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Chapter 55. Xerxes (1)
One.
“Xerxes, he is here.”
The moment El Palm said those words, everyone’s expressions hardened.
‘I don’t know what that is.’
It wasn’t that hard because I knew what kind of monster Xerxes was that El Palm spoke of.
Honestly, I’ve never even heard the name.
But El Palm’s colleagues knew.
‘If the boss comes out like this, he’s not an ordinary guy.’
Whatever it is now, it’s someone we have to be very wary of.
Even El Palm said:
‘If you say rescue is your top priority.’
Beware, it’s not just that we have to rescue Michael’s party.
In other words, from El Palm’s perspective, it meant that Xerxes was not a monster worthy of being hunted.
So, the question that came to mind at this moment was only one.
“What kind of guy is he?”
Why is El Palm on alert?
“He’s not a strong guy. Instead, he has special abilities.”
“What if it’s a special ability?”
“It’s the ability to control monsters.”
Everyone’s expressions hardened at that explanation.
That was definitely a headache.
Besides, everyone has experienced it.
“You’re like the Pharaoh Snake.”
Pharaoh Snake, the sight of monsters and adventurers poisoned by his venom becoming soldiers to protect him.
It was still a horrifying sight whenever I thought about it.
El Palm said to his colleagues who imagined such things.
“It’s worse.”
“yes?”
It’s more than that.
“The Pharaoh Snake had to be poisoned. And poison is much less effective than you might think. But this one is different.”
“What if it’s different?”
“Just making eye contact makes you his servant.”
The moment they heard that explanation, everyone swallowed their saliva.
I didn’t need to explain further how terrifying it was.
‘He was a huge guy.’
Of course, El Palm knew it well too.
It wasn’t to the extent of knowing.
‘Because he even commanded monsters stronger than him as servants.’
Usually, monsters with the ability to obey cannot obey monsters stronger than themselves.
But Xerxes was different.
He would make monsters stronger than him his servants just by looking at them.
That’s why it was scary.
‘Up to boss monster level.’
Among those submissive monsters, there were also boss monsters that were of a different level from regular monsters.
‘It’s been a nightmare since the monsters burst out of the Mystic Gate.’
Moreover, when El Palm first saw Xerxes, Maple World was already filled with monsters that had burst out of the Mystic Gate.
These overflowing monsters formed an army of monsters under the command of Xerxes.
Naturally, the results were disastrous.
It was a nightmare.
On the one hand, it was questionable.
‘I didn’t know where it came from.’
Xerxes was a monster whose name never even existed in the Adventurer’s Guild’s monster list.
A monster I didn’t even know existed.
So at that time, I just thought it was a monster that appeared from the Mystic Gate.
‘It was Chris.’
But now that I look back, it was a monster that was in Crise.
A monster born from the special power of the core that Chris possesses.
Of course, it wasn’t good news.
“As long as he’s here, there’s a legion of monsters here.”
Because right now, El Palm Party was facing a very difficult situation.
“You can tell just by looking at the footprints.”
“ah!”
As El Palm said, the monsters’ footprints near the Colosseum resembled an army.
It was taken very regularly.
That was one of the reasons why El Palm knew that the monster here was Xerxes.
There was one more reason for the headache.
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“That’s the bastard’s castle.”
The fact that he made the Colosseum, a huge stadium, his castle.
2.
Celestial Chryse.
What most amazed the adventurers who visited there was not that it existed in the sky.
“Chris, there is a huge arena, the Colosseum, that cannot be seen anywhere else in Maple World.”
Colosseum!
The stadium was so large that even the giants were amazed.
It was truly the pride of the giants of Chryse.
But after something went wrong with the Celestial Chryse, the Colosseum was no longer in the hands of the Giants.
The older giants who remembered the Colosseum no longer talked about it.
For the young giants born after the celestial Chryse went awry, the Colosseum was nothing more than a place of imagination.
That’s why.
“Oh oh!”
Michael and his companions stood in front of the huge colosseum for a moment, looking dazed.
“We’ve come this far!”
It was my first time seeing the Colosseum with my own eyes.
Something that can only make you feel overwhelmed with emotion.
“today!”
And that emotion soon turned into courage.
“Save Chris!”
With that courage, they walked towards the Colosseum.
There was no hesitation.
For now, they were safe.
No one was hurt, and there was no sign of battle fatigue. Everyone was in better condition than ever.
Also, there were no visible monsters.
I couldn’t even hear a sound.
‘There are no monsters.’
There was no trace of the monsters that had filled the heavenly crease anywhere.
Actually, that was a dangerous thing.
There’s no way so many monsters would suddenly fall out of Crease and disappear, so it must mean that they’re all gathered somewhere.
And given the circumstances, it was highly likely that most of those monsters were hiding in the Colosseum.
But now, no such question was in Michael Paty’s mind.
A thrill paralyzed their reason.
‘luckly.’
Reason, so paralyzed, thinks that the current situation is just luck.
‘There will be no next time.’
I decided that I would never have this kind of luck again.
That is why they stepped into the Colosseum without hesitation.
Passed through the huge entrance.
The first thing that greeted them were the stone statues that filled the area around the entrance.
These were statues modeled after warriors and giant heroes who had performed great deeds in the Colosseum long ago.
Michael Paty, who saw it, imagined it.
‘We’re next.’
They imagined that they too would become heroes of the giants and remain here as stone statues for eternity.
It was around that time.
Crunch!
I heard a sound.
Michael Paty turns his head at the sound, they were excited until that moment.
‘It must be a monster.’
Even though I knew that the person making that sound was a monster.
There was nothing strange.
Because I was confident that I could easily defeat any monster.
That’s how we got here.
Crunch!
What appeared in front of Michael’s party was a giant weasel monster, Fennec, standing on two legs and holding a spear.
Although it was a dangerous monster, Michael’s party had already caught thousands of them.
‘uh?’
But the moment he saw that Fennec, Michael Paty couldn’t help but freeze.
‘What is that?’
Because hundreds of fennecs were advancing toward them, lined up like a trained army.
It was a sight Michael Party had never seen before.
‘Dangerous.’
And it was a dangerous sight.
The reason Michael’s party has been able to gain an advantage over the monsters so far is because they have the weapons of strategy and tactics.
But do monsters use power and tactics?
Even the number of Fennec seen now far surpassed that of Michael Party.
That’s why.
“Let’s step back!”
Michael gave the order to run away without any hesitation.
But that was already a belated order.
Crunch!
Because the moment they turned their backs, they were met with the Fennec army.
I was waiting with bated breath for Michael’s party to come in.
In other words, it was a trap.
To make sure we catch Michael’s party.
The moment that fact was realized, there was only one command Michael could give.
“Let’s break through!”
At those words, Michael’s party took up their weapons and rushed towards the group of Fennec who had positioned themselves at the entrance, following Michael.
The battle that started like that was rather sluggish.
The reason was simple.
Kang!
The fact that the Fennec army did not attack the Michael party in force.
It was a tactic.
A tactic to reliably stop Michael’s party, even if it means taking damage, rather than creating an opening by colliding with them.
It was a valid tactic.
‘If this continues, I’ll dry up and die!’
Anyway, for Michael’s party, which only had about thirty people, there was no way to break through the Fennec army if they came out like this.
This is a total nightmare!
But the nightmare didn’t end there.
If a group of Fennec are stalling, there must be a reason.
Not long after the engagement began, Michael’s party was intercepted by Fennec forces and could be heard.
Phew!
The sound of crying.
I was able to see it later.
“Oh, my God!”
The sight of a giant elephant monster wearing a helmet running madly towards them.
“Oh, it’s Mammut!”
Mammut.
It was the strongest monster currently existing in Crise.
A monster so strong that it takes about a dozen giant warriors to catch just one!
A monster that is an achievement for giant warriors just by catching it!
Fighting a Mammoth surrounded by Fennec troops?
At that fact, the expressions of everyone in Michael’s party, including Michael, changed.
‘ah.’
I lost my will to fight.
Phew!
And none of Michael’s dispirited party prepared for the approaching Mammut.
There was only one thing I could do at this moment.
‘finished.’
Just resignation.
That was the moment.
Taat!
Suddenly, a man holding a polearm appeared above Mammut’s head and fell towards Mammut like lightning.
Aiming at Mammut’s helmet with the polearm he was holding.
It seemed like a pointless exercise.
Mammut’s helmet is just a helmet, but Mammut’s skull is much harder than its helmet.
Attack that place?
There’s no way the attack will work.
But the man with the polearm shattered that common sense in an instant.
“Smash Swing!”
Kwajik!
By splitting Mammut’s helmet and skull at the same time.
At that sight, Michael Paty also froze as if he had been struck by lightning.
‘Uh, how?’
Because it was a sight I couldn’t even dare to imagine.
Among them, the shock felt by Michael was the greatest.
It was natural.
‘How about me, the author?’
Because the one who showed me this absurd sight just now was none other than Debo.
The adventurer Divo, who was so weak that he was helpless in his fight against himself!
“hey!”
Then Divo looked at Michael and said:
“I came to save you.”
No one answered that question.
Even understanding this situation was something Michael Party was unable to do.
At that sight, Divo smiled bitterly.
“Hey, come to your senses.”
Clearly, the sight that Devo showed was an amazing sight.
Even Devo himself thought it was amazing.
What a sight to see that gigantic elephant monster, Mammut, being torn to pieces with a single blow of his helmet!
A spectacle that only Divo, who has Aran’s skill, Smash Swing, can show!
But Debo knew.
“What are you going to do if you lose your mind after seeing this?”
What they were about to see would be even more shocking than what he had shown them.
Unfortunately, such warnings from Divo had little effect on Michael Party.
Because it has already started.
Phew!
The Fennec army suddenly began to fall like dominoes.
Everyone, without exception, has the same hole in their head.
El Palm and his Fire Arrows began to slaughter the Fennec horde.
Michael Paty’s reason no longer functioned at the sight that was incomparably more shocking than what Devo had shown him.
That’s why.
Phew!
Debo kicked Michael’s shin, who was in front of him, quite hard with his foot.
“Ugh!”
Michael screamed in shock.
Devo said to Michael like that.
“Wake up! If we keep going like this, we won’t be able to rescue you! You’re not telling me to carry you guys, are you?”
“ah!”
Only then did Michael come to his senses.
“Oh, I understand.”
“Okay, follow me.”
Then Michael led his comrades and began to move through the crowd of Fennec troops that were falling after Divo.
They managed to get out of the Colosseum and were soon able to meet up with El Palmar Party, who had been waiting for them.
That was the moment.
Michael said after seeing El Palm.
“Help me, this is my chance to secure the core!”
At those words, El Palm’s eyes narrowed.
El Palm had no intention of fighting any more today.
Knowing the danger Xerxes was in, he intended to make more thorough preparations before making his move.
“I know where the core is!”
It was the same the moment I heard those words.
El Palm had no intention of doing anything special.
To be honest, I didn’t trust Michael to be my guide.
Because if he gave the wrong directions, El Palm Party could have died.
It definitely was.
Chorus!
“Grandpa, no, I have the map of the Colosseum that Elder Titan has!”
Until I saw that map.
And the moment he looked at the map, a picture began to form in El Palm’s mind, a vivid picture of the Colosseum.
“Divo!”
Then El Palm said:
“Yes, boss.”
“Just hold on for 20 minutes.”
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