Chapter 167 – Only Successful People Attend Class Reunions (02)

‘Is it a bug?’

The first thing I thought was whether it was a bug.

It was because I had never heard of an event like this in this game, Celestial Academy.

However, in the current situation where a third route was chosen rather than the original first route, the Academy and Royalist route, or the second route, the Renellian Duke and Rebellion route, there was no way it could not be a new event.〈 Br〉

Chang!

He took out the sword of Duke Le Nellian that was on his belt and placed it on top of the angel statue, but it did not fit perfectly with his fingers, and somewhere it got caught in the curved shape of his fingers and floated, and somewhere else it was too loose.

Even though it was placed in both hands of the angel statue, there was no change in the sword, and the shape of the wooden sword was still visible in a translucent manner.

Can it be replaced with a regular wooden sword? That couldn’t have been possible.

Because this shape was very familiar to me.

Sigh.

When I lightly touched the ground with my foot, opened the [Shadow Pocket] And took out the handle of the wooden sword, Inori lifted my [Shadow Pocket] With his hand from within the shadows and placed the handle of the wooden sword into my outstretched hand.

A feeling that wraps around your hand as if melting into your palm.

It felt slightly different from when I held it with my small hands and short fingers before, but when I tried to place the wooden sword on the angel statue’s hand, I felt a suction pulling the wooden sword as if I was being sucked in.〈 Br〉

Tiring-

– Exchange ‘Wooden Sword+99999’ for ‘World Tree Holy Sword’ –

The Holy Sword of the World Tree. Likewise, I’ve never heard of it.

Among Class F’s friends, Eric was the only character related to the temple, and since Eric was not a temple knight but rather a character to deal with A.D.K., That is, a paladin, he never got a paladin or a holy sword among his peers .

I know that there are temple knights or paladins and that there are holy swords, but I heard that the holy sword belongs to a ‘well-made mass-produced product’ made with temple technology and fortification.

‘But, if there is an event like this…’

Feeling the wooden sword being sucked in like a vacuum cleaner, I pulled out my hand and put the wooden sword back into the [Shadow pocket].

‘Based on the content of the message, the strengthening of the wooden sword will not be maintained.’

I don’t know if it was an event created by the mod creator, but it said to sacrifice a wooden sword. Originally, it was just a memorabilia and was thrown away because it did less damage than an old iron sword, but now it is the strongest weapon needed to beat this crappy difficulty level.

Of course, you can tell that it is a strong weapon just by hearing the name ‘Holy Sword of the World Tree’, but is it stronger than +99999 reinforcement?

And above all, since the image of a wooden sword was still floating above the angel statue’s hand, even if not now, I would be able to obtain the holy sword whenever I wanted.

Even the final boss had four-digit physical strength, which was lower than the reinforcement value of this wooden sword.

‘There will probably never be a need for this holy sword. If I secure enough power and can see the ending without having to go into battle, I can trade to satisfy my curiosity… But not now.’

After retrieving the wooden sword, I remembered the image of the angel statue and turned around, remembering its location.

“Let’s go. We’ll be late.

*

We set off on our way and arrived at the royal palace.

At first, I thought the field might have been messed up by bugs as there was ashes rolling around on the ground and overgrown with weeds, but upon closer inspection, I found out that this was originally a large garden of the royal palace.

A large garden burned down in a fire, leaving only ashes in its place, and then weeds took root and proliferated. At least people were able to move around, following paths created by trampling on the grass.

The royal palace, made of stone, had its surface scorched and collapsed in places, but its shape remained. Compared to the eastern palace where the third prince, Sailian, who had previously visited, burned down and collapsed without a trace, the palace seemed to have been built sturdily. It is.

Rustling.

Every time you step on the grass, ash and burned leaves make a strange sound.

“Originally, if unauthorized people enter the royal palace, they are put to death.”

Richard lamented as he said that, and the members of the bandits who heard him looked at me and began to hesitate in their steps.

“Who is going to execute me?”

“That’s why you’re so crazy.”

That was a law in preparation for assassinating the king or treason, but now that there was no one, there was no knight to force them to follow the law.

First, a fire broke out, and then thieves and citizens flocked in to steal the palace’s items, causing chaos, so much so that not even the door of the palace remained intact.

Only the hinges that had melted in the fire and the traces of the huge door that had burned like charcoal were all that showed that it was the main gate of a magnificently built royal palace.

‘I don’t plan on going in now’

Originally, it was a royal palace where Sailians lived and gave orders. If I went in there carelessly, it could be seen as treason by other members of the royal faction.

As I was waiting in the direction of the East Palace, I saw a group of people passing by the site of the North Palace and trying to enter the palace from the north.

Unlike us, which consisted of five people, there were more than 10 people who appeared to be knights, and there were 30 cavalrymen on horseback, a group with a larger number of guards than necessary.

‘Hmm… No way?’

As I narrowed my eyes and glared at them, I saw a status window, and the [Weight Destruction] Characteristic was written in gold above the head of a large knight.

In other words, it is the forces of Duke Davin, including Gordon.

‘I guess he’s just trying to pretend to be the king.’

Why would the Duke of Davin call themselves a duke and claim to have royal blood?

The royal faction is currently fighting against the ducal faction in the name of being ‘loyal to the king’, but currently the royal family has been wiped out, meaning there is no one to offer loyalty to.

Of course, nobles are also truly loyal, and rather than those who act out of loyalty to the royal family, there will be quite a few who gather with the expectation that they will be able to become king themselves if the duke faction is defeated after a long civil war.

As of now, Duke Davin also claims that he is of royal blood, but he must be keeping an eye on them because if they act openly and arrogantly, such as entering the royal palace and taking their place, it could cause discord with other royalist nobles.

“Inori. Who are the other party members?”

“A group is approaching from the south and west.”

There were a total of three forces to which I sent letters.

I couldn’t check the west due to the location, and when I checked the group approaching to the south, there were five swordsmen from a famous family that I was also familiar with, moving as a team, and among them, I saw a large middle-aged man walking proudly with his shoulders spread out.

‘Not Sir Andre’

I could guess it without even looking at the red [Sword Master] Trait.

In any case, the famous swordsmen who followed him had the same red characteristic, so they should not have been distinguished, but unlike Sir Andre, who had silver hair like Marian, his hair his, which was originally dark, looked as if it had turned gray due to aging.

Above all, although his spirit was very strong, compared to Sir Andre, it was like comparing the sun and an electric light.

“Are they really swordsmen from a famous family? Their spirit is overwhelming.”

Richard was nervous, but I somehow felt helpless seeing them without Sir Andre.

‘Well, the head of a famous family doesn’t move easily. It wasn’t sent in Yujiro’s father’s name, but in Inori’s name.’

In other words, he sent an outstanding swordsman among his subordinates as his representative, and it seems that he selected especially elite swordsmen from famous families to act as bodyguards, and each one of them had a considerable level of spirit.

Perhaps the party from the west, which was invisible due to its location on the opposite side, had also arrived, and members of the Duke of Davin in the north sent cavalry on horseback and a man who looked like an adjutant towards us.

“Ugh, you… !”

I said it looked like a lieutenant, and it turned out to be the lieutenant I saw last time.

“It’s been a while.”

“Sogaju? “Did you come with me?”

I shrugged my shoulders at that and avoided answering.

Even though Inori was hiding in my shadow right now, there was no need to tell him that, and I didn’t want to risk lying to him and damaging his trust later.

“Duke Davin received the letter and came in person, but he sent an agent instead of himself! What about the Shadow family…”

“That could be true.” I asked them to send a representative, but I didn’t ask them to come directly.”

In fact, the Dnevarine family also sent a representative.

“It means that our Duke Davin cares about the Shadow family that much.”

The adjutant tried to tease me by hinting at something I didn’t ask about, but there was no way I would be impressed by that.

“Duke Davin says everyone is gathered, so let’s gather inside.”

From what I looked at, it seemed like they sent the cavalry and gave the same notice to the forces gathered in other directions.

It seems to be going downhill now. I wanted to finish quickly and rest, so there was no reason to reject Duke Davin’s suggestion to hurry.

“Okay, let’s go in.”

The cavalrymen returned to their original positions and the adjutants also returned to Duke Davin’s formation, as if there was a similar idea elsewhere.

After a while, with a signal, they entered through the four doors almost simultaneously.

Of course, most of the doors were broken or incinerated, so we had to bend down and enter through the gap in the slanted door.

‘Hwiyu… The smell of burnt coal is huge’

All the wallpaper and furniture inside were burned and looted, so even after two years, only the smell of burnt coal and dust remained to welcome us.

The royal palace was not structured so that the throne room was open on all sides to allow for attacks from all directions. The entrance to the throne room was on the south, and from the other directions, people gathered in the south along the wall surrounding the throne room and entered the throne room only after receiving permission from the king. The structure was to open the door and go inside.

I didn’t know how to know this because the map inside the royal palace was depicted in the game.

‘And the southern entrance, which leads directly to the entrance to the throne room, can only be used by the ducal family… Or the [Sword Master] Dnevarin family.’

Next is the North Gate, where high-ranking nobles pass through. The West Gate and East Gate are similar, but there are others, so we entered through the East Gate, which is closest.

I made a quarter turn and went to the southern gate, where swordsmen from the High House dispatched by the Dnevarin family were blocking the entrance to the throne room.

Judging by the fact that they removed the debris from the south gate and tidied up the front, it seems that they came in in advance to welcome us, prepared themselves, and waited for us with a dignified attitude.

“Reveal your identity.”

A middle-aged prosecutor with gray hair who appears to be their leader asks me.

‘Are you a former Royal Guard knight?’

Originally, there were a number of royal guard knights produced by the Dnevarin family, and I heard that there were knights who retired from the royal guard and served as instructors at a famous sword family, so it seemed like he was one of those people.

“I participated as a representative of Rita, the head of the Shadow family.”

“What is the evidence?”

At those words, I thought I hadn’t brought anything to prove my identity, so I tapped the shadow with the tip of my toe, and after a while, the scroll she was carrying on her head bounced out of my shadow as if Inori had thrown it and landed in my hand. Came in.

“Is this okay?”

“Open it.”

When I untied the string on the scroll that Inori handed me and opened it, there was a complicated pattern engraved on it. After checking the pattern, he tied it again and handed it to me.

“Please wait.”

After returning Inori’s scroll back into the shadows, the group coming back from the west came into view.

There are 8 escorts. And two men and two men.

‘It’s quite… Fancy, isn’t it?’

The people guarding the two men and women appeared to be veteran mercenaries with excellent skills, and each of them boasted a strengthened sword or weapon that was comparable to the ‘sword of a famous family.’

The woman was a beautiful woman with an intelligent look and a face I had never seen before. She seemed to be her secretary as she was shaking her glasses and whispering and explaining something to the man accompanying her.

Although her man had dark wrinkles on his forehead and a pair of high-precision monocles that made his eyes look different, perhaps because she frowned, she was impressive with her unique sharp jawline and tall stature.

Above her head, the golden trait of [Exemplary Calmness] Was shining.