episode_0136

“Is everyone gathered? Name and number of each person. Let’s start!”

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Everyone’s heads were slightly tilted to the side as if they didn’t understand what I was saying.

“Um.. Ryuk? Name and number. That’s something that could only be used in the military…”

“Uh-huh! From now on, I will repeat and follow my superior’s orders. Implement!”

I’m not doing this because I want to either.

A quest given by the goddess of love. In order to overcome that, it was necessary to prepare thoroughly from the beginning.

“Rozelnia is here.”

While everyone is staring blankly.

Rosellnia was the first to raise her hand.

Starting with her, they raised their hands one by one and started saying their names.

“Ray.”

“Arvin.”

“Car.”

“Bella.”

“Sarianna.”

“Mariana.”

“Lastly, my father’s cutie! All the way to Afreeca!”

Yes, it’s all there… Huh?

One person was empty.

“What is Limrim?”

“….Really? He was definitely next to me until the morning… Rimrim! Where are you?”

Afrie contacted Lim Rim through the crystal ball.

The return connection failed.

I saw that the signal was suddenly cut off midway. Limrim blocked the reception.

“I don’t think there’s any problem.”

“That… will be okay. It’s not anyone else, it’s Rim Rim.”

Even though Afrie told her not to worry, her expression showed some anxiety.

I put my hand on Afri’s head and gently stroked it.

“Father..”

Anxiety that goes away quickly.

He said while looking at Afrie, who was smiling.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to worry. If anything happened, they would have contacted us first. That doesn’t mean you’re doing something important right now. You know it too.”

“That’s right..”

The relationship between Afriye and Lim Lim was particularly good.

After I disappeared, my former colleagues had no time to take care of her.

Even if it’s a child, Afrire is a dragon.

Because he had the knowledge and intelligence of an adult, living alone was no problem.

The first person I met on my solo journey was Lim Lim.

At that time, Limrim had not yet received the power of the dragon, so he was weak.

The two overcame many obstacles to reach where they are now.

A relationship of dependence but also of friends.

It wasn’t strange at all for Afree to be worried.

“First, let’s start with Rimrim..”

It was then.

“Ha… haha… Ryuk. Master… I’m here.”

The grass shook violently, and Rimrim jumped out of it.

Where did you run from? Her face and body were covered in sweat.

There were lots of leaves all over my body.

“Rimrim? where..! What’s going on!”

I tried to ask Afrie where she had gone.

However, I realized that Lim Rim’s condition was strange.

“That’s… Ryuk.”

“Okay.”

“Near here… I met a man who was expected to be Sapaseong.”

“Sapa Castle…”

“I’m sure. Standing next to that man was a demon that looked exactly like the Vasago that Ryuk posted in the party window.”

It made no sense.

If Vasago had appeared here, the demon dragon barrier would definitely have to react.

“That’s it! This is ridiculous!”

Look at this.

I wonder if Sariana had the same thoughts as me. I ended up arguing with Lim Rim.

“Calm down. You can’t do anything to those who have already entered the barrier just by arguing with Rim Rim. For now…”

Let’s immediately inform Mariana of this fact and try to follow Vassago.

Rimlim stopped me.

“It’s already useless. The two went out of Euryral. I’m on my way after checking that.”

“Okay. What on earth is going on here… Ah. right. Have you checked the identity of the man next to Vasago?”

Lim Lim shook his head.

“Everything from face to body is covered in armor. I couldn’t figure out its exact identity. First, I took a picture of him.”

Lim Lim posted a screenshot taken in the party window.

Just in case, I taught my colleagues how to take screenshots, but I had no idea they could be used this way.

“This guy…”

It was definitely true.

Starting with the armor the guy who appears to be a man is wearing.

A huge sword hanging on his back.

There was a sword hanging that was so large that it could easily be twice as big as a great sword.

“Do you know who this is?”

“Yeah.. it’s impossible not to know. Everyone, take note. This is the last Sapa Castle we will defeat. It’s Drake.”

“Of course.. I could feel it the moment I saw it. This guy… can never win.”

Everyone’s expressions hardened at Lim Lim’s words.

Even in Sapa Castle, there was difficulty.

Pierrot is EASY.

Bassago is NORMAL.

Iceberg is HARD.

The last Drake is EXTREME HELL.

The difficulty level suddenly jumps 10 times.

When Extreme Hell difficulty first came out. Although numerous players sent complaints to the GM.

The answer that came back was that the difficulty level was partially created.

We cleared the other three Sapa Castles much faster than GM expected, so we had to be told there was nothing we could do.

Instead, they say they made the pattern a little simpler.

It was really simple.

Most attacks are wide-range and difficult to avoid.

The moment you are hit by an attack, 90% of your health is lost.

Once the stamina is lost, it does not come back until the boss battle is over.

No matter how much I recovered, two hits would still mean death.

“This guy. Has it been realized here?”

My head was spinning.

The goddess of love did not give this quest out of trouble.

After learning about Drake’s power, I started this quest. We knew we could never win at this point.

“There is no way. Because everyone gathered together. Let’s go.”

“The destination is the wetlands?”

“No.. The place we are going is the snowy mountains in the area of ice.”

“There..”

The place where my guild used to be.

You can’t just think about it. We had to find the guild first and become stronger.

“We’ll find a guild first.”

“Guild.. you mean?”

“Guild? That already disappeared a long time ago..”

Sariana and Mariana looked puzzled at the word guild.

In fact, according to the two people’s common sense, the name guild had already disappeared.

“It stays like that. For now, let’s get started.”

*

“Ugh.. it’s cold.”

Rosellnia shivered from the crazy, powerful snowstorm blowing from all directions.

“Is it still far to arrive?”

“Eh, ehcho~!”

It wasn’t just Rosellenia that was cold.

Both Bella and Sariana’s movements became sluggish due to the cold.

Everyone was wrapped tightly in thick clothes, but they couldn’t withstand the cold that cut into their skin.

It’s definitely cold.

Aside from me, only Arvin, Kar, Afriye, and Limrim were fine.

Are other people feeling drowsy right now? My eyes were slowly closing.

“Come to your senses! If you fall asleep here, you’ll die!”

“Ugh.. Ryuk. I’m so cold…”

Ray’s speech slows down a little.

It had already hardened in my mouth.

I had to find a place to escape the snowstorm right away.

“Damn. Nowhere. First, dig the ground and inside…”

There wasn’t enough time to do that.

Ray, Mariana, and Bella. The three people were on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

Although Rosellnia and Sariana are holding on somehow. It was only a matter of time for the two of them.

It was then.

“Ryuk! Look over there! I can see the castle over there!”

Let’s turn our heads to Kar’s shout.

An ice castle that had not been visible until just now has appeared.

“When was that…”

Now is not the time.

I don’t know if it’s a trap or something. For now, the only option was to go in.

The healthy people quickly ran towards the ice castle, carrying the fallen people on their backs.

“Hurry and run! We’re almost there!”

I kicked the door vigorously and entered the ice castle.

“Wow…”

Even though it only blocked the blowing snowstorm.

It was quite warm inside the ice castle.

It wasn’t actually warm, but we were in extreme cold.

Even the cold ice felt warm.

“Who are you coming into my castle?”

A voice coming from the top of the stairs.

There, a woman wearing an ice-cold dress was showing hostility towards us.

“Ah. We came here to escape the approaching snowstorm. I’m sorry… can I just stay here until the blizzard stops?”

“…No. Get out of here right now. Unless you want to die.”

“Are you kidding me? There’s a snowstorm blowing outside right now. Are you kicking me out? I’ll just ask for one night!”

“Wait a minute. Kar. That’s not the attitude of asking for anything at all.”

I looked at the owner’s thoughts.

Fortunately, Kar’s words and actions are not uncomfortable. There was no change in expression.

“If we leave here, we will die anyway. So… no matter what happens, we’ll handle it. Just let me avoid the blizzard.”

“…Do whatever you want.”

After saying those words, the castle owner disappeared somewhere.

In the end, I got permission. There was something about it that made me uncomfortable.

I didn’t know this before.

I feel the gaze of those around me without knowing why.

I checked right away, but there was nothing visible.

“Substitute..”

“Welcome everyone. I am the butler of this ice castle. First, I will guide you to your room.”

The butler, who had no idea when he had approached me, greeted me politely.