Chapter 448 – Episode 447 – The Mercenary King and Guild Leader Who Runs Away

Something is flying quickly across the sea surface.

A robot wearing red armor is heading at maximum speed to the Kingdom of Roseum, a country of mercenaries. Originally, the Iron Legion, the military force of the Desire Empire, was supposed to lead the fleet and stop the enemy from escaping, but unfortunately, it was not there.

Because Kanglim deliberately deployed troops to the eastern border to hunt adventurers.

Kangrim committed this crazy act in order to carry out his plan to lure the adventurers to the capital and destroy them once and for all. The worst thing that could have happened was that the mainland would have been overrun by the enemy, but fortunately, that did not happen. The adventurers fell into a trap, and Kangrim succeeded in turning them into livestock. It was truly a great victory with few casualties.

If it weren’t for the red robot that is currently running away, Kangrim would have been toasting victory by now.

“Damn my head…”

The red-haired woman who was controlling the robot, Mercenary King Raven, complained of her headache.
Traces of blood remained in her eyes, and the nosebleed continued to flow without stopping.
The pilot’s poor condition probably affected the aircraft as well, as the robot flying on the water kept tilting downward.

Why did it become like this? The reason is simple.

It’s because I overused my brain.

‘I have a chance to take him down…’

In order to defeat the archdemon Grid, the mercenary king Raven gathered all of her magical power into her spear.
She gathered her magic power until sparks erupted from her spear, aimed it at the demon, and fired her energy cannon.

As a result, he was able to achieve the feat of flying off both arms of the Great Devil Grid.

Considering the nature of the Great Demon, who mainly fights in hand-to-hand combat, losing both of her arms was a painful loss for Grid.

The mercenary king tried to seize this opportunity. He thought he would be able to defeat the demon whose combat power had plummeted from this spot. If he had continued the fight on the spot, the outcome might have been different.

But, Raven couldn’t do it.

The mercenary king had no choice but to retreat.

If he doesn’t retreat, he will die on the spot.

The basis was her current physical condition.

“Ugh?”

Something is filling up my throat.

I try to hold back, but I just can’t.

The mercenary king ended up vomiting on the spot.

“Ueeeeek!”

Dark red blood poured from the mouth. The cockpit floor instantly turned into a puddle of blood.

Several pieces of flesh were floating on the surface of the water, as if the internal organs had been torn.

“Heo, heo, heo… Damn. Damn it.”

Raven ground her teeth as she wiped her bloody lip with the back of her hand.
Is it because I lost too much blood? My vision became blurred.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok, heo-eok… “Huh?”

Raven’s back stiffened as if she had been electrocuted.
What you can hear from that spot is her breathing,

The only sound was the sound of the medicine being injected.

“Haa, haa, haa, haa…”

Her helmet has a needle for injecting drugs.
If something goes wrong with the pilot, a needle is immediately inserted into the brain and medication is injected.

As the drug spread through the brain and throughout the body, the mercenary king was barely able to catch his breath.

“Ha, ha, ha… Whoo, whoo, whoo…”

Of course, strange breathing noises are coming out due to the medicine’s ingredients.

“Is it as the nun said?”

The black-haired nun who repaired and strengthened this robot, a decisive weapon to fight the Great Evil on equal terms, said so.

-This robot is a drone. It was not made with the assumption that people would ride it.

-Because there are no people on board, it will be able to produce several times more output than a manned aircraft. However, beyond that, the burden you will face will be enormous. Even if you are a veteran mercenary.

-The power has been adjusted so that it can be ridden, but the force it must endure will still be beyond imagination. Well, you probably won’t give up because of your pride.

A nun dispatched from the Holy Kingdom, a.K.A. The Prophetess, modified the robot that was in the basement of the kingdom for her combat purposes.
They even developed unprecedented weapons to fight against the devil.

Spear and shield.

Absorb the enemy’s attack with the shield, and attack by converting the attack absorbed with the spear into an energy cannon.

The robot acquired new armament, and Raven was able to use this armament to destroy Commander Iris and Greed’s teacher, Teris.

In the fight against the Great Devil that followed, I was able to prove that I could confidently fight on equal footing with him.

The power of this robot was strong enough to do so,

The burden that a powerful mercenary king had to bear was beyond imagination.

You can tell just by looking at the blood he coughed up a little while ago.

‘I thought that drones and manned aircraft were all the same piece of scrap metal…’

The difference between robots without humans and robots with humans is clear.

The former can freely use its power while ignoring the pilot’s safety, but the latter’s power is limited because safety is important.

The robot that the mercenary king is currently riding is the former, and the robot belonging to the former is a colt with loose reins, a runaway locomotive without brakes.

So, it would be wisest to make the robot commit suicide like the devil.

The black-haired nun gave that advice.

The mercenary king dismissed the advice as a simple excuse made by cowards, but when he actually experienced it, he was able to realize that it was not for nothing.

“Ugh… My body is still…”

The pain in my body still doesn’t go away.

My brain still feels like it’s burning, and my body hurts here and there.

I guess I’ll have to get treatment when I go back.

If I just leave it like that, I think there will be a big problem.

‘When I get back, I have to call my doctor.’

The mercenary king decided to do this once he got home.

‘If I was in better shape, I would have fought more…’

If they had overcome their weaknesses, the ending would have been different.

But it didn’t change. He could have fought at least, but if he had done so, the person who would have died might not have been the devil, but the mercenary king himself.

So, what about Elish, the guild leader who rode as a pilot with the Mercenary King?

“…”

Elish said nothing.

“…”

It’s just that both eyes are dead,

“…”

It’s just that blood is flowing from the eyes and nosebleeds,

“…”

It was just that her mouth was open and blood was flowing.

Elish’s condition was so miserable that anyone would have thought she was a corpse.

“Hey, guild leader.”

The Mercenary King tried to talk to Elise, as if he was worried about her motionless condition, but she didn’t say anything.

I could hear breathing, but it was getting weaker.

“Hmm… I’m sure that nun…”

Raven waved her hand in the air.

A small window the size of her palm appeared in front of Raven.

“She says she can press this when she’s broken…”

This phrase was written on the small window.

[Would you like to use Resurrection Stone?]

It’s a resurrection stone. There is nothing like it in this world, so why did the prophet choose this word?

The mercenary king was curious, but decided to find out later. He pressed the button right below the phrase.
As soon as I pressed the button, the window disappeared immediately,

Immediately after that, the drug was injected from Elish’s covered helmet,

“Huh?”

Elish opened her eyes.
Life has returned to my pupils.

Panting heavily, Elise looked around.

And, she was greatly embarrassed.

“I, I am the Lord, wasn’t I dead?”

Yes, I remember the moment I fired the energy cannon at maximum output at that demon.

Even though her body was in so much pain at that time, she couldn’t stop smiling just because she could kill the devil.

I have no memories after that.

Elish, whose consciousness sank into the abyss, thought she would have met her death.

So she thought, she survived.
Elish was more embarrassed than happy.

“What did you do?”

“I just did it the way the prophet taught me.”

The mercenary king explained to Elish’s question.

He held out the small spear he used.

“Resurrection stone?”

“To be exact, they injected medicine. I don’t know why it was written with that phrase. “There is no such convenient item in this world.”

“…”

“Well, no matter what, I’m happy that I survived. It’s better than dying, right?”

“How could this happen…”

How can you save yourself from dying? This is God’s domain.

Unless you are a god, it is impossible to perform miracles.

Can that prophetic nun do that miracle?

Whether it’s helping with this expedition or repairing this robot,

She is a suspicious woman in many ways.

Elish was really curious about whom this person was.

“Well, what happened to the grid?”

Of course, there was something else I was most curious about.

The mercenary king answered Elish’s question.

“It’s alive.”

“…”

“I wanted to kill him, but it was impossible. You and I almost died.”

“… Damn.”

The guild leader was very angry at the fact that Grid was not dead.

“I have to kill him quickly, so my family can be at ease…”

“That opportunity will come soon.”

The mercenary king declared.

“He must have found out about our existence, so he will rush to attack the kingdom. We can attack him when he comes.”

“You’re going to attack then. Are you really planning to let the invasion go?”

“No.”

The Mercenary King shook his head at Elish’s question.

“I’m going to wait for him to throw an irrational number. I’m going to make it happen.”

“How…”

“King of Knights.”

The mercenary king revealed what plan he had in mind.

“I’m going to use the King of Knights. That bitch definitely won’t sit still after hearing this news.”