Chapter 272 – Guardian of the Dungeon
So Lena calmly begins to explain to Seong-il how to annihilate the enemy.
“Hmm… It’s an interesting strategy, but will it work? Technically, the method I used before is similar to this…”
“No, it’s different. You can trust me and Leah on this.”
“Hmm…”
“It’s true! As much as they know the tactics of us Dark Elves, we know very well about their subtle weaknesses~!”
“…In that case. I’ll do as you say tomorrow.”
“Whoops! Okay! However, since you are the most important player in this operation. You have to play really well!”
“Oh, don’t worry about that.”
After that, Seong-il tries to explain to Lena the contents of her box in detail. At that time.
“Excuse me…?”
“Oh, is Leah here?”
Her sister, Leah, came in at the natural timing. Her older sister Lena beckons her to take her seat.
“Huh? My older sister must be…”
“Oh, because something more important than that has come up.”
“…?”
Lena, the older sister, begins to explain in detail what will happen tomorrow. Hearing everything, she hardened her expression.
“Um… After all, those guys…?”
“Yeah! That’s why we’re going to preemptively attack them tomorrow.”
“Aha”
Instead of participating in their conversation, Seong-il gives them various potions and wands.
“…This?”
“Potion. This is healing… This is stamina recovery…”
“Wow…”
Seong-il teaches them how to use potions and wands and their efficacy.
‘They’re precious colleagues, but if they die, it’ll be troublesome.’
Unlike himself, who can be resurrected even if he dies, the Dark Elf sisters die once and that’s it, so Seongil never intended to drive them to death.
‘If you become my follower in the future, it might be of great help.’
Seong-il thoroughly prepares for the next day’s surprise attack with them.
“Oh, and.”
“Huh?”
The time when they were about to return to their respective rooms after finishing all the operations. The two sisters look at each other with puzzled expressions as Seong-il catches them.
“After tomorrow’s battle, we have to move the Holy Land to a deeper depth. I want to ask you a favor because you’re more experts than me on that part.”
“Whoops…! If we die tomorrow or are not seriously injured, I will definitely do it!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you don’t die.”
“Ahaha!! You’re trustworthy~”
After that, her older sister Lena approaches Seong-il and kisses him lightly on the cheek, she says.
“Jjook~ Hehe… What we couldn’t do today, let’s continue tomorrow?”
“It’s good.”
After that conversation, the three take an early break for the next day’s battle.
“Whoa…”
Early moning. Seong-il woke up early to the sound of the alarm. He calmed down a bit and put the 『Cursed Sword』 On his waist.
“Oh…! Is it finally an appetite?”
“Yes. This time, I will definitely defeat the ‘white knight’.”
“Hmm! You are definitely stronger than you were a month ago. I also gained a lot of strange abilities.”
“In addition, it is even more advantageous since we have figured out what kind of tactics they operate this time.”
『Don’t be careless. That ‘white knight’ girl was never weak.』
“Of course. I can never be beaten like last time.
『There?』
“Last time I only fought with my alter egos, but this time it’s different.”
“Ohhh… How is it?”
“We’re going to have an all-out war. Not only me, my alter ego, and the goblins, but also the two Dark Elf thief sisters. I’ll fight with all my might.”
“Oh oh…”
When Seong-il gritted his teeth and seemed to go out with all his might, Sword showed pure admiration without the usual sarcasm.
“Good! Then I’ll do my best!”
“Puha… Yes… Thank you for doing so.”
After those words, Seong-il carries his luggage out the door.
“Are you ready?”
Then, the Dark Elf sisters and goblins appeared. It seemed that they had risen a little earlier than before the holy day and made their preparations.
“Yes. Let’s go right away.”
So Seong-il moves to the destination with a dozen goblins.
“Ohh… Here?”
After walking through the huge labyrinth for about 30 minutes, a huge canyon appeared in front of you. Seong-il realizes again that this place is not only a great labyrinth, but in fact is a huge world.
“Okay! Goblins! Prepare as I told you yesterday.”
“Kehe…!”
As soon as they heard Seongil’s shout, the goblins split into two groups and took up positions on either side of the canyon as if hiding themselves.
When they settle down as instructed, Seong-il picks up six magically charged jewels and focuses his mind.
Sseuseuk!!
Shortly thereafter, beings that look exactly like Seong-il appear in front of him.
“Duplicates! Take the magic wand and go!”
“Huh!!”
The alter egos take the magic wand prepared by Seong-il in an orderly manner. Unlike their usual playful appearances, they settle down next to Seong-il with determined expressions on their faces.
‘Ohh… It seems that my emotions are also transferred when I create an alter ego.’
“I’m ready!”
“Uh?”
In the meantime, when the alter ego speaks to him using a word he doesn’t normally use, Seong-il is taken aback.
‘The children’s vocabulary has improved a lot since they studied shadows and clone magic using the creation god’s bracelet in their spare time while recharging mana?’
And, as if that appearance was a big shock to the Dark Elf sisters, they approach Seong-il and talk to him in a surprised voice.
“Wow… Our Daejeon-nim, you really have great power, right? You are indeed the Daejeon chosen by the God of the Moon.”
“…Thank you. Are you ready?”
“It’s over. Now we’re going to do our part. Please take good care of us!”
“…Don’t die.”
“Of course! Grandmaster too!”
After those words, the Dark Elf sisters disappear like ghosts as if they melt into the shadows.
‘…I can understand why the servants of the God of Light were wary of them.’
Thinking so, Seong-il sits alone in the middle of the canyon and waits for the enemy.
“…Are you here?”
It wasn’t long before I heard a murmur and the sound of footsteps. The movements of the enemies are captured by Seong-il, whose sensibility has become extremely sharp due to 『Sensation』.
Sureureung!
Sensing that feeling, Seong-il calmly got up from his seat, took out the 『Cursed Sword』, Pointed the tip of the sword towards the floor, and finished preparing to meet the enemy.
“…Hmm?!”
After about 4-5 minutes, a group of troops arrives at the canyon, and they find Seongil standing alone with a sword, like Jang Panpa’s equipment.
“What is that guy?”
And as if that appearance was very impressive, an old knight who seemed to be a veteran frowned and took out a weapon and shouted at Seong-il.
“Who are you? Are you a band of bandits hiding in the Great Labyrinth! Or are you a cultist’s servant? Reveal your identity!”
‘The lines are clichéd once.’
Seong-il almost burst into laughter at Nogisa’s banal line. However, extremely nervous from the upcoming battle, he quickly hardens his expression, raises his sword, and answers him.
“Spawns sent by the God of Light. You have the guts to dare to invade our territory.”
“…You bastard, you’re a cultist!”
As the knight roared, the soldiers who naturally followed took out their weapons and started forming formations with a deadly appearance.
“Cultist who believes in the moon god. I don’t know what kind of guts you’re showing off when your church has collapsed and has no troops.”
Like the old knight said. The ‘White Knight’, who was standing quietly in the back, steps forward and speaks as if provoking Seong-il.
‘Now… Shall we begin?’
At her words, Seong-il lowers his mask and sends a signal to his allies by covering his face, shouting to distract the enemy.
“Maybe! But do you think we’ll be so bad that we can’t beat about 10 punitive forces?”
After Seongil’s words, goblins quickly jumped out from both sides. They raise crude wooden spears, aim them at the enemy, and begin to roar.
“Keeck!! Enemies!! Kill…!!”
“…Are those goblins the only ones who brought them? They really went as far as the cultists! Hit them!”
When the minions Seong-il brought look terrible, the enemies relaxed their expressions. They all start attacking Seongil.
Piyung!!
A bolt from a crossbow that flies toward Seongil at the same time as the enemy charges. Seong-il is not at all taken aback by the attack, and neutralizes the flying bolts by using the ability [Psychokinesis] He acquired not long ago.
“…?!”
The crossbowmen panic when the bolt left the crossbow flies and floats as if it were stuck in the air.
And at the same time, the sound of pagong starts to explode on the rough cliffs on both sides.
“Paang!! Paang!!”
“…Hmm?!”
A strange wave bouncing off the crossbowmen. They panic and quickly spread out to avoid the wave.
Fishuk…!!
However, despite their efforts, acrid smoke begins to spread on the floor shortly thereafter.
The smoke that spreads in all directions without a break begins to fill the surroundings, as if blocking the sight of the crossbowmen.
“What?!”
A strange performance that I have never seen before. The crossbowmen look puzzled at the unusual attack.
“Khehe…!! Khehe…!!”
“Damn it! Crossbowmen! Stop shooting for a moment, break away to the right and try again! If you shoot your crossbow awkwardly because of the smoke, your teammates will get hit too!”
However, soon after, the troops in the rear are addicted to the paralytic poison little by little without their knowledge, so they can’t show the same speed as the first time, and they start to show the appearance of floundering.
“It’s hard! All of them charge!”
And Seong-il, who saw that, rushed at the enemy without hesitation so that the enemy could not properly judge the situation.
“Dare…!!”
When Seong-il, along with three or four of the old pirates, rushed at them fearlessly, the knights and heavy infantry looked bewildered.
They take out their weapons and try to attack only in the direction of Seongil, as if Seongil doesn’t care about the goblins following them.
“Concentrate on attacking and killing that masked guy! He’s the captain!”
It is possible to be embarrassed by the gas that was suddenly fired, but the three knights, mainly the white knight, grit their teeth and comfort their subordinates.
Paang!! Paang!!
In the meantime, the same smoke as before bursts out again between them and Seong-il, and the knight frowns and mumbles.
“Seeing that it is also sprayed on allies, it is not poison, but is it a simple smoke screen made to block the sight of archers?”
The front line of the enemies who didn’t know that Seong-il and his clones were immune to paralysis gas because they drank the immunity potion. Because of this, they mistakenly believe that the gas is simply a smoke screen to block the sight of the archers.
‘I should have cared about the goblins pretending to follow, only shouting and not attacking.’
Due to the limited amount of detoxification potion, it was a waste to give it to the goblins. So he spread the gas all over the place and didn’t send the goblins to the front line.
“You arrogant bastards!! Die!!”
The knights gritted their teeth and attacked with fierce momentum along with the heavy infantry. Seong-il builds up his inner strength and starts to show sharp Taegeuk swordsmanship.
Caan!! Caan!!
At that time, mixing hands with high-level enemies and examining the surroundings little by little. Seong-il confirms that only the white knight is guarding the priest alone, vigilantly by the priest’s side.
‘Also. Same as last time Just as the Dark Elves said.’
The Dark Elf sisters explained to Seong-il the loopholes in the enemy’s tactics the day before, saying that they were strictly wary of surprise attacks, but only focused on protecting priests.
Because of this, Seongil led the alter ego and the goblins, confronted them head-on, pulled the priest to the front, and exposed the crossbowmen defenseless to a surprise attack.
‘You didn’t know that our ambush target was an archer, not a priest.’
Thinking so, Seong-il begins to wield his sword more vigorously in order to constantly distract the enemy.
“Keugh…!!”
The old knight is frightened by the power of the holy day beyond imagination. He even attacks Seong-il with one remaining young knight, but when he fails to gain the upper hand, his expression begins to harden.
‘Hmm?’
In the midst of that, a strange sensation that was sharply captured by his own『Sensation』. He realizes that the feeling is the priest’s debuff spell from before.
“Do you think you’ll get hit again?”
“What?”
Nogisa frowns when Seong-il spits out something out of the blue. Whether or not he reacts like that, Seong-il starts giving orders to the two clones.
“Right two! Be prepared to risk your life and hit the priest!”
“!!”
As soon as Holy Day’s order is given, the clones of Holy Day fiercely charge at the priest. They disregard defenses and charge suicidally, sustaining fatal wounds in their flanks and shoulders.
“Crazy!”
Despite being stabbed in the vitals, the alter egos rushed at the priest like berserkers.
From the point of view of enemies who do not know that they are not living creatures, but magical beings, their rush feels terrifying.
“You bastard, do you want to see me?”
“Inohm…!!”
Seong-il rushes two of his alter egos, so now he is surrounded by two or three additional heavy infantry.
Despite the crisis situation, when Seong-il proudly provokes himself, Nogisa raises his sword with an enraged expression and strikes Seong-il down.
“Keugh?!”
He clearly swung his sword at Seong-il, but his own sword attack was no faster than before. The old knight instinctively realizes that something is wrong.
“No way… This smoke…! Wasn’t it just a smoke screen?”
“Did you realize that now?”
Sarcastic at Nogisa’s muttering, Seong-il unhesitatingly launches a Taegeuk sword fight and launches a quick offensive against him.
“Sir Rowen!”
Seeing that, the other colleagues immediately attack Seongil’s side to help.
“Keugh…?!”
However, as I moved violently, the paralysis poison spread to every corner of my body. While their bodies are paralyzed, when they are even subjected to a telekinetic attack on the holy day, they lose control of their bodies.
In an instant like that, the elite soldiers, numbering close to eight, struggled with their hands in the air, playing no role.
Pooh!!
“Ouch!”
Some even have their necks and chests pierced with swords by Seongil’s alter ego, which is only two of them.
“Inoum!!”
Seeing that appearance, the old knight gritted his teeth and wielded his sword with the last of his strength. However, Seong-il lightly avoids his sword, which is poisoned by paralytic poison and slows down, and swings the sword around the old knight’s neck.
Spaw!
“No!!”
In an instant, the enemies were enraged when the old knight fell to the ground with a mortal wound. In particular, as if the white knight couldn’t stand it any longer, he and the priest started charging at Seong-il.
