Golden Experience

Episode 345: Communication Technique

Hey, you're not responding very well.

"It looks like the Pre Demon Crawfish are killing the Elves' defense. They made it easier for us."

"... well yes"

"Why is Tanuki so great? It's not your fault."

"... I guess so."

"Are you going to imitate the master? It's not at all similar. Instead, it's killing me."

"No, killing is a different factor, Waystop!

The invasion of Portley is well under way.

Invasion is not an occupation. When I attacked the city, I left it unattended.

It's troublesome if they plan to take back or fight back, and they don't want to stay in the city they attacked.

Currently, there are bamboos in the forest type monster area.

The Kingdom of Portley has many forest-type areas. I don't have any trouble hiding myself.

As a dungeon, it has a biased configuration of only 1 or 4 or more, but if there is no dungeon specified area, it is scattered there.

It's kind of hard to find a king's city or a city with big walls.

Skeleton stares at the map in complete disregard of the chasing home cage and professor.

This map is not only a city and a dungeon, but also a highly complete one with detailed topography and other areas.

That said, Bamboo and the others did not actually survey the site. I have a good example. It was the Portley-government's official map that served as a reference. He showed it to me at the Hugel Cup castle, where the professor drew it. The professor is surprisingly clever.

The MPC members seemed to wonder about the origin of the map, including the house cage, but pushed it through that it was a plug from a collaborator.

A congenial member will be slightly aware that this MPC clan is connected to something huge.

And you know that Bamboo is slowly trying to reveal it.

Even if the day comes to teach them the existence of Magnum, I want to ease the shock as much as possible.

Detailed adjustments, such as the map, are made for this purpose.

"Not to mention King's Landing, but here, here, and here, the rest of the Knights are stationed."

Bambu referred to three cities: Kerkos, Aspen and Piacerre.

Aspen and Piercere were originally cities with walls no less than the King's Capital, with monster realms just beside them. It is not set as a dungeon, but in terms of difficulty, it will be 4 or 5. This is information from Lyla.

It seems that the Knights in those cities are stationed to give their eyes to the nearby realms.

And Kerkos is the city of the portal that Rare and the others call it.

There is also a monster area right next to here, but this is 1 forest, and dungeon registration is also registered.

It also serves as an important transportation hub connecting the West with the Wang Capital in the long Portry Kingdom to the east and west, and has been a populated city since before it was recognized as a portal.

It is now under the control of Lyla and has its own Knights. That said, to the best of your knowledge, there are only knights of normal size dispatched from the country.

All of Lyla's "servant" lords usually live in confusion with the general public. I haven't asked what the percentage of masked knights is to residents, but I'm talking about that woman. Not in common sense numbers.

Regardless of Aspen or Piercere, Kelcos has been told not to raid.

It appears that the korogis are raiding other cities as well, but none of them are retreating beyond the walls. It would be suspicious if the monsters who attack the whole country indiscriminately just avoided that city.

Rationally speaking, the MPC may attack Kelcos, but if the attacker and the player group become a group, they will have to take it somewhat seriously, and if that happens, the MPC will probably be destroyed.

So Lyla's instructions not to attack Kelcos were a warning to consider the MPC.

I can't take it easy either, so stop it.

"But we're here to destroy Portley, right? We can't do this forever.

Somehow, the city we've raided has an unusually small population compared to buildings. "

The Kingdom of Portley is currently pouring all the fighting power it can put out into a pair of expeditions.

And we focus on protecting the country's imperatives with the least amount of combat power that we can provide, that is, the least we need for defense.

Now that all the military forces that were normally waiting in King's City and the provinces have been sent out of the country, if something unexpected happens, we can't deal with it.

Upper Portley, concerned about it, was evacuating the entire population to the extent possible, including the King's Capital, where the Knights were stationed, and the aforementioned cities.

For this reason, no matter how many cities the MPC has hit so far, it has not achieved much.

It seems that the King himself proposed this evacuation plan.

There are also problems such as food stockpiles and living spaces, and even if evacuation is possible, the situation will not continue for long.

Lila said she stopped Eliza through her family, but she was forced not to spend any time on the expedition.

For that reason, even if we destroyed all the cities without the Knights as it were, it probably wouldn't reach the target kill count.

"Ah. Either way, we need to strike this aspen or piercere with a hard defense. If you're going to kill half the population in order to destroy them, maybe you're going to kill both."

The MPC member nodded in Bamboo's words.

First of all, from Aspen in the south, a short distance from where I am.

To the south of Aspen lies the sea of trees, beyond which lies the sea.

It seems that the city was originally built as a jetty against the tree sea. Because of this construction, the walls are strong and have no gaps.

However, it is about the tree sea side. On the other side, the north side is relatively alert.

There have also been raids by korogi in the past few days, so there has been a slight increase in vigilance, but not as much as on the south side.

Bamboo led the MPC to the north side of Aspen and was planning the timing.

"─ ─ According to the raid pattern of the korogi, it's time to attack Aspen."

"The korogi raid is calming down, and the defensive Knights are attacking in a distracted place?

"No, I can attack at the same time as Koologi. It's not bad to poke the opponent's temper, but it's more reasonable to physically poke the gap in power."

"Yes!? So, are you okay? I kinda hate it when the wolf just eats me to death..."

"Don't worry about it.

Judging by previous trends, only elves have been attacked by the korogi. Goblin settlements in the forest dungeon remained safe. And oh... a group of human bandits coming out of nowhere.

Even if they get along with us, if they have elves, they'll eat you. "

"... if they say so. I didn't care if I didn't think too much because it was creepy, but the victims were certainly just elves. I've never heard of a bandit group being attacked and destroyed."

"But I'm not sure, and I'm a little scared... well does the worst just make it a triplet fight? I guess it's better than defeating a siege without help.

Besides, I've never fallen in the wrong direction since I followed Kramer's judgment, and I'm going to keep my life!

"We're at an event, and even if we die, we don't have anything to lose. I'll just take your feelings."

To Rick's words, the other members nodded one after the other.

I hate to risk my life, but I think you're convinced for the time being.

"Why do you only eat elves anyway?"

"... maybe because the flesh of the elves is particularly soft"

"No, I don't like that kind of vivid talk! I'm sorry!

"They're eating goats and fruit trees."

"Humans will eat as much goats. Maybe the fruit trees are nutritionally balanced. It's just meat."

"Are you so conscious? It's time to go crazy."

"Don't throw it away. Thanks to them, we're at ease."

"Hey, come on. It's time for the wolves to come."

The cage and professor were arguing and shut up.

Other members no longer care because of everyday tea.

"─ ─ Excuse me. Sure, it's about time. I'll be here in two minutes."

"How do you know?"

"... statistics."

The house cage has a smelly face - perhaps - but if the professor says so, I'm sure he will.

And as the professor proclaimed, a huge group of wolves soon appeared.

The koologis were using their tough rear legs to jump and move their wings in the air as they flew.

I don't seem to be able to take that much of my stagnation time, and after a while I'm down to the ground.

Then jump again, fly slightly, and descend again to the ground. Repeat that.

I've heard that some of them don't fly at all, but this marker cricket seems to fly slightly.

Moving your wings means you don't have the skill "flying". That means that it is flying with only physical abilities. It is similar to a common bird-type organism.

I've never seen so many marker crickets so close to a bump.

If this was a butterfly or something, I could say it was a fantastic sight, but unfortunately it was a black korogi.

Quite frankly.

"... you're going to attack the city with that?

"... reasonable judgment. I can't help it."

"Come on, what are you doing? Let's go."

Only one professor is so used to it that he hurries.

Other MPC players, including Bamboo, were prepared and attacked the castle walls by spreading into a swarm of cormorants.

Though not serious, it is a wall that has surpassed the raids of the Marker Cricket herd many times before.

Even on the thin north side of the defense, it's not so torn.

But with the firepower of the players there, it's nothing to talk about.

Magic attacks and other attacks can shake the gates even if they are not powerful enough to destroy the walls themselves.

And one after the other, marker crickets struck the weak gates, and finally broke them.

"There's a breach! Let the family in first!

A herd of covolts arrived at the gates of the castle with their mouths wide open.

Goblins and skeletons follow it a little late. It's simply a difference in travel speed.

I have instructed the invading families to attack from the general public.

Because knights and players are resurrected where they were killed.

If the general public dies, they will not be resurrected, and if all citizens die, the city cannot be maintained where only the knights and players remain.

Beyond the broken gate is the figure of several elf women.

Looking like a mercenary.

"Ah! It's broken! Why!?"

"There's some crocodile coming - goblins and bones coming too!

"Calm down! I'll intercept!

"─ ─ Didn't the boss over there talk right now?

Speaking of which, these mercenaries are players. He was in the defense.

Looks like they heard Bamboo's voice.

We also instruct our players to deal with knights and player-like mercenaries.

The exception is the professor.

Although face-to-face professors are not supposed to be delegated, professors are currently the most powerful.

Instead of targeting a group of marker crickets, tell them to target knights and players.

I meant it from the beginning.

<... I see. Even so, when that happens, you just shut up and say "yes.” That's the trick of smooth communication. I don't mind, but don't say that to Rare or Lyla. And in the house cage. I'm gonna scratch you.

I see. I'm also interested in smooth communication with them. Let's remember the liver.

Suffering an unexpectedly huge sigh, Bamboo looked at the players standing in front of him.

It's a foursome woman. The leader-like woman in the flickering clothes is blind to other situations, just staring at the bumbs.

The families who let them in earlier had already scattered around the streets, avoiding them greatly.

Other members of the family have broken into the city and started fighting players, mercenaries, knights, and more.

Bamboos, professors, and home cages are all that still haunt the castle gates.

"─ ─ Can we afford to be here?

There are already a few of my men in the city, and I'm sure they're breaking through the walls. "

This voice has already been heard. It doesn't change where I talked.

Besides, as a monster, I've just repeatedly attacked.

It wasn't long before we recognized each other as enemies and confronted each other.

Since the battle against Rae in Neuschlos one day?

Sometimes this is not bad either.

"─ ─ I knew you were talking.

Are you saying you've been raiding Portley lately? Besides, these geeks seem to be attacking citizens all over the country indiscriminately. Is this your pet too?

"Hih, princess, we need to protect the city more than that..."

"... I'm afraid it's too late.

Look. They're climbing the walls and entering the city.

They've attacked many times before, but they've never crossed that wall. With that state of affairs, I think I've probably been able to get past it whenever I wanted to. But I didn't do it.

I wonder why I did that now, because I'm ready. The wolves were waiting. When you can destroy the city at once. That's what's happening now. A joint operation with this demonic mixed unit was the aim of the koologi.

That way, maybe the players won't be able to stop the destruction of the city. "

The black-haired woman expressed her opinion as if she had calmed down. It fits roughly.

It's slightly different from the facts there, as the epitopical Murder Cricket and MPC weren't working together, but you're right in fact.

"I see. I think the wolf is right.

But there's only one chance we can stop it. "

A woman who seems to be a leader, with a deep light blue gaze, shoots the bamboo.

─ ─ Well, if you take down the boss...

"Yes, if we take down this boss-like old man, we can definitely stop this situation!