Episode 64
“Power reset! Prepare for battle!”
“The Orcs are coming!”
A battlefield where countless orcs, human users, and NPCs are fighting together!
Fafnir was summoned from a normal Skeleton Soldier.
“Go and fight at random. It’s fine if they all die, so get rid of at least one more.”
“Daughter!”
Corpses are scattered everywhere, so there is no need to be attached to each Skeleton Soldier. Even if you grow it, you don’t need to keep it with you, so you can use it like a basic unit in the game.
‘Next is the turn of the elite forces.’
Fafnir, who summoned Louis, Belle, and Penelope, instructed.
“You three should act alone and gather soldiers. But never face the orcs or traitor armies head-on.”
All three are strong enough to do their part. Having them wander around the battlefield would help as much.
“Old, write! Running rampant on the battlefield is the romance of a knight. Mmm ha ha ha! Gajwa!”
Skeleton knight Louis who runs straight ahead.
“I am concerned about your safety. command… … .”
“Warlock, are you?”
At Penelope and Bell’s question, Fafnir laughed.
“Right now, you guys sticking around is a hindrance.”
“Hmm, okay.”
“Are you sure you want to order autonomous action?”
“okay.”
“All right.”
Shuk, the two turned and walked away.
Fafnir looked at it and thought.
‘Penelope is a human, but Belle is like a robot or AI.’
It looks as if the supercomputer AI at the experimental base is talking.
Since it is an artificial life form, it seemed to be close to a machine.
‘Is the homunculus that appeared in the middle and late stages of the opposite s*x? I feel like I have an ego… … .’
Some of the homunculi in the novel behaved almost like humans.
As the level increased, it seemed that there was something like self-growth or other skills.
‘I’ll have to find out later.’
Now it’s time to test your growth limits!
“Come and see! These experience points!”
Fafnir’s sword danced among the orcs.
He had almost no swordsmanship skills, but his damage and agility were sufficient thanks to the balanced distribution of his stats.
All that is required is pure control, situational judgment, and the courage to run into enemies on all sides!
“Most skill problems can be solved with control.”
It was Fafnir, who spoke an absurd theory and ran among the orcs, brandishing a sword.
“Chwichiwik, this guy.”
“Human bastard! be impertinent!”
Orcs gathered from all directions.
It is a ploy to attack them all at once while enveloping them so that they cannot escape.
Whirly Rick.
Fafnir threw bone fragments in all directions. Thinking it was memorization, the orcs who had been saving themselves soon widened their eyes.
“Chwiik! This guy is bullsh*t!”
“Nothing hit!”
The orcs soon laughed.
Elite Skeleton Soldiers appeared behind him and swung their swords.
The orcs fell without a surprise.
“You get used to it after using it a few times.”
Fafnir grinned.
A high-level technique of throwing bones that serve as mediums, summoning them, and repeating releasing them!
Now there are five of them, so you have to wait until the cooldown again, but if the number increases, you will be able to continue using them.
“Okay, shall we continue?”
Fafnir’s sword dances among the orcs.
A rain of magic and arrows from the Five Star Guild and users poured down overhead.
As they continued to fight until exhaustion, they saw another army in the distance.
“Push on!”
“Kill the betrayers!”
The northern corps cooperated with the Orcs to push the kingdom army.
“Damn it, why are you doing this! We are the same Kingdom Army!”
Despite the appeals of the Kingdom Army NPCs, the Northern Corps swung their swords without changing their facial expressions.
Fafnil’s eyes sharpened.
‘They want to eat some taffy too.’
Objectively, the Northern Corps is much more difficult to hunt. This is because the average soldier level is high, and there are many high-level names such as high-ranking wizards and high-ranking knights.
However, seeing that the same human was on the side of the orcs, I felt somehow uncomfortable.
You know, I hate allied spies and defectors more than those who were enemies in the first place.
‘How can something be twisted… … .’
In an instant, Fafnir’s head spun rapidly.
‘wait for a sec.’
The orcs are not attacking the duke’s army, but it’s only a temporary alliance.
They cannot coexist because of the fundamental differences between the races.
It means that if there is only one trigger, like a small spark, you can play the game.
‘All I have to do is make fire.’
Fafnir made several Skeleton Soldiers and sent them to the Orcs.
The Skeleton Soldiers who moved like that attacked the Orcs according to their orders.
“Chwiik!”
The orcs waved their fists at the skeleton soldier without much thought.
It was thanks to learning that this level of strength was sufficient while fighting the skeleton soldiers of other Necromancers.
However, these Skeleton Soldiers were different from ordinary Skeleton Soldiers.
Adduk!
Kwajak!
Even when it breaks, it pierces the spear, and eventually creates a wound.
– Poisoned by Karshyk’s poison.
Addiction debuff there.
“Chwiiik!”
“Chwiik!”
The unexpectedly deeply wounded orcs turned on the light in their eyes and looked for the controller.
“Eulachacha.”
Fafnir summoned the Skeleton Soldier in front of him, and immediately ran back.
“Chwiyiyiik!”
A horde of orcs rushing behind them.
Like a shepherd herding a flock of sheep, Fafnir led by Orcs ran straight towards the Northern Corps.
“What are you doing! Come on, protect me!”
“uh? uh?”
“I am the Grand Duke’s advisor! Stop the orcs!”
Fafnil went inside the soldiers while circling around.
“uh? Now, hold on!”
“Kuaaa!”
Dark red waves rushed towards the soldiers who were trying to stop them.
They were elite black orcs and red orcs in a state of berserk.
“Wow!”
“100 million!”
The soldiers of the Northern Legion who were either kicked out or trampled on.
There was poison in the eyes of the perplexed soldiers around him.
“Those orcs!”
“Kill! Hit me up!”
The soldiers erected spears to block the Orcs.
The rushing orcs shook their spears, but the endless rain of nets, arrows, and javelins that followed covered them.
“Chwichwiik!”
The soldiers enraged by the deaths of their comrades killed those orcs.
Other Orcs who saw it came rushing in, and the soldiers and Orcs fought again.
-Experience gained.
– Acquired Contribution.
-Acquire experience… … .
‘done.’
Fafnir smiled with a repentant smile.
Originally, it is difficult to ignite the fire at first, but once it is ignited, it spreads widely.
Once the fighting begins, there will be at least 1,000 casualties on both sides.
‘Should I try my hand at it too?’
A Northern Corps noncommissioned officer who is trying to rectify the battlefield somehow.
After that, Fafnir approached and teased the sword.
Burn End!
-Experience gained.
– Assassinated an enemy.
It was a noncommissioned officer who could not even breathe and was weak.
After stopping his breath like that, Fafnir took another drink there.
“The orcs killed the commander! They broke the pact!”
“what?”
“So it is. Let’s wipe out even the Orcs!”
Clashes between the Northern Legion soldiers and the Orcs began to occur.
It was the beginning of the mayhem.
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* * *
“Secretary Kim.”
“yes.”
Five Star Guild Headquarters.
Secretary Kim answered Lee Si-woo’s question while maintaining a poker face.
“Are you ready to implement plan D?”
Plan D.
If Plans A, B, and C aimed at victory, Plan D was an escape operation aimed at survival.
It also meant that the plans of the Five Star Guild had collapsed.
“yes.”
“What about the damage?”
“The 1st Army is ready, the 2nd and 3rd Army are preparing, and the 4th Army is fighting after the commander’s discretion judges that escape is impossible. The 5th Army is virtually in a state of disintegration, with more than half of its commanders and officers dead.”
Wooddeuk. The gravel between Lee Si-woo’s fingers crumbled without leaving any shape.
“… … I am a little angry.”
It wasn’t anger toward guild unions or NPCs.
Siwoo Lee recited.
“If only the strongest shield had been completed, I would have been able to deal with that event sufficiently and reverse it.”
The Five Star Guild did not simply focus on nurturing and recruiting high-quality talent.
superstar.
In order to create users who can be said to be the pinnacle of each field, numerous investments and recruitment were being made.
The strongest sword, Varian, is an example.
He reached the limit of control, and among the current users, there was no one who could beat him in one-on-one control.
However, the strongest shield was different.
Unlike the strongest sword, a role that can only be created by supporting sufficient skills, hidden pieces, and time.
Unfortunately, it was not yet complete.
“I can’t do it, I’ll step back from here and promise the next time.”
“Boss, now.”
“Okay, let’s go right away.”
Secretary Kim and Lee Si-woo soon left the barracks.
Lee Si-woo said to the Five Star Guild executives lined up on either side.
“First of all, I apologize to all of you. All of this is my negligence. It was unexpected that the reinforcements from the Northern Legion in the event log were from the Orc side.”
“No, boss.”
“We fell short.”
The intelligence guild members bowed their heads.
If I had at least one relevant piece of information, I wouldn’t have been so powerless.
“We can carry out the battle as it is, but we won’t be able to turn the tide of the battle.”
A de facto retreat order.
I knew it, but hearing it in person is more miserable.
“But next time it won’t be. The Five Star Guild will use this defeat as a stepping stone to become stronger and stronger.”
Lee Si-woo continued.
“Then, everyone, please carry out the retreat operation.”
“yes.”
Quickly, the executives under Lee Si-woo turned around and moved.
Soon, a notification popped up on the messenger where the Five Star guild members belonged.
“retreat!”
“Everyone retreat!”
The Five Star Guild members rushed out of the battlefield.
As soon as the personnel who maintained the line left, the battlefield began to collapse in an instant.
Run away before it completely collapses, maintaining your experience and contribution.
Lee Si-woo’s decision to retreat quickly was clearly the right one.
But because of that, they missed something very important.
“Aagh!”
“Chwiik, chwiik!”
Conflict began to occur in the area where the Northern Legion and Orcs met.
Changes seen throughout the battlefield.
All of them, even the image of one person running amok.
* * *
Ikell was what is commonly called a fantasy maniac.
Not real chivalry, of course, but I liked the epics in games and comics.
Because of this, when Horizon came out, he immediately broke the installment savings account.
‘I didn’t have to do that.’
The world that came out when I started the game was very different from Ikel’s expectations.
The in-game content was flawless. NPCs moved like real people, and depending on their actions, they could receive over a hundred rewards or quests.
The problem has always been people.
– Here, the control area.
-3 silver per 100 herbs! what? Why is it so expensive? That’s because I’m a taffy seller!
From guilds that control each district to scammers who forcibly sell cheap items.
Suffering from all sorts of difficulties, I naturally came to live as it flowed.
It’s a play that doesn’t even do anything with enthusiasm, like it’s watered down.
It was for that reason that he did not run away when others ran away.
Of course, the results were sobering.
“Chwiik!”
“Ouch!”
Ikel, hit by the orc’s fist, was blown away and scattered.
HP and MP were at the bottom, and item durability was below 10.
“This far… … .”
Anyway, there was no lingering attachment to the contribution or experience.
“Chwichwii… … .”
An orc approaching with a sneer.
He raises his greatsword as if to finish it off.
Ikell closed his eyes.
It was then.
Just around the time the orcs were about to give strength to their hands.
“bloke!”
“Chwiik!”
Whik, Puck. A spear flying from afar knocks down an orc.
uh?
The first thing Ikell saw when he opened his eyes was a beauty with brilliant golden wings.
‘cloth… … buy?’
Blinking again, I could see right in front of me.
What I thought were wings were golden hair, and the beauty had the appearance of a female knight.
“I am Penelope, can you stand up?”
“Are you a Knight of the Kingdom Army?”
“That’s how it is.”
Penelope lifted Ikel by the hand and turned around.
“It’s probably impossible for you to fight any more. Join the back row.”
“you are… … .”
“I go forward. I will face the monster.”
“… … !”
“Then see you later.”
Clacking, the female knight Penelope advances forward with a spear.
Until the figure faded away, Ikel stood blankly.
“and… … .”
After a while, Ikel’s lips parted.
“John X is pretty. This is Horizon… … ?”
A look that hits the cheeks of world-class actresses in reality a few more times.
Something hot rose from Ikel’s chest.
Similar situations were happening elsewhere.
Stories abound of sightings of laughing skull knights on horseback and encounters of flying vampires transformed into swarms of bats!
It was the moment when the word of mouth of the three people who released them to gain experience gradually started to spread among the users.