Vol 22 Chapter 4 (1/2)

ACT 4 Behind the History

“Dammit!”

Ark cursed as he exited theoutside ran towards him

“Ark-nim!”

“Ark, what happened?”

“This whole situation is bad”

Ark round

“The Schudenberg and Bristania kingdoms won’t move”

“How come?”

Sid asked in confusion Ark rubbed his forehead and recalled the situation that happened just then It all began with the er’s report Silvana had been attacked by deinable report, Ark flew straight away to headquarters

“Commander-nim!”

“You came? Take a seat”

The leaders had already received the notification and werein the main tent Ark was able to hear aran Apparently hundreds of obelisks had been plunged into Nagaran The number of demons there were 100,000 And 2 territories had fallen ieneral situation asked in a desperate tone

“They’ve already captured 3 territories?”

“Because sieges were forbidden under martial law, most of the estates were empty”

“D-do you knohich territories have been occupied?”

“The neas sent frodom So we don’t knohich territories have been captured”

Haverstein said with a serious expression

“I know there are many parts you’re worried about but wait for a bit There is currently a ure out more about the situation”

Then Haverstein closed his mouth

‘Have the demonic monsters already captured Silvana?’

Ark had flown to the headquarters to check that information Yet Haverstein was unaware of which territories had been captured Ark beca the Dark Eden members But Ark soon shook his head

‘I can check if Silvana is safe at any ti expedition responds to the invasion’

That’s right 100,000 dearan so it didn’t matter which territories were occupied Even if it was still safe, it was only a matter of time before Silvana was occupied And even if Silvana wasn’t occupied, Ark had no way to prevent it by hidom would do And the first one to receive the decision of the Kingdo that when so interrupted him

“I don’t understand their intentions”

“Why are they trying to attack Nagaran……?”

The unit leaders sighed and complained The unit leaders weren’t the only ones confused Currently the Schudenberg expedition was about to enter Silrinad When the Bristania expedition arrived either tonight or toin their invasion of Silrinad

‘With the Ark of Creation to re time to wipe out all the rees when the expedition arains Silrinad’

That’s right It was because the de in the Sinius Principality It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that users played a large role in the wars of New World When an NPC died it was forever but a user would just revive after 24 hours The black obelisks had the sa the demons but the obelisks could be destroyed Then it would be like an ordinary war If the users froths then it wouldn’t have been occupied so easily by the demonic monsters But several thousand obelisks had hit the major cities and towns at the same time so the users and NPCs didn’t really have tiistered their recovery places in those cities and towns couldn’t revive any more This was the reason why the Sinius Principality couldn’t fight back and became occupied

‘But if the ains Silrinad……’

Silrinad was the Sinius Principality’s main commercial city and the centre of traffic! There were a considerable nuistered it as a resurrection place Those users would be able to resurrect With Silrinad secured as a resurrection place, they could spread out to recapture the cities and villages and obtain more places for users to resurrect It wasn’t just the users Although the regular troops of the Sinius Principality had been killed, not all of theather at Silrinad once it was regained In addition, if the ic toas restored thenwould be easy

‘When considering the future war situation, thefor the demonic monsters was to defend Silrinad If they can prevent the expedition fro Silrinad then it would prevent the expansion of power But to aran out of nowhere……’

This was the part that confused Ark and the unit leaders

“Their purpose aran itself”

Then a unit coht said

“Nagaran is an area which borders to the Bristania and Schudenberg kingdoaran in order to intimidate both countries and seal the expedition’s ather monsters around Silrinad?”

“It is a strategy to intimidate us and seal our movements?”

Haverstein narrowed his eyes and ht like that then it was possible to understand the aran was an area which bordered the three kingdoaran then it was possible to advance into any kingdo and Bristania would have no choice but to feel uneasy If they judged that protecting their own kingdo the Sinius Principality then they ht recall the expeditions to prepare for an invasion The ardoy to threaten the body and seal the arms! But another leader said in a sceptical voice

“That ically?”

“Didn’t we have a hard ti Pabiun Fortress because the de tactics?”

“But they didn’t show those type ofhere If the demons knew the importance of Silrinad then they should’ve responded earlier But they haven’t used such good strategy anywhere else”

“Then what do you think their aim is?”

“That……”

The leader who objected sighed and closed his

“It is difficult for us to accurately judge the situation in Nagaran Anyway, I will connect with the kingdom and ask the opinion of His Majesty His Majesty will decide how to respond to this problem”

Eventually Haverstein forced the problee of codo had already been held and they finished discussing how to cope with the situation When the co was passed on

If the intention of the demons was to tie the ankles of the expedition then there was no reason to be fooled The nobles also didn’t have to deal with the demonic monsters so they didn’t respond sensitively to the threat In addition, the de Silvana, Radon and Beiku Even if they wanted to threaten the other kingdoh time to build a line of defense TheSilrinad

“T-then Silvana has been captured?”

Sid shouted with a pale face after hearing the explanation

“Don’t say it again!”

Ark shouted with a displeased expression Ark had felt utterly gloo the news Then Shambala asked in a sarcastic tone

“What will you do? Will you die now that your territory was taken away?”

“The estate hasn’t been completely lost”

Ark scowled at Shaht The demonic monsters hadn’t taken the ownershi+p of Silvana away but just occupied it The rule that the three kingdoe would claim ownershi+p And Ark was the proper Lord of Silvana If he drove the demons away then Silvana would be returned to Ark So there was still hope that Ark could regain Silvana

‘Hopefully the dee when they occupied it’

Shortly after receiving thethat caed to take back Silvana, the place where his current supplies for the expedition were stored was the Continental Cooods from Seutandal had been shi+pped and stored in the Continental Commerce Firm If the Continental Commerce Firm was attacked by the demons and the supplies destroyed then Ark would become bankrupt But luckily the demons didn’t attack Silvana from outside They had driven the black obelisks around the castle and attacked When the demons concentrated on the castle, the staff of the Continental Coed to obtain the supplies in the warehouse and escaped

‘The NPC coalition members are also safe’

Naturally all the users who protected the castle had died from the monsters But the users could resurrect The proble and Eastern Nation NPCs in the coalition If they died then it would be a fatal blow to Dark Eden But fortunately the coalitionin the secret dungeon Therefore they didn’t know the castle was being attacked until Ark contacted them

“But……”

Ark e Since the castle was occupied by the deold for one month Of course, not all of that salary went into Ark’s pocket but it was still thousands of gold a month But was that all? Thanks to all his investments, the B class promotion had been just around the corner But if it was occupied by the demons then the territory would clearly become impoverished If the facilities and far of the territory would fall Even if he obtained the territory back, there was no guarantee how much time it would take to recover

“Now’s not the ti about this!”

Sid jumped and shouted

“Don’t you think I know that already?”

Ark yelled in an annoyed voice It was unnecessary to say but every second the estate was receiving sodom moved, there was no way to retake Silvana Dark Eden only had 3,800 troops And there were 1,500 NPCs and 300 users, for a total of 1,800 troops stuck in the secret dungeon Despite the situation, he also couldn’t give up the delivery of goods…… No, with the incoone then he had to have JusticeMan and the rehabilitation oods In the end, if Ark wanted to retake Silvana then he would have to fight the 100,000 ainst 1…… Ark would be swept away instantly

‘It is stressful but there is nothing I can do In this situation, I have no choice but to give up on Silvana for the moment If in the Demonic War then Silvana can be taken back so I should concentrate on the military supplies’

That was the conclusion Ark ca for a while But Sid became even more frantic

“You’re going to just give up?”

“damn, what am I supposed to do?”

“Isn’t there any way at all?”

“Do you think I haven’t considered all possibilities? No, why are you in such an uproar about it?”

“T-that……”

Sid flinched and stuttered before sighing The reason Sid was in such an uproar was the Silvana’s real estate Like mentioned before, Sid had earned quite a lot ofat the Continental Co a store in Selebrid was just to deceive Nadin His real goal was a real estate venture!

‘Huhuhu, if I invested in real estate then I can increasein Lancel Then I can also do that’

So Sid used Ark as a role model and stated to buy real estate in Silvana Silvana was an appropriate place for Sid to invest in Contribution to the area was necessary to possess real estate Thanks to working at the Continental Commerce Firm, Sid had increased Silvana’s economy and earned quite a bit of contribution He also knew about Ark’s secret funds that he planned to use to develop Silvana In other words, it meant that the land value would 100 rise as time passed

‘If the rating of the estate rises then the real estate value will also rise!’

Sid determined that and poured his saved money into the real estate But if the territory became impoverished because of the demons then the real estate price would slu it would take to recover

“It is the herbs to the rice” (I think he is co Sid as the herb to Ark who is the rice)

Sha expression

“……Well, I understand but it is inevitable Just give up for now It’s not like the de there If the Demonic War ends then we can recover it somehow”

“That’s not it”

Sid sighed and said

“Do you really not know? Why did the demons attack Silvana?”

“Isn’t it to plunge the real estate price?”

Ark muttered sarcastically Sid nodded with a firm expression and replied

“Yes, that’s it!”

“What? You figured out so about the demons?”

“It is because of Ark-nim’s enemy!”

“Me?”

“……Alan!”

Ark’s face stiffened at Sid’s answer

“Isn’t Alan controlling the demonic monsters? Isn’t that why they attacked Silvana? They clearly want to destroy Silvana!”

‘Oh uy?’

His relaxed feeling est question at the aran What if their purpose was to attack Silvana? And couldn’t Alan control the demonic monsters?

……Then the ansas simple

‘Alan e me He rallied the demons to make Silvana a barren land’

It was possible if he used the various skills that belonged to the demons to pollute the land If Ark recovered Silvana then the dae he would receive wouldn’t be small

‘That Alan bastard, he really won’t let go until the end!’

Ark grinded his teeth together as he thought of this Then Ark felt soe

‘Wait? Is that really Alan’s only purpose?’

If Silvana becae blow to Ark But in the end, that would be it Silvana couldn’t still be valuable without the farate terrain and a river available for transport of goods Its strong point was it geographical advantageous position in Nagaran That geographic advantage wouldn’t disappear even if the land became barren

‘Alan used to be the Lord of Silvana and he is a user in New World so he should already know this It is impossible for him not to understand Silvana’s special quality Then he only rallied 100,000 monsters to make the territory barren?’

Moreover, the military expedition was now about to attack Silrinad

‘Alanoverseas means that he is one of the ones behind this event He wouldn’t do so very important from this war’

Yet he risked losing the war and brought 100,000 e Ark?

‘If Alan isto do with this event Is it si expedition? Or is there so else? It can’t be……’

……Silvana itself?

‘Wait! Let hts’

The ht about it, the more corab the ankle of the Schudenberg expedition? According to the intelligence, they had stoppedSilvana and 2 other territories

…So the probability was less than 10

Secondly, was Silvana captured in order for Alan to hit back at Ark? It was a possibility but Silvana would return to Ark when the Deraphic advantage, the actual bloasn’t that big

…The probability was less than 40

‘There is only one reason why Alan gave up on Silrinad and attacked Nagaran It is because Silvana contains so that he believes in the Demonic War’

When he thought about it like that, it was possible to explain while the de after they captured Radon and Beiku which surrounded Silvana If Silvana was their goal then there would be no reason to capture Radon and Beiku In fact, it doms even more if they occupied more estates However the demons only captured the two territories on both sides of Silvana

‘Their reason for capturing Radon and Beiku is to block any possible attacks!’

Itcoalitionhad appeared in the sky about Silvana Rwigenberg was the Red Man’s aerial fortress Therefore the Red Man was related to why Alan attacked Silvana

‘There is soeon that the Three Kingdo hidden there!’

Ark was convinced of his guess It was highly likely that this was the key to solving the situation

‘Then the reason Silvana was attacked has so to do with the future of this war? Whatever it is will change the situation by 180 degrees It is necessary to find the reason why the de Silvana If I can prove it……’

The Schudenberg and Bristania kingdoed that it wouldn’t have a big influence on the Demonic War However, couldn’t the secret hidden in Silvana change the tides of the war? If both kingdoain Silvana!

‘It is imperative that I find out what it is!’

“Radun, transform to Radunma!”

Ssak ssak ssak? Ssak ssak ssak ssak!

Ark as locked in though suddenly shouted Radun instantly turned in a giant lizard Sid looked at Radun and asked with a flustered look

“Eek! What, what the? Why all of a sudden?”

“There is a place I have to go”

“A place you have to go? Where? What about Silvana?”

“There’s no tio Radun!”

Radun then ran off through the snowfield

Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa!

Radun moved with tre was towards the Albana Mountains No, to be correct it was Shangri-La That’s right After worrying about how to figure out Silvana’s secret, Ark had thought of Shangri-La Currently Ark couldn’t guess what Alan wanted frori-La held the history of New World so if he looked for information about Silvana then wouldn’t he find a clue?

‘I have to quickly discover Alan’s plan so I can stop it!’

After a while he finally arrived at the snow-capped Albana Mountains It had taken the expedition three days to pass through the Albana Mountains to Silrinad and it had only taken Ark 14 hours to return It was thanks to Radun’s +500without a break

“Only a bit o Try your best Radun!”

Ssak ssak ssak, ssak ssak ssak ssak!

Pa pa pa pa! Pa pa pa pa!

Ark co hilanced around while using Nursing on Radunma

‘That’s it, if I pass that gorge then I’ll reach Shangri-La’

The defense war had turned off and Shangri-La had floated back to its position on the ground This was because the deri-La The demons probably already realized that the Ark of Creation was in his hands and retreated And not long afterwards, Ark had joined the expedition and helped capture Pabiun Fortress At the same time, the demonic monsters withdrew from the Albana Mountains so there was no reason for the defense ward to be activated As soon as he crossed the gorge, the site of Shangri-La reached his eyes

‘What the?’

But confusion spread over Ark’s face as he looked at Shangri-La It looked different frori-La that he saw before The forest was burnt and the defensive tower from before had disappeared without a trace Even the white tower in the middle was smashed in parts

“Radun, stop Summon Demon, Racard and Purital!”

Ark stopped in front of Shangri-La and summoned his pets

“Racard, enter Shangri-La and find out what happened Purital, be on the lookout for any monsters!”

“Yes!”

Clack clack clack, clack clack clack clack!

Racard flapped his wings and fleay Ark carefully entered Shangri-La with Purital escorting him The situation beca the white toere cut with claw round It was unns of a battle!

‘The only culprits that would attack Shangri-La are the demons But why?’

The deeted the Ark of Creation However, the expedition force had already obtained the Ark of Creation Then it wasn’t the reason the deri-La?

“Master, there are no deers and prophets around the tower But they are dead”

Then he heard Racard’s voice who had been scouting Ark ran straight towards the white tower on Raduners and prophets were scattered around the tower

“20 White Tigers and 10 prophets…… They were all wiped out?”

Ark inally there were 150 White Tigers and 20 prophets living in Shangri-La But they couldn’t hand the Ark of Creation over to an unknown person That hy Lariette had been acco the Ark of Creation 130 White Tigers had co to protect theers and 10 prophets left in Shangri-La

Ssak ssak ssak? Ssak ssak ssak ssak!

Radun the air suddenly turned his head At the saround flinched and moaned

“Eung…… Eung……”

‘A survivor!’

Ark hurriedly jumped down from RadunmaHe forcibly opened the mouth and poured 3~4 potions into the prophet’s mouth The prophet narrowed his eyes and asked

“W-who…”

“It’s me Ark What happened?”

“Ark…… Hero Maban’s descendant…… Cough!”

When the prophet coughed, his health instantly drained away

……It was already too late to him In this situation, the NPC was sure to die unless a priest usedthem potions was the same Their health would just decrease over time

“Have strength You can beat this”

But after Ark grabbed his hands and used Nursing, the prophet regained soour

“After you left with the Ark of Creation, a black knight…… Leading the deri-La was attacked”

“A black knight?”

Alan instantly popped into Ark’s head In fact, Ark had thought there was one strange part while attacking Pabiun Fortress The demons in Pabiun Canyon had been coordinated by Alan But he never saw Alan while capturing Pabiun Fortress It was the sah Pabiun Canyon towards Silrinad

‘Then he ended up attacking Shangri-La?’

“But wasn’t their purpose to obtain the Ark of Creation? Shouldn’t they know that you don’t have the Ark of Creation anymore?”

“Their purpose…… Fro it wasn’t the Ark of Creation…… It seems”

“It wasn’t the Ark of Creation?”

“Yes The knight in black arri-La……”

“hell Stone? Why?”

“That is… Why the knight took it… I don’t know exactly Along with some powerful demons…… Stepped into the History Crystal…… And left in a hurry”

‘History Crystal!’