Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? - Chapter 43

◈Episode 43 Pray and Pray (1)

─If this is true, doesn’t that mean we have to kill the dragon?

Hero and Demon Knight After the young thief left to exterminate pirates, the Archmage did what she had to do.

It was a task of urging the Magic Tower, which was reluctant to take any losses even in the face of clear evidence.

─Is there someone skilled enough to slay a dragon?

She closed her eyes for a moment as she watched the people saying one word after another through the communication port.

─Shouldn’t we first discuss the means to approach the dragon, let alone the power? Sea dragons live in the sea.

─Leave me out. I’m having enough trouble with Merman and my grandson.

─Do you think it’s just you? We barely found time right now, right?

It was explained to the party that the magic tower returns to Silly, but in reality, the magic tower was more than that. There were many cases where a move could only be made by attracting the interest of the Great Sages, who were the decision makers, beyond practicality.

─Oh, yes. Who is the hero? There is a warrior. Isn’t it okay to be a hero?

─Well, Teltz-myeon is close to Daesinjeon. Let’s leave it to them.

And that was also the reason why she was the only Great Sage who supported the warrior.

“Of course the hero will step forward. Their colleagues will also not neglect their duty. The Great Temple will also not ignore this story.”

The Archmage sometimes thought that the world had been confronting Satan for too long.

Usually, the defense lines that were barely created during fierce wars are now taken for granted. Or when we witness those who are no longer grateful to the warriors who sacrificed their lives to stop the devil.

─What? Isn’t that done?

And… when we come face to face with wizards who are busy satisfying the interests of warriors instead of using magic to reduce their sacrifices.

She ended up thinking that.

“Is that possible? As White Wind pointed out, a warrior can only use his power if he has a means to approach the dragon.”

But does that mean I have to write it out of despair?

“So let’s get out of the way and cooperate.”

Young people worked hard without stopping for a moment, but she couldn’t play around.

─Oh, wait a minute. The hero’s companion who joined this time. Really? Not only does it have a devil in its body, but it also knows how to replace demonic energy with magical energy.

─What?? I didn’t hear that!

─Is that okay? Shouldn’t I kill him?

─If it’s okay, I’d like to receive a body part as a sample.

“That’s none of your business, so just shut up and cooperate. please.”

…Taking care of the well-being of the person who was with them was also an essential task.

* * *

“Are you really okay, Nari?”

It’s noisy… I know it too…

“Huh.”

I leaned against the deckhouse and covered my eyes with my raised hands. Nevertheless, the visible lower officer was so pale that Dev and the Inquisitor could not leave his side.

That was more annoying. Because of them, I became aware of my surroundings with energy that I didn’t already have.

“If I’m having a hard time, should I bring some medicine?”

These kids are really having a hard time, don’t make me act here…!

“…la.”

“yes?”

“I told you to stop making noise and get out of there…!”

You have to be truly vicious to be listened to! I lowered my hand and scratched my vocal cords with a wrinkled face as I warned him. It seemed like it had worked, and the two people walked away with a prick. There were no poopy puppies.

“I think things are a little better now.”

“Maybe it’s because the boat is bigger than the one I rode yesterday.”

“Do small boats get seasick more easily than big boats?”

“…is not it?”

“Of course, since you’re more shaken by the waves, you’ll likely get motion sickness. “Look at you asking questions again without knowing that.”

“…You!”

Unable to retreat, the two start bickering again. My friend used to do that with my sister. A vague memory came to mind for a moment and then disappeared.

He treats his little sister like that. Real siblings wouldn’t do that. Mmmmm. Anyway.

“Hey, won’t you be quiet?”

As I was overcoming motion sickness with the fantasy of being an only child, someone shouted in a stern voice. If it weren’t for the uniform soldier uniform with the knife mark on his cheek, it wouldn’t be strange to be mistaken for a pirate.

“Oh, I apologize.”

“You’re so picky.”

It occurred to me that I could make a bit of noise even though no enemy had been discovered, and that it was not normal for me to be sensitive. Those two obnoxious bastards definitely didn’t think that way because they were upset.

“I see ships engaged!”

Still, it wasn’t long before one of them stuck its head out. If I narrow my dizzying field of vision, I see two ships on the horizon.

The smaller side running away from the larger side is more like a chase than a fight.

“Chase!”

Three high-speed ships headed in that direction, changing their sails harshly. I thought that if I did this, they would run away from the other side, but I thought the sailor would have his own way.

“Are you a pirate?”

“The Carrack side is clearly a Vipurit pirate group, and the Caravel side… looks like a civilian ship!”

However, the tailwind did not relieve my motion sickness. I swallowed down the nausea.

If you turn your brain into a mush and shake it, it will feel similar to how it feels now. I have already swallowed such complaints more than five times.

“You can fight, right?”

I don’t know anymore either. Even now, how do you really catch a dragon?

I took a deep breath, slowly realizing my topic. As the salty air went through my nose and into my lungs, I felt a little better, but the ensuing sloshing immediately made me feel worse.

I want to become seaweed in the sea.

“…Take care of your body.”

Still, it’s not to the point where I can’t wake up like I did yesterday.

I don’t know if it’s because the ship is large or because there are less storms than on the north coast. Still, I felt like I could move as long as my condition improved a little.

So I say a line that fits the concept—but I’m not sure if it’s right. Since I didn’t have the mental capacity to review, I took off the back I was leaning on.

thud.

At one point, my legs almost gave out. If I hadn’t quickly put my back against the wall again, I might have fallen to my knees again.

“….”

Even though his eyes are covered with a hood, I can tell that Dev has sad eyes.

“…turn your eyes away.”

“yep.”

…I wanted to change the concept to something lighter, but I didn’t want to break it like this…

「A hostile target exists within a 30m radius.」

“Prepare for battle!”

In the meantime, the distance between the ships in combat and the warships became closer.

The carrack must have missed the caravel, so it stayed behind and moved to the right to avoid us. The caravel was heading left and away from us.

“Seeing them running away, I wonder if they might be pirates over there too.”

“Looking at the speed and shape of the ship, it appears to be a wind hand.”

“Privateers are pirates too. Tsk. “If only the distance was closer.”

“Shall I signal to the boat behind us to chase?”

“Try sending just one boat. “If it’s really windy, you won’t be able to catch it.”

The person in command of the warship cursed out an insult as the ship, which was thought to be a civilian ship, was actually something infamous.

Of course, he did not ignore the pirate who rolled in front of him.

“Catch that carrack!”

Of the three warships, only one broke away from its position and the remaining two ships began attacking Carrack in earnest.

“Throw it!”

Our boat, which was in the lead, was the first to throw the hook. The hook attached to the end of the rope flies through the air and is hung on the railing of a pirate ship by experienced sailors.

「Pirates│Marauders wandering the sea. “Freedom and romance collapsed in the face of greed.”

The system that did not work during Yongahyeong worked again today.

“It’s a cheering squad!”

“Kill!”

“If we hold on, we will win!”

“If you get caught, you’ll be hanged anyway!”

“Fight back!”

The pirates didn’t let that happen. I tried to prevent them from joining by cutting the rope with a blunt blade.

Pirates are said to be executed on the spot without trial – hanging or beheading – so even that meaningless struggle must have been a struggle for survival.

However, the ships were perfectly connected, at least by a rope. The pirate ship had nowhere else to run.

“Hwiyu. “It’s finally a fight.”

“I will definitely punish you.”

As they said, now it is our turn. Because I came here to fight. If I do that, I’ll have to go over and fight…

I covered my mouth and placed my hand on the wall of the deckhouse. Deb cursed and tried to support her as her legs were slightly unsteady.

“What, I’m not okay!”

okay. Actually, fighting with a blue face might not be a wise choice.

But if you step back from here, it’s not a good idea. It didn’t seem right to lose to seasickness rather than anything else.

Additionally, if the main quest involves the sea, how do you proceed? I don’t really like the theory of effort, but if that’s the only option, I’ll give it a try.

I pushed away the hand that was trying to support me and somehow managed to stand firmly on my two legs. Then, I took a deep breath, cleared my lungs, and stretched out my feet.

One step with a thud. When you hit, two shots. When it clicks, it is the third step and the sound of me stepping on the railing.

“…!”

“Demon knight!”

The railing that couldn’t support my steps was crushed with a ‘kwajik’ sound. In return, my body floats as if flying in the air.

Tung.

After jumping the distance between the boats in one go, step on the rope. The balance should not be excessively lost to one side. When acceleration increases, the center of gravity is surprisingly well maintained.

Squeak.

Because of the sudden added weight and shock, the hook that supported the rope twisted, but did not easily come loose. My body ran along the rope and quickly reached the pirate ship.

“Kill me—?!”

I think it would be better if I moved bigger. At least the body that didn’t feel like mine moves according to my guidance.

After letting go of those idle thoughts, I jumped up lightly. Sigh! The pirate’s blade stuck in the railing I had stepped on, and my bouncing body trampled on the face of the pirate wielding the sword.

Then, jump high and then slam down. I don’t use swords. If you surround your body with energy, you can imitate the form of the skill.

Breaker. The skill performed with the leg hit the center of the pirate ship’s deck.

Wajikkeun!

Gorgeous cracks or luxurious cracks were carved into the wooden deck. It was a crack that gradually caved in, starting from the area where it was hit.

The boat rocked loudly a couple of times.

“after.”

Oh, I’m shaking and I’m getting nauseous again.

I stood with the back of my hand over my mouth and my feet spread as wide as possible. The dust and sawdust between the decks and the broken wooden boards rose in a cloudy area near my ankles and soon settled down.

“Are you a knight?!”

“Zenjaaaang! What are you doing! “Kill me!”

Since our allies have not yet crossed over, are there still only pirates on this ship?

good. To be honest, I wasn’t confident that I would be good at distinguishing between enemies and enemies in a melee, but it worked out well.

I focused on the task at hand to ignore the overwhelming feeling of nausea. The most important thing is to avoid the approaching blade.

Even my dizziness seemed to have become dull in the face of my survival instinct, and I easily avoided the first blade.

Because I was dodging by turning, the hem of my clothes, which had spun around, brushed past the pirate, and my forearm hit the target’s back.

thud!

When one falls, the next enemy approaches. The blade was coming down from above to cut me apart.

He quickly pulled out his sword with his right arm—even if he reversed it—and blocked the blade by tilting it diagonally. Cough! A sharp metallic sound spread out, and a stab-shaped attack came from the side.

“Sigh!”

If there is no way to avoid it, just make it is enough. I stepped forward and pushed the enemy away. If you pour magical power into your legs and strengthen them, pushing your opponent away is no problem.

He also threw his sword upwards, sending the enemy’s sword flying, and hit his open body with his left fist.

Pow!

The enemy who was hit in the solar plexus folded like a flip phone and flew away.

Cheaeng!

One after another, he retrieves his sword with Jeongsu and quickly lowers his arm to block another incoming attack.

Suddenly my stomach started to roll and my balance was lost, but it was good news for me. He took a step forward with his leg as if he was running and slammed his fist into the pirate’s head.

It was a devastating blow.

“Wook.”

I felt motion sickness right away, but it would have been better if I hadn’t. Wow.

I quickly covered my mouth and tried to maintain my posture. It was natural that other pirates would take advantage of that brief gap.

So I thought about jumping up and landing again and trying to do a ground crash…

but suddenly.

“It seems like you leave your back empty every time?”

I don’t think that’s necessary. Dev, who didn’t know when he came over, cut off the pirate’s head with a kukri.

visor!

“Or was it useless?”

I didn’t mean to say that, but it’s not something to praise either.

Instead of answering, I jumped back towards the approaching enemy. It’s time to put the cumbersome longsword into its sheath for a moment.

Swish.

I jumped lightly and stepped on the enemy’s arm.

The enemy’s hand, which was swinging the sword forward, was crushed by my military boot, and he fell down, landing on his face with my knee.

Tilt. The enemy and my body passed at the same time.

The blade came in a series of horizontal cuts, so I bent my back to avoid it and hit my side with my fist. With that, if the enemy’s waist bends slightly, you will have the perfect angle to lift your upper body and hit the enemy’s head.

Pow!

With one punch, the pirate was instantly knocked out.

“You bastards!”

After killing a few more guys like that, the pirate ship and the warship were almost joined. It was natural that the Inquisitor, who was unable to cross due to the weight or because his body was relatively slow, tried to cross this way.

“Be judged!”

With the arrival of the Inquisitor, the tide of the war completely turned in this direction. The brilliance of God fell upon the pirates.

It was a moment when the city army and other adventurers who participated in the request did not even have fun.

* * *

“In any case, if you count your strength ignorantly.”

The deck, which was already half destroyed by my kick, had a hole blown out by the Inquisitor’s hot mace.

I was worried that the ship might sink, but fortunately it didn’t get to that point.

“What did you say?”

“You said you were strong?”

I guess Dev is slowly living his life by making fun of the Inquisitor. When reasonable suspicion arose, the pirate on the verge of beheading shouted bitterly.

“One day, Vipurit will cut off your wrists and throw you into the sea as meat!”

The reaction to those words was as follows:

“What is Vipurit? Cut off our wrists and serve us meat and rice?”

“If you have the ability, start by taking back the island that was stolen by your brothers!”

“Hahaha!”

Wahaha. The navy’s sarcasm immediately followed.

“Vipurit? “Who is that?”

“What, you don’t even know that?”

“…Yeah, I don’t know. “What do you know?”

“Ha, of course I know. “Aren’t you stupid for not knowing?”

The Inquisitor looked angry at Dev’s comment. The problem is… I didn’t know either. What is that?

“Isn’t this the former castle town of Yabad, a huge island separated from the mainland?”

…Where is the Yabad region again?

Last time I was looking at the Archmage map, there was a huge island at about seven or eight o’clock clockwise. Is that by any chance?

“The castle lords there secretly allowed privateers, but they operated pirates too openly, which aroused public opposition. That’s why I lost my castle to my brother.”

While I was wondering where Yabad was, Dev continued his explanation. It was the basic knowledge to understand the Navy’s sarcasm.

“So you were kicked out?”

“Since then, he has been calling himself the pirate king and robbing merchant ships.”

“The Yabad region is much further south than here. “I don’t think there’s any reason to come here.”

“How do I know the psychology of pirates? “I guess there’s a shortage of food because of the sea dragon problem.”

well. Unlike the northern coast, Grüttelz has not yet had a major impact. Looking at that, I think the area further south—maybe—the Yabad region is in better shape.

“Or maybe they were targeting that ship earlier. “Baramson is a famous privateer captain.”

“Ha, can trash be famous?”

“He may be famous for his excellent navigation skills, so much so that people say he handles the sea. “It seems that among sailors, they are considered descendants of Soldini, the forerunner of the sea.”

Dev said and pointed to one side. It was our warship that broke away from the formation after receiving an order earlier and chased the caravel.

I guess I missed it because there was no damage to the boat.

“He seems like he’s capable of at least beating a warship. Assuming that the caravel is Baramson’s.”

“Yes, trash is trash.”

In response to the Inquisitor’s strong words, Dev just shrugged his shoulders as if he had expected that to happen. However, I was interested in one side of Dev’s words.

A captain with such excellent navigational skills that it is said that he handles the sea. I don’t know who Soldini is, but he is considered a descendant of the forerunner of the sea.

Just by looking at this, doesn’t it look like it would be needed for the Sea Dragon Raid?