Chapter 551 – The Cursed Throne
“Wow! The paper… Is very smooth. What did you do with it?”
Ignoring Sena, who seems interested, Seong-il begins briefing on the interior map of Filinore Castle and the Casarak’Tarun that rules it.
“Now. Our enemy is a worm-class red dragon. As everyone knows, dragons are the most powerful creatures in the material world.”
“…”
When Seong-il brings out the fact that everyone has been trying to forget, the group looks at him with dark expressions.
“But don’t worry too much. I pride myself on knowing all of his strengths and weaknesses.”
“…Are you Mr.?”
When Seong-il says he knows about dragons, Sena frowns and puts on a look of incomprehension.
In Senna’s memory, Seongil had been adventuring with her since he had just crossed over from the land of barbarians.
And Seong-il, who read that expression, turns over the first page of the strategy book printed with a calm expression and shows it to the party and answers.
“I know you have questions. But, if you look at these documents, you’ll see that I’m not bluffing. Look at the data first.”
“…”
Seeing Seong-il’s confident words, Sena examines the data Seong-il gave her with a suspicious look on her face.
“Uh…?”
And a detailed, eye-catching map. The topography of the vicinity of Filinore Goseong, as well as the interior of the Goseong, were unfolded in detail.
“This… Is this real?”
Even when the materials are meticulously recorded on how the enemy is preparing for a surprise attack inside the castle, and what type of traps are set in which terrain, Sena, who is in charge of the exploration, has a look of astonishment on her face.
“It’s true. If what I’m saying is false, you can retreat right away.”
“No… I can’t believe it even if you say that…”
“Noisy.
Ignoring her comrades, who are bewildered by the ridiculously detailed information, Seong-il continues to explain the enemies in the vicinity.
“Uh… Ugh… There are vampires?!”
“Yes. They’re from the Blood Blossom Clan. They were beaten up by the Knights of Dawn and entrusted to Kasarak’Tarun.”
Ignoring the frightened Senna, Seong-il explains in detail the location and specifications of the mud and rock golems that the dragon secretly created to protect the nest.
“…Should I call it a dragon’s nest?”
After examining the power supply in Filinore Goseong, Bruno and Van look tired.
“Don’t worry. Casa Rak ‘Tarun is an arrogant man and will never intervene directly in battle even if all his men die.”
“How do you know that?”
A question popped out of Gaaz’s mouth, who had been listening silently. Seong-il, not taken aback by his question, turns over a page of data once again and starts explaining about Kasarak’Tarun.
“It’s simple. He’s also a God of War.”
“He was a believer in struggle?!”
Ban’s expression of astonishment at Seongil’s short answer. It is also true that the god of struggle was a demon in fierce confrontation with the god of justice, so Ban, the paladin of justice, had no choice but to react sensitively.
“Yes. That’s right. He didn’t steal the Hallows of Light for nothing. The reason why Kasarak’Tarun stole it in the first place was because the God of Strife had instigated him.”
“Dare…!!”
After calming the angry class, Seong-il calmly explains the specifications of Casarak’Tarun. That he is both a mage and an apostle of struggle.
When they learn that the already powerful dragon is a monster with the power of warriors, wizards, and priests, the party members face extreme tension.
“Don’t worry too much! It’s because I’ve analyzed the battle patterns he likes to use in advance.”
Like a deceased person, Seong-il hands over a strategy book that contains the combat patterns of Kasarak’Tarun, at the level of a thesis.
And the appearance of my colleagues who started reading the strategy book in silence.
“What…What do you mean? If you bring your summoned minions close to the dragon at once, he will use the 『Spell Trap』 Installed in the nest to reverse summon them all at once? Neutralize it?”
“After the decrease in spell resistance, massive 『Slowdown』 And 『Misfortune』 Magic are used, so when the spell is hit, the priest or wizard immediately removes 『Unclean Power』 To support the vanguard?”
Seong-il is a deceased person, so he understood the contents immediately even after looking at the strategy book written in writing, but it seems that his colleagues did not.
“Watch out for the dragon jumping backwards? It confuses the party by blowing strong wind with its wings, but that’s an eye trick? A breath attack is coming after that?”
Colleagues who couldn’t understand no matter how meticulously I wrote down the attack patterns.
Seong-il realizes that he cannot teach his colleagues through paper and writing.
‘Oh yeah… If we continue like this, many will die…’
Even if his colleagues fell into monsters or traps in the old castle, Seong-il was confident enough to control the risk.
But the problem is the dragon. Since the risk of the red dragon’s one-by-one attack was impossible to control, Seong-il was troubled with a serious expression.
‘Kkeuh… Unlike me, a deceased person, my colleagues who look at Kasarak’Tarun for the first time are likely to show a foolish appearance and then see blood… Is there any way?’
Seong-il begins to ponder in silence, leaving his confused colleagues behind.
‘I don’t know. Let’s just take a video of the game. If I show audio-visual materials, my colleagues will understand what I’m talking about.’
Seong-il decides to use this extreme method. He then puts his colleagues on standby and moves to the driver’s seat to return to reality with Edward.
***
“Hey… It’s been a while.”
Seong-il muttered alone while looking at the game screen of 『The Throne of the Cursed』, Which is played based on augmented reality in front of his eyes.
He starts playing the game by moving the mouse cursor precisely with his brain waves.
‘Oh… The difficulty level is getting lower when I play the game just by thinking?’
Even though he is still a dead person, when he gains an advantage that goes beyond his physical limits, Seong-il quickly clears the game, showing ridiculous control like a god.
Despite not using an editor, Seong-il takes the perfect leveling route and succeeds in growing a character customized with the same job as his colleagues into an advanced adventurer in only half a day.
“Ou… It’s because our party is difficult to level. If you just grow it, it’s a really fraudulent party…”
A class of paladins with the blood of a god flowing.
Experienced warrior and priest Bruno.
Gaaz, a warrior and powerful mage.
Hamster, a mighty mage and priest.
Martial arts, supernatural powers, and even Seongil, who is working hard with all sorts of artifacts.
Excluding Senna, the rest of the party was all gorgeous.
‘The fatal weakness of this party is that since there are many party members with multiple jobs, leveling is extremely difficult…’
‘Fortunately, thanks to Nyanko, many party members are infused with the power of the gods, and leveling is finished in an instant, so there is no such weakness anymore.’
Because of this, Seong-il thinks that if she leads her teammates well, she will be able to subdue the red dragon.
‘Good. I’ll make it into a training simulator by drawing out the numbers for all cases that have happened like this.’
Seong-il, thinking so, starts filming a video of beating Kasarak’Tarun to death by being stuck in a corner of the room for almost a day.
A battle video of playing with Kasarak’Tarun through the most reckless play, as long as you don’t use tricks.
A video of subduing Casarak’Tarun through standard and perfect variable control.
Lastly, even the video of clearing while struggling with all kinds of mistakes and variables.
After making three clear videos to a satisfactory level, Seong-il prepares an important video in earnest.
‘The clear video is actually not that important. The really important thing is to see if it ‘fails’.’
Seong-il realized through past experiences that he could learn more from defeat than from victory.
Because of this, unlike the clear videos he made with just a few, he started shooting defeat videos with a huge number of cases.
The image of the party going to ruin because they couldn’t properly block the dragon’s standard attack.
A party that is unable to properly recognize the specific attack pattern the dragon shows, and is in a dying state with a single attack and is annihilated.
In between, the sight of the party slowly dying as the avant-garde collapses due to the problem of not being able to properly fill the empty buffs to allies.
Through gameplay, Seong-il succeeds in capturing almost every number of cases in which the red dragon can cause serious damage to the party.
“Ah… I’m really tired…”
A teaching material made by staying up all night for almost two days and nights. Because he is a deceased person among deceased people, the video he made looks better than any strategy video.
“Edward!!”
“Yes. Master.”
“Could you edit this video by any chance? Make the video a bit higher quality…”
“Of course it’s possible. Can we convert the game video into something more realistic?”
“Oh…!! That’s okay!? Do that right now!!”
『However, in this case, it would be nice to have more computers to help with calculations. Could you lend me the Little Nautilus? I would like to use the power and main system charged there.”
“Of course it is possible.”
I asked just in case, but when Edward readily replied that it was possible, Seong-il was surprised and promised to fully support him.
While Edward enters the Little Nautilus and edits the video in high-definition, Seong-il takes out 『The Magical Book of All Things』 From his bosom and thinks about it.
“…If you have some spare time, should I apply magic or deokjideokji to prepare for a class 9 crisis written in the magic book of all things?”
While Edward is working, Seong-il decides to use the newly obtained 『Spellbook of All Things』.
‘I must use 『Na-Rajam’s Great Ward』. It’s a spell that can’t be compared to the existing crisis preparedness spell.’
Seong-il decides to wear 『Na-Razam’s Great Ward』, Which automatically activates 3 spells of class 8 or lower for a month according to the specific situation commanded by the user.
‘In addition to this, I should also wear [Na-Razam’s Lesser Ward]. Even with this alone, I can always cast 6 powerful defense magics.’
Seong-il holds up the magic book of 『The Magic Book of All Things』 And begins to look at it happily.
‘Thanks to this thing, I became a better magic user than most mages? People really don’t know what the future holds.’
Seong-il, not hiding his happy heart, starts applying all sorts of defense magic to his body that he had only put in his eyes.
Seongil is a 5th class spell that makes good sense as a low-level spell, but in terms of frequency of use and importance, it never loses to high-ranking spells such as [Steel Skin], [Mute], And [Fear Resistance].
After that, he uses the long-awaited 『Na-Rajam’s Great Ward』 And begins applying powerful defense magic to his body.
“Kya!! This is delicious!!”
Without hesitation, he even walks away from 『Steel Body』, 『Powerful Regeneration』, Which is a symbol of the 8th class buff magic, and 『Silence of the Soul』, Which protects the mind.
A feeling of comfort when applying defense magic all over the body. Seong-il, who has finished all preparations, takes the prepared materials and moves to the world of the cursed throne again.
***
“Take everyone.”
“Also?”
When Seong-il hands over the strange marble he gave him again, Bruno says to Seong-il with a confused expression.
“Ah! It can’t be helped! You guys don’t understand my strategy!!”
“Kkeuh… Just fight!! What strategy is strategy!!!”
“I don’t want you, my friends, to die.”
“…!!”
Seong-il speaks truthfully and honestly to Bruno, who grumbles. In fact, the ‘characters’ in front of him who shared his childhood memories felt like friends.
“Hmm…”
And as if his colleagues felt that sincerity, the group stopped grumbling and picked up the beads again. And a bizarre sight to behold.
Is this what it feels like to look down from a very high place? Beneath it, a large dragon and five or six warriors were engaged in a fierce battle with it.
『Kwaaaaa!!!』
With the help of Edward, the audio-visual material has been transformed into a classic game theme in a high-definition format. Shocked, the group starts looking at the simulation Seong-il handed over.
