The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 148

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 148

Episode 148: Tooshin’s Maze (2)

After that, Alcamalca guided Mincheol and the warriors to the altar in the castle basement.

“This is the first time I’ve brought an outsider who isn’t part of the clan to this place.”

In the center of the altar, a round groove was carved out.

It looked like it would fit perfectly if the sacred relic were placed on it.

“To think the day would come when I’d operate the sacred relic with my own hands.”

Alcamalca looked at the sacred relic with a deeply moved expression.

Suddenly, Mincheol asked Alcamalca.

“It will work properly, right?”

“I don’t know either.”

Mincheol quietly stared at Alcamalca with an incredulous look.

“Our clan is also using the sacred relic for the first time. We can’t help but not know, can we?”

Alcamalca spoke as if making an excuse.

Hearing this, Mincheol withdrew his gaze since it made sense.

“Then I’ll begin.”

Alcamalca placed the sacred relic on the altar.

Then she cut her palm with a dagger and let drops of blood fall.

“Urtak. Bardarден. Kurursong.”

And she began reciting incomprehensible words.

“That’s ancient orc language.”

Kurmakdurumak explained from the side.

He was sitting in a wheelchair made of wood.

“She learned properly from the previous Steel Overlord. Well, she was a diligent person from childhood.”

Mincheol and the warriors quietly watched Alcamalca perform the ritual.

Then, blue energy began pouring out from the altar.

It was a phenomenon similar to when orcs summoned the Ancestral Spirit.

“Ooh… such pure energy.”

“The legend was true… Tooshin has answered our call.”

The blue energy began being absorbed into the sacred relic.

Then a strange phenomenon occurred.

The surface of the sacred relic carved from stone began turning transparent like crystal.

The change occurred throughout the entire sacred relic. But it wasn’t fast. It progressed very slowly.

No one said anything, but everyone sensed it.

That when the sacred relic became completely transparent, some change would occur.

‘How long will this take?’

Just as Mincheol was thinking that.

【Warning! Radical story progression detected!】

【Save Point will be destroyed!】

An unwelcome message appeared before his eyes.

‘Radical progression? What does that mean?’

The bigger problem was the destruction of the Save Point.

Without the Save Point, he couldn’t return to reality.

It meant he had to endure until all Quests were completed.

‘First, I need to assess the situation.’

Fortunately or unfortunately, Mincheol didn’t need to move.

Crash.

Suddenly the door opened and a soldier shouted in an urgent voice.

“The Grand Warlord is killing the warriors!”

Everyone looked bewildered at those words.

“Don’t tell me the Grand Warlord crossed the castle wall?”

“We had warriors on standby for situations like this?”

“N-no! That’s not it!”

Perhaps lacking oxygen, the soldier exhaled sharply several times.

“He’s killing the Northern warriors!”

Words beyond imagination burst from the soldier’s mouth.

* * *

Crunch crunch.

The Grand Warlord held an entire roasted bird and tore at it.

It was something a warrior had hunted and offered to the Grand Warlord.

Gulp.

The warriors watched the Grand Warlord’s meal and swallowed their saliva.

In the Northern Army’s encampment, only the Grand Warlord ate his fill.

Warriors and soldiers alike were all equally starving.

Even when they succeeded in hunting, it went into the Grand Warlord’s mouth like this.

“…?”

Suddenly the Grand Warlord shot up from his seat.

Then he looked toward Tartamartha Castle with a blank expression.

“Grand Warlord?”

One of the Northern warriors asked with a bewildered face.

The Grand Warlord didn’t answer. He just glared at empty air.

“…I sense Tooshin’s energy.”

“Pardon?”

“The southern vermin are summoning Tooshin.”

Killing intent poured out from the Grand Warlord’s entire body.

The warriors were terrified and summoned their Ancestral Spirits.

The Grand Warlord’s energy, strengthened through repeated wars, was difficult even for warriors to easily withstand.

“No. This can’t happen. I can’t let him come out like this!”

“Grand Warlord, please calm down!”

“What do you mean calm down! This all happened because you bastards are incompetent!”

The Grand Warlord roared furiously.

The warriors shut their mouths, paralyzed with fear.

“…Right, it’s all your fault.”

The Grand Warlord muttered in a small voice. His voice carried a strange killing intent.

“So you bastards should clean this up, right?”

The Grand Warlord’s hand moved toward his axe.

The warriors looked completely confused.

“Grand Warlord?”

The Grand Warlord’s hand gripped the axe handle.

The next moment-

Swoosh-

“Kraaak-“

Screams and blood droplets burst forth.

* * *

Mincheol and the warriors hurriedly climbed up to the castle wall.

Looking down at the Northern Army’s encampment, they could indeed see the Grand Warlord and warriors fighting.

No, could that even be called fighting?

The Grand Warlord was unilaterally massacring the warriors.

“Grand Warlord! What did we do wrong!”

“Damn it! Do you think I’ll die like this?”

However, the warriors didn’t just take it lying down.

They summoned their Ancestral Spirits to fight against the Grand Warlord.

But they were no match for the Grand Warlord.

“Insects dare to point weapons at me! Quietly offer your necks!”

Each time the Grand Warlord attacked, another skull was split open.

‘Huh?’

Mincheol rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. He saw something strange.

‘Every time a warrior dies… the Grand Warlord is absorbing their Ancestral Spirit?’

The energy flowing from the warrior’s corpse was being sucked into the Grand Warlord’s body.

The strange phenomenon didn’t end there.

Each time he absorbed an Ancestral Spirit, the Grand Warlord’s body grew slightly larger.

‘It’s not just his size that’s growing.’

His movements became faster and faster. The power of his axe also increased.

‘Every time he kills a warrior… he’s getting stronger?’

He recalled what the Southern Warriors had said during their drinking session.

Their speculation that war made the Grand Warlord stronger was being proven.

“Consider it an honor to die! Your deaths will bring victory!”

In just a moment, when all the Northern Warriors were dead, the Grand Warlord’s body had grown to an unimaginably massive size.

He looked more like an ogre than an orc.

“Huff, hufff.”

The Grand Warlord breathed roughly as he glared at Tartamartha Castle.

The moment Mincheol saw those eyes stained with madness and bloodlust, he shouted.

“He’s coming! We have to stop him!”

The moment Mincheol shouted, the Grand Warlord lowered his body while thrusting his shoulder forward.

Mincheol pulled out the Shield of Judgment from his inventory and threw it.

【Skill ‘Force Shield’ is activated】

A force field blocked the fortress gate.

At the same time, the Grand Warlord charged.

Bang-!

With a thunderous roar, both the force field and the fortress gate were completely destroyed.

Even the Force Shield, which had blocked countless attacks, was no better than paper before the Grand Warlord.

“Sacred relic! Hand over the sacred relic!”

The Grand Warlord roared.

Just by shouting, the castle walls shook.

The Grand Warlord’s steps headed toward the inner castle.

What he was targeting was obvious. The sacred relic.

‘If the sacred relic is taken, it’s over.’

Quest failure wasn’t the problem.

Who could possibly stop the Grand Warlord who had become so strong?

There was only one way to survive.

“Steel Overlord, we must protect the sacred relic until Tooshin descends.”

Mincheol shouted toward the dazed Alcamalca.

Only then did Alcamalca and the warriors come to their senses.

“Fortunately, the Northern Army isn’t in a position to move. We just need to stop the Grand Warlord.”

Due to the Grand Warlord’s rampage, the Northern Army had fallen into complete chaos.

Not a single soldier was charging toward Tartamartha Castle.

“Sir Mincheol is right. Everyone, prepare to die to stop the Grand Warlord!”

At Alcamalca’s cry, the warriors raised their weapons.

Mincheol tried to chase after the Grand Warlord together with the warriors.

Then, Kurmakdurumak grabbed Mincheol’s wrist.

Kurmakdurumak had a frustrated expression.

“…Please protect the castle.”

It was a very earnest voice. Mincheol nodded silently.

* * *

“Sacred relic! Hand over the sacred relic!”

The Grand Warlord led his massive body toward the inner castle.

He could sense Tooshin’s energy from that place.

“How dare you try to summon him! Unforgivable!”

The Grand Warlord’s power was not yet complete.

If Tooshin descended, victory would be hard to guarantee.

Having barely been resurrected after long years, he couldn’t lose his body again.

The fear of possibly returning to darkness again.

That made the Grand Warlord’s heart impatient.

So much so that he would sacrifice the Northern Warriors as offerings.

That’s when it happened.

A Southern Warrior leaping over a building’s roof struck the Grand Warlord’s head with a club.

Kwang-

From the impact, the Grand Warlord’s head shook greatly.

Despite the loud noise, the damage the Grand Warlord sustained wasn’t very significant.

“You maggot!”

But he couldn’t help being enraged that a Southern Warrior, no better than a bug, had dared to touch him.

The Grand Warlord swung his palm toward the warrior.

Paang-

The movement was invisible. It was so fast that even the sound of air bursting could be heard.

The warrior couldn’t even react, let alone dodge.

“Kuk!”

The warrior hit by the palm was slammed into the wall. Blood burst from holes all over his body.

He wasn’t dead, but was barely clinging to life.

“I’ll kill you!”

The Grand Warlord was about to lift his foot to finish off the warrior.

Kwang-!

Another warrior ran up and struck his shin with an axe.

The shin was fine. But the warrior’s face became even more distorted.

“Have the bugs all gone mad!”

The Grand Warlord tried to kick that warrior.

But he was interrupted again.

A Female Orc leaped high and brought down a greatsword toward the Grand Warlord’s chest.

Kwang-

With a tremendous sound, the Grand Warlord’s body fell backward.

The Grand Warlord glared at Alcamalca with blazing eyes.

“Alcamalca! Have you gone mad!”

The Grand Warlord tried to crush Alcamalca with both palms.

At that moment, light flew over and struck the Grand Warlord’s palms hard.

Kwang-

In that gap, Alcamalca escaped from her position.

The Grand Warlord looked in the direction the light came from with a dazed face.

In the distance, he could see the mutant standing.

He was already irritated at not being able to kill the gnat-like Southern Warriors. And now he was being interfered with by the mutant again.

That fact made the Grand Warlord lose his reason.

“How long do you plan to interfere with me!”

It was the moment the Grand Warlord was about to charge toward the mutant.

Kuwoong-

A heavy energy burst erupted from the direction of the inner castle.

The Grand Warlord’s reason returned to normal for an instant.

With a startled face, he looked toward the inner castle.

“…No.”

It was just before Tooshin’s descent.

The Grand Warlord stopped chasing the mutant and turned his body toward the inner castle.

“The Grand Warlord is heading toward the sacred object!”

“Stop him by any means necessary!”

The southern warriors desperately attacked the Grand Warlord.

But no matter how much the warriors poured attacks on him, they couldn’t even scratch the Grand Warlord.

The Grand Warlord ignored the warriors and began running toward the sacred object.

Kwang- Kwaang-

The Grand Warlord charged in a straight line, ramming through buildings.

‘Damn it!’

The mutant, Mincheol, cursed as he chased after the Grand Warlord.

He thought the Grand Warlord would chase him recklessly when he saw him. But that wasn’t the case.

“Something like this can’t stop me!”

When the Grand Warlord swung his fist, a hole was punched through the inner castle wall. The tremendous power made Mincheol click his tongue.

‘How am I supposed to stop that!’

Even if it was a Hidden Quest, the difficulty was too excessive.

‘This is why the Tower is such a damn place!’

While he was cursing, the Grand Warlord broke through the building’s outer walls one after another and entered inside.

Then he stopped above the basement where the altar was located.

“This is the place!”

The Grand Warlord raised both fists high.

If those came down, both the sacred object and the altar would be completely destroyed.

‘What do I do? How do I draw his attention?’

In that brief moment, countless thoughts arose and disappeared.

But even Mincheol had no solution right now.

“I’ll smash it so thoroughly that not even dust remains!”

The moment the Grand Warlord brought down his fists.

With a heavy sound, the ground collapsed with a rumble.

* * *

“Uhahahaha!”

The Grand Warlord lifted his head and laughed.

He was elated beyond measure at achieving his goal.

“T-the basement has completely collapsed.”

“The sacred object? What happened to the sacred object?”

The warriors who arrived late at the inner castle looked at the Grand Warlord with devastated faces.

“Vermin-like creatures. You dare interfere with me? Are you prepared for the consequences?”

The Grand Warlord glared at the warriors with murderous eyes. Now it was time to deal with the trash.

“First, the mutant! I’ll kill you first! I’ll chew you up alive and kill you…”

As he said this and looked at Mincheol, the Grand Warlord’s body suddenly stopped.

“You… what are you holding in your hand?”

In Mincheol’s hand was an orc statue.

A statue that was smooth and transparent like crystal.

‘Phew, thank goodness.’

Mincheol let out a sigh of relief.

A message was floating before his eyes.

【Acquiring all ‘Tooshin’s Sacred Objects’ within a 1.1km radius.】

【Acquired 1 ‘Tooshin’s Sacred Object’.】

They say when people become desperate, their vision narrows, and that was exactly right.

He had remembered Auto Looting just before the Grand Warlord brought down his fists.

But remembering it late actually worked to his advantage.

【’Tooshin’s Sacred Object’ has been fully charged.】

Because he had taken it as late as possible, the sacred object was completed.

‘But how do I summon Tooshin with this?’

【Would you like to summon ‘Tooshin’?】

‘Oh?’

Fortunately, a message appeared. Long live the system.

“Hand it over right now!”

The Grand Warlord charged toward Mincheol. Mincheol hastily shouted.

“I will summon Tooshin!”

But nothing happened.

“Huh?”

In the meantime, the Grand Warlord who had reached Mincheol swung his fist.

‘Shit, was it false advertising!’

The moment Mincheol cursed inwardly, the fist struck him hard.

Kwaang-

An explosive sound erupted.

The aftershock cracked the ground and caused the buildings behind to collapse one after another.

But Mincheol was unharmed.

A hand that emerged from thin air had blocked the Grand Warlord’s fist.

Both Mincheol and the Grand Warlord looked at the hand with bewildered faces.

Soon, the gap from which the hand emerged widened and someone walked out.

Red skin.

Pure white suit.

A sharp-angled fedora.

Fangs protruding from his lips.

“Awakened sir, it’s been a while.”

Tower’s Grade 3 Manager Ursongbarsong said with a grin.

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