episode_0119

‘eww… . stuffy.’

If you die with your neck strangled, aftereffects remain immediately after retrying. In general, it appears as if something is stuck in the throat, but since it is a mental problem, the stuffiness does not go away no matter how much water you drink, which is annoying.

This time, it wasn’t strangulation, they just ripped off the neck, but the neck was strangled with considerable force in the process, so as expected, the aftereffects remained.

‘Still, it was searched cleanly.’

Pete must have taken some pride in his appearance. It’s odd to see that as soon as it was objectively proven that his appearance was inferior to mine, he started going crazy.

‘What if it’s a little smaller? 2nd place was also good.’

If it were me, I would bow down and accept it for the rest of my life, even if it were just Pete. As a fake handsome man who took advantage of the system, I will probably never understand Pete’s psychology.

I don’t really want to understand.

I opened a notepad and briefly recorded the facts I found out. Also, based on what I learned, I slightly modified the strategy.

‘Overall, not much has changed. Still, the details were filled in. ‘The hard work was worth it.’

The big picture is important, but it’s usually the details that go awry.

For example, Marona’s bed was made of leather and seemed quite sturdy, and Pete’s alluring scent did not work when I was there. These details that cannot be noticed without first-hand experience reduce a lot of trial and error.

smart-.

“Mr. Zeke. Are you ready?”

Just then Liza came by.

“Liza, let’s change the schedule. The leader is now gone.”

“Really? thank god. It was really well thought out. How dangerous are those guys… .”

“Instead, why don’t you go for a walk with me.”

“Yes!? A walk? Going for a walk at this time… . Is it okay if I take a quick shower?”

“You’re going to sweat anyway, right?”

“Uh, huh? Is that really true? But Mr. Zeke has a lover… .”

“It’s a walk.”

I just asked to go for a walk, so why did I start talking about my lover?

The corners of Liza’s mouth were turning up uncontrollably, as if she was already imagining her grandson’s name in her head.

“Heo Eok… Huh… . A little slowly… .”

“Yes? Are you tired already? It’s still a long way from the peak… .”

“What a climax… . It must be normal… .”

I am climbing the mountain with Liza. The reason you suddenly climb a mountain after calling it a walk is to collect medicinal herbs.

“Both the peak and the summit are the highest points, so aren’t they similar?”

“Heo Eok… . Huh… .”

Liza, who was obviously taken aback when I asked her to go for a walk, started talking sex in a relaxed manner again. Is it because you are weak when you are attacked?

“It’s almost at a crawling speed right now, but if you want to go slower than this, you have to stop.”

“Phew… . Phew… .”

“Zeek, he lacks stamina. You have to have good physical strength to deal with a female knight… .”

“Ha… . ha… .”

I don’t even have the energy to react anymore.

“……If it’s that hard, do you want to take a break for a while?”

It was a word with a strange nuance, but I stopped in place because I felt like I was going to die if I walked any further.

“Wait… . Just take a moment to breathe… . You can turn it… .”

After all, how soon will I be able to get the herbs I need? If you’re unlucky, you’ll have to travel all over the Eastern Continent.

“Why did you insist on going hiking if you were going to have such a hard time?”

“Phew… . Didn’t I tell you? Phew… . Herbal medicine, I’m looking for it. Phew… .”

“Medicines?”

“Yes. These are from the Central Continent, wow… . I don’t know if it’s even on the Eastern Continent.”

It seems highly unlikely because the climate itself is different, but you never know. Even if you don’t have it, you can replace it if you have something that has a similar effect.

“If that’s the case, please tell me sooner.”

“Yes?”

“The garrisoned knights have a plant encyclopedia. In addition, quite a few herbs are dried and stored by type.”

“……Mr.”

also. If your actions speak louder than your words, your body suffers.

*

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“Okay. It tastes like this.”

Even though I had prepared a variety of plant guides and medicinal herbs, it took a considerable amount of time to make the medicine I wanted.

In reality, not much time passed because the materials were limited and you had to retry if you failed.

“Ah. My tongue is dead.”

Even though it was heavily diluted with water, the tip of my tongue that touched the medicine felt sore, and soon I could no longer feel anything.

‘The original was almost harmless to the human body… . ‘I can’t help it.’

I sprayed the diluted drug on plants I roughly pulled out nearby.

Chii Iik–.

The area exposed to the drug instantly began to turn black, and soon the plant itself died.

‘nice. The performance is amazing.’

As expected, it is a special natural herbicide made by Olivia.

I put the medication into a syringe and inserted the syringe into a makeshift water gun I made myself. When you pull the trigger, you forcefully push the syringe’s pusher and shoot it quickly.

In addition, I tried various methods, such as putting it in a fragile bottle and throwing it by hand, or making a slingshot and shooting it.

‘It’s obvious that if I do it, I’ll get blocked… . ‘Wouldn’t it work with knights?’

The speed of Pete’s vines was sufficient for Liza to respond. It was just that there was too much of it. So, Liza or a similar level knight would be enough to hit Pete directly with this medicine.

‘Pete is done with this. There are enough presents to give to Marona. Jot… . Well, you just have to hit it at the end.’

Among the bosses, the ones that need to be dealt with first are Marona and Pete.

Marona flies through the sky and sprays paralyzing poison to neutralize the knights. Paralysis poison can be countered to some extent with a gas mask, but the purification canisters are not infinite, and dealing with numerous monsters while wearing that stuffy gas mask is not an easy task, even for a knight.

Pete uses vines to break up the formation and sprays an alluring scent to make his allies betray him. Fascination Hyang can also be countered with a gas mask, but for the same reasons as Marona, its limitations are clear.

So, without these two, all that’s left is a simple battle of power vs. power. Since we have Philia on our side, I think we will win in a power struggle.

That’s why you have to deal with Marona and Pete first. Among them, I think I can handle Marona alone, so I plan to win the trust of the knights by defeating Marona first.

‘good. Now, let’s go for a re-trainer.’

There are a lot of monsters in the East Continent, so you can easily die no matter where you go, so it’s easy to retry. Although it is a bit annoying to separate Liza.

With that thought in mind, I turned around,

“…Why did you come?”

Cheshire, who I don’t know how long he had been here, was looking at me with blank eyes.

“Zeke. It’s already been 3 days. I wish I could show you something.”

Instead of his usual tense voice, Cheshire speaks in a calm voice.

“There was no particular time limit. But the preparations are over, so you can look forward to it now.”

“……It’s too late.”

“What is it? Was there a time limit? If that’s the case, you should have said it a long time ago.”

“Originally, I wanted to enjoy it leisurely. Because it was the last wonderland. but… . I can’t do that anymore… .”

“Last? This is the last time? Why?”

You’re still at 60% progress. After this is over, I have to do one more thing to be 100%. Did you suddenly get tired of it? It’s the last time out of nowhere.

“……Zeek, I hope you’re ready.”

Shook. Cheshire said what he had to say and disappeared.

“What is it? Why is it like that?”

There was something strange about Cheshire, who was always in a state of irritating tension, always showing off like that.

While I was taken aback by Cheshire’s sudden declaration, the door to the makeshift laboratory was hurriedly opened.

“Mr. Zeke! We’re in big trouble!”

Liza came in in a hurry.

” A report came in from the scout that all the leaders are leading their groups towards the camp..!”

“…Holy sh*t.”

*

Conference room at base camp. Liza, who urgently reported the news of the monsters’ advance, invited me to attend the meeting.

Now is the time to perform the ‘miracles’ I showed in the management bureau or something.

Anyway, from my point of view, it was actually better. I was planning on retrying anyway, and I also wanted to know how knights fight against monsters. Additionally, it was an opportunity to reinforce the details needed for the strategy.

Leading the meeting was a bespectacled knight named Ren. Did you say you majored in military operations at a knight training center? Anyway, she was a staff member within the garrison knights.

“This could actually be an opportunity. If all the bosses gather in one place, the leader will be able to do his best.”

The other knights also nodded slightly at Ren’s remarks.

The maximum strength of the stationed knights is, of course, Philia. The difference between whether she was in the camp or not was at the level of heaven and earth, and the monster army also knew this, so Philia could not leave the camp without permission.

What if you go out to kill one boss, and other bosses join forces to attack the camp? Because it is the ending of a robbery of an empty house.

However, in a situation where a legion attacks directly, Philia can fight with confidence.

“But the ones that hadn’t moved until now are finally moving. It’s clear that they’re attacking because they have a chance to win.”

In the past, the Legion showed a quite aggressive attitude towards knights. However, as the war continued and the army began to weaken, it gradually became more passive, and now it has reached a state of implicit truce, with no aggressive actions at all.

This is because, for some reason, the queen was unable to produce new monsters. The queen is not stupid enough to pour troops she doesn’t already have into an uncertain battle.

Additionally, if you cause great damage to the stationed knights, aggro will be drawn to the empire. Can the army, which is so weak that even a single special driver can handle it, be able to handle the two remaining special drivers, even excluding the busy Rupiah? impossible.

Therefore, the fact that he led the entire army and attacked despite taking all these risks naturally means that there is a part of him that believes in him.

So what is that corner of belief?

There are many possibilities, but the most likely one is Cheshire.

‘The magic sword that Danto bitch stole. Did you strengthen the monsters with the magic contained there?’

I don’t know the detailed principle, but the magic sword awakened the Lord of Death. So wouldn’t it be possible to strengthen monsters?

If the monsters have become stronger overall, it is not unreasonable for the legion to be confident of victory against the garrisoned knights. In addition, since that damn cat in Cheshire has destroyed all means of communication, there will be some time before the Empire realizes the destruction of the Knights Templar.

If they had figured out a way to survive by taking advantage of that gap, it would be understandable for the army to attack them.

‘In the end, it’s all because of Cheshire. A ruined chick. ‘

widely-!

I hit the conference room table hard. At this, Ren, who was conducting the meeting, glared at me. I said, lightly ignoring her aggressive gaze.

“I have a good plan. Would you like to hear it?”

Does the boss’s strategy actually work?

What is the combat power of the knights?

How well the leaders and their groups fight.

How much stronger the monsters have become because of the demon sword.

The time has come to check all of this.