I’m the Slit-Eyed Character at the Academy, but I’m not the Mastermind - Chapter 222
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Episode 222
Episode 222. The Third Force (8)
Caron’s neat and concise report began.
The appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings, Volkan.
The emergence of the undead and the start of battle.
Volkan’s power to turn even allies into undead.
Fifth Corps Commander Crowley’s undead transformation failed.
The appearance of the Bone Dragon and Lucia’s activities.
I listened to what Charon said.
Since this is the first Hidden Piece I’ve activated in my 18 years of gaming experience, each and every one of them is new.
‘It’s fun!’
Before I became a person called Zero, I was a veteran who loved this game.
I couldn’t help but find Caron’s report interesting.
I was especially amazed at the part where Lucia defeated the bone dragon.
‘You can’t defeat the Bone Dragon without a potion of divine power. Then, could it be… … that Lucia is holding the holy sword?’
Caron revealed more information than I expected, but he also kept quite a bit of information from me.
The most representative hidden things are Adonis’ activities and the existence of the Holy Sword.
Caron said from the beginning that it was Douglas, not Adonis, who joined.
He said that he helped me for a while while I was in hiding and ‘playing dead’ for some reason.
Of course, it wasn’t much of a problem for me, since I knew that Douglas and Adonis were the same person.
“… … That’s how it happened.”
Caron announced the end of the report.
I couldn’t help but smack my lips in regret.
Because in the end, I failed to catch Volcan.
‘I had some expectations since it was just a guess based on looking at the system window… … .’
Ultimately, he missed the Volcano and was left with one more chance to go all-in.
I had a fleeting thought, ‘Maybe I should have told you a little more about Volcan in advance?’
Soon, my mind was at peace.
‘How do I know the power and strength of Volkan, the mysteries he hides? I cannot explain it.’
I’m only fifteen years old, and I know exactly what Volkan’s power and abilities are?
Nothing could be more absurd than that.
Maybe they’ll detain me as soon as they deal with Volcan.
In fact, they will start torturing you by asking if you are close to the Four Heavenly Kings.
You may be tortured until the continent is destroyed by Charon’s loving care(?).
Are you giving up the future for the immediate gain?
This is something that a veteran should never do.
‘More than anything, the Volcan I know is the Volcan of the future.’
What skills and levels he has now, and how many of the six mysteries he has acquired in the future.
I didn’t know anything.
‘I guess I need to react first.’
Charon was looking at me intently.
Although I was only lost in thought for about 15 seconds, the opponent in front of me was Charon.
I had to be careful, and careful again.
“Undead… … Those troublesome guys have appeared.”
“A guy like you would be shocked to see you.”
“I wonder if he didn’t like the calmness,” Caron grumbled.
But this side also had its complaints.
“Now that I think about it, this is the second time.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Creator of Madness. You didn’t miss it then either. And you missed it again this time. Aren’t you just too incompetent?”
Phew!
Charon stumbled, as if he had been shot by an arrow.
“Oh, come to think of it, I didn’t explain the situation clearly back then. Listen a little more.”
Caron began to mumble an explanation of the situation at the time.
Well, it wasn’t my job.
Now it was more important to calculate new variables.
‘I succeeded in cutting off Volkan’s left arm… … .’
It was not a bad harvest.
This game has a structure where if one part of the body is missing, your stats will drop significantly.
If it’s just one arm, you’ll lose about 10-15% of your total stats.
That’s a very high number.
It was a huge loss for any character, but it had a special meaning for Volkan. Because… … .
‘Because Volcan has the characteristic of increasing the total amount of mana every day.’
Volkan, who can handle tens of thousands of undead by himself, literally shows off the power of a one-man army.
The key to the strategy and a prerequisite that must be achieved is to continuously destroy the undead that appear and reduce Volkan’s magic power to less than half.
‘The problem is that it’s not easy.’
In addition to having incredible characteristics, the future Volcan is armed with various artifacts and mysteries.
No matter how many times I destroyed the undead, my magical power did not decrease.
If the attack had been delayed, there would have been time to recover.
It feels like digging the ocean with a shovel.
‘But the size of the ocean has decreased by 10-15%? That’s a huge harvest.’
It’s a shame he couldn’t kill Volkan, but I’m sure Caron tried his best.
What can I do? Embracing a loser is also the duty of a true veteran.
He spoke to Charon, who was still mumbling.
“Haha, I see. I heard it very well. You are very capable. As expected from Mr. Caron.”
“… … .”
Taaak!
What came back was Caron’s spicy honey chestnut.
He hits me even though I praised him. He really is a strange person.
No, maybe he’s just a pervert who gets pleasure from hitting children?
That cute kid might be a really bad pervert who would hit and kill anyone!
Luna doesn’t hit you? Of course not. Better than Luna…
‘Because I’m cuter.’
Taaak!
In that moment, Charon’s fist passed over my head again.
“Hehe, why are you hitting me again? I didn’t say anything.”
“… … My fist just moved on its own. Did you do it?”
“That can’t be true. Anyone can see that it was done by Mr. Caron’s will.”
“Then I guess that’s how it is.”
“… … ?”
Are you saying you have no intention of apologizing?
Is it because he’s a child abuser? His thoughts are also different.
Anyway, that’s the end of the joke.
I started to organize things calmly.
Volkan’s stats have dropped significantly, and it is a great achievement to have made the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings known to the continent.
And the loss is.
“How many people died?”
“… …five.”
Caron told them their names one by one.
It was no secret, for the Empire would soon announce their deaths.
‘Edwin was included in the expedition. I guess I’ll have to give up on the mysteries of the East.’
I erased the hidden piece related to it from my mind.
This is a quest that starts with Edwin’s wide network of connections, but it is also a quest that requires him to personally guide the way.
It’s impossible now that Edwin is dead.
I also organized episodes related to it in my head.
The other four were the same.
‘The only fortunate thing is that… … except for Edwin, the others have small appearances.’
It didn’t seem like there would be any significant changes to the story.
In addition, we organized information by talking about various things.
As a result, the first thing we need to figure out now is… … .
“It is certain that the Four Heavenly Kings exist.”
“Haha, I agree.”
Lucius Black, creator of madness.
??? Lizbelt.
Maestro Volcan of the battlefield.
With the existence of three confirmed, it was a given that another one existed.
In the first place, they were also called the Four Heavenly Kings among black magicians.
“Not only is the unidentified woman named Lizvelt a problem, but the remaining one of the Four Heavenly Kings… … Finding out her identity is the most urgent task.”
Caron is in trouble. It must be because he doesn’t have any information about him.
Of course, I had a perfect grasp of his identity.
‘Let’s go, Broken.’
He is the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings, and he is someone even I do not want to encounter.
Aleste, Charon, Lucia, Adonis, and no one else.
‘Because I can never beat him.’
A being that can never be defeated 1:1. That is the man named Brocken, and the last of the Four Heavenly Kings known as ‘Let’s King’.
‘Come to think of it… … .’
I couldn’t help but frown slightly.
Because I realized that the story had changed.
Not only did they cut off one of Volkan’s arms, but the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings was revealed too soon.
‘Brocken is a character who goes around assassinating powerful people one by one.’
Adonis is also one of the characters who is killed by him.
After Chapter 4, Brocken becomes aware of Adonis’ existence and Adonis meets his death.
‘But now, in the early part of Chapter 2, Adonis has shown his skills in the fight against Volkan.’
Volkan would have naturally gone to Brocken and told him.
Brocken is likely to be more active in the future, not to mention putting the name Adonis on the hit list.
Because the information that the Four Heavenly Kings, which had been kept secret, existed has been released to the world.
‘What if… … something unfortunate happens and Adonis dies 4 chapters ago?’
There is nothing as big as that.
We had to come up with a plan right away.
I thought about it quickly.
“… … Magic. It is highly likely that it is a being with strong killing powers.”
“Why?”
“Because it must be differentiated from the powers possessed by the other Four Heavenly Kings.”
The power granted by the Legion Commander to the Warlocks.
It can’t be all the same. The devil is a race that seeks ‘fun’.
It would not have given uniform power.
“I’m not sure, but Lucius Black has a strong body and demon studies. It’s likely a power related to that.”
“… … I agree. A demon is not a being that can handle being attached to a body. It must have a strong body.”
“There is a 60% chance that Lizvelt has abilities related to demon breeding, charm, or contracts.”
“You mean Venus. Certainly, it is not common for a demon to faithfully carry out a human’s orders. The expression ‘mother’ is also similar.”
“Volkan would be the power associated with bones, and the power to manipulate souls.”
“Yes. Then, of the powers of the Dark Magician that have been discovered so far, what remains… … .”
Curses, summons, bindings, charms, etc.
“Among them, the magic world has high killing power. I thought it was highly likely that there would be a being with such power.”
“That’s correct.”
“But it could be some other power. The power Volkan possesses is something I have never seen before.”
“I don’t know. It could be a being that can handle all of that, a literal ‘essence of black magic’.”
Caron thought for a moment.
It was about a minute before his mouth opened again.
“That’s not a logical reasoning.”
“Haha, that’s right. But you always have to assume the worst. I have my own evidence.”
“You have evidence?”
“Hasn’t there been an incident in another kingdom recently where powerful people died suddenly?”
Charon’s eyes lit up.
To be honest, this was a gamble, relying on the information gathering abilities of Caron and the rats.
‘You’ve been steadily gathering information from other kingdoms as well. As expected from a rat.’
There were two reasons why Caron’s eyes sparkled.
That such an incident actually happened. And.
“Haha, isn’t that surprising? I even know that kind of information?”
That I have the information that they worked hard to obtain.
So it was natural for Caron to be surprised.
But it’s still too early to be surprised.
“There have been several people in the empire who died suddenly recently.”
“There were always that many cases. That’s what illness is like.”
“What if we include the number of missing people?”
“… … Missing person?”
“Those with powers of 6 stars or higher. There must be some who suddenly disappeared, or those who left their families to train and whose locations are unknown. Oh, those people weren’t even classified as missing. If you include those people, how many people would there be?”
Caron said nothing.
This is probably because you don’t have any relevant information in your head.
“… …Just wait a moment.”
Charon disappeared out the window.
Well, I might not be able to sleep tonight.