episode_0011

Leaving behind the fallen Knight Commander Terepian, Kelthazar began checking all nearby communication and recording artifacts. Originally, this video should have been used for external propaganda purposes. I never thought that the video that was filmed to record and inform the public of the brilliant clearing of Red Gate would be the last sight of the knights.

However, the fortunate thing was that it was recorded as an artifact, so it was possible to find out how the attack failed.

‘It was definitely an ambush. Who are these bastards who dared point their swords at the knights of the empire?’

Kelthasar thought so and played the artifact. But after that, he gradually lost his voice. No, I forgot to even think about it.

“Now what…”

The corpses of countless knights were entering Kel’Thazar’s eyes. The thing that piled up that mountain of corpses was only one monster.

‘Riard…?’

A mantis-like mutant monster. If we were to call it the name given by Leos, it was Liard. However, according to Leos’ assessment, they were so dangerous that it was impossible for a ‘low-level’ knight to suffer like this.

“Bring the records of Leos’ past battles right now.”

After Kel’thasar gave the order, several men began to busy themselves and retrieve records of Leos’ past. Artifact materials were discovered that showed a man fighting a Red Gate mutant monster, and among them was a record of a battle with Liard.

“You damn bastard, how dare you make a false report to the empire? The danger level of a monster like Liard is measured based on its low level.”

The man gritted his teeth and checked the video. Obviously, Leos would have had a hard time catching it as well. I was sure of that.

[Redgate Liard Strategy Video: Leos]

[Video length: 57 seconds]

I laughed out loud at the ridiculous length of the video. It’s clearly a fake video, or it’s a copy of another monster subjugation video. While vowing to himself that he would severely punish the man who kept the gate-related data, Kelthasar checked the video recorded in the artifact just in case.

“…What is this…”

Kel’Thazar couldn’t help but believe his eyes. Liard not only killed 34 knights, but also slaughtered the empire’s knight commander Terepian. The video showed Leos defeating the Liard in less than a minute.

Kel’Thazar watched the video again and again. What is the difference between knights and leos?

“…I knew all your habits from the beginning.”

The conclusion was simple. Leos understood all of Liard’s characteristics, and among the attacks that Liard spewed out, he simply blocked the less threatening ones with his body and charged in, and somehow avoided the dangerous ones. And when a specific attack pattern appears, it squeezes its body in and runs towards Liard’s abdomen as if it was waiting, repeating this several times. It eventually stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Lyard to fall to the ground.

He is a veteran. Those who watch past videos will feel that Liard is ridiculously weak. Isn’t it? A monster with a body of over 3 meters that can’t make a single successful attack on a human and dies in less than a minute. They would have thought it was nothing more than a large insect.

But this was a very big misunderstanding. Kelthasar once again checked the video of the knights’ subjugation.

Unlike Leo, the knights did not know which of Liard’s attacks were dangerous and which were threatening, so they unconditionally tried to block all of Liard’s attacks. As a result, the camp became disorganized and the distance from Liard began to widen, and Liard, who had a distance advantage, slaughtered the knights with his enormous arm reach.

Even the attacks made by the knights as they died were focused not on Liard’s abdomen, but on his extremely hard shell. When I turned my head towards Leos’ image again, I saw that Leos had not even touched Liard’s blade or outer shell.

‘I knew it couldn’t be pierced by a sword, so I acted like that.’

After watching the video several times, Kelthasar sighed. It was perfect. A perfect victory without any unnecessary details. Within the length of the video, which was 57 seconds, all the overwhelming details that were difficult to judge were hidden. Not even a single movement was wasted.

monster. The real monster was Leos, not Liard.

‘I have never heard of an evaluation that it is this outstanding.’

The Empire did not fully understand that the monsters coming out of the Red Gate were so dangerous, or that Leos himself was so talented.

Kel’Thazar sighed and shouted.

“Why on earth! Why didn’t you say that Leos had this level of ability?”

The assistant officer next to me answered quietly with a look of confusion in his eyes.

“Mr. Kelthasar. Gatekeepers are listening.”

Leos’ former disciples, the gatekeepers who had been called in again, began to murmur. After watching the video for over an hour, Kel’Thazar suddenly called Leos’ name.

Kelthasar calmed his excitement and spoke quietly to his aide.

“Leos is definitely a talent that the country needs. But why hasn’t this been properly reported until now? Why did the higher-ups kick him out?”

“…Kel’Thazar. The empire simply disposed of departments that were no longer needed after the gate closed. Don’t you know how many departments there are in the empire, how many departments are created and destroyed in a single day? As the Gate Management Headquarters began to see monsters disappear, public opinion was naturally created at the top that they should be eliminated, and they just followed that. Wouldn’t you rather eliminate a department by considering how many talented people there are in each department and what role they play?…”

Kel’Thazar gritted his teeth.

The assistant added as if he felt aggrieved.

“ And in fact… doesn’t it seem so simple to catch monsters in the video… Even the mutant monsters that appear in the Red Gate were all caught by Leos, so from our perspective, it’s a type of monster that anyone can easily catch. I thought so. No one has actually tried it, and the video you see looks so simple.”

Kel’Thazar also no longer took charge of his aides. If he had only seen Leos’ video, he would have thought of Liard as a low-intelligence bug that couldn’t even attack properly.

“Damn…we need to come up with a plan. If the lower class is like this, the moment the middle or upper class appears, no matter how many of our troops are, they will be destroyed.”

“What are you going to do?

“Collect all videos related to Leos. Gather the records he submitted after subduing the monsters of Red Gate! Right now.”

The aide began to busily travel around the empire and retrieve the images of Leos recorded in the artifacts one by one. The result of collecting everything related to monsters, no matter how small.

[Total video length: 175,700 minutes]

More than 170,000 minutes of video were collected. I couldn’t even imagine it. I never thought he could leave such a huge mark on his own.

‘Damn it…’

There’s no answer. With Red Gates pouring in right now within the empire, there was naturally no time to educate the gatekeepers by showing them over 170,000 minutes of video. Even if we were to exaggerate, because we had to go through the video second by second and analyze the reasons and principles of Leos’ actions, it was impossible to fully learn the company’s know-how even if given a year. Nevertheless, Kel’Thazar had no alternative.

The man quickly gathered the artifacts containing the videos and spoke to the people who were reorganized into Team 2, Leos’ former students and current gatekeepers.

“Watch the Red Gate video now. At least 15 hours a day. Before team 1 is reorganized, memorize all action principles. I will not take any questions.”

Kelthasar said that and left. The man spoke in an impatient voice.

“Replenish personnel immediately. Based on physical ability, select people with excellent memory first. Leos…If we don’t learn the strategy that Leos left behind, we will all be wiped out.”

Keltaza was a man of quick judgment. After losing 35 knights, I came to a clear realization. Rather than trying to get information by cramming people in and killing them right now, this is the correct method.

“Has Leos’ location not been determined?”

“I haven’t heard from Feredin, team leader of Team 30 of the Imperial Shadow Team, yet… something seems to have happened.”

-bang!

Kel’thasar shouted, pounding his fist against the wall.

“Find it now! You can use any method, so find Leos and bring him back!”

*

The former students gather together in one place and watch Leos battle the monster.

“Why are you asking me to see this…? That person is the one who did something mean to Belin…”

When a girl asked with a puzzled expression, Belin simply lowered his head without saying anything.

“That’s right. Velin is here, so what does Kelthasar think? Maybe you don’t know? What did Leos do?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to watch and learn? Leos may not know anything else, but he was better at catching monsters than anyone else. In particular, the Red Gate mutants were so overwhelming that they could kill them all on their own… I think that means you should learn how to attack them.”

The students began to voice their opinions one by one, and a man came forward and turned off the artifact video recording.

“Darek! Kel’Thazar told you to watch it, so if you suddenly turn it off…”

Darek shouted at the girl who was saying something.

“What bullshit. Why should we get help from that criminal bastard? Strategy? Even without that, we can catch mutant monsters.”

“But…the drivers also failed…”

“We are different from knights. At least we are veterans who participated in actual gate clearing operations. If Leos can do it, we can do it too. Isn’t it obvious?”

“…”

Although no one was in a positive mood, one by one, they looked at Belin’s thoughts and spoke.

“…Yes, Belin will feel uncomfortable, so it would be better not to receive help from him in any way.”

At Sirna’s words, Darek nodded. Then the man slowly walked towards Belin and sat down next to her.

Belin spoke quietly.

“You don’t have to…”

Belin looked pained. She began to feel like something was constantly off. However, regardless of the girl’s feelings, Darek smiled and spoke.

“Belin, don’t worry. Leos Because I didn’t like that guy from the beginning. I will protect you. If only that damn Leos could do it. Because I can do it too. Oh, is that Kozarick still flirting with you? I need to take care of that guy too.”

Belin lowered his head, ignoring his babbling words. For a while, she did not raise her head again.

*

As Leos began to walk out of the cave, Bendict asked curiously.

“Brother, where are you going?”

“I am slowly trying to clean up the surrounding Red Gate.”

“Oh, that’s dangerous, so just leave it alone. I also remember all your stories. Didn’t you say that some disciple was framed? Even the communities were yelling at you, calling me a criminal and all, but there’s no need to help those guys! Just let it all go!”

Bendict shouted in frustration, and Leos struck the man’s head before speaking.

“You stupid bastard. It’s not the other guys that are the problem, it’s you guys. If a mutant monster comes out, can you run away or hit it properly? Do you know what attacks they use, how they move, and what the attack range is?”

“Mo…I don’t know.”

When Leos looked at Hericia next to him, she also scratched her head and responded.

“Hehe…I don’t know either…”

“Yes. That would be natural. So, let’s close only the red gates around us. We’ll just make this area a safe zone and won’t touch anything else. At best, only a 1km radius will be safe. I’m going to leave the rest of the empire to their own devices, whether they search or not.”

“Eng…I don’t really like it though…”

As Bendict muttered, Leos spoke to the man.

“Yes. It doesn’t go as you say. Later, when a monster appears, you run away and search for it. Is it okay then?”

“I will only trust you! Travel carefully!”

Watching Bendict bow at a 90-degree angle, Leos chuckled and began trudging outside. Hericia asked a question to the man walking.

“Hey Leos. But…Leos, do you know all the characteristics of the countless Red Gate monsters and mutants?”

Leos looked at her and answered as if it were obvious.

“I know everything. All without a single one missing.”