chapter 80
80 – Wasteland Labyrinth (2)
Thumb! Khuong- kung!
A group of ogres appeared with a roar.
Those who made an unpleasant sneer rushed at me, salivating.
“Aagh! What is that!”
“Calm down! We must fight!”
Part of the Kyonguk army, which had been taken aback by the sudden transfer, fell into a panic.
Cigna comforted them and aimed his rapier at them.
“I’m used to this level of crisis!”
Long adventurer life.
She was able to maintain her composure because she had overcome many crises.
Cigna quickly analyzed the enemies.
“Umm… Judging from my extensive knowledge and insight, if it’s this big and muscular…”
There are many monsters in this world.
There is no human being who has met even half of them.
She didn’t know the Ogre, and only made judgments based on experience.
“It must be about mid-level monsters! There are many, but upper-middle-level monsters! There’s nothing to be afraid of!”
“That… Is that so?”
By the standards of the common people, it was by no means a weak grade. However, the ones gathered here are carefully selected warriors.
If you are an intermediate level, this is not a big problem.
aaa!
Perhaps they felt ignored, and the ogres rushed in.
As if they were not going to lose, Cigna and the Kyokuk army also shouted and counterattacked.
“Waaa!”
“I can scream too!”
Only the volume was similar.
However, there was one aspect she hadn’t considered. The strength of a monster is influenced by its weight class, but there are exceptions everywhere.
The auger was hemp water.
It doesn’t match its size.
“Sir, Mr. Cigna! No matter how you look at it, this is not an intermediate level!”
“…Something’s weird! It can’t be!”
In an instant, people sensed something strange.
Cigna was the strongest fighting force among the foreign powers.
So, he led and confronted them as if in command, but originally, hemp water is a formidable enemy that requires considerable manpower to challenge after careful preparation.
Not just one, but many.
The result was fixed.
“Kyaaagh!”
“Everyone run away!”
Those who were defeated in the end ran busily… That was a series of flows.
The sound of monster footsteps piercing your ears.
Two figures stood in front of Cigna and the Kyokuk army, who were being chased away.
Cigna asked for help without knowing who it was.
“Save me! Help me!”
In an instant, Inyoung’s head turned.
But even though he should have looked this way, he didn’t run away.
It is relaxed as if you are calm.
It was the moment when Cigna felt puzzled despite this difficulty.
As I got closer to Inyoung, the darkness lifted,
Her eyes widened in astonishment.
“······!”
A cold gaze.
Alluring figure and unforgettable beauty.
A person I’ve been looking for a long time since I was left behind at the inn Striburn.
It was my friend Quilière.
She didn’t blink an eye even after seeing herself for the first time in a long time.
Instead, she frowned at the monster behind her.
Saaa—!
Three ice spears floated behind Quilière.
·······.
Ogres are powerful monsters.
However, there was a disadvantage that it was vulnerable to accelerated placenta. Divine power is not included in that attribute, but my ice attribute and Nell’s blood magic were different.
“Nell.”
“Yeah. Got it!”
We quickly launched an ambush before they had time to figure it out.
One of the ogres fell, probably tired from the series of battles, and brought a favorable flow.
Kurreung-!
“Mr. Quilly! It’s Mr. Quilly, right? ······And Mr. Nell! What happened?!”
“Be quiet for now.”
Cigna trembles.
She continued her fierce battle, leaving her unchanged.
It wasn’t easy. Because many of my reliable colleagues are away.
Walls shake and roads turn over.
The battle unfolded with a destructive aspect throughout… And eventually ended.
Quaang!
“Is this the last one?”
“Yes. The battle is over.”
“It’s our victory. Well, that’s about it.”
Nel shrugged off the dust.
Her confidence shows through as if she is still free.
I smiled and turned my head.
“·······.”
Those who look like the religious forces staring blankly at me.
It was easy to guess. Since the empire sent letters to each country, they must have come as reinforcements.
Among them, Cigna stood out the most.
She looked at her blankly and spoke her words.
“It’s been a while.”
“Uh… Yes. I will~ I will~”
It was still her long, lively voice.
I never expected to meet her here.
“How have you been?”
“Huh? Me? That’s what I want to say! Anyway, let me tell you—”
Signa, the pouting sheep, bent his head.
Still, he answered honestly and well.
“That day, as usual, I went to the room where Mr. Quilly and Mr. Nell were staying. No one was there. What is it? I thought I was out for a while, so I waited~”
“·······.”
For some reason, I felt a sense of resentment in the tone.
Her words continued.
“But the moon rises and the sun doesn’t come back, do you know?! After a good night’s sleep, I woke up and was worried! I wondered if something had happened! But! Don’t-“
“The introduction is long.”
“Yes?”
“Only the essentials. Keep it concise.”
Sorry, but I don’t have time.
Cigna’s lips pouted as he rolled his eyes.
“······Yeah~”
Finally, the story got to the point, and to summarize it roughly like this.
She did some searching after we left. But she couldn’t find us.
Of course, I didn’t expect to go all the way to Chelmsford. She
She can’t.
“Rumors?”
Suddenly, Nell asked, and Cigna nodded.
“Yes. Rumors of Chelmsford, the Holy Land!”
“It must have been later that Quilière’s name spread.”
“That’s true, but honestly, it was all nonsense unless it was Mr. Quilly!”
Yes.
“Huh. That’s right.”
For some reason, Nell looked proud.
Why are you proud?
Anyway, he came to the epicenter of the rumors and encountered the attack of various gods, and immediately after the Liberation Army was formed, he joined with the aim of remuneration.
It was truly her reason.
“What. I knew Mr. Quilly was coming! I didn’t expect to meet him like this!”
“…That’s right.”
I roughly agreed and looked away.
No wonder the atmosphere of the Kyokuk Army was profound.
“If it’s Quilière-sama…The rumored guy—Hup!”
“That, in front of such a person…!”
Did any rumors circulate in Kyoguk while I was gone?
Anyway, I didn’t have to stay here all the time.
Glancing at the ogre’s corpse, he opened his mouth.
“This is a monster called Ogre.”
“Are you coming?”
“Yes. It’s hemp water.”
Cigna’s eyes widened.
“······Hemp water! Somehow, they said it was too strong for an intermediate level!”
“Intermediate…?”
I tilted my head.
Ogres have never been intermediate.
After stirring, he continued.
“Hemp is extremely rare on the continent, but it’s moderately rare here. Well… It’s the same thing as being lucky when you encounter it.”
“I think it’s the other way around.”
Cigna refuted with bright eyes.
I stared at her and moved her steps. The road ahead was obscured by sand dust.
“Nell. Let’s go.”
“Huh? Uh uh.”
What more could happen?
We had to prioritize joining the party.
“Mr. Quilly! Where are you going? What about us?”
“Do it yourself. The maze is wide. You’ll have to move fast to join the group.”
I said that, but for some reason, Cigna and the Kyokuk army followed behind me.
I turned off my mind and raised my magic to remove the dust.
I used quite a bit in the battle just now, but I still have enough mana.
I need to supplement my memory as I go.
At that time, a memory came to my mind and I stopped.
I looked back at Cigna.
“Cigna.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Ears. Open straight and follow me.”
Cigna by Cheonrii.
Her hearing was reliable.
It’s especially helpful in situations like this where you don’t even know.
“If you hear anything, report it.”
“Yes! Please leave it to me!”
Old ties are so helpful.
I felt a little strange.
***
Meanwhile, somewhere in the maze.
The suddenly metastasized Duwade fell into a rare confusion.
“What happened?”
I looked around, but no one was there. Unlike Quilière, he fell alone.
Confused for a moment, he immediately shook his head and regained his will.
“Hiding like a hermit crab is nothing.”
I spit it out to myself and moved my leg.
This is the worst demon landfill, and even ruled by the enemies of the world.
There was nothing to be embarrassed about, since it wasn’t strange no matter what strange phenomenon occurred.
First of all, let’s figure out the surroundings.
Hwaaak-!
The blooming divine power wrapped around the mace.
I used it as a light source and went on my way.
“This is better.”
A dark and acrid maze.
Even in the midst of that, Duwade’s stride was unstoppable.
Unrest prevailed in darkness and darkness, and he held on to some tension.
Surprisingly, there were no raids.
“I can’t even see the monster blowing its nose.”
It was a moment of relief.
Did he aim for that carelessness?
A huge energy came over him.
Saaa!
“······!”
I hurriedly raised my mace to defend myself, but there was no attack. Because the energy passed in an instant.
No, actually, there was quite a bit of street itself.
He was so strong that he just mistook himself for being close. Deweyde’s eyes widened and he groaned.
“… Black Disaster!”
A vivid grudge felt in an instant.
The guy I saw in Chelmsford was definitely right.
But this is much more than before…
“You bastard! This is not the time.”
After the accident, he ran.
Chasing the direction of the energy.
Don’t let the disaster set in.
“You blasphemous! Qulière will not be able to lay a finger on you!”
Suddenly while running in a trance.
I looked around.
I was caught in a thick fog before I knew it.
Vastness as if scattered all over the land.
Voices that hadn’t been heard before came from within.
─What’s up!
─Is it a welcome? …No, this is real!
The voice gradually increased.
I can hear the high pitched voices of the people.
It was the sound of swords and magic.
“Is this…?”
Duwade blinked.
A man was hanging out nearby.
The crusader grabbed him and asked.
“What happened?”
“Hey, hey?!”
He analyzed the man with a penetrating gaze.
He was a real person. He encountered a human a few hours after falling out.
It seemed that he was a soldier who was mobilized to conquer the landfill.
“I don’t know!”
“You don’t know?”
The surprised soldier grabbed his spirit and said.
“Yes! What the hell is this situation? As I was moving to join the scattered liberation forces, the fog rolled in. Then like this… I’m being attacked by unknown people!”
“Unknowns?”
“Yeah yeah! Look at these screams!”
It was exactly as he said.
Dew Wade is Joo Eok and moved his feet.
“By the way, who is the warrior—”
The soldier’s question hovered aimlessly in the air.
It was a mess all around in the fog.
This will also be a disaster.
However, there was no trace of his energy anymore.
It seems that it has already passed.
“Did he just do something like this and then disappear?”
Thinking that it was a disaster, he jumped into the battlefield.
Pooh-!
The enemy was definitely strange.
There was a reason they were marked as unknown.
The smoke-like appearance could not be seen as human, but overall it was similar to a human.
“·······.”
Although there were characteristics of wearing black robes and using black magic.
They were familiar.
“How come all of you… Didn’t disappear.”
He must have walked the path of decline.
At that time of agony, a black sword targeting a woman was caught. It was too late to notice the woman who was struggling as she shot out beams of light.
A clear crisis.
The crusader jumped in and met the blow of the black sword.
Chaeng! Chaeeng-!
The sound of metal clashing with metal bounced.
The woman bewilderedly bowed.
“Thank you. I don’t know who you are…”
With a veil over her head, she was a figure that even Du Wade knew.
Chief Priest Lucia.
Because he was related to Quilière, he had gone through an investigation.
However, he had no time to react.
The black sword this time was formidable, but it wasn’t because of that reason.
“·······You.”
Dew Wade widened her eyes in astonishment.
Her gaze remained nailed to the black sword in front of her eyes.
It was worth it.
A familiar face on a familiar black robe.
Because he was also Adain among the Seven Commanders.
“… He must have died. Did he even come back to life?”
I saw death with my own two eyes.
As he muttered in shock, Adain replied with an expressionless expression.
─I’m dead? You’re talking nonsense.
The Crusaders and the Church Powers didn’t know, but they didn’t exactly survive.
This was a being temporarily re-implemented by one of the Mahabharata’s powers, the ‘Illusion Barrier’.
Of course, that skill is not just an illusion.
─You are the one who dies. A knight in white armor.
“I’ll kill you again no matter what!”
A bloody battle began, and fierce battles came and went.
It wasn’t just this place. Fighting with illusions was unfolding on all sides.
Quaang! Quarreureung—!
“Die, die!”
“What are all these things!”
Fight against those who are neither living nor dead, with limited vision.
It was an evil power that required only endless wars of attrition. Its effect is unusually great, and even disasters cannot last long.
However, he now possesses divine power.
Neither this nor that was normal.
“Go back to hell, Adaine—!”
It was a time when only the spiritual strength of the Kyonguk army was wasted.
A strange thing happened.
Gentlely·······.
It snowed.
I can’t believe it, but it was really snowing.
It didn’t matter that this place was landfilled, and that it was inside a maze.
Ice crystals fluttered, and the blowing wind carried the snow and crystals.
In a nutshell, this phenomenon is as follows.
Snowstorm.
“······!”
For an instant, everyone stopped moving.
It did not discriminate between humans and illusions.
It was the ripple power of a mysterious phenomenon that surpasses magical anomalies.
─What is this…?
“It’s snowing? But it’s indoors…?”
The swimming pupils were devastated.
On the other hand, those who intuited something felt the thrill that came over them. Duwade and Lucia were representative.
“······No way!”
The two hurriedly turned around.
Their eyes were filled with predictable surprise.
She was there.
“It’s noisy.”
Quilière with cold eyes.
Behind her, who was cold and lofty as always, was a group of people holding up the flag of the religion.
In front of him, she exuded a sad intimidation, just like a queen.
“Noisy.”
A startling unexpected situation.
Her priests, as well as her vision, stood blankly and stared at her.
Quilière looked around slowly, and his lips parted.
At that time when everyone was looking forward to what she said next.
Suddenly, a lively voice interrupted.
“Reinforcements have arrived! Everyone, be at ease!”
Gold-plated adventurer Cigna.
She intercepted the first words of her scene.
“·······.”
Quilière’s eyebrows raised crookedly.