Chapter 523 – Judo
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「Opital: I heard Gregory is going to Rankin?」
As I was looking through Zephyria’s Panthera community chat window, some good information caught my eye.
Next target is Rankin?
It was fortunate.
If the devil’s target was Ramona, he might have had to follow Louise on the escape route.
Looking at the information obtained from Zephyria’s Pantera community, it seemed that Demon King Gregory was not completely controlling the players.
There was no way it could have been a strong control for those who thought of Pantera as a game.
「Wiw : Some guy said to Gregory that he was a bitch and his avatar just disintegrated?」
However, it doesn’t seem like they even look at the guy who climbs up without any sense.
「UU: Gregory is scary.」
「Cus9: As expected, it seems like he made it too hard because he is the devil?」
「Ruw: Thanks to you, you were comfortable in Tioga, right?」
「PP: Blowing down the walls of Tioga with one blow was a bit crazy.」
Destroying a castle wall with one blow is not easy, even for an archmage.
Pantera’s castle walls are not just simple stone walls. In particular, the city where the lord lives was most likely fortified with defensive magic.
The players were treating Demon King Gregory as an NPC… But I decided that the Demon King was not an NPC.
This is because the people who manage this Panthera access system knew that they could create much higher quality avatars.
I once fought against Bloa who descended from the Slover Labyrinth. And as soon as Bloa descended, he showed off the performance of a different avatar.
I thought maybe a guy named Gregory was like that too.
「Dir : Well, I guess recovery won’t be difficult at this time. There’s also the tough Gregory. “Don’t you think you’ll suck just by being next to me?”
「6974: It must be hard? I heard the waiting list for avatar creation is very backed up right now? “You couldn’t even make an avatar now?”
「QWER: How is it so difficult to create characters in this damn game?」
「NN: Tsk tsk. I know. Operators need to be reasonable in their concepts and think about the oars when the water comes in.”
To create an avatar, a warlock must perform a summoning ritual.
The process is not smooth.
You also have to prepare sacrifices.
We also had to avoid Terraism’s gaze.
At least the situation is better now.
You can perform the summoning ritual in the occupied city without anyone noticing.
Even so, it is difficult to create avatars for all the users who are currently flooding in.
‘Even when I made the avatar, there was a waiting list.’
While quietly looking at the chat window, I quickly tapped on the keyboard.
-Tap-tap-tap!
「Bak 2.0: But do I really have to follow Gregory?」
「Opital: What does that mean?」
「Bak 2.0: Wouldn’t moving separately from Gregory give you more experience?」
「G9: That’s true, but… Really?」
「Bak 2.0: When Gregory hits Rankin, how about hitting Ramona at the same time?」
「G9: Oh… It might be a good idea. When I saw the Tioga territory guys this time, they were pretty sloppy.”
「Doru: Isn’t that because Demon Lord Gregory is too strong?」
「Opital: That’s not true. I admit that we captured it easily thanks to Gregory. But couldn’t we have taken over Tioga?”
「G9: Really? Even if Gregory wasn’t there, do you think it would have been easily conquered?”
「Wiru: That’s right. There weren’t any Paladins from Terraism… I think it could have been taken over with about 10 mid-level demons?”
「Opital: 10 people? “Maybe five or six would have been enough?”
「Nz: There wasn’t even a decent article.」
「Voz: I wouldn’t know if it was in the capital city, but it’s on the outskirts, so there’s nothing we can do.」
「XX: So is there really a need to paint only one place? The experience points are different, right?”
The atmosphere in the chat window was automatically becoming one of wanting to play Ramona together.
It was a good phenomenon.
「Daku: Wait! Everyone. I’m so excited. I need to cool my head. There is only one victory left! It is not a good idea to hastily expand the wires. It is better to strengthen the internal stability by taking over each area step by step.”
An obtrusive chat came up.
「Daku: And the Holy Knights of Terraism have not appeared yet. They will definitely appear. Until then, we need to act more cautiously.”
「Paradise?」
“The Paladin is a bit…”
“If I die this time, it will be difficult to create an avatar…”
Maybe it’s because I’ve been attacked by a Holy Knight… For a moment, the atmosphere in the chat window becomes solemn.
You can’t do this.
-Tadadadak!
「Bak 2.0: So, let’s rob an empty house. Ramona is a periphery. “It’s not time for the Holy Knight to appear yet.”
「Daku: That cannot be determined. Haven’t you keenly felt how terrible the Paladins are? Perhaps the Paladins have already arrived at Rankin and Ramona. 」
This kid?
「Daku: There is no need to take unnecessary risks. Even if there are Holy Knights, they can easily deal with the Demon King if they move together, so now is the time to move together.”
There was a guy who sounded normal.
I couldn’t just leave this alone.
These guys shouldn’t be showing unity in useless places.
Since they think it’s a game, there won’t be that much solidarity…
Still, these normal impurity molecules must be removed.
-Tadadadak!
-Tap!
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-dak!
The sound of typing on the keyboard echoed loudly in the room.
「BAK 2.0: Daku… Isn’t this why he’s secretly trying to monopolize Ramona? Is it suspicious?”
「SOOni: I think what Bak 2.0 says makes sense?」
「CaOs: Definitely… Smells like something musty?」
「Zzz: … It seems suspicious」
「Daku: Oh, no. Everyone! Please believe me! I’ve been playing this game for over a thousand years!!”
「M.2: Che, a thousand years? What the fuck? “It was completely rotten because it couldn’t be stored?”
「SOOni: Ugh! It smells~”
「Zzz: So it’s even more suspicious.」
Daku’s gaming career actually backfired.
「Daku: Everyone, if we continue like this, we might follow in the footsteps of the past. There have been demonic events in the past as well. But what do you think was the reason for the failure?”
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!
「BAK 2.0: It must be because of people like you. Are you trying to stab me in the back at such an important time like a bully?”
-Tap!
「CaOs: Gather your acquaintances to take over Ramona and monopolize all that experience? Heh! Daku… It wasn’t a bad scenario. But you got caught.”
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!
「SOOni: No, if you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to do it alone. Why do you keep pouring cold water on me?”
「Daku: … Why do you not know my true feelings?」
「Zzz : Seriously? Is this guy really looking for something in this game? Is it more suspicious?”
「SOOni: If you don’t want to play Ramona, shouldn’t you follow Gregory and go to Rankin?」
「JJ: Really? People who don’t want to play Ramona can just leave, right? “It’s so far away, are you telling us to do this or that?”
In the chat window, public opinion was flowing again to strike both places together.
「Daku: Everyone! Why don’t you know that now is a rare opportunity to see the ending of this game!”
「TTY: ..? What do you say…」
「Siw : Shut up! You won’t have to go.”
The atmosphere in the chat window has improved again.
And the mood is moving towards hitting both Rankin and Ramona at the same time.
I thought it would be worth a try in Ramona if their forces were different.
Of course, assuming that the devil doesn’t come.
The Demon King will have a power that is completely different from the avatars of other demons.
Probably like Bloa.
The devil said he was going to hit Rankin, so he wasn’t worried.
There is no need to worry about the demons being too focused on Ramona.
Anyway, the demons will know that if they are too focused on one side, their profits will be reduced… So I thought maybe they could divide the troops appropriately and come to Ramona.
「Daku: No! Everyone! Please trust me.”
Daku guy was persistent.
「ALP: Damn… There is no place where you can’t trust people as much as in a game.」
「SOOni: If Daku is in charge and says he doesn’t know me what can we do?」
「Daku: That is…」
「CaOs : ㄹㅇㅋ.」
That’s right.
There was nothing you could actually do in the game if you got tricked.
「Wiru: Get out of here, you cheater.」
「Daku: I am a fraudster…”
「Bak 2.0: I go to Ramona.」
「SOOni: Me too!」
「CaOs: Daku Even though I hate that cheater, I guess I should go to Ramona.」
「Daku: Why don’t you believe me!」
「6974: This is ridiculous… Are you stupid? Or is it a concept? Trust people in games? “I can really believe it.”
The voice of an impure molecule became an empty echo.
“Whoa… I won. Everybody worked hard.”
I let go of the keyboard and let Chaos and Suni know that the battle was over.
-Pot!
The lights on the ceiling turn on, brightening the room.
“Huh?”
I looked to see who turned on the light…
It was Veronica who returned from an outing.
She had a puzzled look on her face when she saw us sitting around the table, tapping away at the keyboard.
“Hey… Who is that person…”
Veronica asked after seeing an unfamiliar face.
“Hello. I am Suni, Bark’s wife.”
“Ah… My mother…”
Sunni had no restrictions on moving around the space wherever the raiding party was.
It was necessary for Pantera’s work, so I called him to Selby’s hotel.
“But what were you all doing in the dark with the lights off?”
“Hehe… Well, that’s…”
Sunni scratched her head in embarrassment.
“Hehe… There was a guy I didn’t like, so I lynched him and crushed him in a keyboard battle.”
Chaos smiled darkly and spoke proudly to Veronica.
A pathetic expression appears on Veronica’s bewildered face. But when he saw Sunni and my face, he quickly hid that expression.
I think I wanted to say something… I think I was treated as an elder.
“… The relationship between the family members… Is perfect.”
“Hmm…”
He knew how to endure such embarrassment for the greater good.
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-Ding ding!!!
A loud bell rings loudly in Ramona.
And the entire city was engulfed in tension.
The promised signal.
That was a signal that the demons were approaching.
