“What did you just say?”
“You can’t catch it? What does that even mean?”
“What in the world…”
The hall became quite noisy at my statement.
Especially one berserker, who had been showing discomfort from earlier, slammed the table down with a bang!
Was it a Lycan?
“I knew your personality, but you really are insufferable. Are you insane?”
“Ah, I guess I was too brief. Allow me to rephrase.”
Huh?
As I stood up, the comfortable hatchling looked up at me.
I smiled and patted it once more before turning to everyone.
“I can’t catch it ‘right now.'”
“Are you saying we have to wait?”
The one who spoke was a noble surrounded by numerous people.
He seemed to be no ordinary noble; his clothes and demeanor were exceptional.
I raised three fingers.
“30 days. Actually, 3 weeks should suffice. Just wait until then, and I’ll catch it without any casualties.”
“3 weeks is too long. With the Empire’s demon beasts right at our doorstep, delaying is a loss in itself.”
“True!”
Crack…!
The expensive table crumbled like paper.
Will they cover that?
“I’m also quite busy. I have to proceed with the world quests, you know. Whether we catch the world boss quickly or not, we can’t afford to waste time.”
“……”
“Looking at the others, it seems like there are plenty of circumstances too… Can we not make some concessions?”
Keep your manners!
Some nobles and users stood up at the Lycan’s somewhat arrogant tone, but he merely chuckled and shrugged it off.
Despite the Lycan’s arrogance, it’s true that time is of the essence.
[Look at that rude guy]
[Talking informally, haha]
[I’m so ready for annihilation, lol]
[But seriously, why the wait?]
[It’s urgent, though…]
[Hmm]
[Lady Lily must have her reasons.]
[But it’s true that dragging it out is a bad idea]
[I have no idea]
[Let’s finish this]
[Are they really waiting because of the hatchling?]
[Just wipe them all out, let’s go]
[Lady Lily, do whatever you want]
Ta-gak.
I left my seat and headed toward the center of the hall.
Hundreds of eyes were following me.
A massive hologram made of mana appeared in the center.
It was the moment I first met Sugarado and stopped the gale.
The overwhelming presence of the world boss made the already noisy hall even more uproarious.
“When the World Boss first appears, it inflicts what is called ‘First Damage.’ I don’t know if it’s to showcase its might or prove its existence in this world.”
First Damage.
When the World Boss appears, it inevitably flaunts its power, scattering its strength throughout the world.
Usually, when the aftermath strikes, the area turns into uninhabitable land.
One of the past World Bosses, ‘Black Eye,’ shrouded its nest and the area of an entire kingdom in darkness.
When the ‘Pure and Noble Unicorn’ appeared, a heavenly punishment befell all those who were neither pure nor noble.
“The frozen cold, the White Dragon Sugarado is the same. Had Sugarado been left alone, the Kingdom of Talikal and its neighboring areas would have plunged into extreme cold temperatures. Especially this Letess territory…”
I met the gaze of those whose eyes had widened in shock one by one.
The Berserker still wore an uncomfortable expression.
But can discomfort really stop anything?
‘A disaster of such magnitude.’
“It would have frozen completely.”
“Wait. That only happens when the ‘Despairing Cold’ breaks out…”
“You underestimate the term ‘cold’ too much.”
Sugarado has gained a sliver of the power of cold.
Right now, it’s merely being tossed around by the pieces without a sense of self; this ability was fundamentally impossible to control.
However, Sugarado is currently entangled in the system of the World Boss.
If, through the power of the system, it becomes accustomed to the pieces in 60 days and casts it ‘directly’…
‘The Demon powers directly wielded by the Ancient Dragon Race.’
Half the continent might freeze over.
“When the Despairing Cold breaks out, half the continent will freeze. The ‘trivial’ chill I mentioned earlier is literally just a cute little thing.”
Such is the power of demons.
“……”
My bombshell statement silenced the room.
Up until now, World Bosses have been powerful enough to summon the continent’s armies, but they weren’t discussed in the context of annihilation.
No matter how great the damage, it usually ended with a couple of kingdoms collapsing.
But what I just mentioned was extinction.
Half the continent dying…
“How did you seal such a thing?”
The Lycan, still filled with skepticism, stood up with his axe.
A robust physique and fiery red hair.
Even though this is a place where many have gathered, he radiates energy without bothering about it.
“If what you’re saying is true, that would be almost the highest or extreme level, yet you’re saying a single person could stop it?”
“Right now, it’s not at that ‘extreme’ level.”
Sugarado, being tossed about by the pieces, is merely a very powerful World Boss.
Redo is just a really powerful World Boss.
So if I put in enough effort, I can definitely seal it.
“But if it’s in 60 days, that’s a different story. By then, I won’t be able to stop it either.”
“Then we need to catch it right now! If it breaks free, we’re all screwed, right?”
“Y-Yes! We need to hunt it down right away to prevent the destruction!”
“At this point, we might need to ask the Empire for assistance—”
“Are you crazy? You want to let the ‘enemy’ into the kingdom?”
“It’s not just the Empire that’s the problem!”
“The Empire has always been an issue!”
“Enough!!!”
Kuuuuuuuung!!!
The Lycan’s Lion’s Roar filled the venue.
Only then did the room go quiet.
Huuuu… He takes a deep breath and glares at me.
[That eye is something else]
[It’s a mess, lol]
[But aren’t we in trouble? Is it going to grow this much?]
[Whoa!]
[Listening to Lily, this sounds really serious]
[It’s basically the Great Cataclysm level he mentioned at the construction site]
[Have the Great Cataclysm monsters already started appearing?]
[Anyway, this is hilarious, lol]
[Hahahahahaha]
[No kidding, lol]
“Hey, popular streamer. Shouldn’t we catch it like you said? If you don’t want to see Deoen go down the drain.”
“Of course we should.
If half the continent flies away, Deoen’s main stages will almost vanish.
Of course, amidst all that, the ‘Empire’ will still be around, but the rest will be a problem.
However.
“If we break the seal now, the ‘First Damage’ that I contained will erupt.”
To hunt it down, we need to break the seal that was blocking Sugarado.
Along with that, the ‘First Damage’ that Sugarado was supposed to unleash.
If that happens, Letess’s territory will freeze in an instant, and the surrounding kingdoms, including Talikal, will face a harsh winter.
Most rankers, knights, and mages will be fine, but the average residents will be powerless and all die.
“I can suppress the First Damage and face it in three weeks. We just need to wait until then.”
“We don’t have time!”
“Isn’t that more urgent than the residents here dying?”
The Lycan hesitates for a moment.
Normally, he would answer without hesitation, but there were quite a few NPCs related to the kingdom right now.
If he says that now, the favorability of the kingdoms would drop sharply.
“Fine.”
But the Lycan was already on bad terms with the kingdoms.
[Hahahahahaha]
[Right? That’s hitting it on the nose, lol]
[The world quest is more important than NPCs anyway]
[Yeah, right?]
[Saying that right in front of them]
[Crossing the line!]
[Such a manly man ;;]
[?]
[Isn’t he just a crazy guy rather than a tough guy? Haha!]
[Honestly, NPCs don’t really matter.]
[Lily is definitely one, but 3 weeks is a bit long.]
[It seems like there’s some discontent; maybe we should smash some heads and talk?]
[Ah haha, Lily is the law.]
[For now, let’s just kill him.]
“It’s always about the majority over the minority. When a World Boss appears, losses are to be expected. How can we save everyone?”
“Here it is. A way to save everyone.”
“I can say whatever I want.”
Clunk.
The Lycan stood up, menacingly raising his axe.
“We’re going to take him down right now. If we block him, we’ll have to push through with force.”
“Force?”
“Yeah. No matter how famous you are these days, real battles are different.”
Block it and you die.
A brief mental duel.
The Lycan spun his axe around, not backing down, trying to break through me.
“I said I’ll kill you.”
Boom!!
A red aura burst forth as the axe flew up.
A powerful strike raining down directly at me.
Stop.
And it was blocked.
Lycan’s eyes widened in sheer disbelief as his axe was so easily caught.
“That’s disappointing.”
“Shut up… Huh?!”
Crack!
Bangggg—!!!
After shattering the axe, I grabbed the Lycan by his collar and slammed him down to the ground.
“Wow.”
A stunned room echoed with awe.
Lycan, now one with the floor, gritted his teeth, trying to escape while spewing out red aura, but it was useless.
He can’t get up.
“This dog…!”
“You already tried to attack, right?”
“……”
The Lycan and his guild had already attacked the sealed Sugarado.
In fact, other users and forces were also attacking from unseen angles.
The result was failure.
It wasn’t just the Sugarado’s defense, but the layers of seals and multiple Holy overlaps made breaking through impossible.
Since they couldn’t break the seal, they couldn’t deal any damage.
They probably thought that taking me down would break the seal, but…
“Common sense says the caster of the seal can’t be weaker than the seal itself, right?”
It’s just basic logic.
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