Vol 2 Chapter 44

[However, the true resurrection of 1000 monsters is impossible. If you win the battle against the 'shadows' of those monsters from that time, you will be able to prove yourself.]

Sigh... The sound of two people sighing simultaneously echoed.

[Those shadows are mere illusions with only 1/5 of the power of real monsters. But if you let your guard down, you won't be able to achieve your goal.]

"1/5... Ah, it's just a joke."

Palton nodded his head. Kion scratched the back of his head, feeling somewhat relieved but still uneasy.

[Do not forget that the power given to you by the goddess is like a scythe of judgement to those evil hordes. Now then, I wish you success.]

The two waved to the altar with a mixture of emotion and admiration.

"Oh! Even kindly giving us strategy hints!"

After that, Kion encountered the shadows of 1000 monsters. As expected, they were incomparably weaker than the real ones. They were just large in number. Excited, Kion freely used the flashy skills he had learned, ravaging them. With monsters flying around every time he swung his arms and legs, he even felt as if he had become much stronger than usual.

'It's nice that it's easy... But what's this feeling like it was made for me to go wild on purpose?'

He had such a thought while defeating them, but,

'Well... anyway, it's fun, so let's just keep going. Haha. How much better would it be if the real ones were like this?'

He moved on like that.

At that time, Kion had just finished his contract for appearing in the quest video. But until the day the video was uploaded, even he didn't know exactly what kind of image would be captured. He enjoyed the moment's pleasure without even imagining that his appearance of defeating 1000 monsters at once would be edited to look like an incredible min-maxer.

"...That's how it happened."

After listening to Kion-hyung's story, Kapros drew a brief conclusion.

'In the end, only the last few words were useful.'

Kion-hyung continued to speak after that, but it seemed unnecessary to listen further as it was an extension of his argument that revealing one's face was indeed not good. As Kapros was analyzing the information gained from the story, Kion-hyung seemed to notice and raised his voice with a disappointed face.

"Hey, man. If it's boring, just say it's boring. Why are you thinking about something else?"

His perception was incredibly quick. Kapros couldn't help but smile slightly and say "Sorry," and Kion-hyung soon let go of his disappointment.

"By the way, Kar. You don't have anything to do tomorrow, right?"

"Why?"

"If you're interested, why don't you participate in our guild war to help out?"

"In the guild war?"

As Kapros asked back, unable to hide his puzzlement, a bright smile returned instead of an answer.

"Yeah. It's not forced, so it's okay if you don't want to. Anyway, as long as we don't meet that Knight of the Demon God bastard, someone with skills like you or me can just go for fun."

At those words, Kapros thought for a moment about what to do, but before he could consider anything, his mouth blurted out an answer on its own.

"I'll go. It sounds fun."

"Huhuhuh, I guarantee the fun. You should rather try to use your power moderately, okay?"

"Hmm..."

At Kion-hyung's confident answer, Kapros nodded with a smile.

"By the way, does the Knight of the Demon God user come to the guild war too?"

"That bastard... You said you've never seen him, right?"

"I've seen the video."

At that, Kion-hyung's eyes darkened as if frowning.

"He... hmm... Right. It's better to tell you now."

Is he so great that even the always confident Kion-hyung showed signs of hesitation, if only for a moment?

Kapros had already heard that Kion-hyung and Palton had met him before but couldn't match him and had to run away. But perhaps because he hadn't seen it directly, it didn't really feel real. Kion-hyung hesitated with an uncomfortable look even after saying he would tell, but finally opened his mouth with a "Heh."

"Actually, I've never seen that bastard's face."

What?

As Kapros widened his eyes, feeling as if he might choke, Kion-hyung nodded as if it wasn't a lie.

"He always wears a pitch-black helmet. Have I even exchanged two or three words with him? No, what does he think he is, covering his face like that? Even celebrities show their real faces when playing games. That unpleasant bastard..."

"..."

"That's why there's ridiculously little information about him, even though he's the guild master of a famous guild. He hardly ever shows himself. We can't even know how far he's progressed in the quest or how skilled he is. Even the guild he's in charge of, if you look closely, there are many strange points."

"What points?"

As Kapros asked coldly, Kion-hyung tapped the chair with his finger and slowly continued.

"Well... Let's organize it. First, the Pale Knights guild where that bastard who received the Knight of the Demon God quest is currently the guild master. They say he suddenly appeared one day, pushed aside the original guild master of the Pale Knights to vice guild master, and became the guild master instead. But being a guild master isn't just about power. You need to have good relationships with guild members and leadership based on trust and confidence, but would people really follow happily if someone who appeared out of nowhere suddenly becomes the guild leader?"

Absolutely not. Even Kapros, who had never been in a guild, could understand that. As he shook his head in denial, Kion-hyung also nodded.

"Right. But strangely, the Pale Knights guild members are staying quiet. Even the original guild master who was demoted to vice guild master. This is the first strange point. And the second is that the guy who became guild master like that doesn't show himself. It's certain that he's in this city. Palton and I are investigating, so that's for sure, but we've hardly seen him even though we're looking. He's not not logging in, but he's not visible in nearby dungeons or villages, so what on earth is his purpose for being in this city? I can't guess why he's being unnecessarily quiet except for taking over one guild."

Then suddenly, Kion-hyung started grinding his teeth.

"Ah, of course, it's an exception that the bastard appeared in the guild war after taking over the Pale Knights initially and overwhelmingly crushed all other guilds. Frustratingly, we couldn't participate in that guild war. But since then, when we went to the guild war, he never showed himself again!"