Chapter 236 – 236. Happiness After Reporting (1)
We hurriedly got into the carriage and retreated towards Tunkmakhina.
I guess I should say it was fortunate that as we got farther away, the orc golems didn’t rush and walked slowly into the forest.
But that was no reason not to report this incident.
‘Did you go back because it wasn’t time for a full-scale attack yet? No, if you think about it, the music festival has already been held…’
A thought occurred to me again.
That is, the event story and main story do not progress in the order in which the game updates progress in this world.
Originally, the Tonk Machina Music Festival was also a festival that took place after the main story.
Excluding the music festival, in the original main story, the main character enters Tunktree before the vacation.
And while going through the quests there, I met several characters from Tonk Tree, and among them was Atsval.
If you talk to a character and complete a few quests, the protagonist will have a certain level of reputation.
Argen Tunktree comes to the place where the main character is and becomes a companion.
First of all, he gave various directions saying that he would show him to a nice place in Tunktree, and after making a few requests to see his skills, Arjen received a report from a soldier passing by on the street.
Just as we discovered today, there are reports that the number of golem-type monsters is increasing rapidly compared to usual.
Arjen, who heard the report and thought it was unusual, asks the protagonist for help and checks the situation together, which is the beginning of the main story.
However, the vacation has already started, there has been no news of any problems with Tunk Tree, and the Tunk Machina Music Festival has already ended.
‘Well, they can’t all be the same.’
As I was organizing my thoughts, Arjen spoke with a slightly serious expression.
“I need to hurry up and report this to my brother and sister. Monsters imbued with the power of chaos are appearing in large numbers.”
Arjen, who was seen in Rupan’s main story, also showed a serious reaction just like now.
“Please don’t worry too much!”
Arjen looked very serious, so Lucas held her staff tightly and spoke.
“Mr. Lucas?”
“There are us in this country now. I may not be very strong, but the Fortis Group is here. I’m sure we’ll be able to overcome this time just like we did in other countries!”
“Thank you. It gives me strength to hear those words.”
“Lucas.”
“Yes, Mr. Sihan.”
“You are of great help too, so don’t belittle yourself even if you offer words of comfort.”
Regene is really helpful as it increases pure attack power and even restores stamina periodically.
In addition, if Lucas receives a good buff, even though his coefficient is lower than that of other characters, he can one-shot most monsters with Shining Ray.
“Ah… ! Yes! Mr. Sihan!”
When we arrived at Tonk Machina, we headed straight to Tonk Machina’s capital.
For reference, Tunktree’s royal castle had a Dracula-like castle interior with a slightly steampunk-style design.
Since Arjen was with us, we passed straight into the castle and headed straight for the throne room.
“Abama!”
“Arjen? What happened?”
“Arjen? Those people…”
Upon entering the throne room, we were able to see the king, Alvius Tonktree, and Arjen’s older brother, Alcid Tonktree, the prince of Tonktree.
Both of them have silver hair like Arjen and purple eyes.
Arjen gave us an explanation first.
“The people accompanying me are the Fortis Group!”
“Fortis Group. Those heroes.”
“Why did you lead the heroes to the throne room… Ah, I wanted to introduce you to the heroes. Arjen, no matter how happy you are to meet the heroes, you shouldn’t barge in like this suddenly. Go through the formalities, even if it’s brief…”
“It’s not like that, brother!”
“No?”
“It’s a big deal! The Chaos Cult! The Chaos Cult is trying to threaten Tunktree!”
“”… !””
At Arzen’s words, the expressions of Alvius Tonktree and Alcid Tonktree immediately turned serious.
“What did you mean, Arjen?”
“Can you tell me in detail?”
Arjen conveyed what happened today, focusing on the main points as much as possible.
It was his first time meeting us at a music festival, and he wanted to see us in action, so he made an appointment to meet us today and went to catch an orc golem as a test.
And when he finished explaining that he encountered a large group of orc golems with the power of chaos there, Alvius Tunktree fell into a deep sleep.
“Following Ra-den, Bitus, and Luong, this time they are targeting Tonk Tree, Chaos Cult bastards…”
“Abama, I think we should first send soldiers to check the situation.”
“Yeah, that would be good.”
Albius accepted Alcid’s words and immediately ordered the soldiers to dispatch soldiers to investigate where we went.
However, in the main story, various golem-type monsters, not orc golems, invade Tunk Machina.
I thought it would be a good idea to speak up here, even if only for the sake of later.
“Your Majesty Albius, I have something to tell you.”
“Lee Si-han?”
“Are you Lee Si-han, the manager of Portis?”
“Yes.”
“I am not allowed to speak.”
“This is just my opinion, but I think we should send investigations to other areas where golem-type monsters are present, not just the areas we confirmed.”
“Why is that?”
That’s because other monsters will come out in large numbers and attack Tonk Machina!
You shouldn’t say this without hesitation.
While Arjen was explaining, he told Alvius Tunktree the reasonably coherent reason he had come up with by running a simulation in his brain.
While solving cases related to the Chaos Church in Raden, Vitus, and Luong, we saw monsters that had run amok after being consumed by the power of chaos.
Those monsters had dark red patterns on their bodies, like the eye glow of the orc golem we found today.
And there is not just one type of monster that runs wild with the energy of chaos.
In the case of this Orc Golem, even though it did not have a pattern, it was emitting a chaotic energy, and seeing that it had a different dark red eye glow than usual, I think it went berserk like runaway monsters in other areas.
Also, it is difficult to say that the Chaos Cultists only used tricks on orc golems.
Since there is a possibility that ordinary monsters may run amok, it would be a good idea to first investigate golem-type monsters that have common characteristics.
Alvius Tunktree nodded after hearing my explanation.
“There is no harm in being prepared in advance. I understand, I will do that.”
“Thank you for accepting me.”
“No, it is natural to listen to the words of a hero who has more experience with the Chaos Cult than anyone else here. Hey! Send an additional investigation team right away!”
Immediately upon Albius Tunktree’s order, one of the soldiers in the throne room moved out of the throne room again.
Alvius Tunktree, who sent the soldiers, looked at me again.
“First of all, thank you for letting me know about this with my daughter, Arjen. And in the future, I hope you will cooperate if the Chaos Church is doing anything in this Tunk Tree.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. We will never leave the Chaos Church alone.”
“Oh, these are the words of a hero who defeated the demonic beasts of the Chaos Church many times, so they are very trustworthy.”
“I am not the only one fighting against the demonic beasts of the Chaos Church. Please rest assured that I have other trusted colleagues with me.”
“Yes, you are not the only hero. Please take care of the other Fortis group members as well. Also, Princess Adelia Raden, Princess Tiona Bitters, Luong May, and Luong Mai. Each of them represents this country as a king. I am grateful for the help of the country’s royal family.”
“No, King Tonktree. The Chaos Church is a threat to all countries. We cannot just leave it alone.”
“That’s right, we can’t leave alone those who did something ridiculous even to our Holy Beast of Bitters.”
“Yes, yes, if countries are in trouble, we should help each other~ Right, Mei?”
“Yes! My! Those Chaos Church bastards need to be punished!”
After finishing the report, we had nothing more to do, so we decided to return first and disperse.
Arjen told me to rest at the castle since I was here, but he said he would stop by anyway after solving this case, so he declined today.
In the first place, it seemed like Atsval was stiff from tension, perhaps because it was his own country’s capital, unlike other countries’ capitals.
That’s why we parted ways with Arzen and left the royal castle.
“Atsubal, now that the capital has arrived, relax.”
“Who, who was nervous? I was just a noble of Tonk Tree! I was just thrilled to set foot in the royal castle!”
“I was so confident when I went to another country. Today’s Atsubal was refreshing in many ways.”
“I agree. Where’s the confidence you showed at Raden’s party? It’s completely different from how you talked easily with other nobles.”
Atsbal’s face turned slightly red at Yeonhwa and Adelia’s words.
“Si, it’s noisy!”
“Atsubal, your face is red! It’s funny!”
“What is so funny!”
“Phew.”
“Pamela! Are you laughing just now?”
“Hey! I’m sorry!”
After taking Atsval home from Tonk Machina, we returned to Lucedia and dispersed, and I headed to the Cats Store in Valendia to report to Sasha.
