Chapter.9 Star Fall (25)
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“Hero. Could you please stay with me a little longer? If you just go beyond the ridge to the area managed by the empire…”
“I told you in advance. “I also have a strong desire to help Gold Geyser, but I have a mission for the church.”
“Umm….”
After Roman gained complete insight into airship production, the group and the top decided to split up a little early. It’s not like there’s no need for Gold Geyser now that there’s an airship, but now that there’s someone who needs to go back the way they came, I felt the need to split up the group before going deeper.
“What a pity! Friend! I think I can definitely get ‘more amazing inspiration’ if I travel the world with you! “I feel that way!”
“Is that so? “It’s such a shame, it brings tears to my eyes, Roman!”
These are not empty words. That line is a message that if you recruit him as a colleague and lead him around, he will come up with something ingenious! Now that the airship has been released, if the famous magic particle generation charging station comes out… a semi-permanent, infinitely powered airship that automatically recharges and recycles used magic stones will be born. Even if it’s not this, if you just pull out the magic cannons, which are quite good, it’s like Star Wars, with magic cannons raining down from the sky…!
Churrup!
Ah, I want to take you with me so much. If you explode just one more time, you will not only clear the world, but from then on it will be a successor, so all you have to do is roll up high-potential hero units and turn them into unscrupulous heroes, or go around assassinating dangerous elements that are likely to become a big problem in the future. ! You don’t even need to search for enemies that match your heroes’ level! Made with a red mute like in Tobrunn! All you have to do is show up and play a villain!
“Hero? “What kind of dark thoughts are you thinking that makes you look like that?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. nothing.”
I was barely able to escape from the happy imagination that had been growing like poisonous mushrooms when I heard the voice of Lucille, who was riding on a cart near our group. Lucilla This little guy barely passed the cutoff line, but if he took a purely non-combat unit like Roman with him as a companion, he would just die in an instant. Let’s be patient. Hold on!
“Then… it’s time to part ways.”
“Hot hot hot! It’s time to break up for a while! Isn’t that so, Professor Sang-San!”
The group was divided into three groups. Based on the inspiration gained this time, Roman returns to Teldrat, where the upper headquarters is located, to begin full-scale production of the airship, and several mercenaries to guard him.
Continue along the ley line like this and cross the mountain range to reach the territory of the Empire.
From here, our group heads to the village of the exiled elves inside the Blue Line Mountains.
What was unusual was that our group included a girl merchant named ‘Lucilla’.
Perhaps because the number of people was reduced, the owner of the top carrying a small baggage on his back came up to me and asked to shake my hand.
“Please take care of Lucille, warrior. Although he is still young, he is quick-thinking and talented, and at that age, he served as an attendant in charge of a commercial trip. “It probably won’t be a burden.”
“well. “I confirmed that he is a merchant with some talent, but wouldn’t it be safer to set a meeting point and meet there rather than having that child join us?”
“It’s impossible. As you can see, we are moving with trade goods whose value it is difficult to calculate in the empire. You never know when and where an attack may occur and your plans may go awry. So, we are using the method of sharing the luggage with the people at the upper level who were preparing in advance in the empire, scattering, and then gathering at that location through our upper level emergency contact network when the transaction date is set.”
“Hmm… you seem to be using a very complex… method.”
“ha ha ha. There is no need to say it back. It’s a crude method, but it’s the best for us, who are struggling and cannot secure a sufficient number of escorts. “When the time is right, I will contact you through Lucille.”
“…I can’t help it.”
This is why Lucilla joined our group.
“Leader. This kid doesn’t look that strong. Are you really planning on taking me with you?”
“Oh, that part is okay. I confirmed it. “At least it wasn’t a burden.”
“You can take care of yourself in the heart of the Blue Line Mountains and nowhere else? “That little girl?”
“joy! “I’ve been discriminated against because of my appearance my whole life, and you’re ignoring me because I look young?”
“It’s not that I’m ignoring you, I’m just worried about you…?!”
The moment Borca tried to persuade Lucilla, Lucilla burrowed into the pile of luggage and disappeared. I asked Borka, who was embarrassed, tapping his side.
“how is it. “Can you feel where you are?”
“This… is a truly bizarre feat. “I clearly saw him go in there, but there was no smell, no sign, or even a trace.”
width!
“Voila! “Every merchant has his or her own talents!”
Borka could only nod as he looked at Lucilla coming out the other side of the hole he entered.
“She would have been a successful girl if she had become an assassin.”
“It’s a little different from that. “Because that is a survival technique unique to merchants.”
I was about to explain a little more to Borka, but the top of the Gold Geyser made a gesture to go first.
“We don’t want to get caught up in the commotion that the hero will cause, so we will leave a little ahead of time.”
“great. “Then… I’ll see you in the empire.”
“Hmm, please fill your blessed hands with gold coins.”
“We’re going too! “We will meet again in the sky, not on the ground!”
“okay. “I want you to make it something as big as a military sailing ship or something so awesome that it can knock down the entire castle gate.”
“Hot hot hot! A ship big enough to push down a castle gate… I wonder if there’s that much high-quality wood left in Teldrat! Hot hot hot hot!”
As Roman and Sangsang moved away to both sides of the ley line, our group began walking toward the center of the blue line, where the trees were dense.
Me holding a cart, Lucilla riding on it, and my companions looking at her with anxiety and worry.
There’s no need to explain anything. Anyway, if the battle breaks out, everyone will know that she is not a burden without having to explain it.
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Shagaaagh!
Each time the werewolf’s sharp claws swung, the ghoul’s black, shiny head fell off. Borka shook off his throbbing hand and kicked the falling ghoul’s body with all his might.
“Guoeook!”
“Keueeek!”
The screams of the undead crashing into the hard, heavy flying body of the ghoul rang out. To be exact, it wasn’t a scream. Because the undead responded to every stimulus at every moment with a cry that was close to death.
Just as I was trying to catch my breath in the space created by the undead falling down, I saw dozens of yellow eyes flashing in the forest. The exhaled breath turned into a sigh.
“Leader! “I can’t do this number alone!”
“It’s tight here too! Aldrich! These guys are undead. Didn’t that work out last time? Something like that wide-range turn undead thing?”
“It might be okay at sunset, but it’s impossible now that it’s noon!”
“Xan Makara! Mashar! GRAAAaaaaa!!!!”
Slosh! Sigh!
“Notum does it! “You look like an incompetent old man!”
“Shut up you half-assed waterman who can’t even use attack magic! What Notum uses is already different from the general soul arts!”
The professor saw Ottman and Aldrich bickering with each other but working together well to drive out the undead.
While Notum was blocking the ghost-type monsters that Borka and I were fast and strong at attacking first, the two wizards were pushing away all the remaining low-quality undead.
When Aldrich held out his hand, a small white hand popped out of the cart! I came up and accurately threw holy water and the church’s fruit wine onto his hand. When Aldrich mixes holy water and fruit wine with lightning-like movements and then pours his blood and incantation into a spirit-filled jeju (alcohol for ancestral rites), he
shouts, “O you who made the covenant!” You will travel the world in step with me! [Otman Baudelaire’s Steps on the Sea]!”
The waves of Otman spread out like drawing concentric circles, sweeping away the undead along with the Jeju thinly layered on top .
The alcohol containing soul wine was made sluggishly and weakly, as if the undead were drunk.
Magical connection. The combination of magic from a completely different series was an advanced art that could not even be imitated with ordinary skills.
The group, who had succeeded in pushing out the undead in their respective parts, gathered next to the cart without any consideration for who was first.
“professor! “You pushed me away!”
“Get ready! Now that my control has weakened, I will come once more!”
A week has passed since I entered the heart of the Blue Line.
On the first day, we advanced by pushing aside the slightly more extraordinary undead, and on the second day, we ran all day with endless fishmen and drowned bodies jumping out of the spring water we barely found.
On the third day, while running like that, I accidentally took a wrong turn and ran into the named undead ‘Three Knights of the Dead’ who are still in the records from 2 World days 70 years ago. In the end, I used berserk fire and almost tore my body apart, sending them over the ridge. I threw it away and ran away. On the third day, as a result of using Berserker without Mute’s blood, my whole body shriveled and retired. I barely survived with holy water and Notum’s raw troll blood, and I carried him around all day and ran away.
And after barely recovering, on the second day of moving all night while dealing with the large army of undead that were strangely persistently pursuing them, they finally approached the main body controlling the undead.
– Miyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa –
A black cat landed lightly in the clearing where the undead had retreated. A black cat with a torn ear, a blind eye, and a scar with one of its front paws cut off had something that chilled people’s hearts just by showing up.
“come!”
“Everyone cover your ears! It’s an instant death spell! “If you listen properly, you won’t even be able to write a page!”
“Look into your eyes and you are cursed! Look at the shadow! “Shadow!”
“Hold your breath! “A flying insect with a curse!”
Like the Three Ghostly Knights, the named undead ‘Wild Cat who died eight times’ remains in records from 70 years ago. A crazy mutant called the ‘Wild Monster Warlock’ was born when a spirit beast who once protected the Church of Abundance lost eight of his nine lives in the rampage of the undead, completing a desire for life and an understanding of death that are stronger than any other living being.
-Miyaa Ao Oh –
“big!”
“Wake! The moment you lose consciousness, you die! “Think of the children you lost!”
“Gwaaaaa!!!”
The shadow that poured out from the wild cat with a ghastly cry was about to attack the group when it crashed
!
A small, white hand rose up from the cart surrounded by the group and pressed down with all its force on the hook of the ‘handful of light’ held in its hand.
“Close your eyes! Flashbang – Throw!”
Blah blah blah!
Fuwaaaaak!
Countless drops fell on the glass bottle in the girl’s hand, and it shattered, illuminating the dark forest clearing even in broad daylight.
– Kishaaaah! Meuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
The light filled with divine power did not end with just removing the wild cat’s curse and defeating the energy of death that filled the vacant lot, but also inflicted a direct hit on the person’s body.
At the same time as the wounded wildcats scattered in a blur, the undead surrounding the clearing began to fall like dolls whose strings had been cut.
“Now!”
The professor opened his tightly closed eyes and lifted the cart. Notum was running ahead with Aldrich and Ottman, while Borka was holding the map.
“Jump to your death! The great black cat is the ultimate in self-protectionism, so when it gets hurt, it does nothing and hides for a while! “There is only now!”
“How much time do we have?”
“Uh….”
– Jokass: Based on the official play video of Rabbit Princess 2 World, the time it took for Demon King Cat, covered in holy water, to return was 270 minutes.
“4 hours and 30 minutes!”
“what? Shit! Can’t you just kill him? “I heard you were hurt!”
“can not! The more you get hurt, the stronger you become by several orders of magnitude, and if you’re in a hurry, you can unleash black magic to gather all the undead around you! It even has the attribute of immortality!”
“Damn it! “I wasn’t coming here!”
I was nodding my head inwardly as Borka said he was speeding up while checking the map and the position of the sun in the sky.
oh my god. I never thought the blue line’s former masters would be this strong. I thought I would be able to get to the exiled elf village if I risked my life and went berserk and pushed it away like a tank, but it was difficult to even catch one of the three knights, let alone push it.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: It really doesn’t matter if you’re not a mute partner, professor.
– takealook: Unless before muting, it would be difficult to treat him as a warrior until he has accumulated enough magical power to use blood armor on his entire body.
– Muqaba: Quickly pray to Ro-Haram to thank Lucilla for being with us. If it wasn’t there, it would have been a long time since the Blue Line’s new undead ABCDE.
– Noru Drug: I admit it’s bittersweet. Who knew merchant skills could be used like this?
– Speed Wagon: Definitely worth researching. Because merchant companions have never been properly studied until now.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: For that reason, we will all take the time to praise pretty girls~
– takealook: From now on, when playing, I will unconditionally select my colleagues based on their looks. Heroic Point performance is solid.
The chat room was all about Lucilla. It was inevitable because if it weren’t for him, we would all have died.
As she ran after Borca with a heavy body and tapped the cart with her fingers, as if she had not yet fully recovered, Lucilla popped her head out from under the pile of luggage.
“why!”
“I have a few flashbangs left!”
“three! Maybe four! “If you squeeze, you get five!”
When asked the number, Lucilla answered with a range. It was an answer unbecoming of a merchant who was sharply accurate, at least in terms of numbers, but this was the result of the influence of Lucilla’s characteristics.
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Colleague: Lucilla Aedran
Gender: Female
Age: 19 (estimated)
Occupation: Gold Geyser Top Member (former lineage)
Characteristics: Crouching Fawn (presence reduced when concealed – cannot move) / Dandelion Footsteps (reduces noise, predicts trends, increases crisis avoidance) / Waiting Chronicity / Merchant Calculation (Expert) / Teldrat Socialization (Advanced) / Squeezing Dried Squid (Obtains chance of not consuming when using consumable items) / Target (Grand Merchant) )’s Eyes (Intermediate) / Long-distance Trade Skills (Intermediate)
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Checking an NPC’s status window is a function available from the moment the target reveals their name and is recruited as a colleague. To put it conversely, it is impossible to confirm before becoming a colleague.
At first, I refused to take Lucilla from the top of the Gold Geyser, thinking what a burden it was, but I changed my mind when I saw Lucilla running over to me excitedly after hearing the sound and reciting her talents.
‘It means that the top prospects on all continents are at a different level.’
It’s not that it’s not, but as soon as you accept it as a colleague and the status window pops up, you’ll think, ‘Is this character raised by someone and then abandoned?’ Did GG support this kind of online?’ This is because he possessed all the skills that were close to the level of a merchant, to the point where I was suspicious of him. [Crouching Fawn], a trait that must be obtained when raising a player merchant character, was a trait so famous in the community that it was nicknamed ‘Bambi’, and there were many other merchant traits that were all gems.
All were good, but the skill I particularly paid attention to was the unique name, ‘Dried Squid Squeezing.’
[Squeezing Dried Squid: You, who are amazingly self-sufficient, have learned the extreme of frugality and have been able to scrape together leftover products little by little and use them as if they were new! / Gives a probability that the consumables used by the target will not be consumed.]
‘Grants a probability that the consumables used by the target will not be consumed.’
As soon as I saw this, I said I would go with him right away. Most of what was currently being loaded on the cart was extremely expensive, expendable combat supplies that the church had stockpiled in preparation for the coming war. But if I take Lucilla and have her use consumables instead of me, there is a chance she will give me another free consumable? I can’t stand this! While doing so, we walked into the mountain range.
“Ugh! They say you are a capable warrior! He is a recognized warrior of the popular Church of Light! “It was a fake product?!”
“What a mess! I can’t see this holy object! Right now, the opponent is an undead or a spirit beast. If the opponent were a mute, there aren’t many people who can fight as well as me!”
“After all, it’s a product with a conditional function! This junk! trash! “Like rotten rice straw!”
– Miiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
I’m already chasing you! “I said four hours would be fine!”
“I guess the damage between holy water and flashbangs is very different!”
“Foolish hero! fraud! Overpacked! Bad-”
“I’ll listen to everything later, so just throw it away!”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue have to throw away this expensive religious cult offering ‘a handful of light’ like this! “Close your eyes!”
A moving shadow with a cool aura crossed the forest, and through the ominous cat’s voice, Lucilla could be seen pulling out a flashbang.
Tight!
When I closed my eyes, my five senses became more sensitive, and I felt the curse coming at an incredible speed more clearly. A sharp and refreshing wind blows through the dark and bitter dark magic that is desperate for the attacking subject… Wind? Refreshing?
“hmm?”
Phew!
The moment the professor, who was running with his eyes closed, opened his eyes at the sight of some strange energy, an arrow was driven deep into his body, up to the tail feathers, accompanied by a sharp pain.
“arrow?”
“this! Leader!”
“It’s an archer! “There are enemies ahead too!”
“Damn, we’re surrounded!”
“That’s why I didn’t ask you to kill that crazy cat!”
Borka cursed and looked at the professor who had been hit by an arrow. The professor, who had been pierced precisely through the solar plexus, was grinning for some reason. Looking at that, Borka couldn’t help but think of a tribe member who had picked up and ate hallucinogenic mushrooms when he lived in the forest. His younger cousin, who almost died while grinning like the current professor.
“It’s also poison! “The captain was poisoned!”
“Get out of the way! As the sun sets, I will kill those vicious archers-”
“Don’t do anything!”
The professor opened the soul jar and quickly blocked Aldrich from stepping forward. There’s an attack here. Absolutely not.
The professor grinned, swallowing the blood flowing back from his holed stomach.
– Miuung meeeeng! Yaaaaaaa! –
A wild cat that looks very angry, but doesn’t approach for some reason.
Neither his eyes nor Borka’s excellent vision could see anything, but an arrow flew out of nowhere.
Above all, the arrow shaft has a natural shape, as if the tree embedded in one’s chest was not carved but grown into the shape of an arrow.
Even a fool could tell who the owner of the arrow was at this level.
The professor raised his hands high as if in surrender, walked toward the direction from which the arrow came, and shouted loudly.
“Do not shoot! It’s an ally! We are a group of good warriors-”
Pugh!
Sigh! Phew!
“Leader! “Arrow!”
“Cough, it’s okay! Because elves are naturally wary. We came to get their help. If we don’t pose any threat, they will definitely accept us-”
Pababag!
“professor! “My legs!”
“Keuuuuuu! Non-violence! Gandhi said! If you want peace, first put down your weapons and approach! Then the other person will definitely-”
Fuuuk-!
Fluffy.
[Ugh! What’s going on while people are sleeping!]
“Daejaang!”
“Look!!”
Suddenly, I lost consciousness, and when I came back to my senses, I saw Hyde swearing wildly. His back was on the ground, and his forehead and the back of his head were wet.
This time it was the head.
‘…. These bastards?’
In his dizzy mind, Gandhi, who had been advocating non-violence, was secretly pulling out corn and anti-tank missiles.
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