The Tutorial Is Too Hard

[Recruitable (1/1)]

- Lee Ho-jae

[Current Party Member (1/6)

1. Lee Ho-jae

[Do you want to enter?]

Before entering a stage on the 20th floor requiring a party of six, the message asked my doctor once again.

“Yes.”

I don't ask questions. It's just me anyway.

In fact, there is always a message confirming the doctor, no matter what stage you are on.

But it's oddly unfair to see that confirmation message before entering a stage that requires party play.

I'm not teasing you.

But it's been a long time since I felt good.

[Welcome to the 20th floor stage.]

[19th, 16th. 3: 00]

He entered the stage on the 20th floor at 3 o'clock.

The visible display of the 20-story stage was above the walls of a fortress built on top of a tall mountain.

Recently, there are many stages that are located in a place with good natural scenery.

First things first, the fort.

A fortress with fairly strong and high walls.

More unrealistic fortresses than mountain fortresses that have appeared in the history of the Earth.

No, even the Lord of the Rings won't make a fortress like this one at the top of this mountain.

You have to have a conscience.How can you build a castle on a mountaintop like this?

However, such an unlikely architecture exists here.

I don't know anything about war or siege warfare, but I could see that it was built to deal with a large number of enemies with only a handful of people.

Climb the steep hillside, die by throwing weapons, stumble, fall.

Even if it reaches the wall, the height of the wall is too high to climb.

As long as it's not possible to fly, it seems almost impossible to take this wall from ground troops alone.

The next important thing is my position.

If I had been summoned near the Keep, the goal of clearing the 20th floor would have been to capture the Keep.

But I was summoned on the walls of the keep.

A message appeared just in time.

[Gateway on the 20th floor begins.]

Description: The Red Mountains, where the great dragons lived for so many years, are no longer owned.

The only people left there are the minions who manage the legacy of the dinosaurs.

The Trilogy Alliance takes over the legacy of the dead and wants to outrank the war against the Empire.

Thanks to the long history of the Trilogy Alliance with the minions, the Alliance decided to attack the fort and plunder the legacy instead of persuading the minions.

Help the minions protect the Legacy of the Dragon.

The aggression of the Trilogy Alliance begins on day 2.

[Clear condition]

1. Stop an air raid in the Trilogy Alliance for 11 days.

2. Protect the Legacy of the Ancients from the Trilogy Alliance.

It's a simple stage.

I like it a lot

Yeah, this is it.

This is what a tutorial stage looks like.

First, I spread my magic around the keep.

I've never been near a fortress.

At least I have enough enemies to hide my attention.

Well, I guess we'll just have to settle down a little bit.

You turn your head to the sound of footsteps you hear behind you.

One of the minions who has been watching me for a long time.

The other minions have been watching me from afar, and only one of them has walked in front of me.

As a minority, I thought about the Hobbits, the Halflings, etc. that appear often in novels.

But what I saw in front of me was a little different from them.

“No.”

“Aren't you?”

“... Of course. ”

“What?"

First of all, it's a little weird.

“… ha. ”

“ ……. ”

“… C. ”

... When I gather the slow-whistling words of that minion, I say, "Hello."

I was surprised that the knowledge skills before Babel had translated that horse correctly, rather than the fact that there are people who talk like that in the world.

“You……. ”

“Yeah, me, whatever. ”

“F……. ”

Oh, shit. They were more peculiar than I thought.

It wasn't just that I was making things weird.

Not only did the predecessors speaking in front of me, but all the predecessors I could see had one thing in common.

They all looked the same.

Like twins.

And the number of minions I can see is over a hundred.

It can't be a hundred twins.

“I……. ”

I think it would be more beneficial to think differently than to listen to the Small Persons.

Small people not only looked like their faces, but were similar in size.

Even the magical power I felt felt was the same person.

like an artificial creature.

To be honest, I felt uneasy.

You spread a little more magic and take a closer look at the minions' bodies.

It was a great excuse, but the minions didn't seem particularly upset.

A moment later, I concluded.

These guys are all the same.

I don't know who he is, or his synth, or his doll, or whatever it is.

Maybe it has something to do with the dinosaur.

By the time I finished thinking about it, the minions who stood before me had quite a lot to say.

When we put them together, it was as follows:

"Hello, you, too. You speak of your relationship with Trilogy. ’

I wasn't sure whether the sentence structure was simply a poor intellectual ability of the predecessors, or a shortened sentence to save time simply by not profaning the words.

“I… am Trilogy……. ”

“Th... ”

Slowly as the minions say, but clearly faster than them, the minions come in and cut me off.

I stopped to say something important and listened to him.

“Lee……. ”

Fast?

“Say……. ”

Talk fast?

“Hah... ”

... It meant to tell me to hurry.

No, poop...

Phew, so let's move on.

Maybe there's a reason they're talking slow.

I decided to tell him quickly just what the minions said.

“I have nothing to do with the Trilogy Federation. ”

“F……. ”

“… I have nothing to do with the Trilogy Alliance, and I am their enemy. ”

“It's okay……. ”

Oh, shit.

These were not only speaking, but also listening problems.

Or the obsession that the words you start have to finish.

“Phew…. ”

I feel like my insides are burning.

Wow, if you keep listening to this, you might increase your Contaminated Immunity Skill level.

“Th... ”

I don't give a fuck.

“I have nothing to do with the Trilogy Alliance, and I am their enemy. We will stop their attack here and protect the Legacy of the Great Dragon. ”

In fact, the Legacy of the Dragon was a plan to ask a few questions after getting to know the minions a little better.

If the minions are hiding it, maybe their relationship with it will be wrong.

However, I just spit out everything I wanted to say because of the frustration I felt during the conversation with the minions.

“Th……. ”

The minions begin to answer.

Instead of hearing his long, clear answer, I decided to think about something else.

Nevertheless, there was no problem hearing his answer.

The goal of the 20th floor stage is to protect the Legacy of the dead from the Trilogy Alliance.

I saw the presence of an ally called the Small Ones and the high walls built on top of the mountain, and I thought a stage on the 20th floor would be enough.

Of course, we don't know what the Trilogy Alliance is up to yet.

So I thought it would be okay to be on the stage, without having to take the elixir.

It was a quick decision.

Instead of believing these things as allies, I should take the elixir and carry it myself.

When I thought about it so far, I put together the words of the minions.

‘Enemies of Trilogy, our friends. ’

The enemy of the Trilogy is our friend.

I have not finished what the minions were saying, so I continue to think differently.

When the story is over, ask him to show you the Legacy of the Ancients.

Hear about the location and the construction of the Wall and make a basic defense plan.

Luckily, the minions had a huge flaw in communication, but fortunately, they didn't seem to have much trouble moving.

I'll be able to defend myself if I go around the front and the minions roll stones on the walls.

Let's take the elixir and absorb it for the rest of the time.

The plan was clear.

However, I questioned the feasibility.

The aggression of the Trilogy Alliance begins on day two.

It was a question of why it started on day two rather than the first day of entering the stage, but now I know why.

There was no guarantee that tomorrow would not come until I finished speaking with all the little people and ate the elixir.

It's going to be a long evening just to talk about the Legacy of the Ancients and explore the walls.

Ha.

I can't breathe.

At this point, we can summarize the sentences spoken by the predecessors.

‘The enemy of Trilogy, our friend. Protect the Legacy of the Great Dragon together. Thank you for your visit. ’

You mean welcome to my visit.

Convincing the minions was easier than I thought.

To be honest, I'm not sure why the minions were so easily persuaded.

I think it's right to be cautious when you suddenly show up in a fortress in such a sensitive time.

Maybe they're just stupid enough to go unnoticed.

Stages in the tutorial may be set up to make friendly relationships with people, challengers, who appear in the fortress at this time.

If not, then I have reason to believe that my minions have found reason to trust me, or I have reason to believe that I am not on the same side as Trilogy.

If not, pretend to accept it and prepare to turn your back on it later.

There are many possibilities.

However, there is still little information about the Trilogy Alliance with the minions.

I'll think about it later.

* * *

Things worked out better than I thought.

What I'm talking about is talking to the minions.

The minions who welcomed me stopped speaking.

It was a very positive case.

Instead, they handed over a bunch of paper.

It was a map of the nearby blobs of paper and an operational plan for a siege.

The map was detailed with fortresses and surrounding features, and a thick appendix explained in detail.

Moreover, the Trilogy Coalition was also included in the location where camps were being camped.

The Operation Plan describes their troop organization and how to use the structure and defenses of their fortresses.

Based on this, I can see how they can cope with enemy attacks and determine my role.

After checking the pile of paper, you are taken to a small room in the keep.

The minions who led me to my room said they would come and pick me up before dinner time.

Luckily, the minions aren't as dumb as their heads.

There was a tremendous problem with communication, but they were aware of it themselves and were trying to overcome it in other ways.

I had to say it was a positive thing.

All right, then.

From now on, I want to read the map and operation plan carefully and get the information I need.

And arranging things to ask your minions before dinner, and deciding my role in the battle that starts tomorrow.

The last thing I need is the elixir.

That's it.

The first thing to do is take the elixir.

Used a detection skill while spreading magic around it.

I felt some presence, but not close enough to feel threatening.

[Soul Collection]

[Number of Souls Collected: 211,659]

You summoned thirty souls.

[gasps]

“Shut up, you bastards. ”

Although it sounds like a kitten growls, it can be noisy when it's thirty or so at the same time.

“I'm sorry, can you keep an eye on this room? Beware of who's coming. ”

Of course, the spirits didn't even listen to me.

”Why don't you keep an eye out for this visit? ”

Instead of listening to me, the spirits tried to find something around me.

I know what that means.

I'm looking for the one who will be near me.

Of course, unfortunately, the souls will not be able to meet him anymore.

I tried praying with candles, candles, chrysanthemums and livers out of my inventory, but the ghosts didn't listen to me.

Finally, you give up and return the souls.

No matter how safe the surrounding area is and why the minions are hostile to me, I wanted to be a little more secure.

While taking the elixir, it can be quite troubling if someone attacks.

The elixir that can forcibly raise stats is not just a nutritional supplement.

It requires a certain level of magical circuit skill and high concentration to fully absorb its efficacy.

Even if the Raider appears, he can stop absorbing and respond, but that alone decreases the elixir's effectiveness.

It is more challenging than an ambush, when the mere minions greet them.

But we have to stop the absorption and stand up.

We should at least open our mouths and send the visitors back.

No matter how hard I think about it, there was only one way to keep me safe.

[Summon Lion]

An awkward magical force swirls around the room, summoned to the narrow room by a rugged creature over two meters tall.

The lanyard behind my back and the tail that is thicker than my thighs make my room feel narrower.

However, rather than feeling uncomfortable about it, I felt good about it.

Honestly, I've been waiting so long for situations that could use a lion summoning skill.

Waited for a good reason to use the skill.

“It's been a long time, Edie. ”

“Glug, I don't know how long it's been, actually. Long time no see, West. ”