◈ 577. [STAGE 35] Find The Way (5)
Everyone supported this suicide operation.
I was speechless.
Should everyone say thank you or scold them to be more mindful of their own lives… … I felt like it was out of sync.
However, since not everyone can go anyway, it is necessary to build a squad suitable for the most infiltration operation.
“Everyone put your hands down. You can open your eyes.”
The heroes, who carefully opened their eyes, looked at each other with their hands raised and burst out laughing. I also laughed bitterly.
“Since everyone has supported us, we all want to attack together and wipe out the enemies, but… It can’t be.”
Defense The main purpose of the game is defense.
In the end, the defense team on the wall must be strong enough to play its role whether it is an infiltration team, a disruptor team, or an attack team.
Personnel must be appropriately distributed, and defense teams must also be organized into elites. I first made this clear.
“… So, the organization to be captured by that monster’s ship is as follows.”
I called
“Quilan and penal units.”
Quylan smiled knowingly and stepped forward. The members of the penal unit also seemed nervous, but followed suit.
Basically, they are not only the vanguard heroes of the powerful DLT role group in any situation, but they also have the experience of escaping from being trapped in the belly of a monster.
‘The thing I’m worried about is that I’m not in beast mode, but in human mode… … .’
However, the skills and experience accumulated over the years cannot be ignored. That’s why I picked them first.
“next. Lucas and Lucas Party.”
Lucas stepped forward with a face of course, followed by Thorkell Zenith Nobody.
On my frontline, the hero with the highest single combat power in name and reality is Lucas, and the rest of the party members also have a high degree of combination completion.
In particular, the healer Zenith is also organized. It will increase the stability of the entire infiltration tank.
‘There’s an empty seat, but I’ll pass it on… … .’
The chain is missing, so there are only 4 people, but the vacancy will be filled later. next.
“Berdandi and the Holy Grail Expedition.”
For some reason, Belldandy and the elves sighed in relief and stepped forward. Why are you relieved?
In any operation, remote fireteam support is essential.
All members of the Holy Grail Exploration Team are masters of archery and dagger throwing, as well as being able to engage in close combat when the need arises.
‘I don’t have enough stamina, but… .’
They are valuable talents who can handle both melee and long-distance firefights. can’t help but take it
“Here, me, the 2 members of the Shadow Squad and… Kellison’s two escort warriors.”
Sure enough, everyone was shocked when I heard that I was participating in the war, but I did not receive any counterarguments. Because I can’t get away with this operation.
It’s because I’m the one who can make the most mess in the stomach of the enemy in the first place.
Likewise, a body bag with burnout and multiple utility skills that can make the enemy’s stomach go wild is useful in variable situations.
The two dwarves… … First of all, my party needs a avant-garde, and basically there are many dwarves among those who are currently missing, so I picked them.
After all, there is a high possibility that the same people will search for the same people well.
“This is it.”
When I finished calling the list, the heroes murmured. In particular, Evangeline and Damian tried to protest something in front of me, but I shook my hand.
“I’d love to take more, but there aren’t that many escape scrolls.”
Of course, this is an excuse. The escape teleport scrolls have been piled up and rarely used, so there are plenty of them.
However, if you take it further than this, Mercury of the Crossroads will shake.
Evangeline’s hand-to-hand combat unit is essential for Mercury, the nature of Crossroads, and Damian and his sniper party shine the most in defense, not infiltration.
Both of them are among my strongest hands, and I’m sure they’ll come in handy in this infiltration, but… … It is best to place it in a more useful place.
‘In the worst case, if the infiltration team is wiped out… … .’
Evangeline must command the front lines and Damian must work miracles with his clairvoyance.
I looked all over the other heroes as well.
The faces of all those who have been with us on the front lines since the beginning, or who have joined very recently, and who risk their lives together, regardless of the timing.
“… don’t come back before it’s too late Until then, Evangeline will be entrusted with general command of the front line.”
“Leave it to me, senior.”
Evangeline grinned and thumped her shield. I also smiled at you.
Anyway, the detailed defense tactics were shared with everyone, and training was also conducted. Everyone is skilled, so each of them will fight well as they are assigned.
***
After spreading a few more messages and having a brief meeting.
I was about to leave my seat and come out, but young wizards blocked my way.
“majesty!”
“Please take us too!”
“… .”
I was speechless.
They were wizards who had studied and trained together with Junior. The children desperately clung to me.
“You’ll need a wizard to save Junior!”
“We want to help my sister too!
“You don’t know what’s going on inside! If you take us… … !”
But I shook my head.
“no.”
“Why?!”
“Is it because we’re young? Because I’m not trustworthy… … .”
“It’s not that kind of problem. Because you are wizards.”
The place we are heading to now is the belly of the Lord of the Flies.
Perhaps the fly monsters will attack from all over the space. From above your head, below your feet, they will attack you from all directions, and you will most likely have to engage in physical combat.
And in this melee situation, the most vulnerable class is the classic wizard. Wearing cloth clothes and casting magic takes time… … Basically a glass cannon that needs protection.
“In this infiltration battle, even if you are a mage, you need to have some melee situation proficiency. That’s why you can’t take them.”
The young wizards were depressed all at once. It was then.
“Then take me too.”
When everyone turned around, an old wizard appeared, stroking his long white beard. I sighed.
“… Lord Diarmudin.”
“I know very well that I am dead even if I stop talking about it. But that’s why you’ll need wizard power.”
Certainly, a Diarmudin with more experience than any mage would do well in hand-to-hand combat.
but… .
“Or what, you don’t need an old man like me?”
Diarmudin twisted his brow in displeasure.
“Isn’t it you, Prince Ash, who told me that today is the youngest day?”
Eventually I raised both hands.
“Please join Lucas’ party. Thank you, Lord Diarmudin.”
“It should be. You will always look back on it as a good choice for taking me.”
Only then did Diarmudin, who smiled contentedly, join Lucas, who was standing across the hallway.
I looked in that direction and exhaled. When I turned around, another person was standing in front of me this time.
“Ah that… .”
It was a middle-aged woman with scattered hair and standing in an awkward posture. She couldn’t meet my eyes and stuttered.
“That is… .”
It wasn’t long before I realized who she was.
Candler.
A golem master who used to belong to Blacklist but retired after the battle with Gorgon. Since then, I’ve been helping with work as a golem at a construction site… … .
And the person who feels the biggest responsibility for Junior and Chain’s disappearance.
“Candler. It’s too late to recognize him because he’s a little different from before.”
I smiled.
“Aren’t you tying candles to your hair like you used to?”
“Oh that… It’s like a ritual to control the golem well, but since he’s retired now… … .”
Candler, who was talking nonsense, looked up at me with trembling eyes.
Without the candle crown or the cult-like attire, she really looked like an ordinary citizen, no longer a mercenary.
Nonetheless, she gritted it.
The broken teeth from the clash with the Gorgon sisters were clearly visible. She limped and leaned forward.
“I am… . me too… take… … .”
“… .”
“I’m also on the rescue team… include… .”
“Candler.”
I gently grabbed her trembling shoulders.
“We don’t all have to be warriors.”
“… !”
Candler looked at me with a distraught face. I saw her crippled leg.
“You did what you could and then retired. You have no more debts to pay on this front.”
“but… .”
“You are no longer a soldier. a citizen You are no longer a fighting person. He is the one we need to protect.”
Candler lowered his face.
“But because of me… I’m a coward, so the two of us… … .”
“It’s not that you two were harmed because you were a coward.”
Candler’s eyes widened at my words.
“They saved you because they were both brave enough to overcome their fears.”
“… !”
“We are all really afraid. Actually coward That’s natural. So don’t be ashamed of your fears.”
I looked back.
The faces of all the heroes preparing for the sortie were full of tension. I’m also sick to my stomach.
“It’s natural for a human being.”
“… .”
Everyone wants to run away from an incomprehensible enemy.
Those who can fight despite such fears remain soldiers. Eventually, those who reach their limits retire.
This is not a matter of better or worse. It is never a matter of right or wrong.
It’s just that.
Just what we all struggle with in this crazy world.
“Because we will definitely rescue Junior and Chain… Then don’t apologize to the two of them, say thank you.”
I tapped Candler on the shoulder.
“Because it was those two who saved you.”
“… .”
“So please stay alive. After this battle, it will need restoration work again. then i need you got it?”
I spoke sincerely to her who couldn’t open her mouth any longer.
“thank you. For staying here and not running away.”
“… !”
“See you again, Candler.”
I walked past Candler and forward. The heroes who marched behind me followed.
Behind us, Candler held his breath and let out a strange cry. I wished her well through her ordeal.
and us too.
May each of us overcome our trials… … begged
***
“Operation Chungjungchung (蟲中蟲).”
I gave each party leader five paralysis poison antidotes and five dungeon escape teleport scrolls.
The party leaders distributed it to their respective party members.
“From now on, we become parasites in the belly of a worm.”
The heroes smirked. Neither did I.
As I lived, I had the experience of entering the belly of a super-giant fly and letting go of the game… … This monster frontline is a tourist attraction full of very colorful activities.
“Move to the point where the Lord of the Flies is currently anchored, engage moderately, and then get captured.”
I shook the paralysis poison antidote in my hand.
“The antidote should be taken just before being caught if possible. Safety is guaranteed because it is an improved version of the existing paralysis antidote, but on the contrary, since we don’t know how vicious their paralysis poison can be, we don’t know how much it can be offset with medicinal effects.”
If you’re not lucky, there might be an ending where everyone wakes up and becomes food for flies, but… … .
In fact, it probably won’t. First of all, thanks to the Seondo (仙桃) I ate in the past, I am in an incurable state. Thank you again, Raven.
As soon as I came to my senses, I planned to slap the rest of them to wake them up.
“Main equipment should be firmly fixed to each body. Wouldn’t it be difficult if you didn’t have a weapon when you woke up in the belly of bugs?”
It’s enough for me to put it in my inventory, but other heroes don’t have such a convenient system power.
Everyone eagerly tied weapons and equipment all over the body with leather straps. Watching them, I explained the tactics of this operation.
“The outline of the operation is simple. After regaining consciousness, join a nearby person and ascend to the top of the bug’s belly… … .”
I instructed succinctly.
“Give me the catfish.”
At this point, everyone cheered and whistled.
Show me, flies.
The reason why this Kim Ash was called the best troller in the empire is very well explained in your belly… … !
