Temple of the Dark Cult.
Mincheol, who logged out of Baek Knight Anchovy, logged back in to Labo.
“Oh, this is hard… … .”
After a long time of playing as my main character, I was more tired than I thought.
‘… … No, is this the real character now?’
Labo looked down at his hands.
Two hands wrapped in pitch-black gauntlets, the complete opposite of the white knight in white armor.
Demon King Labo.
Now, character level, item level, and even simple specs are far superior.
It would be appropriate to view Labo as the main character and Anchovy as the sub-character.
‘But there is an order to raising them… … Hmm.’
After thinking about it for a while, Labo eventually came to the conclusion, “Of course, so what?”
Both are their own characters.
What does the order of the main and sub characters matter? Just use them where necessary.
With that thought in mind, I entered the audience room.
“… … .”
I was able to spot some of the Nightbringer guild members grinning mischievously.
“Hey, Knight of Justice.”
Let Cain call it first,
“Wow, White Knight~!”
“You’re so cool~ I’m a fan~ Gyaaaaah~.”
Oasis and Rabbit came running towards me, squealing.
“Everyone, shut up! Don’t call me that!”
Labo cut him off, looking slightly embarrassed.
Luckily, Oldman and Uggle King were out doing other things.
In particular, Aggle King would have gone crazy and made fun of this sight… … .
“I saw your character move for the first time! It was amazing!”
Oasis clasped her small hands together, her eyes sparkling wildly.
“Well, since it’s my main character… … my skill level is high.”
Labo scratched his chin, looking embarrassed.
Anchovy is an account that has been with Mincheol since the beginning of Wings.
Even though I was an operator and director, I couldn’t participate in martial arts competitions, my ranking in the arena was at a moderate level, and I couldn’t join a proper guild, so I only played solo…
Mincheol himself is a hard gamer.
I honed my skills by pushing myself to my limits.
Rather, the battle just now was fought after a long time of logging in and being slightly out of sync.
The doctor standing in the corner broke out in a cold sweat.
‘Come to think of it, is that how I’ve been flying around with this newly created account…?’
It is said that the account and lab were created about a month ago.
Are you saying you’ve become this good in just one month?
‘Wasn’t he a director for nothing… … .’
No, usually, just because someone is a director doesn’t mean they are good at gaming.
Because making games, being good at it, and liking it are all different fields.
But Mincheol met all three of those conditions. That’s why he had such monstrous skills.
“Ahem! Okay, anyway!”
Labo cleared his throat and turned his gaze toward the screen where the broadcast was on.
“Let’s check the alliance’s movements again. When will they start a war?”
On the broadcast sites, everyone was covering the battle from a little while ago.
The outlaws’ quick surprise attack and the coalition’s inadequate response.
And the mysterious knight who saved the union and disappeared… … .
“I extended your life… … .”
Labo snickered as he saw himself flying around on the screen wearing white armor.
“… … Shouldn’t the Union repay me properly?”
That gratitude is something that catches everyone’s attention.
This makes it easier for the Nightbringer to invade Solar Terra.
Oasis pursed her lips as she watched her master again, who was observing the movements of the Union and the outlaws.
Thanks to watching the master’s actions a little while ago, Oasis was able to get a hint on how to become stronger.
‘Sub-character… …!’
Oasis clenched both hands tightly.
‘I can do it too!’
The girl’s blue eyes sparkled with clear determination.
‘I can become stronger, stronger… …!’
* * *
Second occupied territory.
Hill of Opportunity.
“… … .”
Aaron was looking around the destroyed occupied area with the other guild masters.
The situation was dire.
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Most of the eastern palisade wall had collapsed, and the gate was almost completely destroyed.
Several internal structures were also hit by projectiles and destroyed.
The casualties were also enormous, and even after several hours, the area in front of the temple was still crowded with users.
“It’s because of my incompetence.”
Aaron spat out briefly.
“… … .”
Captain Drake, the guild master of the Invincible Fleet who had connected late, listened to those words quietly while carrying his luggage on his back.
“Everything the White Knight said was right. We formed a force, declared war, and… … we let our guard down. We were complacent. We should have always been prepared to protect our users.”
“Who would have thought that a war could be declared without a declaration of war?”
Captain Dre looked down at the slingshot stuck in the ground of the occupied territory with a look of shock on his face.
“… … We, who blindly believed in the war system, are also responsible.”
“I’m the one in charge. It’s my fault. I should have been more… … thorough.”
Aaron, who had been looking at the floor with his lips tightly shut, raised his head.
“But thanks to it, I learned an important lesson.”
Aaron turned around and looked around at the guild masters.
“We will immediately organize the Union forces. We will prepare for war with the mindset that we can be attacked at any time and that we can attack at any time.”
Captain Dre asked.
“Are you going to postpone hitting the shooter?”
“No, we will attack as planned.”
Aaron looked east with sharp eyes, toward the three occupied areas that were nearby.
“Anyway, the outlaws’ surprise attack failed. It won’t be without its impact on their morale. I’ll take advantage of that gap.”
Aaron raised his hand and declared.
“As originally planned, we will attack the Third Occupation Area Commander-in-Chief in two days.”
The guild masters nodded.
“Each guild master, please compile the number of troops that can be called up from your guild and inform me of that. Also, the number of siege weapons that can be supported. Please prepare them so that they can fight at any time.”
“Okay.”
“Let’s do that.”
After receiving everyone’s agreement, Aaron took a deep breath and continued.
“And… … This time, we will be accepting participation from general users as well.”
Everyone’s faces turned surprised.
The Free Knights League has been allowing voluntary participation from general users for some time now.
But making it official was another matter.
Even more so now that the union has been formed.
“The outlaws are rampantly increasing their power. We need numbers, too.”
Even if you add up all the guild members of the union, there are only about 2,000 of them. That’s a lot compared to the number of outlaws.
Aaron intended to fill that gap with regular users.
“We will provide equipment and consumables to the general users who participate in this battle. We will announce that we will all fight together.”
Users were seen helping with the reconstruction work in various places in the fallen occupied territories.
“Everyone must have been outraged by the surprise attack by the outlaws. I will actively use public sentiment.”
After all, the cause is theirs.
“… … Let’s use everything we can.”
Aaron clenched his fists.
“I absolutely cannot lose… … .”
* * *
Third occupied territory.
Sagittarius.
“Shit!”
Changdu, who had disbanded the troops that had participated in the surprise attack, entered the occupied barracks, feeling irritable.
“You idiots, you can’t even take that one down… …!”
bang!
Unable to control his anger, he slammed the wall, sending rocks flying everywhere.
Changdu is forced to grind his teeth,
“Huh~ You’ve made it look nice, Changdu?”
Inside the barracks, a thief user wearing light armor was laughing and laughing unluckily.
He was a cute-looking boy, with a round, curled horn skin sticking out from the top of his head.
Changdu glared at him fiercely.
“Get out of here, shepherd, you’re so dirty.”
“Anyway, it’s rough~.”
The thief boy giggled.
User ID ‘Shepherd Boy’.
He was one of the few staff members of the outlaw camp who made these lawless outlaws, who only knew how to charge, move somewhat like humans.
“So, you could have just done it my way from the beginning. Why didn’t you just get upset after seeing the interview yesterday… .”
“Shut up. I’ll take care of it.”
… … The problem is that the leader doesn’t listen to his staff.
The shepherd boy let out a deep sigh and stared blankly at the back of Changdu, who was still grumbling and unable to let go of his anger.
‘So this is how Fan Zeng ends up next to Xiang Yu.’
But still, it’s fun to be on the outlaws’ side.
The shepherd boy continued talking, smiling broadly.
“So, what are we going to do? When those guys invade in two days.”
“What can I do? I have to go out and fight and kill him.”
“Are you still saying that? Are you really going to fight outside the occupied territory?”
Changdu had been saying from the beginning that if the alliance came, they would fight over the river between the two occupied territories, the Parian River.
The shepherd boy was steadfast in his opposition.
“The Sagittarius here are perfectly prepared. If we go for the Mercury Battle formation, there’s no way we’ll fall. Why would we give up that advantage and go out into the open fields to fight?”
“… … .”
Changdu was ferocious, but he was not stupid.
I knew that the shepherd boy’s words were much more reasonable.
but,
“Here, I can only defeat them. What I want is their certain defeat.”
From the beginning, Changdu’s purpose in fighting was different.
“If we hit those who cross the Parian River, we will have the geographical advantage. We can just push them back and drown them all in the river.”
“… … .”
The shepherd boy kept his mouth shut.
If the goal is to annihilate each other, then Changdu’s words may make sense.
Because the enemy wants to fight with the river behind them.
‘The problem is that it doesn’t have to be that way.’
The fight over territories in the New World is a fight for land. It is a thorough fight to divide up vested interests.
If we just guard this fort well, we could make a lot of money by mining and selling moonstone from the nearby mines for at least several months.
Why would you take a gamble just to finish off your opponent?
‘After several days of continuous conflict, Changdu has lost his cool.’
I wondered if he would even listen properly, but I guess it was the role of a staff member to give advice.
“If it were a battle on Mercury, our winning percentage would be over 90%, but if it were an all-out war on flat ground, it would be less than 50%. You know that, don’t you?”
Changdu turned his eyes and looked at the shepherd boy. The shepherd boy continued speaking.
“The quality of the soldiers is different. We only have a little over a thousand advanced personnel who have systematically learned group combat in the guild. Even if we force ourselves to increase the size, we can only have three thousand. The rest are all just idiots.”
“… … We are all good at PK.”
“It’s hard to PK a user who is sitting still by hitting them in the back of the head. If you fight camp to camp, there’s nothing to be afraid of. That advantage is basically nonexistent.”
The shepherd boy counted his fingers one after another.
“The Union is lined up with a bunch of named aces. What are we going to do with the Free Knights League right now? Is there a single guild that can beat them in close combat?”
“Huh, the arena rankers are just hothouse flowers that play within the set rules. Field battles are different.”
“We don’t have a gardener to cut those plants!”
“We’ve been named too! This is a world full of monsters!”
That was also true.
Even in the outlaw camp, there were many monsters whose name value was not lacking.
but.
“So where are all those smart guys?”
“… … .”
Changdu couldn’t answer.
That’s right.
This was the biggest problem.
The lawbreakers’ masters… … did not listen to the dirty words and ate them.
“These uncontrollable monsters whose whereabouts are still unknown, will they move well according to your intentions in battle?”
“… … .”
“No matter how strong you are, what’s the point? If you don’t move as the command center intends, then you’re not on our side anymore. You’re a troll.”
Although Changdu was seething inside, he also knew that the shepherd boy’s words were right.
“An all-out war is too dangerous in this state. Let’s just stay calm and defend the city.”
“Tch.”
The tongue-licking Changdu roughly left the occupied barracks.
“I’ll think about it, so stop talking.”
The shepherd boy sighed as he watched Changdu disappear behind him, grumbling.
‘But you still think about it.’
If there had been no such minimal virtue as a leader, the lawless forces would not have grown to such a large size.
“So, so… what happens?”
The corners of the shepherd boy’s mouth curled up as he glared thinly toward the west where the alliance was to be held.
“Who will inherit the supremacy of the New World…?”
* * *
“Tch, you little shepherd. If only your mouth was still alive… … .”
Changdu grumbled and entered his private barracks.
The 3rd occupied territory commander had almost fully equipped the occupied territory upgrades with the profits from the high tax rate.
There was even a personal space for the occupying guild master.
Changdu, who was entering his barracks while constantly grumbling, suddenly stopped. Inside the dark barracks, someone was standing with his back turned.
How dare you enter a space that you have told no one else to enter!
“What kind of a brat is that-!”
The spearman drew his sword from his waist and swung it at his opponent.
visor-!
However, both swords only scratched the opponent’s armor and did not cause any real damage.
“… … ?!”
It was the first time he had ever worn a 15-strong weapon. Changdu’s eyes widened.
His own devastating strike, which cut his enemies in two with one blow, only caused a couple of bruises on his opponent’s black lion armor.
“… … It’s been a while, Changdu.”
The opponent who was attacked from the back calmly turned around.
“Are you still so impatient?”
The two eyes of Changdu, which were already large, opened even wider, almost as if they were going to pop out.
The man standing in front of Changdu is none other than… …
Season 1: The Tyrant of the Blood Pact, Oldman.
