Chapter 724: Leaving
After defeating the barbarian, I returned to the castle and continued my days teaching Elini.
I felt it briefly before, but it is a natural talent.
‘If I leave it like this, it will learn on its own.’
The form in which he swings a sword as tall as himself is unusual.
Although it was based on the skills and basics learned while dealing with the barbarian leader Galan, it was not perfect.
There is no other reason.
This is because of the physical differences between the guy used as teaching material and Elini.
‘The weight difference is too big.’
The average height of a barbarian is 2.5m.
Galan was bigger than him.
He even established his own style by climbing up to the 90th floor.
This means that it is not something that anyone can use easily.
That’s why I also told them as simple and basic things as possible.
“Wouldn’t it be better to bend your knees a little more? “My center of gravity is shaking.”
“good idea. But don’t get too used to that posture. “If you become stronger, you will be able to handle it on your own.”
“yes! mister!”
Seeing that he doesn’t just learn from it but adjusts it to suit himself, I think he’s a genius.
Especially this time, when he heard that I had defeated the barbarian, he became more active.
For reference, all the barbarians dispersed.
When Galan died, the position of leader was offered to me, but of course I refused.
The risk is sufficient for the marauders within the fort.
I didn’t want to collect all this and more for no reason.
“I’ll leave the rest to you, Sir Mac.”
“Of course! I never thought I would meet such a genius. How heroes emerge in difficult times. I think Elini is like that!”
My sword is too practical and tamed for my taste.
If you want to learn the basics, it’s better to get taught by a formally trained Mac.
After seeing Elini’s talent, I was motivated to take action.
-Taat.
I climbed to the top of the fortress with light steps.
Since it is the highest place, other people do not approach it, so people come here when they are in the community.
At the same time, I am also keeping a watchful eye on the surrounding area.
He glanced around nearby and frowned.
A lot happened while I was dealing with one of the four disasters.
First, two more disasters disappeared, including the Barbarian.
A group of southern beastmen and a dwarf who came up the volcano.
It was thanks to the activities of Hwamu-seon and Magma Fairy.
‘There are several climbers who were caught up in the process and died.’
It was a case where I was unlucky enough to be in an awkward position.
If you made up a team of a few people, it would be perfect if you were to move as an individual and get caught unluckily.
This is especially true for vampires.
Unlike beastmen and barbarians who use relatively intuitive powers, they use all kinds of strange abilities.
I was annoyed when I first met him too.
That’s it for now.
“I never thought Choco Choco would get hit.”
Among climbers who have reached the 98th floor, he is one of the top climbers.
I know this well because I have climbed with them.
I can’t say for sure, but it has the power to catch even fragments of chaos.
“The guy I’m dealing with this time is definitely strong.”
“Yes.”
Deokchun agrees.
okay. Smile Cap is also an opponent who has lost twice.
There’s no way the guys near the top of the tower are ordinary guys.
However, the problem was that the damage was significant.
‘4 people including Choco Choco.’
This is the number of people hit by fragments of chaos.
As a result of Mulan Cassen’s increased activities.
Should I say that the frequency of appearances has increased compared to before?
Several candidates were lost in the process.
It was an unexpected result.
whopping.
‘It appeared before I even broke up with the candidate.’
The existing information itself was broken.
In the meantime, the Mulan Cassen that Smilecap experienced only appeared when they broke up with the candidate.
What caused this change?
Are there a lot of climbers who have climbed up?
Is it simply because of that? Or is there another trigger?
Maybe we don’t know too much about her.
Even so, the strategy does not change.
“In the end, it’s the same as coming to where the candidate is.”
The movement lines that appear are also worth paying attention to.
[Mean Meow Punch]: Take a picture of the chaotic fragments’ movements using a map (photo)
[Lick the top of the head]: There’s no regularity, but it seems like they’re getting closer and closer to one place?
[Hair loss on your head]: Is this near me?
[Mean Meow Punch]: It’s true that it’s in the direction of the bald man, but it’s closer to the direction where the empty eyes are.
[Lick the top of the head]: That’s how I see it. The hair loss man and a few others keep changing places. This guy moved to one point from start to finish
[Mean Meow Punch]: Of course, it could be a coincidence, and you never know when it might change to the other side!
It’s just as Nyangfun said.
It feels like it’s coming my way, but this is an inevitable result.
It was my idea to gather the candidates in one place, and they were actually coming together.
It was no wonder that the movement of chaotic fragments chasing the candidate appeared like this.
It seems like other people besides the members have similar thoughts.
[Smile Cap]: Things have changed. The guy started hunting for candidates. We need to move forward with our plans. Going towards Evileye
[Jiri Fairy]: I’m sorry about Choco Choco
[Hwamu-seon]: Don’t worry. Choco Choco’s activities will continue even outside the tower.
[Awl Fairy]: We might end up with similar results, so let’s not let
down our guard and speed up the gathering.
[Sexy Guy]: Then, let’s go to your brother first! If the candidate is the goal, we don’t care!
Sexy Guy moved quickly.
Now that his purpose has changed, those who have lost their candidates are becoming free.
Originally, these were the people who should have been Mulan Cassen’s targets first.
Ironically, it is the safest position now.
If you wanted to easily carry it on your back, there was also a way to hide.
[Last Leaf]: If you hurry, you can arrive in two days!
There was no one like that among our Peqin Union.
I quietly looked at the remaining people.
A total of 4 members including me.
2 rookie group members.
Fairy Club 3 people.
Five Noble Knights, including Ophelia.
2 Union people.
Total 16 people.
Actually, I think a lot of this has survived.
But if you ask, is that a sufficient number?
‘I don’t know.’
I don’t know how many people from other destroyed worlds have reached the 99th floor.
I don’t think there will be that many.
So far, only a few NPCs have reached the 99th floor while climbing.
In other words.
“It means that everyone split off starting from the 98th floor.”
-Taat.
I turned off the community and went down.
As the world collapsed, information exchange decreased, but it did not disappear completely.
Even now, there are people who come here little by little looking for a place to live.
“My cousin lives over there, over the mountains, and all sorts of disasters are raining down from the sky.”
“Do you know the name Mulan Cassen? “They say it will destroy this world.”
“iced coffee. I’ve heard the story. “Isn’t he the one who brought down the southern kingdom?”
Beautiful, beautiful, many stories were told.
Some of them were ambiguous, some were exaggerated or misrepresented, but overall they were correct.
Numerous catastrophes and calamities.
The name that comes to mind above all others is Mulan Cassen.
‘They don’t even hide it anymore.’
There’s nothing strange about it.
There is absolutely no reason to hide yourself.
“Captain, will we be okay? I lost contact with the citadels with whom I often corresponded.”
It wasn’t just a rumor that spread.
There was also a signal from the place where we were actually communicating.
Three marauding groups made up of bandits and bandits located to the east were evaporated.
Those who held out in small groups deep in the mountains collapsed, and the south, which had maintained the appearance of a kingdom, disappeared into the back of history.
“Is there truly no way to avoid destruction?”
“Did you hear the news? “They say the hero of the Kingdom of Tiliban is also dead.”
“It goes without saying that even the mercenary king who lived in a demon cave could not leave a single body behind.”
The atmosphere is chaotic.
Rumors cannot be hidden just because they are faster than words.
I also knew that, so I didn’t do anything about it.
Anyway, this place will become a battlefield within a few days.
Ordinary people cannot live there.
no. Even if you are a former climber, most of you will die.
‘These are people who did not come to fight, but to live.’
The same goes for the looters who occupied the fortress before I came.
The atmosphere had been chaotic for several days, and the rumor reached the ears of Elini, who was relatively staying inside the fortress.
As he comes inside, he clings to me and looks up, but his face is pale.
“Mister….”
There is one reason why this usually bold guy comes out like this.
Ellini was also one of the outsiders who was fleeing destruction.
‘The kingdom that recently disappeared is Ellini’s hometown.’
What I learned as I spent more time with Elini.
Ellini’s hometown was in the southern kingdom.
A small town that doesn’t even have a proper name.
In reality, it was correct to think of it as an attached village.
Because it was a frontier where you couldn’t even enter the territory.
A person who has been harmed once is afraid of the person who took it from him.
whoever it is
No matter what the objective power gap is, the experience at that time holds you back.
In this day and age, yes.
‘The flow of destruction itself must be like that.’
There is no need to distinguish between a monster or a disaster.
It’s all just a sign of destruction.
In that sense, the fragments of chaos are.
‘A being that represents destruction.’
The same goes for Elini being scared.
Recently, he has shown particular interest in becoming stronger, but was it because of his anxiety?
I lightly pressed Elini’s head and called out to people.
I made a decision.
-Roaring.
I looked at the people who had gathered in the fort following my instructions.
Approximately 400 people are here, including recently arrived outsiders and residents whose villages were destroyed by the Barbarians.
‘Up to 5 days from now. All climbers who have reached the 98th floor gather.’
It definitely meant that fragments of chaos were coming here.
“Within five days, Mulan Cassen, a fragment of chaos, will appear here. Speak in advance. “Whoever wants to leave, leave.”
I made that known.
A sentence that is so concise that it is difficult to understand.
Those who blinked belatedly realized the meaning of my words.
“What does that mean?”
“You’re leaving so suddenly!”
“If not here, where else would you go?”
People are shouting.
I expected it.
There is no one who would abandon their home just because they said one word.
Although all of those gathered here are outsiders who have abandoned their hometowns, they are still looking for a place to live.
I don’t want to leave again.
Because no one wants to lose what they lost again.
To every corner of the ever-shrinking territory of humanity.
No one wants to run away anymore.
know.
How miserable and difficult life is, wandering around day after day looking for a place to sleep and food.
Because I also experienced the era of cataclysm.
Because the people here have probably been like this for longer than me.
Even if it is set by the system.
So I have no intention of forcing it.
Just conveying facts.
“I say it again. “In a few days, fragments of chaos will appear here.”
He continued speaking in a definitive tone.
“Leave with all the food, medicine, and household items you have collected so far. If possible, leave for the South.”
“But isn’t the South where the kingdom collapsed?”
“Going there is like dying!”
I guess so.
It must feel that way.
Because they probably don’t know.
Since I heard the news late, it’s natural that I don’t know.
The fragments of chaos that collapsed the kingdom have turned this way and the beastmen have already been defeated.
The absence of information makes even the most obvious route seem like a route to death for those who are powerless to protect themselves.
“Why aren’t you leaving with me, Captain?”
Hecton quietly asked me.
Everyone gathered here thinks that I will stop the approaching threat.
That’s why I stay here.
Even without knowing why I was here, they naturally had expectations of me.
These are the inhabitants of this world.
I am a climber who stays here to leave.
There was an indescribable gap in that gap, and it wasn’t the kind that could be explained.
“I am not leaving. “Prevents fragments of chaos.”
Tell the truth but give them room to interpret it according to their heart.
I will be stopping you, so please leave.
That’s the way most people can live.
There is agitation in people’s eyes.
At the same time, there are doubts.
You must have a lot to think about.
Leaving with all supplies. It’s definitely fascinating.
If I block the fragments of chaos, my chances of survival also increase.
but.
‘They’ll probably wonder if I’m trying to use them as bait.’
It would be difficult to understand giving up even supplies.
I have no intention of explaining anything.
This is just.
“I was given a choice. The choice is up to each person. “Everything that happens afterward is each person’s decision.”
Just an excuse to put my mind at ease a little.
“But keep in mind that if you interfere with me in the process, you may die by my hands.”
This is because of the selfishness of wanting to eliminate any variables that may not be present.
I thought about it.
I feel it recently.
I am not qualified to lead a large number of people.
I am also a person who likes to act independently, and I have a strong tendency to prioritize the people closest to me rather than the entire group.
There were times when they roamed around in small and sometimes quite large groups, but they were only a means to an end and were a fighting group to attack a specific enemy.
It is not an organization to protect the general public and the weak.
I felt it when I got up to the 98th floor.
‘If I go out, I have to make sure the government doesn’t collapse.’
I don’t like what they’re doing, but if they collapse, not only will the government collapse, but everyday life will collapse.
Unless I’m going to take care of everything, I have to leave the assortment behind.
Wouldn’t it be possible to do something to stop people from doing stupid things like threatening or retaliating behind their backs?
I would like to do that here as well, but unfortunately, we do not have the organization or manpower to do so.
“I’ll give you two days. Those who want to leave should leave.”
With those words, I turned my back.
The morning after two days.
I was the only one left in the fortress.
Everyone left.
Even Elini.
no.
I asked Mac to leave.
He raised the corners of his mouth slyly.
“You gave me too much affection.”
