Chapter 497 – Episode 496 – The Hallucinating Female Secretary

Meanwhile, the monster army led by Kangrim was engaged in a fierce battle with the Mercenary King in the capital of the Kingdom of Roseum.

The female secretary, Atria, was fighting alone against the knights of the Temple Kingdom.

-Wooooo!

A purple monster whose entire body is covered with an insect exoskeleton opens its mouth wide.

The target is the robot unit at the front. It is a mounted unit reminiscent of centaurs, ridden by the Knights of the Temple Kingdom. The monster Atria fired her particle cannon at the robots. A huge purple particle cannon cut through the water and headed towards the robots.

The commander robot saw this and raised its spear, and the remaining robots raised their shields in unison according to the instructions.

Energy radiated from the shield erected by the robots, and the energy radiated soon became a huge defensive shield.

The particle cannon collided with the shield.

-Kwagagagaga river!

Those who want to destroy it and those who want to stop it.

A tense power struggle breaks out. And,

Slowly, the robots’ shields began to melt.

‘Okay, we’ll push ahead like this!’

Thanks to her master’s strengthening, Atria became even stronger. Now she can’t break through the robots’ defenses, so she doesn’t have to worry. As Atria applied more force, the strength of her particle cannon also became stronger,

In the end, it penetrated the robot unit. The commander wizard robot was also swept away by the particle cannon. As soon as it penetrated, thick smoke rose,

[… ?]

Atria couldn’t help but believe her own eyes.

[What is this…]

It was clearly correct. Apparently, the particle cannon broke through the defense shield and engulfed the robot unit. I saw it clearly with these two eyes.

But, why are the robots standing still?

[It’s strange. It’s so strange.]

Why are they okay? I was definitely hit by a particle cannon. If you get hit, it would be impossible to survive. It should melt away without a trace. Why isn’t it decreasing? Why? Why is it still okay no matter how many times it is fired? .

‘Wait a minute.’

For a moment, Atria felt a sense of discomfort.

‘How many times did I shoot you?’

She set out to stop the Knights of the Temple Kingdom, and she fired the particle cannon for the first time today to drive them away.

But, why did you think he was shot multiple times?

Why do you think that way?

Why, why?

Atria, who was wondering so much, felt another sense of discomfort.

‘Where have Sua, Kau, Arwen, Perpone, and Dread gone?’

The colleagues I should be with are not with me right now.

Apparently, Talia and Marv recovered the Steel Legion soldiers who had fallen into the sea, and the rest decided to fight against the Knights of the Temple Kingdom.

But, why is no one here but yourself?

Why is it that he is the only one with that knighthood…? .

The moment Atria thought that, she couldn’t help but doubt her eyes again.

‘Where did they go?’

The cavalry that was supposed to be in front of her disappeared completely.
As if it was nothing more than an illusion from the beginning.

‘What happened? What on earth is happening?’

What on earth is going on?

Why on earth am I alone?

What trap have we fallen into?

Because she was so confused, Atria realized it too late.

[… !]

That there are countless spears aimed at you from all directions.

Energy is gathering in that window.

It was obvious what the spear with all the energy would do.

-Kwagagagaga river!

A merciless energy cannon attacks the purple monster. The purple monster’s armor was slowly broken and burned by the barrage of energy. There wasn’t even time to properly scream in death.

Atria wasn’t going to suffer like this.

-Chooooo!

The monster screamed, and at the same time, particles were sprayed around the monster’s body. Particles were sprayed even where there were windows,

-Quagagaga River!

At the same time, an explosion occurred. Atria exploded the scattered particles. All windows caught in the explosion disappeared.

However,

‘Damn, what happened?’

After the spears disappeared, the knights of the Temple Kingdom, who had disappeared, reappeared.

‘It’s strange, something is strange.’

I can’t understand everything from one to ten.

Why is he fighting alone? Where are the other guys? Why doesn’t that cavalry fall? Why was I surrounded and attacked by numerous spears floating in the air? Why did that cavalry unit reappear?

Where did it all go wrong? Where did we fall into the trap?

From where, from where, from where, from where…

From where did he become trapped in the Möbius strip?

‘I, I, I…’

It was the moment when Atria, which was so confused, was about to collapse.

[… ?]

Something grabbed his foot. Before I could even properly check what it was,

Atria was dragged away.

●●●

[Hey, come to your senses, Atria.]

[Umm…]

Atria opened her eyes at the sound of her voice calling her.

[Here…]

It was under the sea.

It was a place deep in the sea that no one could access. Atria are leaning her body against a rock there.

And then, what caught her eye was a huge brown nine-tailed fox.

Atria knew who the nine-tailed fox was.

[Suah? Where on earth have you been? Why didn’t you fight the knights?]

[It was there from the beginning. Everyone was fighting.]

Sua answered Atria’s question.

[I had no choice but to retreat because I got caught in the trap they set. It took some time to bring everyone here.]

Atria looked around at Sua’s words.

Thalia, Marv, Arwen, Cow, Dredd, and Perpone, who were thought to have disappeared, were also there.

They all took refuge in the depths of the sea for a while,

Except for Thalia and Marv, who were on a rescue mission, the rest were covered in burn wounds here and there.

Atria asked.

[You said you fell into a trap, right? What did they do?]

[It’s a hallucination.]

Sua answered right away.

[They used hallucinations to confuse us. If I hadn’t come to my senses, something huge would have happened.]

When the Temple Kingdom’s mounted troops appeared, Atria and her companions charged head-on. Although they were outnumbered, everyone was confident that they could easily win since they had been greatly strengthened by their master.

Therefore, no one expected that the King of Knights, out of his conceit, had prepared a trap.

[If Marv and I hadn’t stepped forward, she would have been in real trouble.]

Black tentacle pile monster, said Thalia,

[Everyone stood still as if all their strength had run out. The Temple Kingdom mercilessly attacked you.]

Marv, the light blue tentacle pile monster next to me, briefly explained the situation.

[We barely managed to retrieve the soldiers, and Talia, I, and Sua evacuated everyone here. They also don’t have the ability to dive.]

[I never would have thought they were preparing such a trap.]

The golden bull monster, Cow, clicked his tongue briefly as if he was annoyed.

One of the two sharp horns on either side was broken, and there were numerous wounds from robots here and there.

[Maybe the Prophet helped the King of Knights.]

A monster with a face reminiscent of a manta ray and a large snake-like body, Arwen immediately figured out who the culprit of this situation was. She also had many wounds on her body.

[There is no way the King of Knights could prepare a trap like this other than him.]

[Prophet… He is a troublesome guy in many ways.]

The green giant snake, Perpone, muttered as if she was appalled.

[Someone appears out of nowhere and makes things difficult. I’m really annoyed.]

[We must attack quickly.]

Dread, the red-armored giant who had been silent, expressed his opinion.

[They won’t stop here. They will definitely invade the empire. If you can’t stop it, the master is in danger.]

[Atria.]

Sua asked Atria a question.

[What are you going to do now? Are you going to counterattack right away, or are you going to retreat and regroup?]

[…]

The smartest way is to retreat. I never dreamed that I would be hit back by them like that, and I never expected to be hit like this. They will attack with momentum. Of course, I should block it, but if it attacks again, I might end up hallucinating.

So retreat is the answer,

If you do that, you won’t be able to look at your master.

Didn’t you declare that to your master?

In the final battle with Arwen, he said he would make up for his inexperience by conquering the Temple Kingdom.

Instead of making up for it, are you going to retreat and disgrace your master?

If the land is taken away like this, what excuse can there be? What they need to do is conquer…

‘Wait a minute.’

The moment Atria said those words, a question arose.

‘Do they have the troops to defend the mainland?’

Of course there will be.

Even the King of Knights would not take an unreasonable gamble while ignoring the defense of his homeland. In all likelihood, the Crusaders and Temple Kingdom troops dispatched by the Holy Kingdom will be guarding the place according to the information given by Simon, the leader of the Crusaders.

If the defense is strong, it will be a pain in many ways,

Will it hurt a lot compared to the robot army I’m dealing with now?

[Everyone, listen to me carefully.]

Atria, who had made up her mind, gave instructions to the surrounding monsters.

[From now on, we will attack the Temple Kingdom. Let’s turn the land they return to into a muksabal.]