novelzi Chapter 217
Chapter 217
Episode 217 Ruler (1)
The dimensional door.
A kind of unique magic that only a few schools deal with.
Needless to say how deceptive this spell is in a game full of all kinds of annihilation flags.
Is it possible to return to the city without waiting for the labyrinth to close?
Isn’t this an invincible survival tool?
‘It’s not without restrictions, though.’
First of all, it is not easy to use it as an escape tool during battle because the method of countering is widely known in a person-to-person battle rather than a monster.
Also, it can only be used by up to 30 people.
This was also the reason why the upper tier expedition was almost always composed of 30 people.
‘Above all, if you use it once, the wizard won’t be able to use that magic again.’
Note that this is different from the game.
In the original game, unless you were a level 1 wizard, you couldn’t use the ‘dimensional door’ magic.
If used, the wizard must be dead.
However, this is a future world 150 years after the time in the game.
After joint re
Time flies.
I thoroughly kept silent about the conversation I had with the knight commander.
[Leave the story about the dimensional door to you alone. If you value your colleagues.]
His threat is also a threat, but I didn’t feel the need to do so. Even if it’s not me anyway, this will spread quickly.
It actually was.
“Did you hear Mr. Yandel? That story.”
It is impossible to shut the mouths of thousands.
Especially if it’s not a tight-knit group.
The Knight Commander’s plan to escape the portal had spread and it didn’t take long for Raven to hear about it.
“Yes, I know.”
“…What are you going to do? Do you think Mr. Yandel is just a rumor?”
At Raven’s question, the eyes of Mr. Bear and Misha are focused on me. The three of you had already discussed it before you told me.
Well, they must be the only ones who didn’t feel the life in this cave.
“Karon can’t even lift that greatsword! That’s why you can call him a man!!”
“It’s not that I can’t lift it! Look!”
“Ohhh! Then you’re half a man!”
A barbarian who has been playing well for an hour while spinning an adamantium greatsword.
Sometimes I envy their insensitivity.
I can only move on without a doubt.
“Hey Mr. Yandel…?”
“Oh sorry, I was thinking about something else for a while.”
I smiled brightly and tapped Raven on the shoulder.
“Don’t worry about rumors! Everything will be fine!”
It will work out.
i will definitely make it
So I hope they just move forward without any doubt.
It would be enough for me to constantly doubt and worry about what traps and enemies lie in front of me.
“No, why are you so unnecessarily positive!”
“That’s what being a leader is.”
“Okay, stop slapping the shoulder!”
I finished the conversation roughly, closed my eyes again, and fell into thought.
All my interests lately have been only one.
How can we all live together?
To this end, he repeated his thoughts thousands of times, made numerous plans and discarded them, and even after making one plan, he reviewed countless times to see if there were any variables or misjudged errors.
‘It has to be perfect.’
Plan B if plan A
doesn’t work
.
How long has it been like that?
Whoa!
A weak vibration blooms from the ground as if announcing that the critical point is approaching.
“It’s already the eighth.”
With this, the eighth layer lord was summoned.
Since this happened over and over again for several days, everyone including Raven didn’t show anything special.
that’s because they don’t know
What event occurs when the ninth layer lord is defeated.
‘That’s probably why there are no protests yet despite rumors like that. Most of them will think it’s nonsense.’
From an ordinary person’s point of view, there is no reason for the leadership to escape through a portal.
Because there is no information about ‘it’.
“By the way, I can hear the screams, so it looks like it’s around
here…”
We waited until the hierarchical lord was defeated, being on alert just in case.
At that time, a chuckle was heard from the back aisle.
“I’ll be passing by for a while, everyone stick to the wall!”
A group moving quickly, pushing explorers through a narrow aisle like an ambulance dispatching.
As soon as it was attached to the wall, it passed by like the wind.
“It’s Eramel’s Star Clan.”
A group of large clans with well-known names.
Judging by the direction from which the scream was heard, it seems that he is on the move to defeat the layer lord.
“Since the support team has gone, it’s going to get dark again soon.”
1st floor lord can be captured by 30 7th floor explorers. If there is a strategy, it can be done with much less power.
I smiled bitterly.
‘I don’t know why the hierarchical lord keeps going to catch him when he’s going to throw everything away anyway.’
The first-floor lord had no loot to speak of.
Essence does not come out, and the value of the byproduct obtained through ‘Distortion’ magic is not high.
The only reward for defeating them is that they can be promoted to a 4-star clan with full-fledged benefits.
So, he was mostly used only as a verification role.
Like a rite of passage when you reach a certain level, it’s about the monsters that you only kill once and move on.
‘Are you feeling guilty? Did we do our best until the end?’
I suddenly thought of that, but the realistic reason is probably bigger.
You have to look like you’re doing your part until the end, so those who will be abandoned won’t notice.
[Kyaaaaaaa — !!]
After about 20 minutes, a huge ghost came from a distance, and the reddish fertilization turned off.
It means that the treatment of the hierarchical lord is over.
“It’s five days from tomorrow, so now I just have to hold out for two more days.”
I checked the time from time to time and continued to check my plans.
How long has it been since then?
[22:07]
About two hours had passed since the 8th layer lord was defeated.
No, say it again…
“Damn it!!”
The time when there were four hours left until the road to hell unfolded.
“Everybody run inside! The rumors are true!”
“The royal family are trying to abandon us and run away!! Stop it!!”
A commotion erupted from inside the cave.
***
At that time, the center of the barracks for knights belonging to large clans and royal families.
“You bastards!! Get out of the way!!”
“Back off, explorer, if you come any closer, I’ll cut you.”
“It’s the same as dying one way or another—!”
Slow-!
Tuk Degur.
One explorer’s head falls to the floor.
“Is anyone else coming?”
I hesitated for a while at the knight’s murderous words.
“What are you doing, push!”
“I’m going out! I’m going out!!”
“Ah! An arm! An arm…!”
Explorers blinded by life rush at them like moths.
It was a scene that was taking place simultaneously in all passageways connected to the center.
“The real enemy is out there, but they’re willing to shed meaningless blood.”
The man who was the 3rd Commander of the Royal Knights and also the one who created this current situation.
Marco Elbern clicked his tongue and asked the adjutant.
“What’s the current progress?”
“A little more than half of the people have escaped.”
“It’s half… It’s taking a lot longer than planned.”
If all of them had used the dimensional door magic and escaped to the city at once, there wouldn’t have been such a fuss.
However, due to the nature of the dimensional door magic that absorbs the surrounding mana, it was inevitable that the magic had to be used sequentially.
“Now it’s our turn. Leave this place to the rest of the knights and leave. Captain.”
Marco Elbern followed the adjutant to the center. At that moment, a new dimensional door opened and emitted a dazzling light.
Woo-woo-!
Marco Elburn erased all lingering feelings and slowly moved toward the portal.
“Please take me too!!”
“Aaaaaagh!”
With every step he took, he heard a mixture of emotional screams and weapons.
clap clap clap.
Marco Elbern paused in front of the portal.
It was because I suddenly remembered a conversation we had two days ago.
[I do not abandon my colleagues.]
He was an impressive person in many ways.
Should I say that I am not a barbarian, but I am not an answer?
It was also a bit disappointing.
[I misunderstood you. I never thought I would make such a wrong choice.]
He lost interest in the barbarian.
It was sheer whim that made this offer to him in the first place.
But I wouldn’t even have that luck.
[Leave the story about the dimensional door to you alone. If you value your colleagues.]
He tried to leave with nothing more than a silence threat.
But at that moment.
[You feel guilty.]
The barbarian spat strange words.
[Guilt…?]
[That’s probably it. I was disappointed because I declined the offer.]
At first, I didn’t know what he was talking about.
But soon, a cold voice pierced his ears.
[Isn’t it because you wanted to be convinced through me that your choice wasn’t wrong?]
Marco Elbern couldn’t refute.
I didn’t even notice that, but I thought maybe it was.
[Knight, I’m different from you.]
[So, don’t use me to relieve your feelings.]
The conversation with the barbarian ended there.
We’ll probably never see each other face to face again.
“Captain, you have to go.”
Marco Elbern looked up and stared ahead.
Unlike this dark labyrinth, the brightly shining city was visible through the portal.
The only city in the cursed world.
A place we really need to protect.
Last Citadel.
“For Lapdonia.”
He pushed himself through the portal.
It was a choice that had to be made.
***
Close your eyes for a moment and catch your breath.
and reflect on yourself
Finally, the moment of decision came.
So…….
‘Do what you have to do.’
Open your eyes.
“Everyone follow me. I’m moving to the center.”
“Yes? What are you going to do?”
What do you do?
By the time you arrive, all kinds of talented people who have been abandoned by various groups will be struggling with despair.
‘I have to match the weight class first.’
must gather forces.
That’s the first way to live.