episode_0083

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The battle was consistently one-sided.

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Because the battle ended safely without anyone, including the familiar, getting hurt, it was actually closer to a one-sided assault than a battle.

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It would have been safe to say that their chances of winning had long ago disappeared when we had created the terrain to our advantage and prepared the same number of troops as the enemy.

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After a ridiculous battle that was easier than twisting a child’s arm, all that was left in the arena was the ashes left behind by the undead.

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When I stepped on the ash that was piled up to my knees and looked around, I felt like I was in the middle of the desert.

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Although the white sand is a sign of jade.

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While shaking off the ashes from their bodies and looking around, Sarah and Woo, who had already moved to the audience, jumped into the ashes.

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-dump

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The two people who stood there, kicking up a little dust, looked around and let out an exclamation.

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“I think I had a dream. If that undead army had attacked the kingdom, it would have been destroyed before it could last even a day. Those guys are so one-sided… .”

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“Because they were polar opposites to me.”

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As I’ve said many times, monsters that use recovery magic as attack magic, such as undead or ghosts, are the complete opposite of nature itself, the priests of the World Tree.

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Moreover, this time it was an advantageous fight in many ways because I was able to shape the terrain in advance to my advantage.

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If the opponent had been a demon or another race rather than an undead or a ghost, he would not have been able to win so easily even if he had a numerical advantage.

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[Even taking that into account, it was great. I’ll ask you again next time.]

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“It seems you are satisfied. Then, can you reduce the price a little? Every time a wave goes up, an additional 1 million gold is added. In the past, there were a lot of people so I got paid, but now no one comes here except me, right?”

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[Oh my. You are exceptionally talented in combat, but you know nothing about economics. It is easy for prices to rise or rise, but it is difficult to bring them down.]

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“What is that――.”

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While I was about to say this was nonsense, I asked, ‘Did the movie ticket prices that went up during the coronavirus go down?’ I had the same thought and was momentarily speechless.

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“No, that’s… .”

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[It seems like you understand a little bit. Then I’ll just leave. My rain urges me to come quickly.]

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With those words, Pluto disappeared into the ashes on the floor.

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When I saw the purple-black ashes placed on top of the white ashes, I burst out laughing out of bewilderment.

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“Huh… .”

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“… He was a strange god. It’s not scary, but it feels more like a kind neighborhood grandfather than a god.”

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“Apart from the presence of the personal God, his personality is not that god-like.”

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In the first place, being like a god itself is just a concept created by humans, so there may be no such thing as a godlike personality in the first place.

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The World Tree, the god of nature, often feels like a bit of a nervous old lady when you talk to her, so Pluto probably isn’t that different.

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Anyway, with this, I safely achieved level 89, which is slightly above the level I was aiming for.

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Utility level has reached 87, and the average level of the Chungin Legion is now 80, so it is no exaggeration to say that what is left now is one-sided devastation.

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‘Now, even if I declare war on the kingdom and the empire at the same time, I think I’ll win.’

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Well, there’s no reason to do that, and I don’t plan on taking responsibility for what happens after that, so I won’t do it.

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“I feel like something is playing foul. I reached a point in less than a year that other people could only reach by investing enormous amounts of money.”

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“There is no such thing as foul play or recklessness in war. Even if others knew this method, they wouldn’t have been able to do it like you did.”

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“… I guess that’s right.”

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Even if Gileonna Lang knew about Pluto’s dungeon and mobilized as many priests as possible, it would not have been enough to stop the undead army.

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I would never have dreamed of somehow breaking through the first wave and moving on to the next one.

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If you think about it that way, isn’t that such a coward?

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Although Druid is an exceptionally good class, other classes also have their own strengths.

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I just happened to be strong against undead.

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“So now all that’s left is to reduce the empire’s power and subjugate my sister? Which side should I start with?”

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“ Speaking of that… . Why don’t we share it?”

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“Divided? Are you thinking of going alone?”

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“Yeah, there’s no problem right now, right?”

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Sera was going to fight alone, but originally I was going to watch from behind.

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Sarah’s level, which did not properly participate in this fight, did not rise further from 78.

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Although it varies depending on the combination of occupations, if the occupations are of the same branch, if the level difference is more than 10, it can be considered a sure victory.

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If Sera and Terezina fight now, Sera will definitely win, but her opponent is Terezina.

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It wouldn’t be strange if Sera’s body was enchanted to prevent movement or if she had an item that had a special effect on half-demons.

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“Ant.”

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When I called Antie with a small call that could not be easily erased, she summoned her familiar as if she knew without saying anything.

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What soon appeared out of thin air on the ground was the Ant Champion whom Wu had once defeated.

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At the time, it was an uncontrollable Ant champion, but as Ant’s level increased, the champion could be controlled without any problems.

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The champion’s level is 75.

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It was lower than Sera, but higher than Terezina, and was more than sufficient as an escort.

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He pointed to the two and said to Sarah.

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“It’s not that I don’t trust Sarah, but it’s because she’s my older sister. Is it okay if I send these two together?”

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“… Yeah, it doesn’t really matter.”

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Because the empire and Terezina’s territory were on opposite sides, this was the first time they were separated from Sera since they met.

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She wasn’t very happy about that fact, so she turned around and looked at me for a long time on the borrowed carriage.

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No matter how much I waved her hand, she didn’t turn her head and just stared at me, so I couldn’t leave the street and just stared at her for a long time.

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I left after the carriage Sarah was riding in disappeared over the horizon.

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*****

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“Ha… .”

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How many sighs will this be today?

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The man, who had a sturdy physique that could be seen as well-trained even through his armor, looked back on his day with an uncharacteristically miserable sigh.

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Six meetings started after waking up in the morning.

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After meaningless and meaningless meetings that lasted more than an hour each, the conclusion was that, as always, it would be postponed to the next meeting.

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Every time the Chairman slammed his gavel and said those words, General Horn had to desperately suppress the urge to strangle the Chairman.

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Hon was not a fan of war, but as he listened to the civil servants’ tongue-in-cheek meetings, he wanted to shout about going to war with the kingdom.

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‘You damn bastards…’ .’

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Two months have passed since the Royal Capital terrorist incident, called Operation Rat in the Empire.

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The naive plan that no one had expected resulted in results dozens of times greater than what the planners had expected, but Horn did not know whether to be happy about it.

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It would have ended up being a simple ploy to spread information to the Prime Minister’s faction in advance and drive a wedge between the warrior faction and the Prime Minister’s faction.

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However, what the report conveyed was the unbelievable result that 1/5 of the royal capital was engulfed in fire and that the heir of the warrior faction was kidnapped by someone.

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When they first heard the story, the upper echelons of the empire thought it was a mistake or betrayal by the intelligence department.

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It is said that the empire’s intervention was detected and a trap was laid by the warrior faction or the prime minister faction.

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Like the stage of accepting death, the upper class initially denied it, but as time went by, they eventually had no choice but to accept this unbelievable fact.

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And the empire was divided into two, as if to imitate the kingdom that had been laughed at as pathetic.

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The main faction that wants to use this opportunity to conquer the kingdom, and the sideline faction that says it is too early to wait and see what happens.

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It’s not that both sides can’t understand.

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I fully understand both the main battle faction, which wants to exploit the weakened kingdom, and the bystander faction, who believe that even if they win the war, they will not be able to manage the kingdom.

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Because both sides had a point in their arguments, the confrontation was prolonged and becoming more violent by the day.

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A few days ago, Hon heard that an official from the Zhou Zhen faction was almost assassinated.

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From that point on, the main faction began to become more and more abrasive, and now opinions are emerging from within as to what the meaning of these meetings is.

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Horn doesn’t think he can win if there is a war.

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If the officials of the Jujeon faction saw it, they would scold Hon for saying such a weak thing, but that was Hon’s honest feelings.

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The kingdom is almost as large as the empire and has many strong people.

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If you lead your army and attack the royal capital now, you can easily capture the capital, but what will change if you fall in a city ruled by a puppet king?

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It is a well-known fact that even Hon, the general of the empire, knows that the kingdom is controlled by the prime minister faction and the warrior faction.

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Since the royal capital is now nothing more than a superficial symbol, its capture will not cause the kingdom’s citizens to submit or the soldiers’ morale to fall.

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What happens after the capture of the royal capital is a long, drawn-out war that will never end.

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The longer the war lasts, the more devastated the empire will be, and even if we win the war, all we will get is a victory that is like a play on words and only hurts.

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‘How come people who are smarter than me don’t know that…? .’

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Once again, the sigh that escaped his mouth seemed to have invited a guest, and the heavy breathing of someone climbing the stairs rang in my ears.

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“General!!”

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“What’s going on? Who else even died?”

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When Soul, who knew the soldier was coming, asked lightly, the soldier shouted with a look of fear.

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“Trees!! The tree!!! window!!! That window!!!”

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“Ha… .”

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Horn, wondering what the hell was going on, got up and stood at the window and was able to understand a little why the soldier had reacted that way.

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There was a tree outside the window.

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A tree so gigantic and unusual in appearance was staring in this direction with its mouth open.

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“… What the fuck is that again?”

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When I just asked that question.

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-Solar Beam!!!

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Along with a playful voice, a light that seemed to have brought the sun to the ground swept over the fortress.