Chapter 70
'Hmmm I really think I broke her...' I think while drinking my new coffee and seeing Cha Hae-In in front of me looking at her sword as if it were the most valuable thing in the world and then admire her clothes and after 10 seconds she return to her sword again.
'The fact that her normal clothes are on the floor is not the problem... the problem is that even her underwear is there and not only that, from time to time she strikes poses and Victoria takes photos and occasionally she begins to make little 'happy noises' and spinning.... even making cute poses from time to time...'
"Leonhard calling Hae-In, answer Hae-In, over." And she continues without answering, it really doesn't bother me much since it's as if I saw a girl doing cosplay but if you're not going to wear underwear at least put on more provocative clothes! What's the use of doing it if you're wearing a red coat soldier outfit!
'Now the question is... do I leave her as she is or do I help her get stronger...' To tell the truth, I had forgotten the level of the weapons in Solo Leveling.
'I remember that there was a chapter where Jin-Woo went to sell or buy weapons and was surprised by the low level that the best weapons on sale had and seeing it that way, humanity really has no chance against those guys... I can help her to obtain a Job and level up, she is already strong but I can only imagine what will happen if she gets the Ragnarok Jobs....'
"Hmmmm, decisions, decisions..." I keep thinking as I drink my coffee and tap my finger on the table.
'I'm more inclined to make her stronger since I know very well with her personality she's never going to betray me....' In the end it took her almost half an hour to calm down and again she's totally red and hiding her face... for almost one hour.
"Don't worry, you're really a good model and I enjoy it very much, I will contract you later."
"Gha!?" Hmmm so it's gotten to the point where she doesn't even give answers in words...
"Sigh... If you carry on like this I'm going to force you to wear a sexy bunny maid outfit and make you work as my assistant for a week." And it will be of the swimsuit variety.
"Gugh!??" To tell the truth, I'm surprised that she hasn't run out yet, I'm really looking forward to seeing how she'll react when she discovers that she's not wearing underwear.
[Assassin Guild Loki: My Lord Prontera is under attack, I'm not sure who it is but there is many Zombies and Ghouls attacking the city.]
[Leonhard: Understood, I'm on my way, try to gather our forces and organize some defense while you wait for my arrival.]
'And as always, problems keep coming from all sides.' I immediately get up dragging the bench where I was sitting and finally manage to get a reaction from Cha Hae-In and turn to see me.
"S-sorry, I was so happy that I got carried away, but your work is fabulous! If this is just refining equipment I can't even imagine what are the things you can create!" Great now she went into fangirl mode...well it's not like she is really bothering me.
"The Boss is great! There is nothing he can't do!! His weapons and armor are the best of the best!!"Victoria at the side continue to take photos as she is praising me... but at that moment I stop and think of something...
"Hey Cha Hae-In do you want to try your new equipment?" When I say that she just stares at me... but suddenly it starts to turn more red
"It's not something perverted right?" Why the hell do you hang your head and act like I'm going to take advantage of you, did I really come across as a pervert? Well it's true but it still offends me.
"I don't know why your head thought that when until now I've always been a gentleman but we don't have much time, a city called Prontera is under attack." I think this is the biggest lie I've told so far? I really should act somewhere
"What are we up against?" Immediately she stands next to me, acting serious, totally different from how she was a few seconds ago, looking like a real S-Class Hunter.
"Unknown, at the moment a lot of zombies and ghouls, we are still collecting information about what it's happening."
"Very well let's go then, I'll help you in whatever you need, it's the least I can do with all the help you have given to me." Without even hesitating, that's why it's good to make friends with people like her. So I immediately guide her to the basement where I have other 'doors' for immediate access to another worlds.
The only problem is that Leonhard forgot that someone else was in the room...
"Prontera is under attack!? I have to tell the others! When the attack in Payon happened we couldn't do anything, now it's different, we're going to make a difference!" So Victoria quickly folded the clothes that had been left on the floor and began sending messages everywhere, fully activating the others, who organized an immediate response force and sent it towards Prontera.
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"I didn't expect that we could travel between worlds so fast! It's like we entered a dungeon." Cha Hae-In is admiring the walls of the room, while I continue to explain a little about the place.
"This is the way I can move between dimensions, but let's hurry up because the city really worries me-." I stay silent looking at the horizon at night and I see that Prontera seems to be on fire... and to the north of the city above the palace I see a strange rock formation with a circle in the center
We quickly start moving towards the city, but on the way we start to see many citizens of Prontera being chased by skeletons as they flee.
"W-WHO IS THERE!?" A soldier screams when he sees us in front of him, clearly very shocked by all what is happening...
We quickly attack and finish off the monsters that are chasing them, but before they can even speak a kind of giant shadow snake appears and hundreds of Zombies and Ghouls begin to come out of its mouth. Something I found out about these monsters, they really are more powerful than normal undeads and among them there are some guys that are almost the same as the Tyrant of resident evil... even when they take off their trench coat...
[Enchanted Skeleton (Normal, Archer and Soldier.)LVL: 110-150 HP: 20,000/20,000 MP: 800/800 Race: Undead Element: Undead 3
It is rumored that when a witch curses a man to the death, that dead man will turn into this monster with its rotten and torn body. They are servants of the Valkyrie Lisa Kahn Himmelmez.]
[Heart Hunter LVL: 150 HP: 20,714/20,714 MP: 500/500 Race: Demi-Human Element: Shadow 2
Unknown soldiers who faithfully serve the goddess Freya and the Valkyries, their only wish is to find the heart of Ymir so they can bring their goddess back and cause the Ragnarok.]
So this is all because of a Valkyrie? As I remember that Ymir's heart is not in Juno? Although I vaguely remember something about her being under the royal palace.... No, we don't have time to waste...
"Take the people to that mansion there, make sure they can get some rest and take some supplies, the guards have already been notified and will help you to continue evacuating!" I quickly ordered the soldiers present, although one who is more high-ranking because of his armor gets annoyed...
"What? who the hell do you think-. "
"Understood Viscount! Quickly evacuate the civilians and form a defensive line!" Before the other soldier could continue arguing, one of them took the initiative to greet me... from what I see, it's one of the soldiers who stopped me in the afternoon...
The soldiers begin to move and I quickly send a message to the girls to protect the mansion, while I do this I see how that fortress in the sky drops some pillars that quickly begin to bury in the ground and Palace, And I can see how monsters managed to enter the castle so I quickly rush with Cha Hae-In. Although we can't advance as fast as I want since on the way many more monsters are attacking the citizens escaping from the city.
"My Lord!" When I hear a scream I quickly see almost all the undead in the area die, and several assassins appear from the shadows, although these are not the Assassin Guild, they are Lilinaya, Nysynea, Shetinoth and Victoria, along with the other 50 something assassins and stalkers that I summoned from Britoniah.
"Lilinaya! Take 15 and head south to the commercial district, eliminate the enemies and protect the area until all citizen has been evacuated! Victoria and Shetinoth each take 10 and go to the north, guard noble district and organize a line of defense around the palace! Nysynea take the rest and take care of protecting the evacuation line to the gates!"
'In front of me I see some remains of knights and guards who are totally scared... I don't think they can continue fighting...'
"Prontera soldiers continue to help evacuate civilians! Check the buildings and save as many people as you can!" The soldiers only begin to look at each other, without really knowing what to do, although some among them even with shaky legs begin to stand and obey my orderns...
Although everything again falls apart when people start screaming, about 30 meters from where we are comes a tide of zombies, many of them are clearly citizens and soldiers who have just been converted....
'So we face a necromancer, I can see how they really planted terror in everyone present...' *zzzzzzzzzz-PANG !!!!* After that sound and a blinding light, all those present cover their heads and timidly turn to look in front where there are no zombies present... when they see me, they can clearly see how an electric current is running through my body...
"We will hold the line! Continue with the evacuation! Hae-In follow me, it seems there are more people trapped in the center of the city! We need to expand the defensive perimeter!" The girls quickly went to work, wiping out all the monsters present and beginning to expand the line of defense.
"Yes my Lord! Quick start to evacuate all the townspeople! It's time to start the counterattack!" A sudden yell surprises me and when I turn around I can see Seyren coming from the section of the nobles district with many people being evacuated, although he quickly organizes his knights and they prepare to re-enter the area following Victoria and Shetinoth for what I just nod at him and continue running.
"You already heard the Viscount start the evacuation! They will move in an orderly manner to the viscount's mansion! We already have a safe line of defense outside the city, follow the indications, seriously injured people come here to get healed the others start leaving the city!" I hear Nysynea yell to organize, it seems she really learned what I taught her before, to think that those dumb NPCs could learn something.
I quickly see how, at least this section of the city quickly comes under control, with soldiers helping people to escape and digging people out of collapsed buildings...
Even so, Prontera right now is a pandemonium, monsters and half-eaten corpses are everywhere, and the explosions in the palace as well as in the flying fortress are really disturbing... however we really can't do much with so many innocent people running through the streets being chased by these nightmare spawns...
Even so we have to keep moving forward, Cha Hae-In is quiet although she quickly follows me, heading to the center of the city, where I don't really see that many monsters, just a large number of people escaping...
"Hold the line!! FIRE!!" I hear a scream and then incessant noises of cannons being fired, we quickly go there and finally we see what could be called the first organized line of defense...
"GENERAL GUSTAV! IT DIDN'T WORK!!" One soldier yell when he seems the zombies and ghouls keep marching towards them.
"Don't just stand in there fire again! Turn those ghouls to dust!! Keep it up, don't leave one standing!!" A blonde middle-aged man with a mustache and ornamented armor yells, and the cannons fire again.
"General! We are out of bombs and gunpowder!!!" One soldier in the back start to yell.
"Here too, sir!!" Another one come and reports.
"MORE GUNDPOWDER!! WE NEED MORE GUNPOWDER!!" In the front line the artillery team is yelling non-stop.
The General only touches his mustache gnashing his teeth, then he closed his eyes for some seconds... he open them again having reached a decision.
"Prepare to charge! We'll stop them here! Let's get all the time we can!" The entire front line suddenly stood still, yet the soldiers with faces clearly consumed by fear, drew their swords or took up their spears and prepared.
"YES SIR!"
"STAND TOGETHER! DON'T LET ONE OF THOSE STINKING CORPSES PASS! REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY AT THE BACK! CHARGE!!" And leading the heroic attack the general goes to the front, it is lucky that none of them will die today.
"Hahahaha! How amusing, they take commands from another human, your dead only exist to serve the dark Valkyrie and none other, consider it her gift...it's her blessing!" A voice is heard and a huge monster appears, the general's face certainly shows that he knows it is his end.
"What a coincidence! I like to bless too! Don't worry right now you will receive my gift!" I quickly cross the path of the soldiers and the monsters ... It will really be troublesome if these guys spread all over the city.
"Who!?" The general stops charging and looks at me suspiciously
[Renovated Amdarais LVL: 98 HP: 66,666/66,666 MP: 1,980/1,980 Race: Undead Element: Undead 1
Amdarais was formerly a Rune Knight name Geralt. After multiple experiments, the Valkyrie Himmelmez managed to find a way to multiply it.]
[Enhanced Amdarais LVL: 99 HP: 66,666,666/66,666,666 MP: 198,000/198,000 Race: Undead Element: Undead 4
Amdarais was formerly a Rune Knight name Geralt. He managed to defend the Heart of Ymir located at Glast Heim Castle from Himmelmez, but was eventually defeated by the Valkyrie. To punish him for wasting her time, Himmelmez tortured him using her magic and then mutated him into Amdarais. Even as Amdarais, Geralt still had his mind intact and tried to stop himself from attacking his commander Heinrich and the people he was with.]
"Pitiful mortal... so foolish... so blind... you must be made to see. Come then...and receive our mistress's blessing!!" The monster talks and quickly two of the weaker variety of Amdarais attack me.
"Sigh... Cha Hae-In, please go ahead to the castle, I'll take care of this." I say to her while I cut off the heads of both enemies, killing them with a single blow, surprising both the soldiers and the monsters who think they are invincible.
"Understood Leonhard, don't die and be careful!" She quickly she moves towards the castle but before she leaves.
"As if I could die before putting you in a bunny suit!" I only see how she almost tripped when jumping on the roof of a house...
"PERVERT! DIE! I HOPE YOU DON'T SURVIVE!!" It looks like I really broke her, now she is a tsundere, I don't remember seeing her like that in her entire comic.
"General! Take your soldiers and help in the evacuation of the civilians, go the east there is a line of defense around the Deze plaza! I will take care of here!" The general just looks at me perplexed but a soldier, apparently an officer, approaches him and speaks in his ear.
"Undestood sir! Companies 1 and 2 go secure a route to the east! Companies 3 and 4 maintain order among the populace! 5 and 6 come with me we'll secure the rear until everyone is safe!"
Quickly the soldiers organize and begin to get people out of here, strangely the monsters only stare at us, perhaps this is a shonen manga where the enemy stands still watching while there are emotional talks?
"This should be our fight Viscount, but thank you, buy us a few moments and we will have everyone out of danger! Please take care of yourself too!" The general really seems to be someone very valiant and competent, even though his appearance is the classic one of someone useless or a 3rd class villain, this kingdom really has many talents.
"Don't worry, it takes an army of those bastards to even think of opposing me..." wait a second did I just raise a flag?
At that moment in front of us, hundreds if not thousands of Amdarais appear... Quickly the general turns around and begins to speed up the evacuation speed... and what I just said is really valiant and competent...
"Fool human... your victory is a shallow one, the defeat of two of us is meaningless, when thousands more follow! You see? There is no hope for you only death!" We have another talkative monster here, although they are really polite, they let us finish talking before attacking us how honorable!
"Excuse me good hmmm... monsters, do you have a moment to talk about the God Emperor? Let me introduce you to him, he is the protector of humanity and with his sacred golden light he has covered and protected us for thousands of years." I start walking towards the monsters taking out two swords from my inventory, a couple of immaterial swords, which now that I think about it I also have to refine...
'So many things to do and so little time to do it, it's really troublesome having to manage so many things at the same time, I guess it's time to redistribute powers among my subordinates and appoint managers of each world.'
"INSOLEN MORTAL SCUM!! YOU ONLY FORESTALL YOUR DEATH! A DEATH THAT I SHALL GLADY GRANT TO YOU NOW!!" The monster that seems to be the MVP really got annoyed and everyone else started charging towards me.
"It is a pity that you are not human, but do not worry even so I will give you his blessing, the gift of eternal rest, since that is the will of the Emperor..... So prepare to die you fucking xeno...." at that moment I abruptly stop.
'Now that I think about it... are these guys are Xenos or Daemons? Wait if I think it a little bit more they can also be mutants.... those are the kinds of questions that won't let me sleep at night... Well when in doubt kill them with fire... fire generally is the correct answer.'