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Chapter 50. Abandoned mine (3)
7.
“I was lucky that Devo came to me on his own feet.”
Hote, Ivok nodded at his words.
But his expression wasn’t good.
“Mr. Hotel.”
“I know. I know what you’re thinking.”
Hote knew the reason very well.
“There are two things that will bother you. First, how did the El Palm Party escape our grasp without anyone noticing?”
If everything had gone as planned from the beginning, the meeting between Devo and Hote would never have happened.
Because Devo should have been a coolie zombie in the forest of dead trees like El Palm.
But El Palm Party is out.
Even in the palm of the Lion King’s hand, leisurely, without any sign, like a ghost.
It means that the Lion King missed El Palm’s movements.
This was a very important part.
The moment the hunter misses the prey’s footprints, he becomes the prey.
Of course, with Devo betraying El Palm, the path of the El Palm party can be found again.
That was the second reason why Evoque’s expression hardened.
“And the question is, did Devo really betray you?”
Given the circumstances, Debo’s betrayal was very reasonable.
Anyone in Devo’s situation would have had no choice but to betray if they wanted to live.
And if you want to live, the first thing you should do is contact the Lion King, not anyone else.
Because there was no place safer than the Lion King’s protection in the Elnas Mountains.
But so far, El Palm Party has never used a rational process, a common-sense method.
“After talking, it was true that there was an explosion of dissatisfaction.”
“Are you sure?”
“I pride myself on being quite accurate in judging people. In my eyes, Divo’s anger towards El Palm was extremely intense. It was actually difficult to calm down his anger.”
Of course, Hote, who had talked to Divo, was confident that Divo was not lying.
“But that’s just my opinion.”
But what Hote was doing now was not handling personal matters.
He was working on a lofty plan: to find and kill Aran, the hero of Polarm.
I liked personal thoughts anyway.
“I keep in mind that Devo will lie.”
That’s why.
“That’s why I put out Aran’s necklace as bait.”
If it were just a trap, there would be no way you would fall for it, but if there was an irresistible bait in the trap, you would have no choice but to come even if you knew it was a trap.
“Once you take the bait, that moment is over.”
At Hote’s words, Ivok’s expression still did not soften.
It wasn’t that I was ignoring the hotel’s preparations.
On the contrary, his preparation was more perfect than Ivok thought.
“I still don’t know.”
The problem was El Palm.
“So far, he has escaped every trap alive.”
His survival skills are superior to those of any adventurer.
Hote said to Ivok, who was wondering about such things.
“Do you know which trap is the scariest among traps?”
At that question, Evoque shook his head, and at that, Hote smiled and said,
“It’s a trap with nothing in it.”
“yes?”
That was when.
smart!
With a knock, Hote’s subordinate came into the office where the two were and spoke.
“The bastard took the bait.”
8.
“It’s still noisy.”
The forest of dead trees that had returned was not much different from before El Palm Party left.
Oh my!
“catch!”
Adventurers and outlaws were engaged in fierce battles everywhere, facing the coolie zombies.
Because I didn’t know.
“Hold on until you find El Palm Party!”
The fact that El Palm Party had left this place.
Of course, unlike the first time, many people were tired.
“Why does it seem like the number has increased?”
However, the number of adventurers and outlaws fighting had doubled since El Palm left.
It wasn’t anything strange.
In the meantime, the rumor spread further, and as the rumor spread, more adventurers and outlaws flocked to the area.
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It was thanks to that.
The adventurers and outlaws of the Dead Tree Forest now looked much more relaxed than expected.
No matter how strong the coolie zombies were, they could not be overwhelmed by their numbers.
Of course, it wasn’t just a matter of numbers.
“It seems like everyone is roughly drawing a line.”
The adventurers and outlaws gathered here made an unspoken pact.
Let’s cooperate with each other until we find El Palm.
In fact, it was something that was usually hard to see.
Even if it is a dangerous place, competitors join hands? Even if they do, they will strike each other in the back of the head at any time.
Moreover, these people here were not pure adventurers.
They were like lynxes after the items El Palm had and the meso hanging around his neck.
But now it was different.
“It must be because of the Wolf King.”
Those left behind had no choice but to join hands in the face of the overwhelming beast known as the Wolf King.
“I didn’t know there would be this many people coming to this abandoned mine to kill us.”
In any case, it was not a very welcome development for the El Palm Party.
But no one attached any significance to that fact.
“Well, I don’t have time to worry about these kids.”
From now on, what El Palm Party had to face was an even more miserable hell.
“There it is.”
The Mystic Gate, which was El Palm’s target, appeared before his eyes.
A trap set by the followers of the Black Mage to ensure the death of El Palm Party.
“The portal is active.”
The green portal of that Mystic Gate was shimmering.
This means there is an adventurer inside the Mystic Gate right now.
El Palmar Party was not surprised by that fact.
“A party came in here with Aran’s items, that was the bait.”
I’ve already heard that explanation.
Instead, everyone looked at El Palm once again.
Are you really going to go in like this? With that look in your eyes.
At those eyes, El Palm stepped beyond the Mystic Gate without hesitation.
And the moment he saw it, El Palm Party also changed its gaze.
El Palm Party steps into a world where a blizzard is raging, beyond the portal and beyond the Mystic Gate.
There was no longer any hesitation or wavering in the eyes of El Palm Party.
Because I was prepared before coming over.
“Now, let’s fight properly! Let’s do a sword dance, no, a spear dance!”
From now on, we’ll just fight to survive.
“You sound like you’re dancing. Let’s move quickly. The guys who want to catch us will be running towards us from now on.”
Of course, fighting head-on was crazy.
The first priority was to move as quickly as possible and then observe the situation.
So everyone got ready to move.
Just one person.
“every.”
El Palm, he gave orders to everyone.
“Don’t move.”
“yes?”
At that order, everyone looked at El Palm with surprised expressions.
As I said before, from now on, countless people will storm the Mystic Gate to catch the El Palm party.
That wasn’t a complete mess either.
They were all in one, and as soon as they entered, they would move quickly in pursuit of El Palm Party.
So, it made sense to move as fast as possible now.
As soon as possible.
But you told me not to move?
“Boss, we don’t have time.”
To his colleagues who had such doubts, El Palm pointed to a place with his finger.
To be honest, there seemed to be nothing where he was pointing.
“ah!”
But I could see the El Palm Party.
‘There is a thread on the floor.’
There is a translucent thread there.
‘trap!’
And what that means.
Only then did El Palm Party realize that there were already people there.
“I let my guard down.”
And the fact that they thought they were being complacent.
“There’s no way the guys who came in first would stay still, but I didn’t think about that.”
If we had moved in a hurry, we would have suffered considerable damage from the trap.
“It’s annoying.”
On the one hand, it made me feel like they were really preparing to kill me this time, and that sent a chill down my spine.
After that, my mind also became cold.
“We need to move quickly to avoid the traps. I’ll take care of the traps.”
Divo tries to move while regaining his composure.
“There is no need for that.”
“yes?”
El Palm stopped such a devotional.
“There’s no need to rush. You won’t be coming here anymore anyway.”
Everyone looked even more surprised at the explanation that followed.
“Do you know what the most dangerous trap is?”
To them, El Palm turned his head and looked at the Mystic Gate and spoke.
“It’s a trap with nothing in it.”
“A trap with nothing in it?”
“A trap full of beasts is dangerous. But there is definitely a way to survive. But a trap with nothing in it is different. There is nothing you can do inside it.”
El Palm’s colleagues still looked like they didn’t quite understand what he was explaining, so El Palm explained it to them directly.
“The role of the team that enters this Mystic Gate is to enter the second floor the moment we enter.”
“Second floor?”
“You’re trapping us in this mystic gate.”
“ah!”
Only then did everyone understand.
What El Palm is talking about.
And the moment I understood, I began to question.
“No, wouldn’t it be more certain to just send out some outlaws or adventurers to deal with us?”
Wouldn’t it be more logical to send out a hunter rather than hoping the prey would die on its own?
“That’s what we’ve done so far. And it’s all failed.”
But now, the El Palm party was a party that broke that common sense again and again.
“I don’t know why it failed.”
Moreover, no one really knew how El Palm Party had broken that common sense.
Usually in these cases, one thought comes to mind.
“Above all, can we really be sure that the hunter is on our side?”
The problem might have been that it wasn’t an El Palm Party.
It was the same even then.
Send adventurers and outlaws to capture the El Palm Party?
“What are the chances of them being bought?”
But what if they join hands with El Palm Party?
Or what if you get fooled by El Palm Party?
So what if we go on a Mystic Gate raid with the El Palm Party?
If that’s the case, the result will be another failure.
“Will it be a purchase?”
“I don’t know.”
Of course, the possibility of that happening was extremely low. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was non-existent.
“I can’t afford to bet on something I don’t know.”
And now there was no more waiting for the next time to hunt El Palm Party.
I bet 1 billion mesos.
I brought the wolf king.
Here, even Aran’s item was used as bait.
And still it fails?
If El Palm were a follower of the Black Mage, he would not leave the one who orchestrated this failure alone.
That’s why.
“But if we just leave it alone, there’s at least no chance of it being bought.”
The intention was to trap the El Palm Party here.
“The difficulty of the Mystic Gate that appears in the abandoned mine area is three times that of the Mystic Gates in other areas. It would be correct to say that this place is much more difficult than the 400-person gate.”
When they saw it, it would be impossible to conquer this Mystic Gate with just the El Palm Party.
Because it was impossible for El Palm Party to do something new in a place where there was nothing.
“Wait.”
Of course they didn’t know.
“Zakum’s curse doesn’t work on the boss, right?”
That Zakum’s helmet is in El Palm’s possession.
That is, from El Palm’s perspective, the Mystic Gate here was just an ordinary 144-person Mystic Gate.
Much easier than the 400-man Mystic Gate he had previously conquered.
“Hold on, boss?”
By this point everyone had noticed.
“if?”
El Palm, the reason he sought Zakum’s helmet was because he anticipated this kind of situation.
“right.”
That was correct.
El Palm had this scenario in mind, and so he did everything he could to get Zakum’s helmet, and now he had it in his possession.
“As I have said several times, there is no problem.”
That’s why El Palm didn’t hesitate.
“Fire Arrow.”
With the order, El Palm’s magic quickly began to sweep away the traps set up around him.
Pubberbubung!
And then the trap kicked in, sending a red flash of light into the snowy sky.
That was the moment.
The portal to the Mystic Gate through which the El Palm Party entered has disappeared.
“Those who went up to the second floor would have committed suicide.”
The moment when the Mystic Gate becomes empty, with no one allowed to enter except for the El Palm Party.
“So there is only one thing left.”
At that moment, El Palm put on the helmet of Zakum that he had prepared and spoke.
“Then let’s begin the attack.”
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