21 – 021 – Boss: The Declaration #2
021 – Boss: The Declaration #2
It wasn’t just the harshness of the island that bothered the students in D&A’s Ludens.
What makes a difficult game engaging.
It’s a villain worth attacking.
There were two main types of villains in D&A.
The first was 「Pimblebert」.
A group that appears from the beginning of the episode and plays an important role until the end.
When Gawen asked me, “Do you know anything about ‘Pimblebert’?”, of course I had to nod my head saying I did.
“yes. know. It’s a name that I can’t know as an executive member.”
Gawen revealed his expression at my appropriate and positive answer.
“Then I’ll give you some time to explain. I’ll be direct, Viktor. “Pimblebert” is about to move again.”
It seemed so.
“We are winter,” the masked guys said yesterday is like a catchphrase from the organization “Pimblebert”.
Also, the crucifix we saw earlier in the morning was, to anyone’s eyes, the work of the high-ranking official, Enrique.
According to the original episode, wasn’t it supposed to be another week to fortnight before they were active?
But it was good.
“It has nothing to do with me.”
“No, it has nothing to do with it. They’re watching you, Victor.”
That terrorist group is me?
why?
I have nothing to pretend to do with them.
Does it have anything to do with Viktor before me?
no, there wouldn’t have been.
When I was in doubt, the main character, Luke, raised his hand.
“Me, senior. That Pimbleber… Can I ask what the heck these guys are doing?”
“Ah, you said you were a transfer student. In the first place, now it is an organization that is not well known except for the 3rd graders, so there is nothing strange about it.”
Shuk.
Gawen got up from his seat and started explaining while scrawling letters with chalk on a blackboard he had brought from somewhere.
“It was the year before last that they first started being active. At first, I thought it was a vagabond group made up of students who dropped out or were expelled. But no.”
“What if it wasn’t?”
“They systematically attacked Ludens. Orca Arclight, the former student council president, eventually issued a subjugation statement and captured and dismantled their leader. This is the story of when I was in first grade.”
Briefly explain once.
In other words, they are a group of rebels created around Ludens’ expulsion and drop-out. Those who have a crush on Ludens are dissatisfied with the system and attack the students.
Then Luke asked.
“So, are you saying that the disintegrated group is active again?”
“It seems so. If the story of that guy over there is correct.”
Shuk.
There was a private room where Gawen pointed with his finger. As we head there, isn’t a tramp twisting around, tied up with ropes?
Gawen kicked the guy’s body with his foot.
“I am ganache number 25 in first grade C class. He was my motivation. The guy who was expelled in the first year. I heard that you went back to the mainland, but I didn’t expect you to join “Pimblebert”… .”
“hehehe, Gawen. A long time. Are you still focusing on swordsmanship?”
An expelled student with messy brown hair looked at us.
Then he said with a sly smile.
“Soon you will understand us too. A crown is a lie. Ludens is lying to everyone.”
Dearmid, an honor student in Class A, a beautiful blonde with blonde hair, reacted to that strange story.
“It’s a lie. What do you mean? Talk.”
“You are in first grade. You don’t even know yet. I was just like you Would you like to be a hero? Just like the old ancestors but you Do you know what the end of heroes is like?”
“last… ?”
“Their end is all miserable. We are just pawns of the gods. If you can’t escape fate no matter what you do, at least you can do something that prevents you from throwing the dice.”
this ambassador.
I’ve heard of it.
I never thought I would hear it in person here.
I decided to ask just one question, wondering if it was the same as what I knew.
“So are you targeting promising players? The destruction of the defense facility must have been because of that. It must have been trying to identify promising guys when the monsters invaded.”
This is the original episode of Act 1.
I wondered if there was a variable different from what I knew, but Ganache laughed.
“This hard-looking guy has a good sense of humor. you will be victor Yes, as you said, we are aiming for buds. You are among them. He is the most important person.”
It is a known fact that Pimblebert is looking for a promising player.
Act 1 is the story of Luke, who successfully completed the monster infiltration incident at the school opening ceremony, being targeted by them.
In the meantime, Deermid is also targeted, and Victorica and other excellent students are also attacked.
In the case of the difficult second round, there are some students who retire from the raid here and are excluded from the entry from the second act.
But what I didn’t understand was this.
Why am I being targeted by these guys?
Most important?
Not Luke?
As I was wondering, Victoria asked.
“Why are you targeting Viktor? This guy is no longer a member of the executive committee, is he?”
“We have eyes and ears too. I heard that this guy slaughtered a Tier 1 monster. It’s just the two of us. Of course you will be watched.”
Oh, write.
that was the problem
I’ve never killed more than that.
The trick was just good.
Then Gawen asked.
“By the way, Ganache, aren’t you telling the truth with the truth? How are you supposed to believe it?”
“Think whatever you want. But keep in mind. We’re trying to save you. We want to save you from the path of heroes, from this prison-like academy—”
The reason why Ganache couldn’t finish his words was that Gawen’s merciless toes touched the pit of the stomach. Gawen, the head of the swordsmanship club, said, “Geck!” as Ganache fainted.
“Don’t listen. Because you can be incited. Guys have that talent. It’s probably Enrique’s trick. He’s called a pogo man now, but… . Oh, by the way, the declaring man… .”
Gawen begins to explain about Enrique the Declaration Man.
I didn’t need to hear any more about this story.
So, I decided to take a step.
“Victor, where are you going!?”
I only give a light answer to Victoria’s question.
“It’s not just me they’re after. Ganache bastard, you skillfully hid information in the truth.”
I wasn’t the only one who defeated a Tier 1 monster.
“Luke, leave Enrique to you. And my share of the lunch box and public notice. You can do it.”
“uh… ? uh, yes Leave it alone.”
Nike is dangerous.
The guys who attacked us last night weren’t looking for Victoria.
* * *
The pogo hunter event in Act 1 is easily passed.
The villains appear and explain “Who we are!” and experience the first boss battle you encounter.
It’s pretty simple and straightforward.
However, the nature of the 1st act proclamator event in the 2nd playthrough is different.
There are students who retire here.
For example, the ‘excellent student’ Deermid was attacked and seriously injured——with the feeling that he did not appear throughout the episode.
Difficulty balance patch for players who think they have gotten used to the game by clearing the first round.
It’s also random every episode, so I’ll have to pay attention to making a party in the future.
Of course, the big main characters such as Victorica and Enio are fixed without being retired.
Nike, which was added as a signboard of the DLC, is likely to do the same.
So there was speculation that it would be okay if I didn’t worry.
But this was reality.
different from the game.
“We must hurry.”
I urged myself
So, I went back to the mysterious forest.
As I was traversing the terrain of the forest I had become accustomed to, I saw students buzzing.
“Ugh, what kind of guys… .”
“They suddenly appeared in black masks… .”
Listening to their murmurs, I thought I could understand the situation.
Please, it shouldn’t be anything special.
Even Victor, who has a heart of steel, feels a little nervous. When sweat was seeping out of the palms that were tightly clenched.
“… … .”
Dried beef jerky was strewn on the floor, and the spice grass that had been airlifted before the mysterious forest became a hot place could be seen trampled on.
But what catches my eye the most is the cabin.
It was a proper place to call it a hut, or, in fact, a hut.
When I called it like that, Nike got angry and said, “It’s a great cabin no matter where you look!”
Looking at the ruins so badly that I can’t even see the traces of them now, my eyes flash as I recall the past times in many ways.
“This is a debt. You have to accept it.”
If you receive something, give it back.
The truth is so simple that even a fool can understand it.
“You there, the guys who were here. Do you know where it went?”
I caught a student making a fuss nearby and asked. Then the guy said, “There, over there… !”, pointing hastily.
ran in that direction.
Fortunately, I had plenty of stamina to run.
After running for a long time, I could see several groups of people and a very embarrassed Nike surrounded in the center.
“Nike!”
“… Victor! There are a lot of debt collectors!”
No matter how you look at it, these guys don’t seem to be debtors.
Anyway, that wasn’t the point.
“Chut, Viktor is back.”
“That guy defeated that Tier 1 monster… .”
“Don’t be nervous. That guy can only do F with his bare hands without a weapon!”
only five men
It was a large number for those who came to capture one poor girl with a dirty spoon.
Can I deal with them?
The questions I felt from the time I received the request from the Hall of Adventure fill my head.
How good can I be in this world?
Knowing and using skills.
And.
moving the body directly.
There is a wall thicker and stronger than the monitor screen between the two.
No, there is no time to hesitate.
“Come on! Everyone is beating me up!”
They suddenly came running towards us. The stick in my hand is flying toward my head. It was a terrifying attack, but strangely, the trajectory was clearly visible.
Shuk.
As I tilted my head back, the hitter who lost his balance collapsed in front of me. I just kneel down towards that guy. Thanks to that, the knee gets a clean hit in the pit of the stomach.
“Gueek!”
“I, that guy, he can do it with his bare hands… !”
That’s right, until there is a basic physical.
Anyway, he’s the middle boss of the series.
There was no way I would fall for these first-act clowns.
All of them were expelled or dropped out anyway.
There are plenty of guys worse than the bare-handed Victor.
“Unlawful destruction or destruction of the property of others. If I were a member of the executive committee, you would all be sentenced to immediate action.”
“This guy who is about to collapse is just talking! Come on everyone!”
“yes!”
“Take it down!”
“Don’t just talk, someone go first!”
Maybe they were afraid of my unexpected fight, but they didn’t think to attack easily. Then, maybe he changed his mind and started targeting Nike instead of me.
“Hey, you debt collectors! It’s not yet the interest payment day!”
Nike had a hard fight.
They wave their hands around or pick up a nearby wooden stick and swing it wildly.
However, Nike’s stamina was not enough to beat five strong men.
In the end, Nike fell as if his ankle was sprained by hyena-like guys attacking from all sides, and a club flew at his little head.
“Nike, get down!”
“Oops!”
I decided to protect Nike, who was about to be attacked.
I overturn Nike’s small body with my big body. They started hitting me with a blunt weapon at my back.
“Beat it!”
“After knocking it out, let’s drag it to the boss!”
“They stretched their shoulders and boasted that they were class A’s proud guys! Ungainly! This is for the expelled!”
Phat, pak, phat-. Pak!
“… … .”
sick.
But it was just tolerable.
Rather, it was shocking to eat 「Spring Sauce Bulgogi」.
Wasn’t it a form to become a boss with 15 HP?
It must be only this much for the little ones in Act 1.
However, Nike wrapped in me was more tearful than me being beaten.
“Victor! Sorry, because of me!”
“… It’s not because of you.”
Nike seemed to have misunderstood.
He seems to think I made a sacrifice on purpose to save myself.
But I didn’t do this with the thought of saving Nike.
Because Viktor isn’t that sweet guy.
This guy is nothing more than a steel machine that follows the rules.
There was not a single line in Ludens’s thick code of laws and in Viktor’s head.
So this is just that.
“It is self-determination.”
Ha Seung-ri made his own rules.
I hated seeing innocent weaklings trampled by the powerful majority or the strong.
If it wasn’t for Nike, I would have done this.
Because of that, even if he owes 200 million won and loses half of his youth.
“Self-regulation… .”
Nike seemed to be impressed by my story.
“… Viktor, sorry. Pretend you didn’t see what happened next.”
Then he muttered something incomprehensible, and finally cried out loudly.
“Bloom, 《Toge Root》!”
It was a moment that could be said to be almost simultaneous with that.
The one-sided beatings and violence that were hitting me stopped.
“Ugh, what, what!”
“There’s something strange about my body!”
“Mo, didn’t I say that my goal is to be a student in class C! A nerd in Class C has this kind of ability—ugh! ”
“I can’t even lift a finger!”
“I can’t even run away.”
Strange roots growing from the ground were entangling the bodies of the assailants, making them unable to move!
This is a technique I am familiar with.
Skill 《Toge Root》.
A skill that the main character, Luke, learns when he rides the nature-friendly skill tree.
A useful utility that binds enemies in a state of immobility for about 3 turns.
That means—.
“—Nike, you were actually a druid.”
“Sorry for hiding it… .”
It was good that it was hidden.
There must have been some reason.
But this seemed like a sure thing to do.
“What, after all, you’re a soil mage.”