Episode 484: Standing Alone (1)
“Even if I return with confidence, there is still no way to do anything.”
Rey took a bite of the fruit as she spoke, and the Goblin Queen responded.
“I mean, I am like this. Besides, monsters are not weak.”
The dead grass is visible.
As a goblin queen, she lost all of her kind, and her physical condition became abnormal.
You yourself know best that you are only a lump of burden.
Ray didn’t respond to her words and just muttered to himself.
“If I don’t fortify this place, I won’t be able to do it because I’m afraid.”
He jumped up from his seat and concentrated mana with his fingertips.
Whoop-!
Although it was a small amount of mana, it was possible to maintain the sword aura a little, perhaps thanks to killing one monster on the 15th floor.
In order to get the maximum efficiency, he put a thin sword aura on the tip of his finger and started chopping down the tree.
Slow-! Slow-!
At one stroke of his touch, the fragile tree could not stand it and split from foot to foot.
Ray cut the timbers he had cut into rounds.
Thick and blunt, as if making a wagon wheel.
When eight round wheels are made, this time, tough tree trunks are woven together to make a rope.
It was slightly smoked in the smoke of a bonfire, and the raw stems, soaked in the heat, became a little softer.
Ray, who was touching the stem with his ring finger, nodded.
“This should be enough.”
Watching him move around busily, the Goblin Queen could only wonder.
What are you trying to make?
Her curiosity soon turned to astonishment.
Ray connected the rope to a pulley that looked like a wagon wheel.
Small wooden sticks were attached to the ends, and the long trunk was connected to the tree trunk.
“First one.”
At the same time as the horse, he pulled the stem.
Peeing-!
As one fixed pulley and seven movable pulleys transmitted power to the tip of the trunk, the branches shot out like arrows.
PABABABAK-!
What’s even more surprising is that once he releases the stems, the twigs reclaim themselves.
What if it was a pointed spear instead of a tree branch?
I didn’t know if it could penetrate the thick hides of the monsters here, but it was obvious that even if it couldn’t do any damage, it would be a nuisance.
“It’s a great skill. It’s like magic.”
Ray grinned at the compliment he hadn’t heard in a long time.
“Advanced science rivals magic.”
That’s right, it was just using a pulley.
In addition to weapons using pulleys, Ray set several other traps in the field.
In particular, the device that releases the rope and the arrow flies when the weight is placed on the ground by releasing the footing was a skill learned from a Dwarf who was good at trapping.
The downside was that the structure was complicated, but it was worth making as the attack was difficult to predict.
After finishing the task once, Ray wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“done.”
It was a trap made in a harsh environment, so it was possible to kill even an orc, but Ray thought that even if he could tie the monster’s feet, it would be worth it.
I was able to maintain the sword aura for about a minute, so if I saw a gap, I would kill it by stabbing it right in the vital point.
It was a trap and a fortress for that purpose.
The goblin queen was now opening her mouth.
“This this… what is all this?”
She looked at the traps and her eyes lit up.
“Awesome… Really great… With so many traps, it won’t matter how many monsters come.”
Even if only three decent monsters came, conversely, they were crude traps that they had to run away from.
However, the goblin queen’s knowledge was only enough to command goblins.
From her point of view, the traps Ray created were no different from a sufficiently advanced scientific civilization.
He pounded his chest and bluffed.
“Ten monsters are enough.”
“Ohhh!”
The goblin queen went wild.
That made Ray feel like he wanted to pamper him a little more.
“If you use it well, you can even have 20 of them.”
Looking at the reaction, now the face has completely changed to contemplation.
“To be able to deal with 20 monsters like that… Contrary to its appearance, it was a really scary trap…”
Seeing the fear-filled expression of the Goblin Queen, I was somehow satisfied.
After setting traps for half a day, both mind and body were exhausted.
Ray collapsed on the bed and lay down.
“Oh, I’m going to die.”
“Good job. I’m sorry I couldn’t help.”
“It helps the injured person to stay still.”
“Ugh. But maybe there’s something I can help with…”
What can I do?
If you plan to pick berries or do chores, you need to dry them.
As much as that, the queen’s wrist was not in good condition.
After a brief pause, the Goblin Queen opened her mouth.
“The Goblin Queen has the power to bring her people together.”
Ray’s mouth, which was about to shout out loud if he tried to help with his injured body, fell silent.
The power to bring people together!
Doesn’t that mean you can call the goblins together and start a tribe again!
Ray called for joy.
“Then we can create a tribe right away!”
A bunch of goblins on the 15th floor.
If you become an ally, it will be a powerful force in case of emergency.
Then the goblin queen shook her head.
“It’s good to call, but there are some conditions. First, there must be goblins residing on this floor, and secondly, there must be no queen to lead them.”
“What if there is a queen?”
At Ray’s question, the Goblin Queen laughed bitterly.
“We will die miserably at the hands of the queen.”
It’s a gamble, so to speak.
The queen will try to reject the new queen, and battle will be inevitable in the process.
Even if her body was normal, she would struggle, and the goblin queen’s body looked like this so she couldn’t even escape.
Ray dismissed it as if it was not worth worrying about.
“It’s more helpful than not doing it.”
“I think so too. But… if the situation doesn’t go well, I have no choice but to leave it to gambling.”
With meaningful words, she lay down.
A refreshing breeze blew past his bangs.
It will be dinner soon.
When the sun goes down and darkness comes to the dungeon hallway, the activities of the monsters will begin.
The Goblin Queen hesitated.
“It was a great fortune for me to meet you here. Thanks to you, I have gained more knowledge and experience to keep for the rest of my life. There’s nothing graceful about our alliance, but I can’t deny that you’ve been very virtuous. The achievement of saving the queen is great. What do you want as a reward?”
When the Goblin Queen asked without hesitation what even the emperor of the Lessian Empire hadn’t asked, a laugh came out for some reason.
Ray looked up at the sky.
“Does this dungeon disappear?”
Several months have passed since he was seriously cut off from the outside world.
It was confusing at first.
It was to the point where he even thought about whether the kingdom of Celia had appointed him as the duke and set him in a trap.
But as time passed, it became rather calm.
Rather, the desire to find out what this dungeon was all about grew.
It got dark in the evening, and when I was immersed in my son-in-law, I thought a lot.
Where did the knights with him disappear?
Until Subok returned to the spirit realm because there was no mana to maintain the summoning.
How much does Soon-bok, who has experienced countless middle-earth experiences, know about the present-day middle-earth that has been transformed into a dungeon?
There were many things I wished for, but to pick just one, it was simple.
The end of the dungeon.
The goblin queen looked at him for a moment, then nodded.
“Okay.”
Since then, the Goblin Queen has not spoken.
He seems to be asleep when he hears his breathing.
Ray, who was looking at the night sky, was tired from a hard day and soon fell asleep.
* * *
Like the sentences in the book Deogard was reading, ‘those who lose their superiority in power and go berserk’ really came out one after another.
They built their own villages, made their own estates, and established their kingdoms.
With the followers together, there was nothing to fear in front of them.
The rest of the mana disappeared, and the castle where the hardening magic was placed collapsed.
The king of a country who lost everything in the wind lost his reason.
The lord was furious that the troops he had raised rebelled and lost his territory.
Their anger was tangled together and created ‘Lawless Land’.
There, it didn’t matter that the dignified knights fell into slavery.
Also, thanks to the Seongguk, a new religion that did not exist until now was born.
They deified and worshiped the demonic realm, and moved under the great priest under his orders.
The Seongguk was rotting a headache because of them rapidly expanding their powers to build a new holy empire.
As the world moved according to the book’s words, Deogard became impatient.
“It has to be stopped.”
If we continued like this, a war would break out before the matter of the Devil could be resolved.
Right now, even if it was only the Holy Kingdom, the pagans were gnashing their teeth.
The reason why the holy war has not been declared is probably because their troops were reduced because they sent a contingent to the demon realm.
Fortunately, he was able to minimize the damage thanks to the full support of the upper half of the half, but he was well aware that there was a limit to enduring.
If left as it is, heretical religions will soon be planted in the Kingdom of Silia.
If that happens, you won’t be able to avoid the attack of the Holy Kingdom.
“It’s a big deal… It’s a big deal…”
While he was wandering around Daejeon and struggling, a knight approached him with a bow.
“Your Majesty Count Gross is requesting an audience.”
“Count Gross?”
How long has it been since you sent it to the holy kingdom, and did you come back?
However, since he had come at most, he could not be told to wait, so King Theogarde allowed an audience right away.
Count Gross, who entered the battlefield with all his arms disarmed, bowed his head.
“I’m sorry for not keeping the manners, Your Majesty the King. Since it was urgent, I immediately requested an audience without hesitation.”
“Don’t worry, Count Gross. So why did you ask to see me?”
“Yes, actually…”
He pulled a piece of parchment out of his pocket.
There was something familiar stamped on the luxurious parchment.
“This……?”
As the king showed interest, Count Gross lowered his head even more as he answered.
“This is the seal given by the Pope of the Holy Land. We have yet to hear from His Majesty the Emperor Lessian, but the Pope sees the alliance positively.”
At those words, Deogard’s eyes widened slightly.
