Chapter 236 – Back to the Battlefield (1)
Smart!
As we were talking, there was a knock on the door and the door opened.
“You’re back again, Jinu!”
There, Aria, the princess of Britinya Kingdom, looked at me and shouted. After that, the maids followed Aria in.
Aria ran towards me and she jumped into my arms.
I was surprised that it jumped towards me for a moment, but I didn’t have much trouble accepting Aria.
For me, it hasn’t been that long since I broke up with Aria, but from Aria’s point of view, I think it’s been a very long time since she broke up with me that she reacted that way.
“Should I say it’s been a while?”
“Really… You didn’t forget about me, did you?”
Lately, I’ve been thinking about Chaos Alcatraz and thinking about how to defeat it. So, it is true that she had forgotten about Aria for a moment, but she smiled without saying anything.
To be honest, I was busy summoning my characters to take them down because of Void.
Moreover, I felt that everyone else was not looking at Aria hugging me very favorably, so I didn’t wait long and left Aria.
I can feel the regret on Aria’s face as she falls towards me.
Seeing things like that makes me feel sorry, but right now the priority is to focus on Chaos Alcatraz.
“Jinunim!”
At that moment, I heard Gaia’s voice calling me urgently.
“Chaos Alcatraz has started moving! If you look at the direction it’s moving… North! It looks like it’s moving north!”
The timing is really good. Now that we are ready to face Chaos Alcatraz, it has started to move with good timing. We are grateful that you moved at such a good time.
“To move at this timing… Fate moves as God guides… Ah! God…”
At Gaia’s words, Freya knelt in her place and prayed to me.
Not only Freya but others also have bright lights on their faces. Anyone can see that the timing is perfect.
“Perhaps Chaos Alcatraz is going to destroy Numeron, the dimensional gate in the north? If it collapses, many demons will probably be able to come over here.”
“We must quickly go north and prevent the dimensional gate from breaking.”
I nodded at Ellie’s words.
What we have to do is move north first, as Eli said. And when Chaos Alcatraz comes, my plan is to divide it and the army that follows, eliminate the army first, and then take down Chaos Alcatraz.
“Then we have to move right now! Are you going to take Minercia again this time?”
“First of all, people who can’t fly should travel on Minercia, and when they get to the north, I should use skill 〈 Return 〉 to bring in the people who remain here, right?”
This is the method used when moving from Pern City in the Kingdom of Francia in the east to Libriville in the Kingdom of Gabondi in the south, or when moving from Libriville to Moria City in the Kingdom of Aldora in the west.
I have to use this again this time. I really don’t know what I would have done if I didn’t have the 〈 Return 〉 skill.
Moreover, we in the Kingdom of Britinya, located in the center of the Arpe Continent, have a shorter travel distance than Chaos Alcatraz in the western city of Morphia, so if we move now, we will be able to arrive first.
“I’m sorry, Arya. As you may have heard, we have to go take down our last enemy, Chaos Alcatraz.”
And then, ‘I’ll come back after defeating Chaos Alcatraz!’ I tried to say it, but the words stopped in my throat.
Isn’t this similar to the lines often spoken by supporting characters who die after promising to meet again in the final battle? It would be unlucky to make such clichés.
There is no reason to raise a death flag for no reason.
Unlike other times, it’s not like we can definitely defeat Chaos Alcatraz.
Aria also heard me and didn’t say anything in particular.
“Gaia, do you have the power to stop Chaos Alcatraz from moving right now?”
“I’m sorry, Jinu. I used up most of the strength I recovered while summoning Jinu and the warriors… Unfortunately, I don’t have the energy to do that.”
I didn’t expect much, but as expected, Gaia was of no help in the battle this time.
Still, just using the power to send me and my characters back to the original world and then summon them again was helpful enough.
If Gaia hadn’t done it, it would be safe to say that she would have no way of defeating Chaos Alcatraz.
Especially now that I know Chaos Alcatraz’s patterns and gimmicks, I realize that I couldn’t win even more when I think about the fights I fought before.
At that time, we really fought without warning, but now that I think about it, it seems like an act of suicide.
What on earth were they thinking when they started fighting? If they had just run away quickly, they wouldn’t have gone through that crisis.
In the end, I escaped successfully, but it feels dizzy when the memory comes back to my mind.
Now we have to set out to defeat that enemy again. If we just defeat this guy, everything will be resolved.
“We cannot borrow Gaia’s power, so let’s move as she thought. First, take Minercia and move north…”
“Wait a minute, Jinu!”
The moment I was about to explain to everyone, Gaia interrupted me. She feels as urgent as the moment she had just said that Chaos Alcatraz had begun to move.
“What’s wrong… Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“Uh… I just told you that Chaos Alcatraz started moving… And suddenly the movement to the west changed.”
Changed? What does this mean?
Then, a scene immediately appeared in my mind: Chaos Alcatraz and its army moving in a completely different direction.
This can’t be right?
“Chaos Alcatraz is still moving north… But the army it created is now coming towards here!”
They say that ominous premonitions are always wrong, and this one turned out to be right as well.
“Is it true that the entire army you mentioned is coming?”
“Well… From what I can see, it looks like they were all sent this way. It seems like a diversionary operation to disperse the hero’s power.”
I didn’t think of this. I definitely expected that the reason he created the army was because he found our presence annoying, but I never thought he would move himself and the army separately.
I never thought they would send troops here too. I think that also means that he knows our location accurately.
“Jinu, don’t worry about us, just stop the existence called Chaos Alcatraz. We will do our best to stop it among ourselves.”
Aria made up her mind and shouted to me, but she said that was too much. Even if demons just came rushing in, they wouldn’t be able to stop it, but the people here trying to stop an army made up of voids fused with demons that have become more powerful is the same as ants shouting that they will try to block the elephant’s path when a huge elephant passes by.
“No. The people here won’t be able to make the meat shield or buy time by themselves. In fact, we will be annihilated before we even reach the north.”
“It… It’s so painful to know that we are weak…”
Arya muttered as she endured the painful reality.
“Jinuna, I think we have no choice but to share this.”
“Yes, I think so too. If you divide it instead, how you divide it will be the key.”
First of all, among the nine of us, I must go north. That way, you will be able to collect points to use for 〈 Return 〉 in the north, and just like then, Chaos Alcatraz will prevent you from using the 〈 Return 〉 skill, but anyway, you will be able to quickly join the remaining people here at Brighton Castle.
In addition, Yuria, who will carry the people going north, is also definitely selected.
“For now… Freya, you remain here at Brighton Castle.”
“… I will accept God’s command…”
For a moment, I felt like I was going to say no, but Freya listened to me. Originally, Freyja, who can make us the strongest here, is essential in the battle against Chaos Alcatraz, but receiving a buff will be essential to wipe out the troops coming here.
As of now, Freya and I are the ones who can apply buffs to everyone here, but since I have to definitely go north, Freya decided that it would be better for her to stay here.
“Next time… Renia, you stay here too.”
“Huh? I can’t do that! I have to be by Jinu’s side and protect her…”
Renia, who was nominated as the next person to stay, objected to my words. She didn’t seem to think she would be chosen.
“It’s reassuring to have you protecting me. But in order to quickly deal with the troops coming here and join us in the north, it’s more important that you, who are the strongest, receive Freya’s buff and deal with them quickly. Do you understand?”
Lenia listened to me and tried to shake her head to say she didn’t like it, but she nodded weakly.
Before and now, Renia is the strongest individual here. However, she decided that the skills she uses are not narrow in scope and have a lot of wide-area skills, so she is suitable for dealing with multiple enemies.
Conversely, this also means that it is better for characters with a narrow range to go north like me.
