Dallac.
The wagon that had been running constantly for three days stopped in front of the collapsed castle.
“Phew, this is the Babylonian I've been hearing so much about. Kaiyan, is this the right place? ”
“Yes, this is the right place. I've been here a lot. ”
Three days have passed since I met the knights.
The Terrian Merchant Guild workers didn't need to take them to Babylon, so they gave them two wagons and promised to keep their secrets and let them go on their own.
Of course, it would be dangerous to have 10 non-combatants through the entrance of the Lewis Plain and through the forest, but they didn't cheat us for money either.
And just by saving the lives of the knights, I have already saved their lives once.
‘I don't regret it. ’
After they left, ten mercenaries, including me, quickly crossed the Lewis Plain using two wagons. As a result, I arrived in Babylon in time for the three days I had promised Jansen.
‘When I was a kid, I came with a lot of my sisters. ’
I heard from my father that my hometown was built to manage a ruined castle belonging to one of the four kingdoms, the Iron Kingdom of Darian. Of course, that role disappeared decades ago.
Thanks to you, the Castle of Babylon has become a playground for my childhood, where memories of my brother are buried.
‘I'd be lying if I wasn't sad.... But not yet. ’
Knng.
‘I'll be sad when this is all over. ’
Even now, if I close my eyes before I go to sleep, I can clearly think of a burning town.
A neighbor whose upper body fell to the ground and where his lower body went.
A general goods store lady collapsed flat with a poignant look on her body.
Blood pours out from between the collapsed houses, who knows whose blood, and he joyfully wets the ground.
“Kaiyan? What makes you think that? ”
When I was about to fall into a nightmare-like memory, Visel waved my shoulder.
“Thank you, Mr. Bissel. ”
“Huh? What do you mean? ”
“Nothing... nothing. It looks like they haven't arrived yet. ”
I've wandered around the castle, but I see no one but mercenaries anywhere.
‘I didn't set the time. ’
“I think we should wait here for a while. ”
“I'll do that. Let's eat while we rest! ”
The mercenaries pulled out the dining equipment and cooking restrictions from the wagon. I turned my head more and saw the castle of Babylon again. We don't know when they'll come back.
‘... I have time anyway, but should I go in now? ’
At first, I was just going to go because I was afraid that the memories would flow like heavy currents, but time was intense and I wanted to get inside the Castle of Babylon.
Most of all, we don't know when we'll be back. If not, you may come back in a few years or decades.
‘Okay, let's go inside. ’
“Mr. Barnes. ”
I called Barneson, who was preparing a meal.
“Huh?"
“I'm going to go to the Castle of Babylon for a while. ”
“What happened to the Fallen Castle? ”
“I need to check on something. ”
“Yeah? But why don't you eat and go? ”
“No, I don't know when they'll be back, so I'll be quick. If they arrive while I'm in the castle, just do as I say. Just be careful not to reveal that I'm not Tarien. ”
“Oh, don't worry! I already told the other mercenaries everything. ”
I traveled for three days and explained to them about Jansen de Carsia. What he was trying to do, what the situation was.
As long as they are not fools, there is no reason to make strange noises to Jansen's henchmen who will bring 1000 gold.
“Then……. ”
You walk slowly towards the castle, leaving the mercenaries behind. One step and one step.
I didn't know it then, but now that I see the Castle of Babylon like this, it's new.
Despite collapsing like a fortress that used to block monster waves in the past, it is enormous.
A fortress built exclusively for combat is similar to that of Vrathan's territory, which is on a fairly large axis.
“Still... Hmm? Is someone here? ”
As I walked through the entrance of the same castle as I remember, the inside of the castle was slightly different from what I had remembered.
It looks the same, but the stones that were filling the interior were removed to the outskirts. There's no way a rock that big can be removed without someone deciding to clean it up.
“People who might come here...? ”
I've lived here for 15 years, but I've never seen anyone stop by the Castle of Babylon except the villagers. There's a reason this place was at the far west corner, but we have to cross a dangerous forest to get here, so there's no reason to come to see the Fallen Castle of Babylon.
I'd rather have my hometown disappearing than hear merchants sometimes cross the plains of Lewis.
“Did the Kingdom of Darian send someone to investigate the village? ”
The only possibility is that he sent someone from Darian to investigate the collapsed village.
“... That can't be right. ”
It's part of Darian, but it's embarrassing to call it part of Darian. I don't want to be thrown away in Darian, so I'll just say I own it.
I heard from my father that even Baron Venice, who was the only noble in the village, had come here as if he had committed a great sin and left. That's how important our town is in Darian.
And yet you send an investigator from the realm? Perhaps they have heard about the collapse of the village through merchants who have been in our village for a long time.
“Then who the hell is it? ”
Which one of you messed with the place where my brother's memories are buried?
Not even one or two people would be able to clean up the rocks like that.
“You'll see. ”
It's overwhelming.
“ ……? ”
Unlike I thought, I stopped without taking a few steps. It's the strong ringing of your head.
“It's dangerous to go in there again? Me?"
When I tried to head to the center of the Castle of Babylon, my senses rang out. This was the place we used to run every day when we were kids.
“The ones who removed these stones are inside. Pretty strong ones, too. ”
For a short time, I thought about whether I would trust my senses or not, and what they were like. Results.
“... That's great. I need to find out who.”
It's not anywhere else. It's the Castle of Babylon. Right next door to my hometown.
I can't just leave because I'm nervous like this. We need to figure out what they're here for, and why they're staying in the castle without leaving.
‘Let's go. ’
I quickly approached the center of the castle, giving up my slow walk. It is the center of the castle that we consider the senses to be dangerous. Then there's a good chance he's in the spire at the center of the castle.
“So far, so quiet. ”
I think I walked fast for about 10 minutes. I arrived at the center of the castle. However, unlike the sense of danger that resonates in your head, you were not approaching any danger.
‘But don't let your guard down. ’
Knng.
I grabbed the pre-drawn sword firmly. so you can swing it at any time in any situation.
You tread carefully, one step at a time, in the center of the collapsed wall, just like a collapsed wall on the outskirts.
Kur
The moment I took a step in the center, the ground rang small. Like an earthquake.
“Earthquake? Why now? ”
Get it!
When I was embarrassed by the shaking ground, suddenly, the ground burst out and spit out several strange objects, and the objects coming up on the ground began to rise slowly with a gasping, eerie sound.
“Grrrrrrr!”
“Kick-kick”
“…… What is it? ”
What should I call this? Bone bones or weird dolls?
When I was thinking that there was a group to call dolls because of the strange sounds, the unknown bones rushed towards me with their arms.
If you look at their size, it's not that intimidating.
“I hate dirt! Hiya!”
Boo!
Lightly slash the first attack to determine their skill.
Squeak, squeak!
“... It's weak. ”
Bones bounced off every side with a single slash.
These guys are almost Goblins. Then they're not the ones who triggered the senses.
“What the hell……. ”
Papa Pa Pa!
“Queek……. ”
“Kure!”
This time, the ground splits wide as if they were a joke and they just spit them out into the same pile.
‘...... I wonder if they will experience it too. ’
An hour? Or at least a little more.
“Hah... This is too handy. ”
Despite swinging the sword for over an hour, it doesn't even feel like their number has greatly diminished.
At this rate, I would have fallen down even because of my physical strength.
“It's hard to expect level-up if you keep catching Goblins. ”
After reaching level 50, catching a few Miscellaneous Monsters has never experienced level up. Then we have to kill at least a thousand of these Boneheads before we can expect one.
“I can't. I have to think of another way. ”
First of all, we have some insight into who they are.
Those moving bones must be the undead monster skeletons that Jeff heard about. You can't move your bones without it.
The question is, why did undead monsters appear in the Castle of Babylon?
‘It wasn't like this until the last visit. It's been like this for months. ’
“Good. Let's go inside first. ”
“Queeeek!”
“Rrrrgh!”
Whoo-hoo!
Disperse!
You move forward slowly, crushing several skeletons at once.
The source of the senses. Something must be happening in the small spire in the middle of the center.
“Here we go! Haaaaah! ”
Pa-bak!
You swing your sword in a straight line with the mind of breaking through rather than defeating the skeleton as before. The battlefield was reckless enough for one man, but the only people here are skeletons with low combat strength.
It tickles even if they succeed in attacking through the gaps they make while running.
“Get out of my way, you bastards! ”
Break!
Despite no error, the skeletons are swept away by a powerful swing based on their strength.
The distance to the spire is only 50 meters. It's a distance you can reach in seconds if you just want to.
Curr
Then the ground shook again. Worse than ever.
“To spit out another skeleton? Try it.”
I don't know if I can defeat them all, but even if I break through a few Skeletons, I'm confident I'll get through.
But unlike I expected, what came out of the ground.
“Kiehe……. ”
“Curr……. ”
“It's not a skeleton...? More than that, they... ”
They were rotting everywhere, but the new ones were wearing leather unlike the skeleton. The hide of a monster so familiar.
“Orcs, Evelins, Chabel Tigers... and even Red Orcs. ”
Papa Papa Pa Pa!
“Grrrrrrrgh!”
And last but not least, he came out of the ground late.
“... Minotaurs are a little rough. ”
Small and medium, they don't stop there, even big monsters appear.
What the hell is he doing in the spire? But there's one thing he didn't think of.
Knng.
“If it was someone other than me, that would be a good decision... but not for me. ”
I am the player.
If you are a skeleton and give some experience while consuming health, it is possible to level up Medium and Large monsters.
That means I'm getting my stamina back.
“I'm getting stronger. ”
Dallac.
The wagon that had been running constantly for three days stopped in front of the collapsed castle.
“Phew, this is the Babylonian I've been hearing so much about. Kaiyan, is this the right place? ”
“Yes, this is the right place. I've been here a lot. ”
Three days have passed since I met the knights.
The Terrian Merchant Guild workers didn't need to take them to Babylon, so they gave them two wagons and promised to keep their secrets and let them go on their own.
Of course, it would be dangerous to have 10 non-combatants through the entrance of the Lewis Plain and through the forest, but they didn't cheat us for money either.
And just by saving the lives of the knights, I have already saved their lives once.
‘I don't regret it. ’
After they left, ten mercenaries, including me, quickly crossed the Lewis Plain using two wagons. As a result, I arrived in Babylon in time for the three days I had promised Jansen.
‘When I was a kid, I came with a lot of my sisters. ’
I heard from my father that my hometown was built to manage a ruined castle belonging to one of the four kingdoms, the Iron Kingdom of Darian. Of course, that role disappeared decades ago.
Thanks to you, the Castle of Babylon has become a playground for my childhood, where memories of my brother are buried.
‘I'd be lying if I wasn't sad.... But not yet. ’
Knng.
‘I'll be sad when this is all over. ’
Even now, if I close my eyes before I go to sleep, I can clearly think of a burning town.
A neighbor whose upper body fell to the ground and where his lower body went.
A general goods store lady collapsed flat with a poignant look on her body.
Blood pours out from between the collapsed houses, who knows whose blood, and he joyfully wets the ground.
“Kaiyan? What makes you think that? ”
When I was about to fall into a nightmare-like memory, Visel waved my shoulder.
“Thank you, Mr. Bissel. ”
“Huh? What do you mean? ”
“Nothing... nothing. It looks like they haven't arrived yet. ”
I've wandered around the castle, but I see no one but mercenaries anywhere.
‘I didn't set the time. ’
“I think we should wait here for a while. ”
“I'll do that. Let's eat while we rest! ”
The mercenaries pulled out the dining equipment and cooking restrictions from the wagon. I turned my head more and saw the castle of Babylon again. We don't know when they'll come back.
‘... I have time anyway, but should I go in now? ’
At first, I was just going to go because I was afraid that the memories would flow like heavy currents, but time was intense and I wanted to get inside the Castle of Babylon.
Most of all, we don't know when we'll be back. If not, you may come back in a few years or decades.
‘Okay, let's go inside. ’
“Mr. Barnes. ”
I called Barneson, who was preparing a meal.
“Huh?"
“I'm going to go to the Castle of Babylon for a while. ”
“What happened to the Fallen Castle? ”
“I need to check on something. ”
“Yeah? But why don't you eat and go? ”
“No, I don't know when they'll be back, so I'll be quick. If they arrive while I'm in the castle, just do as I say. Just be careful not to reveal that I'm not Tarien. ”
“Oh, don't worry! I already told the other mercenaries everything. ”
I traveled for three days and explained to them about Jansen de Carsia. What he was trying to do, what the situation was.
As long as they are not fools, there is no reason to make strange noises to Jansen's henchmen who will bring 1000 gold.
“Then……. ”
You walk slowly towards the castle, leaving the mercenaries behind. One step and one step.
I didn't know it then, but now that I see the Castle of Babylon like this, it's new.
Despite collapsing like a fortress that used to block monster waves in the past, it is enormous.
A fortress built exclusively for combat is similar to that of Vrathan's territory, which is on a fairly large axis.
“Still... Hmm? Is someone here? ”
As I walked through the entrance of the same castle as I remember, the inside of the castle was slightly different from what I had remembered.
It looks the same, but the stones that were filling the interior were removed to the outskirts. There's no way a rock that big can be removed without someone deciding to clean it up.
“People who might come here...? ”
I've lived here for 15 years, but I've never seen anyone stop by the Castle of Babylon except the villagers. There's a reason this place was at the far west corner, but we have to cross a dangerous forest to get here, so there's no reason to come to see the Fallen Castle of Babylon.
I'd rather have my hometown disappearing than hear merchants sometimes cross the plains of Lewis.
“Did the Kingdom of Darian send someone to investigate the village? ”
The only possibility is that he sent someone from Darian to investigate the collapsed village.
“... That can't be right. ”
It's part of Darian, but it's embarrassing to call it part of Darian. I don't want to be thrown away in Darian, so I'll just say I own it.
I heard from my father that even Baron Venice, who was the only noble in the village, had come here as if he had committed a great sin and left. That's how important our town is in Darian.
And yet you send an investigator from the realm? Perhaps they have heard about the collapse of the village through merchants who have been in our village for a long time.
“Then who the hell is it? ”
Which one of you messed with the place where my brother's memories are buried?
Not even one or two people would be able to clean up the rocks like that.
“You'll see. ”
It's overwhelming.
“ ……? ”
Unlike I thought, I stopped without taking a few steps. It's the strong ringing of your head.
“It's dangerous to go in there again? Me?"
When I tried to head to the center of the Castle of Babylon, my senses rang out. This was the place we used to run every day when we were kids.
“The ones who removed these stones are inside. Pretty strong ones, too. ”
For a short time, I thought about whether I would trust my senses or not, and what they were like. Results.
“... That's great. I need to find out who.”
It's not anywhere else. It's the Castle of Babylon. Right next door to my hometown.
I can't just leave because I'm nervous like this. We need to figure out what they're here for, and why they're staying in the castle without leaving.
‘Let's go. ’
I quickly approached the center of the castle, giving up my slow walk. It is the center of the castle that we consider the senses to be dangerous. Then there's a good chance he's in the spire at the center of the castle.
“So far, so quiet. ”
I think I walked fast for about 10 minutes. I arrived at the center of the castle. However, unlike the sense of danger that resonates in your head, you were not approaching any danger.
‘But don't let your guard down. ’
Knng.
I grabbed the pre-drawn sword firmly. so you can swing it at any time in any situation.
You tread carefully, one step at a time, in the center of the collapsed wall, just like a collapsed wall on the outskirts.
Kur
The moment I took a step in the center, the ground rang small. Like an earthquake.
“Earthquake? Why now? ”
Get it!
When I was embarrassed by the shaking ground, suddenly, the ground burst out and spit out several strange objects, and the objects coming up on the ground began to rise slowly with a gasping, eerie sound.
“Grrrrrrr!”
“Kick-kick”
“…… What is it? ”
What should I call this? Bone bones or weird dolls?
When I was thinking that there was a group to call dolls because of the strange sounds, the unknown bones rushed towards me with their arms.
If you look at their size, it's not that intimidating.
“I hate dirt! Hiya!”
Boo!
Lightly slash the first attack to determine their skill.
Squeak, squeak!
“... It's weak. ”
Bones bounced off every side with a single slash.
These guys are almost Goblins. Then they're not the ones who triggered the senses.
“What the hell……. ”
Papa Pa Pa!
“Queek……. ”
“Kure!”
This time, the ground splits wide as if they were a joke and they just spit them out into the same pile.
‘...... I wonder if they will experience it too. ’
An hour? Or at least a little more.
“Hah... This is too handy. ”
Despite swinging the sword for over an hour, it doesn't even feel like their number has greatly diminished.
At this rate, I would have fallen down even because of my physical strength.
“It's hard to expect level-up if you keep catching Goblins. ”
After reaching level 50, catching a few Miscellaneous Monsters has never experienced level up. Then we have to kill at least a thousand of these Boneheads before we can expect one.
“I can't. I have to think of another way. ”
First of all, we have some insight into who they are.
Those moving bones must be the undead monster skeletons that Jeff heard about. You can't move your bones without it.
The question is, why did undead monsters appear in the Castle of Babylon?
‘It wasn't like this until the last visit. It's been like this for months. ’
“Good. Let's go inside first. ”
“Queeeek!”
“Rrrrgh!”
Whoo-hoo!
Disperse!
You move forward slowly, crushing several skeletons at once.
The source of the senses. Something must be happening in the small spire in the middle of the center.
“Here we go! Haaaaah! ”
Pa-bak!
You swing your sword in a straight line with the mind of breaking through rather than defeating the skeleton as before. The battlefield was reckless enough for one man, but the only people here are skeletons with low combat strength.
It tickles even if they succeed in attacking through the gaps they make while running.
“Get out of my way, you bastards! ”
Break!
Despite no error, the skeletons are swept away by a powerful swing based on their strength.
The distance to the spire is only 50 meters. It's a distance you can reach in seconds if you just want to.
Curr
Then the ground shook again. Worse than ever.
“To spit out another skeleton? Try it.”
I don't know if I can defeat them all, but even if I break through a few Skeletons, I'm confident I'll get through.
But unlike I expected, what came out of the ground.
“Kiehe……. ”
“Curr……. ”
“It's not a skeleton...? More than that, they... ”
They were rotting everywhere, but the new ones were wearing leather unlike the skeleton. The hide of a monster so familiar.
“Orcs, Evelins, Chabel Tigers... and even Red Orcs. ”
Papa Papa Pa Pa!
“Grrrrrrrgh!”
And last but not least, he came out of the ground late.
“... Minotaurs are a little rough. ”
Small and medium, they don't stop there, even big monsters appear.
What the hell is he doing in the spire? But there's one thing he didn't think of.
Knng.
“If it was someone other than me, that would be a good decision... but not for me. ”
I am the player.
If you are a skeleton and give some experience while consuming health, it is possible to level up Medium and Large monsters.
That means I'm getting my stamina back.
“I'm getting stronger. ”
