Chapter 184 – Arceus (5)
In the game, there is a designated dungeon, so when I catch the raid boss, I can go there right away to remove debuffs applied to my character or useful buffs applied to the raid boss.
But my situation right now is that I’m not playing a game, it’s fucking reality.
If this is a game, a raid boss suddenly pops out in a vast open field, and the users are faced with a raid boss that does not take any damage.
And in order to remove the barrier that nullifies the damage, something needs to be done, but it’s as if the damn operator doesn’t even give a hint as to what to do.
Maybe then game users will criticize it and call it a scam.
But the reality is that it is like a chase game.
Ah… Won’t someone make a real-life save load?
That’s what I’m thinking right now as I run across the rooftops.
If there was a Save Rod, wouldn’t he have gone to dismantle the barrier on Arceus’ body long ago or sent his colleagues in advance?
I moved as much as I could and looked around.
And since I wouldn’t be the only one to find it, I shouted so that everyone could hear.
“Everyone, take a good look around! There may be a place where a barrier is being placed around Arceus’ body right now!”
Everyone was shocked when they heard what I said, but soon everyone started looking around.
“But does such a place exist? How does the owner know about it?”
“That’s it…”
How do I explain this…
Not only does it have no logical explanation for doing it in a game, but it is a setting that should never be mentioned to my characters.
If I tell them this, the shock they will have will be beyond imagination, and I will also have to explain their character nickname, Shinmyeong, which I want to hide and hide.
It’s only a matter of time before you start wondering what that means.
Perhaps one day I will be able to talk to them about the Elion game, but not now.
Don’t I need to prepare my mind too?
“Noah, even you cannot explain everything to us.”
Oh oh! While I was trying my best to come up with a plausible reason, Lien spoke first.
I don’t know if what I’m hiding is about the game, but maybe they knew I was hiding something?
Obviously, you might think that way because I never explained it properly.
“Lien is right. Noa, it’s just that Jinnu-nim has something that we can’t understand, so it’s hard to explain. We don’t have to question it. Jinnu-nim always showed us the right path. Right?”
“Well… I didn’t do anything particularly wrong when I was in that world or when I came here…”
Before I could speak, Ellie, like Lien, intercepted my words.
Something I can’t understand… Strictly speaking, it’s not wrong, but it’s a very vague explanation.
And it is a very strange situation for Noah to understand that.
Well… That’s probably what they think of my actions.
Not only is there no need to explain what happened in the original world they lived in, but when I look back on my actions even after coming here, I feel like I unintentionally gave them a fresh experience.
They didn’t know about the inventory, which is a given in RPG games, and it took too long to walk long distances, so they often used 〈 Return 〉 or Whisper, which allows you to talk to people at a distance, and they made surprised expressions the first time they saw them. I remember.
Also, they seemed completely unaware of the raid skills used in the game, such as 〈 Time Stop 〉 or 〈 Dash 〉.
In addition, I first suggested a strategy for attacking the synthetic monsters seen in the recent Frash Kingdom.
When I think about these things, as Ellie said, it may seem like there is something only I know that I cannot explain to them.
“Um… I’m sorry to everyone, but I don’t think I can explain it to you right now. Someday… I’ll definitely explain it to you someday.”
I spoke to everyone in a voice full of firm determination.
“Well, I don’t mind if the owner says so. So there must be a place to maintain that ridiculous barrier, right?”
“It’s not certain. It’s just my prediction, but as far as I know, there is no way to eliminate that barrier. If not, we’ll either have to find a new way, or… We’ll all have to retreat.”
I nodded to Noah and expressed my thoughts.
As I told everyone, unless there is a place that maintains the barrier, there is nothing else that comes to mind.
I remember that there was nothing else in the actual game other than this gimmick.
“Then there are probably quite a few soldiers there to protect it. If so, I might be able to find it.”
Ellie said that and came down from the roof to the floor.
Then she poured her divine power into her own mace and struck her on the floor.
〈Fury Wave〉
Bang!
I think I heard someone say that 〈 Fury Wave 〉, which was previously used to find monsters or enemies around them, put in a little less sacred power than usual so that the opponent wouldn’t feel that it was detected.
But what Ellie used now seemed to me like she had put all her power into it and hit the floor.
Those of us who know what Ellie does followed her down to the floor.
Ellie closed her eyes after lowering her mace to the floor.
It seemed like he was blocking out his senses as much as possible and concentrating on the divine power spreading around him.
She tried to get Ellie to talk to her, but she didn’t think talking to her would break her concentration, so she quietly waited for Ellie to open her eyes.
In fact, she didn’t know what would happen to the companions she left behind with Arceus, so she felt like urging Eli away right away.
The last time she met her Gigant, there were times when she left them behind, similar to now, but at that time, the situation was somewhat predictable, so she wasn’t overly worried.
As far as I know, if it’s Basara that Gigant fused with, she knows the pattern and behavior of that guy well, so I predicted that she wouldn’t be in such a dangerous situation.
However, now he has left behind fewer companions than when he was Basara to face Arceus, whose true identity he still does not know.
If I had been in a situation where all I had to do was find an item like in Basara, I would have gone looking for it by myself, who could now use skills, but as if clearing a dungeon, I had to find a certain location and kill an unknown number of enemies, so I had no choice but to leave as much as possible and move on.
Then Ellie opened her eyes.
Even though only a few seconds had passed, it felt like a lot of time had passed.
“What do you think, Ellie? Do you think you found it?”
I asked Ellie with a bit of anticipation in my voice.
“Honestly, I’m not sure… But there is a place where a lot of living things gather. I think I’ll have to go there to find out if that’s the place Jinnu-nim mentioned.”
“Is there only one place?”
Ellie shook her head after hearing what I said.
“No, just in case, I expanded my sacred power as much as I could and looked for it. I think I saw the entire city, but there were almost no living creatures except for one area. I guess Jinu used 〈 Blizzard Over Freeze 〉 to catch most of the weak enemies. “I think it’s a virtue.”
First of all, there were too many enemies, so I used 〈 Blizzard Over Freeze 〉 with the intention of wiping them out as much as possible, but it seems that I unintentionally did a good cleaning.
If there were many enemies left by now, she would have been a hindrance to Ellie’s search.
“Anyway, we don’t have any other options. Ellie, guide me there.”
“Yes, Jinu. This way.”
Ellie jumped and climbed onto her roof, and we followed along.
Looking at the direction Ellie was heading towards, she saw that she was heading towards a large palace within the city of Morphia.
Is it over there?
Please, I need to be there…
The entrance to the palace we moved quickly to was guarded by the group of Drakans we had seen earlier.
When I think about it, I don’t think there was any Drakan among the enemies that chased us earlier.
Considering that the Drakans did not chase us even though their combat power was higher than expected, this is also proof that there was something important hidden in the palace guarded by the Drakans.
Otherwise, it would make no sense for the main force to be hidden here when an intruder broke out in the city.
Then there is only one thing for us to do.
“We would check and get there safely, but we don’t have time right now. Let’s go!”
As soon as I said that, we charged towards Drakan in front of the palace.
〈Blood Spear〉
〈 Meng Hao Meteor Fist 〉
The first to enter were Lien and Noah.
When we suddenly appeared and started attacking, the Drakans were embarrassed and were unable to avoid the attack and allowed the attack to continue.
Noah’s spears pierced through the Drakans, and Lien moved around among the Drakans, quickly planting her fists.
Normal demons should have been annihilated by this attack alone, but a few Drakans were able to withstand this attack.
If you look closely, it looks slightly different from the Drakan that died all at once.
What? Those guys.
First of all, I didn’t have enough time to understand these guys, so I finished it right away.
〈Wind Blade〉
The blade of wind I flew cut off the heads of the enemies who were barely able to withstand Noah and Ellie’s attacks.
We entered the palace, thinking that leaving this many enemies behind was probably a win.
