The Clan Founding Test sponsored by the Explorer (Seeker) Association (Guild) - or Demon-Eyed Babylon King (Dantalion) contest - was set to take place on a scheduled date.
The place is a tree sea stretching at the foot of Mount Gustave, the highest peak of independence in the Empire. This tree sea, which is susceptible to magic vegetables (mana), is prone to the occurrence of abyss (avis) and is always managed by the Explorer (Seeker) Association (Guild).
The erosion area due to the current abyss (Avis) is circular from the entrance of the tree sea, about five kilometers in diameter. The perimeter has already been sealed off, and armed guards are standing at every stronghold to prevent ordinary people from entering.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Heavenly Wings Knights, as well as the Ethereal Heaven Outside (Blue Beyond), we are delighted to have successfully celebrated this day. Looks like you're both ready."
Harold, who serves as a witness, looked over at us.
"Again, I'm going to tell you about today's exam. From now on, both parties will be asked to explore the abyss (Avis) space ahead and crusade for its nucleus, the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion). And this is a battle. Interference is permitted to the extent that they do not kill each other. It is better to crusade the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion) first. Let's acknowledge the creation of the clan. By contrast, losers will be asked to dissolve the party. May I?
We snort. The temper of the confronting Heavenly Wings Knights was tremendous, telling the true story of being an Explorer (Seeker) of Hundred Wars. If we fight properly, the three of us will be repressed without the art of becoming.
"Before starting the exam, each leader goes forward. Shake hands and vow to fight with dignity"
Like I was told, me and Leon step forward and shake each other's hands.
"Noel, as I said before, I will let you go with all my might."
"Yes, yes, let's do our best."
When we went back under our own people, Harold raised one hand.
"Now, let the exam begin!
At the same time that Harold's hand is waved down, the Heavenly Wings Knights try to rush out simultaneously toward the Tree Sea. Meanwhile, we didn't panic, we put our backpacks on the ground.
"Both of you, lay down your seats, get the stones off the ground"
"Okay, wow." "Copy that."
When Kouga and Alma get the stone out of their way, they widen the seat they were bringing there.
"Okay, I guess this is it. - Well, let's make it dinner."
Sitting on the seat, we decided to take the big lunch box out of our backpacks and start eating lunch.
The contents of the lunchbox are luxurious and include not only sandwiches and meat dishes, but also desserts made with seasonal fruit. Handmade by the General of the Shizukukan of the Stars, it is a lunch box for the Extreme Explorer (Explorer).
"... Noel, what does this mean?
When I looked up, Leon stood there looking confused.
"Oh, Mr. Heavenly Wings Knights. Don't you have to hurry? It's a battle, isn't it?
"No, that's our line... What are you guys doing?
"What, lunch, as you can see?
In response, Leon pulls his cheeks.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Why do you need to eat lunch here?
"Because you can't fight when you're hungry"
"This is a fight!? You shouldn't have time to relax!
"If you hurry, you say go around, right?
"Become, you..."
Leon, shaking his shoulders in anger, turns his gaze to Harold.
"Mr. Harold, what does this mean!?
"No, even if I ask..."
Harold, who looks baffled as well, approaches us.
"Mr. Noel, what are you going to do? I've made a declaration of initiation."
"So it's lunch?
"Yeah?... Are you going to give up the exam?
"No way! I'm not gonna do that."
"Now, stand fast. Otherwise, we will consider you to have abandoned the test."
"There wasn't supposed to be any such provision, was there? There's no reason for me to obey."
"Well, that's true..."
The moment Harold mumbles, Leon raises his anger.
"Don't be ridiculous! Stand up! Stand up and fight!
"I don't like it. You're gonna hurt your lunch box after hours."
"Didn't you want to create a clan!? If you lose this battle, you'll be breaking up the party instead of being able to create a clan!?
"I know."
"Then..."
"But you don't want to rush me. I'll give the lead to the seniors, so please go ahead."
"You!
Furious Leon tries to grab my chest seat. Kym grabbed the outstretched hand.
"Don't. Let's go."
"But!
"Leon, don't lose sight of purpose"
"... ok"
Leon glances at me and turns back on his heel.
"Noel, I'm disappointed in you..."
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Leon and his men explore the abyss carefully. Ofelia used her detection skills to find out that the Babylonian King of the Devil's Eye (Dantalion), the nucleus of this abyss (Avis) space, is two kilometers from here.
"Combined, the number is about five hundred. - Oh, wait a minute."
Ophelia's ear moves and peeks at the distance.
"Two hundred men will come as spikes. Why, I wonder if I can start on the wind that smells bad. But the speed is slow, so I think it's about five minutes before we meet."
Leon looks around and circles his thoughts.
"All right, let's intercept here. It's just where the trees are spaced wide apart. After destroying the spikes, proceed again. Each, prepare for battle."
Following Leon's instructions, Kym and Ophelia set up a weapon and set it up. But only Vlacaf couldn't move and raised his hand.
"Leon, do you have a minute?
"What's wrong with you?
"I guess I shouldn't mention it at a time like this, but I still want to tell you while I can afford it. Noel Stolen recently visited an awkward monk"
"Huh? What's this all about?
"I have asked the Awkward Monks to betray the Heavenly Wings Knights,"
To Vlacaf's confession, Leon accidentally turned away. Kym and Ophelia have also lost much of their words of surprise.
"Of course, the awkward monk said no. Because all I said was paranoia that I couldn't hear. But after a while, he could have visited anywhere but the Awkward Monk. I don't want to think of some of the awkward monks as traitors, but I want to be clear here."
Vlacaf sees the Leons in turn. It's a story that I don't remember at all for Leon. I shake my head automatically. But Ophelia raised her hand, roughly.
"It came to me too..."
"What!?
"And, of course, I said no! 'Cause it's impossible to betray everyone or something!
Ophelia to elucidate desperately. I don't doubt that word, but I'm shocked.
"Actually, it came to me too..."
By admitting it all the way to Kym, Leon finally got cold spines.
"... so Noel tried to contact everyone but me?
"Leon is a leader. I guess you thought you couldn't contact the boulder. So it's shallow and extreme to target us."
Ofelia exhales when Kym smiles bitterly and flaunts her shoulders.
"Actually, you were just a little nervous. Maybe there's a traitor in us.... Oh, hey, just a little! It's true!
Leon finally calmed down after seeing Ophelia panicking about slipping her mouth because of the relief.
"I know. There's no way anyone would betray the Heavenly Wings."
"In the first place, the awkward monk didn't really understand Noel's words. He said he'd give you freedom in return, but it just seems paranoid"
When Vlacaf tilts his neck, Ophelia slaps his hand.
"I was told too! You don't know what that means, do you?
"You told me, too. Well, it was a great joke."
Looking where Kym nodded, Noel tried to snort him with the same words.
"What kind of conversation did they say?
It was simple curiosity. But to Leon's question, the three of them whisper with a strong expression. I felt the same fear and anxiety in that context, even though I said I didn't know what all three of them meant.
"Well, enough about Noel. No one had betrayed me. Perhaps the purpose was to make us suspicious, to cut our wars. If you care, it's what he thinks."
Kym is right. Listening to the current story, I also found out why Noel didn't try to hasten the battle.
"He seemed to have stepped on it that we were going to get along and destroy ourselves."
So I guess I wasn't in a hurry to anticipate the desk and plan to go in.
"... I see, think of something interesting"
The result was an operation that ended in failure and, above all, could not be endorsed, but Leon was happy to find out that Noel was also serious about fighting.
In retrospect, the Heavenly Wings Knights have always been lonely. We don't have rivals who can incite each other, and we've fought with encouragement from our people alone.
In the meantime, the Ethereal Outside (Blue Beyond), which appeared like a comet, has the potential to be a good competitor, as Kym said.
Most importantly, it is the Heavenly Wings Knights who will win this battle more than Noel's prospects have collapsed. At the end of the exam, the fate of dissolution awaits outside the sky (Blue Beyond).
Leon thought it was a shame.
"Hey, I need to talk to everyone, and when this exam is over, Noel, why don't we invite you guys to the Heavenly Wings Knights?
To the suggestion, the three of them rounded their eyes.
"They are promising in the future. I'm sure we'll be good company. The losers were on the condition that they couldn't work with the same members, but if we, the winners, could bow our heads and ask, maybe Mr. Harold would forgive us, too. What do you think, guys?
To be honest, they would disagree, I thought. How promising Noel would be, because the behavior wasn't complimented.
But, unexpectedly, I didn't react badly.
"I think it's good…"
The first in favor was Ophelia, who was supposed to have fought with Noel.
"Leesha told me that Noel was betrayed by a buddy of mine and took his shared property. So he fell into slavery to get his money back. That's why I can't admit it, but I found out there was a good reason. More importantly, I think the Hungry Spirit inspires us in the right direction to go upstairs no matter what Noel does"
Next, Vlacaf nods.
"The Awkward Monk has no objection either. Either way, if you become a clan, you need to increase your personnel."
Finally, Kym nods.
"I agree. But first, we need to finish the exam safely."
The eye looked in a different direction, not Leon.
"Leon, the spikes have increased their speed. I'll come all at once."
Ophelia communicates the situation and leads the magic arrow created with her skills to the bow.
"Everybody, I'll take the lead. Eliminate the remaining enemies."
With his sword and shield, Leon waits for his enemies without his heart.
Eventually, countless little lights were seen from behind the forest. The eyes of the devil-eyed baboon king (Dantalion) men. White furry demon monkeys come upon us as dense swarms as walls.
The devil-eyed baboon king (Dantalion) is a mind-reading devil (Beast). Naturally, the ability is also available for distribution. Even if they try to evade or fight back, they will read their thoughts and be dealt with immediately. Thus, even the subordination is rated as six in depth. Even a party cemented by B-ranks alone is not easy to win. That was approaching in a large group of two hundred.
"Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!
Monkey screaming like an ear clinging. The first thing that popped up was about thirty bodies. He jumped to tear the Leons apart with sharp nails and fangs.
But the demon monkeys, they hit an invisible wall and stop moving.
Knight Skill: Holy Shield Wall (Holy Shield).
A knight's defensive skill that puts up invisible barriers.
Knight's properties are protection and healing. Use your allies' defensive skills and healing skills to heal damage, and act as a wall player (tank) in the lead.
But no matter how good his defensive skills were, the Demon Monkeys would have seen him through the movement. That didn't happen because Leon can activate his skills without preliminary motion.
For example, shouting a skill name has the effect of smoothing activation so that if you shout it out, it increases power. Even if you don't speak up, controlling the magic in your body to use your skills often requires a preliminary motion to rhythm with your hands and feet.
By years of training, Leon succeeded in completely eliminating this preliminary motion. In other words, skills can be used without any delay at the moment of activation.
No matter how the enemy is a mind-reading demon (Beast), it will be impossible to deal with it if he activates his skills before they are read from a state of heartlessness. Of course, not a craftsman for everyone. Leon was born with a smoother flow of magic than ordinary people, so he was able to master this technique.
Leon slashes off the neck of the demon monkeys held back by the wall in a breath. And the moment the demon monkeys stood back, Kym's spear, Ophelia's arrow, Vrakav's thermal rays shot through his heart instantly.
The demon monkeys of the depth of six, which had as many as two hundred, were wiped out in less than a minute. Quiet, sophisticated and exhausting movement everywhere. This was the way to fight the strongest party in the B-rank band.
"Shall we all go ahead? The moment you meet the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion), sweep away the Miscellaneous Fish with Range Attacks. Finish the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion)"
"" Copy that. ""
The Heavenly Wings Knights, who have exterminated the spikes, advance to the back of the tree sea.
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"Really, do this, yeah..."
Kouga, who had a sandwich on his cheek, leaked anxiously.
The Knights of the Heavenly Wings have entered the Abyss, and it is time for thirty minutes. Clarifying his ears, he heard that battle sound.
But we're still eating without moving. In particular, Alma, who needed a lot of energy in the operation, kept his lunches cheeky without a word.
"If the Heavenly Wings knights defeat the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion), will they be finished? Huh, I'm not anxious..."
"The Heavenly Wings Knights will win. With their strength, it's possible to crusade the devil-eyed baboon king."
"What!? What do you mean? You can't win the Heavenly Wings Knights, so you just relaxed!?
Surprising scream, rising kouga. I drank tea from the water bottle and shook my head.
"No, I'll win. But..."
"Well, I don't care if they lose!? We're not breaking up the party!?
"Fool, listen to me till the end of the story. The Heavenly Wings Knights have the necessary conditions to defeat the Demon-Eyed Bamboo King (Dantalion). But that's impossible."
"Required conditions?
"To exhaust the power of death"
I'll keep explaining to Kouga who tilts his neck.
"Leon is an extremely good command tower. Not only are they superior in combat skills, but they are also superior in their ability to grasp war situations. Regardless of the rear guard, there's not even enough in the Imperial capital to count to be able to play the command tower in the avant-garde. But excellence is sometimes shackled. I mean, it's all about winning for sure."
"What's wrong with a sure win?
"That should soon be proven by the Heavenly Wings Knights. Don't worry, Kouga. We're the ones who win. Never."
I assure you, Kouga sat convinced of the lack of acceptance.
"Well, I'm not Noel's sword. Well, believe me. If you tell me, I'll have to believe you. Well, either way, because I'm retarded. I don't know."
"Don't be a man obstinate, it's disgusting. Besides, the seeds have been sown. The victory is certain."
"No way, another bad thing?
Kouga puts his face closer and talks in a whisper as he looks at Harold. Harold seems to be using his skills to take a peek inside, and he was closing his eyes away.
"I didn't do anything wrong."
"Lie and spit. Then what seeds have you sown?"
"I've just taught three people, other than Leon, what's going to happen for sure"
"What do you mean?
I turned my gaze in the direction the Heavenly Wings Knights would be fighting and distorted my mouth.
"The Heavenly Wings Knights collapse. By Leon's betrayal."