Vol 18 Chapter 3 (2/2)
“Hihihihi, they’re overwhel!”
Racard giggled as he used satellite surveillance roup were in a state of chaos But it was iroup followed the light
And that hat Ark aimed for
Snap, bang! Snap, syu syu syu syuk!
The hout the forestHe had placed pitfalls along that area Those guys didn’t know about the welcohts and just rushed in blindly He had created a few copies of the sah they weren’t stupid so they didn’t blindly rush into the village like before So Ark had buried traps between the different villagesThose guys ere fooled by the lights fell victim to the traps
‘It won’t deal a serious blow but the danificant penalty when the war begins’
His plan was to take care of the icians and priests with traps However, the ones in the forest weren’t traps to deal daicians and priests consuicians and priests would have no choice but to use ic And even the smallest loss of mana would be helpful on a battlefield
‘They’ve already lost dozens of priests and icians and they should’ve lost 20~30 of theirthe war! Of course they will start using scouts to carefully search for traps as theysome time’
Yes, the biggest reason Ark developed this plan was to gain some time However, that tie The raccoons had already finished all the defences for Lancel
The reason he needed time wasn’t for defense preparations……
Snap, syu syu syu syuk!
-The Poison Arrow trap has been activated 300 dae
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“damn, another poison!”
“Hurry up before I lose any more mana!”
“Dammit…”
Racard’s live coverage showed the real condition of Jewel’s group Of course, the ability to detect traps was one of the vocational skills of the Rangers and Hunters However, the welcohts of Lancel were spread out across the forest In other words, the spreading forest was full of traps It would take a few days just finding all the traps in the forest So Jewel had his warriors with high health and defense lead the group
Since 100 spheres were triggered at the saicians and priests with low health were sacrificedBut the traps in the forest had the effect of drainingthan losing health Health could be restored with recovery ic but there was no way to recover mana within a small amount of time Even if they arriors, they wouldn’t be able to use skills without e role in battle No matter the level difference, if no skills were available than the odds couldn’t be guaranteed But despite their efforts, the warriors’ mana still fleay In fact, their led blindly
“Jewel, have you caught anything?”
Duke asked in a pained voice
“……I don’t know I’ve been using Mana Track but I can’t see”
But Jewel’s ansas also pained Jewel’s original occupation was ‘Force Stalker’ The primary accomplishment of a Force Stalker was their ability to trace e profession ‘Force Officer’ with the help of the alliance, thistechnique was reinforced even further Yet Jewel still hadn’t found any traces of mana in the forest
“There are 3~4 villages visible If the illusion is of this nitude than wouldn’t there be some traces of mana?”
“I’ crazy”
Jewel murmured in an irritated voice
‘Dammit, there are also people like this at Lancel……’
Jewel had previously had e The reason Jewel had them hide beforehand was to keep an eye on Lancel However, those guys had been caught by Sha in jail Therefore Jewel couldn’t risk anyone else scouting around the area They were trapped in the cell but he had received all the basic inforined that a situation like this could happen No, in fact the situation would’ve still been similar even if he scouted beforehand The suicide squad e The illusion was made with many layers that soht was so dark that not even starlight was visible It would be difficult for thee in the forest
“damn, I should’ve known that Ark would play a trick like this……”
Then Duke spoke in a worried voice
“Jewel, should we still proceed with the plan?”
“You want to retreat because of some traps?”
“It’s not that You saw it as well so you know that Ark is in the village He probably ca the video”
“Yes, but that was one of the purposes of the video”
JewelDuke film the video wasn’t just to scare away users from Lancel Jewel knew that Ark wasn’t in Lancel That was the main reason why Jewel made the video If Ark saw the video then he would return to Lancel village If Ark lost his store and Lancel village than it would be a big blow to hi back And that hat drove Jewel’s strategy
“But other users seeing the video is different fro it While users wouldn’t have any reaction to the rue Because that fellow cooperates with NPCs a lot He could also possible pull in other troops from different areas”
“You still don’t understand? That is the reason why the video was posted 18 hours beforehand Even if they were in the closest city, Ark would be able toin reinforce up out ankles with this illusion”
“I guess so”
“Besides, in the video you only commanded 200 troops Even if Ark called in reinforceh to deal with 200 troops But there are actually 500 of us If that Ark saw us than he would be upset and not knohat to do”
Yes, there was a few reasons why Jewel circulated the information on the internet One was to seal off the users’ intervention in the war Secondly, it was to call Ark back to Lancel The third reason was toto attack Lancel It was a psychological ith three different effects from just one video! However, Jeas unaware that the psychological as destroyed by Sha Anyway, they were tricked and received considerable dae from the illusion but Jewel still didn’t doubt his victory
“When we escaped froe didn’t the illusions also increase? It is because he grasped the number of our troops too late That fellow is intie than Ark will be finished”
“……We just need to find it”
Duke kicked the wreckage of a trap which activated a short while ago with frustration
“damn, why is there this sweet music when I am already annoyed?”
“Sweet music?”
“What? You can’t hear it? A while ago the background music became rather sweet”
Jewel’s eyes narrowed at Duke’s answer In fact, Jewel always had the habit of turning on aht, he had turned on a grandtune So he couldn’t hear the lowabout
‘What’s with the music? Perhaps…?’
Jewel considered so Then Jewel could hear the soft sound of a harp in his ear In New World the backgroundon the situation But the e Jewel suddenly realized so and shouted
“That’s it, I get it now!”
“What?”
“The reason why I don’t see any traces of e asn’t an illusion It is a hallucination! Stupid! That’s why I couldn’t detect any mana”
“What do you mean? Hallucination?”
“The Minstrel We’ve been seeing hallucinations thanks to the Minstrel’s music damn, there was a Minstrel who followed Ark in Lancel It is certainly her work!”
Jeas truly a pioneer as he figured out the entire situation from a small clue Once he knew the skill of the opponent, it wasn’t difficult co up with a way to handle it
“Hearing Paralysis!”
Hearing Paralysis was aaffected by monsters who used sound attacks like Sirens If even one person used Hearing Paralysis then they could confire was a hallucination
When the hts in the forest started flickering and gradually disappeared It seees in the forest were hallucinations Since he couldn’t see any villages with the hallucinations turned off, itIn this situation Jewel didn’t know the exact location of the village but he just laughed
‘Now that I knohat trick he is using, it isn’t a problem to find the location’
It was a Minstrel’s skill that was causing the hallucinations And wherever the e of the Minstrel
‘The hallucinations began as soon as we entered the forest And the welcohts appeared all over the place If I apply the scope of the effects then it is obvious that ae of aic is a 500 metres radius In other words, it is a 1 kilometre diameter’
Once he grasped that then the real location of Lancel village was clear He deteres that were most distant from each other The source of the music had to be soes
“There There is no doubt!”
Jewel soon found the location of Lancel village Once he figured out the place, there was no reason to rush and run into the traps It was obvious that Lancel village was prepared for an attack On the other hand, the suicide squad e before the battle even began
“Scouts, search for traps and secure the path The re members should check their equipment and recover in the meantimeOnce the scouts secure the path then ill immediately attack Lancel”
They had already h mistakes No more mistakes would be tolerated
-I understand
Since Jewel had used Hearing Paralysis, the nals Anyway, Jewel carefully rearranged the forh the forest How h the dense forest and wide, flat ground appeared There was a village situation at the top of the plains The village looked pitch black… Yes, it was Lancel village! They had finally found Lancel village 2 hours after entering the forest
“We found it!”
Jewel and Duke’s eyes lit up as they looked at Lancel village Then soe Despite the considerable distance, Jewel could still recognize the opponent It was a ith a black uised as Dark Wolf But there was so out fro the antennae of an insect on a wolf, Jewel just laughed
“Hht”
But Jewel couldn’t hear since he was deaf Jewel released Hearing Paralysis and clenched his teeth together
“You bastard, I’ now!”
“Don’t you remember I’m a lot more powerful than you?”
“Shut up, I don’t kno you knew and returned to Lancel to play such a trick but our bad relationshi+p ends here Lancel will die with you!”
Jewel shouted furiously Ark just looked at Jewel and sighed before shaking his head
“Hah, why are you so persistent that you even came this far?”
“W-hat? You dare say soold and a rare ite with our Seutandal conquest plan, you dare ask why I’m so persistent? What did you just say?”
“I don’t understand theof your words”
Ark looked at hiue
“While you have a so rasp this and still attacked? Do you want to give ive? I’m thankful but my heart is quite troubled by it Why don’t you just leave peacefully this time while you can?”
“W-what? This bastard…! Talking like that……”
Ark’s words caused Jewel’s blood pressure to ruse But after a moment, he clenched his teeth and shouted orders
“Attack! Kill, kill! Do whatever it takes to defeat him!”
“Wah ah ah ah!”
The 500 suicide squad members raised their weapons and rushed forward Then Ark turned back and shouted
“Standby!”
The lights in Lancel village turned on at Ark’s voice When the lights turned on, Lancel village becaht Jewel’s eyes which had been adapted to the darkness winced froht
Chwa, chwa, chwa, chwa, chwa, chwa!
Se surrounded by stone ways, 15 screens shot up in every directionArk laughed at the suicide squad
“The systeht Action!”
“Wah ah ah ah!”
It was at that ti shout and warriors hiding behind the stone wall stood up Jewel’s face was dyed with confusion at the troops The soldiers which appeared from behind the stone eren’t residents of Lancel The hundreds of warriors were all users!
“Huk, this is……”
Jewel hesitated with a perplexed expression The secret societyusers 18 hours ago It was natural for the users to become scared and leave Lancel But as up with all the users?
“It was quite a good ideait”
Ark laughed at his expression and muttered
“But it’s nothing co broadcasted”
“B-broadcasted?”
Jewel’s face caught froles then appeared on the 15 split screens
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