The World-Class Extra’s Walkthrough - Chapter 45

Episode 45:

Recruitment

, boom, boom, boom….

The sound of the drums summoning the children continued to resonate.

After completing the preparation work, the children gathered one after another.

About 60 children gathered around a huge campfire.

They were naturally standing divided into men and women, and I was able to easily spot Tyrvaen in the gap.

“…Brother Carl.”

Carls flinched at the words he called.

And he answered me awkwardly.

“Ugh, what are you doing? “What?”

“huh?”

“No, tell me what it is.”

I chuckled and glanced beyond the campfire.

“I have to go and bring Sister N.”

“That’s right. okay.”

Carls responded awkwardly and quickly disappeared among the children.

That sight kept making me laugh.

‘Do you hate it when people talk to me informally?’

I had earlier banned Carls from using honorifics.

Then, the language center broke down and he was struggling.

‘Well, I’ve been a guard knight for Gilroshan for several years, but suddenly they ask me to speak informally, which must be a bit harsh for my loyal personality.’

But if you have to do it, you have to do it.

Is there anything special?

A system message appeared along with me smiling.

[The large-scale event ‘Red Wind Ritual’ begins.]

[Characters whose qualifications have been confirmed join the event.]

The ritual has begun.

The first step in this event is to form a ‘team of 5’.

The second is to be given their own ‘prey’.

And the third and final one is….

‘Performing hunting.’

So, I needed two more people to enter the hunting ground.

I don’t know about one person, but one person has been decided.

“Attention everyone!”

A heavy voice burst from the cliff of darkness.

It was a voice so profound that it made the ground shake slightly and the leaves on the trees tremble.

“….”

There was a wizard standing on a black rock and looking down.

Of course, the person wearing the white cloak was a face I recognized.

‘Deputy commander and chief wizard of the revolutionary army.’

…Erek Kaid.

Although he was evaluated lower than Emperor Bareshan, who had already reached the level of 9 stars a long time ago.

‘But that guy is also a 9-star monster.’

Even though the Marquis of Royte is inferior to the other three swordsmen, he is superior in terms of pure swordsmanship.

Erek Kaid was a wizard who had less combat power than the Emperor, but was strong in blessing and protection magic.

‘Of course, he is a much stronger wizard than all the other wizards in this revolutionary camp.’

In any case, such a person is personally hosting this event.

“Oh, it’s Vice President Kaid!”

“Don’t you think the flow of magical power has changed a bit?”

“I think I’m getting a buff just from seeing you from afar!”

Thanks to this, the kids were excited and excited.

But since there was no such thing, I just stayed quiet.

“…?”

wee.

I could feel Erec’s eyes on me.

Now he was looking at me and tilting his head as if it was a little strange.

But there’s no need to worry.

< Erek Kaid >

[Character] Also known as ‘White Flame’. The deputy leader of the revolutionary army was born only for magic. He dedicated his life to magic, especially not to the Empire.

That guy is such an idiot that he only knows magic, so he was just reacting to my ‘Guardians’ protection.’

“All children who will participate in the Red Wind Ritual, please come forward!”

Erek Kaid turned his head away from me and shouted loudly.

The children began to move according to the command.

Except for some who were at the campsite to help their brothers and sisters participate in the ritual.

Jump and jump.

All the children who were to attend the coming-of-age ceremony passed the bonfire and stood in line.

Before I knew it, Kals and I, who had brought Tyrvaen, were also standing in the gap between them.

“….”

“….”

I feel like I can hear the heartbeat of children who are very nervous.

And Erek’s heavy voice announced the start of the event.

“From now on, I will perform the Red Wind Ritual. Today, through this critical moment, each of you will be recognized as an adult, and you will also establish yourself as a mainstay and cornerstone of our revolutionary cause…” Erek Kaid’s speech did not last as long as the principal’s sermon

.

As the revolutionary army usually does, it ended with a short but strong message.

“Succeed. Make sure to achieve it, even if it means giving your all. Then you will receive glory.”

“…!”

At those words, a flame of desire began to bloom in the children’s eyes.

And the flames were ignited by someone in the ranks.

“let’s go!”

I think it was probably Hexter.

“Wow!”

But instead, I felt like my blood was running cold.

Erec’s words were strangely disturbing.

…You must succeed even if you sacrifice everything?

“That’s ridiculous.”

If it was a goal that children had to sacrifice everything to achieve, it was the wrong goal.

No goal can be exchanged for the values of safety and survival.

At least I come from that world.

So this time too, I planned to solve it my way.

Gamer’s way.

The player’s own way to travel this world.

“From now on, make teams of 5 people!”

Erek Kaid’s voice rang loudly from the dark cliffs.

The children began to move around busily.

* * *

“Each person will have to form a team with people they can trust. “They will become your closest companions who will be responsible for your survival once the ritual begins.”

What Erek said was accurate.

From the moment they leave this campsite, the children are thrown into the wild and have to face monsters.

At the same time, they are forced into a situation where they have to carry out their own tasks.

‘That’s why I have to find trustworthy colleagues.’

Five people was just the right number.

‘One tank, two dealers, two healers.’

Or, it would be okay to change the number of tankers and dealers.

Either way, it wasn’t a bad combination.

It could be said to be an appropriate size to quietly explore the hunting grounds, achieve basic survival, and chase down targeted prey.

In other words, it is the minimum number to hunt monsters, but it is also the number that can be removed if necessary.

So the children were busy trying to save their team members.

“Do you know anyone who is a rear guard? Be a trustworthy guy!”

“We just need to find one guy to handle the front!”

Of course, it was rare to save the five people here.

Most of the children walking around were struggling to fill the space, as there were only one or two people left.

‘If you think about it, it’s natural.’

There is no way that children from the revolutionary camp would have come in without knowing the procedures and contents of this ceremony….

‘It is entirely possible to create a team in advance by reaching an agreement from the outside first.’

So actually, most of the kids already had a team.

Of course, not everyone could do that.

Because everyone has their own circumstances and unexpected situations.

“hey! Get away from me! Lemhardt is on our team!”

…like now.

It was something that could have cost me a teammate like this.

“Oh my. “The ceremony hasn’t even started yet, where is that?”

“You thieves!”

“Hey Lemhardt. Join us and your prey can become number one. “What do you want to do?”

“Oh, is that really true?”

The problem was this.

The goal of a team of five people is clearly to hunt their prey together.

However, there was inevitably an order to the hunt.

It was only natural that the monsters’ habitats were scattered here and there in the forest.

But what if all five people have to catch different types of game?

‘Of course, isn’t it human nature to want to deal with one’s prey first?’

In fact, the hunting success rate decreases from 1st to 5th rank.

The longer the time spent in the forest, the more tired the children become.

It was inevitable that the power to challenge the next prey would be weakened.

‘If team members get injured or fall behind in their turn, the decline will be even greater.’

This was also thanks to the cleverly planned event procedures of this ‘Red Wind Ritual’.

‘It would have been a little easier if we had collected the prey and formed a team.’

This will certainly be the case since you can form a team with children who have similar prey.

Now that this is reversed, it is bound to be confusing.

But…

‘Rather, that confusion is the real goal of this ritual.’

That’s what I thought.

By causing greater confusion to children and creating more serious conflict situations.

‘It was done so that those who solved it properly could get good grades.’

That’s clearly what they’re aiming for.

Thanks to this, even the kids who couldn’t make the team perfectly were using this as bait to solicit customers.

At a time when most of the children were going to their teams, Carls quietly opened his mouth.

“Bloody hell….”

“Cluck, cluck, cluck!”

When I cleared my throat loudly, pretending not to hear me, Carls paused for a moment and then changed his words.

“Aren’t the moon and stars so bright and beautiful in the sky, Shan?”

It sounds like the moon and stars.

Tyrvaen, who widened his eyes for a moment next to me, also giggled.

“I can barely see the stars because they’re covered by clouds. What about Karl?”

“….”

The little witch quickly grasped the situation and was teasing Carls.

But Carls was still hesitant, as if speaking informally to me was a burden.

Cute guy.

I smiled quietly and brought out his true feelings.

“Brother, do you want to ask how we are going to fill our team?”

Then Carls nodded loudly.

Since all the kids were forming teams, the look in their eyes suggested that we should also recruit two people.

In order to perform the quest, we had to enter the hunting ground as a group of five.

“But not everyone can take it. “We need trustworthy people.”

It was just as Tyrvaen had said.

Once the ritual begins, no matter what happens, it becomes inevitable.

‘Even if I kill my colleagues by mistaking them for prey.’

It is simply treated as an accident that occurred while hunting.

This was a risk that had to be taken because the Red Wind Ritual itself was a huge hunt.

Therefore, it was important to get to know the children in advance before this ceremony began.

We had to build rapport early on and fill in the positions we needed.

But this time I skipped that step.

Actually, there was a part of me that believed it.

The team member I was going to recruit was also such a strange guy that building intimacy in advance would actually have the opposite effect.

“Where is it? Oh, there it is.”

As I raised my head and looked around the campsite, I was able to spot him without difficulty.

My ‘believing corner’ was digging hard in its place.

A young wizard who can’t do anything, let alone step forward and save the team.

At the same time, he is a sad boy who does not get any attention from any team.

The guy’s name was ‘Barel Hegit’.

< Barel Hegit >

[Character] Also known as ‘Master of Lightning’. He is a genius magician who had a difficult childhood due to his uneven talent and physical disability, but later becomes the strongest player in the revolutionary army camp.

‘Of course, this is only when the power scenario here goes smoothly.’

Anyway, this guy was the best prospect in the entire revolutionary camp.

“….”

Although no one knew its true value now.

‘I know.’

I walked slowly and approached the guy sitting alone.

And then I tapped his shoulder.

Barel was not particularly surprised, as he had already sensed my approach.

“…?”

He just looks up at my face with a wary expression.

I pointed at the cane he was holding and spoke slowly and clearly.

“I need an attack wizard. If it’s okay, would you like to go?”

Then there was no reply, and instead, two small hands moved in unison.

I said it again.

“are you okay. let’s go.”

But the guy also moved his hand once more.

My answer was the same.

“It doesn’t matter. Just use magic well.”

Then the child was silent for a moment and then let out a slow cry.

“Ooooooo….”

It was always like that, but that crying sound was a bit strange.

This is because Barel, who cannot hear, could not learn to make sounds.

This was said to be a huge penalty from a magic research perspective.

However, this guy overcomes it all and eventually becomes the strongest wizard in the revolutionary army.

I knew that.

“Please take care of me.”

-me too.

The boy wizard ‘Barel Hegit’, who lost his voice, joined our team.

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