East of Iceberg.
A hill where the Demon King and the NPC army of the ‘Swallowed Kingdom’ face off.
Cookies and cookies!
A huge dark aura swept through, and NPC soldiers were swept away like autumn leaves, scattered in all directions.
“Reorganize your ranks!”
“Don’t back down!”
However, the NPC soldiers did not care and formed up again to attack.
Phew-!
In terms of pure power, Labo was several dimensions above them.
Thud, thud.
The Demon King never stopped. He just moved forward, carelessly scattering his swords in all directions.
On all four sides, the four knights of the Dark God stood guard, and at the rear, Oasis was supporting him with heals and buffs.
Just six.
In the advance of the six, 100,000 NPC soldiers were helplessly torn apart like fruit being ground in a blender.
What good is it if an army of 100,000 moves as one?
No matter how much a swarm of ants eats a beast, their opponent is not a beast, but a demon king.
Its power reached the level of divine power. From the beginning, it was impossible to inflict damage through a head-on confrontation.
‘Yeah, I know.’
Elaine came here knowing full well that fact.
‘You can’t win by fighting.’
I knew that much from the first time I saw that Demon King in the burning palace.
He knew all too well, ever since his father, whom he believed to be the strongest in the world, sacrificed himself to save him.
Nevertheless, he went to the battlefield and led his soldiers into hell.
Elaine gritted her teeth and pulled the bowstring.
Wedge!
An arrow flew, casting a halo of light.
Labo didn’t even try to stop it. He just took the attack with his body.
The arrows failed to penetrate the thick breastplate, and the damage was minimal.
Even that was immediately restored by Oasis.
“It tickles.”
The muttering Labo continued to advance.
The change of heart of the NPC army was unexpected, but it was rather a blessing for Labo.
‘The decision of the world!’
The world’s decision that Elaine has.
If you destroy that, the game will end right away. There’s no need to go through the trouble of destroying the Old Continent or the New Continent.
‘I don’t know what you were thinking, Elaine. You made a mistake.’
Elaine should never have gone into battle.
I should have run away to the ends of the earth and kept the world’s decisions hidden away.
But I came here on my own two feet!
‘I’ll end it here!’
Labo quickened his pace. The Demon King and his men advanced towards Elaine even faster.
“Your Majesty the Queen! You must step down!”
The NPC commander unit shouted urgently.
NPC shield bearers were flying through the air, screaming and spraying blood, right in front of the naked eye.
But Elaine shook her head and pulled back the bowstring.
“No, a little more! I have to pull it in a little more!”
“but!”
“Do as I first instructed! Trust me!”
“… … Understood. All troops! Defend!”
The NPC army’s rebellion became more intense.
But the difference in power does not change.
Labo and the Four Knights dug deep into the NPC army.
Eventually, we reached a point where Elaine’s face was clearly visible.
Labo smiled through his helmet. There was no way he could miss Elaine at this distance.
‘I almost got it!’
With that thought in mind, Labo takes another step forward.
Kookookookookook!
From the direction of the Iceberg Fortress, a huge shaking sound was heard.
“… … ?”
Labo, startled by the sudden loud noise, turned around quickly.
Behind the Iceberg Fortress.
To be precise, it is a huge snow-capped valley surrounded by a fortress.
“what?”
There, a huge avalanche was pouring down so fiercely that it seemed as if it would swallow up the Iceberg Fortress.
“An avalanche event?”
Labo muttered softly in embarrassment.
Iceberg has a ‘disaster’ event that occurs periodically.
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Sometimes, northern wolves attack, and sometimes, an army of dragons march south from the North Sea.
And sometimes, avalanches like this one happen and cover the city.
As a fortress city that protects the continent from the northernmost enemies, the city’s users must work together to carry out these disaster events, and if successful, they will receive huge rewards.
That’s how it got its nickname, the city of war.
Because users always garrison in a fully prepared state in preparation for periodically occurring world events.
‘But isn’t it not the avalanche event season now?’
If so, there is only one answer.
It was not a natural avalanche, but rather an avalanche that was artificially caused by someone.
‘But the avalanche trigger is at the top of the mountain. It blocks users from getting there… … .’
As he thought about that, Labo unconsciously hit his forehead on top of the helmet.
The trigger for the avalanche event is a small snow ball placed at the top of the Sky Mountains. The NPC in charge at the top of the mountain periodically rolls the small snow ball to trigger the event.
That is, NPCs can climb to the top of the mountain.
That means… … !
“That’s what you did, Elaine… … !”
Labo growled happily.
Although the distance was too far for her to hear his voice, Elaine could guess his intentions just from the look in the Demon King’s eyes as he glared at her.
“Yes. From the beginning, I was the bait.”
Elaine muttered as she aimed the next arrow at the protest.
“If I come with most of the troops, you will definitely come forward. I offered myself as bait to lure you out.”
In order to lure out the big shot, Labo, she had to risk her own life.
“We took the spotlight from this side, and our elite troops went around to the north. We crossed the mountain range that ‘no human can cross.’”
Humans, users, cannot go.
However, if it is an NPC army that was originally set as a boss and monster of the New World dungeon, it can advance.
Elaine dispatched both of the Legion’s aces, the Engraver and the Moonlight Knight, to that side.
“Well, you have fallen into a trap, Demon King.”
Elaine still had a tense look on her face, but she smiled faintly.
The Demon King and his subordinates advanced with only Elaine in sight.
As a result, I got closer to Elaine, but ended up running into the middle of an army of NPCs.
In the moment that Labo hesitated, NPC soldiers had already surrounded him tightly and were thrusting their weapons.
It is clear that it will take a long time whether we advance or retreat.
If the Demon King advances and tries to kill Elaine, Elaine can run away and buy time.
If the Demon King returns and tries to help the main camp, you can buy time by blocking him with soldiers.
“Now… … what choice will you make?”
Elaine aimed her bow at the Demon King’s face and muttered softly.
* * *
The canyon behind the Iceberg Fortress, the Sky Mountains.
Kuguguguguguung-!
An avalanche was rushing down the snow-covered mountain.
“Retreat! Get out of the fortress!”
Skeleton Knight, the fearless Daeran, urgently commanded the monster soldiers and ordered them to escape from the castle.
If we stay inside the fortress like this, we’ll have to take the full brunt of that avalanche on our bodies.
The monster army is a massive force of hundreds of thousands. If they are hit by an avalanche, the damage will literally snowball.
“The siege can be resumed after the avalanche has passed! Retreat quickly!”
Daeran quickly commanded the withdrawal.
But the monster army was too many.
Even if we moved quickly and systematically, it took a considerable amount of time to get out of the castle.
‘If this continues… …!’
Daeran clenched his teeth, which were nothing but pale bone.
If things continue like this, the monster army will inevitably suffer damage from the avalanche… …!
* * *
Same time.
It wasn’t just the Demon King’s army that was confused.
“An avalanche… … What is this all of a sudden… … .”
Aaron looked up at the top of the mountain blankly.
A mixture of snowballs, rocks, and sand was pouring down with a terrible noise.
If I were to get swept away by an avalanche, I might be able to wipe out the monster army, but the users would never be safe.
Is that all?
A fortress swept by snow will be ruined and unable to function.
If this had been a normal avalanche event, a warning would have been posted a few hours before it occurred, allowing users to respond with ease, such as by cooperating with NPCs.
But this avalanche was sudden. And it happened during a siege.
It was difficult to even cope, let alone have time.
‘It’s fatal to both the Demon King’s army and our users!’
Likewise, Cain’s eyes flinched as he stared at the avalanche in confusion.
“what?”
Just behind the avalanche that was coming down, whipping up thick snow… … something was visible.
He thought it was just snow and rocks, but it wasn’t. Cain narrowed his eyes and tried to see what it was.
“… … !”
And as the distance narrowed, I finally noticed.
Doo doo doo doo doo-!
Just behind the thick snowstorm, thousands of troops were rushing down.
Honestly, straight ahead, towards the palace on the 5th floor.
With an avalanche!
“What the heck… … ?!”
Cain, confused, squinted his eyes and tried to discern the identity of the enemy forces.
And I could figure it out quickly.
“The swallowed kingdom… … ?!”
That flag belongs to the NPC army, the Swallowed Kingdom.
‘What happened? If it was an NPC army, didn’t Labo go to block it? Did they break through?’
No, it’s not.
Labo initially set out to block the NPC army coming from the east. However, the direction from which these NPCs appeared was north.
Cain screamed in astonishment.
“Was it a diversion from the beginning?”
* * *
“Run, run!”
Just behind the avalanche.
The two commanders of the NPC army, the engraver and the moonlight knight, were leading their direct troops and running down the snowy mountain.
“Her Majesty the Queen is risking her life in battle! We must risk our lives too!”
Unlike real avalanches, the avalanches in the game are clearly wave-shaped.
If you’re behind it, you won’t take much damage.
Even so, just being close to it will cause your HP to decrease.
Dozens of soldiers have already fallen.
Despite this, the two NPC commanders did not stop charging.
The moment this castle is taken over by the Demon King’s army, the very meaning of their difficult expedition will disappear.
It doesn’t matter how many Demon King’s troops or users die in the process, but the Queen’s will must be carried out!
“Iceberg is taken over by our ‘Swallowed Kingdom’!”
The fifth floor of the Iceberg Fortress began to come into view of the NPCs.
From his throne room in the ruined palace, Oldman looked as if he was chewing dirt as he watched the avalanche crashing down before his eyes.
“Now even snowflakes are blocking my improvement?”
With the gruff muttering of an old man.
Cookies and cookies!
An avalanche hit the palace.
An avalanche of enormous weight swept away the palace and fortress. Stones and sand were scattered in all directions, along with thick snow fog.
Right behind them, NPC soldiers dug in, shouting.
* * *
“You want to tell me I’m being trapped, Elaine?”
East of Iceberg, the battlefield between the Demon King and the NPC army.
Labo, who recognized Elaine’s smile from afar, muttered softly.
But for some reason, there was no sign of despair on Labo’s face inside the helmet.
“But what should I do about this… … .”
Instead, he smiled wickedly and curled the corners of his mouth.
“The ones who are truly trapped are you.”
