◈ 291. [Side Story] Organizing and Planning
“Huh.”
She looked sideways at Ash and Serenade, who were dancing in the corner of the plaza, avoiding the eyes of others.
Evangeline, who had been sullen with her chin resting, muttered.
“They look good on each other.”
“… .”
Lucas glanced at the dissatisfied Evangeline and swallowed the glass.
“Why are you angry? miss?”
“I’m not angry, mister?”
Evangeline’s lips pouted.
“I’m just jealous.”
“I envy you?”
“Look at Serenade. He is very beautiful, talented, smart, and even has a top class.”
Evangeline, who swung her short arms wide, let out a whimper.
“Now I can’t play at all… ok I want to become an adult like that too. I don’t know if that’s possible.”
“… Isn’t that right, Evangeline?”
“yes? What do you mean?”
“The crotch was torn when the cuckoo followed the stork… .”
“Oh no! I’m afraid I can’t support you! Sheesh, leave it there!”
Evangeline jumped up from her seat and clenched her fists.
“You will be surprised in a few years! This Evangeline Cross! I’m sure you’ll become a very cool adult like Serenade-sama. Then it’s a match again!”
“… .”
After examining Evangeline’s youthful face with breast tissue remaining, Lucas responded coolly.
“What do you do?”
“Why is my reaction so dry!”
“Even if you grow old, you will still be a child… .”
Evangeline jumped at Lucas and tried to bite Lucas. Lucas, who had managed to get rid of Evangeline, murmured.
“By the way, the serenade lady has changed a lot too.”
“yes? Have you changed?”
“Yeah, it used to be more… .”
Lucas, who recalled the past, was speechless. It was because the last fireworks of the festival had risen.
pop! Perbung… … !
People gathered in the square applauded and cheered as they looked up at the splendid fireworks exploding as if announcing the end.
Even in the corner of the plaza, Ash and Serenade, who had stopped dancing, could be seen greeting each other.
Evangeline whined, making a sound like, “It would be nice to have some fun~” and Lucas chuckled and poured the remaining alcohol into his mouth.
***
The festival is over.
I am sitting in the office of my mansion after getting out of the city where the festival is ending in a mess.
The fever of the festival still lingers in my body, but I try to cool my head.
‘The attack up to stage 10 is complete now. Let’s summarize the current situation.’
Holding a pen and tapping the paper, I wrote down the battle situation I had accumulated so far and the events that would unfold in the future.
‘First of all, the status of the troops possessed.’
from the hero.
main party. penal unit. shadow squad. Lily. Marherita. And there are 3 reserve sub-parties that are leveling in low-grade areas of the dungeon.
‘The number of hero parties is less than expected.’
The number of completed parties that can become instant strength is only two.
There are only 3 members of the Shadow Unit, and Lily and Marherita are not on the field. Other than that, it’s just a reserve party.
‘It should be reinforced.’
Currently, there are two parties that have a relationship with the Monster Front. The Holy Grail Expedition and Dusk Bringer’s personal guard.
However, the timing or terms of their recruitment have not been confirmed.
Do not presuppose their recruitment, and you must continuously acquire and train other heroes.
‘The next regular soldier.’
With steady replenishment, they succeeded in securing close to 1,000 soldiers, but about 200 were killed in the last defense battle.
It is impossible for ordinary soldiers to raise their specs by leveling up in a short period of time like heroes.
Only when they spend time earnestly and gain experience in the field do they become veterans.
‘We must not repeat the same disaster as the last stage.’
He bit his lower lip softly.
Fortunately, the supply and demand of heroes and soldiers is getting smoother. Certainly, compared to the beginning, the number of mercenaries visiting Crossroads is increasing.
‘Come to think of it, did I say that Jupiter spreads rumors before?’
Suddenly, I remembered the words of an old soldier who had died.
You said you’d spread the word about how good the mercenaries are treated here at the Kaiju Front.
Is the rumor really spreading all over the continent?
It was unknown, but it was true that the supply and demand of mercenaries was smooth.
As the number of dungeons cleared increases, the number of dungeons that can be farmed and leveled also increases.
Let’s systematically train heroes and soldiers and provide them with equipment.
After making a brief plan for future hero and soldier training, we moved on.
‘Internal Affairs and Administration of the City.’
The Winter Silver Merchant Merchants arrived to distribute the magic stones and even cleaned the roads, so you should be able to dispose of the magic stones that were left in stock.
Even after giving half of it to the imperial family, there is still a considerable amount left.
If the Winter Silver Merchants sell these all over the continent, they will be able to raise a considerable amount of money.
‘It was a car where the budget was getting tight little by little, but it’s good timing.’
The amount of money sucked by a city, even a fortress city for military purposes, was astronomical. It’s almost like a water-eating hippo.
As I took care of the welfare of the mercenaries, more and more money went into it.
However, if the Winter Silver Merchants took care of the manastone inventory, they would be able to breathe freely.
In the future, more monsters will appear and the amount of manastones will increase proportionately, so you don’t have to worry about finances.
‘Accelerate large-scale construction projects with the secured budget.’
Construction of an outpost.
Tourism city planning.
Both projects are in their infancy. In the future money will be broken.
However, the outpost is necessary for the safety of the city, and the tourism city plan is necessary for high-level hero fishing (recruitment). let’s proceed
Other than that, it’s the winter plan to prepare for the upcoming winter, or the budget to import food from nearby cities because it’s harvest season… … I’ve been trying to round the numbers up since then.
I’ll have to pull this out more accurately later with Ader.
good. This is enough to organize the friendly side, such as heroes and cities.
next is the enemy
‘Monsters and dungeons.’
Current dungeon attack status.
All dungeons up to Area 5 have been cleared. Area 6 has only been partially cleared, and Area 7 has only cleared [Wolf’s Den] at the beginning.
‘First, let’s aim to clear all zone 6.’
From District 6, the depths of the dungeon. It is a place called the deep demon realm.
You have to move forward, sweeping more thoroughly and steadily than in the previous areas.
As in the past, it will be difficult to advance quickly, but the rewards increase as the difficulty increases.
Don’t be in a hurry, take one step at a time. I briefly drew a map of the remaining 6 districts and organized the order of attack.
‘and… Nightmare corps commanders.’
I frowned as I remembered the named monsters.
Defeated Nightmare Corps 3rd generation. Orlop. Celendion. Luna Red.
The 2nd generation of nightmare corps commanders encountered. Salome. Raven.
‘There must be more guys here that I haven’t even met yet… … .’
It was not difficult to guess what kind of nightmare corps commanders were.
There were few named monsters of this level in the game.
I quickly wrote down strategies for the named monsters I met in the game.
From now on, I will have to face them not only in defensive battles but also in dungeons.
You don’t know when and where you’ll run into someone, so you have to let your party members know in advance.
After finishing the dungeons and monsters. I let out a long sigh and slowly raised my head.
‘And what will happen in the future.’
The biggest event of the second year, Fernandez’s Rebellion.
It is a big event that will completely change the entire history of the world.
I instructed Serenade to observe the situation for now, be alert and grasp the situation of the ecliptic.
Treason will happen in the next few months. This is a definite matter. Because there is no way to stop it in the first place.
‘The emperor is in hibernation. 1st Prince Lark is on the Western Front.
2nd Prince Fernandez holds real power in the empire’s cabinet as the Minister of Government, and he’s even the commander of the dark department.’
The treason itself was prepared for at least several years.
It wasn’t that he didn’t think of blocking it once when he visited the ecliptic, but the entire ecliptic was already in Fernandez’s grasp.
Even if I, a spoiled brat, made an accusation, it was obvious that people would trust and support Fernandez more, who had earned everyone’s trust as the head of the administration.
It must have been removed by Fernandez’s hand without even knowing it.
Above all, I am only the commander of the monster front.
What I’m trying to stop are monsters. Fighting in the mud over the throne within the empire is none of my business.
‘Fernandez’s rebellion split the empire into two.’
In the game, it was necessary to negotiate between the two camps divided between Lark and Fernandez to extract the maximum benefit.
I was also going to do this at first. I tried to extract as many reinforcements from both sides as possible and use them to the bone.
The imperial family’s reinforcements are strong.
Considering how great Reina’s party has been during the last five defense battles, if more elite soldiers’ parties are dispatched than that, it would be a great help for the remainder of the attack.
‘But I am politically subjugated to that faction.’
And these reinforcements will gradually try to keep the front here under their control.
So when I visited the ecliptic, I changed my mind. And I declared an independent route.
Now, reinforcements from the imperial family are no longer received. At the same time, I take a step back from their political strife and struggle for the throne.
What would you gain instead of giving up all the benefits you could get from the Imperial Family?
‘Starting with Dusk Bringer… … Calling the ‘fallen kings’.’
fallen kings.
Refugees and defeated soldiers who lost their country to the empire and wandered without a proper territory, their royalty, their knights. Heterogeneous slaves who were forcibly subjugated by the Empire.
I accept those wandering with their own wishes inside as my mercenaries to the front here.
‘It was a strategy that existed only in theory in the game.’
The so-called ‘foreign team of fear’ strategy.
Among the wandering mercenaries, it is a strategy for recruiting a romantic dream team that mainly recruits and uses friends with the tags of ‘king’, ‘chief’ or ‘lord’.
If those ‘fallen kings’ could be fused into a single organization, it would become a much stronger army than the sum of all the reinforcements that could be obtained from the imperial family. In theory, yes.
It goes without saying that the individual parties of the Fallen Kings are data-wise strong. After all, it was a unit that the kings of a country led until the very end.
However, bringing them together into one army is a different story with a different level of difficulty.
All of them are dirty and do not want to be under anyone, and most of them have a grudge relationship with the Empire.
I’ve tried it a few times in game too. But all failed.
Even if it was difficult to keep them, they would often show their ignorance, rebel, and go wild, and since kings had silver dollars, they would fight among themselves.
‘But I’ll show you how to do it.’
Although this strategy may be difficult, it is the most powerful ultimate training method in theory.
In order to reach the true ending, ordinary strategies will eventually hit a wall.
So, I will show off flying with aerobatics.
I will conciliate, negotiate, subdue, and unite them under my command.
‘Recruiting the Dragon Lady is the beginning.’
Dragon Lady – Dusk Bringer.
The key to this plan, the most powerful of all the fallen kings.
I clicked my tongue inwardly thinking of the petite queen who came to play during this festival.
‘5 vs 5 PVP? It’s not even funny. I will definitely break your nose.’
Originally, it was intended to attract the royal family secretly, but there is no need to do that now.
Soon, the imperial family will be split in two and won’t be able to afford to pay attention to this side of the fight.
Same with the other fallen kings. As much as Fernandez’s treason advances, I also accelerate the construction of the ‘Foreign Team of Fear’.
“after.”
After the situation so far and the inspection of future plans were over, dawn was breaking in the distance.
I frowned and looked at the rising sun.
“I haven’t checked the plan to match these kids’ equipment items yet… .”
Instead of babbling, I took out a new piece of paper and started making a new equipment item plan.
Shrimp overnight. Even when I was a streamer, I was the one who did ‘even the king’ and did 24-hour broadcasts.
While I was frantically writing down the number of mana cores, equipment estimates, and farming plans, I suddenly thought of it.
Although the festival was obviously enjoyable.
I feel more comfortable now when I am immersed in the strategy.
After all, am I a human who should be on the front line?
“… .”
I shook my head and erased my thoughts and continued writing the equipment plan. First of all… .
‘Exclusive equipment for Lucas and Evangeline!’
Exclusive equipment that completes an SSR grade hero character.
Finally, the time has come to put these on our two knights.
