The Count’s Youngest Son Is A Player - Chapter 57

Episode 57:

Squishy.

A man wearing a grim-looking iron mask was chewing dark red beef jerky.

I couldn’t make out his expression thanks to the mask, but he seemed quite excited.

Rather than chewing the beef jerky, they were pulverizing it at an incredible speed.

“Captain Jack. The target is smoothly approaching this direction. “There is no change in personnel and there does not seem to be any particular sign of caution.”

A person wearing a black mask bent one knee in front of the man and reported.

“Are you ready?”

A gruff voice, as if scraping metal, came out.

“Everyone is ambushing as planned.”

“Hmm. “This time, he’ll have to be someone with a bit of skill…”

“But since it’s a prestigious family, wouldn’t it be worth using as knights?”

“Sigh! well. “The intelligence guys have been doing crazy things these days, so I have to be able to trust them.”

Jack, the man in the iron mask, spit out the beef jerky he was chewing and stood up, holding a large sword.

“Shall we start herding soon? “I have a message from the captain, so let’s take it slow.”

Despite what he said, Jack honestly wasn’t worried at all.

This is because out of the five units prepared for the gate raid this time, as many as three were mobilized for this hunt.

“Don’t forget to save and catch things that can be useful. “There is a fuss these days about the lack of test subjects.”

“I already delivered. “I especially told you to capture Raoul alive, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Yeah, that cocky brat. “I’m planning on pampering him myself, so don’t mess with him.”

“All right!”

As the subordinate bowed his head and left, Jack sauntered away with his greatsword draped over his shoulder.

Raoul de Ashton.

He was a guy whose name was often mentioned in the organization these days.

If even someone who had no interest in anything other than fighting could hear it, he was definitely a person of interest.

Even before the operation, the captain had told me to be especially careful, so it wouldn’t be normal…

‘Well, I guess I’m just a 15-year-old lump of blood.’

He may have gained fame through his family’s prestige, but that only lasted until today.

Jack trembled with excitement as he imagined the sight of the bastard who would be crying for his life in a moment.

* * *

“stop!”

The unit stopped at Raoul’s command.

“That would be good. What do you think, Philip?”

“That seems like a good place to me too.”

The place they were pointing to was a small hill that was rare in the wetlands.

Unlike the flat land, which is thick with various large and small trees and reed forests, making visibility difficult, gravel and rocks were piled up and it looked like it was easy to observe the surroundings.

“Okay then, shall we start working? Homer! “Build a camp on that hill with the crew!”

“Yes Master! Everyone heard it, right? “Work quickly!”

Following the instructions of Homer, one of the First Guild’s regular knights, about a dozen guild members dressed as mercenaries ran toward the hill.

“what’s the matter? “Are you serious all of a sudden?”

Dalton asked with a curious expression.

“Just wait, it’ll be a nice sight.”

Raoul followed behind the guild members with a meaningful expression on his face.

After checking the size and direction of the hill, Homer took a seat in the middle and made a hand signal.

Then, the members of the team spread their distance around him as if forming a circle and gestured into the air.

thud!! Kugoogung!!

“omg!”

“What is all that??”

Even Dalton and the mercenaries’ eyes widened and they could not hide their surprised expressions.

This is because, following the crew’s hand gestures, large boulders came out of the air.

The shaking that shook the earth and a loud roar continued for a while, and when the sound stopped, large stones were filling the hill.

“what…? “What happened??”

While Dalton, who still couldn’t hide his surprise, was watching, the guild members clung to the stone.

“Hurry! Completed in 10 minutes!! Just following practice is enough!”

“Is the shape going to be basic?”

“okay. Go Type A!”

The stones that filled the hill were not ordinary.

Even though the colors looked slightly different, they were all standard products measuring 1 cubic meter (width, length, and height of 1 meter).

About 500 such cube-shaped stones were held in the hands of the crew and were gradually taking shape as they were piled up one by one.

Philip and other knights also joined in, and with Raoul’s invisible help (telekinesis) added, a small fortress on the hill was completed in less than 10 minutes.

“oh my god! “What did I see?”

“Is it really possible to do something like that if you become a knight?”

“This… no matter where I go and talk about it, no one will believe me!”

All of the mercenaries clicked their tongues, engraving the moment of miracle in their eyes.

“Everyone come in!”

Because it was a simple fortress, there was no separate gate.

Dalton climbed onto the fort by climbing a ladder hung on the castle wall.

“…!”

The square fortress, 3 meters high and 20 meters by 20 meters, was completed so solidly and neatly that one could not believe it was hastily built.

It wasn’t spacious, but it seemed like about 50 to 100 people could stay there.

When the steel shield was brought from somewhere and inserted into the groove made on the castle wall, it was transformed into a more perfect fortress.

Dalton, who was not surprised, climbed down the ladder and came down inside the fortress, and before he knew it, simple barracks had been set up.

Among them, Dalton, who went into the command barracks, asked in a slightly helpless voice.

“Even if I ask you to explain, you won’t give it anyway, right? Damn, I’m so curious, I can’t help it…”

Looking at Dalton scratching his head, Raoul chuckled and opened his mouth.

“There’s nothing I can’t explain.”

“really!?”

“This is the power of money!”

“….”

When I saw Raoul’s face speaking with a very serious expression, I unconsciously felt like my fist was going out.

Dalton, who was holding onto his arm with superhuman patience, sighed and turned his head, and Raoul explained a little more.

“You’re not kidding, are you? First of all, we need a lot of top-quality space expansion artifacts that reduce weight and volume. “It’s expensive, but there’s nothing you can’t get.”

As Dalton’s ears perked up, Raoul smiled slightly and continued.

“And then we order standardized stone from the quarry. A fortress of this size would need about 500 stone blocks.”

Dalton, who had been listening seriously to Raoul’s words, honestly had no idea how much it would cost.

“The last thing we need is to have men capable of stacking stone blocks weighing over two tons.”

Raoul said, pointing to the fortress visible between the tents.

“You already saw the results yourself, so you understand, right? If you can afford it, give it a try. “You will realize that I am not joking.”

After listening to Raoul, Dalton also had nothing to say.

In fact, the things Raoul said seemed like conditions that could be met if you had money.

The only problem is that he, who is weak at calculations, needs an enormous amount of money.

And I didn’t really want to try it.

Even if they actually prepare the materials, will expert-level knights obediently listen to orders to stack stone blocks?

To be honest, I couldn’t understand it based on what he knew.

‘Knights of expert level are treated well wherever they go and have a lot of pride…’

Rather, it seemed strange that they had built such a ridiculous fortress without the slightest complaint against Raoul’s orders.

Raoul smiled bitterly as he looked at Dalton, who was seriously worried.

As Raoul himself said, honestly, it wasn’t a method that anyone could try.

Building a simple fortress in this ignorant way was one of the dungeon strategy methods occasionally used by the ‘Player’ guild.

High-level gates and dungeons that appeared later required a long time to clear, and the field size was extremely large.

Of course, an intermediate base or supply base was needed, and what emerged was a simple fortress construction method using inventory.

The inventory provided to players by default dramatically reduces weight, although there are limitations in number and size.

Raoul was steadily collecting standardized stones through stone dealers in the Free City, including Mira, using the inventory given to guild members who were semi-players.

‘I didn’t know I’d be able to use it in practice so quickly.’

Then Dalton suddenly opened his mouth.

“But Raoul. Why was the fortress built? Honestly, there doesn’t seem to be any reason to install something this grand here…?”

“I asked well. “There was something I needed to cooperate with.”

A smile appeared on Raoul’s lips.

* * *

Imperial Hound’s vice-captain, Jack, could barely hold back his growing annoyance.

There should definitely be some news by now, but no matter how long I waited, there was no news.

At this point, the originally planned operation time has already passed.

I was barely able to hold back because there were a lot of things I had prepared to rush in first just because I was frustrated, but…

‘Damn it, I can’t hold it in any longer.’

Even if children go on a picnic, they will be faster than these guys.

In fact, no matter how slow the attack was, the ones I had attacked so far did not make me wait this long.

‘Which guy said that bullshit that they can attack an F-class gate in two hours?’

Let alone two hours, half a day had already passed.

Crash!

Then I heard someone running.

‘Are you coming now? They’re like slugs.’

Anyway, that was the time when I stood up with my sword in hand, feeling fortunate.

“Commander, we’re in big trouble!”

The subordinate was shouting out of breath.

“what’s the matter!?”

“It seems like they noticed. There was so little response that the reconnaissance platoon I sent came back…”

“But?”

“They’re locked in the fort!”

“what? these days??”

What kind of nonsense is this?

Although he is a combat unit commander with limited intelligence, this is the first time he has heard of a fortress-like structure appearing at an F-class gate.

Besides, didn’t they already know the terrain before entering the gate?

“What nonsense? A fortress!?”

“That’s real! “I received the scout’s report and confirmed it myself.”

“Such stupid things. You have to say something that makes sense! And if something like that happens, shouldn’t you report it promptly?”

“It seems that reconnaissance was delayed because we were trying to avoid the enemy’s eyes.”

“Okay, where are you? “I have to see it for myself!”

If they were holed up somewhere, fortress or whatever, ambushes and traps were useless.

‘How on earth is this going?’

Jack, whose frustration exploded, huffed and walked after his subordinate.

‘If these bastards talk nonsense, I’m going to destroy it all. ‘What a fortress. I really want it.’

And after a while.

Jack’s mouth opened wide as he saw the fortress perched on a low hill.

“It’s true…”

Despite his subordinate’s rumblings, Jack couldn’t keep his mouth shut for a while.

(Continued in the next part)