Chapter 196

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“Black Dragon-nim, that person doesn’t seem to be an NPC.”

“Seems so.”

At the words of Avant-garde who slowly raised his body, Han-bit nodded his head.

[Ostis]

The four-letter name tag and the dark red line attached next to it.

Harboring doubts about this situation was the same for the viewers as well.

– ?

– Isn’t this a quest field?

– Who are you?

– Fucking bug?

– If it’s a bug why is it attacking Bbang-Ga?

– ??

Intervention by external players is impossible in an independent quest field.

In that case, there are two likely possibilities to consider.

One. When it’s an ambiguous existence between a player and an NPC like Momo.

Two. When they are a person involved in this episode and a player.

If it’s the first reason, he wouldn’t be flustered since there’s a precedent.

The problem is if it’s the second cause.

‘It’s true he belongs to the Holy State but.’

The pure white armor of that man, Ostis, was made with the technology of the Holy State.

A few materials used in its production and unique shapes seen here and there.

It was one of the common characteristics seen from the artisans there.

However, he has no memories of hearing the name Ostis in the Holy State.

Huuk-!

Han-bit who grabbed his posture and gathered the wind swung broadly towards the front.

Chwaak-!

“Keok!”

“Kkeueok!”

The mages and troops of the enemy side waiting inside the forest were sliced away at once.

Han-bit looking at Ostis solely raising his body at a slightly separated distance asked.

“You, what are you?”

A gloomy face felt even in the dark environment.

It was an appearance as if he would pour curses even just by conversing.

“…Black Dragon.”

Ostis glaring his eyes muttered quietly.

As expected that man came precisely knowing the person named Black Dragon.

“Well, it’s not like you’d answer even if I asked.”

Han-bit who lowered his sword simply set his goal.

He could try to induce a conversation by bringing up stories of the Holy State, the Goddess, anomalies, etc.

However, anticipating that conversation itself is merely a desire on this side.

Right now is the time to attempt suppression first.

Tat-!

Kicking off his feet, Han-bit approached towards the enemy in an instant.

Ostis who grabbed the handle of the mace swung his weapon while watching that movement.

Hwirik-!

An iron chain that appeared as a gap widened strangely altered the mace’s trajectory.

Han-bit who read even that momentary change swung up the storm-raging sword as it was.

Kaang-!

The clashed mace was engulfed in the storm and bounced off.

Huk-!

Ostis who protected his weapon by hooking his arm on the chain quickly retreated backwards.

Pat-!

Simultaneously with that, the bastard’s body began shining white.

A radiance to the extent of clearing away the darkness.

It is a power of the same kind as what the believer of the Holy State used.

That it was materialized as a skill was quite unexpected.

Tat-!

When the radiance reached its peak, Ostis dashed in kicking off his feet.

Huuk-!

The mace that charged scattering afterimages of light.

That weapon heading for Han-bit’s face changed direction right before and headed for the floor.

Kwagwagwang-!

A fierce impact crumbled the ground along with a massive roar.

Kugung-!

The fragmented land caused Han-bit’s posture to be disrupted.

Aiming for that gap and digging in, Ostis pulled the chain and swung the mace broadly once again.

Huuk-!

An attack flying towards the face for sure this time.

It was a situation where he had no choice but to suffer it with his center collapsed.

However, Han-bit was different.

Ppaak-!

He who intentionally leaned his body much further back forcefully kicked the handle of the charging mace.

Teong-!

The mace that escaped Ostis’s hand finally bounced into the sky and flew away.

Hwareuk-!

Simultaneously with that, flames surged from Han-bit’s sword.

Not even giving room for judgment, he immediately dashed in kicking off his feet.

Swiik-!

The sharp sword blade flew towards Ostis’s waist.

Although the belatedly reacting him tried to dodge, his body couldn’t follow.

Chwaak-!

Tat-!

The elongated wound sharply slashed at the waist.

Even with that damage Ostis did not falter.

He who took out another weapon looking like a hammer from his inventory dashed in again.

Seogeok-!

Han-bit who sliced it off handle and all approached half a beat faster.

Swiik-!

The sword blade that reached towards Ostis in one breath.

Right before it was about to slice off his neck, Han-bit twisted the trajectory.

Chwaak-!

The pure white sword deeply dug into the bastard’s shoulder joint and embedded itself.

Seureuk-

Simultaneously with that, a shadow stretching out from beneath Han-bit’s feet.

It dashed in in one breath and deprived freedom from Ostis’s body.

Ssuuk-

Han-bit pulled out the pure white sword.

And turning off the broadcasting mic, he said.

“Seems like I won?”

“…Keuk.”

At the casually spat out words, Ostis let out a snort.

Solely raising his gaze, he glared at Han-bit and said.

“You bastards are destined to be defeated in the end. Just as the incompetent Goddess of Silence did.”

A remark having absolutely no intention of hiding the story of the Gods.

A fanatical something was loaded in the gloomy eyes and voice.

It wasn’t for provocation, but he was sincerely criticizing the Goddess of Silence.

Han-bit who was watching that appearance decided to pile on a provocation instead.

“You said the Goddess of Turbulence? Seems like that side is formidably incompetent too.”

“How dare you……!”

At the slightly spat out words, Ostis’s body writhed greatly.

If it wasn’t for the Shadow Bind he looked ready to even headbutt.

Han-bit continued the provocation consecutively.

“Isn’t that right? Not even finding Erport yet makes it the exact same level though.”

“Shut up! That is all due to us servants lacking!”

“Then I guess she doesn’t have an eye for people either. The level of Goddesses is disastrous right?”

“This fucking bastard……!”

As if reaching his limit, Ostis’s face turned bright red.

The unhidden reaction was to the extent of his insides being seen transparently.

He who was grinding his teeth continued speaking with a voice filled with rage.

“You seem arrogant not even knowing your place. Do you think I’d be the only player deployed in the episode? That’s a story not even close.”

“Yeah, there’d be more I guess.”

Just as Han-bit’s party did, it is in a way obvious for them to form a team and act as well.

The problem lay in not predicting the intervention of the enemy players.

“You bastard set up a plan to lure us. But the painstakingly drawn plan will be entirely distorted from one to ten. That unwavering face will soon crumble too.”

Han-bit’s progression information running the broadcast was all shared with them.

Intervening at this timing must be a decision made considering all of that.

However, one thing they overlooked.

That is that not every element was revealed through the ‘broadcast’.

“The plan will be distorted you say?”

“While you’re wasting time like this right now, what do you think happened to the situations in other cities? The Royal Capital? Artois and the nobles? They will show much more rapid movements than your expectations, but do you think you have a method to cope?”

A sneer mixed into the gloomy voice.

Han-bit who was watching that dryly tightened his grip on the pure white sword.

“Yeah, kill me. Since not a single thing will change. Soon your head will turn completely white…….”

Seogeok-!

Ostis’s neck sliced even before he could finish stringing his words.

Seureuk-

As if it was an instant death judgment, his body quickly began becoming faint.

[Experience points have increased by 3,000,000.]

The message that floated up simultaneously as it completely disappeared.

Following that a voice was heard.

“Avant-garde-nim!”

The man who hurriedly ran over from beyond the forest was Coen.

Approaching closer he opened his eyes wide discovering another person.

“Black Dragon!”

Somehow Coen seemed relieved.

Han-bit pointed at the dark forest and said.

“I cleared all the troops that were on this side. Though we won’t be able to use the luring strategy.”

“No, that strategy has been halted. It seems the enemies’ offensive is fierce to the extent retreating itself is impossible. It’s a situation where even monsters are surging in.”

“Is that so?”

The strategy of luring to the defense line chosen to capture the masterminds of the anti-state forces and the nobles.

The reason that was halted would naturally be due to the appearance of the Holy State side players.

“More serious than that is that an enormous scale of forces has appeared at the Royal Capital. According to Zenith’s report they seem to reach tens of thousands, but we might have to prioritize that place.”

“Ah.”

The reason why Ostis showed such an arrogant attitude.

If they deployed troops of that scale to the Royal Capital, it’s plausible to gain confidence.

“Got it. I will respond.”

Ttiring-

[Experience points have increased by 3,000,000.]

[Hidden Achievement: Reached The Unseen Shadow.]

[Main Quest #6 has been completed.]

[The divergence point of the Main Quest is reset.]

[The progression rate rises massively.]

[Main Quest #7: Invasion II]

You have encountered new enemies of the Holy State.

You must block the massive army of the Royal Capital that appeared as a huge variable.

Objective: Stop the massive troops that appeared near the Royal Capital.

Reward: Paid after outcome calculation

Time Limit: 2 Hours

*Current Progression Rate: 58%

*When the time limit is exceeded, the Main Quest will be processed as a failure.

The focus of the consecutively arrayed messages was simple.

Defeating the invasion forces within 2 hours.

Failure is not tolerated.

“Coen, please check the situations up to Edlen and nearby cities. Just in case monsters rush in.”

“I understand. I’m leaving the Royal Capital to you.”

Coen who nodded his head immediately ran to the place where the troops were.

Han-bit turning on the broadcasting mic conveyed words to the viewers.

“Because a player intervened on the Holy State side, I will proceed with the episode with the broadcast turned off.”

– ??

– It was a real player?

– Was intervening in an episode possible?

– Is belonging to the Holy State possible?

– Can’t even watch the broadcast because of bugs;

– Ah, fuck;

– Anyway fighting

– Come back after winning.

At the unexpected situation viewers also poured out all kinds of reactions.

Mostly pure criticisms towards the enemy side.

The rest were cheering chats.

“I’ll record the video, so I will upload it on the channel. Then I’ll finish up quickly and see you again.”

The streaming ended along with those words.

Avant-garde who was watching that appearance came closer.

“I too ended the broadcast a while ago, but I never imagined there would be a player in the Holy State. The situation seems to become very complicated, so what will you do?”

Avant-garde who turned off the broadcast from the moment Han-bit arrived.

A player of the Holy State whose existence wasn’t even known was naturally seen as a mass of variables.

“It’s okay. We just need to handle the increased troops, and I can anticipate the changing situation.”

“How are Artois and the nobles? Won’t they show rapid movements like that man’s words earlier?”

“That rapid movement will become poison. Because the one rallying the nobles is the Incompetent Sword, Racmos.”

Ostis aimed for a result of the Royal Capital being swallowed before they even had time to respond.

However, Racmos is a human who always trips up at crucial moments.

Failing to grasp this habit was their blunder.

Conversely speaking, it was also a huge weapon Han-bit possessed.

He immediately opened the screens of the party companions.

‘Ifrit is fine.’

Ifrit which is specialized in city defense was coping well against the surging offensive.

Although they seemed to aim for a pincer attack of monsters and the army from another direction, they couldn’t pierce the city resembling a wall.

‘Is that a player.’

Beyond Kim Jae-ha’s gaze, a woman was currently firing magic holding a staff.

An outfit mixed with modern reality fashion is not an NPC’s no matter who sees it.

‘Temosha is… not easy as expected.’

Temosha’s forces where the twins were deployed were being pushed into one corner.

That place had a wide terrain itself, and the aspect of battle is unbalanced.

Due to there being many covers like rocks and trees as well, correctly coping with the situation is bound to be difficult.

At least thanks to No-eul and Haneul’s abilities they were currently retreating with damage minimized.

“There are players mixed in the Holy State’s forces. I will go, so please wait without clashing head-on. No-eul, Haneul just hold on a little bit.”

Han-bit who conveyed words to the party members took out the ring.

And looking at Avant-garde, he said.

“I will move to Temosha. Let’s clean up that side first.”