Chapter.6 In the Name of Glory (9)
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Notum looked at the humans surrounded by ‘bad guys’ and thought for a moment whether they were humans who had set out to deliver the horse to him.
‘I am not an iron man. Neither is a small big human being. Therefore, those words are not mine.’
Notum was a good troll and had a vague idea of what a deal was based on his experience of being told off if he did not touch humans in the forest.
‘I’m being told that I’m sending a human being alive. I receive more comments about clearing up the forest path. Therefore, if you save me a slender man, that horse will be mine.’
Notum was really hungry, and the bad guys he had picked up on the way were terribly tasteless, and the moment he put them in his mouth, his tongue was so sore that he had no choice but to spit them out. And if he ate humans, he would not receive more horses in the future, so trading with those slender and abundant humans was the best way to fill his hungry stomach.
‘That’s right. Notum is smart.’
After thinking like that, Notum desperately defended the carriage and jumped in front of the humans who were trying their best to somehow get rid of Mute.
Coo!
“That’s right.”
“It’s a troll! Sir! “A troll has blocked our path!”
“Shit! This happened when I was attending a young lady! Villach! Darren! You two, get out there and pull the carriage! Mute the rest! “I will deal with him and open the way!”
Sigh!
The man who said that quickly took off his blood-stained leather armor and pointed his sword at Notum.
‘When the iron man takes off his shell, he becomes just a human.’
Notum nodded, looking at the husks of the Iron Man strewn across the roadside. It seemed like humans really hated seeing the blood of bad guys on them.
‘Obviously… when the first human who recognized me in the forest said he wasn’t my enemy… like this?’
Notum decided to understand even though the humans reacted nervously. Small creatures tend to be noisy right before they die. So, he decided to put them at ease by imitating the behavior of the humans he had previously met in the forest.
Cooung.
“What is this…”
The driver couldn’t believe his eyes. My body was completely exhausted from repeated fierce battles, bare-body and without any armor. Fighting trolls in such a situation is risking your life. So I went forward, vowing not to let go of my sword until the last moment, but didn’t the troll blocking my path kneel down and raise my hands? As if surrendering.
“Naked man. help. Instead, you should talk to Notum.”
“Did you say something?”
“You will not speak, but you will receive words.”
The driver’s thoughts stopped for a moment at the absurd situation. So the troll that appeared from the forest suddenly surrendered and said it would protect us? In exchange for the carcass of a dead horse?
“Aaaah!”
“Holy nex!”
It was a difficult situation to understand, but there was no time to think any more. It was a situation where they had to grasp at straws.
“…. good night! “Once you help me, I’ll give you what you want!”
At the knight’s words, Notum stood up with a satisfied expression. Those weak bad guys can be easily killed if they don’t surround Notum and harass him.
Notum stood with his back to the carriage, pulled out a tree next to him, and exploded with a suppressed roar.
“GWWWW!!!”
While the knights and soldiers standing behind them were admiring, the girl who had been shaking in the carriage was watching with her eyes sparkling.
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Suddenly, the wizards sitting around Notum were tapping their knees and agreeing with Notum’s story.
“It would have been knights, not just humans! He must have taken off his blood-splattered armor to avoid being infected by Mute’s blood!
“So. Did you save them?”
Notum nodded to the question of the wizard who had already gathered around and was listening to Notum’s story.
“I saved it. In return, he received the corpses of all four horses tied up in wooden boxes. “I enjoyed it.”
“Four horses tied to a wooden box… Oh my! “It’s a Sadhu chariot!”
“I saved a great nobleman! “Isn’t it something you only see in stories: a talking troll rescuing a noble lady?”
The professor who was sitting next to them and listening to the story also nodded in agreement.
‘okay. It really sounds like a story. It’s like a fairy tale.’
The professor thought calmly as he watched the wizards whispering among themselves about what kind of noble daughters they might have been.
It really feels like a fairy tale. A troll came out of the forest and suddenly appeared in front of a knight and a noblewoman who were in danger and saved them. A story like a scene from a heroic poem sung by bards in a tavern.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Gentlemen. What do you think of the current situation?
– Speed Wagon: Don’t make noise. Because the entire broadcast screen is being recorded.
– Mukaba: If I wasn’t tied up in a cult, it would have been fun just following Notum from now on.
– takealook: No. In the first place, Notum was tied to the church, right? It is correct to follow along like this.
– Jokass: So. No matter how you look at this, it seems like your own unique story.
Hero unit. hero. He is literally a hero. A hero is not something you become yourself, but something you are praised by someone else. Every hero unit has its own epic story that they go through to become a hero. The numerous hero units in GG are not simply companions that the player passes through, but characters who grow based on their own experiences and history.
No matter how I looked at Notum’s story now, it seemed like it was part of that unique story.
‘Hey, there’s something there. ‘It’s quite important.’
The wasteland survivor’s senses were ringing wildly. This is important. If you miss this time, you’ll hit the ground and regret it!
– professor: Speed Wagon? How many hero units have their unique stories revealed in World 3?
– Speed Wagon: Depends on what seed you start with. Did you start with the professor formula? Rabbit Princess 2 World Clear Seed?
– professor: ㅇㅇ. Long ago, when I was raising a warrior character, I already bought the official clear seed. I had some free time back then. Rabbit Princess official 2nd world clear seed begins.
– Speed Wagon: Then, 34 people. Anyway, the 1st world clear seed only uses the one that Rabbit broke, so it is all included in the 2nd world. Then, about 15 people will come pouring out of Nolak Rataya, Palm Rataya, and Gundar Rataya from the Princess family, which is the successor family. Roman Gachia Manson, who I met the other day, I’m including him because he knows where to put it and his history is taken care of. There is also shallot. Because Castle Knight is still alive and well… As far as I know, there are only 34 people. Now there will be 35 people. Until Notum.
– professor: Only 35? Wasn’t there more than 170 people in World 2? Why is World 3 so small?
– Noru Drug: Yes, I cleared Cheonryuje without anything like that~
– Jokass: He chewed up all the hero units he could save and just cleared it, so now World 4 is a fucking dystopia. The fundamentals are wrong. World 4 isn’t that bad because you just skip it without doing any farming. Professor, you are being very good to me right now. Just do it like this for now.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: These days, since there is no answer to World 4, there is a lot of talk among rankers that they need to clear World 3 properly again. So, it is said that among the strategic rankers, there are many people who watch your broadcast, Professor. Because you’ve worked so hard, the general public doesn’t see it as a bad thing, but for those who want to get through World 3 by achieving great achievements, you are a pioneer.
First of all, the chat room was full of praise. The professor’s face distorted as he saw the friendly atmosphere of the chat room.
‘That’s good news, but right now I need helpful information inside the game rather than information outside of the game, right? After all, I’m in first place at World 3, so doesn’t that mean I should head to the ground?’
It would be nice if there were more people on the air. It would be better if there were more people with money like the strategy group. But now I can make a decent living, right? The guy I live with has a security key worth ten million shillings. The money is now gone. What’s important is whether I can clear this game, go to the Gedreuts Company, and separate Hyde, who is stuck in my head like a time bomb.
[Do you really have to go all the way to find that? Is there any other way?]
‘Actually, I have a few things in mind, but they are all out of the question right now.’
Right now, my level is so low that I’m rolling around with these crappy friends, but since GG is set in fantasy, there are gods, dragons, and all kinds of extraordinary transcendental beings that exist.
First of all, dragon. Dragon. These friends use something called a magical idiom that literally makes things happen just as they say it. In fact, the principle itself is very simple, but as you know, in this world, the will of individuals gathers to define the laws of the world, right? NPC is GM. However, if you look at the modifiers used to refer to dragons, they are something like ‘representative of the will of the world’ or ‘pillar that supports the end of the world’. The level of resources occupied is different. This means that even if a million civilians gather, they cannot have as much influence on the world as the dragon’s will.
Yongeon refers to the act of the dragon, who is essentially a game manager, defining his will in words.
Let’s take an example.
There is a villager named ‘Fin’. Even though Finn’s family, his neighbors, his co-workers, and everyone who met him believed that “Finn is alive and well,” the moment the dragon defined “Finn is dead,” the world of GG decided to accept it. They decided that the belief that Finn was dead was much greater, so Finn actually died. This is the activation principle of the dragon’s most representative power word of kill.
At least in order to deal with them, you either have to become a great hero whose name is unknown to everyone in a country, or you have to become a great nobleman or king who is politically and socially entangled like a spider’s web and will spread his influence throughout the world the moment you die. It should be comparable to rubbing. If a dragon says ‘die’, there’s no way it would listen to a dying being’s request, right?
‘Because they are like that, they probably have the ability to separate Hyde and me. In reality, they are like a system control panel.’
However, if you want to ask a favor from the greedy and lazy dragons, you must prepare a corresponding price. The church said, ‘If you don’t want to die, go die!’ If you do it, you have no choice but to follow it, so of course it’s something you can’t even dream of doing now.
[It’s a dragon… it must be fun, right? Didn’t you say ‘methods’ earlier? Is there anything else?]
‘The rest feels similar. Asking for a favor from a denomination with a large religious affiliation, such as the Gwangmyeong Church. The Pope might be able to arrange it. If a dragon alone represents the will of the world, then a god represents the will of the number of its believers. In terms of influence, Ro-Haram is probably a little higher than Dragon, right? The other is that if you go west from here, there is an elf village at the edge of the Blue Line Mountains. With their guidance, you can go to the elf’s sacred place and make a wish.’
Spirit magic series ultimate spell. ‘Wish upon a star’ also known as a wish spell. It is a spell that no one has actually used yet and remains only recorded in old elf history books. Well, they say it uses the power of the World Tree to engrave the caster’s will into the foundation of the world, but no one has ever used it, so I don’t know if it’s true or just a bluff from the elves. First of all, I saw it as a possibility and remembered it, but it would be correct to say that it has little chance of being realized.
Anyway, whether it’s a dragon, a god, or the World’s Towel, this game is all at the ultimate level, so it’s a condition that doesn’t need to be thought about at the moment. Since it is uncertain, the most certain thing is [All Clear-> This means that I decided to give the highest priority to going to the GC, grabbing him by the collar, and telling him to save me.
‘And in order to achieve an all-clear, as people in the chat room say, you need to move in various directions in 3 World to increase the power of this world itself.’
And in order to do that, you need to get as many hero units like Notum that have a big unique story. Even if you don’t become a colleague, as long as you’re alive, you’ll do your part wherever you go.
“….Gwook. That’s how I got caught here.”
“Huh….”
“That kind of thing happened….”
Oh my. While I was thinking about something else, Notum’s story passed by.
– professor: Now, friends who were watching the broadcast? Please summarize Notum’s story in three lines.
– Speed Wagon:
1. Joined the western defense line of Kingsland at the recommendation of the noble who rescued him. Two horse carcasses per day.
2. After living as a soldier and becoming famous for nearly a month, he found a nobleman who was beating up a young beastman and ate him.
3. But he was the second son of a famous marquis. Thanks to the active defense of the noble family and the Gwangmyeong Church that saved him just before he was captured and executed, it was decided that he would be spared the death penalty and receive the right to repentance by carrying out the church’s ‘sacred mission’.
– professor: Thank you, thank you.
also. When I heard it, it felt clear. Notum is not just a side hero unit. My character also has his own narrative, but ‘I will rebuild my family because it is destroyed!’ That’s the level, right? Look at Notum. The depth of the story is on a different level.
The professor looked at the story of Notum written by Speed Wagon and guessed what type of hero unit Notum would be.
‘A being like a wild man who has just entered civilization. ‘He’s pure, but not stupid, and has a strong sense of good and evil.’
“Notum. “Why did you kill that nobleman?”
“That? That’s not even a question. A weak and useless adult male attacked a hairy human cub. Those guys shouldn’t be alive. So I ate it before the babies got hurt any further. The skin was soft, but there were only bones, and the taste was strange, but if you leave their corpses like that, the negativity will seep into the ground and burn. So I ate it.”
‘I have a strong tendency to protect young and weak beings, just like when we first met. He treated the prisoner like a human being. If you stay in Rodrik, where racial discrimination is rampant, there will be a lot of friction. Even if you go to the back alleys of Tobrun, you can easily find orc slaves. And that last word…is it a culture unique to the troll tribe? Did Notum ever live in a tribe when he was young? But there won’t be any troll tribe habitat near Rodrik, right?’
This isn’t just any kind of sweet potato stem. The more you dig, the more things pop out. If the story goes on for this long, speculation is meaningless. Speculation without proper key information will only make your head dizzy.
‘There’s only one thing that’s certain. Notum will survive only if you take him out of Roderick.’
I don’t know who it was, but I rescued the daughter of a high-ranking noble and the reward I received was the right to go to war. The mission given for the right to repentance is also close to a suicide mission. No matter how hard Notum tries, he will not be recognized here.
As I was organizing my thoughts, the story leaked out.
‘Uhm. You can think about these issues after the death squad mission is over. Just remember it roughly and don’t think about it now. What’s important now is the death squad. Five water wizards from the Reed Flow school and armed trolls. So far…it’s vague. ‘I’m out of balance.’
Notum is a colleague who can definitely be helpful. Since it is a hero unit, its value will be high, and since it is a simple job of a strong melee warrior, it can be used easily. But wizards… are a profession with a lot of flaws. It’s powerful, but I don’t know how to use it for an infiltration mission like this.
‘I think it would be okay if the rest supports it a bit…’
Next. As the story between the bald monk and Notum ended, a beastman man wandered around Notum with a very friendly gaze.
The professor looked expectantly at the man with a heavily muscled body and thick dark blue, animal-like fur. They are the beast people. There is one more thing to look forward to when you become a prisoner.
“Hey, what’s the name of that hairy friend over there? “What kind of spirit are you following?”
The professor called him, choosing his words carefully in an appropriately distant tone.
When talking to the beastmen, you must choose your words carefully. The Gwangmyeong Church has a crappy doctrine that treats all races except humans as beasts, even though it does not care about the light that shines equally on all people. As the religious community expanded, racial discrimination naturally became more intense, so sub-races such as the beast people do not like human races like me very much. No matter what you do, the bastard uses human language and people say it’s dirty and smells, but even if you’re like me, you’ll get caught in the sight.
The question of what kind of soul one is following is what type of beast it changes into. Just without thinking, ‘What are you turning into?’ If you asked, ‘Are you treating me like an animal too?’ I must have kept my mouth shut while making a noise. Even the friendly life of the death squad is in vain.
As if my efforts had paid off, the beastman man, who crossed his arms and did not even look at me, answered quietly.
“…I am following the spirit of the wolf.”
‘Oh oh! Wolf lycanthrope! no way!’
Beast people. werewolf. If you scratch just one better, you win first place. please please!
“What is this name?”
“….Borka. Borka Dalun.”
‘Ahhh – it’s a waste!’
– Speed Wagon: It was a disaster.
– Jokass: Lycanthrope and wolf form were perfect for Lata.
That’s what I expected. A lineage of beastmen heroes with a long history handed down from World 1. Rataya clan, wolf beasts. When they come into the world, they are unconditionally hero units. There was also Notum, so I looked around to see if there were more, but unfortunately, he was just an ordinary beast. There is no need to ask why you came here. There are countless reasons why a beastman wandering alone in Roderick, the sacred place of racism, would be caught.
Since we’ll have a lot of time on the way to the north anyway, I’ll just ask slowly. If the beastman is also in wolf form, this friend is also a vanguard…
‘Melee three. Five wizards. ‘The balance is rubbish?’
The last one is obviously a priest, so there are actually six rearguards.
‘No. If he has a bald head and robes, isn’t he a monk?’
Monk is a combat priest who appears like a bean in a drought. Love for sexual organs is quite different. First, I started as a priest and worked hard in the priesthood, but then suddenly I thought I couldn’t sit like this, so I prayed during the day and practiced martial arts at night, and became a monk. It is not difficult if the player raises it, but it is quite rare for it to occur naturally as an NPC. A monk is an all-rounder who can heal and fight.
“Um… priest?”
“….”
No answer. You have a rough personality. Monks are a special breed among priests, so that’s possible.
“Priest? As you may have heard from the church, he is the warrior professor who will lead this warrior’s journey. Since I am not related to heresy, the priest can relieve his anger…”
Quick!
“How dare this guy!”
As the professor tried to approach him gently, the monk suddenly widened his eyes, threw off the white robes he was wearing, and screamed wildly.
“I was talking about priest and priest earlier, but who is the priest? How dare you give the honorific title of those fire moths to those who savor the depth of black mana!”
Eh? wait for a sec. Aren’t you a priest?
“Is that black mana? Then a warlock?!”
The water wizards seemed to be startled by his words, probably not knowing the identity of the bald old man.
“Then why are you wearing that robe? And the hair that is only shaved in the middle of the head is clearly the type of hair worn by priests at a monastery…”
“Those damned fire moths took my staff! “After burning my robe, they dressed me in those clothes and shaved my head, saying nonsense about purifying my evil heart!!!”
Seeing the old man running wild spewing out black mana as if to prove it, it seemed like he was a real warlock.
‘Then… 6 wizards and 3 warriors? Like this, nine people have to go through three occupied cities, break through the countless mutes residing in the queen’s nest, and kill the queen? ‘Without a single healer?’
ruined. There is no answer to this. As you crawl into the Mute’s lair, the battle inevitably becomes a melee, and in that case, professions such as wizards are quickly reduced to a lump of burden after the first blow. In the first place, a wizard is a type of role that can deliver a big blow from a stable rear on the battlefield or change the entire battlefield to their advantage. It’s not at all suitable for small elite infiltration missions.
‘How can I solve this?’
“Ugh, these clothes and this building! It’s too bright. “I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it!”
The professor finally lost consciousness as he watched the old warlock finally throw off his underwear and crawl into the shadowy area under the table, just like he did from the beginning.
“Log out”
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[Check the normal logout location – Next access location: Gwangmyeong Church annex. Do you want to log out?]
As the professor nodded, his surroundings slowly began to darken.
I don’t know anymore. I’m going to drink some alcohol from this shitty game and come back in. I’m sure Ian has alcohol in his luggage.
The despairing professor decided to go to sleep and think again.
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