Chapter 403 – Episode 403 (Interlude) – A Decisive Weapon to Defeat the Monster.

The news that Princess Aloy ended up becoming a slave to Grid was also known in the Kingdom of Roseum.

“I lasted longer than I thought.”

The mercenary king who heard the news commented thus.

“Well, I never imagined it would end up like that.”

The Necia Kingdom was completely destroyed.

When Princess Aloy, the only focal point of the kingdom, became a chimera and was completely subordinated to Grid, the people of the kingdom finally gave up resistance.

The Kingdom of Necia, which once competed for supremacy with the Kingdom of Roseum and the Kingdom of Temple, disappeared into history due to the sudden appearance of the Great Devil.

And, the devil’s sword will now head to Roseum.

“Now this is where he will target next.”

The guild leader who delivered this news warned.

With her pure white hair and red eyes, she strangely resembles Grid’s stepmother Hera.

“We have defeated Arwen and the princess, so we will definitely invade.”

“I know that too.”

“But why are you so carefree?”

The guild leader, Elish, was shocked to see the mercenary king’s expression not changing even in a serious situation.

No matter how competitive you may be, does that mean you can listen to issues that are important to the country without thinking?

“You’re so carefree. “I’m thinking about it too.”

“It doesn’t look like that.”

“Then do I have to show off?”

“…”

“On the contrary, you seem to be more radiant.”

The mercenary king pointed out.

“Why are you annoyed because I’m not helping you at all? “I want revenge, but you won’t help me?”

“Well, it’s not like that! I just…”

“I just want to clear my name, you want to say that? So, are you trying to eliminate the grid using adventurers?”

Until now, it was the guild leader’s plan to assassinate Grid from adventurers by setting a huge bounty on Grid’s head. It was the mercenary king who pushed for that plan.

Well, in the end, the plan failed.

The king continued speaking.

“Since that attempt didn’t work, I have to step forward now, but since I’m not stepping forward, am I even more anxious?”

“No, I…”

“Don’t be mistaken.”

The mercenary king warned.

The guild leader was momentarily chilled by the very cold voice.

“I’m just waiting. “I’m not hiding like a coward.”

“…”

“In the first place, can you compete head-on with a group of monsters?”

Even the mercenary king who was once famous as a berserker is not a fool.

Competing head-on with an empire made up of legions of monsters is suicidal.

Let’s see now how the Necia kingdom fell.

Wasn’t the kingdom’s army that had come together and cried out for revenge but was annihilated by an army of monsters?

To deal with them, you need strength equal to or greater than that of the monster.

The mercenary king worked hard to have that power,

The moment has finally come to see the light here in the underground hangar.

“Now it’s not long before we can win the game, so get ready to send out the remaining adventurers, understand?”

“…”

“If that doesn’t work, you can use it as a power source like you said before, right?”

“I understand.”

The guild leader agreed to the mercenary king’s words.

“Now, the time to part ways with you is approaching.”

The mercenary king turned his head towards the woman behind him.
It was a nine-tailed fox made of pure white, and her appearance was that of a green-eyed woman who resembled Su-ah.

“…”

A nine-tailed fox wearing a chain around its neck, Seolhwa was enslaved by a mercenary king.

Both of his wrists were also shackled. Because these fetters were suppressing Seolhwa’s magical power, Seolhwa could not rebel against the red-haired woman in front of her, the mercenary king.

Even if she can resist, she won’t be able to win.

“…”

Because the person in front of you is none other than the mercenary king, Raven.

How can you handle a character who is the pinnacle of all mercenaries and has the highest physical attack power in the game?

Of course, in the main story, he ends up suffering the humiliation of being killed by Grid and converted into a cyborg.

The mercenary king made fun of the story.

“You too are pitiful. You brought in reinforcements with your own body, but you were defeated in vain.”

“…”

“You would have a better chance of winning if you came this way. That woman, Arwen, is such a fool, isn’t she?”

“That is correct.”

Seolhwa, who was sleeping and listening, agreed.

“If Arwen had only listened to me, she wouldn’t have become a slave to Grid. Her kingdom wouldn’t have fallen.”

“Yes, yes. Of course, it is. Cancer.”

The mercenary king was very happy to have his words affirmed.

Seolhwa agreed with such actions,

‘Ah, I want to run away.’

In my heart, I wanted to loosen these chains and disappear somewhere.

‘Why did things turn out like this? I just wanted to finish it quickly!’

After experiencing something unpleasant in real life, I woke up and found myself transformed into a nine-tailed fox.

He was also possessed by Seolhwa, the main character of 〈Fox’s Grace〉, a game he secretly enjoyed.

He couldn’t believe it at first, but when he realized that this was a game world, he made a decision right away.

Running away right away.

This is because I knew through the game that the great evil known as Grid would soon invade Fox Island.

And, I knew that if I failed to escape, I would be raped by that demon, and would eventually be reduced to a seedbed that would repeat endless pregnancies and births.

In order to escape that ending, I believed that running away was the priority.

So Seolhwa ran away. I escaped the day before Grid invaded Fox Island.

Of course she felt no guilt about abandoning her people and her sister.

It’s a game world anyway. Can’t those who live in such a world be resurrected at any time?

The tale that thought the game and this world were the same went straight to Arwen.

Originally, she should have gone to the elf island and met her leader and brought him into her ally, but she didn’t.

Because she is one of the fraudulent characters in the game, she thought it would be good to just have Arwen, the character she cared about. I’ve beaten every dungeon with the character Arwen, so you think I won’t be able to do it here? She thought that if she used Arwen, she could easily catch Grid.

That’s what I thought, but things turned strange.

Out of nowhere, Grid established an empire and began corrupting the women who were friendly characters in the game one by one.

Fallen women became slaves obedient to Grid.

The enslaved characters became monsters using the black light given by Grid,

Grid also became a monster.

The monster army led by Grid instantly destroyed the Necia Kingdom.

The fallen kingdom was reduced to a colony of the empire, or rather, a factory producing soldiers and food.

Based on that, Grid is aiming to conquer the world.

The story was perplexing that the guy who would have simply destroyed the story in the original story showed completely different actions. It was unexpected in the tale that they would advance so quickly even before Arwen had been strengthened.

So Seolhwa tried to save Heukgwang. He helped turn Arwen into a monster with the barely obtained black light. In return, she suffered the humiliation of being raped by Arwen, but she did not curse.
Rather, he severely criticized Grid for making it different from the story in the game and putting him through a lot of trouble.

-Yes, this will be able to take down the grid.

In exchange for saving Heukgwang and requesting reinforcements, Seolhwa became the mercenary king’s slave.

It was humiliating, but I thought it would be okay.

If Arwen wins, she will soon be free from slavery.

She believed that if it was Arwen, the character she loved, she would definitely be saved.

The story’s absurd plan failed when Grid turned Arwen into a musk bowl.

‘Oh damn Arwen. Why did you lose, why did you lose? I did everything for you, so why did you lose?’

If she had become a monster, she should have won, why did she lose?
She cursed at the character who lost even though she had done everything.

‘Should I continue to take care of this woman like this?’

Use Arwen to subdue Grid. That was the plan, but it all fell apart.

She even committed a gamble using her own body as collateral. What is this?
Can’t we just start again from the beginning? Since it’s a game world, wouldn’t it be possible to be resurrected if you die?

Since you are the main character in the first place, wouldn’t you have that kind of privilege?

Seolhwa was able to have such foolish thoughts because she still considered this place to be nothing more than a game world.

“But where did the prophet go?”

Suddenly, the guild leader became curious and asked the mercenary king.

“If she was that woman, she went to the Temple Kingdom.”

Raven answered like that.

“I heard that the King of Knights is preparing the same thing as me.”

“Same thing? No way…”

The guild leader said as he turned his gaze towards the weapon currently in the hangar being finalized.

“Are you saying there is something like this in that kingdom too?”

“Yes, I heard the prophet say that if we do well, we can destroy the empire?”

After hearing those words, Seolhwa also tilted her head.

‘What is there in a country that has nothing but stupid knights?’

At least I could see the weapons in the hangar because they were on the background screen,

There wasn’t even anything like that in the temple, so is there some hidden setting?

‘Is it because they are in the dark that they know everything?’

The story also knew that Aberys would appear as the main enemy in Part 2.

Maybe she knows something that she herself doesn’t know.

But why does it feel so strange?

Seolhwa herself didn’t know why she felt that way.

“Well, even without her, this weapon will be enough.”

Raven said that and looked up at the weapon.

“It was an unremarkable giant, but it’s cool that you made it according to the prophet’s words.”

What was in front of the three people was a giant.

It was a giant fully armed with red armor.

It had a huge shield on its right arm, a huge spear on its left arm, and a wing-shaped propulsion device on its back.

Originally, it should have been a lump of scrap metal that should have been treated as a background in the game.

It wasn’t even red to begin with; it was just a piece of rusty junk.

With the help of Averis, the Mercenary King was able to use the junk.

It was possible to make it look like it does now with 〈 sand model 〉, a relic stolen from the empire,

〈Like the sand model 〉, it was possible to activate this junk through stolen research materials.

The Mercenary King was able to obtain a decisive battle weapon that could subdue monsters and demons.

With this, the nightmare will end.

The devil who terrorized the world will fall at the hands of this mercenary king.

Then, he will become the greatest man in history.

If you use this robot, it will definitely be possible.

Thinking like that, the Mercenary King automatically smiled.

‘Be prepared, devil. ‘I will cut off your head myself.’

A red light flashed in the giant’s eyes, as if he was responding to his confident owner’s will.

It was a strangely sinister look.