Chapter 300 – Invitation

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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Akshan was backstabbed prior to the holy war.

However, if you ask whether that led to Akshan’s extermination.

That is not the case.

‘Because Akshan disappeared overnight.’

Why, even if the Demon Hunters were annihilated.

It’s normal that the region called Akshan should remain.

However, Akshan disappeared without leaving even a trace.

‘Although I couldn’t see it myself.’

I blame it after a long time.

A hiatus of 10 years and some.

Still, right after awakening as a player.

I was the one who made efforts in various fields to fill the gap.

Thanks to that, I found out belatedly.

That Akshan was definitely deleted through a patch.

‘There was no reason to announce it in the first place.’

The Demon Hunter was a ruined character itself.

Akshan must have also been out of the players’ interest.

It can also be known from the class quest.

‘Because the Demon Hunter would have only been me.’

For me whose connection records were cut off years ago.

They wouldn’t have floated the update details.

In the first place, the Demon Hunter isn’t the only class that disappeared from Arcana. It was the Arcana Continent Biography where tens of thousands of classes existed. Classes not chosen by players must have disappeared without a trace.

‘Deletion and creation, huh.’

I recall the Omen of Ill Fortune’s ability again.

Then certainty formed.

As expected, Akshan was swallowed whole by the Omen of Ill Fortune.

‘He said it’s an existence for plausibility…….’

Even before such a tremendous enemy.

I cannot step back.

The reason is simple.

“Do not resent them.”

To think it swallowed Akshan of all things?

“Because your vessel will be too overwhelmed to contain them.”

It must have felt truly hopeless.

Why, you can tell just by looking at the AAU Branch Manager Park’s reaction.

Because in the first place, the Omen of Ill Fortune is not a monster made to be caught.

‘The heterogeneous demon race was also a monster that would appear someday.’

However, the Omen of Ill Fortune has a different grain from monsters.

It’s not even a demon race, so I cannot put forward what can be called my biggest weapon.

The [Natural Enemy Relationship], that is.

In that sense, they couldn’t be more reassuring.

‘Our Akshan seniors.’

I, Lee Ho-yeol.

There is a lesson I learned from social life. A crazy bastard acknowledged by both himself and others is everywhere. But when such a crazy bastard is on my side, they couldn’t be more reassuring.

‘You guys are amazing, truly?’

Even if I have seen many human figures in reality.

And on the Arcana continent as well.

I’ve never seen characters like our seniors.

That’s why even while being deleted, they must have left it behind.

This kind of quest!

[Class Quest: Akshan-style Diversionary Tactic]

Even if the Arcana continent abandoned Akshan, Akshan did not break. The last Demon Hunter. Inherit Akshan’s tenacity and complete Akshan’s final operation.

─Track the Omen of Ill Fortune of the Southern Sea that swallowed Akshan. (In Progress)

●Find the final mark left by Akshan. (In Progress)

Literally, they are ‘Tenacity’ themselves.

“You overlooked Akshan.”

Raymond Sean, who must have approved Akshan’s deletion.

You probably didn’t know this either, right?

How could you have ever predicted it.

Akshan, which had already suffered massive damage due to the Holy War’s betrayal.

That they were planning such an operation.

And you probably don’t know this either.

At this moment, that their pride has been connected to me.

“I cannot stay still either.”

It might be stating the obvious but.

Now that the engine is started on my pride.

Even if it means sinking.

I have no choice but to advance forward.

So there is no time to lament my fate.

Because to not sink, I have to struggle plannedly and efficiently.

Cherishing every minute and second.

Meaning it must be considered like an afternoon teatime in Granfel-style expressions.

Soon, my spinning brain gives an answer.

“I return to the territory.”

Since my territory doesn’t exist in reality.

Naturally, it means the Claudi family’s territory.

An Omen of Ill Fortune, you say.

‘Good, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.’

To face the absurd enemy called the Omen of Ill Fortune.

This side too.

Shouldn’t I shove an absurd setting?

“Prepare it grandly.”

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Argentress looked around the area.

“Not even a trace is visible.”

The Primordial Evil that had been crouching inside Mother.

She was Argentress who hadn’t stopped her course to find the guy that escaped Sicily and was unleashed onto the Arcana continent. Not a trace of it could be asked around anywhere.

“When it is a task entrusted to me.”

The existence Mother chose, Dawn.

He was the one who trusted her and her kin and returned to his original world. However, to have not even the slightest progress in the entrusted task. With this, didn’t she have no face to face him?

“Lizard…….”

Oh my.

The habit of speaking firmly stuck over eons of time.

Argentress quickly corrects herself.

“No, the dragons are also not in a situation where they can step forward.”

Did he say he swallowed the Evil Karma (Fruit of Evil)?

‘Damn it.’

Gnaw─

Argentress bit her lip. If they had done their duty, this kind of mishap wouldn’t have occurred. Desperately swallowing her regret, she turns her gaze.

The scenery of the Arcana continent is boundlessly desolate.

Towards the humans who survived on such a continent.

To the point of feeling awe for the first time since being born as an elf.

To think they are enduring on this kind of continent with such weak flesh and minds.

Simultaneously with admiration.

Glint!

Cold words cannot help but pop out towards the demons.

“It truly is endless.”

Is it thanks to regaining her pride?

The elves’ sense of being the chosen people was being displayed positively.

Slash─

The path Argentress had walked.

“Do not sully nature with your dirty flesh.”

Because on that path, not a single demon named demon could stay alive.

Are you saying it’s a course of action no different from the past?

Looking from the outside, it might seem so.

However, Argentress knows.

Large ears.

The small noise digging into her innate senses.

“……I’m hungry.”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

“But I’m hungry…….”

“Let’s look for something when the surroundings quiet down.”

The voices of humans who hid their bodies to avoid the demons.

In the past, they were voices she wouldn’t have even listened to.

However, the sense of superiority accumulated over eons of time doesn’t disappear easily.

Argentress shook her head.

‘……Please forgive my inadequacy, Oh Dawn.’

If it were you, you would have bestowed help upon them.

But Argentress lacked confidence.

To treat humans other than Ho-yeol without reserve.

Because the afterimage kept coming to mind and distracted her mind.

The sight of the village, Polestar, popping up in her head.

‘I do not yet have the qualification to face humans.’

The deal with the Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony.

Because she was the one who tried to seize eternal life by sacrificing the residents of Polestar.

Trudge─

Argentress erased her presence and advanced toward the humans.

It wasn’t easy for an ordinary human to notice Argentress’s approach.

Therefore.

Plop─

“……Huh?”

It was natural to be startled out of their wits seeing the food dropped right in front of their hideout. Could it be a trap? The humans continuously looking around before taking the food.

Only then did Argentress nod her head.

“Live.”

In the current situation, this was the best pride she could put into practice.

If so, let’s hasten the steps again.

It was the moment Argentress was cutting across the forest with elves’ footwork.

Flutter─

“?”

Suddenly, something fluttered in the empty air.

No, as if it flew toward Argentress from the very beginning.

The fluttering something was obediently caught in Argentress’s grasp.

“……A parchment?”

The Arcana continent.

The only ones who would send a letter to her were her kin.

There was no reason for her kin to send a letter cumbersomely instead of using telepathy.

Then perhaps……?

Killing intent dwells in Argentress’s eyes.

‘The Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony, is it that guy?’

If it’s the guy called a Great Evil.

Perhaps he might know something regarding the Primordial Evil as well.

Argentress opened the parchment while thinking of the unlikelihood.

“!”

And she flinched.

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Invitation Letter

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It wasn’t that she was surprised by the word invitation letter.

“You truly see right through my heart.”

Because the reason Argentress was surprised was due to the sender.

As if perfectly representing the sender’s appearance.

In the invitation letter that briefly wrote only the business, it was specified like this.

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Claudi invites you.

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The invitation of the Claudi family.

It wasn’t delivered only to Argentress. Because it was an invitation letter delivered to those who could respond to Claudi’s call on the current Arcana continent.

『It is not an exaggeration to say that the continent moves for the banquet hosted by Claudi. Those who receive that invitation are all big shots of the Arcana continent. Even so, there has never been a single person who disobeyed the invitation until now. Because there wouldn’t be anyone who refuses the honor…….』

However, because it is the ruined and forgotten Claudi family.

Those who received the invitation letter were not many.

But, everything was a matter of perspective.

To look at it differently.

The ones who know about Claudi on the current Arcana continent were figures classified as big shots even among big shots. Just by them receiving Claudi’s invitation letter.

“Are you saying Claudi has truly returned?”

“……This is something that needs to be checked!”

“Seeing how they call out an old man, it’s definitely Claudi.”

[Red-Eyed Shahin appears on the Arcana continent.]

[Master of Diamond Merchant Guild, Gamond Phil appears on the Arcana continent.]

[Great Sage Rise appears on the Arcana continent.]…….

Because it was enough to make the Arcana continent fluctuate.

Of course, Claudi’s invitation was also delivered to the 4 families.

But the family heads’ reactions couldn’t help but be clearly different from the others.

“Truly, Granfel, you say?”

“Just how did that guy……?”

“……Is everyone going to respond to the invitation?”

Even while the family heads of the 4 families agonized, the time on the Arcana continent flowed about four times faster than reality. That means. One by one, big shots were gathering at Claudi’s territory.

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『The heir of a great family. In the past social circles, Granfel’s existence was like an oasis or a mirage in the desert. Because he didn’t enjoy social gatherings, the days he revealed his appearance were not many. Since on the days he suddenly appeared, he ended up concentrating everyone’s attention…….』

Adjusting the appearance of the [Duke Swalin’s Treasured Item].

The Dawn Set, which is no different from banquet attire.

I murmured.

“I must bear it.”

A banquet that even the worldly Granfel doesn’t welcome.

Even so, the reason I sent out banquet invitations out of nowhere?

It’s simple.

Even if I don’t know about demons, that guy the Omen of Ill Fortune, I completely couldn’t get an estimate of it at all.

Now, when I haven’t even grasped what level the opponent is at.

The more, the better.

‘Because it’s better to have as many on my side as possible.’

That’s right.

While discovering Claudi’s territory.

Didn’t I declare that this too is a burden I must handle?

Since I’m carrying such an utterly heavy burden.

Even if out of feeling unfair, I thought I had to use it.

‘Of course, I don’t have high expectations.’

It’s safe to say that at the current point, Claudi has completely disappeared from the history of the Arcana continent. But still, everyone needs to meet face to face after a long time, right?

Unaxus, Argentress, and even the others.

Yes, I merely did what I had to do.

But why does my stomach hurt even while repeating this inwardly…….

‘……Damn it.’

Why else.

When writing that damn invitation letter.

Because in the end, I had to write it with my own hands.

As 『Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo』!!

If I put forward the name of me, Lee Ho-yeol, saying it’s Claudi’s invitation, it would look like a prank letter to anyone. Therefore, I truly had no choice but to bite the bullet and write down that damn full name.

“This too must be the weight I have to bear.”

When I’ve already said I’ll take responsibility.

I can’t go back on my word.

In that sense, let’s think positively.

‘Yes, perhaps……?’

Wouldn’t it be better to just live under the name 『Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo』 on the Arcana continent?

Though it’s a terrible name in reality.

Since it would look like a plausible aristocratic name on the Arcana continent.

Of course, it’s long even for an aristocratic name but…….

‘Good, it’s better to separate them.’

Lee Ho-yeol in reality.

Granfel on the Arcana continent.

I reached the conclusion that putting forward two names would be better in many ways.

Anyway, aren’t reality and the Arcana continent completely different worlds?

‘I just have to hide it well. Just me.’

However, it was a misjudgment.

Because there were already people who knew my two names.

And it just had to be the folks with the loudest voices……!

Earth Dragon, Kudhanax.

Landing in Claudi’s territory.

He shouts in a ringing voice.

“The Earth Dragon Kudhanax has responded to the invitation of the Dark Dragon, Lee Ho-yeol Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo, and has come here to Claudi’s territory!”

Lee Ho-yeol Granfel what?!

Please…….

Can you do something about that mouth……!

Are you seriously doing this because you want to see me die?!