The World-Class Extra’s Walkthrough - Chapter 144

Episode 144

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“…Partner?”

The unidentified man said that to me.

Actually, it wasn’t ‘said’.

What struck me from him standing in the doorway was not a voice, but a will and a thought.

Even before I opened my mouth, his image came to me and stuck with me, as if sent telepathically.

no way.

“…you are?”

The man grinned while receiving extremely perplexed looks.

《Yes, that ‘no way’ is correct. “I am the owner and only resident of this mansion, and now I am slowly being forgotten by the world…”

The man’s eyebrows dance humorously as he pauses in his words.

But those eyes were strong and cruel.

It was shining like the sun, as if it had transcended all the problems of this world.

He introduced himself briefly.

“I am ‘Gérard Gunther.’”

At the same time, a system message appeared before my eyes.

It was something that I, as a player, could not possibly understand.

* * *

Nine imperial knights advancing down the hallway.

“what? “Isn’t it strange?”

They noticed that something had changed and stopped.

Among them, Rodrigo Iesta, who was standing in the lead, looked around and tilted his head.

“Hmm, it seems like the trap suddenly disappeared…?”

The mansion’s defense mechanism, which had been harassing the knights just a moment ago, was no longer present.

“….”

The mansion suddenly became peaceful, as if the section of hardship was over.

This was something that knights would naturally welcome.

“Phew, I guess I can live now.”

“Still, let’s not let down our guard and put up a shield.”

“From now on, everyone should move as close to the wall as possible!”

The knights formed an orderly formation and began to move.

If I went a little further forward from here, I would be able to catch up with the 3rd prince’s movements.

How much time has passed like that?

“…This?”

Rodrigo Iesta discovered something very strange in the hallway of the mansion.

“Power stop!”

Since he was in the lead, he raised his fist and made all the knights stop.

The other knights who were making good progress couldn’t help but have doubts.

“Why are you doing this, Lord Iesta?”

“Is there some problem?”

“….”

In response to their question, Rodrigo silently pointed to one wall.

There hung a beautifully painted portrait of a woman.

Naturally, it was a face that the knights of the empire were completely unfamiliar with.

“Why this woman?”

“A woman you know?”

“It is truly beautiful.”

But Rodrigo shook his head.

“Don’t you all know? The woman is not important now. “This portrait itself is the problem.”

“…?”

These articles are even more questionable.

‘this. ‘Everyone doesn’t know.’

Rodrigo clicked his tongue and explained simply.

“I am looking at this portrait for the third time.”

“hmm? What do you mean you saw it for the third time?”

“Obviously, I passed by this picture earlier, but I ran into it again! “I mean, we’ve met again now!”

“…!”

The knights’ expressions suddenly hardened.

‘The section is being repeated.’

Experienced veterans immediately understood its meaning.

Of course, some were still tilting their heads.

“Aren’t you just seeing a similar or duplicate painting?”

This was what those nearby said as they looked closely at the painting.

It was very easy for Rodrigo to refute that.

“Everyone, please clearly remember this picture and where we are now.”

And the knights hurried forward again.

The idea was to move forward again to confirm that this section was being repeated.

After a while.

“Oh no!”

“oh my god! “Really?”

Strangely, the hallway of the mansion did not end, and the portrait of the woman they had just seen caught their eyes again.

As Rodrigo said, this section is constantly being repeated.

The two puzzled knights returned to the opposite direction of travel.

“…!”

They reappeared in front.

The beginning and end disappear in this seemingly straight hallway.

Now, no matter whether I went forward or backward, I ended up coming back to the same place.

“…At first, I thought I had seen a similar picture, but that wasn’t the case.”

Among the puzzled knights, Rodrigo quietly chewed his lips and muttered.

“You’re trapped by a spell.”

High-level magic that knights who have learned basic magic will never be able to handle.

Rodrigo Iesta looked across the hallway with a feeling of deep despair.

‘Your Majesty the 3rd Prince.’

Does he really have something to do with this situation?

That was something the knights had no idea about.

“….”

* * *

I was completely frozen.

‘What the hell is this?!’

Then Gerard chuckled at me.

《The surprised expression is really cute. But you have to be careful in front of others. “The hunting cats of this world tend to bite prey that looks clumsy more than anything else, right?” “

…No, it’s not that they’re clumsy, they’re just crazy.”

The fact that Gerard Gunther, who was known to have died a long time ago, appeared like this was enough to surprise me.

‘This system message now!’

What does this mean?’

The message currently displayed in front of me was as follows.

[The progress of the event is delayed for reasons that cannot be confirmed.]

[The remaining time is -1 second.]

‘…minus 1 second?’

As a player, it was a message I could not understand at all.

It was clearly showing 2 minutes just now, but it suddenly became minus 1 second.

‘Where’s the minus in the time limit?’

Is there a bug in the system?

What happened?

“….”

But it wasn’t the time to just freeze like an idiot.

‘Do you think hunting cats first bite prey that looks clumsy?’

In that case, the ghost of Gerard who appeared before me could be such a ‘hunting cat’.

Let’s calm down.

‘Anyway, the time constraints of the event have disappeared, so let’s think about it slowly.’

If the settings of the original work that I remember are accurate, this ‘Gérard Gunther’ was a person who died about 50 years ago.

It was known that he passed away due to injuries sustained during a match with Tae Geon-chang, another player active at the time.

‘Should it be called PK since it was an incident where a player killed another player?’

That was the full story of the incident that I found out through the Destiny Codex.

But then he appeared to me at his old mansion.

《Hmm, am I worried about whether I am a ghost or not? Okay, I really like that cautious expression.》

…He talks loudly without even opening his mouth, just with his thoughts.

I quietly put my hand on the hilt of the sword and opened my mouth to Gerard.

“Is it a ghost? “Did you show up because you didn’t want me to rob your house?”

I don’t know what the situation is, but I started by pretending to be strong.

Then Gerard chuckled.

“Yes, I am a ghost. If the word ‘ghost’ is a general term for ‘all beings who are separated from the original world’… then yes, it can be said even more so.》

“Hmm?”

So a ghost is a ghost.

‘…A being separated from the original world?’

Speech becomes strangely difficult.

So I had to go through them one by one.

I asked back without letting my guard down.

“What is that? What do you mean ‘one world’? “How can you become a ghost and still remain?”

But Gerard did not answer.

Instead, he slightly changed his gaze and said this to me.

“I just answered one of your questions, so I’d like to ask you one too. Wouldn’t that be fair?》

Oh, you mean to exchange questions and answers one by one like this?

‘Okay, this probably means that there are a lot of things even Gerard doesn’t know.’

If so, we can exchange questions and answers on equal footing.

I nodded.

“say it. “What do you want to know about me?”

Then Gerard was silent for a moment as if he was suppressing his emotions, and then he asked me.

《…What happened to Tae Geon-chang?》

He was asking about the martial god of the Eastern Continent who almost killed him.

‘Yes, you might be curious since you are the commander of Cheolcheon.’

I searched my memory and pulled out information about Taegeonchang.

Tae Geon-chang was also not a character that appeared in the original work of < Sin.Buse >…

but his final fate was described to some extent in settings books and spin-off novels.

“Tae Geon-chang was defeated in the third war with the Baltic States and went missing. “The ‘Black Wave’ mercenary group that he led was all killed by the Titan Special Forces that you commanded at the time.”

First of all, the information up to this point is based on the original game.

And I knew a little more than this.

“After the third war, Tae Geon-chang was captured by the empire’s wizards and became the subject of biological experiments. “He was subjected to torture for a long time and eventually died a miserable death.”

I said, keeping my expression as dry as possible.

“…If that’s the man’s karma, wouldn’t it be his karma?”

Then Gerard’s ghost was silent for a long time.

He was staring into space with an expression that did not reveal his true intentions.

‘what?’

What I told Gérard was the tragic end of his enemy, with whom he could not have anything to do with.

So, he could have seemed a little happy, but

instead he made an unexpected request to me.

“Then, there is one thing I would like to ask you. “Use the Destiny Codex to show me that person’s final fate.”

He asked me, handing me a Grade A Destiny Card.

‘Does it mean that only after seeing the enemy’s terrible end will he be relieved of his integrity?’

…No, that wasn’t it.

“Please, please.”

Unexpectedly, the feeling of extreme sadness was felt in the mental waves sent by Gérard.

“….”

Having no choice but to receive the fate card, I couldn’t help but be very curious.

What on earth happened between Gerard and Tae Geon-chang?

The final confrontation between two players known as enemies who could not live in the same sky.

In order to view it in the Destiny Codex, as many as three EX-class fate cards were required.

However….

[Collecting information on the time of death of the deceased player ‘Tae Geon-chang’.]

[To view, 1 Grade A Destiny Card is required.]

Surprisingly, the information requested by Gerard’s Ghost is exactly the Grade A card. It was available in one piece.

‘Yeah, I don’t know what it is, but if you look at it, you’ll know.’

I used the fate card that Gerard gave me.

[The specified card will be consumed.]

[Please wait a moment. Collected information is provided in the form of scroll items.]

Sigh.

A scroll made in the palm of my hand.

“Now this is the end of Taegunchang.”

I tossed it towards the ghost.

“…thanks. Partner.》

He was unfolding the scroll with very careful hands, as if he were unfolding a treasure map.

Soon a screen was created and recording playback began.

And I was embarrassed and opened my eyes.

“Tae Tae Geon-chang…!”

…was it a woman?

‘Why? Why?’

Faced with facts that were completely different from what I knew, I couldn’t help but frown.

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