The Last Adventurer Chapter 171

171

Chapter 52. The Lion King (1)

One.

A forest of dead trees.

A place where adventurers and outlaws gather to hunt El Palm, who has a bounty of 1 billion mesos on his head.

“El Palm has appeared!”

When that sound rang out in that place, surprisingly, the reaction of the adventurers and outlaws was calm.

To be exact, it was indifferent.

“What kind of guy is talking nonsense again?”

This isn’t the first time that El Palm has appeared in this way.

And it happened not once or twice, but many times.

“You little shit, just try to get caught.”

And whenever someone lied like that, the adventurers and outlaws of the Dead Tree Forest joined forces to punish them.

“Didn’t you cut off the head of that kid who was playing around back then and throw it to the coolie zombie?”

“Then the prankster was thrown alive.”

That too, a very terrifying punishment.

However, there are still people who do this kind of thing often.

It wasn’t because I was desperate to play a prank.

“Because those who do this for money need to be clearly punished.”

If you lie and say that El Palm has appeared, the adventurers and outlaws will surely move in groups.

Naturally, some people would die in the process.

That’s what those who tell such lies are after.

Undermining the power of competitors or stealing items from other adventurers or outlaws.

It’s worse than just a joke in the purest sense of the word.

So the punishment had to be strong.

Anyway, everyone thought it was another trick this time, so they didn’t react.

“Wolf King Pao is in pursuit!”

“what?”

But the moment I heard that the Wolf King had moved, from that moment on, the story changed.

It didn’t end there though.

“I am the Wolf King Pao!”

The Wolf King himself said it.

“We are chasing El Palm. Whoever helps us catch El Palm will receive a bounty!”

Let’s catch it together.

At that moment, the indifference disappeared from the faces of the adventurers and outlaws.

Everyone started to move in pursuit of El Palm with the eyes of a hunter.

And everyone could find out.

“It’s the real El Palm!”

“1 billion mesoda!”

The long-awaited prey has appeared.

2.

Adventurers say.

“Once the rumor spreads, the party is already over.”

The moment rumors about any event start to spread, it is already impossible to get involved in that event.

So, when adventurers heard rumors, they only paid attention, but never took action.

That’s usually the case.

But this time was different.

“El Palm has appeared in the Forest of Dead Trees! Adventurers and outlaws are chasing El Palm!”

The moment that rumor spread through the Elnas market, quite a few adventurers stood up from their seats.

“What? Where are you going?”

“I have to go catch El Palm.”

“Hey, shouldn’t it be over already if you go?

“El Palm might have caught it.”

I wasn’t looking forward to hunting El Palm.

“But what about Aran’s items that El Palm Party has?”

“ah!”

What we expect is that hunting El Palm doesn’t mean that this event will end.

“Just try to get out of the mine.”

Additionally, many people thought it would be worth a try, as long as it wasn’t in a closed mine area.

Naturally, quite a few adventurers quickly moved in the direction of the forest of dead trees.

The El Nas market is so quiet.

“driving me crazy.”

At the sight of such a market in Elnas, the expressions of El Palm’s colleagues, including Divo, hardened coldly.

“I knew it would be like this.”

I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but the situation I faced was more difficult than I expected.

“Even if you’re the boss, it won’t be easy if you gather all these people.”

That’s why.

“Let’s go help.”

El Palm’s colleagues, who had just arrived at the El Nas market, were thinking of leaving immediately.

It wasn’t a sudden thought.

Before coming here, all of El Palm’s colleagues had been thinking about going to help El Palm.

Actually, I wanted to leave right away.

Especially once they left the abandoned mine area, the El Palm Party was no longer lacking in helping El Palm.

Still, there was one reason for coming all the way to the Elnas Market.

Let’s meet at the El Nas market, that was the order of our leader, El Palm.

And now that command has been fulfilled.

In other words, everyone was convinced.

“The boss won’t be here anyway.”

Even if you go to the promised place, El Palm won’t be there.

“I didn’t know I would earn 1 billion mesos.”

“Hey, do you believe that?”

Of course, if that happened, he would receive 1 billion mesos from El Palm as promised, but no one really believed that.

“It’s just a rumor. It doesn’t make sense.”

“That’s right. He was just saying that for our sake.”

That was just El Palm’s words to his colleagues to prepare themselves.

“Okay, then let’s go to the promised place and do some maintenance.”

Anyway, everyone went to the place they had promised with El Palm.

And they could see.

“You’re late.”

“uh?”

There was a man waiting for him there.

“Hey, boss?”

El Palm, everyone was frozen in place at the sight of him sitting there with the plastic potion in his hand.

Because that was something no one could have ever imagined.

“Oh, when did you come?”

El Palm answered his colleagues’ questions calmly.

“It was three days ago.”

“yes?”

“It arrived three days ago.”

Everyone was even more terrified by El Palm’s subsequent words.

Clearly, El Palm’s colleagues also gave it their all and arrived at the El Nas market in the shortest time possible.

So fast that it seemed impossible to get there faster than that unless you were flying.

But you came three days earlier than that?

Of course, there was nothing strange about El Palm.

It was none other than El Palm himself who showed everyone, including Devo, how to find their way.

For El Palm, moving faster than them was as easy as breathing.

Because it was easy, El Palm didn’t attach much significance to it.

Because it’s over now.

Because I managed to survive this adventure, which I thought would not be easy.

“You must have had a hard time coming here. Let’s eat first.”

And now that the adventure is over, it’s time for a sumptuous banquet as always.

Such a banquet had already been prepared.

It wasn’t just prepared either.

All the dishes were as if they had just been prepared, and the heat hadn’t cooled down at all.

Everyone was even more surprised by that fact.

“Did you know we were coming?”

Even if El Palm came early, doesn’t that mean that Divo and his colleagues predicted that he would come today, at this time?

El Palm answered briefly to that.

“Because we’re colleagues.”

There was no further questioning on that answer.

Everyone sat down.

“Okay, let’s eat first. I thought I was going to die of hunger. Sit down, Kiri.”

“Finally a proper meal.”

“Is this the boss shooting? Or is it a sniper?”

Each one of them blurting out a word.

“huh?”

But Debo couldn’t do that.

“Where is my seat?”

Because there was no chair for him to sit on.

“ruler.”

To be exact, someone else had taken Divo’s chair and was sitting on it.

“I have something important to tell you.”

The phantom thief, he was present.

And then he said.

“He started to move.”

3.

Hotel.

The moment he heard the report from Wolf King Pao, his expression became colder than ever.

“failure.”

It was because of those two letters.

In fact, even at this moment, Hote couldn’t believe those two words at all.

‘How on earth?’

I made thorough preparations.

He created a hell where any adventurer, not just El Palm, would die.

And in that hell, El Palm Party was completely caught. Not just up to their ankles, but up to their necks.

But you came out alive?

Even though he moved the Wolf King Pao, he still couldn’t kill a single El Palm Party member?

How on earth is this possible?

To Hote’s question, Ivok said:

“The plan was perfect.”

He also agreed that Hote’s preparations were perfect.

“It’s just that El Palm exceeded expectations.”

El Palm was special because it escaped from that hell.

That was it.

Hotena Ivoque did not speak further about this failure.

I didn’t evaluate it, and I didn’t plan what to do next.

There was no need for that.

“It’s over now.”

After failing twice, there was no reason to keep them alive from above.

Now I have to pay the price for my failure.

It was obvious what the price would be.

life!

That was when.

smart!

The door opened with a knock and a man appeared. He looked at Hotel and spoke.

“Your Majesty, the King has summoned you.”

At the Lion King’s call, Hote nodded as if he had expected it and then stood up from his seat.

That was when.

“Ivok, he asked you to come too.”

Neither Ivok nor Hote were surprised by those words.

As I said before, now those two have had to pay a clear price for their failure.

No, to be exact, Evoque was basically dead from the start.

It’s just that Hote, who held the power over his life and death, didn’t kill him.

But not anymore.

“yes.”

So, Evoque got up from his seat without any particular questions.

So Hote and Ivok walked around the Lion King’s castle.

They walked along the quiet road and soon found themselves standing in front of a huge door.

Squeak!

The door swung open with a loud bang, and the two could see.

“Meet the Lion King.”

Lion King!

El Nath Mountains, the one who united the countless countries that existed in that harsh land and became the one and only king of the El Nath Mountains!

The one called the strongest swordsman in Maple World history!

He is truly a living legend!

But the face of the Lion King that I saw now had no trace of the legend.

Rather, the Lion King’s expression was very dark.

Also, the bones were in contact.

Not only was he not eating properly, his condition was so bad that it was questionable whether he was even sleeping properly.

That was so creepy.

Because the scariest thing in the world isn’t just a lion, it’s a hungry lion.

Moreover, the one in front of me was not just a lion, but the lion king.

“Hote.”

At the Lion King’s call, Hote knelt down.

And said.

“Failed. Sorry.”

The speech was brief.

There was no reason to go.

I failed not once, but twice.

Even while failing, I ended up consuming Aran’s item, that precious item.

Even though I paid a high price, I didn’t get even a little bit of what I wanted.

Begging for your life in that situation?

That’s a more complicated matter.

The same was true for the Evoque.

He, who was standing behind Hote, also knelt down and prepared to die at the same time.

That was the moment.

“There is one item left of Aran.”

The lion king said.

“yes?”

Hote is surprised by those words.

“Hote, there is one last chance left.”

Only after the words continued did Hote realize.

What is the Lion King trying to say now?

That the Lion King wanted to give Hote and Ivok one last chance.

Naturally, the two had no intention of turning down that opportunity.

“I will sacrifice my life to save that opportunity.”

The Lion King said to those two.

“The preparations are complete. I’ve thrown Aran’s items into the Mystic Gate.”

“What do you mean by Mystic Gate?”

“Where the devil’s tree is.”

And the moment they heard that, Hote and Ivok screamed in shock.

“So, you mean Zakum?”

fantasy,