episode_0484

What on earth did I just hear…?

I looked at Helena with an expression as if she was saying that, but maybe she felt a little embarrassed because of the look in my eyes.

“I know, it sounds crazy.”

Helena smiled bitterly with the corners of her mouth drooping, and spoke in a voice that matched that expression.

Thanks to this, I couldn’t help but experience the absurd feeling of running away from home in real time.

No, someone who knows that made the same statement just now…?

What about Helena’s comment just now?

In effect, it was the same as jumping into an enemy base that had already been fortified with bare hands.

How is that any different from saying let’s go die together?

So, I kept looking at Helena as if I was reprimanding her with the intention of telling her to make some sense, but… Helena cleared her throat once, looked me straight in the eye, and opened her mouth.

“First of all… Before I get into the story in earnest, I would like to correct a few misunderstandings.”

“A misunderstanding?”

“Yes, Su-hyeon, did you think that the act I just mentioned would be accomplished through that magic circle?”

“No?”

“Of course not.”

A voice that goes beyond being firm and seems assertive.

As I listened to it, I started to become a little more interested in what I thought was crazy and not worth listening to.

“I have no intention of using them either. You don’t know what’s lurking beyond the magic circle, but would you be crazy enough to take that risk?”

“Then…?”

“When I listened to the stories of the wizards who manage the terminal here in New Castle City, they said that the time to repair the magic circle was approaching and that the terminal had supplies for it.”

“Hmm?”

A word I never thought of.

At that, my eyes widened without realizing it, and I don’t know how Helena interpreted my reaction, but the corners of her mouth curled up and she smiled.

“Probably what you are thinking is right.”

No, what is that…

“The wizards who were previously managing the terminal, the supplies prepared for the repair of the magic circle, and me, the chief wizard.”

“···.”

“It is very likely that it will be a one-time thing, but it is sufficient to build a new teleportation magic circle.”

Wait a minute, that sound could not have been…

“I heard that there is something called Seongdonggyeokseo among the Eastern military methods. Is that correct?”

“There is, but…”

“First of all, I plan to divide the team into two.”

I wonder if he thought that if he continued like this, I would be caught up in Helena’s plan, so I couldn’t just sit still like this.

Dan Soso, who had been in a wait-and-see attitude, took advantage of the split-second timing and squeezed in between me and Helena.

“If you two, roughly how do you plan on dividing it…?”

“The first one… is Yuinjo.”

“A manned bird?”

“Yes, its role is to attract the attention of warlocks who may be waiting on the other side.”

And Helena’s comment was that she wanted Soso to take charge of directing those who took on that role.

“···Me?”

“Yes.”

“Why should I do that?”

“Only if you take on that role will the amount of risk Soo-hyeon has to take be reduced even a little.”

“ugh···.”

I wonder if I was momentarily speechless as I fell, risking my own safety and not someone else’s.

A sound full of trouble escaped from Tang Soso’s lips.

“Whatever…I think it’s not just this side that’s on fire, but that side as well…don’t you think?”

That was it too.

As I’ve said several times, if a problem arose at the terminal on the Hanoi side, it wasn’t just the Magic Tower Alliance personnel who would be stranded.

Even though he was a Tang Soso, did he not know that?

Whenever I asked why I had to do that, the party always took a slightly open attitude.

“···What can I do?”

“It’s simple. All you have to do is do the same thing you did before.”

“If it was before…?”

“I am referring to the time when the teleport magic circle was activated. You definitely threw something towards the magic circle at that time, right?”

I saw it…

At the time, there was no mention of him at all, so I thought he had overlooked it because he was busy controlling other wizards.

“I think it was probably an item focused on neutralizing the opponent rather than a proper poison, is that correct?”

“Well… of course.”

“You just have to keep doing it that way from now on. If possible, it would be better to mix it with something like a smoke bomb and throw it. If only that happens…”

“Enemies will think that you must be doing some preliminary work before attempting to teleport from here. Otherwise, there is no reason to repeat such actions.”

“That’s right.”

Indeed… would you try to attract the attention of the enemies by acting as if you are going to jump over the magic circle at any moment like that and then try to sneak behind the enemies using the newly built teleportation magic circle?

Until just now, I thought it was definitely crazy… but after listening to the detailed explanation, it didn’t seem so impossible.

In any case, if we draw attention like that, the warlocks, who have to protect the teleportation magic circle no matter what happens, will naturally be attracted to aggro.

“However… there is one problem.”

“What is that?”

” In the case of disposable magic circles, they are somewhat unstable, so many people will not be able to use them. ”

“Then how many people in total…?”

“Three… No, if you include me, the limit would be four.”

There are four.

Although there were only four people, the actual power was likely to fall on the remaining three excluding Helena.

Listening to what he said, the act of temporarily constructing and activating a teleportation magic circle seemed to be an act that would require Helena to bear a considerable burden.

So, after the magic is activated, there is a high possibility that Helena will leave the front line until her condition returns.

Now, if this happens, the problem is who will fill those three positions…

“First of all… it’s just me…”

“Wait a minute, you want to go in person?”

“So what can I do? In the end, it happened while I was trying to get revenge.”

“That’s…”

Could it be that he couldn’t deny what I said?

Tang Soso gently bit his lip.

“Well, then me too…!”

“Wouldn’t that be difficult?”

As for the role that Helena entrusted to Tang Soso, it wasn’t just a matter of throwing things.

If it were something that anyone could do in the first place, they would have chosen to include Dangsoso among the members moving to Hanoi instead of leaving it here.

Isn’t Helena keeping the Party in check in her own way?

Well… from Helena’s point of view, my nose must be three inches wide right now, so I wonder if there’s any time to worry about that part.

So, this was an extremely reasonable appointment.

That’s because among the people present right now, there was no one other than Tang Soso who could have timed the teleportation magic to activate and time it so that what was thrown towards the magic circle would fall to the other side instead of here and explode.

So, let’s exclude this branch from the list…

“Hayoung, are you going too?”

“Eck? Me?”

“Then you really tried to leave? I’m going?”

“Ehyo… I made one wrong play and I don’t know what’s going on…”

Well, in this case, two positions have been filled.

Who will fill the remaining position?

I glanced at the faces of the people gathered to see if anyone was okay, but I couldn’t find anyone who was happy.

So, unfortunately, I was wondering if I should pick at least one of the wizards in charge of managing the terminal who could act as a supporter and take him with me…

“I will fill that position.”

A voice I had heard before flowed into my ears.

As I turned my head towards the direction from which the voice came, what caught my eye was the figure of a man in his late 30s with a simple and strangely similar face.

“Big brother…?”

Tell me what to do.

The person who showed up at the right time was none other than Tang Soso’s older brother, Cheongpung.

“What are you doing here…?”

“I heard the news. The safety of those who went on an expedition to overthrow the Five Doctrines is in jeopardy?”

Maybe she didn’t like her brother’s remarks, which were made with a blunt expression.

Tang Xiaoxiao’s expression suddenly turned cold.

“Are you confessing that you planted someone near me?”

“Is that important now? If you have a brain, think about what is more important and then speak up.”

“···.”

“This is why you can’t get out of the team leader position yet.”

Is he… the same person as Lee, who acted like a fool in front of me before…?

The attitude is so cold that it feels like a sharp wind is blowing.

I was able to find out thanks to Cheongpung’s attitude.

How was it possible for Tang Xiaoxiao to not notice that her brothers still cared for her very much?

To be honest, until just now, I thought there might be something wrong with the party office.

I never thought it was a two-way street instead of a one-way street.

‘This is why you don’t notice…’

Just looking at it, it seems like he’s doing it because he’s worried about his party’s concerns… If that’s the case, what’s the difference if I speak softly?

Anyway, this damn Dang family really has a lot of problems.

Regardless of my laments, Cheongpung’s joining took place without much opposition.

And with the joining of Cheongpung, the last piece… a surprise attack team consisting of me, Hayoung, Tang Cheongpung, and Helena was launched.