The Last Adventurer Chapter 102

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Chapter 32. Pharaoh (4)

7.

“It’s poison!”

Leek, the first thing his men did at his shout was to put the round pills they had in their pockets into their mouths.

It was an antidote.

A drug that is effective against multiple poisons rather than just one specific poison, and increases resistance to poisons.

Every adventurer would have at least three or four of these.

Of course, the effect wasn’t good.

All it takes is a few minutes, or depending on the strength of the poison, a few seconds.

But for a skilled adventurer, that was enough.

“Scatter!”

It only took a few blinks to distance themselves from where the poison appeared.

As they moved away from the corpse of their poisoned comrade, Leek and his men faced each other.

Actually, it wasn’t a situation where we could discuss it.

Because the adventurer’s first priority when a companion is poisoned is to get away.

It definitely was.

The problem was its location.

‘If you move rashly, you will be attacked by monsters.’

Moving in a place overflowing with monsters, and not even knowing what kind of monsters there are yet?

It’s like inviting a crisis.

Also, everyone was wondering now.

‘But why on earth did you get poisoned?’

Usually, to use poison, an omen was needed.

Whether a poisonous monster appears or a poisoned arrow flies.

But, without any warning, his colleague was poisoned.

‘Is it magic?’

Of course, if it was poison magic, the story would be a little different, but poison magic had clear signs when it was used.

Do you use poison so silently?

At that point, a few people came to mind.

‘You’re not really a servant?’

There is a possibility that the messenger hidden in the shadows secretly took poison and disappeared.

It was a situation where my mind became complicated in many ways.

“Coolook!”

I heard a cough.

“Wow!”

And then I heard the sound of spitting blood.

It is now certain.

“I’m an adventurer!”

That the enemy is not a monster.

It was an embarrassing situation.

But the moment they realized that the enemy was an adventurer, the look in the eyes of Rick and his men changed.

It’s not that I didn’t feel embarrassed.

But the fact that the adventurers were attacking them did not make them feel embarrassed.

‘Your identity has been revealed.’

They were followers of the Black Mage, so it was only natural that they would be attacked the moment their identity was revealed.

That was the part that I felt embarrassed about.

‘I don’t know how they found out.’

Why was my identity revealed?

Of course, I was always prepared to deal with it.

‘From now on, it’s self-destruction.’

The moment it is revealed that you are a follower of the Black Wizard, prepare to self-destruct.

It was literal.

What if, even if we survive here, another adventurer survives and reveals the truth?

Then it would be worse than death.

That is, this place had to be made into a graveyard for everyone.

That’s why.

“Everything is scattered.”

The leak party was scattered.

The moment when you become a bomb that interferes with the Mystic Gate conquest, rather than an adventurer who is trying to conquer it.

As it turns out, it was a very effective method.

Split up your unit to catch the scattered members?

What if we get counterattacked?

Or what if you encounter a monster?

Tracking is not an easy task.

Also, hunting monsters while missing them was like having a sharp knife behind your neck.

Of course, that was the biggest reason why that method was effective.

‘You wouldn’t have expected this.’

This is a situation that those who rushed to catch them could never have predicted.

It definitely was.

Except for one person.

8.

‘also.’

El Palm, he was not fazed when he saw the scattered Leek party.

‘As expected.’

He had seen countless times what the followers of the Black Mage could do in such situations.

And this method was more effective than I thought.

It means that it is very difficult for the person being dealt with.

That was understandable, because once an adventurer decided to hide, it was much harder than expected to find them.

If they are followers of the Black Magician, they are truly masters in that regard.

‘If we leave it like this, it’ll be a headache.’

The bigger problem was their intentions.

If they were simply holding their breath and running away, struggling to survive, they would have been surprisingly easy to deal with.

Because the survival instinct is simpler than you think.

Also, because negotiation was possible.

‘Because they are the kind of guys who are willing to self-destruct.’

However, the followers of the Black Wizard were not only willing to die for the Black Wizard, but they considered it an honor to do so.

Letting them be is like letting a smart bomb that moves on its own go off.

The same was true for El Palm.

He was clearly capable of catching all the runaway Leek party members.

But the process took a lot of time, and El Palm wasn’t the only one there.

The situation with Pir and the adventurers he hired.

There was every chance they would be dealt with before El Palm could clear out the Leak party members.

‘It’s dangerous if you’re alone.’

So if El Palm had been alone, he wouldn’t have provoked them in this way.

‘Not now.’

In other words, El Palm was not alone.

He had colleagues.

Companions who can engage in very good chases.

‘If it’s my colleagues, I can hunt down a Leak Party of any size.’

I could trust them.

So at this moment, there was only one thing El Palm had to worry about.

‘Leak, except that guy.’

9.

The moment the entire Leek party scattered, Leek, on the other hand, did not move.

He held his breath near where he had been.

The reason was simple.

‘Those who are after us will come here.’

A hunter always passes by the place where his prey was.

In passing, Leek intended to eliminate the hunter.

It wasn’t a vague plan.

‘Once the battle starts, I have the advantage.’

The most powerful thing about the lightning attribute wizard was none other than his attack speed.

The speed was on a different level from other attribute magic.

Fire arrows and cold beams could be seen and avoided by skilled adventurers, but lightning attribute magic was impossible.

That wasn’t all.

What if several people come?

Things you can do with Thunderbolt.

Of course, lightning magic had the disadvantage of being difficult to handle, but that disadvantage did not apply to Leek at the moment.

It means proper confidence, not vague confidence.

That was when.

Swish!

A sound was heard by Rick’s senses, and Rick carefully turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

Then it appeared.

‘El Palm.’

The moment he saw that sight, Rick could understand everything that was happening in his head.

‘You sold us out before we were hit.’

Why he and his subordinates were attacked.

Leak wasn’t surprised or angry by that fact.

In a way, it was natural.

Just as Leek tried to kill El Palm, El Palm would also have prepared to kill Leek.

They do not care about the means and methods to achieve a given goal, because that is what the followers of the Black Wizard are like.

So there was only one thing to do now.

‘Kill that bastard.’

Removing obstacles to achieve a goal.

At that point, Leek started listening.

To hear footsteps.

‘He’s alone.’

The only one who could hear the footsteps in Leek’s ears was El Palm.

The wizard moved alone, that was strange.

But Leak didn’t really question that fact.

It didn’t matter if there was someone around.

‘Take care of it right away.’

First of all, El Palm was the adventurer with the highest level of value among the adventurers currently here.

Also, Leek was confident.

‘Thunder Spear.’

The moment he uses lightning magic, Thunder Spear will hit El Palm before he can react.

So, no matter who was around, it was fine.

One second, that was way too long for Leek to handle El Palm.

There was only one problem.

‘The moment it appears.’

Unlike fire or ice attribute magic, lightning magic was greatly affected by obstacles.

So, in order to use magic properly, you have to face El Palm without any obstacles.

Of course, as I said before, one second was enough.

That’s why.

The moment the casting was over, at that moment, Rick appeared from the tree he had been leaning against, holding his breath.

I looked at El Palm.

“Thunder S… … .”

And the moment you try to use magic.

Phagec!

At that moment, Rick’s body began to tremble as if he had been shocked.

No, it was an electric shock.

El Palm, because the Thunder Spear he used touched Leek’s body.

‘Uh, how?’

Rick falls to the floor, paralyzed and embarrassed by the fact.

Of course, it was natural from El Palm’s point of view.

He was already seeing all of Rick’s actions through his clairvoyance magic.

And I was also very aware of Leak’s plan.

So I waited.

The moment he comes out.

The moment that moment came, El Palm fired the Thunder Spear magic he had cast in advance at Leek.

One timing faster.

Of course El Palm knew.

‘He’s not dead, is he?’

That this attack alone wouldn’t kill Leak.

Wizards who can handle lightning attributes have stronger resistance to lightning magic than other wizards.

‘like me.’

El Palm learned that fact well from the brain.

So I prepared.

“Ugh… … .”

Leek groans with his whole body paralyzed.

“Fire Arrow.”

El Palm’s Fire Arrow moved towards him.

After that there was no more groaning.

The moment when Brain Leek, who had given the adventurers a disaster before El Palm returned to the past, died.

In a way, it was a fleeting death.

Who would have thought that Brain Leak, who was a disaster to adventurers, would die so quietly, without accomplishing anything proper?

In other words, it was a death more valuable to El Palm than ever before.

Because we have eliminated a great enemy and competitor.

Moreover, Brain Leak had the same 4 circles and growth rate as El Palm.

If El Palm had been left alone, it would have been a few more headaches.

‘It’s all according to plan.’

That’s why.

El Palm, he gave Zeus the ring.

‘I’m so intoxicated by the ring of Zeus.’

Leek was clearly a mechanical adventurer.

A machine where orders come first.

But in the end, the fact that he is fundamentally an adventurer did not change.

And as an adventurer, you have no choice but to take a new item, especially a powerful item.

Even if that wasn’t the case, I had no choice but to actively hunt monsters to at least check the abilities of the items.

‘Thanks to that, I was able to hide my power.’

Thanks to that, El Palm didn’t have to show off his abilities in front of Leek.

El Palm, on the other hand, was able to closely and thoroughly examine Leek’s abilities.

Of course, that was the most effective.

‘It could have made you let your guard down.’

The fact that Leek, intoxicated by this overwhelming power, eventually let his guard down.

The appearance you just showed was proof of that.

If it weren’t for the Ring of Zeus, Rick would never have thought of going after El Palm.

I would have held my breath until the very end.

That was the extent of the meaning contained in Zeus’ ring.

Anyway, El Palm wanted to get rid of the leak to that extent.

‘finished.’

However, there was no particular emotion on El Palm’s face after he got the result he wanted.

He was the one who tried to kill himself, but those feelings were overshadowed by the worse days, and he couldn’t even feel them anymore.

El Palm also knew.

‘The restraint will become more severe in the future.’

The attacks by the followers of the Black Wizard are becoming more intense.

‘Right now it’s Pharaoh Snake.’

Above all else, El Palm now had to hunt none other than the extremely difficult boss monster called the Pharaoh Snake.

It means that there is no room for joy.

So El Palm approached Leek’s body and retrieved the Ring of Zeus from his finger.

Of course, that wasn’t the only thing recovered.

‘This is Thunder Spear… … Thunder Bolt.’

Lightning Master Leek, as his reputation suggests, had many lightning attribute magic items in his possession.

Of course, El Palm wasn’t particularly impressed by the item.

It was clearly an expensive item, but with El Palm’s current abilities, it wasn’t an item that was impossible to obtain if one wanted to.

That was when.

Qyuu!

The snail Mano in El Palm’s arms appeared and quickly moved to Leek’s corpse.

Then he turned to face Leek.

When El Palm saw this, he quickly cut off the clothes with the dagger on his waist, revealing a spider tattoo.

And inside the skin where the spider tattoo was engraved, I could see something like a piece of metal.

At that moment, emotions appeared on El Palm’s face.

‘no way?’

The emotion of surprise.

It had to be that way.

‘Is that a piece of astrape?’

Because it was the moment when a piece of Astrape, aka Zeus’ lightning spear, appeared.

fantasy,