The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 96



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The soldier shouted save (96)

-Wheeeheee.

As I step into the portal, a strange sensation hits me in the head.

“… … I, I survived! I survived!”

Oben expresses his joy at being alive, while the punitive force collapses on the ground in exhaustion.

I turn my eyes and examine the letters that fill my field of vision.

-The level has increased.

-The level has increased.

-The level has increased.

– You have achieved the impossible feat! (Achievement pt+500,000)

-All abilities +5%

―You have cleared Challenge No. 3: The World Leading to the Afterlife! (Achievement pt+1,000,000)

-Achievements, the world leading to the afterlife. (You can use ‘Soul Absorption’.)

-Rich and Death Knight job advancements have been unlocked!

A soliloquy escapes from the seemingly congratulatory words.

“… … A game. Is this considered play in this world?”

Park Min-cheol, who had been sitting with his back to the ground, burst into a weak laugh at those words.

“Hehe, it’s probably not what you think.”

Park Min-cheol extends his arm toward me.

-widely.

I grab his hand and pull him up to raise my body.

“This is my first time seeing this.”

Examine the message that appeared late.

-Third job advancement is now possible.

[Move to the Room of Destiny.]

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-It failed.

―*You cannot move to the Room of Fate during the event.

Park Min-cheol asks the meaning of a word he sees for the first time.

“What does ‘during an event’ mean?”

“… …Tell me more.”

Explain to Park Min-cheol exactly what he sees in front of him.

“Third job advancement… I guess you really are a player.”

Even when I explained the phrase ‘during the event’.

He turns his gaze and looks at another worldly person.

“Hey, Junseok! Did you level up and get the Room of Destiny too?”

“… … Oh. But, I heard you can’t do it because it’s during an event?”

“If they’re both like that, it means they’re going through the same event… … .”

Park Min-cheol, with a changed expression, actively searches the surroundings.

“Where is this?”

“Underground of the village. It’s the lair of a black magician where there was a portal.”

“… … First, let’s go. I’ll explain on the way. Everyone, get up! We have to go quickly!”

As he claps his hands and raises his voice, the punitive force struggles to get up, leaning against the wall.

“… Are you going back now?”

Park Min-cheol walks ahead.

The punitive force carrying the corpses of the knight and Erendi follows behind him.

“What the heck is this event?”

“Something has happened. We’ve encountered a monster, or we’ve met someone special, or the building we’re in is collapsing. That’s a special situation.”

At Park Min-cheol’s words, the punitive force hurriedly inspected the walls of the building.

“Well, it doesn’t look like it’s falling apart.”

“… … It looks like there aren’t any monsters?”

“Ha, right. You guys are thinking too hard. There’s one thing left that the other world person said.”

“… … One thing?”

Oven smiles and raises his voice.

“A special relationship! This means that our punitive force, which escaped from hell, has finally become a special relationship!”

“… … That doesn’t seem like something a palace spy should say.”

“I, I told you that I was fooled too! So, so what! Are you going to kill me?!”

The young knight ignores Oben, who appears as a counterattack, and picks up the corpse he was carrying.

“We don’t know for sure, but what do you think, Mincheol?”

Park Min-cheol is touching the spot where his arm was.

He turns the answer back to me.

“Allen, what do you think?”

If the event that Park Min-cheol mentioned means something that is out of the ordinary.

There is only one thing that could go wrong in this situation.

“The palace guys are waiting.”

“……what?”

“They are trying to kill us.”

As the punitive force stopped walking with their faces turned pale, Park Min-cheol nodded.

“… … Yeah. Maybe so. I think the same as Allen.”

“Then what should we do! We, we… … can’t fight anymore!”

The man who had been quiet the whole time at Oben’s shout grabs him by the collar.

“Shut up! You spy of the palace! Didn’t you send the signal that we were out?!”

“You, you should shut up! Did you see me use coordinate magic? Did you see it?”

At the loud noise,

-bang!

Throw your fist at the wall.

“Everyone, shut up. I’m thinking.”

“… … .”

It was expected that the palace would attack us survivors.

She puts her lips to the party ring and mutters quietly.

“Marie. Are you listening now?”

A flashing ‘vacant seat’ sign.

I tell her the current situation, as she said she would join forces with the other lords.

“I escaped the Challenge Dungeon, but I am still under threat from the Imperial Palace.”

After finishing speaking, wait a moment and letters will appear before your eyes.

[The mail has arrived.]

“Receive mail.”

As I muttered like that, the letter fell down with a white light.

“… … .”

A hastily written letter.

As I was reading the letter quietly, someone asked me cautiously.

“…Who are you talking to now?”

The punitive force has a bewildered expression.

He folds the letter he was reading in half and speaks to them.

“They say the palace is blocking entry, claiming it is to subjugate the highest-level demons.”

“Ha, ha! The, the highest level demon?”

“… … You’re trying to blame the deaths of the expedition team members on the demons.”

A letter from Marie informing her that the palace has sealed off the surrounding area.

But there is no one guarding the entrance to the challenge dungeon.

These two situations mean one thing.

“I was sure we were going to be wiped out.”

“… … Yes? What do you mean?”

“The fact that the punitive force returned alive is something they never expected.”

It was a certainty, not a guess.

If they had any inkling of our survival, they would have stationed troops in front of the portal.

If we return to the portal, battered and bruised, we can easily be annihilated by attacking us.

“But nothing will change, right? If the palace is guarding the surrounding area under the pretext of the demons… … .”

“Oh, that’s right. I’ll be killed as soon as I get out of here!”

I shake my head at that.

“No, there’s a big difference. They didn’t deploy troops to guard against us.”

“Then, what should I be wary of… … .”

“The lords who sent you on a punitive expedition. These are the troops to stop them.”

Show Marie’s letter containing the current situation to the punitive force.

“… … When on earth did you receive a letter like this?”

No one asked back, even though he didn’t provide an answer to the question.

Park Min-cheol, who was reading the letter with his eyes narrowed, nodded and said.

“I get it now. They were so distracted by the lords that they didn’t pay attention to us.”

“… … Mincheol Kyung, what does that mean?”

“It’s already been three days since we started the subjugation. If we can last this long in the challenge dungeon, then he must be wary of clearing it.”

Park Min-cheol asserts:

“The guy who put us in a tight spot is someone who knows as much about challenge dungeons as I do.”

If what Park Min-cheol said was true, there was no time to stand there blankly like this.

“If you want to survive, there is only now.”

“……yes?”

“He’s been wary of our survival since the third day. That means it wouldn’t be strange if troops came rushing in right now.”

It’s unlikely that the lords will forget about us all day just because they’re distracting us.

A brief moment of gap in our busy schedule where we are forgotten.

We had to get out of the palace’s trap before this brief moment passed.

“Let’s go out.”

Lead the punitive force and run to the exit.

“… … gasp, gasp.”

One knight falls behind.

Junseok Rodlier looks at him and says.

“… … I know it’s a shame, but shouldn’t we leave the body behind?”

The corpse of the knight who burned his body until the end with Erendi.

When the young knight hesitates, he raises his voice at him.

“Don’t leave it behind.”

“Allen, but if you slow down… … .”

“But it’s still necessary. We need to prove that our punitive force wasn’t killed by a top-level demon.”

The corpse of Erendi, bleeding from her eyes, and the corpse of the knight, impaled on a sharp bone.

The gruesome sight of these two will serve as a great force in asserting that the palace is evil.

“Hey, wait a minute! We have a wizard!”

“… … Me, me?”

“Teleport! Oben, prepare the teleport!”

At the knight’s words, Oben scratches his head and makes a small voice.

“… … If you could just wait two hours. Somehow… … .”

“What, two hours?”

“What do you mean, one teleportation takes two hours!”

“Left, did you know that coordinate magic is that easy! If it’s that easy, you guys should do it! You guys should try casting it yourself!”

The young knight shook his head at Oben’s loud words.

“… … I don’t know how you got into the punitive force with those skills.”

“Wasn’t he a spy of the palace who was meant to be a scapegoat? They probably wanted to use him as a discarded weapon since they wouldn’t mind killing him.”

“Everyone, shut up! How useful are you!”

Even if Oben had been skilled at using teleportation, it wouldn’t have made a difference.

‘Because the coordinates are distorted near the palace.’

A safety device that prevents unauthorized entry into the palace.

The only one who can easily bypass that safety device is Hye-rin, who can skip the calculations.

“Shhh…! There’s someone outside!”

There is a noise in front of the exit leading out of the underground.

-Slurp.

As they silently draw their swords and exchange glances, everyone prepares for battle.

‘Going to five.’

Say it with your mouth and fold your outstretched fingers one by one.

-five.

-three.

-one.

When all fingers are folded,

-bang!

I push the iron plate blocking the exit away with my palm.

“… … W, what?”

A soldier with wide eyes, as if he had no idea that something would pop out from underground.

‘Were they just guarding the village that was a subjugation area?’

-puck!

Quickly subdue the soldier with the sword handle and lower your stance.

“These are not the troops targeting us. Don’t engage them and focus all your efforts on getting out.”

As the punitive force nodded, they ran out of the abandoned house in one breath.

“What, what is it!”

“Now, catch them! The rebellious punitive force!”

It seemed like the palace was feeling the urgency.

While telling the lords outside that we were subduing the highest-level demons, we were telling the soldiers guarding the village that we had rebelled.

‘I didn’t know Lord Walker could move this quickly.’

All of this was possible thanks to the ‘Mike’ they were missing, the mailbox privilege, and Marie’s ability to persuade the lords.

If we didn’t have the mic privilege, we wouldn’t have been able to make our situation known.

Marie also probably couldn’t convince the other lords.

‘If it weren’t for the mailbox privilege, I wouldn’t have come back alive.’

Even though we gave it our all, only eight people survived.

If hunger and thirst had reached their limit, they would have been wiped out before the third day, as planned by the palace.

“Hey, this way! I can hear arguing over here!”

“Let’s go! They’re probably the lords who are fighting with the palace!”

The punitive force changes direction at the words of Junseok Rodlier.

As I run for a moment in the direction he pointed, I see someone clearly.

“We also want to participate in the subjugation of the demon tribe, so why are you stopping us!”

“Are you trying to send our knights to their deaths in order to keep other territories in check, as the Lord of Walker said?!”

Lords who actively raise their voices to voice their discontent.

Among them, a familiar face looks at me and smiles brightly.

“Ah, Allen!!”

Marie shakes off the soldier blocking her and runs towards me.

“Hey, Mincheol Kyung!”

“Crane! Come to me quickly!”

Starting with Marie, the lords escape the palace’s control and head to the punitive expedition.

“Ah, Allen… … How did your face get so hurt… … .”

“Worry about your husband later, my lord. Wouldn’t it be better to get Allen to the carriage quickly?”

As Marie nodded and stepped back at the leader’s words, someone stood in front of me, sobbing.

“Wow, sir… … . Really, I’m glad… . When I heard it was a challenge dungeon, I really thought I might not be able to see it… … .”

Seeing familiar faces made me feel like I was back alive.

“… … Yes, I came back alive.”

“Hehe, you must have had a hard time. Hey, look at Allen’s expression!”

Ignoring the chief who was tapping my arm, I moved forward with Marie’s support.

A desperate voice is heard from behind.

“Why, why! Can’t you heal Mincheol Kyung’s arm!”

“… … I’m sorry. If I had a severed arm, I could have reattached it with divine power… … .”

Could he have been someone’s son-in-law?

Park Min-cheol pats the noble lady on the back with an affectionate face and looks at me.

“Allen, let’s talk later.”

“Okay. If you need my help, come to me, old man.”

I exchange a few greetings with the punitive force members as they head toward the carriage, supported by others.

“If you need help at any time, just let me know!”

“Thank you, Sir Allen. Without you… … .”

When the punitive force was about to disperse on their own carriages.

Someone steps forward for us.

“Who contributed most to subduing the highest-level demons, Kyung-in?”

A man with a cold impression whom I saw for the first time.

As I was staring at him quietly, Marie stepped forward.

“Step aside, Priest! Walker will never forget what happened at the palace today!!”

Priest of the palace.

He was one of the most powerful men in the palace, who offered sacrifices to the creator god, not the goddess Freya.

“Misunderstandings are bound to be resolved. The palace will be waiting for the day to speak with Walker again.”

He frowns as he looks at the retreating priests and soldiers.

‘… … Strange. The palace is retreating like this?’

Turn your eyes and call upon Walker’s Archmage.

“Hye-rin, enhanced eyesight and wiretapping magic.”

She opens her mouth without a moment’s hesitation.

“Oculus, Lego.”

The view expands and the muttering voices of the palace people can be heard.

“… … What are you going to do?”

“The higher-ups will take care of it.”

Take your eyes off the soldiers and focus your senses on a man.

‘You said you were a priest of the palace?’

I only knew that there was a priest.

I’ve never heard of him ever showing up.

‘… … What number are you looking at?’

Not only did they fail to annihilate the punitive force, but they also increased the lord’s resentment, putting the palace in danger of collapsing.

It wouldn’t be strange if we took all the lords gathered here hostage right now… … .

“Everything has been deleted.”

The priest’s meaningful words.

He puts into his mouth the first word he hears.

“Lord.”

With one word from him, the world begins to turn around.