◈ 396. [Side Story] Dream Team
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A dry wind blows over the bridge.
Plague Commander Raven, Crown and his subordinates, 2 highwaymen.
These three forces are targeting us, and we are caught up in the middle.
Looking at the eyes of the three forces aiming their weapons at each other, I cautiously and slowly opened my mouth.
“We can’t stay like this forever, so let’s sort things out… … First, the crown. Aren’t you guys just taking Mason with you?”
I turned to Raven standing behind me.
“And Raven. Can you just take Salome with you? Wouldn’t it be a happy ending for everyone if they parted ways with their children, which is their goal?”
me?
I’m going alone on my way now
Hearing my words, Salome was taken aback.
“No, wait! ash! Are you going to abandon me?!”
“huh.”
《Are you handing over your precious comrades to the enemies, and you slip away like a bobbed lizard?!》
“huh.”
Since when did you say you were soul mates? Let’s tear apart at this point and go our separate ways. Of course, the place you will go is the grave.
I thought it was a reasonable proposal in its own way, but Crown replied in a cold tone.
“No, Ash. I will take you too.”
“Eh… … .”
“The reason you left me wandering around in the darkness of this place was because there was no order from the King of Kings. But I can’t turn a blind eye to your entry into the deepest part of this place. You will be taken to the King of Kings immediately.”
Raven’s reaction was no different.
《The opponent’s king has fallen right in front of you, do you think we’ll just watch him run away? Ash, I’ll turn you into a handful of blood. I will bury you on my farm with Salome… … !》
Then, Crown and Raven started fighting each other saying that they would take me away.
“My authority as the King of Kings’ inspectorate takes precedence! I’ll take Ash!”
“gibberish! I am also a direct vassal of the King of Kings and his ally! My authority is higher! That guy is mine!”
No, I’ve said it over and over, but I don’t need this kind of popularity.
“Everyone is greedy… … .”
There seems to be no room for negotiations with these two forces. In the end, I sighed and looked at the last negotiator.
There were two highwaymen.
“Daegyeop two minutes.”
Respectfully showing an example, I said.
“I actually have a lot of money.”
“Yes?”
“Even though it looks like this, on the ground, it uses strength. I don’t know if you know a country called Everblack, but I’m the prince of that country.”
To the two who suddenly looked as if they were talking about something, I presented the main point.
“If you help me escape to the surface, I will give you half of my fortune.”
“… … !”
Just as these robbers demand.
I’ll give you half of my wealth.
What’s the point of a few gold coins? If only you would help me return from this hell to the earth… … !
Two pairs of madman eyes shining through the scattered white hair looked at each other. The two old men glared at me again.
“How can you believe that?”
“The commander of the Nightmare Corps and the last unit of the Lake Kingdom are obsessed with me this much. Doesn’t that just prove my importance?”
Behind me, Salome nodded enthusiastically. Ah, this guy is also the commander of the Nightmare Corps.
I looked around and shrugged.
“I think business is not good anyway… … Why don’t you hit it big, retire and live a comfortable old age?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The two old men giggled at each other, then took a yellowish piece of parchment from their bosom and handed it to me.
“Write a memorandum.”
“yes?”
“Take a hit.”
“… … .”
“Let’s write another copy of the same here, and share one with each other. That’s right, like that.”
No, it doesn’t happen that way, so it’s surprisingly thorough.
A memorandum of cooperation was soon drawn up. Roughly speaking, ‘The Distressed Troupe helps Ash escape the dungeon.
If Ash escapes the dungeon, half of his property will be paid to the Disaster Relief Corps’.
Well, anyway, anyway, I took sides like that.
“The party of 5 is complete.”
Human Commander, Ash.
Commander of the Dream Demon Corps, Salome.
Half-man, half-beast task force, Mason.
Two bandits belonging to the Jonan Manghyangdan, a sword demon and a spearman.
The fantastic dream team, the miraculous 5-person pot, was completed.
I don’t know if this is a combination of maggots with no roots, but in the end, the number is right… … !
And while this side was building a 5-man pot, the negotiations between Raven and Crown, who were fighting over my future, were also over.
《I will kill you, Crown!》
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“Ha, didn’t you say that last time too, Plague Lord?”
It seems that this side did not produce such a positive result.
《The reason I haven’t released my powers in the meantime is to use Salome as a seedbed for my new plague… … It was to avoid contamination.”
Raven snarled in a terrifying voice as if boiling phlegm, and spread her hands wide open.
“But you won’t look at me anymore! All of you, get swept away by the waves of disease demons!”
The hem of the Plague Corps Commander’s coat fluttered, and a terrible aura emanated from it.
Chow ah!
It’s different from before.
In the past, I met an alter ego, not the main body of Raven, and what the alter ego spewed was not a real plague, but a phantom pain called [Phantom Pain], a fake plague.
But this guy is the real Raven himself.
Sprinkling is also a real pestilence!
‘Damn you bastard! It’s just as terrible in the game and here!’
A foul-smelling green mist gathered around Raven’s body, then spread in all directions.
His first pattern is to spray that poisonous mist that does dot damage.
No matter what plague pattern you develop later, you start with this poison board unconditionally.
You have to fight him on this field where your stamina is constantly being cut.
I clicked my tongue and thought of the number of patterns he would develop later… … .
Hwaaak!
It was then.
The green fog that covered the bridge stopped moving around me for some reason.
“… … ?”
huh? what?
Raven’s poison fog could not penetrate within a 5m radius around me. I narrowed my eyes and looked at this strange phenomenon. Did I have this special ability?
“You guys… … ?》
Even Raven was embarrassed. Raven again deployed the next Plague.
《I’ll rot-!》
Charleureuk!
This time, a cascade of flies, bats, and crows cascaded from within his cloak and swept across the bridge.
However, the vectors of the plague also passed by without being able to approach a radius of about 5m around me.
“… … ?”
what?
why?
People quietly gathered around me, not knowing why.
Our hastily formed 5-person pot, as well as the Crown and Nightcrawler troops, stood behind me, embarrassed.
“excuse me… … .”
“Well, I’ll avoid it for a while… … .”
While waiting for the bus, as the shower started pouring down, I could hear the conversation of the person next to me as if I was using an umbrella.
The whole of the wide bridge was infested with plague, but only my surroundings were calm. what harmony is this
“No way, you bastard… … .》
Then Raven shook his shoulders and stuttered.
“Have you eaten? Peninsula… … ?》
“Peninsula? What is it.”
《The supreme peach stolen from my farm!》
“ah. Those that tasted better than those canned peaches?”
It sounds like your name is Bando. Baekdo and Hwangdo seem to be the names of these kinds of peaches.
“Oh, I ate everything… … It was so delicious.”
I don’t like fruit very much, so I ate it all on the spot, so it was quite good.
Why, does it feel like a peach from a fruit snack at a pub? If I had to pay for it, I wouldn’t order it without swearing, but I actually enjoy the fruit snacks someone ordered. It was just so subtly delicious.
《Neno Ohm! Dare to take that peach, that peach… … !》
Raven shuddered.
No, that, no matter how precious the fruit is, it’s a bit… … It doesn’t seem… … .
At that time, Crown, who was listening to the conversation, laughed out loud.
“Ash, the peach you ate is a treasure that was cherished and nurtured by injecting enormous magic power here at the royal farm.”
“Oh yeah? Is it expensive?”
“I can’t put a price on it… … Do you know that the people of the Lake Kingdom studied immortality?”
A bitter smile crept across Crown’s lips.
“The royal family of the Lake Kingdom made every effort to obtain an immortal life. He studies magic to increase lifespan, develops ways to transfer souls into new bodies… … I also developed all kinds of elixirs.”
suddenly came to mind
The curse that fell on all the people of the Lake Kingdom – ‘the curse of eternal life’.
The root cause of their suffering at the bottom of this lake for hundreds of years.
Did the curse of eternal life also come from pursuing an immortal life?
“The peach you ate came from the development of the Elixir of Immortality. There was no such effect as immortality, but instead… … It makes the user invulnerable to all diseases.”
“aha… … !”
So, does that mean that it gives resistance to poison-attribute attacks?
“… … I thought it was just one of the many elixirs developed at that time, but I never thought it would be effective enough to prevent Raven’s plague. I didn’t know either.”
I looked around in admiration at Crown’s words. The miasma still doesn’t even come close to me.
You made me chew the pattern of the corps commander like this!
Thanks, Magic-Peach!
“Nana, Nana! compliment! compliment!”
Salome, who had bought the peach, hurriedly beckoned her to praise herself, but she ignored it.
I glared at Raven and grinned.
“Be the Lord of the Plague. It’s too bad.”
《… … !》
“Your attack patterns are largely divided into two. The first is the real plague that the main body sows. The second is phantom pain caused by an alter ego.”
I strode toward Raven.
Then the other people who were close behind me followed, and Raven hesitated and backed away.
“But the real plague is the peach you cherished, and phantom pain is a mental disorder, so I can chew it all with my own power.”
《Kuh… … ?!”
“Is this, it seems I have become your living, breathing nemesis?”
The trembling Raven ferociously muttered.
“Don’t be c*cky, human… … ! My plague is constantly evolving. I will definitely break through the panacea that you luckily obtained… … !》
Then, flapping his cloak,
“Let’s see… … ! Surely, surely only you… … !》
charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
With that kind of third-class villain exit line, just like when they appeared, they changed into crows and hordes of field mice and disappeared.
I snorted. No, it’s true that I countered with one elixir by luck.
It is also a fact that I have the method of attacking the plague corps established in the game.
Even if you haven’t eaten this peach, I can catch you, man!
“compliment! compliment! Quickly!”
“… … .”
I tried to ignore the clinging Salome and looked back. OK.
seureung… … !
Before we knew it, the Crown and Nightcrawler troops, who had distanced themselves from us, were aiming their weapons at us. I clicked my tongue.
“Sir… … You avoided all the showers, right?”
“Thanks to that, I was able to easily avoid the Plague Lord’s attack, Ash. But that is that and this is this.”
Crown grinned and raised a hand.
“Has our record so far been 1v1? just the third. Wouldn’t it be a good time to decide the outcome?”
“Damn it… … You have infinite life coins. Even if I win this time, won’t you come again saying you want to win the fourth time?”
“Ha ha, that won’t happen. because… … .”
It was then.
that buck! that buck! that buck!
Dozens of new Nightcrawler members appeared on the other side of the bridge. Crown nodded.
“The match will end here.”
“… … .”
I was stunned by the number of guys filling the other side of the bridge.
Plague Legion- Raven is a gimmick-oriented boss monster.
If the guy can destroy only the core patterns, the level on this side is low and the number is low, it can be cleared somehow.
But these Nightcrawler bastards are honestly pushing the numbers.
NPCs whose hero character is judged one by one.
Dozens of white smiling masks approached over the dark bridge and drew their weapons. I gritted my teeth and glared at them. How to break through these guys… … ?
Knock knock.
Then someone tapped me on the shoulder.
When I turned my head there, there were two robbers who had joined my party this time – a sword demon and a spearman.
The two madmen said to me, grinning with sparse yellow teeth.
“Let’s bounce!”
“yes? Where?”
“Where are you?”
The two madmen pointed to the deep darkness under the bridge and spoke confidently.
“To the ‘bottom’!”
