Admission is a waste of time (111)
Lesson 23. Even if it’s a lie – 6
Let’s say that the population of a country that was doing well in medieval Europe on Earth was 10 million.
Even so, the population of the capital would not even be 300,000.
This country… … the capital of Sanctum was no different, with a population living within the capital’s walls of just under 200,000.
So it was possible.
what?
A national audition!
“Wow, it’s spectacular.”
A large plaza created by clearing away the surrounding buildings of the largest square in the capital for this soldier selection.
Ban Yu-won climbed up to the platform that was as high as a three-story building and looked down at the people gathered in the square.
Even if it was a national audition, it was realistically impossible to gather all the people of Sangtum, and there was no need to do so, so only the people living in the capital were gathered here.
‘The space that serves as the background for Room 27 is limited to this capital. Of course, it is very large, but you can see that both allies and enemies are present within it.’
Although it is an extreme theory, if all the people in front of you die, Room 27 will be cleared.
Ban Yu-won realized once again that power is supreme.
“Children under 10, seniors over 60, and pregnant women are all excluded?”
“That’s right. But besides that, I’ve summoned every single one of them, even those who are physically challenged. If it weren’t for your reputation, it wouldn’t have been possible even if His Majesty the King had ordered it. Isn’t it amazing that all these people have gathered to receive your blessings?”
“It’s a miracle.”
There are miracles and magic.
Everything is created by humans.
To be precise, it is the combination of a fairly strong state power and the illusion of a being with overwhelming appeal and recognition that has created today’s spectacle.
Ban Yu-won shed tears of emotion as he realized that his efforts over the past month had not been in vain.
“Now you’re brainwashing yourself. It was actually two days, half.”
“Let’s think about it from the perspective of the top now.”
I didn’t know this when I was doing Room 23 last time, but if the room is not a simple exploration or breakthrough type but a quest type (i.e., this applies to all rooms in this exploration starting from Room 23), it is possible to arbitrarily speed up or skip the passage of time.
Basically, time skips every time a shift happens, but you can also skip unnecessary wasted time as you progress through the rooms, which allowed you to compress a month-long journey into two days.
I would have passed over this without even knowing it if Yumina hadn’t kindly explained it to me after watching the previous video.
… … In fact, it is knowledge that is basically learned in the top research course, but it was not taught in the first year because ‘there is no case of reaching the quest room.’
“A blessing of light, you’re really good at making things.”
“Shh.”
Ruchel covered the mouth of Dokgo Yeon, who was complaining from behind.
In fact, the reason why there was no opposition even though all the citizens of the capital were called together was largely because Ban Yu-won declared that he would bestow upon the citizens the blessing of ‘protection from darkness’ with the power of the constellation of light that he possessed.
The public sentiment is already bad due to the epidemic (which was the main theme of Room 25, and was a side effect of the power of the claws of the dark forest) and the murders.
In such a time, who would be resistant if Ban Yu-won, the renowned Contractor of Light who travels around the country solving all these problems, offered to personally give a blessing?
Of course, the Wings and Claws contractors would not have wanted to be dragged here so easily.
But what can they do? Even if they rebel against it now, the situation is irreversible!
This summons was clearly a national order, and since it was accepted by all citizens, it was impossible for only some to sneak out.
That is why all the suspects gathered here.
“Okay, now it’s your turn.”
“All right.”
Ban Yu-won opened his mouth while standing in the center of the stage and looking down at the citizens.
He also did not forget to use his language magic to amplify his voice so that it would be heard throughout the plaza.
“Greetings, citizens of Sanctum. I have come here today to reassure you. I have come to banish disease and death, and bring light to the city.”
If you sell medicine a few times, you can turn cold medicine into a panacea.
As he visited rooms 24, 25, and 26 in two days in real time, Ban Yu-won’s words were getting hotter, and even though he hadn’t gotten to the main point, all the citizens were paying attention to Ban Yu-won.
If anyone here avoids his eyes, that guy is the culprit.
“I will bless you in the name of the one I serve. Your fears will disappear, and you will regain peace of mind and body. Neither illness nor death will dare to touch you.”
As Ban Yu-won spread his hands, a sphere of light with sparks appeared between them.
During this exploration, there were two things that grew significantly other than my speaking prowess: the depth of judgment gained every time I killed a villain, and the depth of my photon magic that steadily grew thanks to the light and dark magic that came out every time I killed a contractor.
Although it grows faster the lower the depth, the depth of his photon magic is currently 50.
It was a shame that Celon had cursed and cried several times, calling it a fraud.
But the guy seems to have forgotten that when he first met him, he absorbed the concept of the staff and achieved elemental magic depth 50 in one breath.
‘If there’s even the slightest intention to attack, it’ll be a disaster, so remove all offensive abilities.’
First, the diffusion of light is greatly increased.
Of course, since I didn’t make a contract with the Constellation of Light, I don’t know how to use the Blessing of Light, and I don’t even know if such a thing exists in the first place.
But we were able to make something plausible.
Whenever I had free time, I extracted the magical power I was lacking from the ‘magic storage’ talismans I had made, and I bestowed linguistic magic on each of the spheres of light that contained overwhelming magical power.
First of all, ‘warmth’ that will comfort the hearts of those who receive blessings.
Since the concept of the body cannot be interfered with, the result of finding a concept that can indirectly make one feel blessed was warmth.
Next is ‘tracking’, which involves finding people who meet the conditions desired by Ban Yu-won.
It goes without saying who he wants to find out.
In addition, the magic was completed by adding concepts such as ‘diffusion’ and ‘harmlessness’.
“Be blessed.”
A half-widow bursting a sphere while speaking with the most pious voice possible.
It was truly a spectacular sight to see it spread out into a square packed with hundreds of thousands of citizens.
[You gain a deeper understanding of the diffusion of light. Your photon magic depth has reached 55.]
-You grew again?!
‘Hey, then how many talismans filled with magic power did I use up? Of course, it should grow to this level.’
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The light that covered the entire square ‘blessed’ every citizen without exception, and strangely enough, it stayed on the heads of some of them for a long time.
The citizens, feeling the warm light being absorbed into their bodies, murmured in gratitude for the grace of God and expressed their admiration for the profound magical power of Ban Yu-won.
Of course, there were those who doubted whether this blessing was truly a blessing, namely, some skilled warriors and a very small number of magicians.
But when they saw what happened the next moment, they were convinced and kept their mouths shut.
“Oh my, He has given me a command! To stand up with the chosen ones of the light and defeat the darkness!”
Only when Ban Yu-won shouted in a desperate voice did he realize that this ridiculous event was nothing more than a play to create a ‘corps’.
If it had been Ban Yu-won who had done it alone, he would have no choice but to step forward as a warrior and magician loyal to this country, but now he has the King’s chamberlain, Count Durk, by his side.
If so, it is more natural to interpret that Count Durk borrowed the power of Banyuwon to create a new legion, and there is no reason to oppose this!
ruler.
That leaves us with one important fact:
Who was chosen?
“Who the hell… … ?”
“Oh, there really are people with lights floating above their heads!”
“Thank goodness it’s not me… … No, they are proud soldiers!”
Those chosen by the light.
In other words, these are the people that Ban Yu-won was trying to find with tracking magic.
To put it more simply, the contractors of wings and claws!
Instead of attacking them with light magic, Ban Yu-won was finding them all and locking on to them precisely!
“Me, me? That can’t be possible! I have no power!”
“There must have been something wrong. It wasn’t me!”
Citizens who noticed a ball of light floating above their heads were bewildered by the gazes of those around them and blindly denied reality… … .
Ban Yu-won drove the wedge in without hesitation.
“He said, If those chosen by the light gather together and form a legion, they will be able to overcome even the deepest darkness! The strength will come from Him. Do not be afraid, and follow His will.”
At this point, let me be honest.
Although it was said to be a national audition, the existence of the audition itself was a secret.
All the citizens who came to this place came thinking that they were receiving the blessing of light!
But does that mean they would be dissatisfied with this sudden selection?
That can’t be true.
It doesn’t matter whether the God of Light chose it or not.
Most people at this moment thought that it was okay as long as it wasn’t them!
“This is a conspiracy! The author is a fraud! He is committing fraud against the country! He is impersonating God!”
“In fact, I am the true contractor of the Light! He said that the author is acting righteously and killing our innocent compatriots!”
“Light? Rain, there’s no way light would choose me. There’s no way! Why doesn’t it disappear, this is… …!”
“Don’t lie! Don’t run away, go forward quickly!”
“Accept your sacred mission, my friend.”
“The Contractor of Light is calling!”
Among the 200,000 citizens, only about 500 were chosen by the light, and the remaining 199,500 citizens blocked the escape route of the chosen soldiers.
If even one of them drops out, wouldn’t they have to select a new soldier from among the remaining ones?
“Get out. Quickly! You have to get out to defeat the darkness!”
“The Constellation of Light chose you, and yet you frown so much? Are you dissatisfied? If you don’t do it, someone else will!”
“Get out! Quickly!”
“You have been chosen by the light. Don’t even think about running away!”
When a minority of members are in an unreasonable situation, the overwhelming majority will never act for them if their sacrifice can save them from the crisis.
That was the purpose of gathering all the citizens together in the first place.
This is the moment when all the work that Ban Yu-won has done in Room 24, Room 25, and Room 26 truly comes to fruition.
“her.”
Making the overwhelming majority your allies and deciding the fate of the minority at will.
Light sighed as he looked at it.
“How, how is it that everything is going as planned… …! Are they all idiots? Or… … is it because it’s fake?”
“Rather, it’s because he’s not stupid that he does that. Even if it’s fake, he still has the selfishness that humans have. … … Today, I learned a thing or two from Ban Yu-won.”
“It’s so cool, but it’s also really scary. I’m sure the people who watch the video will be scared too.”
Although he smiled bitterly at his colleagues’ words, Ban Yu-won narrowed his eyes and stared at his targets.
At first, they back down making all sorts of excuses, but then they show a glimpse of light magic, saying that they are the true contractors of light (wings), and then they are pushed forward by those who turn their backs, saying that this is why the light chose them as soldiers.
On the other hand, the winged ones are like the ones making excuses, but at some point, the clawed ones stand still as if they had received some kind of revelation.
‘Ah, so that’s the pattern? It definitely seems like the claws are smarter than the wings.’
When Ban Yu-won nodded, Dokgo Yeon, Ruchel, and Light, who had been waiting for this moment, quickly went down.
He also had Eve and Tyche, along with twenty-five swords, on standby.
And then it happened.
“Hahaha— hahahahahahahaha!”
“From now on― it is the time of night when the claws of the dark forest rule!”
“He is not a contract holder of light! Because we are not chosen by light― we are contract holders of darkness!”
A phenomenon unfolded over the capital city of Sangtum, the exact opposite of what had previously occurred in Room 23.
The dark magic flowing from hundreds of contractors began to gather in the air, turning the area dark!
The artificial night has come.
“From now until the end of our festival, it will be night! I will kill you all, kill you all!”
“I’m grateful to that friend of mine, the Contractor of Light, for creating this place for me!”
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
“Mom, I have no strength… … .”
Contractors of the Claws whose flesh changes under the influence of the night.
On the other hand, people start to fall down one by one due to the triggering of the trick of not being able to act at night.
The party members and their followers hurriedly moved to isolate and protect them from the contractors, but since they too could not act at night, if things continued this way, hell would soon break out in the square.
If Ban Yu-won had not anticipated and prepared for this situation in advance.
“Celone? We have to hurry. Before I collapse too.”
– Ready. Those guys really have an unimaginable amount of magic power. However, it doesn’t seem to be of high purity… … Yeah, I guess it won’t be that difficult.
Photon magic is magic that controls both light and darkness.
From the moment he saw the Wings of Justice materializing in Room 23 create day, Ban Yu-won knew that the opposite could also happen, and he sought a way to return the forcibly created day and night to their original state.
“Go.”
-good.
The conclusion was simple.
Since Ban Yu-won was also proficient in photon magic and understood its structure, it was not difficult for him to interfere with it and turn it back.
Just a little bit, especially with the addition of some linguistic magic.
That’s also a concept he knows quite well.
[Reversal]
The magical power that had been pouring out as it was from earlier and spreading throughout the plaza rose into the sky and attached itself to the dark magical power that was causing darkness.
[Dawn]
And then the curtain of night was torn to pieces, instantly turning the square back into daylight.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The Claw Contractors, who had been transformed into beasts and then returned to their original forms, looked dumbfounded, unable to grasp the situation.
On the other hand, the Wing contractors, who had held on well without collapsing even during the night that covered the square unlike other citizens (and thus gained more trust and recognition from the people), were also dumbfounded.
It was an atmosphere that Ban Yu-won had intentionally created.
“What are you guys doing? I think you have a general idea now.”
Ban Yu-won smiled and gave them an order.
“From now on, let’s kill each other.”
“Ah, ahh… … .”
Anyone who refuses that word now will be guilty.
Fortunately, since the moment the Claw’s contractors used dark magic, it was calculated as a ‘first strike’, so Ban Yu-won’s attack order did not receive any penalty.
How is he so smart but so clumsy when dealing with woman!!!!!!