surrender
“I came here to ask what was going on because there was a sudden uproar… … . Marcus! What’s behind them, Sir Walter and Sir Nathan? then… … .”
“long time no see. The yellow mage tower master.”
“Princess! You are alive!”
It was difficult to find at first, but it was easy after that.
It’s like rolling a snowball.
Like Teresa’s group, the survivors were forming a group to survive in the Pandemonium, so they were able to find several people at once, and because there were people who occasionally had information about other survivors, they were able to decide their next destination without hesitation.
Thanks to this, Yuseong was able to find 11 survivors a little over a month later.
“Is it over?”
“The offensive seems to be getting stronger these days, shouldn’t we be a bit careful for the time being?”
“I don’t know, but let’s rest for a while. Today is already the third battle.”
Yooseong looked at the people who were talking in groups of two and three and connected to the demon world network.
‘Now it’s slowly moving in earnest.’
The site was full of hideous articles, such as that high-ranking demons were considering stepping out directly, and that tactical weapons were not permitted to use to reduce damage from wars of attrition.
Yooseong’s eyes narrowed.
The only thing that has been able to endure so far is that the demons are asking the current situation, ‘Are there humans still alive? It’s amazing.’, ‘Seeing them run amok, they’ll be caught soon.’ It’s because I thought it was enough and passed it over without a big deal.
But when the demons start responding in earnest, the story changes.
Asmodians don’t make strong people with transcendental powers or superscientific weapons, it’s not that they can’t.
‘It’s about time.’
It is dangerous to procrastinate here any longer.
If the demons in the article come forward or if a weapon such as a plasma missile is used, no one here will die without a proper resistance.
Besides, there is no one to ask for more.
In the early days when the vigilance towards humans was not high, they did not pay attention, but as they began terrorism, the demons also searched the network to find the human tracks and chased the survivors.
As you can see from the name of the [Death Squad of 24 who want to escape from the Pandemonium], there are a total of 24 survivors left in the Pandemonium.
Of the 13 remaining excluding 11 of them, 4 were killed, 5 were captured, and 4 were missing… … .
‘Caught.’
An article came up saying that the other four were captured while fighting the demons.
After shutting down the terminal, Yuseong walked towards the group.
“Kuhm.”
“… … .”
People coughed and averted their gaze, or glared at the meteor with the childish gaze of the enemy.
It was because he knew that Yooseong was not Marcus, but a user borrowing his body.
Could it be because Changwei had packed too much shit?
Despite saving his life, curing his poisoned body, and giving him something to eat, people seldom believed in the user.
‘Actually, Teresa is strange.’
Even if there was no way, it was not a decision that anyone could make to ask for help from a user like the enemy who made them this way.
“Stop there. What happened?”
An old man with a nervous look blocked the meteor that was about to approach Teresa.
Deckard, the owner of the Yellow Mage Tower.
He was the first survivor and one of the people who insisted that he couldn’t get help from users, but managed to change his mind after Teresa’s persuasion.
Yoosung replied with a bitter smile at the appearance of Deckard, who was openly hostile to himself with a lightning bolt at his fingertips.
“It was getting dark, and I came to ask the princess for permission to have dinner soon.”
“Dinner.”
Deckard’s crumpled face straightened slightly as the meteor approached.
Users hate it, but food is different.
For those who had only eaten the meat of contaminated monsters, the roots of unknown plants, and tasteless porridge-type food eaten by demons for the past three years, warm and delicious food was fatal because it was tempting.
Theresa nodded, and Deckard immediately spoke.
“The princess gave permission. Come on, prepare your meal.”
“All right. Everyone seems tired, so let’s prepare a special meal.”
Others, including Deckard, didn’t notice anything strange.
But Teresa, Walter, and Nathan were different.
Unlike the others who heard only part of the plan to cause a commotion and get the attention of the survivors, those who had heard all of Meteor’s plan hardened their faces the moment they heard the word special food.
“there… … .”
“Haha, I will prepare it soon, so please wait a little bit.”
His face is smiling, but his voice is firm.
Walter, who was hesitant to talk, read a determined will in Yoosung’s eyes and quietly backed away.
‘That’s crazy. that’s suicide There was no way that such a ploy, no, a gamble would succeed. However… … .’
Walter, recalling the plan he had heard from Yoosung, gritted his teeth.
A method with almost no chance of success.
But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t think of a better way than that.
Walter sighed and shook his head as he watched Nathan reach for his bow.
“The meal is ready. Come and take it!”
“Hmmmm.”
“How can you make such delicious food just by putting it in boiling water? It’s amazing no matter how many times you see it.”
People ate the food prepared by Yooseong and drank the drink without question.
At first, they ate only the food they made and showed blatant distrust, but when they saw Teresa and her party eating without hesitation, they gave in shortly after.
slurp.
“Aren’t you eating?”
A few careful people also saw Yooseong eating without hesitation, and hesitantly brought the food to their mouths.
If there had been someone who had not let go of their guard yet and had eaten a meal with the food they prepared, an unexpected situation would have unfolded.
If even one of these people was familiar with modern MSG-laden food, they would immediately notice the strangeness and spit it out as soon as they tasted it.
However, all of them ate the food without exception, and passed on the strange taste as an unfamiliar taste of food from another world.
In the end, all of the remaining people except for Yooseong were poisoned.
“Uh, uh… … .”
The first one to feel the strangeness was the most recently joined mage.
The effect of the poison was the first to appear on him as he inhaled the food nonstop, probably liking the stimulating instant food.
Shaking hands, dilated eyes, slow breathing.
“this… … why… … .”
dump.
The wizard, who tried to bring the spoon to his mouth somehow, stumbled and fell.
A magician who doesn’t even flinch.
For a moment, silence passed between the people.
bang!
The first to break the silence was Meteor.
Meteor, who spread a flashlight and rushed through the crowd, poked his finger at Deckard’s uvula, which was creating an arrow of lightning.
“Kahak!”
The magic that was almost complete disappeared.
Magic created only with spells and spells without distributing magic fields is less stable.
It’s not to the extent that it’s a problem in actual combat, but if you get a strong shock like this, the magic will be canceled.
Meteor flowed back and compressed the carotid artery, knocking Deckard out, then immediately flew at the people.
The new model, which has increased to nine, dazzles the eyes, and in the place where the footprints remain, countless vines rise and wrap around the ankles.
“Wait a minute! Why all of a sudden… … .”
“User betrayed!”
People belatedly realized the situation and started responding.
Warriors and knights surrounded the nearest wizard to block the clones.
The wizard chanted a spell to block the vines and catch the meteor.
All the people here were the strongest in one world and the heroes who had survived for years in a strange alien land.
I don’t know if it’s killing, but it was impossible to subdue them all by meteor alone.
However, Yooseong was not alone.
“Wow, Princess?!”
“Sir Walter! Come to your senses!”
“Nathan! What are you doing!”
Teresa, Walter, and Nathan suddenly start attacking the others.
Walter tipped his sword and struck the back of the head of the most skilled knight with the blade, while Nathan pierced the magic with his magic poetry to protect the vine.
Teresa did not have the strength to fight the heroes, but she had the status of a princess.
Her clinging was enough to keep one hero bound.
In a poisoned situation, when he was even attacked by his colleagues, people were so vainly suppressed.
Yooseong, who spat out the top-notch poisoned wine he received as a reward for the [Finding Treasure] quest, stunned the people and tied them all with thorny vines.
“Fortunately, the. Everyone’s skills were stronger than I expected, so I was worried that things might go wrong, but fortunately it worked.”
“… … .”
“… … Do you have something to say?”
Teresa, who had been silently staring at the meteor just before being tied to the thorns, spoke in a low voice.
“If you betray us or things don’t go as planned, we will all die or become the demons’ toys.”
“I will never betray you. If I fail, I will keep trying until I succeed.”
“What if you give up?”
“I will not give up.”
wordless promise.
But in the current situation, there was no other way but to believe.
Theresa bit her lip until it bled.
Trusting only the words of the users and entrusting their lives to them.
I was so anxious and humiliated that I couldn’t stand it.
I want to do something that didn’t exist right away.
‘But what should I do after that?’
There are only about 20 survivors left.
Days of drinking dirty water and digging up grass roots to fill a hungry stomach.
A body condition that gets worse day by day and a demon that appears when it is worth forgetting.
It is the worst situation that is not strange no matter when it ends.
‘I have no choice.’
The possibility that users who are not related to Changwei will come again.
And how likely is that user to be more competent than Yuseong?
Although she did not know the exact probability, Theresa could be sure that they would die before then.
“If we succeed in returning to the original world, I will give you what Changwei so much wanted as a reward.”
“… … Can I just give it to you like that?”
“It’s only a problem when Changwei has it, and without Vimana it’s useless.”
“To think I would give you something worthless as a reward. Isn’t that too petty?”
“What’s the point of giving you something that can freely move our world’s strategic weapons as a reward?”
At Teresa’s brazenness, who changed her words in an instant, Yooseong unknowingly burst into laughter and said,
“What would you do if I sold it to Changwei?”
“You’re the owner, so it’s none of my business how you deal with it. Still, if I were to sell it, I would like to sell it at a very high price.”
A reply that felt anger toward Changwei.
Yooseong smiled, then tightly wrapped her arms around Teresa and leaned against a nearby rock.
How long has it been since then?
I started hearing the sound of engines and rotors turning in the distance.
After a while, Yooseong raised both hands to the demons with blank expressions and said.
“I will surrender.”
this is not a game