773 Prelude to the Final Battle (1/2)
Since when had I known that this strategy would definitely succeed?
Ever since I became an incredible jinxer? Ever since I found out that Reyne came up with this strategy? Or…
”From the moment that you appeared. When you appear, all our enemies stopped fighting the humans and focused fully on only hunting you down. Just how amazing is your taunting ability?”
”Shut up! Don't you see that we're being chased right now?”
A large horde of high-level devils and undead was currently chasing after me. These damned fellows immediately gave up on fighting the humans to only try and hunt me down right when I stepped out of the Forest of Dreams.
”Damn it, just what did those bastards promise you? Is it worth trying to hunt me down like this?”
I was quite dissatisfied as I shouted back to the large horde, but unexpectedly, I received lots of replies.
”God Equipment!”
”The secret of how to become an Undead Emperor!”
”The currently empty Devil Lord position!”
”The master of this area of land!”
”The city ruler of Asolivis. I'll be the master of this land, idiot before me.”
”I can become the disciple of a Chaos Main God!”
”Forbidden spells and countless magical knowledge!”
Alright, I never thought that I would become so valuable. Even I was becoming tempted to hunt myself down.
”Hahaha, they really love you so much.”
”…Do you want me to throw you to them?”
Harloys and I could only keep running.
But actually, for Harloys and myself, running was basically just an act. Naturally, no weak enemy would try to hunt me. My flying speed wasn't slow, but it wouldn't be much to the devils and undead who specialized in flying.
Yet if only one or two enemies blocked my path, I would swiftly slay them. Even if they surrounded me…
”What's with you all, not fighting me but continuously following me!!”
”You're somebody living. You'll suffer from fatigue and relax your guard. The moment that you show weakness, heehee… Aah!”
Would I show any signs of weakness? That was a matter for later. Still, there was nothing wrong with immediately shooting down the devil who talked too much with some Holy Light.
My enemies were just a temporary alliance of devils and undead attracted by the potential benefits. Even if they had me surrounded, none of them wanted to come up first and be the cannon fodder. They got in each other's way more than cooperating with each other. It was quite simple for me to break out from their encirclement.
It was definitely a mistake that neither Shupnus nor Sarwenstan had personally come to attack me. Without a super powerful individual to control the situation, trying to hunt me down like this would be meaningless…
”Your Highness Roland! Please don't come over here!”
”Aaah! Don't jinx us! Definitely please don't come over…”
Fine then, it was meaningful to other humans on the battlefield.
”Tsk, they're all cowards.”
Although I was saying this about my cold-blooded teammates who didn't even try to help me when I was in danger (they weren't strong enough to help me), I wisely chose to avoid busy areas of the battlefield for the sake of my reputation which wasn't easy to obtain.
Still, at this rate, when I finally met the fake resupply airship, I felt I would seem more like someone rushing over to jinx them far more than a supposed bodyguard.
”Even though I'm only bait, it has to at least seem real…”
Thus, I turned around and drew my sword for a proper battle, intending on reducing the number of those hunting me down as a warning to the old folks that even a young dog had teeth, but then…
I turned around and kept running!
”Shupnus, how shameless can you be? An Undead Emperor like you is actually bringing a crowd to hunt me down!”
”Roland! I'll fight you in single combat if you stop right here!”
”…Only an idiot would stop here.”
Earlier, there were only 100-200 chasing me, but now there were almost 500-600 just a few minutes later. The newcomers were all powerful individuals. When I turned around to look, I even saw that Undead Emperor Shupnus was among them. How foolish would I be if I stopped here?
”This is probably the largest taunted mob in all of history…”
”…Your eyeballs are spinning around. Just who do you want to make suffer this time?”
Sometimes it was quite fun to have someone who really knew you well, but sometimes it was also quite mysteriously unfun as well.
”I was just wondering if I had any 'good friends' nearby or not…”
Right now, I was really missing the Holy Church. If only they were here right now, wouldn't it be so fun to bring this entire horde of enemies to their camp?
Still, if I charged into the central area of the battlefield, that would probably create utter chaos for the battle… But, why couldn't I create utter chaos? Was I supposed to be a good person who cared about others?
I instantly realized what I could do, so I unhesitatingly taunted my enemies right into the undead and devils' army. All the projectiles and curses aimed at me were more than enough to destroy ordinary undead and devil soldiers.
Of course, there were also a few unfortunate individuals who suffered along the way…
”Roland! You're taunting mobs and making others suffer yet again!”
The silly cat was becoming ever happier. Ever since she left the Forest of Dreams, her activeness and happiness were both increasing rapidly.
Still, it wouldn't do to continue like this. Although I was confident in my patience and stamina, my enemies were the devils and undead. No living person could outlast a dead person or a pervert.