Episode 150 – Evidence of development (10)
‘No, come to your senses.’
Inside a quiet house. I looked at the screens that filled my eyes and struggled to come to my senses. For us today, fighting is something that cannot be left out.
In a way, all these systems and people are working to fight. Nothing has changed. No matter how many enemies attack. No matter where it comes from.
It was shocking to me, who was able to see all areas at a glance by connecting additional monitors, but in the end, the residents’ job did not change. Protect the fortress, attack enemies, and protect your village.
“Rather, this is an opportunity.”
I muttered absentmindedly and grabbed the mouse again. There was quite a bit of experience accumulated so far.
It is safe to say that what the residents in the screen are currently enjoying is what they received in return after the fight. Miraculous forces that make them stronger and more developed.
The power, materials, and items they accumulated were soon passed on to me and those around me through the master program, so it was an issue that I could not separate from myself.
So ‘we’ overcome these fights and earn points to become stronger. This was an immutable fact.
‘If I get pierced, I’ll be ruined. ‘I can never do that.’
Moreover, if these gigantic enemies that I am in charge of pour out into the world, disaster will unfold. In the end, there was only one choice.
‘The northern fortress is a defensive battle. It has the most top-level defense turrets and the most experience.’
I calmly set priorities and organized the situation. First of all, there were a lot of bugs that were driven out by us beyond the river that the dwarves called the Mother River, but we were in a position where all we had to do was stop them first.
The northern defense line is where there are more than 10 defense turrets of the highest level, level 10, and more than 100 defense turrets combined.
The kingdom’s reinforcements have also headed there, so it will not fall easily.
‘It would be right to send those who specialize in defense to the north.’
In the meantime, several personnel, including Larsen, who learned Storm, the next level of Fire Rain, at the hero training center, were deployed directly to the north.
Lassen, who has mastered anti-magic magic, and wizards, who have mastered wide-area attacks, are the best talent to block the incoming enemies.
“We can no longer send reinforcements to the elves.”
The reinforcements that Varun was trying to send were forcibly blocked using the mouse. From my perspective, it is best to stop the elves with the strength of those who have been deployed so far and the elves.
The strongest warriors, the Paladins, including Riena, are also there, so if you put in more than that, the power will be unbalanced.
‘I have to do it this time.’
I gritted my teeth as I looked at the residents on several screens.
Residents also communicate and plan strategies in their own way, but only I can view and control multiple battlefields in real time at the same time.
Unfortunately, my choice was the only thing that could stand against the cleverness and deceitfulness of our enemies.
“—!”
‘The West…there’s nothing we can do about it. ‘Because it’s less compared to bugs.’
In the western area exposed to the enemies led by Luke, all they had to do was trust Varun, build a new defense tower, and return the reinforcements sent to the elves.
Since I just had to endure it for now, I first took out my desktop-destroying weapons and struck down Luke’s men with a hammer, then picked up a chainsaw and pulverized the bugs.
-I’m just sad that there’s no way I can help. If you need it, can I come there?
“no. “In the end, we have to overcome it on our own.”
Surprisingly, the preparations for war itself were completed quickly. The real trouble will come when the war actually begins. During that time, I told Lee So-yeon about my situation just in case.
The bugs are working together to launch a large-scale attack, and in the meantime, local forces are also trying to attack me. She was freaked out and wanted to help me, but I refused.
It wasn’t that I refused because I didn’t know the importance of the job I was currently entrusted with. Even if she came, there wasn’t anything she could actually help with.
“Don’t worry too much. You can definitely win. Even while fighting, points will continue to accumulate, so if you use them, you will have another way.”
-…I think about it all the time, but it makes us carry too much of a burden.
When I chatted to her to reassure her, she sighed, which I could feel through the text. I chuckled at the word “burden.”
It’s definitely a burden. An incredibly heavy responsibility. It was definitely a heavy burden that I neither wanted nor expected, having lived a contented life as a mere cog in society.
“Value is always found. “If I can save them by fighting together, that’s enough for me.”
I found the reason. I don’t know if this is a trick of the Master Program or not, but I was interested in them appearing on my desktop from the beginning.
Although I didn’t go there myself, I fought with them and stayed with them. It was communion. It’s become more than just interest, it’s become a serious feeling, and now I care about them as much as they care about me.
So many people who believed in me and loved me through that process. How can I abandon them?
‘So that one day, when we actually meet, I can look forward with confidence.’
I was confident beyond my intuition. Someday, I will be able to face the people on the screen face to face with my real self rather than the body of a game character.
I would be able to see Riena in person and hear her words.
Working hard for that, fighting together like this now, made me happy. If we overcome this crisis, where even our enemies appear to be sharpening their swords, we may be able to get closer to that goal.
***
“The black monsters have also noticed our presence, so hesitating won’t make it any better. “Ride the enemies attacking the city and save the elves.”
Junyoung was busy working on the programs and the mouse, preparing for the war that broke out at the same time, but basically the war had to be carried out by the residents.
Liena, who was in charge of one of those wars and was still unaware of the situation outside, bit her lip as she saw a large city under attack in the distance.
The city, which can be said to have gathered all the power of the elves, was clearly strong and was still withstanding the onslaught of enemies.
“It’s right to hurry. Our kingdom also managed to stage a sit-in, but it had no choice but to collapse because it was exhausted from the endless influx of bastards. “We have to take them down first before a gap arises.”
Dwarves who participated in the war as soldiers of the Arin tribe told me about their experiences and advised that they should move quickly. Once the defense line collapses, there is only massacre afterward.
For bugs, prisoners and ransom are worthless.
‘I don’t have time to plan complex strategies. We must charge.’
Riena made a decision. It was actually my first time attacking the crowded bugs first, but it was something I had to endure.
“Hit their flanks. Hurry!”
Soon, the combined forces of the Arryn troops and a few elves formed a camp and began to slowly approach the enemies.
They did not charge on horseback. They may not know it, but words are a meal for bugs.
“King, look over there! “They’re all different!”
Their appearance also caught the eyes of those who were barely surviving in the city. The elves, who were exhausted both mentally and physically from fighting against terrible monsters they had never seen before, were suddenly frightened by the appearance of an unknown army coming here.
The fact that the Arin troops, wearing armor made from by-products such as bone and leather, looked intimidating and rugged also played a role.
“But these monsters…”
However, the bugs’ decisions were faster than the elves’. The countless spiders and ants that had been climbing the walls and baring their teeth to kill them turned around and began to escape like waves to deal with the Arin people.
I thought the wall would go over at any moment, so I could breathe. The elves, who had become more comfortable fighting, watched the unidentified saviors with exhausted bodies.
“Well, they look completely different. Is this really happening!?”
“So, quickly raise your spear and shield! come!”
While the elves who barely survived were able to catch their breath. On the contrary, gritting their teeth for battle, they raised shields and spears at the shouts of their commanders.
The main enemies were various types of spiders. A different type from the ants I mainly dealt with. Of course, the fighting method was a little different.
“Ugh! Hang in there!”
Those who had to become a wall and protect their comrades in the rear trusted their shields, spears, and armor to block the countless glitches that rushed at them.
Unlike ants, spiders use a pair of forelimbs instead of jaws as their main weapon, and when there is a moment of opportunity, they stab them in one go and harm them.
For a split second, soldiers whose heads and bodies were pierced fell to the bottom of the rainforest.
“Toa, I need to write it now. “There is nothing here that could cause a fire to spread.”
Riena, who had stepped back for a moment and looked for the place where she had to go, saw this and made a quick decision and instructed the wizard Toa who was with her to cast anti-magic.
Toa, who had learned great magic after Larsen and had put it to good use in the previous battlefield, immediately raised his staff, created a huge magic circle in the sky, and fired numerous fiery arrows underneath it.
It was a spell that could not be used in a forest where a fire would spread, but it could be used in this open plain in front of the elf city.
“And wizards, use your magic without stopping. “It’s an opportunity when the enemies are united!”
The wizards’ magic fell one after another due to the Toa’s great magic, and the bugs that had gathered together died all at once.
Variant bugs with strong magic survived, but most of the major glitches were swept away by magic.
‘Wow, that’s amazing. ‘No other spell could produce that much power.’
Eve, who was attacking enemies with a bow, gaped when she saw the great magic. This was incredible magic on a scale that had never been seen, heard, or even imagined.
And this reaction was the same among the elves in the city.
Even in the midst of their fight, they froze for a moment and became speechless as they looked at the magic circle raining fire from the sky to the ground.
“Toa, be careful!”
However, there were some who were not at all surprised to see this magic.
These were bugs that resulted in the loss of numerous troops who were directly hit by the magic.
Liena, who was frightened by something, drew her own sword and hurriedly ran to the Toa, who had collapsed from exhaustion, to block his path.
“What is this guy?”
“…special guys.”
A powerful enemy who cut through and cut through the soldiers standing in his way with a single sword blazing with black magic, clearing the way in one fell swoop. It stands upright on two legs, holds a sword in four hands, has eight spider legs sprouting from its back, and has swinging fangs that look like claws. It looks like it can no longer be called an ant.
Riena responded briefly to Eve’s words, which instinctively felt fear. It’s been a long time since I heard about these guys.
Still, the only thing I could be sure of was that if I couldn’t get rid of this variant, which had a horror that no other game monster possessed, now, more bizarre enemies would pop up in the future.