My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 185

#185

Earthlings of another world (2)

The day after arriving in Rohan.

When Hesperon came to his senses, a party of four warriors, including the princess, held a private conversation in his hospital room.

Wasn’t their ultimate goal originally to defeat Hans, the Immortal King?

In such a situation, there were people who had been captured and escaped from their home base, so it was a process that had to be completed at least for the purpose of gathering information.

Of course, it was a fact that others could not know that three of the six people gathered in that way were actually the same person.

“…That’s how I barely managed to get out of there. Nothing much happened after that. “It was all because the saint saved us from the danger of being attacked by griffins as we moved south across a land infested with monsters.”

Even if Hesperon came to his senses, he was still a patient, so Riley volunteered to explain the circumstances first.

Still leaning back on the bed, he decided to add only when he had something to add, but her quiet yet coherent words were such that he didn’t need to add anything else.

“Hmm, immortality. I already knew from observation that there was a stronghold of the Immortal King in the northern mountains, but because it was in such a dangerous area, no one had seen it in person…”

Finally, her story came to an end.

Heinrich, who had been listening to the story with a heavy expression, quietly closed his eyes as if recalling the scene in his mind and continued speaking.

“Thank you for good information. “This information will be of great help in dealing with the Immortal King later.”

And the same was true for Isea, who had vaguely heard of such a serious atmosphere in advance, and Geos, who was leaning against the wall while hugging Chang.

Only Harley was at peace as she lowered her head and dozed off as the story continued.

“…But I have one question.”

But at that time, Geos, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth with his eyes shining.

Unlike usual, when he was quiet and did not say anything, he became very active when the topic of the Immortal King came up.

“I don’t think you have clearly told me yet how you were able to escape from the Immortal King’s castle. “This was possible even with the interference of the Banshee Queen Olivia.”

“I told you earlier that it was possible thanks to Mr. Hesperon’s special ability…”

“No, princess. This is not an issue that can be overlooked so lightly. A means to neutralize the security that the Immortal King must have put a lot of effort into. “This is an issue that must be addressed even in the future.”

Unlike usual, Geos Calkin continues his conversation with a clear tone.

Heinrich, Issa, and even Harley who had been dozing off for the first time seeing him talk so much woke up and looked at him blankly with wide eyes.

“If it was a special ability, in what way was it special? Could it be that the key is a specific condition required to activate the ability? Or is there room to apply it to other technologies?”

He paused for a moment, then looked away from Riley and stared at Hesperon, who was reclining on the bed.

His eyes, which lacked the usual gloom, were burning strongly with some kind of heat.

“Don’t forget. The opponent is Hans, the immortal king. This is Hans, who destroyed the Principality of Rohan where we are now and massacred countless people on the continent. “Now is not the time to be hesitant about which means we will use.”

“…Hmm.”

Riley, unable to resist him, fell silent.

It was a bit extreme, but it was definitely the right thing to say.

If it were a general case, it would be a claim that would receive enough sympathy and support from those around us.

One unfortunate thing was that he was the only outsider here who knew nothing.

‘No, right? This actually seems like a good opportunity.’

They tell us to reveal even our personal secrets for the greater good… Isn’t this a problem that can also be applied to oneself?

As someone who had been coveting his skills, this could be said to be a good opportunity.

“Well, whatever. “It’s probably not something to hide.”

After tapping around on the calculator and making a quick decision.

Hesperon, who was receiving his gaze, calmly opened her mouth.

“Actually, I don’t know much about this ability. “It’s been less than two months since I got this.”

“What does that mean… So, as soon as you gained that ability, you headed straight to the Northern Mountains and were captured by the Immortal King?”

“Oh, going there was against my will. That’s where it happened to be located. “I am a person from another world!”

“…A person from another world?”

Geos looked shocked at the sudden coming out.

At the same time, Ise-ah also flinched slightly, but she just stared at him without much change in her expression.

“I gained my abilities through that process… so I don’t have anything to say.”

He finished speaking and lightly shrugged his shoulders.

In fact, Hesperon was planning to go this route from the beginning, so it wasn’t a big secret.

I don’t necessarily plan on spreading it around, but I also don’t try to hide it at all.

‘Actually, it feels a bit like bait.’

At the same time, I was planning to look at Geos’ reaction, but from the moment he heard that he was from another world, he just tilted his head as if thinking about something.

“Mr. Geos? Let’s skip that issue for now. “If you listen to complicated things now, it won’t mean much anyway.”

“ah! …All right. Saint. “If it’s that kind of ability, we’ll need more time to learn more about it.”

“I think it would be better to leave that to Archmage Isea. “I guess you know more than us, right?”

“I see. “I think I was giving too much thought.”

With Heinrich’s intervention, Geos, which had been at its peak, quieted down again, and with that conversation, the conversation that had continued for quite some time began to come to an end.

“The story is longer than I thought. I will go to the garrison for a while. “I don’t have any special plans today, so you can rest comfortably.”

“Hahaha! I guess I should go around the area and go hunting! “It was still a little sore, but it turned out well!”

The group gets tired and goes out one by one to do their own business.

But not everyone left like that.

Lastly, right after Riley took a peek and cautiously left the hospital room…

“Mr. Hesperon? Do you have a moment? “There’s something I’d like to discuss with you two.”

Ise-ah, who remained until the end, looked at him with narrowed eyes and quietly curled the corners of her mouth.

***

Headquarters of the World Association of Returnees in the United States.

Click—click!

“Whoa, it’s finally over. “Uchacha!”

After finishing uploading the newly added information, the man stretched with a sore body and then fell limp.

“Wow—there is no end to this work.”

As a member of the ‘Other World Status Investigation Team’ of the Returnees’ Association, his main job was to compile information collected from various places and update the status at each level.

At first glance, it may seem that there is not much to gain compared to the effort put in, but surprisingly, this was a project that received a lot of response from the public.

It provided advance information about this world to those who had not yet awakened, increasing their chances of survival, and served as a kind of news that allowed returnees who had already returned to indirectly access information about the world from which they came.

In fact, even if ordinary people were awakened, they did not know which dimension they would go to until they were transmitted, so the probability of obtaining useful content from the information in the hundreds of dimensions was not very high.

But no matter what, wouldn’t it be much better to know a little bit than to fall into this world without knowing anything?

‘If you win the world you’ve been interested in, the adaptation period will be drastically shortened, and your chances of survival will drastically increase.’

In fact, the effect was clearly demonstrated by the return rate, which had begun to rise little by little recently.

‘Of course, from a working perspective, updates are a bit cumbersome because changes occur too frequently due to the time difference.’

In addition, since the headquarters had to collect and cross-verify information coming from branches around the world, it was not uncommon for information that had been verified and organized to be immediately discarded.

Another annoying case is that in the case of a dimension that has not been observed for a long time, does it take a lot of effort to determine the authenticity of the information?

As the information organized here is spread all over the world, it was necessary to thoroughly check it to prevent false information from being mixed in.

However, in areas where there is insufficient prior information and few people know, there is bound to be difficulty in verifying the information.

‘But this dimension was a little less so.’

He nodded quietly, looking again at the information he had just uploaded.

-New) Outerica dimension.

This was also a case in which the verification proceeded quickly, as the number of people who had returned was still small, but what those few people said was generally consistent.

The times they returned were similar, so there wasn’t much difference in what each person knew about the world situation.

‘…It is said that the world is in complete chaos due to the descent of the Demon King.’

Is there any need to say more since monsters are running rampant across the continent, causing many countries to stumble, as well as small countries that eventually fall into ruin and even countries that are taken over by vampire demons who take advantage of the chaos?

The risk level estimated by the association was also ‘quite high, caution required’.

It can be said that this is an environment where half-awakened people who have secured karma in advance can choose to return one after another.

‘It may not be a problem of much concern to the people on Earth. By the way, the time has already come to this. I have to get ready to leave work soon.’

Anyway, his job was done here, the rest was up to the people who would receive the information.

The information that started from the headquarters of the World Returnees Association quickly spread around the world via the Internet.

Thanks to advanced technology and talented people, it was quickly translated into each language and released to the public.

Although it is a paid service for a small amount, anyone can view the latest information on each level if they wish.

“oh? Is information starting to be released now? “It seems like there were quite a few Earthlings in Outerica, either knowingly or unknowingly.”

And among those looking at it was Han Seong-hyeon, who was living his daily life as usual in Korea, across the Pacific.

After working out and taking a shower at the gym inside the house, he draped a towel over his shoulder while surfing the Internet, and his eyes lit up at the information he found.

There wasn’t much that could be called high-quality information, but unlike last time, it contained quite a bit of useful content, and it seemed like the number of people who had returned so far was not small.

However, there is one thing I don’t like…

– A situation in which the world is thrown into great chaos due to the demon king ‘Immortal King Hans’ who invaded the Aeon Continent. Since all the monsters were immersed in madness…

it was said that the name of the Immortal King was known even on Earth as ‘Hans’.

Although I had already given up to some extent, I still had expectations as I had worked hard to appeal.

Apparently, that level of effort was not enough to reach the Earthlings living in Outerica.

“Tsk, there’s nothing I can do about it now.”

In fact, since it is called Hahoe Mask here, there is no need to be particularly obsessed with the name of the Immortal King.

Anyway, it’s just a name that remains on paper without any substance.

‘Hmm, but the content isn’t as bad as I thought. I’m sure if you understand this carefully, it will be of great help in adapting. … I wish they had something like this when I went.’

He looked through the information about Outerica and gently stroked his chin.

-Heinrich Saint Randguard, a saint of the Main Church, the largest force that dominates the religious world of Outerica, joins his colleagues against the Immortal King and avoids immediate war. However, it is still a precarious situation where you don’t know when and what event will occur…

– Vampire demons occupy the country in the kingdom of Thalia in the western part of the Aeon Continent. For now, there are no problems due to the vampire lord’s strong control, but this is also unsettling…

Of course, most of the information was something he knew.

In fact, it was only natural that he had intervened in more than one or two cases that were important enough to know.

‘This?’

But not all information was useless—.

Surprisingly enough, it contained information that he had not been able to grasp.

-A coup broke out in the Chalcos Tribal Federation in the southern part of the Aeon Continent. Because it was carried out so secretly, detailed information is unknown. However, since it is basically an exclusive area to outsiders, if it started here…

‘Coup d’état?’

I already knew that the Southern Tribal Alliance was in a noisy situation, and I had plans to visit soon.

It’s just that I’ve been putting it off a lot lately because there’s a lot going on, so I’ve come to this point.

‘But what do you mean by coup? And so secretly that Outerica’s various intelligence organizations don’t notice?’

Of course, the Tribal Federation was a closed place to the point of being called an information blind spot, but it was not unusual for no one to notice an incident of such magnitude.

Because it meant that the person who started the work was really determined and started planning.

‘But those who blocked information so thoroughly probably didn’t know that Earthlings would escape across the dimension. If he knew about this, he must have been a close associate of a fairly high-ranking person.’

Anyway, thanks to you, I was able to obtain useful information, so I was just grateful.

“Hmm… It’s a southern coup. “How can I take advantage of this? It would be good if I could understand the situation in more detail.”

Big events come with big karma.

Plus, in the South, there were definitely more things Harley could get.

‘No matter what anyone says, it’s the hometown of the heart!’

Of course, that was also unilaterally decided by Harley.

Still, if he breaks the backs of all those who refute him, won’t everyone recognize his sincerity?

In the southern part of the country, where people had been putting it off for a while due to lack of information, an appetizing, ripe scent began to emerge.