Clearing the Game at the End of the World Chapter 448

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Chapter. 21. Into the Storm (7)

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The man behind the bars was frowning, as if he was trying to understand what I had just said.

“Devouring the world? Warlord?”

“yes! It’s clear!”

“Is that… like a secret word used among the Warlord’s followers? Something that expresses his crazy desire to conquer or his anger-like force?”

The question is asked again and again whether it is difficult to understand.

Yeah, it might be hard to understand. Even I, who met the warlord in person and heard his story from his own mouth, can’t think of any other explanation other than ‘he’s just a crazy guy.’ This may sound like nonsense.

‘First of all, it’s shocking.’

The information they want most. By immediately revealing the Warlord’s purpose, it hardens the opponent’s thinking.

“It’s the truth without a single word of embellishment.”

“…Do you even know what the reason is?”

‘The moment you encounter an unexpected result, speculation and imagination about the process begins.’

Late 40s. A nobleman who at least has the brains to not pass by without seeing the bait. Since you first heard the answer without explanation, questions will arise.

The given results and the lord’s knowledge, and the imagination with the starting and ending points are not scattered into many branches.

“I do not know.”

“It looks like you’re in a position where you have to be careful about your answers.”

“I really don’t know. But doesn’t the Warlord’s every move prove his own status? A fortress city completely destroyed without a single occupation map. A massacre that does not discriminate between people and mutes. A mythical power that single-handedly devastates an area before the current army can be formed! “Don’t you, my lord, know what must be done to satisfy all these conditions?”

….If you throw a few pieces of knowledge that will serve as a reference point into those few branches of imagination, you will automatically arrive at the answer you want.

“It must be Shard Knight. The reason lost along with the memory is the purpose that is pursued unconditionally even more clearly. A power that snowballs with murder. “If the Warlord has the terrifyingly overwhelming talent of a Shard Knight, then most of what’s going on right now can be explained.”

Even if you can’t trust ‘Warlord’s spy Hyde’, isn’t it impossible to distrust the lord himself?

“The Warlord is a Shard Knight who has already lost his memory to a level close to ‘Marlo’. “It has become a monster of fragments that repeats infinite slaughter without even forgetting the reason for its conquest.”

It encourages the lord’s doubts and gives him imaginary ingredients so he can arrive at the results on his own. It is possible to tie the complicated imagination into a single thread just by cleverly listing the situation of the Western Empire and his original knowledge.

“yes. The Warlord is a Shard Knight. “He is talented enough to absorb not only hundreds of colored fragments but also ordinary humans as fragments.”

In this way, the lord himself increases the credibility of my remarks. Because my remarks are merely consistent with the conclusion he has already reached.

“…I don’t think I was caught to tell lies. Is that why you came to see me? “Have you found out that he is not a conquering monarch who will take over the era, but rather a walking disaster of fragments?”

“yes. If he has his way, once all enemy forces are wiped out, even we, our allies, will die and be absorbed by his hands. The Warlord was consumed with madness that he could not stop on his own, so he betrayed him and came to the lord like this. “In a world where he wins, there will be nothing left except him.”

The lord listened to my story with half-hearted eyes, stroked his chin with interest, and whispered with his knight.

The rest of the group pretended to be crazy for a moment, then swallowed their saliva and started listening.

“….good night. “In that situation, it wouldn’t be that strange to change jobs.”

‘YESSSSSSSSS!!!!’

“But the most important thing is missing.”

“….yes?”

“Can you prove that you are a spy for the Warlord? “Can you prove that the spy of that treacherous group of treacherous knights is not trying to dig in by pretending to be an unknown third force?”

Seeing the lord not letting go of his doubts until the very end, I nodded towards him with a nervous expression on my face.

“it’s possible. “No matter how much of the treacherous knight faction they have, even if they are collaborating with the Warlord, they would not be able to know him as well as I did after seeing him from the side.”

Having established a lie that would become a pillar, the next step was a breeze.

‘It’s not really a lie.’

Is there anyone in the world who has looked into that guy as well as I have?

No one knows more about the Warlord than I do, except for the white short-haired woman who was next to him like a leech.

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“name.”

“As I said before, this is Hyde.”

“What is the purpose of your visit here?”

“It begins with the Warlord’s orders. He hoped to weaken the Western Empire while he personally occupied Teldrat. My companions and I were dispatched to understand the situation in the Western Imperial Territory, gather information, and make necessary preparations for a future invasion. However, after witnessing his madness, I couldn’t remain there, so I contacted the lord in order to change my mind.”

“…Is there any way to prove that you are a spy?”

A knight growling in a low, threatening voice.

“It’s a record.”

“record?”

“We are the Warlord’s spies and vanguard. His role is to collect information about the attack site before he directly steps forward. Thanks to this, just a few weeks ago, I was wandering around the old Teldrat region collecting information on various cities, and thanks to that, a record of my entry and exit from that city was left in my name. If you ask the wizard to hand over the list of passengers on that magic train, you will be able to find my boarding record without difficulty. “You’ll be able to find it easily because it doesn’t stay in one place and instead wanders from place to place.”

“…If you look for it, you will find it. rest of it?”

“These are friends who infiltrated the port of Semeiren in Teldrat territory as salvageers. Since this was a port that would become a military bridgehead, we put a lot of effort into gathering information. Do you know what happened to Semeiren Port?”

“They say you became the first victim of the Warlord’s invasion of Teldrat. “Did they actually plant someone to spy on the next destination while they were occupying Roderick?”

The moment you check the records, your suspicions will return to a multiplied level of trust. In fact, it is true that I wandered around Teldrat territory aimlessly and that my group worked as a salvageer in Port Semeiren for several years.

‘It is true that we were in Teldrat Territory before we came here. It’s true that I wandered from city to city like a spy, and it’s true that Tarim and the kids were in Semeiren Port for a long time, and it’s also true that the Warlord’s first attack on Teldrat territory was Semeiren Port City.’

Records can have completely different meanings depending on how you perceive them. In this case, it was perfect evidence of espionage.

“Right. “Then, is there any activity you have done since you arrived here?”

“Unlike the former Teldrat region, which mostly cultivated mushrooms, the Western Empire used edible moss as its staple food. Thanks to this, dried mushroom trees are used instead of wood over there and there is an abundance of building materials, while here there is an abundance of vegetable fabrics woven from dense and tough moss roots. We also found out that this moss, which is responsible for ‘clothing’ and ‘food’ among food, clothing and shelter, is a species that requires quite delicate care. “We discovered that with a little alchemy powder, we can stop food production at the city level.”

“Hmm.”

“Through the robber knights you may have already met, we also learned about the three groups that divided the territory of the Western Empire. Each was divided into areas occupied by the Emperor, the Traitors, and the Mutlords. I heard that the Warlord’s ideological group is seeping into the three groups that maintain a tight balance. Basically, the more chaotic the world becomes, the more people sympathize with deviant groups. Perhaps its tentacles may have reached the Wind Hole here as well. That is why I requested to meet the lord in such a secret place.”

“Keuhum hmmm!”

“Besides, the road leading from the castle wall to the inner castle, the passage leading to the dungeon, the arrangement of the troops lined up in between, the economic level of the territory through structural decoration and lifestyle, and the training and armament of the knights and soldiers-”

-Eugh.

“That’s enough. At least there is no doubt that he is a spy. “Those people are working in secret, which is probably why the Warlord’s army was able to overcome the city walls so easily.”

“I can see how easily they can destroy a city.”

“You have no shame, my lord.”

It ends with him talking about the things he noticed on the way there and the information the party found out as if it were the result of spying.

The knight who bowed his head at the fact that the city’s information was leaked out, and the lord who reprimanded him, had already completely regarded me as a spy for the Warlord.

‘I had confidence in myself.’

There is still information that has not been resolved and the lord also knows it.

After remaining silent for a moment, the lord soon opened his mouth in a solemn voice.

“Kneel and be respectful, Convert Hyde.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“My lord. no way…?”

“Lord Berkut. “Will you be a witness here?”

“….yes.”

Sereung –

The lord drew his ceremonial sword and tapped my shoulder through the bars.

“From now on, you will be treated as someone who belongs to me, both as a prisoner of Wind Hall and as a guest at the Great Family Glen.”

“….”

“I know. Hasty and excessive. However, you risked your life to reveal your own faults and all your true intentions, so it is not the noble way to look at you with narrow eyes. “The Glenn family’s generosity should not be less than that of the nameless convert, so I want to embrace your will and put it to good use.”

Informal appointment. Although it is not an oath of loyalty, it is an oath with a knight of great repute as a witness.

‘Most of the nobles and high-ranking officials are part of the Western Empire, which values chivalry, so the moment you break your oath, even if only briefly, you will be treated as a traitor by any other group.’

It was a leash that restrained me, but at the same time, it was also a rope that I could cling to. Because the oath is the same for both the subordinate and the master. The moment you nod your head, the lord also takes responsibility for protecting me.

I bowed my head and accepted it, as if I was carefully prepared.

‘The information I have. individual abilities. A lord of a big city would have no choice but to covet it. Starting as an ordinary outsider, Oranite, no matter how hard he tries, he cannot turn the tip of the Western Empire’s sword to the Warlord in time. Even in this way, I have no choice but to move from the gaze of the nobles!’

Dig into it. I secretly hide my true intentions and delve into the heart of a being stronger than myself and demand that its fingertips move in the direction I want.

Like a parasite.

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‘Parasite!’

‘Hey parasite!’

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‘….Maybe this was the role originally?’

When I see it called like that in the memories that come to mind.

Clap!

Kkeik-

“It’s a great choice. Convert Hyde!”

Youngju, who did not know my true intentions, opened the prison door, came in, and personally helped me up.

“I would like to throw a banquet for you and your subordinates, but since the matter is serious, I think there are things we need to talk about quickly.”

The lord turned around with a very happy expression.

“First, go to the castle and ask the butler to find a place for you to stay. If you ask any of the maids, they will tell you where the butler is. “Lord Berkut, I wish you would follow me just a little longer.”

“Are you going to the wizard?”

“okay. “We need to find out more about the trends of traitorous knights.”

After giving the order, the lord walked out of the dungeon with great strides. All that was left was the prison door that was already open and our group with puzzled expressions.

“Is it done?”

“They say that if you talk to a human for a long time, you become possessed. I guess they were talking about someone like you.”

“Ooh, so what happened to us now? “First of all, I don’t think we will go to the torture room.”

“What happens?”

I said while staring at the direction the lord walked.

“He went from being a suspicious outsider without a house or a house to being labeled as belonging to the Glenn family, the lords of Windhall.”

If I’m not big enough in a situation where I have to play big, I have no choice but to use someone else as a stepping stone.

The lord had a reasonable amount of intelligence, and there was nothing major about the territory or the level of the family knights.

“Converter Hydra… I can see the inside.”

Convert. An ally from an enemy who possesses important information and is also capable.

In other words, it is a useful throwaway item that is easy to suck up and throw away. He showed his ability as a spy and felt great interest in that part. They’re probably hoping for something like that.

Once detailed information about the Warlord had been revealed and the imperialist nobles and their response policy had been decided – it was obvious how they would use me, who had reached the end of my usefulness as an informant.

“You can see inside. “What does that mean?”

“They say our next destination will be a fortress city belonging to the traitorous faction.”

“If you are a traitorous faction… isn’t this a place ruled by a group of hostile knights from Windhall, who are the emperor faction?”

“therefore. Isn’t it natural to use people who came as spies as spies? Moreover, we are outsiders whose faces have never been known to the Western Empire. “It is rare to find a talent as suitable as this to push into enemy territory.”

“So…”

“Well, that’s good. “This is what I wanted too.”

In any case, I did not want to become an executive who would oversee major and minor affairs at the territory level.

“Because you can’t understand the opposing party just by listening to the story of the imperial faction. “I have to go over to the other side and hear the story.”

“You mean… you planned to betray this side from the beginning…?”

“What did you see? And a high-ranking spy gets a lot of support for this one thing, if nothing else?”

“Huh…”

The group sighed, touching their foreheads as they watched him draw a circle with his fingers.

“They burrow into both the imperial faction and the traitor faction like parasites and scratch their skin. So that the conflict between both sides can be resolved, just as I just guided the lord’s judgment to my will. First of all, it would be good to lead in the direction of resolving the mute problem that is immediately faced and, if possible, to reconcile the two forces. At the same time, awareness of Warlords is heightened to an extreme degree. “It’s a multi-faceted approach.”

“It’s absurd to think that’s possible, but I can’t even say it’s absurd since I’ve accomplished something similar right in front of my eyes.”

“Who in the world calls themselves a parasite out of their own mouth?”

“What do you think? In the end, it’s for everyone’s benefit, so if you really want to ask, it’s not parasitism, but symbiosis. is not it?”

They dig in and manipulate them, but in the end, it’s for the good of everyone…

‘Well, parasites.’

Strangely enough, I really liked it. If everything goes well, we end things on a good note, and if we look at each other and think it’s not good…

‘I’m going to eat a whole bunch and spit it out!’

As an insider, I planned to take the blame as much as possible and then give a lot of strength to the opposing side, resulting in an overwhelming victory for one side. There is no law that says the emperor faction is necessarily just, and there is no law that says the traitor faction is necessarily trash.

Whatever it was, it was clear that we had succeeded in getting to the starting line. For now.

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Clearing the Game at the End of the World

Clearing the Game at the End of the World

CGEW, 세상의 끝에서 클리어를 외치다
Score 8.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2021 Native Language: Korean
Professor Park, a Wasteland solo survivor for the past 7 years. Depleted supplies. A broken generator. A crazy gang tracking him down. At the brink of death, he makes a desperate decision! “Shit! You call this a game?!” To go inside a game!

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