assassins, emerged from it.

“So you ended up running here, Siegfried van Proa? Kekeke!”

To make matters worse, even Vladimir emerged from the warp gate.

However, Siegfried's situation was still getting worse.

Boom! Boom!

An explosion ravaged the ground under the warp gate, causing the warp gate to collapse and become deactivated. It seemed that they had decided to destroy the warp gate just in case Siegfried used it to run away.

“So, what are you going to do now, Siegfried van Proa?” Vladimir asked. Then, he sneered, “Are you going to keep running away? To where? How? Keke—”

“...!”

Vladimir shut his mouth and watched in awe when Siegfried took to the sky and flew away. He didn't imagine, even in his wildest dreams, that Siegfried was capable of flight of all things.

‘I need to run.’ Siegfried decided to risk using his mana and use the Black Crow Wingsuit’s flight ability.

Then, he took out a Teleport Scroll from his Inventory and ripped it. He was planning to use the Teleport Scroll to get far away from the ones chasing him and then plan his escape again from there.

The Teleport Scroll was torn apart.

Flash!

And a blinding light enveloped Siegfried, but...

“Huh?”

However, he was still in the exact same spot.

Then, a message popped up in front of his eyes.

[Alert: You may not use a Teleport Scroll in your current location!]

[Alert: Please use warp magic or a warp gate to travel from your current location!]

The message notified him that the Teleport Scroll could not be used in his current location, the Tundra Forest.

‘I’ll have to fly away then,’ Siegfried did not even have the luxury to think. He was forced to infuse more mana into his Black Crow Wingsuit and fly faster.

It was then...

“Gwuuu Ooooh!”

“Kyaaaak!”

“Kyak! Kyaaaak!”

Fifty flying monsters appeared in the distance and started chasing after him.

Sseuuuu!

These monsters were dragon-type monsters judging from how they were shooting out chilling mana from their mouths, and they seemed to be far stronger than a wyvern.

“Frozen... Drake...” Siegfried muttered after recognizing the monster.

The Frozen Drakes were extremely rare monsters that even spotting one would be difficult, but there were fifty of them chasing him right now.

It would be perfect if all fifty of these Frozen Drakes were natural.

Why?

Because he could use them against those chasing after him.

Unfortunately, these Frozen Drakes seemed to have been farm raised.

How did he know that?

It was all because each of the Frozen Drakes had five people riding it, and every single one of them were wearing armors with the symbol of the Church of Osric.