Chapter 1347 – Grindel

[Report on incident progress and current findings.

The instructor is an assistant and intangible. Together with excellent student Nelf, we headed to Grindel, the outskirts of the Sruta Empire.

The instructor sensed something unusual. He investigated the Grindel family.
Soon after, the Grindel family attacked Instructor Dre, and Instructor Dre and his companions actually defeated Grindel.

Here’s what I figured out during this process:

1. Captivated Nairo Grindel investigation results. Grindel signed a contract with an organization called ‘Freshmen’. Only Anel Grindel and Neiru Grindel knew the ‘tale’ in detail, and the matriarch and the rest of her immediate family only vaguely knew about its power, but it seems they did not receive any accurate information.

1-2. ‘Tales’ refers to the phenomenon of turning fantasy into reality by infusing divine power into the local lore.

2. A true warrior. The ‘tale’ that Hiro Kaitsu experienced was also found here. The medium is the intangible assistant’s biological mother.

3. It seems that Grindel is not related to the disappearance of Waikatsu. The above testimony was confirmed by Instructor Dre from the captured ‘Neiru Grindel’ and the freshman executive ‘Riku Okura’.

4. The intangible biological mother escaped. Result of interrogation of Okura Riku. It seems that a stranger with teleportation privileges was on standby to escape in case of an emergency.

5. The passageway, which was one of Grindel’s financial sources, regained its proper function as soon as the lore disappeared.

6. Orute Grindel. Many of Grindel’s wizards, including Orue Grindel, wanted leniency because they would submit to any investigation and prove that they had not committed a crime.

7. In the past, Muhyeong, whose name was ‘Tohute Grindel’, decided to temporarily take over as the head of the Grindel family.

8. Instructor Dre said that the deity has been eliminated. We are finding out the facts.

We will further investigate the Grindel area to see if anything related to new students or divine powers remains, or if there are any other dangerous factors. Or, in case the testimonies are false, we will continue to investigate to see if there are any traces of Waikatsu.

Deep night in a snowy field. Posted to Principal Renea, whom Baekmaju respects.]

***

The smell of blood lingers in a dark place where not a single ray of light enters.
The sounds of groans and chains heard intermittently in the darkness added to the gloom.

Step by step. Step by step.

The man who was moaning flinched at the sound of footsteps echoing in the distance.
His body trembled like an aspen tree.

‘Oh, no…’

Could it be that that monster has come again?
The man, trembling with fear, fixed his eyes on the opening door.

Paaaaat-!

“…!”

What was visible through the crack in the door was light.
A light that is not dazzling even though it is too intense, and has a cozy feeling that embraces you warmly like sunlight.

Soon, a handsome man with looks more dazzling than light walked in.

“…”

Two people stood next to a handsome man who was staring at the admiring man with his mouth wide open.

One was a tall man with round glasses and wearing a ceremonial uniform worn by a priest, and the other was a beautiful woman wearing light leather gear.

‘This obsession with impressions. Face. I know very well.’

Because the ‘new students’ are the people of interest that the executives were warned about.
In particular, the man emitting that light had a presence that made you know who he was right away, even if you couldn’t hear the explanation.

A true warrior. Kaitsu Hiro.
He and his colleagues are ‘Book of Light’ scholar and ‘Dagger of Light’ Raeband Barand.

“You’re hurt.”

Kaitz, who clearly saw the man’s condition even in the dark, raised his hand. Immediately in his palms, evil comes out. A sphere of light rose up and illuminated his interior.
The light that illuminated the basement as brightly as day healed the man’s wounds.

“Uh, uh…”

The man let out a soft moan as he felt the comfort of taking a bath in warm water.

“Wow… I got hit hard.”

Raeband is half impressed. He said it with a mixture of half-hearted emotions.

“She’s rather weak. When I heard that Dre interrogated her first, I thought her mind was completely destroyed.”

A man with a scholar’s deep voice. Riku Okura once again shook his body like an aspen.
The devil’s smile flashed in his mind. Pain…
It was a memory so strong that it shattered the stranger’s basic mental protection.

“Keuuu…”
“Don’t worry. I will treat you humanely as I am a warrior.”

At the end of his words, Kaitz closed the distance to Riku.
Riku looked up at him, feeling that if there was a hero in this world, this man was the only one.

“Don’t worry Dre. I’ve told you enough not to interrogate you any more.”

At those words, Okura Riku’s mind, which had been largely destroyed by the eight-day fight, became slightly clearer.
He asked after coming to his senses.

“How… Are you alive…?”

The polite word naturally came out of Riku’s mouth. Neither Kaitz nor himself found it strange.
Kaits hmm. He groaned and asked.

“I went to the area of ​​Lloydran on a mission from the Holy Kingdom. The mission was to deal with a very powerful heresy.”

And what I encountered there were strange creatures that wielded divine power.

“I felt there were a few strangers there, but I didn’t see them in person. Those were you guys. Were they the so-called new students?”

Riku sighs. Phew. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
He is a resourceful man who rose to executive level.
Originally, false information would have been leaked at a time like this to confuse the enemy.
But I just couldn’t do that now.

‘Lying doesn’t work on this man.’

I also had a feeling that this man was the only one who would lead my life.
In a weakened state due to the destruction of my mind by Dre, I could not go against this intuition.
Riku agreed.

“That’s right… I heard that we were dispatched to Lloyd as well…”
“What is the size of your freshman class?”

Riku looked thrilled at that question.
Lately. Before being interrogated by Dre, he thought he could endure as much pain as he could.
No matter how much you interrogate them, don’t tell them what’s important.

But Dre didn’t ask anything about the new student.
They just asked me where I was from and then beat me up, hit me, and cut me. Play it…
He just kept repeating it over and over again.
Smiling happily.

That’s violence under the guise of interrogation. It was torture.
Riku, who couldn’t bear it any longer, was the first to spit out the name “Freshman,” But Dre said, “Freshman? Are you a student? What the fuck?” He just hit me harder.

For someone who had experienced such a terrible thing, such a normal interrogation was very welcome.

“I don’t know the exact number of people, but it’s roughly over 100.”

The scholar stroked his chin.

“Were there about that many strangers a year…? I guess we can say that all new strangers are freshmen.”

Kaitz nodded his head and instructed with his eyes to continue speaking.

“Also. I understand that there are dozens of gods who support our new students.”

This statement was quite shocking.
The expressions of the three people changed.

“Dozens.”
“Hey~”

The scholar looked serious and Raeband whistled.
Even if the Godhead appears to be nothing compared to beings outside the standard such as monster kings or divine beasts. It is the same disaster for humans.

Just looking at Poseid, a high-ranking deity, the world’s oceans were boiling over as he descended into this world.
The scholar pondered for a bit and then asked a question.

“Excluding the gods, are you a group of pure strangers? For example, have you joined hands with demons?”
“As far as I know, the only members of our group are users…”
“Then the next question. Among the members, are there not only new users but also users who were previously active in Elunar?”

Riku shook his head again.

“Doesn’t exist…”

The scholar saw Kaits. Kaits said, nodding her head.

“I’m not lying.”

Riku was startled, and the scholar raised an eyebrow.

“What is ‘a lie’?”
“Okay. I didn’t tell you everything.”

Riku’s complexion noticeably worsened during the conversation between the scholar and Kaitsu.

“Well, I was going to tell you anyway. It’s true…”

Riku made an earnest voice, and Raeband raised both hands like a cat with a playful face and said, Waah! He spoke out loud.

“If you lie, I’ll send it to Dre again~?”
“Hee, hee hee!!”

Riku struggled and the chains binding him fluttered.
After shivering for just a minute, he looked a little older and bowed down.
Raeband, who had been playing with his panicked appearance to the point where conversation was difficult, lowered his hand with an embarrassed look on his face.

“Don’t play around, Raeband.”
“No… Sorry…”

“What on earth could Dre do to elicit such a reaction?” Raeband was astonished.
Kaitz managed to calm Riku down, and when he was able to talk again, the scholar asked about something he didn’t understand.

“How to use your special powers, how to react, etc. There were some inexperiences, but it seemed like you were trained.”

In addition, new members know information that other users would not know.
For example, there is a flower called Rapplicia in Lloyd’s where he went on a mission.
It is a flower with a deadly poison that instantly poisons even knights with strong bodies, but if you apply the powder of the butterfly that coexists with the flower, you will not be poisoned.
I found out later that they hid in that flower and watched the Kaits fight against God’s ‘test product’.

Hide. In other words. Be careful.
That was an attitude unbecoming of a new stranger.
Strangers who have just arrived in Elunar are usually arrogant.
A dream-like situation where you get cheats and play in a fantasy world that you only see in media. Also, it is well known that strangers who are intoxicated with a power that is much stronger than their original body have a high tendency to run wild without realizing it. It is an obvious fact.

However, for a new stranger, the newcomers were very cautious.
As if there was someone who advised you not to do that.

‘This is not advice from the Godhead.’

Kaits was convinced that it was not God.
They were originally omniscient and omnipotent, and perhaps because of that, they are not interested in the trivial matters of humans.

Who gathered the new students in the first place and for what purpose?
Who gathered those arbitrary gods and how?

Riku trembled when he saw Kaitsu lost in thought.
As expected, these enemies were not normal.
He had a very high opinion of the hero party’s power and sent him two ‘tales’ that he had barely obtained, but it seems that he got rid of them in return. It seemed like they had figured out a bit about themselves in that short period of time.
Lying doesn’t work either.
Riku could only say what he knew.

“I am a high-ranking executive, but… I don’t know why or how our organization was formed. We have never received any training. We were simply given a document and ordered to familiarize ourselves with its contents…”

The reality of strangers in the documents. Strength. Also, it was filled with useful information, and it was said that if you read it and memorize it, it will be automatically burned and discarded.
Also, the reason the newly incorporated foreigners do not go out recklessly is because they receive strong sanctions from the gods.
Kaitz, a lie reader, certified that Riku’s words were true.
In the end, is there no clear information?
Before everyone’s faces turned into disappointment, Riku continued.

“But I have heard this among executives. The person who wrote that document was a ‘transcendant from another world’…”
“!”
“What?”

Scholars and Raeband were perplexed.
If you are a transcendent of this world, you are a ranker.
Bump. Is there a traitor among the rankers allied with Dre?

‘No. That’s not a good idea.’

The scholar shook his head.
Unnecessary doubts will only create discord.
There are rankers who are hostile to Dre, and they are Bale and Machia.

It is understood that Veil had a confrontation at the Dwarf’s Holy Land not long ago, and that Machia, who is ranked first, has formed an alliance with the priestess and is with Hardesh.

‘There’s a good chance it could be them…’

But it was nothing else.

“No way…”

Next to the scholar. Kaitsu’s eyes filled with astonishment said it all.

After leaving the dungeon, the hero party set out to find Dre.
Information I want to share with him as soon as possible. Future policy. And more than anything, it was because I wanted to solve ‘something that bothered me’.

“Dre says he’s going to a restaurant right now~?”

Laband, who contacted the faculty, spoke with Smado held to his ear.
It would seem that he would have been quicker to seek out Dre’s spirit than Smado, but he was as good at killing his presence as he was his intangibility, and I respected his privacy, so I didn’t do that.
Kaitz nodded her head.

The warrior party literally moved to the restaurant at the speed of light.

Flash! When the light came on, it was already in front of the restaurant.
However, there were a lot of people in front of the restaurant.

Actually, there is nothing strange about that alone.
The restaurant is always crowded.

But. All of those people were bowing their heads.

“Keuuk!”
“Kwaek!”

And there was a bastard stepping on the backs of those prone people…

“…Eight days?”
“…”

Dre and Kaitz’s eyes met.
Dre said in a stuttering voice.

“Oh, no…!!”

What is wrong?