Chapter 186: Divergence (2)
The Continental Raid Boss, Arthur of Black and White.
According to the official name designated in Arteil, he knew very well the name that came as ‘The Knights of Camelot, Arthur of Black and White.’
This was because the Continental Raid Boss, Arthur of Black and White, was branded as the worst boss among the players of Arteil.
‘Of course, Arthur of Black and White was a boss that came out after I stopped playing the game.’
In other words, Kim Hyunwoo had never faced Arthur of Black and White.
However, ironically, even among the players who experienced Arteil at that time, very few had faced Arthur of Black and White.
The raid boss of Arteil, ‘The Knights of Camelot, Arthur of Black and White’, appeared only once as a raid boss and was immediately discarded.
Despite this, the reason why Arthur of Black and White had the title of being the worst Raid Boss in Arteil, even known to Kim Hyunwoo who had quit the game, was due to the Raid Boss’s specs being shockingly powerful.
From the beginning, the raid boss Arthur was associated with the title of ‘Continent’, meaning it was a raid boss that required a total of 49 players to participate.
In other words, purely in terms of hero count, it meant that 245 players had to confront the raid boss simultaneously.Naturally, a boss that had to be faced by 245 players had to be strong.
After all, it was only natural that the heroes of players raiding a Continental-level boss would be 5-stars.
However, the problem was that Arthur of Black and White was absurdly powerful, beyond belief.
Even at that time, all the top-ranked players from 1st to 245th in Arteil gathered, yet they were unable to defeat her due to her cheat-like stats and skills.
To give an idea of how absurd those stats were, even among communities that didn’t play Arteil, posts like ‘How a game company ruins a game’ or ‘How a developer can mess things up’ started popping up.@@novelbin@@
Players of Arteil, who had never complained even once about the harsh business model, united to send a truck protest over the situation.
As a result, it was only natural that Kim Hyunwoo, who had quit Arteil to focus on his studies at that time, heard that news, and he had indeed clicked his tongue upon seeing Arthur’s abilities on the game’s homepage.
‘…The fact that her HP reached 1 billion was well beyond any line that should be crossed.’
Anyway, due to that immense backlash, Arthur of Black and White appeared only once in the raids and was subsequently discarded, becoming part of Arteil’s dark history. RÀN𝐎BÊs̩
He was aware that Arteil, which had been barely holding on, started to decline from that point onward, so Kim Hyunwoo thought for a while.
“…Alright. You mentioned it’s Arthur and Lancelot, right?”
“Yes.”
“Were there any other humanoid forms?”
“At least my familiar didn’t detect any. But, there was one peculiar detail.”
“…What was that peculiar detail?”
“Yes. Of course, this is more subjective than objective, but the man and woman leading the black beings didn’t feel complete somehow.”
“What exactly do you mean by that?”
“It’s as simple as that. The woman was wearing only part of her armor, held a sword that was half cut, and her shoulder seemed completely hollow. It was hard to view her as a complete human, while the man had a massive hole in his heart and left thigh while wearing armor.”
“…A hole…”
Kim Hyunwoo, pondering over Gert’s words, spoke up.
“Understood. Thank you for the valuable information. I will definitely pay the fee.”
After sending Gert off, who provided this information, he frowned with a very troubled expression.
‘Arthur of Black and White…’
If the beings Gert mentioned, and whom Kim Hyunwoo was about to face, were indeed Arthur of Black and White, the situation was going to be very difficult.
At least the Arthur of Black and White he knew had absurd levels of strength.
‘…Of course, the heroes of Lartania definitely have strength beyond what I initially expected, but…’
The heroes of Lartania were indeed strong, at least as much as Kim Hyunwoo perceived.
But if asked whether those heroes could win against 245 5-star heroes, Kim Hyunwoo would have no answer.
“…Is that really the only way?”
Kim Hyunwoo muttered as he recalled one method in his mind.
A few days had passed since Kim Hyunwoo started preparing after hearing about Arthur.
Among the Round Table in Lartania, the glances of mutual caution were gradually increasing.
The reason is that as time passed, more and more heroes were spending nights with Kim Hyunwoo.
At first, the fact that they had spent their first night together was a significant blow to any hero, but in reality, it was just a matter of order, and the psychological gap between the heroes who spent their first night with Kim Hyunwoo had greatly diminished.
Thanks to that.
“Tsk, as if you were a dog, you sneak in well while the Lord is working.”
“I haven’t entered.”
“Don’t make me laugh! Weren’t you under the desk yesterday? Making those strangely filthy sounds!”
“That was just to satisfy the Lord’s desires.”
“I can do it even without you! And don’t interfere while the Lord is working!”
“The Lord liked it too.”
“…What?”
Currently, the Round Table was experiencing a slight increase in quarrels as they subtly began to monitor each other.
“Ah, anyway, don’t do that!”
“…And you, why don’t you stop going at night and rubbing against me in that vulgar outfit?”
“Th-that was just for the Lord’s entertainment at night!”
“I know whose suspicious cat tail was in the Lord’s room.”
“Eek-!”
Rin, whose face turned red, immediately looked at Charyll and said.
“Hmph, there are three heart-shaped stickers scattered everywhere; shouldn’t you take care of your belongings?”
“…? That’s not mine!”
“Huh? Only you-”
Rin frowned as she spoke, then turned her gaze away.
There stood Elena, pretending to be ordinary but whose face had turned as red as a radish.
“……”
Thus, as those who spent their first night with Kim Hyunwoo were monitoring each other, there were naturally heroes who could not join in.
However.
“Hmm—”
The Necromancer of the Blue Forest, Aria, had recently been wearing a winning smile, as if the battles of those heroes were amusing to her.
And unlike Aria.
“……”
River and Shadra nodded at each other as if today was the decisive battle.
As the heroes gathered at the Round Table were working hard to assert their respective wishes,
“…Ugh.”
In the lair where the Crimson Dragon, Rhien, was, a bleak silence hung in the air.
The reason was, of course, that she couldn’t do anything compared to the heroes who were running hard.
Currently undergoing the ritual to become a dragon, she still had about a month left before she could leave this place, which made her feel gloomy.
Moreover, even Adria, who had been indulging her whims all day, had grown strange after accidentally drinking the Spring Water while trying to teleport Kim Hyunwoo.
…No, to be precise, it wasn’t that she had become strange, but rather that something had grown suspicious.
These days, Adria often sighed while gazing at the distant mountains, and she was frequently wandering outside even though she had little to do.
…Moreover, whenever she talked to Elena, one of the heroes of Lartania, she appeared strangely cheerful, which seemed suspicious.
“Ugh…”
In any case, having seen the other heroes working hard while she could do nothing, she had recently been feeling a sense of melancholy.
In the past, she was satisfied merely watching, but as Kim Hyunwoo formed relationships with the heroes, she became increasingly discontent with that.
Thus, while contemplating, Rhien-
“…!”
Suddenly, feeling an intense surge of magical energy from the entrance of the lair, she furrowed her brow unconsciously and looked toward the door.
Before long, after feeling the intense magical wave, a man entered through the lair’s door.
“…It’s been a while-”
The middle-aged man with deep red hair stopped speaking as he casually opened the door.
The reason was because of the photos of Kim Hyunwoo that were plastered all over the lair’s walls.
“-…You look healthy.”
Seeing the middle-aged man, who spoke after a brief silence, Rhien opened her mouth with a deep look of vigilance instead of the gloomy expression she had been wearing.
“…Aliones.”
The Dragon Lord Aliones, known as the Red Dragon and the King of all Dragons.
He had come to Rhien’s lair.
And then.
“…I’ll let you leave right now.”
“R-really?”
To Rhien, he spoke words that she had been longing to hear.
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