I fought like a madman.
Somehow, I managed to dodge Lily while capturing the castle, moving troops and stretching my command to the extreme.
I even dragged in the Black Sword, who was throwing a fit about not wanting to come, to bolster our defenses.
No matter how I think about it, I can’t go any further than this.
How on earth am I supposed to do more than this?
“That’s what you think, right? I think so too. Damn.”
“The world flows as it pleases. That’s just how it is.”
“Ugh…”
The Headquarters of the Medium and Small Alliance.
To be precise, it was already a place that had been wrecked to the point where it was ‘once the headquarters’ because of spears and hammers and whatnot.
Sitting in the mess of a conference room, Alliance Leader Rai shook his head with a wry smile.
The woman in front of him hadn’t done anything particularly impressive.
She simply flicked a few spears at the charging users, and that was that.
Even the Black Sword, who was the core of their power, looked like he was putting up a fight but got knocked out cold with just one hit from the hammer.
…Even thinking about it now, it’s utterly ridiculous.
“Stupid guys. I told them not to hit, but they wouldn’t listen.”
“Exactly. If they hadn’t interfered, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Really hopeless…”
“Aren’t you resisting any further?”
“What more can we do here? Just end it.”
If Lily hadn’t invaded the Medium and Small Alliance’s stronghold, they would have put up a fight.
There were still quite a few users left in the Medium and Small Alliance, and as long as the command was intact, they could buy some time.
Even now, Rest and Ayane were busily capturing the castle.
But if the headquarters was neutralized, that changes everything.
“All the kids without my command are a bunch of idiots, so it doesn’t matter. They’re users, but can’t even think for themselves…”
“If that’s the case.”
“Can I make one request?”
“Go ahead.”
“How much time is left? Is there about 30 minutes left? I called the Black Sword in a hurry, but… Ayane and Rest are still on the other side.”
“They’ll be caught soon.”
“Well, it seems like they’ll be caught quickly, yeah… but you’re not planning to capture all the castles, are you?”
According to Lily’s broadcasts so far, she doesn’t seem to have much of a land greed.
Even if she wins, there’s a high chance she’ll return all the lands acquired to their original owners.
It’s perplexing why she would return such valuable land, but just last year, the Empire had a history of returning lands they had occupied back to the original owners after some half-hearted threats.
‘This is the last chance.’
“The original castles of the Medium and Small Alliance. If you don’t capture just those, I’ll return everything you’ve taken until now.”
“Is that really up to you, Alliance Leader?”
“Can I do whatever I want?”
“Well, I’m part of the alliance, so I have to follow the alliance rules, of course. If not… then I’ll just start a war and take it by force.”
Lily pondered.
She put a certain amount of sincerity into it, but being a broadcaster, she was mindful of public perception.
It meant she wouldn’t go too over the top.
Having already declared her intention to abstain, it wouldn’t look good for her to achieve overwhelming victory.
Lily made up her mind.
“I…”
■
“I don’t want to.”
“Excuse me?”
[LOL!]
[Lily?]
[Oh, she’s saying no, LOL.]
[Wow.]
[Who does she think she is negotiating with, the Axis of Evil?]
[Look at how flustered she is.]
[LOL!]
[Big Lily.]
Hoo-whoom!
With a hammer slung over my shoulder, I walked past Alliance Leader Rai toward the core of the castle.
Thirty minutes left until the siege war ended.
With little time remaining, capturing all 100 castles classified under the Medium and Small Alliance might be a bit much.
“At least with my stance until now.”
I decided to use more power, knowing I could capture all 100 castles in under five minutes if I put my mind to it.
Or perhaps even faster.
The castle’s core was softer than I expected.
“I’m not planning to capture everything in the first place.”
“…?!”
“Winning doesn’t mean capturing all the castles, right?”
The condition for winning the siege war was to secure more castles than other guilds or alliances before the time ran out.
Currently, the Medium and Small Alliance held the most castles, but even now, many users were trying to reclaim their territories.
Most of them were dead and waiting for resurrection, but there were still a few weak guild members left standing.
Hearing me, Rai laughed as if I were talking nonsense.
“Getting beaten by scrubs to capture castles? You’re really living in a fantasy. What do you think those guys can do?”
“Is that so?”
“Yup. Those types can’t even break past the NPC guards. I didn’t wipe out the high-level users for no reason. Bringing low-level users in a truck would just make them meat shields…”
“If the opponent has zero resistance, that’s a different story.”
I smirked and manifested magic in the air.
A Mana Screen floated before me.
It was in the same format I had seen during the siege war, and inside it was a small dragon breathing a pure white breath.
[What’s this?]
[Hey, pig!]
[Is that Sre?]
[Oh, what’s that over there?]
[????]
[Hahahahaha!]
-Aahhh!!
-It’s so cold!
-Run away… cough!
Those hit by the pure white breath couldn’t withstand the overwhelming cold and froze solid.
Sre, who had frozen all the creatures in the castle, nodded with a satisfied expression, and blood burst forth from the air, engulfing Sre.
Meow!
Five seconds later, Sre emerged from the nearby castle and unleashed another breath.
Lai’s eyes widened as if he had figured out my plan.
“What if the castle’s defending forces are all frozen, and in the meantime, 30-40 level guild members who were just carrying supplies outside take over the castle?”
Wouldn’t that be a beautiful picture?
The counterattack of the weak. It couldn’t be anything but a resonant word.
“Is that supposed to be a statement…?! No, can we even kill them all?! Those who freaked out just because we hit NPCs?!”
“Don’t worry. The breath supported by Lasty won’t harm their lives at all. It just makes them a bit cold for a while.”
It was completely harmless to their bodies and souls, and even if something went wrong, I planned to heal everyone after it was over.
You might argue that the residents or users in an icy state could be attacked, but unless it’s an extraordinary Intermediate Angel or a Demon Race level, they couldn’t break the ice.
Whether Lai was denying reality or not, three level 30 players who were anxious after losing the castle entered the fortress beyond the magic screen.
“Did you see the broadcast?! We need to retake it now!”
-Could we… even do that? All our combat forces are dead!
-Damn it! If not now, then when? We don’t know when it’ll thaw! Hurry up!
-Core! This must be the core!
-I’ve never seen the core before!
-Hey! Let’s all hit it quickly!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
While it was somewhat hard for the level 30 users to break through, everyone pooled their strength and managed to break it somehow.
Kugung…!
-Wow!!!
-We did it! We took back the castle!
-Waaah!!!
The castle was being taken over.
For 8 hours and 30 minutes, no, for the past few months, the Medium and Small Alliance had been planning and diligently occupying the castle, only to start losing it all at once.
His territory was gradually shrinking on the map.
If this goes on…
“Am I… at the bottom?!”
“Maybe so?”
“No, no way! You better win the championship! Damn, win!!!”
“No way.”
“It’s better to lose to Lily than to those losers! It doesn’t make sense to get defeated by them!!! Kill them all now and take the castle!!!”
“Kill them all and take the castle!!!”
“No way.”
“Uaaaaaaa!!!”
[LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL]
[LOL LOL LOL LOL]
“You can’t do it, you idiot.”
“Come on, Rai…”
“Getting wrecked by level 30 newbies, so funny ㅋㅋ.”
[LOL LOL LOL]
“That’s hilarious.”
“Hidden Job Alliance, let’s go!!!!”
“Rai’s in tears, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”
“Sre’s working hard.”
“Disappeared for 8 hours and 30 minutes, ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”
“What’s that collaboration with the Progenitor, ㅋㅋㅋ?”
Rai, in a last-ditch effort, summoned a lion and charged in.
It was a fierce attack, but the lion did nothing and huddled on the ground, while Rai fell flat, rolling around somewhere in the meeting room.
“…Damn.”
“Swearing too much is bad for you.”
“What are Rest and Ayane even doing? Instead of conquering the castle, they’re losing everything!”
“Them?”
Boom!!
“Wa-ook.”
“Ah, you’re here?”
Finally, the pure white pig, no, the dragon landed next to me.
On Sre’s back were ice shards of restless spirits, frozen like a cloak.
Rasity helped, but they really brought it back.
Well. Well.
In its mouth was either a fainted Ayane or a giant doll, which had already been shredded into pieces long ago.
Sre was drooling…
“Wa-ook.”
“Hey, don’t eat that.”
“Uu?”
“Spit it out, spit it out.”
[LOL LOL LOL]
“Gross, spit it out.”
“Ugh, drool.”
“Sre is super cute.”
“Boy’s so Sre.”
Sre tilted its head.
It’s a bit questionable how one can ‘spit out’ something they’ve put in their mouth.
However, when I said I’d give them something tastier, they opened their mouth without hesitation.
Ptooey.
The drool-covered Ayane dropped right in front of Rai.
Rai’s expression was all scrunched up.
Hmm.
“……”
“It’s a happy ending.”
“…Is it?”
“Of course it is.”
Isn’t this enough for a happy ending?
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