Reader's Double Track Recovery Log

177. Moving Desert (3)

8.

The entrance is the only place where you can rest properly at the remains of King Ssangseong. It was the only place where the automatic doll didn't appear.

Willoria Clan's third in line, the leader of the expedition, Arno Caprillian, thought.

"Although fatigue has accumulated in the Clans' bodies, we don't know when the Moiwirk guild will move. It is fortunate that the attack on the ruins is going smoothly, but we need to hurry up.’

After judging, he shouted with a firm expression on his face.

"That's it for the rest! Resume exploration!"

"Yes!"

The explorers were also feeling tired, but for them, the elite of the four major clans, this kind of push was common. Get up from your seat without complaining.

The problem was elsewhere.

On the other side of the spot where the explorers stayed, dozens of people were sitting in shabby clothes, and the clothes on their bodies were shabby and energetic. Above all, the body is bound by a strong rope.

"쯧···"

One of the Clan One kicked his tongue and approached them with a wooden club. And he beat a person staring blankly into space like an example.

Puck! Puck!

"Dumb bastards! Get up quickly!"

At first glance, it is not the same attitude toward Clan One. The people who saw the beaten man stood up in fear. One, three, and it was just a frustrating move, and soon another Willoria Clan was glaring from behind.

"Let's go! Hurry up!"

The arrested personnel moved forward in horror. A beastly figure being taken to a slaughterhouse. In contrast, the atmosphere of the Willoria Clans was quite relaxed.

"Hey, I picked it up at the entrance earlier."

"What is it? It's just an iron ball, isn't it? Why was this in the historical site?"

"I'm sure the thing floating in the desert has just been sucked into the entrance. I'm going to use it as a talisman to carry it around."

"You're doing all sorts of things."

The men and women who had a short conversation laughed.

It was no wonder that he was so different from the prisoners, even though he was still walking around in the same boat. Crossing the line of death in this way was a routine act for them, who were like high-quality mercenaries.

9.

Visanya explained the situation.

Most of the underground personnel were said to have badges on their chests, which were carved with patterns expressing a simeter and a sandstorm.

"Is it a symbol of the William Clan?"

When I heard that there was a person inside, I immediately expected it, but it was Willoria Clan's expedition inside the ruins of King Ssangseong.

"··그리고 And I see people being dragged around, tied to a rope."

"Are they prisoners, too? They're going to make sacrifices.”

There are some sections where sacrifices can only be made in the middle if King Ssangseong tries to attack the ruins without knowing the right way to attack them. Willoria Clan will use tactics to make the inevitable sacrifices for the prisoners.

Suddenly Bisanya trembled.

"Who, who picked up a black-eyed iron ball?"

"I was just trying to make sure it was safe, but you're leaking the information on your own. Let's go in, too. Wizards, don't forget to order protection."

I threw myself into a sand dungeon when I said so. My vision is dark and suffocating. A body far beyond human beings easily endured the pressure.

At one point I had a pleasant feeling.

When I woke up, it was inside the historical site.

“·········!”

Having made a hurried pose and landed, I calmly looked around. There were a few features that Bisanya could not describe in her speech, and the most noticeable was the white and smooth walls as if they were in SF movies. When I touched it, it was a metal wall as written in the setting book.

Other colleagues came down sequentially. The three, who were not sufficiently strong, protected the respiratory system and the body through the spell "Life Space" while passing through the dunes.

After landing, Ray, who glanced around, narrowed the forehead.

"Is there anyone left at the entrance?"

"Isn't that obvious? You never thought anyone would break into the ruins in the desert."

Valerie answered the question with a curt tone. Her answer, of course, makes sense, but somehow I felt Willoria Clan was in a hurry to attack.

Maybe our actions affected it.

Moiwirk's guild also must have had some connections with Willoria Clan, his older brother, who works in Sultanate, and Irmockwi, the master, dealt with guild members as if he were autocrat. The moment she was sealed in the lamp of the pledge, her contact with Willoria would have been cut off, and it is highly likely that Willoria, who foresaw the back of her head, felt uneasy.

If the opponent is in a hurry, we're good.

"You never know when or where a doll will pop out, so be careful around you. Let's go."

10.

The automatic dolls constantly attacked Willoria Clan's attack squad.

But they went forward adeptly responding, protecting even prisoners with no combat capability. It was the skill of each individual, the teamwork of the group, and the exquisite workmanship of the four major clans.

I passed the passage and arrived at an unusual place. It was a cavity with stone statues placed around it.

"The number of the statues shall be six before the prisoners."

"Okay!"

Tuk! Some of the prisoners who were pushed back by Clan One shuddered to the middle of the joint. Then at one point the statues moved.

[■■ ■■ ■■■, ■■■■!]

An unidentified language popped out of the statues' mouths.

Soon after, smoke rose from their bodies, Pod! Shot at the prisoners. The bodies of the prisoners who were directly hit by an unidentified mana swelled like balloons, and suddenly burst.

Pushuaak!!

Bitter blood and organ debris scatter the air. It's a sight that I can't get used to. The prisoners, as well as Willoria Clanwon, accustomed to someone's death, frowned.

exclaimed Arno, the captain of the expedition.

"Come on, move!"

Each section has a room with an unidentified statue. And the statues rule out intruders trying to cross the room as unidentified powers.

Can't avoid, can't stop.

What a ridiculous attack.

Once activated, however, it does not respond to any movement for the time being. The explorers who knew it quickly crossed the underground cavity.

Arno looked coolly into the situation.

'Is there about forty prisoners left?'

There is a limit to the number of prisoners that can be mobilized. For the sake of the face of the sub-master who provided them, I really wanted to make a significant achievement in this exploration.

This is the site of difficulty that even veteran Arno has never experienced before. It is clear that the compensation that will be waiting for in-depth will also be at the highest level. If you use it well, you will be able to gain the upper hand in competition with other clans.

'The Blisspiel Clans, ··.'

He bit his lips. It's all because of Blisspiel's advance that they're so radical.

Willoria Clan had been exerting influence not only on Sultanate but also on several kingdoms in the central part of the country for decades. This was possible because there was no clan strong enough to contend for supremacy in the central part of the country.

However, the story has changed a bit as the Caracol Clan, founded by Citio Altus of the Continental Age, has emerged as a trend. In addition to geographical advantages, if they expand their influence further, the influence of Willoria among the central countries will inevitably decrease.

However, the story changed a bit when Blisspiel made an unexpected turn in the Glysia Civil War.

The Iden Stroke had a strong network and was also excellent in his own skills, but he was not strong enough to appease the forces that the four clans had pre-strained.

By this time, we did not know that we could maintain our current sphere of influence if we firmly established the minds of the central countries, and for this, we need to make clear achievements to give our leaders confidence in Willoria Clan.

At that time, it was literally Cheonwoon that discovered the remains of King Ssangseong. There is a corresponding reward for the high-level ruins.

But this site, it was too tricky. As we saw a while ago, sacrifices were inevitable in the room with the statue, and in the past, prisoners had to be mobilized to eliminate the sacrifices of the Clans.

"It's a good thing that you're poor at tactics."

The grinning Arno hurried.

11.

As the ceiling opened, a number of medium-sized automatic dolls "Principes" fell to the ground. The group quickly became a lump of scrap iron after being beaten by a subordinate order, but the group's expression remained firm.

Clara went wild.

"Ahhhhhh! How annoying! Isn't this the way they passed? Why are there endless dolls?”

"It's probably a structure that's automatically arranged according to the location of the intruders. I don't know, but there's a separate manufacturing plant in the deep end."

Still, things are better for us. Thanks to the advance team, we can pass through the tricky stone section with a free pass.

I warned, pointing to two statues.

"If you get caught by that without much response, even a 12-girl strongman will explode and die without exception. Be careful."

Bisanya raised her hand carefully after hearing my story.

"Yes, Bisanya. Is there a problem?”

"The prisoners of the advance team have been reduced to 20."

"You're about to hit the limit.”

Surely due to this historical site, tactics are a fairly effective strategy. However, it would take 100 times more prisoners than it is now to push through numbers.

Of course, after reading the answer sheet, I intend to enter the historical site in depth before my opponent realizes it.

by expedient

"What do you say, Kurt?"

"I got a rough idea of the structure."

Kurt is the owner of the "ultra-precision structural analysis (S)" feature. The remains were larger than expected and took some time to analyze, but for him, identifying the metal structure was simpler than breathing.

Blimey!

The walls of the ruins twisted when Kurt touched them. It is the power of "Dimixer (U), a hybrid angle that freely decomposes and combines metal.

"I'll show you where it looks the deepest."

We went straight through the hole he made. How long did he walk? A cavity with dozens of statues appeared.

There was a giggle of laughter. In terms of games, it was a buggy play like "Through the Wall."

"Careful, it's a place where the advance team couldn't even step in."

In the first place, we have to go through dozens more rooms with stone statues from our original rooms to get here. Considering the supply and demand of prisoners, it will take months to get here.

Look at the square treads in the middle of the room.

To pass through a room with statues without sacrifice, you must step on the footrests you see over there in the prescribed order. The reason Willoria Clan didn't use this method is that there's no ordinary way to figure out the order.

In fact, the only way to know the right 'path' is to use special abilities. Like Mahir, a Seokcheok patrolman who is good at sensing, for example.

I explained to Mahir about the structure of this room.

"Which of the treads looks safe?"

"You don't have to say it. I'll take the lead."

The used Mahir, which relied on the characteristics of "Singjo Detection (S), stepped on a single tread plate without hesitation. A few steps further from that, but the statue showed no response. We followed behind, and arrived safely at the exit.