Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 81



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Ban looked at Vivi and asked.

“Adventurer? What brings you here?”

“Hey, I came because I have something to tell you.”

Vivi approached him cautiously and spoke to him.

“You have something to say?”

“Yes. Lord Zeldin said… that a large, unidentified machine appeared. He told us to help Lord Ban and the Imperial Army-”

“Hmm, it’s a big machine… I haven’t seen it yet. What’s it for?”

Ban muttered, cutting Vivi off.

Jinseong listened to their conversation while maintaining his cover even more thoroughly.

‘As expected of an adventurer, Vivi is treated like that. I’m jealous of the fact that she can naturally accept the quest script-like dialogue… ‘

Compared to the times when I only chased after , it felt more realistic.

Vivi was actually having a conversation with Ban, and Jinseong could tell that the flow of the main scenario quest he remembered was continuing just from that conversation.

The sound of his quick footsteps and the panicked shouting of Den, who had turned his helmet over, were proof of this.

“Come on, Captain! We’re in trouble. There’s a monster made of iron! A monster made of pitch-black iron is destroying the formation and killing soldiers indiscriminately! What do we do-”

“What should I do? I have to go right away. The timing is perfect. Adventurer, let’s go together!”

The section where play begins in the full-scale dungeon ‘Ghent South Gate’.

Ban began to move quickly towards the battlefield of the Iron Wolf Knights, including Den.

Behind him, Vivi looked behind him furtively, holding an automatic pistol in her hand.

“Your Majesty! Aren’t you coming?”

“You go first. I’ll follow you slowly.”

“I’m going to go first… If someone tries to attack me from behind-”

“I’ll cook everything that Vivi made for me.”

Jinseong showed off his while laughing in vain at Vivi’s request to watch over him.

Only then did Vivi run out with a relieved expression.

It was perhaps natural that Heukgu’s voice followed immediately.

[Kekekeke… … How long are you going to waste your time being blinded by the opposite sex? If the ‘me’ inside the cracks realizes this, I don’t think I’ll be able to stay still.]

“What a waste of time. There are still a few things I need to check. I don’t even know what I’m doing-.”

[Click, Jinseong. Don’t ignore me. Even if you don’t understand everything, don’t you think you can’t infer from the words and conversations that interlock? From that perspective, it seems like you’ve gotten almost all the information you can get. And now that you’ve gotten a new weapon, isn’t that enough?]

There is no power of the apostles.

But that ego is clearly a fragment or alter ego of the apostle.

Even without asking about proper nouns like ice, adventurer, outside, and nemer, ‘Delegation of the Black Disease’ is enough to keep the conversation going.

Jinseong said, smacking his lips.

“Ugh… I can’t say I got everything. Anyway, an iron monster right now! You don’t even know this, do you?”

Heukgu’s words make sense, but the fact that Jinseong himself is not leaving right away means that there is still something to find out.

In addition to the words that were casually thrown at him, you should also find out about whether the quest of the possessed is contaminated, and it would also be good to obtain additional information about the ‘Berserker Adventurer who was possessed later than Jinseong himself’ that she mentioned.

Although Jinseong had been beating around the bush to make an excuse that wasn’t really an excuse, his words hit the nail on the head.

[Kekekeke… … A monster made of iron. A monster that doesn’t even exist in the Demon Realm… … .]

“Gulp.”

Because the reactions of Heukgu and Tako, who somehow couldn’t hide their excitement and anticipation, continued.

Jinseong had to shake his head in bewilderment.

“Shouldn’t you be scared when you hear something like that? Even you, Taco?”

“Crunch?”

No matter what, Taco and Heukgu are fragments of the apostles, beings embodied with the apostles’ energy.

Even with the sound of gunfire from afar, the screams of cartel members, and the shouts of the Iron Wolf Knights, Jinseong’s heart feels at least a little bit at ease because of these two.

‘No. You have to think about it differently. In the end, it’s all thanks to someone that I got these two.’

Jinseong quickly moved forward, laughing heartily at the thought that it was because he was good at it.

* * *

Taaang, taaang─────!

Vivi rolled her eyes without stopping and pulled the trigger of her automatic pistol.

The reason why both Jinseong and Vivi leveled up while defeating Cartel Mobile Commander Schroed was also because of Jinseong, but she also became a little more accustomed to combat.

Because Jinseong needs to progress Vivi’s main scenario quest flow a bit faster in order to chase down the unknown figure called ‘Berserker’, he gave some advice for that.

‘I’m not completely proficient yet, but I’m not bad. My comprehension skills are outstanding.’

Vivi is someone. She is ‘another veteran’ who is second to none in ‘analysis’.

He knew better than anyone which skills had which attack power values, and which cooldowns would affect the damage cycle.

Her weakness is that, if she is possessed by a ‘true adventurer’, she becomes a female mechanic whose main skills must be ‘directly controlled by the adventurer’.

So what if you knew both your strengths and weaknesses?

“Just ignore all the installed skills. You don’t have to use things like Galeforce or Sparrow.”

Providing solutions in practice is not a problem.

However, Vivi, who heard such a story, just glared at her in disbelief.

“Huh?! If you don’t use that… … Especially, isn’t one of the main female mechas? is also good for attracting attention-.”

“That’s all a waste of damage. If it were a game, then it wouldn’t matter, but here, since you’re controlling it directly, you’re wasting all your time… … In reality, the actual damage you deal in a fight is reduced. And while it may be good for drawing attention, doesn’t that mean Vivi’s time in danger is increasing? Not only is the speed at which she lands all her full hits slow, but she’s so distracted by controlling it that it’s hard to avoid enemy attacks. From now on, let’s just use as our regular skills. Oh, and the fact that Sparrow is our main skill is actually only after we get the Talisman.”

Jinseong continued speaking to Vivi, who couldn’t even refute the ‘fact bombing’.

This is a choice that users of the game Dungeon & Fighter would never make.

“… … ? In theory, that would be-.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me. Just analyze it yourself, like Vivi’s specialty.”

But who is the real one?

He is a person who helps you figure out what is strong in ‘practice’ rather than just ‘theory’ and apply it.

‘It was the same during the Education College days. People who can’t even use it properly but only inflate the damage in the system with the item, but in reality, they struggle and can’t deal damage properly… … It’s much more important to boldly remove what needs to be removed and focus on what you can do.’

What she ultimately needed, although she was already theoretically perfect, was practical know-how.

Vivi nodded her head in small movements, even though she was anxious.

But perhaps it is because of her personality that she is not simply focused on ‘theory’.

“Right… … I guess I’ll have to check it out.”

With a technician’s mindset, she decided to listen to Jinseong’s advice.

“Yes, so that’s not what Vivi needs to focus on right now-”

We are currently in battle.

What does Vivi think of Jinseong’s own advice?

There was no need to worry particularly about that.

“Corona, Transform G-2, Rolling Thunder, !”

“That’s right! And if you write it, then-.”

“Corona, Transform G-3, Raptor!”

“-Okay, good! Always memorize the timing for charging the roll sun, you’re smart, right?!”

“What, what does being smart have to do with !”

She was clearly showing the possibility that Jinseong wanted.

‘… … How did this ridiculous real-life damage amount come about? You’ve probably never even hit a sandbag before, let alone pulled off such an extreme skill cycle when it’s not even your job. I think even I’m finally starting to understand the calculations for this damage cycle… … .’

She was also more surprised than anyone else about the changes in her ‘real-life deal cycle’.

“Well, does it matter? Anyway! Considering the transformation time, don’t forget to transform in advance right before charging! I’ll guard you later!”

Heartfelt advice and concerns interspersed with playful remarks.

Vivi was taking it easy enough to turn around and look at Jinseong while dealing with the cartel members.

‘The truth… the truth. If it’s that person.’

By that time, Vivi was getting used to the new fighting style that Jinseong had taught her.

Kiiing-. Kuuuung… … .

Finally, we reached what could be called the ‘boss room’ of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

The sound of gears meshing together, the wind blowing from the pistons of hydraulic cylinders, and even the roar of a giant iron body stepping on its feet.

A weapon that made even Van Walstedt, who had just cut down a cartel member, flinch at the sight.

Ban muttered as he looked at the quadruped robot GT-9600 and the cartel members protecting it.

“Indeed…even if it’s a monster, it’s not lacking. That thing was made by humans? Heaven really is an interesting place.”

The voice of the class, mixed with pride and curiosity, carried by the wind to Jinseong, causing him to frown slightly.

‘Is this when you became interested in machines? That’s why you made that choice later on… … Ugh, if you hadn’t shown me the killing machines, it would have been a different story.’

However, Jinseong could not continue to worry about Ban.

This is because there was a cheerful sound that made the tense atmosphere from a moment ago pale in comparison.

“Good, good!”

Vivi ran around with a thud.

The sight of a female gunner’s body, nearly 180cm tall, flailing around in a battlefield filled with the smell of blood, oil, and gunpowder seemed unrealistic at first glance, but what followed was even more shocking.

“!”

As Vivi screamed, one of the female mechanic’s main skills, the G series, transformed into a core form and was equipped on her right hand.

“……uh?”

Jinseong understood right away.

That is the official name of the skill acquired through the first awakening of the female mechanic.

But even if they didn’t know that fact, even the Van and Iron Wolf Knights and even the Cartel members would know what was going to happen.

“ok?”

“hmm?”

The moment when a yellow inverted triangle of light appears in the center of the GT-9600’s body.

Vivi shouted again.

“Lock on, Carnage Mode!”

And then a light flashed in the air behind Vivi.

When I realized that something had appeared in the air with a flicker of light, it was already a fully-equipped battle robot with arms and legs!

“Let’s gooooooo!”

It had become a battleroid.

The size of the Battleroid floating in the air was clearly smaller than that of the GT-9600, but its destructive power, which took shape in an instant, was incomparable to that of the GT-9600.

Although it took more than two years, she is still ‘another veteran’ of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

I had to control it myself, but I grumbled a lot… … .

────, ────, ────!

It means that she is capable enough to do the best she can.

───────────… … !!!!

How on earth do I explain the Gatling guns on both arms, the missiles fired in succession from the shoulders, and the blue lasers shooting out from the back and flying in a curved line towards the locked-on target?

The GT-9600 was destroyed.

The cartel member who was guarding it literally disappeared without a sound.

Jinseong’s eyes widened.

Half muttered.

“……Adventurer, you…….”

In a battlefield that was so confusing that it was hard to tell what was happening, there was only one living thing flapping around.

“Hehehe, okay, okay!”

In the end, Jinseong had to admit that he was wrong.

Why was someone who seemed to have no special abilities other than analytical skills selected as a ?

It’s not just about interest.

“This is it! That’s it! I can finally check out the Teroton alloy and devices! Now my skills can be upgraded too!”

Vivi digs through the wreckage of the GT-9600 and haphazardly gathers the materials she needs.

Because it was clear that she had a firm purpose, a purpose that Jinseong himself had not yet fully understood, even though she was smiling brightly.

[Something like that… … Is there something like that here?]

Her abilities and maddening obsession that even astonish the dark lords.

“……You’re not even smiling? Are you embarrassed?”

[Ugh, uh-uh… … That’s- Ahem, that’s not it… … .]

Hearing Heukgu’s flustered voice, Jinseong realized once again that she was a true adventurer.