Chapter 123 – Episode 123. Call Me Brother
“Ugh… There are a lot of them…”
I muttered while looking at a large group of monsters through a telescope on the roof of a tall building, and the muscle man next to me answered my words.
“The surrounding monsters seem to have all gathered together. How can monsters of that size be gathered…”
I took my eyes off the telescope and handed it to Sua Lee next to me.
“Even monsters fight each other for each race, and I know that they fight over territorial issues between villages. However, if such a large number of various monsters gathered… There must be one reason. If you’re Sua, you’ve experienced it, so you know it, right?”
Lee Soo-ah, who was about to bring the telescope to her eyes, said in surprise.
“Yes?”
“Don’t you remember? We have already had similar experiences.”
“…”
Lee Soo-ah, who was lost in thought for a moment, soon calmed down.
“The goblin army…”
“That’s right. Even then, I was very curious about how so many goblins could have gathered. The answer was Goblin Gord. A high-ranking entity of the commander level appeared, gathered so many goblins, and attacked the sword guild. Then and now. Don’t you think it’s similar?”
“Ah… Then..?”
“Perhaps a monster of a higher level that can gather and lead them… Or someone more than that has appeared.”
“… Demons…!”
“I expect so too.”
I had heard that demons would appear in earnest in Rat Head, but I’ve never met them since.
Perhaps, here. I think we will meet
I looked at the army of monsters that I could barely see without a telescope.
The number of monsters on the move was slightly less than the goblin army at that time.
However, the levels of the monsters that make it up are different.
Goblins were weak goblins no matter how hard they gathered, but the monster army that is gathering far away and moving now includes goblins, wolf-type monsters like Lumos, orcs, and even ogres that you can only see once in a while.
It is said that they had power that was incomparable to that of the Goblin Legion back then.
But it’s me too.
The power of my subordinates has become so strong that it is incomparable to that time, and to top it off, the muscle man and the hero have been added.
“Oh, oppa… Gwa, are you okay…? I-I honestly don’t think I can be of any help…”
Jin Yuna grabs the hem of my clothes and looks at the monster army with frightened eyes.
To be honest, I was a little worried before coming here.
Should I take him or not?
But the conclusion was to take it.
Anything else is useless, but healing skills are useful.
It’s a first-aid kit in case of any injuries.
Since it is said that remote healing is possible, I plan to put it in a suitable place and use the healing skill immediately if I or the hero are injured.
However, Lee Soo-ah’s look at Jin Yuna is unusual.
“Brother…?”
Yuna Jin looked at Lee Soo-ah in shock.
“Yes… Oh, brother… You are older than me…”
“Ah, that’s right. That’s why I call you brother.”
Oh dear.
Come to think of it, Lee Soo-ah didn’t like the idea of saving Jin Yuna from the beginning.
She has skills that are lethal to Jia, and she is Jin Yuna, who was her enemy in the first place.
But seeing her even call me ‘brother’ in a friendly way, she must have been quite upset.
Lee Soo-ah looks at Jin Yuna with a cool expression.
When the atmosphere became strange, the muscle man cleared his throat and then told me.
“Huh, hmm. I’ll let you go down first. Me and the swordsman guild leader are in charge of the front, right? I’m familiar with the strategy, so don’t worry… You can do everything and come down slowly. Girl there? Did she say Jinyuna? The lady goes with me too. You say it’s a healer role? Let’s go downstairs and find a suitable spot to hide.”
“Ah.. Yes..”
Jin Yuna, too, was stinging at Lee Soo-ah’s cool atmosphere, so she happily followed her muscular uncle down the building.
Now, the only people left on the rooftop are me and Lee Soo-ah, who is blowing the cold air.
Oh, that’s crazy.
Are you the only one scared?
I’m scared too
I hesitantly spoke to Lee Soo-ah.
“I…”
“I’m sorry, Min-gu.”
Suah Lee suddenly bowed down and apologized to me.
I said to Lee Soo-ah in an embarrassed tone.
“Soo, Sua. I’m sorry. What are you sorry for?”
Lee Soo-ah sighed heavily and said.
“Because I considered Min-gu to be my benefactor to our guild, I did not dare to call Min-gu by any other title. However, when I saw a woman who was my enemy not too long ago, calling Min-goo my brother and treating him friendly… I think I was a little angry. I’m really sorry for showing Min-gu this way.”
Oh, this makes me even more sorry.
I felt sorry for myself as I drew a line because the approaching hero felt a bit burdensome.
However, it is also true that I felt that I needed to clarify my position on the hero.
I thought we’d talk about it properly sometime soon.
Yeah, that’s how it happened…
“Mr. Sua.”
“… Yes?”
“How would you like to call me, Sua?”
“…”
The hero looked at me silently, and I also looked at the hero face to face.
Just like when we first met in the event dungeon, a beautiful woman who looks confident and youthful.
Her black long straight hair still slicks and she looks straight at me with unwavering straight eyes.
“… I want to call you oppa too.”
“Then do it.”
The hero seemed a bit taken aback by my cool answer.
What’s your name?
In the first place, it was Hero himself who was restraining himself with the title ‘Mingoo-nim’.
“I will also call you Sua instead of calling you Sua. No, I’ll call you. Got it?”
As if the warrior was even more embarrassed, his face started to blush.
I kept saying
“Once this fight is over, let’s talk about our relationship properly. I guess it should. Are you okay?”
“… Yes..”
I shyly grabbed the standing warrior’s wrist and pulled it lightly.
Lee Soo-ah, helplessly dragged into my arms.
“Oh…”
“So this fight, take care of yourself. I don’t think it’ll be much of a problem, but you lose your life to a blind arrow. Got it?”
“…”
Lee Soo-ah closed her eyes and nodded her head while holding her still.
After a brief hug, we went down the building together.
A muscular man greeted us, and I looked around and asked him.
“What about Yuna?”
“Ah, that lady is hiding behind me. Aren’t you going to take me?”
“Yes, for now. Then I’ll ask you here. I’ll go to the front. We’ll attack first, so if you feel like the rear is getting noisy, Mr. Sua… No, use Sua’s skill to blow first and charge.
The muscle man looked at me and Lee Soo-ah in turn, then smiled and nodded at her.
You’re smiling like you know everything.
After glancing at the muscle man, I left the seat, leaving the two of them behind.
This battle was decided to be with only my party and the guild leaders, without the guild members accompanying me.
It’s good to bring all the guild members who can fight and gain combat experience… But I think we need people to protect the guild’s base.
For some reason, it was suspicious that the group of impersonators of heroes were so quiet.
After telling the remaining guild members to thoroughly focus on each guild’s defense, only our elite troops came out to intercept the monster corps.
It’s a monster corps with a size that’s burdensome, but I don’t think they’ll ever lose.
Because it is a gathering of more than 100 talented people per day.
In this battle, I and my party decided to take charge of the enemy’s last line.
Go to the enemy’s movement route and enter the cradle of rest, figure out the size and organization of enemies passing by, and when all enemies pass the cradle of rest, come out and attack the enemy from the rear end.
When there was a commotion from the attacked enemies, the muscle uncle and the warrior located in the front rushed in and encircled the enemy from the front and back to fight.
The strategy of encircling a large corps with a small number of people seems to make no sense, but the hero and I have the means to commit a large-scale massacre, so I don’t think it’s an unreasonable operation.
After walking for a while, a siren sounded along with loud psychedelic lighting from far behind.
Oh dear.
I forgot to adjust the distance of Yuna Jin’s escape prevention necklace.
I quickly changed the distance setting from 1km to 10km.
Jin Yuna, Lee Soo-ah and the muscle man who will be there must have been very surprised.
Well, Jin-Yuna knew it, and she must have explained it well.
I think this distance should be enough for now.
I summoned the door of rest and went inside.
“Ah, Min-gu. Are you here?”
The captain in the cradle, Dongseok, and my pretty women greeted me.
I told my subordinates
“Now, this is the path through which the enemy will pass. A large army of enemies will pass through here in a little while. Let’s get a good idea of the size of the enemy. Are you familiar with the operation?”
All of my subordinates nodded.
After summoning the Legion of the Dead, I spoke to the captain.
“Have you had that poison before? Apply it to the dagger.”
“All right.”
The captain smeared poison on the daggers of my skeleton soldiers and handed me a pill.
“Eat this.”
“What is this?”
“This is the antidote for the poison I will be using today. You’d better eat it beforehand.”
I put the antidote in my mouth and swallowed it.
“A hero or a muscle man… Will the Death Knight guild leader be okay?”
“It won’t make an impact until there. The place where the effect spreads is about 100m around..”
If it’s a radius of 100 meters, I think it’s okay to go to the place where the hero or the muscle man is.
Besides, the poison prepared by the captain today is not that deadly.
As I was lounging on the mattress waiting for enemies to pass through this place, Juniel approached me.
“Master.”
“Huh?”
“There will probably be demons in today’s battle, right?”
“Um… Maybe not? I don’t think there’s any way to gather such a variety of monsters unless you’re a demon.”
Juniel nodded at my words.
“I think so too. There must be demons. But master, if there are demons, you have to be as careful as possible. Got it?”
“Are the demons that strong?”
Juniel shrugged his shoulders once and said.
“Well, it’s much stronger than the monsters, but it’s not at a level that can do anything about me, my sisters, the hero, or that Death Knight. But… The master isn’t like that. Idiots have many extraordinary skills. That their skills might target the master. So, try to save yourself as much as possible. Got it?”
Seeing that Juniel asked for it this far, it seems that the demons are definitely not formidable.
“In my heart, I just want to put my master in the cradle of rest…”
“Don’t worry too much. I have two meat shields that will save me even at the cost of my own body. Right, mister?”
“Ah.. I was one of the two meat shields… Well, it’s the same that I have nothing to do after throwing the poison. Don’t worry, Miss Juniel. I will dedicate my whole body to protect Min-gu.”
“Did you hear? Don’t worry too much, the captain and Dong-seok will throw it and it will bounce into the cradle.”
Juniel nodded his head.
As Juniel said, I don’t care if I’m stuck in the cradle of rest.
Because I’m not the main battle.
But I also have to fight.
Raising my level just by fighting my subordinates is too slow.
I couldn’t gain as much experience as fighting and killing enemies myself.
There are many skills that need to be leveled up, but leveling up is too slow.
So, I also need to fight hard.
‘I have to do at least 1 up in this battle.’
I held the summoned spear in my hand and began to warm up.
My subordinates also started warming up individually.
After a while, a large group of monsters appeared with a buzzing sound from the front.
A group of monsters slowly moving toward the cradle of rest.
We welcomed countless groups of monsters in the cradle of rest.
