M E M O R I Z E

... I barely got rid of it, but it was practically a defeated battle. The survivors fled the hills in a flash, trying to fight back and catch a victory.

The attacks on Shadow Hill and the battle of the valleys were devastating, but the situation at that time could not be stopped.

As soon as the expedition found a hole under the hill, it immediately deployed all available personnel and attempted an attack.

... Now that I think about it, it wasn't a very good choice to put in that many people. If it weren't for that, there wouldn't be so many people down there.

Anyway, we were able to settle down in the pit safely.

After a 20-minute walk, we were able to arrive at the first square in the underground city, Old Saro, or Old Saro. And there...

- Ancient Library of Atlanta, New Continent. 'Steel Mountains Attack Memorandum.' excerpt.

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“Tsk!”

You hear someone fall along with the screams of the leak. Across the street, the 'Knight of Death' stance quickly approached the place where the screams were heard.

“What's the matter! ”

“Oh, I'm sorry. ”

Fortunately, the woman immediately replied. He lets out a short sigh and calmly reaches out his hand.

“You should have been careful. Anyway, get up. ”

“Yes, yes. Keeping an eye on things... Wait a minute."

The woman grabs hold of Sustained's hand, asking for a moment. Then he stammers on the dirt floor as he falls, trembling. The woman leans forward, frowning and holding out her hands. Something white and elongated was grasped.

“… bones? ”

Someone opens their mouth quietly.

Like he said, it was bone in the woman's hand. The bones of a person whose flesh is made of beetle, not animal bones. As you hear someone chanting a light spell, I look down to the area where the woman is standing. After a while, the white light illuminates the area.

“ ……. ”

Static. Everyone looks down and shuts up. There was a pile of skeletons and bones on the floor, and there was a lot of blood.

Yeah, it's not sprayed, it's written down. The blood is clearly drawing a message, though it is heavily tilted around. In a language we can recognize.

"Hello?"

Welcome.

It was quite provocative, but on the one hand it meant they knew we were coming.

“The landlord is very polite. and welcoming them like this. ”

“I don't really like it. Welcoming is bad. ”

The woman grunts and throws the bone, and the posture smiles lightly. I wonder if that smile relaxes me. Users started to do their job to make sure they had one or two minds. Some are rounded and wary, and some report that they have safely seated their communication lenses.

I also gazed quietly at the dark passageway while facing one direction. Aside from the sound of communication, there was once again a rat's dead silence.

About five minutes ago. Numerous users began pouring in from the air to make sure the reports were received properly. Helena seems to have nothing to lose as long as she's already secured.

The second descent was 40, doubling the first descent. Finally, the third one, including Han So-young, came down with 42 remaining people.

A total of 102 members were able to land safely into the pit in 15 minutes... Unfortunately, I was mistaken.

The 42nd person who came down the third was not the last. After they came down, there were two more coming down from the air. When I looked closely for someone, I could see Sasha and Helena smiling.

Soon, Sasha and Helena settle on the ground. Looking at the two villagers smiling, I opened my mouth quietly.

“Let's just say Helena did. Sasha, what are you doing here? ”

“Hmm. That's it... ”

Suddenly Sasha stops speaking and gives you a shivering look.

“Why don't I do that? Helena just walked away. ”

“Helena will need it to get up there. ”

“… Well, it's discriminatory. The Gun Commander would have given his permission anyway. If Helena stays quiet, I won't say another word. ”

“ ……. ”

You have permission from the Gun Commander? As soon as I tried to look away from the curious feeling, I felt Han So-young approaching.

“Mercenary Road. I allowed it because... ”

“I see. I see. ”

“Sasha... What?”

“Now that I'm here, I'll have Sasha and Helena join me at the Mercenary. ”

The end of Han So-young's words embarrassed me. But I quietly shook my head. Sasha and Helena can do well enough, but I don't want to wallow into this pit anymore. Each of those actions can affect Hansoyoung's leadership. (I'm still regretting what I did at the last meeting.) Above all, I just wanted to focus on the target for now.

Han So-young finished the sentence by nodding quietly to see if she felt my intentions.

The total number of members increased from 102 to 104. After correctly identifying and harvesting the number of people, Han So-young ordered us to leave immediately. Since there was only one passageway, users' footsteps naturally headed east.

The light cannot find a single point because it is in the earth. On the way, some users looked at the dirt-painted walls and talked, or looked up at the ceiling.

The passageway was quite wide. It was about 12 meters wide to the left and to the right, and the ceiling looked about eight meters away.

However, there are three or four strange things: the walls of the passageway are flattened and human traces are covered. And on the ceiling, there is a great swelling of blood.

It's not a wall I don't know about, but I don't know about the ceiling. I couldn't participate in the raid in the first car, so I only read about it in the records. Even the report records only said that there was such a thing, but they didn't know who it was.

After a while, I felt the passage slowly narrow. Since the length was made of oblique lines, not parallel lines, the passageway became smaller and smaller. As a result, users changed their progress to merged lines, but the passageway was again narrowed to a point that they could not pass through even the changed progress.

“Hey, aren't you supposed to be in line later? ”

An Hyun approached me and said in a strange voice. However, it turned out that An-hyun's worry was faint after a long time. Han So-young, who was walking in the lead, stopped and sent a stop signal.

As you head straight ahead, you see a large entrance about two meters wide and a large cavity inward. Across the street, there were nine caves the size of the entrance.

Soon after going inside, a cavity that looked to be 80 meters in diameter welcomed us. I don't feel anything else, just like when I came in. Han So-young took a quick stroll around and stopped walking in front of the nine caves. And looking at Sixie, she's probably thinking about what to do here.

I slowly looked back at the users. Then, as soon as I found Ansol staring at the oyster with a blank face, I slightly approached him to the side and poked him in the side.

“Beep!”

Ansol twists his side a lot (?). Then there was a lot of curious gaze among the users. I quickly turned my gaze to the other side and pretended not to know. As I turned my head as my gaze was about to sink, I held out my mouth, and I said, "Bad brother. 'I saw Ansol, who had a lot of grumbling eyes.

“Ansol. I have a question. ”

“Hmph.”

“Ansol?”

“Hmph!”

“... Do you want me to pet your hair? ”

“Really? Heheh... Oh, no, no, no. Huh-huh-huh-huh! ”

It's not coming over. It's grown to a point where waving candy around doesn't follow the stooge. This brother is really happy.

Finally, I was able to barely open my mouth until I grew up and calmed down with my excited ansol.

“What do you think? Do you feel anything in that cave? For example, this is where we need to go. ”

“Mmm-hmm. Hold on. Actually, I've been trying for a while... ”

Ansol stares at the cave for a long time, his eyes wide open, and shakes his head.

“I'm not sure. ”

Don't you see? I just gave up trying to find Sasha. Ansol says he doesn't know, but I don't think Sasha can find him.

Anyways, Ansol, who has a lucky stat of 102 points, replied that he doesn't know. If so, the number of cases is two. No, three things.

One is that abilities have not been activated. And the other two....

“I'll split the numbers. ”

It was then. Han Soyoung looked back at us and said, "How did you come up with this idea?"

“There are 9 entrances, but you don't know which way to go. So first... ”

Han So-young's words continued silently. In other words, since there are 9 oysters, the number of people will go in at the same time.

I thought about it quietly. All I know here is that the entrance now leads to the next one.

But considering that we can communicate with each other through a communications lens, that's not a bad choice. Of course, there is a problem that power is also weakened to one-ninth, but isn't it that all of the users in this room are going crazy? Moreover, if you think about fighting in a narrow corridor, it would be a good way to reduce the crowds and free up as much space as possible, rather than crowding.

I nodded my head to agree. I don't hear a voice that strongly opposes whether there are many people who have similar ideas to me.

Han So-young immediately started dividing people after checking their reactions. Not just dividing them appropriately, but adjusting the class as much as possible, maximizing efficiency (degree of mutual response, etc.).).

The machine didn't have to divide or combine people.

I, the swordsmanship expert, remain after the sword, Gonghyung An-hyun, the silent enforcer.

Supportive Battle Families include Shadow Queen Goon, Sasha, the Blood Monarch.

Distant families include Common Archer Sungeun, Chimera Summoner Vivian, and Common Wizard Helena.

The priesthood is a common priesthood, New Jae Dragon, Priest Ansol of Gwanghui.

That is the divine shield of purity, a special family.

Only 12 people who had already participated were able to match the class rate or number. Although it is not the best of the mercenaries, it is still more luxurious than any other pair.

As such, we were assigned the central entrance of the nine entrances. It's almost similar, but the entrance to the poison was slightly larger and gave off a dark energy.

So, the reprogramming ended in about 20 minutes, and nine couples consisting of as few as 11 and as many as 14 walked in front of each entrance. Han So-young's group was the entrance directly to the right of the central entrance.

“Don't overdo it. First of all, try to find your way, and if you find it difficult to do so, get in touch and back. ”

Han So-young looked at me and said. I'm sure it's for everyone, but why does he keep staring at me?

Suddenly I feel ashamed, scratching my cheeks and turning my eyes towards the entrance.

“Well, go ahead. I pray for each of you. ”

“The Mercenary Clan. I'm going in.”

The last thing I said was that I was hoping for Han Soyoung's battle, I said in a quiet voice. And I took a calm step forward.

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The Steel Mountains Part 2 is now slowly closing. There were two things I wanted to write down personally as I wrote down this part. When winter comes, spring comes, which is the new part. It's like a part.

Two of them are 'The Wrath of Queen Cheol-Blood (37941; Blood), Kim Soo-hyun's Joy.', and the part that comes out at the end. 'Again, may you go back to the shining days. ~ Hello with a smile.'.

To put it bluntly, I'd rather have less of the last part than this part. Haha. Anyway, the parts that I wanted to write about suddenly started to overflow. I love writing.: D heh heh heh heh.

Are you enjoying yourselves? ☞ ☜

PS. Next time you can find it, I'll introduce you to a BGM!