Vol 18 Chapter 3 (1/2)
ACT 3 Prelude: Illusion Sonata
“The heavens are helping us”
Jewel ht sky Since the early evening, dark clouds started to spread across the night sky so the lights from the stars couldn’t be seen anymore The forest was therefore so dark it was i within it While it wasn’t okay for ht attack He felt good for some reason
“Is that Lancel village?”
While crossing the forest, it was possible to see a faint light through the bushes It seeh s in Lancel village A low laugh eht
“Huhuhu, that village sounds as quiet as a mouse 1~2 hours should be sufficient”
“Wait, why is it so quiet?”
Duke who had been observing the village narrowed his eyes and muttered
“Didn’t you fil Lancel?”
“Yes, so there village is quiet because there are no users as planned”
Jewel thought it was because of the video that no users were in the village But Duke still looked unsure
“No, even if the users ran away the NPCs shouldn’t be this quiet”
“That’s because the NPCs wouldn’t know Think about it There is no reason for the users leaving the village to give a reason to NPCs The NPCs also can’t search the internet to watch the video So there is no possibility of the NPCs taking counter between users”
“I guess, but……”
Jewel just laughed without any worries and spoke
“There won’t be a proble The video was only posted last night It would be i that time Besides, look at their stupid expressions Is that the expression of so a crisis?”
Jewel pointed to the residents of Lancel wandering around the suburbs He could find no awareness of danger in any of the residents
“It is good to be careful but you don’t have to worry The opponents are NPCs”
Jewel spoke lightly as he surveyed the village
“Duke, lead units 4,5, and 6 to the left I’ll lead units 1 and 2 to the other side Once the town is surrounded then we’ll attack
A cruel light appeared in Jewel’s eyes
“Once the battle starts then don’t spare a single one of thee Then the suicide squads will ic tower and will loot it before blowing therowing so the profits should be quite good”
The troops split up andthe village was to not allow any Lancel residents to escape Theand et point
‘Huhuhu, that Ark, I want to see what kind of expression you have when you come here’
The sh the bushes After approxithe village After taking a short break, he heard Duke’s whisper from the other side
-Jee’re ready
A beast like smile flashed on Jewel’s mouth
“Now, everyone attack! Wall of Flames, Fire Wall!”
Jewel stood up and waved his hand, causing dozens of flae The residents ran away from the flames into a barrier created beforehand After Jewel’s pre-emptive strike, the stone as soon destroyed and they invaded the village Duke also poured arrows froe
“Let’s finish this in one breath! Everybody charge!”
“Wah ah ah ah!”
When the 500 e, it was instantly turned to fire and dust However, it didn’t take a long tie
“What, what the? What on earth…?”
Jewel stopped attacking and scratched his head with confusion Jewel had been firing e Not only Jewel, but the 500 e The constant explosion and dirt meant that it was difficult to see But the residents showed no reaction to the attack They acted like they couldn’t see the people attacking the village and there wasn’t any daht through the bodies of the residents
“Leader-nim, over there!”
Then one of the members shouted and pointed to the town square Jewel reflexively turned his head and looked at the sight with a around the square But that wasn’t what caught Jewel’s attention The person he saw in the village centre wearing leather armour was……
“……Ark!”
Yes, the person was Jewel’s eneest reason to attack Lancel was to get revenge on Ark But he never iined that Ark would be here now After a while, Jewel started using ic despite his confusion
“Rise fla inferno! Take this, hellfire!”
Huge flaned the area from the explosion Ark ed up by the flaht the flah the flames at Jewel and chuckled Then Ark slowly lifted his hand which had his er raised Duke’s voice shook his ears at the same time
-We were tricked Jewel It is a trap!
‘Trap?’
Jewel jumped and stepped backwards
Clang, snap!
There was a sudden round It was the size of a fist with letters written on the surface Blood drained from Jewel’s face as he read the letters
Beok~ kyu!
‘That Ark bastard!’
Ka kwang!
The sphere exploded and there was an enormous blast of flame
“Ugh, Fire shi+eld!”
Jewel quickly used the Fire shi+eld to protect himself from the flames As expected of a pioneer to be able to react so quickly with Fire shi+eld But that was just the beginning
Clang, snap! Clang, snap! Clang, snap! Clang, snap!
While Jeas protecting hie Sweat dripped doel’s back and he confirmed the presence of the spheres Needless to say, the spheres which appeared were all traps! These traps sensed the presence of people stepping on the It was the type of workmanshi+p that Ark specialized in But Jewel had no rooed from Jewel’s mouth
“Avoid it! It is a trap!”
Kang, kang, kang!
The 100 spheres exploded at the sae was in flames It was a desperate attack on all the secret society e The sphere exploded before they could react to Jewel’s voice The members quickly lost 10~20 of their health Moreover, the flae to them
“Ugh, it is dangerous! Quickly escape!”
“Once we get out of here…waaaaah!”
The one of the suicide round had collapsed once he stepped on it A trap! The botto sharpened blades The man in fell into the trap had his health quickly disappear and he died
“U-unbelievable……!”
Jewel looked at the suicide squad members who had fallen into disorder with an expression that indicated he was unable to believe it It was constant traps that he hadn’t even considered! But that wasn’t the only thing that confused him
‘T-this is…!’
Flae But the buildings in the village were perfectly fine No, it wasn’t just the buildings but also the NPCs going around the village calmly Jewel knew of only one occupation which could produce this phenomenon
‘Illusion……this is an illusion? Then someone conjured the illusion? But……’
Conjurers used illusion ic! However, a conjurer could only create an illusion that was several e and NPCs who never talked But one thing was clear in the midst of all the confusion
‘Ark……!’
Ark had returned to Lancel village That’s why the battle proceeded in an unpredictable direction!
“Hehehehe!”
Huge fla over the fla bat It was Ark’s scout Racard
“Master, caught, they were caught Those fools were properly caught!”
“The flames are also visible from here What is their situation now?”
“I can’t see properly because of the fla by the sht?”
“Okay, observe the situation and continue stay in contact with me”
Ark nodded with satisfaction after listened to Racard’snext to hirinned
“The traps are working well”
“It is thanks to the ht I’m also surprised To think this little jewel has so much power once added to a simple device”
The raccoon chief said while tinkering with a red ge Mountain When Ark had used the Phantolass, he also made as many as 180 Fire Stones Ark had invested half of those stones into this operation It was the raccoon chief who thought of adding it to the spheres The Fire Stones didn’t cause that ed once it was placed in a sphere filled with gunpowder The explosiveness was ae Thus the Fire Stones had turned into a bomb
“And the person with the most merit in this plan is Roco”
The raccoon chief turned his head and muttered
‘Indeed, this plan wouldn’t be possible without Roco’
Ark stared at Roco Roco was perfectly i her harp
“So awesoer-nim!”
“You weren’t just lazing around while playing the harp!”
Sapjil and Ulave her a thu about the tihost ‘Melody Rhapsody’ was divided into 5an unique effect And the song Roco was currently playing was the prelude ‘Illusion Sonata’
-Melody Rhapsody Prelude:【Illusion Sonata】(Intermediate, Active)
The tragic fate of the genius musician who composed the Melody Rhapsody dwells within the ‘Illusion Sonata’ All those who listen to such wonderful ic will be lost in a world of illusion The people listening to such music on the battlefield will really feel like the et the area where it can project a illusionary landscape However, the ies produced by the illusion have to actually exist In addition, the realistic sense of the illusion will change depending on the degree of completion
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Yes, the Lancel village that Jewel’s group entered was a e created by Illusion Sonata
‘The illusion seems perfect’
Ark had seen the illusion of Lancel village that appeared not long ago After Roco had used the Illusion Sonata, Ark had checked the degree of co Even Ark who knew about it in advance was 100 deceived by the illusion Furthermore, there was no size limit on the illusions that Roco could create The reason was simple It was an illusion but the one Roco produced was different froic To be exact, it was a hallucination not an illusion The Illusion Sonata dragged Jewel’s group into a fantasy world and made them ‘see it as reality’ That’s why it could show a ridiculous effect like copying a whole village Although a Minstrel was treated as a boring profession, music was able to create tremendous illusions like this It showed that there was et had to be listening to theher ae of the Illusion Sonata was several hundred roup didn’t realize that they were hallucinating because of the ht on top of them
“It really is rewarding watching those guys suffer”
Ark said with a smirk Anyway, it wasn’t necessary to listen to Racard’s live coverage Those guys undergoing the terrible ordeal in the fake Lancel was only 200flaroup After a while, the screams seemed to decrease and Racard’s voice could be heard
“Master, I think all of them have escaped the traps”
“The dae?”
“Um, there aren’t that many that burned Around 30~40 or so?”
‘It wasn’t that strong’
Ark looked disappointed after Racard’s report However Ark hadn’t expected that he could deal critical dae to them like this Even if the bombs maximized the power of the Fire Stones, they were still just traps At the beginning quite a few of theed to avoid the traps
‘Well the traps were icians and priests who have low health In a war the icians and priests have tre the nuicians And the illusion hasn’t been broken yet’
“Roco, from now on maintain your maximum output”
“I understand”
Roco’s fingers began to ers raced like the wind over the 47 strings Dozens of tones were created and a captivating es appeared The degree of completion of the ‘Illusion Sonata’ has increased and