◈ 276. [Free Exploration] Wolf Den (3)
It was the white gloved hand that blocked my fist.
So, a hand floating in the air was blocking my fist.
“… ?!”
In front of me panicked, a different part began to form on my hand.
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by’s 2019) The fly, the mouse, the crow, and the fog… .
All sorts of hideous, dark things that suddenly appeared from all sides flocked together to form the wrists and forearms, which merged into the upper and lower parts of the body, forming the rest of the body.
Within seconds, a tall man was standing in front of me.
A black coat and a black fedora.
and the White Crow Mask.
Like a plague doctor in the Middle Ages, he was a monster wearing a crow mask with a long beak.
It was so characteristic that I could immediately recognize the identity of the other person.
‘This is where the tycoon came.’
master of plague.
Black Plague One.
The one who opens the wound, the pain that is in the form, the pus that screams… … .
‘… A named monster with all sorts of disgusting titles.’
Commander of the Blight Corps.
His name is Raven… … !
Dig!
Raven lightly sprayed his hand and pushed me back with his fist.
A bloody silence fell between me and the Plague Master. We quietly stared at each other.
Salome, who was looking back and forth between me and Raven with wide eyes, squealed.
“Hey crow! Why are you here now! I almost died!”
“Shut up, whore,”
Raven growled in a heavy, cracked voice.
《To be embarrassed by such an ordinary human even though he is a commander of the Nightmare Corps… … You should be ashamed of the King of Kings
. ” But this guy is not able to control my mind!”
“What? Your mental control… … ?”
In the crow mask, the monster’s eyes flashed.
《You can see how many are hidden, humans.》
“There are a lot of monsters.”
Raven’s tone sank deeper as he replied calmly, shaking his hand.
《… Ah yes. Now I know who you are.”
“Is that so? You notice it pretty quickly.”
I sarcastically matched his theatrical tone, but Raven didn’t waver in the slightest.
“ash. Ash ‘Bonehater’ Everblack. You are the one who opposes the King of Kings.”
“It’s a bit embarrassing to have so many fans of mine. Would you like an autograph?”
In front of me who continued to grin, Raven fluttered the hem of his coat and scattered terrible fraud in all directions.
《I’ll immediately turn a handful of blood into this spot with my authority!》 The
black, sticky mist that spewed out from Raven’s body covered my body at once.
Blood spurted from the skin of my body touched by the fog, blisters sprouted, tumors and rashes spread like flames-
“I did a fucking triple kick and fell asleep.”
… couldn’t
As I stirred up my magic in irritation and waved my hand, the black mist that covered my body instantly dissipated.
There was no trace of the plague that covered my body.
“what… ?!”
Surprised Raven let out a panicked voice. I wiped the fog around my face with my hand.
“Oh man, this was a bit disgusting. mask… No, I wish I had a gas mask.”
“How are you… ! my plague… … !》
“Sounds like a pestilence.”
Smirking, I glared at the crow-masked monster.
“You’re not your main body, you’re an alter ego, aren’t you?”
《… !
” It’s phantom pain. I know everything.”
He knew everything about the skills and behavior patterns of named monsters.
‘Raven can create an alter ego in the same form as herself.’
Skill name [Phantom Pain].
Raven can create clones and appear on multiple battlefields at the same time to spread plague over a wide area.
If you listen to this far, it seems like a freaking monster with no answer.
Every monster has a strategy point.
What Raven’s main body spreads is a real plague, but what her clone spreads is fake. It’s just a hallucination.
If you don’t have the means to distinguish this, you will be helpless against the plague spreading in all directions.
If it can be distinguished, it will be possible to eliminate the alter ego and to pinpoint the location of the main body – to put an end to this nightmare corps commander.
‘And the phantasmagoria that the alter ego sends is a kind of mental abnormality.’
It’s the same as the deception of the dreamer.
It can be completely offset by my passive skill [Indomitable Commander].
How do you come up with a composition that is perfect for me, you duo? Is this why ban-picks are so important?
《… I don’t know how the hell he destroyed my clone and my phantasmagoria. >
Black energy surged from Raven’s entire body as he chewed and spit out a boiling voice.
《There is one thing I overlooked, the great king of King Wangjung.》
“What is that?”
《This alter ego’s physical power alone is not enough to tear you to death… … !]
Raven’s giant strode forward.
Well, maybe that’s right… … . Even in the game, each clone had pretty high health and attack power. First of all, I think you’ll be taller than me now.
‘But that’s the case of me, an EX-class weak commander.’
What about the SSR-class highest-dignity assassin character?
Flash-!
At the same time as I was thinking, a flash of light- Belldandi appeared next to me.
Salome, who was still in the corner, opened her mouth at the sudden appearance of Belldandi.
“What is it?! The aisle was closed so that it could not be used again, but how did you return… … ?!”
“What did you do? How did you do it?” you.”
I sighed. At the same time, I glanced at the dagger that had been kicked around my waist and now held in Belldandy’s hand.
[Flash Knife]. Blink Dagger.
The current owner is Belldandy, but I brought it into the room.
Belldandi used the dagger’s special ability to teleport to my side. It is a dagger that has an infinite number of real applications.
“What about your colleagues at Belldandy?”
“Everyone was safely rescued.”
Standing in front of me, aiming a dagger at the monsters. Belldandi tried hard and bluntly recited.
“… Thank you very much Ash.”
But there was a muffled bite in her voice, restraining her emotions.
I chuckled. Good thing. Did you rescue them all?
Salome pointed a finger at Belldandi.
《Your elf… … ! Are you destroying the alliance with me?!”
“Don’t talk like an alliance, Nightmare. Because I was never on your side from the beginning.”
“Moo moo… … ?!”
Belldandy spat out fiercely.
“Certainly, as you said, humans and elves on the ground may be hostile. But if you put a common enemy called a monster in front of you… … .”
Belldandy glanced back at me. A small smile crept across her lips.
“An enemy of an enemy can become a friend.”
I smiled too.
Raven, who had been staring at us silently, slowly gained momentum. Raven spat out after completely loosening his combat stance.
《… I’m going to step back.]
《What what?!》
《Now that Phantasmagoria is sealed, this alter ego’s fighting power has a limit. Since the odds of winning are low, retreat is justified.
” So let’s run away without tail?! Embarrassing?!”
《… .”
“In this situation, what about your body?! Where are all your men?!”
Raven, who had been silently ignoring Salome’s questioning words, glared at me.
《We’ll see you again soon, player… … Ash
.”
I waved my hand.
“I won’t catch you. Hurry up and get dirty and ugly.”
Kwajik-!
As soon as the words were finished, Raven hit the wall with his fist and a large hole was formed.
Chew!
White crow wings sprouted from Raven’s back.
Raven grabbed Salome by the back of her head and flapped her wings to get out of the building.
It’s a pity that I missed my chance to finish off Salome.
At the point when Raven’s alter ego appeared here, there was virtually no way for me to prevent the two from retreating.
I have accomplished my purpose of coming here in the first place. Let’s not overdo it.
“Hey hey! Let’s see, Ash!]
Salome squealed as she clung to Raven’s fingertips in an ugly way. 《
Because I will definitely trap you in my dream!》
… .”
“I am Master Salome, Master Salome! With this call, you will surrender your stomach and obey! Let’s wait and see-!]
The figures of Raven and Salome drifted apart.
I clicked my tongue. Try it a hundred days a thousand days Are my passive skills peeling off?
“… .”
Watching the two nightmare corps commanders now far away, he bit his lip.
The number of encounters with the Nightmare Corps commanders increased significantly compared to before.
In the future, you may have to fight with them not only on the boss stage, but everywhere.
The battle against them has begun in earnest.
***
The elevator shaft was closed, so Belldandi and I came down to the first floor through a hole in the wall.
It was a little high because it was a three-story building with a considerable floor height, but Belldandy picked me up and put me down easily.
In the hall on the first floor, rescued NPC prisoners sat with blank faces wrapped in blankets and robes.
My party members were handing them water and dry weight.
“Guys!”
After shouting, Belldandy rushed over. Where she headed, elves with light green hair were squatting with haggard faces.
NPC party. It was the Holy Grail Exploration Team.
“Guys are you okay? Do you mind?”
“… .”
“It’s me, Verdandy! do you recognize me huh?”
However, the elves did not show much reaction to Belldandi’s words with their eyes downcast.
Belldandi’s face became disastrous. I stood behind her and spoke softly.
“It will be fine.”
“yes?”
“You’ve been trapped in a dream of a dreamer for a long time. Given enough time, everyone will slowly recover.”
Even in the game, the heroes who suffered from the mental control of the dream demon corps often suffered from aftereffects. But with time, they all recovered.
They will also need time. Time to adjust to the shock of being thrown from a sweet dream into a cold reality… … .
“… .”
I handed one of the pouches I had brought to Belldandi, who kept her mouth shut.
“Take it, Belldandy.”
“yes?”
“It’s sunflower seeds. I was looking for it, so things kept coming in.”
Belldandy took the pouch with both hands. I smiled.
“Share it with your colleagues.”
“… .”
“Don’t spare it. entire.”
Belldandy slowly took sunflower seeds out of his pocket and put them in the mouths of his comrades one by one.
The elves, who had been absent-mindedly, soon began to gnaw and eat the sunflower seeds.
Do sunflower seeds have any memories?
Tears fell from their dry eyes one by one.
Slowly, life began to return to the eyes of the elves who were in agony.
“Haha what is it really?”
Watching this, Belldandi rubbed her eyes and bit a sunflower seed into her mouth.
“Everyone looks so stupid… .”
Then, like a hamster, he slowly began to nibble at the sunflower seeds, like a child sparing candy.
I stand behind and watch this.
“In our hometown… In Yggdrasil, the capital of the elven kingdom, sunflowers were in full bloom everywhere.”
God Hand, who came up behind me, opened his mouth quietly.
“It was the largest producer of sunflowers on the continent. They are all burnt now.”
“… .”
“Children forgot sunflower seeds, and adults drank alcohol with sunflower honey. In peaceful times, there were always sunflowers in the landscape of that hometown.”
In short, the food of memories for the elves… … Is it soul food?
Suddenly, I also remembered my childhood memories.
On holidays, when I went to the countryside with my parents, sunflowers were in full bloom on the roadside.
My family would eat sunflower seeds together in the car on the way home from a stop in the countryside.
With old pop on the radio. Humming along.
“… .”
It is now a landscape in irreversible memories.
I wonder if each of the elves sees that kind of scenery as well.
After watching the Holy Grail Exploration Team crying and laughing and eating sunflower seeds, I turned around.
I could see the three members of the shadow unit watching the senior elves awkwardly.
“Now you too.”
I took out another bag of sunflower seeds from my pocket.
“It was hard. Have a snack.”
Even the body bag, burnout, and god hand that I noticed.
The shadow unit laughed awkwardly and began to eat sunflower seeds.
I heard from God Hand before that Body Bag and Burnout were the generation born after the fall of the Elven Kingdom. But,
“It’s delicious! It reminds me of the old days!”
Bodybag said with a chubby cheek
and nodded.
Burnout nodded broadly, as if agreeing.
Although the shapes are slightly different, each of them will have memories of sunflowers.
Even if the race and environment are different, everyone in the world has memories related to their own soul food.
I smiled and bit a seed into my mouth.
It tasted a little different from Earth’s, but it wasn’t bad.
