Episode 61
Based on the draft written by Hemis, Raidrun drew up a detailed competition plan.
The completed document was distributed throughout the 3rd Army Corps.
“Mr. Hemis, I have sent an official document to each unit as you have instructed.”
“great job.”
“By the way… are you okay?”
Raidrun asked with a worried look on his face.
Hemis tilted his head as if he didn’t understand English.
“Are you okay? What?”
“It’s a little late to say this now, but… I think the scale has gotten too big.”
The original plan was to select the battalion commander through a one-on-one tournament.
But now, even though it has grown in scale, it has become too big.
It has transformed into a large-scale event that selects as many as one regimental commander and 13 battalion commanders.
“So what? It’s fun.” “There’s talk among the senior commanders that this is a competition that ignores the traditional commander’s match.”
“so?”
“They may protest to the Demon King.”
It was quite possible.
Not only is a new alliance being created, a large-scale competition is held with over a thousand participants.
It was not a simple competition, but a task to decide on a high-ranking commander at the level of battalion commander or higher.
It was inevitable that negative glances would be exchanged.
At that moment, Hemis licked her huge lips with her tongue.
“Anyone who has a complaint, come to me directly. I will fight you in the commander’s match that you like so much.”
“…”
“If you really don’t like it, why don’t you just take my position as commander and do whatever you want with it? Right?”
“Yes…”
“Until then, I am the commander of the legion, so I will do as I please.”
“All right.”
Now that Hemis has made up his mind, Raidrun’s job is set.
All you have to do is silently follow your superior’s orders.
All responsibility for this will lie with Hemis.
“Relax. Thanks to the various rules that have been added, there’s more room for Choi Hyun-seok to be active.”
Hemis continued, grinning.
“My heart is already pounding. Aren’t you curious about what Choi Hyun-seok will do in this competition?”
A smile that is difficult to believe is madness.
Raidrun could only silently look at his superior who was so excited.
***
“This tournament will consist of three matches in total.” “Three? Wasn’t it just a tournament?”
Rachel took out her red glasses and put them on, then began reading the paper.
“Hmm, it seems like the scale is much bigger than I expected.” “Okay. Just keep reading.” “Okay. If I explain it in order, we’ll first have a large-scale preliminary round to select 100 people.” “A large-scale preliminary round. What’s the content of the event?” “It’s… a race?”
“Huh? What did you say?”
For a moment, Choi Hyun-seok frowned.
Choi Hyun-seok asked again, wondering if he had heard wrong.
“Running? The kind of running I know?” “Yes. The first 100 people to cross the finish line in the team run will advance to the next race.”
Choi Hyun-seok’s expression distorted subtly.
‘Running… No matter how I think about it, it’s strange.’
The Demon King’s Army pursues only one thing.
First of all, it’s strong.
The second is strength.
The Demon King’s Army is a crazy group that decides commanders based on their level of military force.
In a group like that, you choose a commander by running?
‘There’s definitely something…’
Choi Hyun-seok asked again, just in case.
“Aren’t there any specific rules?” “It’s allowed to attack other participants during the race.” “Tch, then that’s okay.”
It’s not like I can just run.
It will probably be a race to the death with bloody winds blowing.
“But they say killing is prohibited.” “That’s fortunate.”
“Listen until the end. Murder is prohibited, but unintentional murder only gets you one warning. If you accumulate three warnings, you’re out.”
“Ugh…”
Choi Hyun-seok made a dumbfounded expression.
‘In other words, it means that you’ll let it go even if you kill two people.’
When someone dies in a fight, how do you tell if it was intentional or not?
This means that as long as you don’t blatantly hit a vital point and kill them, they’ll be lenient.
“Whoever came up with this crazy plan, it is truly a crazy plan.”
Choi Hyun-seok let out a hollow laugh.
I’m already excited to do the Death Run.
“Okay. What’s the next game?” “They’ll let you know once the run is over and you pass.”
“I see…”
It seemed like they were trying to keep it a secret for the sake of fairness.
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“Oh, and the winner of this competition will be given the position of regimental commander of a newly created regiment.”
“The regimental commander?”
“Yes. We’re selecting 13 battalion commanders. 8 battalion commanders who have already died. And 5 battalion commanders who will join the newly created regiment. A total of 13.” “It’s quite serious.”
“That’s right. What on earth is the lip monster thinking when he does something like this?”
Rachel looked genuinely curious.
Choi Hyun-seok shook his head.
“It’s obvious, right? You’re doing it because you think it’ll be fun, right?” “Yeah, that’s right. It definitely seems like it’d be fun!”
Rachel smiled faintly.
At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok hit Rachel on the head with a hammer.
“Ugh! Why are you hitting me!?”
“Are you going to tell me you’re not participating!?”
It might have been fun for the onlookers, but for Choi Hyun-seok, who had to participate in that crazy competition himself, it was killing him.
“Haa… There are only two weeks left. I have to finish preparing within that time.” “What are you planning to do?”
Hyunseok scratched his head at Rachel’s question.
“What can I do? I have to keep training.”
“That’s true.”
“I shouldn’t be like this. I should go hunting right away.”
There is no time.
If you wanted to survive, you had to level up at least one more level.
“Okay! Let’s beat up a bunch of demons today too!”
Rachel shouted, fists clenching.
Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes narrowed as he watched the scene.
‘If anyone saw me, they’d think I was fighting…’
***
A few days later.
As usual, Choi Hyun-seok was receiving healing from Abelson to stabilize his magic.
“Ugh…”
Choi Hyun-seok clenched his teeth in burning pain.
Rachel, who had already felt similar pain, watched with a sad face.
“Phew, it’s over.”
Abelson Marriott sighed and withdrew his hand.
“thank you.”
“Fortunately, things are getting better little by little.”
“That’s great!”
A smile appeared on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.
Abelson’s expression crumpled at the sight of such an optimistic look.
“If you reduce the amount of ignorant magic training, your recovery speed will be faster.” “I’m sorry… I can’t help it…”
Choi Hyun-seok also doesn’t train because he likes it.
I would like to wait until the magic is completely stabilized.
The situation is not favorable.
‘The competition is already just around the corner.’
Battalion Commander Tournament.
No, should we call it a regimental commander tournament?
Anyway, there are only three days left until the game.
I couldn’t waste even a moment.
“I’ll stop here for today. See you tomorrow at the same time.” “Okay. I’ll pick up dinner and come see you.”
“yes…”
Abelson nodded at the mention of bringing dinner.
To be honest, the food that Choi Hyun-seok makes is really delicious.
There is nothing more to say, as Abelson, who is indifferent to everything, looks forward to this evening every day.
“Then that’s it.”
Abelson is leaving.
Rachel came running as if she had been waiting.
“Hero, hero!”
“why.”
Choi Hyun-seok answered while hastily putting on the shirt he had taken off to receive treatment.
“Were you in a lot of pain?”
“I’m used to it now, so I can bear it.” “Ugh… How can I bear it? Just thinking about that time makes my hands and feet tremble.”
Rachel is not exaggerating.
The pain of having magic eat away at your body is truly beyond imagination.
It was completely understandable why Rachel was so scared.
‘The feeling of my body burning from the inside… is truly indescribable.’
Choi Hyun-seok has gotten used to it now and is holding it in, but at first, he really thought he was going to die.
“So don’t play that trick again next time.”
“Yes… hehe!”
When Choi Hyun-seok spoke with a stern expression, Rachel smiled awkwardly.
“By the way, warrior!”
“why.”
“You’ve gotten quite strong, warrior?” “I’ve gotten stronger?”
“Yes. I just checked with the combat power meter and it went up a lot!” “How much did it come out to?”
I haven’t checked the combat power recently.
Seeing Rachel react like that, it seemed like her shame had risen considerably.
“Don’t be surprised! What the…!”
“How much?”
“26,520!” “Wow! It went up a lot.”
Although it is still a shabby achievement compared to the battalion commanders who are the target, it is still a considerable achievement.
With these numbers, even if you fight the battalion commander, you won’t be defeated in vain.
“But there’s something strange.” “Something strange?” “Yes. There’s a question mark next to the meter that I’ve never seen before. What is it?”
“question mark?”
In response to Choi Hyun-seok’s question, Rachel wrote on the floor with a stick.
[Battle Power: 26520 + ????]
“It came out like this.” “Hmm… Could it be because of Magi?”
“Magiyo?”
“Oh. If you look at the status window, Magi is still displayed as a question mark. I think that might be the reason.”
Choi Hyun-seok checked the status window again while he was at it.
▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok
▫Title: Reserve Warrior
▫Level: 461
·Strength: 167
· Agility: 163
· Stamina: 165
· Horsepower: 168
·Magi: ???
·Charisma: 65
·Bonus Points: –
▫Warrior Points: 1450
▫Ability: Magical Power Management (D) and 4 others▫Skill: Flomote and 2 others
“It’s the same as before.”
As expected, Magi was still in a question mark(?) state.
The only difference is that there is one more question mark than before.
‘I wonder if the question mark numbers represent digits.’
If my guess is correct, Choi Hyun-seok’s magic has already exceeded 100.
Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh.
“I wonder if I’ll end up turning into a demon if I keep doing this.”
Even without that, I can feel that my body is different these days.
I also feel like my wounds are healing faster and I don’t get tired easily.
It could just be a feeling, but looking at the abilities, it doesn’t necessarily seem like that.
‘Even considering the reward I received from completing the warrior quest a while ago, the ability increase is too steep.’
Recently, Choi Hyun-seok created a new spec and gained a large amount of ability points.
[A great achievement that overcomes the limitations of a warrior and breaks the existing framework!]
[Special rewards will be paid!]
[Ability Strength increases]
[Ability stat agility increases]
…
The total number of abilities gained at that time is approximately 40 points.
But even taking that into account, his abilities had already increased too much.
‘It went up about 120 points compared to before…’
To summarize, it is like this.
The amount gained by leveling up is 40 points.
40 points received from the quest.
So where did the remaining 40 points come from?
There are two ways to originally increase your abilities.
‘One is to invest bonus points earned from leveling up. The other is to increase abilities through battle or training…’
While the former increases by 1 point every time you level up, the latter is not easy to increase.
Sometimes, even if you level up 10 times, the additional abilities do not increase.
‘But now, your abilities are increasing as much as your level goes up..’
This was a phenomenon that would have been absolutely impossible in the past.
‘It makes sense if it reflects the body’s strengthening as it adapts to magic.’
Condition has improved rapidly recently.
Ability values that rise abnormally.
It could all be explained if it was because the body had been transformed by magic.
“Hero. What’s wrong?”
As Choi Hyun-seok gave off a serious vibe, Rachel’s face showed concern.
“Just. What if I turn into a demon instead of a human?” “Hey~ Surely not?” “Right? That would never happen.”
Fortunately, there has been no change in appearance yet.
Choi Hyun-seok decided not to worry about this issue any further.
‘I’m not in a position to be picky about this or that.’
I was willing to sell my soul if only I could gain power right away.
‘Even if the magic power increases, it is actually something to be welcomed.’
Become stronger by any means necessary.
Survive and do what you want to do.
I’ve decided to just think about that for now.
***
The capital of the Holy Empire Gatren.
Pope Orban IV was talking with his confidant, Cardinal Elrond.
“Any word since then?” “Yes. The last report was that they had reached the Black Giant and were about to launch an assault.” “Then I guess the mission was definitely a failure.”
It has been nearly a month since the hounds, including Oseld Geffen, set out to assassinate the saint.
Considering that there has been no news until now, it would be correct to assume that they are all dead.
“It’s a shame that the Empire’s talents are disappearing so meaninglessly…”
In this incident, one hero and three equally powerful people died.
Considering that a country usually has two or three hero-level strongmen, this was a huge loss of power.
“Surely there weren’t any goblins on the Black Giant… I can’t understand why they failed their mission.”
“sorry.”
“No. How could it be Cardinal Elrond’s fault that they failed their mission?”
Elrond watched the Pope carefully.
Although he had his usual gentle expression on the outside, you could tell he was quite angry.
Deep anger was blazing in his eyes.
Elrond carefully shifted the subject.
“What will you do with the next saint, Abelson Mariet?” “Abelson… I can’t leave her like this. She’s always been a pain in the ass, and now she’s ending up like this.”
Abelson Marriott was also a headache for the Pope.
Unlike other saints, she did not follow the Pope’s control and wandered outside.
He had a strong following and was not easy to treat.
Her background as a princess of the Mariott Kingdom was also one of the reasons why she was so awkward.
“I tried to deal with it and shut your mouth at this opportunity, but it failed, so there is only one way.”
“…”
“From this moment on, I hereby remove Abelson Marriott from her position as the next saint. And officially announce that she has joined forces with the Demon King’s army.”
The Pope’s proclamation has been made.
Elrond looked surprised.
“Is that okay? There are many in the Empire who support Abelson Mariott. And I wonder how the Mariott Kingdom will react…” “It doesn’t matter. From now on, Abelson Mariott is a traitor. Those who side with her will be considered to be plotting treason together. This also applies to the Mariott Kingdom, so please let them know.”
“All right.”
Pope Orban has made a drastic change.
It can’t be helped.
If Abelson, who had a strong following, had said the wrong thing, it could have caused great conflict within the empire.
It was better to nail it down firmly, even if it meant risking a little controversy.
The Pope opened his eyes fiercely, his brow furrowed deeply.
“The gourmet who did this must be made to pay for it in some way.”
Hemis the Gourmet.
If you think about it, all of this happened when Hemis kidnapped Abelson.
She has been interfering with the great undertaking at every turn since the past.
Fortunately, with the Demon King’s cooperation, I was able to successfully land him in the Black Giant, but I didn’t know things would turn out this way.
“So, this time, this report came in.”
“report?”
“Yes. This is a report from a spy who recently made contact with the Demon King’s army.”
Cardinal Elrond held out a piece of paper.
The Pope’s expression changes subtly as he receives and reads it.
“There’s a big event happening at the Black Giant?” “They’re creating a new regiment and electing a commander for it.” “Hahaha! That’s interesting.”
The Pope laughed out loud as if he found it really funny.
“A group of people who only think about fighting are doing this. Is this also the work of a gourmet?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm, it’s fun, but it’s not a good thing.”
The Pope’s eyes became cold and sunken.
“Those fools haven’t changed in 500 years. They shouldn’t change in the future either.”
“…”
“The changing demon tribe? I can’t just sit by and watch this.” “What are you going to do?” “That’s better. I’ll use this opportunity to narrow down the position of the gourmet within the Demon King’s army. So that he can’t establish himself any longer.”
The Pope speaking had eyes like those of a snake hunting its prey.
