Episode 583. To Shine (5)
Can’t miss it!
“Dangerous? Eh, isn’t this the old Arcana Continent?”
“I must go! How could I miss it?”
“Who wants to party with me? I’m looking for a modest contribution! You know you can still get the main event even if you only bring one or two miscellaneous items, right?”
The lobby of the Magic Tower.
It was bustling with players who had caught the scent early.
Thanks to the appearance message that had been floating around the Arcana continent.
Naturally, the broadcasters couldn’t miss the scoop.
Let’s see. Was it not a two-headed or three-headed viper, but an eight-headed viper?
“…Puns aside, it’s obvious that it’s not a normal one, with a very long and big name. Shouldn’t we outsource this to some Netubers to get the footage?”
However.
“That makes sense. Netubers are crazy, and they’ll sell us the footage. They’re risking their lives, so whatever they shoot will get them views and fame, right?”
It was a scene that not everyone could shoot if they wanted to.
After all, the only players who could enter the Arcana continent were those who could hold their own on the battlefields where the Godslayers Viper were rampaging, and those were the only ones with considerable ability.
That said.
-But how long are you going to cook???
-I think I’m all on board.
-Once you have collected this much money, you should go in.
-By the way, didn’t you get the mission fee in advance?
The chat window starts to get a little more interesting.
“Haha, brothers, wait a minute, I have siblings who were supposed to go to the Arcana Continent with me, but the situation is urgent, so let’s join up first!”
The lobby of the Magic Tower was bustling, but not everyone was willing to step through the portal. A few NetTubers throw their hands up in frustration, trying to calm down the angry chatboxes.
“No, it’s a scam, bro! It’s not like that……!!! ”
The lobby of the Magic Tower is slowly turning dark.
The atmosphere changed again.
Why?
It was a familiar voice, one that all Koreans would be familiar with.
“From what we know, the level is around 2,000. You might be surprised by that number, but we should probably be happy about it. At least it’s not a mosaic message, right?”
The voice was unmistakable, delivering the information in a calm and measured manner.
It was Nam Cheolmin, the brains of the Great Alliance!
“Bro, brothers, the Great Alliance has arrived at the Magic Tower!”
“Wait, that means Nam Cheolmin is here……!”
“Don’t try to sneak around? Hehe, our brothers are quick on the uptake, but since the Great Alliance is here, stay close behind and make a nice picture.”
Nam Taemin, Hisagi, and Leonie.
Three top players led the Great Alliance.
They weren’t the only ones.
Their presence was unmissable even in the bustling lobby of the Magic Tower.
“Is that a conical hat, director……? ”
“Wait, zoom in on the angle.”
“Oh, yeah, that’s right, director, it’s Jesse Heinness?!”
Jesse with a conical hat on top of her head. There was also Camilla, who was showing off her presence with spectacular fan service. Leonie stared at them in disbelief.
“What the hell. Camilla, that’s exciting, just exciting.”
“I suppose it deserves it, doesn’t it?”
“Well, yeah.”
Of course, the corners of Leonie’s mouth were twitching upward, in contrast to her unruffled eyes. Lox’s absence. After all, she knew what the Shining had been through.
Leonie shrugged.
“It’s refreshing to run a raid after fighting with dirty players. Camilla would probably give it a lot of strength like that. No, I’d be excited too.”
“Really? Thanks for understanding!”
“……Uh, you have needlessly sharp ears, don’t you?”
Snaps.
The sense of distance suddenly decreases as magical power flashes.
Leonie avoided Jesse, who manifested short-range teleportation.
One step backward.
By the way…
“These aren’t the kind of people who would fall into a situation like this.”
A big man.
Thanks to this, his head stands tall even in the crowded Magic Tower lobby.
After scanning the lobby, Nam Taemin said.
“You’re not even in the Magic Tower, Master Harkon?”
Barbatos
The Lionheart Knight who had traveled here from the Arcana continent to aid in the overrun of the Ten Thrones.
Now that Barbatos had been defeated and a great monster that would shake the Arcana Continent had appeared, it was the right time for the Lionheart Knights to return to the Arcana Continent…….
Nam Taemin asked curiously.
“You didn’t go before us without telling us, did you?”
“If they did, word would have spread long ago.”
“Well, you stand out so much…….”
A dimension and another dimension.
To cross over from the real world to the Arcana continent, one must go through a portal in the Magic Tower, which was always crowded with reporters and players.
Nam Taemin rolled his eyes.
“In order to cross over to the Arcana Continent without being seen by anyone, only one person can manifest the portal, our commander-in-chief…….”
Nam Cheolmin said, as if to respond to Taemin’s words.
“You’re right, Taemin.”
“Really? Even though I’m like this, I’m the smartest among barbarians…….”
“Obviously, they must have traveled to the Arcana Continent with the Commander in Chief.”
“What?! ”
Nam Cheolmin looked at the [Evil Eye Telescope] that Hoyeol had donated to the Magic Tower.
It was a Demon King’s spoil that he had been able to borrow with the authority of the Tower Master, Marcelo.
Thanks to this, he was able to witness the sight of Evil Eye on the Arcana continent.
The Great Yokai of the Valley of Blood, the Cruel God Killer Eight-headed Viper
The Lionheart Knights are engaged in an all-out war against this monster!
“Wh……! ”
Nam Taemin struggled to hold back the screams that were about to burst out.
“Let’s go!”
And with that, he strode through the portal.
In the lobby, there were many eyes on him, so he desperately suppressed his emotions.
Inside the portal, he couldn’t hide it completely.
“Our Commander-in-Chief, you say you feel sad at times like this? No, what is the reason that the Lion Heart Knights can do it but not us?! Bro, don’t really stop me this time. I need to hear a clear reason from the Commander.”
Nam Cheolmin muttered behind him.
“Okay. I’ve never stopped you either, Taemin-a.”
Even though he had vowed to ask Hoyeol why, in the end, he let it go, because he knew he could always count on the Commander in Chief’s judgment. Of course.
“No, I don’t know about Master Harkon, but I’m sure we’re better at fighting than the average Lionheart knight! And it’s a great monster raid, so if we have raid experience, we’ll be able……. ”
Hesitantly.
Even as Nam Taemin poured out his frustration, the rest of the Holy War Alliance hadn’t forgotten the plan. Hoyeol’s exclusion from the operation was a bitter pill to swallow, but Nam Taemin was right.
“Well, we just have to do as much as we can.”
“What is it~ You’ve become so proud, our Jesse?”
“So you don’t like it?”
“It can’t be like that. I feel secure because I’m with you~”
Camilla’s words were true, Jesse was a reliable ally.
The coordinates of the Arcana continent were stored in the Magic Tower Portal.
There were only two coordinates: the Claudi territory and the imperial capital, Antonium.
Nam Cheolmin scratched his head.
“Why do I always seem to be in debt?”
“It’s okay, I’m used to it.”
“……Haha, that’s an even more embarrassing answer.”
Jesse stared at the [Evil Eye Telescope]. She was about to manifest the portal, designating the location as the target coordinates. Suddenly, the magic power that had been surging through her body scattered into thin air.
Flickering vision.
[A different level of magic disallows exploration.]
“…….Why, is something wrong?”
“No, nothing.”
Jesse shook her head.
It is said that a mage speaks in magic. This means that mages can communicate with each other through the magic marks they leave behind when they cast spells, or even the magic they spread when they cast spells.
Naturally, the former Tower Master was familiar with such conversations.
-Interesting response, Chief.
The cone hat twitched for a long moment.
-Chief Lee doesn’t want the current situation to be disturbed, disciple. Interesting, isn’t it? Right now, he’s not even hunting demons.
Tower Master knew that.
Chief Lee was.
*
That there are two faces.
I don’t mean two faces, really, but rather the stark difference between who he is in the presence of demons and who he is not.
When hunting demons, didn’t Chief Lee act like he was in another world? Why, it was like that when we first met, when we were hunting down that arrogant vampire.
Jesse nodded.
Count Ascura.
I’ve been seeing this side of Chief Lee since he was hunting demons whose names have now become obscure. So, if that was a demon, I might not be so surprised.
-Well, I wonder how I should react in such a situation.
Jesse thought to herself.
‘What if Chief Lee…….’
Even when dealing with regular monsters other than demons.
If he maintained his otherworldly coolness.
For a moment, Jesse had goosebumps running down her spine.
‘That’s like saying don’t interfere.’
But Jesse’s concerns were short-lived.
The cone hat twitched again.
Because Tower Master’s tail of speech began to droop in a charming way.
-Oh my.
Jesse looked up at the sound of Tower Master’s voice.
What came into view was.
A more detailed view of the battlefield.
The analyst, Nam Cheolmin, briefs the situation as usual.
!
“ ….. It seems that the commander in chief is taking full command of the Lionheart Knights, or rather, he’s coordinating the battle while considering the level of the Lionheart Knights?”
The cone hat replied.
-So it seems that this was just an anomaly accident, Jesse.
“Right!”
Jesse nodded again.
Suddenly, Jesse’s eyes lit up.
An exclamation point came to mind.
-Obviously, Chief Lee was speaking with magic. And he’s forbidding anyone to interfere in this battlefield, but not for himself.
Then who was it for?
As if to answer the question.
Finally, Nam Taemin spits out a sigh.
“So, you’re saying that you’re driving the bus yourself for the Lionheart Knights, which is what you want to do?! And Master Harkon is taking the opportunity to hunt a level 2,000 monster within the Commander’s fence?! ”
I’m envious.
Relieved.
I’m not worthy of that?
This feeling is too complicated for words.
It was then.
One by one, it became a full-fledged The Great Yokai of the Valley of Blood, the Cruel God Killer Eight-headed Viper..
One by one, the eight heads of the creature fell off.
The one that started falling to the floor.
Goooooo.
Jesse’s body began to glow with violet magic.
Jesse could feel it.
There were exactly four of the The Great Yokai of the Valley of Blood, the Cruel God Killer Eight-headed Viper’s head left.
With half of them down, Chief Lee’s permission to interfere had been granted.
“Let’s go, everyone!”
Jesse immediately manifested a portal.
“Jesse, are you sure we can go?”
“I said it’s true. If you don’t like it, you can leave.”
“What, Mr. Taemin, do you not trust us, Jesse?”
“No, it’s not like that, it’s just that there’s a possibility.”
“Aww, so you’re not even worth of your size?”
Nam Taemin looked at Hisagi.
Clearly, he’s thinking the same thing as me, but he’s keeping his mouth shut.
Taemin didn’t need to argue.
“Is it because you’re the same snake that you can’t talk?”
“If I’m a snake, does that mean Taemin is an animal?”
“Not a word, really.”
Still, he waited.
They headed to the portal Jesse had manifested.
A portal connecting the Arcana Continent to the Arcana Continent.
The depth was not as deep as the portal of the Magic Tower.
So I was mistaken.
“Jesse, are you amazing?”
“Me? What?”
“No, I don’t know much about magic, but your amount of magic power.”
The light was so dazzling that it didn’t just make me frown, I had to cover my eyes with my hands. It was a brilliant light. Nam Taemin continued speaking in that light..
“Is it because you’re an Archmage? Your magic stat is…….”
He trailed off.
Even if he didn’t know magic.
It’s because he realized it later.
“No, it’s nothing.”
This moment.
The light that was pouring in.
It wasn’t just the light of magic.
It was a battlefield with level 2,000 monster rampaging.
For some reason, instead of feeling intimidated, they felt a warmth enveloping them.
It was as if the Commander-in-Chief had prepared this battlefield for them.
Yes, it was not an illusion.
A message flashed before everyone’s eyes.
[Your morale is raised to maximum].
*
I don’t know what it is, but thank you, everyone.
[The morale of the Holy War Alliance rises dramatically].
The pattern was slowly getting tighter, so I’m glad, really.
But, by the way.
Can’t you just put down the baton and talk a little, Grandfell?
The snout speaks, unmoved by my pleas.
“Welcome to our battlefield.”
“…?”
“Gentlemen.”
“…!!!”
‘Our’ battlefields?
Gentlemen?
What are you going to do with those scary looks, you really…!!
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