Chapter 139，Part4: 4 - Déjà Vu

Chapter139,Part4: 4 - Déjà Vu

Chapter 139 Déjà Vu?

Part 4

“This is ridiculous. But sometimes that ridiculous intuition can save a Party.” (Arnold)

While paying attention to his surroundings, he moved quickly as if he was urged to go forward.

Arnold decided to believe in Ruda. It was because her words were filled with a sense of reality. In addition, since it was possible for Phantoms to come from the outside, there was no guarantee that there was no danger in retreating.

Ruda is a Solo Hunter. The fact that she is a Solo Hunter shows that she is good at detecting danger.

What’s important is being balanced. A Hunter can’t shy away from danger, nor can he charge headlong into a danger that he knows he will die from.

In the end, Arnold found her words worthy of risking the life of the entire party.

“Yatta! No one’s coming! This was the right way!” (Gilbert)

There was no sign of anything pursuing us. Gilbert, who had been frequently looking behind him, breathed a sigh of relief.

He said his reasoning was because the same thing happened last time, but I wonder how traumatic it has been for him.

We followed the road straight ahead. As the huge jet-black castle came closer, I could feel its *biribiri* electrifying nature being transmitted to me.

What could be living in the castle? Arnold, who had little experience in diving into high-level Treasure Shrines, didn’t have any idea.

We continued on our way for more than ten minutes. Just as the entrance of the castle came into view, the trees that had grown on either side of the road disappeared and the scenery changed.

Ruda opened her eyes widely and let out a small scream. Gilbert turned pale and as expected even Arnold gasped.

What was there was a circular plaza.

It was a circular space with cobblestones on the ground. The place was clear and there was almost nothing obstructing the place. The castle was just straight ahead, just past the plaza.

However, more than anything, the reason why Ruda and the others were aghast was because of the piled-up black mountains along the circumference of the plaza.

Gilbert approached the mountain, examined it and greatly trembled.

“What the hell ―― Is that......?” (Gilbert)

It was... A pile of corpses that had been killed with all kinds of means that was possible.

The reason it looked like a black mountain was because most of it was composed of black armors, helmets and swords.

Even with a brief look, it would reveal that they were killed in more than one way. Burned to death. Crushed to death. Some were frozen, others were torn apart, armor and all. I could barely tell from the shape of the armor that the contents were humanoid.

No, wrong. It was... The same 『Phantoms』 that Arnold and his companions had engaged in battle earlier.

“It’s... It’s awful......” (Hay)

“...... Arnold-san, it’s terrible. ............ It’s coming. It’s an army...... It’s crazy! There is nothing we can do!” (Hay)

“............ What?” (Arnold)

At Hay’s line of sight ―― I looked at the direction from which we had just come in.

A few hundred meters away, just beyond the horizon, something black was wriggling.

No... It wasn’t something. It was knights. An army of oddly shaped knights wearing black armor. The distance was still far, but they were gradually advancing towards us like a rushing wave.

I don’t know how many there were, but it was definitely an army that we couldn’t fight against. The horde of Orcs we fought the other day was of a similar size, but the quality of the opponent this time was far too different.

Even if Arnold squeezed every ounce of his life force, he wouldn’t be able to cut half of it.

Ruda, who had also noticed the army, was astonished.

She muttered quietly with an exquisite expression as if she was about to start crying, but at the same time start laughing.

“Infinite...... Trials......” (Ruda)

Are you saying this is a trial......!?

“He is crazy...... Fuck......” (Arnold)

I looked around the plaza. There was no way to escape if we run from now on.

However, even if we engaged in a battle against them, there was not even a slight chance of winning. In this large space, we would end up surrounded, crushed and it will be the end. Can you really call it a trial, if we have no room to overcome the trial.

Perhaps the other members of the group had also noticed the army of Phantom, they were completely frozen.

However, I couldn’t give up until the very end. I calm my breathing and look for a way to save ourselves.

Suddenly, I caught sight of the jet-black castle further away from the plaza.

The main part of this Treasure Shrine. The level of threat is probably not the same compared to what we have seen so far.

However ―― Would that be better than being overwhelmed here?

The army of odd knights was getting closer and closer to us. There was no time left.

My companions, who were frozen for a while, had now regained their composure and were patiently waiting for Arnold’s words.

And then, Arnold made his decision.

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Thanks for reading!

Pfiouuuu finally this chapter is over!

Sorry for all this split, I couldn’t do it if I didn’t split it into multiple parts.

Next chapter is back to Cry, but sadly there won’t be a chapter this Thursday, lots of IRL stuff to do. Next chapter will be released on Sunday.

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