Chapter 177 – Chapter 45. Second.
In addition to the eight teams of warriors who said they would attend at the meeting, there were two more teams of warriors who voluntarily participated. One of them was the La Rocha team. If the Heavenly Horse Guild were going to go together anyway, it would be better to unite with the hero team, so it was decided to do so.
In this way, there are a total of 10 warrior teams belonging to the investigation team. They decided to meet within three months from now in Eretria, the city of beginnings. It took two months if the weather was bad, so it was like giving each warrior team at least a month to prepare.
Team Jihyeok, who had prepared for this day several months ago, was ready to leave. The newly joined fairy wizard Lenny and the sun god Kurg decided to remain in the capital. It was for Sally’s Hero test to be held in four months. Ji-hyeok also made a promise to his student Sally at the academy. So now she’ll take care of the rest of the team.
The total number of members of the Jihyeok team thus formed is seven.
Guard, the bald hulking Gide.
Dealer, Hero Kang Ji-hyeok, Lizardman Kayak, dog-headed Jepopo.
Magician, drug addict Associate Professor Yayel.
Healer, heavyweight Grace.
Buff magician, sister Rosalia.
They were fully prepared and left the capital early in the morning.
Because they had heard that they were going to fight the Demon King’s army, the faces of the team members as they watched the capital move away were resolute and there was a dim light. Anxiety that they might not be able to return here was wriggling in everyone’s hearts. … I just don’t express it.
The playful Gide sublimated the anxiety comically. He laughed wryly and exclaimed, “Hey!”
“The centipede alcohol the captain gave me was really amazing. Sea Pearl, the real cock didn’t die!”
“Hehe, next time we’ll make a few bottles too, brother.”
“Oh, that’s good! I heard that there are a lot of centipedes in the Southern Continent. If there are large ones, let’s catch some. Seapearl, the centipede chicks are all gone. Hehe.”
Uhh
The mention of centipedes made Yayel and Rosalia very disgusted. However, Grace, who had tasted the power of Centipede once, pretended not to be so and was secretly interested in it. It may sound like an empty word, but if I were to actually make a few bottles, I would get a little bit…
With the exception of the buff sister Rosalia, all of them are now experts with quite a bit of expedition experience, so their proficiency came out in things like their eyes and actions. In particular, the key was that the adaptability to eat, sleep, and eat in any environment has increased.
However, as there is a saying that even monkeys sometimes fall from trees, Jihyeok warned them not to be vigilant. Originally, isn’t that mental strength the most important thing in fighting demons?
As many demons deal with negative emotions and thoughts, once your mind starts to shake, you can’t control it. No matter how strong a person was, a child’s knife could kill him if his mind was broken. And some of them have already experienced it in the Catacombs.
In that respect, what Jihyeok had the advantage over others was his mental strength. He had apparently experienced death fourteen times, so his fear or fear of it was remarkably less than the others. The greatest weakness of human beings is gone.
That’s why he endured the mental attack of the demon of indolence, Darofim, and eventually cut off his torso with the holy sword. Those who can survive to that point and kill demons with only mental strength without buffs can be counted on one hand even across the continent.
In particular, the existence of a buff magician was very important for this Demon King. Unlike the demon king Kigant, he enjoyed using black magic, witchcraft, and curses. It was the same as meaning that it was difficult to approach a guy without a buff.
It could be easily killed if approached, but the process was never easy. You have to break through all the demons and monsters that guard his surroundings, as well as the high-density condensed barrier to reach him… So this Demon King was quite difficult to deal with as a melee dealer.
Still, there were two trustworthy S-class Heroes and a Heavenly Demon, so the odds were high. However, like a guy who uses curses, he had to be very careful because he didn’t know when and where variables would arise. If you make a mistake, you may be stabbed in the back by a colleague you trusted. … Originally, it was a curse. Anything imaginable had the potential to happen.
… Yes, anything imaginable can happen…
Jihyeok closed his eyes and thought of the old days. The fierce bloody battle with the six lords, the demon king Pyros.
Inside the carriage, which had been noisy, the noise soon disappeared and became quiet. After the tour of the capital, the team members closed their eyes and began to doze off.
Only Grace, who was smoking a cigarette, let out a long puff of smoke toward the capital, her eyes half-blind.
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Ji-hyeok heard about the situation in the southern continent from a group of merchants he encountered on his way up to the capital. He didn’t witness it, but it was the story of the upper class that he left quickly because the rumors were so vicious.
– Isn’t it that a city was completely ruined overnight? It is said that bodies move and ghosts appear.
– Many say that they witnessed an army of crows. It must be clear that the Demonic Cult has done something terrible.
The ruined small town was, of course, a place called Calais.
Ji-hyeok tried hard to prevent the demon king from descending in the past, thinking that if he blocked this place, he would be able to prevent the demon king from descending, but eventually confirmed that the demon king descended elsewhere. After experiencing it once, he realized that the descent of the demon king could not be stopped after all. Even if it explodes somewhere, it will explode.
Originally, after four more cities fell, the Demon King’s army would be destroyed by the punitive force dispatched from the capital, but Ji-hyeok did not want that much damage. In particular, the fact that Eretria, the city of the beginning, was devastated by the demon king’s army was obviously a great loss to the continent. Didn’t that cause a problem of not properly educating the strangers who came to the continent after this!
The road was crowded with people trying to leave from the Southern Continent. On the contrary, only the warrior team was trying to enter.
A month and a half after leaving the capital, the hero team arrived at Eretria, the city of beginnings. Perhaps because of the vicious rumors, the city felt empty. As if public order had gotten worse, security guards with spears and knives roamed around from time to time.
Count Eretria was also trembling with anxiety. The old count, with age spots on his wrinkled skin, was overjoyed to see the team of warriors arriving in the city.
“A warm welcome, warrior!”
Jihyeok gave the poor old man the good news that nine more teams of warriors would arrive. Then he smiled brightly as if he was really lucky.
“Can I hear how things turned out later?”
“Of course. I will tell you everything in detail.”
The warrior team dispersed to their respective rooms and unpacked their belongings. As soon as Jihyeok finished cleaning up, he headed straight to the count’s office. After the old Count greeted the warrior, he served him tea and continued the conversation.
Of course, Ji-hyeok already knew everything, but he needed to check if there was something more he didn’t know.
“… So, there is no movement near Calais.”
“Yes.”
Even the count did not yet know that the existence crouching in the small town of Kalei was the Demon King. … Well, even if it’s similar to what happened in the North Continent, how can you be sure it’s the Demon Lord? It’s because Jihyeok knows the future.
However, you should start preparing now. Because being a soldier isn’t something you can just make when you want it. It took at least a month of training to get better than a meat shield.
“If you don’t know, recruit soldiers. It’s just in case.”
“Soldier, you mean?”
“Shouldn’t we avoid the worst? I’m sorry to say this, but there is no law against Eretria being like Kalei. The enemy has an army, so we must have an army too.”
The Count nodded his head a couple of times and replied that he would.
All Jihyeok could do right now was give him such advice. Now, for a month, all he had to do was thoroughly prepare to fight while waiting for another team of warriors.
Jihyeok especially had training time with Rosalia every day. Still, she has been taught a lot by Sasha, the buff master of Ganesha’s team for a long time, and her skills have improved remarkably compared to before.
“I need a ranged buff.”
Rosalia continued training by making the buff like an arrow and throwing it at Ji-hyeok. If that doesn’t work, she should ask Shasha, the buff magician of Ganesha’s team.
However, Rosalia, who felt the need for this ranged buff from before and had been steadily practicing it, soon began to imitate it quite plausibly.
And at the point where two weeks had passed, Rosalia succeeded in perfectly flying the buff arrow at a long distance.
“Success, I did. I’m successful!”
“Good job.”
Jihyeok patted Rosalia’s hair after she succeeded in the ranged buff. However, I did not forget the word of advice.
“You still have to practice. Because I have to become more proficient. You know what I mean?”
“Yes, Captain—!”
Grace also realized the wide-area heal that she practiced in the past quite plausibly. However, since it is a heal that covers the entire range, it has the disadvantage of consuming mana unnecessarily. So, she focused on the buff arrow and tried to fix its flaws.
Yayel did not simply stay in double casting. She agonized over how to maximize this further. Anyway, there was plenty of time. She won’t be chased for writing a thesis.
Then one day.
Yayel, who had been complaining of stuffiness because she was blocked by a large wall, wanted to cheer her up, and she excitedly sucked Jihyeok’s cock back, then she told him about her troubles.
After hearing her words, Jihyeok was a little worried. Now that she’s barely out of the conundrum of her double casting, she wonders if she’s giving her an even greater conundrum. Originally, this was a method devised by Lenny, who succeeded in triple casting, to make high-level magic faster and more powerful.
… Yeah, there won’t be a big problem with what you know.
The warrior hinted.
“How about making one magic using double casting?”
“… Yes?”
“There is such a thing. The overlapping of two pieces to make one whole. … It’s too difficult to make two at the same time with high-level magic by double casting, so I cut the time to make one in half.”
Ah.
“I think so. … Is it possible?”
“Good idea. I think it might be worth a try.”
Yayel sincerely thought so. As the hero said, it was too difficult to cast high-level magic at the same time. Then, instead of making one of them, I would do half of the incantation in each hand.
In theory, no problem. But the question is whether it can be realized. At first glance, splitting the chant in half and combining it into one was a much more difficult technique than double casting. … What can’t you do with words?
Anyway, thanks to Jihyeok, the drug addict got a good challenge.
