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Chapter 59. Blue (1)
One.
Edelstein.
Adventurers who come here are first surprised by the size of Edelstein.
It was called a city, but its size was so enormous that it could be compared to that of a small country.
The next thing that surprised me was how clean that huge city was.
It’s hard to find trash on the smooth roads!
What surprised me the most was the kindness.
The citizens of Edelstein always have smiling faces and show indescribable kindness to those they meet for the first time.
So most adventurers have good memories of the citizens of Edelstein and do not cause any trouble in Edelstein, but as always, there are those who cause trouble.
There were often adventurers who caused trouble in Edelstein.
And soon such adventurers would be nowhere to be seen again.
At that point, everyone realized it.
“Blackwing’s ears and eyes are everywhere in Edelstein.”
Edelstein being clean and the citizens being kind is just an act performed under Blackwing’s surveillance.
The moment they realized that fact, the adventurers felt an indescribable fear.
I understood it at the same time.
“This place is truly breathtaking.”
Why the Resistance, why they fight so hard to regain their freedom.
In any case, it was impossible for newcomers to hide their identities in such an Edelstein.
“You even have to eat your meals secretly.”
That’s why I spend my days hiding in the basement of a building where I don’t even know where the El Palm Party is, eating food sent by Cross Hunter.
“I appreciate it when you even eat in secret.”
In fact, even that was possible thanks to Cross Hunter saving the space.
It would be impossible for ordinary adventurers to sneak in like that.
“If we had come alone, we would have been captured by Black Wing a long time ago.”
Moreover, El Palm Party was in a position of both being in the spotlight and being pursued in many ways.
If even the slightest knowledge of their existence had been revealed, there was absolutely no chance that Blackwing would have left them alone.
In other words, working at Edelstein means moving around in a hidden manner like this.
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t feel good.”
That was when.
Kick!
The door opened and a man appeared.
“boss!”
It was El Palm.
“What happened?”
After returning from his meeting with Cheki, he answered his colleagues’ questions without hesitation.
“I received a request.”
“A request? A conquest of Mystic Gate?”
“Yes.”
No one was surprised by the answer.
Because that’s what El Palm Party does best.
“How many people are there?”
“There are 19 people.”
“yes?”
But everyone had a blank expression on their face when El Palm continued speaking.
“aha.”
Then, soon, Debo answered with a smile.
“190 people? I think I heard that I was 19.”
El Palm’s eyes narrowed at that smile.
“190 people and 19 people are completely different, how can you mistake them? How strange.”
Only then did everyone realize that El Palm had received a request to conquer the Mystic Gate with 19 people, and everyone’s eyes widened.
To be exact, I was angry.
“No, what do you think of us now?”
El Palm Party was the most skilled at clearing the Mystic Gate, the most difficult green grade at the moment.
I can’t reveal it yet, but I even caught Zakum in the abandoned mine.
But you’re only giving me a 19-person Mystic Gate quest?
This is nothing short of the Resistance blatantly ignoring El Palm!
“It’s about looking up to the world.”
“Yes, you are looking up to me! Yes? No, boss? What do you mean?”
“It’s literal. They think highly of us.”
But everyone soon realized what El Palm said next.
“Boss, really?”
“Yes, it’s blue.”
What El Palm brought was not a green grade, but a blue grade 19-person Mystic Gate strategy.
At that moment, everyone at the El Palm party froze.
It was worth it.
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Blue rating!
It was a place that only adventurers of Circle 6 or lower could enter, and was effectively a stage for Circle 6.
It was a distant stage.
At this point in time, when there were not even that many 5th circle adventurers, even if you raided the entire Maple World, there would be barely over a thousand 6th circle adventurers.
“Boss, nothing is known about the Blue rank.”
Of course, there was virtually no information about the Blue rating.
It’s not that there was no strategy itself.
On the contrary, at this point in time, the Blue tier is the most intensively attacked Mystic Gate.
As the lives of Circle 6 adventurers are more valuable than anything else, full support was provided in their strategy.
In the case of the upper part of Goldrich, adventurers who set out to conquer the Blue rank were told to take as many items as they wanted from Goldrich’s warehouse.
As the strategy was carried out with such enormous support, the details of the strategy were also kept top secret.
Information about monsters or items obtained from it, as well as information about the characteristics of the Blue Grade Mystic Gate, were considered more valuable than Legendary Grade items.
“It’s too dangerous.”
At a time when information is life, not knowing anything is fatal.
Of course, El Palm was different.
He had enough information.
Rather, what El Palm is questioning at this point is the intention behind this Mystic Gate raid.
‘The Resistance studied the Mystic Gate itself.’
First of all, the Resistance, or more precisely the citizens of Edelstein, had a slightly different way of thinking than the adventurers.
While adventurers were interested in what lay beyond the Mystic Gate, the Resistance was interested in the Mystic Gate itself.
And at the same time, we did an analysis.
The structure of the Mystic Gate.
As a result, the Resistance created several devices that could be used at the Mystic Gate.
‘Although it was a later discovery, not now, they also created a radio.’
The most representative of these was the radio that could communicate with the outside world from within the Mystic Gate.
It was an amazing discovery.
If those who entered the Mystic Gate first were to relay that information to outsiders via radio, the chances of an attack would increase to an absurd degree.
Of course, that was later, but even if that weren’t the case, the Resistance had created a variety of tools that could be used at the Mystic Gate.
The level of understanding of the Mystic Gate was different.
A resistance like that would leave the conquest of Mystic Gate to another adventurer?
‘It’s a test.’
This was a process to test the capabilities of El Palm Party, nothing more, nothing less.
That’s why I was even more curious.
The Resistance can attack the Mystic Gate better than any other group, so why test the El Palm Party?
El Palm had only one answer to that.
‘There is now an urgent reason to conquer the Blue rank.’
2.
One of Edelstein’s parks.
The scenery there seemed more peaceful than anywhere else.
Adults were reading books or enjoying picnics, each sitting in their own space, while young children were running around to their heart’s content.
Among them, there was someone wearing a teddy bear mask and handing out balloons to the children who were running around.
A scenery that will make you smile the moment you see it.
“Mr. Cheki, how was your conversation with El Palm Party?”
“The story is good, but I don’t know if El Palm Party will accept it.”
“Isn’t it a Blue level? It won’t be easy.”
But the conversation between the man wearing a bear mask in that scenery and the person who appeared to be the child’s parents was not peaceful at all.
“We’re a 5-circle, 5-person party. A 19-person blue-grade Mystic Gate will look like hell.”
“I guess so.”
Because it was a conversation about the resistance.
It’s not just a resistance, it’s a conversation between the executive Cheki and one of the members.
“Why on earth are you testing them? Isn’t the current membership sufficient for a strategy?”
In response to such a question from a subordinate, Cheki said while handing out a balloon to the child.
“The attack is sufficient.”
“Then why?”
“If only we had enough time. But we have so little time right now.”
Moreover, the conversation was very serious.
“Because Blackwing will move soon.”
Currently, Blackwing was not making any significant movements.
There was no reason to move, exactly.
For Blackwing, who had Edelstein in his hands, all he had to do was continue doing as he had been doing.
But do they move?
From the Resistance’s perspective, this is truly mind-boggling!
Moreover, the resistance knew.
“Because the leader has changed.”
What is the reason they want to move?
“With Gelimer.”
Even the new leader was none other than the mad scientist Gelimer.
A person who can use the lives of all people, including humans, as toys for the research he wants to do!
So he became the leader of Black Wing?
“He will never stay still. From now on, he will use everyone in Edelstein as a test subject for his own research.”
That meant that Edelstein would soon become a giant testing ground for him.
And that was just the beginning.
“The next one will be the continent of Osiris.”
Because Gelimer’s desire would never stop at Edelstein.
That’s why the resistance is moving so rapidly at this point.
So the question was,
“Shouldn’t we stop trying to conquer Mystic Gate instead?”
Are you going to attack Mystic Gate in the face of such a serious war?
Of course, beyond the Mystic Gate, there were plenty of legendary grade items that could greatly strengthen the resistance.
That was also why the Resistance had been frantically trying to conquer Mystic Gate.
But in a situation where the number of people is more important than anyone else, isn’t it right to protect yourself?
“That’s right. Sigmund thought so too.”
The Resistance had planned this until they learned that Gelimer had taken care of the Blackwing leader and that he had become its leader.
“Until I found him.”
But everything changed because of one person.
“Wingmaster Orca.”
Orca, the leader of the Black Wings and one of the commanders of the Black Wizard Legion!
“Excuse me? You caught the Wingmaster?”
“yes.”
The whole story changed the moment the Resistance secured her new recruit, who was thought to have been betrayed and killed by Gelimer.
“The condition is the worst though.”
Of course, when discovered, Wingmaster Orca was in a state similar to death.
“What if the worst happens?”
“I’m still in a coma. It wouldn’t be strange if I died at any moment.”
Even now, he is barely alive and still hasn’t come to his senses.
“If he’s in a coma, we haven’t gotten any information yet, right?”
Up to this point, there was no reason to attack Mystic Gate.
“Instead, with the help of the wizard’s master, Heinz, I was able to enter her inner world while she was sleeping using the mirror he had prepared for me.”
“Inner world?”
“It’s a world where you can find out the information she has. In a way, it’s more effective than interrogating her. And I gained some information by exploring that inner world.”
“ah!”
But the Resistance eventually discovered the reason.
“I was able to discover the locations of the Mystic Gates where the legendary items are hidden.”
A way to increase your odds of winning the war against Blackwing.
That’s why.
“With war just around the corner, we need someone with the skills to secure them.”
Trying out El Palm Party.
“Will El Palm Party accept it?”
Of course, whether El Palmar Party would accept this test was another story.
Rather, it would have been right for a sensible adventurer to refuse.
Because aiming for the Blue rank on the topic of 5th circle adventurers was an act that went beyond the topic.
But Cheki wasn’t worried about that part.
Far from being worried, he spoke with certainty.
“You’ll get an answer soon. I can’t do it.”
“You can’t do it?”
“Because a wise adventurer never takes death for granted.”
The answer came just as Cheki said.
“You will do it?”
The answer was that El Palm Party accepted the request.
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