◈ 573. [STAGE 35] Find The Way
This history book that Serenade brought after asking around in a nearby city is said to belong to nomads in the western desert.
The cover was so tattered that the title was unrecognizable, and the exact year was difficult to ascertain.
Moreover, when I opened it, it was written in a language I could not understand at all… how do you read this
At that time, Diarmudin said ahem and stepped forward.
“I am also good at decoding archaic languages. Actually I read it first. A reference to the Lord of the Flies must have been written.”
Ivory Tower owner! It helps tremendously at times like this.
So, the contents of the history book deciphered by Diarmudin are as follows.
『… A huge fly suddenly appeared from across the eastern sea and devoured everything, so people named it the Lord of the Flies.
On the eastern shore, sea dragons and kings of the sea united and resisted, but all of them fell prey to the Lord of the Flies.
The tyranny was so vicious that even the Black Dragon and Red Dragon, who were in the middle of a great battle, stopped fighting for a while and responded together.
The Lord of the Flies was born from the merging of countless flies, and he himself deserved to be called an empire.
The flies realized wisdom and became stronger and stronger with each passing generation, and the Lord of the Flies, a collection of these flies, seemed to be an invincible being that no one in the world could stop.
Evacuation processions lined up and the sound of music filled the sky.
Countless countries perished and countless tribes were devoured. Even the black and red dragons did not dare to stop the Lord of the Flies.
However, it wasn’t long before the situation changed drastically, and the Lord of the Flies split up and started fighting each other.
The problem, the historian guessed, was that all the flies had become overly agile with generation after generation.
The flies, who formed the empire called Lord of the Flies, rebelled with their own ambitions and reached the point of killing each other to occupy the empire.
The flies revolted among themselves and established a new force, and the body of the Lord of the Flies and his army split into several parts and fought and killed each other repeatedly, and soon the force was greatly reduced.
The Black Dragon and Red Dragon attacked and wiped them out while the Empire of Paris was divided and weakened. It was exactly one year after the Lord of the Flies appeared.
The officer discusses this.
All who become emperors should be kind to their vassals and love the people, but if they give too much, the vassals will surely become arrogant, and if they love too much, the people will definitely have other feelings.
The Lord of the Flies shared everything with his vassals and generously bestowed wisdom on the people, which is the mistake of the Lord of the Flies.
Those who want to rule the empire must strictly establish the hierarchy, guard against their vassals, and not give the people more wisdom than is necessary… … .”
“… The conclusion is a bit odd.”
I decided to ignore the comment of the officer who was attached like a nobleman.
Anyway, if the contents of this history book are true, in the end, the Lord of the Flies did not have a specific weakness and was not defeated by someone… … .
“It’s close to self-destruction while fighting among themselves.”
“exactly.”
Diarmudin nodded.
“The excessively intelligent flies became self-conscious, rebelled against the existing system, and after fighting each other, their power weakened and disappeared… .”
Suddenly, I thought they were like typhoons.
It occurs suddenly, sweeps the world arbitrarily, and disappears at the end of a natural gradual weakening… … .
Diarmudin brushed his beard and clicked his tongue.
“The fly monsters with low intelligence who did not evolve properly at this time survived and have maintained their lives until now. You could call it the irony of history.”
No, even this old wizard is giving a critique… … .
‘Anyway, this is very useful information.’
It was information that made me confident in the strategy idea I thought of after hearing hints from Dusk Bringer.
‘If the world has been divided for a long time, it must be united, and if it has been united for a long time, it must be divided (天下大勢分久必合合久必分).’
Like the famous first sentence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the reason most empires collapse is ultimately division by those who have their own greed.
The Lord of the Flies would also be able to defeat them if they could divide them like this, just as they self-destructed in history.
The question is how to do it… … .
‘History says it took a year to evolve to be that smart.’
I can’t afford to wait a year for this one. We only have 3 days left… … No, a day and a half now.
We have to forcibly accelerate their evolution in this short amount of time.
If only there was a way… … .
‘What mind control skills do I have?’
[Epic Eye of Command] is a skill that forces ‘action’.
Not only is something like ‘be smart’ impossible, but even if it were possible, it is highly likely to fail because it is an overly difficult mantra.
[Be mine!] can only be used on one target per stage, but it would be nice if it could be applied to the entire Lord of the Flies… …
In the first place, he was a collection of numerous flies. It won’t be treated well.
No matter how I make a fly mine, there’s nothing I can do about it… … .
“… .”
Suddenly, an idea came to mind.
Not only can they be forcibly evolved, but perhaps the goal of ‘division’ can be achieved without evolving to that level.
But I wasn’t sure if this method would really work the way I intended. Rather, the probability of getting out of my intention was higher.
So it was the moment when I continued to struggle.
“majesty!”
I heard a voice urgently calling me. I suddenly looked over there.
The soldier who had only delivered bad news to me since yesterday was running in a hurry again. no it’s you again
“what’s the matter!”
“In the second line of defense, which was under emergency construction… .”
The soldier who ran out of breath barely managed to catch his breath and exhaled urgently.
“The Lord of the Flies is on high-speed approach!”
“what?”
I let out a bewildered sound in bewilderment.
The 2nd line of defense was urgently being built on the second day from the Black Lake to the Crossroads. That he’s already reached there?
“You weren’t supposed to arrive there until tomorrow morning… ?!”
“That is… It is said that the Lord of the Flies suddenly sped up and attacked… … !”
“shit!”
In the 2nd line of defense, all the wizards belonging to the world defense frontline were supposed to use the tactic of simultaneously shooting magic after cutting off Lord of the Flies’ magic defense with Junior’s [Dissolve Elements].
“The current situation?”
“All the wizards in the field went into casting! They say they will fight back soon!”
“this… !”
Taat!
Before I could move, Diarmudin jumped out first, his beard waving.
After handing the history book to Serenade, I couldn’t say thank you properly and just held her hand once.
I ran after Diarmudin to the teleport gate.
***
Temporary 2nd line of defense.
A sloppy outer wall was being built as a cover for this place, which was under urgent construction.
Because it was a very competitive task, all the workers from Crossroads were mobilized, and of course, Candler, a golem master who can build large-scale structures using golems, was also building an outer wall.
coo goong coo goo… … .
Using the golem to build the outer wall, Candler glanced at the inside of the outer wall.
Most of the battle mages of the Crossroads were gathering to draw a magic circle and prepare to use magic.
Everyone who was not here went to look for history books, but by the time the Lord of the Flies struck, everyone was scheduled to gather.
‘To think that this many wizards gathered… … .’
There was also a warlock chain standing in the corner with a rotten look on his face.
Chain, who had been babbling about something, met Candler’s eyes, made a hand with dark magic and stirred it, and Candler laughed.
“… .”
If he hadn’t retired, would he have stood there as a combatant?
I couldn’t tell. After clearing his head of useless delusions, Candler focused on the exterior wall construction. Because the outer wall had to be erected by tomorrow morning, there was no time to rest.
It was then.
All right! All right! All right!
A soldier on horseback came running from the south with a cold sweat on his face and shouted urgently.
“Alert-! The Lord of the Flies is fast approaching from the south!”
“Eh… .”
“I beg your pardon?”
“It’s ridiculous, the prediction is tomorrow morning… .”
Junior asked while quickly casting his magic among the wizards who were buzzing in embarrassment.
“When will you arrive?!”
“That’s a lot of speed! Maybe in 10 minutes… … !”
“Chit… .”
Junior, who clicked his tongue, looked around and ordered.
“All workers, go back to Crossroads! Wizards cast power attack magic! Let’s do what we prepared!”
“But all the other wizards didn’t come… !”
“But we have to stop here!”
Anyway, Junior, who can be said to be the main axis of this operation, was here.
Junior entered the casting of [Dissolving Elements], and the wizards stood on top of the magic circle and began to prepare joint magic.
The workers hesitated for some reason, and then, after looking at the southern sky one by one, they screamed and started running to the teleport gate.
Candler looked that way too. And I opened my mouth.
boo oo oh oh… … !
in the far southern sky.
The black shape seemed to glow, and then it cut through the clouds every moment and approached at a terrifying speed.
“… .”
Candler stared blankly at the being with trembling eyes.
It resembles a fly, but can it really be called a fly?
Huge infinity-shaped wings made up of countless fly monsters stretched left and right, hundreds of legs hanging down… … .
Throwing countless flies that make up my body around me, destroying all the mountains and rivers.
The monster was approaching with terrifying speed.
‘You have to avoid… … damage… .’
Candler thought, but his trembling legs didn’t listen.
The nightmares of the Gorgon sisters flashed through my mind. At that time, the monster running toward him – Steno and that Lord of the Flies overlapped.
“Hee hee hee hee!”
Candler couldn’t run to the teleport gate and ended up hiding behind the outer wall. Then he crouched down, wrapped his arms around his head, and trembled.
boo oo oh oh… … !
The profound roar of the Lord of the Flies shook the whole area.
The whole area was a mess. Contrary to the workers who run away from the cross road through the teleport gate, the wizards who ran through the gate from the cross road… … .
And the pouring flies.
Dyeing the sky pitch-black, a staggering number of flies rained down on the secondary defense line like a shower.
“Whoa… !”
But Junior was not shaken.
Clack clack click-!
The [Lord of Crimson] in her hand transformed arbitrarily and scattered bloody magic light everywhere.
“Wait, Parisian.”
South, a few hundred meters from the second line of defense.
Junior drew a magic circle on this land in advance.
It was a super-large [elemental dissolution] magic circle.
This magic, which he stole from the vampire king and established as his own, had been further strengthened in its scope and effect through the magic circle.
“It lacks maneuverability and defense compared to non-airships, but… .”
The moment the Lord of the Flies reached the air above the magic circle.
Shouting, Junior stretched out his cane in front of him.
“As for firepower, our mages are the strongest in mankind!”
Whoa-!
A halo of dazzling white light was drawn in the air, and the next moment a crack opened and a crack formed in the space.
The Lord of the Flies’ entire body exploded with [Elemental Dissolution].
At that moment, even the Lord of the Flies was taken aback.
The monster’s gigantic body flinched and hurriedly reduced its speed. Junior raised his staff at the Lord of the Flies and shouted.
“Cast all joint magic-!”
The magicians, who formed a circle by attribute, resonated with each other and united their mana, then raised their wands and aimed at the Lord of the Flies.
Junior screamed.
“Sweep it up!”
Quaaaaaaaa!
Fierce flames that seemed to devour the world, high tidal waves with no end in sight, landslides that seemed to turn the world upside down, tornadoes that seemed to tear up the sky, and lightning that was dazzling like the flash of the beginning… … .
All at once, they poured into the Lord of the Flies.
