The white light settled down.
When I opened my eyes, I was already in the middle of the battlefield.
I confidently walked in at the familiar scene.
-Krrrrr, kiiiiek!
Monsters were crying out and soldiers were getting injured while fighting them.
Thousands of monsters ran to destroy the port.
The 11th floor.
The first battle to protect the Aegim Empire had begun.
“Thank you! I see you’ve come to help us, warriors!”
The general NPC who greeted us was the same as the last regression. He wore the same armor, had the same expression, and said the same lines.
“Warriors! Please save our empire and…”
But it was only up to there.
That was the end of the similarities.
At the general’s words, the way the hunters reacted was different.
“Gather, Black Dragon!”
A cold voice pierced through the battlefield. It was the owner of Black Dragon, the Witch. Just like in the battle that only I remembered, the Witch shouted after gathering her Aura. She had something about her that pulled people’s gazes.
“Black Dragon will take the directing right in this war from now!”
The Witch looked at the battlefield.
“Chen-mu mun! Civil Militia! Do whatever you need to at the left! Ten Thousand Temple and Sangryun take the right! Black Dragon will take the center. If anyone has any complaints, let me know after the battle! If you have time to complain right now, get another orc instead!”
The world changed.
“Oooowwwwwooooo!”
The shouts of the hunters was proof of that.
The large guilds moved about in a hurry. Was it because I shared information that this was a team subjugation?
There wasn’t any hunter who stood around blankly.
“Kiddos, follow me! If someone dies before me I’ll kill you!”
Even the Chen-mu mun that the Venomous Snake was leading.
“What are you…never mind. Everyone, back Chen-mu mun up! We have to help those idiots when they start taking it overboard again!”
Even the Civil Militia, led by the Crusader.
“Ahahaha! Acting individually immediately gets you a death sentence. Everyone! Move as a team!”
Even the Ten Thousand Temple, led by the Heretic Questioner.
“Everyone’s so passionate. Let’s take it slowly.”
And Sangryun, led by the Count.
There wasn’t a single blind spot amongst the guilds. Everyone focused on what they had to do. Hunters specialized for battles swung their swords, and hunters who specialized in support casted magic from behind. Like a tsunami, hunters were pushing the monster army behind.
“Ohhhh…!”
The general NPC exclaimed in astonishment. Was he touched looking at the view in front of him?
“Clearly the god hasn’t abandoned us! Look! The warriors from the other world are pushing back the monsters! Soldiers of the empire! We should also fight back! Soldiers, follow me!”
The leaders of the squadrons all shouted and ran.
I stepped aside and watched them.
“······.”
Yeah.
What people needed was just a little bit of relief.
Even if I just changed a little, if I moved secretly just a bit, the scene of the stage changed like this.
Just then, Bae Hu-ryeong spoke in a low voice.
-Zombie. Are you alright?
‘Hm? What?’
-You’ll stand out less this way.
Bae Hu-ryeong was frowning.
-There’s no one who likes to stand out more than you. You go crazy for attention. Isn’t the attention going your way going to decrease like this?
‘Well. I guess.’
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘But this isn’t too bad either.’
-Hoho? I guess you grew a bit.
‘What do you mean, ‘grow…’ I’m still gonna take what I can get!’
Then, I felt a gaze on my back.
When I turned around, I saw the old Sword Saint looking at me.
“Uh.”
I was a bit flustered.
“What are you doing there…sir?”
“I was watching you.”
The Sword Saint spoke like it was obvious.
“You said so earlier. To decide if I should kill you or not in 5 days. That’s why I’m watching you.”
“…Uh. Mm. You’re not really planning on watching me 24/7 for 5 days, right?”
“What a strange question. Of course I am.”
Goodness.
What the heck. Was he a stalker?
“Wait, you have to get monsters too! The next stage’s rewards will be given based on the level of contribution!”
“Hm.”
Sword Saint lightly swung his sword.
Blue Aura clawed around the entire battlefield. About 20 goblins screamed and their heads fell off. Blood bloomed everywhere.
The Sword Saint turned back to me.
“Don’t worry, I’m planning on using my sword occasionally as well.”
“······.”
“Do whatever you have to do.”
As expected, he was super experienced.
His level was completely different.
“Ahew. This.”
I shook my head and headed towards the Witch of the Black Dragon. Their guilds members stopped me, but paused when they saw Sword Saint following me. When the Witch realized that we were approaching her, she waved her hand and cleared our path.
“What’s wrong? Hunter Kim Gong-ja. And even the grandpops.”
She threw a fit with her forehead wrinkled.
“I’m busy directing our guild members. I don’t have the time. If you could say what you need to in 30 seconds I’d be grateful.”
“I don’t really have any business with you.”
The old man spoke casually.
“I just followed this youngster.”
“What? What the heck does that…never mind. Not interested! I don’t have time to be focused on you right now. This is a request, so if it’s not important, please leave. Hey, you! Team 4!”
Even while rebuking the Sword Saint, she busily gave orders to her guild members.
“Stop going forward stupidly and stay there! If you don’t want a spear to land in your ass, stay there! What’s Team 12 doing? Do you think we’re here for a walk?! Hunt properly!”
“S, Sorry! Black Dragon Master!”
“If you have time to be sorry, use your sword in that time instead!”
She really did look busy.
I quickly got to the point.
“Black Dragon Master. I have the reward for clearing the 10th floor.”
“Of course you do. So what?”
“This mini map is the reward. I can see the entire battlefield with this map. And allies and enemies are marked. I can even see where the enemies’ forces are.”
“······.”
Then the Witch turned her head to look me right in the eye.
“Really?”
“Why would I lie. It’s real.”
“Then why didn’t you tell me sooner!”
She grabbed my right hand.
“Speak! Where is the boss monster!?”
I guess this person showed her real self when she was super busy.
“Mm. There.”
I pointed in the direction that the mini map marked.
“It’s surrounded by monsters but there-”
“Say that you agree to the use of my skill! Quick!”
“Uh, I agree with the use of Black Dragon Master’s skill.”
“Teleport!”
The next moment, the Witch and I were floating in mid air. To be exact, we were falling. In the middle of the battlefield, monsters and humans were busily fighting.
The Witch’s black hair flew in the air as she shouted.
“Where!?”
“There!”
I shouted because of the sound of the wind.
“Where I’m pointing-”
“Teleport!”
Everytime the Witch shouted for her Teleport skill, we rapidly became closer to where the boss monster was. I hugged the Witch tighter in the air. It didn’t mean much. I just thought that if only our hands were touching I’d immediately fall from the sky.
Like she understood, she didn’t object. And she shouted with her eyes narrowed.
“Are you confident in using your sword?!”
“Enough to skill the boss monster here!”
“Then I’ll send you on top of the boss monster! So in one! Okay!?”
“Yes, maam!”
I knew well what she was saying.
“Teleport!”
When the last teleportation was finished, we flew right above the boss monster.
There was about 10 meters left to go.
Around the boss monsters, goblins were shouted annoyingly. It was hard to believe that was how they directed their monster army.
“Kim Gong-ja!”
“Yaaaaaaaaa!”
I covered my body with Aura and shotued. Did they hear us? The head goblin that was directing the monsters tilted his head to look up.
-Korrrk?
The head goblin and I made eye contact.
But it was already too late.
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