Episode 28: Dream in the game becomes reality

9. Final struggle (2)

[Istro Arming Sword]Material: Mithril + Dragonborn

Function: Amplifies and emits aura.

Special Feature: Save Aura

Output: 3.0

Description: A force sword with high strength and amplification rate.

Through Aura storage, which is a characteristic of Astro equipment, you can emit force even if you are not a knight.

However, when the force is released using the stored aura, the duration is very short at 15 seconds.

[Istro Staff]Material: Mithril + Dragonborn

Function: Casting time reduced by 20%, magic power amplified by 30%

Special Feature: Save Aura

Output: 3.0

Description: Hybrid equipment that can double as a top-grade magic staff and force sword.

You can emit force even if you are not a knight through aura storage, which is a characteristic of Astro equipment.

However, when the force is released using the stored aura, the duration is very short at 15 seconds.

Description of exclusive equipment displayed like a game through Mangyeong.

Arcia becomes fully armed when equipped with the Astro Armor and Astro Shield, and I become fully armed when I wear the Astro Robe.

However, there is no need to be loud and fully armed against these guys.

As great as the options were, the Astro equipment was too flashy.

"You poor guys, you picked the wrong opponent."

The emotions of the occupants were clearly conveyed through the Armored Golem's halting actions.

Arcia's momentum as she holds the Aura Blade, which casts dazzling white light as it transforms into the Force, is terrifying, but anyone would be embarrassed as they are witnessing the 7th Circle's magic circle growing in size around me right in front of them.

I pointed the tip of my magic staff at the Armored Golem and released magic.

"Flame Blast."

Two streams of fire engulf the Armored Golem and ascend into the sky like a waterspout.

Unlike the 'Storm' type wide-area magic that represents the 7th circle, the 'Blast' type is considered an anti-personnel magic, so its attack range is not large.

However, that only meant that compared to other 7th circle attack magic, it did not mean that the majesty of Blast magic was worthless.

- Coo coo coo!

The flames rose in a straight line, clearing the ceiling of the floating train, spreading endlessly and evaporating the clouds.

It was a single blow that was enough to instill in the attacking assassins the feeling that something was wrong.

I rose into the air using fly magic, and the roar of a black cat that appeared as if it was welcoming me as it cut through the sky resonated widely.

"Let's go Arcia."

"yes!"

* * *

[Great, Captain! This is wrong!]Step down?

why?

The head of the Reinharts Kingdom branch of the 'Deathfall Assassination Guild', who had brought in the main strength of the branch to wash away the stigma of mission failure, was speechless as he listened to the frantic pouring of screams and communications that were close to screams.

'If things had gone according to plan, you would have already completed the mission and retreated, right?'

Originally, I was planning to hit and run quickly.

However, the opponent must have anticipated this situation and showed caution by placing a vanguard on standby.

From then on, I thought I couldn't underestimate my target, Adrian, but I still thought I could complete the mission without difficulty.

Apparently, the power they had was their power, and they were not trying to go to war, so all they had to do was kill one person and get out.

But this judgment was soon shattered.

Due to the appearance of two people.

"Why on earth are people like that hiding in a country estate like Viscount Lawrence!?"

Adrian Lawrence.

Nicknamed the Unlucky Genius, he is an unfortunate person who has lived under the surveillance and persecution of Anna, who has a background as a margrave.

Originally, he should have dried up and died long ago, but in the battlefield where he was forcibly taken, he showed his extraordinaryness in a needless manner, which once again irritated Anna and made him a target for elimination.

He should have ended his life as a victim of Anna's jealousy, but when he encountered it in person, he realized that the extraordinary qualities he had revealed so far were just the tip of the iceberg.

That was beyond the level of extraordinary.

No, it makes no common sense.

How can a person who has been persecuted under surveillance suddenly use great magic?

-Quaaaaaang! Kwakwakwa!

[Leader! Great ego! Oops!]When a Vanguard was killed by a great magic that left Adrian's hands, he had no choice but to admit it.

Adrian Lawrence became a great wizard.

[I can't escape.] [Damn it, I have to defeat that archmage! He's interfering with space travel!] [But there's a Shinigami next to him!]And the second variable after Adrian Lawrence.

The point was that the commoner woman who was thought to be the lover of an insignificant nobleman turned out to be a terrifying monster.

-Clap!

Neither the Armored Golem's gloves nor the Vanguard's Force Armor were of any use in front of her sword, which had a white brilliance that felt different from the other Vanguards.

As soon as it got within her range, everything broke in two.

"I'm going to be amazed. "After the Archmage, you are an Auror Master?"

It turns out that Adrian Lawrence's lover was an Auror Master.

It was truly a cartoon-like story.

The Archmage and the Auror Master are lovers, aren't they the couple of the century that is hard to see in real life?

In reality, the Archmage and Auror Master were each heads of great estate families above the rank of earl, so it was unthinkable for them to give up what they had and go under the wing of the other.

What on earth is it that is so disappointing about such characters that they have been living like dead lives?

It was a situation that did not make common sense.

"shit! "Each of you survive!"

In the end, the head of the Reinharts Kingdom branch of the Deathfall Assassination Guild had to grit his teeth and shout:

Accordingly, the surviving Vanguard and Armored Golem ran in different directions.

However, in a short period of time, 2 Vanguards and 3 Armored Golems were destroyed, leaving only four survivors.

With only four people, it was difficult to confuse the opponent, and escaping with the archmage at your back was very difficult.

"Tsk!"

The pressure of high gravity weighing down the whole body.

My movements became dull, as if a giant was pressing my back, and my body could not move as intended.

The branch leader poured aura into his force armor to destroy the high-gravity magic, but the brief period of slow movement gave someone time to swing the sword.

-Clap!

The right arm holding the Force Sword is torn off at once.

Arcia had already approached and threw a sword at the branch leader.

"for a moment! Don't kill him! "Because he is the leader of the assassins!"

The blow to the arm was immediately followed by separation, but Adrian, who appeared with a space movement effect, stopped the sword in front of the branch leader's neck.

When the branch leader saw Adrian using the blink magic (5-circle short-distance spatial movement), he thought that the magic that interfered with spatial movement had disappeared and tried to use the teleportation artifact... … .

"It's no use."

The artifact did not follow its owner's instructions.

Adrian only moved in space and used coordinate disruption magic again.

The branch manager quickly looked away and hoped for support from his subordinates.

-Tuung! thud!

However, the remaining three armored golems had already been destroyed.

No matter how thick the armor the Armored Golem had, it was nearly impossible for it to survive against multiple Vanguards supported by the Archmage.

This time, the Deathfall Assassins Guild failed its mission.

"How about we help each other? Then I will save you."

Adrian approached the branch leader and tried to appease him at the cost of his survival, as if whispering to the devil.

It was definitely a proposal that resonated with me.

But the branch manager smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He is an executive of an underworld guild who makes a living through murder.

Because he failed to understand the target's level in advance, he failed the mission twice and caused great damage to the guild, so no matter how much Adrian looked at him, his fate was sealed.

"Arsia stop!"

Adrian, who noticed the opponent's strange behavior, hurriedly shouted to Arcia, but the order was too late.

The branch manager died after chewing on the poison hidden in his mouth.

"Wow, assassins really die like this. I thought it was only like that in novels... … ."

Since I had little experience dealing with assassins, I thought too lightly of the opponent's mindset.

Adrian had to click his tongue in disgust.

* * *

This battle with the assassin served as an opportunity to completely reveal the true nature that Adrian and Arcia had been hiding from everyone.

Naturally, most of those who faced the unimaginable scene denied reality and responded that they could not understand it.

Therefore, William, who already knew the truth, was surrounded by his subordinates and had to come up with excuses.

"Haven't we all seen it and experienced it ourselves? "What are you asking now?"

"Vice-captain, did you know about this?"

The knights who had pledged to follow William's attitude and help Adrian protested with sad faces.

"I only found out a few days ago. "I had no choice but to hide the fact under the master's instructions."

"Isn't it a sergeant? Why do you have to hide it?"

"Why do you think that is?"

Rather, the sight of William asking questions reminded the knights of the surprise attack that had just taken place.

Because everyone died, no evidence was left, but it was obvious what the assassins' target was and who had commissioned it.

Thanks to this, the faces of the knights, including Anna and Cedric, turned bright red.

William laughed at the sight of these people and spouted out the information he knew.

"Master Adrian is the Duke of Riverdale's disciple."

"yes!?"

"Oh my god."

And at the appearance of the named celebrity, all the people surrounding William were in a state of confusion.

"how? Meanwhile, surveillance... … "It must have been severe."

"The help of the Grand Wizard, the Duke of Riverdale, made the impossible possible."

Certainly, for an archmage, it would have been very easy to disturb people's gaze.

But even so, I couldn't understand it.

The Archmage was not an easy person to reach the level of mastery by learning sporadically, even though he spent most of his day on education, and it was not enough.

"What is your usual routine little master?"

"Yeah, the game… … . no way?"

"That's right, they said the training went back and forth between reality and virtual reality. "The theory classes are fully possible online."

Only then did people begin to show a little bit of understanding.

There was no one who didn't know that Adrian had been pouring so much time into virtual reality games that he could only be called a game junkie.

"Without even knowing that, we… … ."

"Are we the only ones? "Everyone in the family sold it out."

There is no one who does not know how Adrian was treated within the family.

Among the articles, there were quite a few people who ignored or criticized Adrian.

In fact, it was a story that included many of the characters in it.

I never thought it was all patience for today.

"Everyone acknowledges that the Duke of Riverdale is amazing, but I think he was able to become like this because Master Adrian was special."

The young genius of Viscount Lawrence, who was known to have lost his intelligence after taking poison, humbled himself in order to survive, deceived everyone around him, and gradually prepared for the future.

"… … ."

William smiled bitterly at the solemn reaction of his subordinates.

However, his expression soon changed.

"Everyone understands now, right?"

"yes?"

"Do you think Anna and Cedric will be worthy opponents for you now?"

"ah… … ."

Adrian, the great wizard, is great, but he also has a great lover.

Anna and Cedric were no longer opponents.

The trend has already turned.

"If you don't want to be judged later, you'd better keep your mouth shut until you receive instructions from Master Adrian. Surely you wouldn't want to die together on a sinking ship, would you?"

The Anna+Cedric faction had to swallow their saliva in response to William's warning.

"Master Adrian is not the kind of person who will just stay in the mold of a self-writer."

As William's prediction, which was almost like a prophecy, followed the threat, all the knights had no choice but to nod as one.

Adrian, who was watching this from afar, was impressed that William was a person who was quite good at instigation.

"We will arrive at the territory soon. So, behave yourself so as not to be a nuisance to the master."

The mood of the knights changed.

With a consistent atmosphere… … .

William felt that expectations for one person were rising in their hearts.