Episode 161. Breakwater.
A realm of evil that has frustrated countless adventurers over a long period of time.
[50th floor]
As soon as I arrived at the huge island at the end of the sea with my party members, we immediately started the operation.
“Until I give the signal, kill as many monsters here as possible.”
The command was very simple.
Work before building a breakwater to block future waves. I couldn’t do this in the past, but it’s different now that I’m Strange’s head.
Cynthia responded, pulling out her sword with a solemn expression.
Crash.
“Okay, without any further work. “All I have to do is kill him, right?”
“okay.”
“If there is any problem, set off the green flare and leave immediately.”
“If you encounter a monster that is too strong to defeat, is it a red flag?”
“yes.”
Rox took out one of the flares attached to his belt and fired it into the sky.
Pisshuuuuung- boom!
As soon as the bullet exploded, blue smoke began to slowly spread.
“Blue calls everyone together, right?”
“… that’s right. But what if it explodes here and now?”
“Anyway, I don’t need this clown with me. “If I feel like we need to get together, I’ll contact you through bugs.”
Well, Rox can not only hear through bugs, but can also transmit, so there is no need for signal flares.
“I get it.”
I looked at the smoke from the flare he fired. As expected, there didn’t seem to be any wind up there.
‘I guess so.’
A being that lives on the floor of this place, which is mostly made up of water, from the 41st to the 50th floor.
That guy is afraid of the wind, so it was an inevitable choice.
‘Yes, I remember.’
This is the place where I, in my past life, opened one of the secrets hidden by the tower in order to deal with the apostle who was in charge of the trials.
I wrapped my aura around the sword, raised it above my head, and swung it strongly forward, shouting to everyone.
“Goes!!!”
Sigh-!
The sword energy was radiated along the direction in which the sword cut. The sword wind that flew across the ground knocked down the tree blocking my path and created a new path.
Quagwagwang!
As soon as the field of vision cleared, Cynthia and Rox jumped out to the left and right.
Alfredo, who was watching our movements, was lost and asked me.
“Where should I go?”
“Make sure to protect this place.”
“Protect it?”
“Okay, if you see blue smoke, come right away. “There are no flares anyway, right?”
“You can give it to me.”
“There is no room to spare.”
“Why didn’t you bring mine?”
“Because I tried to kill you.”
“You tried to kill me?”
“Yes, according to the original plan, you died by my hand in Gregory’s territory. “Because I have the belief that no matter what happens, I will not leave a traitor alive.”
Alfredo swallowed.
“It sounds like you’re going to kill me someday too.”
“That’s right, so be careful. “If you say something bad to me, my head will immediately fall to the ground.”
He said no more and stepped back. However, this does not mean that he was weak to my threats.
What he showed us so far was definitely not his full strength, and his non-humiliating, yet fear-overcoming look in his eyes showed a hint that he could attack me at any time if he was in danger.
“Good eyes.”
“Verdin, I told you in advance that the giant I found in the north is. It will be of great help to you in conquering the continent in the future. Rox, if you use that guy’s abilities… . “You know?”
I didn’t disagree with his opinion. Because I also keep Alfredo alive with that thought in mind.
“I don’t know how long I will keep you alive. “If you cooperate until we get the aforementioned guy, I will help you avenge your brother.”
“Clarke’s revenge?”
“Yes, I’m not sure who the culprit is yet. “I know roughly who it is.”
“?!”
“But that doesn’t mean I can tell you right now. “Once this is over, let’s talk slowly.”
After saying these words, I left.
Now is not the time to talk about this at length, because he doesn’t trust me enough to share important information.
“Until then, take good care of the ship.”
Pot!
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Probably about half a day would have passed outside the tower at this time. Since there is no day or night here, it is impossible to find out exactly, but there is a way to find out roughly.
‘There you are.’
I checked the direction of ‘Sunny Road Flower’, which blooms and grows only here.
Looking in the opposite direction from when I first arrived here, it means that half of the day has passed.
‘First, let’s gather the party members.’
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I took out a flare from the mountain of monster corpses.
I think this is enough to prepare for the breakwater, so now we should return to Castle Strange to prepare for the next operation.
“Keeeeek!”
Gridori flew in front of me and pecked at the monster’s corpse.
Crack.
When Brunhild saw the scene, he shook his head and made an unpleasant expression.
“Dean, I don’t know what makes a guy like that cute.”
“If you look closely, it’s cute.”
“Aren’t I cuter? Look carefully. “Take advantage of my beautiful eyes and beautiful legs from my waist to my hips!”
I turned my gaze into the distance and nodded slightly.
“yes.”
“… what?”
“What.”
“I feel like I’m being forced to answer.”
“It can’t be. By the way, you two are quiet every time you come to the tower. especially… . “Master Siegfried?”
Siegfried turned his head with an ashen complexion. He answered in a low voice without making eye contact with me.
“What do I have to say to you?”
“Suddenly?”
“It wasn’t all of a sudden. This is the image of me you saw in the timeless ordeal. And why he wants revenge on us. “It’s all because of me, right?”
‘Are you really repenting for what you did in the past?’
There is nothing wrong with what is said.
However, I heard that his era was different from now, when strength and authority were everything. It goes to the extent of saying that the lives of the people are no different from insects in the forest.
‘what.’
To be honest, I don’t think much has changed now, but my awareness of life has changed a lot.
There is only one group of people who have not changed about this.
‘Beopwangcheong’
Because the wall of power they have built for a holy and holy person is so high that it is almost impossible to break down.
“Master, don’t think too deeply about Timeless. “I will take care of that problem.”
“It’s not a matter of dealing with it or not. “The problem is that I regret the past.”
“You regret the past?”
“okay. At that time… . At that time… .”
The area around his eyes became moist.
I can’t believe that the legendary Sword God shows such weakness. After all, Siegfried was human before he became Bae Hu-ryeong, right? I thought:
‘of course.’
Just until his next answer comes out.
“If I had killed every single one of them back then, this problem wouldn’t have arisen… .”
“ah?”
“Because I kept him alive, he became the seed of revenge and came back again. “I’m sorry for not being able to handle the matter neatly and having to leave it to you, the next generation, to finish it.”
I set off a flare without answering Siegfried.
Pishuuuung- Quang!
Blue smoke began to slowly flow and spread in the sky. The first person to react was Alfredo, who was waiting on the beach.
Doo doo doo doo.
‘Oh my.’
Looks like he doesn’t plan on hiding his power anymore. Powerful aurors surrounded his body, and Bae Hu-ryeong, whom he had never seen before, was above his head.
‘Brother Gunther’s Bae Hu-ryeong comes to mind.’
An old man who appears to be about 2m tall and has a muscular body that seems to explode. Judging by the type of armament, it seems like he doesn’t use blades.
‘I wonder what abilities you have.’
Before I could ask Alfredo about this, Rox, who was closer than I thought, arrived.
“Verdin!”
Boom, boom, boom!
One of the monsters he dealt with here appeared riding a hippopotamus that walked on two legs.
“It suits you well.”
“okay? “Well, it’s nice that all the guys here are similar in size to my brothers.”
Come to think of it, the monsters on the last island are quite large. Well, I don’t know about those who haven’t made it this far.
‘… yes.’
Those still outside the tower probably don’t know how strong the coming waves are or whether there are monsters as large as the ones we faced here.
Alfredo opened his mouth wide as he saw the hippopotamus walking on two feet.
“Oh, this is a bigger monster than I expected! Well, there are plenty of bigger ones in the north than this.”
I tilted my head at Alfredo’s answer.
“There’s a monster bigger than this in the north?”
“Okay, well, I don’t know about you guys. Verdin, you’ve never been to the far north, have you?”
“does not exist.”
“I guess so, Lois, because he cared so much about you. “I would never have sent it to the North.”
“You said you spared me and sent me north?”
“So, do you know why Strange doesn’t come to the North?”
I do not know.
No, to be honest, I had no intention of going. This is probably because of what my father said to me in my past life.
At that time, my father said that there were no resources to acquire the northern land and that the people there were barbaric and should not be accepted as colleagues.
‘yes.’
So I didn’t pay any attention to it. Thanks to this, the information about him can be considered close to zero.
“I do not know.”
“Because there are too many strong people.”
“There are many strong people?”
“Yes, although it doesn’t have a name. “There are some guys who are too strong for you to beat.”
“… “Really?”
“uh! If you want, I can introduce you to some of the warriors from our village when you go looking for the giant. “If you really like competing against the strong, you will never regret it.”
It wasn’t a bad answer.
The story about the strong was very interesting.
‘That’s fun.’
Regardless of whether his words are bluff or not, the fact that he is a talented person is not a lie.
As soon as I finished my conversation with him, I started building a breakwater with Rox.
This was a very simple task using his abilities. After bringing back the monsters that had been dealt with earlier using Bae Hu-ryeong’s abilities.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
All you had to do was line up the monsters in a designated area to create a barrier.
These guys will take care of building walls out of rocks and trees.
“The number seems to be smaller than I thought.”
“One hundred and fifty in all. “I don’t think I can control it anymore.”
“Not bad.”
“But the island is so big that even if we set it up like this, I don’t think it would be possible to block everything?”
“Okay. Anyway, the reason we came here to build a breakwater was to reduce the size of the waves. “You can’t stop everything.”
Rox looked around on the hippopotamus and nodded as if he understood.
“Then shall we return to the castle now?”
“Okay, but isn’t Cynthia here yet?”
“uh… . Is that so? “Didn’t you see the signal?”
“Please call me by bug. “It’s not like climbing the tower, so there’s no need to stay here for a long time.”
“huh.”
Rox closed his eyes and muttered something. Then, as a few seconds passed, black smoke rose from the center of the island across the sky.
Pishuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
‘huh?’
Pow!
Red smoke spreads in the sky.
Rox suddenly opened his eyes and shouted urgently at me.
“Wow, you’re here!”
“what?”
“That guy.”
“You mean him?”
“Apostle!”
“Apostle?”
I heard that the apostle currently guarding the 50th floor was originally on the 60th floor.
‘then.’
There shouldn’t be any major problems dealing with me now. Without even pulling out my sword, I ran to the place where red smoke was rising, holding the auror in one hand and the mana in the other.
Doo doo doo doo.
After kicking the ground and jumping high.
Faaah!
Moving along the branches of tall trees.
Tap, tap, crack!
I climbed to the top of the tallest tree nearby and confirmed where Cynthia was.
‘… what?’
Why is that guy here?
fantasy,
