◈ 326. [Free Exploration] Declaration of the Imperial Declaration
Lucas has returned although he is standing still with a strange tin can.
I decided not to ask anything right now. When the situation is more stable (take off that can), let’s have a good talk.
“Today, I’m going on a free exploration in the dungeon!”
I’m going to go to the dungeon today for a real test of my ultimate skill [Imperial Declaration].
First of all, in order to use [Imperial Declaration], you need a flagpole and a flag.
I didn’t even care about stats, I just picked up the flagpole of the Imperial Army from the blacksmith’s warehouse.
As for the flag, there were no leftover imperial flags, so I took out the fall festival guide flags piled up in the warehouse and inserted them instead.
It’s for a skill test anyway, so whatever flag it is, it doesn’t matter.
“Heavy!”
But it weighs quite a bit. I staggered as I inadvertently lifted it up.
Adding the flag to the flagpole makes it heavier than I thought. I don’t know about the flag bearers who carry the flag in each unit, but they must have great arm muscles. ok
“I will listen, sir.”
“Oh thank you.”
Lucas took care of himself as a porter, so he left it. What do you use your extra strength and stamina stats for? Hear the prince’s burden instead.
“Okay then let’s summon all the rest of the party while we’re out!”
Evangeline is staying at the manor house, so you can join her last. Let’s stop by the temple and the inn first and bring Damian and Junior out.
So I left the smithy and headed for the temple. Damian happened to be sweeping the broom in the front yard of the temple.
“yo. this! Damian! Did you sleep well? It’s a call! Get your equipment!”
“Oh, prince! yes!”
Damian’s eyes widened as he looked back brightly at my call.
I wanted to, but I followed Damian’s gaze, and Damian was looking at Lucas standing behind me.
A tall knight wearing a tin can waving the flag of the Fall Festival that has already ended… … . Something’s a bit odd though.
“iced coffee! Ahhh!”
Damian suddenly clapped with a strange noise and said,
“Okay, okay! wait a minute!”
“huh?”
I rushed into the temple. what’s the matter?
After a while, Damian jumped out with a horse gun on his back and something in his hand.
In Damian’s hand was a small flag symbolizing the Goddess Church.
Damian vigorously waved the small flag from side to side and smiled brightly.
“song!”
“… .”
no… It’s not like a flag marching show… … .
However, he did not have the courage to tell the cruel truth in front of Damian, who smiled so innocently.
I nodded shyly and took the lead.
The next destination was the inn.
Junior, who was sitting on the terrace drinking coffee and writing something on a piece of paper, frowned when he saw us.
“majesty? And everyone… … ?”
A tin knight holding a festival flag high, and Damian fluttering a small Goddess flag from side to side excitedly.
Junior who looked at this situation, aha! Then he snapped his fingers.
“I know what!”
Then he went into his room… … I came out with an eagle-shaped kite. What else is that?
“If you do it like this… yap!”
Junior hung the string of the kite from his staff and created wind magic to lift the kite up.
The kite soared upward and fluttered its long tail in the sky. So this looks like a flag too.
“It’s a magic kite for reconnaissance in the highlands, so this should be fine, right?”
“… .”
what?
what do you mean okay? Is that okay as a flag?
‘No, so. It’s not a flag parade! How did this happen!’
What can I do though? He is not so ignorant as to pour cold water on the party members who are strangely enjoying themselves.
The four of us made our way back to the manor house.
Seeing us like this, the citizens of Crossroads were puzzled, went into their homes, took out the remaining flags, waved them, or sang a marching song. no what is this
“Oh oh! what! Why are you having fun without me?”
As they approached the manor house, Evangeline, who had taken out the flag of the Countess of Crossroads, jumped out in a gasp.
“Include me too!”
In front of the manor house, the four members of my party laughed and waved their flags.
Seeing this, I clutched my aching forehead. no, that’s… … .
“… no. done.”
If you’re happy, that’s ok. Whew.
“Come on guys! Do that! Let’s go into the dungeon!”
When I said it with the feeling of a teacher who went to practice at a high school, the party members gathered in front of me saying yes. It’s good to hear you, though.
Today, we are going out with only 5 members of the main party.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a simple composition, so somehow I feel nostalgic. These days, I’ve been leading several parties and going on an expedition.
Damien looked at me and asked, putting down the fluttering flag as if his arm was getting sore.
“Which dungeon are you going to today, Prince? District 7?”
“no. It’s been a long time today… … .”
My next words made the party members look a little surprised.
“Go to District 1.”
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[Now Loading… Teleporting.]
[Tip – If the character’s level is significantly higher than that of the monster, the amount of experience gained will gradually decrease. Farm in an appropriate level of dungeon!]
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Flash!
I entered the safe zone with the flash of the teleport gate. When I looked up, I saw a shady hallway with drainpipes tangled in a mess.
District 1. dry drainage.
This is the first dungeon we stopped by when we first entered the Lake Kingdom dungeon.
At that time, I arrived at the Lake Kingdom, but the entrance to the main gate was blocked, so I had to enter the kingdom through this dry drain.
‘It’s already been over a year… … .’
Time is fast once.
Still, all of us have grown beyond recognition compared to our early days. I looked back at the party members for a moment.
Junior, who was vomiting blood on a fictional day, has now become a healthy girl in her own way.
Even at first, Evangeline, who had been sharpening her blades like a hedgehog, became round like a fat hamster (I think she really got fat).
Damian, who always had a gloomy light somewhere, overcame the real blackness and became much brighter.
And Lucas… … .
“… .”
“Why is that, lord?”
Became a tin can-knight… … .
No, I think all the other kids have evolved in a good direction. Why do you feel like you’re riding the dark evolution tree alone? where did you go wrong
Everyone in the main party had a taste for it at one time, but in the end it changed in a positive direction.
Lucas I believe that this guy will get better later.
Anyway, since we came to the dungeon, we had to prepare for battle. Each member of the party started to check their equipment.
Evangeline approached Lucas, who was adjusting his helmet, and tilted his head.
“Come to think of it, why are you using that?”
“I don’t have a face to see.”
“… What are you talking about?”
Evangeline tilted her head the other way, yap! He jumped up and playfully hit Lucas’ helmet.
Caan-!
A cool sound rang out. It sounds like a gong.
“Oooooh, that sounds great!”
Excited Evangeline shouted, and Lucas shook his shoulders as if he was annoyed, although he couldn’t see his face.
However, when the party members gathered in one place using this pitching sound (?) as a signal, they could not bear to get angry and took a deep breath.
‘Good job Evangeline!’
I rooted for Evangeline from the bottom of my heart. You keep babbling like that and you make Lucas take off his helmet!
“ruler! I visited District 1 today to test the new technology I acquired.”
I said, looking back at the party members whose equipment was finished.
“My new skill seems to affect the dungeon’s condition, so I deliberately visited the weakest dungeon. First of all, I will quickly wipe out the monsters, and then I will test the new technology.”
“yes!”
“Okay let’s go!”
My party members took the lead and entered the dungeon.
I’m still waving the flags I brought from the Crossroads, but it’s a District 1 dungeon.
At our level, without exaggeration, you should be able to clear it with your bare hands.
“What is the monster of this season!”
I shouted as I left the safe zone and entered the dungeon. They’re the idiots this time!
Aaaah-!
As soon as they entered the dungeon room, the monsters fell from the sky with hideous screams – spewing feathers.
A face resembling a human on the body of a large bird. And a monster with a blunt shovel-like beak.
Junior, who was the first to notice the monster’s bell, shouted.
“It’s a Harpy!”
I clicked my tongue. That’s right, it’s time for a flying monster to appear!
Harpy is an ordinary monster with no special characteristics compared to other flying monsters, but there is one annoying and irritating thing. that’s right.
Aaaaaaagh-!
That’s noisy!
It’s not like it’s not true, these guys actually use sonic attacks using cries.
If hit incorrectly, it is an intrusive status abnormality trigger that complains of dizziness or dizziness.
A dozen or so harpies swarmed and cawed noise pollution in the air.
When this attack came without any preparation, I immediately felt dizzy. I covered my ears and staggered.
“hey! Make the birds bark a little!”
My party members’ attacks were making the harpies fall faster than my words fell.
Taang! Taang-!
Damian took out his pistol-type horse gun [Cerberus] and fired lightly,
Pachichichik!
Junior caused a small chain of lightning that consumed the rest of the harpies.
In a matter of seconds, dozens of harpies fell to the ground spewing feathers.
Evangeline, who was trying to throw a spear, and Lucas, who was trying to collect sword energy at the end of the sword and throw it away, were embarrassed and retracted the attack.
“I’m a bit unaccustomed to seeing a monster that is so weak all of a sudden… … .”
Junior murmured as he looked at the charred harpies from his own lightning strike.
That’s right. It’s like attacking in-depth demons in District 6 or higher and then suddenly coming to a beginner dungeon and fighting squirrels.
I pressed my tingling ear with my hand and grumbled.
“Apart from the fact that these guys are weak, their ears hurt… .”
How can heroes withstand their sonic attacks with evil, but ordinary soldiers may suffer from hearing loss?
I need to prepare earplugs this season.
My ears hurt, but the dungeon raid was easy.
The monsters in District 1 were weak enough to be knocked down by one hit from our main party, so it took less than 30 minutes to clear all dungeons.
When the cleaning was complete, Lucas handed me the flag.
It was finally time to test my ultimate, [Imperial Declaration].
[Imperial Declaration] < Special Equipment - Flag Required >
– Declares one area as the territory of the power to which the user belongs and exercises dominion.
– To allies within the territory: All beneficial effects of the user are applied.
– To enemies inside the territory: All detrimental effects the user possesses are applied.
– Within the territory, the limit on the number of summons is removed.
– If the area declared as a territory is a hostile area, the area enters the [Conquest War] state, and if you win, you can take control of the area.
Everything else worked, but the last line was the problem.
When used in a hostile area, an occupation war begins. Take control of the area upon victory.
Does that mean that if I use this skill here in the dungeon, I can take the dungeon away from the monsters?
This can only be verified by encountering it in practice. I took a deep breath and raised the flagpole. Let’s like it!
“… ?”
I didn’t raise the flagpole, but I looked back because something was wrong.
Then my eyes met with the party members who followed me and raised their flags and kites.
“… what are you doing?”
“… Does it look interesting?”
Evangeline replied scratching the back of her head. I was dumbfounded and shook my head. Do whatever you want.
I raised the flagpole as high as I could.
“This land… ”
And shouting the ultimate start-word, he slammed it into the ground.
“-Declare it as the territory of the Empire!”
The flagpole stuck to the ground
and flashed!
The magical power that escaped from my body along with a dazzling flash covered the entire land and spread out in a wide circle.
The party members, who imitated me and planted their flags on the ground, jumped back in amazement.
The flags of the party members did not stick to the ground and were pushed out like bouncing by an intangible force.
Whoa!
When my magic power, which spread like a storm, was settled, the air around the area calmed down. There.
“… ?!”
A circular fortress made of gray magic was built.
