The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 49



Only Krnovel

The soldier shouted save (49)

After following the Heavenly Sword and the Wandering Knights ahead and going down the stairs for a while, a cave made of dirt comes into view.

Space for nine adult males to sit comfortably.

I recall the information from the Information Guild and figure out the entrance to the Demon Palace.

‘You said it was 6 meters in diameter?’

I didn’t expect much from the Information Guild since they didn’t seem to know much about the Archery, but they seemed to have a perfect grasp of this basic information.

Well, if you can’t even provide this much information, you’re not qualified to run an information guild.

“Put these two on your belt.”

“What is this?”

“It’s a luminous stone used when exploring the underground.”

At Hye-rin’s questioning appearance, he lightly strikes the luminous stone.

-Pot!

The moment it touches my hand, the luminous stone emits a bright light.

“… Ah, so this is what a real glowstone feels like. I have a rough idea of ​​how to use it.”

I had never used it, but I guess I already knew about glowstone.

Hye-rin quickly learns how to use it by tapping it with her hand, and attaches the glowstone to her waist and stretches her hand into the air.

“How do I prepare for magic?”

The only place where you can change the skills registered in the ‘Quick Slot’ is the entrance to the Demon Palace.

According to Hye-rin’s explanation, it was like that.

In addition, it was said that teleportation, which allows one to travel long distances in an instant, cannot be used in the palace.

‘According to the Information Guild, the quality of mana is different, so magic that requires perfect calculation, such as teleportation, cannot be used.’

If the quality of mana is different, you just have to adapt accordingly.

I advised her to adapt so that she could use it in the archery range, but Hye-rin firmly stated that teleportation was not a problem due to the quality of mana, but due to the rules of the archery range.

‘Hye-rin is right about magic.’

Even if you go to the Information Guild, it would be difficult to get more accurate information than Hye-rin, who is a great magician.

Hye-rin, who was thinking about something while stretching her fingers into the air, asks quietly.

“The ground is weak, so I prepared mainly for small magic. Should I continue like this?”

Hyelin shows the magic she registered by writing it down on parchment.

Weak spells specialized for small-scale combat, such as casting ice spears or binding monsters with vines.

If you’re worried about the ground collapsing, it’s right to use small-scale magic, but considering Hye-rin’s role, I don’t think that’s the right decision.

“Prepare one lighting magic and one magic that you can use easily, and prepare all the other magic as major magic.”

“… … If I use it underground like this, the ceiling will collapse and there will be chaos, right?”

“If a situation arises where you need to use magic, it won’t be a situation that can be handled with small magic. The exploration team will take care of most of the remaining items.”

If you add up the members of the Bangram Inspectorate and Cheonseonggeom guilds, there are over 60 people.

In a situation overflowing with potential, there is only one role that the Archmage must play.

“An enemy that cannot be dealt with even if the entire exploration team rushes in. You only step forward when such an enemy appears.”

There are so many people who are crazy about honor and fighting, so there is no need for Hye-rin to step forward and waste her mana stacks.

“Then I will prepare the most powerful magic among the magics that does not put a strain on the ground.”

Are you thinking of a magic combination?

Hye-rin, who realized what to prioritize, thinks proactively and finds the best magic to suit the terrain.

“The installation of the luminous stone is complete!”

Send the search team forward and give them 5 minutes.

Hye-rin lowers her hand that was reaching into the air, wondering if she had matched the ‘quick slot’ change.

“It’s all done.”

A situation where only the luminous stones that the exploration team had placed on the wall are visible.

I walk quickly, following the glowing stone that Hye-rin and I installed later as a landmark.

“Demon! It’s a monster!”

An urgent voice was heard from the front.

When he hears that a monster has appeared, he draws his sword and looks around.

A demon in the palace that even the Information Guild cannot provide accurate information about.

I tried to confirm its identity, but my vision was blocked by the 60 or so people in front of me, so I couldn’t see the monster.

“Look up! You have to look up!”

We quickly look up at the voice of the wandering inspector who was at the rear next to us.

A hazy dust of dirt pouring down like snow.

Something was moving towards me, digging through the dirt above the heads of the exploration team.

“Keeeeeek!”

Something breaks through the ceiling and jumps in front of me.

Six legs and a pincer-like mouth.

A giant ant made of stone.

Swing your sword vertically towards the ‘Stone Ent’ that is closing in on your head.

-Cheer!

The creature’s body was made of stone.

The sturdy body of the bastard and the sword meet, and sparks fly out.

‘now!’

However, when he applied strong force while sending mana to his right hand holding the sword, cracks began to appear in the Stone Ent’s body made of stone.

-Pfft!

The body of the guy was shattered as if it had exploded.

The shattered body of the bastard spread out in all directions like sharp shards, threatening Hye-rin, but there was no need to step forward and protect her.

“Why, this is a surprise.”

A cloud cloak that covers Hye-rin’s body.

Thanks to the epic item that has full hit resistance, the breakthrough shot that was flying like an arrow loses its power and crashes to the ground helplessly.

“But, do you not need to help me?”

Hye-rin brushes off the gravel from her cloak and turns her gaze to where she was pointing.

Looking over the shoulders of the men, we see a search party fighting off a dozen Stone Ents.

“Damn it! The sword won’t stick!”

“Break it with the handle, not the blade!”

A scene where he fights against a strong monster’s body, using the handle as a blunt weapon to break the stone ent.

Since they were wandering prosecutors who had experienced all sorts of things while traveling, they were quick to respond.

“Damn, watch out when these guys break apart!”

‘I don’t think I need any help.’

He takes his eyes off the expedition team that is somewhat sorting out the situation and raises his voice towards the suspicious wandering knight holding the quill.

“Galtarang, what are you doing here?”

A wandering knight who flinches at my words.

He takes off the helmet that was covering his face and smiles awkwardly.

“Hahaha… The legend of the Demon Palace is waiting for this Galtarang! Well, I don’t know, they said they won’t let us in unless we’re part of the exploration team, right?”

“…So that’s why you sneaked in?”

“You’re not the kind of Galtarang who would just give up on such a big incident! Really, isn’t this the perfect disguise?”

Although it was absurd, I had to agree that it was a perfect disguise.

Even though the administrator dispatched from the palace checked the list and let him in, he managed to enter the palace mixed in with the exploration team.

“How did you know the Stone Ent was in the ceiling?”

I knew through the Information Guild that Stone Ents were coming out, but I didn’t know about their habit of digging through the ground above the ceiling and lying in wait.

“You’re a capable person.”

A person with incredible skills, capable of detecting subtle movements in the ceiling.

When I judged it that way and looked at Galtarang, he waved his hand as if it was a misunderstanding.

“What about the powerful ones, they just knew the songs related to this palace!”

“…sing?”

At my words, Galtarang clears his throat, makes exaggerated gestures, and raises his voice.

As the ground collapsed above the blacksmith shop, a strange stone statue appeared!

Six legs! Two tentacles!

The name of the stone statue is Stone Ent!

Wandering Inspector, raise my hammer and shatter the statue!

The blacksmith shouted so!

Is this an unreleased song?

A song you hear for the first time, never heard anywhere else.

The exploration team that dealt with the Stone Ents looked towards me as they heard a voice echoing from the cave-like palace.

“Hey, old man. How did you get in here?”

The members of Cheon Seong Geum’s guild show signs of discomfort at the sight of Galtarang holding a quill.

But Galtarang was not intimidated, and instead raised his parchment and quill high.

“Haha, don’t worry! The greatest bard, Galtarang, will turn your epic into song and pass it on to future generations!”

When the bard Galtarang reveals his identity, the wandering inspectors laugh with excited expressions.

“Wow, are you going to make our activities into a song too?”

Like the protagonist of the first song written by Galtarang, ‘The Red Sword that Cut the Stars’, he must dream of an honor that will shake the continent.

But unlike the wandering inspectors.

The members of the Cheonseonggeom guild, who were learning the swordsmanship of the Black Sword, glared at Galtarang with fierce faces.

“Ha, you old braggart.”

“What kind of nonsense are you going to make into a song this time?”

As the Red Sword’s wandering inspector became famous through song.

The honor of the swordsman who beheaded the nameless one was buried in the ground.

The person who created the song that made a joke out of Black Star is Galtarang.

Galtarang, who felt alive, awkwardly smiles and steps back.

“Haha, don’t worry. I’ll just sit there quietly and not be bothered.”

As Galtarang naturally came next to me, Cheon Seong Geum turned his gaze towards my face.

The members of Cheon Seong Geum’s guild turn their heads again, frowning.

“As expected of the knight with the blue flash who defeated the son of the black sword!”

I sigh deeply at the loud, chattering noise.

“Is there any other information related to the archery range?”

He follows the exploration team as they clear the way through the monsters and asks Galtarang.

Galtarang, the greatest bard on the continent, would know more than the Information Guild.

“There are many songs related to the archery range, but this is the verse of the song we need right now.”

The falcon that had been following me slowly sings a verse while making a humming sound.

“Even the Red Inspector was only able to escape with the red metal~.”

Meaningful lyrics that seem to know something.

“What does that mean…?”

When I was about to ask Galtarang the meaning of the lyrics, the ground suddenly started shaking.

“Stop!”

“Something is coming!”

I hurriedly walked towards the ominous voice.

The palace shook as if it would collapse at any moment.

At that moment, a mound of dirt rose up from under the ground.

-Kueeeeeeeeeeeeek!

A giant earthworm with a snout that appears to be about 6 meters in diameter.

I’m sure it’s the same size as the passage we came through.

‘Is this the guy who created the archery range?’

The one who created the passage by swallowing dirt with his huge mouth.

“Uh, uh… …”

As the giant earthworm opened its beak.

The inspectors who couldn’t even scream properly were swallowed by the stone worm.

-Drrrrrrrr!

Prosecutors who left their lives without even leaving behind a body.

From ground to ceiling.

Someone shouted as the long body of the thing burst through the dirt, exposed.

“Now is the time! Everyone, cut down the demons!”

The inspectors swing their swords at the stone worms rising from the ceiling.

Swordsmen who display the best swordsmanship they can against defenseless monsters.

But the results were disastrous.

-Ting!

A sword that bounces off the body of a stone worm moving at high speed, unable to withstand it.

As the sword leaves your hand and flies menacingly through the sky, blood spurts from someone’s body.

“Don’t…

A man whose collarbone was stabbed by a ricocheting sword.

A man nearby shouts urgently as he sees a pile of dirt rising up from under the man.

“Blood, damage!”

As soon as the men around them start to fly, an earthworm with yellow teeth leaps from the ground to the ceiling.

-Drrrrrrrrrr!

A man swallowed in an instant.

From ground to ceiling.

A second stone worm appeared before my eyes.

“What the heck, this damn thing….”

The exploration team was instantly destroyed by the Stone Worm.

People who were supposed to be swordsmen were so scared that they couldn’t even do anything.

“Hey, save me!”

Soil erupting from the ground.

The inspectors who saw the signs of the Stone Worm appearing ran away in panic.

I quickly made a decision and pushed Hye-rin’s back.

“Jump back!”

If it were a normal land, it would have been worth a try, but this place was an underground area filled with dirt.

A situation where you have to be careful in all directions, up, down, left, and right, as stone worms can break through the dirt walls.

“… Huh, hh, sir, what about the bard grandfather?”

“Don’t worry and just run!”

This is a palace that the exploration team cannot handle.

A place that can only be challenged if a large construction team is deployed to change the structure of the palace itself.

‘The people here won’t do it.’

I realized that fact too late and ran towards the entrance, but a pile of dirt erupted from the ceiling.

-Drrrrrrrrrrrr!

A stone worm appears blocking our path.

He kicks the floor and yells at the bastard.

“Magic! It’s strong!”

“Grandis stimulos!”

Hye-rin stretches out both hands and recites a spell, and the piles of dirt around her gather in front of Hye-rin’s hands.

A giant awl made up of a bunch of pieces that rotate clockwise.

As Hye-rin pulls back both hands as if pulling the rope, a huge awl shoots out at the guy.

“Kueeeeeeeeeeek!”

A stone worm lying sprawled after being stabbed in the body with an awl.

He swings his sword without stopping his running speed.

-Whoosh!

A sharp sword that can cut through the torso of a bastard.

He takes his gaze away from the molten metal pouring out of his split stomach and looks at Hye-rin.

“… Huh, hh, mixing two magic spells together is going to be hard, I’m going to die.”

It feels different from any magic I’ve ever experienced before.

Perhaps, it was like Hye-rin’s appearance as she grew up after visiting the Room of Destiny.

-Knock knock.

But killing the Stone Worm wasn’t good news.

A pile of dirt erupting from all directions, centered around the corpse of a Stone Worm.

“Keeeeeeeek!”

Stone Ents appear through the ceiling.

“Keeeeeek!”

A stone spider appears, breaking through the wall.

“Kururup, thud, thud.”

The monsters that eat the corpses of Stone Worm as if they don’t even care about us.

“… What should I do? Should I try blowing another big one?”

I turn around without hesitation as I see the number of monsters increasing one by one, exceeding ten.

“That won’t do. Let’s find another way.”

I breathe in the dusty air and calmly recall my memories.

A map of the archery range shown at the Information Guild.

Although the map only showed the area near the entrance, it was enough information to return to the entrance.

“Kueeeeek!”

… … How long have I been wandering around the palace?

1 hour, 2 hours?

The map and the actual path were very different, perhaps because the Stone Worm was moving around creating new passages.

There seemed to be dozens of stone worms living there, and they would attack me without warning, so I had to stop walking.

“… Gasp, gasp, Grandis Stimulos!”

It was a vicious cycle.

As Hye-rin and I dealt with the stone worms that were coming at us, a horde of small monsters came rushing in, and the path we had worked so hard to return was blocked.

Sweat beads filled Hye-rin’s forehead.

“… … Sir, I don’t have many mana stacks left.”

After a forced march of over two hours, there aren’t many consumables left, such as glowstone.

If we use up all the glowstones and Hye-rin’s mana stacks are completely depleted, we will lose the light in this palace.

…I have to make a decision before I die from exhaustion.

“Let’s run, ignoring the stone worm.”

“…Can I just ignore that?”

“Even if you don’t have to, you have to do it. It’s the only way to escape from here.”

If the son of the Black Sword had been here, would he have been able to escape?

Lucas also had a fleeting thought that it might be impossible, and he no longer had any desire for red metal.

“Put me on your back and tie my body to yours with your clothes. I’ll just focus on running.”

Survival, wouldn’t it be the right decision to ignore the devil?

Hye-rin nodded at my words and tied herself up with the clothes inside the cloak.

“… It’s all done.”

Hye-rin’s body on my back was lighter than I thought.

A weight that allows you to run freely without any burden.

Close your eyes and concentrate, drawing the mana into your skin.

‘Spread mana throughout your body like blood.’

Blue particles float around the body, as if fireflies are attached to it.

A loud heartbeat, three times faster than usual.

‘Okay… I succeeded without the help of epic items.’

Stretch your feet, feeling the mana seeping into your skin.

“Hold on tight.”

I kicked my feet hard against the ground, and at the same time, a strong headwind hit my face.

I feel like a running horse.

-Drrrrrrrr!

You pass by the erupting pile of dirt without slowing down, but a stone worm rises up behind you.

“Sir, in front!”

It wasn’t a relief to defeat one stone worm.

As I turn my gaze forward, I see a despairing sight.

“Kueeeeeeeeek!”

Stone worms have already risen from the ground to the ceiling, blocking the passage.

‘Fuck….’

When trying to slow down in a situation where both the front and back are blocked, Hye-rin raises her voice.

“Eruptio!”

-bang!

A large explosion occurred next to the Stone Worm.

“Kueeeeeeek!”

A jet of molten metal spurts out from the body of the Stone Worm as it thrashes in pain, and next to it, a new passageway appears to have been created by the explosion.

‘Over there!’

Avoid the writhing body of the Stone Worm and fly towards a new passage.

“Ugh… .”

A body that flies with all its might and rolls on the floor.

“are you okay?”

He quickly gets up from his rolling body and asks about Hye-rin, who was hanging on his back, and Hye-rin pops her face out from under the cloudy cloak.

“… Ah, I think I’m fine.”

There is no time to delay.

Because the sand worm that snatched its prey was hiding in the dirt, preparing for its next attack.

“Here we go again!”

They tighten the clothes that bind their bodies together and kick the floor once more.

A view that quickly moves backwards with a strong headwind.

“Exit, sir!”

I see the silhouette of the stairs in the distance and I use my last bit of strength to increase my speed.

-Drrrrrrrr!

A precursor to the Stone Worm, where dirt erupts from the ground.

I quickly passed by before the bastard could block my path and reached my destination, but all I felt was a sense of emptiness.

“…It’s broken.”

Could this be the work of the Stone Worm?

The stairs we arrived at were in ruins, and the exit at the top was blocked by a pile of fallen dirt.

“Eruptio!”

Hye-rin trying to break through the entrance with an explosion.

“Gasp, gasp, gasp… .”

Hye-rin drinks her third mana potion with a pale face.

‘If I don’t escape from here, it’s over.’

Jump up, stepping on the debris of the stairs.

Dig through the exit blocked by dirt with the handle of your sword.

‘…Fuck.’

Dirt that can never be dug up with a sword handle.

Just then, dirt gushed out from the wall next to it.

“Kueeeeeeeeeeeeek!”

A giant mouth popped out right next to me before I could even react.

I swung my sword belatedly, but the blade did not reach the beast’s snout.

-Bagjak.

A reddening vision accompanied by an unpleasant sound.

I felt like my life was ending.

– Died from Stone Worm attack. [Confirmed]

-Loaded from auto-save. [Confirm]

―Hint: Make sure to have a team that fits the archery. [Check]

The vision returns with a familiar message.

From left to right.

Move your eyes slowly and look around.

“… … .”

A mouth that doesn’t fall off easily.

“Now is the time! Everyone, cut down the demons!”

I break out in a cold sweat when I see the ‘Stone Worm’ in front of me.

-Drrrrrrrrrrrr!

A world that shakes as if it could collapse at any moment.

The save didn’t bring me back to before I entered the palace.