Cooperation. (2)

At the time, when Nora was about to be eliminated in the early ranking battle, unlike the story, Coty was saving her.

Rudis was also in danger, unlike the story.

‘Can I really swear at this? This is fucking crazy! This is ridiculous!’

The fantasy area he entered was a plain area a little away from the forest where Koti and Nora were.

But now he was lying on his stomach on that plain, covering himself with black magic, and spending more than half a day unable to move a single step. The reason was.

“… Nora, is it really my fault you’re not coming?”

“I don’t know what happened between you two, but it would be better for you to make up properly. How about going and looking for it yourself?”

“I see. I should try to find it tomorrow. I’ve finally regained my strength and can finally move. Raoul, this is also thanks to you.”

“Haha. I also benefited from the chairman, so don’t worry too much. To be honest, I never thought that the field would be full of orcs as soon as I fell.”

Because the main character Raoul and the sub-main character and crown prince Albert fell in the area where Rudis fell.

Why is the story of Rudis hiding when they appear before him?

There is no need to explain at length that this was simply an accident caused by Rudis’s overreaction.

Rudis knew that they had come to compete in the Imperial Rankings and that they had entered the Illusion Dome.

He hid his trademark black hair with a hat, and he was able to clearly identify their location in the crowd, keep his distance from them, and properly catch them.

However, the moment he landed in the plain field, he thought, ‘Oh, wait. Ellis and Albert should definitely fall here…?’ and as he recalled the novel from his previous life, Raoul appeared in front of him as if to replace Ellis, and immediately Albert was summoned as well.

Of course, it would have been okay if they had just had an unpleasant reunion with the two people and parted ways, or if they had fought for a while and then run away. But human reflexes move without waiting for reason to make a judgment.

Rudis, who immediately activated black magic [Black Hand] and [Black Swamp] to hide herself on the spot, ended up waiting for the two people who had exhausted their stamina while entering the illusionary dome and were unable to move to recover and leave.

Soon after, the condition of the two main characters worsened due to the appearance of monsters from the fantasy world, and they ended up setting up a base camp here, becoming truly unable to move.

‘Oh, damn it, Nora was so close that I had a chance to sort things out first…!’

In addition, Rudis, who had sensed the sensing magic that Nora had used earlier, initially thought about reacting to the magic and revealing her location.

Then, thinking that the situation would get even more complicated if she, the sub-heroine, came here, she completely erased her magical power by controlling her magical power and hid without making any sound.

“Raoul, what did you bring for dinner?”

“Ah. I brought this.”

“… Canned chicken breast?”

“Why are you looking at me like that? This is delicious.”

“Hmm. I have cup ramen. I have water too… but I don’t have a tool to boil it.”

“… No, why cup ramen when you’re doing survival?”

“Because I like it.”

“Oh, yes.”

Is it because there is no heroine?

Listening to the cheap, incomprehensible, and lacking conversation that is hard to believe is being said by the main character and the sub-main character, Rudis thinks.

First of all, I must not move before those two leave.

If that was what you were thinking, you should have just gotten up earlier and teased him a bit before leaving. Running away while dealing with two people who were almost fully recovered at the same time was truly a waste of time.

If I make a mistake, I might fail to control my strength and drop one of the two, or I might get counterattacked by the two people who rush at me.

Above all, Nora’s magic was clearly nearby until just now, and I had a responsibility to sort out my relationship with Nora anyway.

So, it would be best to either run away while those two are eating dinner and sleeping, or hold out until tomorrow morning and then move. Rudis made that decision…

‘Wait a minute, originally here with Ellis and Albert… what were we dealing with?’

In the original story, the people who fell here were Raoul’s heroine Ellis and the sub-protagonist Albert.

The two decided to work together to find Raoul and Nora while competing in the ranking battle, and in the process, a scene was drawn where ‘Nora comes to the two in crisis’ and joins them… right?

‘… Crisis? What crisis? The orcs aren’t in crisis…?’

The Raoul I saw in the status window was at fencing level 4, aura level 2, and martial arts level 3. Albert was also at fencing level 3, aura level 2, and martial arts level 3.

Even if we take out Raoul and put in Ellis, there is no chance that the Orcs will be a threat.

That is, these two people have yet to encounter a monster that would put them in danger…

-Krrrr…

“… Did you hear?”

“That’s quite a sound. What bad luck for it to show up after the sun has set.”

‘Oh my god.’

The monster’s cry was heard as if asking if I had only just realized it now while recalling information from my past life.

And then the clear sound of swords being drawn begins to be heard, making the air in the fields where the sun has set even colder.

-thud.

‘…Wow, it just so happened that it passed right by me.’

The heavy sound of a monster passing by, not a few centimeters away, but a step away, shook the ground and physically shook my body stuck to the ground.

Because I had completely killed their presence and completely erased their magic power, even the monsters didn’t notice that I was here and were slowly approaching only Raoul and Albert.

In the meantime, I slightly moved my black hand aside and looked at the monster, and the status window showed that it was a level 55 beast [Blood Horn Bear], reminding me of my past life’s memories.

‘Yeah, yeah. It was a monster of that level, right?’

Among the Hwansu species, the Purungi is at the top. One level above the Bicorn, the Blood Horn Bear is a monster of the highest rank. It is a giant bear-shaped monster with red horns and blood-red rocks covering its entire body.

Physical attacks are almost ineffective, and the inspector must be able to use Aura level 3 or higher to take him down.

But now Raoul seems to have reached swordsmanship level 4, and his Aura is not yet level 3. There is no need to consider Albert, who is weaker than him.

Since Ellis and Albert were here in the original, it is only natural that they would be in danger.

‘Then, will Nora come? Hmm… Rather than fighting, I guess we can just crawl forward and escape.’

The bastard’s appearance is not such a bad situation for me. If two people start to gather and move away from here, I can just run away instead.

After finishing my thoughts like that, I checked the timing as the two people started to fight the Blood Horn Bear… Huh?

-Kaaaang!!

“Ugh?!”

“Chairman! Step back!!”

-Kang!

-Kooo!!

“Ugh?! The sword wrapped in aura won’t work…!”

Raoul, who handles his Auror quite skillfully and uses his sword, and Albert, who is quite unsettlingly bad at handling his Auror.

In the novel, Ellis and Albert worked together to survive the bear attack without dying, but now for some reason Raoul is doing a one-man show and Albert is acting almost like a burden.

-Caak!!

“Huh?!”

“Chairman!!”

Correction. Crown Prince Albert is not only quite unstable, but also ridiculously weak to the point of being ridiculous.

He was hit by a tree that the bear had smashed, not even with a direct hit, and was sent flying helplessly down. Seeing that, Raoul began swinging his sword desperately to get the guy’s attention, but the red rock attached to the guy’s body easily blocked even the sword imbued with Raoul’s aura.

And as if trying to prove that Purung is a better version of himself, he starts to run after the Crown Prince who stupidly cut him down with one punch instead of Raoul who is fighting well in front of him with high judgment. When Raoul doesn’t even take care of himself and starts chasing Bear’s butt.

‘… Wait a minute, if we keep doing this, won’t both of us be eliminated without even making it to the preliminaries?’

-Bang!!

“Ugh…?!”

Normally, if a beast were to be grabbed from behind, it would be unable to escape and would either swing its hind legs or change its posture to attack the enemy behind it, showing great weakness, but that giant bear was a monster before it was a beast.

He didn’t miss Raul’s vulnerable stance as he was aiming for his buttocks, and then he knocked down a tree next to him to block his path, and then jumped over it to chase after Raul, who was trying to chase him, and he landed a clean hook on his chin, which is the literal embodiment of the phrase “a bear showing off his skills.”

However, Raoul, as the main character, did not faint after being hit with a single blow like the crown prince, but barely managed to block the bear’s hook with the side of his sword and adjust his posture. The bear, as if it had no intention of waiting for Raoul, immediately slammed the ground and caused an earthquake.

‘Ouch…!’

My body, which had fallen to the ground due to the large rumbling, was slightly lifted into the air. Raul, who had been the direct target, staggered again and slightly rose into the air before he could even adjust his posture, and Gomtaeng gave Raul a double-leg strike.

“Ugh… gasp!!”

‘… Should I come out with this?’

For some reason, the protagonist/sub-protagonist combination, which should be stronger than the heroine/sub-protagonist combination, was getting beaten by the water monsters before reinforcements could arrive. I thought that both of them must have fainted, so I got up from my seat and immediately casted a spell…

“Ugh!!”

-Pit! Boom!!

-Kooo?!

“Huh… ?”

“? Brother!”

Just before I quietly stood up from my seat and fired my magic at the bear who was about to make his final attack on Raoul, a silver trajectory suddenly flashed and cut off one of the bear’s feet, causing it to fall to the ground.

At that moment, I saw the red-haired man who had been hidden by the body of the guy who had been pushed back, opening his eyes wide at me.

No, why are you here? Hey, man… That’s not important.

“Mr. Harve! First, cooperation! Then conversation!”

“Oh, yes!”

Harb, who was the self-proclaimed rival of the protagonist Raoul, now began to wield a sword that was stronger than the protagonist’s and began to connect with me.