ACT 4 Alans Resurrection

Indeed..

Ark stared at the ruins in front of him and sighed.Then Shambala and Lariette looked at him with doubtful eyes.

What one earth? What are we doing here?

Did this use to be a village?

Nuran village.

Ark responded like he was thinking out loud.Ark had two purposes when he started this mission.The first one was to blow up the Black Obelisk Forest in order to help the Schudenberg army. The other reason was to visit a village related to the <Witness the Legend> quest that was located on the other side of the Albana Mountains.Thats right. The destination of the <Witness the Legend> quest was a village on the border of the Sinius Principality.It was the Lore quest he received after collecting 10 s.If he completed it then a big prize would be waiting!But after he arrived at the destination, the whole village along with the NPCs had disappeared. However, Ark didnt look hopeless as he looked around the devastated village.

It has been more than 10 days since the darkness started spreading

In fact, Ark had already guessed that it would reach here.The Sinius Principality was flooded with darkness and monsters had attacked every village and city.Only a few fortified cities managed to barely stop the monsters attacks.A small mountain village in the mountains wouldnt be able to survive it.The destruction of Nuran village was expected.Yet the reason he came here was that this wasnt the final destination of Arks quest.

In order to meet the prophet clan to complete the <Witness the Legend> quest, I have to meet with some NPCs on the outside first. Since the prophets live in a hidden village.

But detailed information about Nuran village was written on the information and it was even marked on the map of the Sinius Principality. In other words, the sequence was Nuran village= Prophet Clan.Then the answer was that he could get information about the prophet clan from Nuran village.

I need to get information from Nuran village so there might be a way even if it is in ruins. There might even be NPCs who survived the attack from the monsters.

It was the reason why Ark looked for this location despite his busy schedule.If the Schudenberg expedition moved on after capturing Pabiun Fortress then he would have to go with them. That meant this was his only chance to explore Nuran village. And Ark had 200 expert users as his subordinates.He could also have the users search for him. If there was a clue remaining then it wouldnt be difficult to find.

Fortunately it hasnt been a long time since the village was attacked.

Everybody concentrate! From now on everyone should search through the ruins.

This task is very important so notify me immediately if there are any survivors.

The soldiers scattered at Arks order and looked through the rubble. Then Shambala looked at him with suspicious eyes.

This task is very important? Really?

Are you questioning your leader?

Master!

Ark had retorted in a sharp voice.Then Racard who had been scouting the area hurriedly flew back while shouting.

What? Monsters?

N-no, a monster is a monster That guy! Its him!

That guy? What do you mean?

A-A-A

Racard stuttered breathlessly.Then Shambala flinched and spat out a string of curses.

Uh? Holy shit! Ark, were surrounded!

Surrounded? What.

Ark looked around with a confused expression.Hundreds of monsters were surrounding the ruins where the special forces were? Monsters with the body of a human and a lion and the head of a bullthere were 800 of the demonic monsters!

Damn! How did we get surrounded by so many monsters?

Ark made a puzzled expression.

Im glad that I found you.

Ark turned his head as he heard a voice from behind him.

Ttukuk, ttukuk Somebody slowly emergedfrom among the monsters. It was a knight wearing bony black armour while riding a skeletal horse. When the knight lifted his helmet, Ark and Shambala shouted at the same time.

Alan! Im also glad that you havent forgotten my name.

Alan who was inside the black armour muttered.

What the hell? How did he appear in a place like this?Didnt he quit the game? No, whats with the monsters?Alan is travelling around with monsters? In addition, it looks like Alan is the one commanding them. A user is controlling that many monsters? Such a thing is impossible.Although it is impossible.

Ark looked at Alan and had a thought pop into his head.

Ah, is it that?

Ark narrowed his eyes and nodded.

This type of situation cant be considered an error but it more like a type of bug in the system. Several users seem to be intentionally abusing this bug.

That was what he heard when he visited Global Exos not long ago.Users were exploiting the bug!

Then Alan is one of those users?

If Alan was controlling the monsters than that explained their strategic movements at Pabiun Fortress.Then Alan led a squad of monsters and appeared here.

What business do you have with me?

What do you think?

Alan asked as he stared at Ark.Although his voice was calm, anger was obvious in every line of his body. It was natural. Ark was the person who stepped on Alan in the past.It was a situation that couldnt be helped but Alan received enormous damage from Ark.Silvana was taken away and his guild disbanded.He also became a criminal in the eyes of every user.He had been buried in New World. It was a grudge that was impossible to forget in 1 year.

Its not an exaggeration to say that were mortal enemies.

Neither one of us can endure each other.But Ark didnt know the reason behind Alans biggest grudge against him.

Ah, Alan-nim?

Lariette who had been observing the atmosphere between the two people said carefully. At the same time, Alan shouted in a rough voice.

Shut up!

Lariette paled and retreated after hearing Alans shout.But Lariette wasnt the only one surprised.Ark was also shocked by Alans violent reaction.Ark had thought that Alan and Lariette were still lovers. Thanks to the misunderstanding, they had intentionally avoided mentioned Alans name to each other.Despite examining his feelings for Lariette many times, he was still blocked by the presence of Alan.A meeting between Lariette and Alan had weighed on his mind.But that idea quickly shattered after Ark saw Alans reaction.

What the, this reaction is? Well, anyone would be angry if their girlfriend was with the enemy but isnt this reaction too severe? Does that guy have an abnormal character? Or

Had he been misunderstanding the relationship between Lariette and Alan? It was the first time Ark had that thought in 1 year.But Ark had no more time to continue that thought.

Its starting now. Ark, Lariette and Shambala! Ill make you realize what a big mistake you made antagonizing me. Ill pay you back one hundred, no one thousand times!

Alan stared at Lariette before raising his sword and shouting.

Step on all of them! Dont let even one person escape!

Kuaaaa! Awooooo!

The hundreds of monsters yelled and rushed forward.Therefore Ark no longer had any time to think about various situations.Currently 800 monsters were surrounding them.There was a reason the special forces couldnt die.Did they have to fight if the odds werent in their favour?

I have to find some way to escape!

Damn, defense formation!

The users in the special forces were specially chosen from 30,000 troops.They were warriors with excellent levels and skills.Rather than falling into a panic, the soldiers neatly formed the defense formation at Arks command.The warriors used their large shields to form a circle with the archers and magicians in the middle. A perfect circular camp had been formed in seconds.

Lariette-nim, your buffs!

Warriors Soul, Shining Sword, Light of Vitality!

-The Innocence Knight has used the Warriors Soul.

<The strength and stamina of all allies within a 100 metre radius will increase by 30>