76. That could be arrogance too
Elder Frost smiled brightly.
“It’s been a while, Phoenix.”
“By the way, Beep. Are you still alive long enough? Beep.”
“Heh heh. Now I’m just waiting for the day I’ll die.”
“It seems like it was only yesterday that we were rampaging wildly. Beep.”
At Pico’s words, the Elder Pross laughed and broke into a cold sweat.
“Hey, there are a lot of ears to listen to, so do that.”
“You still pay attention to others. Beep.”
“Heh heh. That doesn’t change easily. But, I didn’t know that he would still remember me even after becoming that figure.”
“I remember some, if not all of them, beep. Even if you die and are resurrected, life goes on.
And Pico added one more word.
“It’s like the curse of immortality. There’s nothing good about it. Cheep.”
Saying that with a bitter face…
“Uh, can’t you do a beep?”
okay.
Everyone seemed to have the same thoughts as me.
With a face like that, you’re beeping, beeping.
I couldn’t concentrate.
Pico scratched his head with his wings.
“It’s still difficult, beep. By the way. You managed to become an elder? Beep.”
“It’s not that I wanted to become it. It just happened because I died the last.”
“You’re talking pretty well now, Peep.”
“Yes. How many years have passed. Heh heh heh.”
“It’s still a kid in my eyes, Beep.”
“Whoa… at my age, it’s not bad to have someone who looks at me like that.”
For some reason, it seemed as if the image of a child had briefly passed from his face.
“Fross the kid. Those vampire lords are really dangerous. They’re out of their minds even to me. They even tried to kill mortals, beep.”
“You mean mortals?”
“Yes, pijak. In addition, the monster of Morzadon, a descendant of the ancient giants, joined hands, pijak.”
“…Even the giant gods!…”
Pico recites the seriousness of the situation step by step.
By the way……
‘When the story of the giants came out, I was sleeping in a shelter…’
It was Pico who spoke as if he had heard it.
I only heard about it later.
Well, anyway, thanks to that, Pross seemed to be eating well, so I just watched.
“Anyway, I don’t think it’s a story that can be passed on after hearing it roughly.”
He looked at me and asked a question.
about what had happened in the meantime.
* * *
“Dretnor…I remember that there was a rod with that name in the past.”
how long have you lived
After briefly explaining what had happened, the answer from the Elder Pross was that.
He immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and let out a deep sigh.
“But there is one big problem.”
“Problem?”
“That’s why we first heard the name Orhel and rejected your request. Orhel’s Sealing Orb and Orhel’s Bloodsword are not in our hands right now.”
“……What?”
what is this again
You don’t have Orhel’s Sealing Orb?
Rather, I thought it couldn’t be wrong because the information was brought by Count Harrison…
That’s when I almost panicked.
Pros spoke again.
“Of course, I didn’t leave such an important item inside the city. I buried it deep in the forest a little far from the city.”
“By the way?”
“Now there, a creature has taken its place. A lion with a human head, the Manticore.”
“Manti…… Core?”
It was a bit of a tough monster.
It’s a monster you don’t see often in other games.
Manticore, which also appears in mythology, has been expressed as one of the most gluttonous monsters in human history.
Of course, just like its reputation, it also appeared in Pao God.
On the old man’s head, a mouth that was torn to the point of reaching his ears.
Its mouth had not one row, but three rows of pointed, razor-sharp teeth that fit together like a terrifyingly cogwheel.
The body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
‘The claw attack did crazy damage, and the tail had poison damage.’
In the meantime, it’s surprisingly fast.
It could be said to be a really nasty and troublesome monster.
‘It’s a boss monster, so it’s fortunate that I only met him once. There were several users who gave up on the game after meeting them a few times…’
Even if you just look at the settings right now.
It was proudly written that he had not left a single survivor in a battle with an armed army alone and chewed through his armor.
If it was about Manticore, I could understand.
Why did Pros and his lieutenants refuse right away?
“We thought it would be better. If he protects Orhel’s Bloodsword…with the feeling that who will be able to take it.”
but.
I didn’t think it was completely wrong.
To defeat a monster the size of a manticore, the player had to skip the middle.
Because he wasn’t a monster that could only be attacked.
It was an opponent who absolutely needed basic specifications.
“Of course, it’s a problem that we sometimes raid our cities just to taste the blood.”
The words don’t sound like much, but Pross’ face was full of worry.
I don’t know, but it seemed that the damage from the manticore was not small.
“My master will fix it! Cheep!”
Well?
It was Pico who suddenly rushed without consultation.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Pico.
“My master, he’s so strong! Beep. He’s among the top five human beings I’ve ever seen in my life, beep!”
……You don’t have fingers.
I almost said that, but I endured it once.
Meanwhile, after hearing Pico’s words, Pros looked back at me.
“Is it possible…is it possible?”
I was a bit taken aback by Pico’s sudden acceleration, but…
I was thinking of solving it anyway.
Because it wasn’t impossible either.
I nodded.
“There’s nothing I can’t do.”
“……!”
* * *
Still, if Manticore was the opponent, he couldn’t attack with single blood.
Because he was definitely an existence that needed a strategy along with the minimum specs.
To put it simply, they needed reinforcements to raid.
But that wasn’t too much of a concern.
Diaz, my biggest ally, was also there.
And Grendel, who knew how to use magic, was with him.
Two melee fighters and one mage.
It was a pretty bad power.
But this wasn’t the end.
It was said that Pros, the elder elf, as well as his escort elf, Quederer, would accompany him.
‘If I tell you the pattern well, I’ll be able to finish without any injuries.’
Each of these were talented in their own way.
The details were at a level that could be covered sufficiently at each discretion.
while organizing your thoughts.
The Elder Pross shared the information about the Manticore he had found out so far.
“The Manticore is a guy who doesn’t have a blind spot. But he moves quickly and at the same time covers his body with steel-like leather.”
In front of us was a plan board with a Manticore drawn right in the center.
By trapping him from all sides with pebbles.
“The problem is this tail. There’s poison here…”
The Elder Pross continued to spread information about the Manticore.
Of course, these were things I already knew.
However, in the case of Diaz and Grendel, there was no information at all, so I was just sleeping and listening.
A series of basic briefings come to an end.
Now the story of the full-scale attack has begun.
By the way……
“I can’t draw attention from the tail, so I’d like to try it step by step from the front. Place it wide like this in front of it…”
When I heard the story, I was dumbfounded.
You’re going to attack Manticore in this way?
‘What’s the difference between suicidal behavior…’
I’m going to go ahead and explain why.
‘You’re going to do that over there?’
In particular, patterns that completely give up the tail side attack.
That’s what bothered me the most.
Of course, I knew that the Manticore’s tail was dangerous.
However, it was necessary to carry that risk to a certain extent to come out with the safest pattern.
I had no choice but to cut off the words of the Elder Pross, who was making wrong strategies.
“It shouldn’t be like this.”
“……What’s going on?”
“In this way there will be a great number of victims one after another.”
“You weren’t prepared for that?”
“Because I don’t need it.”
“……?”
I removed all the stones from the board and started over.
“I’m not sitting here with such a light mind.”
“I, too…”
“No. I mean here with the determination not to make a single victim.
“…That’s because you’ve never met a manticore. There are no victims? Who would hate it if they could. But it could be sheer arrogance.”
At those words, I looked straight at the Elder Pross.
With an eye that doesn’t shake an inch.
“Why, you think I’ve never met a Manticore? You think you know me. That could be arrogance.”
“……!”
Looking at everyone in this place, I shouted.
“Forget all the previous plans. We all come back alive without a single victim. I’ll tell you how to do that from now on.”
* * *
The core of the Manticore attack was, of course, the tail.
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Just pretending to attack from the front.
In other words, it only plays the role of attracting aggro.
It was common sense that all the real core raids were driven to the tail.
‘Among Pao God’s ancient people.’
But even when I thought about it, I wondered who the hell came up with such a strategy.
Even though it was a game, it was a strategy that would kill you if you were only one timing early or late.
‘It must have come out because someone tried it… Some crazy guy did this…’
Even if it’s a game
is it a real situation?
No one other than the Elder Pross would consider this method.
And knowing that, I also stopped talking in an appropriate line.
But again, it seemed that some strange misunderstandings were blooming with it.
“Does Lord Rohan even care about the opponent’s face? Really, I can’t help but respect him.”
Especially Grendel.
And this guy, Pico, also got in the way.
“Yes, Beep! Do you think our master is an ordinary person? Ahem! Beep!”
You didn’t choose…
that I saved
“As expected, Pico-sama. It seems different because it’s the owner that Pico-sama chose.”
“Well, then! Beep. If you’re envious, would you like to be subordinate number 2? Beep?”
“good!”
“Huhahaha! I already have two subordinates, cheep!”
He’s been talking to me a few times in between.
I was so annoyed that I skipped the answer and just walked.
“Pico-sama! You’re a phoenix anyway, so why don’t you dissect it just once?”
“Oh, no! Peep! Why the hell do you want me to dissect it when you look at me like this? Owner, owner! Stop it, Peep. It’s never been like this in my previous life, Peep!”
In the meantime, a hand signal could be seen from the vanguard ahead.
It meant that they had reached the realm of the Manticore.
I raised my finger to silence both Pico and Grendel.
“Shh.”
“All right.”
“Beep, beep.”
And starting with the vanguard…
We stepped into the realm of the Manticore.