The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 312
Episode 312:
The simultaneous occurrence of a gate wave along with a large-scale invasion of the empire.
The continent was literally engulfed in phone calls.
However, it was completely different from the past when I was attacked without any information.
This is because those who took into account the First Count’s advice and the church’s warnings took appropriate defensive measures.
Moreover, with immigrants from Earth settling all over the continent, there was no shortage of troops.
Although there was confusion, not many places collapsed.
‘The overall level of troops has also increased significantly.’
In the early days of Connect Open Beta, masters were truly hard to find on the continent.
But what about now?
NPCs grew rapidly under the influence of mana, which exploded when the seal was released.
And thanks to the power of the connect system, players have become stronger at a speed beyond imagination.
Now, there is no place in most prestigious families without a master, and the number of players who have surpassed level 100, known as superhumans, has exceeded the thousand mark.
‘I mean, it’s a huge power inflation.’
To be honest, if there were no external enemies like the Empire or the Gate, this overflowing power could not be controlled and another war might have broken out.
Anyway, thanks to that, we were able to successfully block the immediate invasion, so there were no complaints.
Gate Wave Day 2.
There were places where the wave was completely blocked, but there were also many places in remote areas where there were few people that could not be touched at all.
Since the primary goal was the protection of residents anyway, there was no room to dispatch power to places where it was not needed.
As a result, the number of areas invaded by monsters protruding from the gate is gradually increasing.
There were people wandering around the forest avoiding the eyes of such monsters.
Their true identity, wearing tight-fitting green suits, is the ‘Ranger Combat Team.’
As a special unit of the First Knights, they were knights specialized in reconnaissance and exploratory guerrilla warfare.
The elite ranger knights, each of whom was expert or higher, were scattered in groups of twos and threes to scout out various parts of the continent.
The reason was to explore the gray gate and investigate unusual matters.
fault.
When the lead driver gave a hand signal, the members of the team running on the tree stopped as lightly as feathers.
Dreg, the leader knight, frowned and glared at one point.
‘Here too…?’
A place about 50m away.
A gray gate was shaking in the middle of a bush full of demonic beasts.
The problem is that this is not the only gray gate he found.
‘Five already!’
Five gray gates had already appeared within a narrow range that was less than two hours away.
And I thought maybe this wouldn’t be the end.
I heard from headquarters that there are at least three or four more areas where gray gates like this are concentrated.
‘First of all, I’ll have to find everything I can.’
The moment when Dreg and the two members were about to move again.
Coo coo coo coo coo!
A tremendous tremor swept everywhere, as if the entire forest was about to turn upside down.
Not only that, but the surrounding mana concentration was rapidly increasing.
‘Wow. ‘I can’t breathe…!’
As the pressure of mana oppressed his entire body, even Dreg, an expert top-level knight, found it difficult to control his body.
Phew!
And the next moment.
In the middle of a distant forest, a red ray of light rose up into the sky.
“Huh huh huh.”
Dreg, barely free from the pressure of Mana, raised his crouched body.
‘…! ‘That must be it!’
His eyes widened in surprise and he opened the guild communication channel without even having time to catch his breath.
“sudden change! Forest near the Cyrena Mountains. An object presumed to be a demon temple has appeared! I deliver once again. An object presumed to be a demon temple…”
The demon temple that brought the barrier to the brink of collapse a few years ago has once again appeared on the continent.
* * *
Tuung.
‘hmm.’
Raoul frowned, gently massaging his numb palm.
“this. “Has Count Raoul been pushed out too?”
wide plain.
Apparently, until yesterday, it was just a wasteland with nothing in it.
But now, before Raoul’s eyes, there was a huge building.
A huge black building with a diameter of several hundred meters stood tens of meters high.
Hehehehe.
It was still rising little by little.
Moreover, the blood-red curtain covering the area around the building did not allow anyone to approach.
Many people surrounded the huge building (black tower) and tried all kinds of tests to get inside, but no one was successful.
“The oracle has come down! “This is a place that only qualified people can’t enter, so please go back to your seat!”
“This is a very dangerous building! “Don’t try to enter out of curiosity, but go back to a safe place!”
Priests and Holy Knights dispatched from the Holy Empire surrounded the Black Tower and were controlling the surrounding crowd.
The person who spoke to Raoul was one of the bishops of the Holy Empire.
“Could you please tell me what happened to Sir Noel?”
“I understand that not only Sir Noel, but none of the blessed warriors have entered yet. “It seems that special conditions are needed to break through the barrier.”
The bishop spoke honestly as if there was nothing to hide.
Raoul nodded as if he had expected that to happen and turned his head towards the building again.
Although others may not know, Raoul’s identity was clearly visible.
[Tower of Demon World]
Grade: ???
Total number limit: 15 people
Simultaneous entry limit: Individual entry
Current number of admissions: 0/15
Special features: Summoning type Conditional entry type Hive type
Entry condition: Coordinator candidate who has defeated one of the dependent demon temples
Time limit: 12 days, 21 hours
Commentary : Dimensional gate leading to the demon world. If you fail to break the barrier on the final floor within the time limit, a passage between the two dimensions will be formed.
The summoning speed increases by absorbing mana through subordinate demon temples. Additionally, as time passes, the dark energy inside the building becomes darker and the enemies become more powerful.
A towering building in the middle of the continent.
The Tower of Demon World, which appeared in the center of the Brennan Republic, was clearly revealing its presence.
Guooooh.
The pillar of black light rising from the top of the tower reached the end of the sky.
And around that place, a circular black curtain was wriggling and growing in size.
The energy emanating from the black curtain was eerily dark, cold, and ominous.
And 15 red rays of light crossed the sky and were hitting the Tower of Demon World.
It was clear that the red rays of light were mana transmission channels leading from demon temples that appeared throughout the continent.
After seeing a fearless adventurer jump into a beam of red light and disintegrate without leaving a trace, no one came close.
‘I’ve checked everything.’
Raoul glared at the tower with cold eyes and then turned around.
* * *
‘It’s surrounded by so many layers. ‘The fact that there is a time limit is also a big problem.’
Raoul was deep in the western Geumyeok monster forest.
As it happens, the place where the demon temple appeared was the orcs’ territory.
The battle between the orcs and the monsters that came out of the gate was already in full swing around the Demon Temple.
It would have been nice to jump into the demon temple right away, but that wasn’t easy either.
A variant gray gate appears as the final scenario begins.
This is because it was not possible to enter the Demon Shrine until the people surrounding the Demon Shrine were removed as if they were guarding it.
‘I made it very annoying. They say it’s a hive type…’
The Demon Temple also had a strong barrier blocking the entry of intruders.
And in order to remove the barrier, the gray gates surrounding it had to be dealt with.
Gray Gate =〉 Demon Temple =〉 Tower of the Demon World.
There was no other way than to process it in this order.
‘Obviously, if there is no helper, the final scenario could end with only the gray gate.’
It was not for nothing that I advised securing a helper in the previous scenario.
Only by clearing at least ten gray gates will the demon temple’s barrier be opened.
In other words, even if you clean up one gray gate a day, it would take more than ten days.
But that means you won’t even be able to see the Tower of Demon World.
Raoul shook his head sheepishly and opened the guild communication.
「Report each team’s location.」
「Team 1 has arrived.」
「Team 2 is also ready!」
「Team 3…」
About 10 teams, each consisting of captains of master level or higher and knights of intermediate level or higher, are preparing. It was finished.
“Avoid collisions with orcs and clear the gray gate in the shortest time. I wish you all good luck. Each team enters!」
「Yes, Master!」
「I wish you good luck too!」
The top executives of the First Guild, including Philip Jake Pierce, entered toward their respective gates.
And Raoul flew alone toward the gate in front of him.
Whirling.
There were orcs and monsters all around, but no one noticed Raoul.
Crackling.
“Kek. Kegeung!”
One of the demons whose neck was caught in Raoul’s grasp tried to twist its body, but it was no use.
“hmm. “Is this the level of a Baron-level demon?”
When Raoul put pressure on his palm without much emotion, the demon baron’s neck vertebrae broke with a crackling sound, and his body fell apart.
Grumbling.
Ravel put an end to it by burning the demon’s body, and the core of the gate fell out of the corpse.
“It definitely tastes different. “I think we can consider him one or two levels higher than the guys I met before.”
The level of the Demon Baron is approximately Master Intermediate.
Adding in its unique characteristics, it would not be easy for a human master of the same level to handle.
“The Demon God Battle will not be easy. “The gate is also so heavily polluted, it’s probably even worse there.”
Ravel said, pushing away the unpleasant dark magic that covered the surroundings.
“It seems like the penalty for crossing the gate is gradually decreasing. “If you don’t hurry, it might be a real headache later.”
As Raoul clicked his tongue, the gate disappeared, sending him to the outside world.
visor! Quagwagwang!
Sigh!
The battle was still in full swing around here.
Raoul used his telekinesis to levitate his body and headed towards the place where the Demon Temple was located.
“Article 1: Clear the gate.”
While moving, reports from my subordinates came in one after another.
“Everyone except Sir Philip Jake Pierce Kane should move to the next spot and clear the gray gate! I will join as soon as the demon temple is sorted out. “Have Dalton lead the rest of the crew.”
“Yes, Master. First, let’s move to the Ruben Kingdom!”
A demon temple appeared in the southern part of the Ruben Kingdom.
Since the swordsman and Marquess Ashton had already come out, there wouldn’t be any problem, but there was a need to prepare just in case.
Parbat.
Philip and others appeared next to Raoul as if they had been teleported.
Philip had already reached the highest level of Master, and the other three knights had also reached the end of the Master level.
The best power of the territory, excluding Raoul, was gathered in one place.
Of course, there were many other talented people, but the reason why only four were called was because of the limit on the number of people entering the Demon God Battle.
Five people can enter at the same time. If more than that entered at once, they would be divided into random groups, so there was no need to bring more people with them.
‘I don’t know how wide the Demon Temple is, and if I fall and get destroyed individually…’
There was no need to take that risk.
“Go in.”
“Yes Master!”
Five people jumped up and jumped into the entrance of the Demon God Temple.
* * *
“Whoa, it’s been a while. Moving together as this member.”
Whirik Kwazijic!
Jake’s great sword cut the charging brown bear-type beast in half at once.
“That’s right. “Recently, we’ve all had a lot of time to work separately.”
Every time Kane moved his hand, the heads of the approaching beasts were cut off.
“Now that I think about it, it’s already been over seven years since I’ve been with Master. The image of Master having just had his coming-of-age ceremony is vivid.”
Philip said as if he was deeply moved.
If it hadn’t been for Count Melvin’s request, he wouldn’t have accepted Raoul’s bodyguard position so easily.
‘And I wouldn’t be where I am now.’
Commander-in-Chief of the First Earldom and leader of the First Knights.
Personally, he was promoted to the title of Viscount, and in terms of swordsmanship, he rose to the highest level of Master, which is considered the end of the realm.
Who would have known that in just 7 years, an ordinary knight of expert rank would become a superhuman representing the continent?
‘Of course, there is still a long way to go.’
Philippe looked at Raoul, who had now become his target, with burning eyes.
“Looks like that’s the destination.”
At that time, Pierce pointed forward in a low voice.
Beyond the mountain of corpses of demonic beasts, the massive gate of the temple was revealed.
(Continued in the next part)