NOVEL NEXT chapter 245
245 – Declaration of War (1)
＜City of excommunicated wolves＞.
A special dungeon that can be opened with related items and entered only within a limited time.
Three men stood at the entrance.
A hood that covered the face and a robe that covered the entire body.
It was determined and dressed as if to hide his identity.
“… … .”
As if they had promised, they did not move a single step from the entrance.
It’s the beginning, so it’s a wasteland with nothing around.
An empty plain where no monsters appear.
I was quietly entrusting myself to that vast area.
and…
Less than 10 minutes had passed since then.
The man who boasted the largest body of the group threw the hood over his head.
“That’s no fun.”
It was Hwang Seong-yeon.
He had been making plans for this dungeon from before, and he had come all the way into the dungeon following the ＜Damn Raid＞.
A robed man with a gloomy aura answered him.
“It is frustrating. Because I haven’t done anything for a long time. Aquilen. You can also take off your robe if you feel frustrated.”
“thank you.”
Blond hair, blue eyes, and a neat appearance that could be found in the West.
Another ‘forsaken’ called Aquilen also took off her robes.
Hwang Seong-yeon, who was staring at this, turned her gaze back to the man in the robe.
“Dave. Isn’t it time for you to show that face? Aren’t you tired of living in a robe?”
Dave.
I don’t know if it’s his real name, but it’s a name given to him by a man in Rob.
Hwang Seong-yeon now knew his name, but still did not know his face.
It’s been quite a while since I signed a contract with him, but he still hasn’t taken off his robe once.
“hahahaha. did you tell me It’s a face that’s not nice to see. Also, we don’t have to meet face to face to build trust, aren’t we?”
There was nothing wrong.
It was a relationship that was made out of mutual needs in the first place.
Dave has a chance to realize a plan he has been making for a long time.
Hwang Seong-yeon has a splendid tool to satisfy her desire… .
It was enough to fill each other’s needs.
However, Hwang Seong-yeon took out his magic sword and stamped it on the ground as if he were bored.
“It shouldn’t be much fun. The same goes for the dungeon entrance. Should I have put those people to sleep? I wanted to kill all the other humans that couldn’t even come in anyway.”
The situation right before entering the dungeon.
Hwang Seong-yeon and three others guard the front of the dungeon.
In other words, he entered this place by overpowering the association holders who are ‘protecting the right to attack’ in ＜City of Excommunicated Wolves＞.
Hwang Seong-yeon wanted to announce the start of the party by killing them all, but Dave dared to use a complex magic called ‘wide area sleep magic’ to minimize the killing.
For him who wants more murders and greater pleasure…
It was a very wasteful act.
“If that’s the case, I wouldn’t have been able to enter the dungeon in time.”
“Didn’t the entrance time be extended with your magic anyway?”
＜City of Excommunicated Wolves＞ is a dungeon that requires special items to enter.
If you satisfy the entry condition through an item, the entrance to the dungeon will open for about 30 seconds, but if you do not enter it, the dungeon will close.
However, if you blindly follow the raid, there is a very high chance that you will be caught following them.
Because of that, he subdued the dungeon security personnel as quietly as possible and entered the dungeon leisurely through Dave’s magic, which could ‘extend the entry time’.
“So that’s what I’m saying. To prolong that time, it was important to draw as little attention as possible. If, by any chance, the S-class holders were contacted after killing indiscriminately, it would have been difficult for us to enter the dungeon.”
There must have been an uproar outside the dungeon by now.
However, there is no way to contact the raid in the dungeon, so we will have no choice but to wait.
Of course, all of these strategies…
This was possible thanks to a spy who infiltrated the raid.
“And killing people, can’t we do it here as well? Please wait a little bit. If anything, you can hunt even the weakest wolves as an appetizer.”
Even if you cover your face, you can still feel the tone.
Dave deftly tries to convince himself.
Seeing this, Hwang Seong-yeon turned around with the magic sword on her shoulder.
“… What a boring story.”
Dungeon raids aren’t the goal…
Those whose purpose is to attack humans.
It was the moment they stepped into the battlefield.
* * *
“All warriors of Barathen! Go out!!”
Warriors of Barraten and the ＜Ripple Raid＞ alliance.
The direction of our attack was decided as ‘all-out war’.
A number of other strategies have already been deployed.
Any more search wars and guerrillas are meaningless.
And to win the war, you must eventually break down and cut off the enemy’s center.
The moment the decisive opportunity came, the warriors of Enrichten and Barathen accepted our raid offer.
“Waaa-!!”
“Let’s take back the city! Fight and win!”
“Toll! Tall! Tall!”
So, starting with the loud shouts of the Lycans, the expedition began.
Thirteen Barathen warriors, including Enrichten, and about 150 Lycans under their command.
Here are the soldiers who fight at the forefront of the front line…
About 800 Jurgens, known to humans as Werewolves.
And even the 32 members of ＜Ripple Raid＞.
A large group of close to 1,000 people moved together.
‘There are so many dirty things.’
It is truly spectacular to see the number of people who are difficult to count all move at once.
In fact, considering the wars in the past that moved in units of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, it can be seen as an absurdly small number…
If you change the focus to the holder system and dungeon raids, you will change your mind.
A whopping 1,000 A-rank or higher monsters.
That is a number only counted by the Barathen camp.
I heard that the Calak camp is close to twice this number.
So, even if you take it roughly, the total is 3000.
A battle in which 3,000 talented people who can easily kill a C-class monster face each other over a single city.
Of course, the expression war had to come out.
“Toll. Enemy skirmishers have appeared near the perimeter.”
while moving like that.
A lycan who was in charge of reconnaissance approached and reported.
Only 10 minutes after crossing the border of Calak’s camp.
The enemy appeared in less than 10 minutes.
Perhaps they found us as we found them.
And the advantage of a preemptive strike is…
It means that the opponent is not given time to prepare.
“Go ahead. You must catch them as quickly as possible so that they cannot escape. There will probably be awakened warriors.”
Enrichten commanded in a low voice.
In a way, it’s a lucky situation.
A situation in which the opponent’s reconnaissance unit appeared unknowingly when they were moving with all their might and on a large scale.
If he could catch it, he could have cut off even a little the strength of Calak’s camp.
“Toll. Let me, Schilten, and the 8th unit stand in the vanguard.”
Schilten, who had an argument with me the other day, spoke up.
I will stand in the vanguard and tie up the enemy’s troops.
At the suggestion of that important role, Enrichten nodded coolly.
“I won’t.”
“Our raid B-team will also go with us.”
Don’t be afraid to search for me, so I followed right away.
Not a spearhead in a situation where a large number of people face each other, but a spearhead in the role of catching up with the opponent’s scouting unit.
It would be foolish not to participate in a definite hunt without such a risk.
“Ugh… .”
Then me and the slightly awkward Schilten wrinkled their expressions, but Enrichten nodded as well.
“I won’t allow that either. Schilten’s 8th unit and the B-team of the Ripple Offensive spearhead, hunting down the enemy skirmishers. What matters is speed. Drive the Kalaks so that not even one Jurgen can escape!”
“yes… !!”
With Enrichten’s order, we immediately moved ahead.
The Lycans and Jurgens start to move.
And I also moved next to Schilten and said.
“Gee, let’s not show dislike too much. Are we a team now?”
“… You never showed up!”
Along with Shileten, who has a subtly cute corner, he uses the charge straight away.
It’s a fact that I only found out after coming to this dungeon, but all werewolves in Lycan and Jurgen have ‘assault runes’.
The rune’s name is [Wolf’s Rush].
A rare rune with better performance than the normal rune [Sprint]. A special rune that shows much better charge speed when running on four legs like a beast.
I also got it during the last Jurgen hunt, and was naturally incorporated into the top rune, [The Best Racehorse in the World].
And, of course, werewolves.
You can move in wolf form as much as you want.
Kugoong- Gugoong-
coo goo goo-
aww-
All the werewolves of the 8th unit, who were at the forefront.
They start running freely using their arms and legs.
Quadruped sprint for a more effective charge.
Almost 90 werewolves…
No, the gallop of wolves.
For some reason, I felt my heart swell.
The war situation is still unfavorable, and the end of the war is unknown…
There was no fear in the sprint of Barathen, who announced the start.
Go forward, fight and win.
It seems to be stuck in their heads.
Perhaps, they thought that they might have been waiting for an all-out war.
“We also get buffs as much as possible and move quickly!”
“Yes, Chief Engineer!”
Team B in our raid has no assault runes except for me.
Instead, he was able to move as quickly as possible using divine buffs and speed.
Matching the tempo of the raid members, I followed the 8th troop’s speed.
And I thought quietly.
‘… I want to run too.’
I can even use [Quadruped] of [The Best Racehorse in the World]… .
An air raid commander who runs on all fours and charges.
That would undermine authority too much… ?