# 202
202. Black Seed (10)
[Slide the LCD left and right!]
[Show the hero cheering for the Master!]
Flash!
The glowing rod began to sway in front of my eyes.
It was the Master’s support that only I could see, so I prepared to run out with a smile on my face.
“Looks like you’re pretty injured, but can you wield a sword properly?”
Persene put a sneer on her lips.
Magic spheres were swirling near the robe.
“You don’t know, but I am the pinnacle of all mages in Taonier.”
Faaaaang!
The magic spheres rotated vigorously.
On the day I even slightly brushed against that magic ball, my flesh would be torn apart like it was ground in a blender.
‘It’s the peak.’
I caught my breath.
[one! Remember my words.]
Sparrow whispered in his head.
know. I’ve heard this guy’s specs are boring.
The head of a family of wizards that has been passed down since the beginning of time, called the Devil’s Stenberg.
[That woman has become several times stronger than before. It’s constantly pumping and using magic.]
Even if you pour hundreds of rounds of magic, you won’t get tired.
Persene was the owner of near-infinite magical power.
In contrast, I…
throb.
The beating of the heart intensified.
My body was warning me. It’s dangerous to move any further.
‘Sounds funny.’
Killing the woman in front of him was the end.
But now I can’t come.
Stop talking nonsense.
“die.”
Persene’s eyes sank.
At the same time, the magic spheres scattered leaving afterimages.
I forced my motionless body to move.
Wow!
The ground where I had been stepping on just now had a hollow.
“Whoop whoop.”
Persene’s body floated into the air.
Fire and ice wind and lightning. The magic orbs containing the four attributes were scattered in all directions and then shot at me.
I dodged the magic orb by digging between pillars.
“Smart? But as for the pillars, it’s enough if you destroy them all!”
Kwareung!
Lightning streaks erupted in intense light and began to shatter the pillars.
‘There is no time.’
Going into a long-term battle, it was my defeat.
That guy’s magical power is infinite, while my physical strength is limited.
Before coming here, his body was in a state of disrepair. It seemed like it would be difficult to hold on for the next five minutes.
[Do not use the sword soul. I will die unconditionally.]
I know that too.
If you use the sword soul, you should be able to kill the woman in front of you. However, as my physical strength was considerably weakened, I could not stand the recoil and died.
I came not to die with you, but to win.
[You only have one chance!]
Hwaaaak!
Flames reminiscent of inferno unfolded before my eyes.
I climbed up the broken pillar, stepped on the ceiling, and escaped far away. As soon as I came down, lightning followed me, and as I lowered my head, an ice spear passed over my head.
‘It’s a complete weapon of mass destruction.’
It seems that he can easily wipe out thousands of people on the battlefield alone.
“How long are you going to just run away? Then you can’t kill me.”
“Do you fight with your mouth?”
I took the dagger from my belt and threw it.
Ting. The dagger blade bounced off Persene’s defense wall with a shabby sound.
there is too
If I hadn’t caught it, I would have seen blood.
I hid behind a splintered pillar.
bang! Kwaaang! Kwak!
That woman seems to be trying to bring down the entire cave.
Magic was pouring in all directions. [
Even if
the cave collapses, you will die.]
[Kill before killing!]
It’s not a disadvantage.
I have a clear chance of winning.
Otherwise I wouldn’t have come.
‘I don’t know that woman.’
What power resides in my left arm.
What skills do I use and how much explosive power I can produce.
digging into that part.
It was the only way to victory.
I rolled over on the floor.
A rock blade pierced the place where I was like a fang.
It seems that magic has finally reached this place.
“Come to think of it, you seem to have had a special relationship with my student.”
It’s no use trying to provoke.
My mind was in a very cold state.
Myriad possibilities and cases flashed through my mind like lightning.
‘It’s over soon.’
It doesn’t last long.
I can’t move any more.
My left leg won’t listen to me from a while ago.
‘…’
The rod of light beyond Persene was rippling violently.
Amkena is shaking the lightstick with all her might.
‘Look Carefully.’
It’s just one time.
I turned the hilt of my sword.
There were cracks everywhere on the sword blade, and
magic bombardment was about to rain down from above.
“Goodbye. Petty hero.”
Persene aimed her magic orb at me.
At the same time, dozens of magic spheres came crashing down from left and right, up and down.
[Go.]
I flipped the switch in my head.
[‘Han (★★★★)’ has entered an Exceed state!]
Crying.
At that moment, clots of blood gushed out of his mouth and his eyes went white.
I bit my tongue hard until it bled. Only then did the sight come back.
Fireballs are shooting right in front of you.
I turned to the right and hit the floor.
bang! My body jumped out like an arrow.
“…?!”
Persene’s eyes narrowed.
indeed. Is it possible to move this fast?
“joy.”
Persene, who had snorted, waved her hand.
Kwajijik! A wall of thunderbolt rose right in front of me.
I held out my left hand.
[Unique skill ‘Black Dragon Rin’ activates!]
[This hero is immune to magic!]
When lightning touched his left hand, the lightning wall disappeared as if it had been washed away.
I sped up even more.
“…!”
Persene put on a bewildered expression, but
soon waved her hand again.
‘He’s quick to judge the situation.’
Beams of light shot from the sides and from behind.
where the left arm cannot reach. That woman instantly grasped the weakness of the Black Dragon Lin.
‘This much…’
I twisted my body.
Arrows of light pierced his forearms and thighs.
A place where you won’t die if you can’t avoid it.
[‘Han (★★★★)’ has fallen into a dying state. Life is in danger!]
It’s okay.
I have a battle follow-up.
I pulled my right arm holding the sword all the way.
to kill in one shot.
“It can’t be.”
Persene twisted the corner of her mouth.
Then, the woman’s lips parted.
“I command.”
Persene pointed at me with her right hand.
‘You’re here.’
An unknown technique that crushed Delphine, who was said to be the strongest in the Empire, and White Feather, the leader of the Join tribe, in one shot.
The sparrow said it was an ancient power that had been lost long ago.
‘The dead eye.’
Just by looking at it by the caster, just by pointing and talking.
A technique that instantly kills one target.
When I first heard it, I thought there were all these ridiculous techniques, but…
No, it’s actually a scam.
[Die.]
Persene’s pupils split left and right, revealing the dragon’s eyes.
Black Dragon Rin doesn’t work. Because that’s not magic.
so.
[Repay the favor!]
“Jaeaeaeaeaeek!”
Dark red lightning exploded from my outstretched left arm, and a sparrow jumped out.
“…?!”
‘This is not just one person.’
Kwajik.
The sparrow that flew up turned to blood and scattered.
The body here is dead, but the dove in the waiting room is probably not dead.
I grinned.
The dragon’s scaly left hand touched the magic barrier.
[This hero is immune to magic!]
And.
“bye.”
Kwajik.
The blade plunged into the woman’s heart.
That was it.
The magic that was rampaging in all directions subsided in an instant.
Persene staggered back with a knife stuck in her left chest.
In the two eyes of the woman who was swollen, I was wet with blood.
“how.”
“like this.”
I put down the hilt of my sword.
fluff.
Persene fell to the floor.
And never moved again.
‘Haa…’
He breathed out.
Activate the second Exceed.
Even I, who had trained my body to the limit, had to take an unimaginable risk to use Exceed continuously. It wouldn’t be strange if he suddenly stopped breathing in the middle of a fight.
but.
It seems to have survived somehow.
The whole body was covered in blood.
me and that girl
If there was a beast king like him, he wouldn’t have won even if he died and woke up.
Maybe I buried my bones here.
The idea that this woman would be alone was a gamble.
The sparrow had said that since the monsters hadn’t completely gone beyond the standard yet, even the bosses who had left the floor wouldn’t be able to stay away for long.
That prediction seems to have worked out.
I walked to the altar, barely supporting my body that was about to collapse.
It was embarrassing to even call this place an altar. All the marble pillars standing on the left and right were split and smashed, and the walls and ceiling were dented or collapsed. It looked as if the entire cave would collapse at any moment.
‘The last key.’
I snatched the orb from the altar and put it in my pocket.
[Floor 45.]
[Mission Type – Delivery]
[Goal – Deliver the ‘key’ to the special NPC!]
The mission’s goal window has been updated.
relay. The difficult section on the 45th floor was over just by handing this to Freea.
Now you can go back to the waiting room.
‘also.’
Tak tok tok.
Faint footsteps echoed across the aisle.
It seems that the pursuers have already entered the cave.
I’ll probably get there in about 10 minutes.
“…”
Freea is waiting for me in the cave outside the fortress.
The entrance to the cave was carefully concealed using the surrounding landmarks, and there is no fear that I died because I hit the jackpot here, but getting there was a problem. There was only one passageway through which I came in.
In an instant, my vision went dark.
I almost fell, but I managed to keep my balance.
Pain as if the whole body was being torn to shreds. I clench my molars and move on.
don’t have to die
Even if his whole body becomes a rag and his limbs are cut off, as long as he can deliver the key to Fria, his condition will soon return to normal.
Now, the final gateway remains.
To evade pursuers, escape the fort, and return to the lair.
‘That’ll work.’
I grabbed my left stomach.
Blood was constantly leaking out.
It seems that even the strength to run away was exhausted, and now both legs could not move freely.
If it were me now, I couldn’t guarantee a win with even a single soldier.
“…”
Hundreds of soldiers are waiting for me outside.
If they found out that I killed the captain, they’d run with their eyes wide open.
‘Damn it.’
At first, I decided to move.
The odds are not even 1 in 10,000, but you won’t know until you try.
I’m trying to get out of here stumbling like that.
Took.
someone touched my foot
When I looked down, the members of the Join tribe, with only the head and part of the upper body remaining, were staring at me.
“Pip…”
A whimper came out of her mouth along with blood.
It was the join people who were white feathers or something.
were you alive
I shook Jo In’s arm and tried to move on.
But Joeyin grabbed my feet again.
“Let go.”
“Go… Save…”
Tuk.
Joe’s head fell off.
It is dead.
Hold my foot with your left hand and point your right hand at the wall.
“…?”
what do you mean
I looked at the wall Joeyin pointed to.
It was messed up by Persene’s magic bombardment.
‘Did I say that?’
Light leaked through cracks in the collapsed walls.
‘…’
The sky darkened before I knew it.
I was walking through a forest in the dim moonlight.
It was east of the fort and a corner of Buyeo Island.
Here was the hideout where I hid for a week.
‘I didn’t even manage to die.’
I must have been there once or twice before I died.
This was not surprising.
I grabbed the marble in my left hand.
The key, which was originally sparkling white, lost its luster as it was soaked in blood.
It’s much better this way than being targeted by the enemy because of the glowing orb.
After walking for some time, a thicket was revealed. I identified three cuts in the base of the tree. It was a pre-engraved sign so that I could recognize this place.
I knocked the sheath three times on a large rock lying in the middle of the grass. The undergrowth parted left and right, revealing the entrance to the cave.
and.
“one…!”
I pushed Fria into the cave as she tried to jump out and covered the entrance.
There were still many searchers outside, so I had to be careful until the end.
‘Fortunately, I didn’t get caught.’
A bonfire was burning inside the cave.
Judging by the fact that nothing has changed from when I left, it seems that Freea has not moved here.
“What the hell… what is that wound?”
“Sit down. Take this first.”
I sat the helpless Freea down and held the marble in her hand.
“This…”
“Don’t you know it when you see it? It’s what you’ve been looking for.”
dump.
I collapsed on a pile of straw by the campfire.
If you close your eyes, you might die. My eyes were flickering. I examined the wounds on my body, barely holding on to the strings of my mind.
The whole body was at the level of being swollen.
I’ve never been so injured before.
Amkena’s screen already had a red light indicating my dying state.
“I-Shouldn’t I start with treatment first? Wait! I…”
“I’ll be fine when I go back.”
A glowing bubble was boiling in the corner of the cave.
Blurry, but recognizable. It was the end of the mission and a signal to return to the waiting room.
‘What happened?’
I put my back on the rock wall.
The first goal was achievable.
Killing the wizard and returning to the waiting room for maintenance. At least from next time, you can bring members from the waiting room. That alone was a huge achievement.
“…”
I looked back at Freea.
This kid hadn’t been with me for a day or two, so he knew something about the mission.
Freea put down the earthen bowl of herbs and laid her eyes down.
“I see. Are you going back?”
I’ll see you on the 46th floor.
Will see you often in the future.
to the point of being boring.
‘What will happen.’
When I go back to the waiting room, Freea will be left here alone.
Collecting the keys is not the end. In order to go down to the ground and get rid of the debris eggs, you had to escape floating islands.
‘Is the 46th floor the mission?’
I have to come up with a strategy to some extent.
Whatever task comes out, it will be much more comfortable than digging alone.
That was fortunate.
“Why are you so gloomy? I’ve collected all the keys.”
“But…”
Fria lowered her head.
“I was only a princess, but it’s useless.”
I didn’t agree, but I didn’t shake my head either.
Because it wasn’t wrong.
Freea has rarely been of any help on missions thus far.
He trained hard, but his swordsmanship and stamina were insignificant, and he did not possess special skills such as magic or healing. It’s not like there’s a special force behind it. From my point of view, the Assinis family only used the princess and never swore allegiance out of respect for her.
“…”
In front of my eyes, there was only one helpless human being who was helpless in a given situation.
‘Are you an ordinary kid?’
It was different from the extraordinary prince.
If the prince had been the main character of Taonier’s story, as Tell said, the difficulty might have gone down a few levels. The difference between the two siblings was so extreme.
“…sorry.”
Both of Freea’s cheeks were red.
It’s not because I’m ashamed
It must be because of shame.
“I wanted to be like my older brother. I envied his strong convictions… his steely will, and his charisma that led everyone.”
“…”
“But no matter how hard I try, I can’t catch up with my brother.”
I stayed still.
Then, I suddenly remembered a guy who was still wielding a spear.
The two seem oddly alike.
‘That must be some kind of talent.’
Because not everyone can have the qualities of a leader just by working hard.
The majority end up as ordinary members of society.
‘Let’s see.’
Light was filling the cave.
When that light covers my body, I will return to the waiting room.
However, the flow of light was very slow.
Is it the aftermath of the strange mission status?
‘I’ll have to go down to the ground first.’
Finding the key isn’t the end.
I had to deal with them somehow before the eggs hatched.
I scouted the floating island before entering the fortress and witnessed a large army of monsters gathered near the eggs. Thousands of monsters were swarming near the eggs.
It seems that the goal of the 50th floor mission has been roughly determined.
The light slowly began to envelop her body.
‘The thing that should have disappeared.’
I remembered what the sparrow said.
that’s right.
Asinis family.
NPCs who were originally supposed to help fight on the ground disappeared.
Bona Mana, the difficulty of the 50th floor must have risen significantly.
Perhaps, without any support forces, you may have to fight an army of thousands of monsters with your own strength.
‘It’s not the end just by going back to the tower.’
If you wait too long, the egg will hatch.
If the status of the account is normal, I will hold on as much as I can and raise my power… but I don’t think I have that much room. On the day when the larvae pop out of the eggs while taking a break, the difficulty of the mission will soar to near impossible.
‘Is it an all-out war with the monsters?’
As has always been the case, breaking through with a small number of people or cheating will not work.
If the opponent presses down with an overwhelming amount, this side has no choice but to use a similar method.
It’s not enough with dozens of fighters.
Hundreds were needed.
The same goes for unfairness.
A second airship is being built following the Capitalism, but this is not enough to roll heroes on a large scale. At least five were needed.
Five airships and hundreds of fighter heroes.
Non-combatants and various equipment and facilities to support this.
not enough
Resources are scarce.
Gold, gems, and other materials.
The amount obtained from daily dungeons was far from enough.
[Stage clear!]
[‘Han (★★★★)’ level up!]
[Reward – 10000G]
[MVP – ‘Han (★★★★)’]
With the clear message, light wrapped around his body.
I saw Pria squatting. It’s not this guy’s fault.
Things just went badly.
‘Boss stage rewards are terrifyingly tight.’
I closed my eyes.
