Chapter 346

Chapter 346

TL: xLordFifth

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It took about two hours to enter the Marching Plains and pass through areas sparsely populated by monsters.

They were so relaxed to the point where they could yawn at any moment. This was the case for both users and NPCs.

What could happen when there was no place to hide? That was the trap of the accident. A surprise attack by simply hiding and appearing? That was the only thing the users were able to come up with.

“Oh-ohh- what’s that in front-”

“Something mushy- there’s something mushy!”

If a transparent film was placed in front of them, would they be able to see the other side? In front of the delegation, the knights who were walking ahead and on alert tilted their heads.

chiiiik—!

And the space began to tear as if a membrane was getting peeled.

“Mana Barrier!”

“Space Lock!”

“Communication Interference!”

[The abnormal status ‘Mana Blockade’ has been applied.]

[You cannot go beyond the restricted area for 30 minutes.]

(If you have a higher ability than the caster, the barrier can be broken.)

[The abnormal status ‘Space Shackles’ has been applied.]

[All space movements within the range are restricted for 15 minutes.]

[The abnormal status ‘Communication Interference’ has been applied.]

[All chats, including whispers and group chats, are prohibited for 15 minutes.]

“Ugh-! A-ambush! Am-”

“What?!”

“N-no! I can’t see Nick!”

Three people wearing masks appeared through the torn space.

Unlike usual, their nicknames did not appear even when they used PK-type magic. However, the users couldn’t care less about that.

In the brief moment when the users were flustered, sticky lumps quickly crawled behind the three.

“Grrrrrr–!”

“......Those surely-”

Only then did the users figure it out. That it was already too late.

“Chimeraaaaaa—-!”

The Demon King’s servants have already completed all preparations. Fortunately, Faust and Crowley did not appear.

Since the information provided by Chiyou was not enough to pinpoint the exact location of the delegation, Faust eventually chose to split up. The route Faust and Crowley went to were the upper part and lower part of the Marching Plains respectively. Of course, Faust and Crowley had 10 chimeras each. At the center were the three users who were ‘slightly’ less skilled than Faust along with the rest of the chimeras.

“How can we release this?!”

“It’s not possible! They are higher level than us!”

Of course, compared to Faust, who was in the top 10 rankings, and Crowley, who was on the upper tier of the outsiders, their reputation was only slightly lower, but it was not to the extent that they could be ignored.

They were powerful enough to be scouted by Faust.

“Call the capital! Emergency contact-”

“We are not able to contact them! Communication is blocked!”

The NPC knights screamed. That alone confirmed that the enemies’ identities were not simple.

No, it wasn’t just that, they were the ones who brought chimera and spread chaos to Minis. Based on the rumors, they only wandered around the edge of Minis, so what were they doing in Marching Plains?

It was a situation that the escort users could not even imagine.

“Fuck- stop them! Risk your life to stop them! We only need to protect count Avandone! 30 minutes, no, just 15 minutes!”

Garde was the first to step out of the situation. They have someone to protect after all. They had a clear priority.

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Keughk, Cruel Bash!”

He tried to swing his sword containing powerful energy but slipped from the chimera’s slime. Steam even rose from the blade of the sword that touched the slime for a brief moment, shiiiiik.

“......Acid? The chimera’s slime wasn’t poison-”

“Grrrrr!”

More than thirty of the forty escorts have already died. Only Viscount Garde managed to push the chimeras away, but that didn’t last long either.

All that was left were three or four knights and Count Avandone.

“Ah, no, these bastards! Stand back! I am the count of Minis, someone who has been specially commissioned to go to Fibiel by His Highness’ command! If you kill me, you guys will be hunted in the future in the name of the king of Minis!”

“Kukukuku, stupid old man. I am already being chased, what would be different?”

Grrrr, grrrr.......

The three dark magic users and chimeras slowly surrounded them.

“Impertinent! Don’t you know how important it is to conclude the peace treaty with Fibiel!”

“Yeah, I know. That’s why we came.”

It was also useless for Garde to shout. If something like this could work, they would not have appeared in the first place.

Even though they were doing everything they could to survive even for 15 minutes, when the communication jamming or space shackles disappeared.

“I have no grudge, but I am sorry. Kikik, but we can’t help it because it’s our job. I have to kill you guys so our level-”

Bzzt-!

“-hmm?”

At the end of the dark magician’s vision, who was walking slowly, something shiny appeared.

‘What is that-’

Baaaaaang——!

He couldn’t complete his thoughts. It was after something flew through the chimera’s slow body and had already blown the dark magician’s head off.

A Baaaaaang sound was heard after 2.5 seconds!

“Miniiiiiis! You are the delegates from Minis, right?!”

A small voice was heard carried by the wind along with the gunfire.

Reassuring the surviving members of Minis was unexpectedly slightly frivolous.

Leeha ran in a hurry, holding Black Bass.

***

The news of the arrival of Minis’ envoy was continuously heard through the Holy Grill and Ram Hwayeon in the royal palace.

He had heard of what date and time, so he was already on Marching Plains, but even Leeha wandered around because he did not know the exact route.

‘I almost got into trouble! I thought I saw a black dot, so I came here just in case...’

Leeha was sweating.

He had not heard that they were from Minis, but the circumstances made it certain.

Most importantly, the ones who attacked them were controlling chimeras.

‘Damn it, what if he had been Bluebeard? I would die if I fight him now...’

Fortunately, dying was not one of the conditions for failure in this quest. Leeha was resolved.

In the worst case, he could rescue the delegates and die against Bluebeard.

‘I don’t think we could die together... Still, I couldn’t give up! I can’t just throw away the information Ram Hwayeon told me!’

Click-!

Leeha pulled the bolt.

He should have felt a heavy bullet loading and taken a knee-shooting posture, but it was different now.

The Black Bass was firmly supported by the stabilizer bar that stretched out from Leeha’s back.

The process of loading, aiming, and firing was compressed into two stages.

Naturally, Leeha’s reaction rate was more than 1.5 times faster than before.

Baaaang———-!

Through the scope, Leeha saw the arm of a chimera falling off. Having 4 more arms left was quite terrifying, but Leeha did not get frightened by that.

‘There are two more people. Are they Bluebeard and Faust’s? No, who was the one I shot first? Are they new recruits?’

Leeha didn’t know because their names did not appear. Through the scope, their form was clearly visible, but it was not easy to distinguish them wearing black clothes and masks.

If it was Bluebeard, it would have been possible to see the unique blue beard and a silver cane with a handle that was damaged by Leeha, but he didn’t see anything like that.

‘Most importantly.... His initial reaction would have been to run towards me at a speed that is difficult to follow. But he did not. Is it because the distance is far.’

The distance between the two is approximately 1,400m.

If it was Black Bass’ bullet, it would take about 1.7 seconds, and the sound of the shot would reach the distance after about 4.2 seconds.

This meant that after the bullet hit, it took about 2. seconds to hear the sound.