Episode 748: Succession point,
exploration team headquarters.
That’s what’s inside, of course.
“The hair loss man arrived first?”
“then! haha. “I became an exploration team member!”
He smiles brightly and picks up the person sitting next to him.
The weak-sounding man’s eyes turn to me.
I don’t know why, but he looks gaunt.
There are also dark circles around the eyes.
Now I see it was a druid.
I didn’t recognize him because he didn’t have the vitality typical of a druid.
“…Take this crazy guy away.”
He said, but I pretended not to hear.
I heard some vague news from the village.
The survivors of Exploration Team 5 are rejoining.
I had expectations ever since I heard that you were with the hair loss man.
“Are you a survivor of Exploration Team 5? The name?”
“Mallet. “I’ll say it again, please take him away.”
“No, no. I think the two fit well together. That’s a good partner. “I’m Evileye.”
“yes? “For some reason, we got along right from the first fight!”
Mallet gave him a look of resentment, but what could he do?
I was the one chosen by the hair loss man.
That’s it, I’m also slightly interested.
“I said it was a mallet. “I met Goyiche of Exploration Team 5 the other day.”
“I saw a ghost of the past. “What about them?”
“It tasted slightly good.”
“It means you haven’t been able to enter eternal sleep. okay. “It’s time for them to rest too.”
A guy mumbling something incomprehensible.
The hair loss man is next to me and gives an additional explanation.
“They say that when Exploration Team 5 is revived, those strange creatures will also disappear.”
“aha.”
I finally understand.
It’s a monster that lives as a member of Exploration Team 5, so it has no choice but to disappear when the real Exploration Team 5 appears.
“however.”
Glancing.
Mallett tilts his head.
“How did you survive? “It would have been tricky if I first came here.”
From what I heard, the exploration team’s monsters are said to have the role of calling in other monsters.
A format in which a strange entity appears not because you found it, but because you went there.
It may be a trace of the past as an exploration team.
“I just kept catching it and it disappeared on its own?”
“…This guy and that guy were all the same.”
A guy who hates me and keeps a distance from me.
what. Why do you feel bad?
Just as I was speechless because I couldn’t decide what to say, Mylar approached me.
“Uhm. I heard they are reorganizing the exploration team and processing team this time. Exploration Team 5 will also be officially revived. “You’ve made a big decision, Mallett.”
“Mylar, it’s been a while. “I heard you had a hard time this time.”
“It happens all the time. “It was just bad timing.”
It seems to be spherical compared to Mylar.
Since they are both members of the exploration team, they probably know each other.
It’s not just the two of them.
The exploration team and the processing team, who had already worked together for a long time, were each saying hello to people they had not seen in a long time.
“I don’t know if everyone has gathered.”
The first reason I came here after entering the capital.
The purpose is to gather climbers and form a new exploration team and processing team.
Why is it here?
“I hope it’s true that the processing team is being split up and combined with the exploration team.”
“You should do that. There are too many exploration teams that were ridiculously swept away. “We have to respond somehow.”
The purpose was to add processing team members to the exploration team.
One with a processing team and one without.
The survival rate clearly varies depending on the difference.
It was a policy to survive from medium-level or higher monsters encountered accidentally or inevitably.
Even so, the organization called the processing team itself will not disappear.
It will be carried out in a kind of dispatch format.
It’s only temporary.
The purpose of reorganizing the organization in this way was clear.
“Where should I find the King of Worshipers?”
This is because Exploration Team No. 4, led by Myler, failed to observe it.
Since it has disappeared, it is impossible to know when and where it will appear.
We had to find him again when the climbers appeared.
“There is talk that they will expand their territory in earnest.”
During the process, we also planned to expand our area.
Not only we but other exploration teams and processing teams have already gathered at headquarters.
Of course, not everyone could leave, so the gathering consisted mainly of captain-level personnel or those who could afford it.
“Don’t you know where the other kids are?”
“I came right away after seeing the pillar of light. “I heard Lick Jjak is coming soon, but I don’t know what Nyan Fun is like.”
I looked at the other members through Hair Loss Man, but it was difficult to find Nyangfun’s location.
Safety comes first, so I’m sure I’ll be fine somehow.
‘It’s not good news.’
Losing contact on the field was not a very good sign.
If there was an opportunity, I would have contacted the community.
I checked from time to time, but there was nothing special.
First of all, it is certain that he escaped from the village monster.
What happens next is important.
It’s not just Nyangpun.
“There was no news from Smile Cap either. Park Jae-kyung is still alive, but I don’t know where he is.”
The locations of several others are unclear.
There is a high probability that Park Jae-kyung was distracted while testing new food ingredients.
anyway.
“I’ll have to ask you directly what you plan to do next.”
A long time has already passed since Ophelia sent the signal.
This means that almost everyone who can come from nearby has gathered.
They seemed to be aware of this fact and announced that they would set up an official position two days later.
Of course, each person was assigned a place to rest.
“Ophelia is calling.”
After completing miscellaneous tasks, Noble Knight came out and called the Hair Man.
I followed him without saying a word.
As we move outside the exploration team headquarters, there are several buildings visible.
“You must have gone through a lot on your way here.”
“Something happened.”
“There will be many questions.”
That is correct.
We still don’t know what Ophelia is thinking.
I don’t know when I started preparing to clear the 99th floor.
“Everyone has a role to play. Do you see that building?”
What he pointed to was a huge dome-shaped building.
Next to it, there was something that looked like a royal castle.
“There are three iconic buildings in the capital.”
The first is the twin buildings of the exploration team and the processing team.
The second is royal.
The third is.
“It’s a temple. It is not a place where real gods are worshiped. “It’s a kind of symbol.”
“So it’s a fake temple?”
“Ophelia’s role is that of a saint.”
I can’t deny it.
saver.
Saint.
That was the word referring to Ophelia.
It’s also amazing.
How can the power gained by entering the tower be a savior?
I don’t know if you got it through inheritance, but the power you get when you complete the tutorial and awaken is based on what you have done so far.
Nyangfun’s safety comes first.
The final winner of Lick Jjakjak.
The hair loss man’s incredible strength was also achieved for that reason.
“That means Ophelia cannot become king.”
“why. “You can call it a sacred nation.”
“Because a savior cannot be a king.”
A savior can’t be a king?
I was saying it as if it was obvious, but honestly, I didn’t understand.
‘Can’t I just do both?’
I had that thought, but I didn’t show it.
The role mentioned here may not simply mean what the words mean.
Maybe it has something to do with the concept.
That’s right.
‘Ophelia already had the concept.’
Saints and Salvation.
Or maybe it has a concept related to Noble Knight.
If you think about it, Noble Knight was different from other climbers from the beginning.
It was organized before it ascended to the top, and it also has a deep connection with the Big Star Guild.
Is that all?
We even had group skills that others did not have, and thanks to that, we were able to all move up together.
“The King of Worshipers has numerous concepts.”
“I heard that’s roughly the case.”
“At least 5 concepts being used. Among them, three have been revealed.”
“five things?”
I thought there would be at most 3, but now I have at least 5?
No, isn’t it too much?
Besides, it’s something I’m using.
“Are there some things you don’t use?”
“There is no need to keep things that are not worth keeping. “The strange body is a trace of that.”
No matter how precious and delicious food is, if you throw it all together, it is no different from food waste.
A concept that is eaten and spit out.
Something strange grew after eating those scraps.
“The confirmed concept is the Uncertainty King Collection. “There are three of them.”
indeed.
I think so.
The king and uncertainty were certain.
Seeing that you have as many concepts as I do, it is no wonder that there is a concept of collecting.
No, it’s probably possible because that thing exists.
All of the fragments of chaos I have encountered so far have two concepts.
As expected, the reason is.
‘The maximum number of concepts that a being can accept is two.’
Anything more than that will have side effects in some way.
Heiden and Mulan Cassen.
Neither of the two beings had more than three concepts.
“Please come in.”
Temple entrance.
Although it was huge, there weren’t that many people.
Since it was not created to serve God in the first place, there was no way for it to have believers.
‘Is it modeled after the shape of an angel?’
Perhaps because he was loved by all angels, angel statues were seen throughout the temple.
Most of them are noble knights or people who manage the temple.
At the end of the long hallway.
“You’re here.”
There was Ophelia.
The atmosphere is different.
I am releasing the sacred power that I have always kept tightly closed.
There was a faint smile on his face, which looked much more comfortable.
‘halo!’
A halo shone behind the angel ring floating overhead.
Perhaps due to enlightenment during the previous battle with Mulang Kassen, he maintains his angelic form freely.
Maybe he was practicing to become more familiar with it.
-Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
I can feel her domain surrounding the temple.
If it’s in this area, strange things won’t appear.
When we show up, the Noble Knight manager makes room for us without any hesitation.
The only ones left are me and Ophelia.
Why did you call us?
Are we the only climbers who arrived?
It could be something like that.
“It was hard to get here.”
“It’s like climbing, right? “There must be a reason why I called you, right?”
Small talk is good, but you can do that later.
“Evileye likes to get straight to the point.”
Ophelia, smiling, offers tea.
Looks like it was prepared in advance.
I drank in moderation and waited for her to open her mouth.
“I think you’ve already heard about how to conquer the 99th floor.”
“I heard it. “I don’t know how they prepared before even going up to the 99th floor.”
“Because I have a mission. “I need help from Evil Eye, Hair Man, and others.”
“for a moment. “Can you speak so I can understand?”
Even if it is called a mission or something, it just feels like nonsense.
It may feel a little harsh.
‘I can’t help it because I have a lot to hide.’
It is true that I have some doubts.
I know she is not an enemy of humanity.
At least that’s what the behavior has shown so far.
But now that I’m on the 99th floor, I need to hear the answer.
The final gateway to the 100th floor.
There is nothing more unsettling than a questionable ally.
“I need to hear about you. Otherwise, it will be difficult to cooperate. This is a matter of faith. “Tell me what your goal is and how you prepared.”
I don’t want to think about it, but in the worst case scenario, I’m open to the possibility that Ophelia is a cult member.
Contact with the 99th floor.
The methods I can think of include colluding with worshipers.
If you are a traitor, the repercussions are not small.
So you need to check.
“…saver. It was decided from the beginning. “All I needed was my determination.”
Calm voice.
It’s so peaceful, as if you’re just having a small chat.
“The 6th Heaven. A world that has escaped destruction. No, it’s called the world that has been overcome.”
Know.
This is what is written on the sacred sword of destruction that Ophelia holds.
“How did they not perish? “Why do I have the legacy of a world that has not been destroyed?”
Ophelia strokes the sword at her waist and looks into my eyes.
Next, the hair loss man.
“It wasn’t my will. It was a trace left by a being from another world, and I just moved towards it according to the intended flow. “The legitimacy and purpose were too heavy to escape the flow. Salvation.”
Rattling.
Ophelia, who was touching the teacup, opened her mouth and continued.
“I became an heir before I ascended the tower.”
One of her long-hidden secrets has been revealed.
