It took about two hours to enter the Marching Plains and pass through areas sparsely populated by monsters.
They were so relaxed to the point where they could yawn at any moment. This was the case for both users and NPCs.
What could happen when there was no place to hide? That was the trap of the accident. A surprise attack by simply hiding and appearing? That was the only thing the users were able to come up with.
“Oh-ohh- what’s that in front-”
“Something mushy- there’s something mushy!”
If a transparent film was placed in front of them, would they be able to see the other side? In front of the delegation, the knights who were walking ahead and on alert tilted their heads.
chiiiik—!
And the space began to tear as if a membrane was getting peeled.
“Mana Barrier!”
“Space Lock!”
“Communication Interference!”
[The abnormal status ‘Mana Blockade’ has been applied.]
[You cannot go beyond the restricted area for 30 minutes.]
(If you have a higher ability than the caster, the barrier can be broken.)
[The abnormal status ‘Space Shackles’ has been applied.]
[All space movements within the range are restricted for 15 minutes.]
[The abnormal status ‘Communication Interference’ has been applied.]
[All chats, including whispers and group chats, are prohibited for 15 minutes.]
“Ugh-! A-ambush! Am-”
“What?!”
“N-no! I can’t see Nick!”
Three people wearing masks appeared through the torn space.
Unlike usual, their nicknames did not appear even when they used PK-type magic. However, the users couldn’t care less about that.
In the brief moment when the users were flustered, sticky lumps quickly crawled behind the three.
“Grrrrrr–!”
“……Those surely-”
Only then did the users figure it out. That it was already too late.
“Chimeraaaaaa—-!”
The Demon King’s servants have already completed all preparations. Fortunately, Faust and Crowley did not appear.
Since the information provided by Chiyou was not enough to pinpoint the exact location of the delegation, Faust eventually chose to split up. The route Faust and Crowley went to were the upper part and lower part of the Marching Plains respectively. Of course, Faust and Crowley had 10 chimeras each. At the center were the three users who were ‘slightly’ less skilled than Faust along with the rest of the chimeras.
“How can we release this?!”
“It’s not possible! They are higher level than us!”
Of course, compared to Faust, who was in the top 10 rankings, and Crowley, who was on the upper tier of the outsiders, their reputation was only slightly lower, but it was not to the extent that they could be ignored.
They were powerful enough to be scouted by Faust.
“Call the capital! Emergency contact-”
“We are not able to contact them! Communication is blocked!”
The NPC knights screamed. That alone confirmed that the enemies’ identities were not simple.
No, it wasn’t just that, they were the ones who brought chimera and spread chaos to Minis. Based on the rumors, they only wandered around the edge of Minis, so what were they doing in Marching Plains?
It was a situation that the escort users could not even imagine.
“Fuck- stop them! Risk your life to stop them! We only need to protect count Avandone! 30 minutes, no, just 15 minutes!”
Garde was the first to step out of the situation. They have someone to protect after all. They had a clear priority.
“Grrrrrrrr.”
“Keughk, Cruel Bash!”
He tried to swing his sword containing powerful energy but slipped from the chimera’s slime. Steam even rose from the blade of the sword that touched the slime for a brief moment, shiiiiik.
“……Acid? The chimera’s slime wasn’t poison-”
“Grrrrr!”
A chimera with five faces vomited bodily fluids while he hesitated.
Five lumps of liquid came out from the five mouths, four were avoided, but the knight user who was hit by one was immediately poisoned.
“Keok, there’s also poison-”
It was poison, it was also acid. It’s not either one or the other.
Chimera’s were artificially created monsters that possess both properties. Both users and NPCs did not have any experience in dealing with chimeras.
“Idiot! Get back! Tornado shield!”
Hwiiiiit-!
Whirlwind wrapped around the shield of the knight user. The wind made of magic was enough to blow away the bodily fluids the chimeras spat out!
The chimeras flinched for a moment, but for that very moment, there was support.
“Black fire!”
“Chain of Darkness!”
A black burning fireball and chains of mana with eerie smoke emanating from it. The two attack magics were directed at the legs of the user holding the shield.
“This -”
“Hallucination.”
And then the warlock’s illusion magic. The two flying magics suddenly appeared to be divided into thirty-three.
“What the heck?!”
Did their magic increase? What’s real?
“In front- front-!”
“What are you doing, you bastard!? Raise your shield!”
His colleagues behind him tried to warn the user, but the truth was no longer visible to him.
In front? There were 12 flying projectiles in front of him, which one was real-
Baaaang-
“Keok!”
The body of the knight holding a shield collapsed. It was not an instakill, but it was no different from it.
“Grrrrrr?”
“S-save me- Save me-”
If the wind magic disappeared, he would automatically become the chimera’s food!
The collaboration between the Chimeras and the three dark magic users who control them was excellent.
The users who led the charge with shields used their own magic, and the NPCs who attacked with swords utilized the characteristics of the chimeras.
The escorts for the peace treaty signing delegation slowly collapsed from the attack.
“Help me! Run away, run away! We are not their opponents!”
“Huhu, is it that easy? Dune.”
“Uwaa?!”
Kuuuuk…….
The flat land where there was nothing began to rise slowly.
Can their magic change even the terrain? The texture of the flat land rising and forming hills had also changed to sand.
“This is nonsense- there’s no way they could use magic like this! Even Lee Jiwon can’t use magic like this!”
At the feeling of his body sinking into a huge dune, the knight user threw down his sword and struggled.
Seeing that, the warlock who cast dune giggled.
Of course, it was a situation where the other knights around him could not help but curse.
“This bastard, what are you talking about?! Why are you struggling?! Pick up your sword! Stop the chimera!”
“You got it wrong! He’s already out of his mind!”
The three attack magic themselves were not powerful. The jobs they had did not have a lot of attack magic in the first place. In addition, the number of users who had their job were also few.
That’s why their attack magic was able to assist the chimeras more efficiently.
In a reality-like environment like Middle Earth, magic related to illusions, auditory hallucinations, hallucinations, and fear do not simply restrict behavior but rather provide fear that exceeds reality.
If one went crazy, all that was left was to be eaten by the chimera and slowly melt in their body. The user who felt that he was ‘buried by a huge sand dune’ was sucked into a chimera’s body as he struggled.
One got burned to death, one got whipped to death, and one got devoured by a chimera.
There was no resistance, nor escape. They can’t even report to the capital their situation.
More than thirty of the forty escorts have already died. Only Viscount Garde managed to push the chimeras away, but that didn’t last long either.
All that was left were three or four knights and Count Avandone.
“Ah, no, these bastards! Stand back! I am the count of Minis, someone who has been specially commissioned to go to Fibiel by His Highness’ command! If you kill me, you guys will be hunted in the future in the name of the king of Minis!”
“Kukukuku, stupid old man. I am already being chased, what would be different?”
Grrrr, grrrr…….
The three dark magic users and chimeras slowly surrounded them.
“Impertinent! Don’t you know how important it is to conclude the peace treaty with Fibiel!”
“Yeah, I know. That’s why we came.”
It was also useless for Garde to shout. If something like this could work, they would not have appeared in the first place.
Even though they were doing everything they could to survive even for 15 minutes, when the communication jamming or space shackles disappeared.
“I have no grudge, but I am sorry. Kikik, but we can’t help it because it’s our job. I have to kill you guys so our level-”
Bzzt-!
“-hmm?”
At the end of the dark magician’s vision, who was walking slowly, something shiny appeared.
‘What is that-’
Baaaaaang——!
He couldn’t complete his thoughts. It was after something flew through the chimera’s slow body and had already blown the dark magician’s head off.
A Baaaaaang sound was heard after 2.5 seconds!
“Miniiiiiis! You are the delegates from Minis, right?!”
A small voice was heard carried by the wind along with the gunfire.
Reassuring the surviving members of Minis was unexpectedly slightly frivolous.
Leeha ran in a hurry, holding Black Bass.
***
The news of the arrival of Minis’ envoy was continuously heard through the Holy Grill and Ram Hwayeon in the royal palace.
He had heard of what date and time, so he was already on Marching Plains, but even Leeha wandered around because he did not know the exact route.
‘I almost got into trouble! I thought I saw a black dot, so I came here just in case…’
Leeha was sweating.
He had not heard that they were from Minis, but the circumstances made it certain.
Most importantly, the ones who attacked them were controlling chimeras.
‘Damn it, what if he had been Bluebeard? I would die if I fight him now…’
Fortunately, dying was not one of the conditions for failure in this quest. Leeha was resolved.
In the worst case, he could rescue the delegates and die against Bluebeard.
‘I don’t think we could die together… Still, I couldn’t give up! I can’t just throw away the information Ram Hwayeon told me!’
Click-!
Leeha pulled the bolt.
He should have felt a heavy bullet loading and taken a knee-shooting posture, but it was different now.
The Black Bass was firmly supported by the stabilizer bar that stretched out from Leeha’s back.
The process of loading, aiming, and firing was compressed into two stages.
Naturally, Leeha’s reaction rate was more than 1.5 times faster than before.
Baaaang———-!
Through the scope, Leeha saw the arm of a chimera falling off. Having 4 more arms left was quite terrifying, but Leeha did not get frightened by that.
‘There are two more people. Are they Bluebeard and Faust’s? No, who was the one I shot first? Are they new recruits?’
Leeha didn’t know because their names did not appear. Through the scope, their form was clearly visible, but it was not easy to distinguish them wearing black clothes and masks.
If it was Bluebeard, it would have been possible to see the unique blue beard and a silver cane with a handle that was damaged by Leeha, but he didn’t see anything like that.
‘Most importantly…. His initial reaction would have been to run towards me at a speed that is difficult to follow. But he did not. Is it because the distance is far.’
The distance between the two is approximately 1,400m.
If it was Black Bass’ bullet, it would take about 1.7 seconds, and the sound of the shot would reach the distance after about 4.2 seconds.
This meant that after the bullet hit, it took about 2. seconds to hear the sound.
(To be continued…)
It took about two hours to enter the Marching Plains and pass through areas sparsely populated by monsters.
They were so relaxed to the point where they could yawn at any moment. This was the case for both users and NPCs.
What could happen when there was no place to hide? That was the trap of the accident. A surprise attack by simply hiding and appearing? That was the only thing the users were able to come up with.
“Oh-ohh- what’s that in front-”
“Something mushy- there’s something mushy!”
If a transparent film was placed in front of them, would they be able to see the other side? In front of the delegation, the knights who were walking ahead and on alert tilted their heads.
chiiiik—!
And the space began to tear as if a membrane was getting peeled.
“Mana Barrier!”
“Space Lock!”
“Communication Interference!”
[The abnormal status ‘Mana Blockade’ has been applied.]
[You cannot go beyond the restricted area for 30 minutes.]
(If you have a higher ability than the caster, the barrier can be broken.)
[The abnormal status ‘Space Shackles’ has been applied.]
[All space movements within the range are restricted for 15 minutes.]
[The abnormal status ‘Communication Interference’ has been applied.]
[All chats, including whispers and group chats, are prohibited for 15 minutes.]
“Ugh-! A-ambush! Am-”
“What?!”
“N-no! I can’t see Nick!”
Three people wearing masks appeared through the torn space.
Unlike usual, their nicknames did not appear even when they used PK-type magic. However, the users couldn’t care less about that.
In the brief moment when the users were flustered, sticky lumps quickly crawled behind the three.
“Grrrrrr–!”
“……Those surely-”
Only then did the users figure it out. That it was already too late.
“Chimeraaaaaa—-!”
The Demon King’s servants have already completed all preparations. Fortunately, Faust and Crowley did not appear.
Since the information provided by Chiyou was not enough to pinpoint the exact location of the delegation, Faust eventually chose to split up. The route Faust and Crowley went to were the upper part and lower part of the Marching Plains respectively. Of course, Faust and Crowley had 10 chimeras each. At the center were the three users who were ‘slightly’ less skilled than Faust along with the rest of the chimeras.
“How can we release this?!”
“It’s not possible! They are higher level than us!”
Of course, compared to Faust, who was in the top 10 rankings, and Crowley, who was on the upper tier of the outsiders, their reputation was only slightly lower, but it was not to the extent that they could be ignored.
They were powerful enough to be scouted by Faust.
“Call the capital! Emergency contact-”
“We are not able to contact them! Communication is blocked!”
The NPC knights screamed. That alone confirmed that the enemies’ identities were not simple.
No, it wasn’t just that, they were the ones who brought chimera and spread chaos to Minis. Based on the rumors, they only wandered around the edge of Minis, so what were they doing in Marching Plains?
It was a situation that the escort users could not even imagine.
“Fuck- stop them! Risk your life to stop them! We only need to protect count Avandone! 30 minutes, no, just 15 minutes!”
Garde was the first to step out of the situation. They have someone to protect after all. They had a clear priority.
“Grrrrrrrr.”
“Keughk, Cruel Bash!”
He tried to swing his sword containing powerful energy but slipped from the chimera’s slime. Steam even rose from the blade of the sword that touched the slime for a brief moment, shiiiiik.
“……Acid? The chimera’s slime wasn’t poison-”
“Grrrrr!”
A chimera with five faces vomited bodily fluids while he hesitated.
Five lumps of liquid came out from the five mouths, four were avoided, but the knight user who was hit by one was immediately poisoned.
“Keok, there’s also poison-”
It was poison, it was also acid. It’s not either one or the other.
Chimera’s were artificially created monsters that possess both properties. Both users and NPCs did not have any experience in dealing with chimeras.
“Idiot! Get back! Tornado shield!”
Hwiiiiit-!
Whirlwind wrapped around the shield of the knight user. The wind made of magic was enough to blow away the bodily fluids the chimeras spat out!
The chimeras flinched for a moment, but for that very moment, there was support.
“Black fire!”
“Chain of Darkness!”
A black burning fireball and chains of mana with eerie smoke emanating from it. The two attack magics were directed at the legs of the user holding the shield.
“This -”
“Hallucination.”
And then the warlock’s illusion magic. The two flying magics suddenly appeared to be divided into thirty-three.
“What the heck?!”
Did their magic increase? What’s real?
“In front- front-!”
“What are you doing, you bastard!? Raise your shield!”
His colleagues behind him tried to warn the user, but the truth was no longer visible to him.
In front? There were 12 flying projectiles in front of him, which one was real-
Baaaang-
“Keok!”
The body of the knight holding a shield collapsed. It was not an instakill, but it was no different from it.
“Grrrrrr?”
“S-save me- Save me-”
If the wind magic disappeared, he would automatically become the chimera’s food!
The collaboration between the Chimeras and the three dark magic users who control them was excellent.
The users who led the charge with shields used their own magic, and the NPCs who attacked with swords utilized the characteristics of the chimeras.
The escorts for the peace treaty signing delegation slowly collapsed from the attack.
“Help me! Run away, run away! We are not their opponents!”
“Huhu, is it that easy? Dune.”
“Uwaa?!”
Kuuuuk…….
The flat land where there was nothing began to rise slowly.
Can their magic change even the terrain? The texture of the flat land rising and forming hills had also changed to sand.
“This is nonsense- there’s no way they could use magic like this! Even Lee Jiwon can’t use magic like this!”
At the feeling of his body sinking into a huge dune, the knight user threw down his sword and struggled.
Seeing that, the warlock who cast dune giggled.
Of course, it was a situation where the other knights around him could not help but curse.
“This bastard, what are you talking about?! Why are you struggling?! Pick up your sword! Stop the chimera!”
“You got it wrong! He’s already out of his mind!”
The three attack magic themselves were not powerful. The jobs they had did not have a lot of attack magic in the first place. In addition, the number of users who had their job were also few.
That’s why their attack magic was able to assist the chimeras more efficiently.
In a reality-like environment like Middle Earth, magic related to illusions, auditory hallucinations, hallucinations, and fear do not simply restrict behavior but rather provide fear that exceeds reality.
If one went crazy, all that was left was to be eaten by the chimera and slowly melt in their body. The user who felt that he was ‘buried by a huge sand dune’ was sucked into a chimera’s body as he struggled.
One got burned to death, one got whipped to death, and one got devoured by a chimera.
There was no resistance, nor escape. They can’t even report to the capital their situation.
More than thirty of the forty escorts have already died. Only Viscount Garde managed to push the chimeras away, but that didn’t last long either.
All that was left were three or four knights and Count Avandone.
“Ah, no, these bastards! Stand back! I am the count of Minis, someone who has been specially commissioned to go to Fibiel by His Highness’ command! If you kill me, you guys will be hunted in the future in the name of the king of Minis!”
“Kukukuku, stupid old man. I am already being chased, what would be different?”
Grrrr, grrrr…….
The three dark magic users and chimeras slowly surrounded them.
“Impertinent! Don’t you know how important it is to conclude the peace treaty with Fibiel!”
“Yeah, I know. That’s why we came.”
It was also useless for Garde to shout. If something like this could work, they would not have appeared in the first place.
Even though they were doing everything they could to survive even for 15 minutes, when the communication jamming or space shackles disappeared.
“I have no grudge, but I am sorry. Kikik, but we can’t help it because it’s our job. I have to kill you guys so our level-”
Bzzt-!
“-hmm?”
At the end of the dark magician’s vision, who was walking slowly, something shiny appeared.
‘What is that-’
Baaaaaang——!
He couldn’t complete his thoughts. It was after something flew through the chimera’s slow body and had already blown the dark magician’s head off.
A Baaaaaang sound was heard after 2.5 seconds!
“Miniiiiiis! You are the delegates from Minis, right?!”
A small voice was heard carried by the wind along with the gunfire.
Reassuring the surviving members of Minis was unexpectedly slightly frivolous.
Leeha ran in a hurry, holding Black Bass.
***
The news of the arrival of Minis’ envoy was continuously heard through the Holy Grill and Ram Hwayeon in the royal palace.
He had heard of what date and time, so he was already on Marching Plains, but even Leeha wandered around because he did not know the exact route.
‘I almost got into trouble! I thought I saw a black dot, so I came here just in case…’
Leeha was sweating.
He had not heard that they were from Minis, but the circumstances made it certain.
Most importantly, the ones who attacked them were controlling chimeras.
‘Damn it, what if he had been Bluebeard? I would die if I fight him now…’
Fortunately, dying was not one of the conditions for failure in this quest. Leeha was resolved.
In the worst case, he could rescue the delegates and die against Bluebeard.
‘I don’t think we could die together… Still, I couldn’t give up! I can’t just throw away the information Ram Hwayeon told me!’
Click-!
Leeha pulled the bolt.
He should have felt a heavy bullet loading and taken a knee-shooting posture, but it was different now.
The Black Bass was firmly supported by the stabilizer bar that stretched out from Leeha’s back.
The process of loading, aiming, and firing was compressed into two stages.
Naturally, Leeha’s reaction rate was more than 1.5 times faster than before.
Baaaang———-!
Through the scope, Leeha saw the arm of a chimera falling off. Having 4 more arms left was quite terrifying, but Leeha did not get frightened by that.
‘There are two more people. Are they Bluebeard and Faust’s? No, who was the one I shot first? Are they new recruits?’
Leeha didn’t know because their names did not appear. Through the scope, their form was clearly visible, but it was not easy to distinguish them wearing black clothes and masks.
If it was Bluebeard, it would have been possible to see the unique blue beard and a silver cane with a handle that was damaged by Leeha, but he didn’t see anything like that.
‘Most importantly…. His initial reaction would have been to run towards me at a speed that is difficult to follow. But he did not. Is it because the distance is far.’
The distance between the two is approximately 1,400m.
If it was Black Bass’ bullet, it would take about 1.7 seconds, and the sound of the shot would reach the distance after about 4.2 seconds.
This meant that after the bullet hit, it took about 2. seconds to hear the sound.
(To be continued…)
