The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 212
Episode 212
Hwiiing. widely.
The place where Raoul and his party reappeared was at the entrance to a small cave covered in vines.
Perhaps because the sacred barrier had been deployed, no sign of anything was felt in the nearby forest.
“Whoa. “I’m nervous because it’s my first time coming into Geumyeok.”
Josh said, looking around with wary eyes.
“It’s a natural reaction when you first enter Geumyeok. Because the monsters in Geumyeok are strong enough to make you think they are different species. In addition, there are various man-eating plants and terrain that cannot be seen from the outside, so you have to be even more careful.”
Jake explained calmly for Josh.
Ordinary knights of the Earl of Ashton have worked in the fortress near Geumyeok in shifts, so they are familiar with Geumyeok.
However, the First Knights, which had many external recruits, also had many people who were unfamiliar with the realm of gold.
“Isn’t it Kane’s first time here too?”
“That’s right. “Obviously, knowledge and reality are a little different.”
Kane secretly added and removed mana from the hunting knife to check the changed environment.
From the moment I entered, I felt something heavy, and the mana concentration in the atmosphere seemed to be significantly different from that outside.
‘I think it produces about 30% more output. That means…’
This meant that there was a high possibility that this place was deep in Geumyeok, beyond the entrance.
At that time, Josh approached Jake and asked him in a whisper.
“By the way, did you visit Geumyeok often, Master?”
“huh? As far as I know, this is the first time… Oh, if you walk around like that!”
Raoul was walking comfortably as if he had gone for a walk in the mountains behind him.
Hissing pi shoot!
The tree trunk above his head flew at Raoul like a whip, but the daggers that appeared before he knew it cut it down into small pieces.
As if that wasn’t enough, he chopped down the tree trunk as if it were a chainsaw…
“Guoooo!”
The man-eating tree monster ‘Trentree’ screamed and squirted out white spinal fluid.
Before he knew it, Trentry’s spinal fluid was automatically sucked into the magic preservation bag that came out of Raoul’s arms, and soon Trentry’s body, shriveled up like a dry old tree, fell to the floor with a thud.
“What are you doing? “There’s no time, so follow me quickly.”
Raoul shouted at Josh and Jake, who were standing blankly.
Jake scratched his head shyly.
“Well, because you’re a master.”
“Yes…?”
The two hurriedly followed behind Raoul.
“Which direction would you like to take?”
“For now, let’s leave the sacred barrier and make a decision.”
When Kane asked, Raoul walked away with long strides and answered.
‘It’s been a while since I came to the Monster Mountains.’
Raoul took a deep breath of the thick scent of mana and remembered his days as Bae Do-hyeon.
It is now called ‘Geumyeok’ and is closed to humans, but it was a place that would soon become the main activity stage for players.
Bae Do-hyeon also spent several years here, and later, when he was chased by the Guild Alliance, he made this Monster Mountain Range his main base.
‘It’s too broad to refer to it as this place, though.’
Fortunately, this place, connected to Corpse Road, was also a familiar place to Raoul.
Because there were many dungeons distributed, it was a place that players often visited in the future, and the ‘Ruins’ located here was a particularly popular ancient dungeon.
And the ruins were also Raoul’s destination.
‘There is no way this large-scale disappearance occurred without any reason. If my guess is correct, the missing people, including my brother, are definitely there.’
All that remained was how to lead the group to that location without being noticed…
“Stop!”
Raoul clenched his fists and quickly hid behind a tree.
The companions also took cover in the surrounding area, killing all presence in an instant as if they had become one body.
Whirick tak.
“Sha. That’s strange. clearly. It smells. It happened. Sniff. Shaa.”
widely. Cracking.
“Sha. Commander-in-Chief. what. “Is it work?”
What appeared in the hall was a monster called ‘Naga’ with the lower body of a snake and the upper body of a human.
Including the tail, the body length is 4m and the height is approximately 2.5~3m.
The four arms on its upper body held weapons such as swords, maces, and axes, and next to its head with torn snake eyes, two snakes sprouted from its shoulders, lashing out their tongues.
“Sha. For sure. human’s. “It was a smell.”
“Sha. human. It’s not visible. Chief. waiting.”
The ‘Naga Warrior Chief’ looked around for a while, wagging his tongue as if his doubts had not disappeared.
Let’s swing the mace to see if the warrior general, whose head is larger than the others, is angry.
Quaaaang!
The red mace crushed a rock larger than a human body into powder.
“Sha. let’s go.”
As the Naga warrior leader slapped the ground with his tail and glided away, disappearing between the trees, nearly thirty Naga warriors and soldiers followed him.
“Wow. “I thought I was going to get caught!”
The air rumbled and the figures of Jake and Josh appeared, crouching next to a broken piece of rock.
“Tsk. “He seemed like he had good taste.”
Jake adjusted the handle of his bayonet as if he was disappointed.
If Ravel hadn’t reflexively set up an invisibility and sensory blocking barrier, I might have been caught by them.
“It’s home to troublesome guys. “I heard about it, but I never thought it would be that bad.”
Kane said, frowning slightly.
The Naga family was not a monster that was easy to find.
However, it occasionally appeared at the border of Marcus Kingdom, located in the easternmost part of the continent…
“Is that really a Naga? “It’s completely different from what I know?”
Josh asked, blinking.
Normal Nagas were known to be unable to speak human language and were only 2 meters tall.
“That’s the scary thing about Geumyeok. Unlike the stupid monsters spread across the continent, these guys here talk and think. “It’s as if we’ve ‘evolved.’”
Josh nodded as if he understood what Jake said.
‘Actually, it’s the opposite. ‘Because it’s not evolution, it’s degeneration.’
It is said that the ancient Connect Continent was much richer and richer in mana than it is today.
However, through the ‘Great War’, the continent’s mana was depleted and mana-based monsters and sub-races disappeared…
Geumyeok was an area that preserved some of its ancient original form, and perhaps because of that, the monsters here were from outside. It maintained its racial characteristics better than other species of the same species (on the continent).
“We’re chasing them.”
When Raoul spoke, Jake’s face lit up.
“Is it hunting?”
“no. I need to know where they’re going. And avoid battle until I tell you to.”
“Yes Master.”
No matter how extreme the monsters are, there will not be many that pose an immediate threat to the party.
However, their purpose is not hunting and fighting, but finding the missing Lawrence.
There was no need to attract the attention of monsters by making noise.
“Kane moves around, checking for any traces of humans, especially missing people.”
“All right.”
“Please give me a label.”
“okay. Be transparent! “Be quiet!”
As Ravel slightly waved the magic stick and cast a magic spell, the images of Raoul and his group fluttered and soon disappeared.
* * *
Huh.
A large great sword spewed out orange mana blades and crossed the air.
Suddenly, suddenly!
The Mana Blade stopped only after cutting through the bodies of the three horsemen and crushing the skeleton of the Naga Skeleton.
“haha.”
Sweat was flowing down like rain along with heavy breathing.
Clap clap clap.
“It’s cool~. Very cool! “What a fighting spirit and amazing stamina!”
Shuuk Chang!
Flames flashed before my eyes.
‘Ugh.’
“Hey. You still have strength left. Are you really human? Ah, I guess not anymore.”
Two people standing a little distance away with their arms crossed.
One was a necromancer in his 40s, wearing a gorgeous black silk robe and holding a skull staff.
The other was a young knight wearing shiny black armor with a golden devil’s emblem engraved on it.
There was no trace of hostility in the two brightly smiling faces, but the reality was completely different.
“Shut up, you devil’s bastards!”
“Why are you so upset? “It is a fate that has already been decided, so it would be easier to accept it.”
As soon as the necromancer’s skeleton staff moves, dozens of demonic soldiers and undead hordes rush towards him again.
“It seems like there are only a few left, so what should I do? “On the other hand, my wounds were almost completely healed.”
visor!
The young knight’s sword charged at me like lightning again and I barely managed to block it by pulling out my ‘Auror Blade’.
“Hmm. That arm. “It seems like it will disappear now, so why don’t you just give up?”
As the young knight said, his ‘third and fourth’ arms holding the great sword were fading as if they would disappear at any moment.
“It is not the ‘Sword of the Ashtons’ that will be broken by the likes of you!”
“okay? Then, just keep holding on.”
visor! Suddenly.
Laurence de Ashton, a man who was swinging his four great swords as if possessed and crushing his enemies, bit his lip.
‘I can never give up this place!’
In his sparkling eyes, dark gates spewing out evil magic were reflected in the distance.
* * *
“Oh my… Where did all these Nagas come from?”
Just as Josh said, hundreds of Nagas had already gathered a little away from Raoul and his group and were heading somewhere.
And that number was increasing as time passed.
“It doesn’t look like anything out of the ordinary. “I wonder if there was a territorial dispute.”
Although the Naga family lived in villages, they rarely gathered in large groups.
However, if this number had gathered, it seemed clear that war had really broken out.
‘hmm…? This feeling!’
At that moment, a feeling that was unfamiliar yet familiar took over Raoul’s senses.
“Everyone be careful! I can sense demonic energy nearby.」
「Magic energy? “Are you saying the Empire is hiding there?”
“Probably.”
That’s what I said, but what I actually felt was two types.
‘Can’t it be already…?’
Raoul cried out with an ominous feeling.
“Let’s hurry!”
“Four!”
And how long has passed?
After the forest ended, a huge rock cliff appeared before the group’s eyes.
And what can be seen through the gap in the cliff….
“What is that? employee? Temple? Colosseum?」
「Well. Whatever it is, it seems clear that we have to go there.”
“What do you plan on doing? “It’s hard to just go in…”
The temple wasn’t the only thing visible between the cliffs.
“Shaaa! attack!”
“The sanctuary. I have to get it back. do! Shaa!”
Thousands of Naga warriors were rushing toward the temple.
Grumbling.
“Muuuu!”
Various bull-headed demonic beasts were clashing with the Naga family, holding out their flaming horns.
They were the demonic beasts of the demon world, ‘Devil Cow’ and ‘Corrupted Buffalo’.
‘The fact that they appeared…’
meant that something similar had happened here, just as the dark gate had opened in the palace during the previous gate incident.
Clutter.
Raoul clenched his fists and quickly gave an order.
“Sir Josh, turn back immediately and bring reinforcements. The magic of the label will remain for a while, so it won’t be a big problem. Request support from the forward base as well.」
「I will hurry as much as possible!」
Josh slightly lowered his head and walked away in an instant.
If there had been guild communication with the outside world, there would have been no need to send Josh directly, but unfortunately, guild communication was blocked inside and outside Geumyeok.
“We’re going straight inside. Both of you, grab my shoulders.”
At Raoul’s words, Kane and Jake grabbed Raoul, and he launched himself into the air.
Plump plump.
Raoul climbed high into the sky as if he were running by stepping on the telekinetic stepping stones created in the air, and crossed the gap in the cliff and headed straight to the top of the temple.
Since it was a temple shaped like a Colosseum without a roof, I could see the inside at a glance when I looked down from above.
In the deepest part of the temple, on the highest altar, three dark gates had already been completed.
Devil cows and corrupted buffaloes were constantly coming out of two of the gates.
‘One of them hasn’t been activated yet!’
Of the three dark gates, the largest gate in the middle had not yet been opened.
‘That means…!’
When Raoul dyed his eyes golden and activated his analysis eye, the magic thread connected to the dark gate glowed red.
Let’s turn our heads to follow that thread.
“found.”
Golden energy burst out from Raoul’s body.
(Continued in the next part)