The Strongest in the Game by Dominating Monster - Chapter 56

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Monster Domination: Game’s Strongest Episode 56

 

“A-are you sure it’s okay for me to receive this?”

 

Lucia asked with a trembling voice as she looked at the 10,000 Gold and Unique Weapon Box that had entered her inventory.

 

“Of course. If it weren’t for you, Lucia, we never could have cleared that Quest.”

 

“Wooooah!!”

 

Lucia let out a childlike exclamation and jumped up and down in place.

 

“Thank you! Thank you so much!”

 

A fortune she had never touched while playing the game and a Unique Weapon she had never even seen before.

 

To think she would have these.

 

Feeling like she was flying in the sky, Lucia’s smile stretched from ear to ear.

 

She looked quite adorable as she couldn’t even dare to open the box and just smiled foolishly, making Kairen smile faintly.

 

Considering her performance, that level of reward was only natural.

 

No, in fact, it wouldn’t have been strange if she had demanded even more than that.

 

Even so, she was satisfied and so happy, which made him simply grateful.

 

“But, are you really okay with this? This means you’re taking less than me, Kairen.”

 

She even expressed concern for me instead.

 

“It’s fine. I received other rewards as well.”

 

He waved his hand dismissively while recalling the rewards he had received directly from Arken.

 

Those were far more valuable than the rewards he had split with Lucia.

 

Just looking at the title sparkling next to his name showed that.

 

[Savior of Gania] A title bestowed by Arken, Lord of Gania, to Kairen who saved him. Effect: All Stats +10

 

An incredible effect that added 10 to all stats.

 

Moreover, since title effects stacked, the effect of his existing ‘Horn Breaker’ title was still valid.

 

On top of that, he had been granted the land called Ancient Fortress and the amazing item he received at the end.

 

The 10,000 Gold and Unique Weapon weren’t regrettable at all.

 

“Ahem. I’m going back now.”

 

At that moment, Ello, who had finished his private audience with the Lord, came out through the Inner Castle gate.

 

While Arken expressed gratitude to us, he showed deep interest in Ello.

 

His gaze toward him was unusual, and he called him aside to speak privately.

 

“What did Arken say?”

 

“He asked if I had any thoughts about becoming the family’s direct healer. Said he’d grant me anything I wanted.”

 

Ello answered indifferently.

 

Just looking at his expression, the answer was obvious, but I asked just in case.

 

“So what did you tell him?”

 

“I told him to go to hell.”

 

“Pfft!”

 

At his direct answer, Lucia burst into laughter, and Kairen also chuckled.

 

It was such a typical response from him.

 

I could clearly picture Arken’s flustered expression upon hearing that answer.

 

“Anyway, I’m going back now. I’ve been away from my post too long.”

 

“Yes. Take care. I’ll see you later.”

 

Kairen bowed his head politely while his eyes sparkled.

 

Ello chuckled at the meaningful gaze filled with greed.

 

He could clearly see through his desire for the Monster Lord’s Equipment.

 

“Sure. Let’s definitely meet.”

 

However, since that desire was something he needed too, Ello waved his hand and walked away.

 

“Hey! The Palace is about to fall soon, isn’t it?”

 

“Crazy! Wow, Araon is really making it happen!”

 

“What are we going to do about poor Rain?”

 

“Ugh, you buffalo bastard. Do you like Rain that much?”

 

At that moment, the expressions of both people hardened at the commotion from Users passing near the Inner Castle.

 

As if by agreement, both of them opened the community.

 

There were various posts, but most were about the war between the Palace and Araon.

 

“Lucia, you said it’s not too far from here, right?”

 

“Yes. We just need to go north a little.”

 

He nodded at her answer.

 

“I’m sorry. I can’t go with you…”

 

“No, it’s fine. It’s the Palace Mercenary Group’s business anyway.”

 

He shook his head lightly at her words that she had urgent business in reality and needed to go.

 

“Well then, see you later.”

 

“Yes. You really worked hard.”

 

Just as they said their farewells and Lucia logged out.

 

“Kairen.”

 

Allen’s voice echoed from behind.

 

He came leading a War Horse and held out the reins.

 

Kairen lightly mounted and rode around the area.

 

“Oh. You know how to ride a horse?”

 

“No. This is my first time.”

 

“Huh. You look quite comfortable for a first-timer.”

 

Allen’s surprise wasn’t strange.

 

In reality, Horseback Riding was one of the elements that Users complained about for its discomfort and difficulty.

 

However, even though Kairen had no riding experience, it wasn’t particularly difficult for him.

 

“Aren’t you uncomfortable?”

 

Neigh! (No! I’m fine!)

 

Because he could communicate with animals.

 

After riding the horse and making a few light rounds, Kairen asked.

 

“Allen. Are the preparations ready?”

 

“All finished. If you’re ready, we can go anytime.”

 

Kairen’s lips curled up at the reliable answer.

 

“Let’s depart immediately. Time is pressing, so I’d like us to hurry.”

 

“Understood. Everyone, we’re departing!!”

 

Allen shouted loudly and kicked his horse’s rear.

 

Following him, Kairen also moved with his horse.

 

Thud thud thud-!

 

Following behind them, hundreds of war horses raised white dust clouds as they headed north in formation.

 

* * *

 

“Hehe. Lord Raccoon. How is it? Isn’t our mercenary group quite useful?”

 

At the barracks of the Araon Mercenary Group, which was at war with the Palace.

 

Araon, the leader of the Araon Mercenary Group, let out a servile laugh toward the man sitting in the seat of honor instead of himself.

 

“Yeah. It’s decent enough.”

 

The man sitting in the seat of honor, Raccoon, answered half-heartedly while trimming his nails.

 

It was clearly behavior that showed he wasn’t listening, but Araon still smiled like a fool.

 

Not because he didn’t know that the other was ignoring him, but because he was someone who deserved to be ignored.

 

Right now, he was a user who had joined the Araon Mercenary Company while raising an unheard-of alt character called Raccoon.

 

But the reality was different.

 

His main character was Mazon.

 

He was the vice leader of ‘Zenia’, ranked 12th in the mercenary group rankings.

 

And at the same time, he was both the financial backer who helped with this war and the person who instigated the war.

 

“Ugh. I’m getting sick of this, isn’t it over yet?”

 

At Raccoon’s irritated complaint while trimming his nails, Araon bowed his waist.

 

“I’m sorry. The Bow’s resistance is stronger than expected.”

 

Indeed, the Bow Mercenary Group’s prowess far exceeded Araon’s expectations.

 

Without Zenia’s support, he thought they might have been defeated.

 

“Tsk.”

 

The short click of his tongue clearly showed displeasure, and Araon grumbled inwardly.

 

‘If you’re going to be like that, why don’t you fight directly instead of using us.’

 

Using.

 

It was an unpleasant word to hear, but that’s exactly what their situation was.

 

When these people had trouble with the Bow, they immediately contacted them and made a strange proposal.

 

‘Start a war with the Bow. We’ll provide the war funds. If you win, you can take all the loot. But….’

 

Araon tilted his head as he recalled that memory.

 

He still couldn’t understand that proposal.

 

‘Just one thing. Hand over Kairen to us.’

 

The funds they invested in the current war were an astronomical amount.

 

It reached hundreds of thousands of gold.

 

After spending that much money, all they wanted was just Kairen?

 

It made no sense at all.

 

So Araon mustered his courage and carefully asked.

 

“But… is Kairen such a talent that you must recruit him to this extent?”

 

At that direct question, Raccoon’s movements stopped.

 

Then he tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand.

 

“Recruit? Why would we recruit that kid?”

 

“…? Wasn’t that why you told us to hand over Kairen?”

 

“Ha! A brat who hasn’t even reached level 30?!”

 

Raccoon snorted and showed mockery.

 

“Our Zenia doesn’t need such a brat.”

 

“Then, then why….”

 

“Our guild leader finds him annoying.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“He says a brat who isn’t even level 30 is annoying. You don’t understand either, right? Neither do I.”

 

“Then, then wanting Kairen is….”

 

“What else. We’re going to catch and kill him. If we step in directly, the Bow’s allies will also step in, right? So… Ah. Never mind. It’s annoying to explain.”

 

Raccoon waved his hand as if shooing away a bug, but Araon understood more than enough.

 

Zenia was one of the top large mercenary groups in New World.

 

The moment they had trouble with the Bow, the large mercenary groups allied with the Bow would also step in without delay.

 

Then, things would become too big.

 

So they used them, who had a similar scale to the Bow and happened to have justification.

 

With justification and similar scale, large mercenary groups couldn’t step in.

 

But what if Zenia secretly supported them from behind like this?

 

The Bow’s defeat was certain, and the mercenary group would fall into ruin.

 

If the Bow fell? What then?

 

They would deal with the isolated Kairen. Without any hesitation.

 

‘How annoying must Kairen be….’

 

Araon nodded as he recalled his recent activities.

 

Lately, the attention focused on Kairen was truly unprecedented.

 

Throughout New World’s history, there weren’t many who had captured users’ attention like this.

 

Even his gameplay was extraordinary.

 

Archery close to miraculous.

 

Genius play that exceeded predictions.

 

It was speculation, but even a profession predicted to be a hidden class.

 

Right now he was close to a brat as Raccoon said.

 

But if enough time passed, he would surely transform into a talent that could threaten rankers.

 

And that approaching future was what caught the Zenia guild leader’s eye.

 

‘Tsk. I heard bad rumors about that guy, but I guess they were true.’

 

Newbie Slayer.

 

It was a small label attached to Zenia’s guild leader.

 

There was a strange rumor that when promising newbies suddenly disappeared, the cause was Zenia’s guild leader.

 

Looking at it now, it seemed to be fact rather than just gossip.

 

“Guild Leader!!”

 

Then, a mercenary urgently entered, opening the barracks door.

 

“We, we caught Rain!!”

 

The one who entered urgently announced that this war was coming to an end.

 

* * *

 

“Huff…. Huff….”

 

Looking at the hundreds of enemies surrounding him, Rain breathed heavily in succession.

 

Not a single reliable comrade remained by his side.

 

Not even Kavel, who always stayed by his side.

 

Not Melin, who arrogantly boasted that he shot the bow best in the mercenary group.

 

Not Changon, who was unusually playful, nor the One-Armed Archer, who boasted a large frame.

 

All of them had become cold corpses and left the battlefield.

 

“Damn it….”

 

The defeat looming before his eyes.

 

Rain bit his lips tightly and clenched his fists.

 

If they lost this war, how much damage would they suffer?

 

Entry into the top 100 rankings was right around the corner.

 

Now entering the top 100 rankings had become impossible to even dream of.

 

No, they might be pushed outside the top 500 rankings, and then connections with numerous allies would surely be severed.

 

‘We’re screwed….’

 

A fallen mercenary group with disappeared alliances.

 

It was good prey for other mercenary groups.

 

There were hundreds of mercenary groups that had disappeared without a trace like that.

 

Right now, even the Bow had grown to this point by devouring such mercenary groups.

 

“Tsk. So if you had negotiated nicely, you wouldn’t have seen such a rough situation.”

 

Then, Araon appeared, passing through other mercenaries.

 

“Fuck. You bastard.”

 

He didn’t have the strength to draw a single arrow, but he had enough strength left to move one finger.

 

As he flipped his middle finger and spat curses, the man standing next to Araon covered his mouth and frowned.

 

“Tsk. How vulgar.”

 

Rain had never seen this man before.

 

However, there was something unsettling about the way he stood as an equal to Araon.

 

A man who wasn’t an officer and wasn’t in their intelligence reports appearing alongside Araon?

 

Something felt off.

 

“No, no way…”

 

As he muttered with a trembling voice, Araon raised his mace.

 

“Tsk. Too pretty a face to kill.”

 

With a contemptuous clicking of his tongue, Araon brought the mace down vertically.

 

The moment Rain closed his eyes as if giving up on everything.

 

Whoosh!

 

With a sharp sound of cutting through air like lightning striking down, an arrow wrapped in red cloth precisely blocked the mace’s trajectory.

 

“Wh-what!!”

 

Araon raised both eyebrows at the sudden attack and the shock reverberating through his wrist.

 

“Bow, it’s the Bow!”

 

“There are still some of them left?”

 

The surrounding mercenaries clamored as they saw the cloth tied to the arrow.

 

The Chinese character embroidered in gold thread on the red cloth tied to the arrow.

 

It was the symbol of the Bow Mercenary Group.

 

“Tsk. Looks like there’s some rat hiding somewhere…”

 

Just as he was turning his head in annoyance at being bothered to the end, his words stopped completely.

 

Thud thud thud thud thud thud-!

 

A massive vibration echoing from beyond the eastern hill shook the ground.

 

“Wh-what is that…?”

 

Raccoon showed bewilderment for the first time in this war.

 

He pointed toward the top of the eastern hill.

 

An unbelievable sight unfolded before the eyes of those who followed his pointing finger.

 

On top of the eastern hill, with the early morning sun at his back, a man stood tall on horseback.

 

And behind him, a wave of steel rippled.

 

The knight order’s silver armor sparkled brilliantly in the sunlight.

 

“We arrived just in time.”

 

Still mounted on his horse, Kairen who had shot the arrow wore a relieved smile.

 

“Truly fortunate indeed.”

 

Allen, who had come here with him, also nodded his head.

 

“Kairen.”

 

“Please speak.”

 

Waiting for his response, Kairen took out and held up a large flag.

 

[Flag of Gania Family (Legendary)] A pledge token bestowed by Arken, lord of Gania’s castle, to the ‘Family’s Savior’. Effect: Can command Gania’s Knight Order for one day. Restriction: Family’s Savior. Cooldown: 180 days.

 

The flag’s power had already been activated since departing from the territory.

 

As Kairen clenched his fist after confirming its overwhelming effect, Allen spoke.

 

“Give the command.”

 

He gestured with his chin toward the knight order behind them.

 

There, hundreds of knights excited by the scent of battle caressed their swords.

 

Hundreds of war horses, reading their masters’ emotions, couldn’t hide their excitement and snorted roughly.

 

Kairen turned his horse’s reins to face them and raised the flag high.

 

“Knights of Gania!!”

 

At Kairen’s shout, hundreds of knights drew their swords in unison.

 

“I, Kairen the Family’s Savior, command you!!”

 

Kairen’s roar rode the rough wind and shook the battlefield.

 

Soon, after pausing for one breath, Kairen’s lips twisted cruelly.

 

His voice, settling cold as the dawn air, echoed quietly.

 

“Annihilate the enemy.”

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