2 . Refugees of Serabourg CitadelTranslated by EE and Adoxo . I don't have a new translator, my brother pitched in and help finish off the last 3 pages .
Proofread by Britsch, Xandaar
The players’ eyes were brimming with determination,
‘I must not die . ’‘Whatever happens, I will follow Weed-nim . ’‘Focus . I will come out of this place alive . I can’t die like this or I will be stuck being a newbie . I won’t even be able to get a girlfriend!’
Weed yanked the wooden lever affixed to the wall . Du Du Du Du!The stone gate blocking the exit began to rise, slowly unveiling the path leading to the surface .
“Now is the time . Let’s head out . ”
The break was brief, but it was enough for the players to recover some of their vitality . Weed headed out first, wriggling his large frame through the opening . As soon as he surfaced, the rest of the players began to jump out through the clearing one by one .
“Don’t leave any humans alive . ”“It’s just for all who do not believe in the gods of Embinyu to die . ”“Purge Serabourg Citadel!”
Upon surfacing, the players were struck by the piercing cries of the fanatics and dark forces of the Embinyu Church . Even though the exit was well hidden with overgrown bushes, it was a mere 2km away from the Serabourg Citadel . A horse could cover that distance instantly .
Weed’s gaze turned to the Citadel . Swarming with Embinyu forces, the area now resembled a large black mass at a distance . Smoke billowed from the buildings as they burned fiercely while large demons could be seen encroaching the Citadel .
The soldiers of Rosenheim Kingdom were slowly being forced back into the palace where they would make their last stand . Weed noticed various groups still within the Citadel’s using this moment to escape .
It was absolute pandemonium! This was a true battlefield .
‘Please come out . Now is our chance . ’
Players continued to materialize from the exit . Even nearby escape routes began to spew out players . Over tens of thousands newbies and NPCs had followed Weed, and for all of them to escape would take time .
The first group of players that poured out from the escape route had a fairly decent high level and could fight . Over 200 of these warriors exited, followed by the newbies . The group tried to covertly escape as they possibly could, but with so many people it was inevitable the Wyvern Knights circling in the sky above would detect them .
“Humans!”“Kill them! Use them as sacrifice for the god of Embinyu!”
Players cried out in surprise .
“It’s the Wyvern Knights of the Embinyu Church!”“We are spotted!”
Archers, Rangers, and anyone else possessing a bow began loosing their arrows at the Wyvern Knights . A chaotic stream of arrows flew from newbies and high archers alike, and rained down onto the enemy .
“Humans are offerings!”“Praise the Embinyu Church!”The Wyverns gracefully evaded the arrows as they dove toward the ground .
The mobility of the wyverns was astounding! To strike them in the air would be difficult, and spells were practically useless against them since they took too long to prepare .
“Evil Spear!”The critical situation was when the Wyvern Knights came closer and closer as they primed their spear skills!
Weed accelerated furiously and leaped high into the sky .
‘Will it work? My strength and agility have increased radically so it just might be possible . ’
BANG!The ground cratered as the Ice Troll jumped with unbelievable might!
Weed suddenly thrust his sword mid-air . The low flying wyvern attempted to evade the Ice Troll that had abruptly appeared before its eyes, but its efforts were futile, it was already within range of Weed’s sword .
“Gyaak!”
You have dealt a great blow to the Wyvern Knight . Wyvern Knight is unable to participate further in battle .The overflowing strength of the Ice Troll!
Weed had not aimed for the Wyvern, instead striking the knight riding the Wyvern . The Wyvern Knight plummeted to the ground as Weed’s attack had toppled him from his steed . In a swift and smooth motion, Weed quickly snatched the reins as he mounted the Wyvern . To display such incredulous quick and fluid movements despite having the massive body of an Ice Troll, one would think the scene had been choreographed .
“Gyaaa!”
The Wyvern staggered, nearly crashing, from the sudden brunt of the full weight of the Ice Troll . This was the Ice Troll’s weight attack! As the Wyvern came closer to the ground that its underside could literally scrape the surface, it gave it a one last ditch effort to fly back up .
Weed peered down . The high level players had scattered and were resisting the Wyvern Knights’ attacks but the beginners and the NPCs were still being slaughtered .
The resident Darium, living some distance behind the palace has died . Fame decreased by 2 . Vortuga the blacksmith has passed away . Fame decreased by 6 .While he didn’t mind the players dying, every single NPCs death affected Weed personally . The nature of the quest to lead the refugees to safety had the potential to earn or lose an enormous amount of fame .
Weed could have never imagined the astronomical magnitude of this quest when he was first approached by Selina . The scale of the quest grew exponentially as the abandoned residents of Serabourg Citadel gathered and placed their faith in Weed . Fortunately, Seo Yoon was finally displaying her true ability as she slaughtered the Wyvern Knights, sending them into the grey light .
“Let’s go . We’ve more bastards to hunt!”
Weed pulled the rein on the Wyvern with his left hand . To tame a Wyvern, a player would need high strength and fighting spirit . In these aspect, Weed already qualified . And he had a lot of experience taming a Wyvern through Wy-Three .
But to completely subdue and tame a monster, high intimacy and time to understand one another was required . Weed did not have any of this . But the Wyvern Weed was riding on top obeyed his command and flew towards the other Wyvern Knights .
“Faster!”Pdak, Pdak, Pdak!
The Wyvern flew as fast as possible . It wasn’t due to its submission and obedience to Weed, but a silent plea to the other Wyvern Knights to knock off the heavy Ice Troll on it’s back . Furthermore, the cold emanating from the Ice Troll frosted the wings, causing fear to seep into the Wyvern from the possibility of crashing .
The Ice Troll was heavy and it was cold . It was truly evil .
“Well done . ”
The Wyvern’s desperate measure to save itself went up in smokes as Weed exchanged several blows with the Wyvern Knights and emerged victorious . Weed was used to aerial battles where attacks were exchanged in a flash .
The Wyvern flew toward its other brethren for salvation, but Weed came out victorious in every single encounter .
GYAAA!
The Wyvern Weed was riding on was quickly becoming exhausted as it flapped its wings harder and harder to prevent its fall . But because of the cold coming from the Ice Troll, soon the whole body of the Wyvern was covered in ice .
Weed waited for his Wyvern to completely freeze over before hijacking another Wyvern in mid air . The sight of a massive body leaping in the air was a truly mind boggling and dazzling performance . The players were dizzy from the heart dropping display above .
“Call Death Knight Van Hawk! Call Vampire Lord Torido!”
Summoning of Van Hawk and Torido!
“Master, I want to fight . ”“This place has the lingering scent of blood . Nothing is refreshing as the blood in the air, it’s much better than any exquisite perfume . ”
“Kwaaak!” The Wyvern was in greater agony as the number of passengers on it’s back increased .
Weed gave them a simple command“Fight however you want” Back when they were battling in the Yurokina Mountain, he had to constant supervise and direct them . But now, these two had experienced all kinds of battle with Weed .
Before the weight could overwhelm the Wyvern, Van Hawk and Torido jumped off . Van Hawk flew around, fighting on his summoned Phantom Horse while Torido spread his cape and became one with the darkness . Torido would then appear out of nowhere, behind the Wyvern Knights, plunging his fangs into their unprotected necks .
Woosh!The pure blood vampire clan that obeyed Torido was summoned as bats and attacked the Wyverns Knights . The Wyverns did not fear the bats, but their movements were hampered as the bats clung everywhere on the Wyverns, sucking out their blood .
“It’s that Ice Troll . Retreat to the base!” “We need to come back with more troops!” Eventually the Wyvern Knights retreated . Van Hawk and Torido gave chase and returned with considerable amount of loot .
The Wyvern was spent and crashed to the ground with Weed still on top .
BOOOM!
The combined mass of the Ice Troll and the Wyvern ploughed through the ground as they crashed . Because of the extensive injuries the Wyvern sustained during battle and the additional trauma of the crash, the Wyvern turned into a grey light and disappeared .
Weed’s health also dropped considerably but thanks to the priest’s Healing Hand spell, he recovered in an instant . The novice priests and all alike who could use healing magic darted toward Weed and a cascade of Healing Hand spells was used on Weed .
The players continuously streamed out from the two exits points, clearing out the overgrown thickets as they took flight away from Serabourg Citadel . Already, several thousands of refugees were out of the tunnels .
Even though the Wyvern Knights retreated, in no time at all, another contingent of cultists were heading toward them .
“Torido, Van Hawk, did you have enough?” “The scent of blood is delicious . My thirst has not been quenched yet . ” “I want to keep fighting . ”
Weed sheathed his Demon Sword and took up the long spear he snatched from a Wyvern Knight . Because his arm was longer and his body became bigger, Weed was able to exert greater force with a spear rather than a sword .
He did not have the Weaponry Skill like the Geomchis, as Weed’s spearmanship skill level was low the attack damaged followed suit . Even with the spear’s negative points, it outweighed the sword basic attack damage and Weed’s strength stat as an Ice Troll further increased the damage . Also Weed thought that it would be much better to confront the early to mid level 200 cultist with a spear .
Weed with the spear in hand marched forward . The cultists of Embinyu numbered more than 500! The cultists were a scant group equipped with long pickaxes or bastardized bows, swords and axes without any armor .
“Van Hawk, Torido . Take the front . ”"The throng I wanted . "“This is the dawn to get drunk . ”
Van Hawk charged the cultists flank on his Phantom Horse . Pooo he hing! The Death Knight on his Phantom Horse galloped into the cultists and slaughtered them . Torido with his pure blood vampire clan clung onto the cultists back and sunk their fangs into their necks . The pure blood vampires had to drink human blood for quick growth . This was a once in a life time opportunity for the vampires as such opportunities were few and far between since they started following Weed .
“If it’s only 500 cultists, it’s easy . ”
Van Hawk and Torido had the characteristics of an Undead for limitless stamina, no matter how long it took, they could take care of it . But right now, time was not on their side . Before Embinyu Church sent a greater force, they had to clear out the cultists and allow as many refugees to escape as possible .
“I tried my best not to use it, but… Sculpture Destruction! Turn everything into strength!”
Weed took out a Fine sculpture, ‘The Evil Merchant Holding A Beating Stick’, he carried around in his backpack and destroyed it .
Sculpture Destruction has been used .The pain! The agony of destroying a Fine sculpture . Art stat decreased by 5 permanently . Fame decreased by 100 . Art stat transformed into strength with 1:4 ratio for the next 24 hours . The additional converted strength has been applied to an unaccustomed body due to Sculpture Transformation, 30% penalty has been applied . Your Art stat is too high . Because your original strength stat is too low, the conversion will not happen instantly .
870 strength has been converted into Advance level 8 skill, ‘Crushing Blow’ . The enemy will be flung far if you hit it precisely with a full powered strike . Increased chance of enemy falling into paralysis and confusion .
950 strength has been converted into Advance level 6 skill, ‘Piercing Spear’ . This mighty attack will completely destroy the opponent's armor and shield .
1,430 strength has been converted into Advance level 9 skill, ‘Momentary Herculean Strength’ . For a short period of time, it will triple your maximum strength . Requires immense amount of vitality .
690 strength has improved the Ice Troll’s traits . The cold will now affect up to 15m .
Mastery of Sculpting skill increased .Weed greatly increased the strength of the Ice Troll with Sculpture Destruction . Indeed strength was the only thing to put trust in . By using the strength properly he could leap through the battlefield with ease!
“Well, let’s have some fun . ”
Weed twirled his spear . The spear felt disproportionate to his body and was light as a feather . He felt he could do anything .
“Hyaa!”
As Weed whirled his spear, he leaped into the cultist’s flank .
Pa Pa Pang!
Everytime he spun his spear, the enemies flew several meters back! But, at the same time, all sorts of weapons the cultists held were targeting the large Ice Troll . As the enemies had him surrounded, defending was impossible .
But defending was not part of an Ice Troll’s dictionary . Only attack . Weed swept away the enemies with a whirl of his spear . Every cultist within the range of Weed’s spear turned into grey light . Weed’s attack was foolish, daring and full of fighting spirit!
The weak cultists could not content with Weed’s high level and strength . It was like watching the strong violently suppressing the weak! The eyes of the low level newbies were wide as they watched in disbelief .
“Ah, I also want to be like that . ”“The Ice Troll is so cool!”“How many times do I have to level up to fight like that?”
Watching Weed reassured the players, some even momentarily forgot about their escape and began to eat peanuts as they watched the spectacle .
Seo Yoon began to flex the frightening temperament of a Beserker . The cultists within her vicinity were swept up in a mana explosion and disappeared .
“Go!”“Let’s increase our level quickly to eat a gourmet meal and find a boyfriend!”
The great escape! While Weed, Seo Yoon and the other players halted the cultists of Embinyu, they had to flee as far as possible . The players and the NPCs came one after another from the underground passage and continued their escape beyond the hill .
The residents of Serabourg Citadel who have managed to escape gave their heartfelt gratitude . Fame increased by 34 . The residents are in your debt, your reputation among them improved . Your intimacy with the residents of Rosenheim Kingdom improved .Texts kept popping up on Weed’s message window .
The number of refugees were enormous, even now only several thousands had managed to pass the underground passages and climbed over the hill . Weed had to buy more time for the rest of the refugees to escape to a safe area .
‘I don’t know how much longer I can withstand this . ’
Looking toward Serabourg Citadel, he saw that it was covered in an inferno and was burning brightly . Soon, the Embinyu forces would chase after the king and his knights and would discover the refugees . It was only a matter of time till the large army of the Embinyu Church would come after the refugees Weed was leading .
“Sister!”
In the chaos a newbie slipped his hand and was caught on the edge of the rock, struggling to get out . At that place, a seriously wounded cultist was standing with his pickaxe .
“Death is the only option for those who refuse to follow the Embinyu Church!”
For a newbie, a cultist was no different than a boss monster .
“Chad!”
The moment the sister who cried out upon looking at the scene, the cultist who was about to bring down his pickaxe turned into a grey light and disappeared . Behind the point where the cultist was standing was an Ice Troll holding a spear .
Weed who was fighting at the front line saw the boy Chad was in danger, he ran toward the scene at an extreme pace . “Please hurry . ”
Weed personally grabbed hold of Chad’s hand and raise the boy up . The players escaping in a flurry saw this scene .
“Thank you . ”“It’s no problem . I did what I had to do . ”
There was no hint of hypocrisy or pretense on the wicked looking Ice Troll’s face .
‘Whew, that could have been a disaster!’
Weed never missed a japtem! He found himself fortunate that he spotted the sapphires at the place Chad fell before anyone else .
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