Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? - Chapter 20

◈Episode 20 The price of ignorance (6)

“I guess you want to receive a compliment about the color of your eyes.”

“That sounds correct.”

The thief skillfully absorbed my sarcasm and twirled the kukri in his hand. It was half the size of a regular dagger and had quite a bit of strength.

“Okay then, knight Sir. Why did you come to this back alley? “Seeing as they came with God’s dog on their tail, why did they decide that we would be the one to lead them this time?”

“That Mangjong—!”

Come to think of it, I wonder if this person had a temper too. Of course, considering it belongs to a back alley.

“…That won’t be it. “I heard there was something to investigate about our person being dragged away from the temple.”

“While wearing the Heretic Questioner?”

“They said it might have something to do with the devil.”

The air was shaken by a word from a pickpocket who happened to intervene.

“…devil?”

The thief looked at me, thinking over the words. Thanks to the hood, I couldn’t see the top of my nose, but I could make out the angle of my head.

“The location of those taken away. “Do you know?”

“…Wait a minute, are you saying the temple and the devil are involved?”

Well, that’s fine. There’s a 99% chance that it’s related, but it’s still Schrödinger’s temple unless you look into it.

I ignored the thief’s question with such useless thoughts.

“I asked if you knew the location.”

“Hey, Nari. It is estimated that there are over twenty thousand people who were taken to the temple! But you brought in a heretic reporter and asked about their location. “If you want to get an answer, don’t you think you at least have some information to give?”

But the thief said something quite reasonable. Was he such a logical character? I didn’t know about it since I’ve only played it a few times because the personal story and battles were boring.

“Do you think I would have come here if I knew the truth?”

“…!”

“And those back there are not my group.”

“…Are you saying we’re not part of the same group even though we go together?”

As I sharply pulled it apart, I thought I heard the sound of kimchi dumpling eyes popping out from behind. Archmage’s Sigh is now standard equipment.

“…It’s not a group, but a temporary companion. And… we still don’t know if this really has anything to do with the devil. That’s why I’m here to find out.”

“Then who is the Heretic Questioner?”

“Ilse Lee was dispatched to this city by the church on another matter.”

Fortunately, the Archmage was not set up to lose sight of his job due to lack of confidence.

“…Look. I understand that your faith in the temple has plummeted due to this incident. But we really have nothing to do with this. I just felt suspicious and left. So, won’t you please suppress your anger and cooperate to prevent more victims?”

Also, she was also a logical person, so the thief eventually kept quiet. After about 30 seconds of awkwardness, I started laughing.

“hey.”

The thief waved his hands as if he had made a decision after a long time. Someone came out of the alleyway.

“Go and report it.”

“…Will you let me know?”

“I have the confidence to lose a bit of weight.”

“I knew.”

Another thief NPC quickly agreed and disappeared into the alley. The other signs I sensed are slowly moving away, so I don’t have to worry about fighting here.

“…Let me guide you first. But I don’t believe that damn Inquisitor. “It’s to prevent more victims.”

After saying that, the thief exhaled once and turned around.

“Please follow me.”

With the quick movements of a thief, he disappeared into the alley in an instant. I was able to prepare and catch up right away, but he was a very inconsiderate NPC.

「❖ An ominous omen

∎ Talking to a pickpocket 2 / ?

∎ Talk to the snail 0 / ?

∎ Move to the place where people were taken”

Still, the quest was updated.

* * *

“We’re almost there.”

The bandits left the slums and took us to the commercial district. He was very capable and shady in leading people only between fancy buildings instead of on the streets, out of fear that someone might be a thief.

“It’s over there.”

And finally, it stopped in an alley. The thief’s finger points to a building across the street without leaving the alley. It was a vegetable store that people frequented.

“…Vegetable shop?”

The Inquisitor frowned, but neither the Archmage nor I did.

“I can definitely feel the presence of a barrier. It looks like someone with great skills has stepped forward. “If you hadn’t been paying attention, you wouldn’t have known.”

“…I guess I didn’t come forward for no reason. As you said, there is a barrier on the door leading to the basement in the warehouse. Thanks to this, even if I wanted to look inside, I failed every time.”

Archmage for that reason.

「❖ An ominous omen

∎ Move to the place where people were taken

∎ Find a way to enter the place where people were taken

∎ Find traces of people who were taken away」

I am on an updated quest.

But the question that suddenly occurred to me because of the conversation just now is why the thief NPC recognizes me but not the wizard. If you were chosen to be a warrior, the Archmage would also be quite famous.

Since the wizards were set in an Indian language, wasn’t their face known?

“Then… really…”

“I don’t know if it has something to do with the devil. But at least it is clear that it is not an honorable thing to do.”

“….”

The Inquisitor’s expression changed to that of a murderous murderer. A friction sound came from the hand holding the mace.

“How do I get in?”

She gritted her teeth and opened her eyes brightly. As it matched the moment when it attacked me at night, my throat felt quite tense.

“If you take the time, you can lift the barrier, but…”

The Archmage stroked his chin and shook his head.

“It takes time, but there is no suitable location. “You will be discovered before you break the barrier.”

“Is there no way?”

“Hmm… The barrier is focused on hiding, so it seems like it would be easily broken if physical force was used.”

There is no easy way to get there. Well, all games are like that.

“Then at night—.”

“I am going right now.”

It’s been so long since dawn that they told me to wait until night. I don’t like it.

The time allowed is really short now. In this quest, I wanted to beat at least the dungeon in front of it.

Anything more than that would be too much, so just make it clean.

“Are you crazy? “Our expenses will increase!”

“what is the problem?”

Despite the thief’s remarks, I grabbed the two-hender without paying attention.

“Kidnapping would be a more serious crime than trespassing.”

“…!”

“Are you saying we should take advantage of the security that will come to the station? But that is only possible if the leadership of this city is not in sync with the temple.”

That’s also true. I spewed out words while looking at the companion NPC who went against the player’s opinion.

“If you’re scared, step back.”

But what if that becomes a problem? Certainly, there is a tendency for the difficulty to increase if you attack head-on… So the game company must have suggested a solution through the mouth of the companion NPC.

But the fact that you can try means that you can eventually break it that way. It is not too late to reconsider the game company’s proposal after seeing the results.

“You’re so reckless!”

“I seem to be mistaken. Do you think we have a lot of time?”

More than anything, I have a gamer’s sense that if I skipped it until night, it would get more difficult, but not easy.

It’s not just a hunch, it’s also true if you look at the information that has been released so far.

“More than twenty offerings. There is a captured demon contractor in the temple. Even if you put this on the topic of wise men, you wouldn’t expect any results.”

“…!”

“You captured a demon contractor alive…?”

“…he’s right.”

I wondered if they were forcing me to wait until night, but luckily that didn’t seem to be the case. Seeing that the Inquisitor agrees with my opinion.

“If the diocese in question was corrupted, the devil contract that was handed over would not be in the newspaper room to this day.”

good. If you have different options like this, you can persuade the accompanying NPC to go in, right?

“…It’s useless to be called an Archmage. I can’t believe I couldn’t even think of something like this. You are right. “Let’s go in.”

Well, I don’t think I have anything to blame myself for because I’ve never seen an NPC who is called an Archmage who is truly worthy of the title.

There are many intelligent characters in the world who are sacrificed for development.

“…Be hot.”

As even the Archmage agreed, the thief whistled softly. He also has no intention of backing down. His posture as he takes out the kukri proves it.

“If it’s dangerous, I’ll get out right away, so just know that.”

okay. Among the people who said that, there wasn’t a single one who actually lost weight.

“Then the timing to rush in—.”

And there is no way my concept would take that into consideration!

I stepped outside the alley while holding on to the two-hender.

I thought about running for a while, but quickly gave up on that.

Anyway, the thief said that the door was in a warehouse, and if it were a warehouse, there would be boxes piled on top of it. If you try to run, you’ll end up groaning and having to move the box, but… isn’t that really cool?

“Oh welcome! “What do you want to buy…?”

Rather than that, I would rather walk in confidently.

“That customer shouldn’t go in there.” “Gagging!”

puck!

I hit the store owner’s solar plexus and made him fall to the other side. After all, there is no way the store owner didn’t know about the existence of the underground door.

In the end, this guy is either a follower of the devil or his collaborator, and my concept absolutely does not tolerate such people.

“Aaaah!”

“You really are behind me.”

“It’s too extreme.”

What the thief said is true, so I can skip it, and what the Archmage said is something the Archmage should get used to, so you don’t have to worry about it.

I calmly kicked the back door of the store as if I hadn’t heard anything. thud. Contrary to expectations that there would be a backyard or something, the door led to another room.

“What are you doing!”

Another person who was tinkering with products in the alley next to the store—I guess it’s run by a married couple— rushed out and shouted.

There was too much distance to suppress it, so I decided to just ignore it. My eyes quickly scanned the room.

“I will report it! “Get out now—.”

“I came out of the temple. “Please cooperate.”

I guess this is right.

I kicked the box, looking at the basement door sticking out from underneath the box. Since it was an empty box, the box flew away without any damage.

“Why in the temple….”

“Well, I don’t know. Why do you think that is?”

While the Inquisitor was dealing with the owner, I raised my sword.

Kwasik!

A sword engulfed in black energy opened two underground doors. In the process, the effect of breaking a glass plate appeared and then disappeared, but it was not very important. That must be the barrier.

“…Magi.”

I felt something strangely tickling inside, but thinking it was just my mood, I stepped on the broken basement door.

Kwazijic!

The basement door, which had been split in half, slid down, revealing the entrance.

“What are you doing now!”

“Archmage, arrest the two!”

It was around that time that an angry voice gave an order.

But no matter what they do, it’s not like I have to wait. I walked down the basement while the white chains were restraining the store owner.

“From now on, in the name of God, I begin to execute. Evil will be destroyed and sinners will be judged!”

The Inquisitor’s loud cry rang out from behind along with the sound of a shield being struck.

“I didn’t know that I would be witnessing the Heresy Questioner’s Heresy Questioning right before my eyes…”

As I continued to go down the stairs with that sound as the background, this time something came close behind me. He was a thief.

They were arguing like that earlier, and now they seem scared again.

“Rather than that, is it okay if I go in like this?”

“I guess all the people who hit you had hearing problems.”

“…Yep, I’ll shut up.”

plod along.

Separately, there is no sign of the stairs ending due to how deep the underground tunnel was dug.

“Please wait a moment!”

Even after the Inquisitor and Archmage quickly joined the back row, the feeling had to go down for a full three minutes.

“Somon: Hidden Underpass”

The area name was updated only after the linear hallway appeared.

“I will take the lead.”

The Inquisitor suggested the existence of the shield, but… I know it’s efficient and I want to do it, but…

“Ah!”

“…Isn’t it you who don’t listen to people?”

I ignored it and moved forward. In the process, I clearly heard what the thief muttered. As expected from a thief, he has a good eye for understanding people.

But if you’re going to give in to that, no!

I never gave up the front line, and the rest ran after me. The Inquisitor, who had offered to stand in front of me several times, only sullenly accepted my position – the third – after being asked about four more times.

“The door!”

Soon I saw a creaky wooden door at the end of the hallway. Beyond that, there was a strong smell of blood.

If you do, you need to be prepared to attack or respond as soon as you enter.

I put my hand on the two-hender and stretched out my foot.

Quang!

The door, which was obviously locked, was kicked wide open with the lock breaking.

“Damn it, I’m still summoned—!”

“A hero!”

“How on earth do you know…!”

“okay! “Your executioner is here!”

“…Warrior?”

Beyond the broken door, I could see the demonic contractors hiding in the underground cave. The quest

“❖ Ominous omen

∎ Find a way to enter the place where people were taken

∎ Find traces of people taken

∎ Suppress and eliminate all enemies”

has been updated.

“The bugs… are gathered in one place to kill them…!”

“Face God’s judgment, you wicked seeds of evil!”

As I listened to the Inquisitor repeating his lines in similar fashion, I checked the battlefield with a cool head.

The open cavity is quite spacious, and the demonic contractees are performing rituals within it.

Is there about fifteen people in total? Three of them are behind and assisting. They were the ones who reacted and tried to respond when we came in.

“Cheet buy time!”

“Wake up!”

“Prepare to summon draugr!”

The corpses lying on the floor of the cave stood up at the loud cries of the demon contractors.

「Skeleton│A low-level demon born when demonic energy resides in a corpse with only white bones remaining. They have no intelligence or self-consciousness, and wander around this world following the instincts left in their bones.”

When you think of the undead, the first thing that comes to mind is the appearance of a devil.

“I’m going to prepare a spell, so I’d like to ask for backup.”

“Uh, uh… it’s not that difficult.”

However, as it was the most common and weak, it did not feel like much of a threat. Kimchi Mandu, who was growling like a tiger right now, was splitting his skull in one go with a mace.

“Victory to my sword…”

“Do you think struggling will work!”

“Glory to the sky…!”

“God is with me!”

My two-hender was similar. When I swung the two-hender beyond the Inquisitor’s shield, the skeletons were swept away in droves.

“Listen, you lover of slaughter. Come to the prepared land.”

However, the number of skeletons was large and the cavity was wider than expected.

“I have prepared blood and flesh for you. Give birth to darkness and bring death to this land!”

Their spell was completed before we reached the demon contractors.