Chapter 309

1.

A monster wave.

It is one of the common concepts in genre novels, comics, movies, and games.

It is a phenomenon where monsters, when they reach a saturation point, form groups and invade the surrounding humans, and it was a concept that naturally appeared in Eternal World as well.

That's why lords would frequently dispatch their territorial army to eliminate monsters.

After users appeared, that decreased a bit, but.

As expected, in the case of territories that were not popular with users, the territorial army was still sent to reduce the number of monsters.

If a monster wave broke out, most of the village, and sometimes even the lord's castle, could be half-destroyed immediately.

That's why the monster wave was always a target for thorough preparation.

The wise Will also thought that he couldn't stop it with just himself, Seonghyun, and Barbaros, so he immediately went to the village and shouted.

“It's a monster wave!!! I think a monster wave is going to happen!!!”

“Wh, what!?”

“A-a monster wave!?”

“Wh, what does that mean!??!”

Although it was the word of the still-young boy Will.

Because they knew how smart and bright Will was, all the adults listened to his words.

However, it was hard to believe the words of the young Will at face value.

They glanced at Seonghyun and Barbaros standing behind Will.

A look that seemed to say they hoped the two, who looked like mercenaries, would step up and say something.

Of course, both of them nodded.

“This child's words are true.”

“Signs of a monster wave are visible.”

“Oh my!!!”

“Wh, what is this!!!”

“Wh, where did the territorial army sent by the lord go!?”

Only then did the residents, in a state of panic, make a fuss and tremble.

However, looking at those adults, Will calmly shouted.

“Our village is fine though!!! These hyungs have decided to protect us for now!!!”

“I-is that true?”

“O-our village d-doesn't have that much money…”

“We were robbed a while ago… th-there's no money in the village.”

Hearing those words, Seonghyun and Barbaros chuckled.

‘The money being stolen was probably because this cheeky kid stole the money to commission a request, right?’

Thinking that, it was a bit funny.

Of course, it was because he received money then that he was helping this much now.

But in any case, it was true that he was helping.

He looked at them and said.

“This kid was asking for help so earnestly. We just decided to help.”

Barbaros spoke like in a play with a rather imposing tone.

And Seonghyun, who had no confidence in acting, just nodded his head.

Then.

Will grinned and persuaded the adults again.

“So, let's help these hyungs so they can smoothly catch the monsters!”

“H-how can we help?”

“W-we don't have any strength…”

“Ahem, c-can we even be of help?”

Watching the adults who were chattering such words, Will told them.

“So, we should be the ones to repair the fence of this village. Wouldn't it be a waste of manpower for these hyungs to do it?”

“Th-that's right! W-we can do that much.”

“Of course! That's right!”

“It would be a problem if those people get tired from doing such menial work.”

“W-we'd be lucky if we could even do that.”

Everyone was relieved to hear that they also had something to do, and Seonghyun and Barbaros also nodded at them.

As it was decided.

The people's actions were fast.

With Will's persuasion, the facility expansions flowed smoothly.

They repaired the fence to make it so that not even monsters could easily break through.

Looking at the quite sturdy fence, Seonghyun and Barbaros also nodded.

'This should be enough.'

Seonghyun's vassals were also positioned around to protect.

It didn't seem easy for a single monster to invade the village.

Not only on the ground, but Barpur was also monitoring from under the ground, and in the sky, Karisha and Anemor were flying around quickly in all directions, monitoring.

It seemed that nothing could invade the village.

And Seonghyun and Barbaros also confirmed all that and waited.

They didn't know when the monster wave would occur.

Seonghyun and Barbaros decided to take charge of the front of the village, and they put Will, who said he had strength and wanted to help, inside the village.

'Even if he can handle the power of specters, I can't let a child fight.'

He felt a bit sorry to stop Will, who wanted to protect his own village.

But it couldn't be helped.

And.

“You never know. I'll leave any monsters that infiltrate the village to you, Will.”

“…I understand.”

Will nodded his head as if he had no choice if he said that much.

Seeing him like this, he's still young.

Well, it was unlikely that any monsters would flow into the village, but.

Seonghyun prepared with that confidence, and time passed abnormally quickly.

As if a skip button had been pressed.

The night deepened.

And Seonghyun and Barbaros were waiting at the front of the village.

And not long after.

“Awoooo—!”

The sharp howl of a wolf was heard.

From its appearance, it was a monster that would likely appear in the beginner's zone or the first village.

However, the level seemed to have been applied to Seonghyun and Barbaros, as a level 240 wolf appeared.

And not just one, but hundreds of wolves.

Even at a glance, they were not an easy opponent.

But Barbaros and Seonghyun didn't care.

“I've blocked up to the first wave, but the second one was a bit overwhelming. From the second wave, they rush in from all sides…”

“I've summoned my vassals, so that won't happen.”

Hearing that, it seemed Barbaros had failed at the second wave.

Each individual monster seemed manageable, but their numbers were overwhelming.

Well, that was a meaningless story for Seonghyun.

Because Seonghyun was more confident than anyone when it came to numbers.

After hearing Seonghyun's reply, Barbaros also nodded his head.

At that voice full of confidence.

Barbaros also felt quite reassured and was smiling with satisfaction.

And as the wolves finally approached.

Barbaros stepped forward first.

It wasn't that Seonghyun was slow.

'Shall I see his skills?'

Just how good were Barbaros's skills.

Because he wanted to check.

As Seonghyun stayed still like that.

Barbaros, perhaps noticing it, deliberately opened his book quickly.

And then.

“Ah! The story of the Flame Giant! This one is interesting. The Flame Giant is not a creature of ordinary matter but a spirit body, so it produces surprisingly powerful firepower and at the same time is realized like a summoning skill.”

As Seonghyun looked at Barbaros muttering to himself with a puzzled expression.

A strange phenomenon occurred then.

As Barbaros said that, opened the book, and read that part aloud.

That information began to connect one by one into a magic circle in front of Barbaros.

Should it be called a word of power?

No, should it be called an incantation?

Perhaps causing such an effect, as Barbaros read, the information floated up in red and formed like a magic circle in front of him.

Just as he said, a Flame Giant was summoned and brought down its massive, blazing left arm towards the rushing wolves.

Hwarururururu———!!!

Flames soared.

It literally melted down the surrounding earth.

A phenomenon of atmospheric refraction occurred as if space were distorting due to the hot air.

And the entire area, simply heated by the heat, spewed out a red light and swept away the wolves.

Kuuwaaaaaaa——!!!

The earth rose up like a wave, and that wave soon became a wave of lava containing hot heat and swept away the monsters.

A power that could be called mighty.

Seonghyun couldn't help but be impressed as he watched it.

'That's quite something.'

Even when compared to his own skills, it was a power that didn't fall short.

Should he say it was similar to the skills Seonghyun created at a moderate level?

Of course, it was weaker than the power of Seonghyun's properly unleashed skills, but.

It was a skill with a power that naturally made him think, 'As expected of a Lord.'

However, it didn't end there, and something that would cool down the heat of the disappeared Flame Giant was about to be summoned.

“This time, it's a Snow Woman. Here, the Snow Woman is also seen as a type of spirit, but it's a pity that most of them are seen as monsters because they have become corrupted. Also, there is information that the Snow Woman used to take care of travelers from the cold, but became corrupted because travelers tried to deceive her in the past.”

Along with that story, a magic circle was formed just like before.

A job that chants by reading stories like that.

It was to the point where he wondered if there could be another job that suited Barbaros so well.

The Snow Woman that appeared this time saw the wave of lava and beckoned with her hand.

A blizzard suddenly struck from the sky, solidifying the wave of lava.

Tseotseotseotseotseok———!!!

Tjjeokjjeong!!!

Tseotseotseotseok——!!!

Then, with the sound of a freezing cold, the lava solidified, and the wolves that had been swept away by the wave of lava solidified as they were and turned into earth.

The Snow Woman disappeared from that spot as if she had done her job.

And nothing remained in that place that had become a land of freezing cold, but the spot was quickly filled by monsters rushing in from behind again.

The moment Barbaros was about to read the book again.

Seonghyun reached out his hand as if to say it was okay.

“I'll take it this time.”

Saying so, Seonghyun also stretched out his hand.

Then, the shadows created by the moonlight under the feet of the rushing monsters gradually deepened.

As Seonghyun beckoned.

The shadow soon became darkness and instantly wrapped around and swallowed the monsters.

Gulp——!

As a swallowing sound was heard from somewhere.

The monsters wrapped in darkness were pulled into the darkness as they were.

And nothing remained in that spot.

As the monsters were swallowed by the darkness and disappeared in an instant.

Barbaros's mouth fell open as if he were shocked to see it.

“Wow…”

He couldn't help but be more impressed, as it was the first time he had seen someone other than himself display such power.

Because he had been soloing until now.

It was even more so.

As Barbaros was admiring it.

Seonghyun said.

“They're rushing in again.”

“Ah! Yes!”

At Seonghyun's words, Barbaros and Seonghyun prepared again and swept away the monsters.

Blocking the waves one by one like that, the two overcame them well.

The second wave, which Barbaros said he had failed, passed quickly.

And soon, they blocked the 3rd and 4th waves without any difficulty.

Watching that, Barbaros shouted loudly.

“I, I really think we can clear it!!!”

Barbaros, who couldn't clear it alone, showed a very excited expression.

Just as Seonghyun was also smiling at that reaction.

Helena said urgently.

-A monster appeared in the village!

-What?

How could that be?

As Seonghyun was puzzled.

Helena answered right away.

-The will of the world created a monster in the center of the village!

-The will of the world?

That means it was created by the system.

Does that mean this is a scenario that is bound to fail?

Hearing that, Seonghyun, as if finding it absurd, hurriedly said to Barbaros.

“They say a monster has appeared in the village.”

“Ye, yes!?”

“I'll go quickly. Please take care of this place.”

“Ah! Yes!”

Without even hearing Barbaros's full reply, Seonghyun quickly headed to the village.

Seonghyun, who ran faster than ever before.

Just as he arrived at the center of the village.

The monster was already defeated.

A monster whose heart was pierced by a specter.

Just as he let out a sigh of relief, thinking it was fortunate.

“B, black magic?”

A resident shouted so.

And hearing those words, Seonghyun looked around.

There was Will, with his hands trembling.

And the villagers, looking at Will with fear.

'This… somehow.'

It's ominous.