97 – World 11. Clash (2)
“ah! Are you leaving now?”
When I told Silka that I would leave after meeting Silka, who had only stayed there for a short period of two days, she asked with a blushing face.
Surprisingly, staying here was uncomfortable.
‘I think I ate well and rested well.’
While thinking, Silka tilted her eyes at me and the others with puzzled eyes.
“By the way… isn’t Choi Ga-yoon going with you?”
“I’m going with this number now.”
At my answer, Silka blinked her eyes, and soon expressed her objection as if it were nonsense.
“No, wouldn’t it be easy to catch chemora if Choi Ga-yoon was there?”
“It will be easy to catch.”
“Then it’s okay to go together. Why are you taking the hard road?”
“It is a personal matter.”
I didn’t want to explain it one by one because of the public value.
Therefore, he said it was a personal matter, but Silka’s expression did not ease.
“So you’re not going?”
“······Nope. I have to go.”
However, as if she didn’t want to go back empty-handed, Silka reluctantly accepted and stood up.
Of course, I didn’t forget to check until the end.
“Are you sure you have the confidence to catch Chemora?”
“You have to stick around to know.”
Now I would have unrivaled skills among players.
But if you ask if you can beat a 5th stage object, you can’t help but shake your head.
‘However, I have a party and elves on my side.’
In reality, the enlisted elves were put into the hero card and connected, so it was worth trying if they were included in the force.
After thinking that far, I took Silka and headed outside the fort.
Silka had a half-desperate face, but followed without saying anything.
* * *
The rock citadel, where the different races gathered, was easily accessible with Silka’s guidance.
They arrived in 3 hours without getting lost because Silka summoned the wind spirit and guided them accurately.
“…”
The problem was that hatcheries and deviant tribes were crowded on the ground as they moved.
‘There are more numbers than I thought.’
Hatchery and ferocious tribes were scattered all over the place, but if they gathered, it seemed that there would be 500,000 to 600,000.
It seemed to be twice as many as the number that Kshura brought before.
“That place is a rock citadel.”
“yes.”
Even without Silka’s words, the rock citadel from above was clearly visible.
It was not a fortress wall made of bricks, but a straight fortress wall that seemed to have been carved out of a huge cliff.
The wall was in the form of a circle, so it seemed to perfectly block outside invasion.
Kihehehe!—
‘yes?’
Then, when I turned my head to the familiar scream, I could see a beast that looked like a bald eagle flying over.
Judging from the approximate size of 15 meters and relatively intact shape, it seemed like a stage 4 object.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min. If you go to the rock fortress right now, your people will help you.”
Shilka, who saw the stage 4 entity with me, urged me to quickly go to the rock fort, but I ignored it.
‘If it’s about level 4.’
Thinking that he could deal with it, he took out three 12-barrel magic spear light cannons from sub-space and gave them willpower.
“Shoot.”
As soon as my command was given, the three light cannons attacked the bald eagle, firing 12 magic spears per second.
Of course, there was no way the 15-meter-tall avian beast could avoid the rain of magical spears.
Bang bang bang bang!
With the ensuing dozens or hundreds of explosions, the stage 4 entity ended up falling down with its body torn to shreds.
“…”
Seeing this scene, Silka was silent as if she had lost her words.
I left her alone and looked down at the rock citadel once more.
‘Looking at it now…’
I only saw it now due to the intrusion of the 4th stage object, but now the hatchery and the beasts were placed very widely in the center of the rock fort.
Even the nearest hatchery is 10 km away, so it’s hard to notice.
In addition, looking at the arrangement, it seemed that they were besieging the rock fort.
‘Is it surrounded so that the different races cannot escape?’
It felt like something Chemora had done.
Also, if you set your mind to it, it seemed that you could charge the besieged beasts all at once and capture the rock fort at once.
“Did you say that Chemora sends a bloody beast every three or four days?”
“Yes? Oh, right. I’m sending a bad foot like that periodically.”
“What about the numbers?”
“About two or three thousand.”
2-3 thousand is too small.
‘Why?’
It’s a pity, but the answer didn’t come out even after thinking about it, so I moved to the rock fort.
The rock citadel boasted an enormous size that could not be compared to the Cairo Citadel.
‘The population… I think it’s over 100,000 at least.’
Inside the rock fort, there were all kinds of trees, flowers, and fields, and there were also large stone houses.
At first glance, it felt like seeing a large village in harmony with the forest.
‘Besides, there’s something like a castle in the center.’
The castle looks like it has a medieval spire, but…
I felt something eerie.
“Silka, what is that last name?”
“Ah, it is a castle where vampires who have existed since long ago are staying. The current rock fort was built around that castle.”
“Around that castle?”
According to Silka, the different races gathered there and built a rock fortress.
‘castle? No, is it because of the vampires?’
Fortunately, Silka explained.
“Thanks to that, even when Chemora appeared, the Vampire Lord dealt with it directly and was able to survive until now.”
As expected, it seemed to be because of the vampire.
Even so, it was surprising that it was capable of dealing with the 5th stage entity, Chemora.
“It must be amazing to deal with a level 5 entity.”
“Otherwise it would have collapsed long ago.”
Also, after that conversation, as the snow wind bird came down to the rock fort, I could feel the different races and countless eyes gathering as if I had been waiting for it.
‘There are many.’
It wasn’t just the number, it meant that the races were also diverse.
As if all the races on the continent had gathered, there were Moon Elves with shiny hair like Silka, green-skinned giants and small fairies the size of a palm.
“wow······.”
For the first time in his life, Muel expressed admiration for a different race.
Similarly, Karina and Len continued to look around as if they were curious.
“Silka!”
At that time, I saw someone who had called Silka’s name in one place, striding forward.
‘Well.’
Turning my head to where the sound came from, I looked at the 2m 50 tall green giant whose body was tightly packed with muscles.
For reference, the face was ferocious with impressive thick fangs sticking out of its mouth.
“Silka, are those humans the ones who defeated Kshura?”
“Uh… yes, that’s right.”
Silka awkwardly nodded in response to the question.
It wasn’t me who actually defeated Kshura, but I wondered if they answered yes because they were in the same group.
“Ah, this is Chief Ursh, who is leading the Orc tribe. This is Seongmin Lee, who dealt with Kshura.”
As soon as Silka finished her brief introduction, the orc who had introduced Urshira opened her mouth with an expression that no one seemed to like it.
“I heard the story. An alien from another world. But are the four of us finished?”
The current number of people is me, Karina, Ren, and Muel, so there are four of us.
If you take out the elves on the hero card, there will be 14 in total.
“For now.”
“You’re dealing with Chemora and the thugs with four people?”
Ursh spoke ferociously, like a beast growling.
Anyway, since I came to the Rock Fortress, I was going to talk about the remaining reward with Silka.
“Silka, where are you planning to talk about the reward?”
“There is a conference room in the castle, so how about that?”
“It doesn’t matter where.”
“Then I will guide you.”
Silka took the lead first, probably thinking of guiding her.
Together with him, he summoned the misty wind spirit he saw earlier and sent it somewhere.
“I contacted you through the spirit, so everyone will gather.”
I ended up nodding my head, but when I looked closely, the spirit itself was versatile.
They give you news, you can contact them, and they even tell you the way.
I wondered if the spirits had ever been so competent in the world I had been through.
‘But is Ursh following?’
Looking at Ursh following along with Silka, the owner of the rock citadel didn’t seem to be a vampire.
If several tribes gathered in the meeting room, it seemed to be close to a joint representative.
‘It seems like it would make sense since each of the different races gathered.’
Incidentally, even while walking like this, the various tribes living in the rock fort were making interesting expressions or whispering in this direction.
In response, Silka said as if not to misunderstand.
“This is the first time humans have come to the Rock Citadel. Don’t worry too much about it.”
I didn’t care anyway.
Conversely, upon hearing that, Muel seemed at least a little relieved.
Apart from that, seeing a strangely large number of different races, I asked Silka what I was curious about.
“Rather than that, how many people is here?”
“Originally, it was about 300,000… but now it will decrease to about 250,000.”
250 thousand?
250,000 combat personnel alone was a significant force.
However, he changed his mind when he noticed a moon elf on the other side who appeared to be of a young age.
“How many combatants?”
“There are only 2-3 people who can fight the bloody beasts.”
It was found that only the number of combatants was reduced significantly.
“Quite an enemy.”
“I can not help it. If you have poor skills, you will be eaten by the beast.”
huh?
“Are you being eaten?”
“Yes. Aren’t the beasts eager to parasitize on creatures?”
Until now, I hadn’t felt anything like that against the evil tribes, but the different races were different.