After Son Aram had said that she would quickly find out about the situation and disappeared, I looked at the market bulletin board.
There weren’t many but there were still guys that were uploading information in real time.
– Government Team 2. Currently getting attack from all directions.
– How many?
– Don’t know. By the sound, it seems to be several thousand. Feels like I’m really going to die looking at the bullets raining down.
– Do you still have the mentality to write messages?
– I’m a crowd controller. I have nothing to do anyway after using my skill once. Someone help.
– Are you crazy. To tell us to go die there?
– It’s said that team 1 was ambushed as well but they ran away soon. That side should be the same.
– It’s not such a mood though.
– They’re saying that team 3 is also under attack. Fuck. Did they say that the Chungho Group numbered 3,000?
– I don’t know. It seems to be more.
Team 3 was a platoon formed of alternative service workers. With a number of 2,000 they had a pretty high average level but because they lacked experience it might be even more dangerous.
Either way, the situation was at the worst point right now.
The number of enemies attacking each team seemed to be about 2,000 to 3,000.
Their number were double what we thought they were in the first place.
If the number that I chased away was added then it could be thought to be up to 7,000 maximum.
For now, team 1 that had to quickly go support will be in a difficult situation.
It was a situation where two place were under attack at the same time so they had to decide quickly whether they would support both or abandon one.
Park Chan-hyeong who was glancing at me from nearby slowly approached.
“Have you heard? The other teams are getting attacked…….”
“Ah. I’m looking at it right now.”
“What do you think will happen?”
Why is this person asking this to me? Chan-hyeong opened his mouth with an awkward expression.
“Ah. There’s no big meaning to it. It’s just because I’m nervous. Thinking that we might get done in at this rate.”
“It would be best to split the team into two and support both units.”
“However, wouldn’t the number be too small then?”
“If we gave up one of them because of that it would be more dangerous.”
The current total numbered about 5,000. If it’s assumed that the Chungho Group has over 7,000 then the moment we give up one team the difference will be more than two times higher.
Of course the Chungho Group might have casualties as well but it couldn’t be helped that there would be a difference in damage between the ones that have been preparing versus those that are one sidedly getting beaten.
“What if one place was chosen?”
“Why are you asking such a thing?”
“I have a younger brother in team 2.”
“…… I see. However, it’s something that I can’t say at this point of time.”
Did you think I would be able to say something. I left Chan-hyeong who had a nervous expression and waited for Son Aram.
A while later, Son Aram arrived while panting.
I could feel Park Chan-hyeong prick his ears.
“How did it go?”
“It’s been decided to go support team 3.”
“As expected…….”
It was something I expected.
“Did you know about it?”
“To some degree.”
The best situation was supporting both sides and successfully defending both.
However, it was close to being a gamble and the chance of succeeding wasn’t that high. That meant that one side had to be selected and it was obvious that saving team 3 would be prioritized.
I mentioned it before but the alternative service team was mostly made up of children of wealthy families.
They were people that wouldn’t have been here normally in the first place. However, as they didn’t have anything to do after dungeons disappeared so it was something that happened as the public was saying many things about it.
From here, the truly powerful rich people had all gotten out. That’s why there were only 2,000.
Even so, they were mostly those that had a sturdy backing.
From the perspective of the government, they had no choice but to take that into account and decide to protect them first and foremost.
“Will you not go together?”
“That’s a place that’s fine not to go to so…….”
Those guys had a lot of high level items and skills and numbers. It would be difficult for them to overcome the current attack but they wouldn’t lose that easily.
Compared to them, team 2 was not in a good situation.
To be honest, if one side had to supported it would be that side. However, the logic of the world didn’t go that way after all.
“Can you help by any chance?”
“How much could I possibly do on my own.”
I shook my head. I didn’t really want to go there. I didn’t like seeing rich family children too.
“…… It seems like I’ve asked for something unreasonable. I’m sorry. I was desperate.”
“I understand. It wouldn’t have been easy to decide to abandon team 2 after all.”
“Then what is Sang-min planning on doing?”
“I should return to my party members for now. The Chungho Group is prowling around so I’m quite worried about them as well.”
Son Aram nodded as if it was a shame.
I was rather worried about her safety as well. She will probably stay in the back lines but she would still be within the battle after all.
I was wondering if there was anything I could do for her and decided to have a Milworm secretly follow her.
It was a thing that moved around underground so there was no risk of it being discovered and it would be able to protect her if there was a dangerous situation.
There were quite a few numbers in the monster army so there shouldn’t be a problem even if one was gone.
“Then…… please take care of yourself.”
“You too. I will only be able to get something good once you survive and get promoted.”
“Pft. Help if you’re going to be like that.”
“You have a lot of lingering attachments. I’m not a person that moves for free. You will have to prepare something big if you want to make use of me.”
“I know. Because you’re a hunter.”
I parted with Son Aram and got away from government team 1. I slowly moved on the path that didn’t have any patrols.
I walked about 10 minutes like that when a rustling sound could be heard from the giant tree on the right.
As I was waiting to see who it was, a person fell from the tree.
“Arg…….”
It was Park Chan-hyeong.
“What are you doing here?”
“I, I came to ask for a favor.”
He finally came back to his senses and spoke after shooting up.
If he had a favor to ask for it would be that I guess. He said he has a younger brother in team 2 after all.
“I know that this is a difficult, so a favor that makes no sense at all. But right now, I don’t have anyone to ask this of. So please…….”
I lightly sighed and took out two horses from the manual.
“Hah? Monster?”
He stepped back a few times after getting surprised by the two Agentaya Mongol Horses that appeared suddenly. However, as I got on the horse’s back he opened his mouth with a flustered expression.
“Is, is this a horse?”
“Can’t you tell by looking.”
“It looks like a monster thought…….”
He slowly approached the horse.
“Ah.”
He got surprised by the horse blowing from its mouth and retreated. It was understandable since the Agentaya Mongol Horse was 1.5 times bigger than normal horses.
On top of that, it had a horn like a unicorn and sharp teeth. It was fierce and had no fear.
If they fought properly then Park Chan-hyeong would win but he probably can’t help getting scared.
“Get on.”
“Yes?”
“Didn’t you come here to ask me to save team 2?”
“Are you helping?”
Park Chan-hyeong rushed toward me as if picking a fight.
We struggled for a while thanks to him getting kicked by the horse hoof but well.
I wasn’t planning on abandoning team 2 in the first place.
The thought that Chungho Group had to disappear was a shared opinion between me and the government team.
If I was going to get rid of them anyway it was better to attack now. It hurts the most when hitting the back of the head after all.
Also, another thing, I was quite greedy for the items I could get from the Chungho Group.
The reason I refused Son Aram’s request was because I didn’t want to leave the impression that I listened to requests without payment.
Also, it was possible to get caught up in annoying things if I got connected to the government.
If they told me to cough up all the items dropped by the Chungho Group I was the only one losing.
It was more profitable to move on my own.
Two horses ran through the forest. Park Chan-hyeong wasn’t used to horses but he was holding out somehow. It was made possible by the physical abilities of a hunter that far exceeded that of a normla person’s.
“But, will it be fine with just us two?”
“Why did you request of me something that wouldn’t be fine?”
“Because I was desperate…….”
“It’s fine.”
It seemed like Park Chan-hyeong wanted to say something more but maybe because it was difficult to talk while riding the horse, he didn’t ask anything more.
After riding for an hour or so I could start hearing the sound of gunfire. Seeing how they were still shooting, it seems the battle hasn’t started for real yet.
Guns were only used for preliminary advantage in a battle between hunters anyway. It was a lot harder than one would think to kill hunters wearing armor and in a formation.
However, after a momentary silent period a battle cry soon followed.
The battle cry that would be heard clearly even though there was still quite some distance left.
Park Chan-hyeong couldn’t endure and opened his mouth.
“How many do you think there are?”
“I’m not sure. If they gathered to battle team 2 of 1,500 people they will at least have more than that.”
I was thinking there would be at least 2,000 and at most 3,000.
If I was the one leading the Chungho Group, against the government team whose movement path was known I would surround them from far away and slowly enclose them.
I would make it so that not a single one of them could escape and ask them to surrender.
It was only possible to negotiate with the Korean government by having captives.
If they annihilated the government team here then the next one to appear might be Lee Hui-seung after all.
I had to go disturb the enemies before that could happen. If it’s after the battle ended then I wouldn’t be able to do anything.
“Hah!”
I lightly kicked the horse’s waist. The horse that understood the command started running faster.
Park Chan-hyeong clung to the Agentaya Mongol Horse that was running as fast as a car on a road while clenching his teeth.
“I see it over there!”
The forest suddenly became sparser and a open area appeared. The majority of the trees were already cut down and were forming a wooden fence while several thousand hunters were attacking it.
Defending using a wooden fence was a great idea in any case.
Since the government team had to move around all the time, since doing such a thing each time would eat up the hunters’ stamina it wouldn’t have been an easy decision to make.
However, they had been able to hold out until now thanks to that.
Masses of fire hit the wooden fences. The wooden scraps that turned into charcoal scattered everywhere.
Smoke and dust, and the Chungho Group marching forward through that gave off the feeling of watching a tense war from the Middle Ages.
It was difficult to tell which side had the advantage right now. However, it was a fact that there seemed to be more people on the Chungho Group’s side and it seemed certain that it wouldn’t be possible to block them using wooden fences.
“Hup.”
Park Chan-hyeong took in a deep breath. It was due to being extremely nervous.
“What should we do now……?”
“You want to protect your younger brother right?”
“Yes.”
“There is something that you have to do.”
“Yes? What…….”
Chan-hyeong opened his mouth with a strange look on his face.
I summoned the monster army from the manual instead of replying.
I thought it would be a bit lacking with just 101 of them so I put in half of the items I had on me. I let loose 600 monster all at once.
Chan-hyeong’s face became pale white and then started becoming blue.