Episode 67
Choi Hyun-seok hurriedly hid himself in a tree.
Take a deep breath and suppress the magic and magical energy within your body.
‘Let’s calm down. We have to hide our magic and magical energy.’
I don’t know what the black armor is.
But instinct was warning me.
You can’t let him catch you.
‘That guy is definitely the one who made the situation board look weird.’
There were dozens of flags pinned to the waist of the black armor.
At a glance, it looked like there were more than 30 or 40 of them.
‘An external enemy who is not a participant in the game. If someone like that takes the flag, there is bound to be a problem with the rankings.’
I figured out why the rankings were messed up.
However, one question remains.
Reason aside, how did the black armor manage to steal the other team’s flag?
‘Does that mean the armor is strong enough to single-handedly wipe out another team? Or does it have a hidden ally?’
There are only strong demons here who aim to become battalion commanders and regimental commanders.
The average combat power was over 40,000, and there were also irregulars with an occasional combat power of over 60,000 or 70,000.
How did that black armor steal the flag from those people?
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the guy while wearing a combat power meter.
[ Combat Power: 198532 ]
“huh?”
My voice came out without me knowing.
198 thousand.
Is something broken?
Choi Hyun-seok takes off the combat power meter, rubs his eyes, and puts it back on.
[ Combat Power: 198532 ]
It’s the same.
Even looking at it again, the combat power is only about 200,000.
Choi Hyun-seok took off the measuring device and nodded.
‘Okay! Let’s jump in.’
Combat power 200,000.
That’s a whole other level.
It means that it is not even worth rubbing against, let alone winning.
‘The Raidrun combat power I checked last time was 150,000, but it’s higher than that.’
Excluding out-of-spec monsters like Hemis, Raidrun was the strongest that Choi Hyun-seok knew.
The combat power of such a raid run is a little over 150,000.
The black armor there was much stronger than the Raidrun called the Red Nightmare.
‘Where on earth did such a monster come from…’
Why did the other teams have their flags stolen so helplessly?
The answer is out.
The enemy was overwhelmingly strong.
Combat power is not a simple addition and subtraction concept.
This means that even if 4 people with a combat power of 50,000 gather together, it does not mean that they can defeat 200,000.
Even if it’s a demon with a fighting power of 50,000
Even if 10 people gathered, it would be impossible to win against 200,000 people.
‘Let’s back off as quietly as possible. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like they noticed us…’
It was when Choi Hyun-seok carefully stepped back.
“Human! What are you doing!”
Holgot showed up with his teammates.
Choi Hyun-seok was astonished and brought his index finger up to his nose.
“Shhh…! Shhh…!”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?” “Shhhhh…! Please shut up…!” “Is this guy finally going crazy? Why is he acting like this… .”
At that moment, Holgot’s pupils dilated.
I found a black armor.
“It’s a flag!”
“huh?”
“That guy is carrying a bunch of flags all by himself! This is his chance to jump to first place in one breath!”
Choi Hyun-seok shook his head like crazy.
“No, no, no, no!”
Yeah, I understand that you don’t understand the power of the black armor.
Because he was hiding his magic right now.
But doesn’t anyone see that the situation is strange?
To think that you’re walking around with a flag like that all by yourself.
Even an elementary school student would find this situation strange.
“If you have a brain, at least think about it!” “Shut up! I don’t listen to your opinions. Pedisen! Let’s go get that damn flag!”
“Ah… this sucks.”
Choi Hyun-seok gave up.
The black armor was already looking this way.
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It’s too late to run away now.
We have no choice but to fight.
Sarrurur!
Pedisen crawled along the ground at incredible speed.
The fox tribe with a fighting power of 63,000.
The other demons were unable to properly resist Pedisen’s strange movements and overwhelming strength.
The black armor looked at Pedisen, who was quietly approaching.
Sarrururur!
Pedisen approaches at a terrifying speed.
When he finally arrived in front of the black armor.
The black armor struck down his fist.
Kwajik-!
Pedisen’s head was crushed.
The black armored man picked up the sagging Pedisen and threw it.
Swoosh-! Kwaaang!
Pedisen flew at incredible speed and passed Choi Hyun-seok, crashing into the rock behind him.
“…”
A brief silence.
Pedisen, deeply embedded in the rock, looked like an ancient fossil.
The green liquid(?) flowing down from its head indicated that Pedisen was not a fossil.
Choi Hyun-seok clenched his teeth and spoke as if he was chewing and spitting out the words.
“Goats. Let’s disperse for now.”
“…”
“Goat. Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Choi Hyun-seok turned his head.
The guy who was supposed to be there wasn’t there.
“uh?”
I looked around urgently and saw Holgot already running away.
“Please take care of the rest!”
“Hey, you little shit!”
Holgot was running away with all the flags.
It’s running so fast that it already looks like a small dot in the distance.
Choi Hyun-seok let out a deep sigh and looked around.
“Haa, what do I do now?”
Ikigli, resembling a noble eagle.
He still had his arms crossed and an indifferent expression on his face.
“Aren’t you going to run away?”
“…”
“Hey. Why aren’t you answering?”
Choi Hyun-seok shook Ikigli.
Bam.
The Ikigly collapses as if it were collapsing.
“Oh, my legs are giving out.” “f*ck… This is so weird.”
Choi Hyun-seok touched his forehead.
This can’t go on.
How can we overcome this situation?
‘Let’s run away for now. I don’t know what the purpose of that armor is, but I’m sure it’s to collect flags. Then…’
At that moment, the black armor began to move.
It is a speed so great that it is difficult to follow with the eyes.
Choi Hyun-seok took a stance in preparation for any eventuality.
‘Go away… please!’
Phew!
The black armor passed right past Choi Hyun-seok.
‘yes!’
Choi Hyun-seok cheered inwardly.
As expected, the bastard’s goal is the flag.
Then, of course, we will chase after Holgot, who ran away with all the flags.
“Ummmm!?”
The black armor that ran like crazy soon caught up with Holgot.
There was confusion in Holgot’s eyes.
Within seconds a black fist strikes his face.
Kkwaduk!
With a terrible sound, Holgot’s head was strangely bent.
“Ugh…”
Holgot fell to the floor with his eyes rolled back.
The black armor silently retrieved the fallen flag.
The guy put the flag on his waist and looked back at Choi Hyun-seok.
“…”
Our eyes crossed for a moment.
Clink! Clink!
The black armor begins to move again.
Probably looking for other teams that have flags.
“At least I survived…”
Choi Hyun-seok and Ikigli survived.
I felt I had to check to see if Holgot and Pedisen were alive.
“Anyway, there are no flags left now.”
Choi Hyun-seok looked up at the sky.
On the situation board transmitted by magic, flags were disappearing in real time.
‘That black armor. I don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely related to the lip monster.’
Legion Commander Hemis.
I don’t know if she took off the black armor herself or not.
What is certain is that she is tolerating the current situation.
If so, it would be safe to assume that this situation was what she intended.
Only then was Choi Hyun-seok able to realize the essence of the game.
‘Yes. From the beginning, this wasn’t a game about capturing the flag, it was a game about defending it.’
It was a match that did not suit the Demon King’s army, but that made it all the more possible.
Because Hemis always complained about the Demon King’s army’s system.
‘So what we need to do next is….’
Choi Hyun-seok’s head began to spin violently in an attempt to survive.
***
Hemis and Park Hyun-ah were watching the game in their office.
“Hmm, I guess that could happen. I expected that.”
The corners of Hemis’ mouth twisted.
“Now that I look at it, I feel a little strange?”
The reason why Hemis was under pressure was simple.
Black Armor, because Mortem retrieved all 100 flags before 48 hours had passed.
“Even though Mortem did it with passion, don’t you think this is too much?” “It’s an expected result. What did you expect from those idiots?”
Park Hyun-ah said calmly.
Hemis, unusually, agreed with her.
“Yeah. I think I made a little mistake this time.”
The Demon King’s soldiers were more stupid than I thought.
Still, they are people who are doing their best, and since they passed the first match, they had some expectations.
As expected, these guys are stupid.
“So, what are we going to do now? It’s already a game and it doesn’t seem like we can continue.” “There’s still time, so we’ll just have to wait and see.” “It’s pointless. Those guys will never get the flag anyway.”
Take the flag back from Mortem.
Given the participants’ skills, it wasn’t completely impossible.
Anyway, they are all strong people aiming to become battalion commander.
If they all got together and worked together, it would be possible.
Because right now, Motem was fighting with his strength drained.
Maybe we can bring back a few flags.
However, Park Hyun-ah insisted that it was impossible.
It was obvious why she viewed the situation so negatively.
“There’s no way they’ll join forces. They’ll probably attack separately and be defeated individually.” “As of now, that seems very likely.”
Hemis stood up from his seat.
A strong magical energy began to flow out of her body.
“But what if I motivate you?”
Hemis smiled, her lips splitting horizontally.
Her magic reaches towards the sky.
Darkness fell over the area.
***
Among the dense trees of the forest.
Choi Hyun-seok and his team members are sitting in a small, grassy area.
“…”
Their gloomy expressions as they sat there reminded them of a group of defeated soldiers.
Holgot is sitting awkwardly, his neck half-turned.
Pedisen is trying to stop the bleeding by putting a lump of dirt on the hole in his head.
Ikigli was crouching, hugging her knees like a dead girl.
“How long are we going to be like this?”
Choi Hyun-seok said.
The team members look back at Choi Hyun-seok.
“Are you giving up already?” “If you don’t give up, is there another way?”
Holgot continued in a grave voice.
“Didn’t you see that? That armor is completely different from us. There’s no way we can win.” “Then let’s just sit around like this and waste time?”
“Look at the sky.”
Holgot pointed his finger to the sky.
He said this while looking at the magically drawn situation board.
“The Black Armor took all the flags anyway. If this continues, no team will be able to advance to the next round.”
“so?”
“Maybe the game will resume in some other way. We just have to wait until then.”
Holgot’s words were valid.
Currently, Black Armor and Mortem have taken all 100 flags.
If the game ends like this, no team will advance.
Then there was a good chance that the game would resume in a different way.
Choi Hyun-seok was lost in thought with his arms crossed.
‘The goat’s words are not wrong, but they are too complacent.’
Will the game really end like this?
What if another team bands together and takes the flag that Motem holds?
As long as we got through about four teams, there would be no problem in selecting a battalion commander.
‘Even if that’s not the case, it’s still a problem.’
It would be a problem if the game ended without either team getting the flag.
Will Hemis kindly resume the game in a different way?
Choi Hyun-seok didn’t think so.
The personality of Hemis that I have observed so far has not been that gentle.
‘It would be more realistic to just eliminate all these idiots, saying they’re unnecessary.’
If everyone is eliminated, Choi Hyun-seok will end up not making it into the top 10.
Then, it is a must to go to the research center.
‘That is absolutely not allowed!’
Choi Hyun-seok made up his mind.
‘There are still about 12 hours left until the game ends. Until then, we must do whatever it takes to get the flag.’
You don’t need much.
If you bring just one flag, you will advance to the next match.
‘If I could somehow get the flag just before the game ends…’
At that time, Choi Hyun-seok’s worries were deepening.
Suddenly the whole area was enveloped in darkness.
A terrifyingly thick magic began to flow from the sky.
Choi Hyun-seok and his team members looked up at the sky in confusion.
“What, what is it!?”
Holgott shouted, forcing his head up, which would not turn.
Oh my god!
At that moment, the black sky split apart.
“lips…?”
What appeared from the roughly torn sky were giant lips.
[Ah, ah, can you all hear me?]
It’s a familiar voice.
Choi Hyun-seok frowned.
‘It’s a lip monster.’
Hemis was transmitting her voice through magic.
Looking at that sight, Ikigli shook his head.
“This is ridiculous. To use such large-scale magic just to convey a message…”
Ikigli, who always kept his mouth shut, delivered a long speech for the first time.
The situation that was unfolding now was that bizarre.
“At least three large-scale magics overlapped. If it had been used as an attack magic, there would have been nothing left in the area.”
Ikigli seemed surprisingly knowledgeable in magic.
Choi Hyun-seok ignored his words and waited for Hemis to speak next.
[The Legion Commander is disappointed in you]
A line that sounds familiar.
It’s something I’ve heard countless times in the military.
It was almost as if he was going to snicker, but Choi Hyun-seok’s frozen face showed no sign of relaxing.
The magic transmitted with Hemis’ voice was squeezing everything in the area.
[I’m going to change the rules from now on]
[One hour from now]
[The team that fails to get the flag from the mortal will be punished]
[I’m going to execute the sentence myself, so everyone better work hard.]
Hemis finished speaking.
The torn sky is closed.
The darkness of the area cleared and the sun rose again.
Only then did Choi Hyun-seok and his team members let out the breath they had been holding and looked at each other.
“Wow, a humanoid creature… This is a big deal.”
Holgott said in a trembling voice.
“Ingohyeong? What is that?”
Choi Hyun-seok asked.
Holgot answered with a fearful face.
“The punishment of being a human is to have all the demonic energy inside the body pulled out.”
“Pull out the magic?”
“Originally, it would cause pain by pulling out magic energy right up until the moment of death, but there are many cases where people die.”
“…”
“If the commander of the legion personally carries out the execution…”
Holgot swallowed hard.
“You’ll end up wishing you could just die.”
Choi Hyun-seok and his team members suddenly stood up.
“f*ck… take all the extensions.”
Motivation complete.
The team members’ eyes lit up as their motivation instantly increased by 200%.
