Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 53 - Delusion is free (1)

[Quest: Recapture Frost]

 

Frost fell into the demon’s clutches.

 

Recapture Frost.

 

Your bravery will be rewarded.

 

– Current contribution: 0p

 

…A quest!

 

The recapture of Frost, which began with Hoyeol’s manifestation of magic.

 

At the same time.

 

A quest appeared to the players who gathered in Frost.

 

It was enough to wake up the panicked players.

 

“How long has it been since we did a quest?”

 

“We’ll be rewarded according to the contribution, right?”

 

“Let’s run into it first.”

 

“Everyone get ready. I’m going to attack right away.”

 

Of course, guilds immediately entered the siege.

 

“Hyungnims, I don’t think I can just sit back and watch?”

 

Even the Nettuber players who visited Frost for broadcasting purposes did the same.

 

This quest was for those who once enjoyed Arcana.

 

It was a quest they couldn’t just skip.

 

“I’ve been trying to hold it in, but I can’t stand this, too!”

 

Frost had a considerable influence.

 

Malon, who was the mascot of Frost.

 

He and other residents of Frost had their heads hung on the walls.

 

The quest had properly fueled the emotions they had been barely suppressing.

 

The player community was also flooded with posts.

 

– I can’t resist a questsㅋㅋㅋ I’m just a low-level player but I’m going, too

 

– The most important thing in a siege is the number of headsㅇㅇ

 

– The level doesn’t matter, so let’s all gather together

 

– If I recapture it, am I going to have something to brag about? I am going right away

 

Yeah, each of their reasons was different.

 

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

 

“How obstinate.”

 

Without hesitation.

 

Hoyeol unleashed his magic towards the gates!

 

But for some reason.

 

Players who were around Hoyeol were doubtful.

 

They couldn’t help it.

 

The magic that stretched out from Hoyeol’s hands…

 

“…What is that?”

 

Its form was completely unexpected.

 

Frost’s gates were thick steel.

 

To break them down.

 

Advanced magic with considerable power was not enough.

 

But the magic that Hoyeol manifested, no matter how you looked at it…

 

Float–

 

“…Hey, isn’t that [Light]?”

 

The basic skill among the basics.

 

Its effect was just to light up the darkness.

 

Wasn’t [Light] just a mana sphere?

 

“…Did he push the wrong shortcut button?”

 

“You’re crazy. There’s no shortcut in reality.”

 

“No, I’m kidding. It’s so weird that it’s ridiculous. He did that out of nowhere.”

 

Float–

 

Not one, but two.

 

Light mana sphere flew toward the wall.

 

“…How high is his mana, seriously?”

 

His mana seemed to reach a hundred.

 

He had the energy to waste it like that in this situation?

 

Just as players were dumbfounded.

 

The light mana sphere clung to the gates and the walls.

 

“…?”

 

And after that.

 

Crackle–!

 

“…W-What?”

 

Spark–!

 

“The shape is changing, isn’t it?”

 

Whiing!

 

“W-Wait a minute, what?! What is that skill?!”

 

Even Marcelo.

 

Even the chief mage of the Mage Tower admired him.

 

Hoyeol’s ‘strange’ high level of magic mastery began to reveal its true value.

 

They couldn’t even follow it with their eyes.

 

It was a series of astute exploration, interference, and manifestation processes.

 

Of course, everything so far was just as shown.

 

“What the hell is your level, Lee Hoyeol…!”

 

Exploration, interference, manifestation.

 

Not knowing the basics of magic.

 

All the players could do was admire it.

 

“As expected of Sir Hoyeol…!”

 

The Knights of Lionheart, including Harkon, were no different.

 

Apart from that insight, they had always been knights.

 

Even if they could recognize its excellent level, they naturally couldn’t evaluate it beyond that.

 

“…Crazy.”

 

But in a situation where you just found out.

 

There was no crazier sight…!

 

Shadow Mercenary Corps.

 

Seventh seat, Alkali.

 

He wrinkled his nose

 

“…!”

 

There were magical marks in the blowing wind.

 

Enough to make Alkali’s crooked spine twitch.

 

Alkari chuckled.

 

The lowest seat, Lakid, who was next to him, knocked it down.

 

“Why are you laughing so hard, old man?”

 

“Heh. I think I understand why the leader followed him.”

 

“What? You understand why she’s being annoying? What is the reason, then?”

 

Alkali looked at the leader, Kitch.

 

Goodness, Kitch had a thoughtful look on her face.

 

Alkali answered.

 

“Well. At the very least, it would be better not to take part in this quest. No, not just in this mission. At least as long as that aristocratic ruler is keeping his eyes wide open. It would be better for you to kill that eccentric personality, Lakid.”

 

…Had the old man gone senile?

 

Lakid made a puzzled expression.

 

However, Kitch’s thoughts were not much different from Alkali’s.

 

No, she had thought further than that.

 

Because Kitch was watching him, she knew.

 

‘…I was afraid it would be like this. I said let’s not see each other again. Why, of all people!’

 

Not only he manifested such a high level of magic.

 

He even dealt with sword aura.

 

His growth was at a terrifying pace that went one step further.

 

So Kitch inevitably had a complicated expression.

 

‘I can’t take that back now…!’

 

And lastly, that difficult personality.

 

Her intuition was telling her.

 

She had made a mistake.

 

*

 

[Quest: Recapture Frost]

 

I had no reason to refuse this quest.

 

Well, it felt like a bonus quest.

 

If you did a class quest, it naturally followed you.

 

‘Is it a contribution system?’

 

– Current contribution: 0p

 

Your bravery will be rewarded.

 

It meant that you would be rewarded according to your contribution.

 

Of course, aiming for first place in contribution.

 

I didn’t set such an unrealistic goal.

 

‘Just do it all together.’

 

Look at the number of players gathered here.

 

Besides, they were guilds.

 

It was natural that they were good at similar battles.

 

Of course, I also had the Knights of Lionheart and the Shadow Mercenary Corp.

 

But their performance was not calculated as my contribution.

 

‘If they did get counted, I wouldn’t have said anything.’

 

So, the conclusion I came to after understanding the subject was simple.

 

‘Let’s do at least one thing right.’

 

In that sense, the top priority was the ‘investigating Frost’.

 

While interfering and manifesting the magic sphere, I thought.

 

‘It’s a good thing that I practiced.’

 

I almost set fire to the lab on the Mage Tower, but that was beside the point.

 

Taking note of its use was worth it.

 

Flames, wind, electricity, water…

 

And light, the basic magic of pure magical science.

 

Magic of various properties was manifested in the mana sphere.

 

Perhaps because I manifested various attributes at the same time.

 

‘I can feel the consumption of mana.’

 

The newly opened stat.

 

I hold back from using it as much as I could.

 

This wasn’t a situation where its effect was needed now.

 

But it was worth consuming precious mana.

 

A scene of magic manifestation where various attribute magics interlocked.

 

‘…Found it.’

 

I was able to find the most effective combination of attributes to attack the castle gate.

 

On second thought, this is so reckless, seriously…!

 

‘It can’t be helped. This is the best I can do.’

 

A desperate struggle.

 

What I had, and what I didn’t have.

 

My own way where I have no choice but to use everything…!

 

Fire, ice.

 

Frost’s gates were vulnerable to the combination of those two magic attributes.

 

Principle or logic?

 

I didn’t know either. If only I knew.

 

I wouldn’t have used my magic like I did now.

 

But I didn’t need to know anymore.

 

‘I know how to guess it. Hit it and then guess.’

 

As long as I got the answer right, it was the same thing.

 

All that was left was to focus on the firepower.

 

I immediately manifested fire and ice.

 

Through a series of processes.

 

The magic spread through the gates.

 

Indeed, hitting it to guess its weakness was worth it.

 

Crack–! Crack–

 

Because the tightly closed gates began to collapse.

 

There was a burst of exclamations everywhere.

 

The players were astonished.

 

“…He broke through the gate so quickly?”

 

“What the hell is that skill? The destructive power is no joke!”

 

“…Are you for real?”

 

In my heart.

 

I wanted to correct those evaluations.

 

‘I live poorly….’

 

How hard had I struggled to attack the gate?

 

How can you mistake it for mere power…!

 

But this high pride.

 

There was no way I would budge from such a trifle.

 

“As long as we’re together. I don’t even have to worry.”

 

Of course, there was no time for that.

 

The wall crumbled.

 

Ferocious energy flowed from beyond.

 

Clink–!

 

Harkon put on his helmet right away and told me.

 

“Sir Hoyeol. From now on, we’ll open the way.”

 

Clang–!

 

The moment Harkon and the Knights of Lionheart pull out their swords.

 

Crumble–!

 

The wall completely collapsed.

 

At that moment, the quest window flashed.

 

──────

 

– Current contribution: 5,000p

 

──────

 

Is it because I knocked down the castle gate?

 

‘5,000 points.’

 

Since I had no target to compare it to, I couldn’t tell if it was high or low. But it wasn’t immediately important. Bonus quests, or whatever…

 

At the collapsed gates.

 

Frost’s demons soon revealed themselves.

 

Indeed, it deserved to be called the demon army.

 

They stood in rows.

 

Wearing equipment.

 

As if they had expected the wall to collapse.

 

They even moved quickly.

 

Demon army.

 

If it wasn’t for the horns growing out of their head.

 

And bright red skin.

 

They were armed enough to be considered a human army.

 

At that sight, the players’ momentum couldn’t help but falter.

 

“…That seems extraordinary.”

 

“I think it would be better not to approach hastily.”

 

“Keep your distance.”

 

It was distinctly different from the demons they had ever seen.

 

They were systematic.

 

A demonic voice echoed.

 

“Kill them all! Never let them in!”

 

Some of them were on the offensive.

 

Some were on the defensive.

 

It seemed they even had a specific strategy.

 

But.

 

So what?

 

I tidied up the clothes that had been blown away by the wind.

 

With the utmost indifference.

 

“That’s funny.”

 

To me, to Grandfel.

 

Any demon was just the same piece of garbage.

 

The sight of the demon king’s army was also just a collection of similar things.

 

It meant that it was just garbage that had been collected well.

 

In addition.

 

“Yesica, Enoch.”

 

“Yes, sir.”

 

“With me, break their ranks from the front.”

 

“Understood.”

 

In terms of strategy, we didn’t lose either.

 

‘Of course, not just the Knights of Lionheart.’

 

I turned my head.

 

Kitch, who made eye contact with me, immediately opened her mouth.

 

“…Assists the Knights of Lionheart as much as possible. As we’ve done so far, let’s do our best. You all know, right? Here we go.”

 

I even had the Shadow Mercenary Corps through a relationship of absolute power.

 

So my confidence was reasonable.

 

I followed them and declared.

 

“There is no time to waste.”

 

Tap tap–

 

Class quest.

 

My ultimate goal was to subjugate the demon.

 

“Get out of my way, you garbage.”

 

*

 

Frost had a total of 10 gates.

 

Since it was a large city, naturally the number of gates was also large.

 

At the moment when the quest appeared.

 

It was good news for the big guilds who had nothing to gain from competing with each other.

 

Especially guild ranking 1st and 2nd.

 

Shining and  Union.

 

The two guilds had no choice but to split apart.

 

“We’re specialized in this kind of stuff. Don’t you think so, Rox?”

 

Back then.

 

Shining was a guild that held territory.

 

They had had numerous siege experiences.

 

Union had the same experience as Shining.

 

In addition, Union had a clear advantage over Shining in the siege.

 

“We couldn’t have a better chance than this.”

 

Union had an overwhelming number of guild members.

 

Their master, Liu Jinchun was only 14th in the player ranking.

 

However, Union’s true value was the number of guild members and their average level.

 

“Attack!”

 

Union carried out a tactic that put the quantity at the forefront.

 

Their attacks poured into the gates.

 

Pouring mana at once and taking turns.

 

After recovering magic and stamina, they took turns again.

 

“Huft.”

 

Liu Jinchun smiled.

 

Yeah, even Shining.

 

They wouldn’t be able to follow them in this siege.

 

Liu Jinchun’s quest window flashed.

 

‘It’s going to depend on this contribution.’

 

Frost was not in a normal situation right now.

 

It was unknown whether their lord would still be alive.

 

Liu Jinchun’s expectations grew.

 

‘…What if their lord is dead?’

 

Depending on his contribution, there was a good chance that he would stand as the new lord of Frost.

 

Lord of the large city Frost.

 

Even back when Arcana was just a game.

 

Its value was immeasurable.

 

‘I can rise to the top!”

 

Not only Union, but him too.

 

Liu Jinchun confirmed his rising contribution in real-time.

 

‘Rox, this must be something you can’t even dream of.’

 

As a guild master, Liu Jinchun was receiving a ton of contributions for his [command].

 

But Shining couldn’t.

 

You could tell just by looking at Jessie Heinness.

 

Rox didn’t have the same commanding power as him.

 

That thought made him feel motivated.

 

“Hahahaha!”

 

──────

 

– Current contribution: 120p

 

──────

 

At the same time.

 

The fact that Hoyeol’s contribution exceeded 5,000 points.

 

There was no way Liu Jinchun knew that.

 

He burst into laughter.

 

“I’ll show you what the overwhelming contribution is, Rox!”

 

Yeah, sometimes not knowing was the medicine…