Lord of the Skill

Stronghold City

“…… Fortress City? ”

Kang Chan-suk was slightly surprised by the words of inferiority.

Even though there were only three nodes he had made, there were a lot of laughter even now.

But there's no shortage of what we call cities.

After hearing that word for so long, Kang Chan-suk even beat his heart.

“By now...... it should be a place with close to 1,000 people. It's one of the biggest nodes on the continent right now. ”

Heatless said, stuttering his memory.

Trammel.

This fortress, also known as Fortress City, will be the first base of Lake Lee in the future.

Once you've targeted the Blue Rock Tunnel, a Class D dungeon not far away, you'll be able to mine the rocks and build a solid wall.

The first Walled City.

That is why Trammel has gained a reputation as a fortress city.

‘The blue rock shaft has not yet been targeted. The defenses are like three nodes, but there is no natural fortress better than the river surrounded by the cliffs behind it. It's also true that a lot of people are gathered. ’

Heatlessness reminds me of the past for a moment.

In fact, I hesitated.

‘It becomes the Node of Lee Kang-ho. ’

Is it the right choice to tell Kang Chan-suk about Trammel? I'm worried that I might be able to move forward with meeting Lee Kang-ho.

‘But that was after the gladiator transformed the monarchy. It will happen at least 2 years later. ’

He, who was called the best, is still just a challenger, just like himself.

So...

‘I take it first. ’

Then it won't be a problem at all.

As the thought hardened, feeble eyes opened wide.

“Really…… is there such a place? ”

Kang Chan-suk asked with an unbelievably puzzled expression.

At best, I was able to search nearby for monsters that spill every day.

“If we're taking all these people, we'll have to be gone for a whole month. ”

There were warriors on three Nodes, but there were many who were not that different from ordinary people.

Given the pace of a normal person's pace, it might take more time.

That much distance.

Moreover, there are risks between them.

What if I believed him and there was no Node?

That would be a waste.

It's hard to go back and settle in a new area.

It is definitely difficult to make decisions easily.

And I knew the problems of Kang Chan-suk at once.

‘What to expect. ’

I already have an answer in mind.

“You'll have to make your own decisions if you don't believe them, but there's definitely a Node. because I'm from here. ”

“Is that true? ”

As expected, the gaze of Kang Chan-suk changed.

“Of course.”

In fact, it's just a story I heard from the blacksmith of the armory who lived in Trammel from the beginning when he was a member of the Lee River Marine Corps.

“Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to draw a map like this. ”

“Well……. ”

Kang Chan-Seok nodded his head in a confident answer.

“I'm sure it's something I want to discuss with people. I'll decide later. ”

His answer was a frowning smile.

‘It won't be easy. I'm sure there are people who want to stay here. Some people don't believe me. ’

But that's for Kang Chan-Seok.

Responsibility.

Of course I have to, but it's the heaviest and toughest horse.

‘What will happen to anyone who faces the throne someday. ’

You can't hug everyone.

They don't even know what choice they're going to make or what decision they're going to make.

However, it is at least as clear that we will be able to meet again as Kang Chan-suk.

‘Even after three Nodes were destroyed, he came to Trammel. Of course, it took a long time because there were so many syllables without a map. ’

But now things have changed.

‘I'm going to fill that wasted time. ’

Kang Chan-suk.

He knew fever was not the first button he wanted to take care of, but someone he needed to grow up on his own.

Simply reducing his time to waste, giving him a chance to become stronger.

I'm just trying to do that.

“Oh, this……. ”

Kang Chan-suk took something out of the box.

Armor worn over the hide of a Lizardman from the All Forest, but covered in scales of a surgeon.

“It was completed a moment ago. I brought it because I wanted to give it to you first. ”

Ting.

I flicked the scales with my fingers and trembled.

Heatless looked at it and thought,

‘Did you do all the work here? ’

Maybe it was instinctive to give him the armor of the stone.

I got everything I could.

And I did everything I had to do.

“Are you leaving? ”

His lips were swollen.

And I swallowed the unthinkable words in my heart.

‘I... want to be with you.' ’

The excitement of surviving a fierce battle and hunting is something that warriors will never forget.

Can we fight like that again? ’

In Kang Chan-suk's heart, there was already a fight between the heart of the people of three nodes and the pure desire to become stronger.

The survivor, who had just thought of surviving on the Seven Thrones, was turning into a sword.

“I……! ”

Kang Chan-suk called him who was about to go back.

“Six months later, ”

The feverish footsteps stopped.

“I hope to see you again soon. ”

In a word, he smiled faintly.

“Armor, I'll wear it well. ”

Glug.

The door to the barracks is open.

When everyone fell into a deep slumber after a fierce battle, the feeble set out for a new journey.

‘I'll be back in six months. ’

This is not the first time, but half a year later.

Some have already surpassed the D rank.

There were a lot of people to follow, no, jump over.

‘One step at a time. ’

But I have no more regrets.

I wish I had been from the beginning, not half a year, but I don't feel the same greed.

After that time, I was able to get the Stone of Congress and I was able to build trust.

I felt like crap in my past life.

It's the right choice to take one more step at a time to regret the delay.

The seamless gaze turned to the north.

‘Rank up dungeon, spark spire. We attack from there.'

It's not an easy road.

The North is not yet well explored. That's why there is no safe zone.

Monsters that sometimes pop up.

Waves that don't know when to start.

Moreover, monsters aren't the only enemies anymore.

An environment where even people are enemies.

‘Yes, people.... ’

It was then.

One memory passed through the heatless mind.

‘If it's the road to the spire, it's him. ’

At that moment, he looked strange.

“Mountains. ”

I slightly raised my jaw.

It's been a really long time.

“Jo Tae-woong.”