chapter 17
17 – Won’t you get a job with my family?
“……I have a method I can try.”
“Nyang?! Really Nyan?!”
“I’ll explain from now on… I’d like to, but… I don’t have time right now. First of all, we have to finish the third wave.”
“……I understand.”
“Nyan! Nya knows too!”
“Okay! Then get rid of it as quickly as possible and gather!”
Pot!
After my words, everyone rushed to the three-way gate.
The body, accelerated by magical energy, did not stop even after passing through the castle gate.
At that time. He saw a group of monsters emerging from the bush.
“Huh!”
I straightened my sword like the horn of a unicorn toward that group, and charged at it.
Intensive strengthening, which concentrates mana while rushing to increase the reinforcement efficiency, and Shunbo, which sprays mana from the soles of its feet and uses that momentum to move forward.
And the haste, which was imprinted on Girard’s shoes, that wrapped around the whole body to reduce wind resistance. I imitate and use the wind magic LV4 I just acquired.
Finally, I activate [Strong (C+)] Copied from Duka on my legs and kick the ground hard.
Boom!
If the durability of the body had not been increased by rigid chess, the strength was strong enough to break the legs.
Breaking down the hardened ground with his feet. The body, as if it were a single bullet, was fired.
Quaaah-!
It’s like a knight in full armor riding a huge course horse charging a lance.
It was an intense rush that felt such pressure.
Perbubbubuck-!
The charge with enormous power blows the monsters in all directions like animals being hit by a car.
It pierced the heart of the Orc Shaman, the boss of the group, without stopping even after penetrating the middle of the group of monsters in a straight line.
Kwajik!
“……Kuh…Ik….”
A groan that can’t even be said into a agony. The Orc Shaman died.
Pushuk-
“Suck!”
With all my strength, I pulled the sword out of the shaman’s heart.
Then, it burrowed into the higher species gathered around the Orc Shaman in one step, and fired a sharp blow.
The moment you hold the sword with both hands and swing it, use [Strong (C+)] On both arms.
Jjeok-!
A powerful, circular slash.
The orcs with more than 2 meters of muscle mass were split like splitting firewood.
Until now, the Was wrapped in chains of restrictions because he was using an old longsword that was too weak in durability.
Obtain a useful C-grade sword, break the chains that restrain you.
As if he was going to tell us what a true genius is, he went on a rampage.
“Keee!”
A group of orcs organized in the blink of an eye.
After clearing up the group at the top, all that remains is a ragtag goblin trembling in fear.
The result is obvious.
I soon cleaned up all the monsters and quickly returned to the gate.
What I saw in front of me as I just passed through the gate. Like me, Duka, who seems to have just returned, and Nis, who is returning from afar.
And beyond the North Gate, it was a bunch of monsters running madly to the crystal.
“…Huh!”
Faang-!
Kwajajajak!
The javelin thrown by Douka, who was in high spirits, shook the heads of the running monsters and broke their momentum.
“Nice! Duka!! Then, Nice! Please take care of the higher ranks first!”
“I got it!!!”
Breaking momentum, I and Nice charge towards the monsters whose legs have stopped.
“Haaap!”
Suddenly! Sagagak-! Quadduk-!
From the front, I cut and slashed the lower and higher ranks, regardless.
“……”
Spuk- Spaul-
Nice, who activated [Cognitive Impairment], Secretly burrows into the crowd of monsters with his unique renewal method, thoroughly assassinating only the higher-ranking species.
Duka, who joined after throwing a javelin, also lifted a long long spear and unleashed a steady stream of simple spear techniques to knock down monsters.
“Whew! Is it over now?”
Knock down all the enemies in sight, and insert the sword into the scabbard at the waist.
…… Ah. The sheath was taken from Girard.
Thank you. Golden Goble… No, Girard.
“…Nyaa~ It was close-knit!”
“…Um”
Nice stretched out and let out a sigh of relief. Deuka, who was recovering the thrown spear, nodded silently.
“Nya…. As expected, the next wave is impossible nyan. There are too many…
“……Sunwoo. You said there was another way, but what is it?”
Nice looked back on the situation and concluded that the current situation was unreasonable for defense.
Duka opened her innocent-looking mouth and asked me for another way.
“……Hmm. First of all, would you like to follow me?”
“Am I supposed to move?”
“Yes.”
I led Nis and Duka and walked to the south gate.
I passed through the south gate and continued on.
“Nyaa…? You have to go this far?”
“Yes. If my predictions are correct. Nice. Of the rules from the revision, Rule 6. Do you remember?”
“……That’s, ……[There is a hidden pass condition.] You mean?”
“Yeah, that one. I have some idea what it is.”
“Nyang?! How Nyang?!”
Nice must have been surprised that I noticed it before the information merchant herself. His ears and tail pricked up, in amazement.
I calmly continued my words to Nice.
“I passed exam 1 like that.”
As we walked down the street, I explained to both of them how I had passed the first test.
“…Nya-nyang. That, indeed. Should I call it luck or futility? …In fact, when Seonwoo-nyang said that he only broke the 2nd level in the first test. I thought it was strange.”
“……”
Nice expressed her feelings with an expression of admiration, as if seeing something strange.
De Uca nodded, agreeing with Nice.
“No matter how you look at it, Seonwoonyang’s skills aren’t good enough to finish at the 2nd level. …I can’t even recognize that, there was a knothole.”
“hahahaha! But, thanks to not recognizing him, I quickly realized that he was that kind of guy.”
“Nyahahahaha! That’s also true! …But why did Seonwoonyang come to the south? It seems like he’s convinced that the summoning orb is in the south.”
“…That’s because I have a good sense… hahahaha, I’m kidding. Just kidding.”
Actually, it is not a lie to say that I have a good sense because I have .
In fact, as soon as I looked at Rule 6, I saw a golden arrow going all the way south.
…… The problem was how to explain this to the two of them….
I was wondering if there was any hint that could be explained, and even in the strategy guide I looked at.
Because it was stated that there was no choice but to take one of the four paths.
There was no evidence I could convince that the direction of the summoning orb was south.
…… However, there was a subtle hint that can only be noticed now that it has become reality, which cannot be distinguished in the game.
“Seriously, there was a small hint… Nice, Duka. Did you feel anything while dealing with the monsters in the North Gate?”
“……I don’t know.”
“Nyan?
Duka didn’t notice, but Nice, who seemed to have a high sensory level, seemed to realize it thanks to the hint I gave.
I continued with a nod of his head that Nice was right.
“That’s right. I finally realized it while blocking the two castle gates… The monster at the northern gate was a little tired.”
I already knew that it was in the south, and the result of dealing with monsters at the northern gate and monsters at the other gates. Differences I could notice.
The moment I saw Girard in the second test. I gave up on protecting the crystal and decided to destroy the summoning orb.
That’s why it was such a subtle hint that you wouldn’t realize it if you hadn’t been thinking about how to convince them.
“As I thought, if monsters appear from summoning orbs. It’s a bit strange that they appear from four directions. I’ve also thought of a case where there’s one summoning orb at each end of the road, but… In that case, it’s too much. Since the level of difficulty increases, even if it’s a test of Valhalla, I thought it was too much, so I left it out.”
“Nya. If that’s the case, then all that’s left is to split the monsters summoned from the orb at the end of one of the four directions into four groups. East, West, South, and North, respectively. It’s a way to move the monsters and charge them all at once. … And the north gate is far from the south gate, so it’s because you have to go back farther to avoid being noticed by us. The monsters are tired from going in the other direction!”
“……And there is also a 30-minute break after the wave ends. It’s there to give the monsters time to move.”
“……Mmm!”
I opened my mouth, and Nice continued.
Nice’s purple eyes wide open and her tail wagging excitedly deduced, like a cat that found a fun toy. …… It was very cute.
As I was watching Nice like that, Nice made me a proposal with a flushed face.
“Nyaha! Seonwoonyang. Even if you fail the exam, won’t you get a job in our family? I’ll give you special treatment♡”
“Ha ha ha! It’s a very interesting invitation, but please put it on hold for now. …I think I’ve found it.”
While passing through Nice’s suggestion, he turned his consciousness around.
After leaving the castle wall, I walked for about 15 minutes and arrived on the hill.
From far away, a cluster of monsters began to appear.