Episode 51. Fragments of greed
I happened to go on a warlock hunt with the Pyroman tribe.
But I didn’t think it was particularly bad.
It was not a bad coincidence because I was curious about what Lanox was aiming for in the first place.
‘It’s best if I get a clue about the crime.’
The 10 Pyroman tribes did not have a developed sense of smell compared to the Tow tribe, but they had good enough senses to follow the trail.
Moving with their help, I came quite far and approached the Pyromans who suddenly stopped.
“What is going on?”
“The trail is broken. As if it had gone out into the sky or into the earth.”
He was still wary of me, but at least he wasn’t hostile.
I decided to try using Mana Detect from here.
‘It takes even a mana detect… ….’
Then I felt something strange.
It felt like a distorted mana from a certain tree, but it was a trace that I wouldn’t have found if it wasn’t for the faintly visible mana due to my mana talent.
Approaching the tree and examining it closely, the trail led to another tree behind it.
‘This form… ….’
Is it a barrier?
Seeing the distorted traces of mana that continued from tree to tree and then to another tree, I roughly pictured it in my head.
I drew my sword, wrapped the mana around it, and swung it.
Quaggagak!
The sword bounced off with tremendous repulsive force.
And the results were pretty shocking.
‘I thought I’d gotten pretty strong too.’
it’s still far
The Pyroman tribe, who had been watching my actions, rushed in and looked at the tree I had cut down with curious eyes.
“What the hell is this?”
“It seems to be a barrier. The guy who used to deal with insects is probably hiding here.”
As I said it, I felt a little embarrassed.
Looking at the level of perfection of the barrier, it wasn’t made in a day or two.
‘It’s like the village of the Pyroman tribe and this barrier. There must have been quite a few things in the past that weren’t in the game.’
I cleared a lot of games, but I didn’t know everything.
Especially if it’s the time period before the game starts.
“Is it recent that there has been a missing person?”
“exactly. It’s been a few days.”
Then something broke through the barrier and came out.
It was like an insect’s front claw, but I was able to barely dodge it with momentary reflexes.
“Enemies!”
The Pyo-humans each prepared for battle and looked at the plain-looking forest.
There was obviously nothing wrong with the forest on the outside, but something came out as if it were jumping out of thin air.
‘It’s that guy from before.’
But it wasn’t just one guy.
As many as two beetles appeared.
And after that, bugs crawling out began pouring out.
‘Maybe I misunderstood.’
I thought Lanox had come to the Krates Mountains with some intention, but when I saw the number of troops, I thought that his base might have been here in the first place.
Seeing that there was nothing there later, it seemed highly likely that Lanox had destroyed the Pyroman tribe’s village and changed his place of residence.
“There are too many enemies! Jadvihon! Go back to the village immediately, report this and issue an evacuation order!”
One of the Pyromans shouted, prepared to die.
Given the number of enemies, his words made sense.
This was simply not a number that one village could afford.
And his cry was soon drowned out by the noise of the insects.
Farr.
Wiing.
“We will give our lives here to protect the village!”
One of the Pantherians roared and clashed with the insects, and the rest threw themselves one after another after him.
“You talk like you’re going to die… ….”
Do you think you will lose
Well, maybe.
I drew Galakshur and started crushing the insects.
‘I’ll show you once again what I decided to do.’
I just summoned Nickel to the Pyroman tribe, who seemed to be in danger after being attacked by a beetle.
I wouldn’t wear a mask anyway. It didn’t matter if the guys living in this demonic world found out that I was a necromancer.
Whiik-kang!
“Ugh!”
Surprised by the sudden appearance of Nickel, the Pyroman tribe stepped back with a gasping sound.
Soon after, he watched Nickel start to sway the beetle, and before he could think about the situation, he was swept away by the waves of insects and moved his body around.
Since this happened, I even summoned Timur.
And Timur left the miscellaneous insects and ran to the remaining beetles.
‘Shall we do a skill test?’
It is said that if several of them unite, they will be able to deal with even one Aura Master.
I ran straight to the low-flying guy and swung my sword.
However, the guy who evaded the attack in an instant blew four fists.
His flight was fast, but his fists were on the slow side, so he blocked and evaded, then retreated.
‘Those wings are the problem.’
The high-speed flight due to the wings was faster than I expected.
However, it seemed that he was also limited by his constant inability to move fast.
chain fluid.
In an instant, the opponent hurled a torso headbutt with tremendous speed.
He seemed to know that hitting with his entire body was more efficient than swinging his fists, but he flew quite threateningly, but he wasn’t foolish enough to be hit by an attack that flew straight and honest.
‘It’s definitely strong, but… ….’
Something was missing.
At just this level, how many of them unite to catch the Aura Master?
From my point of view, it seems that they came when Lanox’s skills were still low.
And, as if that prediction had been met, the beetle that was dealing with Nickel from afar was rolling on the floor with its limbs disintegrating and its wings cut off.
“nickel.”
I called Nickel and handed over the guy I was dealing with.
The level wasn’t high enough that I didn’t even feel the need to deal with it, so I decided to help the Pyoin people.
It was then.
Kuaang!
With a roar, I saw Timur pushed back.
As if in a contest of strength, the enemy Timur was holding on to was the same as the beetle I dealt with, but its color was subtly different.
‘When did that pop out again?’
Before I could finish my appreciation, the beetle that Timur was dealing with threw a series of fists.
It was colorless to think that they were the same guy, only with a different color, and Timur seemed to be pushed out of his power.
bang!
Soon after, Timur was beaten and pinned to a tree.
is that real
Soon after, Nickel, who had even dealt with the beetle I was dealing with, approached the guy who fired Timur, flying the uniform over his shoulder like a cloak.
The guy, too, must have felt intimidated by Nickel, making a strange sound and flapping his wings.
“I’m sorry that I was suddenly caught up in the atmosphere between the two of you….”
[Lesser Necromancer: Summon Ghoul.]
[163 corpses detected.]
[Caster’s skills are insufficient. 82 of them respond.]
[Lesser Necromancer: Summon Ghoul Successfully]
[Summoned 82 Bug-Type Ghouls (Normal).]
“My specialty is Daguri.”
The insect corpses that rose up around them soon attacked the insects that were their companions.
And nearly half of them flocked to beetles of a different color.
The beetle made an air bursting noise to separate the bug-type ghouls that were rushing towards it, but in the meantime, Nickel, who approached using fluidization, cut off his head with a single sword.
‘Even I think it’s cowardly.’
Still, the number of opponents was greater, so maybe it wasn’t so cowardly?
Thinking nonsense, I crushed the remaining insects to death.
Lanox had a lot of affection for the bugs he created, but he might be vomiting blood and sobbing by now.
“All of you….”
As I and my undead neatly pulverized the enemies, the Pyromans watched with dazed expressions.
Kill one more in that time? I still have quite a bit left.
* * *
Original Sin’s mana recovery improvement was quite helpful.
After killing the bugs crawling out and summoning them again, killing them and summoning them again about five times, it finally calmed down as if it was over.
Thanks to Nickel’s treatment of the beetles in the beginning, none of the members of the Pyroman tribe died.
Although he was injured here and there, it was new blood compared to catching so many bugs.
“Are you saying we stopped this many?”
“I’m tired of it now. I want to wash myself.”
“If we knew how to stop it, we wouldn’t have to send Jadvihon to the village.”
They didn’t seem to care that I summoned the undead anymore.
Well, thanks to you, I lived, but I’m not in a position to say anything.
‘By the way, Lanox doesn’t even show off his nose.’
Are you crying inside?
Now that I had to put an end to it, I knocked hard on the tree with the barrier.
It must have used too much mana, so the power wasn’t applied properly, so it bounced back like the first time, but Nickel shook his head and came next to me and swung his sword.
squeak.
Admiration came out watching the simple and neatly cut tree.
It doesn’t seem to make much of a difference, but what could be the problem?
When the barrier was broken, the hidden scenery was revealed.
There, a huge, invisible tree exposed a cave-like hole at the base, exuding a gloomy aura.
“Is that where you saw it?”
From here on, I want to separate the Pyo-humans.
“It could be dangerous inside, so I’ll go in alone.”
“What kind of small is that! We cannot send the benefactor of our village to death alone.”
At some point, I respect you.
The response was appreciated, but I politely declined.
“Are you going to throw away the life I barely saved? no work If you are uneasy, do not follow me and wait here.”
When I pointed out Nickel and Timur, who were standing next to them, and said that there was no problem, the Pyoin tribes eventually took a step back.
As I left the Pyotribes as I wanted and went into the root of the tree, there were sticky body fluids all over the place, and bug monsters that looked like babies were running away.
‘As expected, this must have been Lanox’s dungeon.’
I don’t know when they moved, but judging from the condition, it looks like they’ve been here for quite some time.
Why did he suddenly attack the Pyo-humans after he had been quiet for a while?
He blocked the attacks of small bugs with nickel and Timur and went deep into the dungeon.
Then, the corpses of all kinds of monsters and beasts, as well as the corpses of humans and other races, began to be seen there.
Looking at it roughly, it seems that they were breeding bugs using corpses.
‘Did they attack the Pan-Man tribe because they ran out of prey?’
The reason didn’t matter.
It has nothing to do with me.
My goal was simply to get rid of Lanox, who would become an obstacle in the future, early.
“hey. Where are you hiding?”
The bases of the trees were intertwined like a labyrinth.
Trusting Timur’s sense of smell, he continued to advance, but he was afraid that he might run away.
After walking for a while and using Mana Detect every now and then, the presence was finally caught.
I ran without hiding my spontaneous smile.
Like other summoners, Lanox’s main body’s attack power converged to 0, so there was nothing dangerous as long as most of the insects were killed.
“Were you here?”
“Who are you! Why are you attacking me, the same warlock!”
Lanox, who had a wrinkly appearance, looked at me with regret and shouted.
I approached him with a sword, covering my face with a mask.
“Are you a member of the assembly? Did you come to retaliate for delaying joining?”
“what. Aren’t you from the coven?”
Of course I thought Lanox belonged to the assembly, but it must have been before he joined.
And Lanox was rather surprised by my question.
“Isn’t it from the meeting?”
At that moment, I felt an unknown energy in my body and a message popped up.
[‘Pure original sin’ feels the power of ‘charitable greed’.]
Greed?
suddenly here?
Is it because I have original sin?
Instinctively, I noticed that among the items in Lanox’s possession, there were items related to the Page of Greed.
One last question before killing him.
“Who is the one who gave permission to join the meeting?”
“What the hell are you talking about! If it’s not a rally, what is your identity!”
“Answer the question. before killing me.”
“I think he said Hegel. Please save me.”
Had Hegel come this far?
I’m glad I didn’t run into him.
With my current skills, I would have lost to him.
‘A warlock who didn’t appear at the last meeting, but boasts the highest level of skill.’
When I heard the answer I wanted, I pointed my sword at him and said,
“Give me everything you have right now.”
“I see.”
He rummaged through his robes and began tossing things on the floor.
I looked for anything related to the page of greed among them, but the aura of greed was still flowing from Lanox.
“This is it. No more.”
“You are lying.”
Pak!
“Keah!”
stabbed in the shoulder with a sword
Then Lanox screamed and struggled.
“I get it! Wait! Please save me!”
Actually, I could just kill him and steal it, but I put up with it because I wanted to find out where he got the item from.
Soon, Lanox pulled out a blood-colored jewel from his bosom.
‘That’s it.’
[Fragment of charity greed]
