Episode 93:
Poravert Feher
‘Alarm magic? ‘That’s funny.’
Despite not being able to take advantage of the surprise attack, Lafer smiled.
The 12 members of the Hyeolrangdae he commanded were not ordinary warriors.
Although they were a little weak in close combat, they were elite assassins with skills that were among the best in the continent at sneak attacks and stealthy maneuvers.
Therefore, even if the raid was discovered by alarm magic, there was no reason to retreat.
Because they were just getting started.
-Start all-power stealth maneuver.
An order came from Lafer.
There was a ‘sign of cooperation’ between him, the leader, and all the team members.
This was a communication technology that could transmit messages in both directions within a narrow range, and
thanks to this, the members of the Hyeolrangdae were able to exchange even complex operations and ideas at once, and they were also able to develop complex operations with multiple people moving at once.
-First, block the escape route and eliminate all witnesses.
– Move with priority given to maintaining the formation and tactical safety of all friendly forces.
-Enter the 2nd floor immediately after occupying the 1st floor.
Each member of the team was given the task to do in real time, and the members of the Hyeolrang team became like the wind and rushed in in an instant.
A technique they use called ‘stealth maneuver’.
It was a technique that not only completely erased the presence, but also distorted its appearance so that it could not be seen properly.
So, for the mercenaries who were leisurely drinking beer at a restaurant in the green meadow, it was nothing short of a lightning strike.
“What are these bastards!”
“Where are the ghostly things from?”
Shhh!
Panicked shouts and cold-blooded attacks began to blend together.
Chairs flew around and heavy tables were reduced to rubble along with food.
The mercenaries of the warlike ruined city fought so fiercely with the assassins.
but.
-The situation on the first floor has ended.
-All witnesses have been removed.
-There is no damage to allies.
After the chef, who had taken refuge in the kitchen, collapsed.
“….”
Only cool silence flowed on the first floor of the green meadow.
In less than 30 seconds, Hyeolrangdae had cleared out everything on the first floor of the inn.
-Now we will enter the second floor.
Eve and Gilroshan were staying in the second floor room.
-If the target resists, we will kill you immediately without further reporting.
…Instant kill of target.
Of course, it was a story he had discussed with his subordinates in advance, but Lafer had no choice but to pause for a moment.
If Lady Eve resists the Blood Rangers, she could be immediately killed by them.
‘Team 2 failed to kill her, but Team 1 is different.’
Team 1 will definitely succeed in killing her.
Because he wouldn’t be able to withstand 12 6-stars attacking him.
For a moment, the image of the young girl from long ago flashed through my mind again.
But the worries did not last long.
-…Permitted. If anything resists, kill immediately.
-All right.
It was spilled water anyway.
These were agents who had been stationed here simply to keep watch.
However, things went awry when Prince Gilroshan attacked.
‘Why don’t you kidnap our agent?’
Lafer decided that it was necessary to sort out this situation himself.
Of course, the appearance of a blood band like this was proof that Archduke Therian Wyler was directly paying attention to this incident.
It was a demonstration to the world of their strong will to return Eve to the principality.
‘So, from Lady Eve’s perspective, she cannot help but feel quite anxious.’
She went so far as to go into exile in another country to avoid an unwanted marriage.
So he might try to run away again.
‘I actually tried something like that.’
But this convoy had to be carried out.
Because Archduke Wyler declared that he would not tolerate any more failures.
That is why Group 1 of the Hyeolrangdae, which had only been monitoring until now, boldly jumped in.
‘Anyway, we’ve already discussed it with the 1st Corps commander, so it’s okay to overdo it a bit.’
The fact that the duchy’s blood band was causing trouble in this ruined city of Poravert, which was clearly occupied by the revolutionary army, was a serious diplomatic problem.
However, Palamir Sodin promised that he would cover up any disturbance in the ruined city.
-That prince has a hard time understanding the situation. It would be okay if the deacon gave me some appropriate enlightenment.
-Okay. Then we’ll just trust the corps commander and take care of it.
-You can do as much as you want. Please tell the story to the new Archduke. This person put a lot of effort into this. ha ha ha.
-…I understand.
He was a man who was overly cheerful about the topic of making personal gains by communicating with the enemy.
Well anyway.
Even if something went wrong, all of this communication was recorded, so a safety device was in place.
Deacon Lafer looked around the first floor, which was in chaos, and sent a message to all team members.
-Enter the second floor immediately.
-All right.
The members of the Hyeolrangdae began to move again.
There are two stairs to the second floor of this inn.
One was only an emergency staircase used in case of fire, so it was quite narrow.
The other was a fairly large circular staircase made for guests.
Therefore, it was enough for Lafer’s blood band to penetrate only one of the two places.
The operation was set up simply.
-The main stairs are used as bait and elites enter through the emergency stairs.
-On the main staircase, focus on deploying the shield.
-All right.
Swoosh swoosh.
Lafer watched with an expressionless face as four people with magic shields were climbing the circular stairs.
Meanwhile, on the emergency stairs, five elite members were climbing the stairs while maintaining covert maneuvers.
If all went according to plan, one side would have to be breached.
“…?”
It was at that moment that a huge feeling of anxiety ran down Lafer’s spine.
-Everyone stand back!
Feeling cold, he hurriedly sent the message.
[The giant magic works.]
[The structure collapses.]
…!
An indescribable roar immediately consumed everything.
Everything collapsed.
Without anyone having time to shout, the inn ‘Green Meadow’ was reduced to one of the remains of the ruined city.
* * *
[Surprising event ‘Explosion! blasting! ‘Explosion!’ has been completed.]
[A new title ‘Artist of Explosion’ has been obtained!] The
three-story wooden building has completely collapsed.
“…is Carls Lafer dead?”
I was stroking my chin as I looked at the wreckage.
Then Carls tilted his head.
“well. Honestly, I don’t know. “If I had been in there, I think I would have survived, but…”
He said that he couldn’t easily be sure right now.
“Deacon Lafer of the Duchy of Wyler is also known to be a 7-star swordsman, but he is not a knight skilled in the art of defense.”
The analysis was extremely accurate.
Carls was a 7-star imperial knight and a solid tank character with top-tier defense and survivability.
However, on the other hand, Deacon Lafer of the Archduchy was a functional NPC who specialized in information infiltration and assassination…
“Wouldn’t it have been difficult? “Even though it’s only the third floor, the building collapsed.”
Carls ultimately made the observation that Lafer would not have survived.
However, another person who knew him well had a very different opinion.
“no. Deacon Lafer had an ’emergency escape’ skill, so he must have survived. “He survived the ‘Archduke’s Mansion Burning Down Incident’ some time ago.”
“Yes, that’s true too.”
It was Yves’ opinion that Lafer survived.
As he was from the Duchy of Wyler, he had a deep understanding of the NPC.
Therefore, he also remembered that Lafer had considerable survivability.
Did he really survive?
It was right then.
“Keuuuuuuu!”
thud!
Among the remains of the collapsed building, a broken girder swayed and was thrown aside.
‘Someone survived.’
…Nah, this is pretty interesting.
I crossed my arms and smiled quietly.
“Who is that? Is it Lafer? “Does anyone have popcorn in their inventory?”
But Eve sighed with infinitely sunken eyes.
“Gilroshan, this is someone’s death too. “Don’t make it a light joke.”
I burst out laughing at that loud noise.
“Yes, but it is the death of someone who was planning to kill me and you.”
“…!”
“So to me, this is not a light joke, but a ‘heavy joy.’ So, don’t think about giving half-hearted advice.”
“Pleasure…?”
Eve looked at me with new surprised eyes and did not reply any further.
It was annoying too, so I didn’t plan on adding any further explanation.
And the next moment.
“Kaaaaak!”
Like a scene from a cheap horror movie, a massive forearm popped out through the rubble.
It was that guy.
‘Lafer kit.’
One of the hunting dogs of the Wyler family and a confidant of Therian, the newly crowned Duke.
The one who stuck his head out from the rubble was panting for a long time.
“…!”
Then his eyes met mine and he froze.
“How!”
The ‘how’ probably means ‘How can I sneak out, destroy a building, and still stand with a clean face!’
Clearly, this escape and collapse was a big event that went according to my plan.
For me, who knew this ruined city well, it wasn’t anything special.
‘This Poravert was neither a ruined city nor an occupied area by the revolutionary army from the beginning.’
In fact, it was a high-tech city built one after another after being planned as a huge military base.
It is by the leading wizards of the five-colored spire that the Baltic Empire is proud of.
However, before the city was completed, a large-scale local war with revolutionary forces broke out surrounding the area.
‘Because of that, the Baltic Magic Empire had no choice but to give up on this place.’
So this city became ruins during the war.
Due to this harsh appearance, it was reduced to one of the occupied areas by the revolutionary army.
And this inn, ‘Green Meadow’, was one of the buildings where the magic function planted by the empire’s wizards was still operating.
That magic function was the ‘emergency self-destruct function’.
Players could use this feature to trigger special events when necessary.
< Explode! blasting! Explode! >
[Event] This building, built by the wizards of the mysterious spire, has a very special emergency response device hidden in it.
Let’s operate the device with proper qualifications and power!
‘Due qualifications and strength.’
Of course, that was the magic pattern of the past wizards who created this Foravert.
In other words, you had to learn one of their five schools to unlock this event.
But surprisingly I was able to get it to work.
The colorless magic of the spirit worked like a master key and activated the emergency self-destruct function installed in the building.
[The magical power of ‘Intermediate Spiritual Magic’ interacts with the hidden functions of the building.]
Even though it lacks firepower, does this mean it’s good?
Two buttons appeared in the middle of the wall of the second floor room.
-Are you pressing Carl’s set?
-I’m just pressing one button, but I’m quite nervous.
-Oh, it’s tacky.
-hmm? Are your fingers shaking? Is it because you’ve lost too much magical energy?
-…It’s just a leak.
Anyway, the moment we pressed that button together.
[Surprising event ‘Explosion! blasting! ‘Explode!’ occurs!]
[The building collapses immediately after the emergency escape is implemented! Evacuate to room 201 immediately!]
[Time remaining is 10 9 8…]
Boom!
Room 201 was thrown out of the building like a fighter jet cockpit being ejected into the sky.
And then the collapse occurred.
The inn’s building completely collapsed, as if a small giant was collapsing.
“Keueuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
the the the aurant the deacon Lafer has become a mess as he has to crawl out of the rubble.
But surprisingly, in addition to Lafer, two or three other people were rising from the ruins, as if they had survived.
‘…Yes, I predicted that we would not be wiped out.’
I slowly started to work my magic towards them.
My original plan was to lay down the ‘Land of Judgment’ and use Frontier Swordsmanship to punish them and mercilessly send them all back to the dirt.
‘And all you have to do is retrieve the link to the corps commander Balammir.’
But now the plan had changed a bit.
After listening to the story of the assassins I caught earlier…
‘Wait a minute. If I’m good at this, other strategies will be possible.’
Because I thought of a way that was much better than killing and cleaning up everything.
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