Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 119



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119

As soon as Jinseong, Vivi, and Berict returned to the garrison in the Western Lawless Zone, an uproar arose.

Of course, Jinseong already knew the true nature of the commotion.

“Hey, boss! We’re in trouble. There must be some Cartel soldiers who have been modified like Irigare. We thought they were dead, but they’re suddenly up again and attacking our troops!”

It was Niels who hurriedly reported to Zeldin.

From the days of the Ardennes garrison to the present, when he remained in the western lawless zone and guarded the foggy city of Haze.

Even to Nils, who had fought countless battles against cartels alongside the militia, the term ‘cyborg’ meant something terrifying.

“I think we should consider it a celestial zombie. It feels like the corpse is moved by machinery instead of magic. It must have been already dead when we caught it.”

Van Wallstedt, who had been moving with Niels, also spoke solemnly.

Perhaps it was because I had already seen modified humans in the imperial city of Ghent that I was a little less surprised than Niels.

Jinseong observed Ban’s expression.

‘No, maybe… … that overly serious and calm attitude… … .’

Unless it’s just solemn.

The true meaning of the half-truth that is tucked away in a corner of Jinseong himself, his stern expression perhaps to hide his joy or anticipation.

Concerns about cyborgs.

Concerns about the cartel’s unfathomable power.

In this somewhat quiet atmosphere, she was the only one who could secretly raise her voice.

“Mr. Zeldin, that corpse… can I see it too?”

“yes yes?”

“No, please let me see it. A cyborg! Even the technology to raise the dead like that?! I can’t even imagine how they would operate it. For the sake of what I want to create later, please let me see it at least once-.”

“Rain, Vivi? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Vivi grabbed Zeldin’s hand with sparkling eyes.

It was only natural that everyone looked disgusted at her, who was making such a bewildering suggestion, even though she was an adventurer.

Jinseong quickly stopped Vivi, but she looked at him as if asking why he was stopping her.

“Huh? Why? Just hearing about cyborgs and actually taking them apart are two completely different things. It’s a good idea to take a look at it, if only because of what Jinsang-nim said before!”

“Huh? Before? What did I say?”

Vivi had to adjust her glasses as she watched Jinseong tilt his head because he really couldn’t remember.

“Huh? Huh? Huh? Did you forget? That time!”

It was something she could do for Jinseong himself, something he had never said out loud, and something Jinseong had said. And what if it had to do with cyborgs?

“At that time, that… Ah?!”

Jinseong finally realized.

A single syllable of exclamation from a memory that had just come to mind.

Another voice immediately began to ring in Jinseong’s head.

And he said it with a look of extreme regret.

[Kekekekeke… … Huh? Huh? Is that what you just said, Jinseong. Even though you were in the process of keeping your promise with me in the dimensional rift… … I didn’t know you would forget everything you said to me just now-.]

“I know, I know, I know. Oh, I see. That’s… I see. Th, thank you.”

Whether he’s making excuses to Black Goo, answering Vivi, or both.

The person who saved Jinseong, who was flustered and struggling, was Zeldin.

“Dog, the modified soldiers are currently being analyzed by Master Melvin. I will let you know the results as soon as they are available.”

“Ah, Mr. Melvin… That’s good. We’ve decided to meet up sometime after this work is over anyway. Okay, good, then.”

Vivi answered with sparkling eyes.

Zeldin nodded and summarized the situation.

“If he’s a modified soldier, there must be something implanted in his body. It’s important to subdue him, but it’s more important to prevent him from getting up again. It seems like Langerus is wasting time like this, so we have to deal with him quickly.”

In order to deal with Langerus, all the cyborgs must be subdued and killed.

According to the plan of the Zodiac Guardian Captain, people including Jinseong, Vivi, and Van Balshteit began to move.

* * *

Beric was excluded from this operation because he did not want to dig up the remains of his already dead friend, but everyone else was busy searching the surrounding area.

The location of the cartel headquarters had already been learned from Stick Van Platin through the use of a confession system, but they headed straight for the headquarters because it would be dangerous if they were surrounded.

Therefore, Zeldin’s plan was to subdue all of the cartel’s lower-level members, who may or may not be numerous, and how far they may be spread out, as well as the cyborg entities that may be leading them.

The problem was that Zeldin couldn’t manage all the people who would be moving together.

“It seems like things are busy in heaven.”

It was Van Walstedt who suddenly opened his mouth while climbing the canyon.

“Huh? Yes?”

Vivi tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand his sudden remark.

Ban looked at Vivi and smiled.

In the first place, the person he was talking about wasn’t the ‘adventurer’ Vivi.

“No, not you, adventurer… I mean you.”

Ban turned his head towards Jinseong.

He was still walking, but his pace was noticeably slower than before.

The current situation was a little over an hour after Jinseong, Vivi, and Ban were grouped together to form a team to find Enzo Sipo’s cyborg.

Even when leaving the lawless zone garrison, since there was nothing special about it, Jinseong was only careful to check for contamination.

“Is this considered an ‘abnormal phenomenon’ by the Magician’s Guild? Isn’t this something you can easily see in Arad, my friend?”

Ban, who thought that he would never encounter any members of the Imperial Army by chance, finally opened his mouth.

In the valley, which was so quiet that it could almost be called desolate, the wind only blew coldly.

“It’s not often that a nation’s capital is attacked by internal forces. Above all, what are we looking for now… I don’t think it’s necessary to say such things when we know very well ‘what’ we have seen near the zodiac so far.”

Jinseong answered. His steps were also slowing down.

Now the steps of the class suddenly stopped.

“Haha, I see. Then you probably know why I brought that up, right?”

Half asked.

Jinseong answered with a faint smile.

There’s no way I wouldn’t know why Ban brought up this story.

“……There is still one ‘seeing eye’.”

Even so, Jinseong tried to sort out the situation a little, but the class was not one to accept it.

Ban said to Vivi.

“I can handle that. Adventurer, would you mind stepping aside for a moment?”

“H, huh? What are you going to do? With Jinsang-nim-.”

“No, no, we two have something to talk about. Right, ‘Jin-sang-nim’?”

Even the most clueless Vivi couldn’t help but notice the suspicious atmosphere.

She tried to step forward to help Jinseong in her own way, but he cut her off mercilessly.

Jinseong bit his lower lip as he watched Ban create a mood for a showdown, even putting the adventurers on the back burner.

‘I feel like I should just bump into it, but… … It’s probably nothing special.’

Plain: Van Balshtetra in Arad doesn’t know the character perfectly.

However, as a user of the game Dungeon & Fighter, I am a true believer in the ‘character’ of Van Balshtetra.

‘When it appeared as an APC helper in the Castle of the Dead. In fact, it wasn’t of much help and only held you back. It was struggling against mobs and only made you use your skills a few more times by distracting the monsters you had gathered. If you were a user, you would have gotten a lot of hate from your party members.’

There was a content where the user and APC Van Balshteit cleared the dungeon together.

Half of that point was how distracting it was.

Rather than a character who was deliberately trying to interfere, wasn’t the poor skill of the AI ​​character that moved to help the ‘adventurer’ user enough to make many users angry?

Except for that time, in reality, Van Balshtetra has never directly clashed with or fought against any ‘character’ in the game Dungeon & Fighter.

If there was direct friction with the De Los Empire in the future and adventurers were to become fully involved, then it would be different, but at least until Jinseong was possessed, there was no opportunity in terms of the main scenario quests.

So, if we are to be honest, we should say that Jinseong is also hot.

What is the current level of Van Balstedt’s skill?

As time goes by, Van Balshteidt is someone who doggedly pursues adventurers, both in terms of inflation of overall combat power and character growth.

“……Time is running out, so let’s stop for now. After the cartel incident is over……I’ll deal with you whenever I have free time.”

However, Jinseong could not come forward recklessly.

This is the flow of the main scenario where you have to find Enzo Sipo right away.

He must be found and eliminated, even with Vivi and Ban, who are adventurers.

Jinseong tried to hold back because there was no need to rush in and waste time or the route.

“Hot, are you going to go overboard like that again?”

“In reality, the threat of the cartel is looming before our eyes. Please understand that I am just like Lord Balshteit.”

The problem was that in a conflict situation where two or more parties are involved, it didn’t make much sense for one party to tolerate it.

Wheeeeeek────────!

“-Short?!”

At the sound of the wind cutting through, Jinseong immediately pulled out his sword and swung it.

And the sound of them clashing, a powerful crash, echoed throughout the desolate valley.

“Whoa!”

“What are you doing!?”

Vivi’s scream and Jinseong’s scream were let out at the same time.

But half of them didn’t care.

He spoke as he assumed a fighting stance, facing Jinseong, without even putting away his black short sword.

“What are you doing? That’s what I wanted to ask. For someone who pretends to know something about me, you don’t know anything about me. I don’t let an opportunity slip away once I get it.”

“But right now, in a place like this – there are adventurers here, so it wouldn’t be good for them to act like that. Someone like the Iron Wolf Knight Commander of the De Los Empire is talking to someone like me from the Magic Guild -.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“-What did you say?”

Jinseong, who was about to reprimand Ban, had to keep his mouth shut for a moment.

Van Balshteit, the commander of the Iron Wolf Knights, glared at Jinseong.

“How long do you think I’ll tolerate you treating me like that in front of Uncle Aganzo, in front of our knights?”

It was literally a declaration of personal grudge.

A sense of momentum and unwavering attitude hidden behind a rough voice or a light attitude.

As expected, it was not his words but his attitude that revealed Van Walstedt’s true feelings.

Jinseong had an ominous feeling as he looked into Ban’s eyes, who was clutching his sword.

‘… … I don’t think that’s really the reason… … .’

What comes to mind again is what happened at Behemoth.

The expression he made as he looked at the copy.

Jinseong didn’t know the meaning of that expression, but Lenny, who was with him, read it.

In addition to his attitude of picking a fight at this point despite the adventurer being present, the moment the memories of that time came together, Jinseong couldn’t help but have one question.

Maybe Van Walstedt knows something?

About yourself, Jinseong?

A feeling of impossibility and an ominous feeling that it might be so simultaneously arose.

But if that’s the case.

If only Ban knew even a little bit about Jinseong himself.

In addition to the attitude shown in … … .

‘no way ?’

It would be concluded that Van Balstedt is related to .