236 – City of Excommunicated Wolves (4)
“Brother, what is the situation?”
Do Seung-min, clinging to the seat next to me, asked me.
Do Seung-min is an assassin from Team B in the raid.
I was deliberately assigned as a member of the same team as me.
The guy with the [Silver Shadow of the Moon] rune has room to play a big role in this dungeon raid if he refines it a little.
So I set him aside to teach me myself.
Anyway, right now Do Seung-min is the weakest holder among our raid assassins.
Well, that doesn’t mean something grandiose like ‘I will receive the first disciple in my life!’
I am a new holder with 2 years of holder experience right now, so what kind of apprentice would I get?
However, he only added one special management target to the assassin series, which had to be two people per team anyway.
“Do Seung-min holder. I’m going to call you the engineering commander.”
that is that and this is this
I don’t know why this kid keeps calling me brother whenever he has a chance.
Today is the third day since we met.
“ah. I’m sorry, Captain. But, you can call me as much as you like… ”
“… I’ll take care of that too.”
“Ah, yes!”
Oh, Seungmin-ah… .
A sigh comes out of my mouth at the words of my immature younger brother.
I feel like I have a real younger brother.
I raised my head again and looked ahead.
—–!!
big… !!
I can feel the wild screams of werewolves and the silent momentum of some lycans.
At first glance, there are about 30 werewolves?
Twenty of them were on the other side of the hill, and behind them were three lycans.
Lycans boasted a much larger body than werewolves, soft manes, and flowing magic… Even the lycan in the middle had a dark blue mane.
‘Is that guy a mastermind?’
It is commonly known that ‘a lycanthrope is a werewolf with a silver mane!’, but in reality, the mane color of lycans varies widely.
To be precise, the color of the mane is different from the S-class Lycans, who have exceeded a certain level of power among their own people.
In other words, out of the five lycans over there, four with silver mane were A-class, and the lycan in the middle was S-class, so there was a high probability that they were their captains.
If you hit the monster in the dungeon, it’s a mid-boss.
‘And this one… .’
On the other hand, those close to us…
There are only two lycans near the hill.
The color was all silver, so there were only 10 werewolves with A-class lycans.
An overwhelming inferiority compared to the other werewolves.
Of course, there was no choice but to take a disadvantageous composition in the battle that followed from earlier.
“Captain. What are you going to do?”
Team C team leader Lim Hyun, who was nearby, asked me.
Probably because he is a veteran holder with a lot of experience in the raid, the level of the question is qualitatively different.
What to do.
okay.
It didn’t matter who they were or what their circumstances were.
The important thing is that a specific situation suddenly occurred during the dungeon raid, and how our raid team will respond to that situation.
That was the point.
“I will help.”
“Help… Are you going?”
help
Lim Hyun, as well as most of the engineers, looked at me with puzzled faces at that word, which was very inappropriate for monsters.
I gave the answer, fixing my eyes on the hill.
“Do you remember the phrase that came to mind in the information window when you first entered the dungeon?”
Information window at the time of entry.
The phrase [You have entered the dungeon] and the phrase [You step into the ‘Baraten camp’].
That unique information window that didn’t exist in the existing dungeons.
At the time, the members of the engineering team regarded this as just one of the pieces of information that needed to be uncovered in the dungeon raid, but in fact, the key to the raid was in that phrase from the beginning.
“I set foot in the Barathen camp. It could literally be referring to the name of this dungeon, but if you take it literally… It may be that we are in a specific camp within the dungeon.”
I pointed at the top of the hill with my chin.
“And their battle, there is a possibility that it is a fight between the faction and the other faction. Anyway, information about monsters fighting each other has never appeared in the holder world before.”
“… … !”
“ah… !”
When the explanation was finished, several crew members were amazed.
The power struggle of those lycans who seem to be from different camps.
I will intervene and take the side of one side.
It was only then that I understood the meaning of ‘help’, which I had declared earlier.
Of course, my assumptions and decisions may seem like a reckless wrong answer to the crew who did not have prior information about this dungeon.
Anyway, in the common sense of the holders, helping a monster to fight seems very peculiar.
But I’m not the one giving the right answer.
The leader of the raid is the person who presents the direction the raid will go and is responsible for the outcome.
Based on the clues presented from the time I entered the dungeon, I just chose the path I thought was the best.
Is that why?
Some members still looked at me with faces that did not understand, but the members who understood the overall process were looking at me with bright eyes.
In particular, Lim Hyun’s eyes are shining enough to be burdensome.
… Did you even score points as an engineering commander?
“I understood the captain’s words to some extent. So which one are we helping?”
Another crew member on the other side asks.
Angela Gremville.
He was a key member of the raid team, which was active as a wizard in Team A.
I look up again at her sharp question.
“It’s the smaller number.”
“… Do you have any reason to help them?”
“That would be dramatic.”
Answer the questions that follow immediately.
In fact, I already knew that the side with the fewest numbers was the Barathen camp, but I added some more rational reasons to make the members understand.
“For those with a large number, even if we help them, we won’t be able to make a big contribution to winning the battle. It’s a fight that won’t be won without us anyway. New information, dungeons, and things that do not affect those who may be the core of the capture. That, of course, is not good news for us.”
I took a moment to catch my breath and continued.
“So we help the werewolves who are outnumbered. Let our influence reach.”
“But it’s possible that the werewolves on the thirteenth side aren’t on Barathen’s camp, are they?”
Angela asked a series of sharp questions.
I was surprised in my heart.
This woman subtly penetrates the core of the strategy.
With only the clues given so far and the direction I guessed, I was figuring out that we had to stick to a certain camp.
I didn’t eat the ace of Team A for nothing.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“… Is it not important?”
“yes. We’re in the camp of those called Barathen, but that doesn’t mean we have to side with them. It doesn’t matter if you help the other faction. And all of this is speculation, nothing is certain. As soon as we help right away, we may have to fight the thirteen lycanthropes again.”
Of course it’s all bullsh*t.
In order to clear the dungeon, you must stick to Barathen’s camp unconditionally.
In the first place, the Calak camp is a warlike tribe that cannot negotiate itself.
I am well aware of that fact, and I know that the thirteen Lycans are Barathen.
However, I couldn’t tell the members the truth, so I just wrapped it up for plausible reasons by attaching sophistry.
“… … .”
Angela seemed to have something more to say, but soon nodded and agreed with my opinion.
—–!!
aaah… !!
bang! Quagga Gaga-!!
The momentum of the battlefield began to decline rapidly.
The Kalak faction Lycans used their numerical superiority and ability difference to push the Barraten Lycans without hesitation, and in a little while the battle seemed to end with Kalak’s victory.
“All offensive warriors and assassins follow me.”
I immediately gave instructions to the crew.
It is a kind of detached team composition without a separate team.
In such a raid situation, since the efficiency of defensive warriors is not very high, they are placed in the role of escort in the rear, and offensive warriors and assassins are put in separate units.
Since their rune settings are specialized for attacks, most of them have ‘Bobeop runes’.
In addition, he was able to increase his speed to the limit by receiving assistance from divine series and items.
And moving at the fastest speed possible…
Aim for the ‘side’ where the battle of the Lycans takes place.
‘The call of the contract.’
Among the fast-moving members, I immediately used the [Summon] rune.
The contractor called in is Tirbond.
The guy who has fought the most battles with me.
He was so big that he would be noticed right away, but in this melee, there was no charge horse that was as effective as him.
Kyaoooo-!!
Amidst the cries of the wolves, the rough sub-dragon’s voice rang out.
Leaping straight at Tyrbond protruding into the air, I boarded his flight.
Afterwards, [Wyvern Spear] is also taken out.
Tyrbond’s unstoppable charge caused by the [World’s Best Racehorse].
And the [Accel Piercing] that I use as if engaging with it.
There was no attack more effective than this in terms of surprise and attack.
‘Tirbond, faster.’
-This is the maximum, Master.
The target is a werewolf with a blue mane standing in the middle.
It was the Lycan of the Clark camp that seemed to be the captain.