How to Survive as a Player Chapter 70

#70

To him, Sehyeon might have been a flower that bloomed on the battlefield. The most common phrase he heard when checking trustworthiness was ‘You are very small.’

When I smiled quietly while facing him, Rakwin slightly averted his gaze. However, the eyes turned to Sehyun again. What was so quiet? He didn’t say anything, but only had straight gazes.

“Shall we go?”

As I grabbed the large hand blocking the sunlight, I felt my fingertips flinch and stiffen. His hand was spread wide, but he could barely grasp his index and middle fingers. Still, Rak Win did not remove his hand.

All Sehyun could do was this. Perhaps because he resembled Sehyeon, the retainers were very hungry for affection. I was always anxious and wanted confirmation of my affection in any form.

Rather, it was less so when I was a member of the Heavenly Geum clan. The thirst shown by the retainers who had become Black Heavenly Clan was close to obsession. However, since he never asked for anything in particular, Sehyun always had a hard time raising trust.

But I felt like I knew the feelings of heroes now.

“… Ruhak, do you eat rice?”

“yes.”

Although it was a short statement, there was nothing more reassuring than that. Sehyeon moved towards the castle tower as planned. It would have been better to wait for Ruhak to come first, but what Fan had said bothered me.

That ‘premiere’.

When the ranking system was first introduced, a ‘banquet’ was held at Ellix. The organizer was Elix itself, and invitations were only sent to road players ranked in the top 50.

Sehyeon didn’t go at that time. That’s why he didn’t know whether the banquet was successful or what it was for.

The banquet was not held again after that. Perhaps there were no attendees.

The premiere literally meant an invitation to a banquet. However, was the current banquet actually hosted by Elix? Sehyeon’s thoughts on that were ‘no’.

It was clear that someone was trying to hold a banquet under a pretense and pretense with a lot of money.

And unlike last time, most of the invited road players will probably attend this banquet. It was a place where one could observe the trends of the empire. In addition, it even keeps enemy countries in check.

However, if there was one thing that bothered me, it was ‘achievement’. [Building an Imperial Alliance] appeared there. (3/100)] is an achievement.

There was a very low probability that someone had held a banquet with this in mind. The question was whether road players would really agree with this.

And above all, you needed the Archduke’s permission to go there.

“… Win. If I had to go see other kings… Will the Archduke allow it?”

“If road safety is your top priority, you won’t allow it.”

It was a voice so resolute as to be heavy. That was the will of the Archduke and the will of all heroes. Sehyun slowly shook her head at the firm words.

“I changed my mind. “Let’s go to Mr. Kwak Jeong-han.”

Rakwin’s expression suddenly became grim. No, it was more accurate to say that he became serious. The way he held and released the ax on his back was somehow solemn. Seeing the wary look, Sehyun was about to say something, but just stopped.

In the end, I ended up feeling sorry for Kwak Jeong-han again. At this point, Kwak Jeong-han was a Bodhisattva.

Jeha, I hope you are doing well.

The weapons refinery was so busy and always boiling hot that I couldn’t set foot inside it. Still, if the sound of Keppel living with his disciple like that can be heard even inside the castle tower, it probably means that he is doing well. Sehyeon took comfort in that fact.

When I think about it, it was an extremely peaceful daily life. But it also felt like it was going to rain soon.

What made me realize that that feeling was not an illusion was when Ruhak, who had made all the decisions that night, came to me with a letter.

In the letter, there was a request to attend the ‘Imperial Banquet’ to personally take steps to promote friendship and exchange between the empires. It was an invitation to the banquet that Fan had mentioned.

The invitation had bold text stating that only one accompanying person and the Grand Duke were allowed to attend. And Ruhak’s decision regarding the premiere was ‘accept’.

The location is the imperial territory of the ‘Cavalry Empire of Adin’.

It was the slopes of Bisanbiya, located in a place that takes two days to travel by Mapok Airship. It was also called ‘Biya’s Waterfall’ because it was surrounded by a large waterfall.

There were about a hundred people invited, and Sehyeon was the first nobleman to be invited. The number stamped on the invitation proved it.

If the invitation was sent based on empire ranking, those invited would probably be those ranked 100th in the empire ranking.

There was nothing to worry about. If I didn’t attend this imperial banquet, it was obvious that everyone would think and guess what they wanted. For example, the absence of a king. In that case, it was a situation that could easily lead to an invasion.

All road players will want to attend, if only to let people know that the king is alive and well. We also had to check the inside story of the banquet.

The event will be held three days from today.

“Get ready.”

It’s so far away that even if we leave tomorrow, we don’t know if we’ll arrive on time. There may be empires that set out as soon as they were invited. There was a restriction that invasion portals should not be used because they were considered enemies.

Sehyun also decided to join us. In another three days. It was the day it all began.

The sound of the spring spinning pierced my ears.

***

The departure of the Black Empire took place early the next morning. Before boarding the airship, I also informed Baek Do-hyeon and Lee Jae-young of the issues regarding the imperial banquet. As expected, both of them received their premieres at the same time as Se-hyeon, and it has been said that they are discussing this with the Archduke.

I didn’t bother to ask about attendance. Sehyun ended the communication by simply saying that they would meet each other when the opportunity presented itself, and boarded the airship while receiving the worried gazes of the heroes.

The crew of the airship consisted of the minimum number of vassals who assisted in the operation of the airship. About ten people or so.

From now on, we had to move for two days. This was about the same distance as the Mabok airship, but it would have taken ten days for a normal Bpok airship. As the Mapok airship, which emerged at the start of sailing, produced tremendous power and escaped the empire, the interior of the hull was changed to full glass and the exterior view was projected onto the glass.

It was around that time that I realized signs of something wrong with my body.

At first, I started stumbling. Later, I couldn’t stand up so I almost sat down on a chair, but I was out of breath and tinnitus came from time to time, so I had to lie down in the cabin.

It was much later that I found out that it was due to the output energy wave coming from the L-class magic stone.

Because of this, Se-hyeon had to move while lying down almost in pain for two days. After a long time of suffering like a person suffering from seasickness without even being able to get out of bed, finally, after a hellish time, the waterfall of Biya, the territory of the ‘Cavalry Empire Adin’, appeared.

It was the foot of a mountain with a deep river on one side and a huge waterfall. The cavalry empire of Adin was a great nation boasting a vast territory, and was an empire with a combat-oriented people ranked 7th in the empire rankings. Additionally, the king of the cavalry empire was a woman.

In Elix, all physical characteristics created based on aptitude tests were reflected in the game characters, so the character’s appearance and physique itself were quite similar to actual players. Therefore, gender could be hidden, but it could not be completely changed.

Therefore, the prestige of the two female players in the top 10 was treated almost like a winged horse.

The Cavalry Empire and the White Coat Empire.

They were the idols and symbols of all female players.

“The airship has been anchored. “We will be moving to the hangar soon, so please disembark quickly.”

“haha… thank you.”

Se-hyeon went down the steep stairs, holding on to both of his arms and smiling at the retainers who helped him disembark. Ruhak, who went down first, was looking at Sehyun with a rather crooked gaze.

“Rod, please be careful.”

“Take care of yourself.”

To the retainers who were looking at me with concern, Sehyeon smiled as if telling them not to worry. And only after seeing the airship being moved to the hangar did he turn his back and approached Ruhak.

Behia and other moisture-filled air entered deep into my lungs. The smell of water was mixed in the cool breeze. The sight of the mountains surrounding the vast empire was majestic itself.

Maybe that’s why I couldn’t take my eyes off it. In addition, the thick fog beyond the waterfall depicted the snowy mountains we were accustomed to seeing in winter.

This was a place that Sehyun had never been to before.

“I will not tell you to behave in accordance with authority and prestige. However, you must never bend your head.”

Ruhak’s gaze was not directed at Sehyeon, but beyond. His wary eyes were different from other days.

“Aren’t you going together?”

“The Archduke’s position will be restricted. “I guess it’s just observation.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the sound of horses’ hooves behind me. Even if you listen roughly, there are about three. Sehyeon slowly turned his back and greeted the people rushing towards him.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting!”

It was a half-human, half-horse race of the cavalry empire. They were the Centaurs that people knew. Its gigantic body was entirely made up of muscles.

“Did you bring an invitation to the premiere?”

“Are we late?”