The Last Adventurer Chapter 194

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Chapter 58. Edelstein (2)

4.

If there’s a big commotion, run away.

It was one of the rules that all adventurers were familiar with, and the mine expedition team also knew that rule.

Kwakwakwang!

That’s why, the moment that loud noise erupted, the mine expedition team ran away with all their might without looking back.

I got as far away from the noise as possible.

Only after the noise died down, only then was everyone able to stop and catch their breath.

“Hoo, hoo.”

But even though I was catching my breath, my mind did not calm down easily.

‘What on earth is going on?’

The shock was so great that it took them by surprise.

‘What should I do from now on?’

Moreover, the remaining survivors could not easily make plans for the future.

That was it.

“Viola ran away?”

Everyone’s expressions couldn’t help but harden when they heard the news.

That was a difficult thing to understand.

Why would the one leading this expedition, of all people, rush to the most dangerous place?

Breaking the basic rules of adventurer?

It was a shocking event in many ways, and in the midst of such shock, some said:

“Then who’s the next leader?”

Some were convinced that Viola was dead.

There was no rebuttal to their words.

I jumped into that huge commotion and my chances of surviving were close to zero.

Additionally, choosing a new leader for the expedition to replace Viola was also a very important task.

Those who remained here had work to do.

That was surprisingly troubling.

The abandoned mine expedition team is currently scattered, so the first step is to get everyone together.

Fortunately, the worries didn’t last long.

A voice was heard.

– Everyone, gather together.

Viola’s voice grew louder through the loudspeaker item.

Everyone was taken aback once again by that voice.

‘crazy!’

Zakum is alive and shouting through a loudspeaker in this situation?

That’s literally suicide!

‘Are you trying to be bait on purpose?’

So some people thought Viola wanted to make a sacrifice.

‘Come together, Rani? Are you telling me to run away? Could this be a trap?’

Some others, based on what she said, thought this was a trap to wipe everything out.

My mind became complicated in many ways.

But the complexity didn’t last long.

– Zakum has been caught.

5.

Zakum has been captured, most of the members of the mine expedition were suspicious when Viola said that.

That can’t be true.

Now I’m saying that’s probably a lie.

But soon everyone confirmed it.

“oh my god.”

Traces of what used to be Zakum.

And the Mystic Gate that exists between those traces.

At that point, no one even asked themselves, “Who?” or “Why?”

I wasn’t in the mood for that.

“I don’t know exactly what happened, but one thing is certain.”

Above all, now was not the time to be thinking about that.

“We can go out now.”

Everyone had the same expression on their face at Viola’s words.

He had a stern expression.

“And the moment you go out, hell breaks loose.”

A situation where there is an enemy who will do anything to kill you and make you fail.

There was no way they would have left things outside the Mystic Gate quiet and normal.

It was not even possible to completely find the traitor within.

“But we have to get through it. We have to get out there and tell everyone what we’ve experienced.”

Crucially, everyone here had a duty to tell the truth.

That was the hardest part of all.

Death was not scary. Everyone had already prepared for death.

But the burden I was carrying now was not something I could easily accept, even death.

“I’ll be leaving right away.”

Here, the viola didn’t even bother to take a bow.

It wasn’t a situation where worrying about it would solve anything, and the other expedition members shared Viola’s opinion.

Everyone went out the exit without the slightest hesitation.

And they could see.

“You came out later than I thought. Let’s come out sooner next time.”

“S, Master?”

Hawkeye, the commander of the Lightning Knights.

6.

The more shocking the news, the faster it spreads.

“Have you heard the news?”

“You mean the mine expedition?”

From that perspective, the story of the abandoned mine expedition was bound to spread faster than any other news.

“Even the members are no joke?”

“Hawkeye’s disciple Viola, Heinz’s disciple Luca, and even members of the resistance!”

First of all, the faces of the adventurers who gathered were different from others.

Each and every one of them is already famous in Maple World!

“You said there was a lava field inside?”

“It was the worst.”

Their adventures were on a different level from those experienced by other adventurers.

“Except that the boss monster is Zakum.”

The fact that it was Zakum who appeared there made everyone shudder.

And that was it.

“How on earth did they catch Zakum?”

Nothing else about the story was known.

So people could only guess.

“They said many people died. It must have been a huge sacrifice to catch them.”

“Or maybe he didn’t catch it, but found the exit and came out. The exit could be a condition, right?”

“Anyway, the expedition team must have done it. That’s why they came out, right?”

I’m sure one of those famous people could have done it.

Of course, no one in Maple World could have imagined this.

“There is no mention of what we did.”

The one who did it was none other than El Palm Party and the hero of Polam, Aran.

“Ah, I can’t brag about catching Zakum even though I caught him!”

Debo complained about that fact.

Of course, I didn’t mean it.

“There’s nothing wrong with bragging. You’ll just be treated like a crazy person or get death threats.”

At this point, if it was known that El Palm Party had captured Zakum, it would have been difficult to see a good result.

“We didn’t catch it, did we?”

There were two people who decisively caught Zakum.

El Palm and Aran, the hero of Polam.

El Palm Party helped, but it was only a little help. There was no story to brag about catching Zakum.

“That’s what they say.”

Debo also knew that fact.

Still, the reason I was making such a fuss was because I was anxious.

“So when does the boss wake up?”

It’s been a week since El Palm came out of the mine and hasn’t woken up yet.

“I can’t promise.”

Ralph spoke confidently about it.

“Will it be a month, will it be a year?”

“Are you sure?”

“The boss went to great lengths to warn you. It will be more fatal than you think. It is impossible for you to wake up within a month unless you have experienced hundreds of magical shocks.”

“Are you sure?”

Of course, this time everyone looked at me with suspicion.

“I’ll bet a thousand mesos that it’ll happen in a month at the earliest.”

But everyone had no choice but to admit what happened next.

If Ralph, and no one else, was willing to bet a thousand mesos, it meant he was really sure this time.

That’s why.

“You were here.”

“Huh? Boss?”

El Palm, the moment he appeared, everyone froze.

The most stubborn of them all was Ralph.

I was so sure I was going to bet money on it, and then I woke up in just a week?

“Oh, how did you wake up?”

Something that can’t help but raise questions.

“You woke up on your own.”

El Palm gave only a brief explanation about it.

There was no choice.

Because I had to tell a long story to make you understand that I had experienced the magic shock hundreds of times.

Above all, El Palm had no time to waste on explanations.

“There is something more important than that.”

Everyone’s expressions hardened at El Palm’s words.

Everything El Palm Party has done so far has been more than enough to shake up Maple World.

But this time, it was different from those.

First of all, the level of the people who gathered was different. Even Aran participated in this attack.

‘There is a traitor.’

But the most troubling thing was that among them, even among those who were said to have perfect credit, there was a traitor.

This means that the followers of the Black Mage are embedded in the hearts of virtually every group!

It meant that while it was fatal, it was not easy to remove it.

‘And yet it succeeded.’

But the biggest problem was that, no matter what, El Palm Party blocked their plot and plan.

It’s so obvious, but he’s going to move to get the price for ruining the plan.

“Ralph.”

Then El Palm approached Ralph and held out his hand.

Everyone tilted their heads at that gesture.

Ralph, on the other hand, was different.

With a more serious expression on his face than ever before, he handed over 1,000 mesos to El Palm, who accepted it.

Everyone looked dumbfounded at that sight.

“Boss, is there something more important?”

The answer to Devo’s subsequent question came from elsewhere.

“Free mesos are important. Of course.”

The phantom thief, Phantom, appeared out of nowhere and was soon sitting down, looking at everyone.

Everyone was surprised again by his appearance.

I wasn’t surprised when the phantom thief Phantom appeared quietly.

If you caught wind of him, he was the greatest thief in Maple World history, so it was strange.

The surprising part was the timing.

“Did you know that the boss would wake up and were waiting for him?”

As Ralph said, El Palm’s awakening could be a month away, so it would have been impossible for him to appear this quickly without waiting.

“Do I look like I don’t have anything to do? Huh?”

Of course, that didn’t happen.

“I didn’t come here to see your face, I just wanted to give you something.”

There was another reason for coming.

“That thing I brought from Chrisse.”

To tell you what El Palm asked.

“I’m sorry, but I analyzed it and it contains techniques I don’t know about.”

The expression on the face of the phantom thief who was spitting out words was not good.

That’s understandable, because the phantom thief Phantom was not only an excellent thief, but also an excellent technician.

In a way, it was natural.

One of the things that many engineers in Maple World put their heart and soul into was security technology, and the thief Phantom was the one who could most perfectly penetrate those security technologies.

That wasn’t all.

The things that the Phantom Thief could steal weren’t just treasures. They also included valuable knowledge.

Is this a technique that even the phantom thief Phantom cannot interpret?

“All I can tell is that this is Blackwing’s technology.”

But in the words that followed, El Palm understood.

Blackwing, who rule Edelstein, at this point in time, it would not be an exaggeration to say that their technological prowess is the best in Maple World.

And El Palm experienced first-hand how fearsome that technology was.

In any case, at this point, it was impossible for the Phantom Thief to find out anything more.

At this point, the phantom thief has lost his powers, and more than anything, there has been a gap of hundreds of years.

“And there’s only one person who can figure this out.”

If you wanted to know, you had to go find out.

“Who is that?”

“The leader of the resistance’s mechanics, Cheki. There’s no one else.”

Everyone was shocked by the answer from the phantom thief.

“Resistance? So we have to go to Edelstein?”

“That’s impossible.”

“It’s not impossible. It’s just crazy.”

“That’s right!”

Edelstein.

It exists in Maple World, but unlike other places, it is a very closed place.

The reason was simple.

“Isn’t that a place you can only get to by air?”

The approach is very limited.

“Blackwing is in complete control right now!”

It was also a place with very strict surveillance.

Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning.

Until a few years ago, there was surveillance by the Blackwings, but adventurers could come and go as they pleased as long as they had money.

But now it was different.

The security was so strict that any suspicious irregularities were immediately brought down.

Even the resistance members have to risk their lives when going to and from Edelstein.

Of course, the Black Wings will not be happy to welcome the El Palm Party!

“You can’t go there!”

“don’t worry.”

But the phantom thief said about him.

“I’ll take you there.”

Despite those words, El Palm’s colleagues’ expressions hardened.

I know Phantom Thief is great, but how can he go to places that require air travel?

At that expression, the phantom thief smiled and said.

“There is no place I cannot go except the past. So, El Palm, what is your answer?”

El Palm answered that question.

“I will go.”

There was no reason to hesitate.

‘I found Aran’s item too. Now there’s virtually nothing I can do here.’

Now it is time to leave the El Nas Mountains.

‘Even if that weren’t the case, I should have gone to Edelstein.’

Among El Palm’s destinations, among others, was Edelstein.

In many ways, it was a case of overlapping opportunities.

“good.”

That was the moment.

Woohoo!

Outside the building they were in, a strong wind began to blow, and at that sound, the phantom thief Phantom spoke with more confidence than ever.

“Now, let me introduce you to the best secret garden in Maple World, Crystal Garden.”

fantasy,