# 248
248. Princess of the Sun (1)
[Let’s go to the plaza on the 1st floor of the 1st party!]
A moment in the late evening.
Issel’s voice echoed loudly in the waiting room.
[It was a good time.]
Gugu-Kon shook his head and slowly walked out.
You could say the timing was good. Even if I was 10 seconds late, I would have been hacked to pieces by Halgion again and again in my fantasy. It was in the middle of sparring with this guy.
‘Come to think of it…’
I couldn’t pay much attention to other places because I was learning the engraving.
The maintenance of the waiting room was over, and climbing was in progress.
The leading role in the 50th floor section is the 2nd party.
They carried out their mission while the members of the 1st party, including me, were immersed in their own training. Every evening, Nerissa used to report the progress of the raid.
The vacancy of Edith, the leader of the second party, was filled by a middle-aged Changsha, who had once retired.
Roderick. He was a 3-star warrior who was summoned with Iolka at the beginning of the climb. Roderick dropped out of the attacking team to take over the position of training center during the climb, but returned due to a vacancy in the number of personnel. This was Amkena’s order, so he couldn’t go against it either.
Anyway, the 2nd party, which was reorganized with Roderick as the party leader, went out instead of us… Our names were called in front of a certain mission.
‘The 55th floor.’
It’s fast.
I drank the bottle of water next to my chair and stood up.
When I went down to the square on the 1st floor, I was able to join the members of the 1st party.
“Brother, here it is! Here!”
Jenna looked at me and waved her hand.
Beside him, another party member stood side by side.
“It’s hard to see each other’s faces these days. In particular, the older brothers don’t even come out of the room to train… Isn’t it the first time since the 50th floor that everyone has gathered like this?”
Jenna squinted and looked at me.
“Not too long ago, the five of us were proud.”
“It’s just a natural change. Everyone has a lot of work to do. Isn’t that right, senpai?”
Belquist, who was leaning against the wall, smiled.
Hard to see is this guy. The guy who used to beg for sparring every single day won’t budge in the practice room after he got Baekryong’s blood.
“I just wanted to take a day off.”
Katio murmured with a haggard complexion.
This guy had no time to rest as he was busy servicing the airship.
“…Whoops.”
Kishasha was smiling strangely.
They said they found a unit made up of beastmen among Freea’s mercenaries.
In addition, it is said that it was possible to evolve the imprint with the item obtained from the Beast King. Everyone in the first party, including me, had a busy time trying to get stronger.
“Brother, as always, briefing please.”
“I don’t have anything to say.”
“Ah, where is that?”
bother you
I clicked my tongue and started explaining.
After hearing Nerissa, I knew the basic information.
‘A small mission requiring one party.’
Airships cannot participate.
Compared to the 50th floor, which required dozens of parties, it was too shabby.
What is the difficulty again?
The 2nd party, who carried out the raid on our behalf, cleared the mission up to the 54th floor without much resistance.
Looking at the pattern so far, difficult missions have always appeared after easy sections.
The sub stages are easy and the boss stages are difficult.
It always has been.
‘Did they say that they gathered all the troops to use upstairs?’
Difficulty level.
The difficulty of the 50th floor was one of the reasons why it was particularly difficult.
“It won’t be that difficult if you keep your senses.”
“Is this the boss stage?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I moved my steps inside the gap of space-time that was wide open.
I heard footsteps following me from behind.
[Climb the tower and save the world!]
[Main Dungeon: Current number of floors to climb – 54]
The mirror in the middle is shining.
I put my hand on the scabbard on my belt. Soon after, a familiar feeling of floating entangled her whole body.
It was the signal to start the mission.
[The current number of challenging floors in the main dungeon is 55.]
[The door will open in 10 seconds. Get ready!]
[The mission is being recorded. Play records are preserved.]
[Finally, it’s time to show results. Are you ready?]
“Don’t interfere.”
[Ha ha ha!]
Gugu-Kon laughed heartily in my ear.
I closed my eyes and surrendered myself to the waves of light.
When I open my eyes again like that
“Let’s show the taste of bamboo spears to the trash that used to sell the name of the goddess!”
“Gazuaaaaa!”
Men with shaggy beards are running on the plains.
With different weapons and armor, they were butchering every soldier they encountered.
Efficient movement that looks like it has no front and back, but shows practicality. Every flash of their blades spattered the plains with blood.
‘They’re mercenaries.’
I looked around the plains.
[Human Mercenary Lv.??? X 8473]
Countless mercenaries advanced to the front, each waving their flags.
Shouts and screams crossed the entire plain, and the sound of cloth and spears constantly shook my ears.
The war had already begun.
“Oh, this is…”
Jenna stepped forward.
We fell in the middle of the battlefield.
[Floor 55.]
[Mission Type – Siege]
[Mission Goal – Occupy the base!]
[Special Goal – NPC ‘Priasis al Ragna’ NPC ‘Joshua Girze’ Survival] The
mission target window appeared in the middle of my field of vision.
‘It’s a siege.’
Looking to the right side of the plain, I saw a fortress wall rising steeply like a cliff.
Nearly 10,000 mercenaries were advancing towards the walls.
“It looks like a civil war has begun.”
Katio looked around and murmured.
“Well, the charter seems to be one-sided. We don’t even need to step out.”
I raised my eyebrows.
It was as Katio said. While the mercenaries were advancing in a state of panic, the soldiers of the religious order against them were retreating leaving numerous casualties.
“This, the situation is ambiguous. We always fought on the disadvantaged side.”
Jenna scratched her cheek awkwardly.
I took a deep breath and looked at Katio.
“Katio, can I leave it to you?”
“What do you entrust?”
“Look, you’re in charge of the 1st party instead of me. You can look at the battle situation and intervene at the right timing. Don’t do anything to lose money. There’s a place to go for a while.”
“Uh, I want these guys…?”
“then.”
I tapped Katio on the shoulder and kicked my foot.
I felt the wind brush my cheek, and in an instant, my body moved forward several meters.
‘There was a special target.’
It means that he is here.
I spurred on the movement. The battleground where the two forces collided gradually drew closer. Finally, the eyes of the mercenaries on the outskirts of the field reached me.
“What is that? What’s so fast?”
“Why this way…? No way it’s an enemy!”
I stopped.
It seems that these mercenaries were arranging a unit of the church army and then killing them for confirmation.
A man who seemed to be the leader held out a bloody knife to me.
“What are you! Why are you interfering?”
“Where’s Freea?”
“Pria?”
“Priasis all Ragnar. I’m looking for him.”
The man’s mouth fell open.
“This, madman… disrespecting the name of the princess…”
“Are you an assassin sent by the church? Hmm, you passed away today. Make sure it’s the day of the memorial service!”
“…also.”
I didn’t think you’d give me an easy answer.
“Roughly cut off an arm and drag it along!”
A bald mercenary swung a sword with glaring eyes.
“100 million!”
Kwajik.
A quick jab landed him, and he rolled over, spraying blood.
“This guy is strong. Unite!”
“You son of a bitch, you can never go to the princess alive!”
Before I knew it, I was surrounded by mercenaries.
‘It seems to be quite popular.’
I smiled.
Compared to the past, when she was a princess only in name, she was living a cold life.
“Hit!”
Five mercenaries rushed at the same time.
It was a skillful skill that might have gone through a real battle once or twice, but…
Puck!
“Whoa!”
“What, what!”
The guys ran out just as they ran.
The chin was brushed lightly, so there would be little pain.
They tried to get up with a bewildered expression, but fell down on the ground several times.
“This guy… I can never send you…”
“Call me quickly…”
There’s no way I can help it.
My face wouldn’t be known even to these guys.
I brushed the blood off my fist.
“So, where’s Freea?”
“Do you think you’re going to talk! Even if your mouth is torn…”
“I see you’re there.”
I walked down the hill.
“What? How!”
“You have to deal with your eyes straight.”
Don’t talk, but if you glance behind you, it’s all obvious.
“Damn it. No, no!”
“What’s wrong?”
I mumbled and went down the hill.
Could it have been 10 minutes? A luxurious tent in the corner of the plain stood out.
The tent, made of pure white silk, had gold threads drooping everywhere.
‘It’s too open.’
Anyone can see that there is an important person there.
I clicked my tongue and headed to the back of the tent.
“Oh…”
Some mercenaries who found me on the way tried to blow a whistle.
“Don’t be irritating.”
It’s too cumbersome to explain.
I stunned all the mercenaries and moved on.
It will be less noticeable if you go down through the high rock wall visible from the back of the tent.
I jumped off the wall and landed near the tent.
Surprisingly, there were few guard troops here.
I shrugged my shoulders and made my way to the entrance of the tent.
‘…where.’
I slowly put my hand on the scabbard.
before taking a few steps.
The blade that appeared silently slid toward the middle of my forehead.
I instantly drew my sword.
Kang! Kagagak!
Sparks flew as the two blades met.
If he had been delayed even by a second, the blade that pierced his forehead would have come out through the back of his head.
“Who are you?”
He was standing opposite me.
The fact that Freea doesn’t have an escort in particular means that this guy’s skills have reached the peak.
“When did you learn swordsmanship? Your proficiency is unusual.”
“You…”
The young man’s eyes as he looked at me were stained with confusion.
“That…”
“That?”
“banker!”
“…banker?”
Yoshu put down his sword.
Then he let out a deep sigh.
“Haa, it really surprises people. You thought an assassin came. When you go, tell me where you are going, and when you go, where will you go, yeah?”
Yoshu scratched his head nervously.
I smiled.
“You’ve grown a lot.”
“Of course you’ve grown. In 10 years, rivers and mountains change. That older brother hasn’t changed at all.”
Yoshu looked at me crookedly
.
Yoshu now has almost no appearance from when he was young.
His handsome face is stained with all sorts of scars, and he even grows a beard on his chin.
The kid who once wore a wanted letter has grown like this.
“Why did he disappear after that? ? The princess has been looking for a while.”
“There was a situation. But since you’re here right away, that’s fine.”
“Three years is right for you.”
I narrowed my eyebrows.
“Three years?”
“Three years have passed since the battle in that forest. Didn’t you know?”
I looked at Yoshu one more time.
I couldn’t find the youthful look I had seen before.
Now, he was a full-fledged man.
“Then, Freea…
” ”
It was only one month for me.
That was… 3 years.
“Is it now the 3rd year of the civil war?”
“Yes, it has been exactly 3 years since I started the war with that prince. Do you know how much the princess has been looking for her brother? He spends his days in tears, and it was pitiful just to look at it.”
“…”
“The princess asked me to build such a prominent tent, saying that my older brother might come back, and to avoid the danger of being exposed to them. “So that
I can find out?”
“Of course not,”
Joshu grumbled.
I was dumbfounded.
“You should have noticed
by now.”
Faint footsteps could be heard inside the tent.
‘Three years.’
So much time has passed in the short time I went to and from training,
“Brother doesn’t age at all.” ”
It
‘s because
he has a special constitution. ”